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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1883)
TEE OMAH \ DAILY BEE-MONDAY MAY M , 1883 , 1 The Omaha Bee 1'nbllihcd every morning , except 81 ay , The snly Alonday morning tUllr. BYJMAIL- Une Year..810.00 I Three Months.83 BUMonths. . 5,00 | One Month. . . . 1 ' 'HE WEKXLY I5EK , pnbllihod cv ( Wtlneeday. TEUM3 POST 1'AID- Oae Year $2.00 I Throe Months , Blx Months. . . . 1.00 I One Month AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY , Sole Agci Newsdealers In the U til ted States , COKIIKSPONDENOK- Oommu i * > tfons relating to News fcnd Editor matters should bo addressed to the Klrr Or Tim USK. BUSINESS LETTERS All Busit Iiettcra and KcmlttanccH should bo 1 rcuced to THE BEK 1'unLiaiiiNO COMFA OMAHA. Drafts , Checks and Poetolii Orders to be made payable to the order the Company. Ilio BEE PUBLISHING 00 , , Prop E , ROSEWATEH Editor. Sriuxa In almost over before It h arrived. THE bank vrlro pool baa broken aft a pointed controversy. GEN. IIAZEN can shut ofT the wale Wo have had enough rain to last for month. FIFTEEN MILLIONS of money failed keep Mllllonalru Stone , of Clovolati from despondency and anlcldo. THE Mozlc&na have again rout * the Apaohos. A tow Mexican aoldlo in the U. B. army could find proGtab employment. NEW YOUK CITV has 45,000 crlc Inala a year. This Booms a largo nut bar , but la 0,000 loss than were r ported In 1875. THREE THOUHAND emlgranta lo Qaoonatown laat week for Amorlc Famine and the Informer are actli emigration agents. THKIIE la a good deal of fight In U republican party yet bnt Ita guns ai turned from the enemy and dtroctc towards Iti own flanks. MK. AnuAM HJSWITI Informa a r porter that the sale of the World wi In the Interest of a harmonized No York democracy. John Kelly la at : to bo hoard from. THE drive-well caao has boon d elded agalnat the patentees. Aa U owners have boon "sinking" on U farmers' pockets for a number of yea thla decision will bo welcome news 1 the weat , KEIM will now devote himself ' oflico hunting Instead of oflioe dlspon Ing. His name has boon withdraw aa civil service examiner. Oharli Lyman , of the treasury dopartmon haa been cammlsslonod. THE Detroit Free Press laya thi Omaha wonders why aho can't produi a great actor or poet , and then tun around a tolls of a cltlz.-n fallln Louoath a wagon loaded with two tot of stone and having a wheel pats ov < hta head without cracking hla hcai Ai long aa the present rapid rate < Immigration from Michigan to Omal : continues inch accldonta will happei THE ILUEB CASE. A dispatch from Washington aa ) that the resignation of Lieut. Oo Gnldo Ilgea to take effect Immediate ! has been received at the war dopar mont. Within throe or four days i the farthest wo shall hoar that Oo Ilgea has boon honorably retired froi the service on his own appllcatioi Ool. Ilges has boon a gallant offioi of long service , bnt on hla ow confession ho Is a swindler It is notorious fact that he has more thi once been accused of drawing his pi from the government twlco over. Be Ing detected In the offense ho hands I hla resignation dated a year ahead an asks for Its acceptance In order to sn\ a court martial and dltgraoe. Ac now the aocrotaty of war Informs Oo Ilgos that his resignation will bo a cjptod if tendered to take effect in mediately , but that otherwise ho wl bo tiled by court martial. Oommontlng on the above the No York Sun savs : It must seem to honest moi whether they are In the army or I civil life , very remarkable , and voi discreditable both to the secretary < war and to Col. Ilgcs. Hero la an of ] ccr of high rank , who Is accused < swindling the government by drawln his pay twlco over. Instead of moo Ing the disgraceful charge he ro lgr from the army , dating his retlguatto ahead. Instead of ordering him to I tried for the alleged offence the Been tary of war promises to lot him off ho will leave the service at once , By the publication of the facts froi the war department Ool. Ilgos la pt in