THE DAILY BJM OMAIIA , WEDNESDAY DECEMBER , 19 , 188J THE OMAHA BEE Otnnlm onicr , N < . ll ( Fnrnnm Si. Council HI H mi OilU-c , No. V Pent- Street , Ncnr llrimilway. Now York Olllcc. Itoom ( > . " Trlliuno vuMlihe < l orerr trcrnlni ? , eicept 3umUj % Th nl ) Monday mornlrR dally. IKM < KT Mill. o Teir . liaoo IThrco Months . W.a IliJtonms . B.OJ | One Month . 1.0 } rni K-IURLT BUI , runusiiRD STRUT WSDHMDAT. TIRMS OSTTJIID. One TeAr . 2.00 I Thrco Mnnth . I M Bit Months. . 1.00 | Una Month . SO American Xewj CompMiy. Soc'Aicntf".Ve ! ] * lc\l inlnthoUnltodSUtci. A Communications rol.itlns to Nc n und Edltorl * ' nutters should bo ftJJro * oJ to tlio Koiroa or Tin tUSIIUlU All lltnlncM fatten And Hcmltt.incci nhould l/o ddressod to Tin Il runudiiiKn OoxrAvr , OMAHA. Drvtti , Choc ) : * And I'mlnlllco nnlort to bo midu piy Kbit to the order ol the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS , E. R03EWATER. Editor. AVKU , the pill man , owed to advertis ing his fortune -1,000,000 , which ho left to his wifo. This is n hint to the wives of business men to pursuado them to advertise extensively. It is not noces- nary for us to remind them what paper is the best advertising medium in Onialm. Now timt Omaha is to have two more letter carriers there is business hero for the civil service examining board. It is not a question of logs alone , but whether the applicants can conjugate the Greek verb and wrestle with Latin. Postmas ter Coutant will probably open a night flchool for applicants. Mu. AOKK will for once attach his great name to the great seal of Nebraska , on a reprieve granted to the murderer Hart , who was to have been hung at Grand Island on Friday. This historic document will be the only relic to remind future generations that Agoc was once acting-governor of the state of Nebraska. COMMISSIONER Loiti.vn has furnished i',000,000 packages of pumpkin seeds and "garden sass" to members of congress during the past year. The ex-chairman of the agricultural committee , "OurVal , " was allowed his choice of caulitlowor , cabbage , union seeds and garlic , which ho planted in the third district , where it would do him the most good. Pr.on.K who imaginv that they will bo able to get along very comfortably this winter without fura and overcoats may discover before spring that they are a little off in their reckoning. Vonnor makes the comforting announcement that " March and April will probably give us the cold and snow lacking through the first half of the winter. " IT has now been discovered that the tail-end of the old ticket has gone abroad to consult Sir Henry Thompson and Dr. Brown-Sequarct about hishealth. , It is an open secret , however , in cipher alley , that Tom Hondricks has gone across the big pond to find out what Abe Hewitt was doing over there. If ho should hap pen to moot Dr. Miller ho will got all the medical advice ho needs. If , ' IT is the same old story over again in regard to Arctic expeditions. A second expedition haa always to bo sent out to * ind the first ono. The president lias now appointed a board to consider the question of sending an expedition for the relief of Lieut. Greeloy and party. The history of Arctic explorations is a history of-fatal disasters. Wo fail to see any goid results as yet from these expeditions to the Arctic regions. S3 for they have proved a waste of life and money , and science has not profited in the least. CROW Dee , the Indian who made his escape after being sentenced to death for the murder of Spotted Tail , appears to bo a very shrewd man. Ho probably knew what ho was doing when ho re cently surrendered himself to the auth orities. The supreme court of the Tin ted States has .just decided that the dis trict court of Dakota had no jurisdiction in Crow Dog'a case , and that lib im- .prisonmciit is illegal. Crow Dog very likely consulted a Sioux ( City ) lawyer be fore surrendering himself. Ho can now crow all ho pleases. O.vc thing haa boon demonstrated , and that is tlmt shavings and tar-barrols can not be burned on asphalt pavement with out destroying it. This will have on im- poi tant bearing on the presidential cam- paignaa it will limit bonfires to the streets that are paved with atones. This is