Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 23, 1882, Page 4

1 — The Oma ha Bee Published svery morning, except Sunday, he only Monday noming daily, One 8ix M8 BY MATL:— .$10.00 1 Three Mo 500 | One KLY BEE, published ev- POST PATD:—~ 82,00 | Three Months 1.00 | One .00 nths, 83 . 1.00 rHE BERM One Ve Bix Mo 50 | 20 RESPONDENCE—AIl Communi. to New«and Editorial mat- ddressed to the EDITOR OF | o i tors aliould be Tae Ber, BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Busines Letters and Remittances should be ad dressed to THE OMAHA PUBLISHING CoM- PANT, OMiHA. Drafts, Checks and Post- office Orders to e made payable to the order of the Compa OMAHA PUBLISHING (0., Prop'rs €, ROSEWATER, Editor. Ture contingent congressman back pay grab meets with universal con- demnation throughout the state. Val’s constituents won't back him in any such schome, _— DeNver justices of the peace are reported to earn more than double the salary of the governor of the state each year. Denver is evidently far from a peaceful city. Tuk pool lines have ourtailed edi- tors’ privileges on their roads. Editora will probably retaliate by refusing to give 8500 worth of free advertising tor a fifteen dollar milenge ticket. WE thought as much, Dr. Miller wants the name of Sherman avenue changed to Sheridan avenue. Another of General Sherman's guy ropea on immortal fame is about to be broken. Speaker Kemeer finds that the spesker’s chair is not a bed of roses. The house has nover been wmore disor- derly than at the present time, and Mr. Keifer doesn't to be the man to quiet it. seem New York and Philadelphia brokers have organized a new telegraph compa ny compoaed of thirty members of the stock exchan In a few months we may confidently ex- 28 of the two cities. pect to hear of its disappearance in the Western Union building, I i August Arndt, Mt have been expected, has been found gmity. Tn order that Tue Ber may not lay itself liable to the charge of attempting to impede the course of justice, we shall defer our comments until the ‘‘terrible nihilist” is sentenced. a court orga to conviet as Oaprary Eans sends us a pamphlet containing the views of well known engineers on the feasibility of his shiprailwayacross the isthmus, If the captain ever commences on hisscheme it will give Earl Granville a chance to get even with ex-Secretary Blaine ard the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. You do not see any railrord schemes popping up in the legislature. Not at all. The managers aro waiting till the busy days of the session when log roll. ing 1s casy, and the people are impa tient for acjournment. Then jobs may be ‘expocted to spring up ina might. - Springfield Republican. Massachusotts railrond attorneys can get a number of points on elev- enth hour legislation by applying to the managers and counselof Nobraska monopolies. VALENTINE was sat upon with a loud thud on Wednesday while trying to push his bill for packing minerals at the Atlanta exposition through the house, out of the regular order of business, He was sprung upon by Springer and Singleton and ruled ont of time by the speaker, Ho subsided into his seat with a parting shot, ‘I wish to state —.” Just about this time some othor congressman was stating something else, Val was out of breadth. Tk bos tax-dodgingeorporation is the Pacific Mail Steamship company. The laws of the state of New York provide that corporations shall bo taxed where they have their main of- flce. The company has placed a shin- gle bearing their name, on a cheap frame building in the village of Uppor Nyack in Rockland county, and tho directors, inorder to cscapo the heay- ier taxation of New York city, claim the Nyack building as their main of- fice. Suits for $200,000 uncollected taxes have already brought azainst the company. been Iz is stated on excellent authority that the measures which have been introduced into congress to de- clare forfeited to the government the unearned land grants of various roads meet with the cordial approval of the administration. In some quarters the belief is entertained that the move- ment originates with the administra- tion itself, and has some connection witha general antimonopoly movement of which Mr, Conkling has recently intimated he might be the leader. As & leader of the eastern antimopalists Mr. Conkling would do much to re gain the national influence and prom- inence which he lost when the legisla- ture of New York refused to endorse his ill-considered secession from the LIMIT THE DEBATE The board of trade meets to-night to take action on the report of the pa- That tains material enough for a six months debate if ench proposition 18to be fully But ying committee. report con discussed. our business men cannot afford to waste time in discus. come de= The is sing questions which cannot cided for some to