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THE DAILY BEE OMAHA , MONDAY , MAKCH 10 , 188-1. THE OMAHA BEE. Onmlm Onicc , No. 1O Fnrnnm St. Council BlulTrt OmcojVo. ; 7 Tonrl Street , Ncnr'-BronUwny. Now York Onico , Ilooni 05 Krtliuno Building. _ _ _ _ _ IMbtlthod * Tcrjirornliijii oxoept Bnnd j < Th oal ) Mend y morning dally . RltllflST MAIL. Cm Yen . (10.00 I Thrco Honthl . $3.00 SHilontcs . S ( M | One Mflnth . 1.00 1'er Week , 25 Cent * . Tnl WMM.T Kilt rCBUSIIXD STOUT VTREKUDAY. TURKS rojrrxtD , Ono Tear . iloo I Three Month ! . I M fill Months. . 1.03 1 OHO Month . CO American No * Company , 8olcnARcnl * NewsdoM en In the United 8uto . A CommunloAtlona relating to News and KJItorUl m ltcM ihould bo aJdrcuod to the EdlTOi OP Tnt Him. All Butlncn "L Uer and ItemltUnoo * ihould li ldrce , l to Tns Dux PDBLIEIIIXO OoxriiiT , OMAHA- Drutta , Check * and rostofllco orders to bo m do pay bio to the order nf the eomjwny. THE BEE PUBLISHING GO , , PROPS , B. ROSBWATBB. Editor , A. n. nteh. WanarcUMllj' ; Circulation , P. O. Hoi 431 Omaha , Noli. TUB Chicago and Rock Island Riddle has proven moro of n puzzle thun Czar Vanderbilt expected. IT is nn ill wind that blows nobody any good. The dynatnito scare , which has upset Halifax , has .boon productive of aomo good in that it has' given employment mont to an army of hungry special con stable * . THE recent heavy robberies in iho largo cities have given the detectives some thing to do. They now have an pppor tunity to show their slull , ns the thieves have displayed moro than usual cunning in covering their tracks. GENEKAT.I Gin DON , who is in command of the department of the Platte during the absence of General Howard , is a brovrt-miijor general , and colonel of the Seventh infantry. Ho in a West Point fadutUo , and 1ms n brilliant record. II u served in the Mexican and Florida wars , and during the greater part of the war of the rebellion ho wi s brigadier general of .volunteers , participating in the most im portant battles of the army of the Pete mac. Ever since the close of the civi war ho has boon in active service on the frontier. VAIUOOS rumors arc afloat concerning President Arthur's cabinet. One' is to the effect that Secretary Folger is to bo offered the mission to St. Petersburg , and that ho will accept. This rumor , however , moots with little or no ere' donee , aa it is generally believed that Folger will remain in the cabine throughout President Arthur's adminis trillion. Another statement is that the president will tender to Poatmasto : General Greshnm the United Statea cir cuit judgeship made vacant by the resig nation of Judge Drummond , of Chicago. Mr. Grcshatn , however , will not accept the place if it is offered tqhim , as ho has good reasons for retaining his present position , at least until after the next national convention is nettled. BREVET commissions will bo thicker than diplomas from the medical colleges , if congress pauses the bill providing for the conferring of commissions by brevet upon commissioned ofllcors of the army for distinguished conduct and public For- vice in Indian wars. The act of March 1,180 ! * , provides that the president , by and with the advice and consent of the eonato , may in time of war confer com- .missions 'by brevet upon commissioned ofllcors of the army , for distinguished conduct and public service in the pres ence of the enemy. Since the passage of this act a number of ofllcors of the army have boon nominated by the executive for brevet commissions for gallant con duct and special service in the different Indian wars that have from time to time bojn waged upon our frontier. The sen ate military committee has withhold fav orably report upon the nominations , not because of any doubt in the minds of the committee as to the meritorious charac ter of the corvicca rendered , nut because of a doubt as to whether Indian wars are wars within the meaning of thu statute. A HILL for the retirement of non-com missioned officers and enlisted men has been recommended by the house committee - too on military afTiIrs. This is a com- mbndablu sop , and such a bill certainly ought to bo passed. The object is to muko a proper provision for the old sol- tlior , who has passed 'tho greater part ol his life in the army. Thirty years will probably bo made' the period of service tr entitle a private soldier or non-comiiiis' sioned officer to retirement and a pension. The passage of this proposed bill will not entail much expense upon the govern * rnent AS there are in the army only about lifty enlisted men who have served thirtj yean. It Booms to us , however , thai twenty years would be a much butter period iod