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THE DAILY BErt OMAILA , TIlTKSUrUr DECEMBER , 20 , 18 THE OMAHA BEE . Omnlin Oltlcr , X < > . < ! F rni\m S ( . ComiRil HluITi * Ollli-p , X . f 1'cnil Street , Nenr llrondwnj. Now York Oilier , Itoom 5 SYllnin" lliilldlng. _ _ _ rublislind e\ety irornlnff , except SumUy ; Tlio ml ) Uondijr mornlrR ililly. rum r xxiu ne Year . { 1000 I Three Months . ts.uo tlx MontM . 60J | One Month . 1.00 tun wtrutT , rufMsituD RYKRT HKDVBSDIT. titRvs rostrAin. One Year . ? 10) I Thrco Months . t H > ( It Months. 1.00 | One Month Amerlcui New mln theUnltetlSLitn. A CommnntetttniM routing to Xeu-s ar.i ! Kdllnrla mittcri thould l > o H'Mrei oi tn ll.o KBITOB or In Bit. tr.m . All Btnlnom fatten nml IteraltUncel rhoutd b ddi lt9TiiKlJrii I'ciiuviiNi CovrAKt , OMAHA DrxfU , Cheoki nml rVnlotllco orders to lie undo pik } iblc to the order of the compim . THE BEE PUBLISHINa CO , , PROPS n. ROSEWATCR. Editor. TJIK thermometer will have to rim be low the mercurial freezing point whoi it'hristmas gifts got left in Omaha. SK.UUAI : , of the high joints of the low. pool wore ocized with convulsions am cramps on Tuesday attd could not uttem iho meeting in Chicago. KT. Louis js now making an effort tc ccouro the national democratic convcn tion , A committee of thirteen 1ms bcci appointed to meat on next. Friday. Ai unlucky nnmbur end nn unlucky 'lay. ' StDitSV DIU.OX ic said to bo opposed t < the tripartite agreement , and the inu- jority of ( ho Union Pacific directors are shouting , "Oil1 with his head.1 They have sut ' .Thursday foniho execution. Tin : dynr.inito section of the Inviiici- blos have been shut out of Buenos Ayros. The government hni impnccU a tax of 00 per cent on the importation of dyna mite. O'Donoian Iloasa wi.'l hold an in dignation mooting. Now it turns out that the tail and of the old ticket is merely making .a pleas ure trip to Europe. It wouldnX do to admit that Tom ilendricks is in illihoalth BO long as Sam Tildon can swiiig a five- pound dumb-boll and turn a hand-spring. .No MOUI : burials arc to bo permitted in Westminster Abbey , and famous Kng lishmcn will have to plant their monuments ments in some other bono-j-ard Oscar Wilde , the Jersey Lily , Jem Mnco , Tug Wilson , and other English colobriutics , will have to repose in some spot that lias not become historic by the monumental folly of ten centuries. A MOTION in the city council last evening - ing to adjourn without day wna carried , and that will bring the next meeting on the night of Christmas day. Probably ; the members of the council intend to "fnovo in a body to the now German Tur ner hall. Ilnscall will very likely head the procession. "Ujfsuii Fum" has reached Romoand ) the Roman populace will turnout as they : did of yore when gladiators wrestled with wild beasts in the colissoum to make a , Roman holiday. Even the pope , who lias boon sijubbeil by the father of "Un- , ser Fritz , " and insulted by Bismarckhna , received the prodigal at the Vatican and showered upon him the compliments of s the season. > THE Now York morning dailies of last Monday did not publish the ac count of the hanging of O'Djinnoll , ' which took place in London at 8 a. in. The full particulars , however , appeared in THK OMAHA BKH of that morning , not because the Now York papers are loss enterprising , but because the difference o in time between New York and Omaha > gave us the advantage of an hour and a half. Tin : council 1ms passed soveir.l ordi ' nances levying taxes adjacent to utroota s that Jiavo boon graded. Within a few days , notice will ho served upon the par * * . ties who are to pay those special IIBSOSS- ' in ntft through a paper which does not reach ono man in a hundred in Omaha. . If some of the property owner * refuse to pay their taxes because they J-avo not been properly notified , the economy of this sort of cho p advertising will bo demonstrated. . Now TH\r congress is in session , there is botnu hope that thq congressional library , botanical qarden , Smithsonian , national museum and like p'ncpa will bo opened on Sundays. This action should bo promptly taken. WaithlmjUin Urlllo. Are congressmen the only persona in Washington who cannot go to thcso in stitutions except on Sunday ? Have they not a great deal more leisure and recrea tion than the department clerks and working people , who have to labor from eight to ton hours a day ? If it is proper to open the