Se Sioux County Journal.
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PuiaiidiMi every inurwiay.
Suixxnption Priie, t.'.OO
L J. SimiBi Editor.
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JtfVRSDAY, NoVEMHElt 21, 1"9.
Th test miuUs of the Austr.iluin ballot
jm in MachusetU lit tlw rwent
Action is pronouiw t-d as highly SHtisfai-
KfvUall honest men, regain less i ar-
.f 11 18 W ".' -.-7 .......
. ii . ..r V..I.. l :n
the same or similar election law.
ro no'' "Pn lne waio'e ikkk or
v tuiLska are aiiout as tilv mix! as
ibev can ' anl il '"''b' imjNirUint
Jiat somttliiiig more kiiimiu lory t suu-
It i reporU-d that an effort will lie
mule to unite all of the ( Ventral A merit tin
jytrt with tlie Republic of Mexico,
dieby creatint; a Mronjf nation. It
ioPS not upieiir tlmt a very siilistiintiiil
..wmment coiiM lie roiistnuletl, for in
ill of those countries there are so muny
olutiotis tliat there is no U-llin when
jpenton could live there in safety, and
the coDsoli'uitlon OI me imitmu m:iu-s
woulil only tend to i reate new jealousies
ul coriWiUi'il trouhle.
Tlie supreme court has hand.-.l dewn
derision in the cu.se of Smith vs. l'of-iBtarp-T,
iilllnuinKr fit) decision of the
district court, which ptve Mr Smith
judKnieiil for fi.-ViO npiinst drlVndiuit.
Hie case oritfiiuiteil at Blue Spring, hy
,,l,.f..mliint stdliiw li'iuor to plaint i If h
l,usliiul, he ls-inc hahitual drunkard.
tlie laws of Nebr.uska are enfoii ed and
, few such decisions rendered hy the
courts the saloon lieerH will ! more
(ureful iibout violutinK tie: law.
Black Hart, on trial for train rohhint?
ind (or robbing the Oorehi.- stae and
iboMins one of the mse risers iu Mulli
gan, lum -onfessel to having commit td
the crimes. He pleads as un excuse mat
tome years ko he was hurt by a fall
from a horse since whic h he has had
pells occasionally w hen he did not know
hat he wan about, und it was during
ll sptlls that he committed the
crime. H is luirdly likely that such
watements will have much weight with
the jury.
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
(ondurteU by the W. ('. T. I".
"Fur (Intl. ami Uiiie nmt S'ath Ijjmi:
spirit of W hUt, aii. i of liKlit
t ome Ui tin- heart, tUat arc tblrntiiift to
iiitiht! Ilreatlieouour Uve, m mill quicken tlif
sod,
K' lwter u lit for tlie ppenee of l.ixl."
"Only Thou, rather. mint kuvmu tin- vc
UrawliiK thy rhlhtiva und trifling their
grave.
Slw ua thy Mercy, on Thee are u e cat,
liulilc 0", tMiiKt! Uj thy haven at Itt-t."
The hiL'h price of lieef in Germany has
,t.l a market there for American
w. tli nnimals are hhilll direct
to German ports alive. After pay inK tlw
cosl or transjiorUition and cubtom duties
tl beef can be sold at from 10 to IS per
wntless tlian the prevailing price of
German lsef. It is the first attempt of
ikwu& .Uv ..attl to Oermny immJ
ffljsirations are lin? made for quite
Mtensive shipments. A contract ha-s
tjeen niiule for nine hundred head to be
fiitpped front Illinois in the nir future
for the German market.
l'renident Harrison last week signed
the pr UimaUon admitting the stale of
Washington. At the recent election the
constitution proposed for Wyoming was
ailopted and tliat territory will, in all
prolftbility, be ulniitteil to the Knuxt
sisterhoiKl of states in the near future.
With all the new accessions to full rights
on states our nntionui luw-nmkititf wsly
will he larsrelv incrwiisml in humliers. It
is quite likelv tliat tlie Uisis of represen
lation in coiiKress will be cliunged af'er
Hie census of lS'.lO, hut even then all the
newly settled states will have an in
creased nunilier of coiiryssmen. If the
basis of represeotutiou is left as it is ut
present it would make the house of rep
resentative!! so large tlmt it would
an unwieldy le(fislaive body.
Tlie Russian oil well alon' the shore
f tlie Caspian sea, the prodigious yield
of which has exceslsl in quantity the
most notel welUin Pcnnwl vania. have
fxhaiistel the Muhternmean store of oil
from which their nroduetion has been
flrawii. Ruiisia has been this country's
greatest rival in the petroleum market.
