H K.J F. M. AKiljT3 ! . " Ki3i5FELU Editors and Publishers. " " opFfclAl county paper. ; Will the long-haul tariff be elongat ed or the short-haul rate shortened ? j- We hereby return thanks to Senator j Mandereon for a copy of the latest edi- i tion of the 49th Congressional directory. j M mmmm So sprightly a burg could not get along without one , so the business men of Akron have organized a loan and building association. The latest preparation for defense is the election of Senator Ingalls asPres- ident of the Senate. The Star of Em pire is out west every time. The Omaha Herald franchise has been purchased by Congressman Mc- Shane. Morrissey retains the position of manager and editor-in-chief. The judicial re-districting bill seems to be in a fair way to pass the housn with a good majority as has already characterized its passage in the senate. The Buffalo Express proposes as a question for workingmen : "Which is best , days of work and nights of rest ; or , Knights of Labor and days of idle ' ' ness. The performances of the democratic wing of the Legislature of Indiana , last week , were simply outrageous and infa mous , recalling the palmy days of the Southern Ku-Klux. A New York paper characterizes a ladies' lunch as a "giggle , gabble , " ' gobble. " Now is the time for Susan B. Anthony to denounce men's.lunches as ,1 , " " gurgling , growling , and smoking. " t "Excessive indulgence in coni' - | tionery" is the reported cause of a | woman's recent death in Chicago. This is the first case on record where a ; ' woman has died from an overdose of I taffy. ' The C. C & Q. is just now having a , ' little tilt with the Interior Department over ap alleged surplus of lands said to [ have been patented to it Nebraska and \ " is cited to show cause within sixty days , | why patents for the surplus should not t be canceled. * f The President is not as sensitive as he was. General Black ran over to Brooklyn , this week , made a snorting Democratic speech at a political club , calling upon its members to "rally around the administration , " and mak ing the hair fly generally. But no one has observed that the Commissioner of Pensions got an } ' black eye for doing it. One of our exchanges furnishes a singular reason for rejoicing at the pas sage of the Inter-State Commerce bill. It says its enforcement will kill off nine- teuths of the theatrical combinations now traveling from place to place f through the country. The new law es- | * pecially forbids the "special rates" un- r der which these combinations were % , . carried , and not one in ten of them can 1 afford to pay full rates. I , Lincoln at the War Department. pv. o Y - . From "Recollections of Secretary Stanton , " JJLr bJ" a clork of the War Department in March | Ep " Cbxtuut , we quote as follows : "Iu the days ] Mlp % of which I write , Mr. Lincoln was a particu- Hm larly woo-begono figure. It was one of those HL , periods of the war when the wholo situation , jHfe - _ _ military , financial and political , was one ef al- tkfrr most unrelieved blackness. He spent hours Hf , at a time , shut up with Mr. Stanton , all busi- | 8 - : ness and speech mainly being put aside so far ; Ip : as outsiders could judge , while these lonely me * communions lasted. Was it not tho gloomy gp Autumn days of 1864 , that the tearful Secro- ST. , tary had in mind , when he spoke those pathet- ' fib Ic words as he took the hand of the just-ex- mk. ' plrod President : 'Ah , dear friend 1 there is l Kg * none now to do me justice ; none to tell the i K.v world of the anxious hours wo have spont to- ; ri gether" Even before the autumn had well , Bet in , Mr. Lincoln had begun to enwrap him- i self in the familiar plaid shawl , and , with his hat pulled down in front , ho would scurry 1 along tho halls of tho War Department , and : Into the retiring room of the Secretary , no- ticing and speaking to nobody. At times he . ' would sit In the retiring room with tho door open between that and the apartment in which the Secretary , walking about as was his ' < " • wont , was transacting business with the Det t partmental officers and clerks , or visitors , ( prolonging his course , every few minutes , in- to the adjacent room , to hold converse with i bis chief. It was an interesting and a pleas ant 6lght , foist of Mr. Lincoln