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44 i't'ABLISlIEI ) JUNE : I ( ) 1871 , OMAA FRIDAY MOliNIN w' t'NE 19 , 1S9J--'I'WEN'I'1"-VO ( It 1'Ar'ES. ( SINGLE C'OP " Fi ' 1 : E\'I'C ,
L _ _ -
m Cal ices
All Cali-
I
wart i
COS 5r
' at half
Price. . . - , ( ]
Eaa Calicos
All dark
( 'nlors
Ir'ess
1'I'itlti ,
Worth t ( , yd
athnlfpriru bn
Ginghams
hest
Ft 0t'h
Iress
, GIfL'111Ui1S ,
W'urih 1ilc , 5 ( I
go nt. . . . , . , .
/
Qom'- ' ' rn
Organdie
Lawns f I C
,11I 1fie : , t Nr. s 1
Organdie ! yd
Lts'us go at
Corded
' iiii 1 tis
' Worth 16c ,
' 2 yd
goat , . , . . . .
k
40 inch White
. ° Apron
r Lawns
Rr ortll a .lo , yl (
t' ' go at. . . . . . .
IIeSL ) 'lain and
Unrk Colored
Dark
; Sa1eens r
L gout . . . . . ,
I
Brussels
: ' ! Rugs , C
] } yd , lung ,
Knitting
Silks I C
All shades ,
l 2 halt
worth 10c. .
! ! 1 IIf111 I 111111 ; ( Sh11,1 { iTl'-ONE
,
The Town as it as when The Bee First
ljl CilICl1 ,
CONTRASTS OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Ito , the Onutlist of II Quarter of a
Ccuury Iluel : 'Vuuld have lul-
prt'NNeII the .thud o [ the
Ohserlug t'INllur ,
, . _ , .
t. _ _
At the time The Bee trade Its Initial bow
before the local public as a little two page
evening paper , Omaha had outgrown the
. = 'a village stage. As the gateway to the far
d '
west tbrmmglm which the great horde ot trans.
continental pioneers , settlers and tourists
made their w'ay to the mountains and the
Pacific coast Omaha Iiad achieved a recognized -
nized place on the map , and was enjoying
the results of an increasing trade , fostered
' by its geographical position and than recent
opening up of new transportation routes of
f which it was the terminus. The traveler
who came to Omaha In 1871 would therefore -
fore have found a thrlvlng , bustling little
town of about 17,000 iiiiabltants , The
census of 1870 had given it a population of
-1G,0S3 , alld the whole state of Nebraska a
trifle less than 125,000 ,
19AItLY TIt'tNSPORTATION FACILITIES ,
Our traveler might have made his way up
the river by steamboat , as the steamboat
lines had not yet been abandoned. During
the season of navigation , so we are lohl , ll
was by no means an unusual thing to see
each day at the landing several boats re-
culviug their freight fur lho mountains mid
others the products of the slab for con-
sdmption at the south , Ito would , however ,
: u , $ more likely have made use of the newly.
) built railroads which had thrown their iron
( trucks about Omaha like spokes in a wheel ,
Stimulated by the construction of the Union
.r . Pacific , finally completed in 1St , four roads
constituting through connections with the
east hind rapldly pushed their way tip to the
Allssouri river , The Chicago & Northwestern
bad been the first completed , then the
Hannibal & St , Joseph , then the
Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific ,
and next the Chicago , Burlington &
Quincy. Even at ( lint tune the project
for the Omaha & Southwestern was afoot ,
soon to be carried into successful execution.
Thu controversyy over the use of the Union
Pacific brldgo at this point was just al its
height and the buslues men of the town
i 1 were energetically engaged it n fight to
, prevent the threatened location of the Unlon
Pacific terminals on the Council 1dluffs side
of thu river.
I1hIt1)'S-1'11'19 ' VI19 \ ' OF Th19
t Thu first Impulse of our traveler would
naturally have been to take a brief survey
, of the place. The whole area of the town
in 1571 was but a shadow of what it is now ,
'fie streets had been yuid out only from
r Tsventy' thirl street on the west to the
river on the east , and drom Nicholas an the
north to Pierce on the south. The ihth.
r fled 1ortlou wus , of course , much smaller.
r For administrative convenience the town
had been divided into six wards , the first
ward comprising the district south of 1''ar-
pain ( thou spelled Farnham ) and cast of
I Twelfth ; the Second , that soutb of Faruam i
(
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The Granclcst © Biggest $ 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 N [ . : t D Fl Y 0 0 0 S Greatest t Granclest ®
1af e
t k&y .
