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Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

Republican valley road west of Culbert-
son has been let, and work has been com
menced on It.
The first kiln of brick burned in Red
Willow county was opened last week.
They are pronounced by experts to be of
the best quality.
Oakland will give a premium of s65 to
the best cornet band, and $50 to the sec
ond best. The trial will take place during
the fair, September 9TH, Sth and 9th.
Red Willow county has produced this
year a cucumber five feet long, and q beet
that weighs five pounds, which will be
taken to the state fair next month.
The grape crop in Otoe county this year
will be simply immense. 1t is estimated
that they will be sold for two cents a
pound before the season is over.
Several parties from Fillmore county
have rented 10, 600 acres of hay land near
Could, Dawson county, of j. j. Cozad,
and will press hay there to ship to western
markets.
Last week A. ID. Thompson, of Lincoln
precinct, was found dead in his pasture,
where he had evidently gone to take care
of some stock. He was found lying
upon his face with a lariat rope in one
hand, and he had evidently been dead
some considerable time. Mr.. Thompson
well along in years and quite feeble,
although living by himself, and it is gen.
orally supposed that his death is the result
of sunstroke.- tBeaver City Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

L~ENooLN, the capital of Nebraska,
must fight its battle Cor supremacy in
thissstate as against Omaha, fearlessly,
steadily and manfully. We have
nothing to expect from that quarter,
except tair play. We trust they will
at least respect themselves enough
MOTTO forget it. Ataany rate wa want
thee. & N. w. railroad hore, and we
are,going to have it whether it suits
Omaha or not. -[Lineola Democrat.
There nev has beon and never
will be a battle for supremacy in this
state between Linosln and Omaha.
The people of Omaha do not care how
many railr Dads are built in and out of
'Liacoln and they do not care in the
least how many mortgages Lincoln
votes upon herself to aid in building
railroads. Lincoln has at no time
boon a commercial decomposition Of Oma-
ha and there is not the remotest
probability that she ever viii be.
The trade that Lincoln gets Omaha
never has had, has never reached for
and does not expect to have. AS to
the proposed Chicago q Northwestern
branch from Fremont to Lincoln
Omaha is supremely Indifferent. Such
a road would not interfere with her
established commercial supremacy in
this section.
II may be necessary to bulldoze the
people of Lancaster county into vot-
ing mortgages upon themselves by
holding up the Omaha Dug-bear, but
no inte hgent person inside or outside
of Lincoln ought to be deceived by
such silly chat.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

F)R family tenderness and. shrewd
prerantion commend us to King Thee
baw, of Burmah, who recently effect
ualiy stamped out a m%urderous plot
against his life. One of his wives,
some weeks ago, sent hiI, some dainty
confectioneries with an accompanying
message that she had made them for
him with her own hands. This affec-
tionate message aroused King Thee
baw's su spicion that as she had made
the confectionery with her own hands
she might have put something into it
not conducive to his long life. Hence
he thoughtfully made a present of it
to his mother-in law, the parent of
the queen who had sent it. Touched
by this act of kindness from a son-in-
law from whom acts of kindness had
been rarely received, the delighted
woman eagerly partook of the sweet
things, and in a few hours she was as
dead as julius Caesar. When his
majesty learned this he gave orders
that the dead woman's daughter should
have her head at once taken off, and
this was accordingly done before he
had eaten his dinnrr. King Theebaw
evidently finds the mother-in-law a
handy thing to have in the house.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25
LEO HARTMANN.
The Nihilist Leader Pays a
Visit to Omaha.
What He Has to Say Concerning
His Future Plans.

