OMAHA PA1LY BEE---WEDNESDAY , AUGUST 13 , 1881.
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HIKMOST , Neb. , August 11th , 1834.
The different lines of railway In this tote will fc
IckcU to the delegates chc < cd to'the ' republics
date canvcntlon to lie held at Ornthn , August 27 tl
'El , for faro for the round trip , anil to the dlitrlc
comcntlotw to IKJ h ld at llcatrlec , Hastings am
Columbns , August 20th , ' 84 , for one anJ ono fourtl
lire. The deli-Rales will present their credentials t (
local agvnta who ere authorised to it'll tuktcs upoi
BUch presentation. Oro. W. K. PoiiHF.r
Chairman .
Tin : railroads have retired from poll
tics , but John M. Thuroton , the chlo
political nttornoy , still insiats upoi
thrusting himself upon the ropublicni
party as its representative , when hi
simply represents a giant corporation.
Hit. DAWES insists that Laird must
represent the second congressional dis
trict another term. The second district
will probably respond that Mr. Dawee
bettor mind his own business , unless he
wanta to join the procession up Sail
Crook.
Tin : vigorous protest made by the citi
zens of Berlin against the constant piano-
pounding in that great musical contorhas
led n I'liiladolphlan to invent a simple
method by which the volume of sound
may bo reduced at will four-fifths. The
BUTuring ( men and women who Imvo foil
that thorowas no relief from the persecu
tions of the piano fiend can now take
courage for their deliverance is at hand.
WE have received a copy of the
"rules and regulations of the board for
inspection of buildings. " Tlioso rules
have evidently boon adopted from some
older city , and wore no doubt drawn up
by a competent architect and builder.
If those rules and rogttlationa are atrictly
followed , Omaha will hereafter have
very substantial buildings within the fire
limits. It remains to bo scon , however ,
whether these rules will bo enforced or
become a dead letter , like a great many
other "rules" in this city.
THE Denver ItcpubUcan lias swallowed
the Denver Tribune , and the "mammoth
consolidated" appears under the name
of The Tribunc-llcpublican. It is the
old story of Omaha. The old Jtcjntbll-
can like the loan cows of Pharoah that
awallowod the fat ones annexed the
Tribune , but the mammoth consolidated
2rlbunc-Itcpubllcan proved weaker than
cither of the two papers before the con
solidation. The hyphenated name was
dropped in duo time , and the Ecjublicun
remained on dock.
IT need surprise no ono that the re
port of M. do Lossops. chief engineer of
the Panama canal , should Imvo an en
tirely different coloring from the recent
disparaging accounts of the canal enter
prise published in the Now York papers.
At a recent mooting of the intor-oceanio
canal company M. do Lossopa reported
that the entire expenditure up to
thiatimo has boon $12,000,000. Ho
characterizes the work hitherto done as n
campaign in stallmont full of dilllculty
and very costly but "now" ho Bays , "wo
are ready for attack , and
the work will go forward with
astonishing rapidity. " During the
oar 1883 there were 0,200 mon em
ployed ; now there are 19,000. It will bo
remembered that the company bought
08,531 shares , or a controlling interest in
the Panama railway , as an auxiliary to
-tho canal enterprise. This M. Do Los-
.aops eaya , has proved a prudent Invest
ment. The dividends Imvo gone up
from § 12. DO to S15. and this year ho
thinks they jivill bo $20. The entire
energies of the company will bo directed
to the completion of the canal in 1888.
Now that the government 1ms re
moved Payne and his followers from
Oklahumn , should not the next atop bo
to remove the cattle kings from the Indian -
dian territory ? They have fenced up the
whole country unmolested and have no
more right in that territory than Payne
liad. The Joasoa whicli the cattle mon
have obtained from the Indiana for a
more song are , as ia claimed by eminent
legal authorities who have boon consulted
in the matter , null and void , as they
are held to bo in direct conflict with the
United States statutes , The question
has boon brought before Judge Treat , of
the United States court at St. Louis ,
for decision. Hunter , Evans & Co. , and
othera of St. Louis , had leased an area of
land larger than Massachusetts , Connec
ticut and Rhode Island combined , for
leas than two cents an acre , for ton years ,
Tills is certainly a wholoialooutragu and a
ijroai imposition upon the Indians , and it
ia against those land-eharks that pro
ceedings have boon commenced to oust
them. If the Indians can legally loose
lands to citizens of the United States ,
then they certainly ought to receive a
decent rental at least.
ASSESSMENT REFOKMS.
