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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1904)
. . . . . . . _ _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . , _ , v _ _ . _ . . . . . QIu tct' uto. 1\epubUCRn \ ' . . . ' - " " ' - - ' ' ' ' ' I'ulallfthcd CVbl ) ' 1'Luuda ) ' lit Ibo Count ) ' cal. u. I. .UltiUlnut\ . , , } : tlUor C\'liUco In Copler JIlock. } .fonrtb AT . ' BDlcn'd i\t \1OVlomCO - 11& IItoliou Dow , Nob. . all 1 1'.o1ld-f11MII mottor lor tfllMmlulon througb the U. S. 1II/1l1s. / 8IJUHOIUI'TION 1'/uOR / : One YII/lr / In , , ( tVIIIICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8t 00 ADVEHTISINO nATJtS. , 000 colomn , 111 r munth,87 00. Onr.half col. umn. I"'r m lillO , 8100 < lu\rlcr culumn , ller month , S .W IA' &lIIUI quarter Clliurnn , 50 " . Inch I'or ' munth cClltPJ".r au alPt I.ago. 60 conla per luoh , pCt month l.ocul nd\'crll lng 1COU'ft Ior 1100 o/lch / 101cr. lion. Notice 01 cburch lalrp , Boclohloa BDd oDletl/llo. / lueutlboro mOllor 18 c/lllr/rl. / oue.halr rUlep. 80clot ) IIlIlIco. oud rep"ItUlonR , o u. , . 11 all ratcp. ' \refllllug r oUcel rroe. halll'rlcl' ' lor publl hlllg ' , . UOllt I notloop. rreo , 111\11 prlc- fur pnb\J \ bllli ohtlunry notlcell , IInd Cl\r U\\f"a\ \ ( . lo4lnlnullcu' ! : .a r'ldcd bJ I' Mulca el Nobraska. f . .ri'rSday , January i , 190 . 'rhe RUI'UllI.ICAN gi ves an extended - tended report of the Chicago fire in the Iroquois theater last weck. See inside pages. The grcat destruction of human life resulting from the fire in the Chicago 'l'heater is an object lesson t ha t should be heeded - . ed by the whole country , Broken Bow not accepted. ' ' 'l'he friends of J. W. Webstcr if dictatcd by wisdom wi 1 make Hoosevclt the rock on which to build his chances for the vice- presidency. Nebraska republicans - cans are for l oosevelt first. . . II. C. IAndsay , chairman of the republican state ccntral committee - tee , is an applicant for the position - tion of clerk of the supreme court. 'l'here should be no hesitancy - tancy about his appointment. - - - - - - Presiden t Hoose 1 t's message to congress on the Columbia- Panama affair is a gem. Nothing - ing is concealed and no appoogy ] for the position tal en by the go\'ernment. 'l'hc President has no fears of taking the public into - to his con fidence and he malcs a clean breast of it. 'l'he public admires a man who both says and docs things. 'r le issue of the Outlook of January 2 , gives an able re\iew of , the Senate's investigation . against Gen. Wood. 'l'he articlc shows that all the charges against h m were without foundations an that jealsies could only have prompted them. The investigation - - vestigation shows General Wo.oel to have had seventeen years experience - perience in military affairs and - that his promotions have been made upon the recommendation of his superior officers for gallen- try and ability and without his knowledge or soli citation. Th Outlook anticipates the report of the Senate's invcstigating committee - mittee and if it is as strong as the Outlook puts it Gen. Wood will be grcatly benefited by the investigation and his promotion to Major-General will have the hearty approval of the American people. The trial of Senator Dietrich commenced at Omaha Monday. The indictments of alleged conspiracy - spiracy to effect a bribe and the charge of profiting from a contract - tract made with the g'overnment , were first tal < en up. 'l'he at torney for the defense filed a demurr holding that it was not charged in the inditcment that the Senator - tor had made the contract after he became a member of Congress. He produced authority back as far a 1S0S , holding that a contract - tract made with the go\'crnment before a person became a Congressman - gressman was not annulled hy his subsequent election and that it was not illcgal to continue the terms of the ton tract. 