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t ti a 4't / 11H t ,
U1 t L ©
_ 7 11 Regular ! 'rice you usually pay for them. A double value sale. A
sale at which ever ) ' article advertised vill b2 sold at exactly half.-pi-ice. r
A sale at which you will b get 25c silks for 12 1-2cr 5c calicos for 1-2c ,
Ever open to Omaha ladies' wrappers for 37 L . c ladies' " 5c waists for 9 9c , lt.idt e5" 2 ' 50 Lver brought : , to a con-
buYers waists for 9sc1 men's H underwear which mire have been selling for summation.
° 50c a goes at 25c. Just double value for your n'ione r. The quotations
found below will convince you at once that when we say that we mean to make this the Greatest Sale of the Year--we mean busi-
ness. Are shall take enormous losses , but no matter. In order to have every department ready and in good shape for this ex-
traordinary tomorrow before 9 a m ,
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A T HALF PRICE.
All the _ All the
Men's $1,23 Highest Grader
9
r
ra , r r'aj ar
° In lisle thread and im-
In plain and fancy ; ported h'I'encll nud ,
coha's , that w c havu , , Pn'li h 1ools that we
been , t. lling tit rfic ' , , go have been V . ulling at t
in this sale at j\\ . ) \ 75e , gn at
\ ' :
t. ' , I ! 5c ,1 'ts , I ; , I5 ° ,
All our 25C
l
2
and west of Twelfth ; the Third , that between -
tween Farman and Davenport and east o fe
Fourteenth ; the Fourth , that between th e
same streets and west of Fourteenth ; the
Fifth , that north of Davenport and east of
Sixteenth , and the Sixth , the remainder ,
The streets , even in the business center ,
were unpaved. The sidewalks and crosswalks -
walks consisted , for the most part , of
wooden planks , though the pedestrian esteemed -
teemed himself fortunate to find continuous -
ous sidewalks at all. There was no street
rallw'ay , no electric lights , no telephones ,
no sewers , no waterworks. The people
drew their water from wells and cisterns ,
and water for fire protection was stored in
public cisterns at thin intersections of cer-
taln streets. In one tatng the town pointed
to an up-to-dateness that placed it head
and shoulders above its competitors-that
was its gas works and gas lamps , which
had been introduced two years before.
Still the use of gas for Illuminating stores
'and dwellings was a luxuryy afforded by
exceeding few ,
PANORAMA FROM CAPITOL HILL.
Let me quote a pen picture written
shortly before this very tine ;
"Commencing near the river on the south
attention Is attracted by several substantial
brick buildings used as breweries , while the
heights which bound the city lu this direction -
tion are crowned by handsome private resi-
dences. Passing west vo notice in succession -
cession the gas works , Irownell hall old the
Nunnery ; thence crossing to the north we
reach the old capitol , now redeeded to the
city for educational purposes. An ascent
to Its cupola will well repay the fatigue
impescd. Immediately below lies the city ,
with its wide , regular streets , its lofty
ranges of business houses interrupted hero
and there by churches and lines of pleasant
trees ; beyond rolls the Missouri with its
regal pomp of waters , while in the distant
east sleeps Council bluffs at the foot of the
picturesque hills front which it takes its
name , Ileforo one four or five busy lines
of railroad carry the through trnlllc of ( lie
continent , and a valley unsurpassed for
fertility and beauty can be traced for miles
as 1t stretches away to the north ,
"Coining down into the city and reaching
Farnam street we notice the Congregational
church , nlllitary headquarters and the court
house ; cast of these Kounlze's bank ; next
Sheaf Brothers' bitiurd hull and the ofilces
of the Chicago , Rock Island & Pacitle
railroad. At the fitot of the street ae
several hotels and the olllces of the Union
Pseific railroad , I'asshmg up Douglas street ,
lyre Metropolitan hotel ii the first object
of interest ; then uu 'rwulfth , but a few
5101)5 irom the main thoroughfare , the rooms
of the Young Men's Christian association ,
a credit to the zeal and dev'otloil of the
young men of Omaha. Just beyond
Twclth ( , the Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran
chtirelt and \'isschier's block , Next cone
the Omaha National hank and ( lie uitlccs
of tie Ilorald and fiepuhlicuu. On Seven.
teeuth we see the new Presbyterian church
with its conspicuous store and tbt + Mellno-
disc tdiurch , hut PartlY built. On the corner
of Fifteenth and Uavciiport the now Ilaptlst
church is upproacldug completion and prom.
ices to be one of the fairest architectural
additions to the city , Following cast on
Davenport we reach an open space overlook.
lug the river bulbar , and the eye is at once
arrested by ( lie extenelvo shops of the
t'uiou Pacific railroad. The barracks to
the north of rte city also will repay a
'h LII the Ladies Iltl Mefl's
tC
L. r
o Toney hnnnl s , bet ,
/ GI1iy Ulll' CU Il cult-0Itlel
: , v1" boo ig1i fle
0
I ftr
The ; rui Ic. t buguu that h.r.
k oscrbeennlieicd ,
LM' PL1T i
AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE.
