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THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 18S1.
Entered at the Post-office, Columbus,
Neb., as second cl:ihs matter.
Eight cases of small-pox were re
ported last week Id East St- Louis.
Both houses of congress adjourn
ed on the 21st inoU, until January
5th.
It is stated that the number of
deaths, by the King Theater firo at
Vienna, is 794.
The number of deaths from small
pox last week in Chicago amounted
to twenty-five.
Geo. B. Adams of Lincoln has
been appointed post-trader at Fort
Missioula, Montana.
Timothv O. Howe, of Wisconsin,
was promptly confirmed by the sen
ate as Postmaster General.
TiiiNTrr Methodist Church, at Oil
City, Pa., was burned last week.
The loss will reach $12,000.
Judge "W. A. "Welch, a prominent
citizen of Newman, Ga., suicided the
other night by banging himself.
England was visited by severe
galeB laBt week, which did consider
able damage to trees and houses.
Ik the senate on the 20th inst., the
woman suffrage resolution was dis
cussed and informally laid aside.
Hekbv Mosta, of Cincinnati, G3
years old, a German' cabinet maker,
suicided last week by jumping into
a cistern.
The grand jury at Omaha failed
to find an indictment against any
one for the murder of Col. Watson
B. Smithy
Last week 103 Bmall-pox patients
were in the hospital at Chicago, aud
teu new cases wero reported to the
health office.
Mr. Blaine accepts the invitation
of the house and senate committee
to pronounce a eulogy upon Presi
dent Garfield.
It is claimed upon good authority
that A. A. Sargent, of California,
will bo nominated by the President,
Secretary of the Interior.
Wise men declare that the "Star
of Bethlehem" is now visible from
3 a. m. until daylight. It will not
appear again for 300 years.
A sill has been introduced in the
House for the admission of Dakota,
Now Mexico and Washington terri
toriea into the union as states.
All the jurymen in tho case of
Guiteau, accompanied by the deputy
marshal and bailiffs, attended the
funeral of the wife of juror Hobbs.
Hon. E. K. Valentine, representa
tive in the house from this state, was
appointed by the speaker, chairman
of the House Committee on agricul
ture. Senator Morrill takes courage
from the fact that of over ten thous
and bills that were presented at the
last Congress, only between six and
seven hundred became laws.
Earthquakes are still shaking up
the island of Chios, and hot spring
are appearing everywhere. The is
land is continually sinking and it is
feared will disappear entirely.
The President received a large
number of callers on the 19th, includ
ing two colored delegations, one
headed by Prof. Greener and the
other by ex-Marshal DouglaBS.
The Lincoln Democrat man says,
if the Journal man cannot find bet
ter reasons than a few statutory pro
visions for his opposition to woman
suffrage be bad better quit, and join
the females.
Col. Forney instructs "his execu
tors to press a claim against tho gov
ernment for $-10,000, which ho paid
while secretary of the Senate on ac
count of the defalcation of ono of
his assistants.
Gen. Joe Johnson chargoB Jeff.
Davis with stealing a large amount
of money belonging to the Confeder
acy. It is claimed that there was a
car load of it, amounting to $2,000,
000, at least.
At Lorain, Ohio, last week, a fire
destroyed the machinery of Cleve
land, Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling
railroad shops, with contents, includ
ing one coach and three tenders.
Loss $75,000.
James Wilkins, residing at
Brookville, Pa., waB brutally beaten
and robbed the other morning at
Joe Burns's saloon. Wilkin's Is in a
dangerous condition.
Omaha needs piked streets. On
Tenth street, a heavily loaded wagon
sunk up to the bed in mud. At
other places signs are posted up,
"The mud here is 100 feet deep;
don't venture in."
CiiAfl. Coregan, Chas. McLuugh
lin, Geo. Leo and Wm. Burnsidcs
were arrested last week, at Kansas
City, on a charge of attempting to
rob the Missouri Pacific train on the
night of Nov. 24th.
The President has nominated
Jesse Spalding, collector at Chicago ;
P. C. Van Wyck, superintendent of
the assay office, Now York ; Alonzo
J. Edgarson, Minnesota, chief justice
of the territory of Dakota.
The Presideut has nominated
Tboe. C. Acton of New York, assist
ant treasurer of tho United States ;
Horace Gray of Massachusetts, asso
ciate justice of the supreme court of
Iho United States ; Wm. H. Treecott
of South Carolina, minister to Chili,
Peru and Bolivia; Geo. M. Dnskiu
attorney of tho United States for tho
southern district of Alabama.
At Dubliu last week au important
discovery of arms, ammunition and
explodents, and a list of officers be
longing to an old Fenian organiza
tion. Four persons were arrested
in connection with the affair.
A recent dispatch from St. Peters
burg to London says jt is believed in
the former city that the information
brought by the governor ef Eastern
Liberia of the discovery of a steamer
in the Arctic refers to the Jeannette.