'rhe court sustained the demur. A . - - - - .M . . . : . . , " . ' . "J"J" ' F. W. HAYES , West Side Square , Broken Bow , \ I Nebraska. I . { J".rJ" , ' _ -iI" " _ "JM"'lll .Wo\U"'MlMII'.tl _ : _ _ Cl'J . 'W'II' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'I' thent ! two ftldlcluHHtfU : were the BtroJigcsl hnrge1l11n ! c , it bCllriu1 ! to loolt brighter for Senator Dietrich. . Corn leads all reps in acrcag and valuel of course. The number - ber of acres in corn in Nebraska was estimated at 6(21),982 , and is exceeded only b ) ' Iowa , Iansas and Illinois. 'l'hree states also exceed Nebraslm in the total' yield of corn , but in this list Missouri talies the place of Ian- sas , tile latter state yielding a 'smallcr aggrcg-ate yield than Nc- braslm although having a greater creage , and Missouri yielding more bu hels than Nebraska with fewer acres. Seventeen states excel Nebraslm in the vield per I acre , and this suggests a field for improvemcnt among the corn growers of the state' . 'rhesmall- er yields of thc westcrn counties. . ha e a great deal to do with' ' l < ceping N braska's average : down but larg r yields in the eastern part would have a great deal to do with raising it again. 'l'wenty-six bushcls per acre is 'I' not making money very fast with corn at twenty-five or thirty cents , and Indiana's average of thirty-three.bushcls would look a great deal bettcr in the cbraska column.-State Journal. Mnrr luge J.censc. ( 'l'he matrimonial market has been bett r than the average in Custer county the past month. Judge Armonr has issued liccnsc to the following persons since December 1st , up to datc : j li'red Maryatt. Norfolk 1 Hattie r-1ay ' Decker , Callaway Crist Pete Peterson , Mason { Ncllie Mortensen , Mason { Jos. E. Austin , Central City Mabel 141tdrJingtonBroken Bow j r./ewi Cushman , Broken Bow 1 SarahlCover , Broken Bow J D. G. Weaver , Etna 1 M'rtle McClellan , Etna Norman Lewis , Rest { Bertha E. Butler , Ortello Simon P.SimonsonBroken Bow { Susie B. Barcus , Broktn Bow Clinton Roberts , New Helena { \Iaude Fuller , New Helena Walter E. Clark , \Vest Union { May H. Gu'le , Walworth { Lemuel M. Clay , Ansley Rose E. Si'mpson , Ansley J George O. Gordon , Merna 1 Francis R. Carroll , Arnold j Ed ward'Pendleton , Calla way 1 Anna Hammons , Callaway j Geo. M. Logan , Tuckerville 1 Myrtle Landreth , Tuckerville J Wm. W. Flynn , Pilot 1 Gertrude L. Caselton , Pilot J Willard Keller , Mason 1 Dolly J. Richtmyer , Mason flomer R. Hatfield , York { Ethel Wilson , Anselmo J Union M. Bass , Merna 11nna P. Fenner , Merna j Wm. R. Cline , Broken Bow 1 Lillie M. Mast Kearney J Bert F. Decker , Comstock 1 Alma Allen , Comstock { Perry H. Aubery , Broken Bow Emma M. C.onley , Brokcn Bow { D. S. Narragon , Oconto Blanch Draper , Oconto j Frank A. 14 il1y , Rest 1 Rose Kaupp , Rest { Se'er , 1\1. Syerson , 'l'riumph 'I herese S. E. Lang , Triumph { Franldin Woodruff , B. Bow SeHne Bailey , Brokcn Bow { Horace R. Cole , Ansley Nora McEwen , Ansley J John S. Harrald , Hoosier 1 Leatha Long , Arnold j W. H. O'Rorke , Broken Bow ) Eli7.aueth O. Connor , B. Bow j Fred Nc\'e , Rest 1 Coldonia Feltersbarger NO"'IC' . . Parties having business per. taing to the Elliptic Mining Co. , during my absence will please call on the scretary , Alph Morgan. J. G. LHl\IING , 23-30 Manger. IIcv.CnrllKtc 1- . n.l'1urUn. 1..1. . D \Vaverly , 'l'exas , writes : "OJ a 1110rning' , when first arising , ] often find a troublesome collr.c. tion of phlegm , which produces . cough and is very hard to dis. . lodge ; but a small quantity 0 : Ballard's Horehound S'rup wil at once dislodge it , and the trou' ' ble is over. I know of no medi cine that is equal to it , and it i so pleasant to take. I can mos' ' cordi all ) . recommend it to all per sons needing a medicine fo throat or lung trouble. " 25c , 501 and $1 00. Sold by Ed. McComl1' ' Broken Bow and 1erna. . . _ 1 I'l' ! . .r 1I1"M'ftoH" " " , i"1Ji1r"1it'RW . . . . 