Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 12, 1889, Page 3

THE OMAHA DAILY. BEE: MONDRAY, AUGUST 12, 1889, THE CROPS OF NEBRASKA. Wet Weather Has Hurt Small Grains to S8ome Extent. THE HAY YIELD, TOO, IS SHORT. But Corn roducing in Abund- ance. Beating the Record ot Former Years, and the Fall Outlook s Encouraging. Flattering for the Farmers. The following crop report and trade re- view of the stato of Nebraska has been com- piled by the regular correspondents of the Mercantile Agency of R. G. Dun & Co., of Omaha, within the past three days, in an- swer to the followig circular: We desire to obtain some trustworthy in- formation from the most reliable sources re- garding the general condition of the crops, and such other facts as bear upon the pros- perity of far=ars and merchants in your county, You .re no doubt aware of the im- portance of correct information of this char. acter to the business interests of Nebraska. We would be glad to receive by return mail information regarding your county, embracing the following points, which please make as full as possible: ‘What was the principal crop last year, acreage this year compared with last, and if crops more diversified, the nature and ex- tent. What are the prospects this yeart If there has been a failure, what caused it? How are coliections and what is the pres- ent condition as to trade and future pros- pects as to merchants and farmerst ADAMS COUNTY, Corn was the principal crop last year and this. There has been a larger acreage of all grains put in this yoar than ever before, and about the same ratio, first corn, oats, barloy, rye, ete. The July rains have hurt, the smali grain, wheat and oats, to a small extent, but not seriously as a whole country. Collections as yetare hard, almost impossi- blg, but we anticipate easier times as 8000 as the crops can be moved, both for far- mers and merchants, Our merchants are not complaining. ANTELOPE, The principal crop lust year was corn. There is a slight increase of crop this year over that of last year. Small grain is ‘now haryested and secure in the stack, and is tho best crop of the ten years past, both in the yield and quanuty. ~ Especially is this truo of the wheat ciop. Corn also promises the best crop ever known here, and unless some nunforeseen or unusual thing now occurs An- telope county will harvest the best crop of corn in its history. Collections among the farmers have been very slow the past, year, but present prospects are very favorable for collections, and the general feeling here is that old accounts will be settled, and an in- creased trade will follow as a natural se- quence of the fine crops. Of course much depeuas on the market for farm products. Hay is rather short this season, but there will be anabundauce for heme consumb- tion, BLAINE. Corn is the principal crop. The acreage is double last year's acreage. There is five times as much oats as last year, 10,000 acres corn, 1,000 oats, 500 of wheat. There are the best prospects in the history of the coun- ty. Collections are dull at present. The prospects of the merchunts and farmers were never better, BURT, The principal crop last ye: vas corn. The acreage this year is about 15 per cent more than last, and the yield will show at least 25 er cent increase. Crops are very good. heat has about the samo acreage as last year, but the yield is about 20 per cent more. Oats are light. Collections are hard, but merchants are dotng u better business ' than they were at this time last vear. Prospects are favorable for the farmers having a good crop. but a great deal will depend on prices this fall. BOONE. The principal crop of this county last year was corn. At least two-thirds of the acreage was in_corn last year, and fully one-sixth more in area is in corn this séason, The prospects for corn are excellent. In the acreage of wheat there is little change this year. Oats are about one-fourth larger age. Both will resuit in about 50 to 70 per cent of the usual crop. The other crops, rye, flax, ete., are of limited aci About one-half'of the county was affected by a se- vere hail and wind storm on Juiy 13, 1880, Half of this avea has the crops whul]y cut off. Extreme dry weather in April, May and early in June, injuriously affected small grain in some localitie: CUSTER. The priucipal crop last year was‘corn, The acreage this year is somewhat larger—about 10 per cent. The prospects this year are very ood. Collections are rather slow just now, hut prospects for farmers and traders are for petter times. There is rather a large amount ¢f crops to wheat and oats and the yiold is going to bo botter than last year, The outlook is rathor better thau last year and farmers are more hopeful. If prices for grain are not too low collections will be zood Within oue to two mouths. CUMING, The priucipal crop here is corn atall times, mcreage this year is probably one-sixth or one-eighth larger than last yeur. 1t frosts do not come early we expect & very large crop of corn. The lurgest ever raised. Wheat acreage is little lurger than last yeur but the crop in this county will be