LOT 1-I'anm'y lii lIIIniiIno S.p'ts , LO't'9--I'tucy Mohair rout Iargefig-
lined thruuIruUt , bun ud ueudIIrlliLuttIftcklrts ,
nlth Vol vut suit ) early al' ' hued with percalnii' , .
hi Iie seeeuu fur I3UU , velvet bound , soid early
tomortusv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Iii llle seasaI for .J US. S 9
Worth IJ , tomorrow H'J . \\'orth f'1.98
LOT 3-f&O One all wool serge and Iigured
brilliantine Skirts , ' 20th century .
, ' , style 5 yards wide , ru4tie tat- ( n'
' a , I ' / felt Ilncd , velvet llouhd'e sold fnae
c. ! 'Il , the same Skirl for t3 Q ) , tomor-
_ o'i t 1
/ / / / L0'I' d-rn extra qullhty Iron Sturm Serge ,
' / , , / slik IhilshedIuhair and ] irll /
, , rrjl , lln thlc Sltirts , Ilnely Ont -
t ! ' 1/ , Ishcd , 5 and G ; } 'nrd svlde , a a'
l rl / , f brat at Ilnings , dentlcully the 11'Ut'I'll )
! some n4 we sold for $ ' ; .95 lo-
'
1 " 1/ h OT"a 5 AND I' bout F0l of the cholc.at
- Sltirts , hl no elty , hI1rk niny' rind colored
mnterinl , the richesteffccts of the season , it is the Skirt opportunity of
the seasonSklrts ; that sold for $1:5Oand $15.00 tomorrow for. . , , , , , ,
34.18. 55.98 nud SZ50
visit , though at present the Indian troubles
west have drawn away most of the troops , "
CITY GOVERNMENT IN 1871.
If our traveler should have happened in at
the council rooms in Ilellman's block some
evening when the council was In session , lie
would have found advising that body as
mayor Smith S , Caldwell , one of the leading
bankers and most prominent citizens. In
front of him ho would have seen ranged as
councilmen E. A. Allen and W , J. McKelligan
from the First ward , G. W , Homan and J. S ,
Gibson from tire Second ward , henry Luhens
and John Campbell from rho Third ward ,
John A. Ilorbach and Uyron Reed from the
Fourth ward , James Creighton and J , B ,
Bartlett from the Fifth ward , and George
Smith and Thomas Martin from the Sixth
ward , The other city officers were ; C. L ,
a'h ; treasurer ;
Jolut R , Porter , police judge ; Andrew Rosewater -
water , city engineer ; Jerry Dee , street corn-
missioner , and G , W , Gratton , gas inspector.
At the head of the police department was
William G , Ilolllns , city marshal and chief ,
assisted by Rodney Dutcher , captain ; A , P.
Saunders , lieutenant ; C , P , Paulsen , turnkey ,
and three policemen appointed from each
ward , making a total of efghleen mcn in the
entire force.
The fire department was still a volunteer
organization , Steamer Omaha , No , 1 , organized -
ized July 10 , ISGG , was housed , together
with ( ho Pioneer ( took and Ladder conn-
pany , on the southwest corner of Sixteenth
and Farnam , where the Board of Trade
building now stands , Fire Bing , No , 2 ,
organized September ld , ISGS , was housed
on the cast aide of Tenth street , between
Farnam and Douglas , where No , 2 engine
house is still located , Durant Englne and
hose company No , 1 , organized February 1 ,
1860 , then , as now , constituted the speclal
fire service of the Iildon Pacific car shops ,
COUNTY AND F.DEIIAL OI'I'1C191tS ,
Wandering"Inlo the somber , square , brick
court house that hind been erected on the
northeast corner of Slxtecnth and Farnam
5(1(0(8 ( , our traveler would have found
George ll , Lake conducting the district court ,
with George Armstrong as hits clerk , The
other eouuty oillcers who were supposed to
make their headquarters in the building
were lIenry Eicke , \ \ ' . A. Purchase and
E , 11 , Sherwood , com mIssioners ; Thomas
Swobe , clerk ; \V. J. Hahn , treasurer ; Louts
von Froben , surveyor ; Br , J. C. Detilsu ,
phy'slcinn ; Jolui C , Cowin , prosecutor ; E.