probably ono of the reasons why Furnam street property owners Imvogonobackonabphalt. The fact that asphalt pavement is do- otrucliblo by fire may prove un obstacle in the way of the Jfcrttld'a contemplated bonfire reception to Dr. Miller upon hia return from Europe. The Jfcrnhl will Imvo to pay for n section of pavement or abandon its bonfire. Dr. Miller , how ever , will probably bo so brim full of en tlmsiasm that ho will pay for two suctions and a drawing room. suffrage stock is looking up a little , The women of Washington territory ritory are jubilating over the passage o thu female auifrago law , and n numor oiuly signed petition is to bo forwarded to I'rcsjdent Arthur asking hin \ > to appoint Mrs. Donway as gov enior of the territory. She i tho- loader of the woman suUrng movement in that territory. ( Soveruo Halo , of Wyoming , is now trembling i his boots for fear that I ho women wilhi hia jurisdiction will follow Uiu oxampl of the ladies of far-off WusWngton tor ritory. If President Arthur conclude to appoint women to federal oilier ? , h will probably select these wl'o are ovc forty-five yearn of agf , so tlmt they wi not bo liftbjo to militia duty or to famil disturbance. TllK Hl'SIffKSS The general condition of industry and trndo ii not as favorable na it WAS ex pected tobeatthis'timoof thoycar. In the cast the jobbing trndo has fallen off and ninny heavy business firms have been driven to the wall. Some of these fail ures are duo to reckless speculation ; oth ers to the inability of merchants to realize on their stocks. At the industrial centers , notably among iron and glass nannfaclurors , tbure is unusual depres sion on account of over production. Many of the iron mills of Pennsylvania irnl Ohio have boon forced to close down > ccauso there is a glut in the iron mar- col. Thousands of working people are hus thrown out of employment at a lime vhon they moat need it , and the retail norcliants must aulFbr n decline in consc- liionco , In the west the cause of general dullness among jobbers an well as small lealcrs is to bo attributed to underproduction duction rather than to over-production. In the northwestern states a general shortage of cropi is most icsponsible for .he light demand for merchandise and diHi suit collections among merchants. The grain dealers of the west iiavo been undeceived about the quantity and quality of corn , which is ho staple production of Kansas , Iowa and Nebraska. For the first time in many years the corn crop of this region s hardly fit for marketing. The lateness of the season , coupled with the cold summer and heavy rains , is responsible or the immature crop , which cannot for ho most part bo graded , and must bo od to ntock at home in order to make ho producer realize upon it. Many far mers do not own n sullicicnt number of cattle and hogs to consume their corn.and are not able to add to their live stock. ! 'hoso who have stock do not expect to realize before next spring , and the mer chants are compelled to carry them mean- imo. This accounta fur the peculiar tate of trade , notwithstanding what was oiiaidercd a prosperous year in the west , t is , therefore , problematic whether rado will recover its usual moynncy during the present winter. In Omaha the jobbers nd retailers are more or less indopon- , cnt qf the farmer's trade. The grocery .rado will fcol the depression the leastbo- auso people mustliveoven if tiny have to > orrow money to pay for the necessaries f life. Other branches of trndo , notably lardware and lumber , are supplying the orritory beyond Nebraska which is not ( Tooted to any material extent by the orn crop. Our retail trade comes largely rom local consumers , and they nro neatly made up of workingmen em- > loycd by the railroads , factories , and the ontractors for public works. The out- ook for Omaha retail trade is not in he least discouraging. I COMPROMISE WITH 11ISUOI' HARK. The opening of the Sioux reservation las been principally opposed by Bishop laro and other Dakota missionaries , who arc afraid they will lose their grip among the Sioux , and thereby bo derived - > rived of numerous valuable perquisites. t aeoms , howovcr , that a compromise jaa been effected with the missionary ing , of which Bishop Hare is the head nd front , and there is now a strong robability that the Sioux treaty'will bo ratified and the reservation opened for ottlomont at an early date. In accord- nco with the ancient axiom , "First atch your ITare , " etc. . Governor Ed munds and Judge Shannon , of the com- nission , hold a conference with the ) iahopat Vankton on Saturday lastrcla- A'O to the objections which ho had rgcd against the agreement. The com- liasionera wore gratified to find that the ) ishop coincided with thorn in most of 10 leading feature of the agreement , nd the opposition attributed to Bishop Tare by newspapers haa been incorrectly jited and overdrawn. The commis- oners expressed themselves as perfectly tiling to recommend to congress an ad- itional clause to the agreement , by hicli all church missionary property my be secured to the religious bodies ntorosted , as well as u clause for more ortain and effectual security of the ghts of property to individual Indians ho have settled outside the limits of ic now reservation as bounded and do- cribod in the agreement Under this iow of the case , it is understood tlmt litmop Hare withdrew all further oppo- itlon , and will IIHO his influence to so- uro the ratification of the agreement , 'uduo Shannon and Governor Edmunds losono much credit for their good judg- ncnt and tact in disarming the great ob- ections which Imvo thrcatonod to over- brow the work of the commission. OM : of the strong arguments made by .ho whisky distillers in favor of extend- ng the bonded period by an act of con gress , is that a fail uro to enact such u , aw would throw an immense quantity o flue grade whisky on the market , whicl would so overstock the market and rut prices down thas retailers would sell it almost as cheap ns beer. 11 would bo rathur u surprise to the consumer to go a "schooner" ol linn grade whisky at five cents. Wo very much suspect that this u a shrewd move on the part of the whisky distillow to enlist the temperance people in favor of their bill. O'Dos.sr.u. was executed n' ' Londoi this ( Monday ) morning at 8 o'clock , am Tin : OM MIA JKI ! : hus u dispatch on tin. execution in its morning edition whicl lookit like rapid trnnsmleaion of news especially whim morning papers an printed at 1 a. m , J'litltmiiitiilh Her aid. aid.Tho The nltovo U explained by the differ cnco in time between London and Oma lui. London time is about live hour faster than Omaha timo. The wires wcr held open for the associated press at Lou don mid all the way from New York t San Francisco to enable the American morning dailies to furnish particulars of .ho execution. TROVIILK IN Till : CAM I' , It is believed that Speaker Carlisle will appoint the luAiso committees on Friday or Saturday , just before the holiday re cess. The chairmanship of the appropri ation committee is the subject of consid erable yosiip just at present. It is pro- lictcd that this place will bo given to [ landull as n consolation for his defeat in the spoakorship contest. Hlnckburn.who worked hard for Carlisle's electionwants the position , and it is said that ho is con siderably out of sorts over Carlisle's in tention of appointing Randall. Ho has ndignantly refused a second place on the committee. ' A lively quarrel in the dem ocratic camp is the result , and a vigorous opposition to Randall is being made. The ) bjcctions are based on the ground of Mr. Carlisle's policy being indirect oppo sition to that of Mr. Randall , and on which Carlisle was victorious. Further more the appointment of Randall as chuir- nanoftheappropriationscommittee would jive him the power to impede and ob struct any legislation Carrying out the Carlisle policy of the tariff. It is said hat on this ground Mr. Carlisle is urged o reconsider Ihndall's chairmanship as ) cing dangerous , if not destructive , to .ho future policy and success of the democratic party. Four years ago , when itaudall was elected speaker , Blackburn was his leading opponent in the demo * cratic caucus. By usage as well aa cour- , csy , Blackburn was entitled to the ohair- nanship of the appropriation committee , > ut Raridall ignored his claims and ap- mintcd another man. It would now bo n accord with the eternal