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TT" C"rrTTfrrrii Ti ' rrti y. i ) : u ( Tfco Good Old Doacos. The squibs uttered against New England deacons have little or no justification. If a tub of butter or a barrel of apples is made up of alter nate layers of good and bad, it is Baid to be "deaconed." The epithet does not refer to the character of deacons, but an old practibe of "dea coning" a hymn. Fifty or sixty years ago hymn books were not so common as they now arc. Some churches owned only two books. It was then the custom for one of the dcacous to read two lines of a hymn, which the cungrcgation sung. Other lines were read aud sung in the surne way, until the by run was sung through. As a class, deacons have been the most trusted aud influential men of New England villages. If a man died leaving property aud a family, the deacon was made one of the executors, and the guardian of the widow aud the fatherless. If the neighbors had a dispute about prop erty, the- "left it out" to the deacon. "Was a son wayward, the good dea con was as frequently as the good pastor asked to "talk" with him. In the ".Recollections" of an old gentleman, an anecdote is told which illustrates the character of at least one of the New England deacons of the olden time. Elisha Hawlcy, of Ridgefield, Con necticut, was a soldier of the Revo lution, and n deacon. He was a good mau of business, but he never charged a purchaser one cent more that, the article was worth. The Golden Rule was his rule of life. One day he learned that a widow had been reduced from a competen cy to poverty, lie visited her. Fearing lest he might wound her feelings if he should oiler money or charity he said : "Madam, I think I owed your late husband fifty dollars, and I have come to pay it to you as his legal representative." "How was that?' aked the lady, somewhat startled. "I will tell you. About twenty five years ago, soon after you were married, 1 made furniture for your husband to the amount of two hun dred dollars. I have been looking over the account, and find thnt I rather overcharged him in the price of some chairs that is, I could have afforded them at somewhat less. I have added up the interest, and here, madam, is the money." The tears came in the widow's eyes; she half-suspected the deacon had constructed the debt by willing that he had made an overcharge. "What was 6he to do? the money was on the table, and the deacon had left the house A -lutlicioiiH "Wife. A judicious wife i6 always nipping off from her husband's moral nature little twigs that are growing in the wrong direction. She keeps him in ehape by continual pruning. If you say anything silly. she will affec tionately tell you so. If you declare you will do some absurd tiling, she will find some means of preventing you doing it. And by far the greatest part of all common sense there is in this. world belongs to women. The wisest thing that a man commonly docs is that which his wife counsels him to do. If Johnson had been married there wonld have been no hoarding up of orange peel, no touching all the posts along the street, no eating and drinking with disgusting voracity. If Oliver Goldsmith had been mar ried he never would have worn that memorable and ridiculous coat. "Whenever you see a man you know little about oddly dressed or talking absurdly, or exhibiting any eccen tricity of manner, you may be toler ably sure he is not a married mnn, for the corners arc rounded off, the little shoots pared away, in married men. "Wives have generally much more sense than their husbands. The wife's advices arc like the bal last that keeps the ship steady. Fred Douglass used to tell a pretty good story when he was an anti slavery orator. A town in Xew York, near the Canadian line, after a long and painful series of adven tures in his flight from the old plan tation, and feeling tolerably safe started out to get some work. The first man he struck was a well-to-do aud oily citizen of Democratic pro clivities. "Where arc you from, my boy?" was the first query. "From dc Souf, Massa." So you ran away, did you?" "Yes, Massa." Had a good