an Infamous position , bnt In pub llshlng them Secretary Lincoln eihll Ita himself in a very bad light alai If Ool. Ilgos Is Innocent , of course 1 must demand a trial , If ho avolc euch an Investigation by resigning , li substantially confesses his guilt. ' . the secretary of war accepts the resignation nation , which Is tantamount to a coi feasion , ho practically holds that tb swindling of thu government by an o ficorof the army Is an offense of sue minor consequence that the crlmlni U sufficiently punished by being al lowed to retire voluntarily from tb army at short notice , A BIQN OF PROSPERITY. The aalo of the Lowe tract , lyl vioat of the Lowe road and south Mercer avenue , and containing In 141 acrca , U ono of the largest sin ; transactions in suburban real osti that has boon recorded thla SOBBC Mr , 1'opploton becomes the own the consideration stated , being ? ! 000. Wo rate this transfer odltorla merely to call attention to t rapidity with which Omaha pushing westward Into the Count and the steady advance of all prepei which lies on the boundaries of t city Hero la unimproved land almi If nut quite two miles from the poi oflico , In what Is considered an um elrablo part of the city , bringing average of over $200 an acre , Fj years ago General Lowe would t donbtodly have considered hlmn fortunate if ho conld have secured third of that sum , The dally record of real estate trai fora shows that property In every pi cf our city Is firmly advancing , It needs only a rldo on the outskl of town to show why this la the CM Our people are buying to build , r for speculation , The Insatiate t maud for smell dwellings Is stimuli ing the purchase of lots in the ad tlona and forcing the erection of ho drods of three , five and seven roc dwellings. These are the true Indices of t growth of a city. The handsoi residences of the rich may Indlca the accumulation of Individual rich In a community , but the construct ! ' of the small cottage In largo numbe evidences the distribution of trcnl among the many and the proaperl of that class whoso toll alone creat wealth for all classes , The worklngman who owns t own homo does not alone benefit hli self and family through Its posse tion , 11 o becomes at once more of factor In the prosperity of the ol In which ho lives. As a honshold and a taxpayer , ho la naturally mo watchful of Ita interests ; and as man who has taken the first sti towards financial Independence , ] receives a now stimulus towards 1 dnstry , sobriety and obodionoo to tl laws which ho looks to for the proto tlon of his property , THE BEE AMD THE OPER HOUSE. The Republican says that the Bi Is slurring the opera honso bocaui Manager Boyd refuses to pay "blaol mailing prices for advertising , " The BEE has not , slurred the opoi bouse nnlosa a steady refusal to pt poor shows can bo distorted Into slur When It has aeon anything to coo mend , either in the opera honso or I mansgor , It has not hesitated to cor mend It. Bnt It has not and It will not In tl future , insult the Intelligence of 1 readers by Indiscriminate pnffoi of anido entertainments nor will permit the use of Ita local columns f th publication of advance notlcca any travelling troupe on any oth basis than that of paid advertisement So far as the refusal of Managi Boyd to pay "bhokmalllup pricoa f < idvortlalng la concerned , " no 01 knows the trnth or falsity of tl jhargo better than Manager Boyi Ilio charges for apace In onr colnmi ro the same to the owner of tl spora honso that they are to any othi : ommorclal enterprise , no inoro anne no loss. Frco passes to shows will not pt printing bills In thla ofllco. THE 151 s the only newspaper establishing n Omaha where they will not. This may not anlt the vlowa i Manager Boyd , bnt It la bnslnes Since the opening of the present yoi ao employe of Tifls BEE haa boon o owed to accept "tho courtesy" of tb apora house. If any have accepted .hoy have done BO against onr posltl ardors. If this Is "blackmailing , " TIIE Bi s a determined "blackmailer. " Wo have only one rnlo for butino .rausactod with our ostabllshmon We pay In cash for what wo got , ai Dxpeot our patrons to do the sam Our advertising rates are open , at printed. Wo have no secret rates , If Manager Bjyd wishes to use on columns on this basis ho Is welcome I ; hera. If ho thinks It will not pa ilm to do so , ho must lot them alon [ n either cose wo shall bo entirely sa itfied , But of ono thing ho m y 1 oertaln ; ho cannot fix the prices < onr staple commodity any moro tha any outsider o n fix the prlco of aoal n the opera house. And , whether ho pntronlz9s ui < lot , wo shall hold ourselves at porfo iberty to criticise according to our n : blaood judgment , both the inuuag nont of the opera houao and the pe 'ormances of the troupes which hold place upon Us stage. If this bo "blao' luall" Manager Boyd should make U most of It. THE principle of law that person property follows the person of th Dwner within the jurisdiction whoi t lies Is being taken advantage of t ionic of our merchants to eeoa ] issestmont , For Instance , a bnslnc man whose store Is loo&tod In tl fourth ward , bnt who lives In tl Sixth Informs the Fourth ward asset lor that ho is to be assessed In tl 31xth ward on hla merchandize at jthor valuables , The Sixth wai supposes that the Four assessor has attended to t buainoas and noglocta to leave t necessary blanks or to ask the use ( p olions , The consequence la tb tbo property entirely escapes BBSCI ment. There ought to bo anlforml lu this matter of assessing persor property. As It Is , several hundr thousand dollars a year of this class properly entirely ovndos assoesmet THE BEE calls the attention of aasi corn to the subject In the hope stimulating n reform. MILS , FAIR has been awarded a d crco of dlvorco from Senator Fa with alimony of $4,250,000 , the S Francisco residence and the custoi of her three children. The ecnat made no defense , declaring that 1 wife's name should not bo dragg Into print through any publicity of t scandal. Mr. Fair Is for fair playai no favors. TOWN TALK. It Is astonishing how many Om people are attracted toward Cillfornl The Kelloms and the Visaohera ha already located In the Santa Olara vi loy , and oovoral others are modltatli an early removal. Ojl. and Mi Brownson , and Mr. and Mrs. E. " Smith are among the number wl will leave shortly. Speaking t' other day with Mr. Smith , who is dl poting rapidly of his property in Nor Omaha , ho Informed ns that real c tate in that portion of the town w steadily appreciating lu value and th his sales had mot hla expectations far as prices are concerned , V , Smith Is ono of our oldest settlers at will bo missed by many friends In tb oity , "Tho statements of the Nation banks lu Omaha just published , " aa an old banker , "show what an Impo tant financial center thla city Is b coming. Even the now Nobrasl National shows loans nnd dlncoun of upward of $500,000 , and the Om ha and First National make statomen of which no bank in the country nee be ashamed. " "Tho way that Judge Sahler salli Into Miyor Ohaso amuses a goc many , " said a hanger-on aronnd tl city hall , "and la another evidence i the slippery ways of the polltlolai Sahler was ono of the props of tl republican party of this county In tl early days , and was the boss of whi was known aa the Taylor-Sihlor rlnj E. B. Taylor , Its nominal head , wi editor and proprietor of the Omat llcpullican , and the ablest editor tl piper ever had , barring Us foundo Ed. Webster , once private secrotat of William U. Seward. When Ohai made his advontlnto Omaha John Sal ler was a good deal bigger man tha Ohuo , and might have been mayor good deal easier. Bnt things are n versed now. John has shown his ol method In those sarcastic Third wai club resolutions , which convey a got tie hint about the Ingratitude of om nont men. By the way , Colonel Ohai claimed that he never promised Sahli the marshalshlp , or anything olsi The two m y aottlo It between thorn "I understand that Senator Mai dorson la