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- 'r- STEVENS & BARE, Editors and Props. SATDBDAY. MAKCH 26, 1887. The flood in the Missouri at Bis marck was very destructive resulting in the loss of life and great destruc tion of property. One whole fam ily was swept into the river and perished. A Washington doctor is trying to make put that Cleveland is is dan ger of going off in a fit- of appoloxy. This is denied of course, but does not change the fact. The fat man is a powerful high liver. The railroad wreck in Massachu setts was promptly followed by a hotel horror in Buffalo, resulting in the cremation of a dozen or more human bodies. The accidents com menced early in the year seem to be holding out remarkably well. Lauer's second trial resulted in a verdict of acquittal, as anticipated by all who had read the evidence. This does not change public opin ion in the least. If he did not kill his wife intentionally, he was not sorry for the act. A fellow who sleeps in bed with a loaded pistol has murder in his heart anyway. Rosewater having "skipped the bounty," the legislature was com pelled to drop the investigation of charges against the judiciary com mittee. A resolution of censure was adopted, for which Rosy cares about as much as the snap of a finger. Firing windy resolutions at Rosy is as good fun as the Bee wants. The assessors of Keith County agreed to assess cattle, 2, 5, 10 and 15 dollars per head: horses 8, 15, 25 and 45 dollars; mules the same; stallions 100 to 150 dollars: sheep 50 cents per head and hogs 1 cent per pound. Land at from one to three dollars per acre, and personal property at a one-third valuation. It will he noticed that the rates are somewhat higher than those agreed upon in this county. The Omaha Bepuhlican names Myron Reed of Denver as a fit per son to succeed Mr. Beecher in Pty mouth church. 31r. Reed is a very eloquent preacher and speaker. He was the democratic nominee last fall for member of congress from Colorado, and came very near being elected. In politics he is what is called a "mugwump" or Republican pharisee. The Lincoln State Journal, in order to keep up with the demands of the times, has put in a Hoe per fecting press, capable of printing 10,000 papers per hour, the whole plant consisting of press, stereot7 ping outfit, &c, costing 816,000. It signalized the event by printing for Sunday morning's issue a 24-page paper, giving a review of Lincoln from the time of its location in 1868. The Journal is and always has been one of the best papers in the West, and its success is de served. Mar it continue to prosper. Gr. W. Randall, a quack doctor, who had been operating in and around Hastings for some time committed an outrage upon a girl said to be only eleven years old, assisted by his wife. The pair had been before the court on prelimin ary hearing, and had been held to bail. While awaiting the making out of papers, a brother of the. out raged girl fired a pistol ball through the head of the doctor, killing him almost instantl. The general verdict of the people is that the act was justified. The young man will probably never be tried for the offense. The Cleveland orgaifc are point ing with pride to the fact that the president vetoed 132 bills during the life of the Forty-ninth congress, or twentv-one more than the total number of bills vetoed from the foundation of the government to the beginning of that congress. But this isn't the only reason they have for "pointing with pride" to the fat man. As H. Clay Dean would have put it, the great vetoer is the first president of the republic who ever hung a man or debauched a woman while in training for the high office. If he doesn't deserve to be "pointed to" with something, who does? Grover is a very great man in girth. Tne iouowin is Lue ac cording to the Atchison Ghbe, in which a Topeka real estate dealer told of a bargain he held in the shape of a single lot: "It is all wool and extra wide. No such bargain between here and the head waters of Bitter creek. Price 2,000. Dirt cheap, you say? Well, yes. It is worth 3.000, but I am com pelled to sell it before next Satur day in order to meet certain obliga tions. It makes me groan to think I cannot hold on to it a month and sell it for 4,000. But what is my loss will be somebody elses gain. It must go at 2,000." TAXING RAILROAD LANDS. The following is the full text of the act in reference to taxing un patented railroad lands: That no lands granted to any railroad cor poration by any act of Congress shall be exempt from taxation bv States, Territories and municipal corporations on account of the lien of the United States upon the same for the costs of surveying, selecting and conveying the same, or because no patent has been issued therefor; but this provision shall not apply to lands unsurveyed: Provided, that any such land sold for taxes shall be taken by the purchaser subject to the lien for costs of suryeying, selecting and conveying, to be paid in such, manner by the purchaser as the Secretary of the Interior may by rule provide, and to all liens of the United States, all "mortgages of the United States, and all rights of the United States in respect to such land: Provided further, That this act shall apply only to lands situat ed opposite to and coterminous with completed portions of said