Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1881, Page 2

v 1 . THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEW ATER: EDITOR —_— Tax Council Bluffe board of trade wre more interested just at preseut in » home barge line than that proposed arge system to St. Louis. Tax Union Pacific should st once ‘make arrangements for a permanent fiat boat transfer at Dillonville, or else build sn elevated railway to con- nect the bridge with the pool lines. Tax “star route” service which is belng s0. thorenchly ventilated. by * Postmaster General James i mail ser- ioe over special rontes by land and water outside the regular lines of rail- " roads mnd etesmers. The larger por- tion of the‘star routes” are stage lines running in sparsely-settled portions of “the countrv. _— Tar Connecticut Leglslature, in sttompting fo pase laws restraluing the practice of medicine by persons not properly quslified, fin4s itself in a0 awkward dilemms by the Spirit- aaliste of . the State, who openly sn- nounce that they will get even at the mext electione, 1f their clairvoyant doctors are interfered with. This appears to be by no means an idle threat. The Spiritnelists claim that they oan_rely npon 3000 votes, and If that i troe, ss It may be, It means that they hold the balauce of power, and candofest the dominant party in the stat Tuz statement has been made that the use of postal carde has decreased the ssle of wrlting paper in the United States $12,000,000 annually. Iu the firat place, acoprdine to figures given by the Springfield Republican, the sa'e of writing paper has not de- orossed st all; and, In the second place, the smouat now mengfactured in a year i not worth $10,000,000, tncludiog that used for blank books, enveiopes and other purposes requlr- ing sized paper. Last year the gov- ‘emment sold 283,000,000 postal cards. ——— Ir costs a large amount of money t0 run even a reptihlioan government. The sum of $1,630,000 is required to pay the salaries cf the members of of ives and . In sddition to this the st Honse voted itself $125 for each member for newspapers and postage stamps, making an additionsl §57,- 725 The clerk disbursed on account o ea to statlonery clorks $221,- 449 _Jast yeah, exclurive of $25,000, il the | treagbry. department raid lirett to the stenographers. During recess the persons who receive com- pensation are only abont one hundred loss then 8§ ofber times. The cost for the senste is about $600,000 a year, nearly $400,000 going for sala ries and mileage. — The suthortties -along the western border of Rassia have received sirich orders to survey all packages, lotters, and frelght coming from Switzerland with double watchfulnes. Exper- E /detectives have been stationed at al the ports of entry along that border 86 aseist the officers stationed there_in their daties. The Russian government Be¥ also #out 400 of ite shrewdest agents to the chief cities _of Europe—especially London, Paris, . Beussels,mod Geneva—to watch close- Ty over the astions and movements of the Nihilists abroad. It is said at 8t. Petoreburg that late discoveries de- monstrate clearly the fact that anoth- er assassination plot, directed ag: thu life of the present Caar, is being histehed by the Nihilists, to be carried “nto effect if Alexander ITL should notgrant the reforms demauded by them within the 'time epeciied by them f 't purpose. L Mx. Eaoxrsox the general superin- fendent ol the railway mail service ‘hias tendered the thauks of the depart- _ meut to the Union Pacific railway and o Mr. Vandervoort, the chief clerk of the servioe at Omaha for the energy . and promptbess isplsyed in transfer- of ‘thauiks drawa forth from ‘the great Nebrasks beslobberer the followlng continuse-to acknowl- io servioe of Paul Vandervoort in bringing the maily over thet ugly river in spite of either or storm. i edge the - a8 eplendi: i e S et sucoess achieved in moving the mails ‘%-....n. a to know that the ian mails have received such vigorous attention at the | bevoort “asl the Union Pa we would be agood deal more pleased if the American amails would reosive some of this at- tention. - Listters and papers on the * table ot the editor of the Herald may show sustained vigor on the part of ‘Vandervoort, but letters and papers inexousable negligence in the transfor and bandling of mails at this < point. - Brerybedy knows that for thres days mfium- cago or St Louis papers were brought over the: vhen at the'same fl the Union Pagific transferred; hun- Areds of trankaand scores of passen- gers both The Couneil Bloff aod San- p-r-;:& woE Omaba untll Sga- - a aqr-x“m.:m baggaze wnd not to transfer the malls, for which the government pays such a large sum, Why is it that mails with- in Gve'milies of Omsha have got to over froff ¥én’ to"twelve hours. %fih’fl s ask what thanks the ~gevernment owes (o railroad compa- mies ToF | Wmosportiug © malls with x s, which they have con- %0 transport with dispatch? Why don't