Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 26, 1882, Page 8

\ { EE-~OMAHA, SA movement. He bade him (i.d-spoed; good health and prosperty in his new field. DJIH ') TURDAY, AUGUST 26, 158« do him honor, He in gifted with won- derful personel magretism and the finest mocial qualities, None know him but to love him, Stront mer love him, the ladies all love him and seek him. His personal staff are as i to him as & child to its moth her army, is rapidly becoming the centet ¢f population, of commerco, of woalth and of enterprise of the world. The fathers of our country at ene time expeeted to hold this people to the east of the Alleghanies. When they Jaid the toundation of the capitol at Washington they made it to faco the rising sun, Its great porch, on which all of our presidents have been inau- gurated, lovks out to the eastward. I'o the cast of that vast palace of mar- ble it was designed the national city should be built; but westward the star of empire has taken its way, until the rear of that building looks out upon L. A. Groff, G. O. Towle, Major Clarke, i K. Wi Ap——— The Daily Bee. b, G, Sqnires, P Kirkendall, (', Honsel, since the department of the Platte Was organized, has there existed more pleasant relations between the military and the civilians than that which has characterizod the regime of General Crovies .1 assure you, genera), OUR PROFLE DEEPLY| REC that they are ro soon to he compelled to part with you, and that they look upon your removal only @8 a tempo- rary separation, which, in time, will make the welcome on return the more heartfelt. Remember our kindest and best wishes will be with you at all times and wherever tho require- Col. C. 8. Chase responded to the toast, “‘Omaha from 1866 to 1882,” in a happy vein, and was greeted with freqaent applavse and expressions of wpproval. He bancled the subject well. Judge E. Wakeley responded to the toast, “*The West,” after which several volunteer toasts were offered and responded to, and the banquet broke up at a very lage hour, Banquet to the Department Com- mander of the Platte, ET o this is true, the officers of the department have also guarded with jealousy the rights of the In- dians under their power, and protected ther Having said this much in rogard to the -department of the Platte, I now Glowing Tribute to His Worth as a Boldier and a Man, Woenther Heport. I'he following observation: are taken at #ame moment of time at all the stations Hon. Alvix Hardly were the gucsts seated when 7. 8. S1GNAL SkR- wmy of colored waiters marcoed 5, 1882, (1445 p. . — } | The Millard the Scene «¢ tha Ari1. lant Banquet m lo T State of Weather 4 H 1t hias been several woeks since the first announcement was wade of Genogal Crook's contemplated dopar- tare for Arizon, and the feeling of dear Fair 88 [N Fresh | 85 [4E Lignt y v and Bets 3wy the feast after the fal- wing Menu. Ogsters, Boned Tarkey, en Aspie Prairie Chicken, in Piumage. inciunatl Hatn, en Ballevae, ments of military duty may find you, Omaha extends her nght hand of good 29, 8rq) [3W Lighs s | & C ear Brisk a ghe Clear Fair Uler [Faie ¥ Chike C1 udy |dear Ghos above low water wark at nch st Yankton; Mississippi, ¢ La Croase, and 5 feet 10 inches at Dabuque, OAL BREVITIES, e oposals for paving 10th strect are B ity clerk for by the city clerk. Bept. 5% [There are mow ten water hydrants Chairman Rhin the state fair grounds, —————— 1o Union Pacific is said to be after MINOR . Morton, Is he & base ballist? ~=—p,¢, Duffy has purchased Jacob Kauf- =J. Mueller's Pali gy, gt the northwest corner of ~—Sherraden makes 4 Burt streets. i —Joseph Reiter Murewas one plain dr.unk and on mf".l’,’xfs A]cu\l: m’l;::me peace before Judge Benelo, —Noone broke into #1Both dischurged for €0oNeilgon yesterday, and hence there sral of the late Matilom Jacobs tumble out, 1 p. m.yestecdapStelling offi. 1 —The outgoing train eastwO™ ‘,‘(5 : a8 been appointed ternoon is over the Chicago *uml BaileTroed, 1 i wnd the doctor i deserving —At Shull’s buteher shop. al [l e Tt 85 ] cmman & Co. have gotten - tovel amusement called “The —Rev. Newton Donsluy » 1y iuto be seen at the in the Preshyterian iuq, moraivg and evenlng,. —An accident in# Wb allyg for Saturday, August 26uh, of R. A. Burrets Bt Ximgyy sohool xm:n att pitin, at Ti Bek office. MMauyer, desired to b present, —Where is **-M: at the residence of the bride's darkey! That's .piaiteliuse 24, 1852, by Rey, J. W. aeking. He mw hank, Prof} George B, Luno and Miss —One of “Y&ellis P. Wdod, all of Omaha, itfoot Social \ Dancing Club hop at Hansgon's Park was one of the most enjoyalble parties of the season. About forty qouples participated. Icvine's superb orchejtra furnished the music, —A speciall train will leave Union