Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 10, 1876, Page 2

—=thanks to onr bumble Father of all THE OMAHA BEE. "E. ROSEWATER, Edilor and Proprietor. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ‘W no Not desire any contributions whatever of 3 Mterary or poetical character; and we not undertake to preserve, Or to re- in any case whatever. Our fly large tomore than sup- ply our limited space in that dirsction. Thanksgiving Proclamation. From year to year We have been accustomed to pause in our daily pursuits and set apart time to offer our . thanks to Almighty God for special blessings He has vouchsafed t0 u3, with our pravers for a contin- uance theresf. We have at this time equal reason o be thanktul for His continued protection and for ‘be many material blessings which His bounty has bestowed. In addition to these favors accorded to_us as indi- viduals, we have especial occasion 1o express our hearty thanks to Al- mighty God that by His providence and guidance our government, es- tablished a century ago, has been enabled to fill the purpose of its founders, in offering an asylum to peaple of every race, securing civil and religious liberty to all within its borders, and meeling out to every individunl alike justice and equality before the Jaw. Tt is, more- over, espezially our duty to offer mercies for a gontiouance of His e favor to us as a nation and as By reasons of all these considerations 1, Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United States, do recommend to the people of the United States to de- Vote the 30th day of November next to expression of their thanks and prayers to Almighty God, and lay- ing aside their daily avocations and VANITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO. A Maaia for Speculation and Gamb- ling Among All Classes—Extra- ordinary Taste of the People Who Have Amassed Sud- den Wealth, Tuiluence of the Mining Element on the,Business Community. San Francizco Correspondence of the New York Times. The wild determination of all Cal- iforniaus to bray (hewselves, their country, and their institutions ahead of uli creation, made o strong an ession upon my mind tbat I have been diligently seeking a so- lution for this mystery. 1t seems to me that this Californianism: springs primarily trom the influence which the miniug element has upon the so- features of the Pacific slope. he men of 40 regard everything that can new be found in California as the work of theirown hands. The mo=t besotled old bummer that limps paralytically through San Fraucisco has a fixed idea that he helped to build up the magmificent State whose future developments promise Sueh wonderfal things And those who have mam- tamned themselves above the surface, and have mnyt been drowned by rum, arrogate to them- selves a superior stauding, a higher level m society, upon that ver ground. It makes no difference whether they be rich or poor, all the early settlers alike claim for themselves that they built up the Pucific slope. The trouble is that their claim is allowed. There are curious wrecks of humanity floating about this great city, cad fantas cally sud half insade, wio are cer- all secular occupstions, (o assemble in their respective places of worship and observe such day as a day of thanksgiving and rest. (Signed) U. 8. Gra WASHINGTON, 26. Thanksgiving Proclamation. By the Governor of the State of Nebraska. The Presidentof the United States ing designated Thursday, the 30th dsy of November, 1876, as a day of thanksgiving and prage~ to Aimighty God, and belicving we have abundant cause for thankful- ness for the manifold mercies and blessings bestowed upon us as Siate, aud as individuals, during the past year, therefore, 1, Silss Garber, Goveérnor of the State of Nebraska, do cordially commend to the people of this State the observance of the day 8o appointed in such manner as will manifest their gratitude to the giver of ail good. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused ihe grest ceal of the State of Ne- wwie 0 be aflised, at Lincoln, this xth day of November, A, D.1876. By the Governor: [s¥ar] BILAS GARBEE. BrUzO TZSCHUCK, Sccrelary of State. AND still the country is waiting for the verdict. LEAVENWORTH polled 2,757 votes last Tuesday, or 1,000 less than were polied n Omaba. LispEr J1M is doomed to disap- pointment. The people of Gage county refased to put thelr trust in him. —————— Tuw Cenfennial Exposition is now among the things of the past, and Philadelphia hotel-keepers are sadly distressed. Ir Tilden becom:s the uext Pres- ident of America he owes his elec- tion to Republican corruptioni.ts and hard times. CuyrcH Howk 1s elected to the State Benate, and he owes his clec- tion chiefly to the desperate as- saults made on him by Hitchcock's henchmen. — ‘I'nE Demociatic slste is nearly made out. John Morrissey is to be Becretary of War, and Dr. Miller Becretary of the Interior and chief dispenser of Indisn traderships and surveying contracts. —_— Ex-Boss CUNNINGHAN, the Ne- braska Tweed, is becoming very desperate since the election. He has been living on the proceeds of public plunder and fraud so long that he dreads the prospect of being compelled to earn an honest liveli- hood. —_— Boss SHEPARD, who contributed s much as any other public man toward the demoralization of the Republican party by wholesale cor- ruption, has gone into bankruptey. Like other men of this stamp, he overreached himself by reckless speculation and extravagance, As far as can be ascertained, the Nebraska Legislature will be com- posed as follows: Regular Repub- licans, Independent Republi- cans, 4; Independent Greenback, 10; Democrats, 23. On the Sena- torial issue the 81 Republicans are divided as follows: Anti-Hitch- cock, 51; Ritcheock, 24; non-com- 3 nsas have carried their State ticket by uearly 30,000 majority, bu their Governor elect runs behind over 10,000 votes, owing (o the fact that grave charges of corruption had been preferred s leading Repuilican papers. And this goes to show the determination of honest Republicans to puri’y their rarty. Tom HENCRICKS made & charac- teristic speech &t Indisuapolis Thurday evening. He expressed the hLope that the colored men of the South would heneeforth stand by the Democrscy, inasmuch as that party did not propose to de- prive tiem of their constitutional yighis as citizens. He slsodeclared that the begro did Bot owe his treedom and his enfravchisement to a party, but to the country. Mr. | ‘Hendricks did not, bowever, see fit 10 refer o the fact that he personslly was o€ of the most outspoken and bitter oppopents of the constito- Ulife. 1! smevdments thui ponferred gaual rights upon colored wen. taiin of balt dollars’ aud quarters from numerous people, simply be- cause they came here in the early days and helped to build up the country. Should an eastern man be present when one of thesc for- lorn creatures in hus old frowsy uni- form comes upon California street, the Wall street of San Francisco, and express his surprise at the gene- ral recoguition thal is extended tc the unfortunate, his Calfornian cicerone will surely say, “Ab, of course you don’t understand this, nor do we expect you to apprecizte our feelings, but we have the deep- est sympathy for those who helped us to build up the country, no mat- ter how foolish or vicious they may have become.” The mining element controlled aflairs in those early days, and ap- pears to control things now. Every- thing seems to be subordinated to the mining stocks, and to specula- (02 in miuing. Here they are not satsiied with one board, but must iree, although the population of San Francisco is barely 270,000, There is the Pacific Board, the Cal- ifornia Board, and the San Francis- co Board, each of which has its Stock Exchange and is independent of the others. This 1s pretty much as if there should be in New York City an Atlantic Btock Exchange, a New york State Stock Exchange, and a New York City Stock Ex- change. But, though the business transacted in Gotham represents a population of over two willions, one Block Exchange has hitherto been found samply sufficient 1t is ob- vious from this one fact that gam- bling in mining shares must be a very general pursuit, and indeed it is. The man who resolutely con- fines himself to the strict chaunels of his immediate business is looked upon by the community with those wmingled feelings of contempt and admiration which & thor- ough-paced drunkard entertaing for a teetotal friend He envies his vigorous bealtn, and ad- mires the calm blood that courses through the unfevered veius, yet, after all, he thinks the man milk o, too cowardly to know the joys of Bacchus, So here in Sau Francisco, everybody takes a nibble at tie treacherous bait. The mer- chaut down town, whose capital is Just sufficient for his importing business, is on the sly boaring Ophir, while the wife of his bosom bas bought the same stock for a raise. His clerks are all embarked on small speculative ships of the same kind, and condemn them- selves to voluntary poverty in hopes of making & great raise and then buy lotlery tickets, too. But here it 18 ot so. - The mere fact thata man | has got a put upon some favorite stock seems to entitle him in his | own mind to a positive respite from | any active oceupation until the turn | is decided for or against him. The sentiment of all lawyers of eminence has been steadily against the legalizing of lot- teries, and in Daost countries they | have ceased to exist frem a convie- | tion of their demoralizing tenden- cies. Here, however, i California | is something worse than lotteries, and in-tead of being frowned upon it secms to have the cordial sympa- thy of all classes in the community. No matter how imporiant are other | terests—and upon them, in the | opinion of the judicious, the future prosperity of the Pacific slope real- Iy depends—there is not oue of them | which can command the attention of the public, or the purses of the capitalists to the same extent. For | anew mine, for & new departure in | mining machinery, or for anything that is connected with muning, any amount of capital can readilv be obtained. But for the most impor- tant enterprises, foreven the water works upon which the foture of the city must hang, it is so hard to ob- tuin any investments that the pro- moters are beginning to look to New York and o London. And yet in spite of this prevailing sentunent in favor of mining affairs the majority of well-informed men do not hesi- tate to tell the stranger that the whole business isa rascally one,and that the public, who hold mining investments in & bona fide way, are pncd in the most deliberatd fash- ion. Without naming any mines, or any waiyiduals, let me record what Ihave learned on this subject with regard to mines (hat are actually producing silver; for out of the en- tire stock list there are only three or four in this category. I am told that ihese valuable mives are invariably controlled by two or three individuals who operate them in this way. They purchsse the reduction mills in which the ore is converted into bullion, and as the transaction is made by them. selves with themselves, they deliberately charge for 1eduction Jjust double the legitimate price. Biiver ore can be reduced for $6 50 per ton, and they charge $13. Be- des this monstrous fraud upon the rebolders, they bave another hod of profit in what is ealled tailings. By their process of reduc- tion it is