The Illinois committee on revenue re
form , appointed by the real estate board
has submitted its report , rooommondir
several changes in the manner of tnnk'in
assessments. The chairman of the com
nnUoo , in explaining the report , altackc <
the small nsscssments paid by rnilron
companies and corporations. 7ho atnt
tax for 1883 amounted to about ' $ -10,000 ,
000 , of which $23,000,000 ims nsscsso- -
on ronl estate , about $8,000,000 on pci
sonnl property , while only a little ovc
$3,000,000 had boon paid by the rail
roitda and other corporations. I
soonis that the boards of cqualizn
lion in Illinois , ll.'to those i ;
.Nebraska , failed to discover thattho right
of way , which , as a rule cost largo earn
of money , as well as the numerous side
tracks , were worth anything , In Illinois
as in Nebsaaka , there acorns to bo a Ion
ioncy manifested towards railroads ii
matter of aoaossmonts. The CJiicaff
tfctos , in commenting on this fact saye
Nearly every railroad owning proport ;
in the city has boon assessed this yea
less than last. The famous Western In
dlana , which was assessed last year § 15 ,
2GO , in this year passed by without n
tico , while some roads , which by their ad
vortlsomonU would load ono to nup
pose were roads of no sccondar
importance are not nasonaod i
penny. The effort to place the burdoni
of government upon rent estate is man
serious than it appears at first glance
but when this burden makes itself felt it
rontala upon places of business am
horn OB it will begin to bo appreciated
and that , too , in a quarter where it wil
produce great hardship. The ease witl
which real estate can bo found and tin
dillicultics of assessing personal property
is no uxcuao for so unfair an assessment
as 1ms boon made the present year
which does not admit of any excusi
baaed upon either reason , justice , or thi
lawe under which the assessors are presumed
sumod to act.
What is needed in Chicago and'injOmaha
and in nearly every city oftho , country , ii
a fair and honest assessment , undo :
which the rich shall bo taxed in proper
tion to their wealth , so that the groatoi
burden shall not fall upon the persons o
moderate means. There ia too mucl
concealment of personal asset * , and 'ar
effort should everywhere bo made t <
secure complete slatomonta of persona
property as well as real estate. Ilail <
roads and ether corporations should bi
treated the same as individual !
and bo compelled to stand
their proper share of taxation. The oflicc
of assessor , therefore , should bo filled
by active and vigilant business men ,
who would do their work accurately and
iromptly , without fear or favor. An n
rule the assessors are men of no business
qualifications whatever and possessing no
doaa of the real value of property. The
majority of them depend upon the assess-
nont rolls of their predecessors from
.vliioli they simply make copies , thus
woiding a personal inspoction-of proper-
.y and inquiries as to its present value ,
lofonu is certainly needed in the man
ner of making our assessments as well a :
n the qualifications of assessors.
SLA VJWY ZZV XRAZIL.
The movement for the emancipation
Df slaves in Brazil haa received a fresli
mpotus by the presentation of n now
jovorninont measure in the chamber oi
loputics for the immediate liberation of
ill slaves over sixty years of ago , for the
ocalization of slaves in the provinces
vhoro they are now domiciled , for now
axes in favor of the emancipation fund ,
md for various restrictions in the trans-
or and possession of slave property. This
uoaauro of course moots with violent
jppOBition from the slavo-holding clo-
nont , for they naturally fear that it will
oad to the early extinction of slavery.
L'his measure , -which has become ono of
, ho loading questions in Brazil and may
> roclpitato a civil war in the cauao of
'roodom , provides for the liberation of
ill slaves of over sixty years of ago , and
hat they shall bo supported cither by
heir ox-masters or by the state. It is
oquirod also that there shall bo an im-
nodlato matriculation of slaves , supple-
r.ontary to that of 1871 and 1873 , in
vhicli all the particulars of each slave ,
ncliuling value , shall bo recorded. This
nuBt bo done within ono year , and nil
laves not so matriculated shall bo free.
The taxes that are to bo imposed for the
mancipation fund , are to bo naocl in
lurchasing the'froodom of slaves from
heir masters. The maximum values are
0 bo fixed as follows : $800 for thoao
mdor 30 years ; $700 for these between
10 anil 40j$000 for these between and
0 ; and $400 for these between CO and
iO. Taxes are to bo imposed on the
ransmisslon of slaves by inheritance or
> y bequest , varying from five to lifty
> or cent. , and a tax of ton per
ont. is to bo collected on all sales
it slaves. To transfer a alavo
rom ono province to another , except
vhon accompanying his master , will ron-
lor him a freeman. Agencies for the
mrohaso and sale-of slaves are to bo pro ? ;
libitkl
,
Such are the provisions of the pro
losodactV.butaayot it ia questionable
irhothor the government can carry this
neaauro through parliament. That the
Uvo-holdors , who are rich and In-
uontial , will fight it at every atip there
> not the least doubt , and the probabil-
ty ia that it will either bo defeated or
uodiQed BO that It leally will
mount to but little. However ,
t ia evident that the agitation
n the interest of emancipation in Brazil
1 producing floino good results , But it
rill take a long time to bring about the
iitiro emancipation of the slaves in Bra
il , and perhaps it can never bo aocom-
ilished without a great revolution. Such
u event , however , may come when least
xpocted.
