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VOL. XL-NO. 6.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1880.
WHOLE NO. 526.
THE JOURNAL.
IS ISSCKD nVKUV WEDNESDAY,
M. K. TURNER & CO.,
Proprietors and Publishers.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. ?. Papoock, IT. S. Senator, Hcatrice.
A lvxn Saunders, U.S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. Majors, Rep- l'ru.
E. K. Valentink, Ucp., U eU Point.
STATE DI HECTOR Y:
Almi
SOS SaNck, Governor, Lincoln.
levauder. Secretary of Mate.
. Lieiltki Auditor, Lincoln.
. llartlett. Treasurer, Lincoln.
Vkiiu-nrtli. a 1 1 nrnc v-Genera 1.
S..I.
F. V
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C.J.
S. It.
H. C.
Thompson. Supt. Ptil.Iic Iusriic.
Iawon. Warden of Penitentiary.
W. W
C. H.
Ir..I.
H.r.
.Albe,i privon Inspector"!.
Gould, I
. (. DavK I'rl-on Physician.
Mathewson, Supt. Iusane Asylum.
.irniriAKY:
S. Maxwell, Chief Justice,
George B. Lake.l AMh0rialc Judge.
Ainaoa f'oitb.
lOl'RTII JUPICIU. HISTItlCT.
G. W. Po.t,Jndce, York.
SI. . Heese, IH-trict Attorney, ahoo.
LAND OFFICEHP:
SI. B. Heie. Kej;I-ter, Grand Island.
Win. Any an. Keeeiver, Grand Island.
COlT NT Y HI It ECTOR Y:
J. O. Hi-pin, County .ludjre.
John Stautler. Count) Clork.
J. W. Early, Treasurer.
Urn). Spielinnll, Sheritl.
K. L. Kosher, Surveyor.
John Walker, j
John Wise. CoiiiitvOoininIsInner.
SLSiaher. J
Hr. A. Heintz, Coroner.
S. L. Barrett, Supt. of Suhools.
SVrUMin;.;,, .'-tiresofthePeaee.
(llarles Wake, Constable.
CITY DIRECTORY
J. P. Beeker. Mayor.
H.J. Hudson. Clerk.
C. A. Newman. Treasurer.
(Ifii. (1. Bowman, Police J u dge
J. G. Itoutkon, EiiL'iueer.
councilmks:
1st Wnd-. lohn Riekly.
G. A.Sehroeder.
2d l(ir.-Wiii. Lamb.
S.S, McAllister.
Zd irrrf-G. W. (Mother.
Phil. Cain.
('oliitubus Posl Office.
Open on Sundays trni 11 a.m. to 12 m.
and from A:'M to (i i. m. Hn-iness
hours except Minday i a. m. to J e. M.
Eastern mail- close at 11 a. m.
Western mails i'Iukc at 4:15 p.m.
.Mail leaves Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 7 a. m. Arrives at p. M.
For Monroe, Genoa. Waterville and Al
bion, daily except Minda G A. M. Ar
rive, same. ( p.m.
For PoMvilie, Farral, Oakdale and
Newman's Grove, Mondavn, Wednes
davs and FrlcLivs, ; a.'m. Arrive
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
at p. m.
For Shell Creek, CreMoii and Stanton,
on Mondavti and Fridays at ! a.m.
Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
0 p. M.
For Alexis, Patron and Daid City,
Tuesdavs, Thursdays and Saturday,
1 p. m "Arrives at 12 M.
For M Anthonv. Prairie Hill and St.
Bernard. Friday b, ! a. M. Arrives
Saturdays, :, p.m.
U. I. Time Table
Eastward Bound.
Emigrant, No.fi, leaves at
Passeng'r, " 4, " "
Freight, " N " "
Freight, " 10, "
Westward Round.
Freight, No. ft, leaves at
Pass0n.;-r, " , "
Freight, " !, "
Emigrant. T. " "
0:2ft a. m.
11:X5 a.m.
2:1ft p.m.
4:30 a. in.
2:00 p. in.
4:27 p.m.
(5:00 p.m.
1:30 a. in.
Eerv dav except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
IT P. trains at Omaha. On .Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
shown bv the following schedule:
O., N. .V B. II . KG A I).
Beund north. Hound south.
Jackson 4 aw P.M. Norfolk 0:30 A.M.
