Nebraska Newspapers

    TIIE VfOJKOF PRAIRIE FIRES ,
Much News of Destruction in Kansas and
Nebraska Beaches Lincoln.
THE WORST NOT YET KNOWN.
Notation Public to Ho Cominlmtlonod
Article * of Incorporation Kited
Coining Hnlon of Sch'ool
Lands Lincoln News.
IFJIOU THE nr.r.'B I.INCOI.X nunRAtr.l
"People in this section of the sin to
have no adcquato idea of the extent and
damage of prairie tires in southwestern
Nebraska and northwestern Kansas , "
mid a railroad official yesterday who had
just arrived in Lincoln from the O bo rim
branch of the 1) . & M. In Norton county ,
Kansas , the latest reports to reach Lm-
coin indicate that at least 1)00 ) families
are homeless and hclplojs from the ( ires ,
nnd the loss of life must bo much greater
than heretofore reported when the worst
becomes known. In Graham county ,
fully one-third of which was burned over ,
many families in the burnt district were
twenty mile * and more' from any village
or railway , nndnot for days .will nil
the burnt homos of settlers bo visited and
anything like the exact death rnto become -
como known , although it is certainly
growing larger as later reports reach
news centers. Two or thrco parties have
.Arrived in Lincoln from that section but
in every instance they came from little
railway points and when they loft only
incagro reports had been hoard from
outlying districts. Across the . line
In Nebraska the ( ires traveled
over thousands of acres , but
tie | country bolng much older
in settlement farmers were bettor pro-
tooted from llrcs and the greater amount
of plowed ilclds tended to check the
progress of the ilanies. There are hundreds -
dreds of cases of great loss of stock already -
ready reported is the statement made by
one gentleman recently from that locality -
ity , and his opinion coincides with others
that the worst is not known and liable
* never to bo known. The 13. & M. corn-
pany , in n number of instances , lost
heavily in tics and like supplies that were
in the line of the thimos , and a number
of villages on new prairie localities narrowly -
rowly escaped cremation.
ADDITIONAL NOTAKIES.
The following applicants for notarial
positions will huvo commissions issued
to them to-day : Charles \V. Oilman ,
liomingford , Box llntto county ; Joseph
H. Hartley , Kennedy , Cherry county ; W.
K. Loose , Cedar county ; James R. Me-
Cormick , iironson , Cheyenne county ;
Charles A. Huldwin , Omaha ; Arthur U.
Curtis , Fairmont ; Daniel L. Ashby ,
llloomlngton ; J. T. Merry , Orleans ; C. P.
Logan , Grant , Keith county ; Fred E.
i Seoloy , Crolghton , Knox county ; Paul H.
Helm , Lincoln ; George A. Latimcr , Mun-
son , Madison county ; F.ank A. Baldwin ,
Dorranco , Platte county ; Samuel T.
Fleming , Creston , Platte county ; 11. 1) .
Coo , Swanton , Sahno county ; Charles L.
Hoover , Papilllon , Sarpy county.
. NKW INCOKl'OUATIONS.
The Broken low Milling company ,
with a capital stock of $00,000 , has tiled
articles of incorporation with the secretary -
tary of state. The purpose of this coi po
rntion is to construct and operate a roller
llouring mill nnd the above described
capital stock is divided into shares of
$100 each , 40 per cent payable at com-
uionoemont of business. The indebtedness -
ness ia limited to 00 per cent of the paid
up capital nnd the mcorporntors are
Simon S. Lonogrnu , George W. Frey , O.
Collmuu and John H. Inman.
The Holdrege Citizen Publishing
company has incorporated to fill a long
felt want at Holdrego , Phelps county , by
publishing a newspaper at that place and
doing a general book and blank busi
ness. Six thousand dollars capital , with
indebtedness limited to two-thirds of thai
amount , will be the amount invested , and
the investors are . 1) . Knsoi. C. M.
Shelton , L. P. Lewis , J. H. Einsnl , Eric
Johnson and Peter Pearson.
AT THE STATE HOUSE.
Tha commissioner of lands and buildings -
ings has sot dates for the Bale of school
lands in the different counties from
which appointments have boon returned
To thcso sales the commissioner will gc
in person , except to Madison county ,
where the amount to soli is so email thai
his attendance will not bo necessary
The dates fixed in the ditlbront counties
are as follows : Cherry county , May 17
Dawos county , May 2 4 ; Box Bulto county
May 20 ; Chose county. May 81 ; Madisoi
county , May 24. The 1-ulton tract ad
Joining the town of Nebraska City am
comprising twconty-two' acres has beoi
appraised nt $200 per aero and the appraisement
praisomont approved by the board. Pa
pers have boon served on the board ty
claimant * to stop the s.xlo , and the dati
will not bo fixed until it is ascertsinei
whether the ease will go through tin
courts.
. The bond of W. W. Abbey , of Fall ;
City.as one of the live stock commission
has been filed with the secretary of state
with l > . V. Stephenson nnd Gruu Ensitn
RS sureties. The bond of George W
Uatnhart , of Columbus , tor the same ol
flee , has also boon lilod.the sureties bein )
George A. Soott and Guy C. liarnum.
Deferred claims to the amount of 99,00
or 90,000 were allowed in favor of appraisers
praisors in payment of work herotofon
completed by the board of educations
lands nt their last meeting.
The board of public lands and build
ingi was in session yesterday transactiuj
routine business of little importauco.
TOB BA1TI8T CNIVKKSITV.