1. . . _ . . . . _ , - - - , . . . . - -1 > - 'J'JlC ' UNnEltUlwU U UIUUHO , - 11)'lIr. Co l'lcllclt. ! CUAI'TItK VlJ. There are some things racy connected with this Under Ground Story , one of which is an account of a debate on the slavery question - tion as written oy P. B. Osborn a persistent wor1er on the road Qver which there was so many slaves transported. To get a proper understanding of this matter we must describe two small towns not many miles apart , which shows how different the feeling of the respective I settlements , o'wing to the early impress made on those places by t he firs t se HIers. One of these towns was called Huntsville from the fact that a family by the name of Hunt were among the first settlers there. 'rhe man was a Methodist minis- tcr tis truc , but ultra pro-slavery in his views and who lost no occasion - casion of airing those yiews and and showing his undying hatred of what he termed "n iggers. " t is aid that birds of a feather Hock together and s ) it was in this casc. 'I'here were others not a few who of like mind took occasion to settle on the town site and closc around and thus through this eminent divine the settlement was largely pro-slavery and up to as late as the Civil War was tinctured with the same sentiment as shown b ) > the fact that there was but one township in Handolph county that excced- ed it in the number of men who during the war were denominated copperheads or non-union men or disloyalmcn. Be it said however this was not at that time a very large community ( 'If that sort but what there was were very bitter. Randol ph Conn ty al ways fillcd her quota of men for the army without any trouble for she was in a large majority loyal to the county or to the Union. The other town of which we spoke was called Economy , and that wa5 settled by Quakers and some Methodists , but thfIeth - odists here were of quite a different - ent type from those at Huntsville , and the Quakers , while they claimed to and realy believe in peace principles , there was not a disloyal drop of blood in the t veins , nor did they entertain an ] 111 will to any people whetheI they be white , black or red. They were to the Quakers a11 r.IUN. SO the impress upon thi neighborhood was very differen1 from the othels and it has alway remained so for whether or n01 the older Friends had instructec the younger oncs in the peacE principles professed by them oj one thing we are sure , that vcr ) many of the young men were en. listed in the different Regiment scnt to the "front" by Indiana , 150 in number. . But to the debate , we must reo member that this was in days oj log cabins and newly c1eare < ] farms and this account wa written from memory and a . fe\ . . notes by Mr. Osborn. \Ve will give it as ileal' in hi language as possible : "In the latter part of the win. ter of 1839-40 , the first anti. slavery lecturer came into thh vicinty. IIis name was Lewh Hicklin an accrellited minister ir the Methodist church from MaH . . son , Ind. He had all the quahfi. cations for ready debate a ! > if Iu . was a fun cquipped lawyer at tIu 1 bar , and besides he was full ) alive to his subject having lh > ec at Madison and just across fron the slave tcrritory of Kentuck ) and had studdied the relation 0 . master and slave as it then ex isted and moreover he was a mal _ that seemed filled with the spiri' L of the great master who said - "All things whatsoe\'er etc. " IIi made his debate in Handolpl connty at Huntsville. When the meeting had as sembled and he undertook t speak he found he was surround - cd by a howling mob armed witl rotten eggs and other missils 0 a very unsavory character read : to use if he should attack thl . i1 lI.'II . IIIJIYI . "r"W' T 1 , . . . I' . : .MIl - . . . . - . . - . . . . . . . . - - 'I "lH\'JNit INI1'JI1'.l'U'1'ION" " of . luver , . too ronghly. IIic1din stood. . hig ground through all the clatter and men" aces of his audience and during I his discourse he said he had been informed that Rev. William Hunt had been in the habit of catching up runaway nigroes . and sending . them back to the1r masters w1th- out due process oflaw , andcharg- ed him of be1l1g the seed of the pro-slavery mobocrats of that neighbbrltoQd. When Hunt beard of this ac- I cusation he sought to have acon- ference with his brother Metlto- dist which ended after some pretty plain talk in agreement for a public debate. Hunt wished the meeting to be held in or near Huntsvillc , but Hicklin objected on account of the demonstrations of the evening - ing hefore. Economy was then agreed upon as a place where both parties would be assured of fair play and where there .was no danger of a mob. 'l'hl' meeting was thoroughly advertised and when the day came the people flocked there from all directions and filled the Old Friends meeting house that staod on the bottom ground northwest - west 01 the town. nq many of the older ones can still rememh"r it was quite large for a pioneer house of worship. The house was filled to overflowing before the speakers arrived. A few prelim1t1aries were gone througlJ with. A man by the name oj Locl < e (1 ( think William Locke ) was chosen moderator , who brief. ly stated the object of thc meet. ing. It was then agreed thai the contestants should be limited to one-half hour alternately , but the time of closing the debat was left to the pleasure of th speakers and the audience. Hicklin opened the debate witt : only a few remarks and theI gave way to Hunt. EvidentlJ Hicklin was onto his job an ( proposed to let Hunt know tha1 he was up against the real thing : but did not know just wb re hE was at. Hunt spoke a h.alf hou1 and then asked for more tim ( which Hicklin and the audienc ( frcE.'ly granted him. He spokE three-fourths of an hour and de. clared that the Bible sanctione , slavery and even upheld th ( framers of the constitution tha1 the.forefathers made ; that GO ( sanctioned their work , for tbe reason that they were Cbristiau izj ng the slaves and furthermor ( that slaves if freed could no' take care of themselves am would flock to the northern state like a black cloud and marry ou' sons and daughters. ( He die not say whether they would d ( this before they were Christ'san ized but supppse it was after fo , our sons and daughters woul < BLACK - DRAUGHT STOCK and POULTR-yJ MEDICINE Stock Bnd poultry hBve few troubles which are not bowel and liver irregularities. Black : ' Draught Stock and Poultry Medi. cine 19 a bowel and liver remedy for stock. It puts the orgBnll of digestion in ect condition. Prominent AmeriCWl breeders and farmers keep their herds and flocks healthy by giving them an occasional - sional ( lose of llIack-Drauht ( { Stock and Poultry Medicine 1n their food. ADy stock rAiser mBY buy a 2500eent half-pound air.ti ht CWl of this medicin from his dealer and keep hi3 stock in vigorous health for weeks. Dealers generally - ally keep Black-Draught Stoclt and Poultry Medicine. If yours docs not , send 25 cents for lIant-"ple enn to the manufacturera , ThIS Chattmoo-E Medicine Co. . Cbt- - tanooga , Tenn. IloOIIWUJI , OA. . Jan. SO.IDO % . Dlack-Draught Stook aud Pouttrr 1Iol110lno I. the beat I enr tried. Our ltook 1f&Ilooklnr bad "heD fOD Don' mo the medlclno and 110" the , are cotUnr 10 IIDe. The , are 100klDr : aD f per OIa'botter. . r I S. P. DROOJaNGTOK. e " , h.lIU1 . 