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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1884.
tfational Eepublican Ticket.
lor President,
J AM IIS O. RLALVE,
Of Maine.
For Vice-President,
JOH3T A. LOGAK,
Of Illinois.
Eepublican State Convention
Has been called to meet at Omaha, "Wed
nesday, August 27th, 18S4, at 10 o'clock
a. m., to nominate five candidates for
presidential electors. Also, for Govern
or, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
State, State Treasurer, Auditor of Public
Accounts . Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings, Superintendent of Public
Instruction and Attorney General.
Platte county is entitled to seven del
egates. .
G. "W. E. Dorsey, Chairman.
S. 1$. COLtox, Secretary.
May 22, 1SSL
Eepublican Central Committee.
Members of the Platte Co. Republican
Central Committee are requested to meet
at the Journal Office, Columbus, Monday,
Julv 21st, 2 p.m., for the purpose of lix
ing'a time for holding a republican coun
ty convention, to select delegates to the
Congressional Convention to be held at
Columbus. Aug. 20th. and for the
transaction of any other business properly
before the committee.
M.K.Turner,
Chairman of Com.
Columbus. Neb., July 14th, '54.
"It is the first duty of a good gov
ernment to protect the rights and
2)ro7iiolc the interests of its own peo
ple." Ilcpublican Platform.
"The perpetuity of our institutions
rests vpon the maintenance of a free
ballot, an honest count and correct
returns." Republican Platform.
Mrs. Jane Gray Swisshelm died
at her home at Leviesnab, near
Pittsburg, Pa., on the afternoon of
Tuesday, July 22d, 'S4, aged G8
years.
11 Wc believe that evey where the
2W'olcction to a citizen of American
birth must be secured to citizens of
American adojHion." Republican
Platform.
Among the telegrams in yesterday's
dailies were the arrival of Stanley,
tho explorer, iu Eugland; three
thousand Irish republicans gather at
Chickcriug Hall, N. Y., to endorse
the nomination of Blaine and Logan ;
seventeen car loads of cattle afflicted
with Texas lever crcato a sensation
at Chicago.
The O'Neill Frontier man has got
his post-office again, and is probably
as happy as he can ever get politi
cally. Of course men of Mathews's
kind arc purely disinterested patriots,
working for the good ot their coun
try exclusively, but having an cyo
open to the loaves and fishes in sight,
"all the same."
liKKCHKi: says a laboring man with
a family can live, love and bo happy
on a loaf of bread a day, and cold
water. IJcccher believes in free trade
and. cheap labor. Ileccher has bolted
the nomination of Bluine. Beccher
has our permission to join the
democracy and advocate bread and
water for the laboring man. Madi
son Chronicle.
''The principle of the jniblic regula
tion of railway corporations is a wise
and salutary one for the protection of
all classes of people, and ice favor
legislation that shall prevat unjust
discrimination and excessive charges
for transportation, and that shall
secure to the people and to the rail
ways alike the fair and equal protec
tion of the laws." Republican Plat
form. On the night of the 23d, a severe
hail and wind storm deluged Wis
consin, and did much damage to
crops and property. At Jefferson
several roofs of buildings were blown
off, including the Methodist, Evan
gelical and Catholic churches were
also unroofed. The Catholic church
near Port Washington was struck by
lightning and consumed. Trees
barns and houses were struck by
lightning iu almost every town in the
track of the storm.
The friends of Mr. Cleveland have
finally urged him to lake the
necessary legal course to punish the
criminal assailants of his private
character. Quite a sensation was
created at Buffalo on the 26th inst.,
by the report that Mr. Cleveland's
law partners were getting out war
rants for the arrest of the author and
publisher of the article entitled, "A
Terrible Talc" which recently ap
peared in the Evening Telegraph, and
to proceed against them by criminal
proceedings for libel.
The fire companies of the 6tatc
held last week at Omaha a grand
tournament as the guests of the
volunteer firemen of that city had a
grand street parade on the 23d, which
is spoken of by our exchanges as a
grand affair. We notice that the
Otoe Hose Company, and the
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company,
both of this city, occupied a prom
inent placo toward the head of line
on the grand parade. It is pro
nounced by our exchanges to be the
grandest procession ever witnessed
in the annals of Omaha.
