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v , * * ' IHB OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY. AUGUST 28. 1887.-TWELTE PAGEa BUSINESS MEN AWAKENING , JFt Unfair Dealing of tbo Union Paoifio Causes Another Protest. APPEAL TO THESTATE BOARD Clatn Uakora at Bhogo Island MB- ooln'n Knights of the Diamond 1'rohlbltlonUin Prnparlng For Aotlvo Work. fPrtOM TItE nP.K'8 M.VCOI.X 1JUBKA.U.1 rhcro was filed with the stnto board of transportation yesterday a complaint from iv Wood Klvor , Nob. , firm against the Union Pacific and the extortionate rates of that company. The filing of the complaint is an evidence that the business niun arc beginning to nwakon to the sys tematized robbery practiced against 'hum ' and speak out for themselves. The com plaint in full is as.toJIows ! Holllster & Howard. complainants , vs. the the Union IMcllle Hhllro'id Company , re spondent. Jteforo the board ot transporta tion of the stnto of Jiebuska. cpmplajnanja r. for cause of complaint i ' against the Union 1'aclllc Uallroad company , respondent , allege and say : 1. That your complainants are a firm or co partnership encaged In the sale of hardware ? < ! agricultural Implements In i UK village ot Wood Itlver , Neb. 2. I hat the said Union Pacliic Itallway , re spondent , is a corporation duly organuud under and by virtue of an act of congress of llio United Mates of America , and that snld lesnontlpnt maintains and operates a line or railway through and across the state of Nebraska , Imvlnu Its eastern terminus at the city of Council UlutTs. Ia. s. Your eomolnlnaiits further alloeo that the local rates charged by said respondent lot thn transportation of goods , wares and merchandise , are unjust , unreasonable , ex tortionate , oppressive and excessive , and nro too lil.-h , as shown by the attached table of comparative local rates , giving the figures for 300 miles west from the city ot Lincoln on said railroad , as compared with the local traffic In Iowa and Minnesota ; that tratllc on the line of said railway as therein set forth are unjust , unreasonable , extortlonato and oppressive , and should be reduced Wi per cent of the present rate. The said table herein set forth exhibits the local rates on said Union 1'acllic railroad for the distance ot 300 miles as ntorcsatd. and is a copv ot the printed nnd published tariffs of Bald Hue of railway , respondent herein , nnd In made a part of this complaint. 4. And further complaining against the Union 1'acllic railroad company , complnln- aiitR. state nnd charge the iollowlru facts against said railroad , respondent , viz. : That snld railway company , respondent , collects , demands nnd receives unjust , un reasonable , extortionate and oppressive rates from the city of Grand Island , Nub. , to points on the said line of railway , as com pared with the rates charged , demanded , collected nnd received for its transportation of freight from Omaha , thereby discrtmlnat- in ? against Grand Island nnd local points situated on said railway. The said rotes quoted , charged , demanded , collected and received from Uratul Island to jiolnt.s on snld railroad nro compared and Hliown In the following table , with the rates clmrucd , demanded , collected and received for llko and contemporaneous service for the same distance from the city of Omaha : 1 2 3 4 5 A B 0 D E Grand Island to Woud Hirer , _ M miles . 33 17 IS 13 9 9 8 7K 'M 5 From Omaha to Mlllard.30 m's.17 15 15 13 10 10 S 81J 8S 5 Difference favor of Omaha . 5 S . . 1 . Q rand Island to Kearney , U miles . 33272330 181013 lO'/i lOtt 8 Omaha to Fre mont , 48 ra'8..2 31 S3 19 IS 15 10 8tf 8H 6 < r3 1 l U 3 8 2 Orand Island to I'lu in Crecka miles . 47 40 33 31 20 23 17 13tf IHJi 7 Omaha to Bohuy- I Ur. 76 miles. . < 0 35 30 25 TOW 18 14 14 7 Omaha to Dun can , W milos..43 34 34 38 25 2i 30 17 17 7tt In favor of Omaha . 51831 . Grand Island to North 1'latto , 138 miles . 71 83 55 17 to ! "J 2t 30 20 10H Omaha to Wood Hirer , 169 m's.U ( 58 CO 44 40 31 2 19 19 8tf Difference In f a- rorof Omaha tor Kreator distance . 9 863S321 1 3 The foregoing reference to land quotation of rates from Omaha and Urand Island are made to show the treat discrimination In favor of Omaha when local rates are con cerned In the same connection with such rates from Omaha , and to show how excess ive the local distance tariff of the said Union Faciiic railway company Is when compared to the tar I If from Omaha. Complainants pray that you will remove the discrimination m said rates above re ferred to aud will reduce thu local distance tarllTs of the said Union Paoillc railroad company now In force within the state to reasonable , just and equitable basis , or al least OO a per cent less than the present dis tance tariff , and for such other and further relief as mav be lust and equitable undnr all circumstances. HOLLISTEH & HOWARD. p , OY8TEU3 AMD TUKTLE3. The members ot the Nebraska Clam Bakers association are nt Shogo island , in the midst of ono of their celebrated bakes that have become such popular features to the membership. Friday evening Presi dent McHrid , .witli some twenty others , went to Wllford and pitched the camp. nnd yesterday twonty-Uvo moro departed for tlio grounds. Invited guests from Omaha , Crete , Nebraska City and othoi points are in nttondanco. General Me mido was escorted to the front by i mammoth sea turtle that was shipped nlivo from the coast in company will : two barrels of clams and n barrel ol oysters. The turtle eyed his escort at UK depot as though expecting a lively timu BASK HALL. The two reverses that the Lincoln clul mot in It.s series of Denver gnmes.lms no dampened the ardor of the club's home bacKing and tholr enthusiasm in scare ) : the pennant. The Lincoln club Is now a < Hustings for three games , and the home nsiosmtion predict three straights foi them thoro. The coming week Omahi will bo with Lincoln on the