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Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07
The Dixon County Coal Mines and tho
Ionis Volcano.
Correspondence of the BEE.(
PONCA, July 3, 1874.

corresponding OF the BEEl
PONCA, July ., 1874.
EDITOR BEE:
Nebraska's greatest need Is cheap
fuel, and so the mere announcement
a few months ago hat a good vein
of coal had been discovered in the
northern part Of the State sufficed
to create quite a sensation. But
when, still later, an infant volcano
was reported from the same locality,
people thought Dixon county was
merely trying to get up an excite
ment. So, in order to investigate
the matter, We have visited both
the volcano and the coal mine, SO
hat the many readers of the BEE
would know just what those reports
amounted to.
First, we will describe the coal
mine, as that is of the most practi-
cal importance. 1t is situated two
and a half miles north of Ponca,
the county seat Of Dixon county,
and the vein runs under the bluff
that skirts the south bank of the
Missouri river. In q small log hut
near by we found the man who, as
owner of the mine, will probably
some day be one of n ebraska's rich
est men. His name Is Fernand
Conrad, and; though poor, he Is u
gentleman and deserves the good
fortune which has fallen to him.
When we told him our business was
to see the mine he left his pillow and
leading the way down a precipitOus
bluff we were soon at the entrance
Of the coal drift. Here everything
indicated the hurry with which the
work was being pushed forward. A
force Of miners was very busy TIM
bering the drift and making other
preparations for developing the
mine. The work Is under the super
intenderce of MI. Winnermout-
man who can talk coal much better
than Grant can talk horse.
The drift Is a simple hols, six feet
by four, dug straight into the bluff,
and has at the present, been COM
pleted for a distance Of III feet.
The first indication of coal Is
found at the very entrance, In the
shape of q stratum of what looked
to us like nothing but very black
dirt, but rs we walked a.ong the
drift, We noticed this vein increase
rapidly in thickness and soldjty,
until we arrived at the present ter
minus Of the drift, where it was full
two feet thick, and was certainly q
fair article Of the Black Diamond,
and being tolerably clear nom slate
and sulphur, we should say that In
our opinion 1t Is equal, II not supe-
rior to Fort Dodge coal. The vein
h increasing In quality and thick
ness the further 1t recedes from the
surface, and Mr.. Winnermonf saws
that he feels confident that he will
yet take from the mine, thousands
Of tons Of coal, Of q quality equal to
the famous Wyoming. In digging
the drift, a considerable quantity OF
saleable coal has been brought out
and sold, and the purchasers express
themselves as being well satisfied
with II.
The ctaam terry across the Mis-
souri, at this poin: rises the value of
the coal constantly. The Company
formed to work this mine are
Messrs. Brown, Winnermout 4
dues, and they expect to be able to
supply Q vast amount Of coal, as soon
as the mine Is developed.
Other companies have been OF
gained, and are actively at work
digging drifts, some Of which have
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07
Deflestion in H,eh Place

We are surprised to learn that
Raloombe, who for nearly q century
has stood 1t the helm of the Omaha
Hepudt9cdn, and leading In the van
Of the Republican hosts IN thatcity,
has, at this late hour, been brought
to see the error OF his ways, and
Joined hands with Gen. S;las A,
Strickland and Hon. Harrison
Johnson, il an effort to ele-
vate the sons Ut toll through
Y pstent process known as he Gas.
ties of America. If we mistake not
the order was re-christened last wins
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

Our latest advices from the IA
mine stricken districts Of India in
dictate a marked improvement ow-
ing to the favorable condition ofthe
crops. This will doubtless be follow
ed by a decided reduction in grain
exports, and . possible decline in
prices in the British grain market.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07
A DECISION has inst bee

A DECISION has just been rem
dered by Attorney General VIII
liams, touching the claims of Ne
braska to five per cent Of the pro-
cseds from the Indian reservation
lands Iocsted within this State. The
Attorney General holds that Ne
braska is not entitled - any por'
ton Of this fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

ter and it Is now known as the
Farmers and Mechanics Institute.
In view of the coming elections it is
truly wonderful to see the amount
OF patriotism displayed on the part
OF thesemen, and we indeed wonder
at their solicitude for the good of
the horny handed sons of TOLL
Blair Times Rep.) July 23d.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

