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While Omaha is well-supplied with hotels-there being three first-class houses, the Millard, the Paxton and the Murray -- there is still room for another large house, which must soon be built to keep pace with the growth of the city.
()maha's wholesale trade has increased at a wonderful rate during the last five years, owing to the rapid settle- ment and development of the vast territory tributary to her. Nearly every line of trade is represented by from two to ten large houses. Manufactures are also growing steadily, and, upon the whole, business of every nature is in a healthful condition, with a bright outlook. According to the figures of a prominent jobber, Mr. W. V. Morse, there are now 1,604 firms engaged in business, with a total capi- tal of $23,291,500 as against 461 firms with a combined cap- ital of $4,963,000 in 1871. The wholesale trade of Omaha amounts to nearly fifty millions a year, and employs over 600 commercial travelers.
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CHAPTER XXX.
SOUTH OMAHA.
THE THIRD PORK-PACKING CITY OF THE COUNTRY-UNION STOCK YARDS-PACKING HOUSES-THE BIG FOUR-SOME IN- TERESTING STATISTICS-WONDERFUL GROWTH OF SOUTH OMAHA-WILLIAM A. PAXTON-JOHN A. M'SHANE-JOHN F. BOYD.
The first pork-packing establishment in Nebraska was owned and operated by F. H. Giesselman and A. J. Potter, who formed a co-partnership and began business under the firm-name of Giesselman & Potter, in October, 1871, with a capital of $2,000. In order to keep in use all of their money, they found it necessary to purchase a part of their hogs in Iowa, as Nebraska did not then raise enough to supply the demands of even their limited capital. During their first season Giesselman & Potter handled about 5,200 hogs at a cost of $52,800. The next season they disposed of 5,700. Owing to the death of Mr. Giesselman the firm went out of business in 1873. The largest number of hogs which this firm purchased from any one man in Nebraska was forty- two.
In the fall of 1872 Mr. James E. Boyd engaged in the pork-packing industry, handling during his first season 4,500 hogs. He built up a large establishment and did an extensive business in the course of a few years. In 1886 he killed 141,000 hogs, and in 1887 he retired from the business.
Meantime other parties engaged in pork-packing, on a small scale, but none of them remained in business very long.
To-day, however, South Omaha is the third pork-pack- ing center in this country. The establishment of the stock yards and packing houses has within four years built up a wonderful little city, joining the southern limits of Omaha proper, and has been the means of greatly increasing the population and wealth of Omaha. The packing industry has given Omaha a wide reputation, and has made it one of the most solid cities of the country.
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Located in the center of the corn-producing belt Omaha possessed many natural advantages for becoming a great live-stock market and pork and beef-packing center. This fact was recognized by several prominent western stock- raisers, who had discussed the importance of securing a market nearer to the base of supplies than Chicago. In the summer of 1883, Alexander H. Swan, who was then an extensive cattle owner in Wyoming, decided if possible to establish large stock yards at Omaha, and associating with himself a number of wealthy men he secured the option on large tracts of land just south of the city. He and his associates, however, found that they did not have enough money to carry out the enterprise, and thereupon Mr. Swan made overtures to William A. Paxton, in December, 1883, with a view of getting him and his friends in Omaha inter- ested in the scheme. At that time Mr. Paxton was interested in the stock yards at Council Bluffs. After carefully considering the matter he concluded to go into the South Omaha enterprise, and at the same time induce his friends among the wealthy men of Omaha to invest. Mr. Paxton had $100,000 invested in the Council Bluffs stock yards, and Nelson Morris, of Chicago, was also a part owner of that property. They sold those yards to the Omaha company, and took stock in the new organization. Two separate companies were organized. One was the South Omaha land syndicate, and the other was the Union Stock Yards company. The first officers and trustees of the syndicate were: President, A. H. Swan; vice-president, C. W. Hamilton; secretary, Thomas Swobe; treasurer, Frank Murphy; assistant secretary and manager, M. A. Upton; superintendent, L. M. Anderson; trustees, Messrs. Swan, Hamilton, Murphy, Swobe, W. A. Paxton and P. E. Iler. The first officers of the stock yards company were: President, W. A. Paxton; vice-president, A. H. Swan; secretary, John H. Donnelly; board of directors, W. A. Paxton, A. H. Swan, Frank Murphy, B. F. Smith, P. E. Iler, Thomas Swobe, John A. McShane.