A public mooting will bo hold at ai
early day in the opera house with the cm
in view of scouring , through donations
the locations of the Baptist State Uulvoi
sity in the capital city. At a reoont meul
iup hold with this purpose in view , lion
G. M. Lambortson , L. G. M. Baldwin , J
J. ImhofT , Governor Thayer , Dr. Newman
man and others discussed the question e
scouring the univeraity.nnd all wore uuat
imous in favor of securing the Instlti
lion. A committee consisting of W. C
Fletcher , Hoy. O. A. Williams and J. J
IniholY were appointed to prepare But
soription lists and call the public irieetin
at the opera house. Lincoln b movin ,
to be the center of education in the stall
IN HlilKP.
At the Tuesday evening mooting of th
council ; licenses were allowed to romai
nt $1,000 for the year. Twenty-four purl
ics were granted license and two addi
tional applications remain to bo actei
upon in the future.
At the last mooting of the old conuci
the police committee reported upon th
charges that Ollicar Post had ' preform
against Olllco Malone , nnd the latter wu
exonerated by unanimous vote. It was
personal warof are against the oflicorfroi
the start and the verdict was as oxpcctei
Lincoln has in the past &i
months grown in additions an
suburban towns six miles eastward fror
the city proper , and a eoutlict botweo
Omaha and Lincoln real estate men i
platting additions is imminent.
The walls of the palatial now rcsidonc
of J. | ) . MoFarlnnd on K street are rii
ing , and Frank Sheldon's new rcsidonc
on the same street will bo erected th
coming summer. They will bo two t
the handsomest homos in the city.
Chief lloaoh of the police force we
around the city .Yesterday m a citizen
coat , but still wearing the uniform vei
and the star. The chief was becomin
habituated to citizens' clothes by d <
, r.mc and several applicants for U
chiefs place wero'giving conditional or
ders nt the tailors ,
The city council will moot this evenIng -
Ing , at which time Mayor Sawyer will
end the agony of an army of applicants
by making his appointments.
lle.il cstnto transfers , that have been
inlld for the past two weeks , reached
1100,000 In value yesterday , nnd a num
ber of large deals are promised for the
coming two days. .
LOST "I don't see where , I can't toll
when , I don't see how something of
great value to mo , and for the return of
which I shall bo truly thankful , viz. , a
good appotlto. "
FOUND "Health and strength , pure
blood , an appetite like that of a wolf ,
rtgtilar digestion , all by taking that pop
ular and peculiar medicine , Hood's Sar-
saparilla. I want everybody to try it
this season. " It is sold by all druggists.
One hundred doses ono dollar.
HUAlj KSTcYTE.
Piled April liS , 1887. *
I'-.nnah Price and husband to Henrr
Ilunder. north tu feet of middle % of
lot 3 blk 103. w d S 3,500
Carles It Tyler and wlfo to A G
JtHctmnnn , lot 8 bite "II , " Hlilnn's
Second add , w d 1,500
. O Huclmnau and wlfo to W A
lot "It " Shlnn'sSecond
Pryor , S.blk ,
add. wd./ . * . 1,000
D J llutcldnsnn and wife to David
Itees. lot 14 blk 10. Central J'atlc ,
w d 4.GOO
Jlty of Omaha to Annie Mcflavoclc ,
SO by iu : feet beginning nt no corner
oflot IblkGl , t | c r. . . 1,000
ohn'I ICedlrk nnd wlfo to U O Jones
et nl , vast \4 lot 5 blk 123 , Omaha ,
q c. 1
jeoriio W Loomls and wife to Oeorto
K Llvlnlus. lots 13. 14. 15 , 10 , 17. 18.
19. 'JO , 81 , ! U and 2.J blk 2 , Loomls'
subdivision of lot 2" ) , Tuttte's subdi
vision , w d , 3,575
Mwlu U Hood and wlfo to Krrd K
Sonnonscheln. Inti'lblK 12Albrlirht's
annex to South Onralm , w d 350
Sdwln S Hood and wlfo to 11 N
Town , lot G bile 12 , Albright's annex
to Sonth Omaha , wd 101
Ada P DraKe ot nl to Clanvdj Wein
berger , west M lot 0 blk 13 , Herd's
Flretmld.wd. 500
Owen Ifor and wlfo to Hi-nry lley-
mnnctal , lot HI , Smith's imrlt.w d. . 3,500
.icob C Dcnlso and wile to John L
McCaguo , lot 7 blk 2 , Detiisu's adit ,
w d 523
Daniel MorRan to It M Bowler. X nl
.south 44 feet oC blk 10 , S K Rogers'
add , w d 2
Daniel Moroni to S K Moorchead , %
of soutli 44 teet f blk 10,8 E KogoiV
add , wd To 2
Martin Quick and wlfo to James it
Lovett et al , K of lot lb blk 438 ,
( irandvlow , w d 66.75
P 1'ruyn and wlfo to Owen Ifor , lot
4 , Fnlrmount.w d 3,503
James M French ot nl to Sarah A
Sullivan , lot 2 blk 1 , Ilauscom I'lnre ,
w d ' . 1.000
bamuol Hchleslngcr et nl to Lewis
Schlesinirur. 101322.2 : ) , 24 , 25 and 20 ,
blklj. Scldestnior'8 add. wd 1,250