selling the greater part < his Omaha property , " Raid the rouni tho-corner-barbor ho hi - - , as strapped razor viciously and swooped dow upon the face of the Buffering roporto "Woll Blx years In Washington la long tlmo and the senator wants t clean up for emergencies. Now tin ho haa glyon up hla law praotico fa will have moro tlmo for romovlu ofiioo holders and paying up hla pollt cal debts on civil service reform prlr olplos. Its pretty hard work to bo senator oven in vacation tlmo. Bom of the boys are howling loudly ovc the way the fur has flown In Ornah federal circles. " "Yes , " broke In a postal olork , "w have had olvll sosvloo reform In Oma ha on the half shell. First Orounso I bonncad to pay off Post and to clea Jim Lilrd's way out during the nox congressional campaign , then oldMajc Armstrong , ono of the founders of th republican party In Nebratka , Is give his walking papers to make room fc ono of Jadgu Post'o stonographon and finally the ontlro government dli tlllory force Is ousted after a parceling ling out of the spoils by onr congroti lonal delegation. I have laugho hard ever the senators Inaupura Funny , wasn't hi Sounds well I print bnt loads queer by the light c subsequent events. " "What has boon done for Thayerl asked a Lancaster politician in tb Faxton the other evening of a we known republican of Hall county , "C Thayer , " was the reply , "has receive the munificent tender of the Gran Island poatoffico. Yon know ho we promised , when ho throw his forces t Mundoison , the best office in the gll f the delegation , and the old wi horse now finds that moans the pot olllco at homo , on the condition thi ho receives the unanimous endorsement mont of the Hall county dolega tlon In the late legislature , fc whom he. stumped Hamilton an Hall counties to make thol : olectio sure. Good , Isn't It. Who vvonldn join the civil service reform crowd 1 Nebraska politico. " "I would bo glad to remain i Omuha the rest of my llfo , " remarko Oolonul Ludlngtou , us ho steppe Into the government ambulance , o Friday , on his way to the depol "My station hero haa been ono of th ploasantfst lu all my experience , an 1 have found the people of Oaiah gtulal , friendly and hospitable almoi to oxoets. " Cblonol Ludlngton goc to Washington for the present , bu expects a now assignment within few months , "Wo need moro wholesale houses li Omaha , " said Superintendent Taylor of the Braditroet Agency , "and then Is room for them , Of course yoi know that wo are to have a compotlnj hardware house from Nebraska Olt ; which Is only walling for the oreotloi of a largo brltk building on the south east corner of Harnoy and Tent ] street , on the slto of Jim Stephenson' old stable. I believe If they oouli find a building a largo wholesale d goods firm would at OLCJ locate lie : The trouble Is that we have no f < business houses to rent. Thlc , course , shows a f&vorablo oiato trade , bnt It hurts ns with Ur dealers who are looking for Inmudlo locations " Wanted , nn CmclnLd i GiKttc. A country morchunt visited ths ci a few day a ago , and purcasod from dollar Btoro a table caller , which 1 took homo with himnnd ifttr puttli a tag on It marked $14 , uiado a prt out of it to a Methodist preacher who church his family attended , The re orend gentleman took the packa homo , opened It and examined its co tents. The next day ho took the cater tor ( with the tag attached ) back to tl grocery man , and said to him : "I a too poor In this world's ' goods to ailo to display so valuable a castor on n table , and if yon have no objection , should like to return It ana take $ worth of groceries in Its stoad. " Tl merchant conld do nothing butacqu osce , but fancy his feelings. Taimage on tno Duao. U ( Tula Express , Of course. Mr. Teliuago must ha his say about topics of the day. j the course of his sermon last Sandi he apoko of "that creature with pole ed sjioe-tos and tight-bandaged Ilm' ' and elbows drawn back and Infinitoi mal cauo and sickening swagger ai Idiotic talk , born