Istahruok , attorney ; Jacob Glsli , coroner ; '
hiury Grebe , shed/ ( ; Jeremiah liehtu , super-
lutuulent of schools , and L. B , Glbsou ,
probate judge.
The Putted States postoftice was located
on Douglas , below Fourteenth street , and .
was presided over by J. II. lielloni as post- +
master. By the time The lice had been well
started I'oslmaster Kellam lad given way
to I'ostmaster Josl Grlfiib , who was soon
toiled to retire by Ile exposures of this' '
paper. The postulllce was advertised to be
oien from 8 a , mil , to S p , m , daily , except
Sunday , when it was opeu from 9 to 10 a ,
in. The malls arrived and departed daily , i
uxcept Sunday. No malls were duo Sunday ,
afternoon or Mmiday forenoon and no do
partut'ea Saturday afternoon or Sunday fore.
noon , And the postotficu patronizing imbue
was specially informed that way stations
oil th m Chicago & Northwestern and the i
Cblcugo , hock Island & Pacific railroads
were supplied by raihvuy mall clerks on
the morning trains.
The other names on the Ilat of United
States ufilcers located In Omaha in 1871
were ; lion. John F. Dillon , judge of rho
circuit court ; lion , Elmcr S , Dundy , judge
of the district court ; \Vatsou It , Satigi ,
eleik of the circuit and district courts ;
Silas A , Strickland , United States attorney ;
Tbcmas J , Majors , internal revenue assessor ;
Charles K , Coutant , assistant Internal
revenue assessor ; Joseph L' . Lauuster , lu
ternal revenue collector ; M11ton F , La-
master , deputy internal revenue collector ;
C. P , Storrs , liquor gauger ; J , T. Nolte ,
marshal ; S. S. Caldwell , pension agent , and
James 11. Peabody , M. D. , penslou surgeon.
Brigadier General Ord was commanding tire
Department of the Platte , with headquarters
in the building at the corner of Fifteenth
and Ilarney streets ,
I OMAIIA'S EXCELLENT , SCHOOLS ,
t Even In those early days the citizens of
I Omaha prided themselves upon the excel-
hence of their schools. The public school system -
tem was under the control of the Board of
Trustees , comprising. A , J. Simpson , moderator -
ator ; B , E , H. Kennedy , director ; John
Evans , treasurer ; and Ezra Millard , J , Ii.
Kellom and W. R. Bartlett , trustees. There
i were at the time eight public school build-
; ings-tiro Pleasant school , which hind cost
$8,000 , tine I'aclfc schom , which had cost
$23,000 , the Izarl school , which had cost
$35,000 , aqd five f'ame. + buildings. About
twenty teachers were erploy'ed to Instruct
the pupils in attendance. The state had
granted the city the site of the old capitol
for school purposes , but the magnificent
hUgh school building which now crowns the
hill sas only commenced In 1871 and not
completed until 1872.
Omaha's private schools were also nuiner-
ens and of recognized standing twenty-five
years ago. Brownell hall was already being
conducted as a boardingschioojfor , girls and
young women under the auspices of the
Episcopal church , It was located In a cotn-
modlous structure on Sixteenth and Jackson
streets for Its home , amid was under ( lie
principalship of Miss Elizaheth Butterfield.
Thu Catholics maintained Stlary's academy -
emy on the north side of St. Mary's avenno ,
west of South avenue , anti a parochial school
on Eighth street , between Howard and liar.
ney. Flually a German school association
supported a private German school housed
in a building on Howard , between Eighth
and Nlnlh streets ,
As a supplement to the schools the Omaha
Public library was established In 1871 by
an assoclatimr formed in Decemher of that
year. Its management ss'as in tire hauls of
eleven directors , the first directors being A.
J. Popplelon , John Patrick , George L , M11-
her , S , S. Caldwell , Julut P- Edgar , St. A. 1) .
Iialcumbo , Ilenry yV , Yates , J , R' , Gannett ,
Nathan Shelton , A , Swartzlander amid A. M.
henry. 'rte nucleus of ; lie library consisted -
sisted of 600 to 700 aelegted books , purl -
l chased from Mr. E. 0. Crosby of Fremont ,
I It was this library tho4 was Jater turned
over to the city to be a tIe a free public
library , and which hhs developed Into
Omaha's present substantldl free circulating
library. I
FRATERNAL SOCIITIE $ . SOCIAL LIFE.
Iii the way of fratprdatsot ) elles and so-
clnl organizations ( he Omahd of 1871 was
well supplied. There were jhe lodges of
the Independent 'order o ! pdd Fcllows ,
which stet In Odd 'Fellow $ hull on Farnam
street , with John vacs aq grand secretary. .
