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THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25, 18i2. Entered at the rost-office, Columbus, Neb as second class matter. Electricity will light up Free port, 111., in the future. Five deaths from small-pox and six new cases reported one day last week in Chicago. During the month of December, 1881, there, arrived in this country 37,037 immigrants. Bonds redeemed to the 22d inst., nnder the 105tb call, $18,920,500; 106th call, $10,757,700. Last week a large number of fail ures of business men throughout the country were reported. The Big Black river in Louisiana - and Tombigbee river in Mississippi were on a big rise last week. The report of the treasurer of the State Board of Agriculture shows the society in debt over $6,000. At Lincoln on the 21st, Arndt, who threatened the life of Judge Dundy, was found guilty by the jury. The members of the Virginia leg islature are talking of abandoning Richmond on account of the small pox scare. Mr. Willets has introduced a bill in the house to malce the wife a competent witness in trials for bigamy in territories. A new produce exchange build ing is about to be erected in New York City. The contract has been awarded at $1,635,446. 11. C. Bailey, of Monroe county, 111., a school teacher, while attempt ing to chaBtise a pupil the other day, was stabbed to tho heart. The number of bills introduced into the bouse one day last week were 404, making a total since con gress commenced of 3,174. Mr. Davis reported favorably from the judiciary committee the bill to retire United States supreme court justice Hunt on the 18th. Charles Barry of Bradford, Pa., was blown to pieces on the 18th at Bichburg, New York, by the explo sion of five pounds of nitroglycerine. It is reported that the British schooner Weather Guage was lost the other day, off Colron's Point, in a storm, and her whole cargo went down. The senate pension committee have agreed to report a bill granting Mrs. Lincoln $15,000 cash, available immediately, and increasing to $5,000 per annum. A recent dispatch from London reports that there was a tremendous panic on the Paris Bourse the other day. Shares of the Union generals 1,300 francs. The other day at Montgomery, Ala., three colored persons were pokoned by diseased meat One has died, and it is thought the other two will die. Indictments have been found by the grand jury at New Haven, Conn., against James and Walter Malley and Blanch Douglass for tho murder of Jennie Cramer. The Iowa poultry show at Ottum wa was in progress last week. Two hundred and fifty entries had been made. The whole state is said to be fairly represented. On tho 18th they had very cold weather at Concord, N. H., and oth er sections of the state. In some places the mercury was twenty-four degrees below zero. John A. Hickox, assistant in the library of congress, was arrested the other day on the charge of purloin ing money from letters addressed to parties in the capitol. Mr. Davis, of Illinois, called up the bill to permit Associate Justice Hunt of the supreme court to retire. The yeas and nays being demanded, the bill passed, yeas 41, nays 14. It is stated that the first cable car was run the other night in Chicago from 20th street to the northern terminus of the new road, from 12 midnight to 1 a. m. It was a success. Not long since a child died at Wilmington, Ohio, of what was sup posed to be chicken-pox. After the funeral, which was largely attended, fifty cases of small-pox were de veloped. The Woman's suffrage convention held in Washington City on the 20th inst., was largely attended, and the addresses were of great interest to hundreds of ladies who composed the audience, Ex-Governor A. H. Bullock dropped dead in the street at Wor cester, Mass., on the 17th. He was speaker of the house of representa tives of Massachusetts from 1862 to 1865, and governor in 1869. George Hart, who has been in dicted for murder, and Darey who was indicted for grand larceny, broke jail at Grand Island last week. Governor Nance has offered a re ward for the capture of Hart. Judge Deummond of the United States circuit court has recently de cided that a passenger has no claim for damages resulting from injury when he attempts to alight from a car before it has actually stopped. A big fire in Pittsburg on tbe!8th, resulted in the destruction of Hil lard & Stewart's foundry, a three story iron-clad, 250 by 56 feet, and' ten dwelling houses. The loss on the fouudry