at least three times us large, The fields already har- wvested and threshed have yielded twenty-five to thirty bushels per acre. The out crop will be better than last year but only average as 1 ucreage and yield, the dry weather in May and early June was the cause, Grass crop very poor on account of dry weather, Col- lections are very slow at present, but crop Prospects are reviving trade. DODGE. Principal crop is corn, the same as last year aud about the same acreage and diver- sty of crops. Prospects for corn this year are A 1. Small grain may not grade as well owing to tho wet weather at harvest time. This last applies more purticularly to our bottom lauds. Collections are fair, but rath- er slow. Trade is good and steady but there isno rush and 1t shows tho effects of the rather quiet business year, which the whole state is having. The outlook is first rate in all lines and we consider it a year when overy one should be aheud of the deal. FURNAS. ‘Wheat and corn about cqual to last year, This year there is more corn--at le; cent) greater acreago, first clu p. Collections are slow owing to last year's crop bein 100 swall to pay bills. The condition of trade fair. The prospect of merchants snd farmers good. FILLMONE. princinal crop last year; v, 261,855; total acreage this year, 263,013 ge of corn last year, 6,224; this year, 124,500, There is o large o4t orop this year, but it has beeu \|ullm|(l.ll in some piaces by heavy rains. The whei acreage is small, The present outlook is th wo will have a heavy crop of corn, und pros- pects for trade and future outlook for far- mers and merchants good GAGE. The corn acrea groater than st oats, but :onuid\-mbl) more f finest crop ever scon in this state. Flax, divto, Oats dama, by hea raius, and luw prics, with & prospectof trade being brisk to In theé fall. Collections are siow, but nmnwvu are gencrally good, GOSPER. The primcipal crop last year was coru, and the acreage this year of corn excends thatof lust cousiderably. The prospects for a heavy yleold were nover better than now. The acre- 8ge of outs is nbout the same this year 1ast, and the; fair yiold, 7T creage of wh that of last vear mowhat, and the yield is fair, and gener- ‘"f of good quality. All other kinds of erops 1 be a heavy yield, but not av heavy noreage, The principal erop being corn,much of the old crop hus been recently shelléd and duJ-ouml of. Collections are rather steady firm, but somewhat slow. Trade is rowing, and the prospects of merchants and larmers are good. HoLT corn was the principal crop last year. The this year is ono-third greater than Py A e ey The prospects Corn was the tal acreage last year is a little t quite as much Jorn is the were nevor better for corn in this county and small grain has been cut and is an un- usually good crop. This county nas had abundant rains, which aecounts for the large crop. Collections will be paid this fall and farmers and merchants are jubliant. MITCHCOCK, The crops are generally better in this county than they have been for the past five years. Small grain has been harvested and Wheat will_yield from 15 to 85 bushels per acre, rye about 25 to 40 bushels, oats 23 to 40 bushels. All kinds of grain are in good stape. There is 5) porcent more land under cultivation this year than last. The yield will be 25 per cent better, Farmers are woll pleased with crops, and there is a general looking up to better times. 1here will be a big crop of corn and potatoes were never bat- ter in this section. MALL, Corn is the principal crop in 1888, The acreage increased 10 per cent. Of wheat there is very little raised. Oats increased 5 per centon " last year. Oats was somewhat damaged by heavy rains and farmers could r.ot zet in the fields to cut. Corn is excellent, with the best prospects we ever had. Trado 18 dull, but the outlook is brightening for all trade. Collections are fair. TARLAN. The crops of 1888 were corn and wheat principally. There is about 18,000 acres more planted this year than last, consisting of rye, oats, wheat and corn. We have the best crops that have been raised in twelve years Wheat will average about eighteen to twenty bushels to the acre, some pieces eoing as high as twenty-six bushels. Corn is very strong and is maturing finely, Trade nas beeen very quiet, but is now beginning to improve, und prospects are excellent for a good fall trade. The crops here this year will pay up all pressing claims against farmers, stop the foreclosure of mortgages and put business on a very fair basis, Col- lections have been slow, but are lnproving. We have had excellent crops of tame hay and grasses this year, and fruit is most ex- cellent and in great variety. HOWARD, The principal crop in this county for hm year was corn. The next wheat und oats. The acreage of corn is about 26 l‘(,r cent greater this year than last. There ver was a battar prospect for a large crop. he wheat generally is a light crop—about 75 per cent of last year, oats about 50 per cent, and not hall a crop in many places, Much damage was done to small grain by the drouth in the early summer, and there hus been