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Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
DRUM.
CLOSING OUT SALE.

am going to leave this country for Den
mark early in the spring, and. consequent
iv. am clearing out my entire stock, consist
ing of sixteen thousand dollars (Sl6. 900. 0l
of which 1 have bought for cash consider
ably Vnder ordinary prices. and I am will
ing to sive the very best of bargains. 1
have Ia ely received large invoices of winter
goods, consisting of Waterproofs, Flannels.
Jassimeres and Jeans. which will be sold
CHEAP. Please call and inspect my stock of
GODS and convince yourself that I mean to
ell out. ocl4 3m
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
ST. LOUIS PRODUCE.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10.
Wheat-Higher; No 2 red win.
ter, l 593a1 SO, February; No 8 do,
l 40.
Corn-Firmer; NJ 2 mixed, 4Oc
cash and bid January; 46sc May.
Oats-Righer; 34c cash.
Rye-Higher, 7a773c.
Barley Firm; fancy Minnesota,
l Is.
Whisky--1 o..
Pork-Dull and dropping; II Is
cash or January.
Bulk Meats-Weak shoulders,
ste ; clear rib, 7sa85c ; clear sides,
9sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
ATTENTION.

Is called to tie perfect.fitting shirts
and fine underwear manufactured by
The Omaha Shirt Factory, Phi.
Gottheimer, proprietor. Having
opened an establishment for the ex-
elusive manufacture OF these goods,
he Guarantees satisfaction IN every
case 10th as to quality and fit, ant
his facilities are such that he is en-.
abled to tgrn out better work at less
prices than can possibly be offered
elsewhere. A full line of gents
fine furnishing goods constantly on
and. Give him q call i26ym
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
St. NichelaS'S Christmas Visit.

Many think, but il isn't true
Santa Claus m rs he used 70 do
The world las GROVE so large of late.
He Loaf up early and doesn wait.
This year kshas agents to do 1t all.
And don't go around to the houses at all;
He has one place in every town,
Where his presents can all be found.
At midnight last week he went to Bunce
And there unloa6ed his sleigh ut once
Just as he done in years before
He filed chock full Buuce's store
With presents for Katie, Nellie and John.
And hundreds of others, all written down;
He says your mothers must go to Bunce,
And have the goods sent home at once.
With every gift, be il one or more,
A present goes from Bunce's Strre.
So send and get your things right quick
With yoIr present from good ST. MICH.
Bunce's Hat Emporium corner Fourteenth
and Douglas SITS.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
OMAHA MAENNEROHOR.

Nests Tuesday and Friday evenings, every
week, at Thiele's Walhalls. 0hicers-Frack
dsident; Edward With, Corresponding Soc
rotary; Julius Treitschke7 Financial Secret
airy; EfbertNsss, Treasurer; Herman Meyer.
Dirigent; Fred. Schiess. Biblothsqas;- VIM.
AlstaotStsudafa Bearer Numhsr Of Mem
bers -1J; active singers. "a; passive a; hon.
crarv memDoss Z
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOcFS.
A COMPROMISE.

Washington, ID. c.. : ,nuary 15.-
There IS considerable ! K of a COM
promise of the Louisiana difficulii-
ties, which shall give thl GOVERNOR
ship to Nichols and dist 5ute the
rest of the offices between the two
parties. 1t is understu d that q
draft of the compromi has been
sent to the President. lac attorney
general had a conferenc this morn
lug with Senator Sherman and
some of the other members of the
advisory committee which went TO
New Orleans, but it does not seem
probable that the President or cabi-
net can give any such proposition
consideration. 1t is currently re-
ported that Casey, the Presidents
brother-in-law, has recognized the
Nichols government, and hopes to
be elected to the United States
Senate by the Nichols Legislature.
IN FAVOR OF PEACE.
Washington, January I5.-In op-
posing the call of the Ohio Demo-
cratic committee to hold a meeting
of Democrats here February IA,
Hewitt is reported to have said that
rather than have ore drop of blood
shed to secure the inauguration
of Gov. Tilden, he was in favor of
Hayes and peace, although he did
not think the country would be
forced to either extremity. II am
willing" said MI. Hewitt, s'to re-
sign as chairman of the National
Democratic Committee if-any steps
looking to the forcible inau.
guratiOn of Gov. Tiiden are
taken. l deprecate any movement
looking to violence, and 1 think l
represent the sentiments of the De-
mOcracy of New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut, III this respect.
The Western Democrats don't like
Mr.. Hewitt's passive policy, and
they will. it is said, bring all the
influence they can to bear upon him
to get up a Tilden burrah in this
city.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
ST. LOUIS LIVE c

