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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1889)
- ' 9 f X The Sioux County Journal. Publislied everv Thursday. Subscription Price, f2.00 W. E. Patterson . Editor and Prop, Enteral at the nostoffiee at Harrison as second class matter. Nebraska's Legal History, (0tfP.ETE LAW'S OF TIE TEKBI TORV A'D STATE IN THBUi LARGE VOLl'MES. For tliirty-fivd years ms Nebraska' Territorial ami blate legislature leeu enacting, amending and repealing laws effecting the jwrsonai ami prorty rights of tlie citizens of the State, and it is safe to say that until recently not more than a Italf dozen lawyers of tlie c ,a ivssei conies lA one-tenth of these numerous enactments, and not one possessed full and complete copies, for tlie reason Chat in the earlier period hut few copies were printed, and many inac curacies occurred, and from the further f ,rt ihut tlie session laws of lh'73 were never published at all. The State Joi'KVAr. Co., of Lincoln, realizing the necessity of an accurate and full compilation of the laws of the began ixse, for which he shall receive a fee of I several years ago the work of prejiarinj twenty-five cents. Tlie person taking BUCh a publication. Exjwrts were emp- Following is the new law relating to tstrays: "It shall be tlie duty of any person taking up an est ray to send a description of the same to a justice of the peace in the precinct where the said es tray was taken up, within forty-eight hours thereafter, and the said justice of the peace shall record the same in a book kept by him for that purpose, for which he shall receive tlie sum of twenty-five cents. If said estray shall not be claimed by owner thereof within ten days there of, a description of same shall be sent to the county clerk by the party taking up the said estray, who shall record the : same in a book kept by him for that pur- Xerritorv and State of Nebraska, Jones & Verity, 5 5 9 "The Wrong Pew." up the estray sliall within twenty davs '.hereafter, procure the publication of the description of such animal or animals in jny newspaiier published within the county. loved, and four years Were given to cojv ying and comparing every enactment , including general, local and private law, joint and concurrent resolutions, and memorials to Congress, which were then arranged by sections and published in three large volumes, comprising a grand total of pages. The proofs were compared, not with the printed copies, but with the original rolls, corrected, The sheriff of Dawes county, Neb. John Dahlman by name, came up in the Hills to secure Jesse Bingham on the charge of cattle stealing. He enlisted the services of Win. Alexander, deputy sher- am apijn revised, thus assuring nearly ill of Custer county, and together they absolve correctness. Hundreds of errors went a fter their man. On last Saturday jn tie original biennial publica- morning ttiey found Mr. iiingliam at Jus tion awl t)iese are .,n noted in this pub- Our enemies may tell you that this Ls -the wrong pw" but the firm of CONLEY, REIDY & POLLARD ranch in Custer county. Tlie warrant was read to him whereupon Mr. Bing ham said he would go and picket out his horse and then go with them wherever they said. Alexander was instructed to go with him. They went some distance to the horse. Bingliam mounted the horse and dashed away, Alexander firing two shots at him, or somewhere else. Sullice it to sav that Mr. Bingham has not been seen or heard of since. The sheriff from Nebraska is a sadder and madder man. Hot Springs Star. A compulsory education bill has been passed by the New York assembly. The measure is significant in that it pro- Tides severe penalties for the neglect of parents and guardians to provide for the proper education of children in their charge. A feature of the law wliich ication. Tlie work is brought down to and in cluding the session of 17, A most complete index accompanies each volume, citing the pages in th work where the subject can be found, and the page and volumes of the original printed laws, and at the end of the third voluuiisagener.il index of the entire work, giving iiage and volume, also tli page and volumes of the session law: the volumes of the general and compiled statutes. Another most valuable feature will be found at the end of this volume. it consists of au index of the laws cited and construed by the Judges of the Su- j preme Court, w hich are embodied in the Supreme Court Reports down to" and in cluding volume 21. The citations are in dexed and cross indexed by subject, al phabetically arranged, and is the only index to the laws passed upon by the Are Here to Stay and do A STRAIGHT FORWARD HONORABLE BUSINESS. We would respectfully call the attention of the public to the fact that we are prepared to make farm loans in ty SIOUX, DAWES and BOX BUTTE COUNTIES Jfcj commends itself Ls that it provides for officers whose duty it