i THE NORFOLK NEWS : MUDAY , JVIAY 10,1002.
, * Thefiorfolk fl
The world rejoices with llttlo Jlollnud
over the foot thnt their popular young
qnoon IB recovering from a tcrlous attack
vt sickness.
The Sampaou'Sohley controversy is
settled M tat M the feeling , lonniblo
Journalist R niul orators nro roncoracil ,
although it i nppnrciit thnt BOIIIO few
ol them hnvo MO scruples nbont taking
a parting thrust nt n ( lend innu.
After rending of the volcano disasters
BtMartlnlquo nucl St. Vincent , the earth
quake cnlnmlty in Guatemala , aud of
the RIIOW storms In Minnesota , Wlscou-
uln , Michigan nud Ohio , it in again n
pleasure for the bngeaters to Btiuirt up
And howl for Nobnxnha.
Kstrndn Pnlnin is to bo Inr.uKurntod
tomorrow ns the preBldent of the now
Onbnn rcpnhllo and the exorcises In
honor of the ovimt will bu on n mngnifi *
cent piano. Already demonstrations In
honor of the new government niul its
chief executive nro under way.
Andrew Carnegie has given away
nenrly f 70OOd,0 < W tor public libraries
and still ho is threatened with being'
rich man at the time of his death , If
ho puts the balance of his money in the
newspaper wotlc , as ho has been con
sidering , the fear of dying wealthy need
not haunt him for any great length of
time.
Wo are pleased to hoar that the prob
ability is that W. M. Robertson will
have almost the unanimous support of
the Third district for governor. Thin is
as it shonld bo. This section of the state
has never hnd the governor , and no
moro worthy man has ever sought the
place than Mr , Robertson. This should
bo n winning argument in hit ) behalf ,
Albion Nowfl.
The editor of the Beatrice Democrat
has drawn suspicion to himself by a
kindly act to n hotel man of that town
in distress. The hotel Rafo refused to
opou one morning recently and the Dem
ocrat man took the stubbornness out of
it in nbont five minutes. Now the old
joflhlotitB carry the story that the act explains -
plains lots of things that have hap'pouod
urouud there.
No man can bo nominated , who , as
the republican candidate for governor ,
can poll moro votes than Wui. M. Rob
ertson of Norfolk. Ho is well known
as nu able , clean , \iiso and judicious
iimn. Ho will make n chief executive
of Uiis great commonwealth thnt the
whole state will bo prond of some
thing that has not occurred since Gov
ernor Crouubo left the oilico. Columbus
Times.
The date for the republican state con
vention is drawing near and yet there
is no apparent cessation in the Robert-
eon boom for the gubernatorial nomina
tion. Ho is the kind of candidate to
appeal to the common pcoplo and those
who know him will support his cause
with energy , knowing that n croditnble
admiulstrntiou of the executive otlico
is certain to result if he is elected tote
to thnt position.
The Sonfriero volcano on the island
ol St. Vincent , south of Martinique , Is
evidently exerting itself to exceed the
showing mndo by Mont Peleo , the
latest advices from that island being to
the effect thnt lbX ( > parsons have per
ished HUGO the mountain has been in
eruption and it is feared that the entire
islnud may bo destroyed. It is to bo
hoped that the worst is over but the
people residing there are nndoutedly
justified in seeking n place of safety.
It is probnblo thnt the accident to
the airship La Palx nt Paris , Franco , in
vrbich two aeronauts lost their lives
will put a temporary stay on the en
deavors of certain men to navigate the
air. Since the successful attempt ol
Bontos-Damout to overcome the environ
ments which mnn 1ms faced for ages
there have been renewed attempts to
perfect n vessel capable of flight through
the air , nnd such 'nu ' accident as this
was duo to remind people that they
had not yet thoroughly overcome the
force of gravitation.
