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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

The generous shower of rain which fell
on Tuesday afternoon has been looked
for with great deal of earnestness for
the past three weeks by farmers, and in
fact by everybody interested in the well
being of the county. The long continu-
ance of the dry spell had begun to take
on a serious aspect and threatened to
blight the hopes of a general revival of
business and a return of prosperity
which had been promised by the ex-
tremely propitious weather with which
the spring season began. Many farmers
have informed US that the injury to the
grass is already beyond remedy, as this
is the season in which thrifty growth
should take place, SO that it will be i'm
possible for the stock to eat it down dur
ing the summer. While all of the fields
present fresh and green appearance
the grass in most places has not got the
start it should have in order to furnish
the abundant pasture and hay crop that
was looked for. The corn, we are in
formed, may yet be gotten in in time to
make q good crop provided the fall be
late. One advantage resulting from the
recent dryness has been the protection
afforded the fruit which would have
suffered much more severely had the
atmosphere been moist during the cold
nights. The farming land through the
county presents every appearance OF
rank and lusty growth to person who
is merely driving through the country,
but those who are acquainted with the
true conditions seem to think that an
abundance of rain at very early day il
necessary In order to insure the good
crops which we've promised by thu
opening spring.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Mr.. G.. j. Evans, who has been danger
ously sick with la grippe and heart
disease, is slowly convalescing.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

John NJ. Doggett, OF Cincinnati, is Wis
ting among his friends and relatives at
this place.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Some of our wheelmen complain bit.
terly of the treatment they frequently
receive from persons whom they meet
upon the roads. They say it is no un.
common thing for them to be yelled at,
cursed and ordered off the road by per.
sons whose horses are about to scare
as though man on bicycle was a
public outlaw and had no right of way
on the highway or any other right that
people are bound to respect. Webelieve
it has been held by the courts that a
bicycle has right to half the road,
though the rider, like the driver of any
other vehicle, is liable if accidents occur
from his lack of due diligence. 1t is a
rule among wheelmen universally to
dismount as soon as they perceive a
horse is about to be frightened but they
rarely get any thanks for the courtesy.
The bicycle is new-fangled notion but
it has come to stay, and will hereafter
be recognized more and more as legiti.
mate and proper means of locomotion,
with the same right to the road as any
other vehicle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

T. S. Beam has just received a car of
fresh Black Diamond Cement.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

WAETED-Calves from two weeks to
months old. Call on or address
THos. II. NELSON, Hillsboro.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Full line of Sweet Orr working pants,
overalls and shirts at
WALKER & SANTER's.
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For Sale,

1 carriage, l buggy, l spring wagon,
two horse wagon. Apply at this Office.
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Curtain Poles

At Chas. Richards New Store. Ash,
walnut, ebony and cherry, 25 cents COM
plete.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21
Unclaimed Letters.

List Of unclaimed letters remaining In the
Post-oface st Hillsboro, May Slth, 1891.
Amburgey JEFF Bingham d H
Eakin Jas Nicolett Francisco
Olinger O 8 Stoops Della
Short Edgar NJ Nilkin Vim
Weibly VIM H Ward George
Flease say advertised letters m saxnG for
The above. ERsKME CAAsoN, p. n.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

An elegant line of four hand and
teck scarfs at WALKER & SANTEE's.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

John A. Collins, Esq, of Pueblo, COL,
Ia in Hillsboro on a visit to his parents.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

w. R. Smith & Co.'s Worm Loze nges
never fail to expel the worms.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Glenn McConnaughey left on Tuesday
for Gibbon, Nebraska.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Mr.. s. r. Howard and wife started last
Thursday for visit to Missouri. Mr..
Howard will return in a few days.
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For Rent.

House on West Walnut street. In
quire OF Lockhart Nelson.
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Wanted.

500 live rabbits. Must be full grown
and not crippled. H. w. WOLFE & Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

One dollar year will cover your doc
tors bill II you take Simmons Liver
Regulator.
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Jas. Murray, Jr., OF Greenfield, was in
Hillsboro on Wednesday.

Miss Madge Carson has returned from
visit of two weeks at Cincinnati.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Buy your negligee shirts of
WALKER & SANTFE.
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Ribbons.

