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VOL. XJI.-N0. 34.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 606.
V
ADVEBTISEMENTS.
HENRY LFERS,
BLACKSMITH
AND
"Waeron jSIaker,
Shops near foundry, onth of A. N. lMpot.
AH kinds of wood anil iron work on
WageH-., Itugrie-, F.trra Machinery, As.
Keup- on bands the
TIMPKEX SPBIXG B UGG Y,
and other eastern buggies.
iLsO,TUE--
IFurst & Bradlev Plows.
NEBKASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
coL.miiMJs, 3i:b.
A new house, nevsly furnished. Good
aoeommedation-. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
22TSti a Flrwt-Cla-. Table.
Meals, 25 Cents. Lodgings .. 25 Cts
3-2tf
MILLHRY! MILLIMY!
MRS. M- S. DRAKE
HAS JUST RECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
-FALL A.l WI.VTKR
in
S.
-:o:-
rSTA FILL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTIIING BELONGING TO
FIKfeT-CLA:sS MILLIN-
EliY bTOIlE.JPJ
Ttselfth St.. heo doors east State Hank:
27-tf
F. GERBER & CO.,
DKILEUS IX
FURNITURE,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
Claire, BeflsMs, Bareans,
TABLES, Etc., Etc.
GIVE HIM A (.'ALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH S1IE llth ST.,
One doer east of Ileinte's drug store.
CITY-
Meat Market!
One door north of Post-onTce,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Columbu.
KKKP ALL KINDS OP
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO
WBSAEE. POETRY. FHESB FISH.
Etc., in their .-eaon.
SSTCaith paid Tor Hide, I-artl
and Itacoa.
M2-X
WILL. T. IllCKLY.
H. B. MORSE
IS STILL SELLING WM. SCUILZ'S
O..D STOCK
At Cost! At Cost!
AND HAS ADDED
A Line of Spring Goods
WHICH HE IS ELLING AT
EASTERN PRICES.
"W"M. SCHIXZ
Can still be found at the W stand,
tchere he continues to do
all kinds of
Custom Work and Repairing.
BECKER & WELCH.
PKOPEIETOES OF
SHELL CREEK HILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS 117
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL TJMB US, NEB.
dom, mmi & go.,
PROPRIETORS OF TUE
CMus Drug Store.
ZlZizstn U A. 7T. S0LA1I3.
The Leading Drug House
IX TUE WEST.
A full and complete line of
Drugs, Chemicals,
Patent Mec icines, &c,
Painters' Supplies,
Window Glass,
Wall Paper,
AND
LAMPS. IF EVERY MSCEIPIIi.
When you neei
we n ill ma i
1 anything in our line
c ii 10 your inier
i call on u.
i. Smith retains his
estt
P&-Mr. A. .
position as Pre
is a positive gi
takes, and with
scription Clerk,ichich
araritee against mis
our facilities every-
thinq in the
PERFECT.
UoB't forget
Horl
prescription line is
the place, 3 door.
hof P.O. 557-y
WM. BECKER,
DKALElt IV ALL KINDS OF
FAMILY GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONS TANTLY ON HAND
a well selected -took.
Teas, Coffeej;, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and othsr Staples a
Sp cialty.
iock1n Drlivri'tMl I'ree to an
part oflli Jilj-.
I AM ALSO AG SNT FOR THE CEL
ELRXTKD COQTJUXARD
Farm and Spring Wagons,
of which I keep a constant supply on
ham!, but few (heir equal. In &tj le
and quality, seco nl to none.
CALL AND LEARN PRICES.
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. AX. Depot.
OOITr3BTJS
STATE BANK,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000
DIRECTORS
Leasder Gerhard, Preset.
Geo. TV. Holst Vice Pres't.
Jdlius A Reed.
Edward A. Gerhard.
Abxkr Turxer, Cashier.
Baak of Deposit, DLscoHEt
and Exchange.
ColIectioBNl'rompd' Jlade oh
all Points.