considerable damage by rain dur- ing the last six weeks. All kinds of busi- ness is dull, and collections are very hard now. If prospects continue favorable for corn, times should be much better in sixty days. JEFFERSON, Corn was the principal crop last year, The acreage this year is as large as that of last year, but there is also more small yrain. by renson of @& great deal of prairie having been broken and put under cultivation. The crop of oats und wheat was very heavy this year, but much of it is lost by reason of heavy rains during harvest. The corn crop was never better than at present. Potatoes, of which a large amount was planted, will yield a large crop. Collections, just at pres- ent, are very dull; but threshing hus begun and money will be more plenty as soon us the crops begin to move. Prospects were never better in this county than at present. KEITH, Last year the crops were about equally di- vided between wheat and corn, and’this year it is about the same, only that there is an increased acreage of about one fourth. This year's wheat orop is about as good as last year, but owing to increased acreage there will be more bushels than last year. Wheat this year will probably average ten bushels per acre. Corn in this country was planted about one week later than it should e, but otherwise is first-class and_prospects vy corn crop. Collections are hard and trade dull, but times will prob- ably be easier when farmers begin to sell wheat and corn. Prospecis for merchants and farwers are fair, KEARNEY, ‘'he principal crop last year was wheat, corn and oats. ‘The increase of acreage this year is about 10 per cent. Crops are about the same proportion as to variety. The following figures will show the output for 1850: Wheat, 38,246 acres, with an averago of about 12 bushels per acre; corn, b acres, average about 45 bushels per acre oats, 17,001 acres, average about 25 bushels per acre; barley, 4,600 acres, average about 30 bushels per acré. The prospects for corn this season are excellent. Wheat was dam- aged at least 10 per cent by wet weather during harvest Collections are slow. The condition of trade is very fair. KEYA PANA. Crops of small grain, wheat, rye and oats, were good in this county. Now all are har- vested und mostly stacked, of good quality and 1 fine condition. Corn is better than ever known in this county. Crops were short last year on account of dry weather, At present the county appears to be enter- ing upon an era of prosperity. We will have a large surplus of wheat, oats, rve, corn, hogs and cattle. LINCOL: The principal crop—wheat, corn, oats—is double the average this year as compared with last. The crops are not more diversi- fied this year. The prospects are good. Con- siderable experimenting has been done in sugar beets. Collections ure fairly good. MERRICK, The principal crop last season was corn, Next in importauce was oats. There is not much difference between the character of crops this year and last, except that there is more tlax seed sown in this county this year thau last. ‘The corn crop is in excellent con- dition. Prospects are good for a large yield. The flax seed crop1s in good condition and although there never was a larger and finer crop of vats grown, nearly one-half of it was spoiled by wet wl'utller and the yield will not be over one-half a crop. Collections are yet slow, ou account of the crops of this year not moved. The prospects for the merchants ?uu farmers, for the balance of the year, are air. MADISON. Corn, wheat and oats are the principal crops raised n this county. Last year there was nearly a failure of both wheat and oats, on uccount of rust. This year all crops are good. The acreage of wheat and oats is about the same as last, and of corn one-fifth more, These grains never looked better at this time of year. Collections are slow on account of low prices and loss of wheat and oat crop of last yeur. Lf the price is not too low this fall and winter, collections and busi- ness will be good NANCE, ‘The principal crops are corn, oats, wheat, flax, rye, barley, millet, in the order named. The nurunige bas ncreased fully twenty per cent over last year. The prospects are first- cass for corn, OAts 8re an average crop, wheat 18 an average, flax 110 per cent, rye 120 per cent, barley an average. Collections ure only fair, prices are low for produce, Prospects are fair for merchants as soon as the uew crops are moved, NEMAHA. Coru 1s the great crop, There is a larger acreage this year than last. Prospects are good for the "lurgest and best crop ever in this county, NUCKOLLS. The principal crops last vear were oats, wheat, flax and corn. With'a fair yield ex: cepting corn which was short., This year's crop compares as follows: Oats, acreage 20 per cent more and crops fuily s good as to yield. Flax, acreage fully double of last year, yield the same per acre, Corn, acreage 10 per cent larger, with the yield fully double Jer acre, Colleclions are slow a present, but bid fair in the near future, Threshing is about fairly started, and the proceeds of mall grain will help business. The outlook