estimated that only six; ed. The thirty-five per cent. which remains is the perquisite of the re- duction mills. Now,as the valua- vle mines hoist up day for day 500 tons of ore, Sundays and all, 1t is obvious that during the two years or 0 of a mining productiveness a very pretty heap of taliings must sceu- mulate. When it is the interest of the manager to make the tailings zs rich as possible, it seems highly probeble that thirty-five per cent. would not be the maximum amount of silver contained. Very possibly tnis portion of the silver may pre- sent Mseli in & more obdurate form than the other motety, but I do u see how that can furuish any argu- meut for its becoming the prop- erty of the mill, instesd of the shazeholders of the ming 1f this abuse of tailings were altered, 1 am convinced (hat the dividends would increase in a very disproportionate ratio, for human nature tells us that when the cook has the drippings for a perquisite, and 1s uncontrolled, there wont be much fat left 1w the roast. And 1 the mills are owned by the controlling spirits of the mine, the tatlings will probably be inordmate- Iy rich. It has been found necesary to have a Superintendent of Insu- rance_and another of Banking iu New York State, to prevent certaiu evils. Iam certain that a Superin- tendent of Mining is far more nec- essary here than either of these was in our own State. And Ido not be- lieve that in New York ity there will be any serious attempt to do anythitg with the Mining Board until there is some such official; for at present mining ix about as hou- est and honorable as John Morris- sey’s skin game of faro. The people who have succeeded by lnc_ana the exercise of such arts as I huve mentioned n amass- 1 colossal fortunes are generally from the lower orders, and their ex- penditure 15 usually of a peculiar aud marked kind. 1 have visited various furniture ware-rooms in going into busiaess for themselves, Even the very cook in the kitchen is enabled hrough the dicrimina- | ung basiness tact of some brokers with so small & sum as a dollar one ean venture i this city, notably those of the West Coust Furniture Company, and from. what T saw must_believe that the | homes of the mining kings (and to share in the delirious dance, for | queens) must be fearfully and won- | Denman’s failure have "been met derfully orcamented. Bright blue and red American Brussels carpets, The method by jwhich jthe sin- ! Orieatal rugs, furniture of a deep sharks of Leidersdorft_and Califor- { nia streets, is the familiar put aud cali of Wall and Broad In ous own delightful city. Here you csn have a put or a call upon a singie share o market for one dolfar. The conse- | quence is that the minds of almost | the entire ‘adult population are riveted upon mining stocks. Bul- letins of the prices current are cireu- Iated every half hour, exposed in all the brokers' officesand in all the money exchanges, and sent to all the leading hotels. The large broking offices, where business is done on a grand scale, are furnished with enormous _blackboards, on which the different stocks are paiuted m legible white chacacters, and the fluctuations are marked in chalk every. In front of these offices hundreds of men gather every day, coming s early as 9 o'clock and lingering until the final quotations are marked, when they slowly re Sometimes, when there is great excite- ment io the mining shares, there are thousands of such loiterers, (he sidewalks are choked, and to pass on one must walk the street itself amoug the bustling vehicles, They are essentialiy a queer crowd, composed of specula- tors and loafers. Not that there is any intrinsic difference between them, for the speculator of this eharacter is simply a loafer who has raised a stake and is awaiting re- | sults, and the loafer is a speculator who is penniless and is awaiting stake from some fortunate comr:le, You may know easily the men who are in luck from those who are out. The former havedecent babiliments and heavy watch-chains of gold quartz 1 broad setting; the latter are clad in rusty western cloth from which the dye has faded, leaving the color an indescribable kind of purple. They have neither watches nor watch-chains, and dinner is & problem to be solved either by abundant cheek or by the spirit of camaraderic whaich such & spirit 1s likely to evolve. There (hey stand, the lucky and the penniless, in rain or eunshine, during the livelong day, watching that miserable specu- lative pot boiling. 8o long as they can uake & lucky hit or two they continue this extraordinary mode of When they are what emphat- ically called “‘played out,” the en- terprising seek the mines and the shiftiass drift into crime. This 18 evidenily worse than the 1 tteries, for with them the gam- ", energies are not paralyzed, | { iug. But in some way which I fail | ceptible as s morning star shining damask, auction pictures, the most staring and odious vases of majolica, seem 10 be the staple articles Re- garding the pictures a story 1s toid | his en { here of a miving sultan who, at the | of this duty and his necessary office tion ot his wife, bought a work; that he found the interest ot Ophir or auy other stock in the | iarge vumber of picturesat auction. | the Order on the increase in all Next day » young man called, and | parts ot the State, and that he be- st requested to see the potentate of the silver world ou important busi= ness. He was adnitted into the plainly furnished sunctum, which semale taste had not yet decorated. “Jedge,” said the young man, “ifit’s afairquestion,how much did'you pay for them picturs?” “Well,” said the gentleman, “I gave on the ayerage about seventy-five dollars s piece for the twelve.” ‘“Jedge,” said the young