Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 2, 1875, Page 2

THE OMAHA BEE OFFICIAL paPEx OF VHE CITY TO CORRESPONDENTS. Wi po xOT desiro any ontributions whatever | of # literary or postical cheracter; aad we | will not mndestake to Freseive, o to return ‘e same, in any esse Whatever. Our St | 1 suficiently large to more than supply our | lismited space in Wat Lirection. [ Brax Nax or WaiTsz, in full, must in each | and every case sccompany any comnaunica- | tlon of what nsture soever. This is not in- tended for publication, but for eur own satis- faction and as Broot of ood fuith. | 0n Covwrar Paugxos we will siways be | ‘plommed to bear iromm, on sll metiers connected | with creps, country politics, and on sny sub- | Joct whatever of geners] interest to the peo- | ple of our State. Any information connect- | od with the election. $hd relating to floods, | accidents. ste., will be gladly received. All | such communicvtions, however, must be brief as possibie; snd tuey must, inall cases be written up™o one side of the sheet ouly. roLTICAL. ALL AX¥O! NORMENTS of candidates for office —whether made by sell or friends, and whethér as nol ‘cesor con. aunications to * Editor, are (until nominstions are made) wimply personsl, and will be clarged as ad- vertisemeats All communications should be addressed to . KUSEWATER, Biitor and Publisher, Drav- 3 ; NOTICE. On and after Oedber twenty-frst, 1872, the #ity circulation of the DAILY BE is assumed by Mr. Edwin Davis, ro whose order all sub- scriptions not paid st th office will be payable. nd by whom all recelpts fer subscriptions will countarsigned. . E. KOSEWATER, Publisher Tus Herald charges Hon. Guy Barton with the entire responsibili- ty of the penitentiary mill tax, and other odious legislation. Now, while the BEE has no desire o shield Mr. Barton from just criti- clsm for whatever responsibility may attach to him as chairman of the Senate finance committee, 1t proposes in due time to explain the reasons why & prominent State of- ficer, who has heretofore enjoyed unlimited public confidence, is real- 1y the party chiefly responsible for the penitentiary grab, the Journal printing steal, and several other frauds. TaE Laramie Independent js wa- ging savage, and, as far as we can learn, unjust warfare upon the Pos. tal clerks and route agents on the line of the Union Pacific. In justice to these postal employes, we must say, that so far as our own experi- ence goes, the postal-car mail ser- vice on the Union Pacific is unex- ceptionable. The BEE circulates more papers over the Union Pacific than all the other journals west of the Missour! river combined, and we have mot heard a single com- plaint from that route during the past four months We are con- vinced that the recent irregularities, it any have occurred, are chiefly to be aseribed to the irregularities over the Towa roads and east of Chicago. If any delinquencies have occurred west of Laramie, they cannot be traced to the postal cars, but may oceasionally occur in the distribu- tion office at Salt Lake. — Hox. JouN BavMER authorizes us to contradict the charges of the Lincoln Journal and Omaha Repub- lioan, touching his conduct in con- nection with the “license bill.” Mr. Baumer assures us that the engrossed bill was put in his hands by one of the engrossing clerks, (Mrs. Pattee.) After examining it, he placed it upon the desk of the chairman of the ewrolling commit- tee, Mr. Murphy, a few minutes before his departure for Omaha. Having no time to spare, he did not see the chairman, supposing that the bill Would be safe and properly presented for enrollment. Thestate- ment that he eluded the sergeant- at-arms is unfounded, 2nd the ani- mus of the Journal can readily be explained from the fact thal Mr. Bsumer sought to defeat their $8,000 printing fraud by moving tor its re- consideration. — CHEYENNE complains bitterly of what the Cheyenne Leader terms the marked hostility of the Union Pacific toward the Wyoming capit- al. The chief ground of complaint appears to be tne failure of the Union Pacific to comply with sol- emn promises and stipulated agree- ments, by which citizens of Chey- enne were induced to invest in real esiate at extravagant prices. @en- eral Dodge and Oliver Ames had beld out inducements to them to purchase expensive corner lots by promising to erect extensive machine shops, depots and other buildings at Cheyenne, which have not only never been built, but