cabin to live in, aud a kind master, aud pleuty to cat, didn't you?" "Yes, Massa." "What a fool "you arc to run away." "Dc sitty wa tion is open, Massa. T will gib you a recommend and dey will take you in a luhimt.' The "sitty wation" is open down in Louisiana, and most any of the "exodustcrs" will give our friend Frederick a number one "recommend." "While at the State Fair "Win. Draper purchased a fuli-blooded Cotewold ram, but yet a lamb, which we found to be a beauty. The animal is last spring's lamb and now has wool six inches long. Mr. Draper says the display at the fair was very fiuc. He has attended great agricultural fairs atLondon, and at other places iu this country, and he at Lincoln saw stock that would fully equal the best he had ever looked at. Especially was this true with respect to, sheep. Schuyler Shtu Advice to Youngr IIcn. Aud then' rcmomber, son, the world is older than you arc, by sev eral years; that for thousands of years it has been so full of smarter and better young men than yourself, that their feet stuck out ol the dor mer windows ; that when they died the old globe went whirling on, and not a man in ten million went to the funeral or even heard of the death. Bo as smart as you can of course. Know as much as you can, without blowing the packing out of your cylinder heads; shed the light of your wisdom abroad in the world but don't dazzle people with it. And don't imagine a thing is so simple because you say it is. Don't be too sorry for your father because he kuows so much less thau you do ; re member the reply of Dr. "Wayland to the student of Brown University who said it was an easy enough thing to make proverbs such as Sol omon wrote. "Make a few," terslcy replied the old man. And we never heard that the young man made any. Not more than two or three, anyhow. Tim world has great uccd of youug men, but no greater need than the young men have of it. Your clothes fit you better than pour fath er's til him ; they cost more money, they are more stylish, your mustache is neater, the cut of your hair is better, and you are prettier, oh, far prettier thau "pa." Rut, young man, the old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and his homely scrambling signature on the business cud of a check will diain more money out of the bank in five minutes, thau you could get out with a ream of paper aud copper plate signature in six mouths. Young men arc useful' son, and they are ornamental and we all love them, and we couldn't engineer a pic-nic successfully with out them. But they are no novel ties, son. Oh, no, nothing of the kind, they have been here before. Don't be so modest as to shut your self clean out, but don't be so fresh that you will have to be put away in the cool to keep from spoiling. Don't be afraid that your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunting for yon, and if you are worth finding they will find you. A diamond isn't so easily found as a quartz pebble, but people search for it all the more intently. JIawkeyc. Ellcnc. Many young people think that an idle life must be a pleasant one ; but there are none who enjoy so little, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Those who are obliged to work bard all day enjoy their short periods of rest and recreation so much that they are apt to think if their whole live were spent in ret and recrea tion, it would be the most pleasant of all. But this is a sad mistake, as they would soon find out if they msde a trial of the life they think so agreeable. One who is very busy can never enjoy rest ; for rest implies a relief from previous labor; and if our whole time were spent in amus ing ourselves, we should find it more wearisome than the hardest day's work. Recreation is only valuable as it unbends us; the idle can know uothing of it. Many people leave off business and settle down to a life of enjoyment; but they generally fiud that they are not nearly so hap py as they were before, and they are often glad to return to their old oc cupation to escape the miseries of indolence. Thirty Yr.Ai:s a Strangeis at Home. Men may escape law, but their own