Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1881, Page 3

4 REMNANTS OF THE OLD YEAR 1831. After a most extraordinary trade in Dress Goods aused by the wonderfully low prices at which we wers able to offer them late in the season. We have now an mnusually large stock of REMNANTS. These Goods are now laid out and are marked down less than cost, making the most The First Settlement ati EARLY DAY Fontenelle, Ne- braska. Arrival of the Quincv Colony on Their Ferry Boat. The Gallant Peter A. Sarpy to the Resons, Killing of Porter and Demaree SPLENDID BARGAIN ever offered in O; and the Goods are in such «uantity that there is really a splendid selection. Remember the first choice is worth something. BLANKETS. Our new Cedar Blanket Binns are now full of every discription of Blankets, many of them hought recently at very low figures, and the other stock marked down to match them. Making the cheapest and best assort- ed lot ever offered here. Also a light comforts just arrived as good value if not better than the best, TABLE LINENS. Now that the rush of the Holiday trade is over, w . desire to call special attention to the Greatest Bargai we have ever offered, being a most beautiful line o SATIN FINISHED POUBLE DAMASK, TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS TO MATCH. These Goods are the samples of a large Belfast Linen Manufactory, which we purchased on such terms that we can offer them at 33 Eer cent less than regular goods. There is nothing whatever the matter with these goods except that some are slightly soiled at the folds, which of course, comes off with the first washing, —Reminiscenc of the Oat- fish W EHte. BYE 4 Davis. | Written for Tux e Ytis not my wim cr intention to *{ write the history of the former terri- toky, and later stats of Nebraska, No 0ae man is ablo to do that cf himeelf. The incidents of the early history of Nebrasks which J give to ths pablic, are confined mostly to one locality, and are intended to aid the fature historian who shall write the history of that great and glorious common- wealth. T write of things which came under my personal observation in the early days of the territory. X was a member of the ““Qaincy Golony,” which left Quincy, Tils., on the steamer “Mary Aun,” on the afternoon of the 9ih day of March, 1855, The boat was a smsll one, and intended to be need s a ferry be- twoen the Blutls and Omaha. Our trip up the Missouri river was elow, and we were five weeks reachir, Plattemouth, Nebraska, a2 waan oot hort distance ~',o5 thore out bo strack @ ensg cod eavk in10 f Tater, a total loss, about three hours before we ance, ou yawl having been atolea & few nights before. The firat one to come to our appeals for belp was t TETER A, SARPY, who sent down two flut-boats on which everything of valus tha: cculd be saved from the wreck, was landed dur- ing the day on the lown side of the | river, and then hauted to the Bluffs T well romember the greeting of inded. Graspirg in turn, he said, sir, you ceme nesr going to To the ladies he was ex- tremely palite, and helped all to lodg- ings and a gocd dinter at a small 5 t tlement near by, which, I think, was called “New Jerusslom.” Old setilers have not forgotten Peter A. Sarpy. Ho could be ns rough and at \ho same time as polite asany men I ever knew, aga ha was liberal to w faalt, When Lhe history of Rebratl» 13 properly writlen, Peter This is a splendid chanceto obtain most beautiful and } % Serey wifl ccupy a promiveat rich Table Cloths at the price of ordinary goods. A Cruickshank A Ceuickshank 86 . —— l i » CHARLES POWELL i'HE DAILY BE o PRSI T SR M Y S PUBLISHING G, PROPRIETORS. WM, SIMERAL, = PO T Parnhawm, bet. 9th and 10tA Streets ok, See s, O ATAL RES, e ‘TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, a8 P 1 1 , in advance 00 0. L THO%as, R i S TrORNEY 47 %4 E< R ATSNE S A s TIME_TABLES. A. C. TROUP, am S 1 o am W.R furon ,‘;z 7"':.“ ‘OMATTA, NEE N O 0 L OO I 5 e et ;620 e — . N U. P R R, 11:40a m. 