In March, 1887, the land syndicate sold out to J. H. Bosler and John A. McShane, who then conveyed to the South Omaha land company, composed as follows: Presi- dent, William A. Paxton ; vice-president, John H. Bosler ; secretary, P. E. Iler; treasurer, John A. Creighton; direct-
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ors-Messrs. Paxton, Bosler, Iler, Creighton, McShane, B. F. Smith, Nelson Morris, Herman Kountze, and J. M. Wool- worth. The new company issued $1,000,000 in stock, and canceled the bonds of the syndicate, which had been issued to pay for the land, to the extent of $500,000.
The present officers of the Union Stock Yards company are: President, John A. McShane; vice-president, William A. Paxton ; secretary and treasurer, J. C. Sharp; general manager, John F. Boyd; board of directors-Messrs. Pax- ton, McShane, Creighton, Iler, E. A. Cudahy, Isaac Waixel, B. F. Smith, M. C. Keith and Milton Rogers.
The original capital of the Union Stock Yards company was $700,000, but with the rapid development of the indus- try it has been increased to $2,000,000, and new stock-hold- ers have been added to the list. Work was begun on the stock yards April 8, 1884, and they were opened for business August 25th, the same year. During the year 1885, the stock yards company spent $300,545 in increasing the facilities demanded by the great growth of business. The yards have been enlarged from year to year, their present capac- ity being: 10,000 cattle; 20,000 hogs; 5,000 sheep; 500 horses and mules.
After establishing stock yards the next thing in order to make a successful home market, was to secure the loca- tion of packing houses at this point. In order to do this the stock yards company, in 1885, built and leased to G. H. Hammond & Co. a large packing house. Upon the expira- tion of the three years' lease the property was sold to the Hammond company. The next enterprise on the part of the stock-yards company was the erection of a mammoth packing house, with a capacity of 4,000 hogs per day, for Fowler Brothers, of Chicago, who were given a bonus of $135,000 to locate here. The house was opened November 10, 1886. This concern is now called the Omaha packing company. Next came the packing house of Thomas J. Lip- ton, with a capacity of 1,000 hogs per day. Early in August, 1887, this property was sold to the Armour-Cudahy packing company, to whom the stock yards company gave a bonus of $150,000 for locating in South Omaha. They immediately began the work of building an immense packing house. It was completed in 1888, and has a capacity for 5,000 hogs per day. The value of the Armour-Cudahy plant is $800,000.
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Early in the summer of 1887 negotiations were concluded between the stock-yards company and G. F. Swift, the Chicago packer, for the location of an enormous beef pack- ing house. Mr. Swift was given a bonus of eleven acres of land and about $135,000. The house was built, and on November 17; 1887, was opened for business. The capacity is 800 cattle, 1,000 hogs, and 300 sheep per day. The value of the buildings is $300,000.