There were a uujnber o4 Masonic lodges
meeting in Masonic ball , ' also mm Farman
street , of which ' 11 , 1' . beuel was grand
master , The Templars of honor met in I
( boil Ternplars' ball in the Caldwell block ,
with Nathan hunt as D. 11.V , P. There
were suvelal cbapfers of Good Ternplars who
met in rho canto hail or lu McCuie's hall
on Cumhlg street , l'liero were the Knights
of Pythias , who had ar'hsll on Fourteenth
street , amid for whom Ilavld Carter u'as
grand consul. There were the Suits of Tern-
porance , with Johh Orchard asV. . I' . , nteet-
big in the Good Templars' bull ; ( lie Caio
donut society , which tet at Sarslleld Iall ;
and the St. Andrews society. John C. Cowin
was president of the Omaha Base hail club ,
which had been organlzed back In 18GG ,
There vas a Turners' society , ' of which IL '
Itinhber waa first speaker and Gustave
llenecke secretary. There wti thu Omaha
Medical society , with H , S , Mathewson , pres.
ident ; J , iL Conkling , vice prealdeul ; It , C ,
Moore , recording secretary ; J , C. Denise ,
corresponding secretary , and J , 11 , Peabody ,
treasurer. There were aiso several labor
unions hr Omaha In p871 , the strangest of
which was Omaha Typographical Union No ,
51 , of which Thomas \\'aIe Bmae prusldenl ;
Richard Burt , vice presldumit ; John Wagner ,
secretary ; t' , D , Schultz , tluanciai secretary ;
ytlcltard Pugh , correspoadlu ; secretary ; '
r y LL1EY
All at Half Price.
ALL TR161 6GB HATS AT HALF PRICE.
till , All
flu the
Flowers Ribhoiis
, . =
' - v
at ( ' iGI ) , at
Half --f , half
m " ! ' \ ' \ Price. ) I B
I iLL I > r
At P4alf Price.
Boys' ' Croy Flaluiel Blouse Suits . 29c
Boys' ' B ue Flalniel Blouse Snits . .
l guy. ' double brcnst-
Qi ed ull wool .nits ,
ihl- ' r4 to 14 year , ) . . . . . . .
Lt Md
' ln { S + light enlaced
u l e Ituuertedcilestot , y
suits Worth \.00 6l
L j
, " Buvs'coumbiuatioii
Stills , 2 pairs tit V 11
pantsoeucimwtt , s
" / Days' 23c
II 1
Brolcuio OverallsC
; 7 Boys' 2.c
I
luea PilRtS . . .
harry Iiaskell , treasurer , and James Mar-
ken , sergeant-at-arms.
AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER.
For a town of its age and size Omaha was
In 1871 no mean commercial and industrial
center. It boasted of five Onurlshfng banks ,
tour of which successfully withstood the
great financial crisis of two years later.
These banks are worth enumerating. The
Central National bunk was located in Central -
tral block , on I'arnam street , with an authorized -
thorized capital of $1,000,000. John McCor-
wick was president ; James G , Chapman , vice
president ; James M. Watson , cashier ; James
E. Boyd , assistant cashier , The FIrst National -
tional bank , then , as now , at the corner of
Thirteenth and Farnam streets , had been
established in 1850 and organized as a na-
tionul bank August 20 , JSd3. Its capital and
undivided profits were over $250,000. Edward -
ward Creighton was president ; Herrman
Kountze , vice president Augustus Koutlze ,
cashier ; Hm. W , Yates , assistant cashier , The
Omaha National bank , corner Thirteenth and
Douglas streets , ht.d a paid-in capital of $100-
000 , and an authorized capital of $500,000.
Ezra Millard was preaident and J , IL Millard
cushier. The State hank of Nebraska was at
the corner of Thirteenth and Farnam streets ,
It had a cal/ital of $100,00o , with Alvin Satin.
tiers as president and Iienlnmln RVood
cashier , The banking house of Caldwell ,
Ramlltnn & Co „ now the United States National -
tional bank , was ulrendy at the corner of
Twelfth and Fartain streets , and transacted
business the same as an incorporated hank ,
] n the line of jobbing and wholesale trade
the chief business was in agricultural imple-
nu'nls , groceries , hardware , lumber , liquors ,
furniture anti some dry goods. In addition
to the nucleus of manufacturing on n small
scale , such as everywhere carried on by the
cigar mahters , shoemakers , blacksmiths and
so forth , there were a number of more lnr
portant factories and mills. Two ttolrlng
uillls were at work grinding wheat Into flour.
