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OMAHA BAILS' KBE MONDAY , OCTOBER 20 1884 THE [ , Y BEE Omnlin. omoc , No. U1O Kftrnum Bt.S Council Bluffs omcc , No , 1 Pcnrl S 'BtrectNojir ' Broilwy. Now York Office , Itoom 05 Xrlbnnc mulshed evtiy trornlnir , eioop * Band * } ' Th only UoaoUy tnoralcg dally. IlKS BT XA1U r . J10.M I Three Month . W. . . . . . ' -NJMS1 ' " . L0 ° Per We k ( SB Ocnw. tn W1IM.T n , PWlWniD V T WIDKMDiT. nuns rosn-Air. OoeTetr . f2,00 1 Three Months . t f < ilVKonthi. . . . . . . . . 1.00 I One Month . 0 OORRMrOltD HUM r Communications relating to Newt Mid KdltorU ! A mMtcil ( iheald bo addrcmod to the EDITO or Tni D . URIN M LITTIM. All BnslnoM Txstwrs Mid lUmtlUnoM ihonld be iddrcsscdtoTrmllKii Pmt.wm.xo Oovriar , giuni. Dr IU , Chock" and Postofflco orders to b made pay able to the order ol the company. ? HE BEE PUBLISHING CO , , PROPS' ' rosstfvrsR , or. A. II. Fitch , Mnnnccr Daily Circulation , P 0. Box , 483 Omaha , Neb. THERE ia nllll n quorum loft in the city council. . WAS Councilman Woodworth saved by a wmdstono grand jury ? AFTER standing out in the cold twen ty four years the democrats do not foal in the least discouraged by their reverses in Ohio. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jin. BLAINE stopped over at South Bond , Indiana , for Sunday , and Sohuy lor Oolf will have material for a now lecture. . IMMIGRATION is turning from Ken tucky to Indiana just now. The Ohio climate was not as healthy this fall as it was last year. TUB victory in West Virginia affords much encouragement to General Marina- duke. The confods fool confident of carrying Missouri. WHY do certain railroad officials in Omaha exhibit such anxiety for the elec tion of Jim Laird1 ? Do they imagine they can recover the § 3,500 which the great pro-emptor borrowed on their credit from ono of the Hastings banks years ago. THE deathof General Benjamin Alvord will bo sincerely mourned not only by his former comrades in the army but by a largo circle of friends in every section of the country. Gonural Alvord was for many years chief paymaster of the depart ment of the Platte , and during his resi dence in Omaha ho was esteemed nnd ad mired for his genial manners and social qualities. BILL STOUT'S mouth-organ is trying to array the people of Lincoln , regardless of party , against Weaver's opponent as a matter of local pride. Weaver was Stout's preferred candidate for state troiauror years ago , and has boon of great service to the penitentiary contractor - tractor in pulling his appropriations through the legislature. Brown , on the other hand , was a bold , bad man whenever never would allow a job or steal go through if ho could prevent it. HON. GEO. W. POST , United State * collotor of internal revenue , is stumping the Second district for Laird. Six weeks ago Mr. Post was of the opinion that Laird was utterly unfit to represent No- brasda in congress or anywhere else , and ho even talked of bolting Laird's nomi nation. What has Laird done slnco that tlmoT Is he a bettor man now than ho was in September ? You can cover the spots of the leopard with a paint brush , but they will still remain in his fur. Judge Post may vouch for .Jim Laird's future conduct in congress , but wo von- tnro to say ho would not endorse his note for a hundred dollars , SENATOR MANOEIIHON took occasion to reprimand this paper in his glorification speech Thursday night for tofuaing to support Weaver , when wo are supporting Blaine and Logan. The Senator shows commendable gratitude in his zeal for the re-election of Mr. Weaver , but ho should not get angry bocaueo republicans who do not approve of Weaver's conduct , refuse - fuse to contribute toward paying Gen , Mondorson's political debts. Gen. Man- dotsou'a elevation to the sonata is no doubt largely duo to Mr. Weaver's per- nonal efforts , although , as wo happen to know , Gen. Henderson was indebted a great deal more to Weaver's anxiety to defeat John 0. Oowin than ho was to Weaver's friendship or preference for himself. But this is neither hero nor there. Gen. Martdorsou never could have become senator without Weaver's active support , and therefore It ia eminently proper and grateful for him to labor for Weaver's re-election. But why should any re publican bo arraigned for refusing to ratify the nomination of A , J. Weaver dictated an it was by John H , Thurston and Captain Phillips the political ogouta and bulldozers of the two great railway corporations that have Nebraska by the throat nnc strangle every honest impulse of the republican party ? Must republicans who support Blaine and Logan also oupport a candidate for congress who is a moro creature of corporate mo nopolies ? Are they to endorse Weaver's record because ho calls under the re publican flag ? It may bo party treason to vote against Weaver , but it was more treasonable to force upon ropub licana a candidate dictated by the rail road bosses , If submission to the po ' lltical dictates of the railroad bocses is to be a test of party loyalty the pral riea of Nebraska will be full of traitors and all the eloquence of Senator Man- dorson cannot keep them down. LAIRDS PULVEIUHKK. For sublime impudence nnd brnzoi bulldozing commend tis to the honorable Jim Liird , Ho would swear on a stack of bibles tlut.ho iiovor was n railroad attorney tornoy , nnd defy nny man or paper to prove that ho over patronized n gin mill. With the bravado of the devil , this polit ical desperado has the audacity to deny not only his maker nnd owner , flio B. it M. railroad , but hia disreputa ble collusion with perjured land grabbers and his dishonorable record in congress. These brazen