LostCreckft:30
PL Centre ft:ft7
Humphrey (S:ftl
Madion 7:40
Munson S:2S
Munson 0:ftT "
Madison .7:4ft "
HumphrevS:34 '
PI. Centre :2.s
iLostCrerk!t:.V
i.lackson 10:30 "
Norfolk i:ftft
The denartiire from .laekon will be
governed by the arrival there of the
U. P. express tram.
SOCIETY NOTICES.
l2TCards under this heading will be
inserted for $3 a year.
G. A. 1L Baker Post Xo.Ji. Department
of Nebraska, meets eery second and
fourth Tuesday evenings in each
month in Knights of Honor Hall, Co
lumbus. John II immond. P. c.
I. 1). Waisvouth, Adj't.
II. P. Bow kk. Seargi Maj.
BUSINESS CARDS
Ir. :. I.. ICJI.S,
Physician and Surgeon.
TOllice open
at all hours.
Bank Building-
t .i. xciirn. ."!. ik.
PHYSICIAN A D SVJiGEOX,
Columlmw, N"el.
Ojfice 13th St., one door east of Red
Front drug store. Consultation in Ger
man and English. ftlti-x
VT7-JI. HCIItSIS.
Dealer in HEAL ESTA TE.
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
isi xszmxtz A;c:?r,
OKNOA. NANCK CO., - NKB.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
)W IS THE TIME to secure a life-
1 like nicture of vourelf
ana cbil-
dren at the New Art Room. east 11th
street, south side railroad track, Colum
bus. Nebaka.
47S-tf Mr. 5. A. Jossklyx.
aotick:
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if rou wish to'buy either in or out
of the'eity, if you wish to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, give us a call.
WaDSWORTH & JOSSFXTN.
XKLSON MILLKTT. BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
X. miL-LETT Sc HCKV,
TTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
J. Nebravka. X. B. They will give
close attention to all bUAiues& entrusted
to them. 248.
T OUIS SCHRE1BER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
"notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
torder. and all work guaranteed.
, iSTSbop opposite the " Tattersall,"
Olive Street. 525
SCHOOL, BLANK AND" OTHER
Pap
ei Pens,
AmXX WrM
JWIw? Jfi VJM1L
Musical Instruments and Music,
TOYS, NOTIONS, BASE BALLS AND BATS,
ARCHERY AND CROQUET, &c, at
LUBKER & CRAMER'S,
Corner 13th and Olive Sts., - - COLUMBUS, NEB.
VTpl. M. CORRKI'UM
A TTOIiXEY-A T-LA H',
Upstair in Gluek Building, 11th street.
TO UK .I.IAlCSIIArN,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AH D
XOTAJtY J'UJtLIC,
Platte Center,
N'kb.
TT J. IIUlSO.,
KOTAEY PUBLIC,
tith Strt, i Jor wfst of lUmraond Home,
Columbus, Neb. 4l-y
pvK. M. IKXIHIKSTOi,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Orticeover corner of 11th and Xorth-M.
AH operations lirst-classand warranted.
G
MIKADO 1IARIIEK KIIOP!
HEN'RY WOODS, Prop'h.
!3"EverythinK in first -class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 61(5 y
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rAIJJNTER I1KOS.,
A TTOJiXEYS A T LA W,
Ortice up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St.
TTENKY LUEUS,
Blacksmith and Wagon Maker.
Shopn nfr Fouailrr, south of A. A N. Drpot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
Wagons, Buggies. Farm Machinery, &.
Keep on hand the Furst A- Bradley plows.
GEORGE N. DERRY,
CARRIAGE,
f House k Sign Tainting,
aBAlKIMO, 0LAZI1T3,
Paper llnneinfft
KALSOMININa, Etc.
J3TA11 work warranted. Shop ou
Olive street, one door south of Elliott's
new Pump-house. aprlfiy
T S. MURDOCK SON,
" " Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction In work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is. Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. ISTShop at
the Big Windmill, Columbus, Xebr.
481-y
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER &KNOBEL, Prop'i.
KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh
meat, and smoked pork and beef;
also fresh fish. Make sausage a spec
ialtv. iSrRemeniber the place. Elev
enth St., one door went of D. Ryan's
hotel. 41"tf
DOCTOR E0NESTEEL.
U. S. EXAMINING NURCaEOaU
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA.
OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m., and 7 to 0 p. in. Othce on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north or
E. .1. Baker's grain office. Residence,
corner "Wyoming and A alnut streets,
north Columbus, Nebr.
433-tf
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND OHNKKAL.
