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JOHN HUHER, the mall-carrier bo tween Columbus and Albion, will leave Columbus everyday except Sun day at 0 .clock, sharp, passing through Monroe, Genoa, Watrvillc, and to Al bion The hack will call at cither of the Hotels for passengers if orders aro left at the post-oflice. Rates reason able, $2 to Albion. 222.1y GOOD CHEAP BRICK ! AT MY RESIDENCE.ouShcll Creek, three miles eat or Matthis's bridge, 1 have ?O,O0O good. Iiard-lmrnt brick lor Milt, which will be sold in lots to suit pur chasers. 41S-U GEORGE IIENGGLER. Columbus Meat Market! "WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop's. KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh meats, and smoked pork and beef; a!.o fresh tish. Make sausago a spec ialty ESTRemembcr the place. Elev enth St., one door went of D. Ryan's hotel. 417-tf DOCTOR BONESTEEL, U. 8. IIXAMirWIVG SUfitGKOA, COLUMHUS, NEKKASAa OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. in., and 7 to 1) p. m. Oflice on Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of E. J. Raker's grain otliec. Residence, corner AVyomins and Walnut fctrcets, north Columbus, Nebr. 4:J3-tf IHctrlcIct' Merit Market. Washington Arc, nearly opposite Court How. OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES, meat will be sold at this market low, low down for cash. Best steak, per lb., 10c. Rib roast, " Sc. Roil, Cc 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, 2 Doors wt orStlllmnn's Dm? Store. Dresses and shirts cut and made to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Will also do plain or fancy sewing of any de scription. IST PRICES VERY REASONABLE. Give me a call and trv my w ork. 425-ly FA It ME ItS! BE OF GOOD CnEER. 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 "topping at the new home of your fello'w farmer, where you can find good accommodations cheap. For hay for team for one night and day, 2T cts. A room furnished with a cook stove and bunks, in connection with the stable free. Those wishing can be accommo dated at the house of the undersigned at the following rates: Meals 25 cents; beds 10 cents. J. 11. SENECAL, mile east of Gerrard's Corral. HENRY GASS, UNDERTAKER, KEEPS ON HAND read y-m ado and Metallic Coffins, Walnut Picture Frames. Mends Cane Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Wal nut Lumber. Vuhhetc: Art. e;;:i!te Crt Ense, Ccfcstu, llei NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, COLUMBUS, SEB. A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. ISTScts a First-Class Tabic. Meals,. ...25 Cents. Lodgings.... 25 Cts 3S-2tf BUSINESS CARDS Dr. E. L SIGGIXM, Physician and Snrgoon. tSTOllice open at all hours Bank Building. NKLSOX SHLLKTT. BYROX MILLKTT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. W. JHLLKTT Ac SOIV, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus, Nebraska. N. B. They will give close attention to all busiucss entrusted to them. 248. DERRY & BILLINGS, CARRIAGE, House & Sign Painting, A-Jipt-T Il.lllglUiii KALSOMINING, Etc. ISTAH work warranted. Shop on Olive street, opposite the "Tattersall" Stables. aprlGy F. SOHECK, Manufacturer and Dealer in CIGARS AND TOBACCO. ALL KINDS OF SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old Post-office Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly H. 0. CAKT, J. B. CAM?. H:tirj Pstllc. CAREW & CAMP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS. Will give prompt attention toallbusi ness entrusted to them in this and ad joining counties. Collections madc Oilicc on 11th street, south of Depot,onc door eat of T. C. Ryan's Groccrv Store,Columbm,Neb. Spricht Deutseu Parle Francias. CALIFORNIA WINES! Sol :1 TTMte, S1.25P31.75 A GALLON -AT- SAML. GASS'S, Eleventh .Street. MAItY AI.1SKIGIIT, Merchant Tailoress, 0Ut Street, i:rti :f Ei::i Ecu:. Men's and boys' suits made in the latest style, and good lits guaranteed, at vory low prices. Men's suits $0.00 to $!).00, according to the yoods and work. Boys' suits ?3.00 to $4.00, according to size. EaTCLKANING AN1 nEI'AIRING DONK.JgU Ilring on your soiled clothing. A whole suit renovated and made to ap pear as good as new for J 1.25 424-y LOERS & SCHREIBEE Blacksmith: a&d Wagon Maksrr. ALL KINDS OF Repairing Done on Short Notice. BsEgies, 7ai, Ztc, Hiie ts Crier. ALL'WORK WARRANTED. They also keep on hand Furst &, Bradley Plows, SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, &C. Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tatter sall. COLUMHUS, NEIL WM. BECKER, )DKALKIt IN( GROCERIES, Grain, Produce, Etc. (MMsiflFiiirMil. NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. Goods delivered Free of Charge, anywhere in the city. Corner of 13th and Madison Sts. North of Foundry. 307 a -lyrm-R.Tn a isr uedical a imm BIS, T. . miCEILl. II. S. S. S.HASSTB.SLD S. fi. KZSCrS, V. fi., ft L C. SSSUX, ll. S., eXCxiU, Consulting Fhysiciass ui Surgsons. For the treatment of all classes of Sur gery and deformities; acute and chronic diseases, diseases of the eye and ear, etc., etc., Columbus. Neb. r2EWilslfSU V Cjftg $&vAg . PMC mm LIFE IS WHAT WE MAKE IT. Let's oftcner talk of noble deeds, And rarer of the bad ones. And sing about our happy days, And not about the sad ones. We were not made to fret and sigh. And when grief sleeps, to wake it; Bright happiness is standing by This life is what we make it. Let's find the sunny side of mon, Or be believers in it; A light there is in every soul, Tliat takes the pains to win it, Oh, there's a slumb'ring good in all. And we perchance may wake it; Our hands contain tho magic wand This life is what we make it. Then heru's to thoso whoso loving hearts Send light and joy about them! Thanks be to them for countless gems, We ne'erhad known without them. Oh! this should be a happy world To all who may partake it; The fault's our own. if it is not, This life is what we make it. WILL'S LUGACY. "Lill)', -dear, bud you not better come in? Tbc air is chilly ami 1 fear you will take cold sitting on tbc porch." "Yes mamma, I was awaiting Will and bo is coining now on the pavement." As Will approached Lilly, he smiled, in a way which, to her, seemed forced. "Here are 6omc flowers to revive your spirits. What is troubling your mind Will?" "Lilly I thank you for these pre cious tokens of love, and I shall keep them whom I am far from you my love." "Far from me? I hope that will uover be Will." "Yes Lilly, I am going on a sea voyage with Captain C , to the East Indies, and expect to make a fortune at it; then I will make you my wifeaud wo will live in luxury." "Oh will 1 what I give up for you would not be sacrificing. 1'vo told you many times, I choose your lovo to gold." "Yc8, my dear, I know that, but I am going to gain enough to sup port us botbaud you shall have your carriage aud waiter as you now have." "Neither will you havo to stop from your own class of society to be my wife. And I must away, for 1 am going day after to-morrow ; but I'll come again to-morrow even ing." lie pressed her hand and took bis leave, in tho quiet way that all true lovers do. Lilly sought her own room, and there gave vent to a flood of tears. She stood in her window; aud as she gazed upon the garden by the moon's pate light, she uttered an crucst and fervent prayer that she aud her lore should never parth till death would part them. All night her miud dwelt on Will, and the parting. The next morniug at breakfast, Mrs. Grant niado some remarks on her daughters pallid face. Her brother George said, it was an attack of the blues be guessed; but alter they had retired from the dining hall, her mother asked her if 6he could not confide her troublo to her. "Mamma, Will is going to sea aud indeed I shall miss him, for bo is like a brother to me, aud I love him dearly." "This, my daughter, is too bad, but trust in Uini who rulcth all things well." Lilly spent the day in meditation aud sorrow, up stairs iu her own room, till evening was aproachiug when sho came to her accustomed seat the piazza. Tho flowers had folded their petals ; the sunbeams were still lingering on the waters of the calm lake lighting , n its surface with many colored rays. The Dims were cnammg tncir evening song, as if they wanted to show their gratitude to Ilim who cared for them ; aa Dame Nature was spreading her mantlo of darkness over her children. Lilly's riverio was broken by Will's coming, who took her un aware in this sober mood. "You look lovely Lilly, but too pale. I hope jou aro not troubled about my leaving. Arc you lovo?" Sho answered with tears which Will kissed away ere they fell. "Dry those tears my own darling, I would livo a thousand lives for such love, such pure and holy affec tion. I havo auotber story this even ing to tell you. My uncle sent me a dispatch to make him a