in general is good, and especiully so if grain briugs fair PAWNEE, The crop condition 1s No. 1. Corn is the finest over known in southeast Nebraska. Oats and small grain of all Kinds were more or less damaged by the rain, outs 1 particu- lar; but we will "have plenty, and some to spare, unyhow, The corn crop this year is about 180 per cent of last in acreage, and 125 per cent. in condition. Oats is about 100 per cent in acrege, and 50 per cent in condition as compared with last year. Other small grain is about the same as last season. Hay 18 100 per cent in acreage, and 150 in condi- tion, Collections are very dull and money matters close Farmers will have money as 500n as they can market what they have raised. The business men are looking hoj )m fully to fall trade, and it is generally lieved that money will be vlentiful lumn{ the farwers ore long, PREL The principal crop here last year was corn, The acroage this year was larger than last. The crops are also wore diversified, embrac- ing corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, flax, mil- let and broom corn. All the crops here are the best ever seen. Small grain is all in shock or stack and is being threshed. It is not damaged by the recent rains 1o any ex- tent as was expected. There never were such prospects for corn before, At this time collections are rataer hard to make, as but little grain or stock is moving, and farmers do not pay bank interest where they can help it, and for same reasons trade is dull. But as 8oon as the crops begin to move collec: tions and trade are expected to be good. Wo cannot give an estimate of the acrenge of crops in this locality, but can only speak from observation and common reports from different neighborhoods. PLATTE, At least throe-fourths of the crop last year and this is corn. The other fourth is wheat, oats and flax, There is about one-tenth in- crease in acreage since last year. The pros- pects were never better than this year; corn Wwill be ax immense crop if the frost does not come 100 eariy; oats and flax fair; whoeat is above the average; potatoes are good. Col- lections at present are very hard, but if there is any price for produce collections and times er be good when the furmers begin to sell. here has been no hog cholera this year and prospects for hogs are good, PIERCE. Wheat and corn ace the principal culti- vated crops of this county. Oats is grown about sufticient for home use. Some parts of the county grows buckwheat and rye to some extent. The acreage of wheat and corn 18 95 per cent over last year. The yield of wheat and oats per acre will be double what it was last year. Prospects are good for corn. Tn fact, 8o far as crops are concerned, thisis the best year the county ever had thus far. Wheat will average about 15 bushels per acre, oats 85 bushels. The ereat question now is: Can we find a market for the wheat at fair figures: 1t is bringing 60 cents here now, and oats 13 cents, but they are not raised much for sale. If prices hold fair this will be a good fall for collections. Money is close now until farmers can sell their wheat. The merchants of this town are all doing well av present, with more than fair prospects in the near future. Everyone seems to feel hopeful. RICHARDSON. Our principal crop is corn, to be an increase in acreage, look for an immense crop has never been so good in the history of the county. A very larre proportion of corn has two ears to the stalk. There is considerable small grain, but a large part is in damaged shape on ac- count of rains. The latter sending the corn out rapidly. Small fruits were finc and ap- ples good. There were some peaches, the first for three or four years, Tnere was a good crop of grapes. Generally speaking it is the finest prospect that farmers have had for the past fonr years. There have been the largest crops of hay ever cut in the county. There deoes not appear to bea great demand for money. The banks have plenty , interett rates are of a lower ten- dency.’ Collections appears to be depending largely on the crop prospects. Hence not much currency is yet passing hands. Mer- chants and farmers appear very bright, and seltiements gen.rally are expected out of the crop results. Farmers in this vicinity are generally improving their farms, large barns and other substantioal building taking the ylace of old ones. During the past year or two some of the farmers’ mortgages have been paid off out of farn earnings, SARPY. Thcnrlmlpnl crops, last_year, were corn. bariey, wheat, hay, potatoes and garden vegetables. The acreage this year of different crops is about the same as last year. Crops are not diversified more than lust year, The prospects, this season, for corn” and potatoes, are excelient. Hay is moderate, and small grain was somewhat damaged by rains while being harvested. Collections, at present, are hard to make, as farmers have no income. and will not have till they get their crops ready for market. SALIN The principal crop of thi the acrage of which this year is about the same as last. The prospect could not be bet- ter than we have now for a