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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1891)
THE O1LAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , FEBRUARY 3 , 1391 ARE FACING COLD AND HUNGER How the Blizzard Pound Many Families in Western Nebraska Counties. STATUS OF DROUTH STRICKEN FARMERS , Pcnplo Who Are Absolutely Destitute nntl MiiHtlio Cnred F'or Imincill- ntt'ly Farmers ami Stock- inonVlio llavo I'lonty , In order to ascertain the exact condition of the people of the drouth-stricken section of the sin to , both northwest and southwest , TUB BP.K tnndo arrangements with a reliable rep resentative who has traveled nil over the state , and who Is well acquainted with lend ing citizens in nearly every county thnt ho traversed , Starting out via the Fremont , Klkhorn ft Missouri Valley railroad ho stopped over In the counties between Holt nnd Sioux , nnd then took the Burlington road t Crawford , making his way bao via AIM- n-co nnd through Box Uutte , Grant nnd other counties. .After n flvo days' trip ho re turned nnd tnnilo n detailed report , of which the following 1 ? n summary. Inquiries wcro also mudo through Tin ; Bni.'s correspondents on the line of the Bur lington west ofllnstluKsnnd on the line of the Union 1'nclflc west of Kearney. These , tigothor with the report of our special repro- Hcntatlve , mnko a very complete compendium of the situation in the drouth-stricken sec tion.Vo hnvo omitted nil counties from which the reports of our correspondents tally with the rcpoits nnd estimates heretofore mndo public by the state commission. COVXTIKS. TIrlor Statements ol * tlio Condition of Vnrioux Htrlcken Localities. For Lincoln county the cotnmlttco asks for provisions and fuel for 500 families and grain for the same number. THE HUE'S ' report claims th.it there are about two hundred and llfty families In Lincoln county who nro in Immediate need of provisions and fuel nnd who will suffer if aid does not reach them ' soon. Thu rcllof board has exhausted nearly 'all supplies at hand and is overrun with ap plicauts , some of which have been hero from remote points of the county , nnd falling to get fuel , have remained several days in hopes that supplies promised would reach here , saIng that It was useless to go homo without fuel and food , with starvation star , ing them in the face. Two-thirds of the farmers w ill need seed. From Blaine county the state committee ro- poits that there are 115 families in want of provision and fuel , and 125 will need grain. TUB Bih'H : ' report claims that there nro at least sovrnty-llvo families , averaging flvo to the family , ili.it nro destitute of provisions and grain. Fuel Is not so badly needed. According to THE BEE'S ' report there nro not less than ono hundred farmers in Ked Willow county who must bo supplied with grain , from four hundred to six hundred who must have fuel , and not loss thnn four hun dred families who must bo suiipllod with pro visions until next Juno. These estimates nro not In the least overdrawn , as on examina tion will soon convince any ono. \Vebstcr county , according to the state committee's report , has 100 families In need of provisions and fuel , nnd the snmo number will need grain. TIIR DUE'S report claims that there nro probably 150 families that are destitute In this county and must bo sup plied with provisions , fuel nnd socd grain Many people hero nro in extreme want , It is reported , and unless thcv receive outside assistance the suffering will be great. The state committee claims that Sherman county has 100 families in need of provisions nnd fuel nnd 400 in need of grain. TUB 13in'8 : report claims that there nro oestltulu families in this county who nro bcinfj supplied with provisions by the county nnd nearly six hundred farmers have applied for seed , but the number actually needy is estimated at COO. COO.Douol Douol county claims to have 300 families In need of piovislons nnd fuel , And 455 in need of grain , according to tbolstnto committee's roport. Tm : lluu's report says that owing to the provisions , coal , etc. , thnt have boon nl- ready shipped Into this county , nnd owing to disbursements mudo by