Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 30, 1882, Page 4

——— [—— I'k OMAHA DAILY Bh THURSDAY MARCH 50 1082 e~ The Omaha Bee Puhlishud every morning, except Sunday. ®he onty Monday morning daily, TEKMS BY MAIL — ne Woar..... £10.00 | Three Months.$3.00 ix Months., 5.00 | One . 1.00 fHE WEEKLY BEE, published ev- ory Wednesday. TERMS POST PATD:— One Year......$2.00 | Three Month 8ix Months,, One . OORRESPUNDENCE—AIl Communi. eations relating to New: and Editorial mat- ora should be addressed to the EpITOR o¥ Tar Bre. BUSINESS LETTERS—AIl Business Botters and Remittances should be ad- deossed to Tue OMana PuLisiizg CoM- PANY, OmanA, Drafts, Checks and Post- office Orders to be made payable to the order of the Comnany, OMAHA PUBLISHING CO0., Prop're. __E.ROSEWATER. Editor : 7(“m1. N Broons will now explain why he bolts the republican city ticket beforo a gun is fired. —_— Goon gm;ornmenc cen only be se- oured through reputable and efficient public servants. Ix the face of water competition by ake and canal, the monopoly mag- nates are finding it difficult to main- tain exorbitant rates on esst bound shipments. Wuex Mary Clemmer says that Bpeaker Keifer ‘‘bears about him much of the bucolic bloom of early arm days,” sho probably means that he smells of old rye. Two hundred American consular offices and commercial agencies in Oanada are filled by Canadians. It is ex pected that the present incumbents Don't will be replaced by Americans. all speak at once. on the Mutual Union Telegraph com- pany and the final consolidation of that company and the Western Union is said to be as sure as death and taxes. Tar new directory of St. Louis con- tains 19,000 more names than last last year's volume. The increase of population is estimated at 55,000. It is sate to say that the enterprising di- rectory publishers cf Chicago will shortly get in their work. S—— PERPLEXED IOWA POLI- TICIANS, The reapportionment will work sad havoo with some eminent Towa states- men. The old Fourth district, which has always been good for a republican majority of almost an; | been cut in two, and 8 & sort of suving clause m-the politi- oul creed of two Mississipri river dis- triots, Mitchell county, which is the home of Hon. N. C. Deering, who represents the old Fourth in congress, is in the extreme northwestern corner of the new Fourth district, a district which, unfortunately, facos the river, and contains within its eastern boundaries the home of Hon, Thos, Updegraft, a gentle- man who is now in congress from the old Third district. He is makiig a good record and probably, in view of the success of the river county men, will be the next member from the new Fourth, while Mr. Deering, who has now the reputation of being one of the hardest workers in congress, will be retired. After Mr, Updegraff's turn comes to come home for good there is Hon. Wm, Larrabee, who was a prominent candidate for the governorship last fall, who will un- doubtedly be willing to pick up the fallen mantle of office. The new Third dis of Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Blackhawk, © Bremer, Butler and Grundy, is arraycd somewhat in the shape of a boot, with the staunch snd republioan counties of Black- hawk, Bremer, Butler and Grundy in the foot part, and Dubuqne, which is pretty unanimously democratic, way up at tho top of the leg, and, as in the case of the boy with his new boots, the top part gets all the patent leather embellishiaent while the foou part does all the work, - Dabuque has & candidate for cogress in the ,fperson of Co, D, Hen. derson, and if the Third district could always be sure of his services the foot part ought not to grumble if it bnd to do som tall kisking in his favor to elect him, soldier and left one leg on the battle field. He is a polished orator and a gentleman whose republicanism is of the truest stripe. In opporition to him it gaid that Hon, W. G, Donvan, of Buchanan, will bo a candidate. He too is & worthy man, and if these two gentlomen take part in the canvass, it will be a lively one. The probab- ilities ure, however, that there may be other eandidates. The district will be solidly republican, which can be said of ull the eleven districts of the state, The Missouri river district which is now represcuted by Congressman Hepburn, of Page county, has been reconstructed so as to leave Hepburn out in the cold and the race will be between Btone, Auderson and Bapp. The canvass in some of the recon- atructed districts has already begun and the campaign promises to be very lively. iot, consisting He was a brave SHIT HIM, HE'S GOT NO FRIENDS.” On the eight day of March a dis- turbance of the peace took place in Omaha, which was magnified into a great riot, because twenty-five hun- dred men marched in the streets be- fore it occurred. On the next day the