they thauk the subordi- maben who handled these mailai If Postmaster-General James was aware, “8 e ‘will Be ere long, of the shame- * ‘ful meglect on the part of Vander- - veost in the business 1 which he is engaged, hs would hardly have tele- | GOVERNMENT HOUSk CLEANING, General Garfield's adminlstration begine its lbor of government house cleaning with & vigor which commends itself to the tax-payers of this coun- tryand strikes consternation and ter- ror among the corrupt jobbers who have infested the nationsl capital. Postmaster General James has sound- ed the key note of practical reform by unearthing and breaking up the “‘Star route” ring that has robbed the gov- ernment of millions of dollars every year. If he follows up this noble work he will discover another branch in the postal service deparimsnt if anything mora corrupt than the contract office. Six years ago this paper created a sensation in the postoffice department by calling attention to the gigantfc frauds in the weighing of mails whereby vast sums were pocketed by raileosd eorpo tions for transporting mafls which they did not carry. At that period the late Mr. Bangs was the head of the railway mafl service and our charge seemed to excite him to such a degree that ho came to Oma- ha snd sought to make = very lame explanation of crooked transactions which transpired at the Union Pacific terminus. It was at » period when the rings had thelr rep- Tesentatives on the floor of the Seu- ate, in the Dorseys, Pattersons of South Oarolina, Spencers of Ala- bama, Hitchcocks of Nebraska, and that claes of commerclal statesmen, who figured in almost every scheme of public plander. Hencs the exposure we then made about the frands in the weighing of mails failed to recelve much attention. We are firmly con- vinoed that the frands in the weizhing of mails have coutinued from year to year by collusion between the railroad managers and corrupt postal officials. The postoffice is not the only de- partment where the jobbers and swindlers have been operating. If President Garfield will extend his government house cleaning operation, to the Interior department he will find that Stephen W. Dorsey has been very intimate with the commissioner of the Laud Office. If Secretary Kirkwood can tnduce Surveyor Gene- ral Atkinson to tellall he knows about the New Mexico mioa ring in which Mr. Dorsey and some high officials in | D. the general land office have had a hand, he will get the key to a good many otber achemes of profit and plander in which the government has been the sufferer. With all his known aversion to corraption and his intense desire for civil service reform, Secretary Schurz utterly failed to break-up cor- rupt combinations in the Interior de- partment, because the head of the land bureau was, like Brady, a copar- cener of Dorsey and other jobbers. The monstrous surveying swindles in Nebraska, which were exposed in °76, by this paper, mever receivod the slightest attention from the Land office, aud - the system of plan- der has been practically con- tinued ever since. The trouble with Provident Huyos systom of vivil wervice reform was that he started out with the assumption that every officer of the old Grant regime was hopest and wmust be protected until he was indicted by some grand jury. Civil service reform with Mr. Schurz was maiuly an effort to harrase department elerks with school boy examinstions while the heads of bareaus were plot- ting with johbers, The reform inaugurated by Mr. Gar- field is of a different order. It strikes at the root of corruption by breaking up rings, in the removal of dishonest heads of buresus avd supplanting them by reputable business men whose records in the past affords a _graphed him his thanks. reascnable guarantee of fidelity and honesty. —_— Tur ladies of the Omaha Relief Suciety deserve great credit and praise for their labors in the past in relieving destitution and distress in our midst. We regret exceedingly that the failure to secare a fifty year lease from the City Council for a lot, which they desired to utilize for a Home for the Friendless and Indue- trial School, should have so offended their tender sensibilitis as to cause them to disband. Thaso Iadies evi- dently labor under the delusion that the Uity Council has the right to give away the property of the city, which is entrusted to their care. A lease fcr ninety-nine years or fifty years or even thirty years for the suw of one dollar is practically giving @way the property and we maintain with M.yor Boyd that the city coun- cil bas no business to give away city | property for charitable purposes un- less the city malntains control of the. instifution to which the property is donated. This city needs a hospital and an indostrial echool end there is mo -doubt that within & fow years these institations will be established under the supervision of a board of charities with appropriations for their mainte- nance. The