is $45,000. Other os e $25,000. C Gen. Hancock one day last week paid his respects to the secretary of war. The board of health officials at Washington City maintain that tho present small-pox epidemic origin ated from the emigrants who arrive at Castle Garden, infected with the disease, and carry it west In the emigrant trains. Isham Reavis, Esq., of Falls City, delivered the annual address before the State Bar Association, at Lin coln, Wednesday evening of last week, subject, "The Influence of the Legal Profession in the affairs of Civil Government." The President has nominated Samuel Seaburg of New York, to be naval constructor. He also sent to the senate the names of a number of Indian agents, receivers of public money, registers of land offices, and a large list of postmasters. It is stated that the question of liberating Mr. Parnell and the other members of parliament will be de bated at the forthcoming cabinet council in Doublin Castle. There appears to be a great difference of opinion respecting their release. The funeral services of Gen. KU patrick, United States Minister to Chili, recently held in Santiago, were conducted by the state officers of that republic with the solemnity and dignity which belonged to the rank and merits of the deceased. Prof. Joshua Garrett, a median ic for many years, claims to have discovered perpetual motion. His system consists of two cylinders worktng transversely in a vacuum upon a third. It is said the model works until the bearings are worn out. It is believed that the Central Pa cific will not build east to the Mis souri river, but only to the Wyoming coal field and send a branch from there to the Union Pacific line some where near Green river, and take through passengers and freights there. The Lincoln Journal is authority for saying that the claim of Nebras ka for additional representation in congress does not rest upon increas ed population since 1870, but upon an error in that census, whereby the population was put down at 60,000 less than it was. It has been discovered that E. E. Gwynn and David Goodrich set fire to the asylum for the feeble-minded at Columbus, O., which caused a loss to the state of $406,000. They want ed to get away from the bnilding, and the scheme was shrewdly plann ed and executed. C. A. Hoyt of Cheyenne, was stricken from the roll of practicing attorneys the other day for failing to pay over $3,087, money entrusted to him by his client. He fled, and was last heard from in New York city. There is a reward of $250 offered for his apprehension. The woman's suffrage association at Washington City have adopted a resolution calling upon congress to submit a proposition for a sixteenth amendment to the constitution, pro hibiting the several states from dis franchising United States citizens on the ground of sex. John J. Thompson, telegraph operator, formerly in the employ of the Western Union Company, was arrested the other day at New ark, New Jersey, charged with em bezzling about $12,000 of the Com pany's money. He was brought back to New York. Tom Ballard, a notorious coun terfeiter, now under a thirty years sentence in the. Albany penitentiary, claims that he possesses the secret for making bond and bill paper, which cannot be counterfeited, and will give it to the governor in con sideration of a pardon. Fifty-two indictments have been found ugainat F. W. Newburg, as sistant secretary of the state board of public works of Ohio, for for geries amounting to $20,000. If convicted on each, the lowest ag gregate penalties will be fifty-two years in the penitentiary. In connection with the retirement of Justice Hunt from the Supreme Court, a report is circulated that the secretary of state is to take his place, and that Conkling will be called into the cabinet. No one can guess what may happen in the way of political movements. The tax sales made in Knox, Ce dar, Dakota, Pearce and Holt coun ties for the past two years, or any other county in the state where the tax-list should have been published and was neglected, under a recent decision of the supreme court, will lead to an endless amount of liti gation. James B. Groves, who shot E. P. Soden, pleaded the other day at Newark irresistible impulse, and Dr. W. Ogerman testified that he did not believe Groves insane. He did not believe in insanity that comes when you put your finger on a trigger, and goes when you have killed your victim. Last week the senate select com mittee on the rights of women re