Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 14, 1881, Page 4

? TEUWEY TBEr w0 A v 4 ‘fiié‘bmaha Bee. Pablichedevery morning, except Sunday The only Monday morning daily. | TERMS BY MAIL One year......£10.00 | Three Months,§8.00 8ix Months... 5.00 [ One LR K ) THE WEKLY BE} ery Wednesday. TERMS POST PATD One Ye £2.00 | Three Months.. 0 8ix Months.... 1.00|One. * . 2 CORRESPONDE cations relating to News and Editorial mat ters should be addressed to the Enrtor or Tur Brer. BUSINESS LETTE All' Busine Letters and Remittances should be ad- dressed to THE OMAHA PUBLISHING (oM. PANY, OMANA, Drafts, Clecks and Post. office Orders to be made payable to the erder of the Company. OMAEA PUBLISHING 00., Prop'es E.ROSEWATER, Editor. —— roe is in Charge of the Circu- DAILY B John H. Pi aation of TH Coxk1ing and Platt still remain on fhe ragged edge and the legislature won't adjourn, Cant Scnvrz has placed a three ply piano in the Evening Post editorial room, and s things howl, Var will shortly publish his remi- niscences, “What I know about Star Routes and Rock Creek.” Tur Bi ing a shower of compliments from the editorial fraternity _throughout the state. n its new dress is receiv- TEre was one kind of monopoly to which Senator Conkling was not opposed—monopoly of federal ap- pointments. RovwrLia has assumed the title of a kingdom. The all-absorbing question with royalty is where to levy taxes suficient to pay the royal wash bill, Ewanrp Trick T, the great Austra. lian sculler, is in New York. Ed will find that American oarsmen can teach him a Trickett two worth knowing. Tur London Times advocates stern remedies for Trcland, The Times ought to know enough to know that the Trish won'tZstand kicking without a fight. As between Depew and Platt it is Hobsons choice for anti-monopolists. Depew is the principal attorney of the New York Central monopoly and Platt is the president of the United States express. Joe Esyerr failed on Thursday evening to put in an appearance at the Prince of Wales theatre. His mana- ger put in the plea of indisposition, CE—All Communi- | | an on VALENTINE'S USEFULNESS. Some men are born great, others achieve greatness,! while others have greatness thrust upon them. If any- body had predicted ten years ago that E. K represent half a million of people in Valentine would some day congross lie would have been put in a straight jacket asan incurable lunatic. Thirty months ago Jay Gould's vice regent in Nebraka, eneral Manager Clark, cast about for a man who could | make himself useful to the great mon opoly, and Valentine had greatness suddenly thrust upon him. Valen tine's first nomination, brought about rript use of monopoly patronage and money, was generally resented as e, but grave national issucs were pending and loyal republicans swallowed the dose, Nobody outside of the monopoly faction expected anything from the beyond brass-collared congressman such service as his owners re- quired, and nobody was disap- pointed. Last summer, long before the republican state convention was held, a man high in authority with the Burlington & Missouri road who had not favored Valentine’s nom- ination in 1878 made the prediction that Valentine would be renominated. Why should he be renominated’ Be- cause he has proved himself to be useful. We did not comprehend then to what extent our stalwart congress- man had made himself useful. 1t has since transpired that Valen- tine had made himself solid with the B. & M. managers by making him- self useful in helping to secure postal car service over their road, and this, tn is asserted by wellinformed par- tics, was brought about by carrying large quantities of Valentine's cor- gressional documents over the rond, back and forth, during the period when the mail transported over the road was weighed for the . annual maximum. his usefulness of “our stalwa rts” met being with due recognition. Nebraska monopolies pooled on Val- entine and their cohorts simply took charge of the state convention and The two great forced his nomination upon the re- publican party. inst this outrage thousands of staunch republicans re- volted and nearly four thousand of them entered their protest by seratch- ing Valentine's name. They did this in the face of his assured re-clection — which was a foregone conclusion —first because in a national campaign yearNe- braska's 20,000 majority insured the clection of any republican nominated on the state ticket,and second because the monopoly influence