denials are now being struck oil by the thousand in Laird's railroad print shop at Hastings and circu lated broadcast through the second dis trict in the shape of n "supplement" in the papers controlled by the B. & M. Twelve solid columns ot compounded fiction nnd froth are hurled nt the BEE and its editor as a refutation of what has boon published by this nnd other papers concerning Laird's ' career in and out of congress. According to the head-lines of this document all the charges against Congressman Laird are refuted and completely over thrown by proof from official records and this paper is convicted of falsehood , de ception and suppression of facts. Reyn olds , Stickle & Co. , are routed and 'liiE BEE is pulverized. Van Wyck is shown up as an artful dodger , and Jim Laird is n saint and a martyr. ' Now , Laird does [ not expect the farmers of his district to wade through -wolvo columns of hogwash , but ho im agines that has exploded nnd pulverized all the charges against himself with those crushing head lines. Liaird always looked upon his constitu ents like an English landlord does upon lis wretched Irish tenants. Ho regards limsolf as a privileged character. It is none of their business how ho spends his time in Washington , how ho votes , or rather how ho fails to vote in congress. The great swashbuckler presumes upon , heir Ignorance , treats them like so many cattle and foods them upon husks. When 10 is charged with dodging a vote on the ) ill appropriating money for improving .ho waterways ho tolls them ho vrnspaired with Began. Wiiy did ho pair with an anti-monopolist ? Regan was in aver of cheapening transportation and If Liird was paired with Regan which is very doubtful Laird must bo classed with the opponents of the bill ; n other words the monopolist ! ) . But ho most glaring apocimon , of Laird's mpudonco is embodied in the following extract from his twelve column pul verizer THE OMAHA BIE : sotno months ago charged that Congressman Laird was connected in aoino way with the success- ul eflorts of thirteen persons to obtain anda for a stock rancho on Stinking Water , no against two men named Hurl- mt and Mopro , whom it wants its read ers to believe were bonn-iido hoino- toadors. This charge was exploded and shown o bo false last November , by the evi dence of three prominent government ollicors and at least twenty other wit- louses. The vindication of Congressman Laird at that time was pronounced com- iloto and satisfactory. Exploded was It ? Vindication pro nounced complete and satisfactory to whom ? To Jim Laird and the Hastings ; ang of perjurers , of course. Did you road Inspector Greene's report which contains the following comment : No pretense of boni fide entry was made by the gang imported from Haa- ings , but the whole proceeding was raatod as a huge joko. Ono inquired of lis companion whore his land was ; an other said , damn the land , 1 don't over ixpoct to see it , " and they iront away as hey came , nnd ecarcely n citizen hero lad hoard of them before , and I think not ono has seen them since. Laird loft the night the man arrived , mt Kelley stayed until the farce ended. ! Tow I demanded of the registrar to know who those parties were , and directed him o designate their names on the books , lo at first said ho could only give mo the tame of ono , Laird , a brother of the con- ; rossman , but when his memory became nero tractable ho designated the follow ing names nnd tracta of land as being "part of the Laird crowd , " and then .his uomory became flighty again , and no of- 'art could bring it down to business. 1 have no doubt there are others equal- y guilty , but either through forgetfulness or a disposition to shield friends , the registrar failed to qivo them to mo : I have no doubt that the remitter and ocolvor were aware of the fraudulent na- ; uro of those entries , but whether they permitted them through a desire to ac commodate an influential political friend ) r because they were in some manner iljo aonoficlarios , I do not know , but I am satisfied it was not through ignorance of their duties in the caso. How is this for a complete vindication ? How does Mr. Liird explode the charge of being in collusion with a gang of land robbers ? Inspector Green was an entire- y disinterested oflioor sent out by the Commissioner of the general land ofllco. Ho had no friends to reward or enemies to punish. Ho naturally made his cen sure of Laird as mild as possible. But Laird paradoo himself around as a much slandered man and talks about being oill- clally vindicated. Laird treats this charge as an exploded old story when ho knows that another inspector haa boon ordered to investigate those frauds only three or four weeks ago and his report is liable to explode over Lairds head worse than that of inspector Greene. MH , 1/Aiiti ) and his friends are giving a hearty support lo the entire republican ticket. Hntitlnya QazUlc. Which friends ? Will Simon Kelley and these democratic saloon keepers sup port the whole republican ticket. THERE is only ono course for the in dieted councllmun. They shouli promptly request mi imostlgatiou nnd abstain from acting until they have had a trial under the indiolm v - , Now that West Virginia has adoptee the amendment toiler constitution chang ing state elections from October to No. vombor , Ohio will bo the only October ntato in the future. THE INDI01ED COUNCILMEN. The indictment of thrro members of the city council for accepting bribe , ? from paving contractors has very natural ! ; created quite n sensation. If the proofs produced before the grand jury fully CUB tain the indictmonta every citizen anc tax-payer will