only thing they must decide now what amendments to the city charter our delegation ought toask for, €0 that The first 1 the what time we may pave our streets. point issue of bonds, in amount they shall be and what proportion of the cost of the pavements shall be paid out of the proceeds of their The next question is whether the charter shall be amended for the purpose of oreat ing & board of public works to eon trol the laying of pavements, con- struction of sewers, etc. If it is not desirable to create such a board whether any change in the charter is deemed desirable to carry on these public improvements, either by in- creasing the number of councilmen or by placing checks upon their control of such work. The debate to-night after hearing the reports of special committees should be limited to these vital ques- tions which are the only ones that re- quire immediate decision, The de- bate over paving material ought to be left until some day when w vote bonds. That in all probability will not occur before the cityelection, Meantime everybody interested can seek light on paving materials from sources where different pavements have had a trial of to bhe decided issued sale. come to A Dusuque dispatch the 19th inst., says: “Last week ex-Senator George W, Jones of this city and Mayor Sweet- zor of East Dubuque were sent to Washington to induce Secrotary of War Lincoln to grant tho city of Du buque a charter to build a wazon hri(\ul- across the Mississippi at this point, south of the railroad bridge. This has been a boon long and d voutly prayed for by Dubuquers. day u dispateh was received hore from Washington, signed by Messrs. Jones and Sweotzer. saying that Secretary Lincoln had answered the prayer of the people and granted the long for privilege, The Dubuque gation was ably assisted in the work by Senators Allison of Towa, nd Logan of Hlinois, and Congross- nan Hawks of Wisconsin, Dubugue is rojoicing to-night over her good fortune.” Omaha needs a wagon bridge agood deal more than Dubuque. Com- munication between Omaha and Council Bluffs under present condi- tions is almost as difficult as between Omaha and Chicago. The - original charter of the bridge company pro- vided for a wagon bridge over the river which has never been built and never will be under Union Pacific management. It the Towa coagressional delegation can se- cure the right for citizens of Dnbu- que to build a bridge why cannot the Towa and Nebraska delegations secure the same privilege for Omaha and Council Bluffs, The beard of trade meots this evening and will doubtless appoint a commttee at the request of the Council Bluffs board of trade to consider the question of a wagon bridge between the A ought to be appointed which will look at the matter fairly and impartially without being influ- enced by any other consideration than the best interests of the two cities. two cities. committee Tax house of representatives should promptly concur in the bill introduced by Senator David Davis and passed by the senate, providing for the im- mediate retivement of Justice Hunt, who for two years has been entirely incapacitated for work in the supreme court. The laws of the United States provide that when any judge of a fed- eral court resigns his office after hav- ing held it for at least ten years, and having reached the age of seventy yoars, his salary shall be continued for life. 1t will be somothing over a year bofore Judge Hunt will have served the ten years required by law, and very naturally he refuses to resign until ho can bo assured of a pension which will provide for his maintenance The scandal which has arisen from the condition of Justice Hunt, the erowded docket of the court and the refusal to make way for a successor, suggests a needed change in the law regarding judicial pensions, There is reason why the ten year limit should not be stricken from the laws or conditioned by a provision that any judge incapacitated for duty by sickness may resign at option and receive the same pensien as if he had actually served the number of years required by the present statute. and support. no Two grandsons of John C. Calhoun make significant statements in the February Century, in Mr. Edward Atkinson's striking paper on the At- lanta Cotton Exposition. After the war, one of them moved with the family of slaves to a rich Mississippi Valley plantation, and succeded in placing hoth himself and his freed la- borors in a position of prosperity. Ho details the difficultios under which Southern planters like himself lave labored, and he expresses unbounded senpte, confidence in the ability of the freed- men to support themselves in comfort. Ptk OUMAIIA DAILY B9 : MONDAY J/NUARY 231002, One of the grandsons, in referring to the elder Calhoun's belief that the two races could not exist on the same soil except in the relation