The dispatch adds : "The crew have
suffered no Iosb."
Coal -at Cincinnati last week was
put down ono cent per bushel on all
grades. This will make the best
Pittsburg coal worth sixteen cents
per bushel, delivered, the slight re
duction being due to the high water,
which brought a large coal fleet
down tho river.
A Bohemian carpenter in New
York, last week, battered his wife's
brains out with a large carpenter's
mallet, then cut his own throat with
a razor, slashed his face and bod',
and afterward hanged himself. Pov
erty, want and domestic troubles,
the cause of the horrible tragedy.
The long list of nominations sent
by the President to the senate last
week were all promptly confirmed,
and when the senate adjourned there
was but a single name-reported that
had not been confirmed, and as an
offset to this several nominations
sent in tho last day were confirmed
at once.
Thanks to Hon. C II. Van Wyck
for a copy of tables showing the
cereal production of the United
States, by counties, a3 returned at
tho census of 1SS0. It is an interest
ing document to those who take
time to make comparisons between
uew western lands and tho old lauds
of tho east.
Recent charges made against
Stephens. Indian agent at lveshena
Agency, Wis., are now being inves
tigated at St. Paul. It is believed
that tho charges of drunkenness,
lewdness, bad management and dif
ficulty with Indians will be confirm
ed by evidence taken, and Stephens
will be removed.
News was received the other day
at the Indian department to the
effect that Bmall pox is rapidly
spreading among the Indians in
the country extending from Mon
tana to Idaho. Also, a report comes
from Superintendent Hay worth that
the Kickapoo Indians in the territory
are in a starving condition.
Fred Newburg, assistant secre
tary of the Ohio state board of
public works, was arrested tho other
day, charged with raising orders and
drafts to the amount of $40,000. As
Newburg has occupied the position
of assistant secretary for many years,
hi3 total forgeries and defalcations
may reach a sum greater than $40,
000. The employes of the land depart
ment of the B. & M. railroad pre
sented Mr. Touzalin with costly and
priucely Christmas presents, "con
sisting of a miniature silver engine
and tender, and a gold snow plow,
perfect in every particular to a
screw, valve, nut and bolt. These
costly presents indicate the bigh es
teem in which the employes hold
the general manager of this road.
It is a fact pretty generally con
ceded, we believe,- that the west at
least is opposed to the recommenda
tion of the president on the silver
question. We cannot Bee why gold
and silver,, both, may not be the
foundation of our currency. And
the more of both of them we can
produce and have on hand, the bet
ter will be commercial intercourse,
and the greater the development of
our natural resources.
The St. Paul Free Press says the
skeleton found by John Robinson
and Hank Gnmaer, south of St. Paul,
recently, was that of Christian Beck
man, who disappeared from Grand
Island the third of laBt April. He
had had bad health, and some finan
cial troubles had made him so des
pondent, that before leaving, he
threatened to take his life. A bullet
hole was found through bis cap and
skull, and the supposition is that he
committed suicide.
One of our exchanges sayB : "Here
is a little item from the new postal
laws which affects dead beat sub
scribers. It makes the taking of a
newspaper and refusing to pay for
the same a theft, ami any person
guilty of Buch .action is liable to
criminal prosecution the same as if
he had stolen goodB to the amount of
the subscription. A New York
paper has already commenced suit
against a number of subscribers
under this law. Gage County Dem
ocrat.
The celebrated old frigate, Con
stitution, was formally put out of
commission last week, at the Brook
lyn navy-yard, when her ensign
was hauled down in the presence of
all the officers of the yard. She
takes her place in what is called
"Rotten Row" with the Susquehan
na and Ticonderoga, and unless brok
en up and sold for relics, will be al
lowed to gradually fall to pieces.
The keels of this vessel were laid in
1794. She was the third vessel built
for the United States. She was very
strong, and cost $S02,718. She was
launched on tho 2lst of October,
1897. Her services in the war- of
1S12 fully entitled her to the name
of "Ironsides." She was the most
famous ehip in the navy, and has
been made the themo of story aud
of song.
A man boring ?i well near Alma
claims to have struck coal at a depth
of thirteen Jeet. Instead of digging
a four-foot,Hhaft down to the dis
covery, he rushed off to tho editor of
the Alma Herald, and told his story.
Let tho gentleman dig down to his
vein, uncover a four-foot bed of
coal, and come in and get his re
ward from the state. What we want
to see is less indications and more
coal. Lincoln Journal.
August F. Arndt, has boon In
dicted at Omaha for threats made
against the life of Judge Dundy. He
was arraigned last week, and plead
ed not guilty. Judge Dundy refuses
to try the case, although the prisoner
insisted that he should. His bail
remains at $5,000. His trial will
probably take place at the next U.