The Humphrey Independent, wc
arc pleased to notice, is not so indiff
erent to political matters but that it
can express a decided opinion upon
the kind of men it prefers that the
republicans shall nominate for con
gress. It proceeds (after comments
unfavorable to 3Ir. Dorsey of Fre
mont) to say :
"We desire the nomination of some
candidate, who, should the congres
sional mantle fall on his shoulders
will wear the same to the honor and
dignity of our state, and will assist
Rnnalnr Vail Wvcfc ill hlS efforts in
behalf of the people, as against cor
porate powerandcorrupt legislation. J
Prohibition.
Variety, "the spice of life," is sure
to be abundant this year, so far as
presidential candidates are concerned.
Those who believe in making pro
hibition a national political question
met at Pittsburgh, Pa., on tho 24th.
Thirty-one states and territories were
represented by 505 delegates, who
were more or less entbueiastic in the
cause.
St. John of Kansas was nominated
for president, and Daniel of Mary
land for vice president.
The platform adopted is quite
lengthy, but may be summarized as
acknowledging God as the rightful
sovereign of all men, from whom the
just powers of government are de
rived, and to whose laws human
enactments should conform ; arraign
ing the republican party for making
no effort to change the policy of the
general goyernment during twenty-
five years that there are 200,000 dis
tilleries, breweries and retail dealers
holding certificates and "claiming the
authority of the government for the
continuation of a- business 60 des
tructive to the moral and material
welfare of the people" arraigning
the democratic party for placing itself
against prohibition, and both parties
for competing for the liquor vote, that
revenues frorr. alcohols, liquors and
tobacco should be abolished, that
hereafter no state shall be admitted
into the Union until its constitution
shall exprcBsly prohibit polygamy and
the manufacture and sale of intoxi
cating beverages. A number of other
subjects are touched upon, "but the
kernel of the movement is contained
in the second plank, viz:
That the importation, manufacture,
6upnly and sale of alcoholic beverages,
created and maintained by the laws of
the National and Slate Governments,
during tho entire history of such laws,
is everywhere shown to be the pro
moting cause of intemperance, with
resulting crime and pauperism, mak
ing large demands upon public and
private charity, imposing large and
uujuBt taxation and public burdens
for penal and sheltering institutions
upon thrift, industry, manufactures
and commerce; endangering the pub
lic peace ; causing desecration of tho
Sabbath ; corrupting our politics, leg
islation and administration of the
laws; shortening lives, impairing
health and diminishing the product
ive industry ; causing education to be
neglected and despised; nullifying
the teachings of the Bible, the church,
and the school the standards and
guides of our fathers and'thcir chil
dren in the founding and growth,
under1 God, of our widely extended
country, and which, imperiling the
perpetuity of our civil and religious
liberty, are baleful fruits, by which
we know that these laws arc alike
contrary to God's laws and contra
vene our happiness; and we call upon
our fellow-citizens to aid in the repeal
of these lawB and the legal suppres
sion of this baleful liquor traffic.
There is no disguising the fact that
the ticket will receive a good many
yotes, some of'the friends of prohibi
tion claiming that they will carry
Kansas and Maryland. It has been
the boast of some of these prohibi
tionists who are democrats that I bey
now havo the entering wedge that
will cleave the republican party.
The storm mentioned in last week's
Journal proves to have been from
later reports, more severo and de
structive to property than at first
reported. The storm of rain, wind
and hail, appears to have been the
most severe, and did the most
damage at Central Gity, Grand
Island and vicinity. At tho former
place and vicinity not a pane of glass
on tho exposed sides of buildings is
left. Corn is utterly stripped of all
but the solid stalk, and small grains
are completely pelted into the ground ;
even grass and weeds are cut out of
recognition trees stripped of foliage
and scarred like a small-pox patient.
At Grand Island, chimneys and signs
were sent broadcast, and all open
buildings were flooded aud the large
stone machine shop of the Union
Pacific had the east end blown in aud
part of tho roof torn off, the debris
destroying much valuable machinery.
All crops are laid fiat on the ground.
Also a number of new buildings in
the course of erection in the city
were moved on their foundations.
From one to five miles east of the
city the farmers have lost all
their crops by the hail. Hastings
and York were visited by the same
storm with like results.
The grand parade of the old vetcr
aus took place in Minneapolis on the
23d, and being the largest demonstra
tion of battle-scarred heroes 6ince the
late war aud witnessed by over sixty
thousand people. While the parade
was passing the city hall, children on
a canopied platform were waiving
banners and singing an old war song,
which the veterans took up and pass
on with uncovered heads. The music
of bands, waving of banners aud
shouts of thousands from the streets,
windows and housetops, constitute an
inspiring 6cene. As battered flags
are recognized by the old veterans, a
wild cry of delight goes up. The
enthusiasm was never equalled here,
and it is the greatest of all demon
strations ever witnessed in the north
west. Gen. Logan occupied a prom
iuent place at the head of tho proces
sion and Gen. Sherman rode in tho
middle. Both received continued
ovations from the veterans.