governor of the state called upon the president to suppress an which he had not even tried to quell After the troops ot here, and it was found that the riot was imaginary, and supreme quiet reigned in the city, the blundering officiala thought it nec essary to furnish some excuse for their hasty and uncalled for action in turring Omaha into a military camp. A special grand jury was packed with & deliberato purpose to indiot a num ber of men singled out as scape goats for the blunder of the city officials Before that grand jury appeared as prosecutors, the attorney general of thestate, aseisted by the assistant at- torney of the B. & M. railroad and the corporation counsel. Mayor Boyd was there endeavoring to brow- beat any jurymen who might not prove satisfied of the murderous in. tent of the suspects. As proof that the grand jury was packed, we sim- ply quote Mayor Boyd's answer to the question of one member of the grand jury, as it is quotedin the plea of abatement filed by Mr. Cowin. ““We made a mistake when we put you on this jury ” With a jury thus composed, with all the authority of the state and all the influence of the corporations thrown in the balance, the result was a foregone conclusion. The indict- ments were found and the indicted parties arrested. The fist steps were taken in a plot to eppress by law men whom military force could not incite to breaches of the peace. Bail was given for all the arrested parties but one, wiio was unable to procure bonds and v .4 thrown into jail. Yesterday the ca-c of Grooms came up for trial in the district court. Van Orman was lying in jail; Shannon, Walsh and others, first indicted, were out on bonds ready for trial but the case of one of the last indicted rioters who was not connected with the labor union and who had neither an attor- neyon hand nor his defense prepared, was summarily called for trial before of counsel Grooms was called upon Judge Savage. Counsel was assigned h'm in the person of Mr. J, P. Clark son and then it was discovered that no witnesses had been snbpwimd for Grooms, while witnesses had been summoned by the sheriff and his dep- uty for Shannon, Walsh and others whose cases were not on trial. Inthe face of these extraordinary circum stances, an imposing array of counsel, the absence of witnesses for the de- fonpe, ignorance of both of his client and his cause, Mr. Clagkson very properly asked the court Tor a delay of twelve hours in order that he migh become botter. acquainted with his owo and botter ficted to do his whole duty as counsel. The request was re- fused because as Judge Savage said, *Tt would not be fair.” “‘Fair?’ and what fairness has thore been shown in the whole proceedings since the t ordered to Omaha at the call of vfticials who shrank from their duty. What fairness was shown in the pressure brought up n the court to issue a special venire for a speciul grand jury, which was packed by the sheriff with men known to be opposed to the workingmen, troops were fir ir strikes them all in the same way. The Buffalo Expross, commenting on the refusal of Vermont and Massa- chusetts women to vote, s«y The pervorsity of the fuirsux is some- thing fearfulund wonderful. Youraver- ago woman suffcagistwill travel, lobby, reud papers, attend conventions, and worry legislators as long as she has a hair pin left to get her divine right of voting, and theu, when it is given to her, she won't use it. Vermont fur- nishes the latest examplo of this, Now the question when women talk about wautii ¢ the suffrage do they really want i, or do they talk forthe suke of talking. as tyrant man soletimos aceusos them of doing? Tuk senate bill to restore the franking privitegs is lying dormant in the houss, snd will uot securo o pacage. Congressmen hesitate abous voting for ., measure which is unpp- ular wich their coustituents, A sav- ing of u fow dollars yearly in post ngo would wot b counterbalanced by u loss of thow seal, That is whero ches. Under the frank o, the muils wero so loadcd down with free mattor that hagh rato« of postage wero absolutely necossary Our postal service is now neacly selt- supporting, and the public will not submit to a revival of old abuse, which was gotten rid of without mucl difficulty, TavukstoN aud Yost, the Douglass county members of the Republican Btate Oentral Committes, are now playing the role of assistant Demo- oats. They have bolted the Repub- lican oity ticket, and support four ravk Domocrats for the city couneil, ——— AvLpany is usivg the electrie light and the chief of police declares that wherever these lights are in use crime decreases one-half within their lunits. If this is 80 a fow electric lights would prove an excellont substitute in Owa- ha for our overworked city warshal, LABOR MATTERS, New Vork Special. Many of the sincerest friends of the