C0LLECTI0N0FFICE
"V. &GEER
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots ou
farm property, time one to three
vears. Farms with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother Houe, Columbus, Neb.
47S-X
IT. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Storeon Olive St., near the old Post-office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly
A GOOD
FARM FOR SALE
1S4J acres of good land, 80
acres under cultivation, a
irood house one and a half
story high, a good stocK range, plenty 01
water, and good hav land. Two miles
east of Columbus. Inquire at the
1'ioneer Bakery. 473-6m
D. C. McGILL'S
Billiard Hall!
Olive St., at the old Post-office stand.
The Best Billiard Hall ia the City,
and a first-class resort.
X3TA11 classes of Imported Wlies
and Cigars kept on hand. GIS-x
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BOOKS!
Pencils, Inks,,
tmi M
py
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
THE RAIN SID COME !
Our Crop is Safe !
BKACE lTP! AND HAVE COFBAGE
AND BUY OF
Robert Uhlig,
One of the Leading Grain and Grass
cutting machines of the world
The Elward Harvester,
THE EUREKA MOWER.
The Climax Reaper,
THE CLIMAX MOWER,
The chief of all the threshers in exist
ence, and the well-known,
easy-running
Moline Wagon.
In order to secure a machine, place
your order now. Come and see the
sample machines.
Extra Tor the above .TlnrhlHes
always on hand.
Do not forget that the Agent is
ROBT. UHLIG,
I2th Street, next to Bank.
-AJVOERICXAJSr
medical i mm: institute.
?. . MITCHELL, U. S.
B. T. iJABTiy, U. 0
ii
S. S. USES, ii. D., t :. C. SIUZSX, U. S., of Oaihi,
Consulting Fhjsicians d Surgeons,
For the treatment of all classes of Sur
gery and deformities ; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases of the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
JEWELRY STORE
OF
G. HEITKEMPER,
ON ELEVENTH STREET,
Opposite Speice & North's lunil-ortice.
Has ou hand a tine selected
stock of
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
J-ALL GOODS SOLD, ENGRAVED
FREE OF CHAUGE..0
Call and see. No trouble to show
goods. rli)-3m
&
Daniel Faucette,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Hirnessj Saddlesj Bridles, a&i Collars,
keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
whips, Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spur's,
Cards. Harness made to order. Re
pairing done on short notice.
NEBRAKA AVENUE, Columbus.
A3.4.
COUJMBl.S
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
J3T Wholesale snd Retail Dealer in For
eign "Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
ZSTKentucky Vhiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street, Seutk ef Depot
mvm mmi Mil) mfWi mfnbfi
'&
fmWMJtli,
Prams
SfflOQS
waies
Ms ana Jewelry
DIVORCED.
They had been man and wifo for
fifteen years; for fifteen years had
known and borne joy and sorrow
together; had experienced the rich
blessings of fatherhood and mother
hood ; had wept oyer a dead child's
face together; through sun and
shadow had walked together and
now they conld no longer find peace
under the same roof; they were to
be divorced. Neither knew how
they had come to this. In the be
ginning there had been affection and
delight; but, after a time, the hus
band compared bis wife with other
women, and found that this one
possessed a brighter eye, and that
one more perfect curves of cheek
and chin, and yet another a neater
foot and more taste in dress; one
sparkled in conversation, and her
neighbor sang till the heart was en
thralled at her tones; why had not
the woman he had chosen have all
these beauties and charm ? And she ?
She did not at first compare him
with other men, but she wondered
that he seemed to care less for a kiss
from her, and that his manner lost
the fine, impalpable air of courtesy
and deference that love evokes.
But the
Little rift within the lute
was there, and it slowly widened
through the years till all the music
that began when they first loved had
become mute until oue night they
sat full of memories. Memories are
usually sad guests, and especially
memories of the past ecstasy that
once we felt, when life wa9 an at
mosphere of confidence and love;
and these two, brooding over the
evening fire, made no exceptions to
this hard rule. The children had
felt constraint, and a vngue sorrow
that was like a burden on their
hearts; so they crept to bed, and did
not whisper, as was their habit, but
lay close to each other and wondered
in a childish way, at things they
could not understand. The wife
was mending the clothes, as she had
done, week after week, for fifteen
years. The rocking-chair vibrated
or stood still, as her thoughts moved
her soul only. She carefully re
frained from glancing at tho still
figure across the room, and kept her
face calm and indifi'ereut. The hus
band roused at last from his thought
ful posture, and looked at his wife.