homt grounds , and the good ball played b ] Omaha when Lincoln was lust in that city loads the public to expect some goot games in the coming contest , that wil bo very largely attended. The hotui club will arrive Friday. THE CAMPAIGN O1 ENKI > . The capital city prohibition club tha preaches politics every Sunday af turnout ut Temple halt fs preparing for Bg- crcssivo campaign work. The club hoi issued circular letters containing a per sonal invitation to Christian workers am all In sympathy with the prohibitiot movement , to attend the meetings ant join in the work. The circular announce : the campaign open with both the stati and county tickets in the Hold. The cir eular cric.s out against the indiflorcnce o iieoplo in regara to their personal rola iions to thu reform , announces that. ab ! < speakers will bo listened to , and that ii ' action wil to-day's meeting important bo taken to enlist church co-oporatiou. VEltSONAI , S'OTKS. ( loneral Van Wyok was at Franklli vosturdav and returns to his homo at No bruska City tins evening. Adjutant ( Jouoral Bates , of Hoatriec was superintending opening work a Camp Thayer yesterday. Hr. Stone , of Wahoo , surgeon eoncrn of the state militia , was examining appll rant ? for company sunrcons at the adju I tant general's otuco yesterday. Chancellor Manatt , of the state university vorsity , who has employed his vacatioi In a European trip , has reached horn tigain. Governor Thayer , who hag been at sent several days at the Norfolk reunlo nnd the national convention of Charitie in Omaha , was at home at the oapiti ito. _ Tha assistant secretary of state , Ben R Vowdrj , accompanied bj hia wife , Joltimbus for over Sunday at tholr old tome. L. C. Burr , who has been on a three weeks' bear hunt with Judge Brewer and jthors in the mountain ! of Wyoming , s at homo again , bringing with him the head of a magnificent mountain sheep as a trophy of the hunt. The sheriff of Flllmoro county was in Mncoln yesterday , bringing with him Henry Kooktho confessed murderer of the two Nowors at the Sunday picnic a week ago. The sheriff concluded from the voluminous threats scattered around that the prisoner was not the safest in the immediate vicinity of the shooting nd therefore brought him in for safe keeping. A tow nights ago threats were so common of lynching that a largo number of Rook's companions in railroad work stayed in Geneva the entire night to bo on hand to protect Hook if lynch ing was attompod. Head Bcnnison Bros * ad on 8th page. cfiimott NOTICES. Beth-Ellen BaptistChurch-H v.H.L.House pastor. There will be no preaching service. Sunday school at o'clock p. in. At the close of Sunday school a short season of prmernml conference will be held. Prayer meeting Thursday even UK at 8 o'clock. North Presbyterian Church , Saunders street Itev. William II. Henderson , pastor , will conduct service at 100 : : ! a. in. No evenIng - Ing service. Sunday school at noon. Young people's meeting at 0:30 : p. m. Strangers made welcome at all the services. Dr. A. ( } . Byers. of Ohio , will nreach at theSeward street M. K. church Sunday morn- Itic at luU. : : ! Itov. J. W. Plielps will preach and administer the sacrament at 8 o'cloek. German Lutheran Church , 1005 South Twentieth street Service every Sunday at 10 a. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m. K. J. Frostpastor. . Park Avenue United Presbyterian Church , corner Park avenue and Grant streets Preaching t y the pastor. Itov.'J. A. Hender son. MorniiiLt service at 10:30 : n. in. ; sub ject , " .Justllicatlon. " Evening service at 8 ; subject , "Christian Diligence thn True Uwiiedy for Pauperism and Crime. " Sab bath school at noon. I'oii are invited. Presbyterian Church , corner Dodeo and Seventeenth street Services at 10:30 : a. m. and H p. m. Morning ureachliiit by the pas tor , Ilev. W. J. Horsha. Evening Mr. W. Alexander Johnson , of Chicago , member of the convention of associated charities , will speak. Subject : "The Lame Man at the Beautiful G , to , " a plea for personal charity. Sunday school at noon. Young peoples meeting at 7:15 : p. in. Unity Chinch Services will bo resumed on Sunday. September It Central United Presbyterian church. Sev enteenth street between DocJu'u and Capitol avenue Services at 10W : a. m. and 8 p.m. Services conducted by Hev. J. A. Thompson , president of Tnrklo college , Tarkio , AIo. Weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday even ings at 8 o'clock. Young neoole's prayer meeting on Sunday evenings at 7:15. All are Invited. South-West Piesbytorlan Church Corner Lea von worth and T won loth streets. Kev. David It. Kerr. pastor. Services at 10 : .10 a. in. and 8 p. m. Sabbath school at 1'J m. Young people's meeting at 0:15 : p. in. Gen eral prayer ineetln. , Wednesday at 8p.m. Subject , "Common Sense 111 Religion. " \ oun : people's social Monday evening , Au gust ! , at church. All invited. All Saints' Church Twenty-fifth and How ard streets Morning piaycr at 11 a. m.nven- Inc prayer at 7 p. m. The Rev. Dean Hart , of St. John's Cathedral , Denver , Colo. , will preach at both services. The choir will sing 'The To Deura in K " " , by Dykes , and "The Jubllats In K , " bv Tours , and for the anthem llarnby. Take Far n am and Park avenue cars to Twentv-lifth street or St Mary's avenue cars to Falrvlew street. Miss Kliza- beth 1'ennell will sing at the otlertory , "I Heard the Voice of Jesus , " by liartteit. Welsh Presbyterian Services will be held Sunday , August 28 , In Toft's hall , on Saunders - ders street , near Charles. Preaching at 7:30 : P. in. , by the llev. 1) . Edwards , ot Wales , Sunday school at 3:30 : p. m. A full attend ance is requested at the evening services. Hillside Congregational Church , Omaha View Kev. Dr. Dana , of St. Paul , preaches at 8 p. in. Sunday school at 3:30 : p. m. First Daptlst Church , corner Fifteenth and Davenport streets Itov. A. W. Lamar , pas tor. Pleaching at 10:30 : a. m. by Kev. W. L. Drown , of West Plains , Mo. The church will bo used In thocvenlnic by the conference ot charities and corrections. Sabbath school at 13 n . Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 8 p. m. Alt are cordially Invited. Seats free. West Hamilton Street Presbyterian Church Preaching services at 8 p. in. Sabbath school at 3 p. in. First Christian church , Twentieth and Capitol avenue Dr. Fey will preach to-day at the usual hours , 10:30 : a. in. and 8 p. ui. Seats free. free.First First Congregational Tabnrnaclo Preach- In ? at 10:30 : a. m. by Kev. M. Me. ( ! . Dana. D. D. , of St. Paul. Minn. , at exposition build- Ing. Bible class at 13 m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Young people's society Friday evenings. St. Mary's avenue Congregational Kiiv. Wlllard Scott pastor. Morning service at 10:30 : , preaching oy Kev. James lompklns of Chicago. No evening service. Service every Sunday morning. HllUlde Congregational flniirch Hov. H. C. Crane , pastor. Dr. C. I. FUher , ot the conference ot charities and corrections , will speak at 11 a. m. Kvenlni service at 8. Park Place. Congregational Sunday School will meet until the chapel Is llnished in Guild's grove at 4 p. m. JSv-Presldont Holt is the pastor. St. Mark's Lutheran-Comer of North Twcnty-lirst and iJurdetta streets. Kev. Ueorge H. Schur , pastor. Church service at 10:30 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 0 a. in. Strangers cordially invited. Park Avenue Piesbyterlan Church Ser vices In Sovloll'slmll , on Leaven worth street , near Phil Sheridan. Morning at 10:30 : , evening at 8 o'clock , conducted by Kev. John Gordon , pastor. Sunday school at noon , First United Presbyterian. 013 North Eighteenth street , Kev. Edwin U. Graham , pastor. Public worship at 10:30 : a , m. and 8 p. m. m.Kountzo Memorial Lutheran Church , corner ot Sixteenth and llarnoy streets KBV. J. S. Detwoller , pastor. ChuTch ser vices and preaching by tbo pastor at 10:30 : a. m. and 8 p. in. All on Account of a Telegram St. Louis Globe-Democrat : A novel suit has been filed in Judge Read's court in Topeka , Kan. Thu case is Instituted by sixteen young ladies , who sue the Western Union Telegraph company for $300 damages each. The complaint states that owing to the failure on the part of the company to deliver a message which was to have boon sent from Valley Falls to Nortonville in February last , tbo young ladles were compelled to walk eight miles to reach thu village of Perdue , where they were to give an en tertainment for the benefit of their church. They wore lost , and wandered around over the prairie from G o'clock in the evening until 3 o'clock the next morn ing. m The Funeral Wan Uncertain. Boston Courier : A lady who is famous among her friends for the correctness with which all her social duties are per formed , was recently put in an amuse- ingly awkward position by the stupidity of a servant. A neighbor being danger ously ill , this lady one morning scut her ina'a over to inquire concerning her con dition. "Go " said she "and over , , inquire how Mrs. X. is this morning And if she Is dead , " she added , as tha girl started , "ask when the funeral U to bo. " The messenger went as directed , und soon returned with the air of one who has done her whole duty. "Mrs. X. Is better this morning , " was her report , "and they cannot toll when the funeral will be. " Hiram Pauley , of Elmdalc , III. , has a rattlesnake that can be handled with safety. Ho ia brown , witli black stripes , nearly four feet long , weighs two poninl and two ounces , with leveral rattles ami a button on MS tail. Pauley aays that he dug out his fangs with his pocket-knife while tioldiog its head ia hU kaad. BOOMING CITY OF KEARNEY. A Pleasant Trip to a Prosparous and Grow ing Town. A SUCCESSFUL LAND CAUE , Kearney's Marvelous Growth-A. lies- pltabto People Some Woll- Plxnd Visitors Whr New York Won't Prosper. IWrllttnfortlie Sunday lleeluJ. F. fillet/ . ] A sigh of languor and a tinge of gloom were the attributes of the party of ills- tlngulsho'l Omahans boarding thn parlor car Smyrna nt the Union Pacific last Wednesday night. Hut whatever the feeling and whatever the causa of the sadness , both mellowed into jest and song and laughter with the first hundred turns of the wheel , and the transition was as the mist chased by the aim , or , bettor still , likp the brass band returning from the warrior's funeral to the rollick ing lilt of "Johnny , Got Your Gun , " where erstwhile their tread was measured to the solemn strains of Saul's Dosui March. The occasion of the excursion was a visit to Kearney to attend the sale of town lots there , and thirty million was Kald to bo the sum controlled by the dis tinguished Omahans for investment. As sociation with the good or bad purities or corrupts ; one accommodates himself to his surroundings ; easy -familiarity with these Omaha millionaires made the writer wealthy , in his mind , although in his insulo pocket there were but two blank checks and n theater com pliment- ary. It was a jolty ride with a jolly crowd. The surroundings wore luxurious ; the or dinary annoyances of travel were miss ing. The conductor's tones wore gtsntlo and pleasant and for the noncn Mi ? did not insist upon committing assault and battery on the passengers in wild efforts to tag checks to their hatbands , the porter , one Duncan , forgot tiio usual liuonso of ilghway robbery assumed by his class , and disinterestedly wished the gentlemen pleasant dreams as ho bade them good- light. The driver of engine 831 , with iis hand on the throttle lever and his nye fixed in the darkness aheatl , sported with space and made time but a number on the schedule slip. At first , conversa- ion was of railroad and steamboat wrecks , tbon it turned upon fires and cyclones and finally it drifted into more cheerful channels. Everything but