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SP.XATOU MANPKUSON hai bcon heard
from.
JAY GOULD has gene to Cuba to intro
duce his mouso-trap.
INASMUCH na it is proposed to suspend
the coinage of silver , wo move to indefin
itely poatpono the building of the Omaha
biuuh mint.
MAJOII Strrp.it aloppod ovnr too much
when ho informed congrojn that ho had
no use for another bridge between Omaha
and Council lilufla.
Tin : republican state convention of
Iowa , to bo hold at Dos Moincs , April
. ' ! 0th , will bo nuito a formidable body. It
bo composed of 017 dislocates.
TIIK twelve city detectives have not yo t
found a clue to the porpotiator of the n !
logod outrage on District Attorney God
win , and it ia safe to say that they never
will.
SKNATOU VJUI\VYOK paid his compli
mcnts to Sutor bcforu the committee on
commerce in n niuunor which thoroughly
exposed the arrant hypocrisy of the rip-
rapper in St. Lout ) .
SIDNEY DILLON lias boon vindicated by
lua old "pards" at the old stand , and
the usual quarterly dividend on the
watered a took of the old credit mobilor
monopoly has boon doolnrod.
Tin : Now York independents are
worrying a great deal over the "next Chicago
cage platform. In the chaeto language
of the late General Strickland , it ia nol
morals wo are fighting for , but votes.
TUB editorial correspondent of the
Omaha Jtcpubllcan predicted from
Washington that Senator Mandorson'a
bridge bill would bo slaughtered in the
committee. As uaual ho didn't know
what ho was talking about.
TAI.I.V one for Senator Mnndorson.
His efforts to convince the committee on
commerce that a oocond bridge across the
Missouri between Omaha and Council
Bluffs was necessary for public conven
ience have proved eminently successful.
Hii. VALKNTINK'H organist may possess
hia soul in patience. There were no
telegraph operators in the plot to divulge
the Valentino dispatch about the circuit
judgcahip and senatorial succession. Our
informant was a gentleman from No-
raaha who parts hia hair in the middle.
Perhaps ho invented the dispatch , but
wo don't believe ho did. If his employ
ers at the Union Pacific headquarters in
sist upon discharging him , wo shall bo
bo sorry , but wo can't help it.
ONLY four wookn remain before the
city election , and it is high time for our
people to consider the qualifications o ;
candidates for tho.city council. Unless
the bettor class of citizens exert thorn-
Bolvoa and take more interest in munici
pal affairs than they usually' do , there
will bo no improvement in the organiza
tion of the city government. What
Omaha needs and must have in the city
council arc men who have property in1
toreots , and who are honest and cnpablo
and poaaeasod of business qualifications
men who will serve the interests of the
poor as well as the rich. Wo hope that
such men will consent to become candl
dates , oven if it requires some personal
sacrifice on their part. Unless they dee
o , our city politics will continue to be
' run by the ward bummers and hood *
lunu. It is about time that some demon
stration should bn made in this city to
show that the respectable clement ol
society ii in the majority.
TUEIIB are quite a number of Mexican
veterans In Iowa and Nebraska who will
be pleasnd to learn that the Moxicanpon-
ion bill has pasted the home. The op
petition to it in the tonata will arisa from
tbtf fact that two-thirds of the Mexican
Veterans are ox-confederates. A similar
bill passed both hou e in 1877 , but was
reconsidered and defeated in the senate ,
owing to the fact that it put Jefferson 0.
Davis on the pension roll It wa during
the debate over this bill that Zioh.