S. district court, to be held at Lin
coln in January. ThiB is the same
person that has been suspected for
killing Col. Watson B. Smith, of
Omaha.
A little Ohio girl making a con
tribution to the Garfield monument
Aiud, addressed a -quaint letter to
"Mr. Committee," in which she said :
"I am a little girl 7 years old, and I
live five miles from Hiram, our dear
president's former home. Now my
uncle Oscar, living in Cleveland,
said I could not spell hippopotamus.
He bet me a dollar. I won the bet.
It is tho first dollar I ever earned,
and I would like you to accept this
as a token of love to our beloved
President Garfield."
George Traverse, of Wnvcrly,
Neb., last week attempted to kill bio
wife by stabbing her. Ho stabbed
her five times, of which one cut in
the left breast was tho most severe.
When seized by tho citizens, ho made
a slash at his own throat with the
knife, cutting a gash about two
inches long. He left his wife some
time since, and in his absence she
was appointed postmistress. He is
believed to bo in fault, and ground
lesBly jealous. Her wounds are not
thought to be dangerous. lie was
takou to Lincoln.
C. G. Metcalp, recently station
agent of the St. Paul road at Jack
son, Neb., and agent of the Ameri
can Express Company at that town,
was last week arrested, charged with
embezzlement and forgery. When
called on at Oakland by Mr. Flinn
and Hancock, of the express com
pany, Metcalf at first -denied his
guilt, but being confronted with a
particular account of his misdoiug
by Mr. Flinn, he confessed all, in
cluding the forgery of tho express
messenger's name. He was lodged
in the Dakota City jail.
It appears that Clark Mills and
hiB son, sculptors, took a bust of
Guiteau at the jail on the 17th, and
in so doing had to remove his beard.
Citizens in the court room on Mon
day were very anxious to see Gui
teau with a beardless face. The
general impression is that the shav
ing improves Guiteau's countenance,
removing a certain wildness of ex
pression, aud presenting him with a
face like a keen, alert clergyman.
The removal of Guiteau's beard
makes a great change in his personal
looks. He has a firm, rather broad
chin, lips rather thick and a heavy
jaw bone,
Senator Beck thinks it would be
.awful if women are allowed to vote.
He says "he deplored the admission
to suffrage of the colored men of the
south, an appalling mass of ignor
ance, and said the colored women of
the south, who would come in under
the proposed amendment, were even
more ignorant than the men. The
admission of all the ignorant wo
men of the country would almost
hopelessly crush and degrade Amer
ican suffrage." OI what an awful
thing to admit "all the ignorant
women of the country" to the ballot.
Give us. time to tako a long breath,
until we say, tho American Republic
still exists, and ladies will never
crush and degrade it.
A lady correspondent writes to us
a chapter of sentiment upon the
Gniteau trial. She is impatient at
the delay in tho execution, horror
stricken at the buffoonery of the
assassin, alck at heart when she
thinks of all the expense to the coun
try, of the doctors' bills, tho attor
neys' and witnesses' fees, and all;
but, in the nature of things, it can
not now be helped. There are very
many occurrences in life not exactly
to our pleasing, and this is true of
the Guiteau trial. He is a murderer
If he was not at the time so insane
as to destroy his responsibility for
crime. He is entitled to a judicial
bearing, the same as if ho had killed
the meanest or lowliest man in the
land. Our laws are equal. Let him
bavo a full, fair trial. He acts as hiB
own attorney. He probably could
not be punished for contempt by the
judge, except by imprisonment, and
during that imprisonment tho trial
could not go forward. As the Lin
coln Journal remarked the other
day, the majesty and dignity of our
laws cannot be touched or hurt by
tho actions of the assassin, now on
trial for his life. The American
people do not want to see a crazy
man hanged, even for "removing"
the highest official in the land. The
action of Guiteau on thr conduct of
the trial has done more than any
thing else, probably, to prove that be
is not crazy, and the Journal is of
opinion that the conduct of Judge
C.ciT fliiriiior tVio trtnl twill Tift fnlltr
I approved by history.
The New England society of Now
York celebrated "Forefather's Day"
on the evening qf the 22rt, being the
seventy-sixth annual dinner.
Three huudred and fifty guests
took part in thebanquct.
President Arthur was present and
responded to the second toast "The
President of the United States," wa3
received standing with tremendous
applause and three cheers. Presi
dent Arthur, in responding to this,
said for years the New England so
ciety had offered as.a token of loyal
ty the toast that had been offered to
night. He could not forget he was
a Now Englauder resident of New
York aud a member of the New
England society. He could not fail
to recognize their friendship and
esteem with a brimful heart. The
festivities were kept up until a late
hour.
The London Standard this morn
ing in a leading article on Mr.
Blaine's dispatches, says :
"Mr. Blaine's dipatch on the Clay-ton-Bulwer
treaty is a stain on an
honorable ambition which has re
peatedly induced congress to uphold
tho principles of international law.