of oorvico , as the object of the bill would then bo surer of accomplishment , -The purpose of the bill Is to give greatoi stability and a belt jr standing to the on- luted man in the military lorvlce , by as suring him that ho will eventually bo re warded with a suitable provision for hit old age. Were ouch a provision made , it would go far to make our military service an attractive one for respectable mon.and in this way to get rid of the disropuablr aliaracters who take ! the first opportunity to deceit. It is scarcely necessary to say that desertion is not only a great loss t/j ike.gorornment in inuu , money ana ma terial , but it is the source nf serious de moralization. The annual deserters from our army are between 11,000 and 4,000 , and any ineaturo tint would losouu this aumbor might well bo coniidur lan economical one. But beyond the < \w \ < t- tion of economy stands that of justice , for it ia no more than just that the ooldiei who kas given all the boat years of hi * Ufa to the military aorvice of the country jHHie , h'iuld have provision made for hu old age Iwide tto prweut Soldier's home , whr & i separated from kia family. TltKSWVX KKSK11VAT10X The Sioux reservation , a largo portion of which is to bo thrown open to settle ment , includes 03,000 equaro mileslying between the Missouri river mid thoDlack Hills country. The sen&to committee on Indian affairs ha * recommended the iwsago of a bill providing that 11,000 squixro miles , or about ton million acres , bo opened for nottlomont. The land is in two tracts. The first is situated bo * twoon the Ohoycnno and White rivers for the northern und southern b mndnrics , and the Black Hills and the Missouri river for the wealjrn and ontoni bound aries. The second strip in between the 02d and 103d meridian of wcstlongitudo id the Choyonnc river on the south and ! edar Creek on the Soutli Fork of the 'annon-Ball ' river on the nortli. Thu ommittoo proponed that for this cession 10 Indians shall receive as jnany cattle , in the opinion of the secretary of the torior , they can well uao. The bill hioh accompanies the report provides ir the sale of this coded tract to actual ittlors only , for homestead purposes ono , at DO cents per acre , the payment t bo made for each section of land in 'our ' equal annual installments. The roccods of this sulo are to bo invested in fund by thu secretary of the interior to e kept for the benefit of thu Indians , 'ho ' bill exempts this tract from thoopor- tionn of the pre-emption and timber cul uro laws. By thin arrangement both the Milwnu oo and Northwestern roads will bo on- , bled to build west from Ohamborlain , nd Picrro to the Black hills , and the Northern Pacific to put out a opur to the outh. The Milwaukee and the Northwestern ave paid the Indians 85 per aero for thu and which they need for their right of ay , and bills are now pending in thu onato for the ratification of those agree ments There is little doubt , tl'at they ill bo ratified , so that oven if thcru ihould bo delay in securing the benefit of ho entire tract the railroads will have .ho right of way. Thu opo ing of the reservation , how ivor , will probably not occur as soon as xpeoted or desired , owimr to the f c ho proposed bill roafllrma the treaty o 80S , which provfdus that no treaty with the Sioux shall bo binding unless ratified by throe fourth f the adults. List summer the Sioux utturly refused to sign tno truaty thei do red , but if this bill passes both houses Icnator Diwoa' committee will visit their country next summer and try to induce , hem to accept its libor.xl provisions. Th members of thu committee fuel that the > resiuro upon thu Sioux reservation i oo great io bo longer resisted , nud tha ho Indiana will do beat to accept th ibural privisuuia now likely to bo offered hem. Under those circumstances it will bo aeon that the opauing of the reserva tion cannot bo undo until nome time icxt winter. Therefore the reservation will remain closed for another year at oast. The members of the Dikotn del egation in Washington are provoked at the delay , and are not at all pleased with the proposed bill on account of its too iboral provisions for the Indians. O.io principal causa of dissatisfaction is said to bo that the lower Brulo Indians are to hu given a largo portion of the valuable tim- icrcd lands immediately to the north and west of Chamberlain , which the Da kota speculators had expected to apprc- priato. VKKMATUHKLY KXPLODKD. Congressman Valentine's sagacious and selfish scheme to got General Mandorson out of the way with a view of having himself appointed United States senator has exploded prematurely. Reliable ad vices received