Chandler mode hU memorable and last
oeech. Tbo bill , as it pusvd the homo ,
will again put the ex-president of the con
federacy on the pension roll , but the
probability is that ho will noC live long
ncu U ia draw his petition , as ho ia now
over Mventy-Cvt > years old. BuaiJea , ho
i does not iiood the petition , at ho has boon
well proridod for by the will of the widow
jUeauvoir , who loft him an estate worth
. We should not be mrpritud ,
to a ihe bill defeated by the
ualew an amendment is made to
Divit ud others who have
wet
ran
After n protracted struggle the sound ?
committee on commerce has unanimously
ngrcod to report in favor of Senator Man-
demon's bill granting n charter for the
construction of a railway nnd wngon
bridge between Omaha and Councit
Bliifl's. This insures the passage of the
bill 'through the senate. Unless some
unforsoon obstacles are encountered the
bill will pass the house and become a law
at the present session. Great credit is
duo to both of our senators for this al
most unexpected success. No atone wan
loft unturned by the cmii arieso the
existing bridge monopoly to' defeat this
competing project. The first effort in
that direction was the attempt to smother
the bill in the circumlocution office , oth
ornriso known ns the wan department.
Under the regulations governing the
construction of bridges over naviga-
bio streams it is customary to sub
mit the propositions to the war depart
ment for suggestions from the engineers
in charge of river improvements. In
common with a number of other bills ,
proposing to charter the construction of
several bridges on the Missouri river between
twoon St. Louis and Sioux City. Sena
tor Mandorson's Omaha bridge bill was
referred to the secretary of war nnd by
him through the engineer department to
Major Sutor , who is in charge of the
Mississippi and Missouri river improve
ments , with headquarters at St. Louis.
Now Major Sutor had made a report less
than two years ago on a similar bill , in
troduced by Senator Saundorn and ho
could have readily reported back his
views within n few days. There certain
ly had been no great change in the con
dition of the river at Omaha since his
last report , nor had the navigation of
the Missouri assumed such a magnitude
as to require a revision of his ideas
about the obstruction to navigation and
the dimensions which bridges at this
point should have in order to moot his
approval. But ho kept the bill for
weeks nnd months until finally the urgent
roquestofournonatorsbroughthimtotimo ,
When Sutor'a report was finally trans
milled to the sonata committee through
the war department it was found to bo
most outrageously partial. In the first
place Major Sutor , who had only two
years ago given his approval of the pro
posed construction of a second bridge nt
Kansas City , had suddenly como to the
conclusion it was very improper to grant
a charter for n second bridge between
Omaha and Council Bluffs , for fear ol
obstructing navigation. Major Sutor
knows that fifty boats run between St.
Louis and Kansas City where ono goes
up the river boyand Omaha. * Hut there
may bo two bridges ut Kansas City , while
Omaha must bo content with ono. In
thu next place Major Sutur , who knows
very well how impraotfcablo it would bo
to construct a high wagon bridge at this
point , expressed grave objections to
low draw-bridge , nnd then dusirod congress -
gross to impose the condition in the
charter that the draw should not bo less
than tbroo hundred foot in each span
Tho.bridgo at Kansas City is only one
hundred nnd sixty foot span , nnd Sutur
had , at the samn time thai
ho required throe hundred feet at Omaha ,
expressed himself satisfied with two
hundred foot spans at Rule , way below
Omaha. To impose upon Omaha the
condition of putting in a throe hundred
foot span was virtually to defeat the
whole bridge Bohomo , as no capitalists
would venture to construct any such
bridgo. It is very seldom that n committee -
too of congress overrules the recommendations
dations of the army engineers , but Major
Sutor'a letters were DO outrageously
biased that our senators , after n thorough
exposure of the unreasonable and unfair
requirements , succeeded in obtaining the
unaaimou1 mpport of the committee in
faror of the ono hundred nnd sixty foot
span draw-bridgo , which Is to bo located
one-third of a railo north of the Union
Pacific bridge , which will bring the
crossing somewhere in the vicinity of the
foot of Douglas street. There is no
doubt that the construction of this bridjo
will provo a great benefit to both Omaha
nnd Council Bluffs , us the present facili
ties for intercourse between the two cities
nro utterly inadequate to the demands ol
the public , and the accommodations nro
anything but satisfactory.
