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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1896)
.'V Till; SioiX t OL'NTY 0 . ... .... i I.. J. Emmons, I..l.f.r u.,,1 IV,.,,. K. K. A K. V U. IMiii.plul.l. tjoliit; W cl. , . .oti'K KwJ No. i, iiil-'!,.... I0:4i No. mix.-.!... J. 11 MISNNnV.M. I). riiyiriau ami Siiru'ron. All call ifivcii iroi:ijt iittcuiinti. t.illlce in Krus "lure 4" mitk k to srm.nis. The mien of tli'- local land o'.Ii. have recently been amended tliat settlers to make linal proof sliall sett!" with the publisher liffur sending in their applica tion. All parties d.'-u;ii' to make linal proof an have their papers made out at Tl!K Jot UNA!. Mllce. fi f i liar, promptly transmit ti-i) to the laud ho that liu time will lie lost. ind 1 !ii - 1 For information read TlIK J'I'I'.N U.. -If you have enoneli to pat and a fire j to sit by you have mnrh to lw thankful j for. ('all at TlIK Jut KN.U, otiii e and have vour linal proof pajxrs made out. It w ill cost you nothing. On account of the inclement weath er there will he no hall tonight. Had it lieen phasunt there is no douht that a larpe nunilT would Inive been ill at tendance. Iewis ( !ei hu ll started for Omaha Saturday nilit to ap(ar an u w itnesx in u cast' against Fort K ih:son parties, it wt ius tin y had hern sidlili oil w hu h lt-loncd the (,'overnuii-iit and in llliri' an order from Mr. (oil. eh Mime of It was sh. j d lit re. .SUteiiients' of accounts an; U iu unit to I host; indehted to this otli.e who live at. a distance and thus- who reside in this locality ar request! d to call at t lie utile and s-t tie. AecoiinLs not paid promptly wilt he placed ill tin' hauils of u collector without further notice, A special from All ance a few d i s iio stated tii it Tril Mdler h id acci tlentalh shot hmisidl. and it was f. iii.-d that the wound would prove fatal. As Ho further news has Uvn received it i.s hoped that t he mishap Was Hot so se rious as at Jinst su; Iv wl, The thr ye.-ir-old soa of .1. I". Sirp- j le', h i"'-si i. s south td (ilea, wasj kicked in the I lead !y u Imrst- MCfiitly.j I'r. M'.'iidith, i f 'ia(vloid, was cill.-.i ( lilid found licit the frontal Lout; had been j so badly crushed that. a. portion ot it had to 1 removed. At last report the p tlellt was tloin well. Miss Nettie Kauies, who is teai in r of the si h ol ic-ar lien, and one of her S 'holar, met with a peculiar accident a few la s a'o. 'fiiey were t-ucae I in a Hame of In!! mid the teacher and boy were rill a ic' in "ti: sit e mr cii on wn:i .... . heads bent, for.vard, when they c !l.ii -"I i With such for.-u that, lint both were rendered uiit;iMiHt;ioiis, tile, teacher re in tilling in that condition lor s mic hours. 0. ('. 1 'unit Is, the special land neciit who' was here some three weeks HJ40 lookui'' after fences that surrounded hire tratds of Kuvrtrnnietit bind, re turned here last Monday' lor the purpose of further prosciitini; the woik ip-Mpicd to bun. Tlie weather beii,' unset tied, he left yesterdav for ( lieyenn, hut, w ill lie back iipiin in a few days. It begins to look o us as Iboitli inaTly fences would have tu toum tlown. I.usk Il.ruhl. The repairs for the pump arrived j w, pVes eiht miles northeast td' lleiu nud were Jitit ill place tlie lirst of the j inef'-J, perished in tlie llcreu snow week no that the water supply plant j Kttrii which spread over the entire now in pretty t;ti.nl shape and it istiocil I northwestern portion of Nebraska M m- thut it will go ihrouxb tlie w inter with out mishap. If the board of trustees Micceed in t?etti u windmill plant they will earn the approval of every tax payer in the village. The legislature will have an ugly problem to