IN hit * recent annual report , Agent
jlowollyn , of the Mcacalero Apache In-
lians , cays that it ia a law among these
udiana "that the
mother-in-law and son-
i'n-law never visit each ether , and novoi
BOO each other except when it canno1
possibly bo avoided. " Mr. Llowollyi
declares that ho is not prepared to Raj
whether this la n atop In the direction o
civilization or not ,
THE UOUGLAS DELEGATION
It has been given out with a grnuc
flourish of trutnpnta that the dolcga
tion from Douglas county to the slat
convention favors the re-nomination o
Governor Dawes , and that the delegate
to the congressional convention are ii
favor of Weaver. Thia report has n
foundation in fact. There was no con
teat in Douglas county for or apalnd
Dowcs or Weaver. A largo majority o
the republicans in this county took n
part in the primaries and took no intoros
in the convention. They wore thor
oughly disgusted with the star-chambo
method of calling the primaries , and hat
no chance of attending the caucus JB as ni
call waa published in any of the phpore
Many of these republicans rofuao to bine
themselves to the support of candidate !
who will ewe their nominations to tin
trickery , ju glory and fraud , which are i
part of the present syston
of primary olootiono , and they purpose ! ;
ntayod awny from the polls. The roaull
waa that the convention was a jug-handli
affair. Dawes and Weaver wore noi
thought of , except perhaps by a few cua
torn house moniala who made them
flolvoa very promiacuoua. The dologa
lions to the Htato and congressional conventions
vontions were choaon by warda fron
among the delegates present. No quoa
tiona were asked as to their proforonc *
for any candidate , and they are ontirolj
free. At loaat one-half of the state delegation
legation will oppose the ronomlnation ol
Dawos , unless no candidate prosontt
himself against him. Thurston and Nyc
are for Dawes , and their support indi
catoa the drift of the Union Pacific.
Weaver will have the support of the
federal office holders in the delegation ,
but fully two-thirds of the nineteen dele
gates from Douglas would prefer anothoi
man if ho is available. They fool that
there is a grave doubt about "Wcavor't
election if the opposition nominates sonic
popular and capable candidate. This if
the unvarnished truth about'tho Douglac
county delegation.
SJ.VATOU : DA-WUS , of Massachusetts ,
Siaa written n letter in defense of Agent
McGillicuddy , of Pine Ridge , who has
boon assailed by Dr. Bland , of Washing-
xm. Senator Dawos assorts that
Dr. Bland has the confidence
of no ono , and that Ho is'as wild in his at-
.ompts to state facts as ho is in his idea
of what ia the proper policy toward the
race which ho thinks ho Is serving. The
charges made by Dr. Bland are not only
old , but have boon ofilcially investigated
'our times , and by voluntary associations
many times more. Senator
Dawoo maintains that the trou-
bio at Pine Uldga arises from a con
flict between the now and the old order
of thinga-r-botwoon the power of the
chiefs and the power of the law. Rod
Cloud , who is backed up by Bland , is for
the old order of things , when chiefs
ruled and made themselves rich out of
the Indiana. McQUlicuddy , however ,
) aya no moro attention to Rod Cloud
-ban - ho does to any ether Indian , and
hia , of course , ia very annoying to the
ox-chief , who is very discontented and
always eager to listen to anyone who ia
nclinod to atir up trouble. It will bo
remembered that Rod Cloud two years
ago attempted to assert his authority
over Agent McGillicuddy , and it was
eared that ho would precipitate a
massacre of all the whites at the
agency. McGillicuddy , however , with
us usual nerve , mot the issue
quaroly and by his courage and pru-
lonco averted the threatened massacre.
The troubled was then officially investi
gated , and the result waa that McGilll-
oudly was exonerated from the charges
nado agaiuut him by Hod Cloud and In-
poctor Pollock. Rod Cloud then called
) r. Bland to his assistance and Bland in-
lucod the aocrotary of war to send out a
hlrd inspector , who also exonerated Mo-
jillicudloy from all charges. Then fol-
owed several independent investigations
by dilloront persona interested in the In
diana and the result was the Bamo. The
ndlnn commission itself vis
ted the ngonoy and returned a
oport to the interior department highly
-ompllmontary to the administration of
iIcGillicuddy. The strong testimony of
Senator Dawos in favor of MoGillicuddy
} ught to settle the matter so far as the
hargoa of Philanthropist Bland are con-
ornodbut where there is so much smoke
here may after all bo aoino fire. It
hould , however , bo borne in mind , that
o long as Rod Cloud lives there is liable
a bo more or leu trouble among the
Mno Ridge Indians , because the deposed
hioftaln will never neglect an opportu-
Uy to make it Interesting ,
uddy. 1
GuiAV stress Is laid byth'o frtonda of
Governor Dawoa , down in Saline county ,
u the faot that the convention requested
lin to dictate the delegations to the state ,
ougrosslonal ( and judicial conventions ,
aline county may , bo satisfied with a
Ictator , and its conventions may bo
iado up of mon who lack the manhood to
osont bossism as an insult to their intol-
gouco and self-respect. The epoctaclo
f a sovereign convention of republicans
ailing upon their knees before [ a gov-
rnor and bogging him to put n ring in
heir noses and a yoke upon their
ocka la decidedly edifying. To request
Dawes to choose hia own delegation to
ho atato convention might have been
xcuaablo , but to oak him to dictate
\rhom \ Saline county should vote for as
ongrosaman , judge , or district attorney
s a confoailon of degradation which free
American citizens are seldom willing to
east of. i
ONE of the blggeat little men in thii
western country Is Mayor Vaughan o
Council Bluffs. Mayor Vnughan is a
present engaged in making a tour of the
principal cities of the east and intro
ducinq himself to the chief officials , "thi
politicians and the newspapers as the may
or of Council Bluffs , and endeavoring ti
impress everybody that ho is a great mat
in the great a In to of Iowa , In every cit ;
that ho haa visited thus far ho haa hiu
himself interviewed on the political out
look in hia stato. Hia latest effort Ii
this direction appears in the Now Yori
ITcrahl. Mayor Vnughan has figure *
it out for the Herald that Cleveland wil
carry Iowa , Mayor Vaughan can nov
contest with "Eli Perkins" for the hone
of being the champion liar of America.
