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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1893)
Th,3 Sioux County Journal. rariUUD 1886. OINR rAPBt DC THE COOfTY. BBT rXFKB IS THK OOCKTY. oklt mtvbucas Fans is saocx cocmr. Has tbx ljlkchtt caccumox or asr PAFCS miCHD) SIOCX OOCKTY. Subscription Price, $2.00 L. J. Siauuou, - - 4iUr. Entered at tbe Harrtaoa pot office as sec ond class matter. Thursday, May 25, 1X98. The supply of wheat io the world, ac cording to tbe report is 117,000,000 bush els lent tlian usual at this season of the year. From that it is safe to predict that good prices will be realized for grain by the farmers during the coming rear. In dome couotiee tbe winter wheat which was not winter killed will bo too abort to cut It does not seem to be very encouraging to the renters who have worked hard and will get little or nothing in return, Tbey had better come to Sioux county and stop paying rent. Statistics show that there is a deflcien. cy in the wheat area of the world. That has been brought about by the in crease in population having been more rapid than the increase in land developed for wheat culture. This, it is claimed, will make an advance in the price of wheat during the ensuing year. The crop reports from southern and western Kansas are- that the wheat will be a total failure on account of drouth, in other parts of that state not more than half a crop will be harvested if the season from now on is favorable. Everything indicates that wheat will be in demand at good prices when the crop of 1893 is ready for market. Those who are attempting to find and punish the fiends who blew up the three residences at Muscatine, Iowa, recently have been warned to stop the work of investigation or more explosions will oc cur. It is safe to say that the machin ery of the law will not be stopped be cause of such threats, but that more dilligence will be used to catch and pun ish the dynamiters. Tle ultimate result of all trusts lias beeu reached by the vrhisky trust ar.d it is on a "bust" in ihape- ComW nations can be made and liandled riplit for a time, but, as a lule, they are short lived. Tbe oil trust lias held up the longest and proven the most formid able of any, but it is safe to predict that it will not be long until that will do as bat: been done by the whisky trust. Gen. C. H. Van Wyck suffered two strokes of paralysis in one day within the past week and It seemed for a long time that his active life was about to come to an end, but later reports are that he is improving and likely to live for some time yet. He is quite advanc ed in years and it is probable that he will never recover sufficently to permit him to take much active part in life and business. He is one of the best known men in Nebraska, having been in public life in the state from its earliest existence. The continuation of drouth in Europe if not soon broken up will leave that country in a bad way as far as crops are concerned, and while we do not wish any one any harm or ill luck, yet we may see in their misfertune brighter pros pects for all we can raise, and we shall look for better prices for the coming year than we have had for the past, which have not been anything to com plain of. The prospect for better prices in wheat even, without having to ship any of our own raising to Europe, on account of so much of the winter wheat being a failure, is decidedly bet ter: and as our government is stiil push ing the Use of corn in the old country. it looks as if we can realize a fair price for that commodity for the next year. Albion Xewn. From the interviews with our griiu buyers, lumber dealers and other busi ness men, we find it to be 1"-' j : -il i.piaion that the new freigu. !! make no perceptible difference in tbe arket value of produce here. It is true that the l:x'ui rates will be reduced, but it is also true that local business but a small part of the railroad freight business. At present through rates are coosiderablv lower tlian the sum of tlie maximum rates through the various states across which our long hauls are made. As soon as the new law goes in to effect thete is little doubt but that the roads doing business in Nebraska ill do away with the present through rates in all the states through whicn they pass. The effect will bean advance of freight charges all around. Our lum ber, coal and other staples, come from i slant states, and the bulk of our pro uce is shipped beyond Nebraska. Con sequently the populist press as a great relief measure, will have but little effect Unless perchance, it result only in mak