libraries , museums , etc , on Sundays during the session of congrcsH , why should they not remain open oa Sundays all the year round ) B. V. SiiivuLV , secretary of the na tional anti-monopoly organization , has addressed a vigorous circular to members of the Ohio state legislature protesting in advance against the possible election of Henry B. Payne to the United States eenato. lie declares that Mr. Pay no IB the candidate of the Standard Oil com pany ATcw York Star. The secretary of the national unti-inon opoly league \rill have all his labor for liia "Payne's. " Few membera of the Ohio legiilaturo can resist the lubrica lion of the Standard Oil barrel , eapec ially in a democratic caucus whcro they to auumo no liability under the legislative oath , oven if they were to ofi'er their tg the highest bidder. I'Ul.'SS. A few iwnlpscriit | 1 olmpinK to the lir t the stott ) uro fiiulcoriiK ! to crcnto n Impii for thoOinnhn 7/r/iv / > * ( imi , lioca'tso tlio I'nioi 1'Acifio rnllrond 1 * K"I"K to 1'tilld new imrtcr | for thecmiicrii. l.ct It Ixj ktmwn and Jiro clnlmol Hist mili l llwl ornn ( In Jsohrwiki nro I'ust nil booniiiifr. Tha pconle'n preM wil licrcftftor nttciul to tlmt part of tlie iin > Krnmmo The influence of the Onulia IttpnMltn i ottU ftldo thoinnchliieii tot.illy nil , mid Iticirctilu tlon mil licliik' nliclent ( to liny for the piper the concern U run nt a danu Idii tn tlio con | innv > and if it trcro not for tin ) vorls wlilcl tlio t'nlon 1'ntific rprtilrcs | it to do in the wn nf job work , thsro would bo no Oinnhn y/r/mf The Lincoln Drnwcrtil in a sort of tlail , chattel mortgage , issued by its creditor at a constant Joss of money. It is of a little consequence financially as it is jour nalistically , and the Jicpublicnn repro ducca its wi > rds , not for the purpose o rop'ying to them in particular , Initfor th nake of mhking the general assertion tha the next reputable paper which shall prin the charge that this paper is owned u controlled by tlio Union Pacific railroa company will have an opportunity tj proving it in the courts. U o nay this ii no spirit of anger < ir impatience it is simple proposition , and not a throat The charge ( if railioad ownership is n this state to a nowngnpor u hat charg of larceny would bo to an individual. 1 is injurious , and , if untruu , is distinct ! and ciiminally libellous. The present owners of the Jliililct ! are malniii ; every possible ollortto main tain and improve a journal representative tivo of Onulia , Nebraska and the west The business which thqy transact ia legit j'mato and tlio course which they purmi is honest. Tint at every turn they shuttle bo met by t , contain small but nois ; crowd of opposition journal ? , with th assertion that they are the slaves or tools of a railroad company , using the money of the company i and possessing no nor of moral , political or financial iiidopond once , is worse than aggravating it is absolutely outrageoiin. An n plain mat ter of fact , the people oi Nebraska , many of whom are patrons o ! this paper , liavo a right to know whether or not thus charge is true. They want a ncwspixiwr upon uhich they can rely and if the Jlcpubtiawi is a "railroad organ , " it ia not such a paper. For their sake , and for the sake of itself , this journal proposes to take advantage of the next direct charge in any reputa ble newspaper that it is owned by a rail road company , and prosecute the matter in the courts. The railroad job-work isdividudamoiig nearly all the printing houses of Omaha. The Jtcpublicun receives a portion of it , if it makes the lowest bid. but it is no more dependent upon that woik for finan cial existence than it is upon the Lincoln Dcnwvrul for news. [ Omaha Jtyntlt can. can.This This compound of sublime impudence and brazen falsehood is reproduced under flaring headlines by the Lincoln Journal aa "a few pertinent worda properly put on a profitable occasion by an untrammeled - moled press. " Only three days ago the Lincoln Journal announced that a special edition of fifty thousand copies of its weekly had been ordered by the ISurling- ton it Micaouri Ilivor Railroad company , and would bo circulated far and wide by that corporation. Tnti-ammoled press ! Profitable occasion ! What a set of cow- irdly ingratcs these corporation organs ire that deny their matters , while the brass collar is visible through their ra < 'ata , Audacious impostors ought to liavo a good memory , but