Peter Hanson and wlfo to Sivniiiel 1)
Jones , south \i \ lot 8 blk 1 , Park
Place , wd ,000
Jacob L Lewis nnd wlfo to Kmma K
\Vnlte , lot 7 blk "F , " Lowe's odd , w
d 1,200
Christian Miller nnd wlfn to George P
Nusleln andwife , 8 % lot 74 , Nelson
add , w d 400
Thomls Donnlson to Patrick Dennl-
son , lot 10 , blk 5 , Boggs & Ulll's add ,
q c 100
Nathan Shclton nnd wife to Andrew
P Johnson , lot 10. blk 2 , Windsor
Terrace , w d 4CO
Ocoruo W Knitrlitiind wife toElsio iM
Barber. OOxlW ! feet becclnK at a
point In center of MlliUuy road ,
thence N on K line of ground held
by Irvlngton Coiigregixtlonal church
w d 03.70
John C ChrUtlnnsmi nnd wlto to Ada-
line Hoyt et nl. lots 1) ) , 10,11 and 12 ,
blk3Ofovcrdale , wa , 1,000
W N G laves ami wife to .1 B UooKfpi-
low , lots 24 , 14 nnd 8 , Grnvos Park ,
w il 1,200
D L Thomas and wife to Wilson T
Graham , lotll , Sldloh , w d 1,825 ,
O Glenn to Sarah A Glenn , lot 4 , blk
1 , Reeds 4th add , w d 3,000
Isaac S llascall to James O'BovIc , s > tf
lot 10'blkO , Kountzo's4thadd , w d. 050
Mads Toft and wlfo to James E Hub-
bard nnd wife , 30x103 feet beginning
on E line of 20th st nt s w miner of
grounds owned by B K B Kennedy ,
wd 0,000
John Dsclutonlsh and wlfo to J B Cu-
neo , n % lot 'J , blk 7 , Kount/e's 3d
add.wd. . . . . 3,000
Gerhard S Benewa and wlfo to Wilson
T Grnhnra , M lot 0 , btk 2 , Creston , w
d. , COO
Stephen M. i'ofl nud wtfo to Nicholas
o'Uryne ' lot 1 blk 19 , S E lingers add
wd 5,900
Lizzie Ilardy and husband to Daniel
McCoy , e 37ft feet of w 75 feet of o
150 feet of lot 17 , Kountzo 2d add w d 3000
W U Motor and wlfo to Harry H Mil
ler , e K lot 48 , S E Kosrr's plat of
Okalioma except the n 65 of o 178 feet
of saldlot , wd 1,300
John K Ottenstnln and wife to O N
llamsov , lots 5 and 0 , blk 5 , Patrick's
1st add. w d 3,100
bamuol E Itozers nnd wlfo to Baltns
Kramer , lot 2 , blk 3. Improvement
association add , w d 900
Andrew ChrlstofTcrson and wife to
Elijn Dunn , n 10 feet of lot 1. ) and
s 20 feet of lot 14 , blk 2 , Mlllard
Place , w d 1,773
George P Stebblns to Jerome Selbcrt ,
lot 18. blk7 , Hanscom Place , wd. . 3,100
A S Potter et al to Lincoln It Scott ,
lot 'J , blk 0 , Potter & C'obbs 2nd add.
to South Omaha , wd COO
Henry Lage and wife to Joyhn Nichol
son , lei 10 blk a Arbor Place add. w
d 41,350
Mrs. Kate L. Brown etal to Pbeobo K
K Elwlna Lin ton lot 4 , blk VH lots 6
7. blk 230 lots 54 blk 233 , lots 7. blk
m , lots 7. blk 339 , Omaha and lands
In other Co. trust d
Building Permit * .
Superintendent Whltlock issued building -
ing permits yesterday , as follows :
J. M. Wolf a frame barn , 017 South
Thirtieth 812 :
E. K. Howord , 1 story frame cottage
Franklin , near Twenty-lift ) 50X
Mrs. B. S. Wakoly , 1 story frame cot
tage , Blonde and Twenty-sixth BOC
Hans Anderson , 1 story frame cottage
Burdettcnear T wouty-ulnth 50 (
Four permits aggregating . * . . . . 8i9
Dr. Sago's Catarrh Remedy surpasses
all.
Mall Clerk * .
Chief Clerk GriQln of the railway mail
service has gone to Chadron , to examine
snvoral clerks who have recently boon
admitted to the service.
A regular mooting of the Etkhorr
Travellers' club will bo held in thcii
rooms in Norfolk , on.April 24 , at 3 p. m
MOST PDtfICT MADE )
aredwMi Uriel nsjMdtol
IMPROVEMENTS OF OMAHA
The Report of Andrew Eosewater as Oity
Engineer For 1887 ,
*
EXTENSIVE PAVING AND SEWERS
Tlio Demands Which a Great and
UrowlttK Metropolis Is Making
For Complete nnd Perfect
improvements.
The City KiiRlnror'a Report.
The sixth and concluding report ot
Andrew Hosewalrr , as city engineer , is
just received , It is comprehensive and
yol brief ; succinct , and still remarkably
explanatory ; and a review of the public
improvements of Uinaha since 1378 ,
which will render it most valuable. Ho
says in an introductory paragraph :
"With no other motive than to point out
the misconceptions and errors which , as
I view them , constantly lead to public
waste In municipal governments , facts ,
conclusions and recommendations are
respectfully submitted in the hope that
the public may nrollt from whatever
value they nuiy possess. "
After brief reference to the first sur
veys of the town in 1851 at the instance
of the Nebraska Ferry company , ho says
that the fact remains that they were
never recorded , and there is not nor ha
the over been since thnt period any posi
tive ami defined basis for the location of
streets , alloys or sub-division of real
cstato within the original town silo.