within the past twenty- four hours confirm our suspicion that the whole sohorno was not only hatched in Valentino's brain , but that President Ar thur never used the language attributed to him with reference to Senator Van Wyck , or for that matter has had any talk about the probable choice of Gov ernor Dawos tor the Muudorson succes sion. sion.Now Now that the whole tehonio Imsjboon * exploded wo have no doubt that Valentino tine will assure President Arthur that ho never had communicated with anybody in Nebruika about this matter , and that the whole thing was gotten up by his political enemies. We happen , however , to bo in a condition to refute Mr. Valen tino's denials , if ho dares to make them. Not many weeks ago , when Valentine was in Nebraska , ho paid a visit to the ' ntnto capital .mainly with a view to fuel . the pulse mid ascertain what chance there was of his own appointment to thu sonntorship in case Snnator .Mandorson should resign. He did not BOO Governor Dawoi then because the latter happened , as it wore , to bo absent from the capital , - but ho did hold a conference on the very subject with some of his bosom friends , who reside at Lincoln. That there was commotion at the republican state central committee mooting over a communication from Valentino is also a matter that wt < can readily subaUn Iito. That Valentino's friends have had this programme under discussion is evidenced by , the following extract from the Nooraska City Press , which shows on its face that Vulontiuo'a ambitious design was an open secret. "From a gentleman who returned from the sti.to capital yesterday , the Press learns that the newest sensation in politics will be announced in u day or two. It is to thu effect that Senator Mundprson is to succeed Judge McOrary , n United H-fites circuit jud o , and Cou > ( { reetmau Valentino is to bo appointed senator , M. H. llobertaon is to hu appointed - pointed congressman in placu of Valentino tine , This bit of information we hope may prove true. " There it not , as we have said once before , the remotest probability of Valen tine over being United Flutes senator from Nebraska either by appointment or election. Valentino's ' senatorial balloon has collapsedand the whole thing is ta flat as a pancake. HAS Iff HUTKLSANI ) SLKl.Ptmt ROOMS. The death of Charles B. U. Geslcin , of Omaha , by suffocation by gas in his room at the Palmer house , Chicago , shows that there is some responsibility attached to hotel-keepers with reference to the comlitit-n of gas.fixturcs. The Chicago Zi jc says that it is certain that Gi-stcin turned off the gns , and then accidentally turned the cock around half way , and thu slowly escaping gas gradually filled thu room , which was entirely closed. An inspection of the gas cock showed that it had no stop , and , moreover , turned too easily. This will readily explain , sajs the Tinicn , how the unfortunate man may have extinguished the gas by turn ing the cock ouco around and then re opened the tube by forcing the easily turning cock around while in the act of removing his fingers from it. The acci dent would probably not have occurred if the cock had a stop and was tightened. The statement in the Times that Centum Tobably was not familiar with gas , is icorrcct , aa ho had boarded at u hotel in liis city in which it is used , and it is not koly that hu did not know how to turn ffgas. If the factn were really as stated by the rimes thu proprietors of the Palmer ousu woru in a measure responsible for Gestoin'fl doathoffing to their negligence not having a perfi ctly-working gns- : ock in liis room. The lesion of thia uc- idont to hotel keepers , as well as to thu ueats of hotels , is an important ono. It ihows that too much caru cannot bo oxor- : isod with reference to gas fixtures in looping rooms. The fixtures should bo upt in first-class order , and carefully in- ipoctcd at frequent intervals. The uosta of hoto'Is ' o ight also to take warn ng from this sad accident , and whenever , hey turn off the gai they should oxer iso the precaution of lighting a mate ! and applying it to the gas-cock to ascer ain whether there is any goa escaping , t would bo well also to pursue the eamo course in private residences. AT this late day the Kearney Era comes out with a denial that there vrai any suffering among the inmates of the state reform school. The whole story iccordniK to that reliable sheet , origin tted with TUB 13r.il with the sinister de iign to throw discredit on the preson state government. Tin ; Bnn has now been u warm admirer of some fractions o thu present state government. Glenn Kmid.ill , for instance. Wo have neve been accused of attempting