The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 25, 1882, Image 2

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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.
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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.
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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.
A GOOD
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