Pay Interest on Time Iepo-
It.
274
WAGOSS! SKIES! WAGDSS!
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
"WHITNEY BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ohs of all Descriptions.
"We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to ".he fact that we haTe
just receiTed a cur load of Wagons and
Buggies of all descriptions, and that we
are the sole agents for the counties ot
Platte, Butler, Bo )ne, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, fcr the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
offering these wagons cheaper than any
other waeon bu'lt of same material,
Kyle and finish can be sold for in this
cfcnnty.
ETSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHIL. CAaJT,
4S4-V Columbus, Neb.
WILLIAM RYAN,
DEALER IK
KENTUCKY WHISKIES
IVlnes, Ala, (Tigars and Tobacco.
iSTScbllz's Milwaukee Beer constant
ly en hand.CRi:
Elktkxth St., . . . .COLCMBUS, EB.
ANDERSON & ROEN,
BASTKEKS,
ELKVKXTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
JSTDeposits received, and interest paid
on time deposits.
tSTFrompt attention given to collec
tions and proceeds remitted on day of
payment.
32T Passage tickets to or from European
points by best lines at lowest rates.
XZTDratts on principal points in Eu
rope. REFERENCES AND CORRESPONDENTS,:
First National Bank, Decorah, Iowa.
Allan & Co., Chicago.
Omaha National Bank, Omaha.
First National 15 ink. Chicago.
Kountze Bros., N. Y.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DEALER IX
wirvrai, LIQUORS,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Eleventh street, near Foundry.
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA
SPE1CE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacilic, and Midland Pacitii
R. R. Lands for sale atfrom$3.00tofl0.0i'
per acre for cash, or on live or ten year
time, in annual payments to suit pur
chasers. We have also a large and
choice lot of other lands, improved and
unimproved, for sale at low price and
on reaonableterms. Also business and
residence lots, in the city. "We keep a
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate in Platte County.
633
COLUXBUS. iKII.
gmu Qemcb : gEO.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
G-KOCEKS!
ALSO DEALERS IX
Crocker, (il.tssiv.ire. Lamps, Etc.,
and Country Produce of
all Eiuds.
XII C IEiT OF FLOUR AL.
WAYS KEPT OX IIAXI.
FOR THE
LEAST MONEY!
l2TGoods delivered free of charge to
any part of the city. Terms cash.
Corner Eleventh and Olive Streets,
Columbus, Xeb.
TTE3IRY GASS,
JIanuJacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Burial Caskets
All kinds and sizes ofKobei, also
has the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning and Scroll work. Pic
tures, Picture Frames and Mouldings,
Looking-glass Plates, Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. COLUMBUS, NEB.
YjEBER Jc K.OBEL,
at the
IEAT H&BIET 1 i
m.
Oh Eleventh Street,
Where meats are almost given away
for cash.
Beef per lb., from 310cts.
Best steak, per lb., 10 "
Mutton, per lb., from 6 010 "
Sausage, per lb.T from 8 10
J2T"Special prices to hotels. 562-ly
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AXD GEXERAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
.S.GEEE.
fONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
L?J farm property,time one to three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
COLUMBUS
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
JSTWholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
$3TKentucky IVhiskics a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
UtkStreet, So tk of Depot
BUSINESS CARDS.
pOR.HKL.lUS & SUBI.IVAi,
A TTORXEYS-A T-LA W,
Up-stairs in Gluck Building, llth street,
Above the New bank.
TOUX J. MAUGflAi,
JUSTICE OI THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Platte Center,
Neb.
H.
j. nuiso:v,
XOTARY PUBLIC,
12th Street, doors west of lUmmond Home,
Columbus, Neb. 491-
FvR. M. D. TIIIIRSTO.K,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of llth and North-st.
All operations first-class and warranted.
C
11IICA0 BARBER SHOP!
HENRY WOODS, PROP'R.
iSTEvery thing in first-class style.
