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VOL. X.--NO. 39.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA,- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1880.
WHOLE NO.' 507.
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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A. S. I'addock, U. S. Senntor, Beatrice.
ALVix Saunders, U.S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. Majors, Ken., I'oru.
E. K. ValkNTINK, Ken., tt est Poiut.
STATE DIRECTORY:
Aluisos Xanck, Governor, Lincoln.
S .1. Alexander, Secretary of State.
F. W. Liedtke, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. M. Kartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
O..I. Oilworth. Attorney-General.
S. It Thompson, Sunt. Public Instruc.
II. C. Dawbon, Warden of Penitentiary.
W. V. Abbey, VrUon inspectors.
C. II. Gould, J
Dr. J. G. Davis, Prison Phyblcian.
II. P. Mathewson, Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
S. Maxwell, Chief Justice,
Georce K. LaVe.l Ast,0cinte Judges.
Ainaia Cobb. J
lOUKTH JUDICIAL W&TKICT.
G. W. Post, Judge. York.
M. R. Reese, District Attorney, A ahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
M. It. Iloxie, Register, Grand Island.
AVni. Anyan, Reoeher, Grand Island.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
J. G. Ilipginh, County Judge.
John Stauffer. County Clerk.
V. Kummer. Treasurer.
Itcnj. cpielman, Sheriff.
R. L. Rowfttiter, Surveyor.
Win. Klocdorn,)
John Walker, CountvComiulsaloners.
John Wine. )
Dr. A. Heintz, Coroner.
S,. I,. .Barrett, Supt. or Schools.
S. S. MeAUUtcrJ juctjcesofthePeace.
Ityron Millctt, J
Charles. Wake, Constable.
t-v CITY DIRECTORY:
. C. A. Spcice, Mayor.
John Wermuth, Clerk.
Charles Wake, Marnhai.
C. A. Newman. Treisurer.
S. S. McAllister, Police Judge.
J. G. Itoution, Engineer.
couxcilmkx:
-V. . 1st H'cinf-J. E. North,
' G. A. Schroeder.
id Ward E. C. Kavanaugh.
R. II. Henry.
id H'ard-E. J. Raker.
Wm. Rurgesti.
ColumttuK PonI onicc.
Open 011 Sun laystram 11 a.m. tol2M.
and trom Ai'M to ( v. m. ltusiuess
hours except Su.ulayOA.M tori p.m.
Eastern mails close at 11 a. m.
Wustvrii mails close at 4:15 p.m.
Mail leaves Columbus for Jluilison and
Norfolk, daily, except Sunday, at 10
A. m. Arrives at 4:0 r. M.
For Monroe, Genoa. "Watcrville and Al
bion, dally exeept Sunday 0 a. M. Ar
rive, same, 0 p.m.
For Oaceola and York.Tuesdays.Thurs-
dajs and Saturdays, A.M. Arries
jionduys, Wednesdays and Fridajs,
P. M.
For U'rir, Farral and Battle Creek,
3Ioudavs, Wednesdays and Fridays,
aud SaturdavH, at P.'M. ""
For Shell Creek, Creston aud Stanton,
on Mondays and Fridays at 6 A. M.
Arrives Tuesduys and Saturdays, at
C p. M.
For Alexu, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, Thurdnvs and Saturdays,
1 p. m Arrives at 12 m.
For St. Anthony, Prairie Hill and St-
Bernard. Saturday, 1 a. it. Arrives
Fridajs, "P.M.
U. 1 VInie Table
astvard Bound.
Emigrant, No.C, leaves at
Pjsseuu'r, ' 4. " "
C:2Sa.m.
11:00 a.m.
2:15 p.m.
4:30 a.m.
Freight, " S,
Freight, " H,
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Westward Itound.
Freight, No. 5, leaves at.
2:00 p.m.
4:27 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
1:30 a.m.
l'asseng'r, " :i,
Freight, " !,
Emigrant, " 7.