workiug classes here fail to see that the theatened strikes and libor agitation and near this city are incited by any serious grievances or hardehips, There is no branch cf trade that is not in & flourishing c-n- dition. There is no branch ot trade thac is not in a flourishing eondition Wayes here have not been low since the revival of good times, Carpenters are getting §3 to $4 a day; brick layers, 83 50 to 84 50: paiaters, §2 50 w 83 60, coopeas, 812 per week, and and other trades in proportion. The rents of the classes of buildings oceu- pied by well-to-do craftsmen have not b -on advauced to any burdensome ex- tent; in many instances they have not been raised at all, and the average advance will not exceed b per cent. Ma:y articles of food have bheen in- usually dear for nime months past, but the spring sup;lies of vese'ables, «te., now coming in from the souti. and other sections, have reduced the prices of a good wany commodities about 10 per cent. The craftsmen can not say that re- cent or prospective legislution s un-« favorable to them. Both political jar- ties in this state have in fact showu considerable anxiety within the past year to win the favor of the working ¢ asses by making laws to suit them Four bills now before the general as sembly at Albany are a dircct conces sion to the demands of the working classes, and the advices from the capi tal are that two of them—a bill to prohibit the manufacture of cigars in tenement houses, and a bill for the abolition of prison labor —will be act- ed upon during the present season. The other bills are for the establish- ment of a bureau of labor atatistics and for a lien law for the better se- curity and more expeditious collection of wages. The fact ia that workmen in nearly all, 1f not all, the trades, with the possible exception of the priuters, are doing better and are in every way more prosperous than they have been since the pame. What, then, is the meaningof the present agitation among them? It is learned, by careful inquiry among them here, that they think they are not getting their share of the general prosperity of the country. There 18 large domand for their ser- vices, and they think they are en- titled to ull the pay the work will s'and. Intlort, they are uneasy be- cause, though they are doing ver well, they believe they can and ought to do better. Then they plead high rents and high cost of food; they are very un- easy and indigrant over the preseut system of convict labor in state pris- ud last, but very likely most important of all, they are encouraged to demand more of employers because their trades-unions, as a rule, are in flourishing condition, and there is a growing tendency among the several trades to regard their interests as 1dentical, and to back up one aunother in all ways in their several controver- sies with capital. They think they are in a position to demand a little more of capital and they propose to try it on. About half the trades rep- resented in this city are agitating for higher wages. ‘The printers are not so well situated as they might be for making suff de- mands uvpon their employers. The large newspipers of this city have pretty »ell broken the life of the lo- calunion. Ouly two of the large of- tices will give employment to union printers, und the union is not in a condition to enforce any important demand. 1t is not yet apparent what disposi- tion the legislature is likely to make of the anti-convict labor bill. New Jorsey for two years past had a law in fores rescricting the number of con vie's who can be employed in any one industry to one huudied, The re. sults have been very satisfactory to everybody except the contractors, who of course have made less money. The prison receipts have boen ns large as they were undor the old system, when hats and shoes were the only muanufactures turned out by the con- victs. . There are in New Y ork ten gold- beating factories, where the richer minerals are manipulated for orna- mental purposes, such as name letter- i~g, book-gilding, frame-adorning and other 8, The industry in this country is comparatively young, and it is reported that in the town of Birmingham, England, more gold is beaten than throughout the whole of the United States. In the whole of the United States there are some twency housces in this business, which employ about 750 men. The wages pmid the workmen was, till recently, 86 a beating, consistivg of four packs, and valued av 828, A good work man could make two beatings a week. A few months ago an Euglish capital- iyt commenced business in Phil- adelphia, and eundeavored to in‘roduco the child-labor rystem. I'he men at work e the fuctorics Ystruck,” and voluntarily reduced their work to $4 a beting, in ordor to diive the German child-labor sys- tem ons of the market. The move- ment eaused u