THE fourth OF July Grafton of
Major James w. Davis at the
Gnngers Elkhorn bridge picnic
reminds us forcibly of the play of
Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 1t
was from the beginning to the end
vigorous Democratic stump speech
from the Pendletonian stand poin.
without q single reference to the
anniversary Of American INDIE
pendence. The orators chief aim
seems to have been to depict the
degradation and corruption of the
American people in the most glar-
ing colors. Viewed from that stand
point, the effort was doubtless a
remarkable success. Nobody could
have listened to this rhetorical
jeremiad without forming an opin-
ion that America is a nation of
rogues and dupes, while her whole
system Of self government is a
gigantic fraud without a single re-
deeming feature. Why such a dis
pendent caricature Of the nation
should have been presented on the
day when every true American
points with just pride to the self
sacrificing patriotism that made out
America q nation Of freemen We
are at q loss to devine. At all events
we are forced to pronounce it
sadly out Of taste, especially when
we reflect that some of its most
striking passages were based upon
false assumptions which could only
be palmed off rs truths on people
who are unacquainted with histori-
cal facts and statistics.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

COUNT DE CHAMBORD has issued
another stirring and pompous mani
festo to the French people, in behalf
Of what he is pleased to term
ssChristian Monarchy" This mani
Sesto is chiefly remarkable for the
startling declaration that "France
has need Of royalty; my birth
made me your king" Why France
should have need of royalty at q
time when her National Assembly
has virtually pledged a republican
form of government to the nation is
not explained. Much less does DE
Chambord seem to comprehend that
the mere accident OF birth should
not, in this enlightened age, make
him . king. His would-be majesty
furthermore declares that he would
be wanting in the most sacred du-
ties II he neglected to make a su-
preme effort to overthrow the bar
ries q prejudice. This supreme
EFFORT may, however, prove q su-
creme oct at folly, just as his last
supreme effort, which proved so dis
sstrous FOR the Legitimists it the
French Assembly six months ago.
Another remarkable passage in De
Chamord,s manifesto il the declara-
ton that the union Of the people
and king enabled the ancient mon
archy to ftustrate for centuries the
calculations of those seeking to
domineer over the people by con-
tending against the king. We APP
prehend that that was the kind of
union where the people were vas
or serfs, and the kings their alb
solute masters. The world has
moved . peg or two since then, and
nobody but a lineal descendant OF
the Bourbons would attempt to sad
lie royalty upon an intelligent ma
Hon with such i~nsufierable twaddle.
Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07
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Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-07

ACCORDING to Harrison Johnson
and Judge Dudley, who are the
founders and chief national officers
Of the Co-ops., the principal object
of this order is the formation of a
political party, pledged to inaugur-
ate and carry out certain specific re-
forms i'm the interest of the indus
trial classes in the various branches
Of the public service.
In other words, the object of the
founders and managers of the CO.
operative Council of Industry is the
formation of q new political party,
which is expected eventually to &C
complish the overthrow of both the
Democratic and Republican organi-
cations. When st. A. d. Balcombe,
the manager and proprietor of the
Omaha Republican, voluntarily as
sumed the sworn obligations OF
membership in Harrison Johnsons
political dark-lantern party, he
placed himself in direct antagonism
to the Republican party, which his
paper still assumes to represent.
He cannot plead the baDy act in
extenuation of his political treason,
nor can he escape the just response
bilities of his course, by declaring
that he never intended to live up to
that oath. 1t would be decidedly
more creditable for him to avow his
active sympathy with the political
new departure, than to admit that
he is playing the spy and perjurer in
the Coop camp.
In any event he has forfeited
what little confidence the Republic
can party have had in his sincerity,
or sagacity as a political guide.
Henceforth Saint A. d. Balcombe,
and the Republican will have to
share the political fortunes of the
Co-ops, and We dare say the Re
publican party will not be a very
heavy loser by tails change.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
In our
OVER COAT

We are displaying the
latest styles in Blue, Black and brown
Beaver, Blue and Black Cloth, Ohinchilla
and other styles at lew prices.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20

