The Sioux County Journal.
Published every Thursday.
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Subscription Price. $2.00
W. E. Patterson Editor and Fron.
Entered at the postorfice at Harrison
as second class matter.
Sot "Mare's et," but Bobber'
Roust.
Continued from last week.
EDITOF JOCR5AL:
The Herald in its last issue comes no
bly to the scratch and in answer to the
statements made by myself through the
columns of the JontSAL it says: "Scur
rilous articles in the so culled JOIUXAL
merit naught but contemptous disregard
but I ask for the benefit of new settlers
"in this county if this Joins al mud
thrower, one George Walker, is the
same George who learned all his law
running a saloon in the classic sliades of
Sow Belly dishing out forty rod whis
key" Now in answer to such lying
slander I will simply say tliat the man
or thing who says that I liave ever sold
or gave away one drink of whiskey is
a falsifier, devoid of truth, honor or
manhood. As to the rest of the slurs,
they are too false to need answering.
Rut to come to the subject. In your
last issue I called the attention of the
Herald to a few facts and asked tliat )a-
per to say whether it called such actions
cuds honest v? and its
answer is nothing but abuse. I will
here give to your readers a few more
items as they appear of record in the
PAimfv Clerk's office, and if any liave
any doubt as to their correctness let
them rail at the office of our County
Clerk and call for
claim no. 533,
ra-pwnted on the 11th dav of March to
the Board of County Commissioners and
allowed by them. It reads as follows:
JohcW. Hunter, county Judge.
Judge's fees, C. L. Columbia, vs:
lit E. Scofield, sent to District
Court and all papers and fees
handed to Clerk. Judge's fees $28.63
CLAM SO. 032
presented also by John W. Hunter and
allowed bv the Countv Commissioners
reads:
Feb. 18, to postage stamps - $1.00
" " " express on blanks - 1.05
Discount on cash naid out - - 50
Total - $2.50
These few items were the Judge's part
of the program at the last meeting of tlie
county board. Now let us see what those
cases are and what right the county
board has to ray the cost in said cases.
C. L. Columbia 1
vs f
M. E. Scofield. )
This is a case brought by Columbia
acainst Scofield for damages. It is a civ
il action between those two parties, and
the county is Dot interested in anyway
in the result of the suit either directly
or indirectly, and why in the name of
heaven are taxpayers of this county
made to pay the costs? I am informed by
C. C. Jameson, county clerk, that the
commissioners, Andrew McGinley and
J. G. Morris, when in session at their
meeting of Mach 11th doubted the legal
ity of allowing said charges presented by
Jos. F. Pfost and J. W. Hunter and ob
tained the advice of the county attorney
E. 1). Satterlee, who, upon being called
before the commissioners, advised them
in his official capacity as legal advisor of
said board to allow said claims as above
stated and ordered the payment of the
same. We will suppose this case to be
decided against the plaintiff, C. L Co
lumbia who was not required by tlie
court to give a bond for the costs in this
case, in what way are the commissioners
going to recover the county money they
have paid to the judge and other officers?
In claim No 532 appears this small item
Discount on cash paid out, 50c. This
small item is so vague that I am unable
to fully comprehend what tlie judge
wishes us to understand by it, and for
that reason I would ask to have his' hon
or give us the required information. Did
the judge pay out one or two dollars and
charge the county 50 or 25 per cent, dis
count? We would like to know whether
the commissioners do or not. To more
fully explain to the taxpayers of Sioux
county what is done with the money
they pay into the county treasury for
taxes, I will call their attention to a few
claims presented by another officer of
this county. It is claim No. 536 present
ed by Joseph F. Pfost, sheriff, and reads
as follows:
P. K. Murphy vs F. E. & M. V.
R. R. Co., summons, $ .85
Murphy vs Mahony, 80.00
Columbia vs Scofield, 78.55
ixutzenhiser vs Murphy, 9.00
Trimbur vs Main, 12.00
Murphy vs: Mahony, 2nd trial, 23.00
Total. 153.40
CLAIM MO. 535
also, presented by the sheriff and allowed
by the county board reads:
State vs Wasenburger,
" Conrad Hettich, .
School Dint No. 1 vs No. 19
128.75
82.40
8.25
Inspecting Hovey's horses,
4.00
84.00
7,00 lbs of coal, C. C,
total. J07.40
Now allow me to call the attention of
1 taxpayers to the case of Columbia
tofield above referred to and aw how
an by thin time:
'fees, 128.05
'feed,- 78.66
Total, 107.80
"bttey paid out in a suit between
V
individual which may never 1 recovered
back into the county treasury and f it
should 1 it may be years lfre "l
will be the case. Now siuh is the work
of our countv board and other officers.
We liave plenty of money to pay ts
in cases that do not concern us as a
county but we have no money to build
hridire over Hut Creek at Montrose or
nvMNfprs with. Hie case
of
jjUJ iw "
n v -u,,m.l.- vi the F. E. & M-
R.
r . a., .nui "' T " '
R Company is a civil case and me co.mij
has nothing to do with it? The case of
. . . ... ,.;.-;i f-a.