solve in the liuuncial condi tion of the aUlo. It is said that the public debt is about a million and u half of dollars ond that it has rent ln-d the limit. It in advot atiitl by some that a general reduction in the salaries of offi cers and employees be made. That does not look just rijilit. There is not an officer in the state who draws a salary from the Klate treasury which is Imxe enough to allow him to live us Ins iosi tion demands. There may Im boiiio places wher employees nnuht li done uway with, hut even as it is lliu various ilepartinents seem to have lieeii runniiiK horl-handed. A revision of tlie assenv ment lawn anil also of those jj'vt,rf,i,,K the collection of luxes would do more to prevent a Hhortage than unythinx else, that in apparent. If all property was assessed ul its ritjhl value mid severe snnltieii provided to punish both assess or an 1 property -owner in case f viola tion of tho law, and in addition ls;tter provision made for tho collection of Uixen, a great many of the troubles of the ollieiaU who iiiniinisler tlie airairs of tha public would be removed. Under the present nrnint,'emenl Ilia public tre.'iMiry Is depleted and tho iorer lassea of the people pay 'more than their ttliuro of the taxes. i ! J H ! rs came up from K, .!Jii r ret-u Men' iv. Lewis fieri uh arrived home from , ,:l t ,.,,. -A. J,. L.rg was over from Ant lox e;,ti r.lav and called at this olI!-e. I barb v Newman was in town the lirst of the week and tailed at tins olbce. Mr. ami Mrs. V. U H u t returned mi i in-lay from ther tv-lUtn trip in 111" Llack Hills. j S. 15. ( 'ollVe was in Harris.' I of the week ami gave us an 1 the Olllt'l first for stationery. " I- I. ii son was from Whistle j Creek tin1 first of thi- week, the guest of ' Commissioner Johnson. I I'oiin'v Attorney (iuthrie went to Pine KuL'p, S. Dak., tiiu lirst of the week "ii legal business. Attorney K. VY. I'aily was ii from Craw furd on 1'rid i v us counsel lor tin? men t hurled Willi rustling. Alvin T. Clark r.'l itrtn-iJ l-'rid.iv from a trip to ( 'hcveune aii.l oilier oinls along tin.' I'uioii I'.n ilii- in Wvoming. - j - Old papers, live cents per iliiz.-n at ' Thk Jut'liNAI. ollice. T,e (.:1,,;l(.jy f tl,t s Iiooh room is i, ,-lXL.ti to atcommoilate tin) pupils. The lady whose plants did not p't touched by Jack Frost bis niht can Ira thankful until to-morrow morning. If those who have promised to brin Us wood on itccoiiut w ill tlo so at once it will lie appreciated, for we need it. -(. K. ("tdlee is have a lot of buildin; material hauled from his home ranch to the 7 box L ranch in Wyoming to be used in the construction of sheds. There is no school today or tornor ro.v. Today the children want to eat Thanks-living diiiU'T and tomorrow they will need to recover from lis el'ects. - One of the worst strouis ever ex i"rienced at t his season is rniitij? here,! It is a genuine blizzard, although there I is but a small quantity of snow falling, ! hut tla; wind k-eps it moving 111 a way 1 which lead i one to think that mm h snow is falling. The cold is intense and . the strong Willi caus"s it to penetrate evi rv crt-vic. The air is heavily charg ed w i! h elect ricity, a condidition which occurs fr jie-iitly during hard storms in tile winter 111 t his pari, of the country. F. ist of here the storm consisted of ram and s!. "l an I h id tie; eltect of breaking do.vn telegraph W.