fitness of ; hings that Randall should bo mndo to : nko seine of his own medicine. WATER OAS IN ST. LOUIS. St. Louis has for several years been wrestling with the gas problem. Like nany other cities she has been merciless- y bled by a gaa monopoly that haa given > oor returns for her money. For aonio months past various schemes of relief have > cen agitated , and several corporations lave come forward with schemes to fur nish cheap light. The St. Louis Globe- Democrat reports progress on the gaa [ ueation as follows : "Tho council has before it a bill au- .horii'.ing the Gas , Fuel and Power com- > any to lay pipes ; also sundry amend- nonta offered by Mr. Stone in behalf of .ho Laclode Gaslight company , for the mrposo of killing the water gaa bill by ndiroction ; and an application from the 'jaclodo company for an exclusive fran chise. The water gas ordinance has been carefully perfected by the committee on ) ublic improvements , and all public in- .crests appear to bo sufficiently guarded n the measure as it stands. These facts ought to bo hold firmly n mind by the people of this city and their representatives : The Water 'las company asks for authority to lay the > ipes and no thing more ; the I.acledocom- > any asks for a monopoly of thobusincss ; f the water gas bill passes , any other company may bo given equal privileges on the very next day ; if the Lacledecom- mny's request is complied with no com- ) otition will bo possible for 20 years ; the iVator Gas company binds itself to fur- lish gas at $1.50 per 1,000 cubic ieot and o pay 2i or . " > per cent of its gross in come into the treasury ; and the Laclcdo makes no guarantee in regard to price , and will pay the city only a mythical stir- ) lua above 8 per cent dividends. No lane man can expect the city to got any nonoy , or gas to be furnished for less han ? 2.r > 0 under the Laclede company's iroposition. That water Gas Company makcausplon- .id offer. If it could only bo held down o comply with its promises , St. Louis ould afford to grant it an exclusive fran- hise , provided such a thing ia le al in lissouri. Judging by the experience of Omaha , the Water Gaa company ocs not always mean what it says. It s much greater in promises than in per- ormance. Our city granted it a charter or a number of years on its own condi- ions. No sooner was the chartorgranted lian it began to negotiate with the old as monopoly , and finally some sort of a ompact was made by which both pooled iioir issues. Instead of building nowgaa vorku and furnishing water gas of twenty- vo candle-power , they still supply the ity from the old works with coal gas of n inferior quality. Meantime they have og-rolled a contract through the council hat given them S1U per lamp post for ivo years , when they had volunteered to urnish the city better gas at $2" n year or each lamp post. The St. Ijouls conn- oilman may not bo as gullible or mer chantable as our city fatlmrs , and they nay provide better safeguards against mposilion. If they do not , St. Louis taxpayers will got very little relief out of the water gas company. Tm : Uea Moines lvadcr ia the first paper this aide of Chicago that haa von- lurail to leaao a telegraph line for its own usj to enable it to compote with news papers which receive their dispatches from the Associated Press. Last Sun day the /cmf < r was changed from an evening four-page to n hnndsomo morn ing eight-page paper. The citizens o. . Des Moines and the people of Iowa vril doubtless appreciate the enterprise of the publishers , as it deserves substantial aup port. _ _ . _ _ _ i ) the star of woman takes iU way. The lirat state in the I'nion tc jjivo woman the right of aulfrngo am maka the two' sexes equal in point o political rights and duties is fur-off Ore gon. The principal object of the Oregon legiaUtora in passing a woman suffrage law is to induce woman- particularly un innrriud and able-bodied womon--to im migrate to that state. There is u deficiency ficiency of such women in Oregon , anc the h'.ynuU'ri believe in increasing tli population , llonco the Invitation tc eastern women to comu unto the muii o the far west. In 1630 Oregon had 10iJ8 : : non to " 1,38" women. Whether the conferring of political rights