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Every day except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
thcro will be but one train a day, as
shown by the following schedule:
O., N. A B. II. UOAD.
Hound north. 1 Bound south.
Jackson 4 :.u p.m.! Norfolk .G::m)a. m.
Los tC reek fi:30
Munsou U:.7
Madison. .7:4.i
Huinphrey8:34
Tl. Centre 9 :2S
LostCreek 9:55
PI. Centre 5:57
UumphreG;51
Madison "7:40
ilunsou 8:28
Norfolk .,8:.v
Jaekson .10:30
Tho departure from Jakson will be
governed by the arrival there or the
U. P. cxpiess train.
BUSINESS CARDS
H.
j. iu;iMo:t
XOTAJIY PUBLIC,
12th Strrrt, Z doors went of lUnmond Uoum,
ComftM, Xeb. 491-y
Ir. r. I MIGGlS,
Physician and Surgeon.
J3J"Ofllee open
at all hours
Sack Building.
W
yt. UVRGESH,
Dealer in HEAL ESTATE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
GENOA, XANCK CO., ... NKB.
BEICK!
R I EMEU A STOLCE keep constantly
on band and furnish in the wall,
the best of brick. Orders solicited. Ad
ress, ak above, box 95, Columbus. 478.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture of yourself and chil
drcn at the New Art Booms, east Uth
street, couth side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska.
478-tr Mrs. S. A. JOS8KLYN.
NOTICE!
IF YOU have any real estate ror sale,
if vou wish to'buy either in or out
of the'eity, if you wish to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, give us a call.
" "WAnSWORTH & JOSSELTN.
NKLSON MILLETT. BVBOX MIIAKTT,
Justice or the Peace and
Notary Public.
N. ItllI.I.KTT Jfc HOM,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
. Nebraska. N. B- They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 2.
" STAGE ROUTE.
JOHN HUBER. the mail-carrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Sun
day at 6 o'clock, sharp, passing through
Monroe. Genoa, Watcrville, and to Al
bion The hack will call at either of
the Hotels for passengers if orders are
eft at the post-office. Hates reason
ble, ?2 to Albion, $.ly
Tpf M- CORXELIUM,
A TTORNEY-A T-LA JT,
Upstairs in Gluck Building, 11th street.
pK. R. J- KEII.1W,
Office on Thirteenth Street,
Opposite Engine House, Columbus, Neb.
Er spricht Deutsch. 489-x
VELLEY & SLATTERY,
nouBo aiovinar
and house building done to order, and
in a workman-like manner. Please give
us a call. tSTShop on corner of Olive
St. and Pacific Avenue. -JS5.tr
GEORGE N. DERBY,
CARRIAGE.
EA?E .... , . n.,:..i:
jiiiig nuu&c a aiu IUIUUI15,
wS ......, -..-,..,
Paper HaMgliig,
KALSOMININQ. Etc.
iSTAH work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, one door south of Elliott's
new Pump-house. aprlCy
T S. MURDOCK & SON,
" Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds or repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
rair prices. Call and gic us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. jSTShop at
the Big "Windmill, Columbus, Nebr.
483-y
FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MARES I COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
SA1II.K PONIES, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
429 GERHARD &ZEIGLER.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop'a.
KEEP ON HAND all kinds or fresh
meats, and smoked pork and beef;
also fresh fish. Make sausage a spec
ialtv. IgrUemember the place. Elev
enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's
hotel. 417-tf
GOOD CHEAP BRICK !
AT MY RESIDENCE, ou Shell Creek,
three miles east or Matthis's bridge,
I have
70,000 good. Imrd-lturnt brick
for le,
which will be sold In lots to suit pur
chasers. 448-tf GEORGE HENGGLER.
niiipiinrn Tlnrhpr Silinn
Ojpcriti "Eisa:ii I:ui,"
COLUMBUS, NEB.