are not likely ever to be erected there. According to the Leader, the com- pany has not offered to do anything beneficial that would, in & measure, make up for its negligence and fail- ure to live up to its agreements. TUnder these circumstances it was but natural that the leading proper- ty owners of Cheyenne, who, for the most part, are also the leading merchants, should bear a grudge against the Union Pacific, which manifests itself at every opportuni- ty. Thus, much of the traffic which should flow over the main line of the U. P. via Omaha has been diverted, and Cheyenne merchants have been, 50 to speak, forced to pat- ronize the Kansas Pacific. This di- wversion of the commerce of Wyom- ing from its natural channel,’is to be deplored not only for the sake of | fair the Union Pacific, but also for the sakeof Omaba. The mercantilein- terests of Omaha are in & great ‘measure identifiea with the mercan- tile interests of Cheyense, and ‘whatever tends to eripple Cheyenne ‘must indirectly cripple Omaba, It is, therefore, to be hoped that the managers of the Union Pacific will, both in the interest of the great railway and in the interest of Onia- ha, adopt sueh ‘a pelicy as will in & measure rectify the grievances of the citizens of Cheyenne, and recon- clle them to the situation. | usto imyress upon THE CUNSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. On the first Tuesday in April the | citizens of Nebraska are to choose sixty-nine members to the conven- | tion which is to frame a new funda- mental law for this State. 1n view | of the important task devolving | upon this body the time for discus- | * sing the qualifications and meérits of proposed candidates is comparative- ly short. It is hardly necessary for the minds of the people of this commonwealth that the men selected for this convention should rank high for their intelligence and probity. They should be men less noted for ex-7 treme partizanship or sectionalism than for their patriotism and devo- tion to principle. The framers of anew constitution should be men with whom the interests of political partiescr political factions should be secondary to the interests of the people. They should be men with whom the interests of sections or localities should be secondary to the interests of the whole State. The new constitution is not to be framed for the perpetuation of the Republican party, the Democratic party, arany other political organ- ization. It is not to be an instru- ment made for the benefit of South Plaite, North Platte, or the territory west of the 6th Principal Meridian. Members of the convention are not expected to act as champions of the county or district from which they are elected, but they are expected to give us a fundamental law that will equitably apply to all parts of the State not only during the next decade, but through the generations that will inhabit Ne- braska in the distant future. The Constitution of the United States has been the fundameatal law of the nation for nearly a century, and there is no reason why the new constitution of Nebraska, with pro- per provisions for future amend- ments, should not outlive ten gen- erations. With this view of the case before us, we cannot impress upon the minds of the people too strong- 1y the absolute necessity of selecting the very best men for the conven- tion. Let the convention of '75. at least be equal in make-up and abil- ity to the convention of '71. Donot, if you value the reputa- tion of this State, send political .demagogues, briefless shysters, and brainless “do-nothings” to repre- sent you. Give us men who have earned & reputation in their own ealling; men who have gained undisputed eminence as farmers, mechanics, Iawyers or doctors, Judges or soldiers. Teet us have sound thinkers, and not blatent bunglers. Let us have men of broad and liberal views, and not men whose contracted and*cranky ideas wonld seek to couvert the con- | stitution into an embodimert of im- practical notions and “jsms.” Let us have men who will do more thinking than talking, and above all things do not send men to this convention who Wil set there like somany wooden images and stough- ton bottles. Havixe failed to impose his im- posing presence upon the United States, Pinchback is now doing his level best to impose endless feuds and endless miseries on the people of Louisiana. Tk amended school law, which we reproduce elsewhere, is death on nepotism, Nebraska school direct- ors will hereafter have no chance to employ their sisters, neices, aunts or even their prospective_sisters-in- law. A Monopoly i1n a Tigh* Place. 