to spoil at addled egg , and certainly would not be guilty of wilful misrepresentation about H state institution like the reform school. There are competent and reliable wit nesses who will confirm every word we have published concerning the wretched bedding and clothing , and thu exposed condition of thu boys confined there. If them bus been any improvement in the institution wu apprehend that it is mainly duo to the exposure which Tun lir.K hua made concerning the treatment of ita in- inateo. WESTWARD the alar of civilization takes its way. The roller skate haa found' its way to Butte , Montana , and is hav ing a civilizing effect upon that mining camp. There are now two immense rinks or pavilions there , and everybody fcns boon struck with the roller skating crazo. The pavilions are lighted by el- ' octrio lights , and enlivened each by half a dozen trumpets and a kettledrum. A Montana correspondent writes : Cowboys , merchants , gamblers , men , women and girls all skate. There are posted up conspciuously in each respec tive rink placards like the following : "No allowed " "Do holloaing , not whoop , " "Gents are requested to deposit their firearms with tno dispenser of Hkatcs before taking the floor , " etc. This last request may seem somewhat unreasonable enable , as pistols are carried universally here. It will bu perceived that accidents would l o quite numerous on account of thu concuesions wuro it not for the latter admonition. Ballot dancing dosn't stand a ghost of a show hero now. One com pany which was here last night had a very slim house. WITH the approach of spring , every year , a now mining sensation is devel oped , and iuuncdiatedly there is a great rush from all the old mining camps to the now field of wealth. Nine Union out of ton the now "rind" proves a gig.mUo swindle , and the minors , who woru doing well in the old camps , find themselves dead broke and sorely disappointed , The latest miuinit craze is Coeur dAlone , in Idaho , to which section of the country minors are already hastening in great numbers. Wo advise people to go slow , and not put too much faith in Coour d'Alono , . s reports are alroady'appoanng from person's who have investigated that region , to the effect that it is a delusion and a snare , and that the rose-colored pictures painted by certain railroads are intended only to catch the "suckers" and obtain their money through transporta tion. GENERAL GIUNI passed through Wash ington on Friday on his way to Florida. Secretary Chandler tendered him the use of ono of the naval vessels , but General Grant politely declined the compliment on the plea that he haU made other ar rangements. As a mutter of fact the gen eral preferred not to trust himself in one of Uuclo Sam'a wooden tubs. GOVKUNOH FO.STKH , of Ohio , has been interviewed again , This time ho lias pronounced f r John Sherman. TUB woman suffragists have declared war on Senator EJmunds , as ho is op posed to woman suffrage , and wants to abolish it in Utah. Kdtuuuda U knocked out of the presidential campaign on the first round. All other candidates , not in favor of woman suffrage , are to bo served in thu nainu manner. Wo advise Sam. Tildcn to at once make himself aolid with Susan B. Anthony. WK tirondvised by special dispatches from Washington to tlio Kansas City . /bunialthat Mr. George W. K. Dorsoy , chairman of the republican state central committee , who is now at the. national capital , is of the opinion that the nom inee of the republican party , whoever ho may bo , will bo elected president. That settles it. Wu cannotseo the usoof hold ing an ( 'lection next November. HAS anybody seen anything of Vigon ham lately ? Our state university is still ooking for him. CITY WALKS AND "KALKK. "You want mo to tell you aomoUiinit .bout the claim chilis in the oirly days of malm , " nald an ohl-tlmor In reply to nn In ulry nmlo by tlio OII'H : Man Abuut Town. If I hud the time to refresh my memory I d lxo you onun h material fur a whole ulumii , but I wouldn't 1m o you gUeino , w.iy , for llicro are ix lot of men here yet who o momhcra of the claim club , and who uvo become rich out of thu lands which they ibUlnod through the ashHUnco of the claim iltib. The law of thu clulm club \vus stipoilor ull ot'ier lawsIt wan the law of the laud UH K as the i ! . ( in club * * existed. You could ardly call the claim clubbers vigilantes , but liny might properly have boon tunuo 1 regida < > re. The early settlers , In l&'il-ri.'i ' , had no ulld till" to tlielr lands , an the l.mdn had riot .HJOU thrown tipuu the market by tlio govern- tout The onlvtltlo the HcttforH had WUH hat they culled thu 'cUim' or VtmUor' | tltlo , hlch