Paci- fic depot, Mohday morning at 8 o'clock for Grand Islund 1t will stop at all stations en route fol passengers and arrive at Grand Island about 2 p, m, —The trupkfactory of H. Marhofl, iu Millard House iock, will hereafter be run under the name 0\ Marhoff & Son, the jun- for partner arrivin\Thucaday at 10 o'clock, eight, niN® POUty (wo think), Father and son dofog 88 Weliy, can be expected. party was given he Social Art plLreciated by inl invitation given them to call again, —The new Dormitory Byyg built for Brownell Hall will be 61 by \ foet, two stories with basement and of fine, There will be seventeen rooms and hoheod and ¢hower baths will be put in all hyloimi tories. Henry O, Darrow 1s the ai hivect and the cost will be about 86,000, —South Omaha still carries the bhner, Willij C. Redfield, the dry goodsmer. chantat 7th and Pacific streets, ha re- ceived an invoice that makes him fal ex- ceedivgly pr und, They are twinaand boys, Weight nineteen pounds, nindand ten respectively, —Joe Blake, Will Krug and W J, Aabn returned Thursday from a tiskng excursion and the whole town was ruslng fto Behroter & Becht's drug store to see he immense flsh they captured, which was Alxteenth feetlong. It is being embalm, / Tho trio had a banquet yesterday 1o | celebrate the capture, ~The plasterers’s P, U, of Omaha wil 94 pienic at Horn's park, Counch » on Bundsy, August 27th, Exour. b Rickets admitting 1o the grounds, in. g dancing, for the round trip, 50 . Tickets can be procured from any ¥ or at the depot, Train will leave sharp, Music will be furnished by + P, band, The association will start Jity Hall at half-past 8 o'clock, : esterday about eight o'clock, a - sh laborer engaged on the North Oula sewer, was accidently struck on the fordad with shovel in the hand ¢f a felloworkman, inflictivg & flesh wound our inches long x endivg down to the Be. He was taken to the residence of DHertzmann, who sewed up the woun( There was an appearance of the fractu; of the outer table of the frontal bone. Phe doctor pronoanced the wound not dakerous, ~OCirulars are out announcingthe open. ing of th Omuba Savings nm.‘ on Mp:m atad, en Mayonnaise, Prairie Chicken Pattees Beef Tongue, with Jelly. « rogret at first expressed has only beer | Chicken strengthened as time elapsed. The banqust rendered him by the promi- went pr-Apssional and business men was only"wiiioht tagtimonial of the goneral esteem in which he is held both in military and eivic cireles, and it i safo to say that no man in simi- lar potition was ever transferred from a fio)d i¥ which he was more univer- sally howred, esteemed and loved than Goeneal George Crook, ,"HE BANQUET at the Millan last night was parti- cipated in by Wiaha's reprosentative men and a Prodont might have felt honored by the\naracter of the at- tondance and the Noerg expreasions of regret exprensed & | pides ut the oceasion whith calloy o ucstu to- gother. At/'an early | ) Cary Iht, and the lard was agow with spacious e and copy, ore filled witl{ ovited guents, v paend the tiZpdpreCAing the openin, of the @1 fro and dislin Promenavng to transfers which hd¥{P€ the miigary complexion of affuirl0 changed \he THE DEPARTMENT oF | EMeantime Tiy found opportunity Feporter in upon the dining room glance most elaborately propared for'h Was oaston. The beautiful room way 90" orated on all sides with a profusicc: national colors and regimental fl5! The stars and 8'ripes were sprog across the entire breadth of the east and west walls, while the ban ners on the north and mouth walla were intermingled with f| g8 draped Featooned and in_every othor shpe. Above the main entrance was a blue silk flag bearing the word, “‘PAREWELL" by u bauuer of the same }!!xu, inscribed with the en: Lie wnuhurxl,(}hicnm:\uuun,Snulh Irazy Horne, Antistam, T"\mmn. 0 ihA il Rowobud, Codar Crovk, 8 nooga aud Wilson Creek, all bitita- in ‘which Gen, Crook has taken a prominent part. The table decora- tions were no less complete, and Mr, 0. 8 Matthews, tho steward, and Angelo Odone, chief, deserve credit for presenting the handsomest layout ever seew in Omaha. Three sides and the centes of the hall were ocoupied by THE TABLES, which were burdened down with thets weight of delicacies. The matn table was at the wost end of the hall and upon this the most notable pieco was a floral tribute from the friends of General Crook, in the shape of & mammoth shoulder strap, that of a 8 bearing name and baskets of artistically arranged fruit and flow- ers adorued the table, On one of the side tables was a representation of the Omaha and transfer depots, connect- od by the U. P. bridge, the whole constructed of corned beef, THE ‘‘BIG MUDDY" was made of mirrors on whose glossy surface a couple of vessels under