was in full control of the Nebraska democracy through Miller and Morton, and they had ar- ranged that no democratic candidate should take the field against Valentine. Having been clected for a second term Valentine at once began to en- large the circle of his uscfulness beyond the boundaries of Nebraska. He procured one of Brady's celestial but the gallery saw the point and|glohes, traced out the milky way and struck up the tune “The Old Man's Drunk Again.” TiE supreme court of Missouri has just given a decision that a passenger holding a limited ticket cannot be put off the train if he presents his ticket before its expiration, whether the end of the trip could or could not be reached before the time specified on its face Tur wish is father to the thought in the many current rumors relative to the retirement of Mr. Blaine from the cabinet. Mr. Blaine will neither be driven out or retire, man to drive out, He is & bad As for his retire- ment, nothing is further from Prosi- dent Garfield’s intention or his own wish. Tue ignorant blatherskite who edits the the Wahoo Tiwes thinks that the Bk is howling for the Irish without taking the trouble to point out the causes which have brought Treland to her present condition, The Bre's space is too limited to make an exhaus- tive review of seven centuries of bar- barous oppression. If the editor of the T'imes would drop his’insane dis- cussion of greenbackism and devote a little attention to live issucs, he might eventually publish a paper that some one would read and profit by, GENERAL SHERMAN, who is always original in everything he says or writes, made one of his most sensible speeches to the figraduating class at West Point last Friday. “Up to this time,” he said in concluding his re- marks, “you have had a fairJshow, Now you have a]harder course’ to pursue. Acts speak louder than words, Anybody can talk, you know that. Nowitis a matter of deeds. There is uo use in your saying 1 am going to be a great general, and all that sort of thing, you have got to do. 1t is the man who has got to do who will win, and though he is the last in the class heve, he may not be a year hence. 1f the graduates of this class will only do half as well as they know, they will be 1auch better than the av- erage of mankind, and all the govern- ment expeets is that they will do all the people have paid them to do. Be respected and beloved by your associ- ates. Don't look down on citizens. You are employed by them, paid by them, and they are entitled to a fair #eturn for their money.” soon mastered tho entire system of star routes, people of Wyoming and Montana He discovered that the were sadly in want of better mail fa- cilitios and he made himself usoful by championing their cause, quent plea in defense of Brady and the star route swindle, made him a host of His elo- admiringfriendsamong the contractors, His great speech on the obsolute ne- cossity of a daily mail from Rock Creck to Fort Custer is a masterly production, and we publish it with this issue for the bonefit of his con- Rock Creek ie inhabited solely and chiefly by the proprietor of a railroad eating house and the cooks, waitors, ete., that ave employed there stituency. in, but Valentine in his great speech casts his mind’s eye on the constantly growing population of Rock Creck and the great need of these thousands in the Wyoming wilderness of daily mail communication with Fort Custer. According to recent disclosures, the entire mail on that route did not weigh as much as the pouch it was carried in, and on some parts of that route it was scarcely an ounce per day, but our useful Valentine ex- hausted his talents in persua gress that there would be ter tress among the pobulous settle- ments on this starry way if they were denied the privilege of a daily mail. Tn tho light of that great speech in favor of tho star route ring, we can comprehend what a useful public ser- vant we have in Valentine and the only question is whether this com- monwealth will ever be in a conditi to spare him from his arduous duties. —_— Tuvriow Weep, the veteran New York cditor and politician draws a striking historical parallel between the the action of Secretary Seward and that of Senator Conkling, respecti federal appointments, When Presi- dent Fillmore appointed the colleetor, surveyor of customs, a judge and dis- trict attorney, all in New York, and opposed to Mr. Seward politically, instead of resiguing his seat, he voted for the confirmation, General