1t came to light yesterday afternoon
that Leo r. Hartmann, the noted So
cialist and nihilist, who recently es-
capped to America, and who was last
heard of in Chicago, has been spend
ing several days in this city and was
yesterday in Council Bluffs. The
bold agitator evidently changed his
plans, which he announced to the
Chicago reporters to be that he would
turn his steps toward the Canadian
dominion, and instead concluded to
take Horace Greeley's advice, and
come west for the purpose of visiting
his socialistic brethren. Mr.. Hart
mann was seen yesterday by a BEE
reporter ut the Creston house in
Council Bluffs, and in a brief conyer-
sation stated that he came to Omaha
last Friday morning; that he remained
in Omaha till Tuesday, when he
went over to Council Bluffs.
While in Omaha he conferred with
several resident socialists as to the
best can of advancing the socialistic
cause in Omaha and the state. He
said that there were more socialists
ana revolutionists in Omaha than was
generally supposed, there. being about
fifty subscribers to The Vorbote, the
recognized socialistic organ which is
published in Chicago. He conferred,
also, with a number Of socialists in
Council Bluffs. From there he will
leave this morning via the Wabash
road for st. Joe, Kansas City and st.
Louis, in each of which cities he will
make a stay of several days. In ap-
pearance Mr.. Hartmann is a man
about six feet in height and of good
figure. His forehead is high and
taken with other features of the face
denotes strength of character in no
small degree. One popularity no.
ticed about his countenance was it's
perfect immobility, not an expression
appearing to denote the emotions he
might feel. His eyes, however, which
are steel blue, are constantly moving,
and he evidently sees everything &C.
curing around him. He wears a
plain black suit and is transformations
in his manner
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

The rapid reduction of our national
debt is causing a discussion in some
quarters whether the time las not ar
rived when the payments of the prin-
cipal cannot be deferred until some
period in the remote future. The ma
tional conception of its debt differs
greatly from that of most other ma
tions. In Europe a debt is considered
as something which causes a certain
strain upon the annual income. The
obligation to pay the interest is held
sacred, but very little thought is
given to the principal. The limit of
q debt is thought to be not the
amount of principal that a nation will
ultimately be able TO pay, but the
amount ON which interest can annu-
ally be paid. The policy of the
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25
AN HONEST MEDICINE FREE
OF COST.

OF all medicines advertised to cure
any affection of the Throat, Chest on
Lungs, we know of none we can rec
ommend 50 highly ms DR., KINGS NEw
Discovery for Consumption Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis Hay Fe-
yer, Hoarseness, Tickling in the
Throat, loss of voice, etc. This med
icine does positively cure, and that
where everything else has failed. No
medicine can show one-half so many
positive and permanent cures rs have
already been effected by this truly
wonderful remedy. For Asthma and
Bronchitis it is a perfect specific, cur-
ing the very worst cases in the short
est time possible. We say by all
means give it a trial. Trial bottles
free. Regular size 81. 90. Forsaleby
8(1)1y IsH q MCMAHON, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25
STATE JOTTINGS.
Ponca is to have a bank.

Ponca is to have a bank.
Fairfield wants a physician.
Kearney is prosecuting its liquor deal.
ers
Plattsmouth's new hotel is open for Gus.
tom.
Burglars have again been visiting Hast
ings.
York grows excited over its building
boom.
Potatoes are worth 81 50 in the Culbert-
son market.
No fair will be held this year in JEFF.
ferson county.
Kearney Masons are proud of their i'm
proved hall.
The rural press are advising the blowing
of fire breaks.
The new Dertrich block at Hastings will
cover four lots.
The st. Edward Touring mills are
valued at 500, 900. 5
The academy at Franklin is expected to
be finished this tall.
The new Touring mill at Hastings is an
preaching completion.
New car shops will be erected in North
Platte by the U. p. company.
WymOre, three months old, has one
hundred and twenty-five houses.
Wells in Northern Nebraska are suffer.
ing severely from the drought.
Work on the new university building at
Fullerton Is proceeding rapidly.
Wiggons & Son, of Red Cloud, are
erecting a grain elevator at Alma.
A Catholic church at Norfolk is one of
the probabilities of the near future.
Work has been begun ON the foundation
of the new Y. p. hotel at North Platte.
Cellar Rapids, Boone county, will soon
have a steam Touring mill in full opera
tion.
Custer county's indebtedness is only a
fraction over 10 mills ON a dollar yaiua.
tion.
A merchant of Culbertson is offering
s7.bo per ton for bones delivered at his
store.
The Indians at the otoe agency win
start Tor their new homes within sixty
days.
1t is estimated that $40, 600 will be dis
6ursed in Platte county the present year
for fax seed.
A number of claims have been taken
near Collinsville, as the forks If the Re.
publican river.
AZ least ten thousand head of sheep
will be wintered in the Republican valley
west OF Orleans.
All the saloons in Nebraska City were
closed last Sunday for the first time in a
number of years.
wagon loaded with sod ran over a
bohemian boy in Valley county, breaking
his leg in two places.
William Richardson, of Oxford, recently
discovered the bone of a mastadon measnr.
ing ten inches in circumference.
While riding ON horseback. John Me.
was thrown over the horses head.
sustaining a fracture OF the collar bone.
One hundred miles of the grading on the
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

