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BY VIRTUE of the authority In us voted by an act of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, entitled, "An act to enable counties, cities and pre riucts to borrow niouey on their bonds to aid in the construction or completion of works of internal improvements in thin State, and to legalize bonds already i Rned Tor such purposes," approved February 15th, 1&G9, and the acts of the Legislature of iaid State amendatory thereof. We, the County Commission ers of l'latte county, in the State of Nebraska for the purpose of aiding the construction of a rail road, commencing at a point on the line of the Atchison & Nebraska rail road, in the county of Lancaster, of said State of Nebraska, aud running thence in a westerly anil northerly direction through the counties of Lancaster, Seward, Butler and l'latte to the city of Columbus, thereby form ing a continuous line of rail road from the city of Atchison, in the State of Kantas, to the said city of Columbus, in the State of Nebraska, do hereby submit to the legal voters of the said county of l'latte, to be voted upon by ttiem at a special election which is hereby called to be held on the 14th day of June, A.D., 1ST!), at the usual places of voting in the several precinct of said county, the following proposition for bonds aiid tax that is to say: Shall the County Coin iuitionors of l'latte cotintv, in the State of Nebraska, be authorized and required to iuc and give to the Lincoln & Northwestern rail road company, or the Itluc Valley fc Northwestern rail road company, one hundred thou kand dollars of the coupon bonds of said l'latte county, to be dated the 1st day of January, A. D., 1830, bearing interest from date at the rate of eight percent, per annum, the interest paya ble annually at the ollice of the County Treasurer of the said county of Platte, and the principal to become due in twenty years from the date of said bonds and payable to bearer at the office of the County Treasurer, of the said ouuty of l'latte. Such bonds or any portion thereof in sums of not less than one thousand dollars shall be made re deemable at any time alter ten years from the date of the same at the option and upon the call of the proper olliccrs of said county, and in addition to the usual taxes, shall the proper officers of the mid county of l'latte, be authorized and required to levy a special tax on all the taxable property within said county ufh'cicnt to pay the annual interest on aid bonds as the same shall become due, and after the expiration of ten jean- from the date of said bonds shall the proper officer be authorized and rtiired to levy a tax in like manner upon nil the taxable property within hId county in addition to alL other taxes, MiUicicnt in amount to create a sinking fund for the purpose of paying at maturity the principal of said bonds. The whole amount of said bonds to be lolled and given to onc'of the aforesaid railroad companies upon the following condition and none other to wit: That one of said rail road companies nlin.ll construct, and complete a line of rail road of the standard gauge from Koine point on the line of the Atchison & Nebraska rail road, in the county of Lancaster, running thence west and north through the counties of Lancaster, Seward, Hutlcr and l'latte, to the eltv of Columbus, aud shall locate, establish and maintain in the said city of Coluni buna freight and paksenger depot, said Hue of rail road to be completed to the extent to have regular daily trains run ning thereon to the city of Columbus, in the iiaid count of l'latte, hvJthc 1st day of July, A. I.", 1S80. Said' bonds shall bu insucd aud delivered to either of the aforesaid rail road companies, which ih. ill construct and build the line of rail road aforesaid, when said road shall be completed and trains running thereon to the said city of Columbus. At the timb of the delivery of said bonds to the company building said rail road, enough coupons shall be detached therefrom, so that such bonds shall draw Interest only from the date such com pany i entitled to receive the same as hereinbefore provided. The vote to be bad and taken on the foregoing propo sition shall be by ballot, and the ballots cast at said election sIikII have written or printed thereon the following words: Kail road bonds and tax, yes," or rail road bond aud tax, " no." If two-thirds or more of the ballots cast at said election shall have written or printed thereon