consciences the cannot flee from. Many years ago a young man in this city, was guilty of an offence against the law, an offence which brought social ruin upon himself and his family. The man and his ofl'encc arc forgotten by the public, yet he lives, and he. lives in Boston. Rut from the day his of fence was discovered although having escaped the law he is as free to come and go as he pleases he has never been outside of his own home in day time. Sometimes under the cover of night, he walks abroad to take an airing, and note the changes that thirty years have wrought, but an ever-active conscience makes him shun tho light of day and the faces of men, and he walks apart, a stranger in the midst of those among whom he has always lived. Boston Transcript. That I3oy. A Sunday-school teacher in this city, says the Detroit Free Press, has a boy iu her class who has not failed in his penny contribution for more than a year, aud when he was found empty-handed last vSabbath, the teacher observed: "Why, Johnny, did yon forgot your penny, to-day?" "No, ma'am," he replied humbly, "but father says the "Wabash road will do this town more good than any fourteen Sunday-schools, and I'm going to chuck my coppers into that enterprise for the next few weeks," "Won't the heathens mis? your pennies?" she queried. Impose they will, but we've all got to come right down or this town is busted.1' Baruum, of Connecticut, gave the Ohio Democrats a good lashing the other day for preaching greenback and silver heresies, and then coming to the eastern money centres for campaign funds. A Tlarlfity "Washwoman. Mrs. Sarah Ray was the first wash woman and cook in Leadvillc. She wasn't worth a great deal of money when she came, but she knew how to cook and now is very rich. To day Mrs. Ray let the contract for the erection of a large four-story brick, iron front building, to be put up at once on the corner of Harrison Av enue and State Street. It will be the handsomest and best built busi ness house in all the Slate of Colo rado. The basement will bo so arranged for large airy railway or banking houses, barber shops and bath-rooms. The ground floor is to be used for stores, and the second, third and fourth stories will be di vided up into high ceilingedj roomy offices. The entire front is to be of iron and the whole building is to be as near fire-proof as it can be made. The excavation for the structure has already been commenced, and it is the intention of the widow washwo man to have the building ready for tenants come Christmas. Leadvillc Col.) Chronicle. That which is past is gone and ir revocable, and wise men have enough to do with tilings present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves that labor in past matters. There is no man that doeth a wrong for the wrong's sake, but thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or honor, or the like; therefore why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me? And if any man should do wrong merely out of ill nature, yet it is but like the thorn or brier, which prick and scratch be cause thev can do no other. Jiacon. Reasonable people are in heaven in proportion as they arc reasonable. "Why do the countenances of Quak ers wear that expression of calm serenity that is distinguishable wherever you see them ? "Why arc their eyes so dove-like, their voices so soft, their mien 60 imperturb able? It is because they have schooled themselves to reasonable expectations. They do not expect to find swans in every puddle, or peaches in every bramble bush, saints iu all church people, or angels in all gentle Hunch. 