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BY THE
JOURNAL PUBL.SII.NG COMPANY.
f TEARS EXPERENVE.
teqqMMutal with the U. 8. lain!
-fI!intC of this department.
tsf Hioux county ami eastern
& Md ha done work from
0 ttw Iuumfo plains, anil from
t V tlx . nkol.i line. He fur-
il miwiIi ! i i'ii ill to vluH rife (i tit t
Tf)',fethi!w nio.-t wonderful
AlvJ main M I.. j .iV... Ih wuu
vive 640 acres of the liest
to let
ir3('tO the question
JEtS PBOPB.ETOR
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ICVELTY WORKS,
Ci. TTJBBS,
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We Hope so.
Hereafter no offensive r.sonal mat
ter's will aiear in the columns of the
Republican, nor will any lie noticed, no
matter from what source or quarter
thev come. Republican.
Again is it demonstrated that ''love's
lalor is never hist." Almost incessantly
have we labored with the Judge during
the few short weeks of our acquaintance
trying to show him by argument and jx-
amjile just how erroneous was the
course he has pursued, and as the last
ray of hoe had aliout vanished, lo!' our
label's are rewarded. All ojien confession
Is crood for the soul, and the Judge up-
pcars to have awakened at last to a real
ization of that fai t. Yet what a con
fession for a man to be obliged to make
who holds the exalted jmsitiolis of
county judge and iiwspnx-r editor.
What a humiliating position. Acknowl
edging that he lias stooped to the use of
"offensive personal matters,-' and by
that acknowledgment showing that it.
must have been wantonly and wilfully
done.
Go on Judge. Continue in the -good
work you have so tardily liegun. Rise
above yoiir environments and their se
ductive iullueme and allow the manhood
within you that has so long lain dor
mant to come to the surface and assert
its rights. Yet this statement of the
Judge's may lie like so many of the rest
of his declarations; only the outcrop
ings of his distorted mentality, if so,
then it is only another st p downward
instead of upward. We can only wait
and hope for the best; trusting yet fear
ing.
A GOOD WAY TO KEEP
OJES,
We want a correspondent in every pre
cinct in the- county. A little time spent
in writing for a newspaper can lie made
'Hiite interesting'as well as instructive
to any one who may wish to try. Col
respondents may, by comparing their ar
ticles in print with the manuscript,' be
able to correct in themselves many com
mon errors of . speech, even though it
mav not lie entirely correct in print. If
anyone will call at the JoubnaL oflice
we will furnish him with paper and
stamped envelopes if he wishes to try
his hand at "writing for the press,
We have several good correspondents
and we want several more from other
Darts of the county. The ladies fre
quently take part in doing this writing
and have proved themselves very elli
cient.
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CJURE!
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Furniture.
School List rict No. I vs E. C. Lock-
wood, county treasurer of Sioux county,
was tried in the county court iuesuay
and a verdict rendered in favor of the
defendant. Some time ago school dis
trict No, 19 was organized out of a part
of the territory formerly belonging to
district No. 1, though illegally, as it is
Aimed, and now No. 1 is suemg for the
amount of money paid to No. 19 that
would have cone to No. 1 had it not
been divided. Attorney Fisher of Chad-
ron was nrosecutinsr attorney and E. D
Satterlee for the defence.
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How tlic Cominissioiier Vote Stands.
Counting the 10 votes for Robinson
that were thrown out at War Bonnet
and the 9 that were thrown out at Bow-
en precinct, Mr. Robinson is only 9 votes
behind Mr. Morris. Allowing that . at
least one half of tlie votes polled at Run
ning Water were "patent and we are
assured by persons well acquaint
ed in the precinct that that would lie a
low estimate it is clear that Mr. Robin
son would Have a sufficient plurality to
elect him.
Talrymple, the bonanza farmer, in
speaking of this year's w'neat shortage
in the northwest, says; "The encour
aceinir feature of the situation is. that
the riresent hitch prices are likely to con
linue two or tnree years longer, anil inui
with moderately good crops we shall Ik1
able to realize handnome profits that will
enable farmers to pay off their debts
the effect f which will of course,' lie felt
n all kinds of business. Black Hills
Times.
AFTEIt MASV YEARS.
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Many of the settlers are quite poor,
yet the cold winter weather will compel
mnnv to bu v a new heatinc stove or ner-
haps the cooking stove is too near gone
to be us! another winter, and the, juen
is "where can I got a good stove for the
small amount of funds on hand?', , Try
the cxish store of Win. Christensen at
Harrison.
McShane came out of the fight better
than wuij expected. Through the use of
his "pasters" he secured the election as
road suptrv'isur ii thirty-three districts,
and in one precinct in a western county
was elected conntablo, Every cloud Itxs
X silver lininff. State Journal.