commend that body for its fearless discharge of duty. The only safety vnlvo against corruption nnd jobbery bory in municipal government is the swift and impartial infliction of the penalty of the law upon mercenary or dishonest public servants , But it strikes us that the grand jury has shown undue partiality in refusing to in dict Councilman Woodworth. The charge against him was not bribery but oimply violation of the charter provision that prohibits any city ofllcor or councilman from being directly or indirectly interest ed in city contracts. Now the grand jury had positive proofs that Woodworth was the owner of n sane pit near the Platte river and has boon selling sand to contractors a a higher price than it coulc have been procured from other parlies. Contractor Grant testified that ho bough * his sand from Woodworth , and paid him moro than it could ho bought for because ho is a councilman. Other testimony was produced before the grand jury showing that Woodworth was indirectly , if not directly , interested in paving contracts. It was also shown that Woodworth receives on income ai ngont of the Colorado sand stone. Upon what grounds can the grand jury justify Lhoir refusal to indict Woodworth unless it is because ho has the Union Pacific railroad behind his back ? The grand jury have indicted Behm because hia partner , Baldwin , was an ngont for parties who were furnishing paving material , but they refuse to indict Woodworth who was himself on agent nnd part of the time contractor ? Why make llosh of ono nnd fish of another ! Why is councilman Woodworth to escape nnd continue to manipulate contracts and contractors when other members are call ed to answer before the bar of Justice ? Docs nny sane man believe that ho Union Pacific railroad mnna jers would employ Woodworth as Colorado sandstone agent if he was not a councilman ? What did Woodworth enow about paving materials before ho was appointed ? Can those great corpora- ions openly defy the law and manipulate not only the city council and board of lublio works , but even protect and shield heir corrupt agents in the grand jnry ? fudging by the partiality exhibited by ho grand jury a man employed by a rail road corporation in absolved from obeying .ho larrs and may boldly rob the tax pay ers. and "Wrecker uno. Our report of the proceedings before Judge Treat of the United States court it St. Louia will furnish now ammunition , o the English holders of the stocks and jouds of the Wabash who are now fight- ng the "reorganization ichomo. " It is clear that the wreckers of the Wabash are having their own way in the St. Louis court , as wo were afraid -would bo the caso. When Judge Treat appointed ono of the most active members cf the man- igomont under whose regime the iVabash was wrecked to bo receiver wo expressed the apprehension that the spoc- fldo of the misuse of the courts for Mr. irould's bonoQt was to bo witnessed again and it seems wo were right. It appears from the report filed by the ocotvora of the Wubatrh in St Louis Wednesday that they have received per mission from Judge Treat to issue re ceivers' certificates in lieu of certain iromissory notes for $2,000 given before ts bankruptcy by the Wabash Company. Phis action , puts the promissory notes ahead of all the bonds issued to build the road and other prior obligations of the company , and secures their payment bo- ore every prior lion. Why more prom- _ ssory notes issued by a railroad in its ast convulsive struggle to escape bank- 'uptey should b3 paid off > uforo the antecedent claims of holders and men who had furnished upplics , etc. , is t mystery until it is ox- ilainod. The mystery in this case is easily explained. Those promisory notes TO endorsed by Gould , Dillon , Sago and lumphreys. If the bonds , judgments , and prior obligations of the road were mid off in regular order the company vould have nothing loft to pay thoao lotos witti , and Gould , Dillon , Sago and Humphreys would have to put their lands in their pockets for 82,000,000 to neot their indorsements. The order of Fudge Treat to issue receivers' certificates n lieu of those notes is irorth exactly $2,000,000 to Messrs. Gould , Dillon Sago and Humphreys. Ono of the endorsers who escapes his nharo of the $2,000,000 liability is Mr. Solon Humphreys , and Mr. Solon Hum- ihroys Is the receiver appointed by Judge Treat. Mr. Humphreys has boon re ceiver for some months ; ho has not saved .ho Wabash road , but ho has saved jould , Dillon , Sago and himself $2,000- )00 ) , and that a censorious world will al ways believe is what ho was made re ceiver for. Mr. Humphreys is the agent of Judge Treat's court in the settlement of the affairs of the Wabash railway ; if Judge Treat uupposod that receiver Humphreys would look out for the in terests or the Wabash or the bondhold ers in preference to those of IndoiBor Humphreys ho is a good deal too inuo- sent to bo a J udgo in any court to which Mr. Gould rosorta. The now certificates issued to iako up the notes endorsed by this precious quar tet of wreckers still boar the endorse ment of Gould , Dillon , Sago , nnd Hum. phroye , who , in the dainty phraseology of the dispatches , "Imvo consented to n continuance of their endorsements on the now obligations. " Of course , since receivers' certificates must bo paid first , they are perfectly willing to endorse them , for their payment out of the re ceipts of the company is now n ccrtninty , Our cable dispatches quota Labouchern's London Truth ns saying that "tho Wabash deal is ono of the greatest rob borlpu of the ago. " Wlmt will the critic friendly to America say when ho sees G United States Judge making