tlio county treasurer and Justices of the peace , there are but few families entirely destitute , hut nt present tbcrois ono footofsnownndvcrvcold wer.ther and unless assistance is furnlshod there will bo 100 families entirely destitute. All the families must have seed for planting and great ninny must have feed for their teams. Quito n number of families have plenty of hay for their stock ami will got thiough the winter nil right. The s'ituatlon In this county is bad enough , but It might bn worse. The farmers are all confident of a good crop next year owing to the heavy snow fall , If they can only secure socd for planting. From Custer county the state committee reports MX ) families in need of provisions unci 800 In need of grain. TUB BFK report agrees with the above mentioned figures. Thomas county , the state cotnmlttco re port 52 families In need of fuel and 73 in iieec1 of grain Tin : BKK'S ' report that the county board of this county places the num ber of destitute thnt umst ho supplied with provisions nud fuel nt at least sixty families or about three hundred persons all told , and estimate that about seventy-live fanners must bo supplied with grain for sect find food. Thn great majority of the stock of this county has not had n food of grain for Bovon months and consequently tennis nro not In condition to work. The jnlld , open Winter has admitted of gra/.ing nnd cattle nro In a much hotter condition than might ho ex pooled. KY GUI.1l It'.lXT. One Hundred Sioux County Destitute. Ciuwronr > , Nob. , Fob. 2. [ Special to TUB BISK. ] Crops In Sioux county for 1S90 wore practically n total failure with the exception of hay , which was poor. In 1SS9 the county had less than n half crop. In 1838 auO prior years crops were good. There nro about UOO farmers In tbo county Of these probably 100 are stockmen who are able to take cnro of them- Bolves , 100 never raised much grain , supporting themselves by cuttlni nnd selling timber from government lain upon which they have made llliugs for thiv purpose , leaving' 100 families nt leas absolutely destitute , many ol whom are today In \ cry poor circumstances , and all o whom will have to bo furnished seed grnlt and other necessaries if they remain horoanc Cultivate their farms tlio present season. With few exceptions tlio well-to-do farm crs of which there nro some , mid oven some o the ranchmen are malting application for assistance , so time in the distributionof grnir mid supplies , If any is made , more or loss im position will bo perpetrated unless the utmost vigilance Is exercised. It Is no very great exaggeration to say tha 50 per cent of the settlers of Sioux , county are facing the grim spectre of want , causei by conditions entirely bojond their control nnd it is fllso true that the linocrops of this county during the years prior to ItoD estab lish the fni't that with the ordinary ainoun of rainfall the soil is fertile and capable o raising excellent crops of wheat , oats , barley and grass and fair crops of corn. COUXTY DEStlTVTIOX. Uosult of Crop I'niluro atul tlons or Money Sharks , CiiAt iiox , Nob. , Fob. 2 , iSpoclal to TUB BBI : . | Dawos county , of which Clmdron U ttio county scat , * IB the most important countj in Northwest Nebraska. It contains eve : thirty-six government townships of land , o about 8. > 0,000 , aoras , throo-quartora of which U in ordinary seasons excellent farm huid There are nearly 1,000 farms and ranches In the country covering nn nroa of probably 3JO.OOO ncroa , or nearly ono-quartor of the county. The county cast at tlio last election nearly 1,000 , votes , of which probably 000 ivoro Inhabitants of tlio towns anil employes of the Fremont , ICUihorn It Missouri Valley railroad , leaving the balance (1,000) ( , ) located on the farms , Of thc o probably 2.W nro veil to do ranch or stocicmon ; 2.7J nro armors who brought means enough hero o carry them through ; 2'K ) nro In such a eon- lltlon as to bo able to K ulong this season > y uMnjj tholr credit , nnd nptwnlltiK to tholr families nntl friends east , but at least 25 per cent nro nlnolutoly without the moans or credit to plant their flclils nnd nt least one- nilf of thorn have no