TnE Democrat is considerably in
terested in the movements of Re
publicans in Platte county, and
endeavors to make itself believe that
it would be the proper thing for Re
publicans to allow the present in
cumbents of the county offices to hold
"until their successors are qualified,"
and not endeavor to have any suc
cessors just at present, to qualify.
The Democrat will have its hands
full in looking after the things of its
own household before the campaign
closes. The leaven at work in all tho
Union has already shown itserf in
Platte county, and its effects will be
folly visible next Noyember.
Arkansas.
Rising City, Butler County, Nob.,)
June 15tb, 1881. S
Editor Journal : In speaking of
the poor improvements, and cultiva
tion of farms in my last to your
paper, your readers must not con
clude, that there are no nice looking
farms in Arkansas, or that there, as
well as here, there is but one degree
as regards cultivation, and that the
poorest, for most assuredly that
would be untrue. But it did seem to
us so strange, so unlike proper farm
ing, to see one small mule do all the
ploughing iu the preparing of the
ground for the crop, as well as the
cultivation afterwards; that to us it
seemed, so like tho way to make the
farmer poor, as well as the farm, that
we could but use the expressions we
did, in onr last letter. But your
correspondent has not farmed it
down South, and possibly, three good
horses on a sixteen inch plough turn
ing a furrow six to eight inches deep,
might hurt the land, and cultivating
eight to ten acres of corn and cotton
per day with one team might scare
"that mule," if it did not our genial
southern friend, with the ruanil la
rope lines behind him.
The crops, in yield, are certainly
good for such shallow preparation of
the soil, oats yielding from twenty to
sixty bushels per acre, corn from
twenty -five to seventy per acre,cotton
from one-half to one bale of five hun
dred pounds per acre. Of wheat,
but little is raised where I was, but
that little looked quite well. It is
the home of the sweet potato, at
taining as they do here, a ripeness
and flavor unknown in our higher
latitudes. Two crops of the Irish
potatoes can bo raised with advantage
to the grower, as the first planting
ripens too early to keep over winter.
The cow-pea, in its many varieties,
can bo raised with advantage to the
ground, after tho crop of wheat or
oats is harvested; also in the corn at
its last ploughing, the vines making
good hay, and the peas tho best of
feed for all animals on the farm, lied
clover, timothy and red-top, the
little wo saw looked well, also the
Kentucky blue-grass, while the
"so-called" Japfln clover has taken
possession of forest and road-side,
and uncultivated fields, making the
outside range almost a paradise for
the stock-jjrower ; the mildness of
the winter, and tho length of the
growing season reducing '''as it
must," the cost to the raiser, nearly
to a minimum, and yet with all these
facilities "whilo wc were there," for
the lack of receiving proper feed and
shelter for a short time in the winter,
tho beef was execrable, and your
readers who wore "the blue" from
sixty-one to sixty-five, will fully
appreciate that word, as they remem
ber tho grinding jtroccss it had to
undergo in days gone by, but not
forgotten.
But suppose we cease our adverse
criticisms aud take a glance at Bccbc,
one of the prettiest villages, between
Little Reck and St. Louis. Its
nicely painted residences almost
hidden by a luxuriant growth of
fruit and shade trees, its gardens
redolent with the bloom of roses
not hardy here. Shrubs and vines
and plants tender with us in Ne
braska (or petted in pots) give to tho
visitor, as he looks on these varied
charms in flora's kingdom here
below almost an insight into that
more beauteous, and better kingdom
beyond the river. It has a popula
tion of about eight hundred inhabi
tants, four largo church edifices, a
free school building with a corps of
competent teachers, giving the
necessary mental culture to over
three hundred scholars who nearly
fill its four large rooms. Music is
one of the branches taught to the
young mind, and properly too ; here
it is instrumental, as well as vocal.
Tho colored population have their
free schools, also two churches iu the
suburbs of Bcebe. Tho "local
option," liquor law is also in force
here, as it is also in many other coun
ties in Arkansas ; the lowest fine for
druggists selling any of the ardent
contrary to the law, is two hundred
dollars, the highest five hundred, and
we believe there is less drunkenness
in Arkansas to-day than any state iu
the Nation.