Taylor, however, soon discovered that he had discriminated unjustly, and in all his subsequent appointments Senator Beward was not only consulted, but confided in, In 1860, when Mr, Lin- toln was insugurated, Mr. Seward passed from the senate chamber to the state department. Immediately Hiram Birney was appointed collector, Rufus 8. Andrews Burrogate, and George Dennison naval ofticer, In the THE OMAHA DAIL appointments the secretary of states was ignored. The republican party in this state was then divided between rudicals and conscrvatives, Secretary Seward representing the conservative | and Sccretary Chase the radical ele- | mont. These appointments were dis tasteful to Governor Seward, but in sl of resigning he devoted himself zenlously and cheerfully to his duties Mr. Lincoln was not long in discover- ing that he had made a great mstake, 80 that after the firsst two months of his _administration the closest and kindest_personal relations existed be tween the president and secrotary of state. This contrast, says Mr. Weed, reveals on the one hand the enlight encd and patriotic statesman and on the other a domineering and selfish politician, MISSOUR1 RIVER IMPROVE- MENT. Among the problems that demand an rly solution none command such general interest as does the proposed rivers, While railways will always remain the main arteries of commerce chiefly be- cause they are always available— the water ways to the sea will furnish us an outlet at certain seasons for the improvement of our great grain and cattle that we export abroad, alry that can- by fpooling. Omaha, and for that matter the peo ple of the whole Missouri Valley, are deoply interested i the aud maintain a riv not be neutralized proposed Missouri h are to be made by the na- nment and conducted un- improvements in the river whi tional g ate supervision of the war department. The engineer in charge of the river improvements at this point has been at considerable pains to outline the plans for the pro- posed river improvement before our board of trade, and Tue Bek de- votes considerable space in this issuc to the publication of the information furnished by Mr. Pease. A careful our readers to perusal will enable grasp t al points and can not fail to be both instructive and in teresting. » most v Whether these proposed vements will meet all the local s a problem that time and ex- perience alone will determine. Much depends upon the honest disburse- inpr wants ment of the funds and the proper sel- cction of materials that are to be used in carrying on the improvements, —_— GAMBETTA'S DEFEAT. Gambetta’s Serwtin de Liste bill, which provided for district representa- tion throughout the republic, has been defeated in the French senate. The objeet of the bill was avowedly to still further increase the following of the daring French leader by practically de- stroying all minority representation and electing all members of the cen- tral government by a vote of separate districts throughout the various de- partments. The passage of such a measure would have dealt a serious blow to the Monarchists and Imperial- ists and members of the older fami- ilies of the aristocracy who under the present system of elections have managed to preseyve a strong minori- ty in the senateand a considerable following in the chamber of deputies. Gambetta’s bill was introduced a few weeks ago in the house of deputies and vxcited an animated "opposi It was recognized as a measure radical in the extre nd which, if it once became operative, would practically place its author in the position of legislative dictator. It passed the house by a handsome majority and was delivered over to the senate in its ginal form, where it was de- feated through the efforts of the bourbons and imperis ion, ne sts. Nothing now remains for the French leader to do but to appeal to the people through a new election, Gambetta has an- nounced his intention of fighting to the bitter end for the success of a measure which he considers essential to the maintenance of the integrity of the republie, and a most determined and bitter struggle is likely to ensue at the polls between his supporters and the conservatives, Indications point to the eventual triumph of the measure. Gambetta has shown singular powers for attract- ing to himself the support of the masses. His brilliant audacity has won for him the admiration of the French people who when they chose a chief follows him with blind He has staked his all on ying through of the bill and nothing which can influence public opinion or manipulate popular senti- ment will be left untried. 