ST. LOUIS, Jan, Is.
Hogs-Firmer; fair to good pack
ing, 5 75a8 10; fancy, s 90; receipts
$4,000.
Cattle-Quiet and unchanged re-
ceipts. 1000.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16

The New Years Cau,at.


The following correspondence
will expla' n itself.
OMAHA, Jadusry II, 1877.
Miss Van BOskerck
There isa generally expressed de-
sire for a repetii ion of the beautiful
cantata of anew Years Eve"
which was produced under your d.
rectiOn at Clark's hall last Friday
evening. This desire is expressed
both by those who were present at
its first production and by those
who were keptaway by the storm
on that night. Feeling confident
that your untIring efforts in perfect
ing and bringing out this beautiful
cantaia are appreciated and will be
rewarded by a full house i~frepeated,
we respectfully request its repetition
on some evening best suited to the
convenience Of yourself and those
who have so creditably supported
you. Very respectfully,
Frank Millspaugh, ID D.. Rev.
James Patterson, J G. Thomas,
John Mccormick, s. G.. Abbott, f.
Il. Wilbur, c. w. Lyman, H, P.
Deuel., II j.. Latey, George w. Ho-
mar, ST., x. Smith, I'll. D.
J c. Gown, Alfred Soren-
son, Charles II. Roberts, George E
David Burley, George Pat
terson, Il. g. McShane, M. A.
g.. E. Barker, w. f.. Read,
r W. Wilson, Charles s. Whipple,
Col. S. Smith, NJ. w. Kennard, J
n. O'Bryap, George Grafton, John
Medlock, st. J. Goodrich, j. 5.
daIbert, Nj. I. Pagers, Frank
Noores, w. Lehmer, b. =. stout,
has. Childs, e L.. Eaton, John -
ALI. ID. Jones, J. 7. Allan,
:. +. McLaih, Ii. s Moody, s. A.
orchard, john Kelly.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
NATIONAL SURGICAL INSTITUTE
Three or More Of lis Surgeons About 10 Re.
visit This City.
Another Opportunity Offered for the Relief Of
Of the Afflicted Of our sfste without going
10 IndlanspoiiS.

The surgeons will be at the Grand
Central Hotel, Omaha Neb. jan
uary Is, l9, 20, 1877. They will
have with them this time a much
finer outfit of braces and appliances
than heretofore, ana IN every re.
spect will come fully prepared to
treat all surgical cases, Paralysis,
all kinds Of deformities OF the
face, spine and limbs. diseased
JOINTS, diseased eyes, Catarrh, pri-
vate diseases. Piles, Fisiuia, etc.
Remember, these surgeons are
from Tia old reliable National Sur
gical Institute founded by DR.. II.
r. Allen.
jan2- 8 8 10 16 IL Is 19-w3t
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
kAHT AILoR,s UNION