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Simpson's Specific S e Ll Sow, | Weaknem, Tmpotency, aod al dlacases Fealting trom Sell. s Mental Anxiet Moy, Paine t th Beck o Sie a4 oo For Paams sy 10 C. B. RICHARD & C0., Passeny= Agents, Brosdway, Newyork { : | hearty friendship. & pines 1. The passengers and orew of the Mary Ann consisted of J. D. Moln- tosh, captain, Nitte, his wife, end four children; W. H. Dayis, wifs and tour children; Samuel Poters, wife and threo childron; Ethan Allen; Jes- sie Bartap and sister, a pilot and_two engineers, and perhaps two or three other persons, whose names I do_not remember, having lost tho note hook which I kept of thoso dsya. We were to settle at Fontenelle, on the Elkhorn river, forty five miles northwest of Omaha, the tettlement Bhaving been located the previous full an 106G HOUSES BUILT pear the river for the accommodation of the pilgrims who were to come in the apring. In those days the excitement to ‘go west” to Nobraska and Kansss was al- most as great as the California fever which developed a few years previous, and had not subcided at the ‘ime of which I write. Those were good old days, the beat and hapoiest of my life, and I look back to them with pleasure and gratification. The pioneers of Nebraska were a good olass of peoplo generally, and came from all the different walks aod avocationa of life. There was little of the element called ‘‘rough” to be found among them. Some were poor; others bad money; all came to better their condition. In those days the oconventionslities and stiffness of striot society etiguette were laid aside as useless; stumbling blocks in the way of frontler sociability. I do not say that we did away with maunors and ocivilized politeness. By no means. The early picneers were mostly intelligent people, well-raized, self-educated, and college-educated, too. Many were refined ladies and gentlemen, who, while retaining all the graces and accomplishments of ciety etiquette, learned in eastern homes and echools, threw aside the strict ceremony of the law for the let- tes and splrit of true sociability and Still there was a “distinction with a diffsrence.” The man who hsd a wagon for the shelter of his family was lucky; the man with s tent was well fixed, while those who lived in cottonwood shanties, sod or lox houses, were *bloated bondholders,” who could afford to TUT ON AIRS over those not so fortunate. There were no_palatial residences then, sa mow. The well-to-do Mr. Brown and the humble Mr. Jones may bave both lived in sod honses, but you could not tell, by looking at the Interior which had the most wealth ‘What a glorious time we had ‘‘rough ingit,” in that lovely valley, by that beautiful river! O, those blessed days! How they have flitted away And tho fish that we caught, and the ducks, gecso, tarkeys, deer and elk which our hunters brought in daily! Tt was a continual feast of fat thing in that bracing, invigorating air, fore «he Platte and Elkhorn valle were disturbed by the plow, “Rongh- ing it Y Ioul: like to be twenty ears younger and try it over. 7 Whon T it stood on the blufi overlooking the Elkhorn and Platte valley, I thought I never before had seen 8o besatiful a sight; and I never had. Iwas intoxicated with delight, andawed by the grandeur and beauty of the scene before me. Away in the dim, hasy distance, shimmering like a burnished mirror sgainst the low- browed hills, was the Platte river. With & spy-glass I could plainly cee the Pawnoe village, but the spot where Fremont now stands was deso- late; nor did I dream that a town of any pretersions wonld ever be built there. Then came the Rawhide, with its yellow fringe of willows, while at my feet wund the Elkhorn, placidly, silently, and ss I gezed on the WILDERNESS OF PRAIRIE, 1 felt the force of Byron's words: “ here is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is & rapture ou the lonely shore, Thersis society where none intrude. To mingle with the universe and f-el What T can ne'er express, vet caunot all conceal Tt scems to me but yesterday when Governor Cummings convened the legislatore. T remember it well. It was a conglomerate body of men of all shades of political beliefs, for poll tics cut o figure in that early terri torial election. But 1 have a dim collection of “bribery snd corrup tion” in that legslative body. griva an it was, and filled with tho starcy yeomaary of theconntry. Men were accased of selling their vites for “‘cor- ver lots” aud town shares, better then gold in th everybody wanted to be enoigh to owa preperty in some ¢ | ture great.” New towns were laid outin various parts of the tarritory, with parks snd public squares, beautiful sites far col- A every town was -at! Mer had their pockets hich they consider- polities wera forgotten in the din and rush town lota, town sh Somesold cheap exhorbits: o era wero held at rates. Shares in proper wete sold and barterad in every you could a pistol, | rifle; & hot-g wero cash, st from 8100 to $5,000 per share, a lot, or claim, OF ALL THOSE TOWNS, repreacnted on paper, I doubt if there are half a duzeu in existence to-dey. But in the height of the soeculative era, in the year 1857, the crash eame, aud wili-cat s rotiey, with which t 5y was deluged, be came absofutely worthless. Men who counted themselves rich ono day were beggers thenext. Men who had had imited credit, because they had un n wild oat etocks— edit for a ssck of flour. But a healthy reaction came. The specalative era over, men went to work, and the prosperity of Nebraska has been constant and steady ever since. Tho town proper of Fontenelle was lidout on baautifel blf, uver- looking the Eikhorn river, but for converiience to wood snd water the pilgrims had eracted log cabins near dhio river, on what was kao ““Davis clatm.” Q¢ erectior, o dwelling ¥ esing, and ing built by W { tenelle co Pustmaster othor buildings wer or in course f complation, when bloody tragely was cnact=d which filled the hearta of the settlers with terror. Oae 3 Ju uer in my fat Tashed excit he Tud were seated cabin, when a wos into the house e ans! HE 1T They kil courso this e exciten i ARE coMING! tho worsan sud ehildren to the euees on th Why this deci: [ ro just as safo be gs in the { lower, 23 1 tho upper tow, besides taking them 0 the uppec town only to expose them (o scath ch ke ppearance. But no time was to bs lost; the Tudians were coming, and hastjly puttin+ horses to wagoo the enfide population resched the bill houses in safer We then lesrned that Mr. John Danaros, szed about 22, and Mr. Porter, hu ho wuman above referred to, had been murderod by the Indians within o querter of & nule of tho settlonent. Both had claima on Bell Crock, six mil:s from Fonteuolle, and wore eccustomed tc work ou their claims most of the week, und corae to town Saturday evening. This time thoy delayed until Sunday morniug and were et by a party of Sioux who surrounded the vagon. Seeing the Indians locked thraatening Porter reachied for his guu, and was immediately shot dead. Demareo then seized Porter’s gun, but he was instantly shiot dead alao. Mre. Porter eecaped amid ASHOWER OF ABROWS and received a yery bad wound in the thigh from which an arrow was hang ing when sho entered the cabin. It has always been a myatery to me, why the Indians allowed Mra. Porter to escape. They could have killed her as earily as the others. They cer- taily knew she woull alarm tho scttlement, But in seems they did not even pursue her. Had they killed her they oould have swooped down on our little scttlement, surprised and murdered every soul, for we wora ill prepared st that time for an Indian raid. My theory of the affair 1s, that they were so intentupon_pluadering the wagon, that they did not fully realize their fault in allowing Mrs. Porter to escape uutil it was too late. O course the Iudians saw the flying settlers on the move, and knew all that was goiog on. Aud they must have laughed at the idiotic folly of tho whites in giviog them such a chance both for blood and robbery. Bat it scoms that the murder of Porter and Demareo had_eatiatied their craviogs for blood, and they were then bent on booty, for after the seitlers had lef: their homes by the river the Indiaus came and stole everyhing they o uld lay theic hands on or could pack on their ponies. Tn those daye we had no plastered houses. To have a house comforta- bly chinked and daubed with mud, was quite reapoctable. To have the walls and ceilin:s lined with white muelin was_oonsidered aristocratic Plastored walls may have been dream.