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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1890)
. "jr-" The Sioux Journal, VOL. 2. HABRISOIT, STBBl .AJPI&IXj 17, 1890. 1TO. 31, t ( ; County 5 THE STOUX COUNTY 0 fMamoM A Patterson, - Proprietor. V ii i ii i ii - P. F. . T B. R. Tlm Going Wett, fiolnjr Eat. No. 1, paiwtiitsr, s-si ! o. M, niwifer. o. B, freight, 11 :S5 1 No. U, freight, t 03 HARRISON MARKET.' Corn per handled 9. w Out per hundred . to ghortu per hundred lb 75 Bran per hundred .. 75 Feed chopped per hundred ?.. 1 00 Potatoes per hundrod I on Battor per fl 550 E(Jg per doz 10 roultry-per do 1 7S ft I 00 Onloiu per Tf 4 Bonn per .. . i Coil per ton 4 50 Wood per cord.. ........ S so Lumbar native per 111. ft. ... IS m "Corrected every Thursday. Fresh pies attjie restaurant. Paints and oilJt the drug store. Farms bought and sold by B. II. Jones. K. I Morrison arrived in Harrison this morning. Go to Dr. Clary .Chadron, to (ret your eye, ears am) throat treated. We have a few ifts for sale cheap, ('all soon ut the driuAtore and gi t one. Did any one say that 11)0 was going to 1)6 a dry year iti northwest Nebra-ka? J. II. Truax h."S l?en employed in the blacksmith shop of W. O. Patterson. The aniounf of moisture in the soil is sufficient to produce a good crop of small grain. ! Go to Dr. Clary, specialist in eye, ear and Throat diseases. Oflice in Central Block, Chadron, Neb. If you need anything in the way of Eye, Eur or Throat treatment, go to l r. Clary, scialist, Clmdron, Neb, If you want the very liest terms on farm loans, go to the Hank of Harrison before making application elsewhere. We have added a full line of window glass to our stock, and get prices. Giumy.tfiV& Mahsticixer. Fanners from all parts of the county report their wheat, coming up in dice shape, and all are looking forward to an abundant harvest. ware, implements Tiy furniture ever shown in Sioux cotintV Come in and look us over. GRiwxfLK.& Mahoteij.kh! " Asa C. Davis has been appointed county secretary of the state Sunday school association and desires to receive reports from all the Sunday school secre taries in Sioux county. Address him at Harrison. E. M. Carrier is erecting a building on the lot belonging to E. A. Weir and will open a blacksmith shop in a few days. Bert is well known as a blacksmith and will, without doubt, get a liberal patron age from the people. On account of the number in town to attend court some had quits a time to find sleeping accommodations, but the most of our people are used to taking life a little rough and made some kind of a shift to secure sleep, E. A. Hasselquist who arrived here from Iowa a few days ago and located on a place a few miles west of town, in forms tis that two colts, one yeai ting and one two-year old have strayed from his place. Neither were branded. On last Tuesday II. A. Cunningham arrived in Harrison and has rented the. building north of Weir & Co's. store. lie expects his stock here in a few days and then he will be ready to lake care of the wants of all the people in the harness line. Commissioner Green's team ran away a few days ago while the family were on their way home from town. The occupants of the vehicle were thrown out and Mrs. Greet) somewhat bruised, but the others escaped unhurt. In dismissing the grant! jury the court stated that there was no bar to the county attorney beginning action in the lower courts against any parties who have violated the law, and we are in formed that County Attorney Walker will begin action against some parties jn the near future on criminal charges. County Superintendent Southworth ianded us a letter from the shite super intendent urging that a lesson on April 23d, that being Arbor Day, on the "care and protection of small trees" be given in every school house in the county and that fne afternoon of that day be devoted to ie practical work of planting trees. It - n hoped that the teachers of Biouxcounty wijl g ye this matter the projier attention. . On last Saturday snow began to fall jnd continued a great portion of the Jime until Tuesday night. The air being warm the snow melted almost as fust as fell ko hat no great depth of the beau f4fu( itt any one time lay on the ground. The reuH s that the soil is thoroughly qtJced, the farmers are happy and the, proapecu for an excitant crop and geu , . eml prosperity make all peop' re joice. . For farm loans go to S. H. Jones. pleats at all Ijrs at the restaurant. We need some wood on subscription nt ouce. Any kindofcake desired made at the i-estauranKf T o not fail to take advantage of our combination offer. For mixed j t y, oils and varnishes go to the drug sjXii When you 