and privi- cgcs upon women will bo the means of 'evening-up" the sexes in Oregon re mains an open question. Woman auf- rage has been in existence in Wyoming orritory for over ten years , and yet it ias been no inducement } o women to imMigrate - Migrate t that territory , where the dif- oronco in the numbers of the two sexes remains about as great as it was when .he woman lulfrago act was first passed l 01ilTICAI < XOTU8. Will J'lnnna nn , of Te\ai , lia here when ho roics bloom ? It took three yean to beat Ooihambut they aid him out at lAit. Mr. Arthur liai very ] > loaant recollections if Chicago. Ho will not bo a delcgato next rear , howavor. Messrs. Lonftitroot anil MoMiy nro nld to )0 terribly agitated about the wolf are of the opubllc on account of the confederate inilu- once now controlling congress. Mrs. U. Cady Stnnton nnd MM ! S. II. An- hony , who have junt returned from Knropc , vlll take the war-path in favor of fem.ila siif- rage at onco. " 1 certainly expect the democratic party to iiiccood next year , " said Mr. Hendricks , as 10 stopped on the RAIIK nlnnk of the utenmahlp Worrn nt New York the other clay. Ho will return In the sprinp. Chnco , of Uliode Inland , is n Now Knglixnd number who attract ! nome attention , ns ho ti lie mint likely to auccood Senator Anthony should the dUeanu which In troubling him now irnvo fatal. Ho Is tail nnd very slender nnd a 0110 of the best lasted men In the house on lational topic * , especially the tariff anil unit- era pertaining to manufacture. Minnesota seiuU to congress thli year the irnt Scandinavian ever elected to the nation al legislature. Ills n.uno is Knnto Nelson , and lie represents .1 race of men who nro fnst eatnlng prominence In the politics of the north west. west.Tho The Now Or cans Times-Democrat ( Dem. ) s assured upon good authority that ox-Gov. X'lcholls will not accept the nomination for lovornor of Louisiana if tendered to him , Ono faction of the republican party in Kan- HM has long been roatlve under the manage- nont of the controllng faction. Last year the former took advantage of the prevailing dis satisfaction with the methods by which Gov ernor St. John secured a renominatlon and tided in electing the democratic candidate. This bolt is likely to have some permanent ofect ! on the party , as a ] x > rtion of the bolter * ixlnco an unwlllincncas to return to their al- egianco unless there is a change in the man agement of thd organization. Kansas will Iouhtlcs4 continue to bo a republican state , rat by a smaller majority than heretofore. Tabor , the night-shirt statesman , of Color-a lphas not yet boon committed to an asylum or the Insane. And still for im > ro than a nonth ho has been Rerioualy announcing him self as a candidate for president. With the woman suffragists , the prohibi- ionistn , the Inilopendent deinocrata , the indo- > ondont republicans , the Butleritos , and the cgular republicans all organized for action , MrumchuHotta premixes to have plenty of ptil- tics for a year to come. The geasion of the Washington Territory cgislaturo , just ended , has increased tlio sec- ional discord , BO long an unhappy feature of .orritorial politics. Only one measure of any mportanco came before the law-inakera upon which the sectional line was not distinctly drawn. About the middle of the session a ncmorial wan introduced , praying congrcis to divide the territory upon the line of the Cos- ado mountain * . The proportion was a start ing one , and made something of a .sensation ; nit as it did not come to a vote , nentiinent ipon it was not gauged. The ball was set rolling , however , nnd there is now a good leal of talk upon the question of dm > iou on > oth Bides of the mountains. The proposition inds moat favor in eatern Washington , which m always been in the minority in the legis- aturo , and on many occasions has been made o feel its political subordination. Tom Ochiltree has organized a party of his own. Tills party caucused and Tom was lected chairman , secretary and doorkeeper , ie nominated nnd seconded all the candl- latos. Jtlr.'Wadiworth , of Now York , whence > nco U ] > on a time , so thojntory nms , Indorsed Tom'H commercial paper , was the nominee , tnd he received