Two breweries were converting malt bile
beer , A distillery was In operation manufacturing -
turing whisky and spirits. 'fire linseed oil
works had just been started. There were two
soap and candle factories , a cigar box factory ,
a paper box factory , a coffee and spice utlli , a
foundry , a carriage factory and several wagon
makers , sash , minor and blind manufacturers ,
a show case maker , and loch Packers. There
were two cslahlishinents engaged in the construction -
struction of Iighunhlg rods ttnd one which
was flooding lie west tvtth Nebraska-made
Itoop'skirta and corsets. All this without
counting thin tvo thrlvlng lottery swindles
which were soon after compelled to retire
frnni business homier the lrresistlplo onslaught -
slaught of The ( lee. 'rime principal addillon
to the industries of Omaha far Ile year 1871
was the smelting works , which hail been
orhamlzrd the preceding year amid which coin-
Pleletl the cotsructlau ( of its works and began -
gan active operations in February , 1571 , giv-
lu g employment night and day to an aggregate -
gate of sixty men. Next to the Union Pacific -
cific car shops , the smelting works al once
took rank at ( lie forefront of Omaha's nianu-
faculrhng enterprises.
REPitESENTATION IN TIh9 PROFESSIONS
Among flee inhabitants of the ( own our
traveler would liavo found a fair reprc
sentatlon of intelligent professional mcu.
Of the attorney's and law firms then practicing -
ticing before the courts only a comparatively
tively ( cu' are still pursuing the profes-
sloe In this city. here , however , are some
of the familiar nines ; O.V. . Ambrose ,
Baydtvin & O'Brien , J , C. Cowin , Gilbert &
Swartzlander'evllle & Haves , Strickland
& Wchste'r , Savage & Mandernou , A , J ,
I'opplctom , C. 11. Brown , C. S. Cliasu , W. J.
Connell , U , \ \ ' . Uoune , Luther & Timers.
ton , J01tn I. Redick , IL 1Vaheley , J. M ,
\Voolworth , U. I. , Thomas ,
The list of surviving phy'slelatia of
twenty-fivo years ugo is still smaller. Those
who are still well known here are Ih's , 1 ,
Pan Camp , 0 , S , Wood , 1'eck & Moore , V ,
11. Coifman , S , U , Mercer , J , C. Denise ,
J , It , Conklin , George Tilden and James 11 ,
Peabody ,
None of the ministers of 1871 occupy
Omaha pulpits regularly today.
AMUSEMENTS AND ENTF.It'rMNAIENTS ,
In the matter of amusements our tray-
FE f
U
AT HALF PRICE.
Boston Store gets hold of
S , ooo Pairs N , B. ( JOX'S ,
Philad emplua ,
MISSES' , CIIILDI1EN'S , INFANTS , ' Cl'S-
' 1'011LADE SIIoES ,
ltrect front this famous maker , iuni will
sell them
AT EXACTLY ONE-HALF PItICE ,
The mrguInm' price
A'I' iios'ros STORE TOMOIii o1V.
They are nssmted on hunn'use I0te (0011-
ters , tlcd together nud wlthi big { hands
over eueh lot tellhrg the sensatloual bar.
guln price and the sizes in eueh lot. You
can be your 4alesmtul , it yon wrutt. 'very-
thing has been matTe as ctsy ; ts possible
oil recount of lice cruwds Hutt arc sure to
come ,
( 'OX'S $1.00 INFtNTS' SIIOES , SOC-1
TO a.
( 'ox's $1.60 infants' Shoes , 50c-1 to 5 ,
'
Cox's $ I.5U ( 'htild's Shoes , TSc-5 to 7 ,
( 'ox's $2.00 Child's Shoes , S5c--5 to 8 ,
t ' '
( 'ox's $2,00 Child's Shoes , $1.mm-S to 10's ' ,
' ' $3.00 $ Misses' " o
LakeSpringcliecl"Shoes
( 'OX'S . '
2i. , 15S-
In tbesc lots you will see the finest leather
turd lho best shoemaklag in Anterlcn ,
No other store to town can show such
ltlgh grade Shoes ; no other store in the
wnrdd can make such n low prleo. Remern
ber It's either half Inlet. em It ss ,
LADIES' $3.t ) 'I'AN OXI'OItDS , $1.59.
Ott our center bargnln
counters hi the
Shoe JJt'pmrttneut ' ; we will place : o Pairs of
ladles' trot Oxfod Ties , Button Oxfords nod
Southern Ties , every pndr worth H.01 , you
take your choice at $1.59. Any size you
want.