the words " Hail road bonds aud tax, yes," then said County Commissioners shall be author iced ami required to issue said bonds as aforesaid. Therefore it is hereby ordered that a special election be held in (said l'latte comity, Nebraska, for the purpose of voting on the aforesaid proposition, on naid 14th day of June, 1879, in the sever al precincts of said county at the usual places of holding elections, to wit: In Columbus precinct at the court house. In Hutlcr precinct at the school house of district No. 7. In ltismarck precinct at the school house of district No. 2. In Sherman precinct at the school house of district No. 4(5. In Crestou precinct at the school house of district No. 4.1 In Shell Creek precinct at the school house of district No. 4. In Stearns precinct at the school home of district No. 21. In Humphrey precinct at the house of "Walter Mead, in section 8, township 20, range 1 west. In Lost Creek precinct at the school house of district No. 11. In llurrows precinct at the school house of district No. 14. In Granville precinct at the school house of District No. 32. In Monroe precinct at the school house of district No. (5. In Looking C lass precinct at the school houso of district No. 31. In Pleasant Valley precinct at the house of Patrick Dclany, on section 22, township 20, range 3 west. In Woodville precinct at the residence of Cornelius Koch. In Walker precinct at the house of llcnnett Olson. That the poll at said election shall be open at S o'clock in the forenoon and continue open until 0" o'clock in the afternoon of said dav. Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, the Cth day of May, 1879. lly order of the Hoard of County Com niissiouerg. JOHN STAUFFER, 470-5 Countv Clerk. MAIL SETTINGS. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. x Post Office Department, I Washington-, D. C, May 10, lSTO.f PROPOSALS will be received at the Contract office of this Department until :S p. M.of Julv 10. 1ST9, forcarrying the mails of the United States, upon the routes, and according to the schedule of arrival and departure specified by the Department, in the State of Nebraska from October 1, 1S79 to June 30, 1S82. Lists of routes,with schedules of arrivals and departures, instructions to bidders, with forms for contracts and bonds and all other necessary information will be furnished upon application to the Second Assistant Postmaster General. D. M. KEY, 470-6. Postmaster General. D. P. Time Table. uticard Bound. Emigrant, No. C, leaves at ... 0:25 a.m. PaRscng'r, " 4, " ".... 11:00 a.m. Freight, " 8, " ".... 2:15 p.m. Freight, "10, " ".... 4:30 a.m. Westward Bound. Freight, No. 5, leaves at 2:00p.m. Passeng'r, " 3, " .... 4:27p.m. Freight, " 9, " " .... :00p.m. Emigrant. 7. " " l:30a.-m. Every day except Saturday the three lines leading to Chicago connect with U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, as shown by the following schedule: J. M. KELLY, COITEAKTDR W CABPEITEB. HOLDS HIMSELF IN READINESS for any work in his line. Hcfore letting your contracts for buildings of any description call on or address him at Columbus, Neb. John S. Christison, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Formerly of the New York City Hos pital, Blackwell's Island. Office on Olive St., two doors south of Cockburn's Store, Columbus. FOE SALE 0E TEADE ! MARES 1 COLTS, Teams of Horses or Oxerx, SAIII.i: PONIES, wild or broke, at the Corral or 429 GERHARD & ZEIGLER. Chicago Barber Shop. Cppalta "SaJ SrM," COLUMBUS, NEB. HAIR CUTTING done In the latest style, with or without machine. None but tirst-class workmen employed. Ladies' and children's hair cutting a specialty. HENRY WOODS, 472 Cm Proprietor. STAGE KOUTK. JOIIN HUHER, the mail-carrier be tween Columbus nnd Albion, will leave Columbus everyday except Sun dav at G o'clock, sharp, passing through Monroe, Genoa, AVaU'rville, and to Al bion The hack will call at either of the Hotels for passengers if orders are left at the post-office. Hates reason able, ?2 to Albion. 222.1y GOOD CHEAP BRICK ! AT MY RESIDENCE. on Shell Creek, three miles cast of Matthis's bridge, I have 70,000 pood. linriMturnt brick for Mile, which will be sold in lots to suit pur chasers. 44S-tf GEORGE IIENGGLEH. Columbus Meat Market! WEBER & KNOBEI., Prop'a. KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh meats, and smoked pork and beef; aWo fresh tNh. Make sausage a spec ialtv. jSTRemember the place. Elev enth St., one door west of I). Ryan's hotel. 