loton Howard street in the neighborhood of the malarious breeding creek and river is certainly not &t for a hospital and it Is equally undesieable for a home for aged and ‘helpless people. If the Ladies’ Relief socisty can secare money enough to secure a substantial brick building they certainly can secure the addition- al $500 or $1,000 for which a lot can be bought in the suburbs. They display s good deal of the weakness of their sex when they peta- lantly throw up their hands because they can't get just what they ark, and it is hardly in accord with the spirit of trae Christian benevolence for these ladies to say that they will let the destitute go hungry and naked becanse the city does not donate them a lot or & hospital or an ssylum THE “‘greasers” ought to be grateful to the monied men of the United States. Inthe short space of seven months $68,000,000 have been lnvest- ed in railroad and mining enterprises in Mexico by American copitalists, —_— Adirondeck Murray has been sold out of his personal property by the sheriff, and hasn’t even a clothes line left to tie bim to any neighborhood, The Star Route Steal. Washington Letter to the New York Times. Those who claim to know all points of the investigation which s being made into the star route ring, say the balf has not yet been made public, and will not be until measures are taken to bring Brady te justice and the pesitentiary if possible. 5 whole steal is distributed between what is known as the Dorsey gang and Miner and Salisbury parties, the lat- ter being by far the most extensive operators in the ewindle. The Dor- sey gang I composed of J. W. Dor- sey, J. M. Peck and J. R. Miner, who bave acted as blinds for Stephen W. Dorsey, ex-senator from Arkansas, and secretary of the republican nation- al committee, bidding for and recelving contracts. J. -A. Dorsey is a brother of Stephen W. Dorsey. Onlyas little over three years 2go he | was a farmerin Vermont, an ignorant, stapid specimen of humsnity. He was not #0 stupld thet his more bril- liant brother eould use him as a cat’s- paw to pull gold in the public treas- ary, and he was brought to Washinz- ton for this very purpose. J. M. Peck, the second worthy of the trio, is brother-in-law of Stephen W. Dor- sey, having married s sister of the Iatter’s wife, and J. R. Miner as a partner of the great original Dorsey himself. He was brought from San- dusky, Ohio, expressly to go into the star route business. The amount known to have been pocketed by Stephen W. Dorsey in excess of the amount called for by their original bids is not less in round numbers than $412,000. What per- centage of this was transfer to Brady, and his share of specials, only Stephen W. Dorsey and his partners can tell. The firm of Gilmer, Salls- bury & Co., which did an even more extonsive business in swindling than the Dorsey crowd, is_composed of J. T. Gilmer, Muuroe Salisbury and J. Salleburv, younger brother of Manroe. J. T. Gilmer was formerly & stsge driver over the Holliday overland stage route from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento, Cal. He was & very ig- norsnt man, and could scarcely write his own name, but _he had a shrewd. head for business. In 1868 he formed a partnership with the two Salisburys and bought out the stage line of Wells, Fargo & Co., over which most of the mails in the territories were at that time carried. Since then the firm has been engaged in the star route business and wade large fortunes. Among sgents who have made straw bids in_the interest of these firms are V. W. Parker, T. A. McDevitt, A. S Patrick, Luke Voorhees, Geo H. Platt, O J. Salis- bury, Patrick & Brown, A. H Brown, G. V. Merserole, C. A.” Cosgrove, W. A. Giddiogs C. D. Seely, F. W. W. Gilmer (brother of J. F. Gilmer,) W. ill, Hugh White, Sailsbury & Nichols and Wm. H. Force. The excess of pay received by the Gilmer & Salisbury combination over that called for by the original contracts to the neat little sam of $778,508, with more etill to hear from. Inad dition to money given these large con- tractors, who made their bids through straw sgents. small fortunes have been divided between Brady and smaller contractors, who made their bids on their own account. In Louisi- ana Dr. J. H. Pearson secured an ex- cesa of 840,261 ona route of 261 miles Dr. Pearson was formerly a member of the Warmouth ring in Lou- isians, but now lives in this city upon an income derived from dealings with Brady. Chas. Andrews, who received ou two routes, each twenty miles long, an exoess of $12,257, is a Washington man. He was formerly a clerk in the postofiice deoartment here, but was removed by Postmaster General Jew- oll for malfeasance in office. John A. Walsh, who secured an increase of $188,475 on the route from Prescott to Sants Fe, for which he originally ocntracted for $18,500, is a native of Louisiana. When the war broke out he joined the rebel army, but after reconstruction of Louisiana he joined