ing matters worse, which appears prob able. Callaway Courier. Worlds Fair l'ates. Commencing April 25tb and every day thereafter until October 81, 1893, round trip tickets will be sold from Harrison to Chicago and return for $41. HO. Tickets good 'returning until November 15, lSfK). E. F. Poktius, Agent. Fiual Proof Notices. All iwraons havine final proof notices in thin paper will receive a lllarkud copy of the paper ami are requester w examine meu notiec and if any error exist report the hub to this office at ouce. It is reported that Piesident Cleveland will recommend to congress a system of filling offices by an appointment com mission as far removed from politics as possible. By the time congress get at such a law Mr. Cleveland will have fill ed all the available places with demo crats and then hopes to see the scheme put through to keep them in' office. He say be very cute but people can see through so thin a plan as that. It is charged that the county commis sioners of Lancaster county packed the grand jury which found indictments agaiast the asylum officials who were accused of robbing the state and the at torney for the defendants claim to have proof of the packing and that it will vitiate the indictments.' Men were so eager to get the accused indicted that they requested to be put on the jury list. Why not impeach the commis sioners of Lancaster county ? There is a feeling of uurest among the people on the question of finance. The numerous failures of late have dragged down a number of banks and the result is that it takes but little to scare people as to the safety of the money they have in such institutions and runs are made on banks. A run was made on one of the banks of Lincoln last week, but the cash came for every check and there was nionev on hank when the scare was past. There is no use in people doing such things. Few banks go to the wall in Nebraska under the present system but a run is a hard thing to be met by any banlc. lr uepositors wouiu Keep their heads thev would not be so apt to lose their money. The demand is going up from all parts Of the state for new blood and new lead rs for the republican party, and for the turning dowu of those who have been tbe cause of getting the party in the ttondition it is. If that is the case the start should be made in the right place. The greatest Jonah which the republican sjbip of Nebraska is carrying today is E. Rosewater and the sooner he is thrown overboard the better and then let a thorough weeding out be made, all mlong-the line. The support of a good many has been retained at to great a cost to the arty for some years and if the leecltes are cut off the sooner the Msvrtv will sret readv for Use battles of the future. The proposed cowboy race from Chad' ton to Chicago lias ere.-, ltd a good deal erf interest, and many ai opposing it on Hie eround that it will he cruel to the boras used. THE Jochiml has refrained from paying any attention to the scheme M it could see no benefit to any one, ex pt those direetly interested, but the cry of cruelty to animals ap pears to be a little uncalled for, but it ssvy work some good by holding some ea check who would let their - eagerness to wte the price get the better of their jejdgeonat- Tbe biggest fool part of tjtt whole affair baa been the sensational mam In sent out ooataioing a lot of of those supposed, to cooUmplate fjAfctf part That did bo good and has giva the ieaprseeioei ia the east that OkasToa is looatod in a wiW piaos, and is JwMtartot cowboys aad bad meo and kMto breakfast' waa the regular un . com. Keerr Derma who forma that oBiaiw of Cfaodma will, s attor ney my, loeeflrt oMeoa toremofeit asl Clio i in aad JJorthwest Nebraska is thsrihj A saao with any eense mtX katfw that if be abases his horses he toawMsmoTiotbetwee aodalso wewty tow. wi4i neora by law aad public eoU- lit JJ J l pmrnMlm mm aoouM rsnrV. isgMa Hi a - - i - . i v L The railroads are getting ready for the new rate law and have issued their new rate sheets on stock. To Chicago from Harrison the old rate on horses was 6101, the new rate is $105: cattle and hogs, Old rate $91, new rate $95; sheep. old rate $54.60, new rate $57. To Omaha from Harrison the old rate on horses was $66, new rate $71; cattle and hogs, old rate $56, new rate 61 ; sheep, old rate $33.60, new rate 36.60. The new rate on grain will go into effect on June 10th and is said to raise the rate from two to four cents a hundred in car lots. When our shippers have pay the ncreased rate they will murmer words of praise (?) to Stewart and Woods for having provided a way