Every surveyor claims his points arc cor
rect and all tftat is needed to cover up
careless or iifcompctent work is to
swear that the starting point was
an original stake. It is remarkable ,
notwithstanding thirty-three .yours have
passed since these pioneer surveys word
made , how many original stages are
being found at this date. Air.
Hose water refers to the early
surveys of what is now the most
valuable property within the city to explain -
plain the purport of the "commission of
adjustment. " It is the only remedy that
property owners have in view to attain
permanent and established boundaries
within the old town site , and the time will
como when no < jlect to provide proper api
propriations lor , and see to tlio enforce
ment of its provisions , will be looked
upoi. as a public ciinie.
Mr. Kosowator presents n very inter
esting statement of the dillicultii-s whinh
have always been encountered in estab
lishment of grades. Ho contends that so
long ns grades are established and
changed by ordinances of the council
upon a majority vote , tlio question will
always be a source of complaint.
Mr. Kosewatcr recommends the ap
propriation of ? 20,000 for securing
a hike in llnnscom park , and re
marks that if the plans should
be carried out "a lake can bo se
cured , averaging over 500 feet in width ,
from ten to fifteen teet in depth and
nearly threo-quartors of a mile in length.
This lake would cover the low
ground at the east entrance gate
and require a bridge or trestle
work from the gate over the
w.ilor to the higher ground within. The
city of Omaha has grown into sullicient
importance to warrant liberal appropria
tions and endowments for park develop
ment. "
in regard to waterworks , succeeding a
Very complete description of tiio prelimi
nary plans and projects , ho points
out the necessity of increased sup
ply , nnd uses the following language :
"The extraordinary growth of the city
since the inception of those works ren
ders their enlargement , both in pumping
capacity as in distribution pipes and
mains , necessary at an early day. In fact
oven the pumping station iKelf needs
changing , nnd is already contemplated
to bo moved to a point six miles or moro
above the city. ThU plan was recom
mended in 1874 by Thomas .1. Whitman ,
water commissioner of St. Louis , in a re
port submitted to the city , but was never
adopted , owing to the desire of the com
panies to cconomi/.o in lirst outlay. The
original administration of the city water
works , like nearly all original adminis
trations of corporations in this country ,
had less regard to the distant future than
the returns of the immediate- present , and
heuco the investments under a false
economy , based upon an early sale of
stock rather than a safe and permanent
revenue , were strained nud curtailed
wherever temporary expedients could
answer temporary purposes. "
Ho advocates steam tire engines , and
hydrants in the middle of cacti block in
the business districts. Ho assorts that
steam engines are alone rolled upon in
cities where the distance from the reservoirs
voirs is great , owing to the loss of prea-
sure in the pipes ; also , that nineteen
pounds of pressure is lost , in water pass
ing through 100 feet of hose , and consequently
quently the nearer the hydrant the
greater the force of the stream. Tlio con
templated removal of the pump house to
Florence is declared to bo not only de
sirable in order to secure piiror water ,
but , if carried out. will save the city at
least 150,000 by shortening the line of the
North Omaha main sower.
A liberal portion of the report is given
to the very important question of sowor-
age. Ho contends that the sewerage
system which Omaha now possesses is as
good as any which could have boon
adopted in view of topography and
money obtainable. The city had 21.97
miles of sewers , cost < ng $400,704.67 , pre
vious to April 1,185 ; and now has 30.17
miles , the total cost of which was $ VM-
170.U5. Although some ideas of the War
ing system had been adopted in the separ
ate system of MJWCH , ho assorts that the
pipe and house connections are the only
features which boar similarity to the
patent of Colonel Waring , and contends
that ho cannot sco how that patent can
bo considered tenable ; and that War-
ing's "claims of exclusive right to the
separate sowor.igo system can only bo
compared to those hold by the Holly
pumping company to oxclusivoncss m
direct pressure. That claim proved
futllo and until Col. Waring or the Boston
Drainage Construction company demon
strate before a court in a legitimate fair
contest their oxclusivencss to the mo of a
separate system of sewers , the public will
bo Instilled in refusing to pay a royalty. "
Some space is devoted to a dofcnco of
the plan of the south branch of the north
main sewer , and refereuco is had to the
accident four years ago which was
caused by the broamng of nn embank-
niont on the Faruam street summit , re-
lclng DOUO,000 callous of water at once.
Siuco then no damage has ovei resulted
from the severest storms and it Is the
opinion of the writer of the report that
none ever will again.
Aside from the mains , ho states that
about twenty mlles of the lateral sewers
on the combination plan have been built ,
The river connection for the North
Omaha sewer system is still an unsolved
problem. Originally thoplan was tc
carry the main from Izard and Fiftocntli
streets in a southeasterly course west
of the then St. Paul railway tracks tc
Chicago street and thence to the rivor.
This plan was frustrated by the interfer
ence of the Union Pacific management
and a temporary ditch was built at a cos )
of nearly f 1,800 to the river east of the
Union Pacitio shoys. The city paid $3,00 (
extra to the Union Pacilio company foi
the privilege of constructing its small
sewer under the company's tracks upon
a street which had boon practically iledl
cated to the company. Now only ono ol
two methods remain for a river con
ncction , One to cite ad the sewer in t
outheasterly direction near tlio line of
ho illtoli tiiul the other a direct easterly
connection on Izard etroct. llio latter
can be done nt a costof ? . " > 0,000 leas
han the former , but if a < ! onted
iiHfit bo deferred , till tlio water
works company's plant can bo
uovcd above the city. The demands for
sewer service In all directions of the city ,
particularly i westward to tlio liills , caller
: or i rapid extension of the mains from the
sonth and north sewers into the several
valleys around the i projecting ridges.