is to look out for Supreme Court. When this work was first published, tlie truants. It remains to be seen, howev er, whether the enforcement of school attendance is practical in this country, especially in rural districts where the population resides chiefly on farms. Liberty Journal. The Cheyenne & Northern will handle about 200,000 head of cattle between May 6th and August 1st. These cattle are the purchases of Montana ranchmen, and will be unloaded at Wendover and driven north from there through Lusk Five hundred trains will be employed in moving these cattle, and they will be run through on passenger time. The C. is. will run three trains daily. Tlie road has been repaired, and is said to be in good shape for the large traffic of the next two or three months. Lusk Herald. Sufficient two inch pipe has been or dered by the city council to cover the distance between the new well and the cistern and will be placed temporarily until a more complete system can be ar ranged. The pipe will be tapped at sev eral places along the line so that all the cisterns adjacent may be filled. This will give, when all the cisterns are full, a supply on hand of several thousand barrels. price was put at flO for the three vol umes, a tow price wiien tlie cost ot pro duction and importance of the work are considered. The edition was soon ex- nausteu, put tne worn tounu its way oniy into tne law omees ol tlie more prosperous attorneys, the price debaring hundreds of struggling young practition ers from purchasing, though they fully realized the important and value of the work in their practice. To meet these de mands the State Joiunal Co. has just published another edition of the work, and to give all a chance to obtain it, the cash price from now until tlie first dav of July has been reduced to FIFTEEN iUULJAKb, and after that date the full price of $:S0 will be demanded. tins work lias been endorsed bv tlie Judges of tlie Supreme and district Courts of the State, and bv all the at torneys, all of whom were anions' the first purchasers. Orders can now I pro mptly filled. All orders at tlie reduced price must be accompanied by the cash, and the work will be sent bv the charges to be paid by the purchaser. STATE JOURNAL 0., Lincoln, Nebraska. The Most Liberal Terms. Final proof money advanced Finer u, mamma: she said, with a burst of girlish confidence, "what do you uijiik: air. jddvot wonosed hist r,i,ri,t-' "Ah, did he, my dear? And what did my little girl say?", "Oh, 1 told him that an engagement weather for the nroeTess cif small grain could not be conceived, than the beautiful, pleasant weather we are being blessed with at present. The ground is warming up finely for corn was 100 '"n and sacred a thing to me planting, which is already begun, and eulered into without serious and is sufficiently moist to bring it up rap- Prayerful consideration, and that 1 idly. wuld give him my answer in a week And now, mamma mine, we nmt. Prior to the turning over of the U. fi. r'S''t to work and find out if I ii Treasury to the new administration's and truly has 15,OoO a vear nnH ,.,.. officers, th counting of about $200,- t36 a' Bar Harbor." 000,000 will have to be mn. tiik "You liur wicu i;i ,.:. n , ., - o" - ""'uu6i, ukuc Jin, oneu uie The work is to be commenced this fond mother, folding her child to her bos- Without Extra Charge. Land Office business will receive SPECIAL ATTENTION Contests Initiated, PROSECUTED or DEFENDED Land filings made and a general law business transacted. We offer you the advantage of several years successful practice before the United Stutes Land Office. Will also do A Locating Business. Collections made on all accessible points. Abstracts carefully com piled. Do your business Where Business is Done! OFFICE ON MAIN STREET ith. mnnfrt flivf. ... . ... . . . v i, wuuujrs win be en gaged for four months at this work. om and weeping softly over her. Puck. According to the Temneran la uuu worK 01 kinds nromntlv and the Editor of the Hemingford Guide J. S. y exeeuted at Uie Journal office. raraa.s.has retracted his accusations gainst the Receiver and Register of the uiauroniana ollice, for which suit had ben commenced, the difficulty. Harrison, C. H. Andrews & Co., Nebraska. a libel That settled -Dealers in- Tmmio-ral ir,n a.j: . si? 7 o' wnuuues to pour in at iiveiy rate and will, until this, the fa- voreaspot of the northwest, becomes iui, ana running over. People who are desirous of locating in the west r4i of northwest Nebraska have found out wnere to go and are getting there. line rain of last week was right on v"" "num. ine wind up was a wet snow or about four inches, the value of -"en can nanny be estimated. On Sun- naw mM. a ..i - ... I the nldeai and mnrt popular rltiii ., mechanical paper publiehed and hl.TT-f?"1 ln. Publl.hed weeki, KnirraT. AliiLcL&BA nr public bolMln,. m "'"""leu. 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