It is expected thnt the Philippine de
bate in the senate will cud in two weeks
nnd that a vote will bo reached at the
end of that tiuio. This will menu tha
the oratoiical pyrotechnics with which
that body has been entertaining the
country for some time past will bo
handed down to the house of represent
ativeb and that body will for n time ex
ert itbt-lf to hold the center of the stage
The battle has been fast and furious bu
the nutis hnvo secured no apparent nd
-vantage over the supporters of the nd
ministration's policy in the conduct o
those islands ,
A Yule professor is quoted as saying
that there are volcanoes in the western
part of United States that have been
extinct for centuries , which may break
forth at any time nud cause disaster
lie gives no reason as to why the moun
tains in the eastern part of the country
may not do likewiso. Then again the
earth may be disturbed by earthquakes
or volcanic eruptions in any part of the
country. When it is remembered that
ihe thi.kness of the earth's surface is
only about comparatively as thick as the
M-ol of an orange , nud n thin skinned
ono nt thnt , nervous pcoplo may find
reason for trembling on any pnrt of the
circumference nnd may keep on trom-
illng but cannot prevent the cnlnmlty if
t IH duo. Tie ) majority ° f "lo luhabl-
niitn , however , when they call to mind
ho thousands of yearu that the world
ms htood , wll } proceed with their regular
avocations without undue worry over
vhnt may happen nnd what may not ,
Considerable dmcnsslon in being
awakened in the stnto ever the proposl-
ion to adopt the direct primary system
of making party laminations In No-
brnskn nud it is meeting with general -
oral favor , The experiment has
> cou tried with success in the munici
pality of Lnicoln for tlio srloctlon of
olty candidates nnd it is probable that
.ancestor county candidates will noon
> o nnmod in the now manner , It is a
reform just as certain to bo adopted n
vrns the Australian ballot. It Is n much
nearer nppronoYi to giving the people of
lid pnrl n say as tb who sfmll represent
hotti'ou Ih'p ticket * Yty111 t u propout
Hysiptn of onncnses niHi.coiiveutlouB nid )
'
thorp'cnu bo lltflp question ns to { ) io
ontcpmo of the discussion of the question ,
obrnskn has the reputation of wanting
ho best there is when it comes to olcc-
ipns nnd election Inww and it h not to
bo doubted that the people of ho Htato
will faVor the primary Hysom | when
they fully understand what it means.
The democrats would undoubtedly bo
well pleased to make the trusts the
paramount ISHUO during the campaign
of 100-i , but the slight cloud they have
)3ou successful In ruining has not thus
'ar'seemed ' to generate the ncoesnry
thunder for the purpose to Vhlch hey
would convert it. The tiust question is
now being viewed in n now light by the
people. They nil oppose nny nttompt nt
combination looking townrd the raising
of the prlco of ono article of prodnc ou
or manufacture so th'nt it will work n
hnrdslilp to thp consumer bui , tjjpy
n ullzo thnt n trust niny bo rande bene
ficial rather than injurious. If n trust
Is formed to advance the price of one
article of commerce and the advance
operates to raise all other prides or
valups accordingly , no In jury Is douo the
consumer as ho will receive that much
moro for his work or product. Then
the republican administration is getting
nftor those trusts thnt nppoar to ho
hnrmful with such ouorgy thnt n largo
part of the objection to such orgau1/-
ations will undoubtedly bo overcome be
fore it is available for campaign
mntoiinl.