fuli crop. Fall wheat is making a yiold of 25 to 40 bushels per acre of good quality. But little spring ‘wheat is grown. The yield and quality are above the average. Of oats there 18 a large acreage and it is of good quality. Collections are fair. The prosvects for business of all kinds the coming fall are good. Farmers are generally prosperous. There have been more farm mortgages paid off the last year than new loans made. The tow price of cattle 18 the greatest source of compiaint among the farmers. There appears and the out- section is corn, YORK. The flax crop is good, corn excellent, but oats only fair. Collecticns have been slow, but are getting better as the flax begins 10 move. SAUNDERS, The principal crop is corn, which has an increase in acreage of 10 per cent over iast year. The diversity of crops is the same. The prospects this year are the best known for ten years., Corn especiully is fine. Oats are good; also wheat and rye, while pota- toes are the best ever known. Collections are fair, Possibly a little better than the averags, Prospects for merchants and far- mers are very good. Trade is fair and busi- ness houses are being built and the mer- chants are doing a good safe business. WAYNE, Practically the only crops raised here are wheat, oats, corn and flax. A small amount of barley and rye is raised, but insufficient to require any extended statement, The principal crop 18 corn, which was last year the ouly good crop, oats bemng substantially a failure, and there being but few pieces of good wheat. This year the acreage of corn and wheat is 25 per cent larger than that of last year; oats 10 per cent. Wheat is mostly in the stack at this time, and is a very excel- lent crop. It will average twenty bushels per acre for tho county, and is of excellent quality. Oats are not generally a good crop. ‘I'here are many fine pieces, however, Such fields as were seeded down in the spring are a fair crop. The cause of the failure in some stances was dry weather early in the sea- son; in others poor farming, Kecent rains 1nsure a very heavy crop of corn, and it is safe to say it will ‘average thirty or thirty- five bushels per acre throughout the county, as there are extremely few poor pieces, the season early having been very favorable for germinating the seed, and for cultivating the crop. Collections have been very hard thus for this year, on account of the partial fail- ure of crops last year and low prices. Ever, thing now indicates, however, a favorable fall and winter trade, Our merchants are all in good condition, and with the increased ability of farmers to pay, Wayne county is in exceptionally good shape. POLK, The principal crop last year was corn, ‘This year there is an increase in acreage of 10 per cent over last. ''he corn crop this year is simply immense, and will average, if present prospects are fulfilled, at least tifty bushels to every acre planted in the county. The oat crop is fair and will average Bushiels. Dol asre,. [The Aax cron s iasatr than last year and quality good. It will average from twelve to fourteen bushels per acre. There was very little wheat sown and it was of poor quality. of rye and a fair crop of tame grass. Col- loctions are fair, but not as good as they should be on account of the low price of corn, it being our staple. Flax has brought in some money. Trade is fair to dull. Far more cat- tle have been fed in this county than ever before, and this has brought us some money. Farmers begin to see that to feed tho corn on their farms makes a fair price for their grain, nnll more cattle will be fed next year than fast. Tho hog crop is very heavy and more wlll ve shipped from this county next year thun ever belore, BTANTON. The principal crop last year was corn, rye, oats and wheat. There is, perhaps, at least one-fifth more corn acreage this year than last, and the prospects are, up to the time, a8 good, if not betier, than they have ever been. There is not or fleld of corn in the whole county, s corn included. Oats were not 8o good as they generally are, but much better than last year, when they were destroyed by rust, caused by too much rain. This year they did not stalk out they would bave done had we had more rain, There has not been much rain in this county prior to the 1st day of July, But the dry weather did not effect the wheat, rye orcorn, all of which will be above the average, an the oat crop is almost up to the average. Some pieces have gone sixty bushels to the acre, while the poorest in the county will uot full below twelve to fifteen bushels to the acre. All crops have an increased acreage of about one-fifth over last year, whole are much better. the farmers and mer good. forty There is a small field and on the The prospects for nts for this year are Collections are in the main easy. WEBSTEK. Wheat, oats and corn were the principal crops last year, Qats aud wbeal were & pretty fair crop, but there) sown. A large acreage of but the south half of this coun and Jewell counties, Kansas, so of us, did not have one-fourth of a crop oy account of drouth, and this coupled with the fact that the crop was very poor in (1347 ulso, causes trade to be very dull und collections dificult. In fact, farmers have no money of conse- quence, and merchants are oblired to carry many of them, which causes them to be hard un. This year the acreaze of wheat, oats and corn is about the same as last. In this’ immediate vicinity not much small grain was wn, but the crop is good. 