ARK WnOLESALURS JlXEMPTi
At its last mooting the board of educa
tlon diaeuaaed the propriety of enforcing
the collection of 81,000 per annum from
the wholesale liquor dealers. A com
mi t too was appointed to take this matter
under advisement and report at the ncxl
mooting. Inasmuch as the efficiency ol
our schools must depend upon the moans
which the board of education has at its
command , it becomes a matter of busi
ness with the board to see to it that every
dollar which rightfully belongs to the
school fund from Guos and licenses shoulc
bo collected. Before the high license law
went into effect every wholesale
liquor dealer was compelled to take out
a license and pay ? 100 per annum , just
the tame aa any retail dealer. For the
past two years and a half those concerns
have not paid a dollar , There is no re
spectable lawyer , whoso opinions are
worth quoting , that will contend for
moment that the present law exempts
any dealer in liquor from the penalties
for failure to take out a liconso. There
is not the slightest distinction made in
the statute between the man who retails .
liquor by the glass and the dealer
who sells it by the barrel ,
If there is any hardship by
imposing a tax of 81,000 a year upon li
quor dealers , it falls much inoro heavily
upon those who have but very small cap
iUl with which to carry on their biuinesi ,
while the wholesale dealer is amply able
to pay ( his tax. It is said that a decision
has been rendered at some time in one of
our lower courts in which it was ruled
that the wholesale dealers nro not includ
ed in the provisions of the Slocumb law.
3uch n decision would not stand the test
in the courts of Judges Neville and
Wnkoloy , and much less in the supreme
court of this stato. Section 11 of , the
law regulating the sale of liquors , roads
as follows !
"All persons who shall sollfor give
away , upon any pretext , malt , spirituous ,
or vinous liquors , or any intoxicating
drinks ] without first having complied with
the t provisions of this act , and obUinod a
license 1 as heroin sot forth , hall for each
ofTonso bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction , shall bo fined or imprisoned -
prisoned , tc. '
Now , wo should like to know how any
judge i or lyiy court can hold that the sale
of liquor without license is legal under
any circumstances. As a matter of fact
our wholesale dealers have laid
themselves liable to n line for every bill
of goods that they have sold since the
law wont into effect. They have fared
very leniently indeed , nn the city author
ities have ignored the statutory provi
siena in their case , but wo do not believe
that it will bo to their intcsost to con
tinuo the traffic contrary to law much
longer. The board of education has
duty to perform in this matter in behalf
of the public. The city school fund has
already lost fully § 25,000 by the non-en
forcement of the law. Twonty.fivo thou
sand dollars would have built us
two elegant school homos , and the
hundreds of children that are now hud
died together in overcrowded rooms , or
kept away from school entirely for want
of accommodations , -would have been
very comfoitably provided for. Wo need
moro school facilities , nnd yet our taxes
nro so high in view of pavements ,
erago , nnd other public improvements
monts , that the council would hardly
bo justified in raising the
school tax. The trouble in Omaha is
that our public officials are too timid
when the performance of their duty
brings them in conflict with the inter
ists ot a rich and influential class like the
wholesale liquor dealers , brewers und dis
tillers.
HOT TJ.VK.I IN HOT SPRINGS.
There ore quite n number of people in
Omaha and vicinity who have visited the
Hot Springs of Arkansas to receive the
benefits of the curative powers of the
famous springs , for rheumatism and other
ills to which human flesh is heir. To
those who have resided at the Hot
Springs for any length of time the excit
ing incidents of that place for the lust
few weeks no doubt possess considerable
interest. Certain it is that no place in
the country has attracted BO much atten
tion and occupied so much apace in the
telegraphic dispatches. All the trouble
Rooms to have originated botwocn two
factions of gamblers , ono party beiiij.
headed by Flynn , nnd the other by
Major Doran , each of whom had "killed
his man" several times ovor. Flynn was
an old resident of Hot Springs , having
lived thorj tan years. lie was n boss
gambler , owning a largo establishment ,
and in addition to his other accomplish
ments ho was a shrewd politician and
noted desperado. Doran some few
months ago had the audacity to como
from Now Orleans to Hot Springs , with
thd avowed intention of opening tv rival
gambling house , but to this enterprise
Flynn objected. A division in the ranks
of the sporting fraternity was the result ,
some enrolling themselves under the
banner of Flynn , and others entitling
under the standard of Doran. Open
hostilities were commenced ono
day by Dorau firing at Flynn
without effect. The next encounter was
decidedly moro Borious. Doran and n
band of picked followers opened fire with
Winchester rifles on Flynn and his inti
mate associates as they were driving
through the street in a carriage , and killed
two or throe of the party , as well as
wounding several innocent persons
Flynn , however , oacapnd uninjured. The
Flynns and Dor&ns were both arrested ,
and the town , thrown into the most in
tense excitement , passed into the control
of n law and order committee of citizens.