full sail were seen, while a Union Pacific train stood midway on the the bridge. The stars and stripes floated from the towers on each side of the stream. On each of the lon, tables was a prairie chicken in full plumage, and an immense pyramid of flowers. Hams and other meats, with the namo *‘Millard,” Crook, the coat of arms of the United States, and so on were numerous, ag well as dighes of fruits and flowers skillfully intwr- mingled. A scene in Colorado, & mill, house and church was A NOTABLE FEATURE, a8 was also the monogram in meran- gue of Gen. Crook, At 8:30 the Musical union orchestra struck up the grand march and the guests, lod by Mayor Boyd, Gen. Crook and staff, entered the banquet room. At each plate was a card on which was written & name, and a neat button-hole bou- quet. From the cards was obtained e following list of 2 1 Tho Guosts: en, Geo, Crook, Mayor J, E. Boyd, Col. Cirln, " Fred Nye Ttopub'n, L. M. Benuett, Capt. Bourke, J Sterliog Morton Thos, L, Kitball, J.H, Milled, W, Wallace, A, Koche, 0. F. Gooduay, W. H. MoCord, Ma) Furay, O, E. Yos ML, Goble, Chas Wells, ¥. D, Barkalow, L. Richardson, J.J. Dickey, J.'M. Thureton, H. Hiokman, Kingman, ck, Perrine, Clintou Briggs, E. Pritchett, ahp, J.°€. Cowin, ‘harlotte Russe, a 1o Parisienne. Orna- ; h:.’é.m glv‘rmylu-. Pyramid of Mac- aroons, Assorted Cakes, Va- nill« Tce Cream, Fruits, Coffee, BUSINESY BEGINS, During the discussion of the viands and wines, Rodcrer ard Mumm's ex- tra dry, the Masical Uniou orchestra filled tho room and corridors with the fineat music and the brillancy of the scene was increased by the ladies from the fort who turned out in full torce, looking in from the ordinary, opening into the main hall by foldivg doore, After en hour spent in social chat, Mayor Boyd called the assembly to order and addressed them as follows: Hon, J. E. Boyd. 3 ~~Among the many re- ts of my official position as wayor of Omaha has been the neces- sity, on various occasione, of making public addresses. I assure you that this has been one of the most arduous of all my duties, because it has so happened that 1wy lot iu Jife was cast where the argument of the hands had to receive the ‘raining of early youth more than the eluquence of the tongue—-where the exercise of the muscle left ‘but litile time for §the more pleasing cultivation of those gifts which nature has hestowed upon mortals for the more brilliant parts in the great drama of life, To-night that task is tenfold more ifficult to me than ever before. ‘;q‘:‘l'c mine the agreeable duty of wel- ofii?8 General Crook and his brother to Omaha, lauguage would 7 ndapt ;-a«:lf to the hearty i Mgshand, for on such occa- 10t W11 W Gasant iordal ot ts heart are at pla) mako apsech il vory and volubie, "y o :’,’.;H “Gooa bys,” and wy it inogy o vel especially whore the Jy.:“;:‘y. ;:r" g aro strung to theirsmest ten. sion, by tho Findest of amosiatigne aud the mest ploasunt of fricudships should have moro exporionsed and ~aguent lips than mine. Omaha W..of Do one whose leaving GENERRUCh gonuine and as that of Gen. Georgy™ . guest this evening. Though weauw PLATTE, and near ethereal nam honorable divorce as long as health and physical activity remain—a pro- fession whose uncertainties of rcquired duties makes the entire continent his Mace of residence, and the whole pa- triotie people his neighbors, s1ll so intimate . been this soldier with all the social conny and progressi intorests of our dallila city that his doparture seems an ‘¢ What should not exist even amid the storn Gomandsy and surprising situations of military life, But duty’s calls must b obeyed. This is the true soldier's fundamental lesson in life, on which is built all greatness, houor and fame in the fu- ture, and none whose names are in- of grand and glorious deeds, has at all times more properly and promptly understood the truo meantng of the domands of duty than Gen, Crook, ‘That ho is now callod upon to per- form a work that other brave, skillful and faithful officers scemod unable to grasp 1n all its trying intricacies, is an honor that must at once be acknow- ledged by a very true soldier a recog- nition of menit” before which all pro- wotion along the beaten paths of mili- tary life grows pale, and one that THE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE with one accord, say has been rightly won by the gallant soldier and courte- ous gentleman whom wo to-night have met to wish God-speed on his journey to the frontier. Of General Orook’s unequalled and successful treatment of the Indian question in this very same field to which he is now called, I need not lgelk. His brilliant operaticns against the most cunning, treacherous, and blood-thirsty foe that ever existed are familiar to you all, These campuigns in which our noble guest has 80 boldly figured have et the eye and the praise of n ilitary gen- ius throughout the world, and received the stamp and favorable criticiem of impartial history. Now that ho is asked by his suporiors—in fact by the exigencies of the grave situation of of the frontier, to return to those wild and warlike scenes again ocarries with it muchpignificance, There is no mistaking the highness of the honor conferred, nor the worthiness of him thus selected from the many by :uucn of merits posseased only by the ow, I will tlieuin y'nu gentlemen but a o moment longer, for there are others (l,"x ’h;z:.