JOURNEY NAN AILOR'S UNION,
Meets frat Monday IN every month at Tur-
ner Hall. at o'clock, Oficers-President G.
Hsmman; .Vioe-President John Fieigoi;
Recorder and Corresponding Secretary, B.
Hayes: Treasurer. Gustav Swanson.
THH IRON M0ULDERS UNION. No. 100
0fioers-President. A. 8. Wrigley; Vioe
Thomas Gentleman; Recording Secretary
ghss. A~.Sparrow; Financial Secretary A. j
Robeyts, Corresponding Representative A.
8. .WYigiey; Treasurer. John B. Shelter;
1nduosor, william Lumb; Doorkeeper. Frank
fsrnendez; Trustees. Ches. A. Sparrow,
Thomss Gentleman. A. s. Wriglev.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS
Division 1873 meets second and fourth Sat-
urday evenings of each month, corner 18th
and Douglas streets. E. B, Wood G, E.:
e. r. Msthis. r. A E
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN.
Council fire kindled every Monday even
ing. Wigwam over Martins drug store,
northwest corner Douglas and Fourteenth
streets. E. 0'Sullivan. G. Of B.; James
Donnelly. s.: WIN. NJ. Bamberger. s. s.;
G. Stevenson. P; Geo. Karlle. j. S.; O.
Hartman K. of W.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
lanes Keith, of the Fifth CavaI-
ny, Shot and Instantly Killed
at Sidney.
Collision Between a Band of In
dams and a party Of Soldiers
Near Fort Laramie.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH FROM TIE
LEADING COMMERCIAL CITIES OF
THE COUNTRY, ETC., ETC.
GMIDNIGH7
FROM THE w EST.
FATAL ROW.

FATAL SOWs
Cheyenne, Wyo., January, A.
In a row between a lot of soldiers
and teamsters, at Sidney, Nebras.
ka, last night, private James Keith,
Company G, Fifth cavalry, was
shot and instantly killed. After
the shooting OF Keith-a about
twenty soldiers rocursd arms
from the bar t.kS. vent 10
the front OF the place where Keith
was killed and fred several volleys
through the windows and doors Of
the building, fortunately injuriag no
one.
THE INDIANS.
Cheyenne, January "A. The con-
tinued interruption in telegraphic
communication between Forts Lar
annie and Fetterman induced an esa
cort Of six c~avalrymen, commanded
by Sergeant Bessy, in returning
from Hat Creek to strike across the
country and come in on the Fetter-
man line.
Last night, on the Elkhorn, thirty
miles north of Fl. Laramie fresh
traces of Indians were seen, aud to
AVOID a surprise In camp, the SER
geant with three men made a re-
connoisance and about midnight
collided with a party of fifteen In
dams. In the fight which e sued,
Bessy and Taggart were wounded,
and Featherall badly wounded.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16

REQ. Frank Mll.-Iaek, Rer. James Peter-
son, John Mc CornicE. j. C. Thomas, s C.,
Abbott. x. n. Hitar, and others:
GENTLEMEN: thank ybu Tor the
honor conferred upon me by your
request for q repetition of the canta-
t. of "New Years Eve" Having
gained the consent of the young Ia
dies and gentlemen who so kindly
assisted me, / shall be happy to
comply with your request next Fri
day evening January 18th.
Yours respectfully,
MARY s. VAN BoSKERCK.
January 18th. 1877.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16

nB IH--Ayen.s wanted every
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MISCELLANEOUS
THE NEW


The machines of the past are complicated
NOISY, heavy running. easily deranged. slow,
with many and weak parts. of rough work
manshiP. unreliable feed. constantly vary
ing tension n make a clumsy. weak and
refractory SEAM.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16

The New Automatic is simple. nci-r.
less. easy running. always IN order. raptu.
with nineteen moving parts, pf exquisite
finish, a perfect and irresistible feed. VIII
out tension. and makes a Strong. dUIah.s,
beautiful and elastic SEAM
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
prTMpS PIPE g. HOSE.

Steam. Force and Lift Pumps. Iron and.
Brass Double and Single Acting Force =
Pumps, Lead, Gas and Steam Pipe andSs
Fittings, Brass Valves. Hose. EngineS
Trimmings. etc. Wholesale and Retail.
A. L. STRANG.
ocls-6m ISL Fsrnham-st. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
II. G. s M. D..
DIR. DON.

MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16
DAILY BEE
E. H%osEwATeR. Editor and Proprietor.

oFFIcE-lss Faraham, bet. 9Th and lah-Ss.
Omaha daily bee., 1877-01-16

Dispenses his own medicines, and besid
regular practice. makes specialities of De-
Fistula. Piles and other diseases of the Rec
UNI.
oFFICE-Corner of Farrser and 18th
Street, first door to the right, upstairs. Reg
Second Methodist Church. Omaha, Nebras-
IA. Address Lock Box 3A. ians1d&vtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
A Saloon.K Keeper Stays Two Men With
q Winchester Rifle.

CAMP CLARK, March "a fatal
shooting affray occurred here to-day,
resulting in the death of two men,
named Henry Mason and Richard Har-
rison. The men were cattle-herders,
from Powers's ranch, eight miles up
the Platte River, who came here to
have a spree. The shooting was done
by the bar-keeper of Kittrell's saloon.
One of the herders fired a shot from
the outside of the saloon in at the bar
tender, who Immediately seized his
Winchester rifle, as Mason, who was in
the saloon, was drawing his revolver,
and, before he could use the pistol,
fred upon him, killing him instantly,
and then, stepping to the door as Har.
rison was coming up to it with 9
Sharpe's rifle to get another shot a
him (the bar-tender), he fired upor
him with fatal effect, Both are nov
lying where theyrfelll, awaiting thesar
rival of the Coroner from Sidney. The
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Do Not Face the Light When at Work.

Statistics kept by oculists employed
in infrmaries for eye diseases have
shown that the habit of some persons
in facing a window from which the
light falls directly in the eyes as well
as on the work Injuries their eyes in the
end. The best way is to work with a
side light, or, if the work needs strong
illumination, so that it is necessary to
have the working table before the win
dow, the lower portion of the latter
should be covered with a screen, SO as
to have a top light alone, which does
not shine in the eyes when the head is
slightly bent over and downward to-
wards the work.
In the schools in Germany this matter
has already been attended to, and the
rule adopted to have all the seats and
tables SO arranged that the pupils never
face the windows, but only have the
side lights from the left; and as a light
simultaneously thrown from two sides
gives an interference of shadows, it
has been strictly forbidden to build
school rooms with windows on both
sides, such illumination having also
proved injurious to the eyes of the pu-
pills.
We may add to this the advice not to
place the lamp in front of you in the
evening, bat a little on one side, and
never to neglect the use of a shade, so
as to prevent the strong light shining
in the eyes. This is especially to be
considered at the present time, when
kerosine lamps, with their intensely
luminous flames, become more and
more communicated Journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Science and Industry.

In Pennsylvania there are 5,5854
miles of main and branch railroads,
and 2,784t of second or side tracks.
Europe wants for 1877 at least s.
772,5OO bales of cotton, and, upon the
basis of 1850, 900 bales for America
and liberal estimates elsewhere, it is
calculated there will be a deficiency of
$4,000 bales.
Fall River, Mass, is overlooking
with orders from South America. An
agent recently e n down there to open
a market for American cottons has had
success, and reports the way clear for
trade.
The average annual production OF
kid gloves in France is two and a half
million dozen pairs, three-fourths OF
which are exported. Ninety thousand
operatives are employed in the manu-
facture.
There is a project on foot in Vlr-
ginia City to utilize the .hotWater pump
ed from the Savage, Hale u Norcross
and other mines. 1t is proposed to
erect bath houses, laundries, ETC., and
negotiations are pending for the con-
troll of the boiling fluid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
A Wonderful Species of the Cotton
Plant.