ono of the wreckers of a road its receiver , nnd per inittin ? this receiver to procure the pay uiont of his own obligations in preference to thosn of nil honest creditors ? It is a spectacle which wo leave for the common * of the European bondholders. r THE LORDLY LAIIiD. Whose Sensiliyc Soul Hewlts at Ant Monopoly Deprayity. A Pow 1'crtltiuiit , cjitofltlonB tar the Confident IntiH ConRrcHnnmn. To the Kdltor of THE 13EK. DATID Cirv0ctobor ; 18 , Our gifted member of congress from this , second dis trict , who is belaboring himself vainly endeavoring doavoring to persuade the people thath should bo ro-oloctod , is now in our ( Butler lor ) county. I was deprived the pleasure uro of hearing his spaech in this city laat evening , but am told that ho was oa poolally vicious against the anti-monopo lists in general and the writer in partlcu lar , using the epithets of rebel , bush wacker , guerilla , etc. , profusely ; nndm nny of mv frtuno > construed ht "tllnes" n directed to mo. nnd as his homo 'organ has boon much exercised over the fac that I was in the southern army , I wil just state that I was ; but when Mr Laird or nny other candidate for congrosi says that I over engaged in or sanctioned any other than civilized war-faro ho ia n "slander andfalsifior. | " The iwar was closed , so far as am concerned in May , 1805 , when I settled with the government on certain terms which were acceptable to mo , and honorable to the government , which settlement I have sacredly regarded in nil my public nets except 1 have never voted for Mr. Liirc and I have even "deigned" to suppotl another soldier in preference to hia noble highniiBa this year. Mr. Laird's shirt is red with "OInrot , " and his "Infallablo Conscience" is sorely wrought upon. Ho arraigns the anti-monopolists unfor- glvinf ly for preventing the lasy legislature from passing ant rostrlctivo railroad legislation , the twonty-throp anti-monopolists , nccordin _ to this political giant , were by their overpowering skill enabled toproAont the seventy-three republicans from doing anything which they so much wished to do. Sixty-seven votes were sufficient to pass any bill , and Mr. Laird had seventy three straight republicans in the legisla ture ; yet the twenty-throe antl-monops kept them so badly scared that they dared not vote for any bill which had any virtue it on this question : Senate file No. 140 passed the senate and went to the house February 15 , 1883 , cloven (11) ( ) days before the ad journment , atid the fifty-oovon repub licans in that body were prevented from passing it by the seventeen nntl-monop- jliatowho had been imposed upon tha aody , clothed with votes. Now , if fifty * seven anti-monopolists could eo effectually deter theao fifty-seven republicans what do you suppose the intl-monopa would have done had there icon 51 of them , the number necessary o pass a bill. I eupposo they would have ) assod the bill measure without fear what .ho republicans under Mr. Laird might ; hink or vote ; at least they would have lad their "convictions and trusted to ; ho" people for endorsement. I fear that ; ho gallant congressman and his republican can fellows were over-awed by oomo other moro potent power than that wielded by ; ho little band of anti-monopolists , and what surprises mo moro than nil is that : heso men who are responsible for this romisanesB induty on this question should presume upon the ignorance of this Intel- . ( cent people so rmlcti ns to stated up be fore an audlonco anywhere and charge that twenty-throe nnti-monopolists out witted , and overpowered seventy-three republicans. The people may bo "rag-a- muflina , but they are not so credulous as , o believe nny such charges oven when made by Mr. Laird ; and now while we are on this subject ! hope Mr. Laird will excuse my presumption if I ask him some plain questions : .First Mr. Laird , did you advocate any measure looking to the solution of .hia . question during the last session of congress ? Second If so , where will wo find your speo'chos on the subject ? I5d. Will you please toll us voters "what yon know about three (3) ( ) bonds of § 000 each purporting to have been voted by school district No. 11 , in Sherman coun ty , Nebraska , on the 22d of July , 1873 , which , were sold by your firm in August , same year , on which your firm 'guaran- .cod the payment of ouo year's interest ? ' " if you answer that these bonds were raudulont , how did it happen that you locamo responsible for ono year's inter est ? Fourth Will you plooao toll us voters what amount of bonds you sold about the roars 1872 or 1873 purporting to have > eon voted by some of the northwestern iart of Nebraska , through ono "Maroy o ono Joaiah B. French , of Lowell , klnss. ? " Also what amount of money you mid to Mr. Joaiah B. French or his tgont or attorney in order to settle the matter , and have it hushed up ? Fifth Will you please toll us voters ? Whether or not you authorised the chair- mail of thn , republican congressional com- mlttuo and the treasurer of the B. & M. ailroad Co. , to propose to Q candidate on ho fusion state ticUot that if ho would a- ; roe to throw fusion votes t you in this dis riot that they would promise him enough opublican votes to elect him and defeat lis opponent who ia a candidate on the same ticket which has the oxhaltod hon. or of having your name appear as a candidate didato also. If yon do not think mo impertinent or propounding those few questions I may beg your tender indulgence in the near future to intrude upon your liberal nature with some moro questions for our enlightenment , and the expansion of 'our unerring conscience. In the moan into I