Little Billy was very croes and tired
the other night, and he wanted his
father to take him on his knee but
father was tired, or pretended to be-.
II want you to hold me on your knee. ="
he whined. II tell you 1 cannot do it;
l am tired, replied his ia her, impa-
tlently. "Tired You wasn't very
tired last night when you held Mary
on your knee in the Kitchen"
There is good boy in Lisbon. if we
may believe the Lewiston Journal, who,
when he found his aged mothers Bible
was OF two fine print for her failing
eye-sight, sold the book and bought q
base ball bat and four sticks Of chew
ing candy.
According to the census there are
only two men in Americu who make q
specially of the manufacture of haud.
organs, and yet they still live, and are
free from the fear Of assassination.
a minister asked q tipsy fellow.
leaning up against fence, where he
expected to go when he died. "If l
can't got along any better than do
now," he said, II shan't go anywhere.
I'll stay where I am"
Anent the election, the speech Of
the South Carolina negro legislator eau
be quoted with eminent fitness: "AIista
Churman. can't help cussin, butter
bedam if things Amt mixed"
Indianapolis Ne,os. Republican.
There is nothing more calculated to
weaken a boys moral character than
to get his ash;nS hook fastened on
rubbish in the river.
General Butler is duly approved by
his Massachusetts ccnstituents-infla-
ton, salary grab, spoons and oil.
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J. Lathrop & Co.. Front street. aud
Lsthrop & Euge. Broad street, New
York, who we're associated in a CORNER
in oats with Edgar & Co.. OF Burling-
ton, Iowa. failed Friday.
Bescher had only 400 people to hear
him lecture at Woburn, Mass, Mon
a.y night.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
BOYS And YOUTHS CLOTHING

Is speciality with US. and each depart
ment 10 replete with the best that can be
found in this market from two and half
years and upwards.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
AucU1on
sale
Bacon, Butter, apples. DO.

Bacon, Butter, apples, DO.
BY G. J. LAUREY. Aucti oneer.
THIS DAY. goth instant, will be sold, at nv
store, 151 richardson street, at half-past
10 O'Clock,
500 pounds Dry Salt SIDES aud BEL.
LIES, 10 tubs Gilt Edge BUTTER, 10 bar.
Early Rose Potatoes, 10 boxes Choice Fac
tory Cheese. Soup, raper, &C., &c. Condi.
tions cash. Oct on
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
! sechool BooksandSts Ststiouery:

4 fsohool Books andStstionery.
ihs satock OF iEpglish and Classical
SCHOOL gpHooL BOOKS and SCHOOL STATION
Also. BLANK BOOKS for Merchants and
Public Offices OF every size and quality.
Envelopes, Gold and Steel Pens, Copying
ifsssss, focket-knives, hne Pocket-books
made to order, Inkstands, Initial Paper,
Writing Desks, Ink OF all colors, and other
Vartetios OF Office Stationery. Sept 10
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20

One Door South or PhenIz omce.
#R ALL in need OF CHOICEEAE:fs ;
EE5 FLOUR, BACON, LARD. kE MLI
MEAL. CORN, HAMS, COFFEE, BUTTER,
O!L-iu fact, everything that is kept in a
FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE, will
consult their interest by giving us call.
Euying our goods for cash, we are enabled
to- sell as cheap as tho cheapest. All We
ask ls a trial, and il we do not give entire
satisfaction, it will not be our fault. We
hope our friends will not forget ue. We So
licit share OF tho public patronage, deter
mined to give satisfaction to all who may
favor US with their custom. All goods de-
livercd within the city limits.
Sep 27 1no SMITH l. BROUGHTON.
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ave followed him to st. Louis.
Probabilities-For the Middle States
and New England, rising barometer,
North-westerly winds, cooler, clearer
and partly cloudy weather and heavy
frosts, For Tennessee and the Gulf
States, falling barometer, Southeast.
erly winds, warmer, clear and partly
cloudy weather. For tho South At.
lantio States, Northeast and East
winds, unchanged barometer, slightly
warmer, clear and partly cloudy wea-
ther, and frosts in Northern North
Carolina.
New YORK, October 19.-Buokland, ,
the New York Times correspondent,
shot by the Spanish Republicans, was
private secretary Of Postmaster. G ene-
raj jewell while in Russia, and was
placed on the Times staff upon Jewell's
recommendation. Buckland was seek
ing the Oarlist headquarters when
captured and shortly after shot.
Telegra raphIc-CommercInl Reports.
COLUMBIA, s. c., October 10. Sales
OF cotton. to-day, 1877 middling
132l@13To. Market quiet.
LONDON, October 19.-Erie 26i%.
LIVERPOOL, OctODer 13.-NOOn-
Cotton quiet and unchanged; sales
$4,000, including 1000 for speculation
and export; sales on the bases Of mid
ding nplands, nothing below low mid
ding, deliverable in October, Novem-
ber and December, 10; sales of Ame-
rican $500.
P. M.-Cotton sales on the basis of
mlddling nplands, nothing below good
ordinary, shipped in October and No
vomber z l3 l6; deliverable in Octo-
Der or November Z 13 16; nothing be-
low low middling, deliverable in Do.
oember or January, 1916; sales on
the basis OF middling upiands, moth.
ing below low middling, shipped in
October or November, 7 1916.
New YORK. October 19.-Noon. -
Cotton quiet; sales 594-uplapds 1516
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Kerosene That Will Not Explod de-!