decline in prices. Gold oh had previously boon selling for h0 and &7.20 a pack was reduced t0 86 and $6 25 a pack. The employ ers tried to resist the men's action, but the latter formoed themsalves into & union into which all the journey men gold baaters of the country cane, and stues May List thero has boen a cotinuous scrugdle betwoen workinen ard wasters, without avy indication of & speedy understanding being ur rived at. The value of the business is ubout §1,000,000 a year. Tt was reported that the gold beating indus- try is to be exclusively osvried on in New York, bnt tis reoort has not been substantiated, either by stite- ments of bosses or men. A Centre streot manufacturer said that, *‘owing to the duration of the strike, it is uu- certuin that when the men accept their previous tariff of wages tite prices would go to the old standard. This movement on the part of the men is very dotrimental 10 the interests of the manufacturers, who are losing from $400 to §1,000 8 week. Many capitalists have from §30,000 to 850, 000 worth of gold beatings onhand, | This fact, if generally known, would cause another serious decline in prices. There are eight of the ten New York THE TRAGIC FARCE. A Mole-Hill Magnified Into a Mountain by Spineless Officials. The Mills of the Press Grinding Slowly but Exceedingly Fine. Nine-Tenths of the State Papers De- nounce or Ridicule the Use of Troops. The Safest Place Long Pins News. The troop called out by Governor Nauce at Omaha are being sent to their respective homes should have remained in place. the first We Kiok Trdianoia Courler. Who pays the bills of expense that necessarily follow the military occu- pation of Omaha? Tf it is the state, we kick. 1fit is Omaha, and the buys can stand it, we don't care 1f they stay there all summer, and es pecially so if Mayor Boyd had to foet the bills, A Sweet Pair Arapahioo Pioneer. Doctor Miller, of The Omaha Her- ald, claims to be the eighteen-foot- coachmah's-whip that compels the Omaha ocitizens to be law-abiding, while the verbose Brooks is only a small-sized cracker attached by a committee waiting on The Republi. oan, “The Vulgar Herd.” Peop'e's Advocate, Hovron. When a working man refuses to work for nothing and board himself, then ho is a “‘most vulgar, drunken blackguard and thug,” at least that is what The Omaha Republican calls him. We presume the Omaha work, iugmen will pasts this in their hats, or put it in their pipes and smoke it The Greatest Farce in History. Neligh Kepublican, The greatest farce in the history of Nebraska was the call for troops to quell the Omaha riots, and the farce is ended for the troops have left the city. The ‘‘GrEAT INSURRECTION” at Omaha has been QUELLED. Gov. Nance, Mayor Boyd, “‘Uur Val.” the regular troups and the gallant militiamen have covered themselves with glory. Even the Blind Could Seeit. Suttou Kegi tor. Those who blame the state militia for being on guard at Omaha do not reason well. In their capacity as sol- diers, it is their duty to obey the call of the commander-in,chief. 1f there were no aeed for troops to preserve the peacc, the blame rests with the democratic mayor of Omaba and the republican sheriff of Douglas county. That chey did not put forth any effort worthy of the nam seems pl to us. Deover Trib.ne { The labor troubles at Omaha do not appear to have been so very serious atter t1l; doubtless they could have been quietly adjusted without the interfereuce of the military. But the cranky editors of The Herald and The Republicans fell into a dreadful alarm and insisted upon bayonet rule, The result will be wore disastrous to Ouwaha than she at present has any conception of. Imnrossing Boston. Aripahoe Picu’cr. The B, & M. railroad company has belittled itself, and Sup't Holdrege deserves the contempt of our fair- minded people, by his interference in the strike at Omaha, and is really the one to blume for the riotous pro- ceedirngs of, not only the strikers, but the militia, the latter having proved more lawless than the former. It is well enough for Mr. Holdrege, who receives a fat salary for incowpetently superintending the B. & M's. inter- ests, to think a laboring man should be satisfied with $1.26 per day, but the taxpayers cannot afford to have the B. & M., or any one else, make paupers by governing the hive of la- borers. Avoiding HBreakers. Arapahoe Pioncer. The Omaha Republican severely comments on Senator Van Wyck's telegraphing a harmless messago to the president of the strikera, and as- serts the said president had no claims upon the junior senator. Tt is cer- tainly to be presumed a U. 8. Sen tor ropresents the stato at large, and every individual, and were his offi duties confioed to the wishes of a ique” he would be a “‘hefry” sena tor. We have no doubt that a cor tain ex-Senator Paddock did himself