the Warmonth ring, He was indicted in New Orleans for making illicit whisky; and wassaved from imprison- ment by Brady, who was suparvisor of internal revenue in New Orleans, and refused to appear as a witness sgainst him. Enraged Shippers. Glilosg > Tribune. Commissioner Fink and the eastern trank line presidenis must be either ignorant of the feeling that now exists among western people towards rail- road corporations, or they balieve themselves powerful - enough to defy public opinton and do as they please, else the could not have taken such stupld action as they did last Ssturday when they ordered grain rates to be advaneed from 25¢ per 100 ponnds, Chleago to New York, to 30c, without giving asingle day's notice to shippers. They did this in_the face of the fact that shippers had based thelr con'racts last week on the supposition that the grain rate would remain at 25 cents for ten dsys at least, for under the rales of the eastern pool ten days’ notice of a contemplated advance has to be given. Torequire these ship- pers now to pay five centa more on their shipments than they took into cyculation would inflict immense losses on most of them, and It is therefore bat natural that the West. ern ehippers denounce this high- handed outrage in unmeasured terms, Beeides this the trunk 1ine presidents maust have been aware of the fact that their roads had made contracts at 25 cents with number of lesding ship- pers, which cannot be disposed of in & month. Tais would give the shi that hav) these contracts a decided advantage over those who have mot been o fortunste as to secure con- tracts. Tha trunk lines excuse their action on the ground that the 25-cent rate was not a regular but a cut o and consequently nonotice was neces: sary. This is the filmslest kind of pretext. The rates were reduced to 25 cents by official order of Com- missioner Fink, and were ms regular as auy rate ever made by the eastern lines. Whether the re- <duction waa breught about on ascount of certain rosds baving violated the tariff or by any other weans does not make the least difference. It has often been demoustrated that: the il are mot in the habit of re- ducing ratee unless they are forced to do it by some cause or other. The action this time was nothing but a grab game of the New York trunk lines to benefit tRemsalves at the ex. pense of the western shippers and their western and it will never be u;rrlo;i ‘::t. Not a single pound of n bsen shipped thus far st the new rate, and it is not probable that much. wili go forward bereafter at the new rate, No action could have been more cal- culated to intensify the aplrit of hos- tility among the western people to- wards the rallroads than the action of the trunk line managers in ordering the advance. They conld not have done mothing better to eonvince the western - people _that the letters of Commissioner Fink and President Jewett of the Erie, -m}l other rall- road magnates, written in answer to the arguments of Jeremish Black and others are bypocritical and cal- culated to deceive, and that no re- liance can be placed on their ssser- tions. No one would have complained if the trunk-line mag- Dates, after finding that the 25. ceut rate was toe low, had ordered an advazes in the regular way; thatis, if they had given the required notice and disposed of the outstanding con- tracts before the new rate was ordered to go Into effect. But instead of that th:y arbitrarily went to work and told shippers that they must pay five cents more on the business which they se- cured on the supposition that they conld ehip at the old rates. The trunk lines have evidently dis- sovered before this that they have put their hands in & hornet's nest, and to roctify in a measure the mischief they have done the meeting of the general managers and_trank line presidents, to be held in New York, April 27, has ‘been called The Gold Problem. San Francisco Chroaicle, The present struggle tor geld be- tween the leading countries of Kurope has probably mot been exoeeded in importance since the early part of the century. Daring the long armed con- flict which followed the breaking out of the first French revolution and ended with the fall of Napoleon, the constant scquisition of gold and sil- ver by most European powers was a matter of vital necessity, and in rela- tive proportion to their natonal strength. Specle payments, except for international obligations, were then generally suspended and the mil- {tary money chests became the chief reservotrs of metallic currency. Even the Bank of England, with all her preverbial solidity, disbursed no gold to the public from 1797 to 1821; so that, for almost a quarter of a century, her paper was discounted, which aver- aged in some years as high as 16 per cent. The wars that have since oc: carred in Earope were ususllyjof short duration, and owlng to the Increased production and sccumulation of gold during the long intervals of peace,and a