In America , yet poor copy of a foppish Engllshma the nnx vomlca of modern aoclot commonly culled the dude. " Tno Bock Seauon. Hartford Post. Posters for the annual goat she are displayed in a great many wl dows. Some of the goats must ' very well trained , for most of tl pictures represent them sitting on keg and drinking cold tea from a tut blor. Ltara Discouraged Ktansvlllo Argu . During the winter wo feel that i can hold our own pretty well as an a erago liir , but now that the clrcua b ! la beginning to adorn the wall wo fo our utter iasignlfiano , A MoaulDglOBB Hquoal. Doelon Henld. When the German government pr Lends that It excludes American poi because it is dangerous for human foe It Is guilty of a most transpiront plei of humbug. Whore , O Where ? Uudi'o Txpicii. Where are the springs cf long agi auks a poet In the Manhattan. ; would be more to the point to find 01 where the spring sot down for 1883 i A. Texas Edltor'd Vlult to Eoustoi Brtzorla Independent. Wo had the pleasure of taking a glai of b2er with Major McGray while 1 Houston the other day. Wo paid fc ; ho baer. 6TA.TE JOITINQB. State Democrat : "Five hundred head i : attlo and fire hundred head of hogs , fa .oned near Kaymond , were shipped ' Jhlcngo last Thursday by Sam Birke I'he lot li entlmato < l to be worth 865.00 Ibis U the heaviest shipment made fro thla countrj for several years. " One day last week a couple of road aen vaylaid n mail carrier on the Gra [ aland and Runnelsburg route , aod ordert itm to stop anrt deliver. Not tblnkli .hut way , he lashed hia team and escapa Lbo blehwaymen firing three shots at hi is he II 'd. The case of the rnscal Glazier , who i droitly swindled tha Lincoln money loai > ra out of several thousand dollar ? , Is sti Eourco of fretfulnons. All who accon noJatod tbo slick chap , except ono , n ; ro > nlng over their mufortunea. The Nebraska corn that has herotofo : jecn graded in Chicago as "rejected" wi .ho calico or red-striped kind , BO It la tali iml the ftirmera nto advised to plai ilther the largo yellow or white Dei rarlety , Valentino , the now terminus cf tt 3Ioux City & Pacific , has four saloons , tw itorea , i no drug store , two livery etablo > ne newspaper , and two or three buildlc loutoi , Several buildings are now gotu ip. ip.A A company of Junlata ladles , bam mniely uniformed and armed with bronmi 111 appear at the state reunion at lias ntB next September , where they will gh in exhiiltlon drill of the broom brigade. The amount of capital invested in natioi il bank ? , in proportion to the populatloi i greater lu Nebrask than MUiourl < ICantai. In thirty-three national banks i ihlsitate , the capital U ? 2,310OJO. The North Loup board hag Iitued a > rdin nce requiring all able bodied men t nrork two d y eacn year on the streets an tllevi of that town , or to pay $2.50 if the to n't waut to do the work. A party of one hundred and ten fatallii Torn 1'enniylvanU are on their wiyt ionthern Ncbraaka , where It la expeote hey will purcbaee some of the Otoe rete ration lands. Eight tb usand acres of land In Pierc ) /unty were told at the Neligh laud offii Mt week to a company of New York utoc alsers. They paid 810,000 for the trac Thla state will soon be cvdr ttocke Tith women ; the state superintendent n lorU that there are in Nebraika 7 , ( ( uore girla of ichool age than boys , The Gage county fair this year will BU sa nil others in point of stock die piny I particular. The incre.ite in thla duric > he pant year haa been Immense. The people of Kulo , Richardson Co , , iu n trouble about the liible belni ; read i .he public schools. The Catbollca objw ; o King JamoV version , It la raid that the German carp place n the state hatchery pouda at South lien ire dying cil , and the cauto is Bald to be laraeitlo growth. A board ot trade , composed of fift ncmbera , of the loading bueluem men c leatrice , waa organized at that place lai Thursday night , A large white pelican , measuring nboc even fojt irum tip to tip of wings , we