The society in town and country is
exceptionally good, kind, courteous,
ana tuny as intelligent as wnere wc
reside in central Nebraska; and dur
iug nearly one month visit among
the citizens of a state where disorder
has been said to abound, we saw no
person "white or colored," intoxica
ted, not one quarrel, or disturbance,
and "we must say it," that in our
varied conversations and interchange
of opinions, with many men, or in
passing along in village street, or
country road our ears were not
shocked by the utterance of a single
oath.
In our next to the Journal, wc
shall describe what we saw 'of tho
varied fruit industry of this locality,
and bring our letters to a close.
John Boaxs.
Ben. Butler, who wa9 prominent
ly named for presidential honors
before the Chicago convention of
democrats, speaking of the work of
the committee which framed the
platform, and referring to tho tariff
plank said: "It took them thirty
six hours to frame it, and if they
could not find out in thirty-six hours
what they wanted, how is a laboring
man to find out what it means." The
laboring man does not spend so much
timo in reading platforms and dis
cussing fine-spun theories, as ho docs
in considering the history of the
political parties; under republican
administration, the country is flour
ishing, wages are good, work is
plentiful, wife and children arc con
tented, and with economical living,
he is providing a home of his own
and educating bis children.
BLALXL'S l-DTTKK.
(Continucdfrom Jirst page.)
every citizen of the republic. Con
gress is forbidden by the constitution
to make any law "respecting the
establishment of religion, or prohibi
ting the free exercise thereof." For a
century, under this guarantee, Pro
testant and Catholic, Jew and Gentile,
have worshiped God accordiug to the
dictates of conscience. But religious
liberty must not be perverted to the
justification of offences against the
law. A religious sect, strongly in
trenched in one of the territories of
the union, and spreading rapidly into
four other territories, claims the right
to destroy the great safeguard and
muniment of social order, and lo
practice as a religious privilege that
which is a crime punished with
severe penalty in every staie of the
union. The sacredness of unity of
the family must be preserved as the
foundation of all civil government, as
the source of orderly administration,
as the surest guarantee of moral
purity.
The claim of the Mormons that
they are divinely authorized to prac
tice polygamy should no more he ad
mitted than the claim of certaiu
heathen tribes, if they should come
among us, to continue the rite of
human sacrifice. The law does not
interfere with what a man believes;
it takes cognizance only of what he
does. As citizens, the Mormons are
entitled to tho same civil rights as
others and to these they must be con
fined. Polygamy can never receive
national sanction or toleration by
admitting the community that up
holds it as a state in the union. Like
others, the Mormons must learn that
the liberty of the individual ceases
where the rights of society begin.
OUR CURRENCY".
The people of the United States,
though often urged and tempted,
have never seriously contemplated
the recognition of any other money
than jjold and silver and currency
directly convertible into them. They
have not done so, they will not do so,
under any necessity less pressing
than that of dosperato war. The one
special requisite for the completion of
our monetary system is the fixing of
the relative values of silver and gold.
The large use of silver aa tho money
of account among Asiatic nations,
taken in connection with the increas
ing commerce of the world, gives the
weightiest reasons for an internation
al agreement in the premises. Our
government should not cease to urge
this measure until a common standard
of value shall be reached and estab
lisheda standard that shall enable
the Uuitcd States to use the silver
from its mines as an auxiliary to gold
iu settling tho balauces of commer
cial exchange.
THE rUIlUO LANDS.
The strength of the republic is in
creased by the multiplication of land
owners. Our laws should look to the
judicious encouragement of actual
settlers on the piibii.' domain, which
should henceforth I e held as a sacred
trust for the hcnoftl of those seeking
homes. The tendency to consolidate
large tracts of lai d in the ownership
of individuals or corporations should,
with proper regar 1 ;or vcstc.1 rights,
be discouraged. 0.-u hundred thous
and acres of land in the hand3 of one
man is far less profitable to the nation
in every way than when its owner
ship is divided aim ng one thousand
men. The evil of permitting large
tracts of the national domain to be
consolidated and controlled by the
fow against tho in my is enhanced
when the persons controlling it arc
aliens. It is but (air that the public
land should be disposed of only to
actual settlers and to those who are
citizens of the republic, or willing to
become so.
OUR SHIPPING INTERESTS.