1San Francisco Chronicle.| There are some indications which seem to- foreshadow that the reign of the Western Union Telegraph despotism is about over. A rival company has announced such re- duction in the cost of telc-raphing between New York and \Vashing- ton, Albany, Boston and intermedi- ate points, a8 will seem inexplicable to the business communiiy. The reductions indicate tLat the charges of the Western Union Company~ are simply exiortionate and monstrous. But it s asserted that the superior mode of transmission by means of the auto- matic system, combined with du- plex and quadruplex instruments, of which the Atlantic & Pscitic have the exclusive use, warrant the re- duction which has been announced. Meantime, while the contest be- tween the old monopoly snd the new organization is going on, the genersl public may ruminate with complacency upon the admirable and time-honored apothewm, “Com- petition :s the life of tiade.” The Soientific American says that the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Com- pany now “looms up” as u danger- ous rival of the Western Union. General Eckert, a man of proved executivé ability and of great expe- rience in the business, has taken the presidency of the Atlantic & Pacific, and in the warfare which will soon commence in downright « arnest be- tween these two powerfu! combina- tions the general public + il take a lively interest. —_— Reward to Whom it s Due. Through the indomita' e will of Hon. Clinton Briggs, of Gmaha, the railroad companies who own land in this county, have be-n induced to pay their taxes, whi:h amount to abopt $25,000. Th:- will be a benefit in more ways th-n one. It will have a tendency ‘. persuade the companies tosell th: ir land at a lower figure than her. fore, for as long as they had @10 ' ixes to pay they were not over-an - ous to sell — although they offered ut seemingly Tates. ~ To Mr. Briggs too much credit cannot be rendered, and we would suggest that our County Commissioners _make him a handsome donation. He has spent from one to two thousand dol- lars out of his own pocket besides making three or four trips to Wash- ngton, With the assistance of Judge Sprague and Hon. Sam. M. Chapman, of Plattsmouth, he has pursued this case with a_tenacity that has finally resulted in his favor. Several other lawyers were employ- ed by different counties, but they had not the stamina to fight it to the bitter end. $85,000in our coun- ty treasury Is no small sum, and we ask the commissioners to think the Mmatter over. — 4. i 60 per cent., all ad valorum. A pi viso excepts all goods which have as | | a component material 25 per cent. orover in value of cotton, flax, wool | ZYLYFF'S FAREWELL. Farewell to caucuses Lobbyists nd Legis One mill tax and all such things, To Stout, Kennard and Silver's band, To railrod steals of all gur land, And contracls with the Furnas braud ; To ugly plays and foalest deals, And to the power that Boss Stout wields ; ToTharston’s jokes and Moudy's law, To leglalators, green and raw, To politicians insatiate maw, To Senatorial midnight fights, To sections quarreling 'bout their rights, To voting wrong just for their spites ; To Howe while tracing upa scent Of some corruption, fully bent 1hat Lincoln shouldn’t have a cent, On getting pufis his soul intent; To Crawford's speeches on fres trads, Corruption plots st midnight laid, To making fame 050on to fade, To swapping off and trading votes, To get one act o please their folks, To mailing papers to friend, To hoping ofice ne'sr would end, To thoughts that to the cash box tend, To Rosey’s bee, that often stings, To Lincoln steals, and all such things, To many things 100 bard to tell, And politicians gone to —, To one and all a long farewell. Zriver. —— STATE JOTTINGS. —Grand Islaud anticipates a brisk spring trade. —Tekamah is to have another furniture store. —Dawson county 1s getting some early spring immigrants. —Carl Schurz is expected to lec- ture at Fremont on April 10th. —Hastings is jubilant over the passage of the eounty seat bill, —The Lincoln land office is open for the trausaction of business: —Beatrice will completo a8 new grist mill during the present week. —Johnson county farmers are af- flicted with the Black Hills fever. —Falls City is making an_effort to secure the location of