roads, and in organized counties: Provided further, That, at any sale of lands under the provisions of this act, the United States may be come a preferred purchaser, and in such case the lauds sold shall be restored to the public domain and disposed of as provided by the laws relating thereto. Sec. 2. That if any railroad cor poration required by law to pay the costs of surveying:, selecting:, or con- VPVinor j ii f i i any lanas granted to sucn company or for its use and benefit by act of Congress, shall, for thirty days, neglect or refuse to pay any such costs, after demand for pay ment thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall notify the Attorney General, who shall at once commence proceedings to collect the same. But when any sum shall be collected of such railroad com pany, as costs of surveying selecting and conveying any tracts of land which have been purchased under the provisions of section 1 hereof, the Secretary of the Interior shall, out of such collections, reimburse said purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount of money paid by him as the costs of such surveying, sel ecting and conveying. Sec. 3. That this act shall not affect the right of the Government to declare or enforce a forfeiture of any lands so granted: but all the rights of the United States to said j lands, or to any interest therein, j shall be and remain as if this ' act had not passed, except as to the lien mentioned in the first section here-' of. Sec. 4. That section 21 of chapter 216, approved July 2, 1864, is hereby so amended that the costs of surveying, selecting and convey ing, therein required to be paid shall become due and payable at and on the demand therefor made by the Secretary of the Interior as pro vided in section 2 of this act, and nothing in this act shall be con strued or taken in any wise to affect or impair the right of Congress, at any time hereafter, further to altar, amend or repeal the said act, as in the opinion of Congress justice or the public welfare may require, or to impair or waive any right or remedy now existing in favor of the United States. This act shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal. The beginning of the end of the anarchists is more than half-way accomplished, and this without anT reference to the legal ending of them; they are tumbling to pieces by the centrifugal force of cranki ness. It is ever thus with too great spirits. The souls too great for the medium-seized garments of common sense never dwell in unity. That which has befallen others has befallen the great souls who, finding that the best government on earth was too bad for them, re solved that they would inaugurate a universal no-government by the persuasive oratory of dynamite. Even in the little group of anarchists there could not be equalit7. Poor Mr. Salomon was not allowed to speak in court, and great Mr. Black was. Brassy Mr. Spies was every where made a center of observation and thinking Mr. Parsons was af forded only such vicarious notoriety as floated from the strident oratory of his wife. Mr. Fielden, the most endowed with thought of all the otherwise clattering: sang has been allowed to sink into oblivion. Alas! there are aristocrats even in anar chy! What with the ciuarrelinsr law- Ters, the discarded- dogs, and the egotism or. spies, tne ingntiui in tensity of tragedy has been height ened by a touch of almost simian comedy. Inter Ocean. A citizen of Overton tells us of a hunter of that town who had a very unpleasant experience and one that he will long remember, last week He was duck and goose hunting oil the river near the Overton bridge when the ice broke up and com menced to move. , Making lively tracks for the nearest point of safe ty one of the piles of the bridge now in course of construction and there saw the rush and whirl of the ice and waters as they swept past him. It was nearly dark when the ice broke and the hunter was com pelled to maintain his equilibrium on his shaky perch the long night through, and until daylight dis closed him to the bridge workmen, who rescued him from his tiresome and uncomfortable situtaiton. Plum Creek Pioneer. THE COMMISSIONERS APPOI NTED. The President has appointed the following inter-state commerce commissioners: Thos. M. Cooley, of Michigan, for the term of six years; Wm. R. Morrison of Illi- nois,for the term pf five years; Augustus Schoonmaker of New York, for the term of four vears; AldaceF. Walker of Vermont, for the term of three years: Walter L. Bragg of Alabama, for the term of two years. Thos. M. Cooley was bornatUtica, N. Y., in 1824, studied law and re moved to Michigan in 1843, w here he has since resided. He was elect ed a justice of the supreme court of Michigan in 1864, 1869 and. 1877. He is the author of some standard legal works. Wm. R. Morrison was born in Il linois, is a lawyer and was in con gress from 1875 and 1887. Walter L. Bragg was born in Alabama in 1838. but resided in Arkansas from 1843 to 1861. He was educated at the Harvard and Cambridge law schools. He has been the law partner of Senator Morgan. He has been president of the Alabama state railroad commis sion. Aldace F. Walker is a Arermont republican lawyer, forty-four years old, who studied law with Senator Edmunds. He has studied the rail road question extensively as