Among our national interests one
languishes the foreign carrying
trade. It was very seriously crippled
in our civil war, and another blow
was given to it in the general substi
tution of steam for sail in ocean
traffic. With a frontage on the two
great oceans, with a freightage larger
than that of any other nation, we
have every inducement to restore our
navigation. Yet the government has
hitherto refused its help. A small
share of the encouragement given by
the government to railways aud to
manufactures, and a small share of
the capital and the zeal given by our
citizens to those enterprises would
have carried our ships to every sea
and to every port. A law just enact
ed removes some of the burdens upon
our navigation and inspires hope that
this great interest may at last receive
its due share of attention. AH efforts
iu this direction Bhould receive en
couragement. SACREDNESS OF THE RALLOT.
This survey of our condition as a
nation reminds us that material pros
perity is but a mockery if it does not
tend to preserve the liberty of the
people. A free ballot is the safe
guard of republican institutions,
without which no national welfare is
assured. A popular election honestly
conducted, embodies tho very majesty
of true government. Ten millions of
voters desire to take part in the pend
ing contest. The safety of the repub
lic rests upon the integrity of the
ballot, upon the security of suffrage
to the citizen. To deposit a fraudu
lent vote is up worso a crime against
constitutional liberty than to obstruct
the deposit of au honest vote. He
who corrupts suffrage strikes at the
very root of free government. He is
tho arch-enemy of the republic. He
forgets that in trampling upon the
rights of others ho fatally imperils
his own rights. "It is a good land
which the Lord our God doth give
us," but wc can maintain our heritage
only by guarding with vigilance the
source of popular power. I am, with
great respect, your obedieut servant,
James G. Blaine.
1 Hi: CJRLELY SURVIVORS.
Additional Particulars in lie
fjnrd to Their Rescue.
Sergeant Long, of the Greely party,
who was tho first to respond to the
welcome tone of the steam whistle,
gays he and Sergeant Brainard were
the first to hear the sound and they
helped each other to crawl out of the
tent, which had been swept to the
ground, he rose to his feet, with great
difficulty, and succeeded in clamber
ing up to a rock that gave the most
extensive view in tho neighborhood.
Brainard went back to the tent, but
Long remained, looking out search
ingly in every direction for 6ome
strange object. At length he saw the
unwonted sight of a large black ob
ject about a mile distant, which at
first looked like a rock, but he knew
there was no rock in that line. Sud
denly the approaching steam launch
changed its course and Long recog
nized the approach of the rescuers.
He camo down from the 'rock and
went towards the camp, raising the
flag-pole aud flag, which had been
blow down during the gale, and held
it tor ten minutes until hia strength
gave out, and it was blown onco more
to the ground. He then advanced in
the direction of the little steamer, and
in a few minutes the warm band of
Captain Asii hud grasped his in greet
ing. Morris Council, who is ti!I ex
cessively weik, stated in an interview
that for some days after bis rescue he
had no recollection of auythiug that
transpired. He did not hear the
awakening scream of the whistle.
When his comrades shook him up
from bi-s prostrate position in tho
camp aud told him of the succor at
band, he wildly exclaimed: ''For
God's sake let me die in peace." A
tcaspoouful of brandy applied to his
lips called back tho fleeting life spark,
for Conneil could not have survived
more than a few hour. He was by
far the weakest of tho seven survivors
and the strongest must have succumb
ed within forty-eisrht hours. The
story told by Council from his recol-
lecliou of their starving experience is
simply heartrending; how they
burned the hair off their sealskin
boot.s and coats, cut them into strips,
boiled them into a stew, and ate
voraciously of them till their stom
achs rebelled and nausea aud weak
ness ensued. In some cases naturo
gave no call for twelve, fifteen, and
even eighteen days, and then bloody
hemorrhage and consequent weak
ness ensued, prostrating the victim
for several days. The difficulty in
keeping heat in the body was very
great. The rule of the camp was to
permit no ono to sleep longer than
two hours. He was awakened rough
ly and called upon to shake himself,
beat his hands and pouud his feet aud
restore circulation. This was fouud
absolutely necessary to prevent tor
por and possible death, the usual
accompaniments of iutense cold.
Commander Schley has received in
structions from the secretary of the
navy to remain at St. Johns until
there arc twelve irou caskets con
structed to receive the bodies of the
deceased explorers. The survivors
are all doing well, but are still weak
and suffering from nervous prostra
tion. Lieutenant Greely has improv
ed from 120 pounds weight on the
22d ot Juue to 109 pounds to-day.