The firms conducting the packing houses in South Omaha are known the country over as "The Big Four." It will be seen that the stock yards company gave away about $750,000 in stock and lands to secure the location of "The Big Four," but it has proved a profitable investment to all concerned. An immense business has been established, a splendid home live-stock market has been created, and a wonderful city of over 10,000 people has been built up at South Omaha, and all this since the spring of 1884. On December 13, 1887, by proclamation of the governor, South Omaha was made a city of the second class, the require- ment being that its population should be over 5,000. It has a city government composed of a mayor, eight councilmen, six policemen, police judge, marshal, and other officials ; it has a volunteer fire department; is well supplied with schools and churches; it has three daily newspapers, devoted to live stock interests. There are substantial business houses in all lines of trade, several hotels, one national bank, one state bank and three savings banks. The South Omaha National bank has recently put up an elegant three- story stone and brick building, costing $15,000. The capital of this institution is $50,000, and it has upwards of $21,000 undivided profits. The Nebraska Savings bank has also erected a brick building at a cost of $15,000. The Union Stock Yards bank, located in the Exchange building, was incorporated and began business in November, 1886, with a capital of $200,000, with authority to in- crease it, if necessary, to a half million. The president is John A. McShane; vice-president, W. A. Paxton; cashier, E. B. Branch. The establishment of this bank was regarded as a necessity by the originators, as the business of the yards warranted it, and the commission men and others demanded it. The result has been very gratifying to all concerned, for the bank has kept pace with the increase in
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the volume of business at the yards. On November 24, 1886, only two men were required to attend to all matters con- nected with the institution, while at present five are kept busy. The first report to the state auditor, made in Decem- ber, 1886, showed $15,000 in deposits, while the one for 1887 showed $250,000. The daily transactions run from $400,000 to $800.000 per day. The bank is headquarters for all financial operators at the yards, and no pains are spared to transact all business with facility and dispatch. While the chief business of the house is that relating to stock, a gen- eral banking business is transacted, and the savings deposits are assuming large proportions. The concern also has accounts from dealers in general merchandise, lumber, etc., etc. The bank is on the same floor in the Exchange build- ing with the offices of the live stock commission firms, and the telegraph offices. The bank has three messengers, who make three daily trips to Omaha for the accommoda- tion of its customers.
The Exchange building, which was erected by the stock yards company in 1885, has recently been greatly enlarged. It is a substantial three-story brick structure, and contains seventy hotel rooms, forty offices for commission firms, tele. graph and railroad offices, the Union Stock Yards bank, the stock yards company's elegant parlor, and a sample room. This building is located in the stock yards, and is headquar- ters for all stockmen and railroad men. There are twenty- five commission firms who have their offices in the Ex- change.
South Omaha is reached by all the railroads centering in Omaha. The Union Pacific runs passenger trains be- tween the two cities each way every hour, the terminus in South Omaha being at Albright station. This station is in the center of Albright's choice, which is within the corpo- rate limits of South Omaha. That part of the city is being rapidly improved, especially as it is a desirable locality for residences.
South Omaha is beginning a system of public improve- ments-grading, sewering and paving-which within a year or two will work wonders in the magic little city.
Some idea of the extent of the live-stock business car- ried on at the South Omaha Union stock yards may be gained from the following figures: Receipts for the year ending November 30, 1888: cattle, 340,469 ; hogs, 1,283,600 ; sheep,
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158,503 ; horses and mules, 5,035. Shipments during the same period-cattle, 206,064 ; hogs, 333.288; sheep, 118,208 ; horses and mules, 3,799. From August, 1884, to November 30, 1888, there were received at the stock yards: 921,710 cat- tle; 2,818,523 hogs ; 297,885 sheep ; 18,689 horses and mules ; and during the same period there have been shipped-595,- 791 cattle ; 733,742 hogs ; 202,061 sheep; 9,344 horses and mules. These figures show that in four years and four months the Omaha packing houses consumed 325,919 cattle; 2,084,781 hogs and 95,824 sheep. The largest receipts on one day were as follows : Cattle, 5,802, September 19, 1887; hogs, 12,668, June 12, 1888; sheep, 5,502, September 24, 1888; horses and mules, 365, June 16, 1888. The total value of the the hogs received during 1888 was $19,510,072.
Hammond & Co., during the year 1888, killed 144,744 hogs ; 63,174 cattle, and 6,357 sheep, the total cost being $4,830,924. They employed 325 men, and paid out $170,261 in wages.
The Omaha Packing company, during the same period, killed 285,188 hogs.