ceived large delegations from the national womau's convention. Speeches were made by Mrs. Searle and Mrs. Granger, .of Indiana, and Mrs. Colby, of Nebraska, and Missi Susan B. Anthony. The committee returned to the delegates a vote of thanks, and promised careful and impartial consideration of the sub ject, Galteaa Trlal. When court opened on Monday, the 16th, Mr. Scoville began his ad-, dress to the jury, and when conclud ed will be the closing address on the part of the prisoner. Considering the fact that he does not claim any experience in the practice of criminal cases, he made a fair argument in reviewing the tes timony, and claimed that the facts were perverted and particularly the evidence as to the immorality of the prisoner. The only allegation that will hold against him is that of adultery. Scoville continued his address (being frequently interrupt ed by' the prisoner), until the time of adjournment. The court met on the morning of the 17th, and Scoville resumed his argument, but the 'prisoner inter rupted him by saying, "had I not better deliver it now." Scoville turned to the court and said he de sires, your honor, to be allowed to address the jury. I have looked over the paper and see nothing in it of an objectionable character. Judge Cox nodded assent and the prisoner made his address claiming "special and Divine authority for his act in removing the President, and the jury should acquit on the ground of transitory mania. Sickles, Mc Farland and Hiscock were acquitted on the ground of transitory mania." Scoville also read from Guiteau's speech, as well as continued bis own argument, until the time of ad journment. When court convened on the morning of the 18th, Scoville resum ed his argument, spending consider able time in discussing the statistics of insane criminals, introduced in evidence by the prosecution. An other portion of his address was taken up with the political aspect of the tragedy, which was referred to In language of great severity. Sco ville said that such men as Grant and Conkling and Arthur are mor ally and intellectually responsible for this act. Mr. Conkling shall not escape. He shall not shirk the res ponsibility of the state of things that led to this act, and he shall not escape the condemnation of the American people if I can help it, for his share in this disgraceful scramble for office that led to a conflict with the chosen ruler of a great nation, and led this poor, insane man to compass what they would have re ceived with satisfaction, as would hundreds of other politicians, if it could occur other than through the assassination of relatives of Garfield who stood in the way of their un righteous and disgraceful struggle for office. He made this attack ex clusively upon his own responsibili ty. The time expired before Sco ville concluded his argument, and it is thought he may take the whole of another day to fiuiub his address to the jury. When the court met on the morn ing of the 19th, the prisoner took occasion to compliment the New York court of appeals for a recent decision that conrt made bearing upon bis case. That court having decided that the burden of proof was with the prosecution to prove that the party charged with the crime not only committed the act but was sane at the time of committing it. Scoville then resumed bis argu ment to the jury, and continued all day, commenting upon the evidence and the conduct of the prisoner, and reviewing that part of the testimony which shadowed a motive for the commission of the crime. Friday Jan. 20th, the court met pursuant to adjournment, and Sco ville at once proceeded with his argument to the jury, dwelling and commenting principally upon the testimony of Dr. Hamilton, nntil recess. After recess, Scoville con cluded his address to the jury. Some question arose about the prisoner's making a speech to the jury. Corkhill withdrew all objec tion to his speaking to the jury. Judge Cox stated that he had decid ed to allow the prisoner to speak. Guiteau, not being prepared to speak to-day, court adjourned. January 21st, the court met pursu ant to adjournment, and immediately after court was opened, at an intima tion from Judge Cox, the prisoner adjusted his glasses, arranged bis manuscript, and commenced reading his speech to the jury. After a somewhat lengthy introduction, in which he stated the law of the case thus It is for you to say whether I was insane or sane when I fired that shot. You have nothing to do with my condition