Hitherto America has nover yot
been faithless in what she promised,
and it is humiliating to such a na
tion to see its government adopting
such argument. Mr. Blaine's allu
sion to the rightful claim of tho
United States to priority on the
American continent cannot be re
garded as a serious proposition.
Every commercial nation, Great
Britain inoro than all together, has
rights and interests in the Panama
canal movement when it is open for
traffic."
The Telegraph calls tho dispatch
"a spread eagle production," aud
says Earl Granville will never be
excused if ho admitted Mr. Blaine't
claims.
The Post sees in Mr. Blaine's
phrase!) a clumsy disguise aud a de
sire to convert the canal into an
American water-way, and says a
conservative government would
never lend itself to the abrogation
of tho treaty, aud' the dispatch pre
sumes on the liberals boing in office.
Gulteuu Trial.
The court convened at the usual
hour and some four or five witnesses
wero examined, the testimony going
to establish the fact that the prisoner
was eccentric, but sane.
Dr. Hamilton of New York had
examined the prisoner three times
at the jail and found no physical de
fects in the conformation of his head
and faco, or any physical peculiari
ties or symptoms of congenital di
sease of the brain. On the contrary,
he found from actual measurements
that he had a symmetrical and ex
ceedingly well-shaped head. He
found no external ovidence of any
mental or physical disease. I be
lieve the man sane though eccentric,
and fully able to distinguish between
right and wrong, and realize the
consequences.
Mrs. Anna J. Dunmire, the divorc
ed wife of the prisoner, was examin
ed, who stated she never saw any
signs of iusanity in him whilo she
lived with him as his wife.
The prisoner seemed to be under
some unus'ual restraint to-day and
did not get in as many interruptions.
The court adjourned until Mon
day. Monday, the 19th, when the court
convened, the death of Mrs. Hobbs,
wife of one of tho jurors, was an
nounced, and, with the consent of
counsel on both sides, the juror was
given leave to attend his wife's fun
eral, and the court adjourned until
Wednesday.
The trial was resumed on the
morning of the 21st with a great
crowd present. The jurors wero all
in their places. Hobbs, whose wife
died, was pale, and wept at inter
vals during the session.
The cross-examination of Dr.
Hamilton was resumed by Scoville,
who asked the court to exclude oth
er experts while the examination
proceeded. The court at present de
clined to make the order. The cross
and re-cxamiuation of this witness
was tedious, with many interrup
tions from tho prisoner. All the
hypothetical cases put to tho witness
resulted in about the same answer,
that in his opinion the man was sane
at the time bo shot President Gar
field. Dr. Worcester was examined. At
first he thought the prisoner insane
but examining him and hearing the
testimony ho had changed bis opin
ion. Mrs. Dunmore was recalled by the
defense. Sho merely identified a
photograph of Guiteau, taken bo
fore the Chicago fire, and spoke of
giving him a pair of gloves in Chica
go, after the divorce. The prisoner
did not want to accept the gloves on
the ground that he bad no overcoat,
in the pockets of which ho could car
ry them.
The Loganport witness was re
called by the prosecution, who testi
fied to seeing Guiteau in that town
selling the "Life of Moody." Wit
ness produced two copies of tho
work said to have been sold by the
prisoner at the time. On the fly
leaf of one were the words "Chas.
J. Guiteau, Chicago, 111.," written
faintly in pencil.
The prisoner to-day indulged in
many interruptions and abuse of
witnesses, hiB counsel and bis sister.
Called his counsel an idiot and dis
charged him from the case.
Court adjourned.
The court convened on the 22d ;
the room was not so crowded as on
former occasions, and but few ladies
were present.
Dr. Dimond, late superintendent
of the asylum for Insane criminals.
at Auburn, N. Y., was examined by
tho prosecution. He had .made a
personal examination of Guiteau in
jail, and had observed him carefully
in court. He had heard all the tes
timony aud declarations made in
court by the prisoner, and judged
from it all that ho was sane. His
judgment was based entirely upon
such evidence as Guiteau himself
had furnished. He also believed
that Guiteau's sanity was proved by
the history of his life brought out
in the trial. He did not think that
ho had been shamming, but had
merely been acting a part, natural
to his character and circumstances.
The witness generally had no diffi
culty in detecting simulations of in
sanity. Bad character did not indi
cate insanity. Insane persons were
often more cunning and wicked than
others. It was not likely that a man
of Guiteau's physical health, who
had eujoyed the aaino health from
birth, would become insane at 40,
without some exciting cause. The
witness took littlo stock in what
was called hereditary insanity.
Children of insane parents might
have a predisposition to disease.