417-tf D0CT0E B0NESTEEL, U. S. EXA.11I.M. KLKGK05, COLUMHUS, NKIUtASKA. OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a.m., 2 to 4 p. m., aud 7 to !) p. in. Office on Ncbra-ka Avenue, three doors north of E. J. Haker's grain office. Residence, corner Wyoming and Walnut streets, north Columbus, Nebr. :i3-tf lIctrick HI cut Market. Waihlngton Arc, nearly opposttr Court Houtr. OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES, meat will be sold at this market low, low down for CAbit. Rest steak, per lb., 10c. Rib roast, " 8c. Roil, 6c. Two cents a pound more than the above prices will be charged on time, and that to good responsible parties only. 207. MRS. W. L. COSSEY, Dress and Shirt Maker, S Doors Wot of Stlllman'n Pros Store. Dresses and shirts cut and made to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Will also do plain or fancy sewing of any de scription. 22T PRICES VERY REASONABLE. Give me a call and trv my work. 423-ly FARMER: BE OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the low prices of your products dis courage you, but rather limit your ex penses to your resources. You can do so by stopping at the now home of your fello'w farmer, where you can find good accommodations cheap. For hay for team for one night and day, 25 cts. A room furnished with a cook stove and bunks, in connection with tho stable free. Those wishing can be accommo dated at the house of the undersigned at the followiug rates: Meals 25 cents; beds 10 cents. J. R. SENECAL, i mile east of Gerrard's Corral. HENEY GASS, UNDERTAKER, KEEPS ON HAND ready-ma !e and Metallic Coffins, Walnut Picture Frames. Mends Cane Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Wal nut Lumber. Vuihjfcs At. ep?::iti Cczrt Erne, Ctfcstu, Kit NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Frop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, COLUMBUS, IVEB. A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. ISTSetJ! n FirstCIOH? Tabic. Meals,.... 25 Cents. Lodgings.... 25 Cts 3S-2tf BUSINESS CARDS r. E. E. SIGGI.t'S, Physician and Surgpon. tSTOffice open at all hours Sank Building. NELSON MILLETT. BYRON MILLKTT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. W. HlLIiGTT Ac SOIV, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus, Nebraska. N. B. They will give close attention to all business entrusted to them. 248. DEREY & BILLINGS, CARRIAGE, House k Sign Painting, QBAIHXHQ, OLASmi, Pnpcr Hanging:, KALSOMINING, Etc. K3T All work warranted. Shop on Olive street, opposite the "Tattcrsall" Stables. aprlCy F. SCHECK, Manufacturer and Dealer in CIGARS AND TOBACCO. ALL KINDS OF SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old Fost-office Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly H. 0. CAEE7T, J. B. CAMP. CAIfcEW & CAMP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Will give prompt attention toallbusi ncss entrusted to them in this aud ad joining counties. Collections made Office on 11th street, south of Depot,onc door eaRt of T. C. Ryan's Grocery Storc,Columbus,Ncb. Spricht Deutsch Parle Francias. CALIFORNIA WINES! 2ii asd TOJta, S155SS1.75 A GALLON -AT- SAML. GASS'S, EIcTPiith StrMt. ITIAIXY AE.1IRIGHT, Merchant Tailoress, Oiks Street, t:rti :f Hiccesi Ec-. Men's and boys' suits made in the latest style, and good tits guaranteed, at very low prices. Men's suits $(J.OO to $!.00, according to the goods and work. Hoys' suits $3.00 to ?4.00, according to size. ISTCLKANING AND RKPAIUIXG TKMK.Jgt Bring on your soiled clothing. A whole suit renovated and made to ap pear as good as new for $1.25 424-y LDERS & SCHREIBER Blacksmith 'd Wagon Makr. ALL KINDS OF Repairing Done on Short Notice. Bsggies, 7Tj:ij, Ztc. )iiit to Crier. ALL "WORK WARRANTED. They also keep on hand Furst & Bradley Plows, SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, &C. Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tattcr sall. COLUMHUS, NEB. WM. BECKER, )DKALER IN( GROCERIES, Grain, Produce, Etc. 2. NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. Goods delivered Free of Charge, anywhere in the city. Corner of 13th and Madison Sts. North of Foundry. 