the wretched lickapittlo who fawns upon Tom Kimball , ind who docs his bidding like a serf , looms to forgot that ho cannot masquer- ido as an untrammeled journalist with- iit betraying himself at every stop , like ho ass in the lion's skin. If the Omaha Republican wants any proof in court x hat it is to-day as much under the Jnion Pacific control as it was when hat company owned the larger iharo of its stock , wo will ifibrd them an opportunity. This paper perfectly responsible and solvent. THE SEE publishing company owns at least > 10,000 in real and personal property , rliich is entirely frco from encumbrance , jot it bo known and proclaimed that 'ho Omaha JcpnbUcan has for many ears been , and is now , a Union Pacific irgan in all that the term implies. It is rue that the railroad company was orccd to transfer its stock in that paper ; the present owners to avoid exposure [ y legislative investigation of its owner- : hip in newspapers. But the railroad lontinucs to hold its grip upon the con- era through its immense patronngo. L'ho assertion that the railroad printing divided among nearly all the printing louses of Omaha , and ia given out to the owest bidder , is notoriously false. A 'ow crumbs nro thrown hero and there o the small job offices , but the bulk of .ho printing , binding , lithographing , etc. , sjgiven to The Jiymblluitn and The Jfcralil , while The Omaha 7'orf , a read- srlcBS Gcrmaiu paper , is subai- li/.ed with the foreign printing. I'lio aggregate of this railroad patronage aniiot fall short of SfiO.OOO a year. U is ho mainstay and prop of the subsidised irgans , and but for that the Jicpubllcan ivould have gone to the wall years ago. It ia true tlmt bids are taken for mere form's aakoon a few ordora , but this is a rarco , Ono of the small job printing louses , not many months ago , offered to lo certain work for SI- per lot. It was . warded to the Jlejnibltcuii for SIC. 1'hat article was a sample of a largo 111141- jor which they subsetwontly furnishedat the same piico. The papers that receive such profitable subsidies are bound hand and foot. They iaro not peep , if thu railroads should con- llacato and destroy property and rob the people in broad daylight. The Jtcjtblican ( truthfully says that tlio charge of railroad ownoishipisin this state to a newspaper what a churgo of n larceny would bo to an individual. This means grand larceny , of course. How was it when the Union Pacific railway , through its officers , hold undisputed title to the Jtcpublicairt Has ihore been any change except u transfer of stock ? The sumo person edits the ItejiUbllwnt now that was it editor thru. How long is it ainco ho wont to Kearney buy a paper for the Union Pacific ? And yet ho pretends to bo insulted and Dutraged because people bcliuvo him to be the same tool now tlmt ho was bofoio ho bought that JlcptiMiran stock. Are wo to understand that ho was a railroad capper formerly , and lias since reformed ? Whcro was ho during the memorable Bandjtono swindle ? Did the Jlcpubli' m speak like an honest and nntrain- moled journal ngainst that attempt to force upon our tax-payers a worthless paving material through bribery and cor rupt manipulation of councilmcn ? Why wna the Jlijmblirrm nilont when the 1'nion Pacific ollicora , di'guiacd as Hclt liners , got up a conapirasy to take forci ble possession of properly in defiance of the courts' Why had not that brasn- collared hypocrite one word tosay against the desecration of the Sabbath and the other criminal acts committal when the licit line was inaugurated ? la there any further proof ncedod to con vict htm of being a mere tool and lackey , Wo did not inspire the severe but truthful strictures of the I/incalii Jcmo- cm/ , but the malicious Hing that it is "a daily chattel mortgage , " comes with ba ( grace from a concern that was plastercc all over with moitgages for many years There is no disgrace for a man or news papers to bo in debt , providing they are honest. Wo would rather bo "a daily chattel mortgage , " struggling manfully for existence , than a bloated paramlo thu thrives and fattens upon the ill-gottct wealth wrung by extortion and lobbery fro 11 the hardy HOUH of toil. ARMY Mir.KMSK .ST/.VJ/.V. By thin time ( Junoral Howard has doubtless received the circular letter ad dressed by Adjutant General Drum to commanders of the several military do paiimeiils calling attention to the fact ILat the mileage of army