the real business of the trip was talked of and that was never broached , for each man kept his secret , of both his knowl edge of operation in buying town lots and the amount of his intended invest ment. So because there was a secret each man was suspicious of the other , but pleasant withal , just as two opposing lawyers'grow gracious across the counsel table , when each would give a world to know just what the other knows. Out of deference to the prejudices of a Sunday school teacher ana because there wore no cards aboard , poker was not played , but all other pastimes were indulged in. Wit bubbled like a widow's smile. It was solemnly promised and formed one of the conditions of his trip that no ono was to say "let her go" in the presence of Postmaster Gallagher , and in acknow ledgement of the compliment he said that mucilage was worse in its effects than whiskey , because it stuck to one so. There was no necessity for Judge Grnflf , of the district court , to say when handed a glass of water by the writer , that it and the Missouri were alike , riley , but the record stands against Mm filled and posterity will grow accustomed to his re mark in its wonder elicited at his need of water. District Attorney 1'ritehett , by request , volunteered the narrative of some- thrilling recollections of bis prac tice , but had ouly prefaced his stories by announcing as the first one , the case of a widow of the eighth husband , when Emory A. ( Jobb's declaration that ho would like to know "tho fascin-olghting- widow , " ended the district attorney's recitals. Lawyer Montgomery observed in solace that "you never find an attor- " andlJ. W. assistant noy-at-law , llarbaugh , ant engineer of the Metropolitan railroad , retired to study the cause why , thinking it was a conundrum. A real estate man told me confidentially that a Gorman countess once died with love for him be cause of his resemblance to Berlin. I betray not his confidence in pronouncing the joke capital. The feature of the evening - ing was Collector Calhoun's rendition of the first stanza of the sontr. ' 'Did You Ever Hoar Tell of Kate Kearney , " sung to the tune of "Tho f retty M.iid Milking the Cow , " and the company retired dur ine its progress. The courteous United States oilicial snored forty other stanzas in the measures of all of Tom Moore's melodies. So the night passed. In the forward cars wore emigrants , stout hus bands and loving wives with the bloom of health on their cheeks painted again on the faces of their little ones , and in per fect peace and poverty fresh from the hold of the steerage , and expressed from Castle Garden , they lay huddled together in dreams of the ( lav * nd the hour of wealth to bo found in the far west of the now world , So in the Smyrna , with more wealth , but who knows if with more peace , slept the millionaires of Omaha , dreaming too of riches , of riches held within ye , oh ! hills of Kearney town. Thirteen years ago the spot whore Kearney stands to-day was hidden in the Great American desert. The buffalo and antelope roamed over its' wastes and amid alkali rock and sago brush the rod devil at that time still sneaked , hunting for his white brother crossing the forty- niner's trail , duo south from the citv. Well bcaton and trodden and scarcely yet grown over is that old trail as if perpetuating in its original form the memory of so many adventurous hearts crossing it in search of gold and finding at last in its end of the * route but desola tion , despair , and death. Sjxtcen miles northward Uows the Pintle river in noisy turbulence , a boisterous stream nearly n milo in width and only six inches in depth. An ugly stream , too , full of quicksand aud useless , a moro interro gation point on the landscape , suggesting the designs of Providence for delayed fulfilment. Yet in this worthless stream a quick eye saw perspective gain and future use. Its swift current had power , if diverted from its waste , to become sub servient to man's will and to turn the wheel of industry. The lightning was diverted from its course , and the Platte above Kearney suffered a like change. A ditch dug and the river tapped and lo ! the controlled waters meant force to move machinery. Poor Patterson ! ho was the pioneer to demonstrate the possibilities of Kearney with the Platte , but like Morse with his tnlcgraph , practical minds have utilized and proven his discovery. Thus tnrte * over twelve years ago came George W. Frame , and , realizing the future results of the yet unbuilt city of Kearney from the ditch and the river feeding it , slept on a blanket on its prin cipal street with the nearest habitation ten miles away , and with the coyote's whine us a lullaby. On the day follow ing he bought all the land be could walk over at less than f 3 an acre. How it was built and the exertions employed matters hero but littli in the result of Kearney to-day. It is city of nearly 0,000 in- habiUnti , with sohooU and churches , electric Jigbu , gas a d water , with mayor and clty > council to regulate Us municipal njlalrs , with well-donned streets and Im ml so mo drives ; in n word , with every adjunct of a thriving city , In cluding the mccK and lowly Chinaman and excluding thb Salvation Army. The real welcome of the Kcarnoyitos to the Omaha millionaires must bo like the nominative oftmt in a sentence under stood rather than expressed. They had intended the * ? * " M R rc ( ' l ° M ° r day In the city's history. The local J rcss was pleased to say1 editorially : Kearney will to-day bo full of strangers from various cltles.of the Union , called here by tlio auction sale of lots , to see our water power aud city , r.tid to form an acquaintance of our citizensrwlth the vlow of enlarging and extending tlie.buslness of Kc. rney. It Is well for us to start now and Increase our enterprises anil Industries with now and broader views of business. In order to do this