'Ml A ATTn-RTO A 1ST T. Z. lilTCEIIX, U. S. D. T. KISTTi;, 2. B Fbysicis aid Sirgeois. S. . KISCZS, X. ., k J. C. SEOTES, 1L 5., cf Csafca, (Mting ftysicia&s and Surgeons. For the treatment of all classes of Sar gery and deformities; acute and chronic diseases, diseases of the eye and ear, etc., etc., Columbus, Neb. . I 1 g "M f WZBk ifbCEZ MGoomFh Written for the Jouknal. THE A. & N. VERSVS THE V. I BY MRS. MAKY B. FINCH". " Raise the rates, but hush the drums As the ripening harvest comes. Raise the rates and farmers' woes Let them smart beneath the blows. Hcggars they and princes we," Cries this corpulent U. P. "Toiling legions bow before us, How we scorn their feeble chorus. They shall crawl in humble dust, Fawn upon us as they must. We will crush them tine as powder, Grind them like the Friday's chowder. Many blessings we've bestowed," Says this regal, robbing road. Equal blessings has the blade And the robber's midnight raid. Equal blessings in disguise Where the wily serpent lies. " Raise the rates," the raonarehs cry, Near the middle of July. Oh! ye honest workingmeu, Vote us now the A. & X. Lest your children, coming after, Shame you with derisive laughter. Plainly every one can sec How the haughty, rich U. P. Takes the life or every one With its single booming gun. Takes the clothing from our back When there's no competing track. Takes our hard-earned fruits and grains, Giving nothing for our pains; While the Giant of Despair Mocks the tattered rags we wear; And he gives a tiendish shout When he sees our fires out. Oh! the thievish road bo cruel, Piling tarifls on the fuel, We with moiling millions fret Under crushing loads of debt; See our fortunes slowly wasted, Scarce a luxury have we tasted; While this Juggernaut of old Drives its nails of solid gold. And the people sorely groan In a mutlled undertone, Hut theirgladdest songs shall ring When they rout this mighty king. Even now, they smile to say, " Not a dog but has his day I" Ruin stares, and Riot thre'atens, Once we whipped encroaching Hritons And a lively railroad wnr. Tooth and nail we're going for. Great monopolies that hold Kingly scepters with their gold Curse the people and the lauds With their greedy, grasping bands; Even Senate Chambers yield To the powers that they wield; Cringing low as other slaves Long have cringed to other knaves. Tickets free Oh! what a shame, Hut the people are to blame; For a law with strong command Should uplift its guiding hand And recall each shrinking minion Should they show the coward's pinion. When we hear a clarion tone Of a southern bugle blown Then we'll hear the merry chimes Of the fast improving times. With the piercing tenor note Of the screaming engine's throat Comes the southern tide of trade With its tariffs lightly laid. Wealth so long a-eoming, comes, Don't you hear its busy hums? Now no longer the sad phiz Of the workmen at their "biz;" Loud the song of saw and hammer, Pleasant is the noisy clamor. Then the printer's struggling quill Ne'er shall lind a tardy bill; And the merchant's anxious face Knows no more his trading place. Smiling ever bland and gay. Fearing not that " rainy day," For that jolly railroad crew" Huilded better than they knew; And the men who voted " no," Sneer no more, "I told you so." The Iate Ilayard Taylor. He was a simple, honorable, up right man, with a lofty literary ambition and the most unwearied devotion to literary work. His lit erary endeavors were of the highest aim, and the excellence of his work is indisputable. He was tho mo6t faithful aud honest of workmen, but his friends knew him to be over worked. It is, indeed, hard for a literary man of warm, social sym pathies, of a strong constitution, pressed by many wishes and tastes which can be gratified at his pleas ure, if it bo only his pleasure to work it is hard for such a man, living in a city and amid admiring and stimulative society, not to do more than he should do, and easy to forget, in tho pride of his strength, that his strength must be fostered. Taylor would sometimes, perhaps often, toil laboriously with his brain and his pen for moro than twelve hours, and then seek the relaxation of tho club, and the friendly circle and the cheerful con versation there. Theso are the al lurements, the recreations, and the delights of the literary man, but they are dangerous delights. They do not recuperate, but still further exhaust the vital energies which hard literary work has already de pleted. Doubtless Taylor would have preferred to take all the risks, even if risks had occurred to him; bnt his fullness of life and vigor and hope forbade all thought of more than temporary inconveniencc.while all losses were to be repaired by tho ampler leisure and greater rest of life at tho legation. But there was to be no other than the uubroken rest, and it is touch ing to see that the bti6y man was busy almost to his last moment, and sank tranquilly away, unconscious that it was the end. "Editor's Easy Chair," in Harper's Magazine for March. Hastings, in Adams county, 100 miles west of David City pays $45 freight on a car-load of lumber from Chicago. Hastings has two roads the B. & M., and St. Joe Ss Denver. David City has one read, and pays $95 to .