they conveyed to oich other by quit ilaim deoJu. The claim club wus iucois.irlly iRinizuil toorttabll.ih uuuit ut higher law , ami t-i give lliH lirnt , Bottler * ) an nilvi.ntne over thci-o who eamo ult > rward . Anotlior ubj ct WHH tiiMeciirn. ngroitsr am lint of lnn-4 than w.tH allowed by i uvcrnmnnt. Thogovernment 'halt wiui ICO ucrtja , mid the claim tluballowo.l . ' M aoren. A ctmipluto cudo uf lawa for the .merumont of the claim club WUH Hdopted All tlio land within tun miles of tlio city wa thud gobbled up , and whun new Bottlorn br 'i to arrive thm ututo uf ulTiirn gwo rise to a grout deal of sorloua difficulty , mid in Homn cuaos outrages wore committed uml bloodihed ( MiilUid. The claim club wan arbitrary and pr > r blvo In enforcing its rcgulatloni * . I It loll * , on about BOIIIO of their \Icttma. There wai George Smith , Lwttor known as D < c. Smith , who him been ceuuty surveyor for nv- iwl yearn. In I860 ho wu * dilvon ntt hia ilidm , where ho now rchiilou in the north part if the city , by an urmod party uf sovonty-lho iu.i , imuur HIP direction uf tlm Omuhn elaiin .lull , who tore down Ilia half completed tthanty uml tlireutjnod him with death by drj < vuiiiK 'n the nvtrif ho didn't make hiiiiaolf scarce. In wont o er into Town , but returned In 8"i7 , uml thu next year ha lirguu procof d- ngs t recover hU land , and finally puccoeduil. Jacoli S. Shnll wan anothot- victim uf thn cUlm club. Ho wus run off hli land , which ho claimed undur the pre-emption luwa of tin United Stato.3 , tlio laud ullico having boon opened at Umuha n few wo > ks bofoio , anil ho luvlnr ; regularly pre-omptjd IIH ! claim. Hid nildingH wtro buruod utid idl IIH ! property estroyed , and he was obliged to ko < > | > in bid- ng for u fuw dayn. His death , which or * ciirrt'd .some montln after tlioso oventi , ia pidd tn have been hnntuiicd bv hia tinublea. Do fore dying ho told IIH children that Buino dnj they wuiild recovnr the land. The caao was carried to thu cnurt-i , nnd the heirs linully mo cooilcd in regaining thu property , IC'J acres n l.tnd in th > ) Mimthoi > t putt of the citv near tlis locitlon of tha govflrnmont coinil. Thn bun bccamo very valuable and proved u foitun to thu halr-4. A man named Uallnhan , ho rofuaud to rolitupilah hii.claim was ( lumped inU the .MI Kini riier tbnfn/h a hole cut in llu lie : und held them mit'l bo'viol'Jodriither thai luxu hla life. Callahnu illpil ; i few yoarsnfter wards , nnd it Id chimed tint his deaf WAH hvtfiiiud hv the dueking lia received. A follow named Zio ler wan binlxhrd from Ui tariitory.uml sentenced to death if ho rettirnud Ho was escorted to the river by u cniulnittoa who flaw that ho got out uf the territory. Hi cam i ) back a few wooka afterward * , but dh nut daru to Hut up any claim to thu land fron which ho had been rjoctod , OneatiMurph ' wax corralled In a lu.vyer'H ollico by t o uiol who wanted to pmclmso hla clulm , but ho re fUKod. These two , men were m-slatcd by th claim dub , anil they in.-istod that Murph limit givu tip his certificate of entry. Murph attempted to oec.ipo by jumping through window , but ho was caught and brought back after a tierce etiiuglo in which Idsclothca won almorit entirely torn elF , Oco of hu captor pointed a revolver at hla head , anil anotho UouiUhed a bowie-knlfo. Hia clothes wer Hearcliod fur the certificate , but It could not b found , on Murphy hail rolled it into a simv b ill nud conccalou It in hU mouth. lie was finally forced to awoir that the certificate- . lost or ilostroyod.aml to sign a deed coin oj in away hla land fur the coiiBidoration of $1,1 ( X as oxprcwBod iu tbo instrument , but it la claimed od th tt Murphy only rocch od $100. Ho wu then ordered to loa\ the country. In 187 ( hn mada Homo attempt t > rocuvor hla land , bu did not Micceod. Another IrlxhuiuDvhohai tikon out a government title to a piece uf lain on uhlch a claim clubber had previously lu iatud , was uttuug up to a cottonwood tree aowral tluioa , but ho obstinately lefuaod tx duirender h < a ct-rtlticato. Ho Wan then Jockm up mid put uiulor n gimrd , and wus final ) Bturvod into Hubiut lon. Ho gave up hia cur tiricato of entry to the tirat occupjut u the land , and ulso ga\o him a rml claim deed. A crowd of I'loroucfl mou undo the loadenhlp of .Mm Mitchell , got uftor Mik Pen , for pre-Huipttutr noino land near Florence. They druvo him elf the land and tore dou n hi klunty , They followed him down Into Irlnh town , which was thun between Thirteenth urn Ninth ntrooU mid Jackuon utroet and tli creek. They wanted to capture him nnd tak him buck to Florencu , but thu Irishmen rul lied , and obtaining guna they drove AHtchei and purty Into