Without thcso extensions the district
sewers would bo utterly useless. The
$100,000 to bo voted , ( he coming spring
For main sewers should bo applied to
these extensions. "
The oily ha < < on April 1,1880 , nine and
twelve-hundredth1 ? miles of pavement ,
which had cost ? 1,100,000. During 1880
more than half that distance was laid , or
live and lifty-nino hnndredths miles ,
which had cost $ : i83oa5.74. The total
Ustancoat the present time is , therefore ,
14.71 miles , the expense of which has
been $1,48J,0W,74. ; ( Included in the total
cost , but not in the mileage given above
was the alloy paving. This is 1.S5 miles ,
i'ho total mfloitgo of pavement is 10.00.
for paving the report says thiitSlouxFalls
material , if all things are considered ,
ranks at the head. It Is absolutely frost
iiroof and the blocks stand the heaviest
iradic With scarcely a sign of wear. Col
orado sanilstonn is acknowledged to have
developed better qualllications for heavy
travel than was exnooted ; asphaltum is
rccogni/.cd as the most enjoyable and
luxurious class of pavement anil both the
cleanest and most healthful ; while wood
s recommoiuled for outlying districts ,
joth because of iU cheapness and its
freedom from noise.
Upon paving foundation the report
says : ' 'Tho tests of former years demon
strate that oven in this , frigid climate a
concrete foundation of six inch thickness
s ample for all trallic purposes and that
in exec sinthicknessisawasteof money.
The character of concrete In public works
can bo improved materially by a rigid in
spection and condemnation ot all
stone dust or other improper
material in the work , and a
test of all cement used. There is a
'real dillercnco in the cements , but the
lie sands do not make as great a differ
ence as has been generally supposed.
Course bank-sand ranks first , Platte river
sand sL'cond and Missouri river sand third ,
> ut thu diireronco in the results of the last
two would scarcely warrant a discrimina
tion. "
The following very sharp and unmis
takable paragraph is embodied in the ro-
> ort at this point : ' 'What is needed
uost is com potent inspection and rigid
Kickbono to resist the importunities and
.ricks resorted to by contractors , and in
his much depends upon whether the
loard of public works sustains the inspectors
specters in their endeavors to protect the
city or whether they frown down the inspectors
specters and let thorn be made a foot-ball
to the contractors and their foremen. "
In tin ) matter of. curbing the report
shows that up to 1830 , twenty miles had
been put in and during that year 10.28
miles wt < ro added , makiug the total ! ! 0.28
miles. For this purpose Colorado sandstone -
stone is declared to.bp the best. In con
nection with the curbing , the gutters are
rcated briolly and the report aays that
"a careful study of Ufasubject'1 led to
the adoption of "deep'gutters ' with the
street from one to six inches below the
inc of the curbs on Douglas and other
streets , where no storm waters sewers
were provided , so as tn ivoid nny possi
bility of overflow of jdowalks. Upon
b'uriiaru and other streets having storm
sewer facilities , the glitters wore made
shallow and the ccnter.of the street left a
little below , or at about the line with the
curb levels. Where gutters were very
deep , as upon Douglas , Tenth .and Six
teenth streets , the form of gutter was
"V" shaped so as to obviate the necessity
of an exceedingly deep curb and to make
it more rigid.'r " -
A recommendation that one person
should responsible for cutting open
pavements and repairing them embraces
the following language :
"Tho present method of allowing every
one having special permits for sewer ,
water , or gas purposes , to cut open _
uavemonts and repair them is conducive
of bad results. Aside from tlio fact that
the worlc of replacement is poorly done ,
the dilliculty ot tracing each piece of
work to the responsible source , renders
the enforcement of good work almost
impracticable. It would bo better to fix
a prleo uy ordinance for cutting open
and repairing pavements and letting the
work to sonic" competent superintendent ,
or contracting such work with the lowest
responsible bidder , by the year , and provide -
vide for a deposit of funds on issuance of
each permit to fully cover the contract
of such work. "
The section of the report relating to
viaducts is full of plain English. lie
says : "in view of the singular phases of
tlio law the city is at the mercy of the Union
1'itcilic and 11. & M. Hallway companies ,
lict'oro tin agreement to construut via
ducts can bo secured on their part they
exacted and secured a largo number of
concessions on streets in the city and
finally agreed , in consideration of such
concessions , to an iron viaduct upon
Eleventh stroot. at a cost not to exceed
$100,003 , and one upon Sixteenth street
at a cost not above $30,000. The length
of the latter being several hundred teet
greater than that on Kloventh street as
well as higher , it was impossible to con
struct or devise any plan upon any but a
temporary basis to moet the demands of
the public. The result was an iron via
duct upon Eleventh street and a wooden
ono on Sixteenth stroot. In the progress
of the work it was found necessary upon
each of those viaducts to develop an nrti-
liciul foundation. This and other similar
developed wants raised the cost of each
of the viaducts above the original con
tracts. The Eleventh street work is not
yet finished , the delay being largely duo
to faulty mason work , incident to ab
sence of proper provisions for continued
authorized superintendence on the part
of the contractors and the neglect of the
sub-contracting parties to carry out the
orders of the engineers. The cost of the
work upon Eleventh street , approxi
mately estimated , will bo about $1)0,000. )
The Sixteenth street plans , which were
originally contracted foriit about$23,000 ,
were modified twice at > the instance of
the railway companies. meet the de
mand ? ot changed switches and side
trflcks. Thcso , with Ihii additions re
quired for unlooked-for extras , raised the
cost as per final estimate to | 33C'J3.55. "
The supports of the skew ] tmeses of the
Sixteenth street viaduct should bo re
placed with masonry.