the solid support of the Oclnl- ree party Afonday. Ifo was defeated by Carlisle just 103 votes. Tom Is happy and vlll accommodate Mr. Wadsworth again. Speaker Carl laic. Va.shington Cor. Springfhld Republican. You will find that Mr. Carlisle will uako up a list of committees that will ) oar the closest scrutmy. The now poaker has aa hard a hand as Mr. Uan- lall. Carlisle gloves hisr Randall does tot. Carlisle is ono of tltoso who easily lecoivo the short-sighted. Men think hey read him easily. They do not. Men hink they can control him easily. They annot. Like other men whoso ways are > leasing , who are considerate- and cour- oous , wlio listen politely , who allow poole - ) lo to bare them , who talk freely , hlr. Carlisle is judged to bo n good-na- ured , oasy-goir.g man , wrap ] > ed up in his > ookH and studies and absolutely ignorant f human nature. Ho has , on the con- rary , great gifta of shrowdnesa , porcop- ion of policy nnd evenexpediency. . Ho las the gift of concealing himself in his onvorsation. The impression * prevails liat to bo a successful politician ono must shut his lips and bo very non-com- littal. Politicians think that because man talka readily they can lioroby fathom him. Mr. Cnrlislo tas learned Talleyrand's rule. Ho alks freely , you think you havoubsorbed lim , but ho is absorbing you , lie con- oali himself by means of his talk. Vet hero is nothing disingenuous about him , Jauy men will find when the committees MO announced that Mr. Curliula'a know- edge of human nature is vosy keen. Vlany men will discover that thu impres * ion they thought they had miulo : ipon ilm was not thoono they rcally.did make , t would not bo very surprising if some of the Massachusetts members would iwako to the fact that sometimes when you think you are twisting a nan around your finger , it ia-in fact you who nro twisted. 1 know ono member 'rom Massachusetts who believes ho is 'solid" ' with Mr. Carlisle for a certain committee. Hois , Mr. Carlisle is solid agauut him for it. Mr. Carlisle oxpecto to have that committee to represent people - plo and not individuals. The speaker knows the ins nnd otita of all the old members pretty well. Ho has aa keen a scent for tracing a job to a member as Randall had , and the man who wanted to got thu railroad or public lands commit tee will be apt to find himself a long ways off. The ways and means comriit- tee will bo BO made up-that it will represent - sent the majority that nominated Carlisle - lisle for speaker. It will bo composct not only of men who think as ho djoa , but who knew something about thu in tricacies of tarill bills , nnd who have courage. Mr , Carlisle expects to see n bill luportod that vrill do what tlfo Ut-if commission assorted could be done , am what the present law did not do reduce the revenue tvlvout 20 per cent. O courao such n bill will not beconu a law. It will in all probability never go through this house , no tit thu etmaion , at least. liut it will pu Mr. O.ulUlo and hit following on record and they will ronsiv the tight in thu mv limial convention. Said ono of the lead ing opponents of Mr. Carlisle's jiolicy Thin fight will bo U un in the hous only to bo carritxl to the couvcn lion. I expect to BOO in tie ! nex doiiuicratio convoutlon s bittcv a con test over this matter as crer was witnessed in n convention of our party. I know that delegations will ' p chosen to make this fight. I know that the work of organizing for the election of delegates has alreadybcgun. I believe too , that in some sections from which Mr. Carlisle drew largo support , arrangements are now being made to elect delegates to the national convention who will take issue with him , nnd with Morrison and Frank Hurd. In Missouri , in Georgia and in Louisiana full revenue-reform del egates cannot bo elected. " In view of these opinions , uttered by a man who himself hai boon n candidate for thu presidential nomination and who represents to the country the opponents of Carlisle's policy , wo may look for something keenly interesting in thu next few months , in the struggle for tuprcmacy in the democratic party. To thinking republicans this condition of things docs not mean the destruction of the democratic party , but