There was no such thing as unsound
ness of mind, which itself was im
material. Egotism was not insanity,
but a common excessivo idea of a
man's importance. Tho prisoner's
projects to revolutionize the world
tended rather to provo fanaticism
than insanity. It was simple fanati
cism, which was merely u wrong
strong faith in religious ideas, which
other men did not believe at all.
This witness was subject to a close
and tedious cross-examination with
frequent interruptions and insults
from tho prisoner, but no material
chango was made in his tcstimany.
Shaw, the witucss who testified
about what the prisoner said about
acting Booth, came on to tho stand,
but among tho interruptions and the
cries of the prisoner, "that his state
ment about Booth is false," he did
not get to make much of an explana
tion. Court adjourned.
When tho court conveued on 'the
morning of the 23d, the prisoner
made his usual, characteristic speech,
praising Scovillo for doing the beat
he could, and stated that C. H. Reed,
of Chicago, would henceforth assist
nim.
W. A. Edwards, a Brooklyn clerk,
corroborated Shaw's testimony as
to Guiteau saying teu years ago that
he would imitate Wilk's Booth.
Dr. T. H. Talbott, sup't. of the
state, insauo asylum at Middletown,
N. Y., was examined and cross ex
amined at leugth, and the substance
of his evidence was, "sane now and
at tho time of the shooting."
The testimony of H. P. Stearn,
sup't of the retreat for the insane at
Hartford, Conn., was about tho same
aB that of Dr. Edwards. Court ad
journed. On the assembling of the court
on the 24th, tho cross examination
of Dr. Stearn was proceeded with,
in which tho witness stated that the
faculty of memory generally flrat
shows impairment in almost all
forms of insanity.
Four other witnesses wore exam
ined, who in the main corroborated
the testimony of Dr. Edwards. The
prisoner to-day was very noisy and
kept throwing in at short intervals
interruptions, and delaying the pro
ceedings. The court adjourned
till Tuesday.
As the audienco arose to leave,
the prisoner shouted "To-morrow
being Christmas, I wish the court
and jury aud the American people a
happy Christmas. I'm happy, and I
hope every one else will be."
Nebraska's CoHfpc8sraeH.
Tho apportionment of the state for
representation in congress is assum
ing that importance in the minds of
the people which will seenre it full
consideration, and in the discussion
flrat principles sbonld not be pushed
out of view. When the voter casts
bis ballot, be is presumed to express
his individual will, so far as is prac
ticable, and for tho exorcise of tho
right of tho elective franchise ho is
responsible to his own conscience;
to a representative iu tho state or
national legislature, is assigned the
duty of speaking and acting for the
thousands of people in his district,
to whom be must answer for the
trust ropoBed in him, and this res
ponsibility or accountability is the
chief element in our representative
form of government, .as may very
readily be demonstrated, by making
tho supposition that tho men in offi
cial position everywhere were not at
all answerable to tho public for what
they did in official capacity, could
not be held to account in any way
for the proper discharge of tho func
tions of their offices. The inference
Is too plain for dispute.
Then, the principlo upon which
representation in the lower house
rests is that the groat body of the
people are divided into a number of
distinct and separate portions called
districts, each portion being entitled
to itsoton representative, and tho law
of congress touching this subject, as
woll as tho acts of officials should
keep this in viow. Our state legis
lature is tho proper authority to
make the division of the state into
congressional districts, and therefore
neither congress nor a political, par
tisan convention should assume the
work. The perpctnity of our insti
tutions can only be assured by tho
enactment and enforcement of good
laws, and holding all officials to tbe
closest and strictest conformity with
tho principles upon which tho whole
structure of our representative .form
of government is built.
We have watched pretty closely
the expression of public opinion in
tho state on this subject, and wc fail
to hear any crying demand for a
congressional omnibus, a sort of
carry:all.
The peoplo of Nebraska evidently
wish to eleot their congressmen by
separate aud distiuctdistricts, where
in responsibility to constituents will
not be divided with two others.
SHERIFFS SALE.
BY VIRTUE of an execution issued
out of the District Court of Tlntte
county and State of Nebraska, by tbe
Clerk thereof, anil to me directed, on a
judgment obtalued before John O. Mg
glns. County Judge of said county, on
tbe oth day of March, a. p., 1877, in iavor
of Steele fc Johnson as plaintiffs, and
against John C.McMahon and John C.
Wolfel as defendants, for the sura or
one bundred and four dollars and sixty
live cunts ($104.05) and costs seventeen
dollars and forty-two centa ($17.42) and
Increased costs, a transcript of wbicb
said judgment was duly tiled with tbe
County Clerk of said Platte county, on
tbe 13th day of April, a. d., 1877, I have
levied upon the following described real
estate, to wit: The east two-thirds (2-3)
of lot number three (3), in block number
ono nunureu anu eiguteen (lis), in the
city of Columbus, Platte county. Neb.,
taken as the property of John C. Me
diation, and will oiler the same for sale
to the highest bidder, for cash in baud,
at the west front doorof tbe court bouse
in Columbus, ( that bclug the place
Wherein tho last term of the District
Court of Platte county was held), on the
lt day of JuBuur.v, 138V,
at the hour of two o'clock p.m. of said
day, when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, this
20th day of December, a d.. 1881.