Mn. THUUSTOX haa forced himself upoi
the state convention , but ho doesn't carr
the republican delegation of Dougla
county in his pocket this time.
Tlio CoiiBtltutlonnl Amendments.
Minden lloporter.
It will bo aeon that wo are publishing
the governor's nottco of the vota to bi
taken this fall on the changes of the con
atitution , which will appear till oloctior
day aa per contract.
Wo take this early opportunity to saj
that the first change proposed as relating
to the salaries of members of the legiala ,
turo , wo approve and shall support , for
wo have always maintained that the la
borer is worthy his hire and the pay no\\
given ia niggardly , hardly Biifliciont tc
board and pay the osponsoa oi
members. This change will give thorn
$300 for the session and mileage.
Iowa pays $500 , so it ia seen that thic
amendment should bo sustained. But
the second ono , which relates to the
election of railroad commissioners wo
shall oppose. First because they are
unnecessary ; second , because it fastens
upon the people throe moro salaries to
pay , In order to glvo some persona Iplaco ,
power and ( money. Third , because it
virtually defers [ any restriction of rail
road traffic for nearly throe years , afford
ing the railroad monopolies a much
longer tlmo'to entrench themselves , and
lay up in store the popple's substance ;
and fourth , because , it ; is a railroad
Bchomo to blind , bind and mislead the
people on this much agitated question.
Iowa several years ago , passed a law
regulating railroads , through the oiTorta
of the graugora , who controlled the legis
lation , but the roads resisted this law till
the supreme court decided the law con
stitutional. But at the following session
of the legislature the railroads proposed
a change by substituting In place of the
law throe commissioners , who shall fix
rate of freight , etc , which was promptly
done by a republican legislature , which
then had succeeded to control. The
roada proposed to pay the salaries of
thoao officials , which ia $3,000 each a
year. Why did they want this change ?
Because they could control throe persona ,
which they could not do with the law-
This is what wo call "farming out" the
people's great interest totho | care of three
mon , in place of thorn ruling and control-
Ing , through their representatives , elec
ted every two years by them. This sys
tem baa given the people of thai state
great annoyance , and it ia known , that
they have been sold out by this system ,
over since its adoption. It is but natural
that as the roada pay the expense of
theao oflicora that they -will favor their
employers first , last and all the
time.
time.Wo
Wo BOO that TIIE OMAHA BEE oppoaoi
this amendment , which haa boon favor-
Inc ; railroad regulation by law : but it , ii
favored by the Republican of the sami
place , wbich is couceoded to bo run in
the interests of railroads , especially the
U. P. road , that shows which way the
wind blows. Wo presume that many
republicans and uomo democrats who
trow the color of monopolies , especially
their candidates this fall , for loglalatlvo
lenora will favor this chango. But wo
: annot think that any anti-monopolist ,
jreonbackor , granger or alliance will so
poluto their record and stultify their in
torosta aa to rast a vote in its favor. We
want , and need a legislature the coming
session who trill hove backbone and lion-
osty enough to glvo ftho people of the
itato a law to relieve them at once of
, hcao extortions.
IIOW It IlOOlCB.
L'Mlndolphla Tress.
UnloBS all signs fail Blaine and Logan
ivlll carry every northern state. This
ivould give thorn 2-18 of the 401 eloctora'
rotes , oven should the 151 ! votes of the
sixteen former slave states bo cast for
Jlovoliiud. The only northern states
ihat can fairly bo considered dobatablt
n this campaign are Now York , 3fi votes
Indiana , 15 ; Now Jersey , 0 ; Nevuda , 3t
md perhaps California 8 , though there is
ittle doubt but that the latter state wil
; ivo a majority to Blaino. Some demo-
: ruts are so sanguine as to claim Connec-
icut 2 votes , Now Hampshire 4 , and
ivon Ohio 23 , but , unless the republican
lanvnaa ia caught by some unforscon and
ill but impossible cyclone , the throe
itatcs last named do not belong to the
loubtful column , and will give the re-
lublicana , with Maine , 0 ; Vermont , 4.
tlasaachuBotta , 14 ; Rhode Island , 4 ;
'onnsylvaiiia , 30 ; Illinois , 22 ; Michigan ,
3 ; Wisconsin , 11 ; Minnesota , 7 ; Iowa ,
.3 ; Kansas , 0 ; Nebraska , 5 ; Colorado ,
t , and Oregon 3 , a grand total of 177 votes ,
rhlch may bo depended upon beyond any
irdinary poradventure.
There is a very Haltering prospect of
ronklng the solid south In the campaign
> y the capture of West Virginia'o BIX
otes by the republicans. There ia a
; oed chance , to , that the democrats may
pao both Virginia's twelve votes and
Louisiana's eight , but wo do not anchor
lur hopes on the support of those states ,
mt if ft cornea it is welcome. It requires
bis year 201 electoral votes to elect a
resident. Aa wo have soon , the ropub-
icana are certain of ' 177 votes without a
outhorn state or Now York.Now Jersey ,
ndiana , California or Nevada. Should
hey win of thoao latter states only Now
fprk the republican ticket [ will have 213
otos , pr twelve moro than a majority.