0. . Froth in gham. "Do you know any body that's buried up in that cemetery ?" said an elderly lady passenger to a railroad conductor, pointing to a resting place for the dead that the cars were whistling past. "No, ma'am, I don't." "How long have you been conductering on this road?" "About four years, ma'am."' "Well, if I'd been four years on this road I'd find out snthin' or other. I sh'd hate to be so ignorant," and an expression of extreme disgust stoic over her face as she put down her parasol with a thud. Belief is not a matter of choice, a seems to be taken for granted by all those who propose to legislate men into the belief of a given creed by gains and penalties: but it is a mat ter of evidence. A man is not rc--ponsible for his honest belief, what ever it may be. He must believe according to the evidence before his mind, and can do no otherwise. But he is responsible lor an earnest ex amination of all the grounds of belief or disbelief of any important propositions in religion. A. B Jiradford. Bethlehem, N. II., is now full of hay-fever victims. They don't es cape the disease altogether, but it don't tickle 'cm so severely as at home. The language heard at the hotel there is peculiar. A guest will throw his eyes heavenward and re mark : "Id loog like raid this atchce niordig." "Yes," replies another, "I thig aitchuuuu ! 1 thig aachecee! ye, I thig we'll have sub kratschuuu fallig weather be cheeccnttsch ! fore evedig." A young lady, in a clas3 studying physiology made answer to a ques tion, that in seven years a human body became changed, so that not a particle which was in it at the com mencement of the period would remain at the close of it. Then, Miss Lislie," said the young tutor; "in seven years you will cease to be Miss Lislie?""why, yes, sir; I hope so," said she, very modestly looking at the floor. An exchange warns farmers against swindlers in this wise: "When a strange man calls at your farm house and gets dinner, pays for it and wants you to sign a receipt just to show hir employers how the money went don't you do it. If you do, in about a month you will have a note for about one hundred dollars poked at you for payment, with your signature to it." Two old Texas rangers who had just helped bury a neighbor, were talking religion ; one asked the other how pious ho thought it was possi ble for a man to get in this world, if he was in real earnest. ""Wa'al," said, the other reflectively, "I think ef a man gets so't he can't swop steers or trade horses without lyin,' he'd better pull out for the better land afore he has a relapse." The celebrated running horse Egypt was killed on the 20th inst., at Coney Island ; while running he came in collision with another horse and both fell. Egypt was so badly hurt that he was shot It was a rich widow who won dered that the handsomest young man had fallen in Jove with her. " Yes, it is wonderful," said Mr. Spruceup, "but I do love you to distraction. "Why, I even love the very ground you walk on." " I thought so," quickly observed the pretty young widow, "but I am not in want of any landlord at present." A prisoner in the jail at Bruns wick, Ga., went to the bath room with other prisoners for a wash the other day, and was so changed in appearance by the application of water that the turnkey allowed him to walk into the street, not recog nizing him as a prisoner, and he is still at liberty. A thick-headed squire being worsted by Sidney Smith in an argument took his revenge by ex claiming: "If I had a son that was an idiot, by Jove I'd make hm a parson I" "Very probable," replied Sidney; "but I sec your father was of a very different mind." The "Washington City market is just now abundantly supplied with the very best qualities of peaches and grapes the former at twenty five cents a bushel and two cents a pound for the latter. In eastern Virginia the array of fruit this sea son is simply splendid. Four negroes and one white man were publicly whipped at New Cas tle, Del., on the 20th inst., for lar ceny. It appears to be a disgrace on republican institutions to keep uj by law a public whipping post for whipping human beings. -- Secretary Evart3 is credited with saying the other day that the South went into the rebellion, and lost all but her honor; the South went into Congress, and lost all it saved from the rebellion. No matter how bad and destruct ive a boy may be, he never becomes so degraded or loses his self-respect sufficiently as to throw mud on a circus poster. ,. The Little Caribou silver mine near Denver was sold the other day to a company from Columbus, O., for -ItfaO.OOO. O ' 4 - in o JL 30 R o m 30 -o -s