of masters and slaves, made this surprising re- mark: “If my grandfather and his associates had known as much about the negro as T know, and could have had the same faith in his capacity for progross which Thave attained from my own cxperience, there would have been neither slavery nor war.” e Tur Pennsylvania law regulating primary elections had a severe test at While the recent re- publican primaries were not materially changod by its operation the machinery provided by the statutes was not used and there is promised a vigorous at- tempt to have offenses against the law punished in the courts. The main features of the law arc familiar to most of our readers from their dis- cussion in Tre Bee during the session of the last legislature. It sceks to regulate the primaries by the provis- ion of much the same safeguards which are thrown around regular elec- tions. and punishment is provided for frauds as with the regular elections. Of course any law which requires a determination of the political belief of voters is difficult in application. This manifested itseif in Philadelphia, where there was a question as to whether those who voted for Wolfe at the late election were entitlrd to con- sideration as republicans. The ques- tion was decided however in their favor. Several cascs of bribery were reported, one man complained of his exclusion from the polls and several criminal prosecutions under the law are already under way. The direct effects of the law are of less import- ance than the results which may be expected from the agitation of primary reform. Let it once be respectable and law the very outset. understood th abiding citizons can attend the pri- maries with any chance of having their votes counted and the day of the shameful abuses which have disgraced our caucus and primary systom will Such a law as nia now has ought long ag very quickly he over. Pennsyl to have secured a passage in the Ne- braska legislature. Tt cannot much dofer longer be A meMBeR of the Ohio legislature has introduced a resolution providing that every absentee shall forfeit $5 for each day's absence, unless he de- clares upon his honor that his absence was caused by reason of sickness or a death. This wont prevent the sud- den illness of members who are anxi- jous to dodge votes on important questions. Five dollars fine is a poor et off to a $500 bribe. WESTERN RAILROAD PROG- RESS. To a close observer and reader, the daily record of railroad movements, of new lines projected and combina- tions formed, is a succession of sur- prises. The great trunk lives of the east and west have already obliterated from the map a vast number of local roads, and the process of amalgama- tion continues only on a more extend- The railroad eystems run- ning west from the Mississippi are to- day controlled by ten corporations, Gould is already master of the field south and west of St. Louis, using the Wabash as a weapon of defense on the north and as an eastern outlet. Four companies control the railroads of Tows, and they have so combined and harmonized their interests as to make them practically one. Nebras- ka bows to the will of two corpora- tions, while a third is steathily push- ing along the northern frontier asif to avoid observation. The Northern Pacific penetrates Dakota, with the Northwestern and Milwaukee temporarily resting on the eastern border. The bleeding commonwealth is under the iron heel of the Gould' and Strong companies, with no imme- diate or remote prospect of additional competition, At the present moment these companies are engaged in a strugglo of great importance to the peoplo of the southwest. partially succeeded in hemming the Santa Fe in a notwork of roads from which there seems to be only one out- let, the St. Louis & San Francisco and the Atlantic & Pacific. For the first time in many years Gould got uchred in the deal, though his agents had been in the field for weeks, and finally he came 1n person to 8t. Louis to effect a purchase. After obtaining control of the important lines center- ing at the “‘Kuture Great,” his atten- tion was momentarily diverted by the Reading election, when the Santa Fe people stepped in and secured the first refusal of the lines. President Strong successfully led the forlorn hope which secures to the Santa Fe permanent connection with St. Louis and the east. The St. Louis & San Francisco road is com- pleted to Vinita, Tndian territory, where work stopped, awaiting the ap- proval by congress of the right of way granted by the Indian tribes. The route lies through Northern In dian territory and New Mexico and Avizona and Southern California, crossing the Southern Pa cific north of Los run | ning close to the coast to the city of San A to San ed seale, Gould has Northern Angeles and Francisco. branch ping facilities are equal if not superior to those ot San