A cable dispatch from London to one
of u daily papers says: A remarka-
BILE discovery has been made in Egypt
by Signor Giacomo Rossi, Austrian
Consular Agent at Alexandria He has
found a new cotton plant, which is so
wonderfully prolific that it may prove
a dangerous enemy, the report says, to
the American cot~ton-raising interests.
Signor Rossi, in his report of the dis
covery, says that about two years ago
he accidentally came across the new
plant on the property of a captain in
the Menulia District, who collected the
seed and sold it to his neighbors at
twelvefeld the price obtained for the
ordinary kind. The plant has a long
stem, and being without branches much
space is saved. It bears on an average
fifty pods on each bush, while the usual
yield of the plant is about thirty. A
smaller quantity of seed is needed, but
the great drawback in Egypt is that it
requires much more water, which ne.
cessitates the alternating of the crops
with grain and vegetables. In the sea
islands of the Atlantic coast, or along
the lower Mississippi, it would prove
wonderfully prolific.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

men were in the habit of coming here
about once a month, and getting on
what they called a .sjamboree," at such
times displaying their firearms freely,
and running things to suit them selves.
On January II, when there on my way
to the Hills, these same men were ON
one of their sprees, and upon our arri-
val they were running things to suit
themselves, at which time they beat an
~unoffending freighter over the head
with a rifle SO as to render him insen-
sible, AND causing him a couple weeks
sickness. AS soon as they beat him
they mounted their horses and fed, be-
fore those who were camped here could
go to the wagons and get their arms,
or they might have met their fate then.
The man who did the killing to-day
has gone to Sidney to give himself up
to the law.-OmdhG Herald.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Odds and Ends.

SAU -" NAANA
-Bald-headed men are so numerous
in Chicago that an audience is that city
is said to look, when viewed from
above, like a cobble-stone pavement.
-" Astonishing cure for consump-
toni" as the old lodging. house keeper
said when she sprinkled her pumpkin
pies with cayenne pepper before put
ting them before her boarders.
In Chinese dramas all the parts are
taken by men, and bald-headed China
men don't pay a premium for front
seats when a ballet is on the stage. 1t
is different in civilized theaters.
Moody is in Boston calling for
" hearts red-hot with love-" AS a large
majority of the Boston girls wear eye
glasses and read Emerson, it is not
likely the Evangelist will obtain a very
large stock of hearts of the particular
brand he desires.
Two French ladies are conversing
on the qualities and dement's of their
own fair sex. Said one, with a twinkle
in her beautiful blue eyes: at have
never known but two women who were
really perfect.n "Who was the other?''
asked her companion with a smile on
her fine lip. e,5 -a
The Chicago man doesn't know
what to. do with his silk hat when
he goes to church. He keeps it,on the
rack at home, but it keeps him on the
rack in meeting, for the lady in the
next pew uses it for a foot-stool, the
man on the other side takes it for g
| cuspadore, the little boy drums on il
with his new shoes, his wife whirls il
out into the aisle in the trail of hel
dress, where the deacon mistakes it fol
a black dog and kicks it accordingly,
-GrGphac.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
school and Church.

The salaries of the Louisville teach
.ers have been reduced.
twenty-five thousand converts are
the fruits of Widow Won Colts preach
ing during the past ten years, according
to her own statement. Their CONVEX
sion is genuine, and leads them to
practice righteousness in their daily
lives.
The Superintendent of the Daven-
port, Iowa, schools is a woman, a teach
er of long experience, and those schools
were never in a more efficient state than
under her rule. She has been elected
President of the State Teachers Asso-
citation.
The estimate for the maintenance
of the schools of San Francisco for the
ensuing year is 1916 ,695. The average
attendance for the past year was 49,
SU. With the natural increase in at
tendance the average cost per pupil for
the coming year will be about $37, or
nearly 81 a week for the number of
school weeks.
Six Creek Indians are at college in
Georgia preparing for a theological
course in order to become Baptist min
listers. The Baptists have an associa-
ton among the Greek Indians compris-
ing 80 churches, besides an association
among the Choctaws, Chickasaws and
Cherokees, and also a church organized
among the Seminoles.
The great pioneer Christian work
OF this country has been done by the
American Sunday-school Union. Since
its organization it has set in operation
63,793 Sunday-schools, embracing 49,
796 teachers, and 2,745,61O scholars.
Besides the primary work of giving a
Sunday-school as far as possible to
every locality in need of it, the Union
has endeavored to encourage and
strengthen weak organizations on every
rand, by furnishing the personal coun-
sci and instruction of skilled workers,
OF by the gift of books and papers.
The number of instances in which this
service has been rendered now exceeds
$4,000, and the number of pupils re-
ported in attendance upon schools thus
fostered exceeds 5000, 900.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
Grease or paint spots in clothes are