man, with tears in his voice, ““I painted them picturs, and only got $10 apiece ; and if this is to be a fair deal I think you auzht to tell Mr. — [the auc- toneer] to give me ten dollars a piece more.” The gentleman de- chued to conduct the negotiation, d the young man retired exclaim- ing a. the terrible way mn which men of gentus were judged by cap- italists, and threatening to stick to his coach-painting and never do anotiier “picture” for love nor mouey. The mining element greatly admire these works of art, and rather sympathize with the youug man who did" the; but he ought to have had a little more solid pudding, for the empty praise which they give him is not satisfy- to sppreciate, the happy owner looks upon himself as having made some very valuable acquisitions in the artline, and rather prides him- self upon having farnished his walls 50 cheaply. The influence of the mining ele- ment is plainly visible in the stores of the leading jewelers. These people address themselves almost eutirely to the nstincts of the suc- cessful miners They display huge gold watches, with enormously thick cases, which appeal strongly to the sterling sense of their favor- ite custumers. Thewr chains are a Kind of cable, in which quartz gold is strikingly conspicuous. Even their rings have the same substan- tial character. I saw a diamond solitaire, aot more than three qaar- ters of a carat, wkich was set in & ring half an inch broad snd a quar- ter of an inch thick. The poor siia- mond twinkled feebly amid that mass of gold, and was about as per- through a yellow mist. They deal extensively in cluster rings, too, and in huge pins, and they have a j ud te cau work for his livivg, and i large sssortment of atones off color, | colvettes, oue forpedo-boat, four | 1y =olid, inclosing a mass of quartz, five per cent. of the silver is obtain- | but of considerable size. But the greatert features of the jewelers’ stores is unquestionably the ingen- 10u8 manner in which they work up the gola quartz. Some of these de- vices are 0 pleasing that the visit- ors from the east and_the old world never fail to purchase. For the mining_aristocracy the favorite form, after the watch-chau, is the locket,and some of these are so pon- derous as to astonish & weak-mind- el traveler, The popular form seems to be a gold horse shoe, exceeding- t éither rough or polished. Some of the rough masses, especially these where the gold is in thick pieces, and the quartz is of the rose pink variely, are very pleasing, and would surely find'a ready sale east if the settings were not so very heavy. 1ut there are some forms which delight theminers and which are very ridiculous, such as cigar- cases and chewing-tobacco boxes, 1 have even seen toilet-caskets of it, but the gold-setting in every in- stance is of the heaviest possible style. This mania for big things is observable 1 everything. I asked Warren Leland, of the Palace Ho- tel, why he had such enormous steaks and such immense disbes of corned-beef hash. *‘Obliged to”— he said, “obliged to. Miners would lesve if they didn’t have twice as much as they could eat. They like to see plenty of everything. It makes them feel good.” And yet, by a queer coutradiction of senti- ment, some of the wealthiest will uot leave their small, poky, narrow friend, you go to the oid quarters ; if only an acquaintance you are ush- ered into the tomb-like drawing- room, where the vuigar magnifi- cence you giddy—you are inclined to be billious. GRANGE NEW The number of subordiate Granges now 1n Virginia is 37 with ten Pomona Granges. Re: eral co operative stores are being es- tablished throughout the state, gen- ers!ly with good success. Patrons of Bufler county, Ohio, have » supply store with $10,000 capital. Highland county Patrons also have one with $13,000 stock, which will be raised to $25,000 this coming winter. | . Tne place of meeting of the next State Grange of Michigan has been determined. The representatives elect will convene in Representa- | tive Hall, in the city of Lavsing, at clock, on Tuesday, the 12th of ccember. A Grange in South Carolina re- quires (he lecturer to keep a book, i which the prospects and for- wardness of the erops are recorded from meeting to meeting. His rec- ord will, of course, make & compar- ison of the erops of various years easy, snd may ultimately prove of much interest d value, ‘The amoun! saved to Patrous, through the Missour. siate agency, drills, $450; groceries, ete., $5,000; dry goods, boots, shoes. notions, ete., 34,003 total, $26,508 The Chairman of the Natio; ge Executive Commitlee re. orts that there is $62,256.25 iuvest- ed in government bonds, worth now about $70,000 in greenbacks. §9,747.- 54 stands to the credit of states that have uot drawn their $2.50 for each subordinate Grange; deducting this the net assets in the treasury, ,578.18, The Master of the Indiana State Grange says: “A large majority of the Granges in most of the counties report themselves in good working order, and incressing in member- ship of a better class than some they have lost. Assoon s money can be realized on this year's crops, they will be enabled to more fully carry out that excellent p of the Grange—the cash system of busi- ness, In spite of the prediction of its enemies, the subordinate Giranges of Minnesota are, as a whole, in better condition than they were a year ago The secretary’s books show that up to date the amount of dues received is greater by $1,000 than last yeur at the same tune. Kur- ther than this, all the obligations of the Grange incurred by Brother Gi during this time, aud the Order is out of debt.