The Armour-Cudahy company, during the year 1888, killed 498,210 hogs. They did not begin cattle slaughtering until October 18. During the year their sales of products amounted to $10,289,587. They employ 1,200 men and their pay roll is $58,000, which does not include the office men, stock-buyers and foremen, who call for $11,250 per month extra.
Swift & Co., from April 1, to December 31, 1888, killed 62,370 cattle, 23,963 sheep, 8,260 hogs, 1,803 calves. They did not begin hog slaughtering until December 4. The value of the products shipped during the above period was. $3,790,151. The monthly pay roll runs from$12,000 to $15,000.
The total number of hogs slaughtered during 1888 in South Omaha was 931,478. The total number of cattle killed was 113,307, and the total number of cattle, hogs, sheep and calves slaughtered was 1,078, 785.
Hon. William A. Paxton, the president of the Union Stock Yards company, and who built the yards, has been prominently identified with the material interests of Omaha from the early days. Omaha is indebted to him probably more than any other man for its present prosperity. He was one of the original and principal promoters of the
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South Omaha enterprise, which is conceded to be the back- bone of Omaha. The development of the live-stock indus- try and packing business has put Omaha upon a solid foundation, and insures a large increase of population and wealth in the near future. It is a well known fact that Mr. Paxton had it in his power to either crush or crip- ple the enterprise in its inception, and had he not aban- doned his interests on the east side of the river and taken a leading part in the South Omaha scheme, the probability is that the Union Stock Yards company would either have failed or would have had a hard struggle for existence.
Mr. Paxton, who was one of the early settlers of Omaha, was born in Kentucky, January 26, 1837. His father, who was a farmer, moved to Missouri in 1849. In January,, 1857, young Paxton came to Omaha with a man named Regan, who had the contract for building the bridges on what was then called the Military road. Mr. Paxton was the foreman of the work between Omaha and Shell creek. It occupied him until 1858, when he returned to Missouri and was married to Mary J. Ware, February 21, of that year. He returned to Omaha, July 5, 1860, and again found em- ployment with Regan, at $40 per month, on the construction of the telegraph line, which was then being built by Edward Creighton. In 1860 he was on the line to Denver, and built it to the " cut-off," and in 1861 he began with the line at Kearney and went through to Green river. In November Mr. Paxton returned to Missouri and remained there until 1862, when he came back to Omaha, and took charge of a livery stable at $20 per month. His next occupation was freighting between Omaha and Denver, in which he was engaged until the fall of 1866. In the winter of 1867 Mr. Paxton secured several contracts on the Union Pacific. This work occupied him until December, 1868. These con- tracts netted him $14,500. This money he invested in cattle, which he brought up from Abilene, Kansas, and sold in Omaha in the summer of 1869, making a profit of $12,000 in the venture. In the fall of that year he took one-tenth of the stock of the Omaha & Northwestern, and built the first twenty miles of the road. He next secured the contract with Jack Morrow and J. W. Bosler for supplying beef to the Indian agencies, in which business he continued until 1875, furnishing from 23,000 to 75,000 head of cattle an-
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nually. Meantime, in 1873, he started a cattle ranch at Ogallalla-one of the finest ranches in Nebraska, and the forerunner in the cattle-raising business in the western part of the state. In 1884 Mr. Paxton had 22,000 head on the Ogallala ranch, although the previous fall he had sold about
HON. WILLIAM A. PAXTON.
that number of cattle to the Ogallala Land and Cattle company, in which he owned $125,000 worth of stock. He received $675,000 from this company for cattle. He has been president and manager of this corporation for a number of years.
In 1879 Mr. Paxton established the wholesale grocery firm of Paxton & Gallagher, which is one of the largest
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houses in the west. He is also engaged in various other extensive enterprises in Omaha. He is a heavy stock- holder in the First National bank ; is vice-president of the Union Stock Yards National bank; is at the head of the Pax- ton & Vierling Iron Works company, and is president of the Omaha Elevator company and also of the Union Trust company. Besides being president of the Union Stock Yards company, he is vice-president of the South Omaha Land company, and manages the affairs of both corporations. Mr. Paxton has accumulated a handsome fortune, a large portion of which he has invested in real estate, mainly in Omaha. He has erected some of the handsomest buildings in the city, one of which, the Paxton block, at the corner of Farnam and Sixteenth, cost $441,000. He has invested in buildings alone nearly $700,000. In every public enterprise he generally takes an active part, and does everything in his power for the welfare of Omaha.