- aiid poles, Ji l.iv IIIK train and riiiis.ii;: iiiucb trouble. Shoal I t his kind of weal lie r con! ma.; for Imi'; it will be very Severe on sfo' k which is not provide.) wr.Ii fuod and ' 'bail-man Frank Ti:i!;'iam cana down Tuesday evenui"; from tlh! luiiiin,,' camp south of Douglas, Wyo., to at-1 tend the meeting of the l'vi;- ol county i ommis-.iuiii i s on Wedii.' that In; am! .In k Krled ty. 1 1 have a ! hii.il and are about ready to he. in Ion their milling claim. A number of I claims hav- I,,.,.,) taken in that, locality and s'eos w ill be taken soon to have a , . ... ' f" ' miiiini; ilist tact ornainz ! so tn.it in I tore claims may b ; recorded with less ! trouble and delay. Everything indi cates that ore containing 'old in paying qiiiintities tan !! tiik.'U out, th.-re at stnall expense and as soon as they c;et erioii(.'h in sit;! it to male! a'run u stamp mill wi m i .ii. ,v is no,,,.., . : I I .. I I l .. I ....... I I, ;.. I I I I... I I the highest ffllt iciii p.itions of the pros- pot-tors may 1 realized ( iiiil-llearteil l'arents. j The Chadroa Si'jim!-A'i I'nrdr reports ! a startling case of parental iiidiilerence ! to the fate of their children In the ful j lowing: I The'ten-year-old son of. John Kroesin, day night of hist week. The boy, to gether with two younger brother, started humu from school, but after going a short distance concluded to re turn and go home with the teacher, iio was never again seen alive and his body, frozen stiir, was found Saturdiy near Iliinlup, whither he had drifted with the storm, a dislanco of twelve or 111 teen miles. This boy is a brother tu the lad who was drowned in Hryant's lake near this city', about a year ago. It devel ofied at that time that the boy had been unmercifully beaten at home ond was almost forced to flee away. His parents were iiotilled ol the drowning but paid no attention to the matter und tho hoy was buried in the putter's Meld in Green wood cemetery, ft is staled that the brothers of the lioy who died in the snow reached home ami notified tho parents that their brother had not accompanied them and it is believed that a search for him Monday 'light would have wived him from his terrible death. Iteiluced Kates. The F. K. &. M. V. will give one and one-third rate for llio round trip to t'raw fonl and return to the meeting of tin) Northwestern IMuiailiotial Associa tion to I) held November 27, IMI'l. Tii kets will be Mold Nov. 'Jlltli and 37th, goisl to return till Nov,'2mi. Thrru is to be a strong program and a general good time. l)r. Ilcssey, of the sl.tle university, will Ih them und give Hie 1 address m the evening, 1 l.flSON A !.. ill 1.1) To Till: I'i VIiilCT CHUT. 1 Job ti I kM ami Archie iters ihuind Oicr by Judge ilsusi. Dothl Live Html, Hut .Uers Still in Jail. j On last IVhI iv J .lin Joi!,l an.) An hie ! Alo is h i i a pieli.ninary hearing l.i foiv ' Jil'ltJ'! Wilson on t lie rlure of rn-thn lif. M W. iHiilv, of ( ravifor.i, was , l ounsel for tilt- ili'Icmi. nits, alui tin- pros-i ut ion wa con. ho led hy ' oiinty ! Attorney tiu'iine. The confe-.Mon ol ' Stoni'kin neiii'd li'tle t-orrolierativ.; ! i vuletii e to wan.iiit tlie thu nam to appea rut 1 the ili.sli ii t o'ltj-l for ti I Wilton lixed the amount nirt in holding next term of .1, and J'.d-e ut the hotnl of eai Ii at M . Tlir attorney for the de ', fi iiKt! at tciiipti d to h.i'.'c. it rt dmul hut i Wit holl I sin rt ss. j On Monday S. M. H. Stewart and K. j J. L:o-iier ame up liom t'r.twford to lu' ""the hiiiid of John Dodd and lis IIh-j- "ere non-residents of the county H'-y cre reipiired to .piahfy on oath as to w hat each was worth over iiideh! ediiess, liabilities and exemptions. This they tlnl to the amount of lfl,2o(t and the bond was accepted am! IlodtJ re leased from jail. 4L--rs ha not vet l,een ithti to five bail ami consequently Mill lan-uishe.s iu j ill, hut it is reported that he hopes soon to ht- able to irct bondsmen und i t,'ain Ins liberty. I Stout kin ,' is still held in jail