way to live. No crops vcro r.tlsed m onc-hnlf of the county , No vorlt Is to be had nml destitution , through no fault of theirs , stares many nn honest man md many nn heroic family in thu fat-o so .snv- a ely that unusual efforts must bo rcsortod to In their bohnlf. Tlio county officials are clrculattr.jf nfll- Invite for the farmers to sign , setting forth their deplorable condition and urgent neces sities , but I rccrct to say that 1 nm Informed that these nnidnvlts nro beliiB signed prptty generally rcRnrdlcis of the actual conditions of thn settlers. To sift the o , nnd separate t ho fnlso from the true ; to'glcan the worthy from the perjurer will bo tlinicult. Hut the general estimate of 250 needy farmers ami 125 absolutely destitute Is not far from the It Is not , however , drouth nlono tu\t ) has brouRht'about this condition. The merciless greed of the money sharks of this region , who iiro plundering thu settlers by exacting from 'I tor per cent a mon h for money , has had about ns much to do toward bringlne about the present deplorable condition of affairs In this section If not more thnn the frowns of the elements , and consequent failure of crops. The country Is rich In natural resources. Tbo settlers are composed of about the best blood of our western life , but no community or business ran IOIIR livo. to say nothing of prosper , and pay Infamous rates of interest nnd excessive railway rates , A mr.HE Il.lGATElLE. The Flvo Millions \et Nccilcd for tlio \\orl < l' Knlr I2any cii'Acocss. CIIICAOO , Feb. 2. [ Special Telegram to Tun BKP.J Tuo ways nnd means committee of the local world's fair directory It occupied with the question of how to ralso the extra $ , ' . ,000,000 to mnHo up the $15,000,000 , thnt will bo necessary , Treasurer E. R. Suoberger is not at nil alarmed , nnd predicts that the extra money will bo easily raised In Chicago. "It has never been n secret that wo should need fcir > ,000,000 to run the exposition1 said Mr. Seoborger , "nnd wo have long been pro- pat Ing to scrape together thnt amount. It will not bo necessary to go outside of the city to ralso the amount for there nro hundreds owealthy men whom our solicitors have never reached. Wo will also call upon men who hnvo largo property Interests hero but who do not Uvo hero , mid I have no doubt that they will pay up handsomely. Then there are many wealthy men hero in the city who have no places of business nnd who nro chlolly occu pied in tenriiiR off bond coupons. These have not been reached , but they will bo In duo tlmo. The railroads , or fifteen of thorn , that oriter the city have subscilbod $500,000. There are six or seven tnoro to hear from ana altogether they will probably double the sum. "When the building operations begin a great many men who have nlready subscribed will take moro stoclf , and I hnvo no doubt that the necessary § 15,000,000 will bo mlsed without difficulty. " JX XOltM.lL. COXDfTlOX. Holt , Koya 1'nlin , Itrnwn , Itock , Cherry and nhoildnn Counties. VALENTINE , Neb , Fob. 2. [ Special to THE BUK.J Holt , Koya Pnha , Hock , Brown and Cherry counties uro in normal condition , with average crops , and no unusual need of outside assistance. Holt In particular Is , for that county , in an unusually prosperous con dition , and has been contributing supplies to the western sufferers. Sheridan , immediately east of Dawos , of which Kushvlllo Is the county seat , was se verely Injured by the dtouth , but not fatally so. It is naturally a flno section of country , and contains a iirst-cln-ss community of farm ers and stockman. So fur as the country is concerned the loss by drouth Is prob ably inoro than offset by the money and business unexpectedly brought in Dy the massing of the military In this section on account of the Into Indian excitement , Hushvillo having been in some sense thobaso of military operations. Still there are many cases of individual want , nnd it Is certain that not loss thnn 150 farmers will bo unable to put in crops the coming soisou unless as- siMed by the state or other outside source. I am unnulo to find many cases of suflerlng from dire want. Tlio great county of Cherry , east of Sheri dan , is