am , with marked respect , Very truly , S. S. REYNOLDS. STATE JOi'l'INOS. Haitlngs bo oat of a cricket club , The work of construction has begun on the vator works at Wener. The November docket of the district court at Fremont has Ul ctaos , Senator Aran Wyck will stir up the sons nnJ fathom of York on October 30. The O'Nctl Tribune trots out forlorn and Bliorn democratic bird to crow for Ohio , The city council of Ked Oloud lias raised the saloon HCOUHO from 8500 to § 1,000. Eli Perkins U about to invade the ntato and all campaign llurs are lumtiui" their holes. ( Kvery political rooster in thn state did er- vice for Ohio aud West VirRinia Iwt weok. JsThe 110w Presbyterian church atLoat Creek , Platte county , will bo dodlcuted next oun- day. Coldortdgo thinks she hai 200 population , which U thu noceBsary number to i > ermit o incorporation. a * U fi Alton's livery barn with nix horses , buiuril utJuulnUon the IL'th , l.oaj. 3,000 , bulldiuK Insured for 81,000. Boiuo nilicrant vet fira to the wheat and millet utiicks of John Dmilur , ia Otoo county Huturduy and they were i-ntiicly do btioyed , Ueu Cobb , of Lincoln , has been Indicted by the grand Jury for ombezrline 52.000 from Ir Ifl\enport ) , of New York. Tliis M the fust o ft soilen , t3 which Cobb pleads "not Rnllty. Charley Hose , of Cisfcr county , is a bin * pom that flioulcl ba nipped In tha bud , llo win recently bound n\cr to the dlUrlct cuur in S.'X)0 ) for brutally beating hta wife. Conductor Foitor of ( he 1C. C. , St. J. & C 15. Ky. . who wan run o\er at Pacific Junction on Friday night , died Saturday morning. Hi funeral wai held Sutidav nt I'lattsmouth. On the night of the 10th , near Papllllnn , T L Jlnniion , whllo drunk , cither jumped o foil from n passenger train and wu instintly killed. Ills homo was In Sm-ingflcld , where his wife nnd tcvcrnl children reside , The necessity of water supply M a , prottc lion from fire is being agitated in Plattsmouth The city engineer has made estimates on foti cisterns of n capacity of COO barrels eachwhicl would cost In the aggregate § 2,2JO. The coun cil haa not yet taken action , Glaus Clirintenson , n Cedar county farmer has himcntcd n monster nquaih measuring 7 ! Inches In circumference , and weighing 11- pounds. The county authorities are consider ing plans to exc.iv/ito the jumbo nnd use It fern n court house. They want a change. The democrats nnd nntl-monopollsts o Adnins county will have n great meeting nl Hastings next Saturday afternoon and oven lug. Morton , Htijklo , Hnmbol , nnd Miller nnd Pauploton , of Omaha , nro announced as sf oakers. It will bo the greatest rally over hold in the Second district. The Nebraska diocesan council will meet for the election of bishop for Nobrnikn. No vombcr 5th , Two elections have failed in securing curing the consent of the persons elected. The Episcopalians are anxiously awaiting the re pint. pint.A A workman named Chrisman , whllo en cngeil In hoisting material In the now Masonic bmldiug nt HastniR"Vednoeday , was severe ly injured by the breaking of a pully A portinu of the pully struck him on the head cutting nn ugly gaOi near tha templo. Web tor county furnishes the latest victim of the loaded ehot-gun. Kllott Jlico , n lad ol 1G , placed his gun on the bottom of n hay wag on and started out for u hunt. The jarrlng'of the w gen cent the gun through the rack to the ground , discharging it , tbo contents enterIng - Ing the boy'a abdcinou. He dtod In a few hours. Junlatn was treated to n lively blaze last Sunday evening , resulting In the total destruc tion of Allen & Davis' livery barn. 1'ivo lioracs and n inulo wcio burned , as well ns a number of wugona , ROIHO harness and agricul tural Implements. No insurance. Loss about $3,000. The cause of the iiro ia unknown. A number of Lincoln nnd Crete citizens mvo organized what is known ns the Clam Uako Association with Gco 11. Hastings of Crttc , as president ; Ed. Seizer of Lincoln , SQcrctnry ; J. C. Smith of Crete , treasurer ; nnd W H. Wells , chairman of the executive committee. Horse tho\cs ! are preying on the farmers o Gaga couuty. On the llth a liorso was stolen from the atablo of Gideon Glick , on Mkeion sreok , and a tejin of mules and ttpnug wagou om ii farmer near llolinivllle. The country > as been scouied lor the thieves and plunder , mt none have been found , A sad nc'.Ident occurred at Trenton , Harlan county , on the evening of tha lith. Prank Ciidolbaugh fell between the cars of amoving .rain mid was crushed to death. Ho was a iiechanic employed in the bridge service of the j. & M. Ho had boon manied only two weeks. There was nn old time barbecue nt Sterling Johnson county , last Saturday. Hon. II. C. 13rown , anti-monopoly candidate for congress ; Gustavo Benecke , tha nominee of the same , Mrty for state auditor , David Butler nnd J W. Ia\ls furnished an elegant sufficiency of nental pabulum , while the gonoroua and en- ; husiastio democrats of the county provided IG/0 ( pounds of roast beef , The meeting was a grand success. There w.-nadestructivofiroat West Point rVecinesdsy morning. Thirteen horces and a cow were burned to death. The fire started in \ food stable , which was enveloped in flames > eforo the nnimr.la could be rescued. Th lames suroad quickly nnd the warehouse o . 