— Minnesota Patron. burns, gun-vessels and twenty gun-boats. The majority of these sre being rapidly pushed forward, so that the Admiralty has just now ss much work on veniently manage. its bands as it can con- Only twelve of he vessels now building for the navy are veing prozeeded with in Rovernment yards. Forest Tar, For throat, lunge, asthma and kidneye. OREST TAR SOLUTION, inhalation for catarrh, consumption, hitis and asthm: IOREST TAR TROCHES, or sore throat, hoarseness, tickling cough and purifying the breath. OREST TAR SALVE. or healing indolent sores, wicers.: cuts, ad for piles. IOREST TAR SOAP, or chapved hands, cases, the toilet and bath. JFOREST TAR INHALERS, or inhaling for catarrh, consamption, asthma. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. sep2s dsm CENTENNIAL EXHTBITION PHILADELPHIA PA. ‘THIS GREAT INTERNATIONAL EX- HIBITION, DESIGNED T0 COMMEMO~ RATE THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNi- VERSARY OF AMEKICAN INDEPEND- ANCE, OPENED MAY 10th AND WILL CLOSE NOVEMBER 10th 1876. All houses, but have added on'to them | the Nations of the world and all the | palutial_structures, where they re- | States ag® itories of the Union ceive their guests. If you are a | gre parANing 1n this wondertul demonstrafion, bringing together the most comprehensive collection of art treasures, mechanical inven- tions, scientific discoveries, manu- facturing achievements, mineral specimens, and_agricultural pro- ducts ever exhibited. . The grounds devoted to the Exbibition are sit- uated on the line of the Pensylva- nia Railroad and embrace _four hundred and_fifty acres of Fair- mountPark, all highly im)roved and ornaraented, on which sro erect- ed the largest buildin;:-ever con- structed.—five of thesc vovering an area of fifty acres an! costing $5,- 000,000 The total nuss.ber of build- ings erected for the | urposes of the Exhibition is near two hundred. During the thirty days immediately following the opening of the Exhi- bition a million and & quarter of people visited it. THE PENNSTLVANIA RA'LROAD. THE GREAT TRUNK LINE AND FAST MAIL ROUTE OF THE UNITED ST is the most direct, con- venient and eeonomical way of reaching Philadelphia and this great Exhibition from 2l sections of the country. Tts trains to nud from Philadelphia_will pass through a GRAND CENTENNTAT- DEPOT, which the Company have erected the Main Entrance to the Exhibition Grounds for the accomodation of passengers who wish to stop at or start from the numerous iarge hotels contiguous to this station and the Exhibition—s convenience of the greatest value to visitors, and afford- ed exclusively by the Pennsylvania in the iast six months, 1s: On sew- | S0 € ST ing imnchines, ; corn-plant- fi‘l‘z‘\"’l‘:‘:m;’?(v“h!"!{;}l‘xg ID%E(?;‘#X s idhdibaad) INGS. Excursion trains will also stop at the Encampment of the Patrons of Husbaudry, at Eim Btation on thus road. THE PENNLYNANIA KAILROAD IS THE GEANDEST RAILWAY ORGAKI- ZATION IN TEE WORLD. IT CON- TROLS SEVEN THOUSAND MILES OF ROADWAY, FORMING CONTINUOUS LINES TO PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, AND WASH- INGTON, OVER WHICH LUXURIOUS DAY AND NIGHT CAKS ARE RUN FROM CHICAGO, S7. Louis, Louls- OILLE, CINCINNATI, 1NDIANA- POLIS, COLUMBUS, ToLEDy, CLEV£- LAND, AND ERIE, WITHOUT CHANGE. Tts main Iine 18 laid with double and third tracks of heavy steel rails upon a deep bed of broken stone ballasts, and its bridges are all iron or stone. It passenger trains are equipped with every known im- provement for comfort and safety, and are run at faster speed for greater distances than the trains of any line in the continent. The Com- pany has largely increased its equip- ment for Centennial travel, and will be prepared tobuild 1 its own shops locomotives and pussenger cars at short notice sufticient to fully ac- commodate any extra demand. The unequaled resources at the com- mand of the Company guarantee the most perfect accommodations for all its patrons during the Cen- tennial kxhibition. THE MAGNIFICENT BCENE- t rheum, skin dis- | PROPOSALS FOR STATE PRINTING. FurnishingMaterial, Doing Com Presmeork, " Fouling, Folding. Binding for the Sate of Nebrasia. ‘Will be received at the office of the Secre- tary of Stxia until e hour of 4 o'clookc - ovition, itching. m. of the Ist day of December, 1576, under an act to provide for State printing approved June 18, 1867, which in brief provides as Tollowe: Seoriox 1. That the undersigned State officers shall, biennislly, commencing the first week in ‘November, ‘1865, advertiso for proposals for State printing for the two years from the fourth Tuesday of Decomber next followine. p Sec. 2. Defines the labor and material to be hld for, and requires publication, Sec. 3. Classifies printing to be let in sep- arate contracts. Secs. 4, 5, 6 and 7. Defines styles of differ- ent kinds of printi Secs. 8 and 9. Fixes the mode of measure- ment, and computation of composition aad presswork, 5 Sec. 10. Requires delivery of printed m: ter to Secrotary of State. Sec. 11, Requires successful bidder, within ten days after notice of acceptace of his hid, to_give bond in sum not leas than 2,000, .000 for_each branch of 12, with at least two surcties for faithful performance of hiscon- tract, and in cage of failure, the awarding of the contract to the next lowest bidder. Secs. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17, make pro- ids for and contract of folding. indi and fixes style of nor_more than work_awarded to for the manner and time of making outaud filing of bills for work, and filing of specimens of work dono. Secs. 20 and 21 provide for auditing and ‘payment of accounts of contractor. c. 22 provides for ios for d execution of work and time withis work shall be executed. . 