Something in her attitude recalled
the girl he had wooed, when he had
felt he must win or life would not
be worth the living. He looked
again, and seemed to see the face
that had bent over him so anxiously
when the fever burned in his veins
and his life lay in the balance. The
power of the past was upon him,
and when he spoke it softened his
voice to a minor key :
Do you want all the children,
Martha?'
She felt her heart almost stifling
her, for she had thought of the chil
dren constantly, and longed to know
what arrangement could be made
concerning them, but had not had
the courage to put her thought into
words. She looked at her husband
with a pale face and eyes full of
suffering.
'T trrnillil 1!Lo In Viovn Mintn oil
i.wu.u imv ,. .... ,u 1IIUU Ull,
Ben, if you are willing, but I have
tried to learn to part from some of
them.
'Yon can keep them all. I did
think I would take Bob and go to
the mines, but I expect he is better
off where he is.'
Martha Grant said nothing, only
looked at her husband, and then
hastily left the room.
lie dropped his head in his hands
and sat quite still. It was not so
easy after all, this severing of the
intricate growth of so many years;
and he felt that the future did not
look so fair, nor freedom so desira
ble, as he had persuaded himself to
believe. His children had often felt
the force of his anger, and he had
sometimes felt with envy of the
nonchalant liberty of his bachelor
friends ; but he now felt more pangs
than he liked to entertain when the
final parting from his children stood
before his vision like a perfect draw
ing:. His wife might not be the
fairest or most accomplished woman
he knew, but she had loved him,
which these women had not, and she
bad borne many things for his sake
which they perhaps would not have
borne; and he was used to her and
her ways. He always knew that if
be tried he could rouse her sympa
thetic interest in bis trouble and in
his successes. Other women might
be lovely, but could he, with bis
gray locks and sober ways, ever
hope to win them? And would a
fair woman, tender and delicate, be
suited to take upon herself and suc
cessfully carry the burdens his wife
would have to bear? Martha had
been a brave, strong woman, and in
all her trials and they had been not
a few she had been patient as most
women. Of course her temper had
flamed at times, but had be always
been mild? She had sometimes
seemed weary and disheartened;
but bad he not also questioned des
tiny and longed for a diflerent fate?
Well, it was likely that most people
had times of dissatisfaction and
seasons when their1 best friends
looked ugly and disagreeable. Poor
Martha I she was somewhere now,
crying because she was to keep all
the children. How queer women
were ; they cried if they did not get
their way, and they cried if they did.
Martha loft her husband's presence
aud went to the bed where her two
girls were sleeping. Their faces lay
on the same pillow, and the slight
fingers of one clasped the haud of the
other. Their expression was the
relaxed, solemn one of deep slum
ber; and tho mother stood hushed,
looking at them and vaguely won
dering where her children were if
these were they, or did they wander
in some unknown land that the
dreamer alone may enter? Would
they ever stand as she stood and
gaze at their children asleep, whilo
the husband and father sat in an
other room ready to break away
from them as from some dark evil?
So she slept beside her sister the
night before her wedding day, and
dreamed of the coming hour that
was to crown her queen of one heart
for life. So she slept for many
nights after, close within strong
arms that were to be her tower of
help, and against a breast that had
promised to be her shield through
all changes. How proud he was of
Bob, the first boy, as the little shape
less thing opened its blinking eyes
and gave him a vacant stare. No
glance from the eye of beauty ever
thrilled him as did this meaningless
gaze. She would not think longer,
but, kissing her girls, and going to
Bob's bed lor another look and kiss,
she went to her room.
In the morning the family met
around the breakfast table, but with
the constraint and lack of cheerful
ness. To-day Mr. Grant was to
leave the home that had for so long
chafed him with its cares and bound
him with its viewless chains. lie
was to leave his wife and children,
and see if the world could not yield
him more pleasure than lay in their
power to bestow. His wife had
carefully prepared his clothes, and
various little packages for his com
fort were stowed away where he
would uot see them till he was far
away. She had grown so used to
caring for him, you see. When the
hour for parting came, he shook his
wife by the hand, and we will not
look at their faces nor peer too
curiously into their hearts. The
children were too frightened and
awed to cry, and besides they did
not really comprehend that their
father was leaving them forever. It
is so difficult for childhood to un
derstand final farewells. They kiss
ed him, and put their soft hands up
to his shoulders, forgetting pnst
pain inflicted by him, and remem
bering only that father was going
away for a long time.