a mem ber of the Vermont state senate Augustus Schoonmaker was bom in Ulster count', N. Y., in 1828, and is a lawyer in active practice; was a state senator and a close friend of Gov. Tilden and in 1878 attorney general of New York, suc ceeding Fairchild, Of the five commissioners, Messrs Morrison, Schoonmaker and Bragg are democrats, and Messrs. Cooley and Walker republicans. Considerable criticism is indulged that a republican should be named by the president as the first on the commission, but the law creating the commission gives the majority power to select a chairman from this number. It is stated that the president gave Judge Cooley the longest term as a recompense for his surrendering the receivership of the Wabash railroad system, which is more lucrative than his present appointment. More Good to Flow From It. 'Editors Tribune: The meeting of the assessors Tues day was one of the most important meetings ever held m Lincoln coun ty, and there will more good flow from it than any meeting ever held in the county, for the assessors established a just and equal system of assessing, using one unit of measurement for the poor and rich, for personal property and for Real Estate. They tore away the veil which our whilom assessor hid behind and made the people believe the art of assessing was a great mystery, would.not let them see how much he would assess their lots at; and when exposed for unjust asses sing would tell the injured that he was not to blame, the commissioners ought to have equalized. The assessors placed the value of horses at twenty dollars, cattle at six dollars, hogs at one dollar, sheep at twenty-five cents and all other personal property at one-fifth the actual value. When farm lands were reached, Mr. Dick moved that they should be assessed the same as personal property, that is at one fifth the actual value. The asses sor who looks through a spy glass witli the big end to his eye when he views a rich man's proper ty and the small end when he views a poor man's property, immediatly sprang to his feet opposing the motion and advocating the old way, that is to set a value on lands, a certain value for rough lands, a certain value for hay lands, etc., which would greatly assist the as sessor, for he would not have to rack his poor brains (and probably show his ignorance) to set a value on lands, and by implication hinted that the county assessors were too ignorant to set a proper value upon lands. Mr. Dick promptly answer ed him that the same measure used for personal property should be used for real estate; that it would be im possible to classify lands in that way so that they would pay an equal tax on their value; that the assessors were intelligent men elect ed by the people; were on the ground and were better capable to place value on their lands than those who had not seen them. Several of the country assessors expressed them selves in the same vein and it was plain that all the country assessors were agreed upon it, when Mr. Van Brocklin gained the everlasting gratitude of the people of North Platte by amending the motion by including the Real Estate in the city of North Platte. The amend ment was promptly accepted by Mr. Dick, the motion was put and al most unanimously carried. At a first glance the great import ance of the action of the meeting is not seen, but effects will be felt for all future time; for it has estab lished a unit of measurement of values (the same as a foot rule is of distance.) It places the poor man's possessions on the same level as the rich: it enables the tax payer to know if he is assessed too high, and i it takes away the power from 1 stupid and corrupt commissioners of unjust unequahzing. All honors to the late Board of Assessors for they have earned our everlasting gratitude. James Beltox. Conway & Keith, DEALERS IK fiardware: and ftarniiare Have the exclusive sale in this city of the 6 Quick-Meal" We have them with both high and low oven. This is the only stove with movable loth oven that can be used for balling, washing, etc. Other low ovens are stationary and can only be used for bahing. We handle these stoves with from one to si.v burners; no other stove has more than-four Uurners. Another advantage or safeguard is that the tank cannot be filed while one or more burners are lighted. DAYS No section of Nebraska, will re ceive as heavy an immigration this season as the South Loup country. Large numbers are coming on the recomendations of those who have settled here; no doubt thinking that their friends word is worth a great deal more than the land agents. Gaudy Pioneer. Yesterday the cases against Ford, McComas and Haeberio for selling whiskey contrary to law, were called up and disposed of, by the parties pleading guilty. The court assessed a fine of 100 and costs in each case. He gave the bors some wholesome advice and excused the low fine on grounds of its being their first offence, "but assured them if repeated they would not likely get off for less than 500 each. We presume they went on their way re joicing feeling that they could stand a fine occasionally and it would be cheaper by the year than license. Broken Bow Republican. A settler residing across the Nortli Platte had the misfortune to get one of his horses legs broken while crossing the North river bridge last Sunday