HAIR CUTTING done in the latest
styles, with or without machine.
None but first-class workmen employed.
Ladies' aud children's hair cutting a
specialty. Best brands of cigars con
stantly on baud.
HENRY WOODS,
472 ni Proprietor.
DOCTOR E0NESTEEL.,
17. H. EXAII.-M.-XS MUKGEO.'V,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
4 p. m., and 7 to 9 p. m. Office on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of
E. J. Baker's grain ofilcc. Residence,
comer "Wvoming and "Walnut streets,
north Columbus Nebr. 433-tf
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., nearthe oldFost-office
Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly
LAW, REALESTATE
AND GKNKICAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
W. S. GEEE.
MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some Improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Ciother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
COL.UNB1IS
Restaurant, and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
3TWholesale ind Retail Dealer in For
eign "Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch .and English Ales.
t3TKentucky Miiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
lltk Street, Soatk of Depot
COLBllJMffl)
(One mile west or Columbus.)
THOilAS FLYNN & SON, Propr's.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Always oxx Hand In
QUANTITIES to suit PURCHASERS
371.tr
Wm. SCHTLZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOES!
X ronpltte AsMrtBent of Ladltt' and Chil
drea't Skots krpt on hand. "
All Work Warfaitei!!
Oar Motto Good stock, excellent
work and rair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. Olive aad 19 tk Sts. 1
.JJvJHVjlj5
ADVERTISEMENTS.
COLUMBUS DRUG STORE.
A.W.DOLAND,
(SUCCKSSOK TO DOLAND A S.MITU,)
dues, Finn' Millions,
Wall Paper, Toilet Articles,
PAINTS AND OILS,
KTC, KTC, KTC.
Best Of Goods And Low Prices.
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"VfR. SMITH will still be found at the
1T.L old stand, and will make prchcrip
tious a specialtv, as heretofore.
401-x
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IX
WIKX, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all.artieles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
One door Kust of Gnllej' on
Eleveutti Street,
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA
&
Daniel Faucette,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, and Collars,
keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
whips, Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, Ilruihes, Bridle Kith, Spurs,
Cards. Harness made to order. Re
pairing done ou short notice.
NB&?SABB:A AVENITTJ r-nlnmbuB.
BECKER & WELCH,
PB0PEIET0BS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US, NEB.
WM. BECKEE,
)DKALKR IX(
GROCERIES,
GraiiL, Produce, Etc.
NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge,
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Madison Sts.
North of Poundrv. 397
STATE BANK,
Sceetu:ri to Qemri & Stei ni Trmir 4 Eslit.
C0LVKBUB, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTOltS:
Leandf.r Gkukaud, Pres'i.
CJko. Vf. Hdlbt, Vice Prcs't.
Jdlios A Reed.
EmvAKD A. Gerrard.
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Abxer Turner, Cashier.
Baak of Deposit nisroHBt
aad ExchaBgc.
CllectieMB Promptly Made on
all PeiatN.
PaylaitereMt oh Time JlepoN-
HARNESS
ADDLES
Qodq Booas ana Fair Qealins
MY FKIEXW'.S IlUMBAiVD.
Not mine no, indeed; my hus
baud Is so different that I may write
a paper some time juat to tell how
good he is, but this article is about
another woman's husband. John
and I have just ce'urned from a visit
to some dear friends of mine, and
their experience of life's little trials
has been of such a kind, and yet so
unlike one to the other, that I have
a great desire to tell some one all
about it.
"But why not tell everybody?"
said John, when I told him my de
sire. And so I 8 end this to the
Christian Union, with tho hope that
thore may be somo among its read
ers still young and clear-sighted
enough to profit by a bad example.