$140 freight from Chicago. The large amount of "over-charges" which our dealers are compelled to pay, costs our farmers ?4 to $6 moro on a thousand feet of lumhor than is paid by the farmers of Adams coun ty. jsuuer uouniy x'ress. .Mnkc the Calculation. Some few, who have not estimated the cost, arc just now thinking that tho proposed railroad bonds will add largely to their taxes. Take your pencil and make the calcula tion. By reading the proposition you will notice that only the inter est is payable during the first ten years. At 8 per cent, this amounts to $8,000. Calling our assessment $2,000,000, a one-mill levy will give $2,000. To raise $8,000 would there fore require a four-mill levy. The man whose assessment is $1,000 would be taxed $4 a year for the bonds ; $2,000, $8 ; $3,000, $12 ; $500, $2 a year, and so on. The man who jmys $4 a year tax for the new railroad will almost make it back in the reduced price on one load of coal, to say nothing of gain on all the coal he uses, besides grain, lumber, merchandise, etc., shipped. Tho TJ. P. advocate will insist that this presents only a part of the cost, which is a fact. After 1890 the principal ($100,000) may be paid at any time, at the option of the coun ty. "We will suppose that she un dertakes, after ten years, to pay $10,000 a year of tho principal. In 1S91 the interest, $8,000, and $10,000 of 'the principal would amount to $18000. We make the reasonable supposition that our assessment will be at least double what it is now, that is, $4,000,000; a one-mill levy on which would give $4,000, which divided into $18,000 gives the levy, )i mills. The tax then on $1,000 would be $450 and so on. In 1892 there would be Interest to pay on $90,000. At 8 per cent, this would be $7,200; another $10,000 of the principal added would be $17,000, which would require a levy of four aud three-tenths mills. Year. Ain't to be raised. lo.M. ............ ......$ lG,f)O0 i i:,gou '- J"oUU .ICVTJ I"i,vw AO' ! . limJf lSiW 12,400 1SW 11,000 moo io,8oo This last sum paid twenty years from next January, the debt would be cancelled. The great probability is that each man's proportion of lax will be less than we place it above. In the calculation, we have ( to make the figures plain to all), rep resented the assessed value of the property of the county as remaining stationary at $2,000,000 from now on up to 1S90, whereas the truth is the increased valuation would in all probability bo ten per cent, a year, making the assessment stand thus : 1880, $2,200,000 1881, 2,420,000 1882, 2,CC2,000 18.S4, ...$3,221,020 ... 3,:4tt,V22 ... -1,000,000 188.1, 1883, 2,028,2001 18!K), ... And tho levies thus: 1S?0, 3.03 mills. 1884,... 1881, 3.30 " 1885, .. 1882, 3.00 1883, 2.73 " 1890,... ..2.48 mills. ) .J! .il .2.00 Following'tho same lino it can be shown that each man's share of tho principal of the bond taxation is comparatively less and less each year. Each man who has wheat, oats, corn, pork, hogs, cattle or anything else to ship to a market, or who buys lumber, coal or merchandise will save tho amount of the tax over and over, ten-fold or moro every year, by securing the construction of this competing line. The St. .Joseph IZrldgc. Tho Chicago Times has a report from New York to the effect that Jay Gould's purchase of the St. Joseph bridge was strictly a person al speculation. According to the rumor above referred to, Mr. Gould obtained possession of the bridge, not as a representative of any of the raildroads leading to it, but simply as a private individual, to whom the roads using the bridge will have to pay a toll of $4 or $5 for every car crossing. Apart from this hand some income Mr. Gould has secured by the purchase complete master ship of the situation in that region. If the stockholders of the St. Joseph & Denver, the St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern, or any other line depending upon the traffic across the bridge, ever attempt to put him out of the management of these roads, be will stand upon his bridge and dictate his own terms to the rebels. It is said that Gould, know ing the