Big variety and sold cheap at Chas.
Richards New Store.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Wanted.
100 books to bind. AMEN BR0s.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-05-21

Lace Curtains
At Chas. Richards New Store-cheap.-
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Band Concert.

JACOB TENER, Moderator.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
Board Of Trade.

The Omaha board of trade is composed OF
the leading business men in all lines. and has
n membership limited to 80 of which 2l9 are
now enrolled. The membership fee Is placed
at $500
The property of the board, consisting Of q
fine chamber of commerce building 66xl33
feet and five stories high at the corner OF
Sixteenth and Farnam street, is valued at
$3.50, 900, with an Indebtedness of about $70,-
600, which is beng rapidly reduced.
During the past year tho board has suc-
ceedcd in encouraging the establishment OF
eleven new industries in Omaha, which en-
ploy about four hundred men, and use an ag-
gregate capital of $3.50, 900. The most impor-
tant enterprises brought to Omaha have been
a large furniture factory and life insurance
company, the stock of which Is
held by Omahas wealthiest capital.
lists. Other enterprises induced
to locate here have been lock factory, q
hominy mill, soap works. chair factory and
an electric pump factory, besides others OF
minor Importance.
1t has Interested the entire tin industry OF
the Black Hills in the eligibility of Omaha
as site for the erection Of reduction works
for tin ore 1t has assisted in the organiza-
tion of one new railroad and obtained the
extension of several others.
Advertising matter beneiiting ON ina and
Nebraska has been widely distributed in the
south and east in connection with the real
estate exchange.
One of the leading functions of the beard
has Deen the entertainment of eminent visl-
tors and eXcurSionists, such as the Pam
Americans general passenger agents Michl.
gan editors, etc, which it has done with sig
nal success.
The board now has an exhibit in its rooms
of the products of Nebraska, comprising
grains, fruits, canned goods woods and min
erals, which is proving of great interest TO
Investigators from abroad
The following are the officers of the boardt
Euclid Martin, president; ID. H. Wheeler
first vice president; T.. f.. Bruce, second vice
presidents Hugh G. Clark, treasurer: w. N.
Mason, secretary; board of directors, Ii. G.
Clark, Euclid Martin, @. +. Goodman, f. n.
Bruce, James Stephenson, G. o. Lobeck, Max
Meyer, j. S. Brady, ID. II. Wheeler.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
THE YEARS BUILDING RECORD
Number and Value of Building Improve
ments in the Two 0mahaS
MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS
The Building, Municipal and Corpor-
ate improvements Aggregate Ten
and a Quarter MiIIions-The
Showing In Detail.

During 1890 there were erected in Omaha
and South Omaha 2,022 buildings, costing in
the aggregate 81, ,l6t. OF these structures
loo were business blocks, mills, warehouses
ana factories. ranging in price from s., 800 to
S35O,O00; ga were residences, tenement blocks,
etc, ranging in value from $1,000 to $4,000,
and ,2S2 were cottages and residences, cost
ing less than $1,000 each, and miscellaneous
buildings of all kinds
The figures of the building improvement is
have been tested by various methods and
will be found reliable. The records of the
building inspector have been found incom-
plete, in so far as the cost Of the improve
ments is concerned The builders are only
required to give an estimated cost of
the structure, and as the amount
OF the building inspectors fee is
regulated by the cost of the structure, the es-
innate is almost invariably very much below
the actual cost of the completed structures
The plumbing, very material item OF cost in
large buildings, is not considered in the
building Inspectors estimate In many cases,
where careful test has been made the
actual cost ranges from 25 to 75 per cent
greater than the estimated cost as shown by
the building inspectors record. The figures
given in this showing were obtained from the
owners and arch itects of the important build
ings and from various reliable sources and
have been fully verified.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01