visit and meanwhile he would aid me in proving heirship to a legacy not less than one million of dollars. Now, Lilly, I will not have to leave you, I will make you my bride aud you may accompany me, if agreeable to my love." "Where do you go to provo heir ship and how soon ?" "To England, and as soon as you are ready, Lilly." The wedding day came and two lives were united into one, instead of being separated, os all had an ticipated. They said their farewells and were soon on their way to the great city of London. Lilly was noticed by tho rich and often spoken to, while Will, being of a lower class, (or pooror) was un noticed by many who ape gentility. But there were others who spojjo with both alike. The sea was calm and bo lovely were the ripples as dancing in the sunlight they sparkled liko dew drops iu the morning sun. They were met by Will's uncle's coachman and in a few minutes were at Mr. Walton's mansion. Mrs. Walion met them in the hall and clasped tho fair bride to her breast and kissed her, then con gratulated Will by IcIIinjr him he bad increased his fortune by taking such a precious Lilly for a wife. She showed the couple to their rooms that they might prepare for dinner. When the bell rang, Lilly camo down with a sweet smile on her face, aud Mrs. Walton again remarked on her lovliuess. "Indeed Aunt I hope you will not mako my wifo vain for she is all the world to me, but I de spise vauily." After dinner Lilly's husband and his uncle went to town in the car riage to see about the legacy which had been lift to Will. Lilly admired tho paintings and statuary and then being tired took a 6cat by the piano and performed ono of her favorite pieces, while Mrs. Walton was engaged (or tried to be) iu a novel. But when her niece bad finished the music she was fast asleep, on the sofa. Looking out Lilly saw the carriage driving up the park and when the gentlemen camo in it roused Mrs. Walton. "Lilly, you and Will arc to re main in London a whilo to provo heirship and I think you had better mako this your home; we have no children aud you arc welcome to our ho;:sc as long as you wish. Mr. and Mrs. Walton have long passed away, and Lilly and Will Walton aro the possessors of the grand old mansion. Lilly is tbc mother of a chubby little four year old boy, just the image of bis father. Lilly iu her prayer at night prays to be spared to her darling boy. and nlso thanka God that He ever an swered her prayer, and sent Will's legacy. L. E. Lee, West Hill, Nebr. The itcNt Heritage. If I were hiJkuIi fvhat I thought tho best and wisest heritage a man could leave his children, says a writ er: what among the goods of earth it would be wisest in a man to seek and improve aud preserve for those ho loved who wero to come after him, I should answer a Home. Let not the cynic come in hero with his "matter of course ;" for by a home I do not mean acres, nor a palace, but the place where your childhood was spent; where there was a mother aud a father who were not a terror aud a dread; where there were brothers and sisters whose names and characters aro associated with things at every turn ; where you all havo been accustomed to meet on festival days 6ince tho years of school vacations, and where now, in your maturo years, your thoughts often wander, with a sigh for old days, and a tenderer regard than you can find to bestow anywhere else on earth. Such homes do not grow every where spontaneously but thousands such aro blighted iu the bud by neg lect, in the pursuit of ignoble things. Such homes aro to be cultivated by small sacrifices on the part of every member of the family. When tbc blind trust aud faith of childhood is gone, as must needs bo, and tho human faults of father, mother, brother and 6ister obtrudo them selves, a spirit of discord is at the threshold to which they must all succumb. Blessed Is that family who at this critical hour decide to set tho concord of Home before all, and sacrifice, if necessary, every per sonal ambition and feeling to its per fect preservation. Tho boy who enters the world with this ideal in his breast has a key that will unlock more doors in tbc way to happiness than any othor yet known. A little five-year-old boy was asked by a lady, the other day for a kiss. He immediately complied, but the lady, noticing that the little fellow drew his band across bis lips, remarked, "Ah, but you are rubbing it off." "No, I