GENERAL LESLIE COMBS, a veteran
of the war of 1912 and of Mexico,
and one of tho most prominent politi-
cal leaders of Kentucky, died at Lex
ington last Sunday at the advanced
age OF SO. Gen. Combs was a warm
personal friend and political admirer
of Henry Clay, for whose elevation to
the presidency he labored with great
zeal. At the outbreak of the rebel
lion he took decided grounds for the
union, and his personal influence was
largely instrumental in keeping Ken
lucky out of the confederacv.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

COMMISSIONER ALBERT FINK, in a
recent letter to the New York World,
laid down some very wholesome princi
Piles not generally admitted by rail-
road men. He remarked that rail-
roads are public carriers and public
servants and the spirit and intent of
the law regulating common carriers is
that they shall not discriminate be.
tween their customers and shall charge
all parties the same rates for the same
services.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25
OMAHA AND THE STATE
FAIR

The near approach of the opening
day of the Nebraka state fair brings
prominently before the merchants OF
Omaha the necessity for concerted
action looking towards a full repre-
sentation of our city's trade and man
ufactures at the coming exhibition.
Last year the space for the display of
goods was found entirely inadequate
and manyof our merchants who would
otherwise have made handsome ex.
hibits were forced to content them
selves with a few square feet of space.
This year the matter is likely TO
prove even worse. Every Indication
points to an unparalleled demand for
room, not only from our citizens, but
also from the entire state. The 40
commodaticus which last year proved
too contracted will be even more 30.
The area of the buildings has not
been increased and the number of in
tending exhibitors will be much
creator. Under these circumstances
some provision should at once be made
to supply the lack Of space and to af.
ford accommodations for such a dis
play of her r-esourcesas willb a source
of pride to this city and the state
AN Industries ard trades which
|esn do 80, shcxld 'ordenvor to max,
|scparate exbisits in strnctures of thei'
l'swn outside of the regular fair build
ings. In eastern fairs such structure
are a PROMINENT Feature. Costing eo
little they afford superior advantage
for display and Laid much to tho gen
eral effect of the grounds. Thsus
ands Of ssrangcys will visit 0mah
during tho state foir many of whor
will be merchants whose eustor
It will pay ron business mon t
cultivate. With a score Of ,es
hibitc made by our manufacturer
and wholesale m erchants greater n
d;vidual attention can beconcentrate
than by scattering and scant
exhibits crowded within the walls q
one OF the main b, iildiags.
Omaha should awaken TO the graz
opportunity which the state fair WI
afford for ADVERT ling her commend
resources. Mort hern Nebraska 10
field for trade wi tn which much r
mains to DE acc ompIished. A 'lar,
portion of westo I'm iowa is tributal
to our msnufact urers and wholesaler
Visitors from e very part'of the we
will also attend the feir, and the in
pressions recei' red wiz havea 'l1rl
influence upon our commercial 'futur
I As the great metropolis of oursta
and the conn nercial center for Il
Missouri vale " Omaka cannot ,kGFo,
to lag behind her competitors in a
: vertis;ng her Let our me
chants and n lanufactxrers unite nj
make an Q: Inhibition which will
equally a be, left to themselves, ii
city and the state.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

The lowly and rich CO n 90 in and are
treated alike PROV ded they beha ye
decently. Our L .ncoln saloons are
"model little rep 'blics," where equal
rights and respo nsibilities are equally
divided and e njoyed. But what will
the saloons in Omaha represent :
Anarchy, in the fullest accep.
tation of the word. We trust
Mayor Boyd will prove equal
to the emergency by wiping out with
Q vigorous hand such places as dare to
oppose law with a free bar. We have
no pity for such people; they must be
crushed and be made to make room
for such men as will pay one thou
sand dollar licenses as the law d.
reefs. Omaha has everything to gain
by it and so have the brewers and
distillers, and it is to be hoped that
these people, the manufacturers, who
are the most interested in the traffic,
will refuse to sell any beverages to
such men as have derided to ruin
their business by their deliberations
to violate the law. The city council
Of Omaha is a very strange body
polite, to be sure.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

