Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1882, Page 2

b THR "STAKED PLAINS" OF TEXAS Gone to Join the * De er n Chicago Ral At Big Springs commenced one of the surprising and interesting por tions of my journey. From here westward for ahundred miles stretches out the great Llano Estacad Staked Plains of our zeographies, a Great Tt y Age American or Irhnm- is to be another from the same group. President Arthur has done much which has deserved and commanded public approbation. The appoint ment of Judge Gray to the supreme bench was admirable, and it does not detract from the merit of the sclection | that President Gartield had determin ed on it before his death. The sa wacity dwplayed in organizing the | T be altered to a “*perfect fit.” The mistake was explained when the de formity dropped his shoulder to a natural positon and bolted through the door before the tailor had recov od from his astonishment. Tt was | done for a bet, but was a mean trans action after all, “The Maxwell Steal ™ "o the Editor of th appeared supposed desert, trecless and water- | treasury secured general recognition. | An article in Tue Bee less. T would here express the wish | The messago was strong and weighty. | yosterday with the above heading, that it may take its place with the|The people are anxious that hich ha i e o pen tis fole “‘Great American Desort” among the [the new administration shall | Which has induced me to | geographical myths. In point of [be wuccessful, and &ll the |lowing remarks : fact, it is an elevated rolling table | moro because of the circumstances | The question of surveys in the land, r;niw gradually ln\w;' Hn) v-vni under which it came into being 'I"v;]-‘ United States is one which should tre, where it attains a height of | best friends of President Arthur wi X 418 Rutis! " 2,500 to 3,000 feot above tho|earnestly hopo that e my not he be. | Al for immediate action on the part sea level. Tt has rich prairie soil, | trayed into the mistake of taking Mr, |of the legislature of the country and is covered with a luxuri-[Sargent into the cabinet. The line | the system asat present employed of and growth of grass, The lookout for water supply 18 not, at first sight, promising, there being throughout 1ts whole extent nhm-hllcl?’ no running water, and whenthe railway engincers reached this portion of their work, they were prepared to encounter the dearth of water as the chief difficulty they had tc contend with, this antici- pstion was dissipated with the first well they sunk, for an abundance of water wan struck at a distance of forty foet below the surface. Since then -vor{ well sunk has yielded the same result, and the division of the road over the Staked Plains has the best water supply to-day on the whole line. 1t seems that the wholo country is honeycomed with subterranean water courses, the wells reaching them at a depth varying from thirty fect to a little over fifty feet, in one instance. The water is good, soft, clear water, and the wells all through the severe drought of this fall have given no s go of any failure in supply. So far as obgervation has extended, it has shown that the rainfall on the plains is quite as heavy, if not heavier, than in eastern Texas, Another genuine surprise was in atere for us on the ‘‘plains.’’ Last June and July, when - the road was under construction, the camps of grad ers and construction men were pitched on the ground close to the right-of- way, and in feeding their stocks por tions of corn, oats and barley had been apilt on the ground. It had taken root in the sod without having been planted, and as we passed by there atood in patches along the right-of way fully developed oats and barley wnd stalks of corn that measured at least four fect in height, with full-sized ears upon them. Tu short, it is a count that is capable of becoming the grana- ry of the Southwest, and at its eleva- tion wheat culture will i all proba bility bu very successful. The plains are the range of immense herds of an- telope and aecasional buffalo, and mar- velous siories were told me of their racing the trains and of shooting them from the cars, but wo were evidently not there on a good day for them, as wo did not catch a glimpse of either, and had to content nuruul\'us with the sight of an occasional coyote and the ubiquitous prairie dogs. ‘Watching the Drift. Philadelphia Press. General Garfield's nomination at Chicago was a distinct and majestic triumph of the popular forces of the Republican party as opposed to the arbitrary power of senatorial bossrule. The issue had been clearly and sharp- ly drawn through all the preliminary contest. The republican masses had spoken out in the most emphatic terms, and the sentiment of the party was overwhelming and unmistakeable. In the convention the real majority of the actual republican representatives was far greater than the nominal tally indicated, for a large proportion of the minority had no republican constitu- encies behind them. Had the choice