Murphv vs Mahoney rnusi uc
judging from its title, although I doubt
if there was ever sucn a iie
docket of the county court. 1 mink me
officer is mistaken. The case of Lout-
zenhiser vs: Murphy, judging from us
title, must be a civil case and the county
board lias no right to pay costs in civil
cases. The case of Trimbur vs S. L. R.
Maine is a civil case. The case of Mur
phy vs Mahoney the same as slated a
bove. The case of School Dist. No 1 vs
School Dist. No. 19, civil case.
7600 pounds of coal for C. (.., some
thing over $.0 per Ion wen, uo w,
own thinking. The Compiled statutes
of Nebraska 137, page 294. reads as fol
lows:
Sec. 51. Contracts! No county on
cer shall in anv manner, either directly
or indirectly, "be pecuniarily interested
in, or receive the rx-nent oi unj
tracts executed by the county for the
furnishing of supplies, or any other pur
pose: neither shall any county officer
furnish anv supplies for the county on
order of tlie county lioard without con
tract.
Sec. 52 Prnaltv.l-Any county ofh-
cer violating me provisions ui mc i
ceding section shall be deemed guilty
of a felony, and upon conviction thereof,
sliall be imprisoned in the jienitentiary
for a period not exceeding live years, or
lined m anv sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars, or both imprisoned and
lined as aforesaid.
For the purpose of obtaining $.9- per
ton for coal which is sold at Harrison for
$4.50 the sheriff has knocked at the
A
doors of the penitentiary.
Tn conclusion allow me to state that
all the bulldozing and abuse will not
avail. 1 am here to stay and as long as
I rim able to raise mv voice in condem
nation of the illegal proceedings and un
lawful expenditure of county funds
you will hear from
Yours Respectfully,
GEOKliE WaIJCER.
P. S. I forgot to state that this will be
continued, if possible, in my next.
The negroes are getting away from the
south by the thousand and are settling
in the west and southwest.
"A Bucket of Blood." is the significant
and appropriate sign over the door of a
Council Bluffs saloon in which a horri
ble murder was recently committed.
A correspondent inquires whether a
man who went to sleep on a railroad
track is a proper subject for railery?
No, he is a subject for the coroner.
This has no reference to Dennis Postof
fice Davis.
Talking about being annexed to Cana
da tlie remark is made that if Holy Row
were annexed to that country the only
regrets would be uttered in Canada. It
is, however, prolnbly not necessary to
pass any law for the purpose tliey will
all lie there before long if tliey get away
in time.
A Boston man who recently visited the
legislature, penitentiary itnd asylum for
the insane at Lincoln states tliat, '-He
finds the most brains at the asylum, the
most honesty at the penitentiary and the
greatest lack of both at the legislature."
The attempt at wit is too weak to ex
cuse the illnianners of the remark.
The Southern Democracy has been tri
umphantly vindicated of the murder of
the Arkansas Republican who was killed
n . -i. ii i -i
mere wnne collecting evidence to con-
tost tlie seat in Congress occupied by
Breckenridge. Tlie sheriff of that county
has an anonymous letter stating tliat
the writer is a Republican and that he
killed John M. Clayton. That sett les it
Tlie Democrats were defeated last fall.
but the exceedingly mild winter that has
just passed especially demonstrates the
oeauty oi the poetic phrase: "The Lord
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,
C'hadron Democrat
The Democracy is a shom lamb all
ght enough, but we are doubtful about
the Lord caring particularly for the
Democratic party. Still we do not wish
to deny our Chadron exchange tlie con
solations of religion.
A man named Mills recently introduced
preamble in tlie Canadian parliament
announcing the imminent dissolution of
the United States and attached thereto a
resolution providing for the anexation to
Canada of tlie New England States when
the threatened event takes place. And
now united States newspapers are try
ing to una out whether Mills was trying
to be fnnnv or whfhr U i. . r.,b
without trying to be one.
Our readers are asked to carefully ne-
ruse the communication from Mr. Walk
er in another column. If any one is din-
P01 to disbelieve the statemenM let
Wm go to the records and see for Km-
mu. iney are unquestionably true
and we stand ready to prore it to any
one who may wish us to do so. It will
oe loonsn ror a person to say "It's nt
rt"l don't beitev it," before thefi
have dared to take the pains to teres
iw ivr uieiuNives.
& Verity,
Jones
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Our enemies may
CON LEY, ItEIDY
Are Here to Stay and
STRAIGHT FORWARD
HONORABLE BUSINESS.
We would resictfully call tlie attention
tliat we are prepared to make farm loans in
X SIOUX, DAWES and BOX BUTTE COUNTIES
The Most Liberal Terms.
imi proof money
Without Extra
Land Oflice business will receive SPKCI-AL ATTENTION
Contests Initiated,
PROSECUTED or
Land filings made and a general law business trarmcted. We offer
you the advantage of several years successfnl inu tiie ljfori
tlie United States Land Oflice. Will also do
A Locating Business,
Collections made on all accessible points. Abstract carefully com
piled. Do your business
Where Business is Done!
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