pleted, II Is so for under way thot when tho
heated term OF next season opens tho park
will be In readiness to receive the thousands
who Will flock thither to spend tho after
Moons and evenings
In addition TO the above park, the past sea-
son the city acquired by donation Elmwood
park, tract OF torty.SiN aud ono half acres
OF land, situated on the Belt line railroad,
four miles west of the postolice. Through
THIS park there runs a wooded glen, which,
when improved, will give 1t n very piCtur-
esque appearance. AT the present timo
there has been but little work done in this
park, though grading has been commenced,
preparatory TO laying out series OF drives,
which will cross the glen over three irou
bridges, costing $4,000, that are now Id
course OF construction.
Bemis park Mercer near Lowe avenue has
received some attention in the way OF grad
ing of streets and the laying out of drives,
while Jefferson square and tho Capitol avenue
parks have come IN for their share OF attens
tion.
Jefferson Square park, In tho heart OF the
city, is another breathing place that thou.
sands OF tired and laborfatigued citizens seeK
for an hours rest on summer afternoons AUD
evenings. Additional trees were planted
there last year, and the old wood sidowaikS
have given place to flag stone. A few wears
hence and Jefferson will be thing of beauty,
an ornament to the city, spot blessed by
thousands.
Spring Lake park, donated to the city by
the South Omaha land company, Is another
beautiful tract, highly appreciated by tho
residents of the southern part of the city, us
well as the citizens of South Omaha
The disbursements of the park commission
for the eighteen months ending December 81,
are rs follows: Hanscom park, s3S, 1S2 IS;
Capitol avenue street park, SS971l; Jcfferson
square park, $5,35S.i5; Belt line park, $50;
Bemis park, Sl33. ~; Elmwood park s! !556,5i
making total of so, 13S22 The commissiopl
has balance in its treasury of SIS Ugh
with which to be begin active operations next'
spring.
As constituted the commission Is DIR. Gcorgd|
L. Miller, George b. Lake. Alfred Millard,
Augustus Pratt, q. w. Lininger. DIR, Miller
is chairman, Guy II. Doane secretary and w.
r. Adams superintendent.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01

bers Of the city council nine of whom are
elected at large at the time Of the election of
the other city officers and nine who are
elected, one from each ward. The mayor APP
points, subject TO the approval Of the council,
"a chairman and two members Of the board of
public works, a city engineer street commits
sioner, superintendent Of buildings, plumb
ing inspector, gas inspector, boiler inspector,
two meat inspectors, city physician, city
veterinarian, license inspector, superintend-
ent of weights and measures, police court
clerk and a number Of other minor appoint
ments
The preset city officers arei
Mayor-R. c. Cushing
Treasurer-John Rush
ptroller-C. S. Goodrich
Police Judge-Loe Helsley.
Councilmen at large terms expire January
], lSg2-B. f.. Madsen, James Donnelly, +. l..
Blumer f.. f. Moriarty, Henry Osthof, F.
ID. Cooper. w. +. Bechel, John McLearie and
Theodore Olsen.
Ward councilmen, terms expire January l.,
1S93-T j. Lowry, Peter Elsasser Richard
Burdish Thomas +. Tuttle, Timothy j. Con-
way, Christian Specht Clarence l.. Chaffee,
Charles r. Bruner and Edw in i. Davis.
Board of Public Works-P. w. Birk-
hauscr, chairman; w. |. Kierstead, j. b.
Furay.
Engineer, George w. Tillson; building in
spector, George G. Whitlock; boilerinspector,
Joseph Standeven; city clerk, John Groves /;
plumbing inspector, George l.. Dennis; gas
inspector, James Gilbert; license inspector,
Thomas Riley; street commissioner, james
Fannery; sidewalk inspector, Thomas Ber-
mingham; meat inspectors, Fred Heckstein,
a. Halle' city physician, Dr. Clark Gapen
city veterinarian, DR.. II. l.. Ramacciotti; I;
garbage master, Frank X. Morrissey.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
street Railway system.