Grease or paint spots in clothes are
easily removed by oil of turpentine, or
a hot iron pressed on the place over
coarse brown paper, after scraping all
that al be got off with a blunt knife.
Stains may be removed from light col
ored clothes, such as drabs, bluffs, or
whites, with fuller's earth; but this is
apt to take the color out of dark cloths.
It should be dissolved in a little boiling
water, put on the spot when hot, held
to the fire to dry, and then brushed out.
Pitch is removed, first, by rubbing the
place over with grease or oil, and then
taking out the Oil by the application OF
spirits of ~turpentine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

Most mechanics who work in wood
do not appear to understand the emf
nent superiority of screws over brads
and nails. In many places n screw
is worth three or four nails. When one
is securing cleats to batten doors, or
cleats to a wagon-box, nails are very
unsuitable when compared with the
efficiency of gimlet-pointed screws.
Screws will hold two pieces of wood
more rigidly than nails; and, if the
timber should shrink a trifie, the screws
can be turned up tight; whereas it is
difficult in most instances to tighten up
loose work with nails in all places
where there is an unusual strain on the
parts to be held together.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Literary.


/ DIR. Johann Jacoby, a well known
German politician, is dead.
-yicto Hugo heads q movement to
.ocure subscriptions for a statue to the
late George Sand.
Jean Ingelow has resumed her la
hors of authorship, after a long inter-
rnption, caused by the illness and death
of her mother.
Miss Poe, q sister of the poet, died
two or three years ago, and left a bum
die of manuscripts belonging to her
brother. These are now in competent
hands, and will soon be issued from the
press.
The memorials of Barry Cornwall,
an long expected, will contain q brief
autobiography, followed by a biograph-
;cal notice, and some unpublished po-
ems and personal sketches of his liter
ary contemporaries.
Celia Thaxter is writing a novel,
based on her own life, which has been
a very romantic one, She was brought
up on the Isle of Shoals, seeing no one
but her own family, and married one
of the first men who came to the island
for shooting and fishing.
Jennie June says that Mile. Aimee
can look more wickedness than any
other woman could talk, and seems to
be the very incarnation of attractive
sin. No one could ever think of her
having once been a baby, and held in a
mothers lap, or heard lullabies from a
mothers lips.
The Christian Union some weeks
ago printed the lines,
Pas de lien
Rhone que nous,
and requested a translation of them.
Mr.. John Habberton rashly made them
out to be "Not so far from the Rhone
as we" and was mortified on hearing
that they should read in English, "Pad-
die your own canoe"
George Eliot, who is now in her
f~fty-seventh year, has begun the out
line of another novel, which she is de-
termined to make the world acknowl-
edge as her masterpiece, since it is not
satisfied with "Daniel Deronda." 1t is
said, by the way, that Mrs. Lewes' earn
ings have been exaggerated; that she
has really made no more than 1852, O0O
by her eighteen years literary work.
Mr.. r. w. Thompson, President
Hayes's new Secretary of the Navy, is
the author of q recently published work
entitled "The Papacy and the Civil
Power" of which the Springfield Re-
public0~ says: "Mr. Thompson does
not enter the lists as q religious contro-
versialist. He has no quarrel with re-
ligiOus opinions as such, but only with
the dogmata of a hierarchy that con-
fiets, as he believes, with the true prin-
ciples of the civil power
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-22

An English savant has discerned
that certain puzzling patterns of wall
paper, by their dazzling effect upon
the eye, produce vertigo, which reacts
upon the stomach, engendering the
most dreadful disorders. What is true
of wall papers is also true of the young
man of the period, and the persistent
use of large checks for ~trouserings,
impossible figures for neckties, and
dazzling designs for shirtings should
be made a capital offense. "That fell
low makes me SICK" is no longer an
affectatiOn.