for them to con tribute to the welfare of the railroads. and when the farmers have to accept the reduced pricss for their grain they will bless (?) the dav in which the pops got into power and secured relief for them in the matter of railroad rates. A Superstition About Trees The imaginative and poetic Japanese under whose almost every act lies hid den some symbolic meaning, have most curious superstition with regard to old trees, which thev worship. Ancient trees are believed to have a soul lik men and gods, granted on account of their great age; and they are believed to be endowed with power of intercession for those in trouble. Hence the unfor tunate seek sheltor under them and pou out their woes to the sympathetic spirit. This explains the weird trees so often seen in the choicest productions of the Japanese artist. There is a legend that when the lord of Yamato wished to fur nish his house completely from the trunk of tbe finest ceder in his park the axes of the woodman bounded from the bark and large drops of blood flowed from every stroke. From, "A Japanese Floral Calendar," in Deinorest's Family Magazine for June. CeC m oasaton tfrft riders HMsjofr tl-ey I.M Don't Plead The Baby Act. York Times The state of Nebraska will have to stand whatever loss there may be on the state money that was deposited in tbe Capital National Bank, of Lincoln. and it ought to stand it. When the money is taken out of the hands of the state treasurer by law and the profits that accrue upon it by reason of thus depositing it are to go to tlie etate.there is no shadow of justice in trying to hold any treasurer responsible lor iu loss, and it cannot be tioae. The Capital National Bank was good enough to designated as the slate repository, and the bond which it rave was good enougl to be approved by the governor. Now let the state take its medicine, a any square business maa would do. aad let the pop ieiri stature learn that the reepou sibihty aad risk of baadliog and holding large so me of money is worm some thing. The state of Nebraska cannot plead tbs baby acU If the people waat such kgisUtton and such laws let tnesa have these, bat let it be understood if they driak tbe liquor they must n! the jioa jene. Notice. -Timber Culture, r. S. La si Office, i lIU!KON, MB. t April lath lews. ( o:i.piaillt !ie having been i-nU-nx! at lhi- oniee by Henry H. Ucwl ajfaiual John V. . llurrua for failure to comply with law as to Timber-Culture Kutry No.674il, dated Miu-eli 11th, ISA, upon the AE auction 10, towueMu tt, range 51, iu sioni county, Nebraska, with a view to tbe cancellation of aaid entry; con testant alleging thai the utid John W. Bur ma baa failed to break or cauaed to be brok en any part of said tract since date of entry and there U uo breaking wbaWver upon said traet and that aaid defeeta Mist at dat of initiation of this contest, the said nartiea are hereby summoned to apH-ar at this ol flee on the 6th dav of June, lrtlrt, at 10 o'clock a. iu., to reapoud aiul furnish testimony con cerning aaid allcgea failure. ! T. F. IHjWEas, 'Receiver. GEORGE WALKER, Atteiwy-st-Law. Will praet . i -r:re sllcourta and the I'. Land Ofbue. MiiMuesi entrusted to uiy are will receive prompt attention. HAKEISOX. - - KKBKASXa. Xutice.-Honiesteail Entry. V. 5. 1.ki Office, i HiiJiiiiN, Neb., i May 2.1S9I. Complaint having been entered at thin of fice bv Terry White agaiut John Kasperger for failure to comply with law a to Home stead Kutrv No. 5iS, dated April th, li, upon the ne se and eX ne' and nw' ne section SO, township Kl north, range 54 west, in sioux countv, Nebraska, with a view lo the cancellation of said entry; contestant alleging that tbe said John Kasix'rger, lias wholly abandoned said tract in this towit: That he has been wholly absent from said claim for more than eighteen months mime rtiatelv prior to the making of this aflidavlt, that the said claim is not settled upon and improved as required oy law, me saiu claim ant having been absent therefrom for more tlian eighteen months, immediately prior to lie making ol this umuavu, auu inai saiu claimant is still absent therefrom, 'inesaiu niini lire herebv summoned lo appear at this office on the is dav of June, MSB, at 10 o'clock, a. ui., to resjiond and furnish testi mony concerning said auegeu lauure. Twti,nmiv f witnesses will bit taken lie- fnre iiirire Walker, a notary public, at his oflice in Harrison, Neb., on the day of June Wj:i, at 10 a. m. T. . j-owkkb. Notice lor Publication. I-anit t fficc at C'lindron, Neb., I May 5, ista. 1 Notice is hereby given that the following. amed settler has filed notice of his intcn- on to make final prool in support il his laim, and that said proof will bo made be fore Conrad I.indomnu, I'lerk. of the District oiut ut Harrison, J-eliriiskil, on June lUth, IOCS, viz: Hubert Wilson, of Harrison, Ne'ir.. who made rre emption I. s. No. for the nw' and nwx sWi ami '. mi'i sec. 