seated with ono 3 leg crossed upon the other , his head a little c peaked , and his face lit up by the anima- 4 tion of talking or listening , while Mr. Stanton would stand sldewise to him , with one hand resting lightly on the back of tho chair in the brief intervals of that everlasting occupation of wiping his spectacles. But if , while in such proximity , Mr. Lincoln should rise to his feet , C * farewell to the picturesqueness of the scene , p for the striking differences in height and girth d at once suggested the two gendarmes In the French comic opera. " t One of our temperance lecturers says that If Francb Murphy had been president when 3Ioses gave the law on Sinai lie would have .vaid : "Now , don't do that Moses. Don't . e you see that down yonder Aaron is even " _ . now making a golden calf ? * ou had better ° W ' KO down aid put a high license on that calf = " holding Murphy meet- round - and let me go tais to pi uade Uie idolaters not to worship . f ! EDUCATIONAL COLUMN- • XOU1E STAHBUCK , Editok. ELVA HUNT , Assistant. Mr. Dauchy , one of the school board , visited the high school , on Tuesday. The exercises of Division No. 1 , will , be postponed until after tho public en- ' tertainment. i j The teachers' reading circle held a ' meeting , Monday , Feb. 28th , at the res idence of Dr. Kay. i j Twenty-six young ladies have passed | the first examination in the Royal Uni versity of Ireland. We are , glad to see Miss Florence Yarncll , one of our pupils who has been east on a visit , back to school again. All the departments of the McCook schools will give an entertainment at the close of the term , at Menard's Opera flail. Miss Lillie Crab tree , of the Indiano- ' la public schools , made us a visit on Tuesday. We hope she may have an opportunity to visit us again. At a recent examination in Miss Mc- ftaniara's room , the following pupils stood one hundred per cent. : Solomon Dewey , Lillie Rouark , Ella Williams , Elizabeth Kelsey and Gracie Vincent. The use of tobacco is absolutely to be prohibited in all the government schools of France , on the ground that it effects injuriously the ability to study. The regulation is based on the recom mendation of a commission of men of science , and meets with general ap proval. Our thanks are due to Mrs. S. C. Boyle for the following article concern ing temperance instruction : "The agitation for the enactment of laws making instruction in the physio logical effects of the use of alcoholic liquor has met with unusual success iu the legislature of seventeen states Alabama , Connecticut , Iowa , Kansas , Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts , Michi gan , .Nebraska , Nevada , New York , New Hampshire , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Vermont and Wisconsin , having since " 1S82 passed such laws , while a similar law requiring such in struction in the District of Columbia and the territories has been passed by congress. Such a victory for temper- auce deserves more than a passing no tice , as it is important to note what a magnificent victory it is. According to the report of the commissioner of edu cation for the years 1883-4 , the school population of the United States is 1G , - 794,403 , of which S,459,500 , or more than half the total school population come under the provisions of the law requiring scientific temperance instruc tion. The total number enrolled in public schools in the United States is 10,739,192 , the average daily atten dance being 6,093,928 , while the total enrollment in the seventeen states men tioned with the territories is 5,157.403 and the average daily attendance 3 , - 144,990. Thus more than one-half of all the children of the nation and about one-half of the total number enrolled and the average attendance , live in states in which temperance instruction is obligatory. Think of 3,144,990 * children daily being taught the effects of alcoholic liquors on the human body , and. you can form some idea of what the coming generation will be. The total number of teachers in the United States is 307,904 ; more than one-half of whom (161,267) ( ) daily give scientific temperance instruction. Moreover , the states that have passed this law are the wealthiest and most prosperous , and have the highest average salaried teach ers. The twenty-one states that