groat injury by ccrrespouding with D. ¢. Brooks upon a ‘“power and prestiga busis,” and Brooks wants Van Wyek to look out for siwilar broakers, Glva Laboring Men o FairShow Veeumseh Torchli ght, About 100 laboress in Omahiy o fused longer to work for O per day - demanding 8L706 1hewr do- mand was treated with sil con tempt - and the result was a strike almost a riot. While we do not wish to be understood as encouraging riots, strikera, &ec., we do say that the sma'l pittance of $1256 doled cut to day laborers, entrely too small at the present prices of food. With tough, indigestible patent leather like beefsteak, solling for fifteen cents per pound, butter, half hair and half somothing olse, at 40 cents; rents and fuel very high, a man, with any family whatever, must needs go huygry—or what is far worss-steal. When corporations, heartless, rob- monopolics, set the price on | man's labor—and ' that price isinade- quate to keep them from want, it is not to be wondered at nor cun he be blamed if he refuses to submit to their inhuman dewands. We say, give houses ready aud willing to abandon the child-labor system iu thePhiladel- phia house, where this ‘unpleasant- neass' first started, will pledge itself to employ none but experienced men o the laborer a fair show, The Butler U itary Callod Home: Frons. The strike at Omaha has ended. where they | The troops have been sent home, They were never needed for the pur- pose for which they were called out. There is a moral in all this, and the thoughtful may learn a lesson from it, while helpless to profit by it. There is a class of very rich men in this country who wanta large stand- ing army. They want to establish a military constabulary in this country. It is unrepublican in principle, and the prople of thia country will not submit tobe governed by soldiers uu- less they are educated to it by de- grees. The monopoly leaders know this. They have raisod the specions plea that *“property must be protect ed,” and it is becomwig popular for every m town who has a house and lot for t to imagine his prop erty in danger, and in need of a sol dier to guard it. As the poor continu to get poorer— wages fixed on a lower grade - sirikes will increase and some of this goneration will get their fill o) soldiers. Paying the Bills. Fairbury Garette Nebraska’s regiment of infantry keeps peace at Omaha and the militia men improve the time in drills and dress parades. Ttis all right tha’ the boys are having a good time and we hope they will coutinue to enjoy themselves as long as the people of Omaha can atford to keep them there, for we take it for granted that as the city authorities got them thers they will foot their bills, With a compa- ny or two of regular troops at haud, 10 one supposes there was any abso- lute necessity for calling out the state troops. If the state is called upon to pay the expenses there will ! kely be a lively time. The Wahoe Troop at Lome Wahoo Times, Thearmy of the Wahoo have been coming home one at a time for the last week as fast as they become dis. abled in the cruel struggle, they are sent home on a sick furlough to be nursed backto life. Itis a cruel war and is the duty of our Congress to have a pension bill passed immediate- ly for the surviving veterans ot the great ‘‘war of the dump.” Some of the boys in the militia company of Wahoo say they have got all they want of war, ' They declare their intention of jumping the game and taking their dishonorable dis charge in preferance to being soldiers sworn to do the bidding of a subsi- dized administration. Striking Items. Fall City Journal, The Omaha strike has been struck by Jightning. The state will now be called upon to pay the expense incurred by that dress parade at Omaha. Omaha is now showing her ability to keep the peace without the aid of the military. i The Massachusetts strikes threaten to eclipse those of Omiha, but in Massachusetts the Governor keeps hix head on his shoulders and no awkward militia squad will parade around in Lawrence and bayonet the wrong men, Democracy aud'! Bayomets Won't Hitoh. Lincoln Democr v e The denunciation of the au:horities by some of the papers of the state, for employing the military at Omaha, is ul-advised and wrong. The calling out of the mulitia wasapparentiy(?) necessa- ry, and was proper. But applying for the Ulited States troops was qnitean. other thing, and even 1 it is excusable was unforunate, and will have a per- nicious influence. Either the miiitia of the state ought to be sufficiently numerous aud well disciplined to be depended upon in evory cose of do mesiic violence that is likely to heppen in the state of Nubraska, or it ougni ! to be disbanded as a uscless expense Nebraska has no great city, and can have no very formidable local distur- bances. If the wilitia were not in a condition