Hon. John A. McShane, who has become so prominently identified with many of the leading enterprises of Omaha, was born at New Lexington, Perry county, Ohio, August 25, 1850. Until he was twenty-one years old he worked upon a farm, and attended the country schools. In 1871 he went to Wyoming territory, where he found employment on a cattle ranch. Becoming thoroughly acquainted with the business of cattle raising, and having saved a little money, he made an investment in cattle in 1873, which resulted quite profitably. The next year he came to Oma- ha, which he made his permanent home. Here he engaged in various enterprises from time to time, nearly all his ventures proving successful, and demonstrating that he was a man of superior business talents. Meantime his cattle interests had grown quite extensively, and in 1883 he united them with the Bay State Cattle company, which now owns over 100,000 head of cattle and vast tracts of land. Mr. Mc- Shane was for a number of years general manager of this company, and he remains one of the largest stock-holders. Mr. McShane's successful career, his willingness to assist every public enterprise and his liberal nature soon made him one of the most prominent and popular citizens of Omaha. He was one of the chief promoters of the Omaha nail works, which for several years was an extensive in- dustry here and gave employment to a large number of
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men. Heis the president of the Union Stock Yards company, and to him largelybelongs the credit of procuring the invest- ment of foreign capital in the enterprise at a time when money was needed to secure the establishment of the im- mense packing house plants which now give employment to over 2,000 men. In all the negotiations for the location
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of these packing houses Mr. McShane took a leading part. Mr. McShane is also a director of the South Omaha Land company, is president of the Union Stock Yards bank, and director of the First National Bank of Omaha. In addition to all these duties, he has many other business affairs to occupy his attention. He served two terms in the Nebraska state senate, from 1882 to 1886. While in the state legis- lature he exercised great influence and shaped some of the
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best legislation. During his term the charter of Omaha was revised so that the city was enabled to make the public im- provements which have so wonderfully advanced her inter- ests. Mr. McShane originated many of the best features of the new charter. The democrats of the First congressional district nominated him for congress in 1886, and he was
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elected over Hon. Church Howe by a majority of 6,980. Mr. McShane is the first democratic congressman Nebraska has ever had. He made an excellent record in the national legislature, and in the summer of 1888 he was nominated for governor, but was defeated by Governor Thayer.
John F. Boyd, the general manager of the Union stock yards, is a native of Massachusetts, and was born Septem-
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ber 10, 1846. He came to Omaha in 1865 and engaged in the cattle business as a dealer. When the Council Bluffs stock yards were built in 1879, Mr. Boyd superintended their construction, and when they were opened for business he was appointed superintendent. In 1884 he was employed as superintendant of construction of the Union stock yards at South Omaha. He has been the general manager of these yards since they were opened. At the same time he man- ages the Council Bluffs yards, which are the property of the same company. Mr. Boyd is a member of the city council of Omaha, having been elected a councilman-at-large in 1887, his term expiring in January, 1890. He is a very pop- ular man in business, social and political circles.
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S. P. MORSE & CO.,
Established 1876.
DRY GOODS,
CARPETS,
DRAPERIES, CURTAINS.
We call the attention of our Old and New Customers to the fact that we are the only Direct Importers of
FOREIGN DRESS GOODS, SILKS,
HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, GLOVES,
EUROPEAN NOVELTIES, Etc.,
In the City. We also ask you to inspect our stock of
WILTON MOQUETTE BODY BRUSSELS
CARPETS,
as well as our very complete stock of
CURTAINS, DRAPERIES, &c.
