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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1896)
K TI1K SIOUX COUNTY o , iiior nun j rop. " i " I'm' laiilP. 1 I.otug Wm, l.oiiiK Kt. i . Inlxe.1 7:40 ' No. S, tnixed, io o I No. J. E. PHIXNEY.M. I). Physician ami Surgeon. All rll given prompt utteuilun. lfflce In Drug Store. HARMSON. NKHHAsKA. NOTICE TO SETTI.I KS. The rilled of (he local :B net ullice have recently been amended mi that Peltiers to make linal proof shall settle with the publisher before scmling in their upplii a tioii. All parties desiring to make final proof run have their :imt mailt? out at The JoniXAt. ollice, free of charge, ami promptly transmittal to tin land ofllce bo that no tune will he lost. For inforniation read TnF. Ji if snm. Old paperi, live ceiils per dozen a' TlIK JoCHN AI. ollice. Cull at THE Jut UN M, otlici! and have your dual proof papers made out. It will cost you nothing. Indications are that a "creen" Cliristinas w ill he pissed in this locality thi yar, lint there is time enough yet for lots of kiiow to fall. I The editor would U' ple.is d to have everv one indented to him nettle all tinj Lefore the end of lw!lS. A receipt in full i with the editor's signature attached will do much toward helping you start the newyeir riht. Ei'onimiy is a fm! fliiiiL' to practice, hut to praclice il. lv dispen-iii'' with your advert isin is a poor way to do it. J If you want hnsincss, advertise: if yon I ant the peop!.i to know that you are desirous of se -urine their trade, adver tise. Keep constantly at it, an 1 the in 1 reas in your Imjkiiiohs will astonish ynu. (i'Neill finnti'r. The wctiuil ipmrterly meeting of the M. F. ( hiirchwiil take pl.u- on next Sit 11 Hay and Sunday, Decemlier 2!th und STtli, I'renchiiii.' at Bodarc on Sit urday evening at 7 o'i lock mid on Sun day at II o'clock. On Sunday evenini; wrvices at Harrison al 7:!M. Presidinjr Elder Julian viill 1m? in at tendaiic 1: Last wed; County Treasurer liiehle P-vied on a v.arr.inl whiih had h" n drawn in la vor of I). V. H.uiiakcr and an in I lie hands of the county clerk. The levy was made lo tel what was in it to apply on Hauiakcr's di luupient taxes, und Ihu warrant will Ix't s..ld the sime n any other ersoii al property and what is realized from it wijl he applied on the taxes alter the costs have heen paid. It is reported that a son of Peter 1 lenry shot a neiyhhor's till a few d.ivs HUii. It is wild that the lad sli:,t at. the iirl to scare le r and the hsllet, cut the s.de ol her face. What action will he taken 111 the matter is not known. If the facts ar in ai rt with the report 1 lie nlfeiisi! is too K'r ive to li allowed to o; 1 iiii)uiiisn:d. lor next time his aim miht lie truer and result in a l.illine;. LaTB'I. Sines the ahovi! was put in type it has lioeii learned that there was Ho 111 thee in the shooting and it is a ipiestion if a liullet inl'icted the wound. Mr. Henry said that tie would take the Kim from the h iy for fear some harm lilifjllt result. ti'lite a miniher h ive done as re quested an I setth-d their aci-ounts aud others have made, partial piymeiils. To all such we extend thanks, we appre ciate such treatment. There are those who h ivo promised to pay and failed to do so and those who h ive pud no atten tion to our request, whom we trust "ill delay 111 longer, as we wish to have as k nail a list ns pus-ihle w hich it w ill lie necessary to put into this hands of a col lector. We do not w ish to put any hon est person (11 trouhle, anil can only jude liy their acts, and those tt houi w have carried for years oulit to make mi ef fort to pay. The Craw for people, who nra inter ested in tim development of irrigation i.recoimtril. tiuira Morale reservoir the military reservation which is to cov er more than half a section of land und Its uveniei) deplh will exceed sixteen feet.- The reservoir will w lllled from White river ut the season when the water would otherwise jfo to waste and when the time comes that if is needed it will (m through the ditches onto the land. IKiw nail the streams in Hiou county enough water runs away to irj-i-K.itu thousands of acres; there nee plenty of places w here reservoirs could he con structed at small cost and people will adopt a w ise course when they prepare, to Mow up th wastn waters iluriti"; this cool seasons that they may bo Used ' L the proper times to insure crops, It is riH'ogni.ed hy all that Teeil Is liecoiuing itearcer year hv year and people have got to devimi Ways V) procurii feed if they handle Ktock successfully. In irrigation (he only hope of Inoroan injf the fomgo product and to Ktore tlio wuler which would other.viso go to wanle in tho only way by which the Mcreagu of Ian 1 that can lie irrigated can be iiicrqiiHvri to nny great extent, hut u mi r prising inimlicr of neins can lie made to prodinm bi( crops of alfalfa ifnf other Clops if the piv.p"!' elll't is made. TEKSOXAL. roll for foniitiUsiiturT-,' Mi-Hlnsr. The board of county commissioners of SifiUY 'counlv V.l,r-.!