'Be good to the children, Martha,'
was all he could say as he turned to
the door and stumbled over the
threshold.
'I will do the best I can, Ben ; and
you will lake care of yourself?'
It doesn't matter about me; I'll
get along. Good-by.'
He drove away, and they watched
him as he went. Well, the world
never could be the same again, and
nothing not even eternity could
erase the memory of what had been.
No matter what the coming years
held for them, they would never
forget this day, and the husband
and father who left them for another
start in life.
And can he ever forget the past
and those who will never wait for
his return ? He may die in a strange
land and they know it not. They
may be laid away to sleep and no
tidings of the change reach him.
Each now has freedom and liberty
to form new ties; but what avails
liberty to the oue who is in chains
to memories that nothing can lay to
rest? We see these things every
day, and let each one judge for him
self if they be good and profitable
things.
lyln&: Word.
The last words of the great satirist
Rabelais were: "I am going to take
a leap in the dark; let down the
curtain, the farce is done." Mira
beau's farewell to life was thus ex
pressed: "Let me die amid the
sound of delicious music and the
fragrance of flowers." Keats' last
words were a poem in themselves:
"I feel the daisies growing over
me." Burns' dying words were:
"Don't let that awkward squad fire
over my grave." Chancellor Thur
low's: "I'm shot, if I don't believe
I'm dying." Haller slept after the
words : "The artery ceases to beat,"
and amid the growing darkness of
mortality Goethe murmured the
words, "Let the light enter."
PRIDE OF THE PEAIELE.
Ambition, Pride natl OrentHess
of Columbus Hie Woaltl
be Capital.
Impetus Given Trade and Commerce
by the New Railway.
The
State Convention and Recent
Rains.
Special Correspondence Omaha News.J
Yesterday, the .'10th of May, the
city of Columbus attained its 24th
year, and many were the reminis
cences recalled by the early settlers
as they met on the street corners to
chat nn idle hour away. Many of
the old land-marks are gone now, as
well as some of the original settlers,
those hardy pioneers from away
back iH Ohio who came here and
founded a second Columbus, so
named after the beautiful city of
that name in the Buckeye state.
But while thejfond recollections nat
urally clinging around old relics are
rudely shocked when one is oblit
erated, aud while tho taking away
by the grim destroyer of one of the
founders or fathers of tho city, is an
occasion of deepest sadness, yet are
we comforted by knowing that each
served well his purpose and perhaps
outlived his usefulness, while the
onward inarch of progress and ad
vancement leave little or no time
for more than a passing regret, a
fleecy cloud for a moment obscuring
the bright disc of the sun.
THE PIONEERS
found no city, not eveu a cultivated
piece of ground in PJatto county
twenty-four years ago. It was a
gigantic undertaking, requiring
nerve to bravo the dangers of tlis
then howling wilderness by those
brave men, but they dared to do it.
In the language of the world's
greatest soldier, "The' came, they
saw and they conquered," aud tho
broad prairies under cultivation,
smiling with the promise of a boun
tiful harvest, and dotted here aud
there with comfortable, happy
homes in which prosperity is no
stranger, tell the wonderful story of
growth aud development, the direct
results springing from the labors of
that dauntless baud of Ohioaus.
Platte is a wonderfully beautiful
count-, so harmoniously blending
the beautiful with the material that
it is no wonder people have made it
an objective point, perhaps more
largely than any other county lying
in the famous Platte valley. The
noble Loup and Platte rivers, with
Shell creek and a great number of
lesser streams, all bountifully sup
plied with timber, give the observ
er from an eminence a very favora
ble impression, and this is only
strengthened by a closer inspection
aud investigation into its numerous
attractions.
To say anything in favor of Ne
braska soil would be pretty much
the same as passing encomiums upon
the gold of our mints. It is the xe
plus ultra, and cannot be improv
ed upon, so that it amply suffices to
say that Platte county lies in the
very heart of this, the most famous
agricultural region of the United
States a fact easily verified by her
crop statistics from year to year.