bad condition of tho finances of the bridge company, caused a survey to bo made from Seneca, on the St. Joseph & Denver road to Atchison, making the St. Joseph bridge people believe he was going to construct a branch lino in that direction to cross the river below St. Joseph. The bond and stock holders of the bridge company got scared, and sold to him for $200,000 a property which cost them more than twice that amount. Blue Springs Jieporler. Patience is taught by a fish-rod and line having a worm at one end and a man at the other. COMPARE FIGURES. RECKON FOR YOURSELF. Look on This Picture and Then on That. "Atchison Jc Nebraska It. It. Co.,) Gknkkal Sur'rs Okfick, Atchison, Kansas, May l'J, 1879.) M. K. TuuNKir, Esq., Editor 'Columbus Journal,' Columbus, Neb., Dear Sir: In reply lo yours of 15th Inst. I take pleasure in giving you our present schedule of freights FKOM ST. LOUIS OK CHICAGO INTO LIN COLN. Lumber per 100 lbs $ 2T Agricultural implements T.'i 00 Fire brick 00 00 Hard coal , (K) 00 Household goods 75 00 Common brick SO 00 Lumber from Mississippi river Lime from same r.r 00 FortScottcoal 32 00 Dealers' price at Lincoln 5 00 Missouri coal 28 00 Dealers' price at Lincoln 4 .r0 Wheat, per 100 lbs 2Ti Other graiu 20 Flour, per bbl .TO Live stock, per car CO 00 MKItCIIANDISK. 1st Class 80 cents. o! " 70 " lil SO " 4fh " 3T " Special 30 " Hogs, Lincoln to Atchison, per car $20 00 Same to ICanoas Citv . 28 00 21.000 pounds, or 12 tons, unless oth erwise stated, is a ear load. Yours truly, L. AV. Townk . TAnLK OF DISTANCES. From Lincoln, to Atchison.... 150 miles. Sit J4OUIS . .it) Chicago CiO Columbus, Neb 70 ' Railroad Kote. Passenger rates, Chicago to New York $15. Sidney Dillon has been elected director of the Wabash to succeed J. B. Colcgate, resigned. Luther II. Beccher proposes to tunnel the St. Clair river at Detroit for $700,000; in case of failure he proposes to lather the total loss. Tariff on a car load of lumber from LaCrosse to Dubuque over the C. D. & W. is $12.40. and Dubuque to Usage $32.40 over the I. C. & Ji., distance the same. Charge per bushel for wheat from Hutchinson, Kansas, to Kansas City 20 cts. per bushel, distance 2.35 miles ; Columbus to Chicago, distance 592 miles, 22 4-5 cts. per bushel. 1 Kate on grain per bushel, Chicago to New York, 12; per 100, or 7j cents per bushel; this reduction is caused by the Pennsylvania It. II. withdrawing from the eastern pool, the rates before were 20 cts. per 100. Arrangements are being made to complete a freight route from N. Y. to Chicago by water, at a rate of 12 cts. per 100 irrespective of classifi cation, and from Chicago to Council Bluffs by rail 5 cts., making 17 cts. Council Bluffs to New York. Is 100 lbs. of this through freight any lighter than if it originated in Chi cago that a difference should be mado in its favor of 85 cts.? But such is the relation that through traffic bears to local, yet railway companies claim that they make their dividends from such hauls. The through rate from New York to Omaha on California shipments are 85 cts. per 100; of this amount the road hauling it from Chicago to the Mississippi river receive 10 cts. per 100 lbs. and 18 cts. per 100 lbs. from tho Mississippi to the Mis souri, providing it comes through the Iowa pool, whereas the same road will charge 90 cts. per 100 lbs. for the same classification of freight, for freight originating ii: Chicago and at the same time any road out side the Iowa pool hauling the same articlo and weight of thro' freight from Chicago to the Missouri river, St. Louis or Kansas City would re ceive but 10 cts. "Why don't those rates extend to Nebraska? IOWA. On the repeal of the Granger law three commissioners were appoint ed by the government to act as arbiters in all cases of dispute and complaint against railroad tariff. On May 1st tho general freight agents of the C, B. & Q., C, 11. 