When these roads are comploted the distance would be shortened 630 the Southern Pacitic route and Santa Fe will miles, Franeisco, over the miles company aain The report of the railroad commis- sioner of Minuesota shows that 173 miles of road were constructed in that public are asking for the cheapest and best transportation all things consid- ered. These companies are the bid- ders or compotitors; they combine and agree not to compete, and to di- vide the benefits of their employment. | This combination is also contrary to the public policy and should be 86 de- clared and set aside, and 1ts execution | enjoined.” Tlhe financial condition of the ver & Rio ( Den- ande is3 shown by the stato last year, making a total of 3,273 | circular of President Palmer to be in of the road bed miles in operation at the closc year. are graded and ready for the iron. The increase in miles of railroad Nearly 200 miles of in in gross net \ operation is five per cent. earnings, 30 per and earnings 27 per cent. The staic enue derived from railroad taxes for 1880 was 8323443, an increase of $74.000 over 1879, and for 1881 they will approach £400,000. The Pioneer Press says ‘‘this tax will in the near cent., in future be sufficient to pay the interest of the state debts, including the lately refunded state railroad bonds, and also to pay the ordinary executive, judicial and legislative ex- penses of the atate government " The commissioner 18 opposed to aggressive legislation to regulate rates, believing that the cultivation of friendly rela- tions between the people and railroads i8 productive of more good than hos- tility. He elaborates the arguments used by the railroad organs of Ne- braska during the pendency of the Doane law in the last legislature, that state interference scares capital and retards building, which has been thoroughly and eftectually disproved in this and other state The Northern Pacific is between two fires in congress. The company are straining every nerve to comply with its charter and earn the lands granted by congress, but stock jobbers and lobbyists have raised a loud and patriotic ery against land grants gene- rally. Under this guise they hope to sufficiently depress the stock and recover finan- cial equilibrium. The indifference of the Northern Pacific and the peararce of a woalthy lobby in its in- their u-ap- torest, has disappointed the primed congressional patriots, and the agit: tion has almost intirely subsided. There is no doubt, however, that sev eral companies who haye not fulfilled their obligations, will be vigorously pushed and compelled to disgorge. An important equity case has just been decided by the United Stetee circuit court at Springfield, Tll. The case was brought by the attorney-gen- eral of Tllinois against the ferry com- panies and the bridge company at St. Lo for combining and pooling their earnings, The information stated that in 1880 a contract was en- tered into by the companies to con- duct the business as a joint interest; to maintain a certain fixea rate of fare; to jointly fight any new competi- tors, and to reduce rates to any figure necessary to drive them from the field. Judge Zanes’ decision enjoin- ing the execution of the contract, touches upon the following important points: ‘“The purpose of this contract is to make the interest of the parties in the business mentioned joint. They agree not to compete and to make common cause to prevent competition by others. ““That competition in all branches of business is beneficial to society is shown by experience and supported by reason and authority, Happiness is the desire of all men. To obtain it is the end of human effort. The bene- fits of business constitute its motives, to secure which men e e in all pursuits and employments. Success depends upon the use of means. The three parties to this contract were engaged in the transportation of per- sons across the Mississipoi river, and no one had as much as it could do. The people want a safe, cheap, prompt, convenient and comfortable transpor- tation. Other things equal, the com- pany which furnishes the use of the safest crossing will do the most busi- ness. Other things equal, the cheap- est way will be used. ~ Other things being equal, the public will choose the most expeditious, and, other things being equal, the most comfort- able and convenient means will bo employed. “Safety, cheapness, promptness and convenience were the inducements for business to be held out by these trans- fer companics. Such quantities in common ecarriers the interests of the public demand. These are the fruits of competition, they are not the pro- duct of monopolies. Competition is an effort to surpass, to excell. Our ancestors cleared the field on unequal have an equal contest in every em ployment, pursuit and calling, Nat- ural monopolies the people throngh