I do not mean that there is no possi
bility of improvement in those who
have reached middle life. Surely I
would not thus cut off my owu pos
sibilities for daily growth in the
knowledge of good, but it remains
true that if a man or woman has
lived to the age of forty years in the
unconscious indulgence of petty
selfishness, the probabilities arc
against sufficient clearness and range
of mental vision to take in one's
eutire self. Or, if Bitch vision is
granted by divine inspiration, the
sight of a soul encrusted.with neg
lected opportunities for a daily giv
ing of one's self away, after the
pattern of tho Great MaRter, must be
full of pain.
Tho friend of whom I wish to
speak, like many another loving
wife, palliates all her husband's
shortcoming with the oft-repeated
excuse, "O, it is just his way," an
excuse against which I wish vehe
mently to protest. As if any one
had a right to make himsolf disa
greeable to all around him simply
because he was indulging in his own
particular disagreeablcncss, and not
another's.
But "his way" in (his case meant
nothing unpleasant in manner. It
was simply that kind of selfishness
which, through inability or unwil
lingness to put Itself in the place of
another, always judges from its own
standpoint.
fir, mi' r
say that s
finntwl
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lie su
ms been married la
years, and that she went, at her mar
riage, from a home in this city to a
large farm in the country. Though
her city home had been a humble
one, yet certain thiugs had seemed
bo much a matter of course and so
entirely a necessity that it novcr
occurred to her to doubt their con
tinuance after marriage.
Among these, I may mention her
attendance at church, her ability, in
a small way, to assist others, and,
especially, her love of cleanliness
and order in all her household ar
rangements. I have often wondered
if the grace that conquered resent
ment when she found that it was "too
much troublo" to harness the horse
and take her to church on Sunday
mornings was not a better gift to her
than she could havo obtained in the
public worship which she so much
enjoyed. The distance was so great
as to prevent her walking ovor the
rough roads except in the very best
of weather, and yet the desiro to
bring up her children in tho church
often induced her to lead the little
ones tho whole distance, though the
weary feet of tho mother would
gladly have found their rest at home.
I do not say that her husband al
ways refused to accompany her. He
did refuse to attend church, but tho
horses were at her service when
thero happened to be one gentle
enough to trust to her driving, or
when the "hired man" could spare
his valuable time, or ho himself
would drive if ho "felt like it," btlt
her feelings were rarely consulted.
It was tho same with regard to
money. IT it had happened to be
perfectly convenient for him, he
would have been glad to supply her
with all tibe could spend. But he
was what, in common parlance, is
called "land poor." His large farm
was far from briuging him in a large
income; aud, in the constant en
deavor to enrich the land, he found
no time to cultivate the mind or
soul, and neither time nor money to
give to those who were poorer than
himself. That his pigs should be
the fattest iu the market, he would
spend all that was necessary; but to
pay his wife's pew rent seemed a
burden too great to be borne. No
fruits were to be found upon his
table,, because it "did not pay" to
raise them, the health and pleasure
of wife and children not being con
sidered a profitable investment.
His horses must have rest; but a
holiday, or any social recreation, for
himself or his wife w&b quite un
necessary. But even these things were more
excusable than the neglect of the
commonest comforts of tho house
hold. For the first teu years of her
married life my friend managed to
possess her soul in patience without
a drain to her kitchen sink. Barns
were built with fine cellars and cis
terns, but every drop of water that
came to the house for the supply of
a large family must bo brought from
a distance, and, after it had passed
through the wash-tub and the sink,
it must be poured beneath the kitch
en windows, there to give back its
fragrance in the beat of summer,
aud to form a mouud of ice in the
cold of winter.
But when, at length, prosperity
had so far attended them as to
warrant the buildiug of a lino now
house, the days of such trials seemed
over to my friend. Imagiuo, then,
her dismay at finding the very samo
condition of things, with a slight
difference in two particulars :
Tho supply of water was several
rods farther from the house, and
underneath the kitchen windows
was a tub to receive the drainage, to
be emptied whou it was ontirely
convenient for the men of the house
hold, and otherwise to overflow aud
cause a running stream of foul wa
ter around tho doors.