to have answered every re- quirement for military aid in theOma ha disturbance, then it is pracicaly useless, aud should either bo reoiga- nized or disbanded. To call upon the geacral government for aia 1n such cases a8 that of Omaha is asneer and a jest at the presumption of a state to pretend to afford protection against any riot violence or insurrection whatever, and tends to breed con- tempt for the state milita, and such was the result of the employment of regulur troops at Omaha. By their presence the question was suggested to a thousand minds with reference to the mititin, of what use ars you then? A wilitia organization that is worth having at all would be perfectly com- petent to tuke care of any disturbauce that ever oceurred in Omaha or that is at all hkely to oceur, A mulitary force was necded at Omaha and will doubt- loss bo nended tiere again, Whoover is to blame i1 this matter the state cannot afford to agnin have its pre- tension to keep the peace and proteet lifo and property within its borders sutirized a8 1t was by the cry to Wash ington for troops or to have the prin ciples of its government and coustitu- )y ignored as they are by an appeal for regular troops 1o suppress a local mob, Bloeding Shorks Gritton Gazo te Capital tukes advantigoe of the ne- ity of min o laborev: ryday tosup- pors themselves and funiios and offers them such wages a8 they chouse to give, Wire th meinin a position w refuse all oflers of work arlow wiges, and only aceept those which propose a fair romuueration for their Iabor, the question would be placed inan entirely different light, Buu they are not, They wust work even at low wages, or starve Iu the mudst of plenty they must either have mon- ey or do without the common neceasi- ties of life, The only wuy of getiing this money 18 by workingfor whatever their employers choose to give thew, 1f they rebel, they are called rioters, loafers, thieves snd thugs, even though the strikers consst of four or five thousand houest, hard-laboring men, who pay their debts, obey the laws, and support our institutions, and only over-step the bounds of law and order when driven by necessity, aud even then in most instances, the recent strike at Omaha for example, they evince a desire to have the matter set- tled honestly and quickly and refrain from wanton blood-shed or useless lawlessness. Not & hand is ever raiscd \ against persons who deal fsitly with them, and only against the properiy of the sharke who take advantaye of their necessities to bleed them unmor- ofally. We would like to eee the Iabor problem so amicabiy sottled that strikes wil! be uncalled for, but that time will never come until capita'iats pay labor the money it justly earus. —_— Coxaressmany Devster, of Wiscon- sin, muct have been thirking of our own Val when he said, in an after- dinver speech a tew days ago: “My exporience in congross has taught me tha same thing it did a certain judge who said to me once: ‘Deuster,a man thinks himself awful big at home, but just lot him get here, once, and take his seat in congress, and inside of four weeks you can buy him for a song.'” CoLorapo 18 all torn up over Tell- er's legacy. There is a terrible rum- pus over the senatorial succession. The telegraph lines between Denver and Washington are kept red hot by the frionds and onemies of Chuffce and Routt, and the Western Union is HOUSES AN D LOTS! For Sale By BEMIS, FIFTEENTH AND DOUGLAS 8TS., —— 178, Hovse 8 rooms, full ‘lob on Pleros uear 2uth street, 81,660, 177, Hovbe % rooms, tull lot on Douglas near 26th & roet, 8700, raking in a rich harvest. RAILWAY NOTES. The Pullman works have turned ont two new sleepers, at acos of §15,000 eac for the St. Paul and Duluth road. For the week ending March 14, the St. Puul, Minveapolis und Manitoba road earned $135,533,19, agaivsc $76,1.7.42 in the same week la-t year. The nnnusl reports of the C. B, & Q. for 1851 will soon be out, and are expected to show a gooly incre we upon the vrevi u- year. The earnings amcunted to $215,1 00,- 000, and with that of assw-iatc lines to $22,50 ,000, giving an increase upon 1880 berdering upon $ 1,000,000, A 41 ton freight engine has recently 1 ecn turned out from the Tuunton Locomative Works for the Oil Colo. y Railroad Com- pany. A similar oue is neatly completed at tie same +hops a8 a comp :nion 2 e. Uhey are respectively named “Me i eld” and* Sherb rn,” and are to be ran on the northern di n of the road, The Illino s Ceutral raiirord company makes tue following statemen: of earniogs aud land business for the woath of Fr yuary: The lnes in Iowa earned $154,- 242 wnd the 11 inois lines $53°,145, making & total of §689 8 7, \wans' $521,499.08 for same month last year. .The lund sales were 1,806 scres for $7,318.69, and the cash coilected on land concracts was $7,- 984 39, The Union