tilled two tulles north of Lincoln 'laa Dhuraday. Notwithstanding the cold wave vrhlc mrsed over the Btito last week , the proi iecta for a larga crop of fruit are eucoui The Trailer predicts the erection of oa inndrod homes In Genoa between the It f March and the Sl t of December , ISS ; Toe David City llepubllcan advise armers to examine their corn cribs. It I umored that much of the corn Is rotting It ii reported that a boom haa strno' s'ebratka City that will add 3,000 to It 'opul&tion ' within the next year , SThe Pawnee City people have organlre company and Intend to build a rallroa rom Topona to Lincoln. The 1) . & M , "Cannon Ball" train doc ot stop at any of the small stations ii be Republican valley , The lUte superintendent reports tha thrte fire In Nebraska 7,0f , 0 more girls ficlujl ego ttmu boyi > , The S wa d county c > mmlssloners \ caitil < r.hle t.-ou'ls In lecnrlng tcacbe for UIK public cchools , lied Cloud clalm % tibe the most Impoi nnt point on the li. & M. railroad baUef Lincoln rnd Dtnver. The l' cific hcto company , nt Grai I < 1 nd , Ittralnln ? for the state tournninoi nt Lincoln next fft'l. An enterprikln ; Krcmont firm will ma nUeiure luocto mby iteim power throuf tba c mUg aoicuu. Cfbtral City bae a prohibition tickc mnVlng thla the third year of prohlbltic in tlut place. Sheriff Ueemer , of Wet Point , recant ! bad a piece of his ear bitten oil by vlclouc horse. A Kearney paper estimates the value i Inat week's rulm toUulfalo county farme ntJIO.OCO. It is oUlmatcd that Nebraska'd ' crop i corn for thla j ear will reach 1CO,000,0 ( busbelr. Kearney voted on funding her indebtci ness on the 10th , and the measure was d feated , A large number cf immigrants are me ! ing Holt and Brown counties their djet nation , A Newfoundland dog nt Stromabui klll'.d ono hundred rats in ono day la week. The creamery at B ue Splines w ! probably be ready for operation by.tl loth. loth.The The firemen of Seward are preparh for a grand celebration on the Fourth July. Thaycr county recently paid over $7,0i to the state for the cro of insane pe sons , Twenty-two veterans have been mu tered into the Grand Army post at Fulle tun , Fillayvllle will ue the name of a ne town on the Browuvllle & Beatrice road , Auburn hag Increase 1 abt ut 8CO in pop Ifttlon in the past eighteen months , The Taimage Tribune report ] the prev lenceof tneaelea In that vicinity , The races at Lincoln next week promi to be largely attended. The boys at the Kearney reform scboi have organized a band. The pr > epects for a large strawberry en are said to be good. Corn planting ia about over in the vlcii Ity of Pawnee City. Sultan haa a "Building and Improv ment" nuaociation. There ia a great demand In Pi iendvll for houses to rent , KJgir ia inaugurating a system of wat works , Kearney baa a foundry in full blast , Hilldale needs a passenger station , Alexandria's population la 430 , Brown's Bronchial Troches for Coughs and Colds : "I have uaed tbei for more than a dczen years , and thin them the best and most convenient relit extant. " Kcv. C. M , Humphrey , Oral THE DADS OF DOUGLAS Chief Engineer CoriissCoDfleDn the North Omaha Sewer , And th < 3 Commissioners Da cide to Bridge It. SATURDAY , May 12 , 1883 B jar met pursuant to adjournment. Prei ent , Corliss , Knight and O'Koefe. B. Blorbaoh waa granted license t soil liquor at Mlllard for the term c three months from May 12 , 1883 , an bond approved. Also , H. A. Noltc at Elkhorn station , for six month From May 11 , 1883 , and bond ap proved. [ ITho following resolutions were the ; adopted : RESOLVED , Taat the oonnty treas urer bo and hereby la authorized to re jolvo delinquent taxes on lots In bloc ! 