have not passed this law. pay their 146,437 teachers $26,526,779 , an average of only $191 each , while the seventeen 1 states mentioned above , exclusive of 1 the territories , pay 155,311 teachers • $34,770,400 , an average of $224. The ] estimated value of sites , buildings and ' ill other school property in the seven- ] teen states having laws compelling the ! instruction of the physiological effects . sf alcohol , is $138,967,770 , or $45.65 j for each pupil attending , while the esti- \ mated value of school property in the ] remaining twenty-one states is $97 , - j 393,271 , or only $27.43 per pupil atJ J lending , only three-fifths as much as < .he seventeen states. It is self-evident , 1 Jierefore , that the most prosperous J md the better educated the people of a l state become , the more they become J tware of the terrible ravages of the li- juor traffic , and the more they desire r " he children to become acquainted with \ he dangers of using alcoholic liquors i sven moderately. Who can prophesy s rhat immense progress will be made ( or prohibition in thenext ten or fifteen 1 : • ears , when the school children of tos lay become lecal voters. " ' 1 t FARM LOANS. a o g Cash Down. No Delay. jj TT ° . - No need of waiting to send off applii ations. Money paid over as soon as a apers are completed. Call on or ad- j ( ress , Red Willow Co. Bank , v 43-tf Tndiunola , Neb. u Money to Loan On improved farms. Money furnish- d for final proofs without delay and at > w rate of interest. First door north f the depot. R. D. Babcock. Try the Commercial House , when f i McCook , just once ! ' W. C. T. U. COLUMN. i ' MASS MKBTIXti. TheV. . C. T. U. will hold a Mass .Meeting at Menard's Opera Hull , on Sunday even ing , March 13th , at 7 o 'clock , M. T. Come one , come all. By Ojidek of Committee. To close up every saloon door , brewery , beer garden , variety theatre , negro minstrel show , and other places where people spend their money for that which is not bread , would bo equivalent to opening all the mills and work-shops and setting every man to work at better wages than he has ever re ceived before. George W. Bain said in his recent lecture regarding high license : "The difference be tween a high licensed saloon and a low li censed doggery is , one is the inlet to the riv ulets of moderation , the other the outlet to the river of drunkenness. I would rather vote for the low doggery through which the drunkard escapes into the grave from the demon on his track than lor the gilded gate way which opens the road to destruction for young men. " John W. Wilson , who was hanged a short time since at Nbrristown , Pa. , for murder , said while on the scaffold : "O , Hum , thou wrecker of homes ; thou lover of broken hearts , I hate thee. Thou art a robber of mOrals , a promoter of vices , an assassin of virtue , a deadly foe of God ! Thou art a murderer of souls and trap-door to perdi tion. " Ileclosi'il hi-address in the follow ing significant language : "When my stran gled body hangs between Heaven and earth , may all who look upon it , imagine they hear me say : 'This is the work of rtuaI is it nothing to you , all ye that pass by ? ' " Says the Keokuk Gate City : "J. W * . Havens died at Boone , la. , during the past week , of congestion of the lungs. Wc hate to moralize about a dead man , because it looks mean and pharisaical. And yet nothing is sadder than for a grave to stand at the end of a wasted life. Twenty years ago J. W. ITavens was one of the most promising young men in Iowa. Editor of the Signour- ney News , a state senator , prospective congressman , one of the most felicitous writers in the state , a charming acces sion to any circle of men of brain any where , life looked as brightly for him as any young man in the state. Then he took in to his genial good fellowship whiskey and whiskey took his paper and broke up his family and ruined his health and prospects and sacrificed him as it does all its victims. And what a splendid fellow he was , and how hard he tried to get out of the toils. None of us could write as good an article as he could when he did his best. And yet whiskey burned out that bright ; brain like the wick of a candle. " i The writer in this column of the Journal knew J. W. Havens rigid well. We learned the printing trade and