devoted almost exclusively tostoelt raising , and having had rain sufficient to secure - cure a fiilr crop of grass is in about fnlr con dition nnd probably able to take cnro of Itself. mri\ Many Fnrmors in Itox Ilutto County Cnr.'t Of > It A lone ALLIANCE , Neb. , Fob. 2. [ Special to Tim BEB. ] I have had oxcoptloinl facilities for getting nt the real condition of the farmers in Box Butte county. A largo percentage of these are small cattlemen , that is , ranchmen with from 200to 1,000 head of stock , and what ever may bo said they are nblo to take cnro ol themselves. There nro. however , in this county at least800 farmers , thnt is , settlers , who depend upon small grain , corn and garden truck , dairy nnd poultry products for a liv ing , nnd this cla s , ( with the exception of n fuw upon the Hunning Wfttor river , who huvo pntt of a crop ) are In bad condition. The crop was poor In 1SVJ and a total failure In 1800. Some of them have other means nnd can live through thU season , but fully 50 per cent must have hulp or stirvo , and there Is a good deal of serious want now. It has not all been brought about by drouth , but ! ) , t and 5 npr cent a month to the money sharks caused half of the trouble. How to Jlrc'iik Up n tiorcro Cold. From the Virginia City , Mont. , Madlso- nlan : When wo Ilnd a inodlclno wo know to possess genuine merit , wo considorit a duty , and we Unto pleasure In telling the public what it it. Such a medicine we found Chum- berlain'3 Cougn Homody. By the use of this syiup wo have relieved , In a few hours , severe - vero colds , and In the course of two or three days , entirely broken them up as has several of our friends to whom wo have recommended it. It Is nil It is represented to bo by the manufacturers , it you have n cough nnd want to stop It , Chamberlain's Cough Uom- ody will do the work. For sale by all drug Blsts > Oporto In n Ktnto of Lisnox , Fob. 2. The loaders of nil the monarchist groups have offered their services to support the government. Oporto has been declared in n state of siege for ono month. Twenty parsons were killed In Saturday's light. The government , suspecting there was discontent in the Oporto garrison , liiu Issued orders for the transfer of several ofll- cors there to other regiments , This action , together with the recent imprisonment of th ( editor of thoUcpubllcan Portugese , oxpcdltcc the outbreak. I have n cousin who is a printer , says ox- Mayor J. B. Loughran of North Pt-s Molno In. Some years ago ho was employed in tli city where they were printing circulars f- Chamborlaln. IIo had a deoo seated cold and terrible cough , and whllo setting up copy ho made up his mind to buy n bottle. It curei him and that was the first I ever know of Chamberlain's Cough UomodI have been strongly in its favor ever slnco. My own experience porionco ana that of my family convinces mo thnt this remedy is the host in the world That may bo strong language but that is what I think. For sale by all druggists. Ex-Tronmircr Youngs' Statement. OMAHA , Fob. 2. To the Editor ofTiU BKB : It appears by some of the local papers that I have boon sued by the P. S. ft E union ns treasurer for the sum of $54 , whlcl I withhold from them snmo tlmo ago. I wish to state that I was otllclally ordered to pay bills and otherwise dispose of all money h my possession belonging to the said union before I , with the majority of our -printing pressmen in Omaha , severed our uonncotlot with them to Join the now printing press men's union. F , M. VTo Lord ColerldRO writes : "Sond mo fifteen dozen Cook's Extra Dry Imperial \VIno. tried it while hero and llud It superior. " J. B. Frawley of Kansas City , division passenger agcat Of the Uulou Pacific , U in the city. TA 01 1 TittMii pnrMTi PiTiii n TO SLE TIM GREAT FATHER Sioax Indiana A nlvo in Omaha on 1 heir Way to Washington ! THEY REPRESENT THE FARMING CLASS , George Hurries' Work nt the Joliiiny Or In noil's Or I in n Jtutl- i'iul Changes nnd I'rimintloim Oth r L/uo.il Ni\V4. A party of ten Sioux Indlnns attracted a rent deal of attention nt the Hotel Casey yes terday. They arrived In the city Sundny night shortly before 13 o'clock from Pine Kldgo agency