the Trunk road, —David Ballentive is wintering five thousand sheep on the Medicine river. —Considerable destitution exists among the farmers in the Western part of Otoe county. —H. G. Clark, Secretary “of the Btate Grange, now makes his head- quarters at Blair instead of at Line coln. —Ashland expects to induce the location of Hall's foundry and ma- chine shops from Omaha to that point —Millard will Iook upward assoon as spring opens. A new store, ho- tel, restaurant und many residences are in view. Six barrels of prairie chickens been the average shipment per day over the §. C. & P. R. R. from West Pointand Wisner. — Aparty of immigrants fromPrai- last week on their way to Madison county. They didn’t ssem to fear the grasshoppers, —Sabine Barry, an old gentleman who lived on a homestead near Pig- eon Creek, Dakota county, was caught out in the storm of Tuesday evening, and was frozen to death. —Tecumseh loses $23,000 a year by not_having a first-class steam mill. Mostrof the farmers in the vielnity go to Nebraska City to mll, and of course buy their goods there. ~Immigration into Seward coun- ty bas already commenced. Six covered wagons passed through seward in one day last week, and ome or more are seen coming in nearly every dax. —Circumstances seem to indicate that the murder of Mrs. Klienburg, near Fontenelle, was perpetrated by two young men, Wallenhorst and Randall. They have beeu arrested on_suspicion, and are held to an- swer, —Tt is reported that the Pawnee Indians who left their reservation Iast fall, to select & new home in the Tndian * territory, have failed to make a choice, and are now on their return back with buffilo meat and hides. —After a thorough investigation of guards, citizens and Page, at Ft. McPherson, during the court-mar- tial last week. the citizens of North Platte were exonerated from any complicity whateyer in aiding the escape of Page. —There will be a meeting of the stock-men of Lincoln, Keith and Cheyenne counties at Ogallala on the first day of April, 1875, to ap- point a day to commence the gen- eral ‘“round up,” and to decide which 15 the best point to start from. —Adams Is situated on the lineof the A. & N. R. R., in the northeast- ern part of Gage county, eight miles northwest of Sterling, seven miles southeast of Firth, and twenty-nine miles southeast from Lincoln. The town site is a beantiful tract of land on theright bank of the Little Ne- maha. —Wm. Kruger, who lives three miles north of Bell Creek, shipped fifty-five hogs to Omaha this week, averaging 250 pounds each. Kour years 2go a car-load of hogs could not be had within a radius of ten miles, when the last years shipment shews about 15 car-loads. A horrid cass of humane depravi- ty, indecency and beastliness was presented to the court at Lincoln on Monday last, too revolting to be be- lieved unless upon positive proof, An unnatural father living in las- civious cohabitation with his two daughters, one sixteen and one eighteen years of age: —About a year since three Paw- nee Indians left the Pawnee reser- vation and started on a trip to Eng- land. One of them sickened and died in London—another is sick in New York, and one day last week the third Pawnee arrived at Colum- bus, wearied and 1n ill health, but intent upon_reaching his old Paw- nee friends before his spirit takes its departure to the happy land. He calls the Atlantic, “heap big pond.” —_— Amendatory Tariff and Internal Revenue Act. The “act to amend existing cus- toms and internal revenue laws,” which recently passed congress and which was approved hy the Presi- dent on February Sth last, makes seme changes in the tanff which will interest merchants having on hand the commodities affected. We compile the following from the law relating to duties on imports: Spun sllk for filling in skeins or caps 35 per cent. ad valorem. FIOGIS:ID;‘ 35 l'1 oetlxl‘(, ad valo- Tum. wing silk in the gum or purified 40 per cent, s Lastings, mohair cloth, silk twist or other manufactures of cloth ‘woven or made in patterns of such slze and shape as to be fit for but- tons exclusively 10 per cent. All other goods made of silk or of whieh silk js the material of chief value rie City, Towa, were in West Point - or worsted All still wines imported in casks | 40 cents per gallon. All still wines imported in bottles | $1.60 per case of adozen Lottles, not more than a quart each, or 24 bottles not more than a pint each, and five cents per pint or fractional