'OWts is espec- inlly fine and will yieid 50;byshels 1o the The acreage of corn 8 Jarge, and the crop never was better here #t'this season of the year. Prospects for the fall trade are very flattering. not much as planted, and Smith VALLEY. ‘Wheat. corn and oats have 20 per cent in- crease of acreage. Crops are more diver- sificd. Formerly a great many depended entirely on corn. Now oats, wheat, potatoes, flax, barley, rye, etc., are raised. he_ri ing of hay is also largely increasing, Pros- I\ecu this year are good. Only oats in this immediate vicinity are rather light, caused by very ary weather. There are no failures, and collections are about the same as usunl LOUP. The prlnd’pfl crop in this county last year wae corn, ‘‘he acreage this year as com- 5;‘ ared with h\!l. is 15 or per cent greatér. 'he ucreage of wheat, 0nts, rye ana potatoes was rather small last year, probably alto- gether not more than 20 per cent of the en- tire acreage and this year it is about the same, Collections are fair and the prospects for our merchants and farmers are good. The crop prospects us to corn are very good here and cannot well be better any- where. Small grain is harvested and is a fair yield. The straw is short, but the heads are well-filled and the grain is good. There aro no failures in any purt of the county. BUTLER. Corn was the principal crob last yoar. The acreage this year is 25 per cent greater than last year. The prospocts of a crop are better. The acreage of 0ats is about the same as last. The crop was damaged some by continuous rains during harvest, otherwiso there was a full crop. Flax and wheat same as last year, Collections rather slow, but prospects better. With good prices for crops everything will resume usual prosperity. BUFFALO, © The principal crop in this county is corn, last year as well as this, and the acreage has increased at least 25 per cent over last year, There is some wheat and quite a good deal of oats, but in about the same proportion as last year. The corn outlook was never finer in any country, and bids fair to be the best ever produced in this_county. The season has been all that could be desired, and if it had been made by the president of the state grange itcould not have been better. Heavy rans_in July damaged the wheat crop a little, and the oats but very little— possibly 5 to 10 per cent—but as the wheat crop was small and the oats not fully ma- tured when the rain came, the loss will be very little, and our farmers depénd very lit- tle on the' wheat, anyway. The trade out- look in this town was never more flourishing. Farmers and merchants are very hopeful, and collections are comparatively easy. Money is a little close at the banks, for the reason that merchants are carrying farmers, and also that there are a certain number of real estate speculators who are being carried by the banks. The speculation craze has closed in this town, ana we think its future prospects were never so good, and we believe that all the substantial merchants of the town feel that way about it. JOIINSON, Corn is the principal erop for 1888 and 1889, with some wheat and. flax, and oats for home use, But little oats was raised to ship. There are good prospects for a very large crop of corn, which willl average forty to fity bushels per acre. Wheat was a large crop—from twenty to thirty-five bushels per acre—and flax eight to sixteen bushels per acre. Collections are better siuce the wheat and flax are being marketed, The prospects are that our farmers will get pretty weli out of debt this year and merchants prosper ac- cordingly. k DUNDY., The principal crop last year was corn. There 18 double the amount this year. There is more wheat, oats and rye this year than last. In fact we are favored in all kinds of crops. Wheat is haryested. Some is threshed and the average is about 18 bushels per acre, oats 45, rye 22. The prospects for corn aro about 50 bushels per acre. From all that can bo learned now, collections will be better. Trade is looking up and business generally improving. e The Sacred Heart academy, for day pupils, situated on St. Mary’s avenue and Twenty-seventh streets, is an insti- tution devoted to the moral and intel- lectual education of young girls. The course includes everything from a pre- paratory department to a finished classical education. Besides the ordi- nary academical course, music, paint- ing, drawing and the languages are taught. French is included in the or- dinary course. Difference of religion is no obstacle to the receiving of pupils, provided they conform to tho general regulation of the school. The scholastic term be- gins the first Tuesday of September. Classes commence at 9 a. m., and are dismissed at 3:30 p. m., an