olliccrs for the first four months of the present fiscal year , without any apparent icason there for , is fifty per cent higher than it was Luring the KUJIIO period last year. The secretary of war very properly directs that ilia mileage expenditure for the cur rent year .mist bo kept within the appro priation , oven if ho shall bo compelled to require all army officers to sncuro an order for travel from the headquarters of the army. This brings us again to the scandalous abuse in the matter of trans portation which has been tolerated in the army chiefly among officers of the staff. Army olliccrs who carry annual railroad passes in their pockota go out on junketing trips ovoryfcw weokn under some pretext for the solo purpose of pocketing extravagant mileage ac counts. This is not much better in our opinion than duplicating pay accounts or forging vouchers. It is a downright steal under a veneering of legality. No army oflicor ought to bo allowed to travel en a railroad pass. The g < vcrnmcnt has made umplo provision for his transportation by rail when ho is traveling in the discharge of his duty. If ho is traveling for pleas ure or upon a private errand ho ought to pay faro like any other man. Iho private soldier is never favored with railroad passes except as an obiect of charity. The army oflicor should not lower his calling by accepting a charity jift from a railroad. But the rair.ad managers , who are so liberal with their passes to army officers , do not consider this an act of charity. When they give pasa to an army officer , they expect more than its equivalent in favors which iho officer can hardly over extend with- jut doing violence to his conscience. If it is a land grant railroad like the Union Pacific , ho can increase ita carti ngs in various ways , or close his ycs when the agents of the company present inflated vouchers , which arc ilaced to the company's credit in its ac- xmnt with the government. The whole railroad pass system , except where it is ft cgitimato exchange of commodities , Is a ; refined system of bribery and its effect m the army is beginning to make itself olt in the excessive mileage accounts vhich the secretary of war has just been oinpollcd to curtail. Tin : other day ( icnoral McBeath , the ircsont commandor-in-chiof of the Clraul \rtny of the Republic , published a ard over his own name , wherein ho tatos that ho 1ms thoroughly investigat- d the charges against Paul Vnndervoort on file at the postollico department , and huts that Vandorvoort has been unjustly , omovcd. Now , it strikes us , that Mr. . Vlclieath lius assumed extraordinary unctions , which certainly do not belong o his position , Suppose that Yunder- oort was u member of thu Masonic or- [ er , or of the Knights of Pythias , what msinoaa would the grand master of cither uf these orders have to interpose his au- hority between thu postmaster general and a subordinate who is discharged for leglect of duty and incompetcncy , Docs ho government of the United States owe Vandorvoort n living , oven if ho were over so competent ) What business has .ho head of the Grand Army of the Uo- mblie , which is purely a benevolent and ocial organization , to interpose on bo mlf of any member MIO has boon din- . Imrged from government employ ? Would General McHoath take the trou- > le to investigate the cause of removal of a any veteran , even if he had lost both ogs'in tlio war , from the railway mail orvico or any other bureau ? Is Van- lorvoort , who was never within n him- [ rod miles of n battle , and never received "scratch , any hotter than Iho dis. bled veteran who participated n scores of engagements and is novr ompellcd to seek a living Ly some easy employment ? Hut Mr. McUoath does tot know anything about the capacity of Vandorvoort or his conduct , und ho only a lolittlos himself and the Grand Army by championing a bummer whom the post- ntistor-uencral should have dismissed rears ago for dishonest practices and in attention to business. There AT uro charge * filed against Vandervoort time and again , which have been pigeon-holed at the instance of his political backer ? . These charges oven Postmaster Genera ! ( Jrcsham has not seen. If General Me- Heath wants to know something about the true character and conduct of Van- dorvoort lot him come to Omaha , and we venture to predict that he would go awnj heartily ashamed of himself A.Moxti the bills introduced in the house last Monday was