BENJ. SPIELMAN,
31-5 Sheriff of Platte Co . Nebr.
SHERIFFS SALE.
BV VIltTUE of an execution Issued
out of the District Court of Platte
county, iu the State of Nebraska, by the
Clerk thereof, aud to me directed, on a
judgment obtained before John G. Hig
gins. County Judge of said county, on
the 0th day of March, A. v., 1877, in favor
of Steele & Johnson as plaintiffs, and
against John C. McMabon and John
"Wolfel as defendants, for the sum of one
hundred and three dollars and fifty
cents ($103 50) and costs, eighteen dol
lars and seventy cents $16.70) and in
creased costs, tbe above mentioned
judgment $103.50 being paid, all except
?.. A transcript oi which said judg
ment was duly filed with the County
Clerk of said Platte county on the 13th
day of April, A. d., 1877, 1 have levied
upon the following described real es
tate, to wit: Tbe east two-thirds (2-3)
of lot number three (3), in block num
ber one hundred and eightoen (118), iu
the city of Columbus, Platte count,
Nebraska, taken at the property of
John C. McMahoiij anil will offer the
same Tor .sale to tbe highest bidder, Tor
cash in hand, at the west front door of
the court house in Columbus, (that be
ing the place wherein the last term of
the District Court of Platte county was
held), on the
iSInt day ofJauuary, 188,
at the hour of two o'clock p. m. of said
day, when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, this
20th day of December, a. D., 1881.
BENJ. SPIELMAN,
34-5 Sheriff of Platte Co , Nebr.
LEGAL NOTICE.
(Copy).
The State of Nebraska, in District Court
for Platte county. In the matter of
the estate of Edward C. Kavamtugh,
deceased. Order for bearing.
rpHIS MATTER coming on to a hear
JL ing In open court this 29th day of
September, A. D., 1881, upon tbe petition
in due form of Daniel C. Kavanaugb, ad
ministrator of the estate of said deceas
ed for license to sell the real estate of
said deceased described in said petition
for the purpose of paying the debts of
said deceased, his funeral expenses and
the expenses of administering upon his
said estate, Albert W. Crues, Esq., ap
pearing for said petitioner, and it ap
pearing to the Court from said petition
that there is not sufficient personal
estate in the bands of said administra
tor to pay said debts, funeral expenses
aud expenses of administration now
outstanding against said deceased, and
that it is necessary to sell the real
estate of said deceased in order to pro
vide for the payment of said debts,
funeral expenses and expenses of ad
ministration, It is therefore now here ordered by
the Court that said petition be heard at
the chambers of the undersigned Judi
uuge
n the
o'f said Court at the city of York, i
county of York, In said State, on the
31 st day of December, a. d., 1881, at one
o'clock in the afternoon; that all persons
interested iu the estate of said deceased
then and there show cause, if any they
have, why license should not be granted
to said administrator, to sell said real
estate, and that a copy of this order be
published four successive week:, imme
diately prior to said day iuTuB Colum
bus Journal, a wceky newspaper
printed, published and generally circu
lating in said county of Platte.
By the Court, GEORGE W. POST,
Albert W. Ckitks, Judge.
Attorney. 31-5
SHERIFF'S SALE.
BY VIRTUE of an order of sale issued
out of the District Court of Platte
county, and State of Nebraska, by the
Clerk thereof, and to me directed, on a
judgment and decree obtained before
said Court, at its September term, A. d.,
1831, to wit: September 22d, 1881, in
favor of David Cunningham as plaintiff,
and against lleinrich Prigge et ux. et als
as defendants, for the sura of two hun
dred and seventy-seven dollars and
eighty cents (277.80), damages, and
twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents
($23.18), costs and accruingcosts. I have
levied upon the following described
real estate, to wit: Lots No. one (l)and
two (2), in block No. one hundred and
thlrty-seycn (137), in the city of Colum
bus, county of Platte and State of Ne
braska, taken as tbe property of llein
rich Prigge, and will offer the same for
sale to the highest bidder, for cash in
hand, at tbe west frontdoor of the Court
House In Columbus, (that being the
place wherein tho last term of District
Court of Platte county was held), on the
Cth Day op January, A. D., 1882,
at the hour of two o'clock p. in. of said
day, when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Columbus, Nebraska, this 7tb
day or December, a. d., IbSI.
BENJ. SPIELMAN,
32-5 Sheriff of Platte County.
Notice of Application for Divorce.
In the District Court of Platte county,
Nebraska.
Joseph Brown, Plaintiff, 1
vs. Notice.