their legislatures and courts iust regulate as best they can; ariificial ones they will not create, nor will they allow individuals or corporations to create them by contract. Asaffoct- ed by capacity, agreeableness and risk the remuneration of labor and the compensation for the use of capital are fixed by competition. Pecuniary prices and values are measured by that standard, * * * * il r, is forever seeking the highest rew , and, other things being equal, it will go into that busi- ness which is believed to offer the best returns, and will continue to do so until they are reduced to a level with those in other departments of busi- ness. Competition is the equalizer of prices and values. “When reasonable men understand that the public good demands froe competition and that it must be al- lowed, they will submit. ‘the men who control such corporations as these detendants are, do not often commit financial suicide. All combinations and pools to prevent competition are public cnemies, and logislatures and courts should so treat them. Dicgo is also projected, where ship- ““Phis bill shows & case where the customs and laws that all men might | The unfunded liabilities of the company 82,224,015, the company has on hand cash, and its equivalent, £2,900,865; due from the United States for mail service to No- ‘i\'umhur 350, $2,220834. With the exception of £126,000 due a New York bank, the company does not owe a dollar to any bank or trust company. The bank referred has on deposit four- old that amount to the credit of the ¢>mpany. Besides the above amount the company has other resources amounting to nearly four millions. The estimated cost of the Utah exten- sion is 2,000,000 Cass county is struggling with the rest of her neighbors under a mort. gage of 100,000 given to the B. & M. in her early days. The bonds bear ten per cent, and that is where they pinch. The Plattsmouth Jour- nal urges the commissioners to refund the bonds by floating a new ten-year bond bearing not more than six per cen.. A saving of 84,000 a yearis an important item to a new and growing county, and 1s certainly worth an effort. Omaha and Doug- las county floated court house and sewer six per cent bonds at a premium of one-half to two per cent, and the demand exceeded the The can do a flourishing condition entire are inst which supp'y commissioners of Uags county equally well and annually save a snug sun to pay off the principil at ma- turity. The Onawa Gazette the Northwestern Towa and the pr The fol Towa aud Ne- reviews progress for the coming season. extracts will interest ska readers building of the branc kee roxd to Sioux Ci n will surely call for . The Milwaukee will, by branch, bring Sioux City within miles of Chicago. The next nearest line is by the Northwestern and Mis- souri Valley, distance 542 miles. ‘I'ne difference of twenty-two miles would allow the Milwaukee to leave Siouy City an hour later, and also to deliv: Jhicago passengers there an hour earlier than the Northwestern. To meet this advantage the Northwestern must shorten its line fo Sioux City. It is undoubtedly true that the best and shortest feasible line from Chicago to Sioux City is via the Maple valley, and that no line will be found that has such advantages. From Chicago via Maple River Junction, Mapleton and Ovawa to Sioux City is 517 miles, twenty-tive miles shorter than via Missouri Valley, and three mi'es shorter than the new Milwaukee line will be. From Mapleton to Sioux City, via the Milwaukee line, will be forty-eighv miles, via Onawa 1t is only nine miles further, and no hill on the way, and it only needs tweniy mi'es of new road, from Mapleton to Ona- wa, to make a connection. From Ma- ple River Junction to Wall lake is seventeen miles; from Lake City, the present terminus of the Tama City branch of the Northwestern, to Wall Luke is nineteen miles due west. From Wall Lake to Tama City it is the same distance via Lake City or Maple River Junction, viz : 147 miles, ““The Maple Valley road is now run as a plug road, and the Sac City branch is also a plug. The Gazette ventures the prediction that the Sac City branch will be extended to Cor- rectionville, making just a good day's run of fifty-five milés; also that the new connection of the Northwestern with Sioux City will be from Maple River Junction, receiving the Lake City travel at Wall Lake, and thence via Maple Valley and Onawa to Sioux City. Thisis just where the road should have been built fifteen years ago, and would have been, had not the interests of the country along the line been sold out to hasten a connec- tion that never paid the parties who sold us for their pains. “The Missouri bridge business is also worthy of consideration, From Maple Valley Junction to Wisner, on the Elkhorn Valley via Missouri Val- ley and Fremont, is 155 miles; and via the Maple