1&aII1 J - . . lL . . . . , . . . , 'JI IlJdl A-.40. - _ - . . _ har.dly mnrr , heRtheD ! . ) II. plentl eloquently for ptOU5 slavc" holders who were Christianizing the poor Africans and said that , if the negroes 'were freed that I amalgamation would run riot all over the land. lt was said that Young Hicklin sat very quietly except he occasionally leaned over on one elbow so that he could see the speakers face and smile a little at tbe fear exhibited - ed by Hunt in regard to the , mixing - I ing tbe breeds. 'When his time came he stepped lightly to the stand and with a face b aming like a ray of sunshine asif , some thing new had been imp rled to \ him that he never bef re had thought of. He declared that he wanted more light on this ark subject as he was always rea 1y to receive "truth wherever fo d , whether on Christian or heath n g-round" and to obtain such ligh' ' he began yankee like , bis part ofl ' the debate by as ing , Br tlfr Hunt some queshons , f } e of which wasVould i' . bl was : . . . . . . , any worse for the races /to am.llge- : mate in a state of. . freedom than in a state of sery. : . It a state of freedom the negroes would be protp.cted by law , as it is they are considered nothing but hrutes. They have no more rights than a horse or cow. they are held as brutes and according to evidence it follows that the slave-holders : continue to amalgamate with : brutes and surely Brother Hunt you know wbat a hienous crime that is. Brother Hunt you sa1d the negroes would marry our sons and daughters. really are you afraid on that score. " Hunts reply was "no no. " "Then whom are you afraid for , please specif ) ' , is it your neighbors wbo were in that mob near your home when I attempted - ed to address them on a late oc- casion. " "No no" again was Hunts re- ply. "Then SlUce the Brother is afraid for no one in this congregation - gation , nor for anyone in his I neighborhood , it must follow that he is afraid for hi nself- that he is afraid some colored woman will come along and marry him contrary to bis wishes I and I will sign a petition to the state legislature , asking them I respectfully to pass a law , with I an emergency clause to prevent any colored wCJman in the state from marrying Brother Hunt wi thout bis consent. " Then Hicklin plied other questions - tions to him asking him if be had not caught runaway negroes from Kentucky and returned them to their masters , if he had not had them tied or chained , taken to his house and while tbere in his presence have family prayer before starting to Ken- tuckey with them. At this poin1 in the debate' there wal ! great laugbter and Hunt became very I angry , threatening to strike Hicklin , and rose for that purpose - pose , but Modorater Locl < e too him by the coat skirt and toh ] him he ought to control his tcm- per , but he < leclared he could not and discovering that he had J1C chance to avenge himself 011 Hicklin physically , he declared he would staj > no longer , pickcd up his hat and saddle bags , and marched out. amidst the jolly laughter of the audience , mount. ed his horse and rode home-a WISUR if not a lllf1"fR ma . Perry township , \Vayne county where this debate was held and New Garden township joining - - - - TO cJn' A cOI.n IN ( ) N n , " Taltl Luatlvil "roma ' ' . ! Qulnlon 'fab'cll. All , lruI'gl.la ! ft'Innd tbl ! mOllt ) ' If It tall 10 tUftl. E W. Grcve' . Iinaluflll on cavb box. . - - - " " " _ ' . . . -.J ! : I ) J. " . : : ; ' " " " ; 1 Perr } ' were banner anti-slavery townships in 1840 , find whi1 