Susan Brown. Defendant. )
SUSAN BROWN, defendant In the
above entitled action, will take no
tice that on the fith day of December,
1881. Joseph Brown, plaintiff herein,
nieu nis petition in me district uourt
of Platte county, Nebraska, against said
defendant, the object and prayer of
which are' to have a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony decreed, on the
ground of wilful abandonment and de
sertion of the plaintiff by the defendant
since on or aoout me uay oi Jiay, lot i,
and for more than two years last past
defendant has been wilfully absent trom
tho plaintiff without reasonable or just
cause, also on the ground of wilful and
extreme cruelty by the defendant to
wards the plaintiff, without reasonable
or just cause, continued for a period of
four years last past.
You are requested to answer Bald
petition on or before 3Ionday, the Cth
day or February, 1382.
V JOSEPH BKOWN.
By Y. 3. Gker,
bis Attorney. 32-5
FII A I, PltOOF.
Land Oliiee at Grand Island, Neb.,1
Dee. 2, 1881. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named
settler has tiled
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before Clerk of
the District Court of Platte county, at
county seat, on January 15tb. 1882, viz:
John Nelson, Homestead No. 0759,
for the S. W. J, Section G, Township
20 uorth of Range 1 west. He names the
following witnesses to prove hi contin
uous ni(ieiice upon and cultivation of
-aid land, viz: OlcSolberg, Cornelius It.
Brumland. Huloor Boo and Handy
Mrtnd, all of Newman's Grove, Neb.
.U-w-a M. B. IIOXIE, Begister.
S'S.Afl. PROOF.
Land Office at Graud Island, Neb.,)
Dec. 1st. 1881. f
"VfOTICE is hereby given that the
AH following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof In support of bis claim, and that
said proof will be made before the
Clerk of the District Court of Platte
County, at ColnmbU9, Nebraska, on
January Sth, 1832. viz:
Josef Kopetzky, Homestead No. 6699,
for the E. K. S. W. tf. Section 20, Town
ship 19 uorth, Range 1 east. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upou.tnd cultiva
tion of said land, viz: Matblas Goeden,
Johu Steiner,Charies Muth and William
Reese, all of Columbus, Platte Co.,Neb.
32-w-O M. B. HOXIE, Register.
FIIVAIj pkoof.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb J
Dec. f.th, 1881. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice of his lnteution to make final
proof In support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before tbe Clerk
of the District Court oT Platte County,
at Columbus, Nebraska, on Thursday,
January 12th. 1882, viz:
Ferdinand Rohde, Homestead No.C630,
for the N. X, N. E.X, Section 34, Town
ship 20 north, Range 1 west. He names
the following witnesses to prove bis
continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz: Martin Froehllch,
Paul Faber, Ignatz Veith, of Humphrey,
Platte Co., Neb., and Charles Brandt, of
Columbus, Platte Co., Neb.
33-W-5 M. B. IIOXIE. Register.
FINAL PROOF.
Laud Office at Graud Island, Neb.,)
Dec. 7th. 1831.
Nl
OTICE is hereby given that tbe
following-named settler has filed
notice of his Intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before Clerk of
Dist. Court of Platte county, at Colum
bus, Nebraska, on Thursday, January
12tb, 1882. viz:
John Wagner, Homestead No. C781,
for the S. W. i, Section 12, Township
19 north, Range 1 west. He names the
fol owing witnesses to prove h's con
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation
of said land, viz: Benjamin Spielmati,
Emit Pohl, Charles Brandt and Henry
T. Spoerry, all of Columbus, Platte
Co., Neb.
33-w-Ti 31. B. IIOXIE. Register.
FINAL PKOOF.
Land Office at Graud Island, Neb.,1
Dec. 2tb, 1881. f
Nl
OTICE is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice or his intention to make final
proof in supportof bis claim, and secure
final entry thereof before Clerk of the
District Court of Platte Co., at Co
lumbus, Nebraska, ou the 3d day of Feb.,
1882, viz:
Lars Larson, Homestead No. 0073, for
tho W. yi S. E. i Section 30, Township
18 Range 3 west, and names the follow
ing as his witnesses, viz: Peter Ceder,
Lewis Ceder, Fred Peterson and Nels.
Mullery, all of G-noa, Nance Co., Neb.
35-W-5 M. B. HOXIE, Register.
NEW
Mr ta 'i1MlV
All those in wiuit of any tiling in that line, will consult
their own interests by giving him a call. Kevievi
uer, he warrants every pair. Has also a
"First-Class Boot and Shoo Store in. Connection
S3" Repairing Neatly Done.
Don't forget the Place, Thirteenth Street, one door west of Marshall Smith's.