23 provides for Zfurnishing copy to printer Sec. 21, Requires of State to clansify laws and prepare indices to. laws and journal 3 Sec. 25. Provides for the re-letting of con- tracts in case of failure of contractors. The enid act may be found at large. at page 515, et seq. of General Statutes of Nebracka, and aleo at page 6 et soq. of the general laws of tho Stato for the year 1807, The clussifica- tion of work and hasis for determining the Towest bid in the schedule of classes foilow- ing, each separate closs being subject to sep- arate contract. CLASS I Bille and Resolutions, or other matter 15 be printed for the Howse of the Legislature tn il forms an yen and nay lita. s tion, small v, por 100, Guires of 21 impressions press work. uires of flat cap weighing 14 1bs. per Team. ——eme compos sts, por 1000, res of fiat cap. 14 Tbs. per ream, cut - e and nay st i ——auires of press work, 24 impressions each, CLASS II. Printing of Senate and_House Journals, and accompanying documents—Royal Oetavo. ms composition, lon primer, per 004 ——quires beok paper, 25x38 inches, weight two pounds per quire. quires press work, 24 impressions of 16 b e e oL Ass 1T Printing Reports, Communications, _and Pamphleé Documents, exeept such as make peart of Journal—Roual Octan ms composition, long primer, per on, pica, yea and nay book paper, same as in class et wo. quires of press work, fame as in class two. CLASSIV. Printing of General and, Local Laws and Joint Resolutions ordered printed thereiith, “loyal Octavo, ——ems composition, long primer, per 1,000 s res paper, same as in class two. ——quires press’ work, same as in class two CLASS V. Printing of Blanks, Circuars, ——quires letter paper, % sheet, weight 6 pounds per ream of 450 half sheets. ——uquires of letter paper, full sheets, weight 12 pounds per ream. quires press work on letter heads, 24 impressions. —— quires of flat letter for blanks 10 Ihs. Dor ream, quires of 24 impressions press work on Tetter blanks. . ——aquires of flat cap, 14x17 inches, 14 Ibs. per ream. 2 z es of press work, of 24 impressions on the same. quires of note, $x10 inches, 5 Ibs. per Tes nd Letter ires of pross work of 21 impressions tho same. i ires ruling, red and blue one ruling. quires ruling, red and blue, two rul- ings. CLASS VI wg and Stitching of Bill, umphiets and Locuments, of Corern, sheets of flat cap, one fold, per 100 sheets. ——sheets flat cap, stitched, per 100 sheets. paper covers for octavo pamphlets, in- cluding composition, paper and press work, per 100 covers. ———covers put on such pamphlets, per 100, sheots folded, per 100 sheets of 16 pages to the form, 3 CLASS VIL Covers, Stitching and Binding of nals and Volumes of Public Doc- Octavo. eots folded, per 100 sheots, of six- teen pages to the form. paper , for laws Resolutic ud ptting o Folding, Laves, Jo Journals, nciuding pager, composition and press work, per 100 covers. copies titching laws, journals and pamphlets and put ver 100 copies, 3 covies of laws and journ umes of public documents, Taw sheep including mat and lottering, per 100 coy copies same in boards, p n paper covers vol- inding in al, stitching 100 copi 100 copies. ¢heet, per 100 copios same in cloth, p ——copies same in hal copies. . Tn above classes rule work or figure work, in columns without rules, and having moré than two justifications, will be measured ono and a half times for composition, and ru o and figvro work twice. " All parofs shall b of full weight, quality suitable and of size to work without unnecessary waste. All work must be delivercd at the Capitol build- ing, Lincoln, Nebraska. Contractors for Clazses Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 mnat farnish Worthy Master Forsyth, of Illi- gle doliars of the poorest ciasses of | purple plush, heavy curtains of old | nois, who had been requested by the community are raked in by the i the committee to visit every county 1n the State, in the interest of the Oxder, reported ihat be had spent time in the performance RY for which the Penslyvania Railroad is so justly celebrated pre- sents to the traveler over its perfect roadway an ever-changing pano- rama of river, mountain, and land- scape views unequaled in_America. THE EATING-STATIONS on this line are unsurpassed. Meals will be furnished at smtable hours and ample time allowed for enjoy- lieves the Order to be stronger to- day than at any other period of its histery, though somewhat less in numbers. He also reports the co- operative enterprise in & prosperous condition. —_—— England’s Armored Men-of-War. Loudon News, Strange as it may seem in these days of heavy guns and mighty iron-clads, we have at_the present time only four armored men-of-war in coursé of building. ~ Other ships to the number of thirty-njne, are on ihe tocks, but these, one and all, | e unarmored Vessels. This pau’ city of iron clads under construction is, however, fortunately more appa- rent than real. While we have but four vessels actually building, the Ajax and Agamemnon turret-ships, and the Nelson and Northampton, masted iron-clads, there are six magnincent crafts already lsunch- ed and fitting for sea, which will add very materially to our strength as a naval power. These are the turret-ships Thunderer, Dread- nought and Inflexible, the least of which would be more than a match for half a dozen iron-clads launched three years ngo, and the masted ships, the Alexandra, Bhannon, and Temeraire. These six vesssls to- gether constitute a fleet which at the present moment would proba- bly be unconquerable by the com- bined navies of Europe. Of the thirty-nine unarmored yessels build- ing, two of the most iuteresting are the Bacchante, which will be Iaunched at Portsmouth to-day, and the Eurvalua, both of which are built on the principle of the Boadi- cea, which was launched last