Pacific will probably have 700 miles of it extensions complated b~ - year. The work wi y-nimed_extension:: 300 mite ; Utah North- es: Greeley, Sut Lake and ! ver and South P rk extensions, 1 Black t1ills brauch, 25; Den- Ne- 65 braska and Kansas lines, 10 ; tot.l miles, One peculiar feature of the B. 1 Denver exte: sion is hat there is a strct n of country this sids of Akron for se < v two miles where little o so waser « . b | obtainrd and the tr.ins makiog the run are obl ged to attacu a car tunk to supply the engine across that barren expanse. It is raid that along the line where wells have been sunk, th+ workaen find at a e tain depth a thin strata of rock below which is u copious supply of water, free fram alkali and much purer than that obtainable farther east. The Northern Pacific is completed iu the vicnity f Lake Fea d’Oreille ari work is x;lgreldnu ra idly tewarl Missouls, ont,, whick-point the contreetors expeos ) re ch noc luter than Uct sber next. Un the eas.ern ent rem rkable progress hus been mide. The track bas reachel peiut forty miles beyond Miles City, and if all goes” well, tae Big Horn, ninety wiles fiom here, will b reached by May iy and the pss throuvh vhe Big Horn tunnel n ar by, whi-h will ie 1eady by that time. ‘Th n on to Coulson by “July 1. Coul:on i~ 228 miles west of Glendiv . Bucklin's Arnica Salve, The Best SALVE in the world for Cnts B umes, 5 I vers, ~al i orex, ‘letter, O appe in, | C rus, and all sk craptions, and posi- | ves pilers Io is guiionteed to wtion or money sefunded. ice, por box, For wule by o chroter and 13 STATE JOLTINGS, | A big fruit crop is an assursd thing for Otoe county. A pork p cking house is the latest want of Piattsuouth, There are a great number of cases of mumps 1 Ponca and vicity. A destructive prai ie tire swept over the country in the vicinily of Oxfoad last week. The state press generally repudiates the expenses of Omaha’s soldirs,—[Blue Spring Motor. Hindman & Cooley, of Niobrara, will enguge in the toma'o canning busin.ss this sunuer, Ponca is auxious for an sgricultural ro- Givty ¥ that Dixon county candiive & far next full wuich *way be wn Lonor to the citizens,” T'he Piattsm outh Journal i/ lustrates the assers of th- etz ns” candidate for po- tice judge, but fa ls to info pabl hus nabiiities o¢ the duration of the sicting, A private in one of the com ani fen Sidney to Oma bruised oy falii 42 f omw wagon near the fort at Sidney. Tlrce hundred jounds of Hieight fell un top of Liw, wis An engine ¥ on the m 11 line of the B, & M. runa freight enine it Lincoln tast § iday fonn seveuty-fonr miles i, iu an hour and tweaty miautes, oc at th rate of mixty-one uiles wn hour, His 1-ughter was sici aud he wis alver o duce wor, A livhtning b lt s the roof of thy Pasire Baturdey i:hit. Lie dowa alons a wall, and olure ! pomter dog ich wa r the store in ths office. No other dam go Wik dono, ALt red_w portion of Seward Items. Correspondonce of Tuk Lier SEWALD, March 20, — Mr. Brainiard, living & few miles southeast of Sew- ard. had hie stables, grain avd hay destroyed by fire. He being a poor man, the loss falls very heavy upon him, Mr. 8. W. True, a very promising farmer and stock county, met with a very painful acei- geower of this deut while coming to Seward yester- day. His team became frightened, throwing him from the wagon, frac- turing one of his ribs on the right side. His physician thinks the frac- tured eud eotered the plucra, and if 80 pleurisy may result. Mr. True has many friends to sympathize with his misfortune, The Windsor banquet, which oo ours tO-MOrKOW eveulug, promises to 176, Beattiful rosidence, full 1ot on Cass ear 10th atreet, §12,000, 174, Two' hovses and 4 lot on Dodee near Oth street, 81 600, 176, House three roome, two closets, o!c., half 1ot on 21st - ear Grave street, $800, 2, One and one-hslf story brick house an tw:: lots on Douglas near 2sth strvet, §1,7(0, 171, House two rooms, well cistern, stable, etc tull ot near Pi: roe and 18th stre. t, §960. 170, One and one-half story house six rooms and well, half lot on Convent stroet near St. Mary's avenue, $1,850, No. 170, Hotse't hree rooms on Clinton street aear shot'1owor, §825, No, 1A9, House and 88x180 feet lot on street near Webst: r stroet, 83,600, . No. 168, House of 11 roon s, lot 83x12) fect on 19th o ar m streot, :o,m ‘0N 167, Two story_ house, § rooms 4 elosets, ;ofi col'ar, on 18th streor noar Poppleton's No . 