In chnrgo of Mr. T. W. Ulacltburn , a special agent of the Indian ofllco. They are en route to Washington to tell the reat Tathor what they know about the re cent outbreak and the causes thnt led to it. This U their first visit to a larpo city , nnd Lhclr natural curiosity has found nn ample leld In which to operate. When they en tered the spacious hotel rotunda , brilliantly illumnlnatod with gia nnd electricity , they stood In opcn-moutti astonishment gazing nt the celling and the numerous objects of in terest on every sldo. There was none of the Indian npathy , stoicism and Indifference that you road about hut on the contrary they manifested the keenest interest In everything that was transpiring. During the greater part of the day they occupied a couple of rows of chairs in tbo rotunda uiul thcru was apparently not n tnovo mailo that escaped their iiotico. They were dressed In ordinary citizens clothes , nnd were either plush cups or bluclc slouch hats. Only two were Indian moccasins. Jlut for tlielr faces , they might easily have passed for a half seoro of every day tillers of the soil. These Indians nro fanners , and are to give n diffciont phase of tho'lndlan question from that set forth by the hostllus who are already in Washington. In the party are the followlncr : Louis Richard , Hollow Horn Bear. IIo Dog. Good "Volco. Quick Bear , Clarence T. Stars , Kobort American Horse , Charles Turning Hawk , AVhlto Bird and Grass. The llrst 11 vo are ftoin Hosobud agency , nnd the others from Pine Hldgo. HIchard is n half-breed nnd is taken along as an Interpreter for the Kosobud Indlnns. Three Stars , who writes his nnino In civil bed form ns Clarence T. Stars , Is a full blooclod Sioux , who attended school ut Carlisle , cun talk English and acts as interpreter for the Pine Uiilgo delegation , All but Uichard nro full bloods and , with the exception of the Uvo above mentioned , nemo of them can talk English. None of them participated In the recent - cent outbreak , nnd nro among the most pro- giessivo of the frlendlv Indians. Klcharu talks United States perfectly nntf is a very intelligent nnd well informed" indi vidual. Ho talked very freely about the sit uation In the Indian country and scored ex- Agent Koycr , whom ho charged with being responsible for the recent outbreak , IIo sala that everything is now quiet and affairs hnvo assumed their former phase. Tbo Indians collected at Pine Uldgo bnvo been aent back to the agencies nnd two com panies of soldiers remain there. Pine Hldgo Is the only agency that has been placed in tlio hands of the war department and at all ot them peace and quiet nro re stored. At the time of the battle of Wounded ICnco , Richard was between Uosobud and Pine Kldgo. During Gen. Crook's campaign ho was with that oflleer , and claims to have been the scout who carried the first news of the Ouster massacre to Gen. Crook. IIo had been sent to Laramlo and Fort Fottormnn to guldo additional troops to reinforce Custer when ho heard of the massacre. IIo stated that the Indians who participated In the mnssucro hod been defeated by General Crook's command only a law dajs before and had retreated to the position where they were found by Custor. The party left at 4:30 : o'clock vestordny after noon over the Burlington for Chicago , nnd will proceed without delay to the national capital. Gnorgo Harries' Good Work. Mr. George H. Harries , correspondent of the Washington Star , passed through Omaha ycstordiy on route from Pine Ilidgo to Wash ington. Mr.Harrles has done some exceptional newspaper work on the reservation. Probably the bebt of It nil was whoa ho gathered together " gether tho" hostile chiefs who were soon to start 1or Washington , and Dy the aid of an in terpreter , interviewed each one of them. Thus Air. Harries was able to send his p.iper all the chiefs had to say. Tbo Star made good use of the Interviews and printed each ono with a cut of the savage chieftain whoso language was quoted the day the patty arrived in Washington. Mr. Harries followed this un with something of a revelation to the interior department. Ho showed conclusively that the Indian chiefs that had been designated to go