We sell at as Low Prices as is consistent with our High Standard of Quality.
S. P. MORSE & CO.
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Burlington Route
Selected by the United States Govern- ment to carry the Fast Mail.
Over 6,000 Miles of Steel Track-
THE BEST LINE FOR
CHICAGO,
PEORIA,
ST. LOUIS,
OMAHA, ATCHISON,
LINCOLN,
ST. JOSEPH,
DENVER, CHEYENNE, KANSAS CITY.
THE ONLY LINE RUNNING SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS BETWEEN
DENVER. LINCOLN, OMAHA AND CHICAGO
The ONLY LINE running SOLID TRAINS between Denver and St. Louis.
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
Reaches with its OWN LINES the Principal Points in Nine States and Territories :
WYOMING, COLORADO, NEBRASKA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, IOWA, MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN and ILLINOIS.
Connecting at Terminals in Union Depots for All Points
EAST, WEST AND SOUTH.
With its Connections it is known as
The Scenic Line for the Pacific Coast.
G. W. HOLDREGE,
J. FRANCIS,
General Manager. Gen. Pass.and Ticket Agt.
OMAHA, NEB.
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SOLID VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
In connection with Through Trains each way over the Union Pacific and Lines diverging from Omaha, run Daily over
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
Between Council Bluffs and Des Moines, Davenport, Rock Island, Peoria, Chicago and important intervening cities- forming the true Middle Link in the Transcontinental Sys- tem of continuous lines extending West and East from the Pacific to the Atlantic. SOLID VESTIBULE EX- PRESS TRAINS also (daily each way) between Kan- sas City and Chicago (with Through Sleeper from Denver) between St. Josephı and Chicago, and
THE ONLY LINE RUNNING THESE TRAINS OVER ITS OWN TRACKS
through Kansas and Nebraska, between Denver and Pueblo, via Colorado Springs and Chicago.
These Vestibule Trains are heated by steam from the locomotive (Sewall's System), are supplied with the Westinghouse Brake, and have every "modern improvement" which can add to the safety, comfort and enjoyment of Travelers. Elegant equipment of Palace Day Cars, Sleeping Cars, and (East of the Missouri River) Dining Cars Also Superb Reclining Chair Cars (Free) between St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth. Kansas City and Chicago. West of St. Joseph and Kansas City, splendid Dining Hotels at convenient stations.
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THE GOLDEN GATE SPECIAL
(Weekly Fast Limited Vestibule), which arrives at Council Bluffs every Tuesday morning at 9 A. M., makes close connection with the FAST EXPRESS of the ROCK ISLAND which leaves Council Bluffs at 9:40 A. M. and arrives in Chicago at 6:50 A. M. next morning. For Tickets, Sleeping Car Berths, Maps, Time Tables, Land Folders, copies of Western Trail or any desired information, apply to S. S. STEVENS, General Agent, No. 1305 Farnam St., Omaha, Neh. No. 507 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia.
E. ST. JOHN,
GEO. H. SMITH,
General Manager, Ass't Gen. Ticket and Pass. Agent, CHICAGO.
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UNION
PACIFIC
"The Pioneer Line."
Many hours saved crossing the Continent by taking
UNION PACIFIC
THE
OVER LAND
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The Golden Gate Special.
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Leaving Council Bluffs every Wednesday at 8:00 A. M., and arriving at San Francisco every Friday at 9:45 P. M,
For Folders, Pamphlets, Rates of Fare, &c., call on or address
THOS. L. KIMBALL,
General Manager.
E. L. LOMAX,
Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agt.
J. S. TEBBETS,
Gen'l Pass. Agt.
OMAHA, NEB
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THE MILLARD
OMAHA, NEB.
The Leading Hotel of Omaha.
Elegantly Refitted and Refurnished. The Largest, Most Elegantly Furnished and Best Ap- pointed Hotel in the West, and the only Hotel in the city equipped with the famous Benner patent stand pipe and fire-escape.
Strictly First-Class. Table Unsurpassed.