year. They are intended for cruising, and will constitute the most powerful vessels of the kind in our service. Eight of the other vessels are to be of steel—the Mercury and Iiris, both building at Pembroke, being large and swift_dispatch vessels, lightly armed, whose speed will probably be twenty miles an hour. The oth- ersteel ships are corvettes, more powerfully armed with seven-inch guus, and_ these are to be employed | Rot Feld s s masig puch; o 4 betdle ¢ on distant stations, and for the pro- | life of a human being and restored to I and usefulness many ~ valuable horse, tection of our colonies. The num- ber is made up of sloops and small 023 ltewsw ness it afflcts the human body, or the horse or_other domestic animal ing them. EXCURSION TICKETS, at re- duced rates, will be sold at all prin- cipal Railroad Ticket Offices in the West, North-West, South-West. BE SURE THAT YOUR 1ICK- ETS READ VIA 7HE GREAT PENe SYLVANIA Roum NIAL. TO THE CENTEN- D. M. BOYD, Jr., Gon'l Pass'r Agent. FRANK THOMPSON, General Mannager. COMMISSIONER'S SALE. By virtue of an order of sale issued out of rict Court for Douglas_ County, Ne- and to me directed, T will, on the TY-THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, . at ten o'clock a.m. of said day, uth door of the court house, in the <ty of Omaha, in said county, sell af public auction the priperty described i o-wit: at_the city of Omaha, £aid lot containing filteon and 40-100 acres. to satisty ajudgment of sai 0 ribed in said ord Lot No. five (5) in Capitol addit said county, court recovered aintiff, against C. . Lizzio C. Mercor, Downs, et al., defendazts. ALFRED BURLEY, Sheriff of said C THE ENEMY OF DISEASE! THE FOE OF PAIN! To Mea and Baast. 1S THE GRND OLD MUSTANG LINIMENT, Which has stood the testof 40 years. iere is no sore it will not heal, £o lame- R0t cure, no achi. mo pain, that y of a that does 1o its magio touch. A bottle cost- ty roo-sheets at the offico of the Secretary of State, at the Capitol at Lincoln, of all pub- lie printing. e contractor for Class five (5) will only beallowed pay for actual com- position. Section 24, Article 3, new constitution, provides that all laws shall be published in 0ok form, within sixty days after the ad- Proposals shall be in the following form : “Under an act of the Legislatore of the State of Nebraska, entitled, ‘An Act to pro- vide for State printing,’ I (or wel proposs and bind ourselves to do and farnish for the State of Nebraska, for two years from the fourth Tuesday of December, 187, the work and materinl under each clazs of the public printing, in such amounts and at rach timen s may b by the State, by its officers, or by the Legislature thercof, ordered. at the rate of compensation lerein below specified. This proposal being several for each olass respectively, and the bid hereby mad fer each or any class or classes of the Publio Printing may be accepted apart from other 1ds. IN CLASSI. ind resolutions, or other matters, to be printed for the Legislature in bill form, and yeaand nay list = cents per 1000 ems composition, small pica ——gents per quire of 24 impressions press- worl ——cents per quire paper flat cap. M4 pounds per ream. ——cents per 1000 composition, yea and nay lists , cents per quire 24 impressions, press- work yea and nay cents "per quire paper, flat cap. 14 Ibs. ver ream, cut for vea and nay lists. IN CLASS 11 Bil . And we farther agree that the work shall be done in the best style, and all material furnished shall be of full weight and good auality, and all work executed and deliv- ered at the times required. : bidder.” At the time of filing his bid the bidder must tender a hidder’s guaranty, signed by at least two respon,ible parties. tobe then by us approved as such, substantially to the effect following : We heaeby undertake and gua.antee that rflu to perform labor, to the State of Ne- nder the act to provide for the State ) rinting, is fully able to carry out, and will ciiry oct ‘the propoeal by him made, and tka if such proposal is accepted, he will enter into the contract he axks for. And will faithfully executo the same, and thatwe will enter into bonds with him for the faithful performance of such contraet, if to him ited in the office of the Secretary of State be- fore 4 o’clock p. m. of Friday, December 1 1876. Successf lder will be notified oncs, and will be required to enter into co tract and give the nt}mmd bond on_or | before the fth day of December, "Iefe. Contractors wi required | to _file their accounts and specimens of all work done with the Secretary of State on or be- fore the 4th Tuesday in December in each year, and upon such filing, the account will be by the contrasting officers. or by two of them, examinod, audited and certified to the State Auditor, and will be by him paid by warrants upon the State Treasurer. Dated Noyember 1, 1876, 5 BRUNO TZSCHUUK, Secretary of State. JEFFSRSON B. WESTON, Auditor Pub. A J.¢. MCBRIDE, Treasurer. 