The details of this succession of exciting
events of lawlessness nnd bloodshed were
given to the country through dispatches
sent out by the associated press ngont ,
Moaoa 0. Harris , who is charged with
highly coloring his telegrams in the in
terest of the Flynn faction. It
tnat Flynn owned the Daiti7orsesir > e ,
of which Harris was the editor.
A prominent citizen of Omaha , who ia
now taking daily b iths in the healing
waters of Hot Springs , has sent us a copy
of the opposition paper , the Hot Springs
Dally News , which has for its motto , in
big capital letters under its head , the
following sentiment : "Speaking as the
spirit moves in ; trusting in God , the
purity of our intention , the justice of our
cause , and our own right arm. " The
News is evidently the great religious
daily of Hot Springs , and the organ ol
the law and order element. In view ,
however , of the recent occur' '
nmcos , we would suggest a brief
er and moro pointed motto
for that sheet , namely "Trust in God ,
nnd keep your powder dry. " The copy ol J
the .Al'uu which has boon sent us , is a
I 'half ' ! sheet , 5 p , m- edition , " It had been
evidently gotten out to fire a parting
shot at Mose ( ( arris , Jho unfortunate
editor of the uuluoky Jforw Shoo. The
.A'cwa exultingly makes the crushing-
nouncmmmt :
ixw His COUNTUY'H GOOD.
Harris , the editor of the Jlorse
and the agent of the Associated
1'remi at this plaoo , who lias so wilfully
mid maliciously villifiodour boat citizens
and misrepresented facts , was escorted to
the train tliU afternoon by the chief of
police , through orders from the citizens'
committee , to go hence and return o
more , "
Poor Moso U now a frieodlui wander-
or upon the face of the earth , and the
daily Jlomo Shoe has sus
pended publication. Thus has the
'air fame of Hot Springs boon vindi-
cntcd , and the ATcwa i * on top by A largo
majority. It proceeds to take < ad'
vantage of its victory by boldly announ
cing that Hot Springs will no longer tolerate
erate the presence and avocation of fa-
drs , pickpockets , and thugs who have
p long made that famons resort n "holy
terror. " The Jfcirt charges the Jlorse
Shoe with being run in the interest of
this class , and that it is owned by thorn.
The police authorities , backed by the bott
,
citizens . , says * ho exultant News , are rid
ding the city , quietly but effectively , of
fakirs , pimps , bunco atcorors , nnd pick1
pockotfl , but it does not say n word
against the gamblers. Under those cir
cumstances Hot Springs will bo very
materially depopulated for a while
at loastbut , in the Inneuago of thojVct/vi ,
lot the good work of renovating go on un
til the end is accomplished , as "these
healing waters heaven's host boon to
suffering humanity must bo placed at
the service of the nations , and those who
seek their life-giving influence must bo
shielded from demons in human garb , "
and following the utterances of thouVetcs
the citizens , committee makosthis ) public
announcement : "To whom it may con' '
corn : Gambling is prohibited in all its
forms. Fakirs and oharpcrs returning
after being once run out will bo tarred
and feathered. Quack doctors and their
drummers will bo treated as fakirs. Vi
sitors who have bcon wronged are re
quested to report their cases to the committee
mittoo , who will son that no harm is done
thorn. " The citizens' committee has un
doubtcdly hit upon the most effective ro
mcdy. Quacks , fakirs and sharpers
would ratner take their .ciinncos of mak
ing a living elsewhere than to bo tarred
and fuathorod. Hot Springs is too hot
for thnm.