part thereof for any excess beyond these quantities. Hops 8 cents per pound. Chromate and bichromate of po- tassa 4 cents per pound. Macaronie and vermicelli two cents per pound. Tin in plates or sheets and terne and taggers tin one and one-tenth cents per pound. An- chovies and sardines 15 cents per box, 74 cents per half box, and 4 cents perquarter box, and when im- ported in any other form 60 per cent ad valorum. Barrels and bags of American manufacture when ex- ported, filled with American pro- ducts, or_exported empty and re- turned filled with foreign products may be returned to tbe UnitedStates free of duty. There are other items, but these are all that are likely toInterest any portion of our readers. From the part of the law relating to internal revenue the only changes of interest to our readers are as fol- lows: All internal revenue documenta- ry stamps which have been render- ed obsolete by repeal of taxes will not be redeemed unless presented to the commissioner of internal reve- nue befure Outober first, 1875. The provision relating tostampson bank checks has been amended by strik- ing out the words “at sight or on demand,” and 1t now reads: ‘Bank check,draft, order, or vouch- er for the psyment of any sum of money whatsoever, drawn upon any bank, banker, or trust company, two cents. Retail dealers in liquors shall pay twenty-fivedollars. Wholesaledeal- ers one hundred dollars. Retail | dealers in malt liquors twenty dol- lars. Wholesale dealers in mall liquors fifty dollars. Provided that no brewer shall be required to pay special tax as 3 wholesale dealer by reason of selling.in the onginal stamped packages. — PENITENTIARY BARBARISM. Voice of the State Press. The best way out of the difficulty is the discharge of the present war- den and under officers, and the ap- pointment in _their stead of make an approach, at least, to the human, —Tecumseh Chieftain. The parbarism priictised upon the conviets in_our penitentiary is re- volting, and calls for immediute ac- tion. ‘This step is due to the people and humanity, and it seems to us to be a strike of policy.—Beatrice Cous rier, 3 With this report before the people we may expect ‘o hear something “dray.” Gov. Garber will be in duty bound to act upon the report; and nothing short of a complete change will satisfy the people.— Ashland Times. The “majority” by Baumer, Fischer, and Enyart, is but little more mildly drawn, while the sec- ond “minority” by Lucas is rather “washy.” If “an open confession’ 8 good for the soul, then Warden Woodhurst has been “born again.” —Schuyler Register. The prisoners all testify to brutal treatment, and if they tell the truth about the matter, Woodhurst, Nobes, his deputy, and all the guards about the Penitentiary, ought to be now wearing a striped suit, and oceasion- ally experlence the pleasures of the stocks and bull-rings— Oakdale Journal. Every citizen of the State of Nebraska is interested in the man- agement of the state prisons and the conduct of those whose duty it may be to provide and care for the prisoners therein contained, espeo- ially every taxpayer of the State, ‘who pays his proportion of nine dol- lars & week for boarding each pris- oner confined in the penitentiary, when they shall learn that these prisoners are compelled tosubsiston “irye coffee and maggotty meat.”— Columbus Journal, We feel that a radical change is demanded in the management of the penitentiary at once, or else our people are hardened agamst the plea for humane treatment. Ward- en Woodhurst may haye been igno- rant of the bratality of Nobes, and of the tyranny of Kalkaw, yet he is responsible for the acts of his agents, and when he attempts to paliate their acts by citing other prisons, or the inseourity of the pen- itentiary, he misinterprets the peo- g}e if he expects them to sustain m., Prison reform is one of the great causes espoused. by humanitarians, .and much progress has been made in the discipline and management of prisons during the last quarter of acentury. Reformation is as much disciphine as punishment. There is far too much cruelty practised to- ward criminals to-day. The testi- mony of the warden showsa practice in punishing with the bull-rings, whether by his consent or not, that disgraces our State and insalts our intelligence, as a people, and should be abolished at once. It makes no difference where it is practiced, if in nine Btates out of ten, oreven in heaven. Every noble feeling of our natures, every impulse of the bu- man soul, revolts and calls loudly for its abolition. Let the barbari- ties practiced in our penitentiary that disgrace a Hindoo or Hottentot, be done away witn, with Wood~ hurst as Warden if we can, or with- out him if we must.