With Pf fVH1 U fit (Til Imi.I failure of
iioil fields of Pennsylvania comes the
news tliat further and greater dis over
ie r,f a!1 I...,,.. ...... I.. U'l niniriL'
a ,m,v IJtTI I lfillV ID "
. Eastern capital in already lookinK to"
ards tlie western oil Held and if the
Kipply at the east lcoine comfninttive
ly exhausted the nut will be able to
wild up a great industry, which will '
''reuse the wealth of this section i
Ihumier at once gratifyinK and satisfiu;-
WTJ'. lire.
It is reported that MinneaiKilis w ill, in
the near f ni of her irrent-
N niil!iu inleresls. It is not known
"Withe new locution of the industry
be but it is safe to presume that it
Ik at some western point. Every
ty it is t-.iiiL' demonstrated tlmt it will
t,r,Ae more prolltnhle for many of t,,J
sTWil liiiiniifniiirinu- esUihlishllieflts to
lraU. fiirthur west. The excellent
fwlily of wheat producl in northwest
nshnitkii is already attnictui? a go.
dof attention and it will not lie lontf
forc some one will erect n good mill
Kioux county wi as to convert the
producta of our soil into flour without
"""xi-enxcof frebliU The acreKe Pf
'"at in this county will b greatly w
in lHtHI over that of tlie PJ"1
yr and it will be necessary for our hjo
I"1 to make un effort to ?et ft "''U I'"
jM near cnouKi ' H't
TilK 0OM iMirs of HtonnilTloS. I self-interest.
rroin the Lever.
Announcement is made of the planting
of a new town in Georgia, with prohibi
tion stipulated in every title-deed. We
have heal the question asked in this
connection, "Will apil.il s-ek or accept
an oiiiKirtunitv on such basis;" H mav
la? answered by askinjr, in turn, "Is cat
tal far-sighted and wiser"
There is an abundanc e of capital now
Ivinji idle in this country. It desires in
vestments that shall lie safe and profita
ble, lloes the liquor trallic ailil safety
and prolit to business of any kind any
where? If so. then town-ljiiildini; should
not lian the trallic on commercial
grounds alone. Loch the liquor trallic
render business ucnerallv l'"48
e-s tnolitalileV Then the builders of
new town are commercially justified
Uinning it, if they have the tower
Ilia's a saloon next any residence or oth
er property increase Hie market value of
sin h orouertv'- Then the new town
should secure all the saloons possible.
I iocs a saloon decrease i.roliert y va lues
round alout it? Then they who buil
the new town mav well and wisely con
ileum saloons in advance, and forbid
their advent altogether.
Sis-akinof prohibition and its elTects
in ls moiiies, the bunt Slnti- Hfjixhr
siVi:
"For every man who drops a dime or
a dollar iu a hole-in-the-wall, there are
r. nun u.,rkniL'nieii whose weekly waires
now i'o to huv fins! mid clothinif and
the comforts of life for their famili
..id n,,( a l ent into the tills of saloon
keeiars."
Five thousand w orkiiipiien isqiresent
fnwi i uml iliese romnrise, we
will siv. a city of 25.0'H) ;ople. Tlie
and the liecessiry stores, factories
markets, etc.. which ifo to the niakiii";
of a town. Homes are the unit of town
buildiiur. the suiH.Tstructuie upon which
every town is reared. A thrifty home
.. t,lu.e u-orkine'innn. and his
1 1 1 1 1 I I .t ' - - - n
regular oatronaKe of the merchant, tin
manufacture, the fellow-artisan, is foi
the welfare of all. Regular patronage
of these means the thrift and uruwth of
the ton; and this maoi the wholenom
pi ofit of capital invested in estabhshuiK
....Hi ;ia f.u iiries. its varied im
nrovements.
When Mr. Vowderly says thai in one
Pennsylvania county $17,0(10,000 were
s-nt for liquor in a sinl" year, and
that if 11.000,000 of this came from work-
. .... t .,, .. t
inenieii. what does iv sitrnni i'
wt 10.000 homes lacKeil comioii,
and at lea-st S0.0(H) s.-ople went ill-clad,
underfed. And this sinilies thata great
i i .i-i ir. I u!iw smaller divi-
ueai oi iiitia "i"
i i. .1. ,.. ivum i.iisihle: while ireiienil
i.piisia i it v sulfen-'d.
Two thinirs are required ..by capital
;,w,,re its continued welfare good
,i:..;.i t n,U small taxes. Dividends
..,,,.. of nrosoeritv in business, well paid
11 " . . .. . ... i . ..r
industry, a demand foriue proceeds u.
. . ...i : i ..nii.hivsi. and the
latior (wnicu
common distribution of money inrounu
re.-ii.wity of trade. Taxes ome o.
public burdens or public improvement.