1. & P., C. & N. W.f Des Moines Valley Ii. R. aud the Central, of Iowa, met these commissioners at Des Moines, when the following local tariff was agreed upon : Mctchasliji, cj. per 103 IS. Silt, CeK'.,LSf Oil rites. Vtv n'.ei. Ctzc::. IfHti. lrt 21 31 1ft 21 31 Clliatu.;a7n!:s. 10 17 15 13 13 13 17 13 13 19 lfi 14 17 12 12 19 14 30 23 20 17 22 19 13 24 17 40 29 22 19 23 20 10 20 20 fiO 31 24 20 27 22 17 28 23 From the above it will be seen that a material reduction has been effected and that actually same freights are below the granger rate, when formerly it cost $22.00 a car to haul coal 30 miles it now costs but $19.80, and lumber for the same distance reduced from $19.20 to $14.40 per car, and under the old Iron Clad a car of lumber cost $36.45 from Clinton to Council Bluffs, the charge now is $30.00. UNION PACIFIC RATES. F1UUKE l'Olt YOUUSELF. Look on That Picture and then on This. The last year's shipments from this point were about 3000 cars; if wc could ascertain the exact num ber of each class wc could estimate pretty nearly the saving, but from these tables you can cipher tint il you arc convinced of tho onormity of the transportation load that is being carried by the wheat raiser, tho cattle and hog raiser, the con sumer of lumber, coal, groceries, merchandise, etc Shake it off by voting solid for the bonds. FKOM C1IICAOO TO COLUitHUS. Agricultural implements $115 00 Hard coal, price at Columbus 12 00 Household goods, by agreement with all roads, from any point in 111. and Wise., to Columbus, 77 00 Lumber (from Clinton) per car . 72 00 Lime, per car of 100 barrels, from Omaha 2S 00 llock Spring coal in Columbus per ton, by car load 7 50 Wheat, per 100 pounds as Other grain, per 100 lbs SO Flour, bv car load, per 100 lbs.... 38 Live stock (list-rate) per car ... 100 00 MERCHANDISE. 1st Class ? 1 .MJ 2d " 1 (,2 3d " ,v Special B3 TAHLE OF DISTANCES. Chicago to Columbus 390 miles. Omaha " " 92 ' For the Journal. Will the Voter ofPIattn Coun ty Secure the A. A; IV. It. 16. V This question is constantly asked by land seekers in this State If the A. & N. It. It. is secured to Colum bus they say that they will purchase their laud in this county, if not, they shall look further. This is especially the case with a very large class of men who are in this part of tho State with somo capital to pur chase farms for immediate improve ment and development. Somo arc looking to the purchase of (arms partly developed with a view of putting up quite extensive buildings and the making of more thorough and extensive dcvclopcments in the cultivation of the soil. If a compet ing 11. It. line is secured by the A. &N. It. It. then more than one half of the farms opened up at the pre sent time in Platte county will change bauds during the next year at quite an advanced figure over the asking prices of to-day. This will spread over the county a cash capital more than double that of the present time during the year. This will be daily augmented by these new-comers. This will ma terially reduce the taxation, per capita, which 19 now asked to secure this road. The following is a copy of a letter received by me during the last few days in answer to a let ter asking a gentleman now living in Michigan to settle at Columbus. Neb. "Jackson, Mich., May, 25th, '79. Dear Sir: Yours containing the proposition of the Commissioners of Platte county to aid the A. & N. railroad is at hand. In answer to your inquiry as to whether or not 1 have decided on the place where I shall locale in Neb. for business, I will say I have not yet made a final decision. Your faith in the future of Platte county and Columbus is very strong, and I am inclined to think you are right, provided a competing lino of railroad is secured. If the A. &N. road issecuredat Co lumbus you may consider my loca tion as fixed at that point, but I would not feel like investing much money or attempting to go into the business contemplated without the advantage of a com peting road. The profits are all absorbed in freight charges as a rule, without that Yours, etc., J. s. D ." The above is the expression of every business man in the east, and it shows what competition in freights will do for Columbus aud Platte county. This is but a drop in the bucket. If wc calculate the amount received by those who will sell their farms for two to three dollars per acre more than they can now realize, we shall have before us a sum of money so far exceeding the amount asked to secure this competing line that it will look insignificantly small. Besides, this amount will not pay the A. & N. It. It. Co. for the extra expense of making Colum bus, over some other points, on the TJ. P. line, which might be named, but they will be benefited by reason of the fact that Columbus offers greater natural advantages for build ing extensive lines of railway to the uorth and northwest than any other town in the State. Columbus is by far the most natural point for a railroad center, audio secure this A. & N. It. It. is to secure that It. It. center for when once the point Is open many will desire to occupy