The World-Herald quotes Abraham
Liucoln as opposing violence ngnlnst
prisoners of vfnr but does not stnto
whether his opposition to such practices
resulted in its not being employed. It
is safp to say that every president of the
American ropublio was of the same minden
on the question but there has probably
never boon n wnr in which "this modern
principle was not disregarded by 'some
ofllcer or soldier and It Is certain thnt
the opposition has frequently employee
violence against unarmed and helpless
persons to excess , The treatment of
union prisoners by people in authority
on the southern side during the wnr of
the rebellion is read\y \ } recalled. That
this teaching will be ignored as loop ns
there is wnr is as conclusive as it is that
private citizens of brutal natures wij
resort to violence nud cruelty ngalus *
the laws of the couutry. Asjta the lat
ter case they will probably be punished
however , ns loug ns a case can bo proven
against them. It is hard to contemplate
the fact thnt there ore brutes holding
citizenship in the country nnd it is
hnrder still to know that thpy fje ; ,
qnently escape punishment for their
notions by n shrewd , defense. The best
the people opposed to such praqtipes cnn
do is to BOO thnt itjs discredited by pun
ishmeut ns often ns n coso con , bo con
clnsively proven , nmHbus en qnyor to
reform the brute instincts of some pee
As showing the difference between
the way of. doing things under the
Snvngp , regime iu Nebraska nnd unde
n common sense policy in Iowa , the
burning of the denf mute school n
Council Bluffs is cited. This schoo
burned to nbont thp snme. extent ns wns
the Norfolk hospital for the insnne , Ins
Friday evening , nnd on Saturday the
board of control was on the ground and
made nrrnngements to have the sohoo
continued until the close of the term
The uubnrnod buildings will be utilize
for present needs and beds hnvo been ordered
derod by telegraph for use of the stu
dents remaining This notion ou the par
of the Iowa board demonstrates tha
Norfolk's demand- that the patient
should uot be removed from the hospi
tal at this place last fall , was not so
unreasonable after all. As with the
Council Bluffs institution , the main
ward buildings of the Norfolk bospita
were rendered uninhabitable , but the
auxiliary buildings remained intact and
hod been converted into very comfortable
quarters for the patients , nnd they were
being well cared for , when Governor
Savngo ordered them transferred to the
overcrowded hospitals at Lincoln am
Hastings , deserting the state's property
here and leaving it subject to the further
destruction of the elements. Norfolk
people did all they could to assist the
state to keep the institution open , and
vould Imvo advanced money to rebuild
no wing , but in his insane prejudice
lovornor Savngo had determined that
lip hospital should bo abandoned. All
his oity ashed nt nny tlino wns fair
rcntuiout , nnd thnt it certainly did uot
ecoivo nt the hands of his royal Incom-
) otonoy who disgraces the executive
Immbors nt Lincoln ,
801110 of the democratic editors who
wore instrumental jn raising the howl
nbont the beef trnt't hnvo now flido-
topped nud nro demanding the repeal
of the duties on cattle nud meat , nlleg-
ng thnt the farmer nnd stockrnisor is
enjoying too'muoh prospcrty. With the
lomocrntH in control of the government
t cnn be imagined that they would
ese no time in getting conditions back
nfl they were in the good old Cleveland
ItncH when the farmers nor no ono else
vero making money , Just about tqn
yonrs ago thd people were enjoyjng un
usual prosperity and the democrats bp-
; nu on thp same lines of argument.
Thp people evidently Relieved that they
WQre proof nimtust calamity nnd gave n
ready ear to democratic theorists with
ho understanding that their condition
vould bo bettered , but instead of the
lightest improvement us soon ns the
iqmocrntio reforms 'began to operate
hero was a general paralysis of all sorts
of trade and Industries and the furuiors
voro among the worst sufferers. Mem
ory is too keen for another attempt of
hat character to bo successfully carried
out after n lapse of but ton short ytnrs.
They should nwnlt n new generation to
iromnlgato their theories and hope to
lave them accepted P8 golden opportu
nities and even then recent histoiy v ill
o so permeated with their failure that
hey may not hope for unqualified suc
cess.
The Mnrtlntiiiio DlNiiHtcr.
The twentieth century has opened
early with n disnster thnt is excelled by
few of the great disasters of proceeding
centuries in the temblp destruction of
lifo , and property. As has been the
case with the most stupendous disasters
of the past , the hidden forces , of tho'
earth operated toward the destruction
of St. Pierre nnd the residences and im
provements surrounding it on the island
of Martinique. Theinactivity | of Mont
Peleo during the last1 fifty years , since
which time it has shown no sign of
eruption , had lulled the inhabitants
Into comparative security , ami when the
disaster caiuo it can bo'imagined that
thoy. were little prepared for the terrors
that accompanied the eruption of the
volcnno. While the mountain had boon
several days in generating force
for the final charge there was no pre
cedent to w'aru the people thnt they
should lleo for sofetj * , nud one of the
most stupendous calamities of the now
world resulted. The islnud has in the
past been subjected to torilllo hurricanes ,
but never in its known history has it
experienced a volcauio eruption equal
in severity to this. People living nt n
distnuce can scarce realize the terrors
of such n calnmity. The llres , cyclones
nud floods which hnvo operated to de
stroy life and property in this country
must bo pigmies in force in comparison.