1f the ac- tion of the chamber of deputies is sustained by the return of a majority of representatlves favorable to the measure, Leon Gambetta will be placed in a position to curtail still further the waning power of the sen- ate to control legislation. 1i, on the hand the contrary views of the situa- tion is maintained. Gambetta end his followers will be entirely shorn of overy vestige of their political power. The stakes are high and the liberal leader will strain every effort to con- vert his temporary defeat into a perm- nt victory. ERAL GRANT is not in favor of any administratron except his own, The n\-nl,li«'nu state committee of North Carolina has agreed to oppose the bill pro- Pposing to prohibit the manufacture and sale of spirituous and malt liquors in the state, THE OMABA DAILY BEE: TUJ bl A DUKE'S SURPRISE. The Dukc of Sutherland, who one of the wealthiest landed proprie- tors in England and a owner of v English railway shares, has been pay the transcontinental lines of railroad The duke naturally expressed aston ishment at the magnitude of the American railway system and voiced his amazement at the extent of their political influence and their reckless and open cxpenditure of money ‘in bribing and corrupting the represent atives of the peopl cording to his Gra ration has no ambition to influence elections, or ¢lse never attempts such a proceeding, and it is therefore aston- ishing to the duke to find a widely and lamentably different state of affairs on this side of the Atlantic, The distinguished visitor should live a fow years in Nebraska, where he would find still greater opportuni- tiel the extent of American railway ruption.”” In no state in the union, for expressing his “amazement at if we except New York, has such shameful and bold-faced interference with the free « opinion been | At the cacus and primary, in the polls, in the legislaturo and state offices them- pression of public ticed and defended. convention and at the selves, the pernicions and corrupting influence of railway threats and cor- ¢ made themselves poration gold ha known and felt. trust has been too sacred for the No office of public blighting touch of the monopelies and putation too unspotted for their corrupting overtures. 1o r Reprosenta- to voice their demands for relief from corporation oppression have been purchased with passes and bought up like cattle for the consideration of a eorporation posi- tion or a petty lawyer's brief. City councils have been packed with their tools in order to prevent the railroads from sharing burdens of tax which 10n sad- ailway bond holders has dled on already tax-ridden communi- y department of public oftice, state and municipal, which by any me: orcise a check on corporation oppr ties. In ev is could e on, the political managers of the monopolics have placed, or endeavored to place, their tools with only one object in view—the aggrandizement of the corporation and the disadvantage of the people. 1f the duke who expresses such surprise at this ‘““amazing condi- tion of affairs” would extend his ob- servations over other and more popu- lous portions of the country, he would make no effort to conceal his astonish- ment. He would discover localities in which railroad managers were ‘‘re- publican #hen it paid to be republican, democrats where it was to their ad- vantage to be democrats,” but monop- oly advocates all the time. ruined by corporation oppression, cities groaning under monopoly oppression, whole districts see towns paying toll to corporation cormorants, nd even our fonal Congress in- vaded by the creatures of this mighty anaconda daily strengthening its coils around the American republic. But if five years hence the Duke of Suth- erland comes to this country we confi- dently prediet that he will see a change which will turn his surps into lies in Amer amazement”’ at the power which to remedy such crying evils as now ex- cite the wonderment of the world, STATE JOTTINGS. La Porte is to have a brick y Burt county has five brass bands, Real estate in Tecunsel is booming deep. The cal shaft at Decatur is 201 Alexandria is petitioning for incor tion, Blue Springs has organized a board of trade. General Weaver will speak at Wakioo July dth, Valy A aiso has organized a post of the opera house, 500 cattle ave feeding on branches an, unty has a population of 4,0 A Gige county