'hompsou & Co. , implement dealers , nnd th varehouso of Lea & Chubbuck , liardsvaro lenlers , wera burned , with contents. The lass in Lee & Chubbuck'd store front was adty broken , nnd the door casing was charredo 'ho building was brick , which probablyo irovoutcd its entire destruction. The Button Register relates that J. Sterling Morton attempted to blulT a Blaine man in hat town last week , nnd crawled out of it in i very nngontlenianly way. Morton offered a bet 51,000 to S750 that CIcvelatd would bo lected IS G. Brown accepted the offer and -hecks were drawn by the opposing parties for he amounts required , Brown's payable Mon- lay mornir.girtually cash. But Morton indo his payable , "when Blaiua was elected. " ? o this Mr. Brown naturally objected , ns Morton could , of course , stop payment on it t any time. Morton declined to put up tha ash and tbo bet fell through. t Deacon Bushnell of the Plitttmouth Jour nal is dabbling in political poetry. His first ffort was Inspired by tbo Ohio returns , and he spirit pervadiuc his brief effort encourages bo belief that ho will soon develop into a ull-fledgod "Machine ppto. " The state is argo enough for two : Sing : Sling out , fling out , with bong nnd ehout , Your banners on the wall , For James G. Blaine , the sun of Maine , Receives tho.peoplo'd call. With happy voice , let nil rejoice , And swell the churns free , From BCI : to lake the echoes wake For Blatne nud victory. ffiST TOUR BAKMRJWUHK TO-DAY ! KntniH ntlrortlMil ns absolutely pure THE TEST : P'\eo R ran top down on a Jiotetovo .pw cniovii ttiuiO\uraiid finelJ , Auliuinlnt will iiul bo rn utnxl tu delect thu ] iruscnco ot uintuunla , DC. DOES NOT CONTAIN A3IMONIA. 13 IIULTIIUULS4 IUS NEVER Utt.V ( JIKSTIOXEO. Inn million lioinci for R qunrtrr of a century It hu uud the coiuunieiV rollablo tvvt , THE TESTOFTHE OVEH. _ _ ? RTCE BAKING 1'O VDEIl CO. , W1KEIIS or Dr , Price's ' Special Flayorins Extracts , lborvTtir ( ttntoitdrMclou Bilu luraltiforL owtit ail Sr. Price's Lupulln Yeast Gems I'ur Llht | , Healthy Ilrcml , Tlia licit Dry Hop Yciut lu tlio World , FOK SALE BY GROCERS. 3HICACO. . 8T. LOUIO. SPECIAL NOTICES HTSpoclals will Positively not bo nsortoti unless paid In advance. TO LOAH-Konnv. rONEV loaned on chattels. Uillro d Ticket * L bought and sold. A. Foreman , 213 8. ICth 7 < 8-tf UAIIA Finandal Kxchange , lar e or binall leant 0 tutduouapproved becuiity 1617 Douglas St. 742-lmp TO LOAN Inccmi rf 3CO. nd MONltY Dkvin nJ Co. , ltd ) ZiUtt ind Lo V rut * 1415 Krn m fit tft * HELP ANTED - V Kirl In a family ol t * o ftt N. K rat. W of 25th and lUtuey. 7212Jn 5TANTEI ) * Rood woman i > k Immcdiatelir at > the Allan'l ' ! Hotel , 10th St 723-fOp t ) AK < " > J oin nfook atT. 0 Melum it-ten nut , 220 north llth tt. CIS ; oi , " \AMNIKt ) An arprcntlco to IMIII iltcM tnakln M Apt.ly to Mr . A. T. Roe , I , U Uiltl tin tt S-n's IniilJmz 16tn and t > ndceStf 72. ' . ISp WANTED- to cook , . \0i and Iruii for mV Iirnlly , where n second iltl I ) kept. Call n lirlck residence , corner llth ar.d PlcteoSt. ' 31.12 \\7ANTJiU-.Mftn sonant to take clntfo of'dliilii T room an * * nuke himself generally tisclul l > ou thclioute , W ? cs$5 | > trHcok , D1J DoilRlat. 7SM ? W * ANTED A od girl to Oo laundry work at th" Arc wlo Hotel 7.13-18 U Acompotcnt liotiso girl , 1700 DOUR ) . ttrctt. 733 HO TITANTKD Oool girl for rencral housework In smtll family. 4 20 North 18th 8U 743 20p YX7AN1ED-A first cl s fnrnlturo salesman at > M. F. Martin's Installment store. 738-13 rANTEU-BO good c nv atsers. Address box 672 > Omah * Nob. 739 20p AVANIED-Boy. N. F. MMtln'i 310 N. 15th St \ \ 737-18 TX'ANTED A good Rlrl fcr general homo work I > I small family. References required. Inqulr corner 1'ark Wlldo a\e. , and Ktlm Street South Omaha. 701 Up > ANTED fiM men on water works at Lincoln W II. JIannwcllcr , 307 S , llth street. 7C5-20p WANTED A Rood dining room girt loifi Harnej tit 032 19p rANTED Boy 10 tn 18 jcarsoldatCJodard hous Sherman avo. , near ball park. C31-S WANTRD-Compctont Rlrl , German prcforr 1021 Douglas ( trect , cor. 20th. 635-13 "IXfANTlID-GIrl to do general house work , El ! Pleasant ft < bMS ( | WANTED Son Ing machine hands at the Omahi Shlit Factory. 003-tf W "ANTED A Borvint for general house-work. Ap ply at 711 north Nineteenth St. 60S-2U | "ll/ANTED A good conk at European hotel , 0 II south Kill St. German preferred. 003-21 VyANrEU Agents for the Mutua Hill Inm IT Co. Address the Company at Stuart Xch 032-lm TANTED Tailors. Flrst-clasi Bitting places fet t lor3ntsni2thSt. ! 0311m T\7"ANrED Agcntsto sellln Nebraska , n now book by n popular author. Jonoj & UazehleR , 210 N. 17th St. 047-23 TXTANTFD Hy nbarbar ol 13 jcars experience mtuitlun In clly. Addrcsi "O. B. D. ' Bco olllco. K2 2op A.VIKD Ladles or gentlemen In city orcountr ] to tale nice , lUht and tileaavit work at their ontihotrcs , $2 to $5 a day easily and quietly made work sent by n nil ! no cama'slncjno stamp for roplj 'lease address Reliable Man f'R Co. , Philadelphia , 1'a * 002-ltu WANTED Agents to sellGately'a Unheisal Edu catoron troathly payments Call on or ad. dress W. D. 1' . Lcwrj , room tt 119 north 10th fct , Omaha , 371-lm \ , ANTED-LADIES OR OENTLEUEN-ln Cltj W or country , to take nlo light and pleasanl work at their on n homes ; $2 toSSpor day cosily and quietly made ; work tent by mall no canvassing ; no stamp for roplv. 1'lcoso address Rtllablo Maul's Co. , hlladolphla. Pi. 803-lm BITOATIOMB WAHTSD TTTANrED Situation by a German girl In an Amcr VV lean famllv for 1 pht house work. Can also do nice fancy ticedlo work , spoils but llttlo Tcllsli.btil cm give good references. Address ' 'L. K. " bo10 cily. 721-20P " \Ti " 'ANTED By a jonnff man , room and boart ( l-roakfast and supper ) In a prlvato family. Address - dross stating terms and location. II. T. 1'arkhnat , lleoolllce. 011-lSp \\7"ANTr.D By a mlddla aged lady , a sltmtlon tel l ) take care of children or an Invalid lady , or dc owln- Wages no object. Addrois "A. B. " care ol Bee olllce. 