corresponding increase of public credit and improved facllities for bor- rowing, the financial strain was com paratively slight. This strain was also more local than general, and was par- tially, it not wholly, relieved by the suspension of specie payments—a ne- ceasity foroed upen Rassia in 1857, on Italy in 1866, on Austria in 1868, and on France in 1870. The present con- test for gold owes its origin to the de. monetization of silver in Denmark, Sweden and Norway; the persistent although futile efforts of Germany te change her currency frem a silver to gold standard; the resumption of specie payments jo France and the | he United States, and a complete reversal of the trade balance between Europe and America. These events created in their turn an important diversion in the move- ment of zold, and occurring fn quick succession it is only surprising that their combined {nfiuence has so far resulted in no overwhelming financial disturbance. When Germany in 1871, with the French indemnity fund of 5,000,000,000 francs in _prospect, Getermined on a gold currency like of England, it appeared a very ral and feasible ambition, At that time nearly the whole of the gold product of the world found its ulti- ‘mate destination in Europe, and there scemed room enough for at least a second exclustve gold currency among the leading commercial cations of the continent. But, notwithstanding all herextraordinary efforts and expedients of the last ten years, Germany to- dsy is apparently as far from a gold standard ss ever. The small de- gree of success attained may be in ferred from tha amount of gold now held by the Imperial Bank of Ger- many—say $46,000,000 compared with $143,000,000 four years ago. Her total coinage smounts to $432,- 000,000, but over $1,000,000 have al- ready dissppeared, and, inoludin her war reserve of $30,000,000, it is belioved that the whole supply of gold now in Germany dees not ex- ceed $350,000,000. Since the value of the old colns_ withdrawn from cir- culation was estimated at $150,000,- 000, and the Fremch indemnit; 5,000,000,000 francs was paid by drafts on gold backs, the smal amount colned must appear remarka- ble. But the 5,000,000,000 francs were paid in several installments, and during the years immediately suc- ceeding the war the international trade balances were such that but a small portion ever left France and only a still smaller portlon ever reach- ed Germany. The actusl payments were §102,600,000 in French gold and silver, $25,000,000 by draft on the bank of France, and $849,500,000 on the banks of England, Holland, Bel- giom and Germany. = The gold for the new colnage came from England rather than France, and was in ex- change for the silver which Germany with such poor insight, was then press- ing on the market. But it is one thing to_coin gold and another thing to retain it in the coun- try. rok is now thoroughly im- pressed with this fact, and has also come to believe that while it Ia por ble for England to maintain the single gold standard in conjuncticn with free trade, it is imposstble for Garmany to do 8o without a high protective tariff. He msy eventually discover that the abeorption of gold by tho United States is making that metal too scarce in Europe to permit of its use as single standard by Germany under avy circumstances whatever. The world’s supply of gold coin snd baliion in ertimated at $4,200,000,000, of which one seventh is credited to France, which, as the great bimetallic natlon, also_holds s like proportion of the world's supply o silver, avail- able asmoney, which is estimated at $3,600,000,000. France had a much Iarger supply of gold before the tide turned in favor of Ameries, and some estimates placed the smount at over $700,000,000. In December, 1876, the Bauk of annoc held the enor- mous amoun. of 1,539,000,000 francs in gold. bat that was baol‘:}. resump- tion, which practically took place in 1877, although not compulsory until January lst, 1878. Her average stock of gold for some time after re- sumption exceeded 1,000,000,000 francs, but the extraordi pres- sure of the last eighteen months eff- ected a gradual reduction till on the (l:)lt'h dl.n em of this year it had len, In spite of every expedient, to smowoos The gold supply o the United Kingdom which was about $600,000,000 some years ago, is now estimated at $50,000,000 of which more than one fourth is usually held by the bank of England, It is no- ticed that the British reserves, how- ever much they may be deploted, are, unlike those of France and Germany, after a time fully replenished by im portations from Australia, lndia,China and Japan, as well as at the expense of the home circulation. But as the United Kingdom_has pretty well ex- hansted every available source of sup- Ply excopt Australla, it is well under- stood t‘hn:"Iitz a co::inultion of the prosent situation the difficulty in maintainiog s gold eirvnlnion‘ynny within a few years become so great as to