to "Washington and buzz the Great Father nnd pot a now broidcloth suit were all from the disgruntled , non-pro- grossivo , mischtof-makincr faction , and that not a blnglo ono of them had ever been known to work In any way ; had never produced a crop nnd had never engaged in thosimplo pur suits which have enabled a largo number of good Indians to almost sup port themselves. Not ono of the latter class had been called to Washington and the In dians who were called at once began to taunt the goodie-goodies over this unhappy condition of things. They drew the only moral there was In it , to wit : that It didn't pay to work but If evcrv Indian would nt once proceed to h.wo n monkey and parrot tlmo tboy would at once receive the attention and respect of the Great Father. This fact Mr. Harries sent homo to tno authorities nt Washington nnd tlio result was that the Indian oftlco sent Mr. T. W. Blackburn , formerly of Omaha , out from Washington post hiisto * to muster a delegation of industrious , progres sive Indians In order that tboy , too , might talk with the Great Father. Air. Harries thinks the wur Is not over , nnd that when the weather breaks in the spring it will bo necessary to send every soldier bade there again. The Indians have not been subdued , nnd they nro continually boasting that the white man Is afraid of the Indians. Their hearts are bent on revenge for the killing of their relatives ut Wounded Knco. Every body predicts serious trouble in the spring. The Indians have not given up one-tenth of their guns. Dr. lllrnoy euros catarrh , Boo bldff. Pny fur I'lnjinu Mayor. "When am I going to get my pay for play ing major of the tov/nl" asked Councilman Osthoff of City Clerk Groves , yesterday morning. "You'll ' get It right away I suppose you're suffering font , " was the clerk's reply. "Yes 1 nm nnd you want to stretch It too , all you can , " said the ox-actlug mayor. J'Tho amount of change wo got depends on the extent of the stretching , don't III" asked Deputy Clborson. 'That's ' ' what It does , " said Osthoff , "and you may hot that what I say goes , And another - other thins remember 1'vo been sick and need money badly. " And the bill went In fortwo dnvs pay nt nearly $9 n day Just the same thnt the mayor receives $3,500 a year , Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup for chil dren teething produces natural quiet sleep. 25 cents a bottle. An to Dennis' Assistants. The plumbers nro taking an active interest in the appointment of Inspectors by Major Dennis , superintendent of plumbing. Atnincotlngr of the Plumbers , Gas and Steam ntters'Unltod association holdlyostor- day resolutions were adopted endorsing John Morrissey , Dennis Herman and John Uoso ns competent men for tho.positions In question. lioii't bo Deceived , Especially when your houlth may bo at stake. It any ono offers you Johnnn Hofl'a Malt Extract and "Johann JJofTV signature is not on the neck ol the bottle , do not take it undoi any circumstances. CLOTHING MEN'S Special Sale of Trousers , 88.76 : We make a point every season to close out heavy weight Trousers before the arrival of spring goods. This week we will have the biggest bargain sale of fine Trousers we have ever had. Remember , $3.75 will buy some of the finest fabrics we have had in stock this season. Sizes are somewhat broken , but so many lots have been consolidated 'that all sizes can be fitted. They are in fine fancy worsteds , cassimeres and cheviots. Plenty of large pants for big men. Mail orders will be filled with the same care and attention that any cus tomer would receive in making his own purchase. Send mail orders with the understanding that you take no risk ; as if goods are not satis factory they may be returned at our expense. BOYS' LONG PANTS , $1.50 AND $2.00. We have accumulated a large lot of Boys' Long Pants during the season and will offer them at this sale in two special bargain lines at $1.50 and $2,00. BOYS' KNEE PANTS , 50 AND 75 CENTS. We mean to clothe the smallest as well as the largest , and will offer a bargain line of Knee Pants at 50c and 75c , which are worth a great deal more , but are remnants and must be closed out. LOOMIS & OO. THE