- ed of in the dim future, but no one lind i | 1 THE BRAZEN INPUDENCE to asert his superiority over kis neighbors by building walls of real Jime, hair and plaster at that time. These things came later, with other luxuries and ills of the march of em- pire. Some of the cabins by the river were owned and peoplad by aristocrats of the perlod; that 1s, they were lined with white shesting, somewhat yellow and dingy perhaps from smoke, but it looked white to the pilgrims. This the Indians cnt from the walle. The wretches deliberately ‘“‘unplastered” all the palaces by the river, and when they had piled all the things they could on the backs of their ponies, they filed slowly away through the beud of the river, to the great joy of the people who had acouts watching them from the hill tops. There were thirty of the Indtavs, and the Paw- nees reperted to us afterward that they were their most deadly enemies— the Santee Sioux. A messenger was harriedly dis- patahed to Omaba for aid, and a party formed to parsae the Indians. men who followed their trail found it strewed with articles the Indians had been forced to throw away. Here was found an irox kettl, there a ssucepan, there a dipper, shovel, etc., 8o that for miles the course of the fugitives was plainly visible. _Bat the Indin: were too far ahead, and the chase was finally given up. It was a foolhardy ‘thing to do, at best, for that handful of white men to pursie & band of ssvoges who outnumbered them five to one. But thatlittle band of excited, angry men were brave to a faulr, asd now that their women and children were ssfe they were bent on PUNISHING THE INDIANS if they caught them. It was after. wards learned that after the Sioux orossed the Rawhide their flight was greatly hurried by the appearance of 8 perty of Pawnees, aud taat they were thereby compelled to unload most of their suolen lugrage. £ | to balu the honaz with 1he boys play- o | Loaw an pealaof cue penpla for help, and a company of volunteers, eniisted to serse for *“hree months or dorivg the war,” was at once dispatched to | the scene of actton. The town of Fon- | tevells was put under martial law, | and, for a time, eversbody who could | shou'ders gun was a “bould soger | boy. " f T shall never forget the loud buzz:s | and §nyious greeting sccorded to that | red shirted, slouch-hatred ¢ mpsny of | 1diers as thay marched into the set- | tlsment from Omaha. Tiey were a | picturesque set cf men, eager and will- 1ng to weet tha fe—s0 they s all'events we fult that the ‘‘coun’ry | waa safe” for the time being The new-comers were quite an ad- | dition to the settlement, and times | were lively. What games of euchre, old sledge, and poker, the boys used tohave! ‘The tedious Lotirs must be whiled aay somehow; the troops must have something to do, or they would actually become lazy. So between watching for Indians who didn't come, dancing, playing cards, sud eating, our brave defenders managed to put in about fiftecn hours a day very com- fortably. To bo A GOOD CARD PLAYVER 1 in those days wed an accomplishment 10 be proud of. Brave men and lovely women talked abont such and sought their company, and thera was 0o end to the iovitations to *“ake 8 hand” in the game. Why, T wonld rather | have been good euchre plager then than to bo president, With an enthusiasm unbounded, on my part, T was mustered into the ser- vice by Capt. Kline, and shouldered my musket with all tho ardor and im portance of 30 grave a duty, And ns [ walked my beat in the broad beants of day 1 felt thatI slons, tinaided, | was & match for any number of the enemy. Wouldn't T just like £ -0 a redskin—ssinglezcasstn! Wouldn't Tpepper Sum: Then I would draw | vp Iy gan, sight at imginary Indi ans aod count their scalps dangling at 1y belt—in my miad. Bravel Why, I eometimes worked myseli up into such a rage that T am cegtain T would he hay scales, And would a e Tndian, or apy considerable body of Tadians, want fofool around a boy who weighed a ton? The reat of the boys and mon felt about as T did. We used to “fight our ba.tles o'or again” day, and yiloup dend Tndisns our miuds-=a2 hizh as the Alps. | Butat night T generally felt waaker | than 1 did in dagtime; aud not nearly 80 brave, sapacially T always prefecred on such ozcasions |ivg old aledge or enchre. Oue dark night, whi ingg wy lovely beat, INDIAN CRAWLING ON HIS HANDS and keacs toward mo. T squatted and | watched. At firat I thought 1 won'd | g0 to tho houss, not fat off, ard get | deink, beianse I happened to bs very | thirsty just st that tim>. But when 10 dceadful thought flashad aceoes my ! mind that T - {inz my post in time of war, - | cludad to remain. I€ the bloody sav- | aze pat an arrow ihecugh me 1 would ave the proud satisfection of know- ing T did not desert tho eh spoak, bat, like a hero, died at my {post of duty, to bo embalmed in and story with Cassabisnca and | Washington's Jittls hatoher, and my memory indellibly engraved in the usstory of the early days of Nebraska —tho days which tried men's souls and clothes and pockets So T squatted and watched the Tn- dian oreep. 