propotlv we must keep abreast ot the times and vie with Denver , Lincoln. Omaha , Kansas City and Chlc.igo , and show that we are not backward In the work of Interesting aud entertaining stran gers. Ought we not to present the great advan tages of Kearney to these gentlemen , that they will sue them in their true light and be Induced to assist In the laudable undertak ing , for the bonellt of themselves as well us of Ktmney ? Lut us invest tholr money In enlarging and developing our w.tter-power and manufac turing Interests , the main aud sure way to advance us to greatness. Citizens , think ot this and act It Is said the Omaha party alone represents over thlrtv millions of capital , while Cincin nati , Philadelphia , Chicago , Kansas Cltv , Lincoln , Denver and other cities have sent men of large vlow.s and moans to visit us. Let us to-day become a mutual aid society , aiding ourselves , aiding each other and aid ing the strangers within our gates. Alast for human expectations. The band wagon was there and the carriages were there. Thn committees were there and the strangers expected were there , and everything went according to schcd- tie , except tin ) rain. Down it cumo in ' .orrants from : i few sullen clouds , backed ike camels. It was a sad procession novinir through tlio principal streets , in closed carriages and rubber coats , like into a circus audmnco under umbrellas n a leaky tent. Onward wo rode , how ever , through the streuts and around the irtilicial lake , with its pavilion and joats , and on thn top of the terraces du- clining towards it were the magic lots for sale , bountiful sites even on a rainy lay with a chill October wind blowing. An amphitheater overlooking the auc tioneer's stand had been erected , and everything had a complete business air ibout it , except thu band , which had a labit of wandering away from the pro cession and hiding in hollows , nnd then reappearing to break forth with inspirit ing music in the midst of a speech de scriptive of the day wo celebrated. Drenched and bedraggled witli mud , we all saw in working order the overflow from the cun.il dug from the Platte river , with its capacity of 1,500 horse power , riio spot of location of the Turbine wheels , now under construction , was in dicated. The reality of the picture of promise was acknowledged , and thu sale Ijcg.in on the grounds just as the morn ing's storm had' ' given way to a clear afternoon. > i Knowing ihattwo blank checks nnd a theater complimentary would buy noth ing , and on the assurance of Juan lioylo that ho was scarcely sang umo enough to hope that tliti lota would double in value in n couple of hours , which possibility would have enabled me to make a suc cessful deal before being called tiuon to pay any purchase money , I left the bid ders to bo yelled tit by the auctioneer and wandered among the townspeople tor their views aud hopes. They wcro full of expectation.U Kearney over subsides in its successful boom it will not bo for want of faith i limits future felt by its humblest citi/.ens. To my remark , meant to Do of comforting assuranou i n conflict with thcwcathcr ; , that Now York city was onoo asigmall as Kearney , the boy blacking my boots paralyzed mo with the reply : "Why , Now York won't never amount to much. " "No , " inquiringly and too surprised to say moro. r'Naw " it's too far from Kearney. " A purchaser from St. Louis , in an un guarded moment , dilated on the beauties L > f Bicrstadt'a sunsets. Ho was checked at once by the assurance that the sun so * ; but in oun place in thu world , just be hind the lake at Kearney. "When do you expect the factories to locate huror" asked an investor from Lincoln. " "To-morrow , next day , the week ufter next ; they are coining by the thousands , " came thn booming chorus iu unsvvur to his question. " * # * Thn sale was a success , realizing over f 37,000 as the day's total. The lots sold numbered 200 anil tun average pricu was $130 , The highest purchaser was A. P. Martin , of Lincoln , who backed his hopes in Kearney's future by the expenditure of $7,830. Among the group of men yell- as her act of faith in thu building sites , I stop the press to say that a more intelli gent bidder was not upon the grounds. The following is a list of the purchasers , with their residences , and thu amounts of their purchases as have been thus far ac counted for : A. M. Klclmrds , of Florida 8 415 Louis S. Irvin , of Kearney. Neb 375 Nettle L. CronKhlte , of Hastings Neb. . S.Uia UoorgH E. I'lltchett , of Lincoln , Neb. . . n75 J. It. McKeiK , of Syracuse. NeD 205 ,1. .1. Imhoff , of Lincoln , Neb 430 .1. L. Keck , of Cincinnati , 0 1,300 Hon. Win. H. Holt , of Frankfort , Ky. . 1,500 S. II. Callionn , of Uiuaha , Neb 600 A. K. Altkun. of Kearney , Neb 183 George H. Collier , of Philadelphia , Pa. . 700 K.J. Wonlworth.of Kearney. Neb. . . . r/r A. P. Martin , of Lincoln. Neb 7.8iO K. 1 * . Bellinger , of Galesburg , 111 740 K. L. Stout , of Lincoln , Neb CH J. M. Tlsdoll , of Kearney , Neb 5S , > 11. ( J. Clarke , of Omaha , Neb 283 G. W. Stamm , of Albla , la 150 E. II. Ctislmian , of Lincoln , Neb 110 Col. D.P. . Hyde , ot Lincoln , Neb 150 Thomas Fitzzcrald , ( if Lincoln , Neb. . . 075 C. li. Bessie , ot Kearney , Neb 4 * > 0 G J. Carpenter , of Fairbury , > i eb 75 W. C. Schalter , of Kearney , Neb SOO H. J. Allen , of Kearney , Neb : w J. T. O'Urien. of Kearney , Neb 610 Will J. Scout , of Kearney , Neb 730 K. E , Mclntyro , of Union , la 110 J. S. Harrlnctan. of Kearney , Nob. . . . 2,710 E. P. Tntts. ofJKearney. Neb ! 0 H. U. Halderman , of Kearney , Neb. . . 