here and j Wl ,,.,.,! ,r,. ,,! t, nr, f jv. ceiiiber w hen he w ill lie taken to l lliid ruii to testify iu the case against Hatha way )odc;e and will then he taken to the penitentiary at Lincoln to serve out his sentence, liis term dates from the time sentence was pronounced so that he is servility time while hfdd here. County Attorney (iuthrin is !,rettin' evidence t:ollect'd so that the caws a 'aiiist I iiidd and Aker will be much stronger than that used to convict Stonekiiik" so t lie pro-pecf of their each having to wear st riiies for a loiur term s'eiu to bo pretty certain. I From the is ports a ereat deal of ; rus! hii(.r has hi-i'ti done in the locality ; here this i'icj: U rateil and it is hop. d that tie-,, ise.s win cause mi. 11 woi klo, 1 he stoj ped iu N.oiix county. i in' loieilu Vtcchly i;i.li!c. erv uileleit r.iimlv needs in uildi- . Hon to their I' i ;,l 1 aj.er, a p'oii national .weekly. Th-.t c-.-:i!t;,t and most widely ; known j. ent 1.1I family newspaper is tlie . 'i'oli ilo Weekly lilade. For thirty yeats lit has been a regular visitor in every ! pan of the I'moii, and is wi II known at. I almost every one of the. "H.hlU post - I obi 'es iu the con n! rv. It is edited wit h r,.', reni-e to a national circu ition. it n of ail :l ,..,.,Mj,j,.a paiier. but m I lies take it bei .lute cf it honesty i ' "'bin ; .,.,,( faini,.Ss in tlie discussion of nil puh w"r'' i he questions. It is tin! favorite family paper, w lib soiiielhiiie; lor every Inein Ur of tl:e li'iiivliohl. Serial stories, noetrv, wil an 1 humor; the household if-partmeut (best in the world), Yonn' I Folks, ' Sunday School Lessons, 'J'al- umi;.; s rsefiuons, me larmsieau, ma '.uest ion Bureau I which answers qiies tlonf lor subscribers), lliu news of the lu ck iu compb'tij form, and o titer specia I lealiires, Specimai copies uladly sent on application, and if you will send us a list, of addresses, we will mail a copy to each. Only a year. If you wish to jr,,iM!a,. write for terms. Address 1 Mi; llt.Ahr., Toledo, Ohio. 'hy- . ss. J- It. I I O YOU WANT TO liAlSE WATER? I w ill put you is a machine which w ill elevate from 00 gallons to 22,')t;0 gal lons fier minute w ith the least possible power. It can bo operated by windmill, steam, wulcr or horse power. It has been tried and its merits ure known. 1 It is just thy tiling to use in streams w hore a, portion of the water can be used to elevate tin; other portion. They are cheap, They are durable. They an) simple. They are tip-to-date. 1'riccH on larger machines or on iron work iilone, furnished on application Write for further information to, L T. l'OOI.F, Agent, Marshall!, Neb. soLix County, THE LAND OF THE HIM l STEADER. Free Homes for !V!ore Than 5,000 iTlen. A new county with schools, churches, railroads, etc., AND 800,000 ACRES YET OPEN TO HOMESTEAD ENTRY. j Contains over forty-five miles of rail oad and has no county bonds. Sioux county is the northwest county J of Nebraska. It is about thirty miles j east and west, by about seventy miles i north and south and contains OVER 1,300,000 ACRES of land. There are more bright, spark- Iiiic-, small streams in the county man can lie found ill the Milne area tdsew here in tiie state. It has more pine t iinher in j it than all the n-st of the state combined j 1 1 s e rasses are the richest and most mi-' tritious known so thai lor stock-rou inu; it is iincxcc!!' il. Tin; soil varies from a heavy clay to a I lieht sanily loam and is capable of pro-j ; duciiu; excel lent crops. j Jin iiriuciiial crops are small irrain and vegetal. I"s, although good corn is! rown in tlu valleys. T!e wheat, oats ! r.e ana uariey are an 01 iiiuisuany line ! uualit v and lonuuai.d the