about all we know of newspaper work in Ins office but it was less than twenty years ago , as is remembered , when he was all and more than is written of j him above. Seventeen years hence Warren i Havens was known all over Iowa as the ' most accomplished newspaper man in the i state. The Sigonrney News a weekly nine j column folio was quoted from upon lead- ing questions of the day more extensively j than all the other papers of the state in its < class , and wherever known its young and handsome editor was recognized as the most . brilliant man on the Hawkeye press. He was some two or three and thirty years of age at that time , and what bright prospects lay i on before him. A splendid business and out \ of debt. The prettiest home in a pretty litt tie city of 2,500 people. A young wife , beau- tiful and accomplished , and three of the s sweetest children in all the country side. All l these , and hosts of as warm hearted friends i as a man ever knew , were his. Then the | burglar , whiskey , entered. First it took his steady walk and turned it into a half stagger once a month. Then it claimed more of his time , and at length he began to neglect his r work. From that hour his going in the down- ward way towards wreck of hopes and home and business prospects was at fright- Eul speed. His wife died of a broken heart l [ lis children went with relatives , home and „ business went to creditors , and at not more c than thirty-eight or forty years of age J. W. j Havens found himself robbed of his last doln ar and left sadly alone. For a time he re named among those who knew him best de- : ermined , with their help and such strength is was left him , to break the chains that held nm a slave. He succeeded manfully for a ti ) rief season , and friends such scores of " hem as few men can claim felt confident j hat he had fought and won a good fight , o nattering offers of position came to him and f ] it last he accepted that made by Council n 31uffs Nonpareil management , and took a shair on the editorial staff of that paper , c jife looked fair once more for the brilliant ournalist. And how the Nonpareil did glit- er and shine beneath his pencil. But he n vas not alone now. A giant shadow , terntc le and dark and damnable in every form &j ; nd feature stalked continually by his side , > ] md one night , in the midst of a jolly and st lappy company , it sprang upon him and 2 < . lound him hand and foot. He left the Bluffs tc hortly afterwards to become editor of the v Jreston , la. , Gazette , and that paper , under O lis charge , soon became known around the _ tate for the marked ability displayed upon ts pages. Frcm there he went to Boone , wo years or more ago , and the end of all ni ndofhis journey is marked to-day by a rave over yonder in the snow. Accursed tc e whiskey. If it were possible to heap in | j ellow gold the market value of all the iu- ei ernal stuff that was ever distilled , the 3jj mount would be too small to repay the d ( ) ss of just one such man as Warren Havens E rould have been had its blight never fallen * ; pon him. Topics in State Journal. Salt Rheum or tczema , r Old sores and ulcers , nr Scaldhead and ringworm , tu Fain in the back and spine , JJ Swelling in the knee joints , f * Sprains and bruises , " Neuralgia and toothache , cc Tender feet caused by bunions , corns and 0f nlblains , I warrant Beggs' Tkopical Oil m relieve any and all of the above. cL McMillen & Weeks , 1D. 1 D. W. Mourns , wholesale and retail drug gist , loO Commercial St. , Emporia , Kas. , Jan. 10th , 18S7. To Ohamhkw.aix & Co. , Dos Moines , Iowa : Gentlemen In .sending to yo.ii the enclosed order for a gross of yoar Cough Remedy , allow me to say that without any exception it is the best selling goods now in the market. 