ASOTIIKH cold-blooded murderer has
escaped the gallows , owing to the CUB
tomary leniency of the jury. Raid , the
man tried at Beatrice for the deliberate
murder of his wife , has boon let down
with a verdict f manslaughter. The in
consistency of the vurdict is shown by the
fact that nearly everybody expected n
conviction in the first degree or an ac
quittal on the ground of insanity. The
jury , not believing him insane , found him
guilty of manslaughter , notwithstanding
the fact that the evidence wont to show ,
that , if ho was sane , the killing of his
wife was a dolibcrato murder.
KKXNBTII RAYKOU , solicitor of the
treasury , died on Wednesday. Ho it was
\\lio excited the wrath of the Rlrong
minded by delivering an adverse opinion
upon the application of Capt. Mury Miller -
lor for n license us steamboat master. Ii
view of the fact ihat the woman sufirn- }
iats have assembled in Washington this
week , the death of Raynor is not at nl
surprising. The poor man thought it
was hotter to die than face their res
olutions.
Tin : Lincoln Journal is slightly pro
premature in its obituary of District At
torney Godwin. Mr. Godwin atil
lives , and will not bo ready for a post
mortem for several days. He may yet
outlive the editor of the Journal , unless
ho is assaulted were murderously than
boforo.
Senator Van Wyok Declines.
The Nebraska. . City Proas of a recent
date contains the following lotlor , which
explains itself :
U. S. SH.VATI : , WASHINGTON , 1) . 0. , )
l-'ubiuury liUtb , 1881. f
Kdltor Vrosa :
Dear Sir : By your paper received to
day my name b mentioned in connection
with the delegation from Nebraska to the
national convention at Chicago in J uno.
When spoken to heretofore on the same
matter I have stated distinctly
that' I would not consent that
my name should bo used for that
purposes , I believe that the delegation
should bo made of now men entirely ;
that the delegation in congress had been
sufticiontly honored ; that there were
many men throughout tlio statt ) who had
boon candidates for positions in the Uiii
ted SUtos senate and house of ropreson.
tutivcs who would bo pleased vith the
recognition. Besides thea * othora fresh
from the people , without any of the
prejudices which naturally gather around ,
the somewhat cloudy atmosphere at the
national capital , could bolter give
oxi > re sion to the desires of thu republicans
cans of the state.
Very respectfully yours ,
0. H. VAN WYOK.
STATE JOTTINGS.
LINCOLN.
Judge round has abolished tha referee ays.
torn in divurca 0003 , ami hereuftor such suiU
ill bo tiled lu cuioa court.
Secretory of Stuto Kuggen liaa comolete. .
rnater of Ohio uuldleni iu Nebraska , which
will noun bo printed. It ahowa atotul of 1,000.
The Fay brothers , the lait two of a gang of
hone thloven. wore captured In Kaunas by
ShunU .Mollckuiul brouxht back to the caulUI.
All l.lnc > ln , except tjio saloonu , now nwar
by standard time. The dinpennerd of night
cnpa gala t Yunty minutes by tha old reliable.
The Ug wutor prospecting hole la under
way. It U thirty feet In diameter nud will
IHI finished with u nlxtoen inch brick wall. It
will be tiuUii d lu a month. Thin U one of
thei wells which the Uty U constructing with
\Iow of Bbcuriug u permanent water supply , p
I'M Slger , clerk of the district court , lias in- >
anted an anti "Jury fixer. " It cunoUta of
three little boxes , for the reception of cards "
Doariug the uawM of the juror * . The numoa
ol the entlro panel , twenty-four iu number ,
are put in the center box , which U supplied -
with a gpring , which throw * the card * ono by J
ono , ami lti < Imjmaulblt . ) . . to tall . . how . they are '
Inn * Whouit f. - t. - I
cymlugout juryik wanted twelve
01 Uieae cards ura tlrnwu ut random nnd put
"nV1 H'fl ' elda bux < w > w'llcl ' I * k I' locked
uutll thu jury hw completed it * duties. The
nfiuos . on thu card * u-MutUuto the jury , lu
o.uottJuryUwHiitodbtiforetho
. . previous onu
u.boHU.Ii.i.hMgod the third box U utilized
In like inauiior.