-.. I......1... tallwl to meet at tho ouW of the ooun- .V clerk at Harrison. Nebraska, on Thursday. JVnii)l-r SI. 1JIS. at 10 oVI'k k, a. 111., fur t lit transaction of ordinary county business. M. J. Bi.r.wErr, Cuuiily Cli-rk. Program of ( liristinm F.nti'rtaiiii:iriii. There will lie a Christmas tree and entirtainnifciit in the M. E. church of Harrison on Thursday evening, Ileeem Iht '2-ltli,'iiiuk-r the uuspices of the Sun day s.ho.,1. Ti. follow,, wa, will reniicred: j I'raver. liy I'nutor S,inif r.ccilitlum Arclii Inn I-. Millie scot I . .- ....Kiln Will. Miiicle l'.Hre)l. (.rice Itei-it. . .M-lioot 1 lioir. .Ji'HliU' I'onli'ls. M.iv W II-111. ... Ktnv 1 ; 1 1 1 . Sinn.' Itecltulioa. . iitc (.erhicll Iroik l'llllllie. Lizzie 1'hi'soiis . Kill le Folk. I MniK-1 w nriiekr. ! llf-Kie Mnr, teller. ..Minnie W tirneke. .... Vera 1 1 nsivolit . j lioir. I ....I'litr.l Hamiiil. Kovre Trhliet. ' Itrit lull. loif ue. it.ilioll. Mnle Ullfelou . I fcOTI'.' . . . . liecltilioli .school ciiolr crnon liamiiit. Mane! I'd, Oct, . llorolliv I'at'ei'son. I'.lnil 1,'oliwer. ley l.erl.ich. Unle siutMi. i tiarlie Myer. Knlie t'lll'--oiiy. ... W illie llarleil. Minnie sui ton. Itav Mver. ciiolr ...Mio-y iicriiu'li. .Nellie sjniinolls. "olllif ... Hccitntlull.. siiii; Hccltiilioil. f llalotiM. I Ice i i ai ion . ... .. uri i lark. Mamie IKonlin. KilUle l.illlirie. I lot ti il I'.artcil. Hovil I 'lark. Loupe lierlaeh. ..Ilarrisoa tiler Clun. -onif IMiiloipli'. The ahove iropiini is suhjei t to change or correction. Vxi-rciscs will lie-fin promptly at sev en o'clock. Every one is cordially invited. Ilriiie; your presents and leave with the committee to he plaa-d on the tree. We will endeavor to make the evenini; a pleasant one and npist heartily reipiesl your aid in our iinderl.ikin. Tn 'iiMM.'rrt:!:. Uev. II. J. Clark took his family to Pleasant Eide, ttie last of the week to visit until after Christmas. Mrs. E. F. Pontius anil daughter. Miss Jennie, went, to Crawford Monday evening to interview Santa Clans. The t" hers presented each of their pupils a haniUom.) illuminate I card on w ha h "as printed the names of all the pupils enrolled in the department which they attend, the otlicers. teacher, e'e, making a very ni''e souvenir. Arrangements are lieiiv made for a irrand masipierade hall to he h' Id at the court house hall on Thursday evening, lliaeiiilier i!I. l'Jl!. Prizs will I triven to the h.'st costuuieil laily and eentlt iiian. (! lod mnsir, will he furnished and everv ;hin' done to mike it pleasant for those who attend. All are invited. , T. O. Williams and family started on Monday oven ill), for Iowa. Tom cn pecls lo return in ahoiit a month hut. Mrs. Williams and the children may re main there some time longer, us their ha hy has heen in poor health for some time and they hope lo "jet medical help for him. In the case of Williams vs. Wil liams m the county yuirt on Tuesday, W. II. Fanning made a. special iiiiear ance and ohjected to some, of the pro ceedings in the elfort to "ait service mid Jilde Wilson sustained the ohj"ctioil. What the next move will he in the mat ter is not known. School closed Monday evening for j the holiday vacation. It was intended j to have continued a couple of d.ivs later i hut Miss Harris was called home hy a I tei'i;raui annoiinciue; tliu serious illness J of her father and left Monday evenine; j in response thereto for her home in I lawes county. Her many friends here hopa her father may soon recover. He ine; deservedly mpular naimu; her pupils many of them w ere at the depot to wall h her tl 'piirt aud wishher early return. Theliomeof Postmaster Mustelier will present a lively scene to-morrow- af ternoon, lor in addition to its hein t-.Ulmas its wil 1 l,,i lh fourth anni versary of the lurth of his daughter, Hessie. To do justice to two such anni- versaries seemed bo too grunt u task for ttie wee lady to undertako so invitations have tieen sent out to n numlii-r of