Valley, Omawa and Decatur it miles, just 30 miles Now the road to Ouawa is going to be built anyhow, and by building forty-five miles from Onawa to Wisner, through a good country, the line to the ‘far west' is shortened thirty miles. The way to the upper Niobrara, the great plains and the Black Hills, is via the Maple Valley and Decatur. Tt is believed that not only will the best founda tions of a bridge be found at Decatur, but in this route will be found the shortest and casiest line to Chicago from the upper Niobrara and the Eikhorn, and « line that can have no successful competit There 1s not much doubt but the parties in interest have studied up this matter far more thoroughly than the writer hereof ; if not, then it is full time they did. The bridge at Blair may be needed, but the one at Decatur 1s the key to the situation, and ‘the early bird gets the worm,'"” Lof the i s01e n ne A Very Close Corporation. Lincoln Democrat. That is what our state agricultural society is; and it is more—it is an A No. 1 railroad machine, much more 80 than the interests of the railroads, Yor of the people,’ require. We hope that at the next session of the legislature the people will wipe out e to appropriate moneys for it. The people have enough to pay, with- out paying for the expenses of a so ciety so-called agricultural, but in fact monopolic; the seeds that society disseminates are most foul. We had no idea that such was the this railroad institution, or at any rate | attended the meetings; but, now we have attended one, and what did we sce there! Railroad agents, cappers and their friends. Of course, there are a few exceptions, but they are ex ceedingly few. Mr. Walker, of this city, was set upon by the gang because he stated that the railroads did not act fairly with the peopie at the last state fair, and he had much trouble to extricate himself from the clutches of Kinney and Hartman, who just went for him., w, this was a very small offense on the part of Mr. Chas, Walker, we dare say, and moreo his charge was true; but as two-thirds of the society live at the expense of the corporation of Ne braska, he had to pay the penalty and his chances for the secretaryship were not worth a pinch of snuff’ after the incident. We were somewhat surprised to sec Mr. Christ. Hartman heap maledic- tions on the Doane law, especially for the reason he saw fit togive: Says he, “The Doane law prevented the rail road companies from doing any bet- ter; they did the best they could, they gave transportation free, one way.’ We never knew they bad done this, but taking for granted that they did, we will ask Mr. Hartman wherein the Doane law is the cause that prevents railroads to give free transportation both ways? The law has its defects, to be sure, but Mr. Hartman evident- ly don’t know what they are, and like a parrot, sings out in unison with the railroad organs, ‘‘anathema upon the men who mean to bridle up the cor- poration horses and tame them down to a decent respect for their riders, the people!” One of the beauties of this board, as a close eorporation, is the manner in which new members are selected. For instance, a certain number of geutle- men'’s time expires every year, and a committee is appointed, by the chair, to select names to fill the places. On this committee the chair is always sure to appoint some of the outgoing gen. tlemen, and they have just modesty enough te reappoint themselves. By that means the concern is kept up. We are utterly disgusted with the thing. There is no society in the state more monopolistic than our ag- ricultural society, and the sooner it is wiped out of existence the better, The men who manage it are not farmers. They are railroad men, first, last and all the time. IOWA BOILED DOWN, Eldora has formed a board of trade, The town clock for Fort Dodge has ar- |i\\v-|| ple wood sells for $10 & cord in Dy- ersville, Another creamery isto' be established in Red Oak. An Ottumwa brick “eft over. A ne lan in the spring There_are 2 Moines board of brickmaker has 125,0 0 house is to be built in Har- members of the Des 1 ade, An anti-horse-thief n-sociation is being formed in Cedar Rapids. The th_roughfares in Glenwood be lighted by street lamps. Marshalltown is moving to organize a Turbine windmill company. The Dubuque fair for the benefit of St. Patrick’s church netted 33,544.80, Dexter pecple are preparing to push their claim for & st:te normal school, The hotel kespers' association will meet in Des Moines on the 8th of February. The Dubuque cattle company has in- creased its stock from 850,000 to $100,000. Fish Commissioner Shaw has_recently vlaced 500,000 white fish eggs in Spicit Lake. The Grove merchants say they did double the business in 1881 that they did in 1880, The Fort Dodge board of health has re- quested all citizens within the city limits 1o vaccinate. The