—North Platte Republican, General Thayer. The nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate of General Thayer as Governor of Wy- oming, is & most fitting recognition of the abllity of one of Nebraska’s most eminent men, by the head of the nation, and the lighest legisla- tive branch of the government, the latterof which General Thayer was at one time a member, and the peer of the ablest in that body. This recognition of the valuable services of Gen. Thayer is no less a compliment to the State of Nebras- ka than tothe General himself, and while we are pleased to learn of his prosperity, we are loth to lose from “our Btate one who has stood so high in the affections of our people; one who shed lustre upon bher milf record and in the national halls of Congress, labored zealously and un- tiringly for the development of her Z;t interests.—North Patte Repub- n. Hon. John M. Thayer has-been nominated and confirmed as gover- nor of the cerritory of Wyoming. This is a splendid appointment, and shows that General Thayer is ap- lated by the authoritles at ‘ashington, wko are acquainted with his ability and statesmanship. -Saunders County Republican, the purpose, or should be, of prison |- BANKING EZRA MILLARD, President. OMATEIA NATIONALBANK Cor. Douglas and Thirteenth Streots. OMAHA, - NELRASKA. 3. H. MILLARD, wrneessanensns§200,000 00 OntiaE ot Surplus 48d Prois.m., - 50,000 00 praxcian AGENTSFOR THE UNITED STATES. ANT DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY FOR DISEURSING OFFCERS. ‘THIS BANK DEALS in] Exchange, Government Bonds, Vouchers Gold in, |: "BULLION and GOLD DUS1. | A And sells drafts and aakes collections on all parts of Europe. BB Drafts drawn payable in gold or curren- cy on the Bank of California, San Francisco. MCKETS FOR SALE TO ALL PARTS of Europe via the Cunard and National Steamship Lines, and the Hamburg-Amer‘can Packet The Oldest tstablisneu BANKING HOUSE IN NBRASKA. Caldwell, Hamilton & Co., BANKERS. Business transacted same as that of an Incorporated Bank. Accounts kept in Currency or Gotd ang,!oetw sight check without no- Certificates of Deposit issued pay- able on demand, or at fixed date bearing interest at 81X _percent. per annam, and available in in all parts of the country. Advances made to customers on :Ppm“d securities at market rates interest. Buy and sell Gold, Bills of Ex- Government, State, Comnty, m‘qv Ul‘t{ Bond.sl..l @ give g attention 1o nego- tiaf lhlmld and other Corpo- rate issned within the Stato. Draw Sight Drafts on England, Scofland, and all parts of Europe. Sell European Passage Tickets. COLLLECIIONS PROMPTLY MADE. au U. 8. DEPOSITORY, First National Bank OF OMAHA, CORNER FARNHAM AND 13TH 8T8, THE OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. BUCCESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROS. Established n 1856. Organized a3 & National Bauk, August 20, 1863. Capital and Profts Over $300,000. DIRECTORS: H. Kouxtzs,Pres. | Jonx A, CRRIGAT.Y, ‘Aveustus Koustze, [ H. W. Yarss, Vice President, Cashler. A.J. Poi At'y. ‘This Bank reoetves doposita without regard to amounts, Tssues time certificates bearing interest. Draws dralts on San Francisco and prine} eities in the United States, also London, Dublin, Edinburgh and principal ctiesof thn continent L ‘+=Sells passage Tickets for Emigrants by Inman o A AR PPLETOX, ALVIN SAUNDERS, _ENOS LOWE President. Vice Presdent. BEN Wo0D, Cashier. STATHE . SAVINCGS BANK, N. W. Cor. Farnham aud 1th Sta., - EPOSITS AS SMALL AS ONE DOL- Iar seceived and compound interest al- jowed on the same. Advantages OVER Certificates of Denosit: [E WHOLE OR ANY PART OF A DE- it after remaining in this Benk three months, will draw interest from d.te of depos- it to payment. The whole or any partof s de- ‘posit can be drawn at®any tima. aug2 ti BYRON REED. wis 5 zERD BYRON REED & ©0. The Oldest Estabushed Roal Estate Agency IN NEBRASEA Koop completo Abstract of Title to all Rea Exiatein Omaba and Dougiss ountv. SRS TR MANUPAGTURER AND BUYER OF RAW FURS. 511 and 513 Thirteenth Street, OMAHA, NEB. Mink, Seal, Martin, and Other Fashionable Ladies’ Furs, 30 per cent Below New York Prices. Orders from the Country Attended to. Satis. fastion Guaranteed. 