Sergeant Brainard and the others are
pulling up proportionately. The
weather here is delightful aud all that
could be desired ft r the sufferers, the
mercury ranging between 05 and 75.
Great ttympathy is evinced for the
survivors and the dead, and every
token of respect is manifested for
them. The 'Thetis" and "Bear," as
they ride quietly at anchor in tho
harbor of St. Johns, wear a sombre
and mournful appearance with tho
flag of the Uuitcd States at half-mast.
The United States war-ship "Alert"
arrived at 1 o'clock p. m. Her deten
tion was caused by a .fog and search
for the other ships of the squadron.
All on board are well. Sergeant
Julius are Frederick relates mourn
fully the tragic story of the sad death
of George Rice, the artist of the ex
pedition, ou April Gth. Rice aud
Frederick volunteered to leave camp
to proceed a distance of twenty-five
miles to secure some meat that was
cached near Cape Isabella. They had
a sled, rifle, hatchet and provisions
for five days. They travelad three
days, but failed to find tho cache. On
the wa toward camp Kico became
weak aud finally gave up. He was
attacked by bloody flux that gradu
ally wore him down. He succumbed
aud was interred iu an ico gravo by
his companion. Frederick camped
out that night under the fragment of
a boat and the next day revisited his
companion to pay tho last tribute to
his remains. Frederick retained suf
ficient strength to drag back the sled
with the hatchet, rifle and cooking
utensils to camp, whore he encoun
tered more woo in the form of the
death of Lieutenant Lockwood and
nnothcr of tho party. Tho cached
meat that Frederick and Rico were in
search of was "brought by them April
Gth from Capo Isabella, and abandon
ed the next day iu order to drag
Ellison, one of the party, who had
been frozen, into camp. Rice was the
life of the Greely party, being full of
hopo, buoyancy and energy, and his
death was a terrible blow to them.
He died in a brave struggle to pro
long their existence.
NOTICE.
Among the records of the District
Court, held in and for Platte County, on
the yd day of July, 1SS4, it is, inter alia,
thus contained:
In the matter of the estate of David
O'Uricn, deceased.
ON THE PETITION OF PATRICK
Murray, executor of the last will
and testament of David O'Brien, deceas
ed, praying for a license to sell certain
real estate for the payment of debts and
charges of said estate, it appearing by
said petition that there is not sufficient
personal estate to pay the debts of said
estate.
It is therefore ordered by the Judge of
this court that the 16th day of August,
1S81, at one o'clock, afternoon, at the
Court House in Columbus, Platte County,
jNcurasKa, ue nxeu ior me lime anu place
for a hearing upon said petition, at whi ch
tune and place all parties interested are
notified to appear and show cause, if any,
why a license may not be granted as
prayed for to sell said real estate, and
that a copy of this order be published in
The Columbus Journal four succssivc
weeks.
A. 31. POST, Judge.
I certify that that the above is
a true and correct copy as ap
seal. pears of record in the proceed
ings of the District Court of the
date above named.
G. HKITKKMrKR,
Clerk District Court.
By G.
U. Sr-EiCE, Deputy. 21-4
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
July ISth, 1SS4. 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 the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of Platte County, at Colum
bus, Nebraska, on Saturday, August 30th,
181, viz:
Peter Anderson, Homestead No. JM)7.",
for the S. W. M Section 30, Township 20,
north, of Range 4 west. He names the
following witnesses to prove his contin
uous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Hans Peterson, Sada
lia, Boone Co., Neb., Louis Petterson,
Andrew Anderson, Ben Hanson, of Look
ingxlass Platte Co., Neb.
13-0 . C. HOSTETTER, Register.
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb. J
July 5th, 1884. f
-VTOTICE is hereby given that the fol
Xl lowing-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 Judge ofthe District
Court at Columbus, Neb., on the 23d
day of August, 1884, viz:
Patrick Morrissey, Homestead Entry
No. 1242G. for the E. 14, N. E. i, Section
32, Township 1!, north of Range 2 west,
being additional to w. 4 n. w. J same sec.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
aud cultivation of, said land, viz:
Patrick Ducey, James Ducey, John
Shauahan, Jerry Shanahan, all of Platte
Centre P. O., in Platte County, Neb.
11-G C. HOSTETTER, Register.
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island Neb. J
June 2d, 18S4. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named
settler has tiled notice
of his intention to make nnal proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Clerk of District
Court of Platte county at Columbus,
Neb., on Saturday, August Oth, 1S8J, viz:
Wendelien Itranner, Homestead No.