Rates from $3 to $5 per day.
MARKEL & SWOBE, Prop'rs.
Insure with the NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO., of Vermont. M. L. ROEDER & BRO., Managers, Omaha, Neb.
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BYRON REED, Pres't. A. L. REED, Sec. & Treas.
BYRON REED
OMPANY,
212 South 14th St., OMAHA, NEB.
Keeps the Oldest and Most Complete
Abstracts of Titles In the State.
Real Estate and
House Agency.
LOANS AND CONVEYANCING.
Established 1856.
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es Mckenzie Dins.noor, A. M., M. D.
William Armine Humphrey, M. D.
Drs. Dinsmoor and Humphrey,
Office, Paxton Block, 16th and Farnam Sts. Rooms 412 to 419.
In addition to General Practice and Surgery, special attention will be given, as heretofore, to
ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS,
DISEASES OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
NASAL CATARRH, AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT AND LUNGS,
By the Most Approved Methods of Treatment.
Will go in Consultation to any part of the Country.
C. S. RAYMOND .
-JEWELER,
Cor. Douglas and 15th Sts., OMAHA, NEB.
FRANK J. RAMGE DRAPER.
Wedding and Dress Suits a Specialty.
Ramge Building,[15th and Harney Sts., OMAHA, NEB.
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PALACE STABLES,
Davenport and 17th Sts. EDWIN H. SHERWOOD, Propr.
Carriage and Coupe Service a Specialty.
The Finest Livery and Boarding Stable West of New York. OMAHA, NEB.
Telephone 257.
HOTEL BARKER 9 Rooms $1.00 per day and upwards. F. A. BALCH, Proprietor.
140 Rooms Elegantly Furnished. Steam Heat. Three Fire Escapes. Elevator.
AMERICAN PLAN, $2 00 AND $2.50 PER DAY. 13th and Jones Sts., OMAHA, NEB.
Telephone No. 821.
JOHN GRANT, Inventor and Superintendent of
GRANT'S SLAG AND STONE PAVEMENT OR SLAGOLITHIC, For Sidewalks, Stable, Cellar, Boiler Room and Brewery Floors, Steps, Etc.
1,000,000 Feet now Laid in Omaha.
OMAHA OFFICE; Ramge Block, Room 426.
ARCHIE LEFFINGWELL, ST. JOSEPH, MO.
Supt. for St. Joseph. Office, 521 Francis St., Room 6.
ASPHALT PAVEMENTS.
THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY
Has laid about ten miles of Asphalt Pavement in Omaha, and it has given general satisfaction. It is durable, noiseless, cheap and easily ropaired at small expense. The streets paved with asphalt have taken the business from the thoroughfares paved with stone. There is no better pavement, taking everything into consideration, than the gen- uine Trinidad Asphalt, which is the standard pavement of America. It is the favorite in all the leading cities.
C. E. SQUIRES, General Western Agent.
Ramge Building.
OMAHA, NEB.
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMEETS.
OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
OMAHA, NEB. OFFICERS:
President, - - Vice-President,
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Secretary and Treasurer,
Counsel,
A. U. WYMAN. THOS. L. KIMBALL. W. B. MILLARD. GEO. B. LAKE.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : E W. NASH, A. U. WYMAN
J. J. BROWN,
DIRECTORS: THOS. L. KIMBALL, J. H, MILIARD,
A. U. WYMAN, GUY C. BARTON, E. W. NASH, GEO. B. LAKE, J. J. BROWN.
. This Company is regularly organized under the laws of Nebraska and has been in operation since May 1, 1885. It is prepared to furnish Capitalists safe Investments, to act as Trustee, Receiver or Assignee, and has a regularly organized Savings Bank with a
CAPITAL OF $500,0 o.
FULL INFORMATION FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED .
JOHN A. WAKEFIELD, Wholesale and Retail
LUMBER,
LATH, LIME, Etc.