rather life , energy , aggrcssivencs and promise. Mr. Edmunds said to a friend a few days ago that such an agitation as is promised , and as scoma certain , could only bo possi ble in a party that was sure of itself. Conkling , who is hero for a few days , said that the democrats would gain from the republicans all that they would lose from their own party , if Carlisle's policy was indorsed by the convention. larrclt and Ki-arney. rhlcn o Tribune. The appearance of John Jarrctt. late president of the Ironworker's association , in the lobby of the house of representatives as the agent of Pittsbitrg speculators who want n hii'hor tax on tin-plato puts him in the same position as that held by Denis Kearney when he came before the anti-monopoly convention in Chicago this year as the advocate of high fares and freights on the railroads. Like Kear ney , Jarrett won what leadership ho had by his supposed devotion to' the interests of 1 abor , and like Kearney ho has gone into the employ of the very capitalist class against which ho professed to desire to protect his followers. Each of these mon has made his influence with the workingmen a commodity for sale. The Central Pacific people employed Kearney to make an oratorical tour through the east in favor of their monopoly because they hoped his power over the minds of the laboring classes could be used to mislead - load them , and in the same way the TinPlate - Plato association have employed Jarretl to befool the workingmen and to missrep- resent them before congress. The Vineunr "War. The Retail Grocers' Journal this week devotes a page and a half to what it terms the "vinegar war. " The article sets forth that an effort has been made by eastern parties to secure the repeal of the yapor- izing law. This permits vinegar manu facturers to produce low wines for the purpose of making vinegar without the payment of a United States tax , A num ber of the prominent grocers and manu facturers of this city have united in a petition to the senators and representa tives of the state ef Missouri asking them to use their influence and votes against the repeal of the law. The petition sets forth that the provisions of the law en able manufacturers to produce a perfect ly pure food product and to drive adul terated products from the market. The repeal of tho' law would double up the cost of production , and injure the manu facturing interests of the state. Rotten Burroughs. Ken-York 1 line * . It is not a matter for surprise that Mr. Frye's proposition for reforming the ba sis of representation failed of adoption. It had against it the composition of the committee , in which the territory of New Mexico , the state of Arkansas , and the District of Columbia , which have six electoral votes in all , none of which the republicans can hope to get , had as much > ewer as the states of New York , Penn- yivania and Ohio , with their 89 electo- nl votes , all of which the republicans mvo a chance of securing. Kraiik Mutton' * Style. lunvur Trllmue. Th * wain trouble with the Washington National Republic * * ! is that it advocates opublican principles in much the same pirit it would uao in putting a patent nedicine for twenty-five cents a line , ind it haa about the- same reason tor a ommon course in both cases. llj month Clmrcli. YoiiSi , Dec. 14. At the annual neotting of Plymouth church this oven- ng out of ever " ,000 members but sixty rero in attendance. Pastoral Helper laUiday took a very dismal view of the ondition of'tha church. Ho said that 10 mot with mueh difficulty in discovering ! io residenco'of the members. The Sun- ay-school was' at a Uandstill and the > ethcl was decreasing year byyear. The ontributions worn falling off until they lad reached a miwrnble condition.Vith no exception , the-contributions had de- reasud cue-half. Sciatica , lumbago. naohncUj. Headache , Toothache , i Tlir .H4 * liiB , M'l < " ' . Iliirn * . N ut.l . C-iok Illlf * . IM ) ill. llfllHl UlMlIM I'AIM1 . * M' < ill" | iriiMl i > | < wi.ot 7 6' in A. C.E.MAYStE&CO. , I50a Fainam Slieetv - - Omaha , Heb witousAi.i : : ami'mis AND PEAIFIU m AND CONNELSVILLEEQ KO ! E3Write for Prices. STEELE , JOHNSON& CO. , Wholesale Grocers ! AND jonnnna w FLOUR ll , SALT , SUGARS , CANNED GOOIS , ; ND ALL GROCERS' ' SUPPLIES A FULL LINE OF THE BE3T BRANDS OF Cigars and Manufactured Tobacco. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & * RAND POWDER Cff 15th and Farnam Streets. Omaha , Below will bo found a few of the BEST and most DESIRABLE BARGAINS : OMAHA CITY PROPERTY. No. 211 2 story brick residence , near St. Mary's avenue , at u bargain. No. 221 12 vacant lots , 1 block from street cars , same distance from Hanscom Park. Wo offer these lots , which are very desirable for building purposes , at a low figure for a few days only. No. 220 15 lots on Saunders street , near Charles. These lots will be sold cheap and are well located for a block of stores. No. 229 Business property , rents for § 2.000 , pays SO per cent. Best tiling ever offered. No. 2J15 Three houses and lots , rents for Sl,200 per year. No. 241 3 lots in Bartlott's addition , very cheap. No. 253 15 acres in Cunningham's addition. No. 21" 3 lots in Hanscom place. No. 04 t lots on S. 10th atreet. Easy terms. Each , 8000. No. 102 House and lot. House , 5 rooms and basement. Lot , ( iO x40 , S. 10th street , near Charles , § 800 down , balance in 2 years. 81,400. No. 84 9 lots , (10x102 ( each , S. ' 10th st. Must be sold altogether. § 4,500. No. 77 3 houses , 2 brick and 1 frame , on lot ( 'M > xH)2 , S. llth st. § -1,900 cash , balance long time. § 7,250. * i No. 40 Ono acre lot and house , 4 rooms , 1 blocks , S. St. Mary avenue street car lino. Very cheap. § . " ,700. Liberal terms. No. 11 3 houses and lota , 50x140 , S. 10th.st. , Not railroad. This is the best bargain for an investor ever offered in the city. § 2,500. No. 90 A good house of 5 rooms , with basement and other good improvements. Lot , 50x150. .Frnit and evergreen trees C years old. Nice resulenco property. Easy terms. § . ' 5,200. No. 1 ! ) Now house and barn. Lot , 132x148. This is a very de sirable residence property , and ia offered at a low price. Will ex change for farm property. § 4,500. No. 143 2 lota in Block K , Lowe's 1st addition , § 150 each. No. 103 Slots in Boyd's addition. § 175 each. Easy terms. No. 107 2 lots in Lowe's socor.d addition. Each contains 1 acre , with house- and barn. , Bargain. No. 109 4 acre lota in Lowe's second addition. No. 179 1 lot in Kountz' third addition. New ] house of S rooms , barns , etc. § 1,800. No. 181 1 lot m Kountz' third addition , 2 houses.etc. § 1,500. No. 184 2 lota hi Block 3 , KnuKta' third addition. Must be sold together. § 2,200 , No. 180 3 acres in Okahoma , with good 5-room house and other improvements. S Tj500. . FARM LANDS. No. 201 40 acres near fort Omaha. No. 202 2 good farms near Waterloo. 240 aero farm near Osceola , Neb , § 25 per acre : Will exchange for city property. Easy terms. No. 12 2,000 a < Tres of improved landin Hitchcock county , Nebraska , ranging in price from § 3.50 to § 10 per acre. No. 17 040 acres of good farm land in Dawnon county. Will exchange - change for city property. § 3.50 per aero. No. 22 The best fnrm in Nebraska 7 miles from Omaha , contains- 150 acres , 2 houses , wells , cisterns , barns and all other first class im provements. Also orchard matured and bearing. Will exchange for city property. No. 107 Several valuable and low-priced tracks of and in Madison' county. ! < 'forms within from o 12 miles of railroad , and 2.'J pieces of im proved lands , near Table Rock , Nebraska , all conveniently near market , and in many , instances offered at great bargains. Among other comities in which ws have special bargains in farms and unimproved Ir.nds , are Jefferson , Kno.v , Clay , Valley , Webster Sarpy , Harlan , Ttoono , Filmore , Cajs , Seward , Mcrrick and Nucta oils. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. H. B. IREY & CO. , Real Estate Agents , Southwest Corner liitli and .Farnam St. , Omaha , Neb. AND JOBBERS OF DOSISSTIO GffilES.TOEIGCOS.PiESI . SHEERS' ' SIDLES DROPR1ETOR3 OF THE HOLLOWING CELEBRATED BRANDS : Reina Vicfcossas , Espesiales , Raose in 7 Sae& ! from $ & to ( $120 per 1000. AND 3SS FOLLOWING LEAim FIVE CKX2 C.HJARS : Stombinaticn , Grapes , , Frogres.v .Nebraska"Wyoming auirt Brigands. WE DUPLICATE EASTERN SEND FG& PRICE LE T AND SAM.PL.fiS. U D. BKEMKU , Aj * - * & . , „