prove tnsurmountable. The United States, besides being the chief pro- ducer, is at present thas great recepta- cle of gold, if not of silver, and the grest stumbllcg blosk of _Earo- n \on_getting uge sum, and within a much shorter period. ' In’ addition to i the product of her mines, Ber et imports of gold already amount to $150,000,000, and her entire supply which s now equal to that of thy United Kingdom, promises at the end of this year to be the largest ‘in the world. ~That the balance of trade will besufficiently in favor of the United time to co pears very probable, and the imporiant question now up for discusalo How lcng will this drain continue without forelng a sus- penslon of gold payments on France, Germany or England! How to pre- vent such a crists is the more im- pertant problem demsanding a solation from the international monetary con- ference, PERSONALITIES. Wagner, the composer, sffects cats; and The Boston Globe ‘So does his music.” Sara will sall for forelgn shores in afew days with nearly $440,000 in good American money, less her ex- ponses. Mary Anderson says it is_a three hours' job for an actress to have her photograph taken, and_she will never pass through the ordesl again. The author of the new song, “‘My Home Is on the Tessing Ses,” has lived ever since he was born at Fort, Riley, Kaasas, 1,800 miles from salt water. Long John Wentworth, of Chicsgo, has been vaccinated fourteen different times, and yet he 1s never easy in the company of aman with a pimple on his nose. Down at Lincaster, Ohio, it cost Jobn Dood 5,000 to chew ome of John Ewing’s ears off. Ere long such amasements will be too expensive for poor folks. Whitelaw Reid will never d Jay Gould, although he wi 'vacatlon of six months for his wedding tour. Evidently the Berlin mission didn’t materialize. Sitting Bull, having pladged _his word to his royal slster, Queen Vio- toris, to decline her hospstality further, will coxe in as soon as the walking is good. Maybe you didn’t know the Ewl of Perth and it's just as well you didn’t. He's bankrupt to the tune of $270,000 and his assets consist of a four-ounce dog and a cane to match, The reason Miss Anna Dickinson so suddenly sbandened her stage projects wes because the announcement o the marrisge of that gay deceiser White- law Reid was too suddenly made to . Women in the viclnity of the White Aouse alresdy pronounce Mrs. Gar- £ield » model neighbor. She has not borrowed a flat-iron nor a drawing of ten since she movad Into the neighbor- hood.—Modern Argo. Tt was certain'y very kind in Bis- marck’s son to forglve the old man. It he will now extend his clemency to the gentleman whose wife ho ran away with, everything will have been settled in a satisfactory manner. Me. Russell Sage,one of New York's men of milliope, sl to a rep rter the other day: Yes, I began at the bot- tom of the ladder in Troy, N. Y. When I was & young man my wife as- Ing by making and cuffs for a Trojan m iuufac- Chief Ohicopee, who took part in the Fort Dade massacre, still lives in the swamps of southern Florids, He ia a hale old savage of ninety years. He dreases In the costume of his fore- fathers, lives in rud any work and is as officer or the csar of all Russians. Baffalo Bill is not 8o great an actor as Salvini; but when he dashes upon the stage, kills seven Indiaus, puts thirteen to flight, removes a quantity of ecalps lined with red flannel, and rescues the lovely maiden who is chained to the atake, the audience ap- pears to be perfectly satisfied with him.—[Philadelphia Bullotin. John G. Whittier bought a copy of Shakspeare's works with the . first money he ever earned. It would have been more like real boy to have spent this money in bananss and thrown the skins on the sidewalk, but as Whittier subsequently turned out to be a poet the eccentrivities of his youth are excus: Sarah Bernhardt — it scems as though it were years since we wrote that name last—had a serious adver- tising coagestive chill in Philadelphi onej night, which may result in great pecuniary benefit to her managers When audiences are becoming light, a cengestive chill, properly handied, helps out at the box-office wonder- fally. —_— A SUBJECT OF POPULAR IN TEREST. The expression of a thoughtful man cn other than political matters, is oft- en of great use to his constituency. The Hon. S. H. Yoder, of Globe Mills, Penna., has thus recorded his ovinion on a subject of popular inter: est. Ihave been selling St. Jacobs Oil for the last year. I have never heard a person speak of it, except as a splendid medicine, and as tha grest specific for rheumatic affections, whe- ther inflammatory, acate or chroni, awellings, scres, sprains, burns, wounds, etc. I sell more St Jacobs Oil than any other kind of liniment, and it gives universal ction, 1 will always keep it on hand. The farmers say, that for man and beast, they find nothing equal to It. Nover Give Up. 1t you are suffering with low and depressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debillty, disordered blood, weak constitution, headache, or any disease of s billous natnre, by all meana nrocure a bottle of Electric Bit- ters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be Inspired with new life; strength and activity will return; pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you will rejolce in the praise of Elec- trioc Bitters. . Sold at fifty cents & bottle, by Ish & McMahon [6)) Eackien's Arnica Saive ‘The Brsr SALvE in the world for Outs, Bralses, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapp- od Hands, Ohilblains, Oorns, and ail kinds of Skin Eraptions. This Salve 1s guaranteed to give perfect satlafac- #lod in every case or monoy re funded, Price 25 cents per box. For sale by 8dly Teh & McMahon Omahs, — KENNEDY'S EAST INDIA roniG (MASNCGH AND fsyuemeSusie( snOTIY NV EmIR A Gon. WENPWMevH ‘eleCedsAq 104 A FAmMILY m NE NOILd! o BITTER {LER & 00, ~OLE¥ MANUFAOTURERS, ““WAHA. Neb. AGENTS WANTED FOR Fastest Selling Book of the Agel Foundabions of Success. s 'BUSINESS AND SOCIAL FORMS e laws of trade, legal forms, how to trans. States to compel gold Imports from Earope to the extest of from £50,000,- 000 to $100,000,000 year for a long fameniary asuage, b Dusine; 1n et 1t o bommmmore Gt v oot for all cassen.” A family nececsity, Address AN family Z for circalars and terms, BLISH. NG G0, s Too o cHoR FU NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBASO, BACKACHE, GOouT, SORENESS CHEST, SORE THROAT, QUINSY, SWE]I!'.,I NGS SPRAINS, FROSTED FEET axo EARS, SCALDS, GENERAL BODILY PAINS, TOOTH, EAR axp HEADACHE, axp All o Pains quals ST. Ja on_earth o MPLE And CUEAP Extornal DIRECTIONS IN ELEVES LANGUAGES. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELER & CO. Baltimore, Md. 4 Who want glossy, luxuriant and wavy tresses of abundant, beaul Hair_must use Singants cieap arilo alwers e chea) clo always m:fi: the fiir grow freely and fast, keeps it from falling out, arrests and ecures gray- ness, removel? dagh Hm;d itching, makes the Hair stmng,’ giving it a curling tendency and keeping it in any desired position, Beau- tiful, healthy Hair is the sure result of using Kathairon. Geo. P. Bemis feaL Esvare Acewey. 16th & Douglas Sts., Umaha, Neb. This sgency does sTiior: ness. Does notspocalat gains oa 1ta books art stead of belng gobi " BOGGS & HILL. REAL ESTATE BROKERS No 1408 Farnham Strect OMAHA - NEBRASKA. Neb;askf; ‘L.andufigeficy. DAVIS & SHYDER, 1606 Farnham St. Umaha, Nebr, 400,000 ACRES carotully eelected Iand In Exsters Nebraska for sale. Great Bargains in {mproved farms, and Omaha ety propert:". O.F. DAVIS. WESSTER SNYDER, Late Land Cow'r U. P. R. R detebTee Soreflcro any & patrons, in Byron Reed & C;:, B OLDESY KSTABLIFTD REAT ESTATE AGENCY IN NEBRASKA. Keop » complete Estato In Omaha JNO. G. JAGOBS, (Formerly of Glah & Jacobs) G- J- RUSSELL, M. D, Homeopathic Physician. Disezses of Children and Chronic Diseases n Specialty. Office at Residence, 3000 Cars St. Honm, 8 t0 10 a. m. m. wnd sfter § p.m. aplsdsm NEW HARNESS SHOP. The unienigned b ving had nine years ox- perience with G. H. & J. 8. Callius, and twen four years of practical bartess ms/ v, | 8 commen ed business for himslf in the new shop 1 door scuth of the sourhiast . of 14th and Harne: He wil emiploy a lnruo orce of skallsd workmen and w in his pline prompily a rRANCIS BTRON KERD, Any one fhaving dead aniaala 1 will remove hem free of charge. Leave orders southeas corn ¥ of Hamey and 14th door, CHAR PL J. R. Mackey, DENTIST. COorner 15th and Douglas Sts., 4 Omaha, Prices Resscuable. D. T. MOUNT, ‘Manufactarer and Dealer in SADDLES axp HARNESS, 1412 Farn. 8t. Omaha Neb. Agent for the Celebrated Concord Harness ! ‘Two Medalsand a Diploma f Honor With the Very Highost Award the Judges Coald Bestow was Awarded tnis Haress at the Contemnial Exbidition. Common also, Ranchmen’s and Tandle's Sad- dles. We keep'the largest stock in the West, and invite all who cannot examine to send for prices. apa-tt M. R. RISDON, General Insurance Agent, REPR T PEENIX ASSURacva v, 4 Lon oo, Cash Assets FESTCHESTER, N, THE MERGHANTS, of Fewar) GIRARD FIRE, Philadelphis,Capital FORTHWESTERN NATIONAL,Cap- FIRENER 25 BRITISE AMERICA ASSURANGE Co 1,206,000 NEWA 1K FIRE INS. CO., Amets..... 500,000 AMERICAF CENTRAL, Assets. 300600 S ast Cor. of Fitieenth & Dougias 8t., OMAHA, NEB. BANKIND HOUSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED. BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CALDWELL, HAMILTONSCO BANKERS. Lsusiness Tansmctod same a8 that 0 an (ncor- In Carrency or gold subjoct to fthont notioe. Certificates of deposit tasaed paya’ stx and twelve months, bearing inters demand without interest. Acvances made to customers on_approved e carltics at market rates of Interost ‘Buy andsell zold, bille of oxchange Gevern ment, State, County and City Bonds. Draw Sight Dratts on Enzland, Irelsod, Scot- tand, and all parts of Europe. Sell European Passae Tickets. GOLLECTIONS PROMPTLY MADE. angldt T. 8 DEPOSITORY. First Nationa Banx OF OMAHA. Cor. 13tk and Farnham Streets, OLDEST BANKING ESTABLISHMENT IN OMAHA. (BUCOESSORS TO KOUNTZE BROY.) RATABLISTED I 166 Organtzed s a National Bank. August 20, 1665, Capital and Profits 0ver$300,000 Specially suthorized by toe Secretary o Treasar, e o raceive Bibeceiption 10 the U.S.4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAK. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORA HreMan Kovmmy, Presids, ‘Avsustus Kovwras, Vice Prestdsat. This bank recoivesdopostt withont regard 1o amomste tme certificatos beactng nterest, Reisco and priactpal ey London, Dubita, and the principal cities of the conti- rope. e puasage cketafor Bmigrasta (B - HOTELS TE® )RIGINAL. BRIGGS HOUSE | Oor. Randolph St. & bth Ave., OBICAGO TLL. PRICES REDUCED TO $2.00 AND $2.50 PER LA Located in the busiuess centrs, conve to places of amusement Iy containiug all modern improveme elevator, J. H. CUMMINGS, it i nt od, s, passengzer Propriet GDEN HOUSE, Cor. MARKET ST. & BROADWAY Council Bluffs, Towa: lway, Omntbus to and trom flour, 33.00 per day; . fioor, $2.00. oor, por The best furniahed and most commodious Bonge in the ciry GEO.T. PHELPS Prop FRONTIER HOTEL, Laramie, Wyoming, i e o e s gt D Propristor. . Rates ; 5 ugle meal 76 ce D. »” 1y of the Scriptares by Rev. Geo. 0k, D. D._in stmple and_aterae. tive lanquage for old aud young. Profusely ing and im. parent will secure th ers, 30u sbould cir- culatef Sen Price 83 00, or circulars with extr _erms. S & O Louis, Mo ANDSTILLTHELIO Continues to Roar for Moore(s) HARNESS & SADDLERY, 1 have adopted the Lion as a Trade Mark, and all my Goods will be stamp- ed with the Lion and my Name on the same, No Goods are genuine withoat the above stamps. The best material is used acd the most skilled workmen are employed, and at the lowest cash price. Anyone wishing a price list ot goods will confer a favor by sending for one. DAVID SMITH MOORE, L Vax Cawr, M, D, E. L. Swoorxs, M. D, NEBRASKA Menicac ano surcical INSTITUTE, PRIVATE HOSPITAL. Now open for thie reception of pa-ients for the "I?AKEAD'I;;!IA\‘TE!?P ALL CHRONIC AND SURGI DRS. VAN CAMP & SIGGINS, Physicians & Surgeons, Proprietors. 00D I p o60 FILOWS, BLOCK. CORNER 1aTH A. W. NASON. H NGB E S OTrcN: Jacobs B ek, coruer Caplts Ave. and 6t Stroet, Omaka’ 6b REMOVED! THE NEW YORK GLuTHING HOUSE Has Removed to 1309 FARNHAM STREET, (Max Meyer’s Old Stand.) Where They Shall Kesp Constantly on Hand an Immense Stock of MEN’S, BOYS’ sxp CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS axp GENT’S FURNISHINC GOODS. PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST. 2a~Call Bxamine Goods and Prices. %3 HM i M PEAVY b 1309 Farnham Street, Omaha, Neb. MORE POPULAR THAN EVER. The Genuine SINGER NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. The popular demand for the GENUINE SINGER in 1879 excsedad thatof any previous year during the Quarter of a Century in which this “Old Raliable” Machine has been before the public, In 1878 we sold 356,422 Machines., In 1879 we sold 431,167 Machines. Excess over any previous year 74,735 Machines. Our sales last year were at the rate of over {400 Sewing Machines a Day i For every business day 1a t5e year, REaaEMEDR The “0ld Reliabe™ That Bvery REAL Singer is the Strongest, Sewing Ma- s,:f:'m TR the Simplest, the Most o Durable Sewing Ma- Mark coet into the chine ever yet Cen- and Iron Stand and em- bedded in the Armof the Machine, THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. Principal Office: ¢ Tulon Square, New York. rdinate E d 3,000 Office inthe Old g i in the U nited States 8ud Canada, and 3,000 Of 1,500 Subordinate Offices, (G2 1334 Sonth A merica ‘seplB-ddwtf PIANOS = ORGANS. J. S. WRIGHT, GHIGKERING PIANG, And Sole Agent for Hallet Davis & Co., James & Holmstrom, and J. & C. Fischer's Pianos, also Sole Agent for the Estey, Burdett, and the Fort Wayne Organ Co’s. Organs. Ijdeal in Pianos and Organs exclusively. Have had years experience in the Business, and handle only the Best. J. S. WRIGHT, 218 16th Street, City Hall Building, Omaha, Neb. HALSEY V. FITCH. Tuner. structed. AGENT FOR DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTING POWER AND HAND PUMPS Steam Pumps, Bogine Trimmings, Mining Machinery BELTING HOSE, é:l&! AND 1RON FITTINCS, PIPE, STEAM PACKING OLESALE AND RET AT WH ATIL. 8 HALLADAY WiND-MILLS, CHURCH AHD SCHOCL EELLE 4 7, QFRANG, 90 Parnham Siveat dmaha. Neb A. WAKEFIELD. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES, Pickets, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Lime, Cement, Plaster, &c. STATE ACENT FOR MILWAUKEE CEMENT CO., Near Union Pacific Depot. OMARA, NEB; RewvmovEeD. J. B. DETWILER, THE CARPET MAN, Has Removed From His Old Stand on Douglas St., to His NEW AND ELEGANT STORE, 1313 Farnham Street, Where He Will be Pleased to Meet all His Old Patrons.