730-20p A sot of hooks to post evenings by i WANTED mm competent nnd reliable. 'M. N. ' ouo Eco olllco. OS9-18p WANTED A sltmtlon by a competent book keeper and stenographer References ghen. \ddrcss ' W. II. r. " care kee olllco. 0/7-lSp YVANTED Girl for general housunork , at 2214 Y V Douglas street. " \X7ANTJ5D-Situatlon In grocery or hardware VV store by M > UDP man oxperlcnctd In business. Address "C. K. " Bco oSloo. 016-18p ounR curried man wants situation as book , keeper , In wholesala establishment la Omaha , Address "C. " care Bee. 898-tt " \T7ANTBD-Dayboard In prhato family wl h'n ' I > two or three blocks of U. 1' . depot Ca 1 820 Tenth Street. 710-20 A furiil hed room near High School. WANTED "U. V./ . " cue Bco office. 030-lSp "X'X ANTED To buy a o'ty lot to be paid In weekly or monthly Installments. Address"II. IT. " buo illcc. 012-tf 50 too88trawdcH\crod at the Barracks , WANTED Inquno of Joseph .KeJu-an , 10th and Izir bt. o IB-wlw WANTED A pair second hand 4 ton wagon bcalcsIIowa or Falibanks make , 712 South llth t. 026-18p WAN I ED Boarders good bcarj and coxloi table roomsat ? 1.5u per wick , 1212 Capitol ate , lict. 2th and 13th St. [ 193-lSp \\7ANTED ? 2,000 ou first-class city eecurlty.for 6 V V years , at B per cent. Addrces Box 620 1'ost- fllce 700-tf fOK. KfiMT aonuiii uaa LOID. FOR RENT Two nicely furnished rooms , fron room and luck room. Location excellent at 418 Howard fat. 71S-20p [ TJOR HENT-Deslrab'o trtaidcnco , se\en room ) L and good collar , ftablo and carrlajo house to tnt low to a good tenant No. 2010 Casn street. In- ulre at 012 north I'.tli ot. P. T. Andrew , Boot and nee liouw. 727 tf [ 710R RENT A fuinlihcd room at 1318 Jackson St. D 720-24p OR RKNT I'urnlehed rooms for clx gcntltmen F rooms and furnituru now , N.f. . corner ISth and 710-Ilp FOR RENT Furnished finnt room with board , 1m window biiull family 023 north 17th ht fljl-20p [ 70H Ill-NT FurBilhod rooms , or will rent fur- r nlshoil double parlors and unfurnished kitchen , Icily arranged lor housekeeping , 1919 Duuiflas , F Oil RENT By F W. lloukal , twu large utifurn- Isl-od rooms. 12S8,14lh etrcui 731-glp f7"OR HKNT A diy , well ventilated b scmcnt In L1 good local Ion , suitable for barber fhop or nlmilar I'Blr ens. I r quire at Tea Store , cor. Capitol avenue ndlOtbetrcuts. 735-21 [ 70 R RFNT Pleasant rooms with board 105 N r1 16th Kt. 741 30p [ 7\OR RFNT Small house with etable.N- corner J I'ac-Illoanil'lliirttcnth. 021-18 ] ) [ 710R RENT FurnUliud room for light lionsckccp- Ding. Hcabant MUW of thu rUcr , hrldgu and Council Dluffa. Southwmt corner8th and Howard. 7C4.U I OR RKNT Two furnished rooms at 111 ! S. 10th F ktrcet. ; 2il door H. of lllckop. 702 tf RENTFurnlbhcd rooms In brick bl ck witn FOR Improtenantu , IMh nnd Capitol a > cnuo , no block from pobtolllcu , 703-lOp > OR HKNT 3 rooms , 3 closets and cellar , city water at C08.N. 18th SL UW20p [ T OR HCNT-Housi 4 rooms closjt pantry and [ ' lar/e gtrrett , 33 south SCJ street , between a\cnworthand Mason. Iciiulro nuit dcor north. 633-18p 70R RENT Very deiirabla furnlihed rooms ccn. 1 * trolly located. Apply at Atkinson' * milliner ) toro , 16th St 700-tt 7\OR \ IlKS'T A brick cMtajo of 6 rooms oily water ' and modern improvements 8.12. corner of Oth nd IIIcKoryUt. C91-15p 7OR RFNT Room with board for two gciit'tiuvn ' J la private fjiiily , 1813 Capitol a\e. 373 tl .11 RENT UOURO and barn. Wm , L. Monroe , F fitli and Dauglai , tulcptiooo 391 , OiO-ii.'p - . . . . .ST Verydcairably lunthed or untoro- J I'hcil rooinii , In new liuuic , with modorii 1m * irovcuicnn , SCO N. 17th ttrect. < SM8 ° UENT I'leaiintlurnlihel room 1707 CMS v & . 665-2Sp 7 > OK 1U.N1 Two or three loiuu for light hnufv- COl-itp rOR UBM'-FurulslicJ teoiu 1013 , Front room In OM Fcll-w'g B. < oclt. 1 Furniture and s > ddln new , Inijulroat Koora S. 6S2 18p- T. MURRAY hM peed pasturing. Spring water. 170K KK'NT Two unfuml'lied fiont roomi ( rrnf U location ulth boaid 8U \ . 22dSt , , bcUeenrum- In ? and Hurt Sis. 05-20ji 77011 ItP.Nr Cottaso of ( lie rooms. J. rhlrpRoe I1 ISlZsouth Eth nrtot. OW-tf IpOR RENT Pleasant furnished rnomi for gentle. ' nun.st COS north 17th street , north of Cillfornl * tOMSp 10U HENT-Fiu-tlslud room 1117 Howard St. F 030-2 iOK RKNT A small room with or without boar J F 1724 PotielM , 118p FOK HENT Furnished room uml hoard $5 01 per week. Very bcstlocntlon.lSUDaicnpoit. OI6-20p FOU 11ENT llouso nf ntno rooms tight Mock from i'ost oLco. [ McOguo , oraoslto r. 11. 021-13 FOU KENT Three now hrlrk stores on Cumin ; street , ono & corner. McCasuo , opposite P. 0. 021 25 FOR SAtiK Two eoond h nd pUnog , kt Kdholm fe KrlckBOo'i Munlo Store nn idth St. 830-tt POU HUNT Suite ot roouit and board 1812 Dodge. 6SMin IIBN1 Hoorm In prlvnto family lth ITMM 1 or without board. Address "W. " Dee olllco. 555-tf IJ OIl KENT PUnosnnd organs from two dollars 1 up. A. Ho po , 151B Dodge. 499-lm T71UK KENT Two ilo-lrablo rooms , Also larno A1 front parlor , suitable for ono or tn-o gcntUmen. IiOcntort one-quarter block from St , Man j axcnuo , 52t ) 1'loasant Btrcct. IJ10K HKNT-Qood business store room , corner 9th 1 nnd Jicksnn streets. Also well furnished room at No. 710 N , W corner 16th and Ixm\onwotth Sts. Apply on promises. J. J.WKLSHANS. 490-H pOR RKNT A house with eight room ) . Warren 1 Switzlcr , 213 South 14th street , 41341 > OR RENT Half of double homo , four rooms , ; Shlnn'til addition , 811. a month. Apply room 21 , Omaoa National Hank. 370-t flOR RENT Handsome furnished rooms 3)0J ) S 1 16th St. MM. May Spcncor. 372-tf F 10R RENT A furnished room 1800 Farnam St. 07-tf rj\OR UENT Ono grind square piano. Inqulr * 11 ofEdbolm and Ertskson. 