COLUMBUS,
the late seat of war between the
antis and anti-antis of this stale, has
safely got over the effects of that
mighty struggle, and everything has
assumed its wonted demeauor. And
here it may be well to note the fact
that just that yery thing has done
more to bring the people of the
South Platte country to a realization
of the fact that a portion of Nebras
ka at least, lies north of that dead
line. The predictions of chronic
growlers that hotel accommodations
could not be obtained, that a suita
ble hall was uot to be had, etc., etc.,
were happily overturned and em
phatically given the lie to by the
royal entertainment so amply pro
vided. She wears another feather
in her cap to-day, too, because of the
prompt action of her best citizens
when called upon by Nebraska's
chief executive, that leader of lead
ers, Albinus Nance, to assist in
quelling the turbulent spirits at the
Omaha Smelting Works. In Icsb
thau half an hour over one hundred
men responded to the call and fifty
of them weut down determined to
do their full duty as citizens of this
grand commonwealth at all hazards
and under any circumstances.
RAILWAYS
naturally seek great centers of com
merce, and here is another verifica
tion of the fact. The A. & N. is
now running regular trains each
day, giving the city first-class con
nections with Lincoln, Atchison
and St. Louis. A competing line
too, and one whose influence is
sure to be felt in the matter ofrates.
The B. & M. folks are busily engag
ed in putting up depots and other
necessary building, and stock yards
are being built at tho new track, all
of which means business. Rains
have been plentiful of late, so that
now an abundant harvest is aasnred,
all of which must be glorious news
to your readers.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, the famous
lady lawyer of Iowa, lectured to a
large and intelligent audience here
last night, and, it is useless to
say, she fairly captivated her hear
ers. Although not a strict temper
ance town, Columbus possesses a
9trong cold-water element, who arc
doing something for the cause.
IMMIOKATION.
has been quito heavy to Platte coun
ty this spring, and mainly of a bet
ter class, to whom cheap laud is
uot so much an object as good lauds
within the limits of civilization, so
that what Columbus has lout by hav
ing her trade cut oil' by new rail
roads she will soon regain by the
settlement of tho vacant lands con
tingent to the town.
E. O. L. Eimiolm.
The Story of it IM-lulc.
During the war our townsman, J.
P. Moore, on one occasion went out
in front of our lines to give some
water to a wounded Yankee, who
was lying in a helpless condition
upon the grounds but lately occu
pied by the federal forces and from
which they had recently been driven.
The man was crying pileously for
water, and the bullets were rattling
around from both armies. Moore
said he intended to risk the exposure
to do the deed of mercy and went
out to him. It proved to be a cap
tain of a Pennsylvania regiment,
who was profuse with thanks and
offered Mooro his gold watch, which
the gallant confederate decliued. He
begged for his name, that he might
if he survived the war, remember
him. This he wrote down in his
memorandum-book. The captain
recently wrote hero to know if
Moore was living; said he was rich,
but dying of consumption, and de
sired to provide for him in his will.
Mr.Moore wrote to him aud receiv
ed a friendly letter in reply, telling
him that there was .$10,000 set apart
for his use, to be -paid in install
ments of .$2,000 each. The federal
officer has since died, and the other
day the payment of $2,000 was re
ceived. Truly, 'tis "good to give
even a cup of water in the right
spirit."-Ft. Smith (Ark.) Herald.
A Mystery of the Honeymoon.
The courship, the engagement, tho
ceremony are over. The bridegroom
hands his brido into the carriage,
and the honeymoon begins. Now
observe one of the most singular
facts in tho whole history of court
ship, a fact to which there is no
known exception : Tho bridegroom
never can recall the first words
spken by him to the bride in that
carriage. Why? This question has
been asked a hundred thousand
times, and never satisfactorily ans
wered yet. Some attribute tho for-
getfulncss to joy ; some to confusion ;
some fancy the words are of such nn
extremely romantic nature, the man
finds it more consistent with his
dignity not to recall them. The
answer is none of these. It is much
more prosaic and practical. The
secret of forgetfulness is that he has
already said to her everything ho
could think would interest her, ev
erything that does Interest him. Ilia
conversational resources are ex
hausted, and he has nothing to say.
Instead of an important speech, he
utters some dreamy commonplace,
throws himself back in the cushions,
devoutly thanking Heaven "the
thing is over." Thus, before the
honeymoon is five minutes old, the
bridegroom breaks down. Tinsley's
Magazine.
Relief for Driven Well Owners.