The Remains of the Victims of
Kearney Massacre to be Re
moved to Fort Custer.
ft lias loiitr been a subject of reproach
to the Government that the liodies of sc.
many faithful servants whose lives were
the sacrifice of their fidelity, should be
for so iuany years allowed to decay in
a neglected sxit near old Fort Phil Kear
ney, without so much as the tribute of
a stone to mark the resting place of hon
ored dust. Twenty-two years ago at
this place o -cured a fight and massacre
as distressing in its details as lay within
the power of ruthless red savages to
make it. Nearly a hundred men fought
and died a death the horrors of which
will never Iki related, for there was no
tonirue to tell. But all that is known
has lieen told so many times that it is
not the purpose to go over it now.
Ths lonely spot on the hillside, sixteen
miles from this city, is suggestive of
strange thoughts. The poet Gray in ai
peaceful country churchyard was inpir-j
ed with the thought that: ;
'Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
!-iome neari once pregnani wiui celes
tial fire."
What inspirations for a Gray would
this hill all'ord? Here lie the men who
were tried and proven. Their deeds
were those of heroes (md their deaths
those of martyrs. They are not to be
shut out from favor by the simple
phrase, "Their lot forbade." Fate re-
quired of them a terrible sacrifice, and
resolutely they met the call. And yet
there is no mark to denote even the
names of those who sull'tred. One may
not even "approach and read" the in
scription carved over their heads, for
there is not a line. Where is the poet
that shall weave into song the thoughts
that naturally arise?
At last however the government lias
decided to remove the bodies which have
so lonir lain netdected, to a more honor
ed place of sepulture at Fort Caspar. It
might have been more fitting to have
provided for them a fitting token ot re
membrance and care upon the spot that
they hallowed with their bravery and
acrilice, and where they have lain so
ong, hut it is a good thing tnai, uie suo-
ject receives the attention that is now
riven ii.
For the purpose mentioned, Captain I
Sano witli his company of the (to m-
antry began the wdrft of exhuming the
bodies last Tuesday. There were in all
some hundred and twenty-five interred
at this place, but not all were victims of
lie massacre. All but two are said to
lave been killed by the Indians. Thom
as l'alglesh was present with his camera
and made some photographs of the bat
tle ground, burial place and surrounding
;enes. aud it is from him that we get
most of our facts connected with the dis
interment.
The private soldiers who were killed
at the massecre, numbering eighty-six;
were burled in one trench the coflins be-
in"-nlaeed in a double row, one above
the other. The boxes in which they
were deposited contained three or four
tdies. The clothing- was in most cases
escrved, but the flesh was decomposed
onlv the bones. The hair was
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eserved, but with the action of the el
ements, under the influence of the alki-
soil it had all turned red. On the
east of three of the bodies were pieces
paper which had contained some in-
ription, but it was so obliterated as to
lie entirely illegible. The only clue to
the identity of any of 1hem was that the
stripes on the clothing made it possible
recognize here a sergeant, there a cor
poral and yonder a trumpeter. By ref
erence to the records of the slain it, could
told in one or two instances whose
i-ere the remains that now after so
iiany years "revisit the pale glimpses
the moon."
For t he most nart the soldiers were
buried in the same clothes in which they
fell, and the arrows which had causeu
their denth were still to be found in their
bodies. The tale told by these metal
points is fearful. , One poor fellow was
found with thirty-two arrow heads in
lis body. The broken bones and crusn-
s'kullstell of the frightful mutila-
ioiis which were practiced upon the
f eless bodies. ,
Apart from the rest and in the same
grave but in separate coffins were found
the bodies of Col. Fetterman and Capt.
Brown the unfortunate leaders of the ex
pedition. .At another place was found
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the remains of Lieut. Bingham who was
killed some days liefore the general mas
sacre. More care was displayed in iiib
interment for the fearful duty was not
then laid upon the soldiers to bury hall
their number. The lieutenant's coffin
was lined with tin, and the remains
were much better preserved than any of
the others. Over his face lay a silk
handkerchief which upon being removed
disclosed a face that might, still liavo
been recognizable to any one who had
known him in life, .,.
In another grave lay AVbcatleigh, and
Fisher,' civilians, who are,' puid to httvti
been scouts. The lone rinrr oi iiw.ht
mer still hung down over his shoulders,
and his shrunken frame still gave signs
that iu life he was a man of powerful
frame. He was not scalped, nor was
there a trace of the wound which caused
his dea th. It is said tliat he alone was
supplied with a repeating rifle and many
a redskin fell by his sure aim before he
w as iaid low.