been confined to the states which could cast a vote for the republican candidate, the majority would hwve been two to one. Yet, when General Garfield came to vrganize his administration, he pro- ceeded in the most liberal, broad snd just spirit, and embraced all the ele- ments of the party. Though the sen- timent of the majority had been so vigorously declared at Chicago, he did not restrict his councils or his confi- dence to their side. Instead of pro- scribing or ruling out any wing he fairly and honorably songht to make his administration stand for the whole rty. As a pledge of his freedom rom all factious spirit, he sclected three pronounced Grant men for his cabmet. Mr. James had been at Chicago laboring for Grant's nomina- tion—though too honorable and en- lightened a man to be a mere fac- tionist of any interest. M, Lincoln had been a Grant delegate, and was appointed for Logan, Judge Hunt was equally a supporter of Grant, Thus three out of the seven members of the cahinet repre- sented the minority which had been defeated in Garfield's nomination, Mr. Windom, though himself a can- didate at Chicago, was in sympathy with the same nent, and rather tMV;u od the scale on that side. Mr. acVengh spoke for theindependents. * | port, has been stretched as far in that direc- tion as it is prudent to go. Without regard to particular individuals the people feel that the administration should aim, like that of President Garfield, to represent the whole pa ty, and the next appointment will de cide whether the present tendency is to be check The Mississippl River Trade. hicago Trihune, At the oponing of navigation in 1881 there was an unusual rush of water down the Mississippi river, and, owing to the high rates of railroad transportation to the Atlantic sea- board, there was considerable wheat shipped by barges to New Orleans for exportation. Our esteemod friends in St. Louis hastily, rather too hastily it secms, announced undor - the atriking caption of At Last,” that the grain trade of the Mississippi Valley had abandoned Chicago, and through St. Louis and the great river would honce- forth find its way to the markets of the Old World. In due time the railroad rates were reduced, and the great harge husineas was practically suspended. From tho official returns of the year's businoss we gathor the following ro- ur—Receipts, 1,650,041 barrels; shipments, 2 20 barr Is a de- crease of about 100,000 barrels receiv- od and 500,000 barrels in shipments. Wheat - Receipts, 11,699,443 bushels: shiyments, 6 8f 1 bushels a de conso of 6,500,000 in receipts and a decreaso of 4,600,000 bushels in ship- ments, Of the shipments 3,750,000 bushels went by river to New Orleans for ex which is 2,000,000 bushels less than in 1880, Corn—The receipts were bushels; shipments, hushels 000 bushels, and in shipments 3,000,- 000 bushels. Of the shipments about 8,260,000 bushels of corn went to New Orleans for export. The total shipments from St. Louis by bargo to New Orleans for export 760,000 bushels of wheat and 8,260,000 bushels of corn, the two cuun»nu-xl being something less than one-half of the total shipments of wheat and corn from St. Louis during the year 1880. We quote these figures not for the pur )ulu of pointing out the smallness of the grain trado of St. Louis ucnmpnred wnh Chicago, but to explain why the expectations of an immbnse trade by the cele- brated baryés have proved to be fail- ures. Th> wheat shipment from St. Louis to New Orleans did not equal the receipts of wheat at Chicago by the Illinois & Michigan canal; nor did it equal more than the shipments from St. Louis by rail and water to the east and to all the other cities and towns all through the southern states. The Tribune has pointed out re- peatedly tho great value to all the people of the issippi Valloy in having the Mississippi river outlet made navigable for ocean steamers. No place in the west, not even St. Louis, is likely to derive so much ben- efit from having tho Mississippi river permanently navigable, except in winter when frozen below 8t.Louis, a8 is Chicago. It is immaterial wheth- er a bushel of grain is ever transpor- ted hy that river, so long as the fact romains that it may be so trans. ported in any quantity and a reasonable rates. St. Lous last spring, by sending & large quantity of grain to New Orleans for export ren- dered an immonse service to Chicago and to all tho West. It opened t oyes of the railroad managers to the certainty that while that river was open there was a limit to the rates of transportation. The railronds were brought into direct competition with the river barges at St. Louis, and the whole West reaped the profit of the compotition. The railroad competi- tion could no longer be maintained, and the West is richer by many mil- lions of dollars by the result. It is truo that St. Louis did not gain much trado by the operation, but she ren- dored a great sorvice to the Western producers, and the lesson is one that 18 not likely to be forgotten