34 , Florence , without Interest , pro ? ld-id the ontlro block is closed np. REaoLVKD , That the county troas are ? be and ho ia hereby directed I roduoo the valuation on lot 20 , Red Ick'a 2nd addition , from $250 to $101 for 1882. to the Doaid ot Couttv Commlitloneri ; GENTLEMEN : Owing to the accl lent to the sewer on the North Oma 3a crook , my attention has been cal led to the incapacity of sewers bnll uid belne , built In Omaha , and mon jspeclally to the ono ever the Nortl 3maha creek. Upon Investigation ' . and water marks recorded by rollabli iltlzMia who have lived on said creel 'or ' the last fifteen yeara , which ehov : ho water to have been at least foni 'oet litjher than it was at the time o .hla accident , and when the creek wai inobstructed. I would call your attention to the lower built on a branch of thli sami jreok across Farnam street , a feu oot sewer , where the water-shod c n lot bo one-twentieth what it ia when ; ho present eower la built , and It showi .hat the water raised four foot abovi ; he sewer , which , In my estimation JUght to convince the city council tha' ' the present sewer Is Inadequate tc ueot the demands , I am no ongineoi md do not wish to criticise , but It t brother granger should corno along , md I do not oaro If he oamo fren Dhlo , and say ho conld put my hall ouahol Into a pock measure 1 shonlc llssgreo with him. And now , owlnf to thoabovo facts , as a taxpayer anc sltlren , I offer the following resolution RESOLVED , Tnat thoconnlycoramls ilonors do hereby cancel the contract prlth Stephen Robinson , and leave th < Sixteenth street bridqo where it now itands. F W. CORLISS. The following accounts wore illowcd from the General Fuud-J. : "V. Wolah , pota ; ocs for poor house , $10 50 ; M. llog. > ra , lairu sprinkler for county 75 eta : . Jonoe , groceries for poor , $10.50 F. U. MoHiano , livery for conntj soart ? 0 ; D N. Miller , court fees ti il. j 7 , $42 05 ; D. N. Miller , conver. UK Insauo to Lincoln , $43 40 ; Jss insoil , wltncsv fuo , $4 ; J. Johnson , vltueas feo. $10 ; J. Baumor , cash ex > ended , ? 40 90. Biidgo Fund A. G. Stevenaon , vork on brldgo $18 ; W. Taylor , work in bridge , $2 ; J. M. Roblson , work on > ridge , $81.00. Road Fund U S. Lndlngton.notl- ylng mon , 1832 , $6 ; A. C Sutphon , rorkpn road , ? 51 7g. Adjonrned to ,14th tnst. JOHN BAVMER , Oonnty Olerk. FRIDAY , May 11 , i The bo rdmet | pnrsnant to adjourn- aent , Present Oommlialoners Oorliis. Cnlght and O'Koofo. "VvTHC OILY.E ! S .A. LIE SAM'L 0. DAVIS & GO , Washington Avenue iiiui Fifth Street , 3VCO. WHOLESALE 1301 and 1303 Farnam St. Cor. 13th OMAHA , NEB. OMAHA CORNICE WO R KS RUEMPING & BOLTE , Proprietors Tin , Iron and Slate Roofers MANUFACTURERS OF Ornamental Galvanized Iron Cornices , Iron Sky Lights , Etc , ' 310 South . Twelfth Street , OMAHA , NEB" 7-roon.wed-frl-m - - - WILLIAM SNYDER , MANnFACTUBEB OJf CARRIAG First-Class Painting and Trimming , Repairing Promptly Done , \ 1321 and 1323 Harney Street , corner Fourteenth St. J , A.WHO . WHO ECAtE AKD RETA1J. OBALEB IN Lath , Shingles , Pickets , SASH , DOORS , BUMDS , MOLDINGS , UfflE , . TBTAT3 AOKKI POE MILWAUKEE OKUENT COMI'f.KT ffear Union Pacific DepotOMAHA , The following waa adopted : RrsoLVED , That thecounty treasure ] la hereby directed to cancel the assets ment on dnioriptlon as folio we : Sec tlon 12,15 , 10 on account of double ajseiameut. RESOLVED , That the county trea surer bo and la hereby directed to can eel the taxes on lots 6 , 7 , and 8 , blooli D , Oraah , for the year * A. D. 1877 and 1878 , on account of same being city property at that date , as per re commendation of the judiciary com mlttee of the city council. The following were allowed : General oral fund D L. Shane , services ai supt. of now court honse for April and M y , $300 ; L B. Graddy , piofeeslona ! services , $150 ; S. B. Knight , cash ex. ponded , $10 ; Dr. Garter , professional services , § 50 ; B. & M. R R , tlckel for poor , $ G ; Bolliu & Selvor , pardon iced , $29.75 ; D'erka ' & Anderson , Hour , eto , ? 