a Kerosene That Will Not Explode!
A LADDii. SECURITY OIL is offered
"a with tha confidence that 1t will prove
itself equal, il not superior, to any burn
ing Oil that has beon offered to the public.
This oil is prime white in color. ia deodor.
lied to the highest extent achieved in tho
manufacture OF burning oils, and ia war
rantcd to stand a fire test OF 150 degrees
Fahrenheit.
It is perfectly safe fer use in all Coal Oil
or Kerosene Lamps. and as its name indi-
Gates. will give all who use it perfect
security" in doing 30.
Aladdin Security Oil will burn lopgor.
have much less smell, and not crust the
wick, and will bo found to be very economi-
cal, to say nothing OF the entire ''security"
in it's use. For sale at
L. Il. SILLTMAN IL CO.'S
Uct Ii Drug Store
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Stoves! Stoves!

/ FULL line OF TIN-WARE, Cooking.
- Heating and Parlor STOVES. would
SIY call your attention to the open Frank
SSlin for coal, suitable for Parlors, Set
ting or Bed Rooms, beautiful in design and
warranted to work we'll. Call and sec them
at SMITHS TIN AND STOVE ESTAB
L!SHMENT, Main street, opposite J. 81.
Kinard's. Eant ia
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R. & ". G. SWAFFIELD

DEG to announce that their stock OF
- READY MADE CLOTHING. CLOTHS.
E11A1sSSSHa1MEKES, 111SSH1a LIES, VESTINdS, SHIRTS, FIN.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
u. S. Bncom. Hams, Cheese, -Apptes, &c.
BY D. C. PEIXOTTO & SONS

~ VI y
THIS (Tuesday) MORNING. Goth mat
at lO O'Clock, at our Auction Room, next to
the Post Office, we will scll, without re-
serve,
1000 pounds Dry Sailed Clear Sides.
600 pounds Dry Saltcd Clear Pieces.
l,500 pound. Canvased Hams.
rs boxes Factory AID Dairy Cheese
and tubs Goshen Butter.
~ barrels fine Northern Apples.
After which we will soil
Beadsteads, Mattresses, &C., DC.
ALSO,
Ninety one dollars OF tho past due Con.
po::s OF tho City uf Columbia
Conditions cash Oct 201
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-10-20
Seed Wheat,

IN $50 BUSHELS CHOICE SEED
WHEAT, known as the s'Blue Stem -
A@-regarded the best in the world. For
sale by JA HENRIK & RRO
Sept &c 1mo
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-08-15