ain't," was the quick rejoinder ; "I'm rubbing it in." "What is tho name of yonr cat, sir?" inquired a visitor. "His name was William," said the host, "until he bad fits, and since then we havo called him Fitz-William!" Ah Unexpected Meeting. Twenty years ago, tbc daughter of a Scotch farmer married a plough man in her father's service The old gentleman was furious and turn ed his back determinedly on his son-in-law. The young ploughman kissed his wife, left her in her father's arras and sailed for Austra lia, whence he soon ceased to write His wife became a mother, and re mained iu such a state of wretched suspense that her father began to repent of the treatment to which he had subjected her husband. Efforts were made to trace the whereabouts of the latter by means of advertis ing in the colonial papers and oth erwise, but all to no purpose. He bad gone to America. Years pass ed. The grand -son grew up lo manhood, and, not liking farm work, bid adieu to the old country and camo to tho new. After somo knocking about, ho found employ ment iu a mercautilo house in Illinois. In the course of business ho discovered that the gentleman at the head of the firm was a native of Scotland, hailing indued from the same district as himself. Occasion al meetings led to more minute inquiries as to dates, names of per sons, places, and the liko in the old country, and after being bix months iu the establishment the youth found however wonderful it may ap pear he was actually serving as a clerk with no other than his own father 1 The effect of this discovery on both 6idos may bo loft to the imagination of the reader. Father and son are now iu Scotland. Tho man who wont away a penniless ploughman but returns rich, has been welcomed with much emotion by his venerable fathcr-iu-law, who is still hale and hearty, as well as by the wife whom he left many years ago in her youth and beauty, but who is now a middle-aged matron. After that who can say that the days of romauco have ended ? The north could sec a good reason for the hostility of a nearly solid south to the military repression pol icy of the Grant government; but could not sec a good reason for the no less intense hostility of a com pletely solid south against a govern ment that had discontinued that offensive policy and pursued exactly its opposite. The release of the south from the oppression of "Grant's bayonet's" wa3 followed by a consequence which tbc north did. not Iook 10T, namely, the appearance of a solid-south party in both houses of congress proclaiming: "We have captured tho capitoll wo propose to celebrate our victory by wiping out your national enactments and recovering our Lost Cause I" Noth ing has or could have occurred to give 6o great an impetuslo the Grant movement as was given to it by this attack of tho solid south upon the national enactments, response to a discontinuance of the Grant policy. All the influences it was possible for the disaffected "Grant stalwarts" to command were impotent for its ad vauccment by comparison to the negative influence of this reaction ary causo by the combined southern brigadiers and northern Bourbons. Of all tho promoters of the Grant movement, they were, and still are, a thousand-fold the most effective. If Grant should be nominated and elected in 1830, it is to this reaction ary course of tho southern politi cians more than to all clso that tho result would be due. But this renewal of the contest for tbc Lost Causo was followed by a consequence which the southerners and their northern allies did notan ticipate. The administration party, divided by the discontinuance of Grant's policy, was reunited, not in favor of the Grant movement, but in antagonism to the renewed state sovereignty movement. The Hayes and the anti-Hayes factions were brought together, and the party thus reunited made stronger and more harmonious than it had been at any time before in a dozen years. Six months ago Mr. Hayes' government was a government without a party; now it is a government with a strong compact, thoroughly united and har monious party behind it, while its opponents are a broken, demoralized army of factions defeated by their own folly. Chicaijo Times. A schoolmistress, while taking down the names and ages of her pupils and the names of their par ents at the beginning of the term asked one little fellow, "What's your father's name?" "Oh, you needn't