1 could wetch him just a5 casily equatting as standing. Prot- ty s00n my hair began to raise “like { bristles on the fretfal porcupine.” I suppose thi cansod by electricity in the air. Soon I saw a pair of fiercs, bloody relentless cruel eyes gleaming on me through tho darkness. Then T had a notion to go over to the houss and eee how tho the game was going on. I wanted a chew of tobacco and bave weighed a ton bad ¥ been placed | Consumption, locs of . in-'| the throat, or any a Gov. Thayer rerponded to the ap- | the choice of either Elkhorn City or Fremont, which at cant, b, cations for o T not then t.k aliogether out of poor sel-cts for mar [lefe bace neser seen the T iook back with g years p imo wera n tho Missur Contensl'a was h meney, for Ttah, and ace since. tifiea'ion at the ed by me in thoeo early ags in Nebraska It was s new life 0'me, a8 well 85 to all the memb-rs of the Quincy colapy, th onty of whem had left stores, ofices and shup:, and were all anused 1o pioseer life. "All gained in y the move, and, while some Icet fn werlth, mhen_ ave hung on and becoms in- dependent. Ta fact, the majority who stuck to Nebraska in thse trying days of '67, when thoueauds were finan- dially ruined, and ate thers to-day, are botter off than those who were scared awsy and left tho territory. Of the Quincy colony, some re- main. Among taem ara Thomas Gib- son, Jr., and John Evans, There may be o°l:-a there, but ths majority aro ecatteccd, aund have met with va tying fortunes. The first stam- veds of the metilers wes cansed by the mardor of Demares and Porter, whera ze f thy “tender-footed” shook Nebras suil from their feet, and hurried back to Quiney. But those who romainad boilded better than thoy knew. They wero the first whites to open the set grea. Platte and Elkhorn v garden apot of Nebrs tural paradiso of tha great w honor to them. May hoth the living, and the dead have their names record- ’s, in frames of sil- ecords of the The Quincy colony were the quard of the gréat srmy which followed after. They were the first to setilo the interior of the state. Aromiioy, Kax, that Conan f A Tis— o & Norfhwestess | RAILWAY. 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CATY, Secraisry, astiution of the kind In the 2 of acconmyante ani o prin cipalcties and towas of the € s, owe e wceess t ur coree 1 ¢ The Rizht Kind of Education for Youung Men and Ladies, Flne, new brick block. at function of thres soveral othor things—I wanted to tell my mother I was out. T wasn'ta tit scared, but T wanted to see if the folks were li well, and if thero wore any Indians crawling up from the other side. But T didn’t goI looked agsin and tho grass wapfull of live, able-bodied savages. W scores of them and fancied I was encircled by cordon of Indiaus, all bent on deods of blood. Then I determined to bring mattara to a orisis—to open tho fight all along the line—to fire at the foe and etrike one blow, ningle-handed and alone, for NEBRASKA AND THE UNION! Bat T didn’t just then, I waited a little while. Then the wind rastled around quite sharply, and I heard the whiz.! whiz | whiz! of numerous arrows in 20 proxmity to my mind. It wssa terrible moment. The fate of tho mtilors hung upon my action. I drew up my musket, sichted thing ond then fired. 