163 II. It. Wood ward'of ' 1'coila , Ills 410 > * There is no pain without Its compen sating pleasure. Neither the wintry wind nor the summer fain could chill the hos pitalities of' , , too' ' Kcarnoyitcs to the stranger within their gates. Private houses were thrown open for public en tertainment , and if the investors in town lots were improved with the value of tholr purchases , they were equally pleased with the soci ljSU/roundings. intelligence and culture everywhere visible. Several companies of the famous Seventh cavalry , which will bo' ' remembered as the princi pal in Sitting Ball's massacre , wore en camped on an open plaza above the town , taking a temporary rest , enrouto for Fort Hi ley. Consequently the gilt shoulder strap and brass buttons of the officers mingling with the plain dress of the civil ians , lent a picturesque air to the scene. Juan Boyle entertained a goodly number of the guests to dinner in his spacious residence. Among the number were General Forsytho and Major Whitsldo. Mrs. Doyle , who was formerly ono of the belles of Washington society , presided at the entertainment and the soldiers forgot the army and camp , while the purchaser * grew careless of their day's investment and nearly lost the returning train , in admiration ot the tact and beantv of the hostess. The recollection of the day to each and all will ever bo a pleasant memory. What the future will develope for Kear ney no man kuow's. Faith in its increase it M trong u the hopes seat out with the years are potent , the BEG can do no moro than to add In its charity its wishes that all may realize In ( nil the expecta tions formed of them , the riches hgld within ye , oh hills of Kearney-town. Road Iknnlson Dros. ad on 8th page. BIG IRON COMBINATIONS. Development of the Iron Ore Fields of the Northwest. Concerning the recent purchase of iron ore fields In the northwest by eastern and western capitalists , the bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association makes the following publication , after careful investion : The rapid development of the new Vcr- mlhon and Gogobiu iron ore fields in the northwest , is ono of the most remarkable Incidents of this remarkable industrial ora. Shipments of era from both these fields were first made in 1884 , and in 1830 they unitedly shipped over 1,000,000 tons. This year's shipment will probably ag gregate 1,500.000 tons , notwithstanding the dlfllculty ( ti procuring lake transpor tation. Nearly all the ore which these districts have produced was of first-class Bessemer quality , with this physical dif ference , however , that the Vermilion ores are hard while the Gogcbic ores are soft , the former resembling those of the Mar- quctto district , and the latter those of the Mcnomlnce district. The two new districts , each of which has now been thoroughly cxnlored , contain immnuso supplies of Bessemer ores , which will probably not bo exhausted for bund rods of voars. While this country poscsscd pxtonslvo and phenomenal deposits of Bessemer ores in the Marquottu and Mcnominoo ranges prior to the development of the Vermilllon and Gogcbic districts , it must bo rocarded as r. most fortunate circum stance for our great Bessemer steel indus try that these new sources of supply were discovered and developed at a time when t became clearly manifest that the coun- r.v would annually require in the future a much larger supply of Bessemer steel than it had previously consumed. If these new fields had not been opened Bessemer ores , both foreign and domestic , would ' : avu risen to exorbitant prices during the ; iast two years , Not less remarkable , perhaps , than the extent and richness of the new north western orn fields is the formation of powerful combinations of capital to se cure their control and to mine and ship their ores. In May last the Vermillion nines passed into the bands of a com pany of eastern and wcstora capitalists , which uuitl for them and for a short line of railroad , ifO.SSO.OOO. Mr. H. II. Porter iuul Mr. Jay C. Morse , of the Union Steel company of Chicago , are members of this company. A largo number of the Gogcbic mines have just been purchased by two companies , eacli representing a large amount of capital , ono of thorn also adding to its possessions three of the neighboring Monorainco mines. All the particulars of these recent large transac tions have not transpired , but wo Eivo such as have been published and wo have boon able to verify. The Lake Superior Consolidated Iron ompuny is the first of the large Gogcbic companies. It represents a capital of $10,000,000 , and controls eleven Gogebic mines and three mines in the western end of the Monomince range. Ex-Sena tor William Windom is the president of this company ; Jesse U. Grant is secre tary , and Hon. Richard A. Elmer is treasurer. All the Gogobio mines of this country produce Bessemer ore , but the ores of its Mcnominoo mines are outside the Bcssenuir _ limit , two of them produc ing a first class foundry iron , and the other producing a good quality of mill iron. The Brier Hill Iron and Coal company , of Youngstown , is a member of this company. The second of the largo Gopobtc companies is the Bessemer Con solidated Iron company. It represents a capital of $7,500.000 , and controls five of the Gogobic mines , all of which pro duce Bessemer ore. Ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorscy is president. Hon. Charles E. Coon is treasurer , and Jnsso K. Grant is secretary. These two largo companies are supplemented in the control of all the valuable Gogebic iron-pro mines by the Wisconsin Central Railroad company , which owns the big Col by ami the Ash land mines , by the firm ot Moore. Ben jamin & Co , , .which owns the Aurora mine , and by various interests which own the Norriq and four other mines. The principal Gogobic mines which have been purchased by the Lake Super ior Consolidated company are the Kaka- gen , Nimigon , Bessemer , Sunday Lake and Iron Chief. The Menominee mines which it secures are the Florence , Youngstown and Iron River. The prin cipal mine purchased by the Bessemer Consolidated company is the Iron King. The value of the Gogcbic ores appears to bo fully attested by the fact that 250,000 tons have been contracted for to go to the furnaces of the Edgar Thomson steel works this year. An important accompaniment of the organization of the two large consoli dated companies mentioned is the simul taneous creation of the Great Lakes Steamship company , with a capital ol $1,000,000 , which will at once construct n licet of fifteen iron freight steamers of 2,500 to 3,000 tons burden eanh , which will be exclusively engaged in qarryingtho iron ore of these companies to points of consumption or distribution on the lower lakes. The steamship company has en tered into contract with both the largo ore companies for live years at a fright rate of $1.50 per ton. The present price is $3.25 , but much higher rates have been paid this year and also in 1880. The ofll- c&rs of this company are as follows : J. G. Butler , jr. , president ; Hon. Charles E. Coon , treasurer , and D. VV. C. Wheeler , secretary. Such are the leading outlines of the most extensive iron-ore operations this country has ever witnessed. The Ver milion and the Gogobio enterprises are in thu hands of business men who are sustained by abundant capital and who mean to mine and ship the ores which they control. Wo are glad to chronicle tha fact that the much-tall.ed-ubout and really valua ble Gogcbio mines are all now in good hauds and out of the hands of mere speculators. Our furnacemen and steel manufacturers are now guaranteed an abundant supply of Bessemer oresfoi countless years to come , and at reason- 'able prices , for the competition of the various northwestern districts will secure this result. Now let our Lake Superior Iron-ore friends at once make arrangements to deliver their ores at Buffalo as well as nt Cleveland and Ashtabula , and thus got a little nearer to the furnaces and steelworks works of the cast. Our eastern furnace men and Bessemer steel manufacturers will bo glad to buy their ores in prefer ence to foreign ores if they will only put their prices low enough and reduce to a minimum the distance which they roust bo hauled by rail. By making arrange ments for return cargoes of anthracite coal it will be possible to secure very low freight rates by rail for ore from Buffalo to eastern Pennsylvania. Lake ores have for many years been used at Johns town it ) largo quantitiesaiul the distance from Buff.ilo to the upper Susquehanna the Schuykill and the Lohlgh valleys ii very little greater than from Clovclam to Johnstown. The Lake Superior ere producers can never again bo at the mercy of the vessel owners us they have been this year and last. Now markets for their or-ss will soon bo wanted.Ve have pointed out oiiu direction in whicl they may profitably bo found. In addition to the largo amount of pur obaso money Involved in this operatioi the new company , it is understood , wil advance $3,500,000. which will bo usei for further developing the property. Read Bunnlson Urw. ad on 8th page , OMAHA Medical & Surgical Institute N , W , Cor , I3lli street and Capitol Avenue , Omaha , Neb. Permanently Established , Reliable , Responsibtol Established for the Treatment of all Chrenh and Surgical Diseases. M C * ' s&wm tf&lr * 1 s-a1 I3th St. , Cor. Capitol Ave. " lVf/i STREET AND CAPITOL AVENUE. J. W. . 3D , O. M. COE , A.M.M.D. ISAAC SINCLAIR , M.D , f\ i Desl nlriff persons , tnklnir rvilv.\ntiiKO of our reputation , nro con- I JO TJ1 T1Y1 Rtimtly Murmur bojrus Modloul r.stublishmcnts to dccoivo Mntiigen V dl W. Uivy.Li visiting the city. These pretenders usually disappear In a few weeks , lluwuroof tlitiin , or their runners or mronts. The Omahi Medical nnd Surgical Instltutu is the only established .Medical Institute In Omaha , and thomieoosf which hannttunited us In tbo past In oiroctln * euros uheio other * have failed M the Ix-st orldonei if our skill and ability , and our glandlng- und roputntlun ninoiiK business inun l thn bust ovldcnca of our IntOKrlty and lospunsllilllty. Though wo have thnuoandKnt letters nnd testltnonliiU fioin piitlonls , we do not publish them first , liocnuse It is considered unprofessional ; second , wo never USD the names ol ptitli'iits i roluiunro , olthor In books , paiiiTi , clroiilurs or convolution. Wo do liuslnosrt on our nuirltH nnd skill , bellovinif timt the mnirnltudoof our business , our iupnrlor iiilvmitatfoa. reputation nnd ox- iiurlonco , pluoon us beyond suspicion or the nooosHlty of piiblNhlni : to-tlinonliiK Wo invite all to corronpond with or visit tin buloro takluir troatmoiit oHewnorc. bollovlnir that a visit or consultation will convince any intclliifcnt person that It la to tholr adVHiitavo to plnco tbomsolvos uiulor our cure ; that wo liuvo superior ailviint.-.K' ' and fiiullltlcA for ticntlujf pnootal discuses , which , combined with oiu ucliuoludned ability , uxiurlonuu | and reputation , should make our Instltuto the first rholco M he Commercial Koeord , suvs : "Dr. McMonumy. tlio pioprlntor of tbo Omaha Medical Instl- utc.is borond adoubt one of the moat skillful speciiillflts In the western stntos , and Is wall fitted ay nature , oducatlon and exporipnco to till the responsible position whloh ho occupies. In tha iroixtmont of disoitsosol woman nnd dl ou8v < i of the utlnary and Boxtlul oiirana ( prlvkto dlsoMes ) ho piolmblf bus nosupeior In the Unlti-il States. Wo pcisonally know him to bo reliable'and rcspousiblo. DISEASES OF WOMEN Treated carefully , skillfully and gclentlflcnlly tiy the Infest and most approved method ! . Dr. Mo Monamy has foryoaridovotsda InrKO jxirtlonot lita tlmo to the study and troatmoiit Of thu class of diseases , and haa spared neither tlmo nor money to perfect himself , and In fully supplied with every instrument , appliance and remedy of value In this department of inodloino and sur- sory. Separate Consultation Rooms and Parlors for Ladies. Book on Dlscasea of Women , Free * CATARRH. And all diseases of tbo throat treated by Compressed Air , Sprays , Medicated Vapors , oto. , apptiMt by means of the latest Inventions In apparatus for that purpose. PILES CURED OR NO PAT. T3y a Safe , Painless and Oortuln Operation , Private Disease Department. The Only Reliable Medical Institute malting a tipectaUj/ PRIVATE DISEASES OF THE URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS , Caused by Ovorworu , or Worry , the Indiscretions of Youth , or oxcossosof rlpor years , or what ever may tend to lower tbo tone of llte's vital forcoi , causing nervous and physical debility or cxuaustlon , seminal weakness or incontinence ( onormatorrhwa ) , and proumtnr * decay , followed by the lonK train of symptoms which the nuHei or knows but too well , are cured by ournewrftl- torath a treatment , runowlnir vitality and visor , und restoring vital , physical nnd mental power. The treatment of thi class of dlsonscshag until very recently boon neglected by saiantlfla educated physicians , nnd has boon In the handB of Patent Medicine vendors and Ignorant moa claiming to hiuo ono medicine that was uspeeillu and would euro every case. Many are still Imposed upon by offers to guarantee cures or srlvo largo sums of raonoylfft failure Is nmde. All intelligent persons know Unit those nrc simply traps to catch the unwary. Though those devices have boon repeatedly expound by newspapers , victims are still to bo found. Wo know that thousands sulforinif from the effects of those vices have been disappointed eo often that tboy are dlioouratcod and have almost Riven up hope of over belnir curod. To all suau wo desire ta say that bo long as they continue to experiment with speclllo remedies or appliances represented to cure such diseases , they tire likely to meet with nothing but disappointment. No two cases am exactly alike nnd no one remedy bus over been or over cati be prepared to moot the requirements of all. We lm\o made a careful study of these diseases In all tbolr vaiious form * nnd complications , and with the aid of almost unlimited experience in adoptlnf treatment to in dividual cases , wo are enable to euro after others htlvo utterly failed. Wo were nmonK the first to make n specialty and study of this cluss of cllsoasi-s , nnd to treat them upon scientific ttrlnclples. We also treat Strictures , Olcct nnd Varlcololo. All contagious nnd blood diseases , from whatever cause ptodticod , successfully treated. Wo can remove syph- llitlcpolson from than/stem without mercury , or Injury to the system. All communications confidential. Call and consult us or send name and postofflce addreM , plainly written , and enclose btamp , and wo will Bend you In plain wrapper , our BOOK : TO Upon Private , Special and Nervous nisonsos , Heralnal Weakness , Bnormatorrhma , Impotoncy. Byphllls , Gonorrhoea , ( Hoot , mid all diseases of the Qonlto-Urlnury Ui iini , or send history or your case for an opinion. 1'orsous unable to visit us may bo treated at tholrhomoj , by correspondence. Medicines and Instruments uent by mall or express , securely packed from observation , no murks to Indicate contents or sender. Ono personal interflow preferred If convenient. Itooms and board for th accommodation of patients. Tlio Physicians nnd Surgeons of the OMAHA MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTE- Drs. McMonamy , Coo and Sinclair will , lu llio riiturc , Vlilt I'uUentx III All Furls of tlio C'lty Day or Nlglil. In thu past wo have boon obllKod to refuse to ilo gonoial practice nnd visit patients nt tholr homes , but. us wolinvo mtulo nrruniromcntsio add to our sturfof physicians , we ohall bo sbloto answer all calls In the city or country. OUK OfFICK IS OI'KN HAY ANI > NKillT. And one or more physicians may bo called without delay. Wo have Imd y eats of experience In hospital and private practice , nnd In the treatment of all kinds and classes of dlsi-asui. and shall bring our united skill , ability , knowledge and oncriry to the aid of every Invalid placed under our cnrc. Wo are confident tbat our advantages and our success will commend us to every Intelligent , thinking person. No Physician , however well educated ho may bo , can do justice to hia p * . tients unless he is in possession of the latest inventions in Medical , Surgical and Electrical Apparatus. OUK OFFIUi : AiND C'OXSIJIYrATIOJV Contain "n complete supply of BuixictU Instruments , Appliance * for Kxnmlnlnir Discuses. E t Speculum , Ouhtlmlmlscopos , Microscopes , New Apparatus for Applying Klectrlclty or Mngnot * Ism , Now and Improved Vanorlrcr Inhaler , Atomiror , Kto. In fact , the finest an ! most valuable collection of Medical , Surlcal ; and Anatomical Apparatus to bo found in any Hospital , Infirmary or Medical liutltuto In the country. Surgical Operations for the euro of Ilaro T.lp , Club Poet , Tumors , Cancers , 1'lstulii , Cataract , Strabismus ( Cross-Kycsi , Vnncoccle , Inverted Nails , Wens and Deformities ot the Uuiunn llody performed In the moat clontlUo manner. . Wo tuat Chronio Diseases of tbo Lungs , Heart , Head , Illood , Sldu , Scalp , Stomach , Liver , Kidneys. Illuddor , Norvea , Itonui. Kto , as I'arnlysH , Knllppiy ( Titi ) , Scrofula. Dropsy , llrljfht's Disease , Tape Worm , Ulcers or Kovor Sores , Dyspepsia , lluldnoss , Kuioinu , Uurvkturo of the Hplno , Contracted Ilnibn , Ktc. Braces , Surgical Appliances , Supporters , Trusses , Etc. Wo have a 1 1 race Maker In our employ nnd make n special Instrument foruuoh oivso. Anplledby means of the Now nalvunoFiirmdloipjuinitus , the best Kloctro-Modloil .MipRra - f J tuslnusot invuliinliielntboirontmunt of nil tiplnnl IH"iisej , Kpllupsy , KournlBln uml Ithiiuma t tlsra , I'.irulynis. 8t Vltus Donco. lyapop ln , lluiiduclui , Con tln tlou. fomulo ' " ' " 1'rostriitlon.Hciatk'rt , Nervous Kxlmustion , Strlcluroof Ihu Urethrw , IUv. , lite. all Kutlur * to Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute , . . Thirteenth St. , Cor. Capitol Ave. , OMAHA , NEB ,
