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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&-
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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
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JOBBER OP
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AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIC
GIGARS.TOBACGOS.PIPESi . DOMESTIC1BTICL1S
PROPRIETORS OF THE FOLLOWING \ *
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AND -fHE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE CENT CIGARS :
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Brigands. ' |
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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
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Wholesale Clothiers !
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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
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