counties of Delaware, Jones and Linn exported 84,000,000 worth of butter and cheese last year. Mr, Fry, druggist of Mt. Ayr, has heen sued by the widow of the late Wm. Mill, for $10,000 damages. The board of supervisors of I'a offer a reward of 31,000 for the of coal in that county. Towa Falls has been established as a trelght division on the Burling ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad. A bill has been introduced in the legis- lature removing the power of townships and towns to vote aid to secure railroads, The new depot to be huilt at Burlington by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy com- pany will cost between $60,0 0 and 7 000, are to wty discovery Benton county has let the contract for a new jail at Vinton to aS*, Louis company. Tt will cost 810,000 and is to be ready July 15, A firm with large capitil is figuring on building a large pirk packing establish- ment in (‘reston, together with a soap factory. Effo ts are being made to extend the Wabash railway syatem from Malvern to Avuca, thence to Harlan, and thence to Sioux City via Denison, Mz, Tiller, of Monroe county, who has a 35-acre orchard, had a fine “exhibit of about fifty varieties of apples before the hortizultural society at Des Moines, As there are a number of members of the First Lowa cavalry in the house and senate it is propossd to have a regimental reunion at Des Moines, January 27th. The Legion of Honor has 4,500 members in Towa, Since March last it has paid nineteen losses, egating 8,000, and has a balance of in the beneficiary fund, The Grand Junetion coal fields are prov- ing valuable, A Des Moines mon recent- ly made an cffer of $20,000 for a firm of sixteen acres near that place for the pur- pose of mining it The Towa poultry show, now being held largely atten led over 230 already wade, The displuy is reported the finest eyer shown in the history of the association. Mr, John N, Irwin was elected speaker pro tem, of the house on Thursday. This action is & graceful compliment to Mr. Trwin, as well deserved by him, as it will be a Ivantageons to the house. The business done by Monticello last ear is figured up hy The Express at S1,- 307095, “The leading items are: Hoge, and live stock, $400,000; creameries, 8300, 00; flour, ponitry. feed, etc., $110,- 000, The sheep breeders of Towa have called & convention, to meet in De: Moines on Februarv 1st, for the purpose of organiz- ing & Wool Growers' association, and to take measures against the rivages of dogs and wolves The Waterloo Water-power company is the name of an organization formed for the purpose of building another dam a the Cedar river at Waterloo, Capital, £30,000. The purpose of the company is to furnish water-power for manufacturiug purposes, A railroad wman tells The Burlington Hawkeye that, as soon as the season fairly he railroads will find troable in surply cars enowgh to carry the ice that will be consigned to the south, It is esti- | | mated that no less than 25,000 car lo | will be used in St. Louis alone, exclusive | of all points outside of the city of each year; delinguent, F.rm..r{ dof penalty attaches March § of venalty, 1 per cent. n momtha nths, 2 per cen month m nth thereafter, ax sales first Monday in October of each y: Bentley's hot-house, in the sab Dubuque, was burned on the 17th, involv. ing a loss of #2.5000. A barn belc ng to the Linwo d cemetery ass tion, valued at 8500, was also burned. The Dubuque Times wlds: “But the saddest part of all was t ceident which befel Mrs, Bentley, who w quite severely burned and nar- rowly escaped a horrible death. She ran ont npon the roof of the hot-house while the flames were raging below, : nd s epping on o trap-door, from which the supports beneath had been burned, she fell through and only escaped being ,.,..i‘.im.»d into vhe flames below by catchin s hold of the frame of the door, and clinging there until rescied, As it war, she did notescap jury. One o her lower limbs and or were badly burned, and her sufferings were intense, Dr. teon was called snd attended to her injuries which are seriens but very painful, Her esc from a horrible death was «lmost mirac lons,” STATH JOTTINGS. Culbertson is clamoring for a barber. The Crete postoffice did & bLusiness of $40,001.50 last year, The ice upon the Missouri at Niobrara $4 eloven inches thick, A Fremont frm Iy prepating to «o Into the jrn cornice mannfacturing busitiess entensively, The poles are up for the telephone wir s at Plattsmouth. Fifty instruments are cn the way fro n Boston, Will Biles, of Fremont, was kicked by a colt last week and knncked senseless to the ground. His left eye is surrounded with the imprint of a horseshoe, Central City guarantees a fortune to the man who will establish a brick yard there. Three hundred thousand geod brick could besold during the coming suul mer