LADIES' OXFORD TIES , SoC ,
Down In the basement
tier plce
ott sale
1,400 pairs ladles' binek and tan Oxfords
SIc and $1.00 a pah , worth up to $2,00 , nt
II I I eler would not have much dlfilculty to sc-
cure desired diverslot , tae Academy of
Music , In the Caldwell block on Douglas
street , was the scene of theatrical enter-
I tit(1tlneuts by Its own stock corms mny under
the management of Mr. Corn. ltedick's
New Opera house had but , shortly been
completed at Sixteenth and Farman streets
and witnessed a number of performances ,
both amateur and professional , before it
was knocked down as a capital prize in tilt
great Patten lottery , Scattered about the
toter were Innumerable concert and dance
halls , where social gatherings of varying
degrees of propriety were the powerful and
frequent attractions ,
As a hotel guest , our traveler would
hardly have fared so well as ho might
reasonably have expected. The famous
IIerndon house had been transformed into
the Uulon Pacific railroad headquarters , and
the wonderful Cozzens hotel , which George
Francis Train lead built In sixty days ,
could no longer lay cialm to superiority.
There were , nevertheless , some dozen hostelries -
telries ready to receive guests and give
them good accommodations , and a host of
lesser hotel lights and boarding houses.
Among the hotels to which time huslness
mint of Omaha would have recommended
Iris friends ht 1571 were the American
house , Atlantic house , Cozzens hotel , Davenport -
enport house , Douglas house , Emmet
house , Metropolitan hotel , Omae house ,
St. Charles lintel , SL James hotel , United
Slates hotel , Valley house and W'yomhmg
house.
Every hotel of pretension of course conducted
ducted a saloon hr connection with It , but
it that lead been nil , there would by no
nmeans have been enough saloons to supply
( lie demand. The places where liquor seas
to be had added up between eighty and
ninety anti many of them had gambling
room attachments for which no effort was
nadu at concealment ,
EMILY RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY ,
In contrast with this the organizations
of clmurclr-going people presented a strong
array and Omaha lad made good progress
In the fluid of misslmn , church old Sunday
school work. Tire church directory of 1871
svan as follosvst ,
First Christian Church-Itarney street ,
between Fourteenth timid Fifteenth , L , It.
Gault , pastor ,
Trinity Episcopal Church-Corner Capitol
avenue and Eighteenth street. Rt , llev , it ,
II. Clarkson , bishop , ] rev , J , 0. Gasmain ,
rector ,
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church-Corner
Fourteenth and Casa streets , George C ,
Iietts , rector ,
St , Mark's Episcopal Church-Corner of
Elghlh amid Pierce streets , Rev , J. W ,
ltippey , rector.
Second Presbyterian Clntrch-Corner Sev
etiteenth and Dodge streets , \Vllllan 1) ,
hall , superintendent of Sunday school ,
United Presbyterian Church-Teutlm street ,
between Pacific and fierce , 11ev. Tlionias
\1cCngue , pastor.
First Methodlht Church--Seventeenth
s(1'eet. near Capitol avemmc. 11ev. 0 , Do
La Matyr , pastor. Samuel Runes , superhm-
lendent of Sunday school ,
German Methodist Church-Davenport , ber
lss een Flfleeutli and Sixteenth streets , ltev ,
John May , pastorV. . Samfleld , superln.
leadent of Sunday school ,
First Baptist Churclt-Corner fifteenth
and Ilavenporl streets. 0. 11 , Seagrave ,
aupor'intendent of Sunday school.
Emanuel Lutheran Clmrcli-Douglas , between -
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. 11ev ,
II.V , Kuhmns , pastor , J. 11. Uetwllet' ,
super(1llendcnt of Sunday school ,
Scandinavlmt Lutheran Church-Itedlek's
hall , \lelropolltan block. 11ev. O , S. Larson -
son , pastor ,
Unitarian Church-Servlcee held in time
old Congregational church , ( lien concealed
by Itedick's new building , corner Sixteenth
and Farnam streets , fl. F. Blond , minister
First Congregational Church-Sixteenth
between Farnan and 1)nugias ) streets , A
F , Sherrill , pastor. R' . L , Peabody , super.
intendent of Sunday school ,
Catholic Cathedral-Corner Ninth and
ilaraey streets , Right Itev , J , M , O'Uormau ,
La.llcs' and Coats'
Lawn C
Ties
All Styles. .
1
Latlics' and Gouts'
Silk
Ties
Ladies'
Swiss
ltiitfiflil
Vests
Whitwuul cream [
midi's' '
Lisle
Thread
' Vests
lone'the t't
amid half "
earth 251
Ladies'
Spun
V atS
W'nt'til aI ,
111sses' mind ( 'hlrtlr'cu's
ilililioti
Sleovoluss ,
1ltsses' timid Cmlldremi'tm )
Swiss lttbb.d
J iI
Yost
I'aual rriro
1
Extra L' rig
Ham-
,
\Vo1 'th l.