7 “Ongh!” “Ough’” Some- thing or somebody bounded away with loud grunts. The setilement was aroased. The lovg roll beat to arms, Peaplo rushed out pell-mell, and the loud command of ‘“allin boye, fall- in,” was given by th commandiog of- ficers, Old Mr. Whittier forgot hia gun and foll into line with a pitch- fork. Jotn Bioomer shoulder a big club; Judgo Richerdsen came up to th0 soratch with & hoo in his hand; “0ld Mike” McDonald took his plac in the ranks with a long-handled fry- ing pan, and Henry Peters rushed to the scona of couflict with his wife's mop-stick on his shoulder. Somo woro hatlass, coatless, bootless. The excitement was intense. But all wero eager to meot the foe; aud wanted to know where he was. After shooting, I had, like good soldicr, shown my valor by my dis- cration, retrested in good order aad jotned the main army. I explained tho mtuation, heavy guards were pat out, and the weary troops elept that night on their arms. Tt was the fanniest acare the army ever had, but I was sincero in all 1 did. The next day, while we were laughing at the grotesquo appearance of the army the night beforo, and commenting on THE BLOODY WORK, blndgeon, pitchfork, hoe, mop-stick and Mike's fryiog-pan would have performed, Henry Sprich came into the barracks and eaid: ‘Py Shorge Ppoys, somepody shoots von off mine hogs lasht night, and kills him so det like ter teupfel.” I did not remain to hesr the comments on this rascally piece of business, but suggested, as 1 went out, that it must have been done | by the red skins, 1 could fill a volame with incidents anexdotes of that memorable campaign and the men counected therewith, Soma arostill living, others have gone to the dark chambers of the unwin- dowed grave. Tt was the best company of citlzen- soldiers I ever saw. They were gen- | tlemen. Thero was not a rough or | a rowdy among them, snd from the timo of their arrival at Fontenellc until their departare not a complaint wasraised against any member of that gallant band, I well remember Major John Clopper, Capt. Curran and Lieut. McNeeley. ~Others I know, | but cannot call them by name. I could never understand why the | Quincy colony located Fontenelle on the Elkhorn instesd of on the Mis- souri or Platte river. Common fore- sight should have told those early pi neers who picked out the location that if ever a railroad was built west ifrom Omaha it would run along the Plaite river. They could have had troet car line oat of our not iy fitted and farntshed i mpplication of and carr; ing 1 an systematic methods of BUSINESS TRAINING. Youog men who contemplate & business ife, and parents having sons to educate, are par: iy requested to send for our new Circular, which will give full nformation as to terma, ondltion of entrance, ete. Address @. W. 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S & wesk 10 your owa town. lerma and ot trae. Ad-romdi. Hailett % Co., Portland, Mo SHOW GASES saxcracroRED 27 O. J. WILDE. 1917 CASS 6T, OMAHA. NEB. 4@ A 00d assoriment siways on band. Wy THB CHICAGO BURLINCTOH & pUINCY RAILROAD. Pertoct Track, Elegaut Pas cor Ceaches, nad PULLMAN SLEEPING & DINING CARS With mooth an izers by this Konte have chelo of DIFFERENT ROUTES, t Daily Linsaof Pulace ST ONING CARY ts Bunington Route, ites, Rates, e fily glven by P. DUEL, ook Ticket Agent Omaba. SHORT LINF 1380. {0, 8T. JOE&C.B.R.R, 5 Diroct Line to ANP THE EAST 8T, SIX DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS | f¥ierantynce conte Rasomen At Eastern & Western Cities With less charges aadin sdvance of othor llnes. ‘This entire ino ia equipped with Polima: Palace Sicepiog Cars, Palace Day Cosch- o, Miller's Bty Platfors_and OUR TICKET READSWA la Kansas City, 6t. Josoph andWR & CouncliBlufts ik R, via SR8 & JocandSt Lonla. wa Tickots for o st all conpon stations In the A. C. DAWES, reot, A B. BAENAGD, Pase. Agcut, Omaha. Gon'rl Agont, Omsha, SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC AXD 8t. Paul & Sioux City RAILROADS. The Old Reliahle Siowe City Route | 100 MILES SiIORTEST ROUTE! From COUNCIL BLUFFSto ST, PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS DULUTE, or BISMARCK, 8 inzhonse Automatic Alr b Ailler Piatform Coupler and Buffer. Aad fo 8PEED, SAFETY AND COMFORT ranster Dopot, Trains inavo 1 Depot reaching 2 p. o, s St. Pas 1105, m , making 2®-TEN HO ¥ ADvANCE oF AxY Omnee Rours. . Fan ot 530 5 Depot, Gouncil Biufla, iokots read s 3. C, ¥.C.miLLs, Mimourt Valley, Towa %) Compoged argsly of powdered mica and isingiass 18 the best and cheapest [ubricator fn the world. Tt i the best bocausei t does not gom, but forms ighly polished surtace over the axle, doinz away with a large amount of friction. 