165, New houst of 6 rooms, half lot on tzard n nr 1920 s, 31,860, No. 164, One andl ol hult story house 8 rooma on 18th street ea- Leave: worth, 88,600, N 161, and on-ha ! wtory fouse of 6 rooms near Hanscom Park, $1,600. No. 168 Two huuxes 6 rooms each, closets, vtc on Burt sticet near 26th, $3,500. No. 167, house 6 rocme, ful 1.t on 19th streed near Leavenworth, £9,400. No. 146, House 4 Jarg rooms, ¢ closets ball acre on Burt stroe noar Dut on, 1,200, No. 166, Two houses, one of & and one ot 4 roows, on'17th street tear Marcy £, :00, No. 164, Thrce hous.s, one of 7 and two of§ roon s each, arid corner (o, on Cas: near 1d4th stre-t, 8,000, Ne.153, small house ard full lot on Pacifl near 12th'streot, 82,60, No. 161, Ome atory house 6 roon- worth ne ir 16th, §3,000. No, 160, Ho ke thice roouns aud lot 92x11 ear 26th and Farr ham, $2,600. No. 148, New house of eight rooms, on 18th stroct . ar Leavenworth $8,100, No. 147, House of 13 roomson 18th streod on Leaven strect near Marcy, $6,600. No. 146, House two larg: rooms, lot 67x210 feo onsheru an avenuc (16th st reot) near Nicholas, &,500. No 143, House 7 roome, harn, on 20th stroct near Leavenwort! , §2,500, No. 142, Hou e 6 roows, kitchen, etc., on 16th street near Nicholas, No. 141, Hou » 01 Douglas mear 20th stroot, $450. No.'140, | arge house and two lots, on 94t vear Farnham stret, 8,0 0. No. 189, H. use 8 rooms, lot 60x166} feet, Douglas near 27tt_street, $1,500. No. 187, House 6 room3 ar'd half lot on Caplto Avenuo near 28 sl 800, No. 136, House and hall acre lot on Cumiug street near 24th $350. No, 181, House 2 rocms, full lot, on lsard ne:n 214t 8 reet, $300, No. 120, Two houses one of 6 and ono of 4 rooms, on'leased lot on Webstor near 20th stroot, #2,600. 'No, 127 Two story Youse 8 rooms, half lot on Webster near 19th §3 600, No, 126, House 8 rooms, lot 20x130 feet on 26th 4ot near Douglas, $075, No, 125, Two ~tory hoiise on 12th near Dodge street lot *8x64 feot $1,200. No. 124, Large house and full block near Farnhaw and Cen rul s rect, 88,000 No. 123, Houae 6 rooms und Lirge lot on Saun- 2 100. and half lot on Web- h street, 81, No. 118, Houso 10 rooms, ot 80x00 fect on Capitol avenue near 22d strect, 32,950 No, 117, 1o s¢ 8 rooms, lot 31xi26 foet, on Cap tol uvenne near 224 81,600, No. 114, House 5 rooms ou Douglas near 26th fTouse 2 roams, lot 60xD) feet on i« otreet, 8750, , Birick honse 11 rooms and half 1ot on 02th stre t, 37,0 0, No. 110, Brick houso wnd lot 22x132 fee on street near 15th, #3,000. house on Harncy near 16th No, 108, | urg foot lot uo 14th street, 84,600, fouse 6 rooms and half 1ot on lzar r et, §1,200, Houre aiid 1ot 61x108 fect, lot on 14th 00 No, 1 6, Two story house 8 rooms with 1 lot o Seward near Saundors street, $2,500 Ni. 103 One and o ha f swor’y house 10 rooms Wehst-r near 16tn street, $2,600. BN 102, Two houses 7 roois each and } lot oo T3th near Chicayo, $4,0 0. No, 101, Honc 3 rooms, coll r, etc., 14 lots on South avenue near Pacitic stres , 81,650, No. 100, House 4 rooms, ceilar, ctc., half lot on Izard street near 161 No. 99, Very large ho ney near 14th stree, 8 00 No. #7, Large houre of 11 rooms on Sherman ayente ne rk street, make an offer. No. 96, id one half s ory houss 7 rooms lot 240x401 fect, yiably, etc., on Sherman ave- nue near Grace, 87 100, No. u2, Large brick house two lots on Daven port street near 19th 815,000, No. 90, Large ho so and full lot on Dode near 1 h rtre 1, €700, No. 89, Larsohause 10 rooms half lot on 20th ear Galifornia stroer, 87,600 No. 8, | arge housé 10'or 12 rooms, beautitu' corner lobon Cass o ar 20th, No. 87, Two story 10080 layd on Saunders street var . 56 TWo_atorce and & Kesio i alf lok,near Mason and 10th street, 3500, 'No. B4, I'wo story hou @ § rooms, closcts, oc., wilh 6 acres of wraund, on Saunders strovk near in B rracks, §2 600 d full lot on Har ki } ouse, 6 rooms 81,500, of 9and one 18th atve t aear White iead works, $1,500. o, 77, Large hiouse of 11 rooms, closets, cels |7, et With 14 lot cn Farnbam ncar Luth stroet, 8,000, No. 70, Oreand one-half story houss of 8 rocums, ass near 14th strect, $4,000, 0. 75, House 4 1ooms wid bacen { 11 stroct, #10,000). o-ins 1 story house aud log o Jac. mon vear 126h street, $1,800, e brick houe L roows, full log ou Dive’ port near 1oth nivcel, & No. 71, Laige hou ¢ ornia neas 20ch strewt, £7,000, No. 65, Stable nd 3 full'loion ran instrect near Saunders, §£,000. No. 64, Twowtory framo building, store bslow and 0ons above, on lessed lot on' Dougy near 16th street, $800 No. 63, House 4 rooms, basewent, ete., log 09x280 foot on 15th strect miar Mail Works, 1,700 o (2 .11y fuli 1ot on Cali- w house 4 r oms one story, full lob Nec_bs, House o' 7 rooms, ull lot Websier " treet, 52,600, on Harney near £1st strect, $1,760. 61, 1 g houso 10 10008, full lot on Bar cear 21:1 street, §,000. No. 69, Hov near 234 stre ¢ No 69, Kour 181 stre' £ 32 500. No 19, House 6 rooms ard full lot, Haraoy near 200 strect, §2, 00, No. 9, | liree houtcs und full lok 0o Case noar 14th strect, §3,200. BEMIS ms, halt lot on Devenpord M), 5w and half 1ot on Cas near {ReaL EsTare Acenct 16th and Douglas Street, be one of the most pleasant wfiairs Soward has had for some time. B, OMAREA, - « NER <