by the railway’ munagers in the future, e—— Our Glorious Independence. \\l t can | |n| fous than to be extent of country with square sections and townships is sub-dividing an altogether croncous, and founded upon & mathematical imp onsibility, in lion whereof the natural and well defined features of the country or district should be chosen, prominent and well marked points selected for stations from which to carry out a connncted system of primary triangulation with secondary and tertiary triangles of necessary filling in between these more distant primary points and lines. With such a work as the base of operation, we should have no such outcry as that raisod in the present inatance, wherever the work of certain survey- ors in systomatzed as ‘‘absolutely false,” calculated to 'deceive and mislead, otc. A to the motives of the surveyors in question I can say nothing, but with the data afforded or given hy them, T'should say that 1t was not tm- possiblo for o subsequent survey to close. The Colorado deputy surveyor, with his men, are represented to have made “dihgent search for some days,” en- during fatigue™ in search of “witness’ cor- ners,” from which to commence his surveying operations, Assuming that the witness' corner or section corners of the original survey were ever planted, they were, from the nature of the systom omployed, not improbably tucked away in some inaccessible and obscure locality, where it would be mere matter of chance if they were ever seon or found again; whereas had some well defined prominent features beon properly marked with “monu ments” of stone or other material suflicient durability, and the triangu- lation and topography correctly plot- ted and shown on paper by the first surveyor, there could be no possible difficulty in any subscquent surveyor taking up suck work as closing there- with, From my own experienee of the mode of sectioning followed in this country I have no hesitation saying that the system is rotten at the core and altogether talse and erroneous. The so called ‘‘monuments” which are supposed to mark the section corners are at the best but a single stene found in the locality, and stuck up on end, upon which a few chisel scratches are made, or may be a wooden post is employed, and in some instances the spot is merely defined by a small mound of earth, In any case, thore is nothing in the monu- ment itself to distinguish it from the stones of the loca ity, and nothing whatever to render it conspicuous; so that we have not merely an erroneous systom of the bases, hut that system carried out very imperfectly. Previous to my arrival in this country I practised for twenty-five years a8 a land surveyor under the British government of the Cape of Good Hope, as with the ordinance survey of England, the the work is all conducted tri gonome- trically; the boundaries of districts and estates are marked by stone bea- cons, or piles of stone, lime whitened, planted upon eminences or cnnuplcu- ous spots, the boundaries being either straight lines from beacon to beacon, or else banks of rivers and streams. Had such a system been adopted in the survey under consideration thsre would have been no cry that the “wit- nesses corners’’ were not to bo found and the work not closing by a distance of eleven miles. E. T. Coorgr, Omaha, January 4, 1882, FARMERS AND MECHANICS.. If you wish to avoid great danger and trouble, bosides @ no small bill of expense, at this season of the year, you should take prompt steps to keep disease from your household. The systom should be cleansed, blood purified, stomach and bowels regula- ted, and provent and cure diseases sing from spring malarin. We know of nothing that will so porfectiy and surely do this as Electric Bitters, and at the trifling cost of fifty cent a bot- tle. [Exchange. Sold by Ish & McM ahon ounty, ws: ine it ¢ the hmnh Cougt Mr, Kirkwood was a Blaine man 1|..l‘ o ~§“l\ or " Present, . HOWARD " gaf simply because Towa was a Blaine ‘.A.,.,h‘ he, AT D, 1801 Present, HOWARD u hu m. state, and Mr. Blaine himself was the only other representative of the ma- jority. construction was to recognize, nuite and harmonize all wings of the party, The republican masses cordizlly ap proved this purpose and sp They had risen in yevolt against the ml.