346 bwhov 1 OIL MEAL GROUND AND FOR SALE IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES AT CameBELL'S FEED MinL [Eighth and Farnham Streets. Free, Homes ! Cheap Farms ! ——ON THE LINE CF/THE— Union Pacific R. R. A LAND GRANT OF 12,000.000 Acresof the Best Farming & Mineral Lauds IN AMERICA- 3,000,000 in Nebraska, IN THE GREAT PLATTE VALLEY, The Garden of the West. —FOR SALE— SAT PAICES THAT OEFT COMPETITON I53 Ten years® credit, interest only 6 per rent. Free Homesteads for actu: The best location for colonies. Soldiers entitled to a hemestead of 16 aores. Freo pusses from Qmaha to purchasers of railroad lands. Descriptive pampblets, with sectional maps, d THE PIONEER., handsome illustra‘ed paper containing the homestead law, mailed freo to all parts Add 0. % DAVIS, h Land Commissioner @ Neb, 0t XLouts Ligiss, Dubugee,La Wimans, . Dalath, Jenssville, Hemos a B2y, Racine, Stevew's Oshkcuh, Fox A MiTwewtsse, RI VALLEY JUNCTION for nts reached via JAMES COUCEL. Fort Dodge, Miuneapolis, Si= S ¥IB 123 line can ve rro ien obtzized, o Ti Gea. Sup't. ATKINS, Ag’t Omiha, A e’ ok, Gmaka, 'f’flrough to-Chicago WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. The Chicagn Burlingto: & Quincy RAILROAD With its Smooth and Perfect Track, Elegant Passonger Coaches, and PULLMAN SLEEPING AND DINING CARS i Is acknowledged by th , i ravel ovek 1. o be the Bertapetat d wud best managedroad 1n the country. Passengers CGolnz FEast | Should bear in mind that tkis is the l Best Route to &hicago, And all points east, north and northwest Passengers by this route have choice of Four Different routes and the advantace of 81X DAILY LINES PALACE SLEEPING CARS. —rmou— CHICAGONEW YORK WITHOUT CHANGE. All express trains on thisline are equipped with Westinghouse Patent Air Brakes, and Miller’s Patent Safety Platform and Cou- pleis, the most perfect protection against ac- cidents in the world. Pullman Palace Sieeping and Dining Cars are run on the Burlington route. Information, neerning _routes, rates, time, connections, &e., will be cheerfully giver. by applying at the office of the Bur- lington Route, Grand Central Hotel, corner Fourteenth and Farnham. Omaha, Neb. WM. B STRONG, D. W, HITCHCOCK, Gen'iBupt., " den’l Passegger Ag't icago, Iil. Chicago, Til. 3.0, PHILLIPPL, H. P. DEUEL, Agentt. Omaha. ioket Ax’t.Omahs ANHOOD RESTORED. Victims of youthful imprudence, who have tried in vain every known remedy, will learn of o simple pro- seription. FRE, Tor the speedy cure of nervious, debility, premature decay, lost manhood, and all disorders brough! by -excesses. Any di ist has the ingredients. Kildross, DAVIDSON & GO, 85 Nassau-t. New¥on octiooda WANTEE. 40.000 Live Hogll BEST FEED KNOWN FOR MILCH COWS & HORSES. | Woodman & Taft having given up. | hat branch of thei oettf 9. C. CAMPBELL. | ir business. | 1 will begin packing oa the first day of No- ‘vember, and_ will pli‘lhe highest market price for all fat, merchantable sogs delive ed at mv packing house on and after that J. 8. BOYD. ‘deod$wtoianl. MISCELLANEOUS. Great Westem Clothing Hall AICAHN & CO., DEALER IN CLOTHING! Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valisses, Etc., Etc., Ete. S EATOUN PR | - mehid - OMAHA, NEB. THE JOHNSON ORGAW, MAFUFACTUREDIBY THE" Johnson Organ Company PLATTSMOJTH, NEBRASKA. First promium awarded at tho State F ‘rat Omai m wm wherever exhibited. ~Elcgaat black walnut cascs ; “mortices clothed : action as qu k and perlect x octavos. Price list as lowas | atol any firs warranted for tha term of five yaucs, A i interest and try these organs helors purchasing elsowhoro. Kdress , 1875, over all JOHNSON N CO.. Plattsmonth. Nob ESTABLISHED 1846. e J.M.Brunswick & Balke Co, Factory Nos. 9,11, 13, 15, 17 and 19, Rash St., North Wator and MichiganStreets. S0ce u Warehouse, 47, 49 and 5. State St., Chigago. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE Patent Novelty Bevelad Billiard ‘The Grand Central Billiard roem, Omaha, has Just been suppli=l w Sumith, has a supply of articles on Noveltics. The propriotor, H. K. receive orders for the company. ke TREMONTHOUSE! Rates, $8. to CEHICAGO. TOLHEHIT IO . 4.50 per day mai2 $ PRATT & TOWLE, Agents for MIVERS OF ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS CO AL! Office. 508. 13th Street. Omaha. Neb Centennial Reduction IN ADVERTISING. $3.250.40 Worth of NFWSPAPER ADVERTISING given for $700. And » THREE MONTHS' NOTE TAKEN in payment from advertisers of responaibilify. A PRINTED LIST, @iving name. character, actual daily and d sehedule rates ent free to any Avply to address. GEO.P. ROWELL & CO., NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AGENTS, 41 PARK ROW... NEW YORK. ootTtf Ty = | == =B - &n et = B mo = . & ea B - — P = e = = : pm T e o= [~ =3 BYRON RERD, Byron Reed & Co.. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED Real Estate Agency IN NEBRASKA. Keep a complete abstract of title t all real in Omaba and Douglas unty SMITH & CLEM. NEWSDEALERS, Booksellers. Stationers, Toys, NOTIONS, CIGARS, &c., KEARNEY ... NEBRASKA. al Agents for the Omaha Dai Alag Geners] s fox the Omaka, Daf | 253 and 255 Dodge-st. Gotlto Grasshopper Indigsation Heeting, One year axs ou’ll remember it well, The Grasehowpers came and stopped quite a epe At Bunce’s the Champion Hatter of town— Well this year they came and again fooled around. ‘The oldest of all, whose beard was quite grey, Opened the meeting and spouted away. He claimed the State was run by a ring, Which left for the *Hobpers nary a thing. Roports then came in which, strange to re- te, Declared that Gould had gobbled the State. Politieians would claim what was left n the all, Therefors they'd eave the State one and And mid pastures green for Bunce they’d That really ‘mong Hatters he ranked as o King, And whoever they’d meot they'd tell them ‘at once If they wanted a Hat «o straight to Bunce. g fitted to H Sk Jafis he e cdams in high ver icaves Bunce'shappy, of ‘Hats, Caps. Neok ~Wear, & Gleves, ° Shirts, ~Collars, ~&e., e st BUNCE'S, Champion Haiter of the West, corner Fourteenth and Douglas sts. . Omab Neb AMERICAN SURGICAL INSTITUTE 162 Harney-St., Omaha, Nebraska, FoR T TREATNENT OF Al Classes of Surgery, Chroaic Diseases & Deformities. S.D. Mercer,M.D, Surgeon and in chargs of Chronie Diseases. 'J. C. Denise, M. D.. 1 charge of Diseases of Eye, rar and Throat. sepleodawtt JCHN H. GRE STATE MILLS, —DEALER IN GRAIN, FLOURZAND FEED AND mmission Merchant. A. J. SINPSON'S CARRIAGE FACTORY, Established 1855, may