Ihould they lose New York and New
oraoy and win Indiana , Nevada
nd California , they will have two
wro than a majority. Losing both Now
'ork and Indiana and carrying California ,
low Jersey , West Virginia and Nevada ,
ho republicans will again have two moro
ban a majority. Conceding to the dom-
crata every southern state except Woat
rirglnla , to obtain a majority they must
niu at loaat fifty-tour votes from _ tbo
oubtful state * , which they cannot do
itliout getting New York and two
thor states. The republicans , on the
tlier hand , need but twenty-four votes
rom the doublful statca , and Now York
; ate is not necessary to their sucocaa.
That the prohibition vote will. have
uy appreciable effect in this election ; s
ery irapror-ablo. Prohibitiriniija , as u
ilo , are men of sense , thu unijoiity of
them ate republicans who believe in the
principles of the party , and know vnrj
well that the cause of temperance wll
not bo advanced by the success of thi
democratic party. They certainly have
no chance , and , wo think , no expecta
tion of carrying a single state. Wi
doubt if there will bo enough votes cas
for St. John and Daniel next Novcmbe
to bo worth the counting.
President Garfield received 655,0 i-
votes in Now York state in 1880 , agains
534,511 for General Hancock. Govorno
Cleveland received 535,318 votcsiu 1882
against 342,404 for Secretary Folgor
Cleveland will have to poll , therefore
20,220 moro votes this year than ho dii
In 1882 in order to equal the vote cast b ;
Now York state for the republican candi
date for president four years ago.
BEN MUTIjKll'S CANDIDACY ,
Ilo IH Declared Not to bo ( ho Cantll
( Into of tholjabor Organizations.
Chicago News , Aug. Oth.
' 'For n month or so this has boon Bait
again and again in ono of the morninj
papers , and , in fact , it is quoted in i
great many papers all over the country
that Bon Butler has the labor organIza
tlons , the socialists , and the greenback
ors at his beck and call. Well , sir , it ii
not true , emphatically not. "
'Why , was not Bu'ler nominated foi
proeidont by those organizations ? " aakoc
the reporter in astonishment , of the
speaker , who is one of the leaders of the
laboring element in the city , but whc
preferred to have hia name withhold.
"No , sir , ho waa not. " Thia Was said
with n perceptible tinge of asperity.
"You Boom to have fallen into the same
orrora as the papers I spoke of. The
facts are these : Bon Butler received the
nomination at the hands of a handful of
so-called autl-monopolista , groonbackcrs ,
and 'liboral-loaguors. ' But these are not
the same as the labor organizations.
There are at least five hundred thousand
membora of such organizations in the
country. There are 20,000 of them hero
In Chicago trades assemblies , knlghta of
labor , socialists , and greenback-labor
mon. None of these organizations want
Butler , nor have they nominated him.
The truth ia that all such labor associa
tions exist only for the purpose of raissng
the standard of wages , of regulating
strikes and apprenticeships , and for all
ether measures tending to the advance
ment of the labor interests. Their aims
are not political , but social ones. The
members belong to either of the two
iroat parties are either democrats or
republicans. These organizations are de
bating sociotioa aa well , in which the
merits of the various candidates of their
parties and platforms may bo discussed
Dnco in a whilo. But these are merely
lido issues , and to my knowledge no con-
: ertcd action1 has boon taken nor ia it
in contemplation for thoondorsempnt of
Bon Butler or nf any ether candidate.
Fho members are at full liberty to pick
) ut fnr themselves a candidate to their
iking. "
"How is it ono hears so much of the
; roonback-labor party , then ? "
"Oh , that is duo to the fact that this
larty used to play a big game once in
L870 and in 1880. But they have no
larty organization now , except in a few
itatos , like Michigan and Iowa. And
ivon this holds true only aa to the groon-
mckora , but not the labor organizations.
? apora like the Chicago Tribune , which
ry to make it appear that the labor or-
; auizationa have declared in favor of But-
or , and are doing their best to break up
.ho democratic party such papers aim-
ily misstate the facts in a palpable man-
ler. There is no Butler movement at
rork among the laboring mon that
: now of. "
WESTEIIN NEWS.
DAKOTA.
The catholic pollution of Dakota is cat !
inted nt 25,000.
Thora have boon 233 harvesters sold at Gro
in this Huinmor.
Rapid City's valuation by the assessor for
381,183396,319.50.
Ynnkton expects 10,000 visitors to the sold'
irs reuuton next month.
Eight thousand railroad ties are being un <
laded nt Marion Junction ,
The corner stone for a catholic church nt
'ankton was laid on the 3d inst.
The corn crop of Union county , this year ,
ill loach nearly 4,000,000 bushels.
The total assessed valuation of the real nnd
nrsonal property of Bendlo is county $1,905-
It Is estimated that 0,000 bushels of flax
ill bo marketed nt Marion Junction the
unlng fall and winter.
There are fourteen candidates for congroas
Ireadyoutho track , with several border
unities to henr from.
The eintrac'.ors nro putting1 down 1,200 foot
: watermaina a day in Sioux Falls , nnd will
mipleto their job by tha 25th inst.