The street railway system OF Omaha Is not
surpassed in completeness, equipment OF
service by that of any city in America, nor
was II surpassed year ago, yet the corpora
ton which owns and operates the Omaha
street railway company added seven moro
miles of new track to the eighty six that were
in actual use at that time, and expended
$4,000 in improvements during the past
year. Eleven miles of horse car lines
We're changed to the electric system,
with an aim in view of changing the remainl
ing twenty i've miles another year. The OK.
pense to the company of paving its allotted
share Of the streets it occupies was upwards
of S25 OOO-from April to December.
All the principal thoroughfarcs are not
irOned, nor cablcd nor wired, but enough Of
them are to offer good facilities for rapid
transit to any part of the city, or the city's
suburbs-includingS South Omaha and Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The lines are now all under one
management-all owned and operated by one
corporation, consequently the cross-lino
service Is timed to make close connections,
Inducements which have nickle-catching
attractions for the pedestrian public and the
attractions are duly appreciated. Much Of
the success which characterizes the manage
ment of the street railway system of the city
Is due to the consolidation of conflicting lines
three competing companies, but during
that year the Omaha horse car com.
pany and the Omaha cable tramway com.
pany were consolidated, and a year later that
was uUlucu WIN tne Omaha
Motor railway company, which DR.. Mercer
had built and put into successful opera.
ton.
From the extreme northwestern part of tho
city to the heart of South Omaha, tho Sher.
man avenue line carries pas
sengers for one fare-eight miles for q
nickle, and the other lines make trans fers, at
one fare 10 any of the depots and principal
points about the city, or to the Council Bluffs
loup.
From l15 to 100 cars are in daily use, and
when 1t is known that the company carries
from $4,000 to 5000 people daily on its lines,
it will be seen that the number OF
cars are not hauled over the
road for exhibition purposes, and too,
that its 420 mon it has constantly on its pay
roll earn the S270O0 per month they are paid.
There are still some streets that should
have been tracked last year and would have
been had they been graded. Another year
and these will be graded and street car ser.
vice put on.
The officers of the company are Frank Muir.
ply, president; ID. II. Goodrich, secretary
w, M. Smith, general superintendent. 4
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
Amusement Halls.

The five amusement halls in the city are
Boyd's opera house. the Grand, the Coliseum,
the Peoples and the Musee.
The principal one of these is Boyd's opera
house, with seating capacity of 400. 1t is
pleasantly arranged, well ventilated and
fully equipped with stage appliances.
The Grand has seating capacity OF I 700
and is favorably located in the Exposition
building
The seating capacity of the Coliseum Is
fully 1900, which has been tested TO its ut
most on several occasions during the past
year
The Peoples is favorite with the public
Tor social entertainments and political gatip
eringS.
The Musee Is at once museum of curiosi,
ties ana place OF entertainment as its nama
implies.
Boyd's theatcr, which is building, will be-
one OF the finest and best appointed amuse.
ment halls in the city
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
u. =. Custom House.

Customs duties had been collected in
Omaha for several years prior to 1883, but all
appraisements were made at the port of
original entry and the necessary papers
filed out, so that the collection Of duties
here was simply clerical act, In February,
1883, Omaha was made port of immediate
trans sportation, and local importers were thus
enabled TO make their own entries, either for
immediate consumption, or for warehousing
and all appraisements were made here.
For the fiscal year ending June 80, 1883, the
total invoice value Of goods imported TO this
port was 81, ,j97, and the duties thereon were
S9Isl2.76.
For the last fiscal year, ending June 80
1890, the total value Of merchandise i'm ported
was sl7O,sO and the duties We're so, l9l SO
an increase, in values of 400 per cent, and
in the duties collected OF about 250 per cent.
Merchants and manufacturers IN Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
OMAHA'S REAL ESTATE.
A Steady Increase for the Year with
No Fictitious Values,

The speculative feature did not enter into
the transactions in real estate in Omaha in
$780, the stringency in the eastern money
market and the pending of the prohibition
question in the state being the deterrng
causes. Notwithstanding this the market
has been characterized by asteady rise in
values and an increase in the volume of busi-
ness over 1889. The increase in value an
business has been based on actual develop
ments and forms splendid evidence of the
city's general growth. The following fig
ures show the total Of the real estate trans
ters for the year by months, compared with
last wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
IinInla.