o -a 5' 0 J 0 hriri :?. w m. r i i CD X T t S f I 77) 2 zs o n s- zn C5 v O CO LAND OFFICE, SAMUEL C. SMITH Agent, TTENDS TO ALL BUSINESS jier J. tnininhijr to a general Itcal Estate Agency and Xotary 1'iiblic. Have in structions and blanks ftuni-hed by United States Land Office for making final proof on Homesteads, thereby sav ing a trip to Grand Island. Have a large number ot farms, city lots and all lands belonging to U 1. R. It. in Platte and adjoining counties for sale very cheap. Attend to contesting claims before U. S. Laud ollice. oaire one Door West of Hammond Honsp, COLUMBUS, NEB. E. C. IIOCKKXRFUGKU, Clerk, Speaks German TO ?CC00 A YE Alt, or $3 to $20 a day in your own locality. " .No risk. Women do" as well as men. Many made more tlian the amount stated above. No one can fail to make money fast. Any one can do the work. Yon can make from 50 ct. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings and spare time to the business. It cot nothing to try the business. Nothing like it for the money making ever o tiered before. Imsinevs pleasaut and strictly honora ble. Header, if you want to'know all about the best paying business before the public, cnd u your addrc-s and we will send you full particulars and pri vate terms" free; samples worth ?" also free; vou can then makeup vour mind for vo"urelf. Address GEORGE STIX SOX & GO., Porland, Maine. -JSl-y LAND FOR SALE. TL EVijlJ .ftiKUbj .ii.il-.-, in jh. i- tfilzW?3k T. 17,R. 1 E.5 mi. northeast Eighty acres, in Sec. 12, t tei;CLgg5: of Columbus; 70 acres un der the plow; 0 acres ."i yr. old trees walnut and cottonwood of good size. Dwelling-house, 12x28 feet, 1J stories high; good well; two granaries; sta bling, hog-yards, Ac Small fruits such as currants, blackberries, tc. Conven ient to school house and good outlet to roads. Price, $1,330 Will sell farm ma chinery if desired. Address at Coluin bus,Pfatte Co., Nebr. Maktin Hollkkin. COLUMBUS Restaurant and Saloon! E. D. SIIEEHAN, Proprietor. CSTWholcsalc and Retail Dealer in For eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub lin Stont, Scotch and English Ales. ZSTKentucky Whiskies a Specialty. OYSTERS in their season, by the case can or dish. 11th Street, Sontli of Dopot A GOOD FARM FOR SALE loC acres of good land, SO acres under cultivation, a good house one and a half story high, a good stock range, plenty ol water, and good hay land. Two miles east of Columbus. Inquire at the Pioneer Bakery. -173-6m. Book-keeper, Seporters, ST Operators, Teachers, GreatXercantUaCoUepe.KeokxikJowa ' B' ll nil, hgi 0 c: aa ZL S W ."- 13 J f 1 2 . s-fflQt!) $1500 END SPRINGS, PLATFORM SPRINGS, "WHITNEY ,t BREWSTER SIDE SPRINGS. Light Pleasure and Business Wag ons of all Descriptions. We arc pleased to invite the attention of the public to the fact that we have just received a car load of Wagons and Buggies of all descriptions, and that we are the sole agents for the counties ot riatte, Butler, Boone, Madison, Merrick, Polk and York, for the celebrated CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y, of Cortland, New York, and that wo are otrering these wagons cheaper than any other wagon built of same material, style and linish can be sold for in this county. ESTSend for Catalogue and Price-list. .iiois.si: & CAIA, 184-tf Columbus, Nebraska. THIS SPACE IS RESERVED -ron- H. P. COOLIDGE, HARDWARE DEALER, NEBRASKA AVENUE, COILBLISKBJS, : IVEZSICASKA. LDERS&SCHEEIBER Blacbmitb and Wagon Makerr. AI.I. KINDS OK Repairing Done on Short Notice. EsSgies, a:::, Etc., JJiie t: Crier. ALL WORK WARRANTED. They aKo keep on hand Furst & Bradley Plows, SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, &C. Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tatter sall. COLI'MBUS, NEB. EAGLE IV! ILLS, ou -ON- SHELL CREEK, Near Mattliis's Bridge. JOSEPH BUCHER, Proprietor ISTTlic mill is complete in ecry par ticular for making the bet of flour." "A squaw, fair lmsiii " is the motto. 4)."-x COLIJJIBUS DRUG STORE. A.W.DOLAND, (succKsson to doland a .smith,) x uiuiii iiiuutuiuuui AVall Paper, Toilet Articles, PAINTS AND OILS, irrc, ktc, Kic. Best 01 Goods And Low Prices, :o:- MR. SMITH s-tillhc found at the old stand, and will make prescrip tions a peciaUv, a heretofore. 