the Douglas houro. Mike Con Holly , wh't Is now driving an exprcas'wajfnn In Omiihu , wua drlvcu ntf hia claim and hia shun ty waa torn down. Ho never recovered hi land. I could tell you a hundred ether caaon In Umahu and viilnity , If I had time to thinl about I ho matter. You nee the trouble moatl ; originated from the fact that the govorumeii ontrion interfi roil ) vlth the claims of the mem bera uf the claim clubs. Persona who mad government onlrioa at once catuo in oontlit with the claim clubb ra or squat teis. The Rovernmnnt lund ollico wan oiMinod lu Oinalm early In February , 1857 , and there wua agro ru h 1 1 nuke government on tries. Of cour.'o tbo nquutteni entered their claims , but In m tny c iseu they found that ether persons had got li ahead if them. So you can tea thut the squat toia no doubt In the majority uf canon bed goo < gntuLda for renortiutf to foico to obtain t hoi rluhta. Of course in aomo iustancrs grues out raguu wore perpctrato I by unprincipled inoi Ukliig Kdvantago of the hituatiou. Claim clul wuro A uecoMity so long an eiputtor titles exUtod , but whet the opportunity was afforded of obtaining government titles , tha use for such organlzi tlniw Kxin paxaed awuy. Aftorwljustlngthel altUouItiM , linmodlatoly following the openin of tha Uiul ollico , they gradually dUbaudetl rho hrt publlo silo uf guveromeut lauds to the highest bl.lder wan made on thd 5th o July , 1 5'J. Up tu thin date no. Und hod baen ulirirtHt in tha market except in tha live cuuiitlM. Col A. H. Gllmuro was tlm fire receiver of the United SUUw lund uflica u Omaha , und & , L J. A. I'arkor was tha lira r Kl tf r. The Inud covered by tlio bight o ul JJiuuha was granted In two patents -oue t ' "hn.McCuruHuk , daUnJ May I t , I860 , th land li i . \lng bnoii bid off by hlin * the publl Sttlouf JulyBUi , IB , he uctlug as timteo JJ1'1 ' " < > thorto Ju aL > wa , IBM " 18W' | ° " th ° ent ° ' * - ' 'What do you think of tha now bndg blllj Do you brlltive that another briiUo wll ! M ) built here ? " uakd TUB BKIC'U Man Arouiu J Town of prominent citizen. "Tho bll I chortling the cmutnuitton of another biUg botwuou Ouah , and Council lllulf * Is ju wh t wo want , as Hoiutor V u Wyck uud Manderson aid | n concluding their dispatch , lnformlaSU3 th&ttho wnato coinmlttoe Iwd tmanltnously to report In faxorof the illl , " ropllod the prominent cltlron , who hw Ivcil hero for twenty yoirs. "Wo need notliv'r btidgo , as the proicnt accommoda- ions are altogether Inrufliitent. Tint another iridge will bo built I have ovcry reason to bo- eve , ns the men who nro interested in the inijoct nro nome of our bwt Ij'ielncsn mon nnd lOavicstCJipltallets. If the Union Pacific had arrled otit Its original It.tcntlon uf providing WAgon bridge In connection with its rallwnv iriilgu , th-ro would huvo been no tiood f nothcr btidgo. " "Why didn't thu Union 'ncllia carry out the originnl proijraiiimuj' ' the entlnnan was asked , ' Wull , I'll toll you counting to the bo.it of my recollection. Vim co thoorlglim' ' Rtwto bill as drawn by Mr. Pop. ilotun provided for n wngon brldgoand that tno .tllroadihiiuid huvo thoiHiwtr to rcgulatotho /ills. The bill wm given to Mr. Koeo water , who was then a mom- > or of the legislature , to Introduce. This vas during the session uf 1870-71. lltwawator wan \ury UL-tlvo in tlio liupoaclimcnt uf ( ! i\- mor ] ) n\ld llntler , nnd fur fear that If ho in- mduc'd the bill and It should puss , it would w vet 'od by the governor _ So ho gave It to 'ioflcall , who Introduced It in the Bonato with hungo * providing that the mayor nnd city council , in any city of the first claf-p , should mvo the jxiwcr to license and regulate the Iccepintr of toll bridges , and fix tlio rato/i of oil. That bill panned , and la still on thu stat- tto books , 1 belltno that bociuao the bill x ik away the pou'or from the rallroa I coin- iiiny to rogiiinto and lit Iho tolls , &c. , the ompany concluded to ub.union the wavon- > rid'u ( project , and elinply construct a railway jiidg.i uccording to the charter granted by congress in IbOu. There were several proposed coitions for the bridge. A fight arose IVN lu tii location , whether it nhonld bo a low brldgo at the 'Telegraph I'oleV or a permanent liith nldgo down tha river nt'Child * ' Mill. ' Coun cil ihnfTH objected to the location nt the 'Tele graph PoloH , ' nnd both Council DltilTs and Omaha opposed 'Child * ' Mlllx. ' ' 1 ho location tlon whoio the bildgo nnw stands was finally a/riod upon , through the cftortn uf n commit- iOo comxiiod | ! of Alv In Sauiiderg , Francis Sinltli , \uguotiiM KotioUo , Kzra Mlllnril , KIIOH l.owo and C. P. llurford , who wont to Now York fur .hat