Also keep the best of cigars. 516-y
jl rcALLISTER BROS.,
A TTOBXE TS A T LA W,
Office up-stairs In McAllister's build
ing, llth St. W. A. McAllister, Notary
Public.
M. MACFAHLAXD, B. R. COW DERY,
J.Aiicrs7 ai Hrt4?7 P:. Collictw.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OK
JOHN M. MACFARLAND,
Columbus, : : : Nebraska.
P H.RUSCUE,
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
r J. THOMPSON,
" XOTARY PUBLIC
And General Collection Agent,
St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
BYROX MILLETT,
Justiceof the Peace and
Notary Public.
BYROX ailLLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Columbus
Nebraska. N. B. He will give
cloie attention to all business ontrusted
to him. 248.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc.. made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
E3"Shop opposite the "Tattersall,"
Olive Street. !,2-"
T J. SCHUG, M. .,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Columbus, N"e"b.
QrjjcCorner of North and Eleventh
Sts., up-stairs in Gluck's briek building.
Consultation in German and English.
TAMES PEARSALL
IS PREPARED, WITH
FIRST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give him a call.
TOTICE TO TEACHERS.
J. E. Moncrief, Co. Supt.,
Will be in his office at the Court House
on the first and last Saturdays of each
month for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher'- certificates, and
for the transaction of any other business
pertaining to schools. f-tiT-y
Drs. MITCHELL & MARTYN,
COL.U.1IBUS
UEDICAL I SH ITimE,
Surgeons O., N. B. H. B. .,
Asst. Surgeons U. P. Rfy,
COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA.
TUTTS
PILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERQYMEN, AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
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SYMPTOMS OF A
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Tjoaaof appetite Jnsea,bowela costive,
Pain in taeHefcd.with a doll tenaation in
the back: part. Pain under the ahoolder
blade. fullneae alter eating, with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind,
Irritability of temper, Liow rpirita. Loss
of memory, with a feeling of haying neg
lected soma dntr-wearineBa. DiMineaa, ,
PlQttering of tha Heart, Xota before the
eyes. Yellow Skin. Headaohe, Beatleaa
neas at night, highly colored urine.
IT THESE WABVUTQC ABE U HEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL S00M BE DEVaOPED.
1'Ul'i'S PILLS re eapeclally adapted to
each csset.ons dose effect incha change
of feeling aa to astoniah the safferer.
Tney Inereaee the AwpUt. and cause Uie
body to Take ea Fleah. thna Uie ayitcm Is
oBrlabet.and by thelrTealeaetleaoD the
II IgeatlTe Onui, Kcvrnlar SteaU arepro
duced. Prtce S cents. 38 Jl array t- S.Y.
TUTT'S HAIR DYE.
Gray Haib or Whibkkss changed to a Gloskt
Black by a ulngle application or this Dtx. It
Imparts a natural color, acta Instantaneously.
Bold b J DrtlRguU, or teat bj cxprcu on receipt of l.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
Dr. TCTTS HA1CAL ml TkluM. UforwtWa u B
CA1 KM9tpU will k UMlUA nU m lUtHl.f
THE POOR BOY'S CHRISTMAS EVE.
"Mamma, why don't you smile to-night,
For this is Christmas Eve?
This is a time for joy and mirth,
And not a time to grieve.
Hang up your stocking; come, be glad;
Put mine beside it, too;
If old Kris Kringle don't fill mine,
He may till yours for you."
"For me, my child; ah, no, not me.
The wolfis at our door.
Kris Kringle only knows the rL:h
And we are very poor,"
And that poor mother bowed her heart
With woe and grief oppressed.
She kissed her boy and folded him
Still closer to her breast.
"Well," said thcchiI(l."mamma,don't we
I know we want for bread
And other things which we. would have
If papa was not dead.
It is so cold; see how it snows.
Mamma, your face and ears
Are just as cold as ice don't crv,
The rich don't care for tears!"
"My child.Godblessyou!' and she kiss'd
Her little darling's cheek.