And then well, I don't know
what happened then, but that is
fifteen years ago, and a tub is there
still ! For, as my friend merrily
said, "men may come aud men may
go, but tubs slay there forever."
Men of all trades have bcon called
to the farm to keep barns iu repair,
and cattle well housed, aud laborers
are always at hand, yot, in fifteen
years, one day's work could not be
spared to dig a drain and lay a pipe
a few rods! Aud this is the last
half of the nineteenth century, wheu
every paper one takes up is full of
sanitary measures relating to this
very thing. Bat what can be ex
pected of a man who is loo poor
even to subscribe for a weekly paper,
a daily would be quite out of the
question ? As his wife argues, ho is
too poor not to take one in these
days of great improvements.
I will say nothing of broken door
bells left unhung for four years, or
latches oil for as many more, for
these are only among numborless
miuor matters which have brought
to my friend great inconvenience
and sweetness. To me, her husband
seems unutterably selfish ; to her, he
is simply of so diffurcut a nature that
he does not realize how much a
woman's comfort depends upon such
things. I can not tell her what I
can say here that ho ought to real
ize it ; that his love should teach him
to consult her pleasure if his intel
lect does not lay hold of the reasons
for her desires ; that, though his car
esses may imply love, thoy will not
buy shoes for the children, nor give
them tho benefits of cultivated so
ciety ; that, though money can not
take the place of love, a little would
sometimes bo an acceptable proof
of it.
For it is just horo that the selfish
ness lies. He will give her every
thing that she wishes, if the desire
happens also to be in tho line of his
own perceptions, but thatsho should
have an individual want passes his
comprehension. Satisfied with her
society himself, and with the active
life of the farm, he can not under
stand the need in her of any wo
man's society beyond the kitchen
maid's. Fortunate lyfor her, she has
proved herself so valuable a friend
that people are not willing to give
her up to solitude.
I could the more easily forgive
this man if he were of dull intellect
and slow comprehension in other
respects, but, on the contrary, though
lacking in culture, he is, in most
matters, a man of quick perception,
clear thought, aud sound judgment,
and withal, of a sweot disposition, if
that can be called sweet which is
moroly neither sour nor sharp. His
children are fond of him, aud his
wife loves him.
Iu times of great trouble or illness
he is the anxious, watchful husband
and father, for he seems to love ten
derly that which is a part of himself.
Yet, because wife and children are
a part of himself, they must think
his thoughts and rest satisfied with
his decisions, though they may be
made without the least reference to
any individuality but his own.
I do not wish to speak without
that charity that "tbinketh no evil,"
but, since life is so mado up of these
little things, I can not help wishing,
for her sake, that my friend's hus
band would pay a little attention to
that other clause iu the same verse,
"Love seeketh not her own." Un
fortunately this man, not the only
one of his class, really thinks that he
is doing "the very best he can."
John says I am making this article
too long, and perhaps I am, though
I have not said a word about tho
experience of another friend, an ex
perience resulting from a kind of
selfidbness which is, I think, more
common among women than men.
I must not, however, say a word or
I shall want to tell the whole story.
But the, portrait I have sketched
here, though drawn from life, might,
I am sorry to say, servo equally well
with slight changes as a model for
several others besides my friend's
husband, even In my own limited
observation.
Aud the pity of it is, that they will
fail to recognize their own portrait ;
while the best of It is, that those of
us who see in it even the faiuteat
likeness to ourselves, will strive all
the more earnestly to get away from
the shadow of self into tho love that
"looks also on the things of others."
Priscilla Alden.
Hoyd'M Packing; Hesse.
The Omaha Republican has this to
say in regard to the establishment
that was recently burned down at
Omaha:
"Tho buildings destroyed compos
ed one of the largest packing houses
west of Chicago, and had within the
past few months been greatly en
larged and improved, $10,000 having
been expended during the summer
in this work. The establishment
had a killing capacity of 1,000 hogs
per day, which could be increased to
1,500 if necessary. Last season GG,
000 hogs were killed, and in the
closing two months of 1879 alone,
35,000 hogs wcro killed. Tho build
ings cost in all fifty thousand dollars.