4(;i-.- NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARKOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rate-. JSTSctas a FlrM-ClasK TalIe. Meats, ...25 Cents. Lodgings. ..2.i Cts 38-2ff CALIFORNIA WINES! 1.2581.75 A GALLON -AT- SAML. GASS'S, Klrrenth Street. fhOAAA MONTH guaranteed. ST -s II $12 a day at home made bv yjVVth'e industriou. Capital not required; we will start you. Men, women, boys and girls make money faster at work for us than at any thing else. The work It light and pleas ant, and such as anyone can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly Outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at work are laying up large sums of money. Address TRUE A CO., Augusta, 3Iaine. 48I-y YOU BET." A. W. LAWRENCE, AGENT FOR THE UTjg?, m .i - fc. Sj ; '-J-'vJ'- --" L I "T". WIND MILL, AVill hereafter be found THREE DOORS SOUTH or the Post Office, where he keeps a full line of every style PUMP. PIPE, HOSE, And the Celebrated I X L FEED MILL. Ashe keeps a Pump House exclusively, he is able to sell CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST. Pumps for any depth well. Pumps driven or repaired, and Rods cut. GIVE HIM A CALL AM SATE 3I0XEY. 35G AMEBT-CAjST MEDICAL I SURGICAL INSTITUTE. T. Z. MISwEiLL, K. D. . S.UA2I71T,a.S Plfsims ai Sums. , D. HS2C23, U. 0. 4 J. C. DI1IISS, H. D., :f Ossl: Consulting Physicians and Surgeons. 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. SPEICE & NORTH, General Ajreiits for the Sale of Real Estate Union Pacific, and Midland Pacific It. R. Lands for sale at from$3.00to?10.00 per acre for ca'li, or on five or ten years time, in annual payments to suit" pur chasers. AVe have aNo a larjre and choice lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable term. Alo busincs and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real es tate iu Platte County. poo coijKJ.iusus. :ni:k. J. O. ELLIOTT. AfiKXT TOR Til K STOVER WIND MILL $20 OSCILLATING FEED MILL, And All Kinds of Pump, AND PUMP MATERIALS! -ALSO Challenge Wind and Feed J fills, Combined Shelter and Grinder, Malt Jfills, Horse Powers, Corn Shelters and Fanniny Jfills. Pumps Repaired ou Short Notice, Farmers, come and examine our mill. You will find one erected on the premises of the Hammond House, in good running order. GUS. A. SCHROEDER, nnAi.rn ix HARDWARE, Stoves, Tinware, PUMPS, PAINT, "WIND MILLS AND WAGON'S. AND A l'VU. LINE OF Agricultural Implements. Goods .sold cheap for cash. SIGN OF BIG AX, 11th STREET, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. 454-x. CITY MEAT MARKET, ON oi.ivi: st., opposite: iia.ti. 3ioi house. Will keep on hand all kinds ot Freh and Salt 31eat, also Sausage, Poultry, Fresh Fish, etc, all in their eaon. Cah paid for Hides, J,ard and Ba con. WILL. 'P. KICKLY. CENTBAL 1AT MAMET 0. 11th STREET. Dealers in Fresh and Salted Heats. &c. Town Lots, Wood. Hides, c. J. RICKLY, Agent. Columbus, June 1, J8T7. t( m JOHN WIGGINS, WHOLESALE AND H A Ft DWAR m STOYES, IRON, TIKWARE, NaUs, Rope, Wagon Material, Glass, Paint, Etc., COItrVEIt ELEVENTH COLUMBUS, mm SAFES I The Celebrated Diebold, Norris & Go's (Eate IHcboId & Kienzic,) Fire and Burglar Proof I1 HAVE THE BEST RECORD OP ALL. All leading Railrod & Sspress Companies and Bankers in ths Northwest have them. Not One Lost in the Two Great Fires in Chicago; also preserved the content in every instance, at Independence, Iowa; at Central City, Col.; at 0hkoh, "Wi"., and at all places have -tood the test, without failure. All Sizes for Sale .and Made to Order. Old Safes taken in Exchange. County :iml ISaiilc Work a. Good Work D. S. C0VENT, GENERAL AGENT, CHICAGO. WILL. B. DALE, Agent, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA 2M 18T0. 