She looked upon his smiling face
As if she dared to speak.
Her eyes met his tears met with smiles.
She sobbed, "O! must it be
That I must live a life of Nol
God help and pity mel"
His little arms so thin and pale,
Locked in their close embrace
That mother's neck, and with bis lips
Kissed tear-drops from her face.
"Mamma," said he, "'tis Christmas Eve;
Come, let us happy be.
Don't talk of shame, but live, mamma,
For God, yourself and me.
She knelt and prayed; God lent His ear,
And heard her earnest prayer;
And they were happy Christmas day
A Christian had been there.
O! ye whom God hath favored so,
Don't close your selfish door,
And shut your comforts up inside;
Go share them with the poor.
BOX'S CHRISTMAS.
BY KATE W. HAMILTON'.
'If we just could have a real, real
one!' said Dot, clasping her little
brown hands.
'Yes,' answered Bud, flattening his
nose against the small window-panes
and watching a few falling snow
flakes. He always said yes to Dot,
though he did not quite know what
she was talking about.
It was a quiet, lonely country
place where the children lived with
their grandpareuts. The small house
was old and brown, standing just in
the edge of a wood; while in front
was a wild, uneven stretch of land,
along which the railroad ran, losing
itself in the great dark tunnel be
yond. Dot's grandfather was the
watchman of this tunnel. He had a
queer little box of an office, built
near the entrance; and every day
and night, before the trains came, he
walked through the long, dark pas
sage, carrying his lantern, and look
ing carefully to see that no atones
had fallen and that the road was all
right and clear. Dot liked to go
with him, sometime?, and walcb the
bright sunshine about the opening
grow into a little far off speck of
light, like a star, as she went further
and further away from it She liked
to call aloud, too, and hear how
strangely her voice echoed from the
rocky roof and sides; and this morn
ing she had oaid there what she said
afterward to Bud : 'I wish we could
have a Christmas all our own
Our own,' 6aid the rocks back
again ; but they did nol tell how to
get it. She did not say anything to
her grandfather or grandmother
about it; she did not even think "of
such a thing. She used to wonder,
sometimes, if they were children
once, and what they did then, and
what they liked. But she never
asked them, and she could not really
believe that they ever were little; so
she told all her thoughts aud fancies
to the great trees in the wood, to the
tunnel, and to Bud.
It was odd bow she came to know
so much about Christmas, when her
grandparents had told her so little;
and she had never bad any children
to play with except her little brother
Bud. But she knew its meaning
because it was from the old Bible,
with its large letters, that her grand
mother had rst taught her to read ;
aud so, when she saw the Christmas
time mentioned in a few other books
about the house, she understood it.
But she did not know how people
celebrated it, or what a joyous time
it was, until one day when a good
natured engineer tossed her a paper,
as his train went flying by. A holi
day paper, full of beautiful pictures
and stories, and oh ! what a treasure
it was to Dot. She bad kept it care
fully for nearly a year, and she
showed its pictures to Bud now.
'This is what Christmas is like,
Buddy. Don't yon see? Little
boys and girls that don't live with
grandpas and grandmas, bat have
real papas and mammas, they hang
up their stockiu's and gets 'em full
of the nicest things dolls aud balls
and candy. Oh, Bud I' .
"Lasses cake an' baked apples?'
questioned Bud, naming his greatest
luxuries.
If they wanted 'em; but they
don't, 'cause they have the splendid
est things. You can't think ! They
have trees hung full of things, aud
they can go to real grand stores and
buy 'em. You didn't ever see a
town and stores, Bud ; but I did.'
For Dot bad been ouce to the city
ten miles away, when she was a wee
girl six years old. She was nine
now ; but she had not forgotten the
wonderful sights she saw in that
half day, and she often told Bud long
siorios about it.
'Do you s'pose him will come here,
Dotty?' asked Bud.
'Who?' said Dot.
'Christmas.'
'Oh! that ain't a him; it's a day.
It'll be to-morrow. Ob!tIdowish
it would be just a real one!' sighed
Dot.