The house was so full that they had
no room for anything more, although
shipmeuts were constantly being
mado. Ou January 5th an inventory
of the stock was taken and ita valuo
at that time was $178,000 cash. Sinco
then fully $20,000 worth of addition
al stock has been received, aud was
in store Sunday night. On Saturday
it is said, there were 1,000 head of
hogs ou the hooks, which went down
with tho falling floors, and all burned
together. In all Mr. Boyd estimates
the value of the stock on bands at
$198,000 to $200,000. Deducting in
surance, it is supposed tho loss will
be $121,750. Mr. Boyd says ho will
not rebuild at present, and that uu
less thero should be a very consider
able change in certain directions he
will never again invest a cent iu
Omaha. It is at least pretty certain
house for some lime to come."
A Chlld'N Leap from a Train.
A lady and two children were en
route from Kansas City to Staunton,
Va. The youngest was about 1 year
of age, and, while its mother was
asleep, it crept back to a rear seat,
and, climbing up to an open window
leaned out. A sudden jar of the
train happening at the time, caused
it to fly out of the window unob-
whose faces were all the other way.
Tho train was near Parkereburg, and
tho mother happening to awake a
moment afterward, discovered her
loss, aud a search through the car
failing to reveal the infant, she be
came frantic with grief. The pas
sengers all enlisted in the search,
and, surmising that the baby bad
fallen out, the train waB instantly
stopped, aud a largo crowd walked
back, and at a distance of at least
half a mile discovered the lost ono
sitting on a pilo of brush, where it
had alighted, crying lustily. The
joy of tho mother in beholding her
baby safe was truly pathotic, and
brought tears to tho eyes of men
who were probably not used to
shedding them. Upon close exami
nation it was found that the child
was totally uuinjurcd, with the ex
ception of a slight bruise on its head.
It was a happy party that walked
back to the train.
Can a Sheep Reason?
We think that Mr. A. II. Clark
has the sheep that stands No. 1, as
far as sagacity is concorued. It is a
male, and during the summer has
pastured with somo calves in an
apple orchard adjoining the resi
dence There were several trees in
the orchard well loaded with early
fruit. Tho trce3 were about six
inches in diameter. One evening
Mr. Clark heard considerable noise
in the orchard, and upon investiga
tion, found the sheep aud calves
quietly eating apples under one of
the trees. In a few minutes all the
apples were eaten, when, to his sur
prise, he saw the sheep back off
several yards frem the tree, and then
butt it with all his force, bringing
down a quantity of fruit. This they
proceeded to eat as before, and when
the supply gave out the sheep re
plenished it as before. This was
continued at intervals until appetite
was appeased. So persistent was
the sheep in his novel mode of tree
shaking, that Mr. Clark was obliged
to protect the trees, lest the contin
ued bruising of the bark should
cause permanent injury. Groton
(N. JT.) Journal.
Fortune is liko a market, where
many times if you wait a little the
price will fall. Bacon.
Ualea and Uaasu Pacific.
New York, Jan. 19. It can at
length ba stated positively that the
movement for the consolidation of
the Union Pacific and Kausaa Pacific
railroads is far advanced, and that
the consolidation and tho terms on
which it is made cau be announced
in a fow days. It is only within the
past ten days thai the project has
taken definite shape. A meeting
was held last Thursday in this city,
which was attended by S. 11. II.
Clark, Sidney Dillon, Jay Gould,
Russell Sago, J. Richardson, and
several of tho Bostou directors of
tho Union Pacific. It was unani
mously agreed that the cousolidation
should tako effect as soou as the
attorneys of tho two companies had
drawn up the necessary papers.