\.:c.nmerv. who will moro fittingly and forcibly 0. C qse, Herald, | €xpress the foelings of the hour than . W. Paduock, Col. Martin, » Belewber 4th, temporarily at 1218 eet, in the Millard hotel. About Lst it will wove to its perma- g on the northwest corner of thaad Douglas, is 160,000, Liability $300,000. Jangy B, Bo Johu E, Willur,cashicr; Charles ¥, Man. | derson, mansging director, The bank starts out well aud b an institution lovg |, needed in Owaha, ( ~—Corouer Jacobs was O'clock yesterday that inthe morning a Wwoman cawe to the river bavk with two bundles, one beavy and the other light, oth of which she threw in the river, Amaller packsge was fished out and pre & be a stocking, the sickening contents of | 1 Which indicated that an vnnstaral mother | & ::: :u wanper rid herself of b 1s subpo.ed Lo bave |een wolghtier Novem| ment detalled to investigate the watter and us the woman is known be will wertaiu all the facte, E. L. Stone, 0 8 Tts capital stock | (ane’ R of stockholders, | Ar . ro d is presideut; [ C. W peL eMank: | s A wotified at aine [ 4 ;! B L ir Hayncs, The | V, § oved | J, 1, o child | 1y, % in the [ Ohas, Shi bundle, Officer Gorman was|B. ¥ 00 doubt as- |7, M, 0, 8. Yoase, T could ever hope to, Some years ago a8 & member of the o, 0. ¥ Davis, Club,” T had the H. Kountze, Ben Gallag! C. W. Hamilton, J.N.'H, Patrick, E. P, Viuning, W.'W. Lowe, Col, Ludfig gLon, blican, A, J. Hanscom, W. T, Beaman, E.'F. Swythe, John McCormick, H R A, Pundt, Milton Hoger-, N, A, Kuhn, Max Moyer, H. Ljas, Mz, 0'Donohuie, Gen, Wilson, Maj To N SO W. 'V, Morse, v, Barnett, , Bean, H, T, Clurke, ", A, Nash, oberts, ppleton, ead, pleasure of taking General Crook by the hand and bid}T dmf him welcome to Omaha. 1 must confess it is hard for me to say *‘good- bye” to-night. As mayor of Omaha 1 lmo.w Tam expressing the heartfelt foelings of all classes of ity citizens, when I assure GENERAL CROOK that he and his brother oflicers carry with them on their far western Jjour- ney naught but the most sincere wishes for their welfure, and for a repetition of those succeeses which have hitherto so notably distinguished your every military movement, Rest assured that the minutest details of the campaign on which you are about to enter again will be “most closely watched by & host of friends in this vicinity, for it almost seems as if one to “‘the manor born lead in this responsible work of the regeneration of Arizona, renson, Repul ” Vilinms, J. H, McShane, ico. W, Homan, Ramge, llman, 1. H. Peabody, 3. D. Mercer, %, Moores, . Coffwan, Webster, D, 8. Barriger, hn Brady, . Merriam, . Metcalf, alus, O, H, Gui K K. 'Tafe," Geo, A, Hosgland, | city I can truthfully say that never, to a profession from which there is no scribed on America’s brightest records “Merchauts’ | g circle, was about to|at his knowledge with As one of the business men of this | has we should all be, as we are, followship at parting, with feelings woed” with sadness, though fully AWATS that you are entering upon the real activiiy s gordior's life, which must bo s0 PrefEravia to you'—entor- ing upon a campaign whesa jncreased military honor and fame are 1u ane, for you, which we al know yon so richly deservs and will 8o manfully wear, When at the conclusion of his ad- dress the mayor proposed the toaet “Our Guest,” thero was a goneral movement of applause and Genera) Crook, rising from his seat responaed briefly but feelingly to the sentiment. General Orook said: Genruemsy —It would be folly in me to attempt to reply fittingly to the complimentary words of the mayor, but [assure you that T, as well as my officers, appreciato this high compli- ment 80 gensrously paid us, In all my expariende in the service I have never been ina place more agreeable, nor left one with groater regrets than I do Omaha, I shall ever watch with in- terest the growth and prosperity of your city, and in future will look back to the moments spent here as among the happiest of my life, Mayor Boyd read letters of regret from Gov. Nanca and J. Sterling Morton, and |1 -u proposed the recond toast