She thought about it all day.
When the trains went past she
watched every car; for often there
were children's faces at the windows
little girls' face.?, some of them,
with pretty curls about them and
looking out from under dainty hats,
not a bit like Dot's old red hood.
She wondered how it would seem to
be like them and tried to fancy bow
she would feel riding on those soft
velvet cushions, watching the
strange sights from the windows,
and traveling to far-off beautiful
cities, where were the grand bouses,
and stores, aud all the lovely Christ
mas thing. But the imaginary did
not answer very well, after all. It
only made her feel more plainly that
she was just lonely little Dot, by the
roadside, wearing her old hood and
shawl.
'Let's go to the woods and get a
tree, Buddy, and make b'lieve Christ
map, auy way,' she said in tho after
noon. 'Yea,' said Bud, as he always did ;
and the two trudged away together.
There were many things as strange
and fair in that wood as any the city
held; but, though the children did
not think that, they enjoyed being
there, gathering scarlet berries, bunt
ing the nests the squirrels had made
and shaking the slight sprinkling of
snow from the tops of the bushes.
Dot told the bushes and Bud what
she would like to hang on her tree;
and after an hour or so they broke
from a small pine a branch heavy
with green taasels and dragged it
merrily homeward. Outside the
door Dot paused a little doubtfully.
Mebby gnindmer wouldn't like us
to bring it in the house. I most
guess she wouldn't,' she said slowly.
Let's leave it here till to-morrow.
Bud was soon in bed and asleep ;
but Dot always sat up later. She
wondered why her grandparents
said no word of what day the mor
row would be; whether they never
cared, or whether they had forgotten
in all the long years thoy had lived.
When her grandfather had taken his
lantern and started for his tour
through the tunnel, she asked, tim
idly : 'What do you think to-morrer
will be like, grandmer?'
Like any other day, I s'po;e,'said
grandma, threading her needle to
sow a patch on one of Bud's aprons.
Dot didn't ask anything more. She
leaued her head against the cool
window glasq and watched the
evening trains go by first the en
gine, with its great firey eye; then
the long line of twinkling little
lights that followed it, all hurrying
on into the darkness.
The next morning did seem very
much like any other morning, Dot
thought, as he helped her grand
father get breakfast. Her grand
mother had been called away early
to spend the day with a sick neigh
bor a near neighbor they called
her, though she lived more than half
a mile from them. After breakfast
grandfather went off to his station
box agaiu.aiid tha two children were
left alone.
'Ta'n't nice nor nothin',' said Bud.
'Well, we'll play it is. We'll bring
in our tree and make b'lief we have
the best kind of times,' answered
Dot, bravely.
So the tree was brought in and
propped up against a chair in one
corner, and Dot began to fasten the
scarlet berries upon it, explaining
all the while.
These are candies, Buddy, and
these are sugar horses and rabbits.
This big one'l be a pretty ball for
yon ; this crooked one's a doll for
me.' Then she pointed to the win
dows, all covered with delicate frost
work. 'These'll be for silver pic
tures that some one sent us for
Christmas house?, trees, and every
thing. Don't you see? You must
make b'lieve real glad, and say
which you like best-'
It answered very well for a time;
but by and by the silver pictures
melted, and the scarlet berries were
only berries after all. Bud grew
tired of bis and threw them into the
fire, and Dot tried to think of some
thing else. 'Oh ! I know. We'll go
out to stores and buy lots of things.'
'There don't be any,' eaid Bud.
'We can play there ie.'
'I does want some really truly
Christmas,' urged Bud. But bis
face brightened as his sister tied on
his cap and tippet, and they went
out together.
Dot led the way up on to the rail
road, that was straight and more
like a street, she said. And then the
shopping began. The sun shone
brightly, and the clear crisp air was
so pleasant that the children wan
dered further than! they had thought
of doing at first. Presently Dot
suggested that it would be uicer to
pretend they were driving around in
a carriage to do their shopping; and
then, of course they had to go faster
so fast that Bud's plump little feet
could scarcely keep up. But he
liked the fun and laughed merrily.