1 50 ; J. H. ' Spotman , groceries for poor , § 4.25. Bridge fund B. O. Pamp , work 'or county , § 12.25. Adjourned to2h nst. JOHN BAUMEK , County OJork. Would not be without Iledding'a Russia Salve , la the verdict of all who uae it Price 25c. EL.KHOBN NOTES , 'orrespondcnco ol Tns UEK. The heavy rain this week has pre vented the farmora from planting corn and will make planting very lato. Mr. Will Sander , of Paplllion , vraa on onr streets ono day this week. S. B. Sylvia ban taken the guard- anshlp of George B adlo , uon of the ate Dr. D. E. Beadle , of Paplllion. Ueorgo Swajze was In Omaha ono day thla week on business for that irm. II. Sallng ii having hU residence xiuted , adding porches , and fixing hlogs np in good otvle. Dr Law is building an office near ils residence , A good carpenter or two are badly needed hero and would find otoady employment , A butcher la needed hero too ; no rosh moat to bo had except what the butcher from Waterloo brings twice a week , and to judge from the toughness of the steak he sells ho has killed some of tbo cattle Noah took Intj the ark with him. Brnner and Rebor keep a store of ; oneral merchandise. Everything ooma to have been selected with care and always proves to bo just what they represent it , J. Schroeder , hoot and shoo mikor , a now ready to take orders and will do his best to give sathfaction , ZOE. STATIC. Neb , Mav 11 THE GREAT GERMAN REMEDY FOR PAIN. lUlnui nj curei llilCUUATIStf , Neuralgia , ScUtlct , Lumbago , IIACKACIIE , EtlBlCEI , tOOmcil , SORE THROAT , Ql'IN3T , BW KLLISOS , Scriatis , Call , Bnusi , rnOSTDITES , iol lU other todllr ichu iu4tl . nm cisn i Botni SolJbj ill Droiilili ml Dolui , DtlMUeu U U u 1. TM.I1 d ) r Ml , C.B.A , THE ARMY. EECENT ORDERS. WASHINGTON , May 10. The super- jntondent of the general recruiting servlcB haa been ordered to forward fifty recrnlta an soon aa proctlcable , under proper charge , to Fort D A. Ruiaell , Wyoming territory , for assign ment to the Seventh Infantry ; also forty recruits to San Antonio for as signment to the Eighth cavalry. Leave of absence for six mouths on surgeon's certificate of disability , with permission to leave thu military divis ion of Missouri , la granted Second Llontenant John T. Barnet , of the Fifth cavalry. Tno uncxpiredjportionjof the leave of abaci co crantod 0pt. Argalns G. Hennlssoa , Eighth cavalry , April 10 is cancelled , Leave of absence for alx months , with permission to go beyond the sea , to take effect about Juno 1 , is grant ed Captain Frank W. Hesu , Third artillery. Second Lieutenant James A , Hnl ton , Eighth infantry , ia detailed as professor of military science and tac tics at the University of California. Don't be Alarmed at Brlght'a disease , Diabetes , or any disease of the kidneys , liver or urinary - ry organs , as Hop Bitters will cor- taluly and lastingly euro yon , and It la the only thing that will. Beg Inning the Reform- Special Dlipktch to Tui ln. ! CHICAGO , May 13. Dr. J. M. Gregory , of the civil service commis sion , and Joseph H , Blackfan , super- intoudent cf foreign malli , arrived hero to-day , for the purpose of ap pointing a board for the examination of applications for poaltlona under the government. Everybody la using and everybody h recommending to everybody's friends , Brown'a Iron Bitters aa a reliable - liable Iron medicine , a trno tonic. . The attorney general has rendered u opinion that the title to the Arlington es tate ( National cemetery ) U Rood , and that the amount appropriated by congress last winter to satisfy the judgment in favor of the Lee heirs agalnat the government. $150,000 , may be paid to thosi belri , but that $23,000 should be imptunded to nwait decision aa to the validity of unpaid taxes now charged against the eitate on the assessment rolls. Do you want a pure , bloom ing Complexion I 11' so. a low applications of Hasan's MAGNOLIAHAL3L will grat- il'y yon to your heart's con tent. It docs away with Sul- lowncss , Uedness , I'imples , JHotchesand all diseases and impci-roctions ol'tho skin. It overcomes the flushed appcar- nnco of heal , fulisjuo and ox- eitement. Itmakesaladvof s. THI11T Y appear hut TWlSNXr Tl ; and so natural , gradual. X nnd Vii perfect , are its unucis. ' A that it is inipossiblo to detect its application ,