Omaha, like Chicago, is a city Of mag,
nihcent buildings and capacious hotels-of
mands the erection of new hotels from year
70 year. With the Millard, the Paxton, the
Murray, the DelOne, the Barker, the Mer.
chants, the Casey, the Windsor the Globe.
the Esmond, the Jennings, Faris, Metropoll.
tan and City, $500 guests can be comforu n
cared for at at any time. Aside from the "
there Is score or more small hotels that al
overflow may adjourn 20 and be well talten
care Of. Among the leading hotels there are
loo guest rooms, and at least halt as many
more among the smaller and less protentious
hOst"lries Omaha can take care Of crowds,
aud when the proposed MOTEL schemes thai
are now being discussed materialile into sub.
stanlial bricks, the crowds may double With
prejudice 10 personal comfort.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
The Omaha postomce.

No branch of business is more Indicative of
the great growth and prosperity of growing
city than its postal service.
When the present government building
was completed in 1871 it was supposed to be
large enough for the wants of this city for
all time, but already the business of the
postotiice department is so crowded as to be
unable to handle the vast volume of business
satisfactorily and before the new building
can be erected either an addition to the pres
ent building must be made or the base
ment fitted up for the mailing depart
ment, so as to relieve the main
room from the present pressure.
Forty-tive carriers and thirtv-tive clerks
are now employed. In addition to the
regular business of the office, which IL will
be seen is very large, over nine hundred
other postofices remit regularly to the
Omaha Office and over three hundred money
order offices send their surplus to this office.
Thirty. eight mails arrive and depart fr ON
this Office in a single day. bringing $50
pouches weighing over three thousand
pounds.
The following schedule will give an idea Of
the pieces of mail matter handled by carriers
at the Office in lS90-and of the number of
carriers employed and salaries paid The
schedule, however does not include the gen
eral delivery or the vast amount of matter de-
posted in the Office for transmission to other
points.
Number OF carriers at $50 AZ,
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
County Government.

Douglas county, including Omaha, South
Omaha and number of small incorporated
villages, has population of 100000. The
following are the county officers;
Sheriff-John +. Boyd
Treasuror-Adam Snyder
County Attomey-T. j. Mahoney.
Register of Deeds-T. f. Megeath.
County Clerk-P. O'Malley.
County Judge-GeOrge w. Shields.
County Surveyor-J. Il. House.
Coroner-Dr, G. p. Harrigan
Superintendent of Instruction-W. II. Mat
thews.
Board of Commissioners-R. O'Keeffe, r.
S. Berlin, Peter Corrigan, Charles L. Van
Camp George Timme,
The expenditures for the past year were as
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01

arc taking advantage OF the privileges
afforded, and It is likely that the coming year
will bring n marked increase over the crafty
ing figures OF 1890 Hon. w. II, Alexander,
the present collector of customs, was first ap.
pointed by President Harrison, in October,
1889, and reapponted in January, 1890, for
the full term of four years, Captain James
n. Phillips is the deputy collector.
Mr. Alexander has recently secured tho
establishment Of a bonded warehouse in
Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01

The internal revenue district of which
Omaha is the headquarters is the largest in
point of area of any in the United States.
The district includes Nebraska and the two
Dakotas and shows wonderful increase in
business over the record of last year. The
receipts from Omaha alone, however, are
nearly as large as the combined collections
from the rest of the district. The largest
revenue is collected from the manufacture
and sale of spirits while the immense brew
ing firms of the city are large contributors to
the revenue fund.
direction of the Omaha office Hon. John
Peters is the collector with General j. b.
Dennis as chief deputy, Byron Brenholt as
deputy and cashier, and John Mcmahon
deputy collector.
The following table shows the total collec-
tiOn for 1890 and the increase over last years
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
The Grain Trade.

The Omaha Union Elevator company and
the Fowler Elevator company have splendid
facilities for the handling of grain, have
100000 invested, and did business in 1890
greatly in excess OF that of the previous year.
The Union Elevator company, which runs
scores of elevators IN the state, handled dur
ing the year 5,OO0,O 900 bushels of corn and
100000 bushels of oats.
The Fowler grain company has handled
100000 bushels OF corn and 800, 200 bushels
Of oats.
Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-01
Other BUILDINGS.

There were also erected ,2S2 buildings not
included in the above list. These comprise
800 cottages and frame residences costing
from $500 to 81, SEQ each, barns, additions and
other structures, the total estimated cost
being 81, ,lS6,S00