of the evening, *‘Thn Dapart- ment of the Platte and i's Command- ers,” which was thus responded to by Col J. J. Dickey. Mg, ToasT MASTER AND GENTLEMEN —Ounly yesterday I was notitied by the committee that T was expected to take the place assigned to our eminent, worthy end eloquent fellow-citizen, the Hon. Kzea Millard, who had been invited to respond to this toast, who being catled to Colorado last night, is not able to be preseut. T havo thevefore to usk your indul- gence while I «ffur a feeblo substitute for whnt might have been, had Mr. Millard not beon abeent. “'he Department ot the Pilatte and its Commander s” Iam sure any citizen of Nebraska or Omaha would be pleased to respond to this toast. I am doubly pleaed to have the priv- ilege, and only regrot my lack of ex- porience in this direction, and want of time for preparation, will not enable me to do {he subject justice. “The Department of the Platto.” Its boundaries are weil known to all, as woll a3 its importance in its rela- tions tothe war department and to What aeat west, mont of the Plittewn as the depart- say a few words of its preseut com- mander, Gen, Crook He came among us with a well de- sorved, world wide reputation as the bost Indian tamer in history, fresh from his brilliaut achievements in_the wilde of Arizona among the belliger- h the multitude of our people. seated to-night near the center of the republic, and in a state that is bound to become as populous as the east, 1n You are S er brilliant future. Z Ttaly has a population of 235 to the ter of E. B, Woud, E:q No cards, ‘@2 people and property of Nebraska square mile, ana Great Britain and Ireland have 268 to the square mile. If Nebraekn was as populous as Great Britain and Ireland, 1t would have 19,606,710 of people. flogland properis not so large as Nebraska, yet Eogland has over 21,- 000.000 of people. This is no visionary conjecture measured by the marvellous growth of the century past; no man can guers the future. : The progiess cf Nebraska shall, like the flignt of an eagle nowly bathed, be right onward and upward. Gen, Orook is about to sever his official connection with his people, and we sre assembled to extend to him this expression of our apprecia- tion and admiration. Wa ehall all miss his genial pres- once. His associations left behind will miss him. The business men of Omaha will miss him; the farmer of Nebraska and the cow-boy of the the plains will miss him, aud lust of ail the wild geese of the Platte valley will miss him., All regret the necessity ot his de- parture, and trust that the fortunes of war and our good luck may sometimie bring him back to our hearth and home, where he may feel sure of a most royal welcome. The Army and the Nation. CAPTAIN BOURKE. Mg. CuarrMaN aND Genriemes: I feel deeply seusible of the fact that my selection for the pleasing duty of replying to your toast has not been oc- casioned by any desire on your part to listen to a defenss or eulogy of our military establishment; certainly, had such been your iuteution, your choice would naturally have fallen vpon some one of my older or more disiiuguished comrades. I am eure that to men liko your- sel many of you VETERANS OF GUR GREAT CIVIL WAR, but little could be told that you did not already know, and perhaps it is just as well that the toast should be allowed to pass almost without reply, sincoour army i8 one of those institu- tions whose achievements savuld be irs most eloquent advocates. When officers of the army and navy devote too much time to defending or eulo- gizing with tongue or pen the profes- sion to which they belong, tnere is some danger thas their swords may be rusting in their scabbards. Our army ont Apaches. e had made many ‘‘good Indians’” over there and had 10ibued the remaining ones with a most profound weapect for him, And eince he has been in eommand hers the Indiars of this department have learned lessone he hus taught in Arizona, He has had occasion sometimes to chas- tis thow, but in my opinion his pow- or to control these wild men of the plaice, comes not so much from the power of arms as from their confidence 1n him, which has been warranted by his course with them on all occasions, in strictly fulfilling all his promises to them, either of reward or punishment, Bat when war has been nccessary General Orook and his intelligent, brave and loyal subordinate officers and goldiers have never failed to con- duct his campaigns in a manner to challenge the admiration of all, By his matchless modesty, honesty and a “singlo tongue,” he commands respect and masters every situation. When trouble arises at an agency in this department they all cry for Gen- eral Orook. i When there is an outbreak in Ari- zona the cry in for General