440-tf FOR SMB. , TOR SALE Now superior ofllco desk at n bargain. Inquire nt Ueo office. 720-18p t .lOll SALE The furniture of a furnished bed room. JJ "Inquire 207 south IBth Street. 70S-18p FORSALE CIIEAl' T o largo Emery wheel with steam attachment ; 1 Montgomery I'oot Lathe , 1 small fly nhacl , 103 S. llth street , 709-20p ; FOR HALE OR RENT An clezantin room house , with all the modern Improvements only four pquarcs ! r imtho I'.iAtoti Hotel , byl'aulscn > t Co.,1511 I'arnam St. 098 tf T7 > NG1NK For ealo , one now It ) H. P. I'ortab JlienRlno and holler on skids for sale cheap. Inqul Richards & Clarke , U. 1' . R. V. 17th and 16th St. 030-21 F 10R SALE Pony. goV.slzod , 0\o j cars old .cheap a tmlth.Ucraldollica. 035-lfp IjlOR SALE fottago of 6 rooms , barn , corner lot In JD Shinn's addItliiioiilyS1.5 ( ; 0smallcsish ; pajment and balance monthly. Bargain. JlcCague , opp. postolllco. OlOtf FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE A water power Gilst mill , rcaiona for'elllng glxcn on application to Geo. K. rmgg , Wa > crly , Neb. COl-lm I OR BALE New phaeton. Infulre | of Goo. Hlg- F gins at northeast corner 10th and Dcdgo.631tf 631-tf ° B SALE 60 feet on Farnam street bctwetn 58 F aud20. JI. Lee , Grocer , 2M and Lea\cnworth. 533-1 m TTlORSALE Flno business chinco at Grand liland JL' Nch $5.roOnus the bank building 22x44 ; an olllco building which rents for $16 a month ; a largo Ire and burglcr proof safe with Yale time lock cost ' 1,630 , also \erylarge bankbook lira proof cafe , > ank counter , desks , lurd coal stovei In fact , a com plete bank outfit , together v.lih lot 44x68 on Locust street. Title perfect. Terms i cash , ca'anceoa one and two jeirj tlmo It desired. Callon or addrors Jay K. White , Grand Island , Neb. 22-tf WE Offer for sale a bunch cf 0choice hca\y feed ing steers ( grades ) In good flesh weighing 1160 and upwards. Strange Bros. , Sioux City , Iowa. 463-20 TT OR SALE A now typo-writer at a discount. Also JL1 all kinds of Typo writer and Callgraph supplies. Stripe & Davis , llooin 10 , Union Bloclr , opposite Opera llouso. 617-tf FOR ALE Cheap , a restaurant In good loca tlo at 220 north 16th st , 607-23 pn fJOR SALE Furnlturo and fixtures at a bargain , C Commercial HotelRood house , three stories high xerjthlng new. On occountot health of proprietor. Vlll cell buKdlog If dcsf red Call at hotel or address 'rank Elliott , Manager , Falls City , Neb. 455-21p rj OR SALE Second hand leather seat top phaeton L ? also four spring dcliiery wagon , cheap. W. J Vclshans & Co. , City Mills. 274-tf fpOR SALE A good frame house , fi roorrs , all In D peed order Must bo moved at once. Apply to \Vetteru Newspaper Union , cor. 12th and How- rd streets. 314-tf FOR SALE Cheap a second hand high lop buggy. Inquire at Simpson's Carrlairo Factory , Dodge , etwccn llth and 15th. 2SO tf [ 7\OR SALE 520 acres land on Jllddlo llcatcr , In P Smith county Kansas , 250 aero under fence , ilcnty of living water for stock. Good frame house 0x20 , with kitchen 12x20. 209 acres in cultivation , irico $1,000. Terms i cish , balance on tlmo to suit mrchascrs. Will also fell 00 head cattle if purchaser eslus. Address Thomas Mitchell , Smith Centre , lansis , or Fulton & Gro\ , Rh crton , Nch. 257-1 ra FOR SALE 100 planes and organs , boxed suitable for coal or feed boxes. A. HOSDO. 383-1 ui [ i > OR SALE 160.00J brick on cars at liellmue. II. T T. Olarko. 218-tf 710H * SALK Loose hay delivered In largo or ura.il L quantities. A now tinosldo bai top buggy anda wholesale notion or peddlers wagon. 0. J. Cananfe Co. 176-lm Co.7IOR 7IOR SALE A whole took of clothing , boots and L.1 shoes , buildings nt cost , retiring from business. . II. Peterson , SOI south Tenth street 113-3m 7011 * SALE Boiler and englno. I . . \ > , nearly L new boiler aud engine aud Knowlo'a pump , 49 orsopowor , for sale cheap. T.S. Clarkson , buy er. Nmi. o- 22-lm will buyapbactona 1318 Farnam St. : CSS-lf F IOR SALK Northeast corner 20th and Cumins _ street O. K. Davis & Co. , 1006 I'arnam street , 876 tf IJIOR 8ALR A printing oQlco suitable lor annul 1 newspaper or Job office. WII sell for cash or ex. chanpo for Omaha City property. AddrosaX. . Z. Q" Uco olUoo. 4CS-tf yOR 8ALhTwo open seoond-nand buggloa ud JonB dollTcry wngon , cheap , tl310 Harooy 81. MISCELLANEOUS. OST A Jet mid gold pin on DIVCII& ort St , 1 hurs- _ Jd y evening October 16th. The Under will please eava at the I'ost olllco , and thlm rj ard. 7l7-20p MRS 8CIIROUCR , Hagnctlo Healer , Is now loca. to1 N.Y. . corner 20th and Caas Bt Diagnoses IK asrs free. 720-n 17 3IU VV vaults , sinks and1 cesspools cleaned at thj shortest notice and at any time of I ho day , In an ntlrtly ordrli > way without tbo Icait icclea'atlon n occupintaor ndghborii , with our Imprmed anil xlorlesa apparatus , A. K\ani Si Co. , 1008 Capitol > o. 710-nlOp 3RIVY vaults , slnlis and cerepoola cleaned with mnltsry cleaner , Satisfaction guaranteed by F. Abelsucoo88or to J. M , Smith , ) box 37 B. 633 nlSp \7-AII BI.VQ Laundry Nn. 212 S'uth 18lh street , > > bottt eu Farnam and Doughs , Omaha Neb. Vlll open Oct. 13th , 181 Partlen haunir work to boone ono In our line will do will toghoutntllal , We do rst-clasa work , 019-2 p ' . - manufacturers In Omaha. RUnni'RSTAMP.S-Only Rcus l-rlutlns Co. 60i tf R. II. 1' . Juu cnhasrenio > ed hia otllcw tnd red. D deuca totbu N. 1- corner Uth and Lca > cnworth 102-lm r. Hth and Jonoa , re. relvcn jotlcnU bulluring frum uy dueabo not ntajloui Ale ndieti in a delicate ndltloa (3UOOE330RaTOJODHa. ( JACOBS ) UNDERTAKERS I Attbeold ( tandjUlT Farnam fairest. Orders ly clbgrtph nvllaud ana praaiptly ttteiultd to. Tola hone Ko. 'M ,