hour for recreation being allowed at noon. s India Rubher Stone. ‘What is described as a geological curiosity is in the office of the acting chief clerk of the United States war department, Washington. It is a piece of stone weighing about one pound, thirteen inches in length, twoand a half inches in width, and one-third inch thick. There is no doubtabout 1ts being a genuine stone, but it neverthe- less possesses the flexibility of a pieco of India rubber. When taken in the hand and shaken in the direction of its flat surface it will bend backward and forward with a dull sound. This is what is known as itacolumnite or elastic sandstone. It is stated that a whole mountain of it exists in southern Ne- vada, a short distance east of Death Valley. It is found in California, Geor- gia, and other localities in the United States. — Have You Catarrh?—There Is one remedy you can try without danger of hum. bug. Bend to A. G. Coleman, chemist, Kala- mazoo, Mich.,for trial package of his catarrh cure. ' His only mode of advertising is by giv- it away. Postage 2c. Judge for your- self, Mention this paper. Asphalt Cures Consumptives. A speculative physician has ascribed positive curative powers to the asphalt pavement, the odors of , which he says will break up any ordinary cold and will have an actual, beneficial effect upon pulmonary disorders. This medi- cal gentleman said yesterday: “The curative emanations, from asphaltum quite similar; to the bene- influences of a pine for- est. The peculiar edor which ruffies your nose and makes you sneeze when you walk across & stretch of new- 1aid asphalt puvinf ism great alieviator of the ing which ghe consumptives suffer, believe that if weak-lunged men should join the workingmen who lay asphalt pavements and take a hand in the work, the exercise and the odor together vould prove very helpful to his lungs. If this were generally known there would be such & rush of con- sumptives to work on the streets that all the asphaltum might be laid throughout the city without cost for labor. Go and stand for a few moments with any gang of esphalt layers and seo how your nose throat and lungs feel.” e Second-Class Tickets Via the Northern Pacific R. R., allow the holders the privilege of stopping over at Spokane Falls, Wash., and all points west of there. The Northern Pacific is the only line traversing Washington itory from east to west and north to south, Rates from Omaha and Council Bluffs to all points on the North Pacific coast are as low via the Northern Pacific as any otber line, . are ficial CLOTHED IN THEIR INNOCENCE, The Ladies at Atlantic Oity Don't Wear Much Else. HE HAD IT IN AN ENVELOPE. Where One Husband Had His Wife's Whole Bathing Sait—Men are Very Scarceand in Great Demand. Beauty Unadorned. AtuaNTio City, August 8.—[Special to Tue Bre.|—There is a rush of visitors at Atlantic this season that fairly dazes the officials of this Mecca of health and pleas- ure-seckers. Between nine and ten thou- sand people wore emptied Into this popular resort since Thursday of last week. The excitement and bustle incident to such an extraordinary volume of travel precluded the possibility of rest on the part of those ‘whose duty it is to handle and provide for the comfort of this great throng. The great hotels are all jammed to their utmost capac- ity, and the managers have never known a more prosperous yeur. Last Sunday was a wet day at the beach. There was an almost continuous downpouring of rain, and in such torrents that even on the yielding sands of the beach little rivulets rushed down to mingle with the salt waters of the sea. The influx of visitors was very large, and the avenues and houlevards were crowded despite the mud and rain. The sun's rays broke through the lowering clouds at inter- vals, and gave rise to hopes of fuir weather, which, however, were soon blusted. Bath- ing was generally indulged in, the novelty of a shower-bath from the heavens in conjunc- tion with a dip in the ocean proving an irre- sisuble attraction for the crowds which thronged the pavilions. Tho bath suits have never been more at- tractive,not only for their beauty but for the ECONOMY OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION. Bright red and apple green are the desirablo hues, I heard a lady ask hor husbund whero her suit was, and after fishing avound in his vest pocket for a few minutes he produced au envelope, which he handed to her. Ina very short time she appeared done up in & pair of black stockings, a red calico cap, and a-well—a—1 think she might have taken the rest from tho envelope—und as they clasped hands and capered down the plank n la “garden of Eden” I turned away and pro- duced my pocket mirror to see if Iwas tanned, and turned my attention to those who came later. There is said to be about fifteen thousand visitors at Atlantic now and the beach 1s like a panorama of moving colors. Youth, beauty and intellect jostle each other as they all strive to be number one, and all seem to be joyous and happy, aud glaa that thoy came, The surf 18 magnificent, the weather wood, the hotels first-cluss, prices