Crook. When there is wanted good advice aud counsel in Washington, Gsneral Crook is in demand. At the couclusion of Col. Dickey’s speech wine and cigarswere circulated and the third toast of the evening, “Omaha as a Manufacturing and Commercial Center,” was responded to by Hon A. J. Popplston. Mr. Poppleton begun his address with a half humorous, half serious ac- count of the carly days of Omaha and a comparison with tho situation at the present day, when the factories aud industrial institutions are num- bered by the score. He said that no city of like population’s and equal ad- vantages conld surpass our owu. Re- ferring to the cccasion of the present assembly, he paid a glowing tribute o Gen. Crook’s worth us a soldier and a i luding to the fact that he irst man in America to con- ceivo that the writ of habero corpus might ba invoked in the cause of the North American Indian. The toast ‘‘Nebraska and its bril- liant future was responded to by Hon: John L. Webster, who said: Mgz, CuarMAN:—At the date of the [ f: 1866 and placed under thiablished in of Gen. Philip 8t. George mand April st, 1866, by a general ordcy from the war department, Giep, Cooke only served as iis commander for a few months, The orgalisw... of the department was perfected and its machinery put into detailed opera- tion about fourteen years ago under the command of that brilliant officer, Ohsis atill 8o well remembered in 0';;2*"}1:-:?.- to Gen. C. C. Augur. ] 3 ment had long ‘!:et‘:‘::::rhyy ‘:fig?fii sottlers, who had their homes gng light and satisfaction. Geun, Augur commanded the depart- ment for several years with great. ability, winning golden opinions from all with whom he came in_contact. His services while here wore deserving of the highest estimation, The protection furnished by the department of ihe Platte under his intelligent command made it poesible to complete the great national high way - the Union Pacific railway— years before it cold have been accom phished without, but, after the man- ner of the military, he loft us. He went to Texas, carrying with him the affection and regard of the people. Mauy are here to-night will recail the delightful party given to him and his family upon the occasion of their de- partnre, General Augur served about four years in the department of the Platte, and was succeeded by General Ord, who iu turn was succeeded by the gontleman who is our guest to-night - Goneral George Crook, Thss military department is one of great impartance, and the respousi- bility placed upon its commander, es- pecially during the past few years, should not be underrated and cannot be exaggearatod. Few of us usido from those who know by our businces relations have any correct idea of how much we are indebted to the doepart- ment of the Platte for the present prosperity of Nebresky and the city of Omaha, By its fostering care the depart- ment of the Platte has made possibe the settlemont and reclamation of the wild wastes of the west, which were before given up to the Indians and the buffalo, but which are now loaded down with abundaut erops roady for the harvest, aud swarming with thous- ands of catulo ready for the market. Y 1ts protection the treasurers of the graud old mountains were opened up to the industry of man, Without the wilitary this could not have been. H. may well be proud of the p tion he has uchieved in his profession —if his native modesty forbids this the city of Omaha will be prond for him and of him—and I am sure I ex- Ppress the sentiments of every citizan within the limits of this department, in saying that we will hail with pleas- ure the promotion that he has just earned and eure to overtake hun, and also in expressing the hope that we may, mavy of us, see him 1o preserved health at the head of of the army of the United States, It has been my good fortune to know General Crook well, and to be thrown with in busine:s, in the social @8 & traveling companion and howe, and assert from personal declaration of iudependence, Virginia, then the most populous of the colonies, had but 405,000 people; Massachu- fovs and New York were the two next IN TIME OF PEACS is at best nothirg but a well-discip- lined police force, org:n;zed nug Populous, and h; 4 maintained to repress turbulence an '§gRe8t city in America, and had not | the advauce gur= of colonization; is uartered BMyieNew York, when it lxt.tla fragmen 'e nothing but social qh b il e drift-wood, borMe on the foremost when the tea was thrown int {2§"Har. tion: bk ‘BAALYABCIng tide of civiliza bor, had each less than 20,000 inhabi- | tion, it " O T="% e tn haspe tants, and yet this country had then | floating, it may be accepted ‘a3 "8 *fifd} the power to make the British lion | that civilization is coming and