take down his name; he's too old to go to school to a woman," was the reply. It is a row of empty bouses that gets Its windows broken ; and emp ty heads, empty hearts and empty bauds arc sure to come to grief, Choir or CongrcffntloR V Dr. Holland, in a discussion of church music in Scribncr for May, writes as follows: For ourselves, wo aro very much afraid of the movement toward con gregational music. Tho tendency thus far has been to depreciate not only the quality of music in the churches, but tho importance of it, and to make public worship very much less altractivo to the great world, which it is tho church's duty and policy to attract and to influ ence. Tho churches arc full, as a rule, where tho music is excellent. This fact may not be very flattering to preachers, but it is a fact, aud it is quito a legitimato question wheth er a church has a right to surrender any attraction that will give it a hold upon tho attention of the world, es pecially if that attraction is an ele vating one, and in the direct line of Christian influence Congregational singing is well enough in its place and proportions, but very little of tho inspiration of music comes through it. It is. indeed, more of a torture than a plcasuro to many mu sical aud devout people. The idoal arrangement, as it seems to us, is a first-class quartette, made up of soloists, who tako a prominent part in the public service, with a single choral in each service given to tbc congregation to siug. In this way, tho two offices of music in public religious assemblies seem to bo se cured more surely aud satisfactorily than in any other. Hereford m. This breed, which is but little known, and not half appreciated as they should be, comes nearest com petition with the 6hort-horns, both in size and quality of flesh, of any other, class, says tho Iowa State Register. They arc of English ori gin, and the first ever imported was by that unrivalled statesmen and lover of fine stock, Henry Clay. Shortly after the treaty of Ghent in ISM, in which Clay was an activo commissioucr,he brought homo with him to his farm at Ashland, two bulls and two cows noble speci mens of Hereford breed. A few years later they were imported to Massachusetts. At that period iu our cattle history, breeders were not as particular to keep the breed pure and distinct as now, and as a conse quence there are few if any thor oughbred descendents of the Here fords of Clayrs importation of 1814, or theM.fJojimrsiettb;inriortatifai.of "1S25. Tho Hcrcfords are mainly red iu color, with white or mottled faces, frequently white bellies and lines along the back. In England they arc claimed to bo an ancient breed, and their distinctive uniform appearance, and the pertinacity with which they perpetuate their type bears out their reputation of being thoroughly bred. They arc more appreciated in the rugged climate of Canada, than in our milder portion of the United States. They can evi dently stand hard usage better than short-horus. They arc not, however, wc are sorry to say, appreciated with us as they should be. They arc proving so well adapted to our western plains that it is un derstood the demand for bulls far exceeds the supply. And tbc dc maud is likely to increase. The ooiI Old Times. There is a great deal of nonsense talked about tho good old times. Every city, town, or villnge in the land has its croakers, who sec noth ing but disaster in tho futuro, hard times in the present, and good times in the past. The Adrian Times tells of one of these complaiuiug individ uals who was growling about the present low price of wheat. A well known Michigan citizen gives a little of his experience in tho good old times of forty years ago. lie liv ed where Burr Oak now stands, and wanting to get some barrels of salt, bo put somo thirty bushels of wheat in his wagon, and started for Adrian, eighty miles away. As he could not get cash there ho went on to Pal myra mills and sold his wheat for fifty cents a bushel. Going back to Adrian, he paid $3 for two barrels of salt, and got back to Burr Oak after being five days gone, being de layed by the execrable roads. This is a fair sample of the good old times and it must be admitted they do not flatter themselves by comparison with the times we have at present. "Have your baggage checked?" cried the man with the brasses. Said Mr. Careful man, quietly: "If it is just tbc samo to