1879. THE oliw(iii5 jonmil li conducted as a FAMILY NEWSPAPER, Devoted to the best mutual inter ests of its readers and it publish ers. Published at CoIuinbU'.PI.ittc county, the centre of the agricul tural portion of Nebraska, it i read by hundred" of people ea?t who are looking towards Nebraska as their future home. It subscribers in Nebraska arc the staunch, solid portion of the community, a i evidenced by the fact that the JouitXAL. ha-! never contained a "dun" against them, and by the other fact that ADVERTISING In its columns always brings its reward. lSusiness is bu-ines, and those who wish to reach the solid people of Central Nebraska will find the columns of the .ToinNALa splendid medium. JOB WORK Of all kinds neatly and iuickly done, at fair prices. This species of printing is nearly always want ed in a hurry, and, knowing this fact, we have so provided for it that we can furnish envelope, let ter head, bill heads, circulars, posters, etc., etc., on very short notice, and promptly on time as we promise. SUBSCRIPTION. 1 copv per annum $2 00 " Six monthii 1 00 " Three months, SO Single copy sent to any address in the United States for ." ot. M. K. TUENER & CO., Columbus, Nebraska. l COE.T7MLBTJ-S STATE BAJSTK, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 DIRECTORS: Leaxdeu Gekuai:i, Pre&i. Geo. "W. IIhlst, Vice Pres't. Julius A TJeed. Edward A. Gekkakd. AkxekTukxek, Cashier. Bank of Icpoxif, Discount and ExcIiniiKi'. ColIectionsiI'roniptlj-.IBnde on all PoinfM. Pay Interest on Time Depos its. 274 RETAIL DEALER IX A.""I OL.IVE STREETS, NEBRASKA. Specialty. Price as !ow a can Ie 31 alc. CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTER ja, HiWay, The Great Trunk Lino from tho "West to Chicago and the East. It is the oldest, shortest, most direct, convenient, comfortable and in every respect tbe best line you csn take. It Is the greatest and grandest Itallway organization in the United States. It owns or controls 2100 MILES OF RAILWAY PULLMAN HOTEL CARS are run aloa by It through between COUNCIL BLTJTTS & CHICAGO! No other road runs Pullman note! Caw, or any other form of Hotel Cars, through, between tho Missouri Kiver and Chicago. PASSENGERS GOING EAST ehould bear inmind that this is the BEST ROUTEHHCHICACO AND ALL POINTS EAST. rawensers by this route have choice of FIVE IHFFEUKNT ROUTES and the advantage of Eiht IJally Line l'alaco Sleeping Car from CHICAGO to PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK, AND OTHER EASTERN POINTS. Insist that the Ticket Agent eellsyou tickets by the North-Western Road. Examine jour Tickets, aud refute to buy if they do sot read over this Road. All Agents tell them and Cfccclc usual Baggage Free by th's Line. Through Tickets via this Route to all Eastern Taint- can be procured at tie Central Paclnc Ralt losd Ticket OSIce, foot of Market Street, and at 2 New Montgomery fctreet, San Francisco, and at ell oapon Ticket OMees of Central FaclCc, Union Pacific, nnd all Western Railroads. 'ew York Ofllce, No. 413 Broadway. Boston Office, No. 5 State Street. Omaha Oiuce, 245 Farn hm Street. San Francisco OlEce. 2 New Mont gomery Street. Chicago Ticket Offices : 6J Clark "frcet, enrier Sherman House ; 75 Canal, corner MadWon Srreet ; Klnzle Street Depot, corner West Kinzie and Canal Streets ; Wells Street Depot, c rner Wells and Klnzle Streets. Fr rates or information not attainable fre-m jour konie ticket agents, apply to JIARVIV IirOIIITT. W. II. STKXIIBTT. Gcn'I Jt-r'r. Ciicagj. Cn'I Cjuh. Ac't. CMeao SBiOGBHI- NEW STORE axp New Stock, A full, freh supply of groceries STAPLE AND FANCY, Just openeil, and for sule at law-dow n prices. JSTOliro Street, opposite the "'rnttornll. JAMES McALLISTEK. . $t f A "WEEK In your own town, flfjand no capital risked. Yen jJ can give the biislnes a triul without expense. The be.t opportunity ever offered for thoe will ing to work. You shoulu try nothing else until you see for yourself what you can do at the business we offer. No room to explain here. You can devote all your time or only your spare tunc to the business, and make great pay for every hour that you work. Women make as ; much as men. Send for special private terms anu particulars, wnicn we mall free. $5 Outfit free. Doa't complain of hard times while you have such a chance. Address II. IIALLETT & CO.. Portland, 3faine. 4SI-y KjaijiCTKgiCi3OT Ke PCftt-t vy M0giM i V I .SDdQCUJLu ,