farmer sold 583 cattle lust week for 60,000, Buffulo county never had so great a prowise for crops. The skeleton of an Indian was dug up at Schuyler last week, Forty-seven Bohemian emigrants arrived in Walioo last week, Picrce connty real estate has advanced fifty per cent, in value, Hustings' new Methodist enurch will be dedicated on the 26th, . The Sccond Adventists are conducting a tent revival at- Columbus, Firth hus a new b nd, and a flour- ing mill in course of erection. The Clothier house, at Columbus, was struck by lightning last week. wedish chureh is to be built in Mon- enie precinet, Fillmore connty, Nearly tifty houses have been erccted at North Plattealready thisseason, The foundation for the U, P, blacksmith shp at Grand Island is finished. A Catholic church is to be built af Plum Creck, Citizens subscribed $702, The thigh bone ‘of & mastodon was un- earthed o few days ago at Norfolk, Dayis Creek mill, in Howard coduty, was swept away by the flood last week, A lurze amount of the foreign element is settling in Cuming county this year, A Young Men's Christian Association was organizedin Fremont last week, Frank Roberts, of Richardson county, hanged bimself last week in his barn, Sheep shearers at 83 50 oA day and board are in demand at North Platte. to be submitted to the people for ratifica- tion or rejection on the first Thursday of August next. An addresss will e issued in a few days embodying the reasons which impelled the committee to take this action, The Preshyterian society at Alexandria have begun work on their new church. North Platte contains a population of 1,911, according to this cpring’s census, The German colony ten miles north of DAY. JUNE 14, 188 BEE: TUESDAY, JU ing a visit to California and inspecting | tives supposably elected by the people |« small | He would | { 1 poiitical institutions 14, 1881. Hebron i« fast improving. Good building g up in every direction, | Sutton's Swedish residents are preparing | tobuild a church four miles west of town. Susie Hastert of David City was bitten by a rattlesnake last week, but recovered Tiree spans of the Loup river bridge at LA were taken out by the flood last week A new bank will bell, which will pro At Ashland last week <o tempted to blow open the Usher. | Dan Sulliva 1 be opened at Hube n acquisition to that e rohbers at afe of F. G, f St. Panl w ail last week for an indece committed t assault on H. Calhoun, at Ne. rized last week of Parish, of Silver Creek, ek was accidentally e Kluntz of Norfolk was severelv in- lnst week by a wagon passing over dy. The B. & M. now have ten side tracks at Wyniore, and will put in some more as soon as possible, A branch of the Merchants and Manu- facturers' Union las been organized in West Point, Bennett's new creamery in Dixon county will have a eapacity equal to about eight A stone weighing three tons, that down with the food, was left on the ( Island bottom Rehuckerd, of Bennett, com- on Wednesday by hanging mitted suicic himself to a tre s, 0f North Platte, was run t week and - recei of Mr. J. D. Berdrour, of 1 last week by burglars v taken, ndria Odd Fellows contemplate giv- grand ball in their new hall on the of the Fourth of July. cht thousand dollars worth of tickets were sold at the Grand Tsland station of the U, P. during the A young man 17 y Ryan, was drowned in berville, Dodge county v Bierbowe ident near Ogallala Jast w kicked in the face by a vicious hroneho, Little Wilber m, resid enst of Alexandria, was bitten by snake on Friday and died the next day. v Strahm, of Green Tsland, has gath- ed over 100 cords of wood left on his farm by the late flood, and he is not done yet. A mail carrier on the Neligh and C'ache creek route lost his horse and mail sack this week while crossing a bayou just sonth of igh. The Custer e st Thurs tl 1. W. Olive is their reek Pioneer, Scandia has voted bonds for a free bridge across the Republican river at that place. At present, crossing is done over a pontoon bridge, The house of John Frishke, in g recinet, Fillmore catght fire ek and the bady was %o badly burned that it died next day. fty-two footmen, twenty-seven horse men and one hundred and ninety-two ossed _the new bridge at Republi- v 1 seven miles rattle- D ontfit loft sceneof their la- ptain.