her little friends to gather at her homo to assist tier. Thu I). & 51. railroad people have asked the county treasurer to accept u part of the tuxes levied against, the com pany and issue to them a receipt. The reason for the reipiest is that they claim that the levy madu to create a special deht fund is illegal and they intimated that iiuhss the reipiest was granted an t npjil iint ion would lie Hindu lo thu court f(r ft1 injunction i:!r.iiiiini- that part of the tax. I Im t reasiitvr does not see Ins way to do lis they lisli and Wants them lo pay that part under protest tut pro vided by law and then follow iho stalute in Ihu case. There are others who have quint tumid thu special debt levy und if Hie court Miy it is not legal all should escaiiu Us. collection, ilm iluhts liavo got to bo paid mime lime and the longer thev run the harder they will bo to pay, I tiuil n K thu railroads ere thu heaviest I taxpayers the burden will fall heaviest on them, If injunction is granted in the ease of the railroad thu court would he i asked to miiku to order general so that lioim Of that levy onhl be lolkttvd. The Nebraska Legislature. It is a. recognized fact auimi;' N. hr.i l;ans that 110 matter tint other it.iilv p.ier thev read at t lu-r tunes, timing I lio legislut i vu ses-ions they must get l lie i.mcoin :stn'e Journal if they want j alt the iikwh. The Journal is right on 1 t lie trroiin l. can 1.-1 1 tlie latest doings of Ilia lawmakers and frequently gives the news one 1l.1v earlier th.in the Omaha pajieis. Tin- J iiiifial's Washington cor respondent, Mr. Anmn, kep Journal readers thoroughly posted on matters of interest to Nebr.isk, ins that are haieu in.'att'i:? riitionil capital, Toe jotir nal is mailed at Yl cents p-r in :it!i with out tsuiidav "r 'ii cents -r month with Sunday. Il is a great paper. 1'iiial PnM;f Notira's. t,:A:,.,rA. - !vfc:r:;:v i ii.i-r ami 11 re reiin-ste to cxunijne their j notice nail II iiny .flols exi.t icliort till' iUilie to tlli Otti'-e at oncf. i I..I1C1 I mice lit Alliance, Sell., ) Notice Is heretiv eiveu Hi t I lie lol low i II ir I Tlllllte'l t-'el tl-T lias liletl liote. ot ilisillleli- tlon to ucike tliini prooi in iii)ort ol iiis cl lilll. 11M.I Ilut s-ial JIIimiI uili pe 1'Cnie fie Ifore M. .1 . file writ . ( iel k 1 ) i . I lilt ( oil it ill ' I 1 1 ;i rri-i!i. N i-1. irn-.k m . mi .1 it : . il i re h: ls7 vi 1,1, ,. i ' vi .Mh'hsicl . Iliiiiniiii. et lieilaiT, Ncti., w 'o linete IK K. No. IS-'ti liirllc'd1, ne sec. Ip :it ii.. r. 14 ih' iconei t lie I ol low in u w ;ttieses to prove ilis continuous iciilciicc upon illel culUva t ion ot , snjit late I, 1 1. : .). W. smith. V. K. Miuphv. lmi.s ltii!liic, John Mack, nil ol (toil ire, Neti. It no protc-t If im ile i ""ii't this pneif, on or lietore U iv sei for t ,Ui:t naine, tenti- Inoll y ttP'e lily sUbmil.le'l -A lil !- cotii'li'll'il H I . IIS, Jit. I II 101 Kcirister. irA" -.w ji i V ev ekyhojY is ()d:x(i to era F()K HOLIDAY GOODS. , CAN! A' PRICES: Creams, per pound, lo, "0, Mixed, 'r pound i & :io,-. ... Hi,; IDj i, mint Stick. ht pound A line stock of fancy i drops, etc., at low prices. NUTS: Pdack Walnuts, per pound Hickory nuts, per p nind . Peanut s, per pound . . . ISr.i.ils, per pound Pecans, per pound audit; .1 cents. Ivilisli Walnuts, per Fiiherts, per pound . lound Almond. i, per pound 25 " Chestnuts, per pound ....of) " Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Dates and Figs. Christmas Toys. LOOK HERE! i lip M'rt 1 O YOU WANT TO IU:SE I will put you is a machine which w il eloviite from 1100 gallons to 22.00(1 gal '",ls I":r minute with thu least possible I power. It can Iks opernled by w indmill, steam, water or Horse power. r-L-.r ..'.11. .. "v v a rr r & WATER?. It has been tried and its merits are known,' It Is just tho thing to use in streams where a portion of thu water can lie used to tdevale the other portion. They are cheap. They nre dur-ible. They Ufa simple. They are up-to-date. Prices on larger machines or on iron work alone, furnished on Application. Write for Jurthcr inl'ormn.tion to, 1. T. POOLE, Agent, M.ifshavl, Neb. (Winy, THE LAND OF THE HOME STEADER. Free Homes for More! Than 5,000 rvien. I ! A new county with. schools, churches, j railroads, etc., j AND Soo.ooo ACRES YET OPEN TO HOMESTEAD ENTRY. Contains over forty-five miles cf rail oad and has no county bonds. Sioux county is the northwest county of Nebraska. It is aliout thirty miles east and west hy nlxnit. seventy miles north and