"fielo, ,---it is notAit cannot be possi.
ble--"our poor boy"
"No, your rich boy-said the deeply agi-
tated voice of man at this moment.
Then, it is true, Hello intended that
lovely bouquet of violets for me?"
She had arisen, blushing and trembling,
she stood before him. "Help me" she said
now, gently and smiling as heretofore !;
'but not for moment, as with the violets !;
help me, guide and support me through
life. You can be my guide and master
Will you not lead and protect me from
pity-and love 20
Her eyes sparkled-an infinite happiness
shone on her sweet face.
And then he laid his arm on her shoul-
der as at that time, but he drew her also
to his side, firmly and irresistibly, and
this time he kissed the lips of happy al
tianced bride.
There are people who will affirm that
subsequently, Frau Won Wellenburg secret.
" called her son Felix, "our poor boy"
1t was certain, that he changed consider
ably his early programme in reference to
claims on his wite-at least, the formerly
adored favorite of all the ladies breakfast
ed alone, every morning, and it was sald
the MarchionesS was wont to trouble her
beautiful head more, by far, over the ar
rangement of her toilette, than about the
''rnenu" of her table.
But at the same time, it had become the
highest word of flattery, with which,
little, fair-haired, happy wife always
brought sunny smile to the lips of her
husband, when she whipered in his ear
that melancholy Our poor boy
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-08-15
AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANE
Organized in 1S4S


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ARENAS Libbcy, VIM. s. Badger Sam'l Ttcomb.
OFF1CE-ln Savings Bank Building, ia Water
St. Bank open daily from 8 A NJ. to p. NJ, and
from to 4,5o r.. NJ Saturday Evenings, from to
$50 O'clock
Deposits of any amount received from one dollar
upwards, and interest payable twice a year Feb
and Aug Interest not drawn out is added to the
deposit. thus making COMPOUND INTEREST.
Interest begins on the first day of each month
Money deposited on or before the tenth dag of each
month, will draw interest from the FIRST day OF the
same month.
RS-The law passed by the last Legislature er-
empts from municipal taration all deposits in Saw
ings Banks. Under this law, this Bank miH guar
antee to deposors interest at the rate of six per
cent payable semi-annually, FREE FROM TAXES.
No returns of names of depoSitors are required
TO be made to State or town authorities, and all &C
counts held by this Bank to be strictly prirate
and coryldenttdi.
Married women and persons under age can de
pOsit money in their own names, so that it can be
drawn only by themselves, or on their order.
Especial advantages afforded to Executors,
Guardians, Trustees and others having in charge
Trust Funds.
VIM. Il. SMITH. Treasurer.
Augusta, April 27, 1874. t&wtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-08-15

The lives Insured by the. Society are carefully
selected in different parts of North Amolic and
Europe, furnishing, by this broad field OF opera
tons, an additional and exceptional safety to the
Policy-holders. The assurances are made only on
the Mutual Principle. The surplus Premiums are
returned annually to the Insured.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1874-08-15
Pacific Mail Steamship Line
FOR CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN


GREAT REDUCTION IN RATES, PASSAGE, AND
FREIGHT, To CALIFORNIA, VIA PANAMA.
The magnificent Steamships of this Line will be
despatched from Pier AZ, North River, New York,
a. under:
July Is, at II NJ, COLON, Capt, J. Nj. Dow
August |, at II NJ, ACAPULCO, Capt. a. q. Gray
Aud every fortnightly Saturday thereafter, con
Meeting at Panama with all steamers for Central
America, Mexican Coast and South Pacific ports.
Passenger steamers will call at Kingston, Jamai-
ca, both ON their outward and homeward trips, ar
irving at that port on Friday the sixth day after
leaving New York, and leaving Saturday L. NJ, for
Aspinwall.
Extra steamers, for freight etc, will be dis
patched ON intermediate Saturdays, whenever the
necessities OF transportation may require it.
TO JAPAN AND CHINA.
The splendid steamers of this line, carrying U.
5. mails, leave san Francisco for iokohaIna, Hong
Kong, and shanghai as follows
ALASKA, JULY %.
COLORADO AUGUST s.
Tea will be brought from san Francisco to New
York, fast, in Is days at $40, gold per ton of otO
pounds.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
(Including Berth Meals and ali requisites for The
trip)
New York to San Francisco, so 800, and $40
currency, according to location.
New York to Kings ton, So or so gold, according
to location.
san Francisco to Yokohama, $50 gold
San Francisco to Hong Kong, 500.
For Freight and Passage, or other information,
apply at the Company's office, Pier AZ, North River,
foot of Canal Street, New York.
RUFUS HATCH, Vice President and Managing
Director.
iebl3tly II. j. BULLAY, Superintendent.