ditto, and the amount, of ingenuity exhibited in manu- facturing different machines for the enter- tainment of u confiding public, and the finan- cial advancement of private ' individuals if exerted ‘in a moral way,” would redeem the world. The plaintive wail that went up from here two or tnree weeks ago in reference to the scarcity of women has been answered with a vengeance. Now there are WOMEN HERE IN LEGION. They are scattered about as numerous as the savds of the sea. They ave grouped about in little circles on the hotel porches, discussing ‘‘marriage.” “the floods” and “Cleopatra” in a way that is humorous, if not _enlightening, crowdivg tho stand at bathing time, toppling over each other 1n the surf, and dancing together in the ball room simply bacause they want to danee, and i no male apphicants. Sailing parties and straw-rides are given, with ten or a dozen pretty women and possi- bly only one man to escort the entire crowd. Ho doesn’t have to think of paying the bills —the women are too giad to have the dear creature at any price. So numerous are they that the idea of auyono haviug a real, ve MAN ALL TO HERSELF for an entire day, 18 not to be thought of! They are of all stages of beauty and age, some married, and many who desire to be, and most of them good looking. A young ludy of marriageable age, who is being chap- eroned by her step-mamma, who is much younger than herself,timidly inquired of me: “What is considered a marrying age, in your village?? 1 intimated that the common ides, ‘‘out west,” was to marry whenever we wanted to and could most conveniently, but, I added. there are some people who have more or less prudence about those little things, ana some even had so much that they never married. The dresses here are extremely pictur- esque, the reign of cottons and cambrics, foulards and printed de lains are in full swing, while not a few effect the Jenness Miller attire. Idon't know whether Jenness would like)t or not, but they are fair dis- guises and will probubly not be the attrac- tion long, as there are a large number of “Delaware dandies” expected very soon, and 1 bave been told, by those who are sup- posed to know, thut they are rare specimens —that, in fact, it would" be no honor to wor- ship them. This is a great resort for the Phila- delphians. Postmaster General Wanamaker, accompanied by a son of Assistant Post- master Clarkson, favored this locality with a day last week and spent last Sunday at Cape May Point. Mus, WINFIELD S, STRAWN. e A Pointer—Mr. W. H. Collins is a Kansas City druggist who has made the business a success and is now sole owner of one of the flnest drug stores in the west and enjoys a large patronage. He says: ‘‘Notfrom a financial standpoint, but on its merits, I candidly and cheer- fully recommend Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is one of the few preparations I have found an extensive sale for solely on their merits.” HICAGO FEMALE GOLLEG MorganFark(nesrChicago). Boarain th 8 Youny Ladls; Kor catalogu G THAYE HAYER. LL. D., Morgan Par 's. iR Or T Madison Burest, Chicaion L, NORTHW ESTERN Conservatory of Music Minneapolis, Minn. 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WIND EN GINE & PUMI"CO., Steam and Water Supplics. Unllldny wipd mille, 018 and 0 Jonos a. . K058, Aoting Manug mmw NLLL & CO., Engines, Boilers aud General Machinery, Sheotron work, steam pumps, saw mills, 12151218 Loayonwerth street, Omaha, Omaba, CHURC, nlfx. PARKER, { Dealerin Agricalturel Implements, Wagons Carriages and bugeies. Joneg street m-eonm ane Om aha, Nebrast LININGER & METCALF 0., { Agricult’l Implements, Wasons, Carviages & _Wn Omaha, Nebrasks. PARLIN, (IIH'”\ nom‘ & MARTIN CO., Demlers in MPIG 'l llIlI]leBllt! Wagons & Buzgies treot, Omaha. L. t STODDARD ‘Manufacturers and job ars in WHIIO!IS Buggies Rakes, Plows, Etc. Cor. b and Pactfo st o, Omiaha, o o o Jr, Artists' Materials, Pianos and Organs, 1513 L'oukins atreet, Omuhn, Nebraska. —__Boots and Shoos. ___ W. V. MORSE 4 Jobhers of Boots and Suoes. 1101, 1103, 1105 Dougine streot, Omnha. Manufactory, Summer streot, Boston, __Coal, Coke and Lime, MAHA COAL, COKE & LIME Jobee:s of Hard end St Coal, 200 Bouth 15th stroet, Omaha, Nebrasks. NEBRASKA FUEL Co., : Shippers of Coal and Coke. 214 South Lith st., Omahn, Neb. LUMBER, ETC, JOHN A. WA Il’El"lh‘iJ), Wholesal Lumber, Etc. tmported and Awmerican Vorua agent for MW ke hy Quin.y -u..w e LET od Lumber, 9th and Douglas ont, State nt And CHAS R. Daler in Ba-dw ‘Wood earpets I\l;“]l.!‘“\‘:flll‘l Ilmnlf x‘{;\ " OMAHA LUMBER CO., All Kinds of Building BI{B oria at Wholesale Daaler fn Lnmber, Lath, Lime, Sash, Doors, Ete. Yards—Corner ith and Douglas, ~Offies’ Coraer 10th and Douala: FRED. GRAY. Lumbe', Limey Gem n, Etc., Bte. l‘\lllcr Uth and Douglas sts,, Omahs. C. N. DIE'Z, Dealer in All Kinds of Lnmber. 13th and California streets, Omaha, Nebraska. _Millinery and Hotions. I. OBERFELDER & CO., Tuport s&qunflm i lmur?&NulIJnx 7. T. ROBINSON NOTION CO., Wholesale Notions aud Furuishing Goods. 1124 Harney Street, Omaha. 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