8&SEND FOR PRICE LIS1!"&a dectddwt WHOLESALE CANDIESs Tar ow :inanutacturing all varieties orcandies and will sella BEASTERN PREICE CANDIES. Dealers In this State need not want to 20 East for A trial Is solicited HENRY LATEY, Doagles St Oor L3t - . . ROBERT C. STEELL, —)EALER'IN— Paints, Oils, Varnishes, BRUSHES, LAMP GOODS, ETC, 257 Douglas St., Omaha, Neb. mari8eod 1z The Chicago Life INSURANCE COMPANY! WILLIAM F. TUCKER, PRESIDENT. JOHN W. CLAPP, SECRETARY. CYRUS CHILD, MANAGER OF AGENGIES All forms of Life and Endowment Policies Issued. Lew Rates 1 Cash Plans! Pclicies Neonforfeitable I Dividends made annually, reducing the paymends the sscond year. Surrender Values guaranteed in all Policies. No Restrictions on Travel or Residence Conditions as Liberal as any Company in the United States. A LOAN DEPARTMENT .Ts Established in Conuestion with the OMAHA BRANCH OFFICE For the purposs of Loaning Money from the Becsipts of the Business, on Roal Estste,Been Tity, under the supervision of the followlag RESIDENT BOARD OF- DIRECIORS: SAMUEL R. JOHNSON, JOEL T, GRIFEIN, NATHAN SHELTON, . ROSEWA' EDWARD RODDIS, LEWIS 8. REE] BEUBEN ALLEN, G. W. LININGER, Owmanha EZRA MILLARD, OSCARF. DAVIS, W. B. BARTLETT, JOSEPH F. SHEELY, HON, EZRA MILLARD, President. LEWIS 8. REED, Sooretary. Full information as to cost of insurance, conditions of polieies, &e., &e., given at their office by C. C. Housel & Co., Cen'l Ag’ts, s B OMAHA, NEBRASKA AGEN1S WAN1ED IN UNOCCUPIED mm;nonm deetdim ENOCH HENNEY, Justice of the Peace Offico_over tho State Bank, cornerof Farn. Bam and 13th streets. City Meat Markert. ey - SHEENLY BROS. Krep constantly on hand H. C. WALKEE, —MANUFACTUREP AND DEALER IN— BOOTS & SHOES 1013th St. Botween Farham and Douglas A LARGE SUPPLY O% MUTTON, ®)ULTRY, V SG AT AIRLE's GaME F. A. PETERS, Saddle and Harness Maker. AND CARRIAGE TRIMMER, No. 274 Farnham st. bet, 15th & 16th LL orders snd ropairing promptly atten A_ Cee s e Sl s h paid for hides. P91y JOHN H. GREEN, STATE MILLS DEALER IN GRAIN, FLOUR AND FEED, axp COMMISSION MERCHANT. CHICAGO & NORTHWES'N RAILWAY. JOMN BAUmNI. Practical Watchmaker, 171 Parndu o 8. B Gor. 11th 8t. MAFA NEB HOTELS oMazxa COITY STOVE STORE. E, F. COOK, 637 14th Bt., between Donglas Dodge Menufacturer_of T e Copper &nd Sheet Iron Cooking and Heating stoves Stamped, med and French Wi o, Japanngd an ch War on Ju Gutters nd Spouting and 0 warranted CET *QUEALEY’S U. P. Soap Factoryl Eicuated on the lie of the Union Pacific Rairoad, near the powder house. Manufnc- first-class soap for howe consumption Sioux City & Pacific R. R The Shortest sud snly;Direct Route from COUNCIL BLUFFS St. Paul, Minneapolis, And all Pomts in NORTHERN IOWA, MINNESOTA, AND DAKOTA, PULLMAN PaLACE SLEEPING CARS On all night trains-vis this route. THROUGH TI¥E TABLE, IN EFFEOT 1020 p. m. PP 9150 m.| 430p.m €0 m. Tl Y= e adSa.m.| 6W0p. m, 830 “ 15 ¢ eaga | B 0:20 “« G182 m| ESp.m. 1020 « bt sthuq’t“." 12 30 ¢ 4o m | SdSpm 1200 m. St Pl (vias. O & StP R m.| 70p. m. d 7402 m. | 1 EE). i 5:10p m. BT-Tickels for sale in Chicago ard North. Scstern Eailway offices, Councl: Blutis, sad . P. depot, Omaba. 13 your tickets resd via 5.C. & P. 1. BURNETT, Sup't, ¥. C. HILLE Gen. Ticket Ag't. GEO, W. TTAN, Ageat Gmaha ‘The Popular Route from OMATXA United States Hotel COR. DOUGLAS AND TENTH STREETS. E UNDERSIGNED respectnlly snnoun- ces that he has purchased and refitted the bove Hotel, and is now ready to accommodate the public, with bosrd by day or woek, at reas- onsblerates. WILLIAM LEHR, Prop. Tulv2? 741 GRAND CENTRAL EHEOTEI. JMAHA, - - - NEBRASKA The largest and best botel between Chicago nd San Pranciseo. 3 Opened new September 80th, 187S. W0 GEO. THRALL. Provristor. Chicago and the East! AND THE Onlv Direct Floute TeWaterico Fort Dodge.Dubuque,La Crosse, Prairie Du_Chien. Winona, S¢ Paul, Dulath, Janesviile Kenom , Green Hay, Racine, Stoven's t, Watertown, Oshiosh, Fo: Da Lac, Madison and Milwaukee. It Being the Shortestand Fiist Comoleted Line Between ST. CHARLES HOTEL, North side Harney, between 12th and 15th sta., OMAHA, Board by the day or week at res somsole rates. ORTON & % DONALD, DAY Prop’ 3 Equipped with the “Wcstingnouse Air Brake” s T3 ller Plstiorm,”"estaplishing comtorta- California Housz. Fe i ot e ous riag FRITZ HAFNER, Prop’r. a7 daily sver Lo No. 170 Douglas Street, cornar 11th, Omahs ek, e by thaday o wook” OMAHAandCHICAGO, Conatant tiaprovements nave