'fr' a nice clock call on Griswold & MatfVjer. A good breaking plow for sale. Til quire at The Joi-rnaL office. Mrs. J. A Snyder has received a nice stock of fancy good and notions which she is helling very cheap. When younria farm wagon, plow, harrow, or tiling Use iti the implement line can ifiri.swold & Mar stellcr. ' IVn't forget that Tiik Joi hn'ai. is prepared to do all kinds of job printing in a neat and tasty manner, on short notice. Wanted-Wit) good posts wanted on sulisi ription for which we will allow HI cents apiece. A good chance to get. The JoL'KNAL without any outlay of eash. It would be a good plan if the coun ty commissioners would provide for im proving the ground around the court house a little. The cast, of having a few trees put out on the lots would ! small and would great Is improve the ap pearance of the county property. The sooner the trees are set out the sooner they will become large enough to be of some benefit, The reversal of the action of J. W, Hunter, as county judge, in the case, of Brookrnire & Co. vs. Rosa & Thompson, is certainly an indication that justk e ean lie secured in just courts. The order of the district court is that the pr'ierty be returned to lW,a & Thompson, the costs are taxed up to Brookrnire & Co., and the attachment is vacated. The attor neys for Brookmire &. Co. asked leave to (lie amended petitions and the court granted leave to do so, but indicated that as the case was disposed of such petition would lie of no force. Perhaps brook -mire & Co., will not think their attorney is so much of a "good boy" as they once supposed. . . , ratiroau uiiuuu oiuu. couiny win oe greatly increased in the near future. J. C. Northrop informs us that through trains from the cast to l.enver will he running bv July, 1. The work of build ing a line to close the gap between the F. E. & M. V. and the U. P. is being pushed rapidly and will h; completed a.s soon as possible. With such connections the trains on this lino will be still more improved and it will all assist to build up this section of the country. It will also give our people an opportunity -to get California goods direct, so that lliey will not have to pay express or freight to some eastern fioint and back. That L. O. Hull is anxious to serve Sioux county ia evidenced by two bills on lile in the oifice of county clerk. Signed by Mr. Hull. One is for $125, first quarters salary us county attorney, and the other is office rent for the months of February, March and April, amounting 10 $7.f0; three loads of wood amounting to $8, 2o, and to cutting the wood $8. Thus the county is asked to pay $U1.7!5 to Mr, Hull, before it is de cirisd by the supreme court that be has any right to the ollice. Should, that lie decided in his favor there is 110 provision to our know ledge a uthorizing the pay ment of bills contracted without orders from the county board for oflice rent and expenses. The special school meeting on last Thursday afternoon was not largely at tended. The cull staled that the meet ing was to accept or reject a proposition from the village board to furnish a per tnaueut water supply on the school grounds and thus settle the debt of the village to the school district. ' W. K. Smith, chairman of the village hoard, was the only member of that Istdy pres ent, and he bad 110 projiosition to submit. Not one of the petitioners for the meet ing were present. A motion was made to instruct the school board 10 cancel the indebtedness of tiro village to the school district, and the motion was defi-ated by the unanimous vote of those present. A resolution endorsing Asa, Davis' iu:tioti in declining to give up the school wheu re quested to do so by some of the resi dents of the district vas passed and the meeting adjourned. Thus the mailer rests just where it has been all the time. It is simply putting it oil' and a settle ment will have to ba made sometime. For Sijflo ( hen p. 1 span of mules 1 span of good work horses; 2 sets (I mblo '1iurms; 2 fanm wagons; 8 cowi; iwW blooded short horn bull, one v. ar old; Poland Uiina Stock hog; 3,'W yt of en uter 11 lumlicr. Any of theabove be sold very cheap. MasXj McGcnmoal, Qn, W, H, Smith's place. DISTIMCT COURT. Waller Recognized as County Attorney, The birsnd and IVtli Juries Discharged on Account of Illegality. On last Tuesday district court for Sioux county opened. There were a large num-l-r of people in attendance and a good di al of interest shown. When the time came to call the crimi nal docket L. O, Hull assumed to repre sent the county. This brought up the question of the attorneyship, and the con testants presented their eases. Hull's claims were presented by A. W. Crites -Hid