Ground has been Rejected In Sionx Falls for
jothcr new 6chool-hoiif.onbuildinf * 30 5I.Tliia
ill ho 'the fourth largo public brick school-
ouso In Sioux Fidln.
The chances nro that the Scandinavian thoo.
glcal college , for the location of which in
loux Falls , the citizens olfcied n bonus of
10,000 , will go to another town ,
The buildin ? of the Kpiscopal college at
loux Fnllii , will bo commenced nt nn early
y. The first Improvement will bo 02x125
i the ground and will cost 825,000.
county contains 102,55.71
ires of land and only 170,221.81 ncren were
isessod this year. Thereat , 21G,8GO.G7 ia
.llroad laud , nnd Innd on which final proof
i not been imulo.
The coal bore on the Joncks fnnn near
aukton has u truck n thirteen foot vein o
luminous coal. The news of the big fim
.uses . much excitement in Ynnkton.
Ono hundred and twelve nostofllcea wore OB.
Wished In Dakota during the first six
onths of 1881 fifty-six In south Dakota ,
id the tame number in north Dakota.
Joa Iluot , a well known bank sharp. Is
god In the hills. He confidencod the First
itioiml bank of Ilapid City out uf $0,000 on
forged draft , but the steal waa discovered In
no to capture Joseph and run him in.
COLORADO ,
The mines of Leadvlllo produce 9C7 tons ole
o daily.
Tie republican state convention will bo
> ld at Colorado Springs , Sept. 10.
The fmrot prnlrlo fire on Frenchman's crook ,
branch of the Republican river , has been
bduod by rnin. No lives were lost.
Two claims have been located on Cement
reek , the one from which entries from five
nine thousand ounces of silver to the ton.
The Gllpin county mines for the first six
anthi of 18S4 have produced | 31,2G4.000jnnd
iim their out put for the year will roach
,000,000.
Denver has organized a cremating company ,
th a capital of 855,000. A chapel and bake
ons will bo erected right away , and the rom-
ny hope to urn a dh Idend before snow tllea ,
I'lnns lor the new chamber of commerce
ildlng at Denver , to cost away up in the
uusnnds , have been drawn. They call for n
ucturo 60x120 and five stories high. The
Ildlng will be of brick nnd stone , and is to
completed before winter.
Iho body of n "noted horse-thief and all-
mnd "rustler , " known aa Ulack 1'ete , wa
t week found in thu lava beds below Ce
lo , with a bullet hole through hit head.
e coroner's jury returned ncrdlct of
Hod by a thunderbolt from heaven. "
Two hundred nnd fifty of the Hhort horn
.da heifers , purcluued by ox-Governor
utt in the east lait spring , Imvo dropped
l-roan and rod and whi.u cahea , and all are
M flllck as doom and M handsome M picture :
The youngsters ro three-quarter bloods ,
Judge lirowor , of the United States coiir
at Denver , on the 23th , rendered n doclsio
Against the Maxwell Innd nnd Cftttlo con
pany cutting down their land claims 300,00
acres , on the ground that tha surveyor mad
this slif lit mistake In marking the company
linos.
lieccnt statistics have been compiled in ri
gnrd to the wheat crop of Colorado , which
now bring threshed , which shows eomo 5 pi
cent Increase thereof over nny former yea
This per contngo of increase , thus fnr ihowi
gives the state n yield of about 2,100OC
oushols. Of this total Colorado will consurr
some lf > 00,000.
Hill Chlttondon , n man of forty-five , su
elded In Icn\nr recently. An admirer an
companion of newspaper reporters , ho sn\e
the fraternity the labor of writing up the sei
sation In nil its thrilling details by doing tli
job himself , oven to n stunning { loading , b (
fore thu gun went olf. Such consideration fc
the faithful on earth will lessen the tolls r
Peter's gato.
\VVOM1KO.
The territorial treasury is Hush with § 27
000.
000.Tho
The cost of furnishing Iho Tresbytorin
church at Cboycnno was &COOO.
It is reported thattho Grnd oil lands are t
bo sold to a London syndicate tor n fane
prico.
The brotherhood of locomotive cngineort
with headquarters nt Cheyenne , has thittj
five members.
Five hundred coolIcR nro employed In th
U. 1' . minoi at Rock Springs. The dnil ;
output In summer averages li'OO tons per day
The winter shipments morago about 3,00
tons dally. The Chinamen get 75 nnd 8
conti per ton for mining , earning thereat fo
their masters from 520 to $25 per month each
Co.il ia delivered to coinuinew there at 52 poi
ton ,
The Albany land and cattle company , uhicl
wni formed recently to help tno lessees of th <
U11' . land surrounding Larninlo to buy hn
been Incorporated , ( The principal place o
business of the company is to be nt Lawinu
City , \vith branch ollicos In other torrltorio
nnd states. The capital stock of the compnm
is fhodlat 83,000,000 , divided into 5,000 share ;
of 8100 each.
MONTANA.
The town of 13ulknap , ono of the mush
rooms Jjorn of the Cocur d'Alono stampede
was wiped out of existence by fire , recently.
The vnluo of the silver and copper produc.1
of Butta this ycar _ according to the present
rate of production will bo § 15,000,000 nnd o :
Iho territory § 20,000,000.