STANDARD COCOA OP THE WORLD. UNLIKE TFA & COFFEE-GOOD FOR THE NERVES. The claims of cocoa as a useful article of diet are steadily winning recognition. Unlike tea and coffee , it is not only a stimulant but a nourisher ; and it has the great advantage of leaving no narcotic effects. Hence it is adapted to general use. The strong may take it with pleasure , and the weak with impunity. VAN HouTEsr s COCOA "BEST & GOES FARTHEST. " JKJ-VAN HODTTS'S COCOA ( "onco tried , otwnrj used" ) loaveu no Injurious effect * on the i nervous eystem. It's no wonder , therefore , that la all parts of the world , thla inftntor'i | Cocoa la recommended by medical men linleiul r ten iintl coffee or other < > cocon orch cnlHte tor < lnly | n o by children or ailnlti , h lo an < l Ick.rlch < ! nndpoor. "j'argost iale In the \rorlil. " Ask forVAN HoUTF.s'snnddiAeiiootfirr. 68 tfww 'ii rift is oed revenue. ' < result's fro .cleanliness 1Hs5olid c&Keofscou rn soa.pt jfty iKnyour next * house-cleaning and beheppy 9CHEAP COMFORT Can 1)6 secured by the small investment in one caJce of SAPOLIO when you hcuue a housa or 'kitchen to clean. From the paint to the pot's and pans , and including the ivindows and floors , it is the wry lest labor-saying soap for scouring and cleaning. Ml Grocers sell it. Enjoy It. 'S ' of pure Cod Llvor Oil with Hypo- plioBphltea of Lime and Soda la almost OB palatable no milk. " Children enjoy It rather than otherwise. A MARVELLOUS FLESH PRODUCER It la Indeed , and the little lads and laoalos who take cold easily , may be fortified against a cough that might prove serious , by taking Boost's Emulsion after tholr meals during the winter season. Heirnro of tulilltutlotit and imitation } . ' EXCELSIOR SPRINGS s " . . , . W ATE RS"S"S ! Nalurt't Tonic , Dlurtlieind Uro ! Solvent. COLD ONLY IN DOTTI.IS ET C D. MOORE & CO , , Agti. 1515 Dodge St. WINTER BE SORTS. Charming Winter Resort in tlio Highlands. HuntsvtllclIotcl.Substantlal.Elcgant.Ncw . . IIAllVKY B. DKNIHO.N , Munazer K , IJEN1SON , Aislitant. AMUSEMBNTQ. COMMENCING TT TTV TTI ) < > MONDAY JtT" P VJCJ. * : * T1MH IN OMAHA. , * , ' 'A Poem of LaiiBhtPr and Sunshine. " V Wm. Qlllotto'ii ( Jroutoit CoraoJy lilt ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME , ( A compnnlon to "Tho I'rlvato Secretory , " ) Wlthlta hlis Now York cait nnd npcclal scenery. Under the Direction of MR. CHAHMM FUOHMAN lox ) Bhcota oiioa baturday at regular price * . Grand Opera Hoiise , SALE OF SEATS FOR THE Two Porformanots , Matinee and Night , Saturday , Feb. 7 , iSoi , OF TJ-lEL Jefferson-Florence COMEDY GOM1DA.NY Will Open Thursday ( Pebmary Oth at 9 a , m. ! SSffifSr THE RIVAL ? , SaW HEIR-AT-LAW , Scale or Prices , 5c ( ) , $1.00 , $1.50 , $2.00 EDEN MUSEB. Will Lawlor , Mnnnior. Ckir. llthund Fa main WKKKOK HIIlHUAltV 2 OOn. AUHXA.ND13H OOOPEU. The Kentucky ( inlnt , .Ins Wilson , iihenomonal efHknalnnlBt | , Iloxn Vurnon , Kimllah ClOK Da nro. a hi'nnly , MncCombu Clilldrcn , sonK unit ilunoo iirtUtu , Hiiddhirnndost. . ( ierinan Coincdlnnn , Woll'i muil- calnittiry , Indy Ilkj-cllsl , ACreutbhow , PUOl'OSALS rOHKinLDSKRDS. U. S. IN- illunservlco. Itosolmd Aurnoy , South I > a- l < otii.January li Ih'Jl. HouloU iironosals on- dorsocl "I'roiiosiilB for 1 Iclcl Seeds.1 and nd- ( Irtssml to tlio undersigned ut Kosotind Aiicncy , South DiiUotn , uilllio rccutved until 1 o'clook of 1'ubiuary 5Knlfirfiiriil ) liliiB unil dull\t > rliiK tln'h.iino nt Valentino , Ncbrukii : WiO bushels of buwl outs , 1,009 InishulH of Hood jintatocs mid l.Otxi lniHlioIs of sued corn. Did ders must htiito the jirniiosud inIco of vauh ar- tlolo to bo ollurt'd tor doll\ory under a con tract , CfcllTlKIKD UIIKCKB. Klldl 1)1(1 must lie uccninpanlbd by cortl- llcd oliook or draft uiion sumo united titntus ] icosliory | ) , inuilu uiiyuble to thu ntdcr of the unduiMsiied , for ut leant I'lVE per cent of tliu amount of tlio proposal , which ulicok or draft will lie forfeited to tha United btatcsln CUBU any bidder or bidders icculvlni ; an awurd slmll full tonromptly tixeouto u con- tmut with coed and sulUalent HiirllluH , nther- wlso tolio rotiirnnd to tliti bidder. J. OKOIiOH WHiailT , U. & Indian Acent. J-W-d-ai-tra ALDEN & FAXON , Advertising Agents , 66 and \VestTbird Street , Cincinnati , O , A CHECK FOR S1OO will secure the Insertion of one-half Inch 2 times in the following weekly papers. fm " - tt x wri Is ttie l > oi > t made , and li ioljQ everywhere. ' 1 Mi li the orfg. lnal36ho . llcwaro of Imi tations. roilUvtly none Koniilnn unlcii iionipcil cm the > olci , " .Iiinius ninans' 8J Shoo. " / ? 