—[Plum A heard of 317 fine young cattle passed through Blair a few days since from east- ern lowa bound for the grassy hills of county in this state. Owen Fagan of Norfolk, was_ drowned last week in the North Fork while vainly endeavoring to save the life of Reinbold Mann, Fagan’s hody was recovered. The St. Edward dam has been sadly de- moralized by the late floods and we under- stand will have to be entirely rebuilt, on different site, as the Beaver has cut its end of it. torm passed_over Ind ardens suffered se as well as small grain, but the_corn injured. There were about 330 window lights broken in that vicinjt; Mr. Hopwood, of Kearney; has fifty s of thrifty growing forest trees, sting of white cottonwood, yellow cotton- wood, black walnut, soft’ maple, honey locust, gray willow and cedar. Wednesday evening Red Willow county was visited by a terrible hail storm, Hail as large as small sized eggs fell, covering the ground to the depth of eighteen inches. All the north window lights were broken in the houses, and_grain was somewhat cut, but nothing serious, 1t hailed along a belt running north and south through the entire county.—Arapahoe Pioneer: 4 Molony stock farm, Humboldt, is composed of 3,000 ac is fitted up with extensive and modern s Ve f mile track, and e nee for conducting the hor M. one of the hoast of Nebraska, [ Atchison Globe, It is reported that the old road bed De- tween Falls City and Brownsville fed and_ abandoned several years ago by the busted Midland Pacific company, is to be ironed at once by the B. & M., and exten- ded southeast to Hiawatha, Also, that the B. & M. will ocenpy the gap between ska City and Plattsmouth, making & continuous and short line on this side of the river to Omaha, - [Atchison Globe, POLITICAL NOTES. General Arthur is one year younger than mkling, and will be 51 next October, bertson is to enter upon his orof the port of New York duti about July 1, Both the Pennsylvania and New York legislatures have sat until their regular sal- aries have all gone tion in Towa thisy on the second Tuesday of Oct which is the 11th day of the month, United States District Attorney ford, of New York, gets a salary of $1: & year, and is a firm_ friend of the presi- dent’ overnor Cullom, of [llinois, has reap- pointed as canal commissioners’ Joseph A, Glover, Benjamin F. Shaw, and Martin Kingman, Senator L sissippi for governor uous court, ator John Sherman presided over the first republican state convention that which in 1 nominated Salmon P, Chase for governor of Ohio, “hoss'” of the Mis- e candidates how paying bim assid- Blaine is understood to be de- s just where he sirous of st next foul inally a whiz, and publican member of the United States sen- by of represen Lill passed by the senate to prohibit_the com- mon practice of treating to spirituous and malt liquors, The Hon. Theodore Cook of Cincinnati, is & most probable democrat candidate for governor of Ohio, Mr. Cook has a barrel, and the democrats cannot rally the rank and file with any other kind of a candi- date. ‘The Providence, R. L. Journal, Senator Anthony's puper, maintains complete si- lence with reference to Mr. Conkling, say- iug nothing either for or against him. Per- haps this is a part of the “courtesy” of the senate, The New Hampshire legislature is charged with the fell design of firing W, E. Chandler into the United states senate chamber, Then he can scttle the score - | corded Saturday at the county clei *| Omaha Shirt Factory. The superiority | with thowe who were opposed to his ap. pointment as solicitor general, | m democratic organization in hostile to the German ri g, [has nominated ex-Senator Whyte for | mayor, It is said that the movement is so that the regular< will drop Mayor and take the ex-senator. irious and interesting fact has just e known. A short time before “the Chicago _convention Gener Badean ar | vived in New York fromLondon with st otyped plates of a caipaiin life of Cene Grant, which had been prepared aly tion of his nomination at Ch 1 k to pre a re (v General | them back and made applic mission to re-export the pl | the duty he had paid. This request would | ited, since the duty had been paid on them and they had been” removed VAN WYOK AND HIS WAYS. The Farm Life of the Junior Senator and His Wife, Character Sketches of Nebras- ka City—The Missing Links. Correspondence of Tirx Ba NEprasga Ciry, July 13.