is bow its head to the American flag. COMING TO STAY. To-night we are setted at a ban-| The old statement that the army table ina city larger than|was the pioncer of civilization way country then had, and in a|true in its duy, but it is no longer mcre populous than any of the | true. Civibzation is advancing so colonies, and larger in area than Eog. | rapidly that the army has all it can do land. ~ Yet, sir, 1 s00 beforo me thoto |t kecp abreast of it, the officer who who traveled across this stato when it | gtarts out on a scout nowadavs is was an uninhabited prairie—who | hikely to find when he turns back upon wandered along the banks of its rivers | his own trail that it is already white when a ford was their only crossing; | with the cauvas-covercd wagons of the who mingld among its ekin clad sav- ages when they wore proud scalps and rattles; who in winter camped in tents and sought the place near the fire as happy luxury; who deemed the dugout a pleasant "home and the sod house & princely palace, To-day our cattle are feeding the bungry of Chicago and New York and our graing aro floating through the markets of Europe, Our limitless plaios are stretching from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to the Blwssouri, and the rich harvests are dazzling the sunbeams with their brightness. Adam, when, in the new- uess and grandeur of God made man- hood, he stood upon the topmost hill of Paradise and looked down upon the whole hemisphere of the yot un. developed world, saw not a more pleasing prospact to the tillers of the s0il than is now the state of Nebraska, Europe is casting her surplus of population vpon America at the rate of nearly halt a million annually, The insecurity to psrson and property has wasted the ancient empires of the east; the Mediterranean now washea the coasts of unimportant na‘ions and of their indigent people. The Bedown Arabs now wander over a land once as populous as France, and among the ruins of Niniveh, au exceedingly great city of three days journey. ~Hardly two centuries ago Spain was the richest and most powerful nation in Europe, on whose dominions the sun never sot, and whose people, distinguished alike in arts and arms, carried their flag and their renown to either pole and encircled the earth with golden chains of their commerce. Now lan- guage seems hardly adequate to de. scribe their poverty and abasement and the wretched sondition of Spain, New Jersoy has now a population of 180 persons to the square mile, New York has 108 to the square mile, Rhode Island has 211 to the square mile, and Massachusetts has 228 to the tquare mile, while Nebraska has as yet but 6 to the square mile. When, Nebraska shall have grown ss populous as New York, she will have 8.208,4000 people; when sho shall have grown as populous as New Jer- sey, she will have 9,879,350 people; when she shall have grown as popu- lous as Rhode Island, she will have 16,034,945; when ehe shall have be- come as populous as Massachusetts, she will have 17 526,860, Nebraska will achieve all this, for she is & better state, has a better soil and better cli- q retnraing to his post, he runs consid- erable danger of being CRUSHED UNDER THE WHEELS of a locomotive. Two of the most pleasant features of the military ca- reer are the perfect familiarity ac- quired with the possibilities and pros- pect of our great couatry and the agreeable social relations which arise with the people among whom our of- ficers and men have to serve. It is un- der this aspect of the case that I sup- pose I have been called upon this eve- uing. Whatever knowledge of THE GREAT WEST maybe conceded me, I hope that no one will deny me the right to speak in glowing terms of the generous hos- pitality aud courtesy at all times ex- tended by the citizens of Omahs, to the cfficers of the army with whom they have come in contact. My re- marks have been very similar to Arte- Ward's Jecture upon “‘the Fabes in the wood:"” that contained, as you know, much of everything clse and but little about ‘“THE BABES IN THE WOoDs;" 80, my responio bhas uot contained much about wilitary mattere, but were I eloquent envugh 1t would have said & very great deal about the delightful relations which have bound us to your city; relations whioh, I regret to think mus) now be sundered in obed- lence to orders from our superiors. The army officer reminds me of poor **Joe” of “I am all alones,” in Dick- ens’ story of Dombey and Son, when- ever he has become A TRIFLE COMFORTABLE the secretary of war, like the grim policeman, tells him to keep moving on, Official orders may interpose dis- tance between us, but they cannot destroy the memory of the friendly relations which have bound us to- getler, There will always be in our