ono by Congress man Stunner , of California , to fu and cs tabliah the maxiiniuni rates of passcn ger fares on the Union and Central Pa cific railroads. After the passage of thi act the maximum rate of passenger first class fares on the 1'nlon Pacific Jind Central tral Pacific roads , constituting the rail road line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean , shall not exceed thrc cents per mile. It also makes it unlaw fill for the companies above named t collect more than two cents per mile fo second class faro , and ono and one-lml cents for third-class. Kranctions of mile , for the purposes of the act , shal be measured by a standard divisioi of one-third , as near as practicable ticablo and no moro than one thiid of the amount charged for transportation for one mile on either o the above mentioned railroads shall b charged and collected for one-third of i mile or less. Upon the passige of tin act the societary of the interior ahal publish the fact , together withu achcdul in the daily papers of New York , Oiiiahn Denver and San Francisco. A violatioi of the provision of the law shall involv the companies in suits for damages , per eonal and punitive , and any employe violating the same shall bo punishable b } a fine of § 1GO , or by imprisonment for : ter'ii not exceeding .six months. It is to bo hoped this bill will pass be fore the present congress adjourns. The people west of the Missouri have submit ted to legalized highway robbery long enough. WJIIIM Paul Morphy played eight , 'amcs of chess simultaneously with his oycs bandaged , ho was legarded aa the most wonderful prodigy of modern times , llcrr Xukertort played thirty-one games of chess simultaneously in Baltimore on Friday night last , and won all but ono. This week ho is to play there ton simul taneous games blindfolded. AVIintKoiulllcaii8 arc to do Aliout it. N'ow YorK i\ciiinu : Post. The great difficulty with which the Democratic party has had to contend ever since the close of the war is that nobody either in or out of it was able to say exactly Avhat its doctrines were. Its plat- 'onus have consisted in the main during all that period , of what are called "ar raignments" of the republican party , coupled with declarations in favor of ; hreo or four of the elementary virtues , such as truth , justice , and honesty. This went on BO long that it naturally brought about what seemed to bo a complcto dis appearance of constructive statesmanship 'rom its ranks. For many years back even the mpst able and enlightened demo- : rat haa.not'beon able to say anything for IIH party muchbottor than that ho thought lomocrats would fill the federal offices jotter than the republicans. Lately , oven this pretence was laid aside , and the : ry was raised that the republicans should > o turned out , without any explanation of what was to take their place. The boblo attempt made in 1880 to advocate a tariff for revenue only , and its cowardly abandonment during the canvass , made it com as if the party , as an organization , vas completely ruined , and that nothing nit reconstruction on a now basis or with low materials would enable it to take the iold again , either at the north or at the outh , with any chance whatever of sue- es. No party can exist or over has oxist- d as a fighting force , upon the vices or hortcpmmgs of its opponents simply. A > arty in opposition may possibly maintain tsolf for two or throe years , or at a single lection , upon the mistakes or vices of the dministration , but it cannot do it for wcnty years. A party which during twenty years' pposition does nothing to lay hold of the joncration that grows up in that interval , nust make up his mind to stay in oppo- ition indofinately. The democratic party , f wo may judge from Mr. Carlisle's olec- ion , has at least , begun to roalixo this act. It has lost nearly all hold of the 'outh and intelligence of the country for ho want of any positive policy ; and has est all hold of the tvomen of the country hrough friluro to supply anything which tppeiles in the least degree to the imagi- lation in politic * . It u apparently going a turn over a now loaf , and to propose omothing in the way of legislation for ho country to reject. Of course , however - over , this is not at all certain. It is ono .hing to elect a speaker by way of en dorsing his opinions on the leading ques- ion of the day ; it is another thingtooni- > oily these opinibjs in the party