since or before I fired that shot. You. must say by your verdict, sane or insane at the mo ment the shot was fired. If you have doubt of my sanity at the mo ment, you must give me the benefit of the doubt, and acquit ; that is, if you have any doubt whether I fired that shot, or as the agent of Deity. If I fired it on my own account, I was sane. If I fired it, supposing I was the agent of Deity, I was insane, and yon must acquit. This is the record of law given in the recent decision of the New York conrt of appeals. It revolntionizes old rules and is a grand step forward in the law of insanity: I have no hesita tion in saying that it is a special providence in my favor, and I ask the court and jury to so consider it From this introduction, he passed to the reading of his published speech to the jury, which he concluded in a very solemn manner, by saying to the jury, "1 tell you, gentlemen, just as sore as there is a God Jp heaven, I if you harm a hair of my head, this nation will go down in blood. You can put my body in the grave, but there is a day of reckoning." It was anuounced that Judge Por ter wonld be unable to speak to-day, and court adjourned uutil Monday. The Lincoln Democrat takes the Omaha Bee to task for not wanting to include in the call Mr an extra session of the legislature, the sub ject of an appropriation for the cen tral body of the capitol building, as well as the paving of the streets of Omaha. The Bee, as we think, makes a timely reply : "There is a slight difference be tween the proposition to authorize Omaha to pave her streets and a proposition to appropriate money for completing the state capitol. In the one case the state isn't asked to concribute a dime; in the other the state is expected to add $200,000 to its tax, of which Omaha would have to pay at least $20,000. But even in this case if the state absolutely needed the central section of the capitol before the regular session of the legislature the Omaha Bee wo'd raise no objection to it. It has been the habit of the Lincoln papers at all times to keep up a spirit of an tagonism between the two cities and to make believe that Lincoln is a rival of Omaha, and Omaha is jeal ous of the growth of Lincoln when, in fact there is no more rivalry be tween these cities than there is between the Omaha Bee and the Lincoln Democrat." Our valned lady correspondent who had some very severe criticisms to make upon the Guiteau trial, comes back, when the majesty of the law is alluded to, with the following : "But now, as regards the majesty of law ; I think there is a majesty in right and justice, but the "Olive' men are released, and never will dream of the majesty of 'law. Elas ticity of lawyer's tongues in con struing and misconstruing legal lore is far more sacred to them. I have been reading how a youth has been sentenced for 70 years to State's Prison, for helping to rob a mail coach. Justice and law seem to be unevenly tempered. No, you mis understood. I don't wish to see Guiteau hanged, but disposed of justly and quickly placed where, sane, or insane, he cannot harm any living being. When our Lord walk ed upon this earth, He 6eemed to hold that tbose in high positions were worthy of the best of guard ianship, and' held high, in reveren tial respect, as tho' their holding their office made them more sacred or their lives more sacred and being anointed with power by virtue of their office, the world or nation was held responsible for the barm that came to tbem through their official enemies. The State Board of Agriculture, under date of the 18th inBt., elected the following officers for the ensuing year: E. D. Mclntyre, of Seward, president ; B. Dinsmore, Clay coun ty, first vice president ; S. M. Bar ker, Merrick county, second vice president; C. Hartman, Douglas county, treasurer; D. H. Wheeler, Cass county, secretary ; Capt. A. D. Yocum, Adams county, general su perintendent ; J. Jenson, Filmore county, superintendent of sates. The following board of managers was also elected : M. Dunham, Douglas county; J. C. McBride, Lancaster .county; R. W. Furnas, Nemaha county, and L. A. Kent, Kearney county. The next state fair will be held at Omaha, from September 11th to the 16th, inclusive. The appro priation for speed is $2,100. D. H. Smith, living near Center ville, Indiana, was for somo time past missed from his home, and a suspicion rested upon his family that they had murdered him. A large number of citizens collected to search the premises, which