>
hoxe ' * CrUt ( de"1&uj for taucmcnt houiej
MSinVirofti'lll ? n to gl * ° * * * Burlington &
him till 8 A Vf W1y throush * he slre " 1111 a
AWely .led petition has been on
More tlun nlnoteon.twentletfc
of our leg l
voters petitioned the Union I'dclfie council to
trant the light of wny to the Burlington fc
Mlnnonrl road Into our cttv , but the nnlucoun *
:11 utterly Ignored the will of the people , KO
: vo ably oxpro iod. [ Independent.
Grand Itlind points with juit pride ( o thu
incut opera houno , the Ix-st school facilities ,
.ho larxost and best utoitm Untiring tnllli , the
Inoit machine Miopfi , thu l > eat Ma enc ! tem
ple , the fincftt law ttlicet , the fmett and bo.it
? itdpiod | | pwtitllico , and three of the bent
unkn to bo found In any town of Ita tire in
Nebraika ,
UK.umcr : .
Thorn nro now nix dally trains carrying pas
sengers Iratwcon Beatrice and Umaha ,
Water works nro again talked of. Hmoral
plant are being considered by the board of
trade.
The Woman's Trlbmio has established a de
partment for bahic . Tint's what will catch
the girls.
Mr. Hclsey , n Mud crook farmer , attempted
aulcldo With n razor , laat Sunday , but It was
too dull. It was a doaporato effort to got rid
of his debts.
The officials of the B. & M. and IT. 1 . have
Miurcd the buslnons men that their petition
fi-r n reduction of freight rates will bo favor
ably entertained.
The board of trade has appointed a committee -
too to confer uith Superintendent Dickey , of
the Western Union , In regard to establishing
nn tip-town telegraph olfico.
IT.ATTS > IOUTII.
The locomotive nsb pan Invented bylM.
Biguell , a ilstantmaator | mechanic of the li.
& 51 , la being Introduced on eastern roads
and promisei to provo n botmu/.a for the pro
prietor ? .
Ono of the druggists of this city , who sollx
whisky without license or prescriptions , is
about to bo sued for 81,000 damages Indicted
mi a poor Woman by the sale of liquor to her
husb nd. Ho also tried to boat this R.imo
woman out of a Si wash bill.
SharllT Ilyora and the reporter of The He
rald made u count of the imasongers on No. 1
Tuooday uioinlng the train as It loft for the
west having 503 paasongerH on board , 85 , of
whom were babes In anni. If this Is not a
fair amp1o of the Immigration to Nebraska
we would like to eco a better ono cited.
The election Wednesday to determine the
question as to wh'jthcr , or not ( ij par cunt
bonds running ii ! ) yearn , to the amount of
9111,000 , should bo Issued to Mr. C , It. blssol ,
of New York , to compromise the clty'd pros-
out Indebtedness to him on high school bonds
and intercut , resulted In thu defeat of the pro-
po-itlon by a vote of 10s3 for to 141 against.
Evidently the voteix are not roadjustcra.
fllKMONT.
The last cent of the debt on the St. .Tamos
I'plscopal Church has boon wiped out.
Emigrants In largo numbers are passing
through hero bound for the KIkhorn and NIo-
braru vidleys.
The Tribune ) IIBH boon greatly improved
lately , both iuthonlM of the pupor and quality
of content * . It keeps pace with the steady
growth of the "prettiest. "
The 1m o < tgatioii ! of the books of ex-County
Clerk Korknw showed that otlicor had not ro-
tulnud any fees to which ho was not legally
entitled. Thu foe's for four years amounted
-57,500.10. .
The business men here who subscribed and
paid In advance for advertisements in a pro-
JHiiied book dofcrlptivo of Fremont und Dodge
county , about a year ago , mo beginning to
feel that they ha\o been taken in. Itsenos
them right. Books nf that clas ? , no matter
how gurgoous in daeciiptho nnd pictorial
effects , nro not worth u five-inch "ud" In a
homo pnper. They tickle the vanity of the
subscriber aucoidlngto the si/.e of his purge ,
und soon find u place lu the junk shop.