The irregularity of too sidewalks Is
giv'un somewhat extended attention and
very proper criticismo Und the report
says : "Tho only way to , secure uniform
walks is for the city to build thorn all
under wholesale contracts for each of the
several materials in usd'Just ' as it builds
pavement , and tax the 'cost against the
abutting property in thu sarno manner.
The repairs should bo maintained by the
city , and if need bo taxed against the
property under similar contracts , us in
paving , and by this moans the neglected ,
rickety walks of uon residents or care
less property owners will be a thing of
the past. "
The report concludes with an interest
ing section upon cement and sand testa.
The LMutto river sand from Valley .Is re
garded as the best and cleanest. In any
work of importance the cement should bo
rigidly examined alia tested.
It should be said concerning the report
that it is very attractive typographically ,
and includes several maps nandsomoly
lithographed , which show the paving ,
sewerage and fire systems and grades ol
the eity dourly. It is a most valuable
document and should bo carefully pro-
served.
For Cough * , Cold * and Throat Dm-
order * , use " /Jroii > n' HroncJilal Troche * , '
bavin ; proved tbelrettcuy bjratestol many
year * .
Knrtjr Iron Steamship * .
San Francisco Call : The first iron
steamer to cross the Atlantic was the
Jreat Hritain , screw steamer. . She sailed
from the Mersey July 20 , 1815 , and ar
rived at Now lork on August 10 , follow-
ng. She was built by I iFrtmol in 18411.
Her length was 1280 feet. The ilrst iron
sailing vessel that made a trnns-Atlantio
voyage of which there is anv record was
\ barK called the Ironsides. 471 tons rep-
ster , built at Liverpool by Jackson &
iiodon for Messrs Calrnos & Co. , nnd
launched October 17 , 1838. Her llrst voy
age was to Hlo do Joneiro. There were
Dtlior seagoing iron steamers before the
Great Britain , but of smaller dimensions ,
nnd none ventured to cross the
ocean. In 1318 the Vulcan , a small
vessel , was launched on the Clyde ,
and was employed in the local trade. Af
terward the Elburkah , llfty-livo tons , was
built and went to sea , her destination be
ing the North river , Africa , where she
was to bo used for inland exploring ser
vice. In 1823 the Aaron Manby , a small
steamer was built and wont from London
to Havre and. Paris. In 1831 an iron
steamer , eighty-four feet long and four
teen feet beam , was built at Manchester
and wont to Liverpool. She was the
second ( the Elhurkah being the lirst )
iron steamer that over braved the perils
of ttccp water except the Lord Dundas
light-boat , which made the voyngo from
Liverpool to Glasgow the year previous.
In 1838 iron sea-going vessels were be
coming more numerous , but still of com
paratively small dimensions , the largest
previous to the Great Itritian being one
built in 1841 , ' . ' 00 feet long.
who lead a lifo of exposure
ire subject to rheumatism , neuralgia and
umbngo and will lind a valuable remedy
in Dr. J. 11. McLean's Volcanic Oil Lini
ment , it will banish pain and subdue in
flammation.
i
Peculiarities of the TrlciRraph.
The wires of the cable department
iwakc to business of the now born day
at about 3 o'clock in the morning , lie-
fore 8 o'clock , the hour nt which the
regular day force reports for duty , u good
; > ortion of the day's work has been UOIIG.
During these early hours an incredible
lumber of cables for the Pacific coast ar
rive , and as the wires to the west are
) lentiful at that time , a circuit is made
ip from New York to San Francisco , tlio
ongcst telegraph circuit in America.
The result of this manojuvro.is . peculiar.
. 'or instance , a message leaves London
it C a. m. , on the 15th addressed San
Francisco ; it will arrive , barring acci
dents , in that city between 10 and 11 p.
n. on tiie 14th.
NOTHING LIKE IT.
tt-Frnm current eorretpottdrnef with dratcra
brrcimd there , slanting the ttatui q/M. Jafuta Oil
and its wondcrjul efficacy.
Ho Such Wpril.
Wpril.Globe'
Globe' Milts , Pa. , Oct. 20.1SS8.
"I Imvo nc\cr licanl of n sliylo case In
Which It fnllcd to euro. St Jiiuobi Oil
tukt.1 the lead. " 8. U. YOUKIl , Uealcr.
It Never Disappoints.
Plamlrcan , Dnkotah , Nov ; 4,1836.
"Every olio kuons U nnd culls forbt. Ja-
cobi Oil. 1 hnvo only to vrnp it up ,
Jinowlug It will iiot disappoint. "
1) . S. WlllTK , DruggUU
Never Heard of Dlsiiatlifactlon.
Pharmacy , 18tUidA : > c. , New York.N. Y. , >
October 28,188fl. f
"SelHnflJStJaco1 > E Oil for ycnw never
Imd 0110 report of dtantlsliirtlnn. "
AI.KS. DoLACKNER.
Greater Than All Combined.
Vliiccnnoa , Tnrt. , Oct. 21,18SS.
"Have sold It from tlio start with utoiuly
Incrcnbliig ilomund ; gale * of M. Jacobs
Oil greater than nil others combined. "
II. J. WATJm , Druggist.
The nest Selling Article.