Owners of driven wells in Iowa
will be interested in learning that
another step has been taken in the
interest of those opposing the claims
of the alleged patentees, which
promises something. In responpc
to a great number of petitions sent
to congress, a joint resolution ha
been introduced into the house of
representatives, instructing the at
torney general to bring suit in the
name of the United States to cancel
the letters patent issued in 1SCS and
1871 to Nelson W. Green for this
kind of well, on the ground that
Green was not the original inventor
and that tho device bad been in use
for years in many parts of the coun
try and had long been common
property. This proposes to relieve
parties who have been sued of the
necessity of attending the tnited
States courts and defending cases
which involve but $10 or 20, but
the cost of defending which would
be larger than the amount claimed.
Dubuque Telegraph.
3Jgtbing can be great which is not
right.
WHAT IT WAS FOR.
The Sequel ol the Busy Tlmeo
alone: the IMne of the U. Ac O.
The incentive for tho great activ
ity of late displayed upon the line
of tho Baltimore & Ohio, ia now
made plain by the inauguration of
u enterprise, in tho way of a. faat
train, which makes a remarkable
reduction in the timo between -tbU
city and Washington. No less than
eleven hours travel is saved by the
new schedule which goes into effect
to-day. Leaving here one evening
Washington is reached the next
evening, the Baltimorcit Ohio being
the only road by which two night'd
travel are not necessitated betweeu
Chicago and Washington. In other
words tho B. & O. is the entire
eleven hours quickor to the Nation
al Capital thau any other road,
while to New York and Boston it.s
time is the same us by the fastest
trains on other roads. The whole
line being owned by one company,
its trains complete go through with
out change or lay over. Not only
has the track been subjected to a
general inspection and improve
ment, but the eating stations, depots
and the like ou the line have been
renovated and put in the finest pos
sible form. The now Jnuuey patent
coupler platform has been placed
upon the passenger equipment of
the company, thus uot only making
safely absolute but steadying the
entire train aud adding much to the
comfort of passengers. Tho pull
man car service ou the B. & O. is
perfect, the line of drawing-room
sleepers built expressly for this
route being elegant in the extreme.
In all things tho Ii. & O. is now of
the first classes, first-class. Chicago
Times.
The .11 an Who I'ounil Some
rUon-y.
The other day u very common
looking man, dressed in very com
mon clothes, entered a saloon ou
Woodward avenue at a moment
when the proprietor was alone and
asked him to lock tho door for a
moment and count the contents of a
pocket-book which he had just
picked up on tho street. The door
was locked, and as a fat-looking
wallet was handed out the stranger
said :
"I can't read nor write nor tell
iiggers, but I know you won't cheat
me."
The money counted up just one
hundred dollars. There were two
twenty-dollar bills, and the rest
were of smaller denominations. The
stranger said he would hand the
wallet over to the police, and thank
ed the unloonist and departed. In
about a qunrter of an hour he re
turned and confidentially said:
"I gave up all the money but a
ten-dollar bill, which I'm going to
keep for my honesty. Let's drink."
He threw down one of the twenty-dollar
bills and drank his beer.
It was remembered that he had said
he couldn't tell the figures on the
bills, and he was given change for
ten dollars.
"Was that a five or a ten?" he
asked, as the twenty was put away.
"Oh, that's a ten," was the reply.
The man drank once more, and
then took his leave. In the course
of an hour a detective was looking
for him 011 charge of passing a
counterfeit bill, but he could not be
found. May be that suloonist made
ten dollars out of him, and may be
ho didn't. Detroit Free Press.
IVew Proverbial IMillosophy.
A short horse is soon curried, but
a mule, short or long, will kick you
into the next township.
A wise man rellects before he
speaks ; a fool speak", and then re
flects while his eye is getting well.
Who hath a cold hath sorrow to
his sops, Cdpeeially if his handker
chief hath starch in it.
Who wants to beat a dog soon
finds a slick, but already has the dog
shot around the uext corner yelling
"ki-ki !"
What cannot bo cured must be
endured, but firit try Jones' Magic
Liniment.
Trust not a horse's heels, nor a
dog's tooth, neither a man who says
he'll pay you Saturday.
The fool never thinks higher than
the top of his house, and penueth the
festive, joke at the expense of the
lightning rod agent.
liaise no more epirits than you
can conjure down, say at four swal
lows. Ilather go to bed supperlesa than
rise in debt, now that the bankrupt
law has expired.
A spendthrift lets go the bridle,
grabs his steed by the mane, and
yells, "Whoa, Emma!" Oil City
Derrick.
An editor who thinks he knows
all about farming says in speaking
about strawberries, that the best way
to raise them 13 with a spoon.