Walker's interests were looked after ly A. liartow. Alter a review of the facts in the case Judge Kinkeid decides! thut Wa liter being recognized by the county coniiiihednnnrx ;wid the clerk of the district Court, was the one that would lie recognize d as the county attorney. In bis decision the court stated that as a quo warranto case was pending ill the supreme court and should he permit Hull to act the supreme court would be apt to reverse it arid tnut would make all bis acts fruitless, and ax a result there was no other way fur bun to do than to recognize Walker. Later when Walker made a motion 111 a case Hull took a hand 111 it, when the court promptly informed him that Mr. Walker had charge of tiie ease, and Mr. Hull -id -.:d.-.. When the cull of the grind jur w is ordered by the court, Atto-.iey Jencke.i presented a plea ill abatement signed bv L, (). I'll!!. This set up that the juries were not legally drawn, and also con tained charges against individual mom tiers of the jury. The latter allegation was withdrawn later, except in one instance. The claim made was t'nl the jurors were not properly distributed throughout the various precincts of the county. The objections to the jurj win prosecuted l y Jctuks and, t. rites ol hadron, and Hull and Satterlee ol Har rison, while the legality of the jurv w is defended by county attorney Walker, assisted by IT. ' T. Couley. After the taking of considerable tealimonv tile court held that the jury list should have been selected from all ties precincts ac cording to the abstract of the vote cast at the last election and as it Was not so pro portioned the jury was new to,iiave ii n portioned the jury was held tajjave btx n making the desicion the Judge slated that it was frequently the case that juries were illegally drawn but the question was seldom raised, but sh mid he permit, the venire to stand any action taken by it. could bo taken to the supreme court awl a reversal secured. He also staled that the county board was not eensureable us it was an error frequently made in old es tablished counties. He made an order directing the sheriff to immediately sum mon twenty-four men to act as a petit jury. In the case of L. O. Hull vs. J. A. Green and Cbas. U. Green for damages, lor not permitting him to act as county attorney, A. W. Crites asked leave to lile 1111 mould ed petition within ninety days. Tile in terests of the commissioners were looked al ter by ( '. E. Holmes ngd II. T. Con ley. The court remarked that, he did not see wiiatgood could result from an amended petition. The following is the disposition of (uses as far as the record is made up: Clil J! I.N AI, DOCKET. State vs, charged. Slate vs. as above. State vs, above. Geo. Cobb, defendant dis Henrv Wasseriierger, same Conrad Hettick, same Jerry M-ihoney, same us Stab) above. State above. Slate vs. as vs. Nelson Pollard, same as Joseph Slastny, same as vs. ubove. State vs. John Prat t, continued. CIVIL POCKET. Henry llrmidigfj vs. Lave Lyon, con tinned. Bull'alo Gap Lumber Co. vs. The Trus tees of the Cora Memorial M E. Church, dismissed without, prejudice. Tollorton & Stetson Co, vs, Burtis Rosa, et ill., issues not joined. Furnam B. Carley vs. Joseph F. Pfost, continued at request of defendant, A. W. Emery vs. Grant Guthrie, con tinued. W. S. Hiys vs. Elmer McFnrling.'dis missed at plaintiff's cost. W. A. McMami vs. Lizzie Mr.Manu, continued. L. O, Hull vs. John A. Green, et a., demurrer sustained; ilO days to amend petition, 80 days to answer. Patrick K. Murphy vs, F. E. & M. V. railroad Co. , dismissed without prejudice. Bull'alo Gap Luinhuf vs. Co. The Trus tees of the Cora Memorial M. E. Church, stricken from thedoiket. 3 n the application of a number of the taxpayers of the'vill.ige of liairi:,on lor an injunction restnuning the county trenhuror from collecting the village taxes levied in 18S9, the court granted a temporary injunction and the question of waking it permanent will come up at tlie September term, Te court will probably complete its woA to-d&y or to-morrow. 4-r PERSONAL. cilf Keidy orders THE JOURNAL sent to hs brother, John Iteidy, Masonville, Iow, jj A. Brill orders THE joubkaL sent to hi;ii in the future. Commissioner Grove accompanied by Mr. dve, a new resident of Sioux coun ty, failed at our olllce on Friday. CJiunly Clerk Lindeman has become a resijietit of Harrison, having moved his faiifily into their neat residence here, (jit last Saturday Andrew Dahlman an'JjTamily moved back to their farm a fei miles from town. Cbas. Palmer, of Snake Creek precinct, ordjists The Journal sent to him at Hem iiigeford. W. H. Zimmerman exjsjets to start in a few days for Iowa where he will'spend tl.'f summer. R. J. Vwlcox was in Harrison the first ol the week to attend court. Ii I. Johnson is at Hot Springs where bet recovering from hisattack of inllam mSurv rheumatism. Iev. J. A. Scnmahoru, of Gordon, came dpi to Harrison on Tuesday to attend jkMrliind see his many friends. 