plat- orm , and defend them on the stump. \ftor what happened in 1880 , one cannot eel ut all sure that the party will not , at the eleventh hour , fuill to show the conr- a3o of its convictions. For the present , however , the democrats - crats are to all outward appearance cohi- nittcd to the polhcy of a gradual roduc- ion of the tariff for lovenuo only. There are two ways for the republican to meet his. Ono is to tout democratic sincerity jy co-opnrating heartily in the careful and moderate reduction of taxation , which s now very clear the country demands. The republican party built up our present system of taxation , and [ has gene a good way to paying off the war dobtr it should , hornfore , make n special effort to to take ho load in bringing back that system to the normal peace footing , oven if that bo protectionist footing. The other way is to shirk all discussion of our present system nf taxation by lony ing that there is any fault to bo found with it , either as regards its incidence or iniount , and by pretending that such as t is , the prosperity of the country has icon wholly duo to it , and not at all , or only in u very small degree , to our na- ional resources , or to the skill or indue- ; ry or ingenuity of the people. This ground once taken , of course other abeur- lilies will have to follow. The sectional ssuo is to bo revived by docluiing that \Ir. \ Carlisle's election , although ho was Union man throughout the war , means another collision between the solid south md the solid north , and that there- ere lepublican voters , instead of ox- > rcsbing an opinion , at the polls upon he amount of duty which should be evied on foreign imports , must again 'vote &a they shot" and "mako it hot inder the old Hag. " It appears , too , . hat the Irish voters in the manufactur-1 'I ' ing towns are to bo called to the polls , not to express their opinion about the taxes they ought to pay in their adopted country , but to express their hatred of England and their undying remembrance of "sis hundred years of wrong. " In short , the strongest sort of nppinl In to bo mndo to what is most iirational in their mental constitution , and to the passions and prejudices nhich most seriously diminish their value as Ameri can citizens. . ' The history of the democratic party , however , ( luting the past twenty years ought to bo a solemn naming to republi cans against tiying to live by clap-trp or dead issues. The republican party is likely to fail fur worse in any undertak ing than oven the democrats did , because of iti great dependence on the independ ent vote. The force with which it wins at elections is now made up almost wholly of a class that cannot bo hum- butiged or hoodwinked by appeals and fallacies which seem to bo intended for European peasants rather than for Amer ican citizens. Moreover , the revival of old cries is still less open to it than to the democrats. The sectional 133110 was abandoned in 1880 for the simple reason that it was worn out. It would never hate been abandoned by a certain class politicians for any other reason. It would take another war to give it anj \aluo now. If republican politicians should be sot to work to revive it during the coming year , on the stump , they would make the party so ridiculous that it would bo overwhelmed long before fore November , 1881. Throw Away Mis Criitolicp. "Suifcicd fiom rheumatism < vt bndly had tome mo crutches , but throw them away nftor ap plying Tlwuiiuf fclcrtri ? Od to my limbs. I now feel better than I haxo fur years. " K. L. Gibbn , 3'J ! ) Kile St. Uullnlo , N. V. tiUcrary Note. Messrs. Janaon , McClurg iV. Co. , Chicago cage , have just issued a volume by the Hon. George W. Julian , called "Politi- cal Recollections , 1 10 to 1872. " The author is widely known throughout this country , ho having been during most of this period named a conspicious figure in American politics. Ono of the eaiTiest and most uncompromising of the antislavery - slavery leaders , the candidate for vice president upon the free-soil ticket in 18. > 2 , ono of the founders of the republi can party in 1850 , and afterwards one of its most prominent and trusted leaders , i member of congress during the exciting [ > cried pro-coding and including the war , and during that great struggle one of President Lincoln's intimate ad visers and a member of the 'amous congressional committee on the conduct of the war ho is well able , fiom