resulted in find ing his body in a well covered with stone, and when his body was bro't out of the well two bullet holes were found in his head. Dan Smith, the youngest son of the murdered man. has confessed that he killed his father, which happened in a quarrel about a horse sale. He shot him just outside the door, and then drag ged him to the well and threw him in. He exonerates all the other members of the family. It is stated that Gen. Sherman has intimated that the military depart ment of the Platte now located at Omaha will be divided, and Omaha will lose both headquarters and the fort. The General proposes to merge a part of it with the depart ment of the Missouri and the other with that of Dakota. The General appears to be sensitive on the sub ject of the removal of the offices to the city of Omaha from the barracks, and may, when he takes due time for reflection, withdraw his intimation to remove the department entire, If the offices are moved back to the barracks. J. A. Wilmot, a farmer living near Louisville, Ky., one night last week murdered bis wife, mother and two daughters, and then banged himself. He bad been brooding for some time past over a security debt of four hundred dollars that he bad to pay, and expressed the opinion tbat tbey wonld come to want. He was kind to -bis family and was worth $8,000 or $10,000. It is be lieved be was insane. Throughout the eastern states large and determined meetings are being held denouncing the system of polygamy practised in Utah, and asking congress to take immediate action to abolish it. There is no donbt but that the feeling among the people is deep, accompanied by a strong determination tbat this last pstional dUgrtpe shall be eflaced. Oar California CorrcMpondetace Ceres, January 7th, 1882. Editor Journal: The New Year has come, aud but little rain has fallen as yet; the valley is very dry south of ns, aud farmers are anxious for raiu and fear a failure. A tail tire of crops makes a failure or near ly so, in business all around. One of the things I do not under stand is why UueJe Samuel's mails tor Nebraska aud east must take tho southern route through New Mexi co. Perhaps some one can explain. The passenger travel by this route is quite large. I see by the Jouunal that Colum bus and Nebraska generally is stead ily moving on. No better land need bo looked for or wanted than you have, and the markets are improv ing, aud land-cau be got reasonably cheap, and I see your coal is not liitfJi. Put in the machinery and manufacture for yourselves and neighbors. The great drawback here is monopoly in everything. A man wants for wheat farming, here, $4, 000 or $5,000 to farm on rented laud in teams and machinery, and the colony lands are all held at high rates, $35 to $50 iu state of nature. You may 6ee occasionally accounts of government lands in the counties about Sau Francisco. Yes, plenty of it in sight of here, where you can settle iu pleasant weather and hunt deer and quail, hare, etc. Mount ains and hills, sand aud rocks abound, and water seldom. That is the fact about government land. There may be, now and then, a spot an energetic man could make a home of, but they are a long was apart. I have no doubt some will find good passable places among the mountains when the railroads penetrate these valleys more extensively, but the old mountain towns are and have been declining iu business and pop ulation for a long time, and the valley and farming towns gaining; there is plenty of room iu the valleys for ten times the population they have, if the farms were cut up and better cultivated, and the rivers turned out on the plains as they should be, and new settlements and towns started. This must come in time. Starting from San Joaquin Co., there is the Stanislaus, Tuolum ne, Merced, San Joaquin and King's and Tulare rivers to draw from. Were these rivers utilized, as they should be, thousands of people could make the finest of homes, Where sheep, cattle and mustangs graze a poor living for a time in spring, and then move up toward the snow line. King's river has been pretty well tapped, and colonies are growing in Tresno Co., and there is room for 200 more of them along the rivers named. Land is nearly ail sandy loam, and good for almost anything raised, even cotton. When I think of the improvement and settlement of the country since I was ten years old aud went away west to Ohio, from old Chenango Co., N. Y., and drove an ox team 400 miles or more, I think