highest mar- i ' l;t t prices. J j l'lie water is pure and refit ; bin"; and j is fount! ill abuiiilancit iu nil parts of tlie ; county. j I The county is practically out, of debt j and has over forty-live miles of railroad ; ! w 1! bin its borders, has a piod brick coin t 1 house and the necessary lixl 11 res for run- ; nine; the county and there has never 1 been one dollar of county bonds issiiseil i and hence taxes w ill le low. The Fremont, Flkhorn & Missouri j Valley railroad crosses Sioux county from east to west, and the Ii. & M. has alsait Sifteen miles of its line in the northeast part of the county. The climate is morn pleasant than that of t he eastern portion of Nebraska. There is still OVER 800,000 ACRES of land in Sioux county yet open to homestead tut ry. It is better land and more desirably located than that for w hich such rushes are made on the open ing of :i reservation. I here is no rail- i road land in the county and for that reason its settlement has lieen slow for no special effort to get settler was made, as w as donn in the early days of the settlement of the eastern part of the state. flood deeded land can ln purchased at reasonable rates w ith government, land adjoining so that a person who wants more than one quarter section call obtain il if he has a little means. There are about l.oOO people in the county and there is room for thousands more. Ilarri -on Is t he dimly seat mid is sit uated on the F. E. & M. V. railroad, and is as good a town as the thinly settled country demands. School houses and churches are pro vided in almost every settlement and are kept up with the times. All who desire to gel a boniest end or buy land cheap ure invited to come and see the country for themselves und judge of its merits. Homesteads will not he obtainable much longer and if von want to use your right and get IMI acres of land from Uncle Sam free it is time you were about it. If you want a farm paper get one published in Nebraska. Tun Jochnai. clubs with the X.-hraxka Ftirmn: Call and see a copy of it. Look at This List of western cit ies: Chicago Rt. Joseph Omaha Lincoln Si. Louis Ik'iiver Kansas City I)eiidwvOBil It does'nt matter which you intend visiting. The llurlingtoti Route i.s the best line to all as it is to any one of them. Advertising matter and full informa tion about trains and rates on npplica Uon, J. l'lfAM'JS, CI. T. & T. A. Otualiu, Neb. isidbr Richstein, DEALER I3ST Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars. a;i;.t Pa bstrs Celebrated BEER. IIARK-KON, READ We will send THE SIOUX COUN TY JOURNAL until January 1, 1898 and the Toledo Blade for 3 months for Or the above papers and the Chicago Inter Ocean a year for $1.25. This ofFcr in to all new subscribers and to those who are subscribers, provided they pay all arrearages on subscrip tion to date of settlement at the regular price. Cash in all cases will bo required from those who wish to take advantage of our campaign offer. Thk JoriiNAL is the only paper in Sioux county that is authorized to publish tho official notice of the proposed amendments to the constitutions it is the official county paper, and is the only paper in Sioux county that is q;-:alb fied according to the Statute for the publication of legal notices and other notices repuired by the laws of Nebraska to be published. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE, THE R EVIEKMEW5 HoMimm Illustrated l t3- Edited by ALBERT SHAW "If only ofit wiazazinr enn le taJten, w would suggest the i:i:r!:'.l' OF UnriFjrs, as covering more ground than any other magazine." Roard of Library Commissioners of New Hampshire, iSnfi. 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