hearts and miods & warm, bright re- collection of Omaha, its enorgetic men and charming women, and I hope that you will on your side keep a place for us in your memory, Geou. J10C. Cowin plied to the latter half of the toast ‘‘The Army and the Nation,” made a very witty aud apropos address. He wmado a sarcastical allusion to the American navy and its police duties under Admi Seymour, and gave the river and harbor bill a good turning over. He alluded to his first meetin, fi ! t h that he is & man gifted nerve, rare good qualitios, and less faults than most of us, and glad to mate than any of the states named. The boundless liberty of Awmerica, secured and maintained by the wisdom of her statesmen and the patriotis of with General Orook in the wilds of West Virginia, when he won the wa into the Shenandoah Valley by a flan w bicy City, Neb ed to the full extent of Jaw. receipts. immigrant, and, if he be at all slow i | ¥ ing. t baggage to day. Special vispated to Tk of Indianapolis; Louis Browns, d inf MARRIED. LANE-WOOD—Atthe family residence on Thursday, 24th inst,, by Rev.J. W. hauk, Geo, B, Lane to Nellie P,, daugh- All of Omaha, ———— b.—A good second-hand Address box X, Contral 163t VAl cle, - Notios. The “Hawthorn Contonnial Fx- elsior Roof Paint,” was patented May 24vh, 1881, and letters patent num- ber 241, 803, known to tamper Any person found or with the manu- acture of said paint will be punish- No per- on has any authority whatever to sell Hawrnory & Bro., Lancaster, Pa, DURKEE'S DELIVERY Just Suited the Royal Lead- ville Blues, The B. & M.’s Badly Beaten. Harry P. Kelly's carbonate base ballists have come and conquered, Their game with the B. & M.’s yes- terday afternoon was one sided yet interesting, The crowd was ono of the largest yet contained in the B. & M. grounds and heartily enjoyed by the Union Pacifics and a few who were 50 fortunate as to back the gen- glemen from the mining camp. The B. & M.’s can lay their defeat to Durkee’s pitching, which more than plensed the gentlemen who wear their hair long, If the B. & M.’s could only only have trimmed up their hair, the charkes are they would have have had less strength at the bas. As it was, they wero Sampsous, Jumbos, every one (f em Foutz, the pitcher, is a paralyzer, and no mistake, The B. & M.s have a total of three hits off his lightning nd “‘teasing” slow balls. In the game B & M.s played fairly, but hardly up to their stancard, Crosby got hit by Elis i the seventh inuing on a throw to third, and played a hittle out of jointall through the game. But the main defeat is laid at the door of Durkee's mansion Heretofore he has held his own among our best visiting clubsbut the **Blues” are so diffsrent, you know. Mr. Monmorency, the B. & M. manager, is not overcome or dejected at his fovorite’s defeat. Several im- portant changes will at once be made, and this with the new additions that are to be added, will make the B. & M’s. one of our crack clubs as of yore. The following is a complete resume of the walk away battle: R, S vorvocoocdn®| cocop=miomn BH. TB, A, 4 | SmomNa T 3 o~celic Hemourroo: ] eon (PO .16 19 ;b 12 5 - Innings..1 2 8 4 5 6 B.&M’s...0 0 0 0 0 Leadville's,.3 0 1 8 0 0 Runs Barved —Leadville 8, Three Base Hits—Lavin 2, Scorers - Keiley and Mayall, Umpire—Wm, Traffley, of U, P'e, Fontz is a “bewilder,” and no mis- take, Bentzy' one hand run back catch in the sixth inning was loudly applauded. Brandt played without an error, Durkee's support couldn’t have been better, The ““Blues” play in Council Bluffs 6 7 8 0 0 40 to-day under the management of the B, & M’s, Mr, Sells, manager of the U, P's, returned from Kansas ity last even- We hope he has secured some players who will get away with the *'Stannards " Trafilsy’s umpiring did him great credit, We wonder if the Blues can handle the pick and shovel as well as they can the bat? But dida’t they bat ! Oh! why didnt we bet on the Blues? There is no doubt about it; the U, P.'s can’t bs hired to play the Lead- villes, What will become of our home eams if St. Louis gets away with our THE STANNARDS AFTER SCALPS, 87 Lovzs, Mo,, August 25, —Man- ager Collius and the Stannard base ball club left on the Caunon Ball train or Omaha this evening, Tom Carey ate of the Providence team; Houly, Gault, of the old St. John T. Magner, of he Byracuso Stars of 1879; Byrd, late of the Worcesters, and Hogan, Rode- macher, Davis and Gormley, all good base ball players, compose the Standard’s team. They play a game with the U. P, club to-morrow and on Monday they will meet the Uouncil Biuffs nine in that city, The Standards expect to bring Kraymeyer, Uunningham, ome two scalps. s eat distinguished feature of Red« ussia Salve is its power to reduce flamation, THE ing's