It is reported that the Northern Pacific
lompnny nro discharging their section Imndi
ind other laborers along the line and supply
ing their places with Ohlnnmin , whom thoj
procure for 93 cents per day.
Foot-pads , thieves nnd burglars have bo
: omo so numerous in Helena that the Hernlt
} f that place calls for the revival of the vi i
lantos , and says : Eternal vigilance nnd plen-
; y of rope will accomplish n good deal nt the
lands of 3-7 77. "
Prospecting in Bear Gulch has resulted ir
.ho discovery of some rich gold benrinc quartz.
HID lead is largo and well defined , some ol
, he specimens show free gold ; othera , though
lot showing gold to the nnked eye , proved
ipon being pulverized nnd washed , to bo very
ich in thu yellow dust.
IDAHO.
The washouts caused by recent Hoods on
, ho Oregon Short line have been repaired and
ho road is again in first class order.
John Sharp & Sons , of .Salt Lnko City , nro
; razint ( 8,000 sheep on Grouse creek. The
vool clip this year amounted to over 50,000
> ounds.
Thu lava beds between Shoehono and the
Snake river are on fire , nnd have been burn-
ng.for sovorcl days. Thousands upon thou-
auds of ncres are nlroady denuded of Eago-
irush and grabs.
Suing His Old Employers.
CINCINNATI , August 12. Colonel John C.
Jnderwood , formerly innnntrer of the News-
'ournnl , has entered suit in the United States
ourt this afternoon against Jnmes K. Scripra ,
5d W. Scripps , nnd M. A. McCrno lor
150,000 for nllfged libel printed August 2 , in
ho Evening Post of Cincinnati , charging
Jtmderwood with acting dishonestly toward
ho stockholders of the News-Journal. Under-
rood's attorneys nro William M. Kauisoy ,
udgo J. 15. Foraker , Lawrence Maxwell ,
peaker John G. Carlisle.
Indiana Prohibitionists.
INDIANAPOLIS , August 13. A meeting of
jo executive committee of the prohibition
; ah > central committee mot hero to-dny nnd
ecidcd to put nn electoral ticket in the field ,
'ho ' ticket is not yet namod. The members
t the party will not bo pledged to its support ,
aming the electoral ticket simply to enable
ich prohibitionists us BO dosiiu to vote for St.
olm.
A Veteran Dead.
ROOK IflLAND , Ills. , August 12. Major-
eneral llolfmnn died hero to-day. I To has
sen an invalid fora number of yenra. Ilo
srvcil in the Mexican war nnd the war of the
> bellion on thu Union bide , nnd on the
ontier.
Tlirco Children Cremated.
CmcLKvnLE , OHIO , Argust 12. Three
lildron , on n farm near South Perry , Ohio ,
lined Robert Wood , Laino D. Wood and
.ato Shnw , nil under 10 years , were burned
i death in a barn , having gone there to
noko and in so doing bet the building on
ro.
Ulnck-Dofj Carries the I'rtniiirlea.
FCBT Sstmr , August 12. Advices from the
sego Idian country , Bay Black Dog was
feted chlof of that nation a few dnys ago ,
is majority was two hundred nnd fifty ,
Moody in St.
Sr. LOCH , August 12. D. L. Moody , the
nioui evangelist , has been ongafced by the
oung Men's Chiintun association to vitit
id preach there this fall ,
iraclos of HonlliiR Unparalleled In
Medical History.
' ! have been afflicted for twenty years with an
ituuU iklri dlieue , called bj some M , D.s I'sor-
la , nd oJhera , loproay , commencing on my scalp ,
J In eiiitu of all I could do , with the help of the
tat Bkillful doctors , It slouly but surely extended ;
til a je r ago this winter It covered my entire per-
i In form of dry scales. For tha last three yews I
40 been unable to do ny labor. nd lufferlng In-
iiely all the tlrno. K ery mornlng.there could be
irly a duttvunful of nodes taken from the aheet on
bed , some of them half aa Urge aa the emclopo
nUinng thii letter. In UN latter part of vs Inter ,
ulkn commenced cricking open , I tried every-
ngl almost , trial could be thought ol without nny
let. The 12th of Juno I started West , In hopea I
lid reach the Hot Springs. I reached Detroit and
a BO low i thouht 1 should hare to go to the hot-
al but finally gotaafaraa taneuiif , Minn. , where
ul a eUter UvluK. One Dr. - treated mo about
} wceki , but did mo uo good. All thouicht I hod
t a abort time to live. I earneatly ] > ra > ed to die.
tcked through the Kkln all over my back , across
rlba , oams , bands , lunba , feet badly swollen , toe-
la camooO , fingernails dead and hard asbono.lmlr
id , dry , and llfelcsaav old straw , O , my God ) bow
id eufler.
, My elstcr had a iraall part of a box of Cutlcnra In
bouse. She woulden't glvu up ; aald , 'wo will
Cutlcuro. Some waa applied ou one hand ud
n. Kurekat there was relief : itopiied the terrible
nlDit aeneatlon from the word no. They Immed-
lygottheCutlcuralloiolvent. Cutleura and Cutl-
Soap. I commence ! by Uklng ouo tablespoon-
ol Ue ohenttbrco times a day , after meals' had
th once a day , water about blood boat , unedCutl.