you, sir, wouldn't you put a check on tho gentleman who handles the baggage?" He that hath a scrupulous con science is like the horse that is not well weighed; he starts at every bird that flies out of the hedge. lragrglt" Indicted. Nineteen indictments were found by the last grand jury in York coun ty against druggists for selling liquor without license. Tho indict ments aro not based on charges of selling liquor as a beverage alone, but for medical purposes as well. Iu the trial of Joseph Brown, as a test case, one witness swore that ho purchased a pint of liquor of the ac cused for medical purposes; and Judge Post's instructions to the jury wore, that selling intoxicating liqu ors of any kind for any pnrposo without licenso is unlawful. Soil ing intoxicating liquors for mechan ical, medicinal, or sacramental pur poses is a violation of law unless licenso has first been secured, ac cording to Judge Post's interpreta tion of tbc law. These rulings aro iu strict conformity to the letter of the law, and it is moro than likely that tho supremo court will sustain the rulings when it cornea to pass upon the case. Should the supreme court sustain tho decision wc may look for tho in dictment of druggists all over tho state, aud undoubtedly Judgo Post will so instruct tbo juries in his district. As far as York drug stores aro concerned, wc havo often bcon in formed that they did n thriving business in the vending of intoxicat ing liquors, and that they wero not far abovo regularly chartered Ba Ioohb in this respect. Seward J?fr porter. Iteecher on lcuth. Henry Ward Becchcr, lately preaching ou tho subject of death, made the tbc following remarks: "Gencraly there is no pain at tho last moment, for it seems that tbo body sutl'errf iu proportion to its re moteness from death. It is general ly supposed that evil men dio in great horror of their doom. Thoy . don't. Wicked men usually pass out of life as tranquilly as nuy ono else. Tranquility is tbo law of de cadence. Pain, or exquisito plcasuro at the last, aro only experienced in exceptional cases. Men sutler mora every day of their lives than they do iu dying. Every man subject to the incursions of rheumatic afllic tious, or to tho pangs of tbo tooth ache, suffers a hundred times moro than he will ou his deathbed. No death is more painless than u sudden death. Livingstone records his cx- perincc when sprang upon n struck down by a lion. The n the beswas on him, was o most exquisito 'if-jnm, dcatbbcad is too sudden for him who is doing his duty. Not tho stroke of lightning; not tho fall from tho precipice. Kight living is the cor rect road to right dying, and no man need to fear death." How to Anchor lllni. A beautiful young wifo on the north side has expended much iugenuily iu devising a scheme to keep her husband homo at night, and it proves very effectual. Sho flatters her licgo lord about tbo dainty proportions of his feet, aud induces him to wear boots about two sizes to small for him. He is ou his feet all day long in town, and when ho gets home at night sho has a soft chair and a pair of loose, cool slippers for him, and by the time he, with great drops of agony pearling; his brow, has got off his boots, ho comes to the conclusion that tboro is no place like home after all, and has no desire to go down to the lodge, or to sit up with a sick friend. Ah Imperial ICeraaacc. There is a touch of romance about tho marriage of the Emperor and Empress of Austria. Tho Empress is his cousin. Ilcrcldest sister, now Princess of Thurn-Taxis, was de stined for tho Imperial throno; but tho young monarch, on going to Munich to visit his intended bride, was so struck with the beauty and charms of her younger sister that, after a ball at tho palaco of her father, Duke Max, ho presented tbo simple young Bavarian girl, then but 1G, with a bouquet, telling her sho was thenceforth Empress of Austria and Queen of Bohemia and Hungary. Ralph Waldo Emerson lectured In Boston, a few days ago. He show ed a giving way to old age, and his utterance was often indistinct. Ho read his lecturo while seated, his daughter guiding and prompting him whenever he lost his place. When you observe a family silting about the dinner-table, each member bathed in tear, remember that tho horseradish season is upon us. Tho amount of pin-money requir ed by tbc married woman depends on whether she uses diamond pin a J or rolling-pius.