Upon the desk liefore us now lies a
rusty arrow point still affixed to the bro
ken shaft lately removed from the body
of one of one of the victims. Its last
flight was a flight to death. What
blood-thirsty savag-s curled his fingers
round this very shaft to steady its flight
from the lw? And what stalwart man
sank with a poan when the cruel missle
pierced his vitals? There is no answer
but iu conjecture.
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TO MEET THE L EM AND OF H:S
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VJm. GHRiSTEISEH
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FIRST CLASS ASSORTMENT
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Report of "Walker's Secretary."
In response ton few remarks that the
"Big Soo" made in the last Herald, I
wish to inform the gentleman that i
would rather lie Walker's private secre
tary than his tool. I suppose he thinks
1 should have worked for him against
my own interests and principles because
he defended me in the suit between my
self and the i mm Brothers.
He seems to take it very much to
leart because 1 went down to Sheep
Creek precinct to see how the election
went there. Another gentleman and
myself did go down there and the first
place we struck on the way was the P.
F. horse ninch situated about six miles
north or northwest of Mr. Snyders place,
where the election was to lie held. There
were four men there and a nice new
looking top buggy stood outside. We
asked to stay all night but were refused
and were told that it was only six miles
to Snyder's ranch. We started on when
someone called to us "Come back and
we will keep you," but we thought it
best to keep on, which we did, arriving
at Snyders about midnight.
We were told, the next morning, that
a party from Harrison was down there
rounding up voters from Wyoming, and
that he had passed the ranch the day be
fore. He was descrilied as a "tall elder
ly man with a full beard well sprinkled
with grey, and driving a span of horses
hitched to a top buegy." He was ac-
Wimpanied by a dudeish looking young
man who lives somewhere in oneep
Creek precinct. We told one informant
that "it is all right. We are sent here
to help count the ballots." The poll
hooks and ballot box were at Mr. Sny
ders: but no one appeared to say or do
anything about election until about ten
o'clock, when a young man came Irom
the P. F. horse ranch and said he wanted
the noil books and ballot box because a
motion had been made to move the place
for holding the election elsewhere. Mrs.
Snyder refused to give up the books and
box; so the young man said that he and
others would be down right after dinner
and vote. He asked me who I was elec
tioneering for, and I told him "No one.
He then said he did'nt think there would
be much voting done there and I said:
"No the voters are not coming in very
fast. How many voters are there in
this precinct?" He replied: "About . 12
or 13." One of Mr. Snyders men torn us
that if we would get our horses ready to
start risrht after dinner he would take us
to where the voting was to be done, as
the polling place was moved. We said:
"That won't work; the poll books and
ballot box are here and we will stay
with them. You may 'tell the others
that if they wish to move ths polling
place they must come here and organize
a board and then we will go with them."
No one else came around until about
two o'clock, when two young men came
from the P. F. ranch to accompany the
Miss. Snvders to a dance on the Platte
river. After that every thing was quiet,
ho rest, of the dav.
We were told while down there xnai
no election was held in that precinct last
year until a young man came uown
from Harrison and organized an eiecuoii
board: and further that there were but
three legal voters in the precinct at that
time: but 16 votes were manulacturea
there in the presence of the family. We
have the names of the judges but noi oi
the clerks, though we are pretty good at
guessing some times. Come dude pro
diicn vour manufactured returns.
I am informed by good authority tnai
the "Big Soo" says that U ho can get a
hold on me he will serve me as Walker
is served. If the gentleman has any in
clination to "persecute" me in his court
of injustice, he cannot commence any
too soon.
Respectfully,
Jamiis Fahnam.
Grant Guthrie saw a mountain lion(?)
while enroute to his home ou"theckiiin''
in the dusk of one evening last week.
He gives a vivid description of a long
eared animal about the color of pale
moonlight, mounted upon four . very
long and croaked, legf with whichNhe ir
quentfy fanr,wl the nir
Cook stoves and heating stoves.
-Also a fit.' lot of-
CUTLERY, GRANITE IRON WARE AND TIN WARE
And a full line of
General Hardware
AND
Builders Material
ALWAYS ON HAND.
It is a well known fact that as a rule the honest customers have to foot
the bills of the dishonest ones, where books are kept and lawyers
employed to collect bad debts. As we are doing busi
ness on a cash basis, those unnecessary expen
ses are done away with, consequently
we can offer to our patrons
SUCH PRICES AS WILL BE BOTH PLEASING AND PROFITABLE. -Give
us a call and see for yourselves
Respectfully,
Harrison, Neb.
Wm. CHRISTENSEN.
J, B. FrivTiEY, President.
General office F. C. Sikensen, Secretary.
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COMPLETE STOCK
ALWAYS ON HAND
Harrison. Neb.
G. GUTHRIE, Manager.
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