1 have sold a great amount of it during the past year to the citizens of this place , and have the first complaint to hear. It is the best article to use for croup I ever sold , being pleasant to take , which is an important feature where children have to take medicine. Sold by Willey & Walker. New Stoise Messrs. Miller and Torrey will open up a furniture store in the room lately occupied by Barney Hofer , next to the postofilce , as soon as the building can be placed in readiness. Dell G. Morgan & Co. , prominent drug gists , Council Bluffs , Iowa , say they regard Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Eemedy , as the best preparation in the mar ket , and recommend it always , where prompt and efficient treatment is required ; it always gives satisfaction and is an excellent medicine for cramps , diarrhoea and bowel complaint in either voungor old persons. Sold by McMil- len & Weeks. Alex. Stewart of Wymore and Chas An derson of Orleans came up to the city on 39 , tins noon. Itch , Mange , and Scratches of every kind cured in CO Minnies by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. A sure cure and perfecty ! harmless. Warranted by S. L. Green , Druggist , McCook. Try the Commercial House , when in McCook , just once ! NOTICE TO ASSESSORS. Cou.ntv Cr.r.FtK's Offick , I Iiidianolti. Neb. , Feb. i. 3 , 1887. f NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Assessors of Hed Willow county will be held at the County Clerk's oilice on Tuesday , March l. itli , 1SS7 , tor the purpose of consulta tion in reparJ to the value of the various kinds and classes of property to be assessed. 3-3 ! ) C. 1) . Crameu , County Clerk. FDTAL PEOOF NOTICES. Land Office at JIcCook , Nin. , I February 24th 18ST. j Notice is hereby giren that the foilowingr- named settler haa illcd notice of his intention to make ilnal proof in support of his claim , and that said proof will be made before Ituxis- ter or Receiver at JlcCook. Neb. , on Friday , April 8th , 1887 , viz : Ephraim C. Gaston , on Homestead No. 1748 , for the southwest M sec tion 27 , town. 2 north , ranye 30 west , Gth P. M. He names the followingwitnesses to prove his continuous residence upon , and cultiva tion of. said land , viz : Edward Duffey , Dan iel A. Clements , It. il. Wade and G. A.Gustin , all of McCook , Neb. S. P. HART , Register. Land Office at McCook , Neij. , I February 2T , 1887. f Notice is hereby given that the following- named settler has Hied notice of her intention to make llnal proof in support of her claim , find that said proof will be made before Regis ter or Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Satur day , April ! ) tu , 1887 , viz : Eliza C. Withrow , formerly Eliza C. Pinncy , on Homestead 30S ( > , for the southeast H section 31 , town. 3 , range 10 , west. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon , and cultivation of , said land , viz : T. J. Pate , El- • len Pate. William Bertram and Poloxonia • liortrani , all of McCook , Neb. S. P. HART , Register. ! Land Office at McCook , Neu. , I February 23d. 18S7. f Notice is hereby given that the following- earned settler has tiled notice of her intention : o make llnal proof in support of her claim , ind that said proof will be made before Regis1 eror Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Friday , April 8th , 1SS7 , viz : Sarah M. Nettleton. ( form erly Sarah M. Hartley. ) on Homestead Entry ! C'J , for the north Vz southwest f.i and west Vs southeast H of section 15. township 2 , range 3D vest. She names the following witnesses to jrove her continuous residence upon , and cul- : ivation of , said land , viz : Daniel Clements , Seorge Frederick , Joseph Newcomb and Rich- ird M. Williams , all of McCook. Neb. S. P. HART. Register. Land Office at McCook. Neu. , I February Slth. 1887. ( Notice is hereby given that tho following- mined settler has tiled notice of his intention o make llnal proof in support of his claim , md that said proof will bo made before Regis- er or Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Monday , Ipril 11th , 1SS7 , viz : Charles Wentz , on Home- itead Entry 2377 , for the southeast quarter of ection 12 , town. 2 , range 2 ! ) west. He names he following witnesses to prove his continu- ms residence upon , and cultivation of , said und , viz : Charles Ebert , Henry Voges. Her- nan Bey and Herman Schumakcr , all of Mc- : ook , Neb. S. P. HART , Register. Land Office at McCook , Neu. , i February 3d , 1887. f Notice is hereby given that the 1' ollowing- lamed settler has filed notice of her intention o make flnal proof in support of her claim , nd that said proof will be made before Regis- er or Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Friday , larch 11th , 2887 , viz : Gertrude A. Coleman on lomestead No. 305G. for the southeast J4 see- Ion 12 , town. 4 , north , range 