-u sive assumptions of boss rule, measure of recognition and influence, They protested aganst thedictation of a few, but they wanted all to stand When the shot of the assassin struck down the embodiment of the popular choico together on an equal footis and will, they earnestly hoped thaf same broad and patriotic spirit would If an administration which represented the majoritycould be thus prevail, liberal and considerate, there was al the more reason why an adwmir tion which sprang from the minority should seck to win a wide and more general approval. watched the changes with the deepes interest and with full trial, They have seen Blaine, MacVeagh, Window and James, rep resenting various elements, And now they are told that the nex The plain design of such a but they were willing that all ulenmntu of the party should have their rightful tra- The people have 8 geuerous and friendly dispositicn to give a fuir and retire from the cabinet, and they have scen four men enter—all chosen from the same minority side, and two of them from the old group of Grant senators. fr o the wto ained by & PrrTERs, hw eon b easily mely vse of Brnnock 1, Price $1.00, trial size n 10 conts, 4 21w A Mean Trick on a Tailoy Toronto (Ciuadu) Mail, Dec, 27 A fow days ago a young man with his left shoulder elovatod about six inches above the right entercd a mer. chant tailor's in this city. and asked to be shown some diagonal cloth, The comply with the request, and after half an hour's inspy at $16 was orderod, and a “perfoct fit"” guaranteed to thisdeformed s men of humanity, deposit as & ‘guarantee faith,"” t which the “‘porfect fit" was t punctual as before. It was again tried something wrong, The shopma opencd his eyes in astonishment, one shoulder covered his left ear, while the tails on the oppo site side struck, out at an angle of 45 degrees. There was 1 thing for it, t worthy shopman was one too happy to tion uuml\uluud He paid o swall of good and was told to come round in the course of two or three days to try o be |lot 4w, ready, and the customer was there us on, but this time there was ovidently for customer's however, and to lose the cloth, for, as even the tailor admitted, it could not County Judge, uattor of the estato of Josoph T Nel. t Martha x and fAling the yctition {rying that the instr porti ast will and testan the probuto thorcof, Fountain Cc fled in thiv s the last will and tastament of sai Nelson, decoased, 1o and for the Stato of No braska. Ordered, That August 27th, A, D. 1551, at 10 o'clock . in,, s assigned for Kewring sald potition, interestod in sald’ matter may ty Court to be held, in and for how cause why the prayer of petitionerstould not be granted; and that notice of the pondency of sid petition and the hearin horool, be givan to all ersons interestod In wald matter, by publishing & copy of thix order in Tiux OWAIIWKRKLY KR, 3 Towspaper prinfod in sai . 1or (ko waccusslye weoks, Priok W said day m hearing. (A truo copy') HOWARD B, 8MITH, N County Judge. by the LEGAL NOTICE, 1 it on. Punctual to appointment, the [ To John It. Gree specimen” put in You are by notified that on the 20th day m“‘w .M' m L] d"l'l"’“" of Februar tho undersigned duly pur. N L n iagonal | chased, at private sa'e, in the treasurer's oflice, ¢ .,[\1‘. was fitted to the diagonal county! aud wate aforusaid, the “following de & A crived on | fribed Creal estato, and state baok. Finally the day arrived on |aiCreeaid, “Sowif Fasterty " porion "y in section 26, towuship 15, range 15 onst, in sald - 0unty, 48 UryeyOr—such pur chase " heing for delinquont taxes, state, county 1) 1 iy levied and and assossed in You_are further notified that tLo € me of ry demption of said property from said tax sale wil epive February 20, 1882, wud that uuless redemption s mad rdlng to las de to sald aid prope Omaha Decomber 19, 1881 872805 ol Augusta, Ma'ne at howme canlly wade ‘‘the greatest hardship and P ,|OMAHA, 1t yon suffer from Dyspepsia, use BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, 1t you arc alicted with Biliousness, uso . BURDOCK BLOUD BITTERS, 1t you are prostrated with sick Headacho, take BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS 1f your Bowclaare disordercd, reg them with BURDOCK BL 0D BITTERS, 11 your Blood s mpure, purity it with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, 11 you have Indigestion, you will find an antidote BURDOCK BLOOD BITTKRS, 1f you are trouhled with Spring Complaints, er- wlicats them with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, in 11 your Liveris torpid, restore it to healthy action with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS It your Liver Is affected, you will find a sure re. storative in BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, 1t you have any wpocies of Humor or Pimple, fail not to take BURDOCK BLOOD DITTERS. 1t you have any symptoms of Ulcers or Sorofulous Sores, curative remedy will be found in BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS For imparting strength and vitality to the sys- tem, nothing can equal BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS. For Nervous and General Debility, tone up the aystem with BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS, Price, 81.00 per Sottle; Trial Bottles 10 Cts FOSTER, MILBURN, & Co., Props. BUFFALO, N. Y. wholesalo by Ish & McMahon and C. F. 27 ood-to Gentle Women Who want glossy, luxuriant and wn\t;{ tresses of abundant, beantitul Hair must uso LYON’S KATHAIRON, This clcinnt, chenp article always the Hair grow freely and fast, keeps it from fulllng out, arrests and cures gray- ness, removes dandruff and tching, makes the Hair S PLOF fhhos " endency and kee] n es{red lltl)’nl?g Beau- flm healthy nlrluhuure vesult of using Ka . THORSOUGHBRED JERSEY COWS & HEIFERS For Sale By GRAHAM P. BROWNE, omAma, nEE. KENNEDY'S EAST - INDIA A FAMILY TONIO ILEB & CO., SoleManumcturera. OMA A, WESTERN CORNICE WORKS : C. SPECHT, Proprietor, 1213 Harney Street, NEB. ~MANUFACTURERS OF— GALVANIZED IRON Cornices, Dormer Windows, Finials, TIN, IRON > SLATE ROOFING, Specht's Patent Metalic Sky- light. Patent Adjustable Ratchet Bar and TRON FENCING. Crestings, Bal Bank Ral Window and Cellar Guards; also | GENERAL AGENT Peerson and Hill Patent Inside Blind. novidtt A. G. TROUP, Audieis TR &G0, | APVPORNEY = AT - AW HO3 ‘WSILVANIHY 'VIBd3dSAQ BRACKET SHELVING.