5 Br. Zicehagen is again quite sick, at ii. residence of S. I. R. Maine. . E. A. Weir went to Rushville Satur day evening to visit his brother, and re timed Tuesday morning. ' flcuiy briuulige writes us to change idditss of his paper from Corbiu to llr. and Mrs. Thomas Devenport were ill! guests of U. T. Couley last Tuesday. J. Ov onnell was in Harrison the of the week and made a pleasant at our oflice. I hi h hum, of the Crawford Clip- was in Harrison on tuesOay ana ; a Iraternal call at our oflice. 0. Huckman came to Harrison the 1( of the week. bu Mcintosh, of White River pre t, gave us soma cash on subscription .'uesdu.y. J4ev. Lusk and family went Chadron ' Lmmvmim, jiialIriendsforB t 4 - fi w d r s Leonard Pout called on Wednesday ami ordered Tins JofUN.vL sent to him. Among the attorneys present at district- court from other places were no ticed Messrs. Bartow, Jenckes, Crites and Byington of ('hadron, Fanning, Daily and Purdue of Crawford, Westover of Rushvillo, and White of Norfolk. Prizes For School Work. The following is a list of the prizes of fered by those interested in school work. . Superintendent Southworth is trying to t up an interest in ihe educational in- tcresls of the county and any who desire to udil to tile list are requested to notify him: S. II. Jones otl'ers a set of drawing in struments for the best specimen if free land drawing. IS. 12. Smith olfers a Webster's dic tionary for the best map of Nebraska, ; The Jorr.N'AL offers a large wall niapof j Nebraska for the best executed map of i Nebraska by a pupil. I . Suierititeiideiit, Southworth offers a j handsome school-house Hag to the school that makes the best exhibit. The Sioux County HuraM otfersi a copy of General Lew Wallace's "Ben Hur" to the teacher whose school presents the best exhibit, C. C. Jameson olfers for the best speci men of penmanship,. " Short Cut; pn Figures." C. F. Cuvleton offers a set of colored crayons for the best composition, on "i H.1S." -.'-.-. Asa Davis offers a book for the best specimen of penmanship by a pupil under nine years of age. S. Wi Cox will present a book on the Civil Government of our Country for the best article on the Revolutionary "war. , Warbnnuet New. Henry Warneke from Runningwatcr whs in the valley last week. Bill Schlier has the contract to buikl about tour miles of fence for J. O. Mor ris on Prairie Log creek, Ronaldo Gallizo, of Wyoming,, was here the first part of last week to look after his property here in the valley. . William Guhlke and Aug. John left us Saturday, they went to look for work ill tho Black Hills.' There w ill be religious services held in distrii t No. 2, at 11 o'clock a. m. All are ii.vited to attend. ClrisTodteuhunpt returned from Dawes county Satiilday. John ILi'uiau aud Buih Wilhulm had agait) a little trouble. Charlie Hass, of Wyoming, was among his friends in the valley lately, Huns Zenker went to t hadron Monday to file on a homestead, , , SAY! We don't Advertise Sugar or one dollar and Sell 11 We don't advertise 88 or 28 burs soap for Only 25c. worth We don't sell some good Below cost rob (lixHls, We don't iiinke a bicf Wow alxint DO Clnim tliut w( Always Give a And carry tho Most Complete line of General Merchandise in Town Yours for the next 365 days, WEIR & Co.. at B FARM On Reasonable Terms By Reidy & NEW SUITS! Not suits in court, but nice, new dress suits to wear on Sundays, week days, holidays and other days. Suits to fit you and suits to fit me. Long suits, short suits, narrow suits and wide suits. We have a good Hue of clothing which will be sold very, wry cheap. Would like to have all . the men on earth (but more espec- ' inlly those in Sioux coun ty,) to come and - examine r-ur . , Line of Clothing. Our stock of dry goods, boots and shoes, hats, caps and grocer- ies is complete an3 at lowest living prices. These are all suitable for the persons, who buy suits as advertised above oy for those who do not buy suits as advertised above. All goods warranted to not 'shrink in the "light of the wooq" or to shrink by ihe action, of the "dark of the moon." . Oh no indeed! THE CASH STORE, . Q, It. WELLS, Proprietor 12 pounds pounds. one dollnr and sell to any one party. on other our customers pome elt "for the next, 20 days" lint we Square Deal WEIR & Co., at Ranch Supply House. ,- LOANS Pollard. HARRISON, NEBRASKA. f. A 1 jj .-1 1 11 i-l (Ait i.i ' .'j .n-A---' i-r'."