night. The cause was in one of the planks being improperly placed . The set tler has instituted proceedings against the county to recover dam ages for the loss of his horse A wedding reported to occur Sun day evening failed to materlize for the reason that the high contract ing parties failed to appear though the clergyman summoned from Nortli Platte for the occasion was on hand. Ogallala Neiv s. The first election in Box Butte comity was had on Tuesday of last week. Nonpareil was made the county seat by a majority vote of 136. The total vote cast was 240. The entire republican ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 36 to 126. cured every jear bj Acker's celebrated English Remedy. It "Vs a guaranted prep aration ; if it does not lelp you it will cost you nothing. Try it. A. single dose will ihrvr iisgood e:Isct. Trial bottles 10 eta. For sale at Thacker's. Quite a serious accident occurred in Curtis last Saturday evening. Our townsman. P. A. Harris had been out with a party hunting, had returned and was entering his store with a couple of guns in his left baud, when one of them, a Win chester rifle, was discharged, and the ball passed through his arm, entering at the arm-pit and passing out of the top of his shoulder. No bones were touched though a pain ful wound is the consequence. At the time of the accident Mrs. Harris was leaning on her husband's arm, and the bullet sped by her face and entered the ceiling above. Curtis Record. VVCW woud enjoy your dinnor J i? and are prevented by Dvs pepsia, us5 Actor's Dyspepsia Tablets. They are a positive, curo'for Dyspepsia, In digestion, Fici,uli'i.;r and Constipation. Wo Rtrcutort tiicv .;."! ond CO cents. Sold by Thacker's. C, i. R. h Lloyd's Opera House, MONDAY EVE'G, APRIL 11, For the benefit of the Relief Fund of S. A. No invitations will be issued, all friends generally being invited TICKETS, $1.50, to be had of members of the committee and at the usual places. C03I. of ARRANGEMENTS. DOUGLAS POST FOR RENT. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of parity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical tfian the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude ollow test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Baktno Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, New York. k FOR TEN WE WILL OFFER SPECIAL' INDUCEMENTS -ON Pianos and Organs, For Cash or on Monthly Payments. WE HANDLE Chickering, Vose & Sons' and Behr Bros.' Shoninger, Clough & Warren and Sterling McEVOY, THE JEWELER, (Licensed Jeweler for the U. P. Ry. f. D. BucKwoirrii, President. James Sutherland, Cashier, STATE BANK OF NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. Successor to the NORTH PLATTE BANK. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. X)iscoTint Good Notes. JLoan on Chattels. Foreign ad Dcmestic Exchange Sought and Soli on all Principal European Cities, Accounts solicited and prompt attention given to all business entrusted to its care. Interest paid on time deposits. Correspondence solicited. HARDWAKE, STOYE, TIN AND Agricultural Implement Store. Full Line of Hardware, BEST MAKES OF STOVES, Celebrated Forst 4 Bradley Plows. 1 j LARGE LINE OF HOME-MADE AND CHEAP TINWAitE, Special attention given to Tin. Copper and Sheet Iron Work and Re pairing of all kinds. L. STRICKLER, Hinman's Brick Block. West Front Street. 1881. 1887. o W. W..BIRGE, m LUMBER, 3 Lath, Shingles; POSTS, LIME, CEMENT, Building Paper, IN ANY DESIRED QUANTITY. c o o Q CD if) n c Fifth Street, Cor. Locut. Opposite Baptist Church, 0 : jSTortli . Platte. Nebraska. THE WILD WEST IS OPEN AGAIN WITH A FULL LINE OF Stock and Hay Kanche Consisting of 1280 acres situated 7 miles vest of North Platte. Five hundred tons of hay can be cut from the land each 3'ear. Good house and corrall on premises. Four J miles ot wire ience on land. The ranch will be leased for one or more rears. Apply to A. H. Church or T. D. Cotton, North Platte. Neb. NOTICE OF ELECTION. I, G. K. Hammond, mayor of the citv of North Platte, Nebraska, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby direct that on Tuesday, the 3th day of April, 1887, a city election for the city of North Platte be held for the election of the following officers: One maj'or. One clerk. One treasurer. One city engineer. ; One councilman, 1st ward. ' One councilman, 2d ward. Two councilmerf, yd ward. 1 Two members of Board of Education ; for district No. 1. for three yearfc. That the polls for said election be open ' at 1) o'clock a. m, and remain open until ! 7 o'clock p. m. of said day. j Given under my hand this 2d dav of ; March 1887. . " ! G. . Hammond, C. C. Hawkins, Mayor. City Clerk. 1 of every description. H AE1TESS O I X-i CONSTANTLY ON DK AUGHT. ON THE SIDE. Horse Blankets Knocked all to Pieces. Come one. come all, and be convinced that we have the largest, best and cheapest stock of harness and saddlery goods in the citv. C. C. HAWKINS & BROS'., (Successors to Hawkins & Pearse.) Spruce Street, next to Conway & Keith, IfcTortikL Platte, - STebrasfesu Stable. Beick Liyeey zeuLTL 1037- ZD. "T77 BesstcOs:, FIRST-CLASS RIGS FURNISHED on short notice and at reasonable rates. Horses hoarded bv the week or month. Careful and competent employes. Stable opposite the Hawley House on east Fifth street; NOETH PLATTE. - NBBBASKA.