Make public bimlens lirl't- i"'d x,-'s
will ) light, under any average of im
provements: make these burdens heavy
!in, eapital suffers as the inevitable cou
se.iuence. Tlie sure way to Kuaiiintce
I . ' 1 . ..1.IOKU
heavy burdens is to mumpiy
who are not producers, and the surest
way to multiply these is to maintain a
saloon system. Every man is a consum
er who earns lessttamhe and his require
to feed, and clothe, and house mem.
(Irani that he earn fifty dollars of sur
,lw every yeiir; then put a saloon be-
. ... .i..t. h.l him la
tween him and ins wimmp -
..i..;t ....imiiand he become a con-
sumer," a bmilen to the town or the state,
in some degree, for he consumes mo..
..,., bis snn.lus. He. is a producer now,
. . . -,ui,i..r. He is a
OIIIV us no i" i ,
,ital from this time forward
" ' , . . .... ,!.
VinlanJ. N. J- wh suirieo
..:..:.;.....-!. and though now saloons
vla.amatU.rofvolU.e,-e,they uie
:.i..i.. ,.m,1 uliunst unanimously voted
. i. ... the
down, hi the entire non...... -
last ehs lion, only nine men
i, i.-,...t- in Ireland, has liecn
1 cense. imjsh.m"""
i..ivn ihexe forty years
a temienMi- v anon
,n the great Unen factory there 8,000
' ... ,.,loved: but the place.
1; i,;;;;.;.; ouk. muor..
"u rs ... , iirisnll.
!,!, neither ikiiicc.."".. i
C,",,e' ; . -r. IU taxation
puwn-sno i" r c
, t uuita bun elm ore hghU
Maine, acconling to the goveru-
. . i .intement iu Jimuary Ust,
l ln uce 1MB0. on about one-
sixth tlu. levy of thirty years ago.
"rr T, I ' n that saloons contn
bir. gen;.ni.Koodofamwn,tho
1 . .i o ...itxi-t of a town s career.
hihitionattheouts.tora
So man can show n. iw
otn . iech imon cap!
-teT" That capita.
an exercise of common sense. There
are larre acres of land in (ireat Britain
wlience by iitle-il.ils tlie liquor traffic
is Uuiished forever: and we predict tliat I
soon they will 1 matched in America. I
The economies of prohibition are being
studied every where, as never before, anil j
tliese inolify prejudice, convince capital
and serve molality. They do not apieal
to the highest standarils, or excite tlie
loftiest impulses, hut they are jtersua-
sive. We would triad I v see the liuuori
trallic alxilishwl as a matter of virtue, '
and religion, and right: we are quite i
willing to array men against it as a mat- i I Mirny CCCH kUT Cftl C
ter of business, of justice, of legitimate LIV LIU, rLLU HI1U OHUt
The Barber Shop.
First door south of the court house.
E. L. GALPIN, Proprietor,
Here you can get a clean shave,
first class hair cut or a
WARM or COLD BATH
The Harrison House.
Smith Bros.,
OFTHKOM.y F1B.ST CLASS
EOGERT ROHWEE, PePprmtor,
HARRISON. Nebraska.
An English syndicate closed the deal
for a number of St. Louis breweries the
purchase price ls-ing $12,2."i0,000. That
is said to lie the largest investment ever
made of English capital in the L"nited
States at one deal.
WEBSTER
STABL
Wish to call the attention of the public
to tlie tact tliat ttiey are prepared to
furnish at reasonable rates
First Class Rigs
On short notice.
A Dray Line Run in Connection.
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HX State hiin'ts of Schools and
tli leading CVdlego Presidents.
hourly all the School jsooks
published in this country are
based upon Webster, as at test
ed by tlie leaning ocnooi uuun
Vuhiishers. I
IJOOO more Words and nearly
2(100 more i;iigraings than
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City Restaurant,
HENRY SNYDER, Proprietor.
Iio'.mliiifj by tlie day or week at
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AVAKM MEALS AT ALL 1IOUHS.
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and we will give you the worth
uf your money.
ONE DOOR NORTH OF BLACKSMITH
SHOP.
j Main Street, - Harrison, Nebraska.
R. E. MASSEY,
HOUSE,
SIGN
AND-
BANK OF HARRISON,
Harrison, Nebraska.
INCORPORATE J JJNiER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, 125,000.
A General Banking Business Transacted-
Carriage Painter.
Having fitted up the large building
just back of the Harrison House, is now
(irepared to take care of all work in his
Can do any and all kind of carriage
and waf;on work.
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Heaters, Coal and Wood, Cook
Stoves, Ranges, etc.
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IS
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