'Thnre!' said Dot, pointing to a
cattlo-guard, a yard or two in front
of them, 'we'll call that a muddy
place in the road, where we have to
get out of our carriage and walk,
'cause '
She did not finish the sentence, for
behind her sounded a long shrieking
whistle, followed by quick, sharp,
short ones, and she turned to see
that an engine had rounded the
curve and was close upon them. For
a little way along where they stood
the road was.huilt high and its banks
were steep and stony. A short dis
tance beyond it was level again ; but
Bud's trembling, tired feet could not
gain even so near a point in time
Dot saw it all at a glance, and a
Bud screamed in terror she caught
his hand and ran forward, sprang
into the shallow cattle-guard, aud,
drawing him after her, held him
close and quiet while the train
thundered on above them.
Engineer and firemen had both
seen the children, and vainly tried
to stop in time to save them. The
train slackened speed and came
finally to a halt a few rods further
on ; and then the two ran btck, and
reached the spot jii3t as Dot's red
hood appeared at the top of the
guard. Several passengers alarmed
by the signals and the unusual pau-u,
speedily followed and a small group
had gathered by the time the chil
dren were lifted up, safe and un
banned Bud shaking with sobs and
Dot trying her childish best to b
composed aud womanly.
We was just playin'. We tried to
have a make-b'lieve Christmas,
'cause we coulnn't get no real one ;
and I forgot the cars,' she faltered
One gentleman said something
about 'great presence of mind."
which she did not understand at all.
but the engineer patted her head,
called her a brave little girl, and
told her not to cry. Suddenly shr
saw her grandfather in the crowd,
and was afraid he must be ver
angry, because he looked so strange
ly and his mouth twitched and quiv
ered so ; but he did not say a word.
'She's a deal more sense than most
youngsters of her age,' said the en
gineer again. 'Let's tako the poor
little toads.np to town with us, and
give them a bit of real Christmas, a
they call it.'
'Yes, said the conductor, looking
at grandfather, 'let them go. WV
will take good care of them, and I
will put them in charge of tho con
ductor of the down train, so that
they will come back safely. They
needn't be gone but two or three
hours, and it will be a Christinas
ride for them anyway.'
Grandfather nodded. It roomed
aa if he couldn't speak, though Dot
wondered why. Almost before she
knew it, she and Bud were seated in
the cars and the train was rolling on.
Actually in one of those beautiful
coaches, riding away to the city. It
had all happened so quickly that she
could hardly believe it, and had to
tnrn and give Bud a little hug now
and then and whisper: 'It's really
us, Bud ; it is!'
The passengers had beard of their
narrow escape, and were all very
kind, fairly loading them with cakes,
apples, and oranges. Every bit of
that ride was a treat all the strange
sights they saw and all the pleasant
people they met aud they scarcely
knew whether to be glad or sorry
when they reached the town. Then
the conductor bought Dot a doll, the
engineer bought a little cart for Bud,
and the fireman added a pictore
book and a package of candy ; and
afterward came another delightful
ride home again.
Many children would not think
much of a few ch-ap toys that were
given them ; but they were quite
enough to make Dot feel very rich
and happy. And how they did talk
and laugh all the evening.
'But it Wis wrong for yc to be on
the tnrk, Dot; don't forget that,'
said gi and father.
'Yes, gran 1 per,' said Dot, 'I'm
sorry only if I hadn't we wouldn't
have had the good Christinas time.'
'But I'm thinkin' they come not
because it wa3 good for you to be on
the track, little girl, but because God
was good.' answered grandfather,
more gently thin nsu.il.
'D6 you think he sent 'em, grand
per?' asked Dot, alraofit wondering
that she dared to a?k.
Ye?, to be sure,' said grandfather.