THE STATK IN ( IENEIIAI. .
Dakota City l-'roo Masons sent 575 to the
tlood MilTererH.
About SL'OOO has been subscribed foraMeth
odist church ut 1'onca.
The Catholics ut 1'oiica prnpeae to build i
largo church tha present j ear.
The PreSbyterlans will probably build nn
edifice at Niobrara this seaoon.
The people of the Loup country ore orgnti
Izing untt-horso thief aSbOciations.
Ayer'a store in Dakota City was burglarized
the other night to the tune of $ . ! 10.
Kearney's building operations since the 1st
of March , 18SJ , amounts to $170,000.
Hans Yager , Ihliu ; two miles from St.
Helena , solil his farm of00 aero * thu other
day for § 2,000.
A six'j ear-old daughter of Mr. and Sin" , 1 * .
W. Dale , of York county , dropped dead of
liourtxJi.set.so a few days ago.
Holt county is In debt S22.457.-I7. The
books of Cedar county stand about that much
on the other lido of the lodger.
Cedar county Is termed the ' stock man's
paradise , " probably on account of itsoxcnllont
grazing land-i. The couuty contains -107,000
acres. ,
One hundred and forty-eight cars of emi
grants , aggregating nearly ! ) JO persons , were
landed iu Nebraska by thu Burllngum road ,
last week ,
Thohorso thieves of Brown county , lately in
prison iu Fremont , were promptly convicted
on their return to Alnsworih. They will bo
sent to the penitentiary.
The Button Register sugeoits to the author
ities of Columbus and Fremont that the only
way to exterminate the social evil is to "put
the ax tOjtho loots and cut 'em out. "
A fraud by the name of I'arker. alias Low-
rey , wh was operating on the Odd Fellows of
North 1'latto , has been arrested by the U. S.
Inspector for obtaining money through the
mails by forgery.
Senator 0. II. Van Wyck , under date of
March 3d , telegraphs the jKislmaster of Ne
braska City that a bill fo-tho appropriation
of 87 ,000 , for the ernctiou of a postoflico in
that city has pasted the donate.
The pioiuiscuous use of derringers by beardless -
less boys iu Sidney is curtain to produce a few
moro''kida'1 to oriiamuut whittling posts. A
vigorous application of "ihottr.ipa of our dad
dies" would afford temporary relief.
The Iiidiiuolu Cornier presents Red Wil
low county "Thu land of cheap homes , good
health uiiil low tuxes" lu such fiivor.ible light
tint ono is tempted to pack his grip and
"btoer" outhwukt. lloo lor quarter section.
Commissioner Ariidiir , of the Tripartite IKKI !
hus decided that "in older to prevent the
thipmunt ot frtlght from Loup City , Neb. ,
via thu C. , B. & V , rallioad line to Kearney ,
oil freight from that city should bo contracted
and billed to St. 1'nul. Neb. , at the Kearney
rates. "
The two year old child of Wm. Frost , of
West 1'olnt. met with a painful accident last
week. It slipped and fell on a elate pencil In
biiclt a way us to diho it into its head , at the
corner of tha right eye , to a depth of nearly
two inchon. Iho little sutTerer had to bo
chloioforinod to extract the pencil. No per
manent iujury to the child In expected.
A funuy Incident occurred In a house of
worship in Nebraska City the other Sunday
A zealous pillar of ( he church was leading
the elnylw , and in an effort to catch a very
high note with proper cuVt , his falao teeth
iluw out of hU mouth. Of cou o there WAS a
gonerul Utter on the prt of the congrega
tion , and tha minister , unable to coutiolhls
risibilities , said , -Well , let's all laugh. " And
they did , They roared.