Tbeso will be presented to the board
of directors aud tho plan of consoli
dation made public next week. It
is understood that the terras of the
consolidation provide that the
UNION I'ACIFIC SHALL ISSUE ADDI
TIONAL STOCK
to retiro tho outstanding stock of
tho Kansas Pacific, which amounts
to $9,689,950. This stock is lo be
taken at the market rate, aud share
for share. Jay Gould owns five-
sevenths of the Kansas Pacific stock.
He will Ihereforo receive about $1,
000,000 additional Uuiou Pacific
stock, aud will be able to retain
control of the former compauy,with
the help of his friends. When the
transaction has been efTected it i
understood that there will be a cash
dividend for the Union Pacific
stockholders. The mortgages ou the
varioHS roads will remain as they
are, aud will be considered liens on
tho separate divisions. Iu the meau
timo provision will havo to be made
for $2,000,000 interest certificates.
The land-grant mortgages of the
Kansas Pacific have ail been pro
vided for with the exception of
about $70,000. bd holders of the
iucomo bonds had the option of
being paid cither in cash or land,
and the Kansas Pacific people claim
that the books under the old admin
istration were so loosely kept that it
is impossible to ascertain whether
of the branches or not.
THESE LIENS WILL HE PROVIDED FOR
next week, to prepare the way for
tho admission ou the stock exchange
of tho new consolidated mortgage
bonds. It is believed that the new
Issue of stock by the Union Pacific,
to effect the proposed consolidation,
will amount to about $14,000,000,
which will make $50,000,000 worth
of stock outstanding. The public
cau judge for itself of the effect or
this important movement. It is
one more step iu the rapid aggre
gating of all the railroad Interests of
the country iu few hands a move
ment which has made such astound
ing progress iu tho laslt welvc
months. It will cive two ontlntR
to tho Union Pacific. One is at pre
sent via Ogden to Omaha, and the
other from Cheyenne lo Kansas
City over tho Kansas Pacific. Tho
Union Pacific will then be inde
pendent of the Iowa combination of
railroads, and it is said the consoli
dated interest will work against the
Iowa roads, for the following rea
son : Under tho contract with the
government tho Union Pacific is
obliged to divide pro rata with all
the other roads at Omaha
JAY OOULD AND HIS. ASSOCIATES
will be able to pocket the profits
now absorbed by the Iowa lines by
sending all tho Union Pacific busi
ness possible via Kansas City, and
thence east over the Wabash and
Pacific system of roads. The Union
Pacific will thou be able, it is said,
to tako advantage of all the railroads
concentrating at Kansas City, and
bo independent of the Chicago rail
roads. The contracts with the Paci
fic Mail Steamship company are to
oe moduieu. Chicago limes.
Tke Pabllc Ncliool Tcackera.
A Massachusetts teacher writes to
tho National Journal of Education,
describing an experiment in the
school-room which seems to be suc
cessful. Instead of facing his pupils,
he has bis desk behind them, and
thus overlooks them to great ad
vantage. Tho nanghty little once,
not knowing when his eye is on
them, dare not whisper and play.
"They haye," he aays, "so frequently
come to grief In attempting to cal
culate chances, that they have con
cluded to make a virtue of necessity,
and give up play in the school-room
as unprofitable, costing more than it
comes to." Another decided ad
vantage of this system is that it
completely isolates classes resiling,
from the rest of the school ; the rec
itation benches being in front of the
teacher'B desk, between him and the
school, and the backs of the pupils
towards each other, communication
by look or sign is out of the ques
tion. The only special rule made ia
that pupils shall not look around.
Iebraka
To a casual observer of maps, as
well as to the traveler by rail, very
little correct knowledge can be ac
quired of the rich soil, salubrious
climate, pure water advantages and
resources, of a state like Nebraska.