for at least $10 or 211 per thous- and. George Hart, indicted for murder, broke juil at Grand Island last week and is now at large. Hart is described as being about six feet two inches in height, tull chin whiskers, dark moustache and light com- plexion. The governor has offered a re- ward of $200 for his capture, The Brownville Advertiser says the sowns of Calvert and Sheridan ere long will be consolidated, both names le dropped, and both towns be known by a new and single name, Then the people will be called upon to move the cmnty seat from Brownville and bui'd a 850,000 court-house A fut man’s club Fekamah, bean: as been organized in very member must tip the or “over, six feet in_height with a “buy window” well rounded vro- portions., member who stand straight and see his toes is eligible to of- fice The seal of the club represents a man pushing a wheelbarrow in which his stomach rests. The people of Niol fun over the r The town is from the ri the sea by L doing 1 are ‘‘fern " ing carried into tcame veryinear nd a few of the ci moying the «flice, while a mujority want it changed. Sacators inders and Van Wyck favor the re- ating, while Valentine is opposing it I'remont Tribune, +he grand lodge of Go sesston ab Hastings | to the world “or in the integ- ity of Broth r We do most un- qualiiedly endorse his administration, and pronounce the publication of his traducers as malicious and libelous in the extreme,” The Juniata lodge was suspended for giv- ing *aid and comfort” to the enemy. Knickerbocker has the floor. Quits a number of Aurora ladies have banded themselves together under the name of ‘“‘Woman's Reform league of Aurora,” and bave issued a mazifesto which hurls the gauntlet of war at intem- perance, ga wbling and all other forms of immorality” ard vice. *Events daily transpiring mn&na us warn us that the time for tempiriging with these evils is ust. As wives, inothers and citizens, we now our ights and will defend them— peaceably if we can; with severe measures 1f we must.” The Union Pacific company h s pur- chased the milling interests of M:-&'utt Prothers at Blue gs, for $16,000. “The Motor says *‘chis is certainly an im- portant transaction to the future outlo k of Blue Springs, and assures to us the lo- cation of around house and machine sho during the present year. The U. P pany will take possession of their pu next week and ve understand they will at once commence the erection of a large and commodious flouring mill, and will later in the spring establish a large woolen mill at this point ” OUR ANNUAL REVIEW. Complete and Compact, Dawson County Pioneer: THE Oxana Bee's Annual Review for 1882, of the city of Omaha, contains illustrations of many of the finest buildings erected in the year 1881, and is replete with statistical informa- tion concerning the business pros- perity and permanent growth 0; our metropolis, THE BEE'S enterprise in issuing each year sucha complete re- port of our ‘‘biggest town” is very commendable. 1 Templars, in tned ‘A Regular Feature.” Central City Courier: The annual supplement of THE OmanA BEek is now one of the regular features of that apet. and is by this time so well [:nuwn that it is almost useless to comment upon it. The latest num- ber, just recewved, contains four large pages of beautiful illustrations of the residences, business blocks, foundries, ete., of that city, besides full descrip- tions on the remaining four pages of the supplement. “Eclipses Anything in the West.” Papillion Gazette: Tue Owmana Ber Aunual Review for 1882 has been received. The handsome business blocks, manufacturers and other in- stitutions of which Omaha is justly famous, are illustrated in splendid style. The statistics concerning the business of Omaha during the past year are complete, and make a deci- edly flattering showing for our me- tropolis. Taken all in all, Tug OmaHA Bek Review for 1882 eclipses anything of the kind ever gotton up in the west.” “Splendid Exhibition of Enterprise.” Burlington Hawkeye: The new year's number of Tue OmanA B ie a splendid exhibition of newspaper enterprise. The large gnght-paga supplement printed on fine firm paper contains an exhaustive review of the history and growth of the city, its public works, business enterprises, trade, railroads, ete. The resume of building operations during 1881 is especially interesting, and the three columus required for the list foot up the immense aggregate of §2,207 300, Four pages are occupied with excel- lently executed lithographs of public and private buildings, manufacturing establishments, residences, etc. There are no better index to the prosperity and business enterprise of a city than its newepapers, and judg y the standard of the bright’ and busy By, Omaha is i a most flourishing condis case, likely for the reason we never| "Taxes in Towa become due November 1ivu-n