such a career , to make of his recollections x most interesting and thrilling narativc. tlis style as a master of vigorous Kng- ish is well known , and the tone is per sonal throughout , giving to the work ibundant piquancy and point. Censures and criticisms are freely dealt , and the author's impressions and knowledge of amous men and movements are given with an unreserve admissible only after .ho lapse of time. With the present : een desire for definite information con cerning events connected with the war ind its political causes , Mr. .Julian's nar rative will find hosts of eager readers. "Tho Weather , " a practical guide to ts change , showing signal aorvico system and how to foretell local weather , by S. S. Dossier , is a very useful pamphlet nibliflied by Robert Clarke & Co. , of Cincinnati. It instructs anybody who can read how to become a "weather > rophet. " It should have a largo sale iniong farmers , and all others whoso oc cupation , curiosity or interest lead to the desire to know whether or not wo shall " . " Mr. iavo a "goodly day to-morrow. J.'s work is "Indications" and "Old 5robabilities" brought within the popu- ar comprehension simply reduced to a 'dot , " so to speak. The author is the ccipiont of much praise for the general Directness of his predictions. < The Editor's Story. hillwldpliU Call. Rural Editor "Yes , sir. Durglarics re becoming altogether too frequent round hero and something has got to be one. " Detective "You have not been both- rep by them of course ? " Editor "Haven't I , though ? My louse was entered last week and every- hing of value taken. " Detective "You non't say so ; have on no clow1 ? Rural Editor "Oh 1 have , yes , some- hing better than a clew. 1 have the man himself , but ho is dead. " Detective "Dead ! Then you shot at lim ? " Rural Editor "No ; ho was found dead bout four days after ho robbed my louse. " Detective "What did lie die of ) " Rural Editor "Well , the coroner's ury decided that ho died of starvation. " i'rpinontcrs lina subscribed $10,000 for _ the ojntion of the normal school there. Articles f incorporation will bo filed immediately and vorlc begun. ! , ! , Scialica , Lu nbaoo , Uackachc. lleadacne , Toothache , HortiTlir.ine.M fllhi .Nirnli ; .llriH lliuiio. Sfuiiln. I'ro 1. Illlfi , 1MI All. Illlllll DUIIIU I'Al.VH AMI . 11111:1.1:11 : cr , . XM A. > : " > ' N lll in-t > ! ! . . t.K. A. Coal. 0. E. MAYNE & CO. , ot SOSFarnamSlieet Omaha Heb , - - , , WJIOI.KSALI : siniTKiis AND DKAMIIIS i.v AND CONNELSVILLEEC KO ! K ? * Write for TrJcos. STESLE , JOHNSON& CO , , Iyfs I II , M. LOCK\VOOH ( formerly of Loi-lwod & Draper ) Chicturp , Mnu- ngerof Iho'IVn , Cifr r nml Tobncci Di parlnieiils. A full line of all gnulus of nbovc ; nl o pipes nml smokers1 articles curried in flock- . Prices ami snmpUs furnished on application. Opuu orders intrusted to u shall receive our careful nttcntimi S.itisfnction Guaranht'il. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & "RAND POWDER CO RICIIAHDS & CLARKE , \V. \ A. CLA1MCB , Proprietors. SuncriutiMi lo U. IMUIi , WAY , 17TII Ss 18TII STREETS mm- mmWfiwW WfiwW- y ' &W TKW'M MANUFACTURERS OF AJNIJ DEALERS UN H iwjv WATER WHEELS. ROLLER MILLS- Mill end grain Elevator iaciiinery MILL FURNISHINGS OF ALL KINDS , INCLUDING THE Celebrated 'Anchor ' Brand UDufour Bolting iCloth ] STEAM PUMPS , STEAM.gWATER AND GAS PIPE. BRASS GOODS AND PIPE FITTINGS , ARCHITECTURAL AND BRIDGE IRON. o P O We are prepared to furnish plans and estimates , and will contract for the erection of Flouring Mills and Grain Elevators , or for changing Flouriiig Mills , from Stone to the Roller syste in. BSP Especial attention given to furnishing Power Plants for any pur pose , and estimates made for same. General machinery repairs attended to promptly. Address RICHARDS & CLARKE , Omaha , Neb. MAHUFACTUKEK OF Galvanized IronCornices , Window Cap inials , Skvllcbls'io Thirteenth Street M. HELLMAN & GO , . 1301 AND 1303 FARNAM S7VE7 ? COR. 13TH , OMAHA , . J J . NEBRASK -H § ( H , PHILLIPS , { Merchant Tailor ! II " \M { 1504 rarnatu St. , Next Door to Wabasb Ticket Office. ; l \ARefiueiiU an examination of Ills line stock oi WOOLKK8. A specialty undo FINE SUITS \DOVKRCO 'K. Also lull line < > 1 lii'Blntwj BultlnKi and TrowtrriDpi. Allgarrcirit juauntccil to be rosde In the citst\lcs nil nlthtlie > n i trimmlDK * . CALL AM ) SEE ME. Booth's Oval' Brand AKD FRESH FSSH AT WHOLESALE. D. 15. BEEMER , Agent.Omaha.