The hearty sympathy and aid of all civ
ilized countries is appealed to aud the
people of the United States can but con-
granulate the senate for its prompt action
looking townrd the relief of those who
survived the cnlamity , nnd their con
stituents will stand ready to back them
hi anything that may bo undertaken'
assist toward restoring naturn } condi ;
tlons on the island. This nnd the dis
turbances on the islnud of St. Vincent
and in Guatemala , Control America , in
dicate that the entire stretch of volcanic
foiluatiou in the western hemisphere
near the equator , is going through an
uunsnal disturbance caused by , the
forces in the earth responsible for the
existence of a largo part of thatcouutiy ,
nnd the wprst mny , npt" have happened.
Certainly the. people living further
north , have reasonto , congratulate them
selves that their lot was not cast'in that
region.
The island of. Martinique , called by
the natives "Madjanaj1 * is , French terri-
19 and ia one of the group of the
Lesser Antilles , southeast of Porto Rico.
It is 40 miles long and 13 milea broad
with"nq area of about 380 square miles.
In 1800 it had 17r , il ) inhabitants , of
whom about 90,000 nro black. It wai
discovered by Columbus in , 1493 nnd
colonized by the French in 1035. There
are six volcanoes on thq islands , which
hnve been credited with being extinct.
The highest of these is the mountniu
from which the disaster came , Mont
Pelee , which rises to n height of mora ,
than 4,000 feet above the sen level.
Abput-three-fiftha of the fertile soil of
the island is devoted to sugar culture ,
and one of the terrors of the disaster
was the burying of one of the largest
sugar factories on the island in molten
lava so thnt nothing but the top of the
tnll smoke stack is visible above the
snrfnco. St. Pierre is the ccmrnerQinl
center of the island nud has experienced
pievions disasters from earthquakes
and hurricanes , but nothing parallel to
this has ever been recorded. Probably
the nearest approach to the disaster re
corded in the history pf the world wns
the destruction of Pompeii by the ex.
plosion of Mt. Vesuvius August 24 , in
the year 79 A. D. , and goes to prove
that the earth's forces , while sometimes
apparently subdued , nro never quieted
to the extent that there is safety in thp
*
near vicinity of volcanoes.
The conl strike is ou in dead earnest
nnd the consumer may bo prepared to
recolvo the full force of the jolt nbont
the time ho most needs the product of
the miners' work
The Nebraska City Press is being is
sued under embarrassing circumstances
owing to n disagreement between the
proprietor aud the local .printers' union.
The employes walked out because Mr.
Irown had insisted on employing a
printer not n member of the union ,
otherwise known as n "rnt. "
Lewis Nixon , the new head of the
Tnmmnny orgnuizntiou in Kow York ,
dcclnred that his reign shosld bo nbsolnte
6r ho would resign. At n recent meeting
six of the twelve Bnchems opposed hjs
will nud ho considered such-evidence of
democracy in the orgnuizntiou ns detri
mental to its re torntipu to power. Ills
resignation fpllowed.
The democrats cpw hnve real cnnso
: o make thp . .trust issue paramount.
Witii n whisky trust in excellent work-
iig order nud n beer trust getting in its
jest lioks , they have Bufllciont cause for
complaint. The federal jury in sossipn
nt Indianapolis , Indiana , 1ms undertaken
[ o investigate ( ho methods of the latter
combination nud temporary relief may
come from that source.
The Lincoln Journal says this extract
frpm Bret Harto's "Tho Two Ships , "
has n pathetic significance right now :
Uut lo , in the d'Btauco the clouds break
a \\i\y I
The Onto1 * plowing portals I e o ;
And I hour from the outcoluK h ! | > la the
buy
TheeoiiKof the Bailers ID glee ;
Eo I think of the luminous footprints that
bore
The comfort o'er dark Galileo ,
And watt for the ilgnal to go to the
ehoro ,
To the ship that Is waiting for mo.