In a strong article entitled, :" The
Attempt on the Presidents Life in
the September Atlantic, Mr.. + !. L..
Godkin uses the following sign ifcaut
language;
Anything which makes tn a hostil-
ity of the stalwarts a guilty cause of
Guiteau's offense is unwf .rrantable
and unfair. 1t weuld be absurd to
ask men to refrain, in po' itical con.
tests, from all language WI iich ma by
any possibility ipclte som o crazy MAJ,
| to commit a murder. ! But then we
must, on the other ham 1, [not be de-
TERED, by thesear Of hurting seme-
ones feelings, from 81 ,ying that there
can be no ann of { loubt that this
| opposition ~ a car Ise OF Guiteau's
4 ~offensc, and that 1t " as the spoils sys-
tenn which made it so. The quarrel
of the sta'warts W it'll the president
was a quarrsl abou offices, and about
notasing ,Gse. What they asked
of him, and reproached him
for not .srantin G, was a different
distribution of officers from the one
he had made. This diferents distri-
bation of Offices was the change, and
the only one of moment, which would
have resulted from the accession of
General Arthur to the presidency: 1t
was this change that Guiteaa had in
mind when he fired his shot. Now it
was probably unfair to say that the
Jesuita pat Ravaillac up to kill Henri,
but'itus none the less true that il
thereihad been no Jesuitic hostility to
to Hearts, policy of liberation Ravail-
lac yxeuld never have killed him, and
a French reformer would have been
fully justified in denouncing Jesuit
=, rance and seekingits extirpationf from
1 thetingdom, if that were possible, as
! the cause of the tragedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

Lincoln DeMocIat.
We have battled early and late
against fanatical temperance, and we
shall continue to do so; but then there
is a jUste milieu in all this, and the
laws must be obeyed. We shall bat
tie as theoretically against those who
wilfully break the law, as against
those who have been DESTROYS to null
lily the laws of nature an we'll as those
of personal liberty. Those men who
violate the Slocumb law, now that 1t
is pronounced constitutional, are the
worst enemies of tho liquor traffic,
and will make it necessary TO enforce
the law at all hazards. Free whisky
or free beer" should not be tolerated.
a decent license is the best regulator
of decency in saloons, and the best
mode to restrict drunkenness. License
does not make wine, beer or whisky
any higher to the consumer,
than no licensei but license regulates,
while no license as prohibition, disor-
ganizes. We want the Slocum law
enforced, not because we like the law.
but because there is no appeal from
it except through the next legislature,
providing it has a democratic major
ity. The low rum shops are murder
Gus TO body and soul and we are OPP
posed to them; we favor respectable
saloons, and reasonable license alone
can secure them. Those who violate
the Slocum law are not better than
Finch himself; they become his allies
by disorganizing the trade and ena-
bling him TO continue his crusade;
thsy are playing in his hands and
against their W interests.
In Lincoln we have had the one
thousand dollar license for years, and
what is the resultl Beer is the same
price as ever; SO is whisky; so is every
thing else and in the same quantities.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

PRACTICAL anti-monopoly work for
the present consists in nominating
and supporting only such candidates
for public Office as viii pledge them
selves to vote and work for the peo-
pies interests and whose records give
weight to their promises.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

United States has been to make an
nual payments on the principal of the
debt as we'll as of the interest. Fol-
lowing this policy, almost a quarter
of the debt has been paid in the fif-
teen years which have elapsed since
the close of the war, while the an
nual interest charge has been reduced
nearly one-half. 1t is a good policy
to pay ones debts when possible.
There is no certainty that the good
times will last forever, and it will be
a relief when the change comes to be
able to reduce the taxes without en-
dangering our credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

Ir Jere Black is to be believed his
loyalty in 1860 discounted hal of New
England abolitionists. After keeping
silent twenty years, until all his asso-
ciates in the Buchanan cabinet are
laid under the sod, it Is difficult to
contradict any statement Jere may
make, and he must be gwen credit for
his good Intentions and poor accom-
plishments. & rFDsUfT ya :
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25
Grand Island Times.