it is common for us to look back and think that William Henry Harrison ( grandfather of the lat Prestdent Benjamin -Harrison ) the first Territorial governor of Indiana. and later president of the United States , was' an antislavery - slavery man but not so' he was ' "whig" but yet a pro.slavery in , ' I ! , bis opinions and it was by , ' supreme effort that. Indiana w/'v kept out of the category of Jre states when admitted' int Ythe : union and this grand well } was . ftH accomplished by such 1 i. . )1C men and ura ve women a place < 1 a high estimate onthe boon of . . . . . . . freedom , and w $ could see . 4" . ' . . . . . P 1 alii I y t h at t h . , . I.conhnuanc f slavery wonli .e tbe downfall of , the Republi , . . ' . In 184Jl ! mcs G. Birney was " ' 10 , . nominatlffbya half dOien : : east- \ . " ' . . r.t ab iti.onist . . . . , / ' for president and soon .aft . r ineeting of tbe stockholders in n Underground Railroad together i h all others who was anti-slavery called to meet at New port , Wuyne county , for the purpose err tify ing the nomination. From t little I have read and what I remember - member to haye beard later on I conclude that there never was a meeting heM with a mqre dc- termined resolution on the part of both men an women ( for the women attended also and by the way they were not afraid nor ashamed to assert themselves in behalf of liberty and right ) to I use ever ) lawful meilns to am- eloarate the condition of the down-trodden slave. James G. Birney was born in Kentucky in 1792 , lpd died in 1857 , I believe. In or about the year 1834 he em ncipated his slaves and earnestly ever , lfter \vhile he hved adv9cated the abolition of slavery and later became - came the secretary ot'the National - al Anti-Slavery Society. He settled in CincinnLti ; and there edited the Philanthropist , its office being mobeJ several times and finaHy destroyed. ) It 1844 Birney was the candidate of the Liberty party for president , causing - ing the defeat of Henry Clay Iwho was supposed and indee was "milk and water" on the . . sla very question , pro ess1l1g t 0 believe in freedom but taking good care not to emancipate bii sla'es but always ready to make compromises with the slave Olegarky. ( TO D1CONTINUED. . ) - Farm Lease , Chattle Mortgage and Warranty Deed blanks at tbis officc. .f . . . : . - . 0 - : : = = \ _ ft RI A bushel of coal will furnish RJ considerable heat if it is the right kind of coal. It shoul1 ! not contain - tain nny slate nnd it should he free froUl dust nnd dirt of any kind. And it shonl11 bum freely and thoroughly , leavin no klinkers . nnd very little ash. That's the kind we have in Our Coal Yard \ nnd that's the kin ) ' 0\1 , ' should order - der tiS to put in yonr coal bin. The prescnt price is not dear for our kind of coal. Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. , BROKEN BOW , - . NEBRASKA. r C 222 . , , , . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . : , - . . ' - - - . . . ' - . " . . - . , . . . . . . J : , ' : ' 1"4. f f11 " : ! : , " : \ ' 4. . . . . . , ' ' ' : : " ' I''f.t.c. . ! . , . . : .I.a'.r. ' ; ! ' ) , " "L' . . . ' ' , , , ; ; " ! : / /4.t . ; , , : : ; ! -J' ' ' t-'i. ' ' . : . . . , , , , : . " " . : U'l. I. ; " " ; " ' . . . . , . . : : iI" ! ; : . " : : , ' , , . , : : _ ' " .I""L't.h . : " . , . . ; " , , . , . . , : . , Yi ! ! . , . . - . . ; . ; ! i . . : . ' . . . ; , : : . 'l.f.'t. - ' . . ' I NI T..H..E. 'I ; .I , . 'ii : : m P. D. SMITH CO . I : -c.TaI.I3EFI. : : . * , : ! . eN ! 'Pllone 19'C > .A. : I : . . . . I : f1 : I. S. C. BRUNER , Manager. .1 I L . . . .t 4"5t ' ' "J.Uf.'fit . . . . . : . 'fr. . : _ . ffR . 7.f'riiii . : ; " Ii'P' : : t/I " .YiioJ. . . . . . . . ; ; i'jv.n. ' . . . a JJ 1r I '