The report from Lincoln as to crop
conditions of the state is most favorable
nnd the optimist IB inclined to predict
n full and bounteous harvest. The crop
is n long way from maturity at present
nnd those knowing the vngnrles of No-
braskn , cllmnto will , not pretend to jnbi-
lnte , for several months to come. As
fnr ns the present seems to wnrrnnt ,
however , the Nebrnskn fnrmer never
hnd better reason for feeling good and
with a continuation of showers through
July and August , wheu they were lack-
luglnst year , Nebraska will produce
food for a largo share of the world.
Reports from St. Pierre , Martinique ,
are to the effect that th's ' couutry sus
tained n share of the loss by the terrible
disaster that recently visited that-islnud
in the explosion of Mont Pelee. It is
practically certain that the American
consul aud his family have perished nud
that other Americans have suffered
death or injury. "Whilo this will tend
to increase the interest of this country
In providing relief for the survivors it is
undoubted that , immediate steps would
have been taken to aid survivors oven
though the population was entirely
foreign. The promptness with which
the situation has been met by this "gov
ernment is most commendable.
Senator Tillman is not loved by mem
bers of his own party in the senate ,
They cnn stnnd a great denl , but even
they drnw the liuont Tillman demagogy
nnd , hypocrisy. During n recent speech
of the pitchfork stntesjnnn ngninat the
Philippine bill nearly nil of his colleagues -
leagues deserted the chamber with the
exception of a few who were able to
provide an excuse for not listening by
writing lexers or doing other desk work.
These who vncnted their sonts for the
time being returned as soon ns the son-
ntorlromSputh Oqrolinn had. finished
his talk , IfOie has any pride loft ho
wtUl probably be glad when the time
comes for the people of his etato to re
tire him. * "
A South Dakota exchange interviewed
a farmer recently nnd found that ho
had sold fQOO worth of hogs and $700
worth of. cnttle during the year , the
animals being the natural increase 6l
his o rds With his butter , andeggfi ,
and griun and othert pijodnce marketed ,
ttio paper figures that the farmer interviewed -
viewed cleared about -$1,600 nbovo ex
penses during the year , n business prop
osition tbnt is calculated to make envi
ous the average inhnbitnnt of to > vns nnd
oldies. It is surprising thnt in view of
present conditions of fnr.niera. some of
them , whose fortunes nrp not yet , mndo
wll | insist that life in town is the life
for them and leave a certain source o
wealth to join in the mad scramble for
existence presented by every town and
city.
city.Tho
The democrats evidently desire that
the Philippines should remain at their
present state of development an long as
possible aud object to auy inducements
being offered capital nnd labor for the
betterment , of the far eastern possessions.
They appear to bo nfrn\d \ that , with imr
provement they will lese an , opportunity
tomake , tbplr customary attack on the
plans of republicans regarding those
islands , . It ia evident that as far ns the
democrats are concerned , the islands
would be kept from advancement nnd if
possible they would fnypr nny method
tlyit would return them to n state lower
than before the Spaniards relinquished
their claims of sovereignty. Such a
policy will never receive the support of
a people ai live nnd progressive ns the
Americana.
Agriculture as Taught by the
State University.
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.
Ono of the Most Beneficial Institutions
Maintained by the State , the Oppor
tunities of Which Should be Im
proved by Every Farmer Boy.
While in Lincoln last week the mem
bers of the State Press association ac
cepted nn invitation to visit the Agri
cultural Experiment station of the No-
braekn university. * This consists of a
trnot of 1)20 ) acres located nbont two
miles porthonst of the university , with
a number of buildings suited to the pur
poses of experimental work. Every
newspnper man present expressed surprise -
priso nt the magnitude of the operations
being carried on there , nnd each ono left
With the copvictiou thnt the money in-
vesfed by ( he state for the inntruption of
young men in agricultural pursuits is
being well expended.
Every young man who expects to fol
low farming cnn most profitably spend
time under the tuition of the nblo spec
ialists who nre connected with the ex
periment station. Not only is the
proper care nnd method of tilling the
soil taught , together with the effects of
different fertilizers , deep nnd shallow
plowing , etc. , all demonstrated by ex
periment , but nenrly every branch of
fnrm life is covered in n practical , com
mon sense manner. Much attention is
devoted to animal industiy , nud the
young men nre taught to judge good
from deficient points in cnttle , horses ,
hogs , sheep , etc. , nnd nt the snme time
they nre taught which breeds nre best
adapted to the various uses desired , to
gether with .the kinds nnd quantities of
food that can be most profitably used.