—Ne- braska City is the oldest town in the state and is supposed to be the home of Senator Van Wyck. No doubt many Nebraskans imagine that one of the most lordly of the towering s that crown Nebraska City's blufts is the aristocratic home of our man worthy senator, but ‘“‘many Nebras. kar tions, for an ancient mud covered, yot are wrong ®n their imagina- serviceable buck board brings the sen- ator to town from his farm, seven miles away, excepting when he is hauling hogs or wheat, and then a lumber wagon answers all require- ments. ¥ Those who have met Mrs. General Van Wyck at Washington, Omaha or Lincoln would be astonished at seeing that cultured lady with a huge plow behind her and a large old gray mag in front of her starting out on a buckboard alone on a seven-mile drive across the country. Still, that was just what your correspondent and the Nebraska City people saw on last Thursday morning. Independence and physical vigor are not incompatible with refine- ment and exalted station, The people love the general and his lady all the better because they are not afraid to work whenever there is work to be done. Farm duties and senatorial du- ties may be very unlike, but the best farmers have always been ‘our best rulers. When the people learn to ig- nore aristocrats, we will have no more trouble with Lord Roscoes. The erop prospects in Otoe county are good, in part, and very good for small grain, -~ Frait is ot promising, owing to the wonderfully severe win- ter and the sudden transition from cold to summer heat, leaving spring entirely out of this year's calendar. Corn is weedy and late, and- yet it is growing so rapidly that many pro- }»hecy an average crop; and still, un- oss wo have a very lato fall, the yield must be light. A sensation was created here this morning by the appearance of a preacher's wife (a Mrs. Link) in tho character of a runay She boldly nnounced that she was going to Den- ver with “her own true love.” Her husband and children are in Cass county. Thus rudely severed, the maritial links no longer bind. The distillery is now in full blast. The Grand C 1 hotel has reopened, every store in upper town has an oc- cupan, and Nebraska City is booming. RaNGER. Real Estate Transfers. The following transters were re office, us reported for this paper by John L. McCague, real estate agent and conve Andrew J. Hanscory to Edward H. Howland, lots 21 and 22 in block 17 Hanscom place, w. d,— 600, Peter J. Johnson to Anna Moe, lot | 8 in block 12, E. V. Smith’s add., w. | d.--8500. ancer; e J. Johnson, ", Smith's add., Henry A. Mc | ot 8 in block w. d.—&500. Union Pacific railway to Hannah M, Reed, e ) of nw 31, town 16, range 10 cast, w. d.—S8700, Boggs & Hill to Isaac Wilt, se | of | section 3, town 16, vange 11 cast, w. d.—81,600. Aug. Kountze et al. to Walter H. Sanford, lot 5 in block 12, Kountze & Ruth's add., w. d.—8525. Alex Nathans to Wilson Reynolds; 8. w. 13 section 11, town 16, range 11, cast q. ¢, d. . Knut Kastman ana wife, to John H, Bonnevier, parcel in section 15, town 15, range 13, east w. d.— 8600, Caleb B. Boyce, to James Nichol | Hude, 4 of wh, lot 1, in Griffin and | Tsaac's addition, q. c. d.—§20 Mattie 8. McGown, to Geo, P. Bemis, lots 10, 11, 12, in block 4, Parkers’ addition, w. d.;— 8300, Wilbud Hawes, to Matilda Albert, w. 4, lot 10, Redick’s addition, w. d. —§162.50. B. E. B. Kennedy and wife, to | Geo, P. Bemis, w. §, lot 2, block 266 Omaha, w. d.—§175. Thomas Martin and wife, to Reley Fouts Hude, § of No. § of n. w. || section 8, town 15, range 10, etst w. Undoubtedly the best shirt in the United States 1s manufactured at the of material and workmanship, com- bined with their great improvements, that is reinforced fronts, reinforced backs, and reinforced sleeves, makes their shirt the most durable and best fitting garment of the kind, ever manufactured at the moderate price of §1.50. Every shirt of our make is guaranteed first-class and will refund the money if found necessary, We make a specialty of all wool, Shaker, and Cyuton flannel, also chemois underwear, made up with a view to comfort, warmth and durabil- ity. To invalids and weak-lunged persons we offer special inducements n the manner these goods are made or theirZprotection. Py, GOTTHEIMER, THE BIG MUDDY. Difficulties That appear in Ite Improvement. Paper on the Subject by As. sistant U. S. Hngineer Pease. Public Improvement a Primary Consideration, How Omaha is Benefitted by Works Fifteen Miles Above. A Grouping of Solid Facts on an Interesting Subject. A meeting of citizens was held in the Board of Trade rooms last even- ing to discuss the improvement of the Missouri river and the matter of plac- Aniong those present were J. Blickensderfer, ing the harbor in condition. chief engineer of the Union Pacific