Tho soil must be examined by scien
tific aualysls or cultivated by tho
farmer to know wliat character of
crops it will prudiice. Both these
tests have been applied, and the fact
of their richness and durability is
no longer doubted ; it has been pro
nounced under a careful analysis,
approved by tho authority of tho
state, to bo tho richest soil in tho
world, and rauging in- thickness
from 5 to 150, and even 200 feet.
This investigation shows that over
eighty per cent, of the formation is
finely comminuted silica, so fine that
its true character can only bo de
tected under a microscope. Ten per
cent, of its substance is made up of
carbonates aud phosphates of lime.
There are somo small amounts of
alkaline matter, iron aud alumiua;
the result being a soil that can never
be exhausted until every hilr and
valley which composes it is entirely
worn away. The richer surface soil
overlies tho sub soil, aud it is from
IS inches to u aud 4, and oven G feet
thick.
The next evidence of the richness
of Nebraska soil is obtained from tho
crops raised by actual cultivation.
It is not anusual with tho corn crop
to produco from TO pounds of cars
GO to Go pound of shelled com, or
four to seven pounds over the stand
ard, the general average of piotluc
tion, with average fair cultivation,
being 50 to GO but-hcls per acre.
Great varieties of wheat are growu,
the yield being 15, 25 and the Polish
variety yielding sometimes 30 to 155
bushels per acre; of barley a fair
yield is :0 to i() bushels ; of rye, 25
to 30, oats -10 to 50 bushels. Flux
produces 12 bushels per acre.
The area of the slate comprises
75.KJ5 square miles, or 4G,625,800
acres, and is about as large as all
the New England slates, or all of
Pennsylvania and half of New York
Its length is 412 miles, and its width
&limJ.9(lO 'l'lo l'0..'V K iinato."
ounilary is about iilU leet above sea
level, on tho western, about 5,000.
It is between the parallels of 40
and 430iiorlli latitude, placing tho
state iu the latitude of Pennsylvania,
and southern New York, and north
ern California, and southern Ore
gon. From the eastern to the
western boundary of Ncbraska,lhere
is a gradual riso in the laud ofabout
seven fret to the mile in eastern
Nebraska, and from that to ten feet
in the west; the eastern boundary is
910 feet above sea level, and the
western about 5,000.
The coming spring bids fair, at
the present lime, for a large emigra
tion from the older states and for
eign countries to Nebraska, where
cheap and good lands can vet bo
procured, cither directly from tho
government or improved lands from
those who want to make larger in
vestments in stock. It is of the
utmost importance to persons in
tending to locate in Nebraska that
they should .receive reliable and
truthful information regarding tho
state, and especially the richness and
productiveness of its soil, and in
what we hayc written and what we
may hereafter write, moat of our
facts arc taken from a publication
issued by tho State, approved by
Gov. Nance and F. M. Davis, Land
Commissioner, and any person de
siring further information by apply
ing to S. J. Alexander, Secretary of
State, at Lincoln, Neb., will doubt
less be furnished with the publica
tion which treats of Nebraska and
its resources.
Two boys, each employed In a dif
ferent office on Griswold 3trect, wero
yesterday licking a lot of one-cent
stamps on a pile of circulars at tho
post office, when one of fhem asked :
"lias your boas gAV back Trom his
summer trip yet?" "Yes; has
your'u?" "Yes. Has anybody been
around to the office to welcome your
boss home?" "No; he's bcon home
three days and hasn't had a caller."
"Well, I guess hc'3 kind 0' second
class," continued the other, as he
whacked on a stamp. "Over twenty
folks were wailing in the office when
ray boss got home, and they said if
he didn't straighten up them ac
counts they'd make him trouble
right along! He hadn't hardly
landed at the depot before most
everybody knew he was home."
Detroit Free Press.
A man will eat soggy biscuit
twice a week without complaint,
when his best girl invites him to
tea. But after that girl becomes his
wife, if thero is the faintest indica
tion of a touch of saleratus in them,
the neighbors will ihink there's a
district school out for a recess by
the racket he makes.
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