'j, tp. 31 11. r. 56 w. tith p. 111. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous resilience upon and Ullivaiion ui aaiu inuu, i . Delana M. Sutton, Kred lietschen, Earnest A. Hasselquist, Kdgar G. Hough, all of ilnr rison, Nebr. 5 0 w. H. siccan.n, Kegisier. .Notlro. Timber Culture. I. S. 1,A Nil OFFICE, I Chadkon, Neb. i Mav i. 1893 Complaint 25i having been entered at this office by by i harms it. mm agauini .acnu riah Shrop for failure to comply with law ns tliulier culture entry ro. sua, uawi 6th, ism, upon the southwest quarter, sec- t ni 7 t.,n-iwlmi io north, rauu-c Da west, in Sioux county, Nebraska, with a view to the cancellation ol said entry; coiiuisumi aiicg ing that the said entrvnian has wholly aban ddiicil usiil tract ill tiiis towit: Itv neglect ing to break, plow or in any way cultivate any portion ol saiu tract since January ii, sy . i.ii ml ii ere. are no trees kiuwiiiu oh mhi ract at the present tune, asu mat mere na wen no trees, tree seeds, or tree cuttings planted on said tract since January 1st, isvi, iui. i he am iiiaL nail neen cuuivaieu on said tract prior to Junuary 1st, Itwl, has grown up to grass and weeds so as to torm a sod. The said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this oflice on the 16 day of June, 1H.3, ut iu o Clock a. in., to respond aim iuiii- n testimony concerning saiu u,-,s'-u in ure. :m-40 t. r. rowns, iteeeiver. II. C. Coxi.EY, contestant s attorney. Net ire for rtiblicstion. - Land Oflice at Chadron, Neb. Apr. is, 1893. i Notice is hereby given that the following- named settler has filed notice of his inten tion to make final proof in support of his laim, and that said prool will he made lie- fore Conrad Lindeinan, Clerk of the District Court, at Harrison, Nebraska, on May ffllth, 16V3, vis: Lewis Rickanl, of Boclnrr, Nebr., ho made Homestead Entry No. 3TM for the ne i4, sec. 52, tp 33 n r. oo west oi tne oiu , in. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of said land, vis : William w. nan, r.n miin, iienry jim- merman, truest uunge, an oi liociarc, neor. (3137J w , H. MCCANN, Kegisier. Notice. Ilomejtfsil Entry. U. S. Land Office, Chaiihox, Nkb. Mav 2. ISM. Comnlaiiit 2611 haviuir been entered at this oltii-c by n illlam s. Bn-ariey against josepu MMiiio-niiierv ior ia ure Hi coiiiniv wiin aw as to Homestead Kutrv No. 7IS, dated Feby nth, lsss, upon tlie c; ne4 see. 21 and n nw'd section M, township 33 north, rang c lib west, ill MOUX county, .euiasaa, witn a view lo tne conceuaiion n aaiu enti y , con testant alleging tiiat the said Joseph H. Montgomery has wuony aoanuoneu sam tract that he has chunked his residence therefrom for more than six months since linking said entrv; that said tract is not settled upon and cultivated by said party as required by law. The solid parties are herc- iy summoned to appear at tins oinee un me 17 duv of June. 1RK3. ut III o'clock a. in., to re spond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged tailure. Testimony of witnesses will be token be fore H. T. Coulcy, a nolory public, at his of fice in Harrison on the 10 day oi June, ii-m at 10 a. m. T. V. Poweks, Receiver. i;eo. WALKEn, contestant's at'.y. L. E. BELDEN & SON, Wagon and Carriage Makers. Repairing doee on short notice. Good work and reasonable charge. Shop south ef livery barn. HAKRISON. ... NE s I'LLIVAN Jfc CONLET, l-awrtn. Will pmactice is all the local, state and federal courts and U. S. Land office. LECAL PAPERS CAREFULLY DRAWN. i i t i E2T Office in Court House, H AUK SON ... - NEBUASKA V. A. HESTER, -Dealer in- Lumber, Grain Lime and Coal. Sash, Doors, Blinds. Hair and Cement. A Complete Stock Always on Hand B. L. SMUCK, Fashionable Barber & Hair Dresser One Door SoHts of Hank of Harrlou. OPEN SUNDAY FROM 9 TO 12. RAZOBS AND SCISSORS PUT IN ORDER, Sewing machines cleaned and repaired. . Give ? me t a I Call, DO YOU WANT WATER? See the "Old Reliable" WELL DRILLER, T. O. WILLIAMS, Harrison, - 5ebraski. McGINI.ET A STOVKK,. Harrison, Nebr,' own following brand: An ruirus Tirkett sad Conilfn Tusr Frtiibt vis the F;, E.&M. V.S.C.&P. RAILROADS. H. G. BURT, General Manager. K. C. Morehoise, J. R. Buchasax, Gen'l Freight Agt. Gen'l Pass. gt. OMAHA, NEB. IS4-41 . T. ( o slet, contestant's attorney. Jiotiee.