railroad, Mayor Boyd, Wm. C. B, Allen, Mr. Davis, assistant in the water department, John Evans, Thos, Gibson, Prof. Pontz, Wm. A. Gwyer, L. B. Williams, Joseph Sheely, Max Meyer and Charles A. Pease, assistant United States engineer in charge of riverimprovement. The latter-named gentleman was sent on here by his chief, Major Suter, to give informa- tion in regard to the improvement of the Big Muddy. Mayor Boyd presided at the meet- ing and introduced Mr. Pease, who read alengthy paper on the subject of river improvement. The Missouri drains 572,672 and has a length of 3,000 miles. Its annual discharge is only about three-quarters that of the Ohio although its basin is two and a half times as large This s owing to the fact that in its head waters and of its tributaries comparatively little rain falls, Hence, the size of the river is disproportion- ately small measured by its draining area, At Fort Buford the river di- vides into two branches of about equal size, the Yellowstone and the Upper Missouri. The Yellowstone receives the Big Horn about 280 miles above its mouth, and the Upper Missouri at 100 its three forks, the Jefferson, Gallatin and Madison. Mr. Pease at this point read a lengthy extract from the official report of Major Suter on the general subject of the Missouri. He then continued: The amount of sediment in suspension rose greatly with the stage and velocity of the current, being much greater during the floods of spring and early summer than atany other time. The maximum observed at Omaha in the season of 1879, when careful observations were taken, was sixty-five hundredihs pes cent by weight. In the winter during low water when there is little bank erosion, only a very small quantity is found. This is usually finely divided bright sand. After standing for two hours, bnt two and_a half per cent of the origi- cdiment remains in suspen- ston, and at the end of four hours none remains that can be weighed. The water then has a milky appes ance. An analysis made July 30th de- termined that 11.4 per cent of the sedi- ment or about 1-3,000 of the original sample wasorganicmatter. Inregardto. AT D (T I s a basis of one, river water will rank two and well water six. Experiments show that for domestic purposes in the laundry the river water will be satis- factory. If all the materials cut from the banks for the last four years between Florence and the U, P. bridge in Omaha were concentrated in a solid prism, its dimensions would be 120 feet square at right section and 12,2 miles {unu, the distance between these two points measured upon the channel s have taken place in the ri g the late floods, and the most important is the partial straightenmg of the channel way. At Omaha the height of the crest of the highest rise abc January 1, 1881, was 17} feet against 12.3 feet in 1870, This is usually noted at high stages, but is now most marked. Last fall the length of the channel below the Omaha bridge to Bellevue was 15,53 miles; since that it has been reduced to 10.91 wmiles, This loss occurred almost entirely the cut-off in Bellevue bend and in the first four miles below Omaha, At the latter locality the old bar, which has_since the old survey made under the direction of Major Suter, resisted the assaults of the spring floods, is moved down stream a mile angl across the channel, On the upper side of Bellovuo bend there were about four miles of almost perfect river, and 1 had planned to take « series of systematic observations of velocity, slope, fill-back and scour during the coming season, But T fear that the disturbances occasioned by the late floods will so alter it that the work will not be worth while. The laws of stable rivers, such as we find in the east, do not generally apply to our stream, and in a scheme for general improvement con- siderations arise that apply solely to the Missouri river and its class, new or detrital rivers. It is hardly necessary for me to urge here the benefits of improvin the Missouri nver, for that is no almost universally grante We have the raw material for & transportation route to the seaboard, why not mould it to practical use and profit by the immense opportunitics offered? The railroads of Pennsylyania with their equipments cost ne[)rl{‘:sw.m per mile in 1867; of New Eugland, ,500; of the middle states, $59,0005 of the southern states, 30,000 and of the western states from $30,000 to £40,000; in the United States—avers 1807 Faruham St age, 862,400 Now Major Suter's st e A