south and contains OVER 1,300,000 ACRES of land. There am more briirlit, spark ling, small streams in the county 1 linn i can he found in the same area elsewhere in the state. It has more pine, timber in it than all the rest of the state combined Its glasses are the. richest and most nu tritious know n so that for stock-e row in' i . ( it is unexcelled. j Tim soil varies from a heavy ' lay to a liirht sandy loam and is capable of pro ducing excellent, crops. Thu principal crops are sum II grain and vegetables, although good corn is grown in thu valleys. The wheat, oats rye find barley are al! of unusually line quality and command the highest inar j ket prices. j The water is pure and refreshing Vind i is found in abunilaneii in all parts of the county. I The county is practically out, of debt i and has over fortv-live miles of railroad within its borders, has a good brick court house and the necessary fixtures lor run ning the county and there has never been one dollar of county bonds issused and hence taxes w ill be low. The Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad crosses Sioux county from east lo west and the Ii. & M. has about, yfteen miles of its lino m the northeast part of the county. The climate is more pleasant than that of the eastern portion of Nebraska. There is still OVER 000,000 ACRES of land in Sioux county yet open to homestead entry. It is better laud and more desirably located than that for w hich such rushes tire jnado on the open ing of a reservation. There is no rail road land in the county and for that reason its settlement has lieen slow for no special cll'ort to get settlers was made, as was done in thu early days of the settlement of the eastern part of the state. Good deeded land can be purchased at reasonable rates with government land adjoining so that a person who wants more 1 hail one ipiarter sect ion can obtain it if he has a lil t le means. There are about 1,500 people in the county aud there is room for thousands more. Harri '.on is the county sent and is sit uated on the F. E. & M. V. railroad, and is its good a town as the thinly settled i country demands. School houses and churches are pro vided in utmost every settlement and are kept up with the times. , All w ho desire to get a homestead or buy land cheap are invited to come and see the country for themselves and judge of its merits. Homesteads w ill not lie obtainable much longer and if ou want to use your right und get 100 acres of land from Undo Sam free it is lime jou were about it. BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE. TD1M uinire OESIGN3, COPYRIGHTS SQUX U a. m Anrnnnflrnrllntr r rirrtrh und (icrlnon niny nui' hly iwrtiiln, fine, whether mi limnitmn is lirolmhly pu'efiMlrlo. CninmimU-ri, mini strict ly fw)Hrntlul. 1MW. furMiey f r KcninitK pat -nta U ArrifTH). Wo huvu a Wnnlit ntfni olTIrn, I'nLiMiiM tcknn tlirougU Munu X Co. icoulvfl petiiU luitlou lu Mto SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, honllllfnllr lllnntrntnil, lfirrnt clretilntlon of im Niiiiinno Intiriml, wpoIot, tpnnn (Ci.lid n yonri M..41rI ItliMiftls. Speelmen l!iiue anil llAMO UOOU ON rATKMTS Ulll fl'OB. AililrUBS MUNN A CO., 3V1 Brottdwav, New Vorlu sidor Richstein, Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars, ACENT Pabst's B HARn:sox, ttJUAJJD We will send THE SIOUX COUN- TY JOURNAL until January 1, 1898 and the Toledo Blade for 3 months for i Or the above papers and the Chicago Inter Ocean a year for $1.25. Thus offer is lo 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 be required from those who wisli to take advantage of our campaign offer. Tin: Journal is the only paper in Sioux county that is authorized to publish the oilicial notice of the proposed amendments to the constitution, it is the official county paper, and is the only paper in Sioux county that is qviali 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. REVSEPISSEWS onthbrTHustrated " only one magazine can !e tabrn, kv would suggest the JtKVF.W OF KF.riF.irs, as covering more ground than any oilier magazine." Hoard of Library Commissioners ot New Hampshire, iSofi. 'HIS magazine is, in its features, vhat i'.s readers, who Include the most noted V3 names cf the Etidish-speaking world, are pleased to call "absolutely up to date," "thoroughly abreast of the times," "invaluable," and "indispensable." It Is profusely Illustrated vith timely portraits, viow3, ar.d cartoons. 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