Entire Yard --- (3 Acres) --- Under Cover.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
DRY LUMBER
MILWAUKEE HYDRAULIC CEMENT,
IMPORTED PORTLAND CEMENTS.
Telephone 110.
18th and Pierce Sts., OMAHA.
Insure with the NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO., of Vermont. M. L. ROEDER & BRO., Managers, Omaha, Neb.
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Insure with the NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO,, of Vermont. M. L. ROEDER & BRO., Managers, Omaha, Neb.
ANDREW ROSEWATER, (Member American Society Civil Engineers.)
CIVIL AND SANITARY
ENGINEER.
SPECIALTIES:
Grades, Sewerage, Municipal Public Works.
Room 430, Paxton Block.
Insure with the NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO., of Vermont. M. L. ROEDER & BRO., Managers, Omaha, Neb.
DEWEY & STONE
FURNITURE CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HOTEL
Furniture,
WINDSOR FOLDING BED
Furnishing A SPECIALTY.
BEDDING,
Etc.
30 STYLES OF FOLDING BEDS.
Omaha, Nebraska.
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Champion Lager Beer Brewers of the World.
ANHEUSER PUSCH
BREWING
.IT IS STRICTI
TRADE
MARK.
IALS. THE ONLY BEER THAT KEEPS IN AL
TIM 11 .ITIS THE BEST N
BOTTLED
BEER
The following is the Production for 1887 of the Four Largest Beer Breweries in the World:
Anheuser-Busch St. Louis
456,511
Spaten Brau Munichı
363 017
Dreher. Vienna. 348,600
Empire - Best. Milwaukee 347.410
A Brilliant Testimonial of the World-Renowned German Brewer Academy at Worms-on- the-Rhine, Germany, to the ANHEUSER-BUSCH BEER .- The Best in Every Respect, in a Test against the Best Brands of Europe's Beer.
Messrs. Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, U. S.
Worms-on-the-Rhine, Feb. 14, 1887.
I hereby take theliberty of informing you of the following incident which occured in our School for Brewers. Among the many testimonials to the international character of your renowned Brewery this will have a place as a tribute springing from spontaneous feelings of im partiality. This testimonial is endorsed by myself and thoroughly experienced ex- perts. Several years ago I received from your Mr. Busch, through the kindness of Mr. Fritz Wiegand, the brewer of Mainz, several bottles of your Export Lager Beer, of which even now I have two bottles preserved in my cellars. From time to time I arranged a test of beer of different kinds and ages which, for the most part, is beer steamed by the Pasteur process, and at this test, beer of four, three, two and one year of age were - elected for com- petitiou. To my great satisfaction I must inform you that the Beer still bearing all your labels and brands was selected as the best in every respect. The Beer was a beautiful, warm yellow, very fine and clear, and possessed a most excellent winy taste, a creamy foam and a delicious odor of hops. So the unanimous judgment of the collective brewers who assist- ed at this test was most favorable to your product Excuse the liberty I take in believing that such a testimonial should not be withheld, and allow me to close with the sentiment, "Honor to whom honor is due."
Signed, Respectfully,
D. W. LEHMANN.
OMAHA OFFICE-Jones St., between 12th and 13th. F. WALTER, Agent.
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WORLD
RENOWNED
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BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BROWNELL HALL, SEMINARY FOR YOUNG LADIES. The Rev. ROBERT DOHERTY, S. T. D., Rector.
Cor. 10th and Williams Sts.
OMAHA, NEB.
HALF YEARLY TERMS Begin First Wednesday in September and the First Wednesday in February. TERMS :- $300.00 a year for Board and Tuition. For Day Scholars. $40.00 and upward.
Established IS55. MILTON ROGERS & SONS, STOVES,
RANGES, FURNACES,
MANTELS, GRATES,
TILES, BRASS GOODS,
House Furnishing Goods.
1321 and 1323 Farnam Street, OMAHA, NEB.
Insure with the NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO., of Vermont. M. L. ROEDER & BRO., Managers, Omaha, Neb.
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