A model dairy is in operation on the
farm , where butter nnd cheese making
is tnnghr , showing bpw to successfully
cnre for the milk nnd wbnt to do with it
during the process of mnnnfnoture.
This of itself is worth nil the time thnt
n boy mny spend nt the school.
But the station does not stop nt the
subjects enumerated , going into oveiy
branch of industry which may prove of
Interest or profit to the farmer. The
orchnrd , forest , vinoynrd nnd field re
ceive eqnnlly cnreful nttention nnd the
pupils nro thoroughly instructed in all.
The expeilments nro not all conducted
nt the fnrm either , other localities and
means being utilized when it is deemed
ndvisablo. As an instance , the class in
judging cattle is taken to South Omaha
wheu there nre sales of fine stock to
witness the methods used there by old
judges nnd buyers.
Last yenr experiments were conducted
nt Amea by A. T. Winncko , under the
ospiccH of the station , in the production
of sugar beets , the results of which are
given in an interesting bulletin just
issued nnd which mny bo hnd by nny
one who will write the station nt
Lincoln ,
While the boy who tnkcs a course nt
the experiment station mny not bo nble
to raise calves without feed or grow
corn without cnltivntion , yet ho will
understand bow aud when to cultivate.
It is admitted that the writer under
stood very llttlo OH to the scope and
importance of the agricultural station
previous to this visit , but he had his
eyee thoroughly opened nnd he hopes to
, see moro of the farmer boys around
Norfolk tnko advantage of the splendid
opportunities offered to acquire useful
aud practical knowledge.
Following is a.syuopRis of the bulletin
on the production of sugar beets , pre
viously spoken of :
The sugar beet experiments reported
In bullptiq NO73 wore conducted dur
ing the. season of 1901 , upon the farm of.
the Stoadarfl.Gattle company , at Amos ,
Dodge county * Nebraska. These exper
iments included testa of 'varieties , tests
of fertilizers , distance of planting , time
of planting , methods of cultivation , and
the treatment of sugar beet diseases.
A test of 87 varieties under similar
conditions sfaqvyed a wide variation in
the. total , amourjt of fiugar produced per
ncxo , the Original , Kleiu Wanzlebener
oocnpyiug first place.
A comparison of light and henvy soils
for sugar beet production showed a considerably - ,
sidorably higher sugar content in the
boots grown upon the heavy soil.
Slight increases in the yield , sugar
content , and purity of beets wore produced -
ducod by the use of commercial fertil
isers , but their use did not seem to bo
profitable upon the land where the tests
wore made. Of the different classes of
fertilizers used phosphate gave the best
results.
A comparison of different depths of
cultivating sugar boots was in favor of
about.four or five inches as compared
with six-inch or two to three-Inch culti
vation.
The most satisfactory * distance of
planting was found to bo 18 inches be
tween rows and 8 inches between plants
in the rows.
A comparison pf the sugar , content
of. boots growa Among weeds nud on
clonu , .ground showed thnt the presence
of weedH may very materially affect the
quality of the beets.
The fresh growth of the beets induced
by the wet weather during September
was found to result in a rapid reduction
of the percentage sugar content of the i
boots , but the results of extensive deter *
mi nation indicate that unless the fresh '
growth is accompanied by buds upon
the crowns there Booms to bo no real
loss of sugar the beets seem to in
crease in size , and weight while the
sugar remains nt n standstill.
Surface applications of limo wore- '
effectively used in checking the Rliizoo-
touia rot of beets. Hepoatod spraying-
with "bordeaux mixture" seemed to bo ,
of some value as a preventive of "leaf
spot" but did not show nny rnrntlve
value upon diseased leaves.
The scnson's experience showed to n
remarkable extent the dronth > resistant
qualities of sugar beets , in which respect
they "were found to bo superior to any
crop upon the farm except alfalfa-
THE EARLY DAYS.