7010, for the W. y, S. E. Jf, Section 2,
Township 10 north, Range 1 east. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cul
tivation of, said land, viz: Henry Wur
deman, Henry Hunteman, Carl Staab,
of Boheet, Platte Co., Neb., and John
Uoessel, of Columbus. Platte Co., Neb.
100 C. HOSTETTER, Begister.
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, a joint resolution was
adopted by tlis Legislature of the
State of Nebraska, at the Eighteenth Ses
sion thereof, and approved February 27th,
A. n. 1883. proposing an Amendment to
Section Four (4) of Article Three () or
the Constitution of said State, and that
said section as amended shall read as
foilows, to-wit:
'Section 4. The term of office of mem
bers of the Legislature shall be two
years, anu mey nan cacn receive a
salary of three hundred dollars for their
services during said term, and ten cents
for every mile they shall travel in going
to and returning from the place of meet
ing of the Legislature, ou the most usual
route. Provided, however, that neither
members of the Legislature nor em
ployees shall receive any pay or perqui
sites other than their salary and mileage.
Each session, except special sessions,
shall be not less than sixty days. After
the expiration of forty da s ofthe session
no bills nor joint resolutions of the na
turo of bills shall be introduced, unless
the Governor shall, by special message,
call the attention of the Legislature to
the necessity of passing a law on the
subject matter embraced in the message,
and the introduction of bills shall be
restricted thereto."
The ballots at the election at which
said Amendment shall be submitted su ill
be in the following form: "For proposed
Amendment to the Constitution relating
to Leg.slative Department." "Against
proposed Amendment to the Constitution
relating to Legislative Department."
Whereas, a joint resolution wa adopted
by the Legislature ot" thi State of Ne
braska at the Eighteenth Session thereof,
and approved February iil. a. v. lS&J,
proposing an Amcuumeut to section One
( 1) of Article Five (T) of the Constitution
ot said State, aud that said section as
amended shall read as follows, to-wit:
'Section 1. The Executive Depart
ment shall consist of a lioycrnor, Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary of State,
Auditor of Public Accounts, Treasurer,
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Attorney General, Commissioner of Pub
lic Lands and Buildings, aud Board of
Railway Commissioners. The officers
named in this seetlon shall each hold his
office for the term of two years from the
tirst Thursday after the lirst Tuesday in
January next after his election, and until
his successor is elected aud qualiticd.
Frdvided, hoxcever, that the tirst election
of said officers shall be held on the lirst
f-Tuesday succeeding the lirst Monday in
.November of IN, anu each succeeding
election shall be held at the same relative
time in each even year thereafter. All
other officers that may be provided for by
law, under the provisions of this section,
shall be chosen in such manner and at
such times, and shall hold their offices
for sueh length of time as may be provi
ded by law, and shall perform such du
ties and receive such compensation as
may be provided for by law. The Gov
ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor of
Public Accounts, Treasiu-er, Commis
sioner of Public i auds and Building,
and Attorney General, shall reside at tue
seat of government during their terms of
office, and keep the public records, books
and paper there, and the officer herein
named shall perform such duties as may
be required by law."
The ballots at the election at which
said Amendment shall be submitted shall
be in the following form: '"For proposed
Amendment to Section One l of Article
Five ." of the Constitution, entitled,
'Executive Department.'" "Agiimt
proposed Amendmeut to Section On-j l
of Article Five o of the Constitution,
entitled, 'Executive Department.' "
Therefore, I, James V. Dawes, Gov
ernor of the State ol Nebraska, do hereby
give notice, in accordance with Section
One 1 Article Fifteen l.'i ofthe Consti
tution, and the provisions of au act
entitled, "Au Act to provide the manner
of proposing Amendments to the Consti
tution and submitting the same to the
Electors of this State," approved Febru
ary loth, a. V. 1877, that said proposed
Amendments will be submitted to the
qualified voters of this State for ratifica
tion or rejection at the General Election
to be held ou the 4th day of November,
a. 1). 188 J.
In WirxKSS AViiekkok, I have
hereunto set my hand and caus
ed to be affixed the Great Seal of
ofthe State of Nebraska.
Skal. Done at Lincoln, this 18th day
of July, A. n. 181, the Eighteenth
year of the State, and oi' the In
dependence of the United States,
the One Hundred aud Ninth.
By the Governor, JAMES W. DAWES,
Attest: Edward P. Roockn,
Secretary of State. ll-.'Jm
TAX-SALE NOTICE.