11 is the cheapest. Teciuse vou need use but half the quantity in growlug your wagon thatyou woull of any other axle mae, and then run sour wagon twice aslong. It answers equally a8 well for Mill Gearing, Threshing i Machines, Buggies, &c., 3 for wagons—Send for Pockel Crclopeiiaol Things Wortn Baowing. Malled ree 40 any adirean MICA MAHUFAGTURING GO, 81 MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICACD. UNDERTAKER! Metaite Cases, Cofins, Caskets, Shrouds, etc. Fam mtres . Othand 11th, Omabs, Neb. <graphicTorders promptly attended to. £&'By the distiiation of » FOREST LEAF with JUNIPER BERRIFS aod BARLEY M. giving them strensth, v Clreamstances withou: 1t has a very plessant ani agree: contalning positive Before taking aoy foul matter. Try i ment Stamp. wh Other Persous everywhore, e BILE Pt Uorh Joltet Otaes, La & G Siotine: Hook 1o B Siings (ibe et o Donesort, Indspendents Eidon, Ciiupar Bady= Ul Gekiiack, baiia-Maneos, and. Des R n s St et oy Lo {odianoia and Winterset; Atiantio 1o Lewts and Audubon Avoca to liarian. This is positively Rniieoad, which e ine from Chicass into s Foprefor soparnio peor s A HKIMBALL, T e— MARVIN HUGHITT, Gen'l Manager, Chicago. g4 W. A COMPLETE ASSGx. M. Uson which s raa KIDNEGEN is highly recommended and unsurpassed for Weaic or Foul Kidneys, Dropsy, Nervous Debility, or any Obstructions arising from Kidney cr Bladder Diseases. Poisoning, in infected m Bright’s Disease, Loss of Emergy, Also for Yellow Fever Blacd and Kidney alarial sectiors. T we have hich acta specifically on the Kidneys and Urinary Organs, removi bolh the color aud eas ajury t 1 ey other preperadia It haa (i o tasto and fav. (08 which will permits KIDNEGEN to bo sold (withous. Put up in Quart size Bottles for General and Family Use. 1t not found at your Druggista or Grocers, we will send a bottle prepaid to the neatest expross office to you LAWRENCE &_MART]N, Proprietors, Chicago, llis. Sold by DRUGGISTS, GROCERS and DEALERS everywhera Wholeeale azents in Omaha, STEELE, JOHNSON & CO., W supply the prices. 15 FOUNTRY, W =OCRAEHY OF A St === CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. B. IS THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE EAST & THE Wi R Sozaci | Bl Ooe o st prmn et BRI % 5% e o & 07, Barenoors Vest 57 1own iy, Maron © Gripae th I txprvas Deseengor Trai o Lingiciv. with theB. €. B b 8th G, i Centrl lows 1 y e e ot "SRR, with D 3 wagntBioentiy i w0 bod in siaply ~ars 36, a0 1 i weat i 1 Dlensn you mow, wil bo the plensurs iowas i on 0f s mals, wh e S i Senliont Dijion Cars that accompany a1 | B L & Pre. el Exprees lmmina. - You, get an- ontire ‘o o 3 v o Ay D sincians BoteL g0t e rociating the fact that a majori 2 pproceiios e Tact go ne Wty SR crrr, wis 2 nes for tne D ‘ P — CATS ace vy theouh (o TEORIA DES A1 'NSAS CFTY, ATCHISON nnd LEAYEN WO’ naorn e thio + Great Sock Isiand Keute," At w0 K A he e Atmics smd Canadi: hot ohtAlaabe Bt Vs howe (iciet afies, eddress. = R ‘-'M HIS NEW AND CORRECT MAP Proves beyond any reasonable question that the CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN : RY Ts by all odds the best road for you to tako when traveling In either direct " Chicago and all of the Principal Points in the West, North and North Garefully examine this Map. The Principal Cities of the West and Northwes on thisroad. 1ts through trains mako closs connectious with the traios of ul Junction poins. uperiitendent b RTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, ver all of its prineipal lines, runs each way y o four or more Fast Express + PULLMAN HOTEL DINING CARS. . ver & Californ, raska & i, Freeport & Dubuque L ets over this road are sold by ask for Tickets via this road, be sure they read over it, and - H. STENNETT, Gen'l Pass. & &N. W. Rxitway, - — HARRY P. DUEL, Ticke: Asent C D. B RKIMBALL, Assirtant T J.BBLL, Tiket A cent C. & . JAMES T. CLARK General Ag: CHAS. SHIVERICK. FURNITURE, BEDDING, FEATHERS «+ WINDOW SHADES. And Everythingupc taining to the Furnitore azd lstery Trade. IF NEW C0ODS AT THE LOWEST RICES. OELO:S. SEXTVARIO 1208 and 1210 Farnham Stree:. a9 s th et »a-Ask Your De""'"f,?fl It WEERASIES. T [ DENT ALOFELCE | e DeESHIICHCOCK GOR 157 JDOUGLAS S15. Oves CRUICKSHANK'S >7DRY, GQODS. S TO ERNST KREBS, Manag' Manufacurcs of all zinds of I VIN EGA o e St Ber. 9tk and stk OMA