| ho gencral State Agent for the above 00, ades, Verandas 0fMce and JANUARY 6, 1882 BEST —AND-- Handsomest; IN THE= MARKET" Fo Sale by WM. F. STOETZEL 521 South ’I‘enth St. H. SCHONFELD Propietor of the ANTIQUARIAN Book Store The Antignarian’s Warning. Do not trust him, gentle reader, Though his shelves look trim’ and neat Do not heed the plate glass windows, hining out upon the street, ded backing on the volumes 1l fade and be forgot; re oft deceiving ader, trust him not. Gentle Reader, onco there ‘ived a student, Wholong songht for learning rare, Auvd be met him on the side And he falsely led him there. And he ralked to him of Trat PorrER’s hook s and SCHNUCKER'S lore; And I met him plodding howeward With a bundle to hix door, Gentle reader, 1 hav waited, — Nightly I have walked tie street, Lingerin for you on the corner, And this happy honr we meet! Raise your eye to yonder window, ‘Where our student, in the nig ht. With a page of SCHMUCKER'S lmtur). Rises up his pipe to light. Reader, turn not from me coldly, The truth only have 1 told; I would sa_e thee from the book stores, Where the customers are *‘aold.” — I w uld shield thee fr m all dinger, hield thee from the plate glass snare;— Shun, O, - hun the gilded counters, T have warned thee—now BEWARE! H. Echonfeld, PROPRIETOR OF THE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK STORE Invites the attontion of the lovers of good read- ing to his extensive and valuable collection of " GHOICEST WORKS in all departmenta of Literature and § Not only ure the most estcemed American works to be found 1 his shelves but THE ANCIENT CLASSICS, and_the Standard Writers of Medimvalages and Modern Europe are we | represented. Owiig to his opportunitios for mecuring theso Books at low prices, ho «flrs them ot ficures which can not be met by any other house in this city. Partiew desiring Good Books at Low Prices aro requested to call clsewhero before coming hore that they way provo the truth of this as: eertion. Dexiring to keepa stock of the very hest works, I carefully sel-ct only such &3 could mee? . 20 ap: proval of a cultivatel taste, In these days of chuap litorature 1t in very easy to buy for a little money a lrce : tock of printed matier, bound in well «ilded covers and popular- Iy terulod books, but which deserve the' title in the Jangusie of Charles of Lamb, "'Things in Books' Clothing," It is to he regretted thut 8o many booksellers, il'iterate and mercenary, fill thoir shelves with thinspecies of reaoing e tor, thus conyerting their stores into Mere Charnal Houses forgotten or unhappily unforgotten seriblors. Let those who wih to read books of IN. T INSIC VALUE step into my storc and they will flud whatever they want Hew embor that Iy the choice of your books ¥ urcharacter i 1t is an “axiom that “people will not or than the books toey Ur. A, P neral rend the lawyer, the | student, the enginecr of jeal enqiirer, Ihe lover of ) or thore who look for work in an b supplied with what is architect poctry o fletio Langua, " hiv ¢ also @ large and well selected stock of clogant Little Books tor Childrenat home, who uld I ihere i in thix boliday scison And th ) wixh for choice and ricily bound Kt} , Whose conte il be found worthy Of their external appearance, will do well to cail at the 1420 Douglass Strect. HEADQUARTERS OF THE LITERATL. de20codim Matter of Application of Michael Wallanz for Liquor License, NOTICE, iven that Michael Wal- sthday of December, lication to the ]uu/.lnl pon th , 18el, file and City Coun + tosell Moty Spitituon o b north sioe Leavenworth, be. en I'birteenth and Fourteenth streets, Second ward, Omah:, Neb,, from the 7th day of January, 1852, to the 10th day of April, 188 If thes no u‘l].‘\ll m, remonstrance 4| within two wecks from 1881, the said sl e yranted, MIoHARL WALLANZ, licant, Tug Dawy Bek newspaper will publish the above notice once each week for two weeks at the expense of the applicant. The City of Omaha is not to be charged therewith, J.J. L. C. JEWETT, City Clerk, Dec24.2t, D. 8. BENTON ALBACH BLOCK, Douglas 164N B for the gilt-odged and hot-pressed mumunies of ANTIQUARIANBOOKSTORE |~ ATTORNEY - AT - LAW P. BOYER & VO, ——DEALERS IN— HALL'S SAFE AND LOCK CO. Fire and Burglar Proof = A E" E S VAULTS, LOOCEKS, &C. 1020 Farnham Street, ONMAEIA - RIEIE. 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