tnirposo. Un March J(3 ( , 1SI > 8 Air. Sauu- IOIH , rhairman of the commlttuo , lolegraphoil .oOmahi . : 'Tlio bildgo is licatcd at Train L'ablo. Om ihaplo < lgi tha depot grouiuU and SJ5tl,001j Cimncll BhilN plodgcs S.'OO.O'W ' ; { round mid light of way will bo condemned. ' Jinuha voted 5.'i\J0) ( ' ) In bonda as aid to thu irlilgo , in coliiiidpr.itioii th it nho should hu\o .hu . iniiiii transfer depots , goner.il ollicrt" , machine - chino thvps otc. Council UlulFs vulod00 , - XX ) in bond" , but the eompvy npvor received .horn. . The Missouri Jlivcr liridgo company , in organization which wus claimed to bo an ndapondunt institution , ulthmigh composed of Jnliui Patifio Btuckholduri ) , waa organized uu- lur authority of u upccial act of congress to mild the bridge , and they HITO authorized to siuo bonds to'tlio amount of S ,5K,000 ( ) , which lands were suld lu Kagland. The Boomer irid o company , of Chicago , on the th uf boptuinber. 1SU8 , eocured tlio oonlrncc ot building the brhlga or 31,039,600 , the time of its completion to jo November IU. 1809. They were greatly luluyod , hovvover , and did not get the first njllndcr ready for sinking until March , 1809. n July following the Union Pucttiu took hold if the work , the contract with the Boomtr jrldgo company having been annulled. The structure wai completed on the ' _ ' 5thof Mnrch , ,873. It ia 2,750 feet long-11 spans of 'irK ) cot each and ia composed entirely of ( ton. The superstructure is supported by piers , oarh oimed uf two iron pneumatic tuboa , sunk in flections and filled with cement mauonry , each .ubo being eight and a half fuot in diamotor. This bridge IN vnU to h.uo co.-t SI , 150,00) . L'lio idea uf adding a wagon biidgudid not iccur until after the work had commenced. [ would not bo surprised if iho Union Pacific would yet reconstruct iti bridge and provide a wiigou-way in hopes uf killing of ! tin ) now budge. Thia can bo done , nud would boa ; reat improvement over the piesont way uf transporting teams and wagons iu l/nx cars. Thu now bridge , if built , will be located north uf IXnigluH Bireet. The Union Pacific biidne haa earned UH high us $ fU 1,000 or ? tiOOOoO a yo.ir , and I have boon told that onu year the receipts were much higher tiun those figure. The receipt" , liowovcr , have boenconsiduiably illmiiii-liedBinco thu buildiuL' uf the bridges at PlattsuiouthnndBhdr. " > "Tho recent robbery of the Pacific express - press company nt St. Louis by the money cli'rk , Prentiia Tiller , who walked nut of tbe ollieo in broad daylight , with 573,001) , was very slick job , and it recalls to mind another \ory cunning oxprosj robbery in that city , ' said a gentleman who wai for many years n resident of St. Louis to THE BCE'H Man About Town. "It was in 18C3 that thi United States express company had Its office in the same building that is now ucuipioJ by tha Pukifio OMprexx. One morning , Hum ) , thi clerk iu charge was found bound and gaggni and apparently unconscIouKfrom thorltects o chloroform , the empty buttle Ijing near him. The safe was open and the money , uboui ? 00OCO , KIIIIO. An old detective nauioi Charles Koyos was laimo'Uately sunimouci and employed to work up the cage. Hu wonl to work with great vigor. Sumo ouo , however uuspacted that the robbery wus a put up job , and that the clerk could toll ull about it it he could bo made to 'squeal. ' The Idea of pump ing the clerk wai suggested to tha oilicers o : the company , who octed upon it , and sure eiiourh ilaud gave the whrle thing away. Now , who do you Mipposova * the man thai put up the job ? It waa none ether than Char- iuy Noyoa , the detective , who had been cnv ployed to catch the thieves. A policeman named Miller wont to iNoyo * ' room uud there found about $ < iOOO concealed iu a sofa and soon afterwards 845,001 wiui discovered in a collar. Nuylcs , while all this was Rolocun , was leaving thu city on nn oont bound train , and at thu name time several boxes of mouoy were bfinj/ trans ported acrosi tbo rivrr by u confederate ) calloc Capt. Smith Tliamoiiey was nearly ull ttc iv eied.audboth Noyos and Smith were caiitnrod Ono idght Noyes escaped from jail bofuro hii trial. Ho was assisted by hia brother , who was a lieutenant In the army. It wus always mippi'tol thitNoios bought bis way out i < jail. Ho ditnppeured , and was never after ward arrested , although it is claimed that h has been seen by uiqimlntunci's ut various timen in diflorent p.irU uf the country once I believe , at Iho centennial In Philadelphia und tint , too , by Sillier , the man who assist ad In his capture. Smith wua sent to the penitentiary fur twn youM. I forget what was done with