THE REVOLUTION
Dry Goods and Clothing Store
Has on hand a splendid stock of
Ready-made Clothing,
Dry Goods, Carpets,
Hats, Caps, Etc., Etc.,
At prices it wera iw leant of More ii Coliti.
o
I buy my goods strictly for cash, and will give my customers the
benefit of it.
Give Me a call and covince yourself of the facts.
50G
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Warerooms and Office on Thirteenth St.
7irt ef Nslruii At.
I WILL ISTOT BE UNDERSOLD.
Repairing Cheaply and Promptly Executed.
AJT5T STYLE VICTOR SCA.XES, "WEIGHING PROM
1-3 OUNCE XJX TO lO TONS.
Having had years of experience in the Wind Mill and Pump Business. Tarn
prepared to furnish Mills and Pumps. Do repairing on short notice, and will
warrant any article sold or work done by me, to give satisfaction or no pay.
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7. &'U'&ESX33V
PROPKIKTOR
COLTTMBTJS MARBLE WORKS,
MANUFACTUKP.lt OP AND DEALER IN
Fine and Ornamental Italian, American and Fancy
Marble Monuments, Headstones, oranything
connected with the Marble business.
Call aad examine work, get mr price, ami be cearlaced.
N. B. Being a workman of ten years experience, we can guarantee you good
work at a saving of from 20 to 25 percent., by giving us a call. J3TSbop and
office opposite Tatttr-all lirery and feed stable. 512-6m
FINAL PKOOF.
Laud Offico at Grand Island, Neb.,;
Dec. 15, 1881. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before C. A.
Newman, Clerk ot the District Court,
at Columbus, Nebr.. on January 19th,
1882, viz:
John C. Hurley, Homestead No.689,
for the S. X of S. V. i. Section 23.
Township IM, Range 3 west. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and culti
vation of said land, viz: J. J. Judd,
Chas. D. Tyler, Y. H. Cotton and Will.
am Tyler, all ofMonroe. Nebr.
31-W-5 M. B. HOXIE, Register.
FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
Dec. 15th, 1831. J
NOTICE Is hereby given that tho
following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and se
cure final entry thereof on January 30th,
1882, before Clerk of District Court for
Platte Co., Nebr., viz:
William Loseke. Homestead No. 10379,
for the E. . N. W. X. Section 4, Town
ship 18 north. Range 2 west, and names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultiva
tion of, said tract: F. Fessendorf, D.
Eickmcyer, Carsten Peterson and Mar
tin Bloedorn, all of Platte Co., Neb.
31-W-5 31. B. HOXIE, Register.
FINAL PKOOF.
Land -Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
.Nov. 22il, 1831. f
OTICE is hereby iriven that tho
N'
following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof In support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before C. A.
Newman, Clerk of the District Court of
Platte county, at Columbus, Nebr., on
Thursday, December 29th, 1881, viz:
Hugh L. Smith, Homotead No. 6753,
for the N. W. i. Section 30, Township
19 north. Range 4 west. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultiva
tion of said land, viz: William Wright,
Frank Sisson, Henry Saunders, Henry
Guiles, all of St. Edwards, Boone Co.,
Neb.
31-W-5
31. B. HOXIE, Register.
FINAL PKOOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,1
Nov. 2oth, 1831. f
'VTOTICE Is hereby given that the
JL following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proot in supportof bis claim, and that
said proof will bo made before the
Clerk of the District Court of Platte
county, at Columbus, Neb., on Thursday,
December 29th, 1831, viz:
Diedrich Eickmeyer. Homestead No.
KM2, tor the S. X of N. E. fc. Section A,
Township IS north, of Range 2 west. He
names the following witnesses to prove
hi.-, continuous residence upon and cul
tivation of said land, viz: William
Loseke, of Platte Center, Platte Co.,
Neb., Martin Bloedorn. Fredrick Tes
xemlorf, Carteii Petersen, of Metz,
Platte Co., Neb.
31-w-l 31. B. HOXIE, Register.
FINAL PKOOF.
Land Office at Grand NJaud, Neb.J
Nov. 22d, 1381. J
NOTICE Is hereby given that tba
following-named settler has filed
notice ot his intention to make final
proof in support of hit claim, and that
said proof will be made before C. A.
Newman, Clerk ofthe District Court of
Platte county, at Columbus, Nebr.. on
Thursday, December 29tb, 1831, viz:
William Wright, Homestead So. 0721,
for the N. E. fi, Section 30, Township 19
north of Range 1 west. He names the
lollowiug witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Hugh Smith, Fred
Smith,Henry Saunders, Frank sisson,
all of St. Edwards, Boone Co., Neb.
31-W-5 31 B. HOXIE, Register.
STORE! NEW GOODS!
JUST OPENED UY
A large and complete assortment of
MeQ'3f Women's and Children's BooU Mm,
WHICH HE PROPOSES TO SELL AT
BED-HOCK: IPiRIOES!
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WIND MILLS
W. H. LAWRENCE.
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