taxen m the way of relucing Grade, and Tron with Steel Eails, % ita volliag stock new and Elecant’ and SLEEPING CARS oet2pam. cor hemay wish to 7. Princtpal Connections. AT MISSQURL VALLEY JUNCTION, for Sioux City, ¥ and Teached via Sioux City'and Pacific railrosd. AT GEAND JUNCTION for Fort Dodgo, Dea Moines, Ottawa and Keokuk. el et S g ‘and n ia. AT CEDAR RAPIDS fof Waterloo. Cedar el june 1 ¥ J. M. YERGA. Wholesale and Betail Dealer 1n FRESH ASD SALT MEATS Hams. Sausage, Lard, Poultry, &c., &c., &e. No. 179 Farnham St., Bet. 11th and n. omaha, Opoupte Ploneer Block. ettt . R. RISDON, General Fire Insurance Ag't. Office, 280 Douglas 8t., with- W, R, Bartlett, OMAHA, NE, cet27a2mo TON x s 1n Wi S HICRO0 with Al ralway Hoes lesdic out Chieago. THROUGH TICKETS aatern cities via this ine can be atoramatl.n obtained, concira- “Ticket Otfice on the line of the snd REPRESFNTING Good Reliable Companies, WooD! RY HARD WOOD for sale at Mr. Parks’ ‘Dear the Platte River, at Elkhor: Waterloo, snd Vs ur fosdhveim ~ i MAX MEYER <« BRO.. 929 Farcham Street, Omabs, Neb,, MUSIC DEALERS! Gereral Agents ‘or the Unrivalied Knabe, Steinway, Fmerson, and Parlor Gem Pianos, Mason & Hamlin, Estey,Shoninger, and Burdett Organs, Ttalian Strings, Shoat Music, Violins, Guifars, Flates, Brass Instruments, snd All Kinds of Musical Merchandise. MAX MBYER & BRO. WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS, Jobbers of Watchey, Clocks and Jewelry. Agents for Phillips Rros’ Show Cases. MAX MEYER & Cu,, 172 ard 174 Farnham Stroof, —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— Cigurs,Tobaccos, Pipes, NOTIONS and FANCY CCODSH- MAX MEY R & CO, —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN— GUNS, AMMUNITION, CUTLZRY. Fisbing Tackle and Nporting Goods. CHEAP FARMS! FREE XOMES On the Lize of the Union Pacific Railroad A LeaZ Grant of 12,000,000 Acres of the best PARMING sad MINERAL Laads of Amerlsa 1,000,000 ACKFS IN NEBRASKA IN THE GREAT PLATTE VALLE THE GARDEN OF THE WEST NOW FOR SALE Thase lands are in the central portion of the United States, on tbe fist degres otelucth Lak itade, the central line of the great Temperaie Zone of the American Continent, sad for geat growing and stock raising unsurpassed by any iu the United States. OHEAPER 1§ PRIOE, more favorableterms gi aad more cenvenisat to market thez o ‘be found Elsewhers. Owmaha, FIVE and TEX YEARS' erelit given with lnterust at SIX PER CENT 001051313 and SOTUAL SETULERS canhay on Ten Yoars' Orodit. Lacda 8t *he wam orios to all CREDIT PURCHASERS. A Deluction TEN PEE CONT. FOR CASH. FREE HOMESTEADS FOR AGTUAL SETTLERS. 2ad the Best Locations for Colonies ! Soldiers Entitled to a Homestead ot Acres. Passes to FPurchamerms of I.and oo maps, poblished in English, German, Swee ¥Free Send for new Descriptive Pamphlet, with and Dan’ v3, mailed free everywhere A . E. % L ly2aar ¢ tand Commissioner 1. P. E. . (%o, Omaba, Neb. A. B. HUBEKMANN & CO.. PRAOTIOAIL Manmufacturer WATCHMAKERS,|/OF JEWELRY S. E. Cor. 13th & Douglas Sts.’ WATCHES & CLOCKS JEWELRY AND PLATED-WARE, AT WHOLESALE Dealers Can Save TIME and FREIGHT Ordering of Us. ENGRAVING DONE FREE OF CHARGE! 8&~ALL GOODS WARRANT.D TO BE AS REPRESENTED. ws ansi-if OR RETANL. ny s.c ""8. C. ABBOTT & CO.. Booksellers = Staticz DEALERS IN WALL PAPERS, DECORATIONS, A NI WINDOW SEHADES No. 188 Farnham Strret. Dmsaaa, & Publishers’ Agents for Schoo! Baoks ased in Vohraska. GEO. A, HOAGLAND, Wholesale Lumber —OFFICE AND YARD— COR. OF DOUGLAS:AND 6THSTS.,.U. P. R. R. TRACK. anlit N. I D. SOLOMON, WHOLBESALE PATNT:S OILS AND WINDOW GLASS, COAL OIL AND HEAD-LIGHT Ol. OMAHA NEBRASKA FAIRLIE & MONELL, BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS. Stationers, Engravers and Printers. NOTARIAL AND LODCE SEALS. Mascie, 0dd Fellows and Knights of Pythi. UNIFORMS LODGE PROPERTIES, JEWELS, BOOKS, BLANKS, ET(C. AT 8aEASTERN PRICES AND EXPRESS.-@g b MAIIA,.INE 5. mayit Branson Knitter, Price, only $20. THE ONLY SIMPLE, CHEAP, DURABLE, AND *PERFECT KNI THAT WILL KNIT A COMZETE SOCK O SIOCKING WiTH HEL AND Toa " 28 Douslas Stroot. - From 83 to 88, per day can o mada on this KNITTER—vill send 2 samole pair of 'socks, by mail fres on recepilt of 60 cents- AGENTS WASTED, to w Eiscouns will be ma Bend for ireatars to” 00 ° to whom a liveral discouns wiil be mace A.S. BURNHAM, State Agent, BENTON CO,, FLORENCE, IOWA Bov2itt. \ Y: ER, o:.::'_ 0 13, r n; LEADING PRINT f3t i 308 ASPECIALYY MADE Bill Hoeads,