Ca > w et
t Wl18i eiS ice
t\'orth * 2.tt0 ,
gm mat . . , . . ,
D , I ) „ blsh op. ) 'cry Ilev. J. Curtis ad-
myulstrator cud pastor. Rev , William Mc-
Ginnis , assistant pastor.
Uulon Mission Sunday Srliool-Mlsslao
house , North Omaha. W. H. Lawtua ,
superintendent ,
Tabernacle Baptist Church-Rice's ball ,
Caldwell block. Rev. J. \Vcstover , A. AL ,
Pastor.Vatson Ii , Snlith , superintendent of
Sunday school ,
Second Bapllst Church-Dodge between
Ninth and Tenth streets , Ines' . Amos John-
semi , Pastor.
True Latter Day Saints' Chu clm-Cato
near Sixteenth street , D. Miller , presiding
elder , Nicholas Iluuel , supe'rhttendent of
Sunday school ,
Congregational Church-Simpson's hall ,
Fourteenth between Douglas and Dodge
streets , Rev. A , F. Sherrill , Pastor.
George W. hall , superlutendeul of Sunday
school ,
Young Men's Christian Assoclallon-Itootn
on Twelfth between Farnam and Douglas
streets , Watson B , Smith , presilent ( ; James
M. llam , vice president ; V'Illlaul Fleming ,
treasurer ; C. L. Garrison , recording secretary -
retary ; J. C. Denise , M , I ) „ corespolaliig
secretary ; Itov , W.II , Woods , editor and
city missimiary ,
FItOM TIIE S'FANIPOINT ) OF' MORALITY ,
To quote lu conclusion ( rem the unknown
contemporaneous author to whom I have
previously referred , "with regard to morals ,
Omaha hiss suffered from Its position as the
ontrepot for all tine west and the resort of
professlonal rogues seeking a respite after a
sojourn lit the mountains , It was also
plagued with a set of newspaper correspmul-
ents s'hio delighted in retalllttg all that was
prurient amid giving to every street brawl
thin importance of n frat-elass tragedy.
hence the inpresstnn east is general that
life and property are by no means sate In
Omaha ; upon this subject we say briefly that
as In all cities , vice may be foutul In certain
haunts in Omaha , but it does not ply Its
seducllons nor display Its vnlgaritlea in
public , as It does lu many places laying
claim to superior virtue.
"As to rho stale of religion , durlug the
last year , Semite of time churches have had to
endure rho trial n ( witlcssing time fall of
prominent members ; others are divided ht
senlineut and some are destitute of pastors ,
but a glamico at the city will show Ihal ru-
llgious acth'Ity lot been the rule from ( lie
beginning , Snbballm schools are uutnerous
and well attended ; benevolent associations
are sustahted , as well as mimmslonary enter-
prlses amt simnuld any mo test the report of
llberallty which t pervndes nil classes lie 15'Ill
find nowtmero lu tire world a more hearty
re'spmtse to ( lie claims of suITering humanity
than Ito will from tle religious portion of
time population of Omaha. "
VICTOR ROSEWATEIL
A Ill'S1' 111'111 ,
\rritteti fur The Item' .
Quick perception , armidfasl spirit ,
Found tine laid of plenty fnh ;
But It lay lu helpless 5R0nee ,
Full of blessing , rich and rare ,
) Title the courage of conviction ,
Seeing vislous from afar ,
Fidlhfnl purposm' , strong endeavor.
Swung lime great west's gale mijar ;
Sent a cry to all ss'tmo slrucgied
in the crowded , stilling e'mtst ,
'felling ( hem to wean where Nmttnro
Spremids u most refreshing lutist.
Called to those whom fortune favored ,
Como to us , multi bring y'Inu' wenlth'
\Yu will help Plan to hn'remis0 It ,
( jive your souls and bodies letmhth ; '
Saw a thrl/ii / g city butldcd
\\'lmere the WI ldera's5 hail been ,
Gave a htJpul , ctunlld luiud clasp
( Jobe mill who enlcied In ,
Brnvely fought the amhiushcd fuemen ,
Jemdoimsy itnml greed bestow ,
On thu few w'huse limier Ilbei'
! 'Inds a sva ) ' for mill to go.
Emphasized all righteous dolog ,
i'tIrlebsly exposed the wrong ,
JUmdu Nt'braska's vtdfmre foremost ,
IJved her sorrows , shored her sungg
ltELl.I' . R'ILLIY UUl9.
W'Inslde Neb „ Junu it , , 180G ,
mlLio.k.NM