13 J. MEANS & CO. , i1"L- * l LlDtola Street , A California Kervs Foot Mnlccs New I'rouli Illood iinil 1'ro- iluri-i Klrnh. Curei Alilnnla , Scioliiln. Ilnd Circulation iiirtull Imourltlos of the Dlood as well at tha , In nil } form. Cold Hands or Fuot , 1'alii In tlio Duck and utlirr forum ol V7fakn < * . Dr. llolili'g Nrrvo Tonic I'lIU brine the rosy tint of health to the shi-llow chnnk. WxaK , nervoin ponrlo should take thin Krcat LKo Ronewer. Try them , and > uii will join the tliuuJanas iil liuppr men ami vvoinnn who ilallhlfns Dr. doDbfurhls irrrat work Hi tlivlr bchilf. 'they ic sugar coated. M crnta a UI. for tale by Dutcllti orbym ll. Adrtrou HDBI'S MIDICINI CO. , MOPS. . SiH FUKCISrO , Cll. FOUhAl.K IN OMAHA , NKO . 11Y Knhn A Ciior. IScli A Dougliu Elrnti J. A. Hiller U Co , Cor. Illh & DuuuUi btra-U. A. 11. rmlcr A Co. Council llluQi. lu u , AND PRINCIPAL rttlCTCTS CVtRVWHmE RnfTorlnd from the uct ol joulhful orron earlvdoeny , woit'rigwcjikni sui , luxt nmuhooil , otc. I will tcnil liTaH'ablo ' treutlM ) ( u-almll coiilatului full riantculara for homn euro , rillX ot dmrga A tplemlld medical work ) nhoiild l read ly ) v jj man whn li perron and ilolillllntiit. Addrcu I'rof , V. C' . 1'OU'JL.liU , MoodtlH , Couu , DR. J. E. McGBEW , THE SPECIALIST. Mora Than Fifteen Years Exparlonoo In tha Treatment of A euro la gnnmn- PRIVATE DISEASES tcc'il In from llirna to tlvo dura irltli- out tlio loan of nn hour's tlmo I'erumneiitljr rurocl wlthouk STRICTURE imln or ImtnimoiHs ; no cut ting , no illlfillnic Thu most ctnarkablo remedy known tomoilurn BClenco. Cured In : > 0 to HI days. lr. Mo- ( irow'H troutiiiont for tlili turriblo Mood ilhoavu h in been nronoiiiicud the moit powerful nnd tiircmiful remedy uvor illi- rm orul for Iho absolute euro of tlili CHPII | | O , Iltj MUCOVI with this dheiiHO him uovur beuu ciiuallod. A complete euro nuAiUNTKKl ) nil all vronknoss of LOST MANHOOD or aiunorv- .IUHIIU39 , 1111,1 nil Ull- nMunl rtlfclmrKOi , nro absolutely cured , Uollof lj niocllnto nnd compluto Hhoutnathni nnd nil dlj- o not of tha bio id , llrur , klilnuya anil bladder U3f nmnently cured. rronnoj ? unit FEMALE DISEASES § nn j of tha jiachor blnildnr curc'd Tlio Doctor's Homo Troatuient for l.ndlus Is truly acoinptcto , convenient anil wnnitoiljul reinody. ' " " 'rum 2 to 4 ONLY. Honk froc- , RD BflnPDtllS/'t / ? niarvnlom succors hM Utli llluUnLW O Wlin lorlilm nrcpiittttlon win iiiuwiii.il w , , iici , , i , truly imtlonal Inolmrnctcr , nml lila Kront iirni ) of piitlunti ruichoj from Iho Atl.tntla to tbo r.itlllc 'Iho Doctor tin Bnultnito of "IIEH1ILAR1 niiMllelno nml liai hn'l loiuf nnilrarutul ovpcrlonoo In ho plrnl prnctlco , nml I * claimed Rluonx the Uallnx Hpoclnlht In moilorn flclenco Tieiitinent tiy ( orri'Hpondonco. Iloolc or clrculurs about each of the nbovo dlsuises , rum Office , 14th and Farnani Sts. , Omaha , Is'tb. Kntrnnco on either itrcot FISCHER'S ICE TOOLS , Double Markers , I'lows with Lift ing Cams , Tongs , Bars and Fischer's utp Improved I c e m Hooks SOLE AGENTS. OmahaH05 Douglas St. NEBRASKA National Bank U , 8. DEP03ITOHY , OMAHA , NKU. Capital , - - - - S40O.OOO SurplucJan. 1st , 189O , - 02.00O Oltlcom and Dlroctorn-llonrr W.Yntcs , I'rojMont ; I.ewliH. Itued , Vlco-I'romduiit ; JIUUOH W.Harnna V. Mumo. John H. CnlJIns. It Uuihlnz , J. N , II 1'utrK.k , W. H. M. llughoJ , cuslilor. Tl-im IRON BANK. Corner 12th anil FarnauiBt > . A Qnnnriil lliinklnj Ilnslnuss Trnnsuolol Men -nlio.iro l.-.tkln lii Tllnl Tnrre anil vliior , or lire \vrnk nniliiri-ioiii ( roniany canto , stiulnt once for tiuilul Inrtinimtlon , FJtiK , of thn New fJunnniiii Nrnic Ilninn Curu. No clcrtrlo non- crnso. Mo ttomurli clriiVKlnX' Certain cure foe ftU Wciknc fiiof men. Ailurrm Altilou I'kurniioy Co. , Ilux 0 1 , A.lblouMUki