.Aanms. 'lass , Nov. 1,18SO.
"St. Jacobs oil Is the bust gelling remedy
ever handled. "
SMITH. MOLE Si CO. , Dealers.
Alwnya PraisedKnoruioua Snlo.
70 Maiden I-nuc , N , Y. , Oct. 19 , IS8C ,
Bales of St. Jacobs Oil enormous. In 20
years nothing has equalled It ; never he-iril
it spokcii of but In pralso.
JSO. It FRANCIS.
THE CHAHLES A. VOQCLEn CO. , BnUlmore. Ml.
KfAtt pereont VJINO St. Jacob * Oil or ReA
Star Vuugh Citre , 1 mil by tentlintf a two-ecnl ttamp
and a Malory of thilr cate , receive AUVK.K PUKE.
HKH FROM OPIATES AND POISON
SAFE.
SURE.
PROMPT.
AT DBUnaiSTS AMD UKALEBS.
CUAJUA3 A.TOUU.KU CO , iLTl oai. BT > .
\V\tfcV S ,
Cancer of the Tongue. .
Mr wife , Bomo three or four jcars ae ° . was iron.
bleU wltb on ulcer on the sttlo ol tier tongue near
ttio throat. Tlio pain waa luccssaot , causing loan
ol sleep ami prodm-lng creal nervous prostration.
Accompanying th ! trouble" was rheumMlro ) . II
bad pastil from the shoulders ami centered mtuo
wrl4ol ono hand , she almost Jomng tliouseot it.
Between the Buttering ot the two , me bad grown
bunicnsoma. uy the nao ot a halt dozen mall-
ued bottles ot Hwltt'n Bpceldc , she was entirely
relieved and restored to limltU. ThU waa three
Tears ace , ana there baa been no return otthe du *
Caie U. L. M10DLBI1KOOK8.
Bparta , Qa. , Jane 6 , 18S8.
Treatlie on Blood and Bkln Diseases mailed f re * .
Tnn .SWIFT BrrciFiu Co. , Drawer s , Atlanta , Cb ,
IW.23J8t. , N.V.
I PURE FITS !
Whtn Ii Tcur 1 donui m n n f l l iop Ib.mlur
Mm * odth ob T.thornFltorn.ciln , I n.4aititdlealcan
I h.v. nxll tli * Aioul ol rtn. iritKCHT r rxLLlHU
8ICKHIS8 U ( * logx lUidr. Imtrrul mf rtrotdj to eora
tb. vorat WM. BMaai * otntit hra MM U no r.oon far
not now ncrtrlnr * core. Bca < M CUM lit InUU * and a
fr. Benin ol roy Inftlllbla r > raJr. Olr * Bipf u > il ' ' " '
Oftt. itWMUTMaethLnCfnrttrtal. > 4I wlUtilro joo.
Atinu Dr. n. tf. BOOT. IK I'.ul U. . ' K.w York.
One Agent Qltrenant only ) w niM tn .T
Your "Tanslll's I'unch 60 cljrarU bocomlnf
moro popular orory day. Cigar drummera don I
bother us uny moro. .
lluao ANDRIMSKN , Bearer , Pa.
aODHESS ,
OHK < ] ATAHnH. TtnOr.4ta.imia
Jl medj Uapo ltlT care. rrtcunpl *
anil book lot t ctnti la aumu * .
JUit llunjtoa , Una.
THE 75th GRAND DRAWING , MAY 20th.
NO BLANKS. 1IIC9 Oil KKVA DSI
One Million Distributed Every Tear
1IE.VUUUMUL.VTK1) IXrilllK 8T MONKY DtVIUKI ) AMONG A TRW LUCKY HOJf
UULUKIta KVEItY 3 MONTHS.
Only $2.00 required to secure one Koyal Italian 109 francs golil bond. These bon d
participate in four drawings every year and retain their original valu
until the year 1944. Prizes of 2,000,000 1,000.030 , 500,000 , 250,000 , &c. francs will b
drawn , besides the certainty of receiving back , 109 francs in gold , you may win 4 time
every year.
This h ns afp , nnd t'i ' licit , Investment over offered , ns thn Invested money must b palJ b.iok
when bond nnitiim. Send forrlroulnrsai It will pay you to do. or end your ( ir.lorj ltl > tnouiy
or registered letter , or postal notes , unit In return wo will lorwtmttlio tlocummiu.
BKULIN liANIilNU O. , 3U5 llruiulutt ) , Now York CU ) ' .
N. B , These bonds arc not lottery tickets , and their sate is legally pe rmltteJ In thdU
S. bylawspf 1873.
DEWEY & STONE
FURNITURE
A magnificent display of everything
useful and ornamental in .the furniture-
maker's art , at reasonable prices.
Display at their warerooms , 13O5 and 13O7 Farnam Street ,
the largest assortment of Pianos and Organs to be found at
any establishment west of Chicago. The stock embraces the
highest class and medium grades , Including
PIANOS
LYON & Ljr-A.w l IJ-I V
BURDETT
* m * + m ti- * ,
ORGANS STANDARD ;
i mHii *
Prices , quality and durability considered , are placed at the
lowest living rates for cash or time payments , while the long
established reputation of the house , coupled with their most
liberal Interpretation of the guarantee on their goods , affords
the purchaser an absolute safeguard against loss by possible
defects in materials and workmanship.