Immediately upon the announce
ment Of the fact that the Slocumb
law had been declared constitutional,
every saloon in town closed its doors.
Those of the saloon keepers who had
some time ago taken steps towards
taking out a license, proceeded at
once to comply with all the require
ments of the law, and on Monday
evening three, out of the twenty IN
our city were running at full blast
again and well patronized. Several
others are at present engaged in pro-
curing petitions and bondsmen and in
due time will open up again.
We hope to see the law strictly en-
forced, and the number of oursaloons
decreased about one-half, or more.
While the law may seem to discrimi-
nate in favor of the rich as against
the poorer dealer, still it will have a
tendency to confne the business to
the hands of responsible parties and
clean out the low groggeries, a result
most devoutly to be wished.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

EVERY democratic candidate for of.
flee in Ohio has become a convert to
temperance. The disease is univer-
sal in the Buckeye state since the
prohibition issue became prominent
in the canvass.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

FULL details of the passage of the
land bill show that in the compromise
the lords surrendered eight,of theirten
amendments, the m acquiesced
in one and a compromise was effected
ON the other.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

o'uhNy "aH' Wv
Nebraska's Supreme court decided
on last Saturday that the Slocumb
liquor law passed by the last legisla-
ture is constitutional. That the de-
cision was rendered within twenty
four hours after the case was submit
ted to the court, it matters but little
now, although in opposition to the
unanimous opinion of the judges, we
find many of the best legal minds of
the state, and it is but fair to pre-
sume that SO deliberative a body as
the state Supreme court would have
reflected long and we'll upon such
weighty arguments as the opposition
could and did adduce in support of its
side of the case. Now that the OBJ
noxious and blighting law is confirm
ed, a question arises az to whether it
can be enforced. Omaha liquor deal
ers accept that it cannot, and are de-
termined to continue in business, to-
tally ignoring it. Other places
throughout the state have also de-
cided to sustain their liquor dealers
without reference to it's restrictions.
This state of affairs will doubtless
breed litigation throughout the whole
commonwealth, and what the outcome
will be, is a matter difficult to fore
shadow. The law will probably be
enforced in communities where the
predominating feeling is favorable to
temperance, but in communities where
an adverse feeling prevails, its opera
ton will only be secured by force.
If the Slocumb law is adopted
throughout the state, its operation
will be disastrous to the general in
~terests, in that it brushes for a time,
at least, a branch of business which
has dcneand can do much to build up
the commonwealth. 1t will entail a
loss of population and capital which
as a frontier state, emerging from
wild prairie, Nebraska sadly needs in
her advance to prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

OVER 5000 miles of railroad have
thus far been laid in this country dur
ing the present year and track laying
is progressing at the rate of 200 miles
a day, Railroading pays almost as
well as farming. III.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

A BANKRUPT law or not a bankrupt
lawl this is the question which is
battling the Judiciary committee of
the United States senate, who are en-
deayoring to ascertain The sentiment
Of the country in reference to the sub
iect.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

CoRREsPoNDENCE-AIl Cnmmuni.
cations relating to News and Editorial mat
ters should be addressed to the EDIroR OF
THE BEE.
BUSINESS LETTERS-Al Business
Letters and Remittances should be ad.
dressed 70 THE OMAHA FURNISHING Con-
rANy, oaAHA Drafts, Checks and Post
Office Orders to be made payable to the
order of the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

REPosTs from Kansas indicate
greater damage to crops from the
drought than had been anticipated.
In Rocks and Philips counties the
corn is almost a failure.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

When suffering humanity are enduring
the horrors of dyspepsia, indigestion, or
nervous and general debility, they are too
often inclined to throw up the sponge and
resign themselves to fate. We say. don't
do it. Take BuKDocK BLOOD BITTERs, the
unfailing remedy. Price S1.OO, trial size
10 cents. eod1w.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

DocroRs, according to Noltains, are
people who put drugs of which they
know little intoa body of which they
know less. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

AsorMrn Stewart body sensation
has u to the surface in Cypress
Hills cemetery, New York. A lot of
cobble stones vas the reSnlt.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

NIsrERN stock men are covering
much of the lossee of the last winter
by the improved prices obtainsble for
their, cattle.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

sScE Slocumb's little bin went an.
operation the rural saloons have bean
pulling dswn the soreens and neglect
ing to wash the windows.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

THERE is nc question whose dis
.cussion is attended with more intern
perance than the temperance ques-
7tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

EALLocH, of San Francisco, has an
noxaced himself az a candidate for
congress. The rejoicings over De La
mztyrs retirement will now subside.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

THE proposed system of sewerage
for our city is sad to possess the ad-
vantage of Warning well.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-08-25

FARMERS OF Nebraska do not in
tend to permit any longer the manip-
nlation Of politics by hireiing bum
aaers and corporation attorneys.