31. west. She .umes the following witnesses to prove her outinuous residence upon , and cultivation f , said land , viz : Archibald B.Davis , Baxter . Davis. John N. Smith and Esrom Rother- lel , all of McCook , Neb.S. . S. P. HART , - Register. Land Office at McCook , Ned. , \ January 20tu , 1887. f Notice is hereby given that the following- amed settler has illcd notice of bis intention ) make ilnal proof in support of his claim , nd that said proof will be made before Regis- * r or Receiver at McCook. Neb. , on Monday , [ arch 14th. 1887 , viz : William S. Hamilton , g n Homestead 2407 , for the northeast H sec- § on 2S , town. 3 , range 29 , west. He names the jllowing witnesses to prove his continuous jsidence upon , and cultivation of , said land , iz : Silas II. Colvin. Charles Hininan , Ed- ard Hininan and William Doyle , all of Mc- ook , Neb. S.P.HART , Register. Land Office at McCook , Neil , ) January 28th , 1887. f Notice is hereby given that the following- nmed settler has tiled notice of his intention i make flnal proof in support of his claim , id that said proof will be made before Reg- ter or Receiver at McCook. Neb. , on Friday , arch 11th , 1887 , viz : John H. Evert on Home ead 3012 , for the south V northwest and orth M southwest * $ , section 27 , town 3 , range i , west. He names the following witnesses i prove his continuous residence upon , and lltivation of , said land , viz : W.S. Hamilton , illiam Doyle , Richard Johnston and Silas II. slvin , all of McCook , Neb. S. P. HART , Register. Land Office at McCook , Neb. , ! January 2fith. 18S7. f Notico is hereby given that the following imed settler has filed notice of his intention make filial proof in support of his claim , id that said proof will be made before Regis- r or Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Friday , arch 11th , 1S87 , viz : Fred. Benjamin , on _ omestead Entry 3343 , for the north V2 northI I ist H section 31. west Ji northwest ? i section - * - , town. 2 , range 29 west. He names the folm wing witnesses to prove his continuous resi ( nee upon , and cultivation of. said land , viz : , J. Henderson. Stephen Hopkins * W. A. Der ay and George Reed , all of McCook , Neb. 35. S. P. HART , Register. Land Office at McCook , Ned. , i • /anuary 24th. 1887 \ Notice is hereby given that the following- imed settler has filed notice of her intention make final proof in support of her claim , id thnt said proof will be made before Regis- r or Receiver at McCook , Neb. , on Tuesday , iirch Sth , 1SS7. viz : Emma M. Carter , on Pre- iiption D. S. S747. for the southeast Ji south- st & . section 17. town. 4 , range2 ; ) , west. She Lines the following witnesses to prove her mtinuous residence upon , and cultivation _ . said land , viz : William Y. Johnson , John . Henderson , Samuel D. McClain aud Mi- ael Dooley , all of McCook. Neb. ' S.P.HART , Register. * I. ) i * ? F MMTP PT nrPTTTHTPi Pfl U Till His 1 illllU Ui ) UliU 1 Illll U uU. M IIr FOR SPRING 1887. We have received a large and complete stock J OF THE J Which in poiut of Quantity , Quality and Price , will rl compare favorably with any House west of / ( . ! hkin. : ; ! • { All goods are marked M in Plain Figures , and sold at Strictly Oke Price. /m We continue to give Ten per cent , discount on all ' * ( m OVERGO ATS ; l and other heavy Winter Goods until March 15th. / ; We have just received a line of / ' . ' in Kid , Dog-Skin , Goat and Buck-Skin. l } M CALL AND SEE STYLES AND PRICES. /j JONAS ENGEL , Manager. f > I RTcCOOK , JIEB. , PEB. 16th , 1837. \ ; jfl I CITY BAKERY. | ( I I FRESH BREAD I I ; DELIVERED EVERY DAY FREE OF CHARGE. S j M i ; o : i 1 | I -PIES-CAKES-CANDIES-NUTS- ! 9 - - - - - | \ -OYSTERS-CIBEE-CIGARS- ; i W I TOBACCO-ETC-ETC f { M I LUNCH ROOM IN CONNECTION , j / I l Cakes Made to Order. St. Paul Patent Flour. \ ' f 'jfl ' I A. PROBST h BRO. | fl _ _ _ . . . . . . 1 . H m.j-i Lmj.uii.i - 11 I imwwnrrnTitrn n 1 I i ! ! in ! ! iiimiiii iiimi iwhiwip.ihm.iM | t : DEALERS IN = ! H P - w- .iw ' ftA -J - _ * L. m- % 4 . 9 Sash , Doors , Blinds , Lime , Cement , \ Jfl ffARD AND HOW COAL. ! I AT ATM OFFICE AT = j j | acCOOK. - NElBRASKA. > jijfl Che Howard Lumber Co. I V. 'HOLES ALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN ' M ' O Pi 1 m b at * At 1 An i / 9 MeCOOK , NEBRASKA.jfl