F. H. L. Willis of Battle Creek Wishes'
the History to bo Straight.
Battle Creek , Nebraska Editor of
Norfolk NEWS : In order thnt we mny
prune our history that It may grow
straight I wish in a mild wr.y to criti
cise an article in last week's NEWS in
regard to Dr. G. W. Wilkinson's former
visit to this place.
Now the good doctor is mistaken in
his dates , or bis facts , unless ho has
boou'misquoted "At that time the rail
road came no farther up the valley thnu
Fremont. " At that time ( I860) ) there
was no railroad within 1GO miles of Fre
mont , the nearest one being at St. Joe ,
Missouri. We had not oven got to the-
paper stage , nlthough some might
have been sprouting in the fertile brains.
of its citizens.
Not until December , 1803 , did the Im
mortal Lincoln fix the "eastern terminus
of the N. T. nt a point on the Missouri
river opposite the city of Council Bluffs
in the state of Iowa , and it wns more
than four yenrs nfter the date mentioned
before there was a mile of railroad ia
the Territory of Nebraska , neither was
there one lone settler "living within one
mile of the present town of Battle Creek' '
as the very first came to this county in
I860 ; in fact , at that tune there were
no settlers in the Elkhorn valley but a-
few miles west of West Point
So you can readily see that the doctor-
is either mistaken in his dates or in his
surroundings.
Respectively Submitted ,
F. H. L. WILLIS.
( In explanation of the above it might
be well to state that the doctor was neb
even quoted , but the item was written
from information from ono of the dele
gates attending the convention. Fur
thermore Mr. Willis misquotes the
article in that it didn't Hay there was
ono lone Hettlnr "living within ono milo
of the prcHorit town of Buttlo Creek. "
It reform ! to the vicinity of the present
Hlto of the town without specifying dis
tance , A critic of ovou n mild sort
Hhould bo careful to hnvo bin criticism
absolutely nccurnto. It would bo In
teresting to hnvo HO much n discussion
of the onrly history of this section thnt
the more recent settlers might bo hotter
informed. )
WARNERVILLE.
Conrnd Wheeler has gene to Platts-
mouth to visit his son.
J. F. Wheeler came up from Platte
Center Friday to attend the dhuce nt' ' 0.
J. Lodge's.
George Wheeler fans moved his family
into Mrs. Mnry Kenerson's house on
Madison avenue.
J. P. Lanver found n den of wolves
the first of the week and captured four
young ones.
Pat Carbery returned Tuesday from a
two-weeks' visit with relatives nt Pnn-
era , Iowa.
Northern Wisconsin Italltrny Fanil Luotlc
.For Sale. *
The Chicago , St.- Paul , Minneapolis
& .Omaha rnilwny has for snle in'Nortb.1
ern Wisconsin , nt low prices nndj easy
terms of payment , about 850,000 cores
of choice farm lands.
Early buyers will secure the ad van.
tagoof locations on , the many beautiful-
streams and lakes , which abound with ?
fish and furnish a j never ' ending ! and1
moat excellent water supply , both for'
family use and lor stock.
Lnnd is generally well timbered , the
soil fertile and easy of cnltivntion nnd
this is rapidly developing into one of'
the greatest sheep nnd cattle raising !
regions in the northwest.
Chicago , Milwaukee , St. Paul , Minneapolis -
eapolis , Duluth , Superior , Ashland nnd'
other towns on "Tho Northwestern1
Lino1' furnish good mnrkets for stock
nnd fnrm produce.
For further particulars address :
GKO. W. BELL ,
Laud Commissioner , Hudson Wis. , or
G. II. MAORAK ,
Asst , Gen'l ' Pass. Agft. St. Paul. Minn.
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is all right.bnt
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if not poKsiblo for you ,
then in.eithorcnso tnko the only remedy
tbnt hns been introduced In nil civilized
countries with sneoessiin bevoro'throat
nud lung troubles , "Bosoheo's German
Syrup. " It not only heals nnd stimn.
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ease , but nllnya inflammation , cause *
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bottle. Recommended many years by
nil druggists in the world. Got Green's ,
Prize almanac. Asa K. Leonard