-Timbf ri uitur.'. V. S. Land Office, t iiiDRO'-. Nebr. .MbV 15. 18KS. (loninlaint 4K havine been enterrd at thin ofltceby Newman L. Tipton against Walti;r Keen tor lauure to comply wivn mw w timber-culture entry No. 5113, dated Decem ber 4. 188S. anon the nX nwti, iftniri. and nri.. ww. section 18. townslnn 80, ranKe 05 in Sioui countv. Nebr.. witb a view hi the nMiipniiiit.ion ol said entrv: contestant allcE inir that claimant lias wholly abandoned aaid tract in this towit: By neglecting to Dlow, break; or in any way cultivate any nortion of xnid tract during the year mm and ud to date of making this affidavit to wit: fseptcmner zv, imrc; inat inere nie no treca growing growing upon said tract at the oresent time, and there lias been no tree, tree seeds or troe cuttings planted on said tract Bince January I, 191; that the nortion of said tract that had been cultivat ed prior to January 1, 1MU1 has grown up to grass and weeds, anil he haa failed to cure said defects up to the date of making this nflidavit. The said names arc hereby sum moned toannearat tlusomceou tne so (lay of June, 1H1B, at 10 o'clock a. in., to respond and furnish testimony concerning ld ai Ipirci! fillhll-e. leutimonv of witnesses will lie taken be fore (jcorge Walker, a notary public, at his on ce in Harrison, Nebr., on ine nay oi June, I89J, at 10 a. m. T. . row eks, 3B41 1 iteeeiver H. T. Conley, (lontestant's Atty. Notice Timber Culture. U. S. land orricE, ( C'HADBOH, NK11B. j Mav 15, IWU. rnmnlatnt having been entered at thi: oflu-e lw William T. Jones against Millard Nelson for failure to comply with law as to Tlmber-Uiilture Kutry No. 53), dated March . irhk. unon the swM. section 34. township 31, range 5ti. in Sioux county, Nebraska, with it view to tne cancellation oi saiu euiry , con testant alleging that claimant has failed to break, plow or cultivate 6 acres of said tract second year after making said entry and has failed to plast any trees, tree seeds or cuttings on said tract from tne iay oi ma inir null! entrv to this date. The said par ties are hereby summoned lo uppear at this orucc on tne su aay oi june, iava, ai iw o ciuc a. in., to responu ana lurnisn tescimony con' cerning; said alleged failure. Testimnnv of witnesses will lie tuken lie fore 11. T. (mley a notary pnblic at his oflice in Harrlsou on tne zs day oi June, ibk, a 10 a. in. T . F. t'owsKS, IJB-411 Keceivcr. "jeorge Walker, contestant's attorney. Sheriff's Sale, llv virtue of an order of sain Issued bv the clerk of the district court of Mini countv. Nebraska on a decree ren ,iere,i iii siiiii court In favor of Sarah. . I. HasKett and against Franklin Hitnons, Mary Simons, .Sarah K. Havis and I). I'. Davis, I will on the 3rd dav of June. I8V.1, at oue o'clock, p. ni. on said day at the front door of the court house in-Harrison, Nebr., sell the following described real estate, vir, Jxit number Kix () in block nunilicr Mix iu the village of Harrison. Slou connty Nebraska at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy said order of sale In the sum of One Thousand Seven, teen and 48-100 dollars and interest and costs and accruing costs. i hm, kkiut, l4-JH! Sheriff of Slonx county. Neb NORTH WEST CI EAST SOUTH Dr. Leonhardt Limit, his practice to' disease or list Neryous ystem, (Such as I of Memory, Feeling. Mo tion and Will-power, Cramps, Fita, Gn eral Nervousness, and ali foraas ef Neuralgia,.) HEART, (As shown by Shortness of Breath, Pain, Palpi tt ion, Fluttering aoe Numb ness in region of tlie Heart.) BLOOD, (Such as Skin Diseases, Ulcers, Exces sive Paleness or Redness of trie Face, Faintness, Dizziness, etc.) CONSULTATION FREE! ADDRESS WITH TAM.aT-: DR. LEONHARDT, 1432 O ST. - LINCOLN, NEB. J- MsiUion this paper. SIMMONS & SMILEY, Harrison, Nebraska, Estate Agents, Real Have a number of bargains in choice land in Sioux county. Parties desiring to buy or sell real estate should not fail to call on them. School Lands leased, taxes paid for non-residents; farms rented, etc. CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED. GEO. H. TURNER, roceries - and , (general Merchandise. Look at my Goods and Prices Before Placing Orders Elsewhere. We can Accomodate Every one and Garry Everything From a Carpet Tack to a 1 nresmng uacmne. We are at the Bottom for Cash. B.F.THOMAS, County Surveyor AND LAND AGENT. He Knows Sioux County Better Than any Other Man. Consult htm Befon Locat'. 1 A PULL LINK OF Furniture, Window Slmdes, Pictures and ,;13aO-Fap8r.; Undertaking goods 0 embalming. T Or PROMPT ATTENTION GIVRN TO MAIL ORDERS. Geo. C. Reed, Cravrford, Neb.