To the Credit Mobilier of America, or
the owner of the following described
lots and lands:
You arc hereby notified that the
property described as follows to-wit:
All ofthe lots in blocks five (") six (C)
seven (7) twenty-seven (27) twenty-eight
(2S) and thirty-seven (37), and lots one
(l)two(2) three (3) four (4) live (5) six
(0) seven (7) eight (8) nine (!)) ten (10)
eleven (11) and twelve (12) in block
eight 8, and lots one 11 two 2 three 31
four 4 five f."il six 0 ten 10 eleven 11
and twelve 12 in block twenty-six 20,
and lots one 1 two 2 three 3 four 4
five . ten 10J eleven I llj and twelve 12
in block thirty-eight 381, and lots one 1
two 2 three 3 four 4 in block sixty
CO, all of said lots being situated in
Capitol Addition to the City of Colum
bus, in the County of Platte, State of
Nebraska, was purchased at the front
door of the Court House, in said City of
Columbus, on the 10th day of November,
1S82, at public sale by E. A. Gerrard, for
delinquent taxes assessed on said lots
and lands for the year 1881, and by said
E. A. Gerrard duly assigned to inc. the
undersigned; that said lots and lands
were not taxed in the name of any party,
and that the time of redemption wil 1
expire on the 10th day of November, 1884.
Alonzo V. Millkk,
14-3 Assignee.
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,1
June 17th, 1884. )
NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named
settler has tiled notice
of his intention to make final proof iu
support of his claim, and that said proof
will bo made before the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, at Columbu, Nebraska, on
August 1st, 1884, viz:
Nils Johnson Homestead No. 8405 and
107 for the N. E. , Section 32, Town
ship 18, Range 3 west. He names the fol
lowing witnesses to prove his continu
ous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz: Olof Larson. Jacob Jcrn
berg, Peter Larson and Nils Lindbcrg all
of Genoa Nebr.
8-6 C. HOSTETTER. Register.
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island. Neb
-I
June outn, lata. -
-"VTOTICE is hereby given that the
i3J following-named settler has tiled
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that said
roof will be made before Clerk of the
istrict Court at Columbus, Neb., on
August 7th, 1884. viz:
Julius Schmidt, Homestead No. 0010,
for the N . M, or S. E.J4, Section 22, Town
ship 17, Range 1 west. He names the
followiug witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: John BredehofT, Val
entine Losak, John Gerber, and John
Hosner, all of Duncan Nebr.
10-0 C. HOSTETTER, Register.
FINAL PROOF.
U.
S. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.)
June 19th, 1SS1. j
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol
lowing named settler has tiled notice
of his intention to make final proof in sup-
Eort of his claim, and that said proof will
e made before Clerk of District Court
for Platte county, at Columbus, Neb., on
Friday, August 1st, 1SSJ, viz:
Mikkcl Sorensen, Homestead No. 87.V,
for the W. i S. W. i Section 14, Town
ship 10, north of Range 4 west. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultiva
tion of, said land, viz: Jens Christensen,
Hans N. Christensen, of Palestine, Platte
Co., Neb., Peter Christensen, Hans John
son, of Lookingglass. Platte Co., Neb.
0-0 C. HOSTETTER, Register.
TAX-SALE NOTICE.
To N. L. and C. Davenport and N. S. and
C. Davenport:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that
the property described as follows,
to-wit: Lot No. 5, in Block No. 11!, in Co
lumbus, situated in Platte Co., and State
of Nebraska, was purchased on the 25 th
day of Nov., 1S82, at tax sale, by W. L.
Selby, and was taxed and delinquent for
the vear 1881 that the same was taxed in
the name of N. S. and C. Davenport, and
that the time of redemption will expire
on the 25th day of November, 1834.
W-3 W.L. SELBY.
COLUMBUS
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FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island. Ntb.,)
July 7th, ISrfl. f
Nl
OTICE is hereby given that the
following-named settler has hied
notice of his intention to make linal
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the Clerk
of the District Court at Columbus, Ne
braska, on Friday August 22nd, lvt, viz:
August Peterson, Homestead No. OoW,
for the N. W. K Section 2), Township
20, north of Range 4 west. He names
the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, aud cul
tivation of, said land, viz: Leroy
Francisco, of Newmans Grove, Madison
County Neb., John Newmau, Gu-.tav
Hinman, and John Hotl'man, of Look
iuirglass, Platte Countv Nebr.
11.0 C. HOSTETTER. Register.
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