The Hartlngton Herald thus pictures the
growth of the new burft ; "Bfcfora five months
bave expiied tuU town will havotbree elegant
churches uud H lurgfl , well arranged , ttylUL.
two-story school himae. A school house will
bo needed of uufllcieut tire to hold 203
scholars. That U larger than U really needed
at thU time , b'lt this town of COO Inhabitants
will , within a few months , contain 1,000 In
habitants. ' Iu a year Its population will not bo
leas tbau 1,600. "
riiospimto ,
Specific Virtues In Dyspepsia.
Du. A. JENKINS , Great Fulls , N. II. ,
stye : "I can testify to its sceuiingly
almost specific virtues in ewes of dys
pepsia , nervousness and morbid vigilance
"
r wakefulness.
Senator Fhllntus Sawyer , of Michigan , is a
jhort , thick-set man having the apixuu-auce of
micoc * ful grocer , lie alwayn stands with
its hands lu his | M > ckotn and hU head cocked
ono Mo like a muter deliberating which
worm htt thall eat. Senator Sawyer is , how. *
e\or , ald to bo one of tha best-hearted meu In
he SeuaU.
STEELE , JOHNSON& CO. ,
Wholesale Grocers !
H. 13. LOCKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Draper ) Chicngp , Man-
nger of the Ten , Cignr nnd Tobncco Departments. A full line of
all grades of above ; also pipes and smokers1 articles carried in
stock. Prices and samples furnished on application. Open
orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & 'RAND POWDER CO
HENRY LEHIY1ANN
JOBBER OF
OFi
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EASTER * PRICED DUPLICATED ]
1118 FARNAM STREET , . . OMAHA NEB.
in.111 rim A..nrrin
THE BESTTHREAD FOR SEWING MACHINES
t W 1 1 U
Willimnntic Spool , Cotton isentiiely the product of Home Industry ,
nnd is pronounced by exports to bo the bcst-sewiiis ? machine thread in the
world. . PULL ASSORTMENT CONSTANTLY ON HAND , I
for Halo by HENLEY , HAYNES & VAN AllSDEL ,
m&e Onitihn , Neb.
Double and Single Acting Power and Hand
Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , ? Bolting , Hose , Brass and Iron Fittlnge
Steam Packing at wholesale and retail. HALLADAY WIND-MILLS , CHURCH
AND SCHOOL BELLS.
Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb.
MAX MEYER & CO. ,
IMPORTERS OF
HAVANA CIGARS !
AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC
GIGABS , TOBAGGOS.PIPES s SMOM'1ETIGLES '
PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING
CELEBRATED BRANDS :
Reina Victorias , Especiales , Roses in 7. Sizes from $6
to $120 per 1000.
AND THE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS :
Combination , Grapes , Progress" , Nebraska , Wyoming and
Brigands.
WE DUPLICATE EASTERN PRICES
SEND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES.
C. F. GOODMAN ,
Wholesale Druggist !
AND DEALEB IN
Rita VnrnidiPQ and
Pflintc ullo ftullMuS mill
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
J. A. WAKEFIELD
. . ,
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WHOLESALE AND IlETAJL DEALER IN
MlllltS
, ,
SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER ; &C-
STATE AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY.
Union Pacific Depot ,
DEALERS IN
Hall's Safe and Lock Gomp'y
FIRE AND BDEOLAE PROOF
XOSO 3 gM.x > xa.Azxx M
. HELLMAN & CO. ,
Wholesale Clothiers !
1301 AND 1303 FARNAM STREE1 can. 13TH
, ISPEOIAL NOTICE TO i i
ft
Growers of Live Stock and Others ,
WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO
Our Ground Oil Cake *
It lithe JMt and cheapjrt food lor ttook ot nr klsi One pound U wjuM to thrw rx > und ol corn
tihk | pd with OiounJ OU Cake In the K ll ma'W'.iwr , m.ieM ol runnlair down , will Iccreaso to nelgbt
md b la . good markoUble condition In tea . npnoir , DalryuMa , u well u otliera , who a U c&u twUty tn
U UKrita. Try II ud Judjt lor yountlrM. rVIc 25 00 per too ; no clurgo ( or eactj. Acldres
WOODMAN LINUKU ) OIL COJU'ANV Om h