there is still as good a chance to get a home iu a live place as theu. The (act in, Mr. Turner, a few, live, energetic men in any one town, bent on making it a place, and putting their shoulders to every improvement inaugurated, and aiding all new comers of that stripe to cast in their lot with Ihcni, are sure to make a place. Some such towns I could name, which by a clear foresight of a few, have made the smiling homes and firesides of many. I trust Columbus is full of just the right kind of men to push it forward to distinction. This Cala. is a grand country, climate and all considered, but curs ed with monopolies and Chinamen. The maiu point is self, hold all and keep all, land in particular; aud let money at one per cent, a mouth, two if possible. The main reason we have for cursing Chinamen in this state is, first, they are a nuisance in auy town by their habits and manner of living, and second, are of no benefit to merchants or mechan ics, aB they send all they make away, and not aid but drain a place by so doing, third, prevent even washer women from making a living by taking the work from them, as they are in every place, and as plenty 36 frogs in Egypt, live cheap, and spend nothing or next to nothing. Very few want the Chinamen to 6tay here ; no matter what the good people east may think abont us, they may have them aud welcome. C. Lee. Judge Barrett in the supreme court in New York granted the other day an attachment against property in that city of W. H. Eng lish, democratic candidate for vice president at the last presidential election. The attachment was based upon a suit brought against English by Wm. D. Mnrphy, for $1,000, who claims tbat be delivered speeches in Indiana in behalf of the democratic ticket, and for which he has received no pay, notwithstanding the fact, as he says, tbat English premised. "Foreclose" on him. There is a bill uow pending in congress for expediting dead letters to their writers, as at present all such letters have to be returned to Washington and await the slow ac tion of the dead letter department, very much to the annoyance and I sometimes to the injury of the wri ters. The bill proposes to establish several dead letter offices in differ ent parts of the country, which will insure more prompt returns, if the bill should become a law. It is stated that owing to the filli bustering of Messrs. Randall, Sam Cox, Springer and other democrats, the proposition to suspend the rules, and to put Mr. Burrow's anti-polygamy bill on it6 passage was defeated. The democrats have tbns staved off thequestion without showing wheth er they will be with or opposed to the anti-Mormon crusade of the Re publican party. On the 18th inBt. the legislature of Iowa declared the following persons duly elected : United States senator, long term, James T. Wilson ; short term, J. W. McDill ; warden of the I penitentiary, E. C. McMillen, at Ft Madison, and A. E. Martiu, warden at Anamona penitentiary ; Stato prin ter, Geo. E. Roberts ; Stato binder, Matt Farrott. j Rei'resentativr Valentine in troduced iuto the house the other day two bills one authorizing the coustructiou of a bridge across tho Missouri river in the State of Iowa, between the north line of the couu ty of Monona and the south line of county of Harrison. The bill was read the first and second time, and referred to the committee on com merce. Also a bill providing for the sale of tho lands lately occupied as a military reservation at Fort Hartsuff, iu this State, which was read the first and second time, and referred to the committee on military affairs. Oui: thanks are due Hon. .Tame? B. Jamison, President of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Stale University tor a copy of the eleventh anuual report of the Board, for the year 1881. We notice, amoug othet things, that no charge is made for tuition, and that the university is open to students of both sexe?. Those of our educational friends who care to examine the report,will find many thing of interest therein. Pension commissioner Dudley has made a ruling that when a soldier was captured in good health aud is now an iuyalid as the result of im prisonment the presumption is that he contracted his disability in the line of his duty ; also if a soldier was captured iu the line of duty aud not' heard of again the presumption is that he is dead and his widow is entitled to a pension, even though the proofs of death are not produced. Representative VALKNTiNE.chair mnn of the