Sp p freely : applied Cutlcura morning and ercu-
, Itciult. returned to iny hone In lust tlx weeks
n time I left , aud my akin a. smooth aa thii sheet
' HIRAM K. '
POf- CAlU'lttTKll.
lenderaon , Jefferson County , N y.
Sworn to before me this nineteenth day of Jan
X , 1880 , "A. M. LBFFINOWELl ,
Juttlco cf the IVacc. "
_
utkura Ilcsolicnt , the naw blood puilfler. Inter.
y.and Cutlcura. and Cutlcura Soap , "he Breat
.cure . , , citernally , clear the Coraf le ? on , cleaSJi
1 lpi"1 ! ' P"ri' ' ? W < d of ey.ry
, HcsJy , Muipl .scrotuloui. Mmu-
aud Canoerouj | u,018 , ind 8kw
' hn"'lul ' | ) ' lnd
Totter Di ug and Chomcol TO. Bctton.
THE MERCHANTS
O3B *
Authorized Capital , - 1,000,000
Paid-up Capital , - - 100,000
Surplus Fund , - 70,000
BANKING OFFICE I
H W. Cor , Farnam ana 12th Sto
OFF1CFK3I
FRISK Itcnrnr , Prenldonl. I Siu'j/K. ROOIU , Y-P
DIM. B. WOOD , Cwhlor. I LUTUIB DIUKI , A
DIRECTORS !
Frank Murphy , Samuel K. Roger ) , Baa. B. Wood ,
Charloa 0. House ) , A. 1) . Jones , Luther Drake.
Transact a General Banking Business. All who
have any Banklne business t transact are Invited
call. No matter how Urtco or umall the transaction ,
It will rccolro our careful attention , and wo ptoaleo
always courteous treatment.
Pays particular attention to business for pMtlfO
roaldlns : outside the city. EtshanKO on all the prin
cipal cltle * of the United States at very lowest rate * .
Accounts of Bank ! and Bankers received on favor
able terms.
Issues Certificate of Deposit bearing 8 per con
Interest
Buys and eolla Foreign Exchange , County , Oil
and Government securities
UNITED STATES
OF OMAHA.
S , W Cor , Farnam and 12th Sto ,
Capital , - - $100,000.00
O. XV. HAMILTON , Proo't.
O. ) } . CALDWELL , V. Proo't.
M. T. BARLOW. Canhlor. :
DIRECTORS :
S. S. OAIDWELL , B. F. SMIXIT ,
0. W. HAMILTON , M. T. BARiowa
0. WILL HAMILTON.
Accounts oollcltor * . and kept subject
joct to sight chock.
Cortlflcntoo of Deposit Issued H V
nblolnS e nnd 12 months , bonrlng
Interest , or on demand without In-
torost.
Advances made to customers on
approved securities at market rat ®
of Intorost.
The Interests of Customers are
c'osoly guarded and every facility
compatible with principles ol
sound banking freely extended.
Draw sight drafts on EnglandIre
land , Scotland , and all parts of Eu-
i-opo.
Soil European Faoea o Tickets.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE.
United States Depository
OF OMAHA
Cor. 13th and Farnam Sfcs.
The Oldest Banking Establishment
in Omaha ,
SOOCES30K3 TO KOUNTZK BROTHEM.
onmniied in isca.
Drfjanlaod as a National Bank In
DAFITAXj . . . . . . . S2OO.OOQ
PROFITS . 515OJOOO
omcna warrrois.
Injun * Kotnmn , President.
Jomr A. CamsHTOi , Vlco President
A aDBTUi Korara , ! d Vlco President.
A , J , Porrurou.
, A lsUnl OMhta
Transacta a general banklns bualnesa. IBSO
rtlfloate * bMrtnR loteroet. Draws drafta
nctaoo and principal clUea In tha UnU , i
Lend on. Dublin , Edinburgh and Ib
cf tbU continent and i i V *
!
Cor. 13th and Douglas Sts.
Capital Stoclc , - - - 8150.000
lability of Stockholders , 300,000
'ivc ' Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits
, ' OANSMADE ON HEAL ESTA2B
4MESE.BOYD . pro nt
( M.BKNNETT . Vice President
ENKY PUNDT. E L. STONE.
( SUCCESSORS TO JOIIN 0. JACOB8J
UNDERTAKERS !
the old stand 1417 Farnam etrcct. Orders by
aph solicited and promptly attontod to
CHARLES REBWE ,
JNDERTAKER ,
AND DEALER IN
otalic Cases , Coffins , Caskets. Shronfls ,
ETC. , ETC. ,
> 00 Farnam St. , - OMAHA , NEB
legraphlo orders prompajr attended to. Telcpbono
H , K , BUBKET
\ML \ 9IRECIOR AND EMBALMED
111 North 18th Street Omina
[ cCAETHY & BUEKB ,
UNDERTAKERS !
3 14TH STREET , BET. FARNAM
AND DOUGLAS
A. CAJORI ,
V
Removed to 121 N. llth St.
SODA WATER !
SCRIITIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED
JAS , LPE BODY M , L' .
& BURGEON ,
eldenca No. HOT Jone * fit. Office. No. 160
m Street. Olfloa hours 18 m. to 1 p. m. , and
Jor offlo 9TKe id Dt .