'Dot'u eyes shone then. 'I'm real I
glad,' she whispered to Bud ; "cause,
if he did it, he must cure about us,
and he can do it all the time. Next
Christmas I won't wish and wish.
I s'pose 111 just ajtk him.'
Supreme Court.
The following, which we clip from
the Lincoln Journal, have a local
interest:
Dalo vs. Hunneman. Error from
Platte county. Affirmed. Opinion
by Maxwell, Ch. J.
1. A pluiutilT in ejectment mnst
possess a leial estate aud be entitled
to the possession of tho premises
sought to be recovered, and under a
general denial the defendant may
prove an equity which negatives the
plaiutitTi right to the possession.
2. If a defendant in ejectment
seek affirmative relief, such as to
enforce a contract which does not
give him the right to demand a spe
cific execution of the contract upon
which the right to continue in pos
session depends, he must plead the
facts entitling him tq such relief.
3. A counter claim is an inde
pendent cause f action in which the
defendant becomes an actor in re
spect to his claim.
Dictrichs vs. L. & X. W. railroad
company. Error from Platte coun
ty. Reversed. Opiniou by Cobb, J.
1. The question on trial wm tho
market value of iw'o lots with a
dwelling house and other improve
ments thereon, in the city of Colum
bus, Platte county, on. the 30th day
of March, ISS0. Held that testimo
ny that on the 10th day of April,
1S77, the said lots were bought by
the said William Dietrich at ad
ministrators sale for seventy - flye
cents each was erroneously admit
ted. 2. Also llekl, that in a case of
appeal from the award of commis
sioners appointed to assess the dam
ages to laud holder caused by the
taking of their lands tor right of
way, depot grouuds, etc , it is the
duty of the di-trict court to render
judgment ou the verdict of thu jury.
3. And further, Held, that where
the exception is for the admission of
illegal evidence on the. trial, it is not
necessary that the bill of exceptions
contain more of the testimony than
is necessary to explain the excep
tion taken.
A IVelly Story.
"I believe in a providence," said
Victor Hugo to a company gathered,
around him in the Hue de Clichy,
"because I am a providence myself."
Being a-ked for an explanation, tho
poet replied : "We caught a monse
yesterday evening. His death sen
tence was already pronounced, when
my little granddaughter, Jeanne,
with eyes lUtcuuig with tears, beg
ged for the life of the gray prisoner.
Her mother hesitated whether to
listen to the dear, little advocate or
not, and in her doubt said 'Grand
father shall decide.' So they came
to me. For a moment I held the
power of life aud death over the di
minutive creature, and 1 thought:
The heavenly providence may find
itself iu my situation when the fate
of a being of a higher order i to be
determined. Naturally I set the
mouse free; for when a man under
takes the role of prov irf'Miee on a
small scale, he should at leust imi
tate generosity."
lie Short.
Long visit. lonsr stories, long es
says, long exhortations, aud long
prayers, seldom profit those who
have to do with them. Life W short.
Time is short. Moments arc pre
cious. Learn to condense, abridge,
and intensify. We can bear things
that are dull if they are otdy short.
We can endure many an ache and ill
if it is over soon, while even pleas
ures grow insipid, and pain intoler
able, if they be protracted beyond,
the limit of reason and convenience.
Learn to be short. Lop ou" branch
es; stick to the main fact in your
case. If you pray, ak for what yon
would receive, and get through; if
you speak, tell your message and.
hold your peace; boil down two
words into one, and three into two.
Always learn to be short.
Every possible precaution should
be taken by our grain buyers and.
stock dealers to keep up Schuyler's
reputation as a market. For tha
first time in four years we hear com
plaints and are acquainted with a
few instances where farmers have
marketed their hogs elsewhere.
There is no reason why as good
prices cannot be paid here as in
neighboring towns, and ft is to the
interest -of everyone that our good
reputation as a market should be
carefully guarded. Schuyler Sun.
An old bachelor paid he once fell
in love with a young lady, but aban
doned all idea of marrying her when
he found that she and all her family
were opposed to it.
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