the vantage ground, but to loose it is to forever throw away the natural advantages which belong to the people of Platte county. The TJ. P. road is doing just what every powerful It. It. Co. under takes to do viz. avoid competition at every possible 'point. This they do as a sort of self-prescr- vation, and their efforts to defeat these bonds at this point will bo four fold greater 011 this occasion than on any other along their entire line of road, for the reasons before named viz: greater natural advant ages exist at this point for an exten sive competition than at any other point on their rou tc. These advant ages belong to the voters of Platto county, and they add value to every dollar's worth of property, real and personal, the present and future in habitants thereof shall have withiu its limits. Tho question is, can you afford to throw these values away to prevent competition to a corpora tion already grown fat and strong by the appropriation of much of the best soil of your Stale through the Instrumentality of a generous gener al government ? In securing your rights in this matter, you have no occasion to place yourself in tho list ofvtho enemies ofthcTJ. P. It. It. There I no occasion in tin contest lo make war on the TJ. P. It. It. You will simply act in self preservation of your rights aud will ever bo re spected by this corporation as a wise and intelligent people. If you defeat these bonds you will fall into the pit they have dug for you, and they will not respect you nor your rights when once they have your last hope cut oil. There are three important It. It. lines leading out of aud through this county : First. The one now being survey ed to Niobrara and Black Hills by the way of Madison and Pierce, by the U. P. Co. Second. The one now being sur veyed as I am informed to tho north west, and Third. The line of It.Tt. from Sioux City through this county from tho north east crossing the U. P. It. It. at Columbus and continuing on in a south westerly direction to Denver, Col. This is tho natural point for such a net-work of railroad, but it will not come without wc arc true to ourselves and the interest of tho county at large. These roads would at Jirst to some extent, injure tho Columbus retail merchant, but the farmer aud his farm, nnd merchant and his town property must eventu ally receive benefits beyond their present means of calculation. The above communication has been written without any feclin against the TJ. P. It. It., but simply in the interest of this county aud surrounding country as the climate of this State has been the means of my determining to make Columbus my future home. Stkangek. June 2d 1879. Tho retiring pastor of a church in Worcester, in a prayer beforo his farewell sermon, after having pray ed for every member of the church, the choir, organist, sexton, and ush ers, finally prayed for the "one who, although hidden from sight, yet con tributes so much to the musical part of our worship," ending '0, Lord, I mean the boy who blows the organ I" Smith, who had always been a "tough one," has just died. Tho physician is met coming from tho house by Brown, who asks, "Doctor how is Smith? Is he out of dan ger?" Physician "No ; he is dead, poor fellow, but he is far from being out of danger, I fear." It is now announced on the author ity of an "eminent physician" that it is not healthy to rise before 8 o'clock in the morning. This applies only to men. ."Wives, it is said, can riso at 7 and start the fire as heretofore. Doting mother "Yes, I 6hall bo happy to give you the wages you ask, but I shall expect you to lovo the children." Nurse ' I shall bo very happy to do so, ma'am ; but, of course that would be an extra." Senator Paddock has occupied a position in the fore-front of the war iu congress. Straight up and down republican Nebraska is glad to have a senator who can represent her at such a time. Omaha Bee. A Canadian couple, on their way to Dakota to settle, weigh C14 pounds; the man 310 pounds, and the wife 304 pound?.. Let us hope that they will be careful what they settle on. The Syracuse Journal says that some startling facts arc expected to be made public in regard to tho manner in which the jury reached its yerdict in the Olive case. There are some thing3 that are as well kept dark. It isn't policy to throw light upon such a subject as an open barrel of gunpowder, for instance. A sociable man is one who, when he has ten minutes to spare, goes and. bothers somebody who hasn't,