Agricultural committee, iutroduced a bill from tbat com mittee asking an appropriation of $5,000 for packing, transporting and arranging certaiu agricultural and mineral specimens. The bill was read the first and second time, and referred to the committee of the whole on the state of the union, and ordered to be printed. It is understood the defense in the Guiteau case will, at the close of Scoville's speech, renew the motion to allow the prisoner to address the jury, aud will be asked to be heard in support of the motion. This, if permitted, will consume another day, and, allowing Porter two or perhaps three days, the case will hardly get to the jury before Wednesday of this week. Guiteau's speech contains no new points, but the same old theory be has announced all the way through that his case did not contain the first element of murder, that neither malice iu law or malice in fact ex isted, that Deity inspired the act that removed the President to save the country from another devastat ing war, aud nnito a great political party. An interesting and important suit was reccutly decided at Keokuk, la., in which the Chicago, Milwau kee & St. Paul II. R. Co. was plain tiff, aud the Sioux City & St. Paul R. R. Co. defendant, judges Love and McCreary, of the U. S. district court, ruling in favor of the plaintiff. The case involved land valued at $1,000,000. LEGAL NOTICE. To Charles "Walker, non-resident de fendant: TAKE NOTICE that Charles P. Dew py and Albert B. newey have sued you in the District Court "in and Tor Platte county, Nebraska, and that vou arc required to answer the petition tiled by said Charles P. Dewey and Albert B. Dewev, in said court, on or before the sixth day or -March, 1882. The prayer of said petition is for the fore elosure of a certain mortgage made by you, the said Charles walker, on the second day of necember, 18S0, ou south cast quarter of section twenty-eiirht, in Township eighteen north, of Range three west, in Platte county, Nebraska, which said mortgage was given to secure the payment of six, several, promissory notes, all bearing date at Columbus, Nebraska, on the second day of Decem ber, 1880, live of said notes being for the sum of forty dollars each, and the other or sixth note being for the sum of four hundred dollars, all made and delivered by you to the said Charles P. Dewey and Albert B. Dewey, and aret by the terms of said mortgage, now due and payable. The said petition also asks that the above described premises be ordered to be sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of said indebt edness, and for other and further relief. CHARLES P. DEWEY and ALBERT B. DEWEY. By Ciias. A. Speice, Attorney. 38-5 V0TICE-TIMBER CULTURE- US. LAND OFFICE, Grand Island, . Dec. 20th, 1881. Complaint having been entered at this office by 3Iartin Fostle against Jacob Strickler for fail ure to comply with the law ai to Timber-Culture Entry No. 1348, dated June 18th, 1877, upon the Northwest J, Sec tion 24, Township 20 North, Range 1 W., in Platte County, Nebraska, witha view to the cancellation of said entry; con testant alleging tbat the said Jacob Strickler has failed to comply with the requirements of the timber culture law, that he failed to plant trees, seeds or cuttings during the years 1880 and 18sl, and to protect and keep tbem in a healthy growing condition as required by law, the said parties are hereby sum moned to appear at this office on the IU day of Feb., 1882, at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish testimony concern ing said alleged failure. H. J. Hudson has been appointed Commissioner, to take depositions in said case at his of fice in Columbus, Nebraska, commenc ing at fl o'clock a. m., Feb. 9th, 1882, with power to adjourn from day to day until said depositions are taken. 36-W-4 31. B. HOXIE, Register. FINAL. PROOF. Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,) Jan. 20th, 1882. J N' OTICE is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of bis intention to make nnal proof in support of bis claim, and se cure final entry thereof before Clerk of the District Court of Platte county, Nebr., on February 25tb, 1882, viz: Joseph MurUpck, Homestead No. 10538, for the S. E. J?, Section 20, Township 18 north, Range west, and names the following as his witnesses, viz: William Little, of Columbus, and Alva E.Smith, Joseph Judd and John Hurley, of 3Ion roe, Platte Co., Neb. 39-W-5 M. B. HOXIE, Register. s. Si a xt a s xu x isr, proprietor of the COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS, MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN Fine and Ornamental Italian. American and Fancy Marble Monuments, Headstones or anything connected with the Marble basin ess. Call and examine worW.ffet our price, and be convinced. V H LMn" a workman of ten vears experience, we can guarantee you good work "at a savin r of from 20 to 2T per cent., by giving u a call. E3Shop aiia oilice opposite Tatterall livery and food stable. o42-Cm WnTnTnilnnBBnb-J All those m want of any thing in that line, will consult their own interests by giving him a call. Remem ber, he warrants every pair. Has also a First-Clas Boot and Shoe Store in Connection S3" Kepairing N"eatly Done. Don't forget the Place, Thirteenth Street, one door west of Marshall Smith's. THE REVOLUTION Dry Goods and Clothing Store m Has on hand a splendid stock of Ready-made Clothing, Dry Goods, Carpets, Hats, Caps, Etc., Etc., At prices tbat were m H of More in Colite 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. r(H LAND, FARMS, -AND CUT PROPERTY I'OR SALE AT THE Union Pacfic Land Office, On Long Time and loiv rate of Interest. All wishing to buy Rail Road I.aiuU or Improved Farms will llud it to their advantage to call at the 17. P. Land Office before lookin elsewhere as I make a specialty of buying ami selling lands on commission; all persons wish ing to sell farms or unimproved land will find it to their advantage to leuvr their lands with tin fr sale, as my fa cilities for allVr1in' lies are unsur passed. I am propaifd to make fin:: I proof for all put-iie u ishiug to get a patent for i.ielr IiohiisvNm.N. 5Tf"IIetir Conle.-., t'leik, writes ami sjieikN Ceriuan. SAMUEL C. SMITH, . V. P. L.iu I l'-j:irin:ent, CiU Mi;l,;, NEH. A t .l.kVV I'9.A9. 2ite4MF. Land (Hiii-enl Crnm Islmd. Neb.,1 .ia. i. ;.!, IS:. J N' OTICK is h-rely given that the full. n ..:;;-!!. imkmI settler has tiled notice of ln. -i intention to make tinai proof in support of ln claim, and tbat said proof will be made before C. A. New man. Clerk t the District Court, at Coluiiiiii. Nebraska, on February 23J. 1SS2. viz: Adolf Mausbach, Homestead No.(7.l, ror the E. , S. W. $. Section 12, Town ship 19 uorth, Range 2 west. Uu names the following witnesses to prove, his continuous residence upon.-uul cultiva tion of said land, lz: P. W. isehmitz and "Wm. Seheidemantel of Columbus, Neb., and J. F. Sehuse and Henry Eimers of Humphrey, Neb. IW-w-o 31. B. HON I E, Register. FIX A I, PKOOF. Land Oilice at Grand Island, Neb.,) Dec. tyth, l.ksi. f N OTICE is hereby given that the fol- lowinjr - named settler has tiled notice of lus intention to make linal proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before C. A. Newman, Clerk of the District Court, Platte Co., at Columbus, Nebraska, on Thursday, February 9th, 1882, viz: George 31 iiitcn, Homestead No. 0799, for the W. y., N. E. K, Section 20 Town ship 20, North of Range 2 west. He mines the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cul tivation of, said land, viz: Frank Wa senburg, AVilliam Klcve, Ignatz Zach, Joseph "Widbahn, all of Humphrey, Platte County, Nebraska. 3G-W-5 31. B. HOXIE, Register. Final Proof; Land Office at Grand Island, Neb., Jan. ICth, 1882. f N( OTICE is hereby given that the fol- iwlng-named settler nas hied notice of his intention to make anal proof in support of his claim, and that said proor will be made before C. A. Newman, Clerk of the District Court, at. Columbus, Neb., on February 25d, 1882, viz: Iletyy Mausbach, Homestead No. 0732, for the W. K W- K Section 12, Town ship 19 north, Range 2 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of said land, viz: P. W. Schmitz and "Wm. Seheidemantel of Columbus, Neb., and J. F. Schuse and Henry Eimers of Humphrey, Neb. 33-W-5 31. B. HOXIE, Register. FINAL. PKOOF. Land'Oflicc at Grand Island, Neb.,) Dec. 24th, 1031. I Nl OTICE is hereby given that the following-named settler has tiled notice of his intention to maKe una! proof in support of his claim, and secure final entry thereof before Clerk of the District Court of Tlatte Co., at Co lumbus, Nebraska, on the 3d day of Feb., 1882, viz: Lars Larson, Homestead No. G073, for theW.JS. E. K Section 30, Township 18 Range 3 west, and names the follow ing as his witnesses, viz: Peter Ceder, Lewis Ceder, Fred Peterson and Nels. 3Iullery, all of Genoa, Nance Co., Neb. 35-w-o 3I.B. HOXIE, Register. 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