LYON & HEALY ,
I30S 1307 FARNAM
The G. . Mayne Real Estate and Trust Co ,
K. W. OOB. 15th AND HAB1TET , OKAHA.
Property of every description for ialo m all parts of the olty. Lands for sail
every connty in Nebraska.
A COMPLETE SET OP ABSTRACTS
Of Titles of Douglas county kept. Mans of the olty state or county or anoh (
information desired furnished free of charge upon application.
Nebraska National Bank
OMAHA , NEBRASKA.
Paid up Capital $260,000
Burplub ,4O,000
H. W. YaU-s , President
A. E. Touzalin , Vine President
VV.rf.S. Hughes , Cashier.
UJIIECTOHS :
W. V. Morse , John S. Collins ,
U. W. Yates , Lewis S. Rood.
A. R. Touzalin.
BANKING OFFICE :
THE IRON BANK ,
Cor. 12th and Farnam Sts.
A Gtnoral Banking Business Transacted.
FRANK G. HOLLINS & GO , ,
Members New Tork Stock Hzclianito.
IIUV AND HKIJ , ON MAIUIINA
STOCKS AND BONDS
Grain and Provisions ,
# 40 Vlnrk Sreet , Chicago.
( ( Irundl'iclflcHotol )
Private wire to Now York.
Correipoidanoe Invited by mull or telegraph.
LINCOLN , NEB ,
Ten Rnllroadi , and more rp coming. 190 Trains
Dallr.
Stilt * Uulveriltr , Vfoslojrtn UnlTcrsltr.Stato Cnpl-
till.
Most of the rtuilnoss Ioti hire dnublM In prlco In
the ln t 13 monthi. Aero-land , wltliln 1 nilloa
ot the eltjr , Inrraiueil over two
handrcd percent.
Lincoln It thezrontost llnllrocl Center of lit nee
In tlio world. J'rick tjlockspuj Hto-IJparicnt. Vucant
Ion liavmivornifefl 101) ) per cent per nnnuni on Urst
Gout , tar U yonr > .
Lincoln l n ifrcat rtlitrlbutlna point. Pome wholo-
said rtn iltri hare raids princely fortunei.
llulld nicninf uplu nil rtlrortlnn . liuilnets H3n-
erilly uood. B inker * , reuill muroliann , mechanic ! ,
etc. , coiling ricu.
A. J. OBOPSEY&OO.
lloom 41 , ItlclmrUft Block ,
fi eat Estate Agents & Loan Brokers ,
IUrfor Mlebrick blooki , tmilntis Ion , ill klndi ot
r t vitata. 1 , J. MO , , , BO , St ) and CM or trsets
farBi and ebetp land * .
MONKV IX3ANKI1. INVK8TMKNTB MA DR.
REfKnCNCKSi-iriril and Lincoln National
U nkijOTarnurTh > Ter , Judva Cobb. llur. l > r.O. V.
Crulvhlon. l.lncole : Hen ilvr 3. M. Cullom , Illinois ;
and Uanerul Han. lUfrlion , Indiana.
Now Ready the May Part of the
YOUNQ LADIES' JOURNAL ,
Cotitalnluir all tuo Latest Paris Fajhlons-
I'lUUK 30 C'KNTrt.
Ot oil Noiridealer * ) who nil ! alia tnk lubicrlp-
tloni tor iwuor turn nntlii , or lor nj pnrt ol *
ear , til I0cont > ur iliixla nioiilUlr u rb VUK IN-
DRS.S.&D.DAYIESON
. . .
. 1707 Olive St. , St. Louis , Mo.
1742 Lawrence St. , Denver , Colorado ,
Of the Missouri Stale Museum of Anatomy ,
St. Louis , Mo. , University College Hospi
tal , London , Giescn , Germany and New
York , Having devoted their attention
SPECIALLY TO THE TREATMENT
OF
DISEASES ,
More especially those arising from impiu-
dencc , invite all so suffering to correspond-
tliout delay. Diseases of infection and
contagion cured safely and speedily with
out detention from business , and without
the use of dangerous drugs. Pa
tients whose cases have been neglected ,
badly treated or pronounced incurable ,
should not fail to write us concerning their
symptoms. All letter * receive immediate
attention.
attention.JUST PUBLISHED ,
And will be mulled FREE to any address
on receipt of one 2 cent stamp , 'practical
Observations on Nervous Debility and
Physical Exhaustion , " to which is added an
' Essay on Marriage , " with important chap
ters on Diseases of the Reproductive Or
gans , the whole forming a valuable medical
treatise which should be read by all young
men. Address ,
DRS. 8. & D. DAVIESON ,
1742 Lawrence St. , Denver , Colorado.
1707 Olive St..St. L uis.Mo.
Embody the liiehest excllenclcs in Shape
lincss , Comfort and Durability and
arc the
Reigning Favorites
ia fashionable circles. Our name U on eve
ry sale. J. & T. COUSINS , New Yoik.
DREXEL & MAUL ,
Successors to Jno. U. Jacobs ,
UNDERTAKERS
AND
At the oldstana 1 107 Farnam st. Onion
bytulograph solicited and promptly at-
tendeu to. Telephone No. 235.
WoodbridgeBrothers
STATE AOENTS FOR Tllh
Decker Brothers
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
RUPTURE
Snedlkor'i method. No operation ! NoNe
No Detention from builnou. AJaot J to
wall M gronn p oi > le. Hundred * ot aufuri4
Union Ul on fll . All builnwl irioUr coadjji ;
till. CONSULTATION FllUKV
I KOF. X. D. COOK ,
Room 0 , 1514 Douglas St. , Omaha , Neb.
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