Hand , but I think ho WIM lot off nn Hccount of his 'nqiiouhng , ' which remitted it th company recovering nearly all the ntulou money. " a TIUIrn'B Oiilnioa orilimscir , Now York Journal. What a pity that Governor Tilden who is aovonty years of ago thla month , should bo still moro enfeebled to day than when ho withdrew from politica life four years ago. But ao it ia. To u o hia own languagp , "tho domccrati party uii ht as well call upon Thomas JeOorson m his grave aa to call upon me t > > lead it now. " PORPOSALS FOH n-RESH BEEF. PLATTK. ) OQloa thief I om" > liu ary of Hull liteucu. > OMAHA , Nku. , Febniuy So. 1834. ) Acting ( Jommisxarj ot Hulilbti-ti-o at each o TUB loUjwinj ! fiikU , viz : VurU ISr d < er. I oug Ia4 , Ijknmle , UuKliiney. Nlibriri , Ouiahi , Hitilu- 8on. 1) . A. Kuvic'J , hlduey , I'rt-a Stttlc , VVkahii I'li-jeme D p > t and Ounti * Depot , Hill lee ctkil ! > " > ) I until It M.tlioSItt day ol April 1184 , t vthl Ji lima they Mill t n | > eucd In tha pr enoool l'IJ'cr ' for the ( urnU'lig a d da It cry o Fns'i ' Ueet In mite block , lur U < ue , and cli > lee cul lor ifte to omreiT , llmt may be requite 1 1 > ; the tub jutnco IVpanmer.t , U. H. Army , ut ihclr rupecth ixtoU duruiir the fl cat je r o'muiunomit Julj 1 , 1SS4 U'auk ' i > rope ' and .n.trui tl-un to Mddtrt glvin lnlorinatl"n M to oondltloni to oUerved t > y biililcn torim ol contract nJ r i mint , wllllw lurnl. hod o. nuiillc * ! Ion to t hU odlcoorto Iho Coiuiultiarlca a tlio ptil * n mod. I > ruirica'i | will not bo considers uuleU utcompanlod b > the "lii.tiu-tloiu to bidder * alovo njloirixl to. The rlu-ht U rvacrv < l t. ) rrjec auvnraH bIJi. JOHN I' . HAWKINS , uor 0 moH olt Chid 0 a NOTICE. Notloo U hereby givou that tlio tartntnhlp here lotorevxtttliig Utwitn Wllllaui V , Jlaiu'jiR ail lleo. II. Hew under tie firm uaino ol JUnulng , Hew Uthliday ill iolvtd This U to ult further nolle * that l lllnotN re Lou lbleforanyUeut ooiitroctodby nijr i rJO I our late firm iiauw , nor * i'l ' I \y ny attornov' f M or C"aU to caro1 n any litigation ol any < ! e- ocflptton aifaln.t any of th or d * .of heUUJBra ] fl Uaunlii 18 , JUt. /eb. l&- JHEBESTTHREAD FOR SEWING MACHINES t i LEIIf IlRi'fl f Willimiuitic Spool Cotton is onHrely tlio product , of Homo Industry , nd is pronounced by experts to lie the liest sewing tunclii IP thread in Iho world. . FULL ASSORTMENT CONSTANTLY ON HAND , .and or.Io by HENLEY , UAYKES & VAN AUSDBL , m&e Omnlm , Neb. STEELE , JOHNSON& CO. , Wholesale Grocers II. B. LOCKWOOD ( formerly of Lockwood & Draper ) Chicntjp , a nger o the Ten , Cigar nnd Tobacco Departments. A full line of nil grades of nbove ; nlso pipes nnd smokers' articles carried in stock. Prices nnd snmpli s furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to u > shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. AGENTS FOR DENWOOD NAILS AND LAFUN & 'RAND POWDER CO JOBBER OP WF I i ujlul EASTER * PRICED DUPLICATED 1113 FARNAM STREET , . . " OMAHA NEK Double anil Single Acting Power and Hand Engine Trimmings , Mining Machinery , ! ' Bolting , Hose , Brass and Iron Fit Steam Packing at wholesale and retail. 'HALLADAY WIND-M1LLS , OIIUROH AND SCHOOL BELLS. Corner 10th Farnam St. , Omaha Neb. AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC GIGARS.TOBACGOS.PIPESi . DOMESTIC1BTICL1S PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING \ * CELEBRATED BRANDS : Reina Victorias , Especiales , Eoses in 7 Sizes from § 6 to $120 per 1000. \ AND -fHE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS : Combination , Grapes , Progress , Nebraska , Wyoming Brigands. ' | SEND FOR PRICE LIST AND SAMPLES. C. F. GOODMAN , Wholesale Druggist AND DEALER IN Paints Oi OMAHA , NEBRASKA. J. A. WAKEFIELD , WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALEK IN SASH , DOORS , BLINDS , MOULDINGS , LIME , CEMENT , PLASTER , &C- STATE > AGENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT COMPANY. Union Pacific Depot , - DEALERS IN Hall's Safe and Lock Comp'y FIRE AND BUKGLAR PEOOF 7LO9O M. HELLMAN. * 'CO. , Wholesale Clothiers ! 1301 AND 1303 FARNAM STREE1 COR. 1ZTH ( SPECIAL NOTICE TO Growers of Live Stock and Others , WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO Our Ground Oil Cake. j It It tha txxt knd cheAoctt tool tot Moo * * anr Idcd One pound it eqoU to thrw pounds ol com I stock iwi with Orouml Oll'Caka I'J tbe Fall ana Mrtacer , ID M ! ol rwolo ; down , will laereuo In weight , uid lit In rood mwkotabU ootx Uoo to tbe spring. lulrjrmeu , v rf U * * otbvn , who UM It ota kUly VO llUmerlta. Try It ud JodK * r youfwltts. l fo * JS6.W w > ri : BU ehnf lor § Mk . Addrou 1 WOOTj LbiUSUD OHt OOV"HV Om&hk K b.
