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f(nwfcusfUEnat. WEDNESDAY, SETT. 3, 1884. Rational Republican Ticket. lor President, JTA3IES G. 0E.AJTVE, Of Maine. For Vice-President, JOB A. LOOAIYt Of Illinois. Nebraska Republican Ticket. For Governor, JAMES A. DAWES, of Saline County. For Lieutenant Governor. II. H. SflEDD, of Saunders County. For State Treasurer, C. H. W1LLARD, of Thayer County. For State Auditor. H. A. 15ABCOCK, of Valley County. For Secretary of State, E. T. ROGGEN, of Lancaster Count y. For Attorney-General, WILLIAM LEESE, of Seward County. For Commissioner Public Lands, JOSEPH SCOTT, of Fillmore County. For Itegcnt of State University, to CU vacancy. LEAVITT BURNAM, of Douglas county. For Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, W. W.W.JONES, of Lancaster County. For Presidential Electors. CHARLES H. DEWEY, of Douglas. HENRY SPRICK, of Washington. R. B.IIAltUINGTON, of Gage. A. L. BURR, of Harlan. JOHN MACKIN, of Greeley. Congressional. For Congress Third District, GEORGE W. E. DORSEY, of Dodge County. E. M. Love, of Brown county, has been nominated for state senator in the twenty-first district. A counterfeit ten dollar note Las appeared on the Third National Bank of Cincinnati, check letters of series of 1SS2. Mrs. Clarkson, widow of the late Bishop of Nebraska, has been appoint ed conductor of the Child's Hospital of Omaha. Uxcle Johnny thinks the slaugh tering of Buffalo ought to be stopped before the great Bison of New York gets slain. Boyd has his doubts as to the Irish standing to Cleveland; if he is the right kind of an Irishman he won't vote for him either. Uncle Johnny hopes that his sport ive little poem may not prove any further fatal to the equilibrium of the Democrat sanctum. Edward F. McDonald, of Jersey City, N. J., democratic presidential elector from that district, has declined. Ho says he Is for Butler. Recent news from Calcutta states that famine is iuevitablc, owing to drought. The authorities are taking no steps to provide relief. "It is the first duty of a good gov ernment to jirotecl the rights and promote the interests of its own peo ple? Republican Platform. "The perpetuity of our institutions rests upon the maintenance of a free ballot, an honest count and correct returns." Republican Platform. The democrats of Hall county are pressing the claims of William Neville, of North Platte, as a can didate for congress from the third district. It is stated that a Boston clergyman preached against lightning rods in 1770 as "impious contrivances to pre vent the execution of the wrath of heaven." "Wc believe that cveytcherc the irolcclion to a citizen of American birth must be centred to citizens of American adoption." Republican Platform. It Jb said that a white-haired New York begger is "blind" on Broadway by day, and at night he is a full-vis- ioncd, keen-eyed poker player on Baxter street. Miss Kate Field will enter the lecture field this coming year, under tho auspices of the Williams Lecture Bureau. Her topic will be the Mor mon question. Elsewhere will bo iound a call for a convention of the anti-monopolists to nominate a candidate for congress in tho Third district, which wo pub lish by request. Johnny Walker thinks if the mare (mayor) Cleveland can't trot with the Blaine horse, better bitch her to a canal boat and let her walk at leisure on the towpatb. Clinton DiLL,a convict in the pen itentiary at Lincoln from Red Willow count for murder, committed suicide the other day by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. The whole mining country iu Ohio was in the hands of the mob on the 1st inst., and the militia ordered out by Gov. Hoadley and on their way to quell the disturbance. Dispatches from various parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Con necticut report heavy frosts on the night of the 25th ult., the crops being damaged in many places. The secretary of the treasury last w.eek called 3 per cent, bonds by original numbers, and on which the interest will cease on September 30th. The total amount included in the call is $10,000,000. Ben. Butler made an address to the greenback-labor convention in New York City on the 30th ult. The American flag was adopted as a party badge. General Butler will speak at Omaha, Sept. 9lh. Uncle Johnny Walker says he in a mean Irishman wouldn't stand to Cleveland and Harper. They are a of a team to draw the Paddy's to the edge of the precipice, and then xlump the unfortunates. Am Opeii Letter to Irishmen. Cresco, Iowa, July 21th. Editor Begislcr: The two great parties have placed in nomination candidates for President and Vice President, and constructed platforms outlining their policies. Every citizen who may ex pect an return for his vote, bo he black or white, Teuton, Celt or native, .will have to choso one of the plat forms and one of the two sets of can didates presented by tho Chicago con ventions. The nomination of Cleve land evokes no enthusiasm among the large body of Irish votcrH throughout the Empire State. On the contrary, dissatisfaction and discontent seem to prevail. Nor is the prospect of ad hesion to the old love made brighter -by the general .tenor of the press to which nearly all lriBhmen look as a guide in a time of political disquie tude. And it is fair to presume that an element so faithful in the past, would not be deserting the ship had they been fairly treated, had the seeds of fidelity not been sown on a bed of 6and. I trust the motives which prompt this letter will not be miscon strued by my countrymen or others. I have no ax to grind and no desiro to advise my fellow countrymen con trary to a manly and consistent exer cise of the right of franchise with which we are favored in this free land. I am no convert to Republican principles. I never voted the Demo-, cratic ticket and the prospect is I never will. The Irishman has just escaped from a species of slavery at home, compar ed with which Southern slavery was a virtue, for It did not refuse to feed him while taking his labor, it did not send him to the poor house when useful no longer, it did not refuse to protect him with clothing and cover ing from the chilly blasts of winter. It did not fail in case of illuoss or physical disability to supply the need ed relief. Contrasted with Irish sla very landlordism it was radiant with smiles, a thing of joy; a very sunlight of freedom. Yet the victims of rack rents has been accustomed in oast, after landing at Castle Garden and embracing his friends to next hurrah as if by instinct for the Demo cratic party. I must admit I alwayB failed to see consistency in this action and I never met an Irish Democrat who could ex plain it away. Eycn a good thing may be ovordone and conceded that Irishmen's fidelity to Democracy was such, it is now plain, that either their party fealty obscured their judgment, or the party is very nngratcful, when the most objectionable one, he who has insulted and ignored them on every occasion and seemed to regret there were not more occasions, is placed at the head of tho Democratic ticket, notwithstanding their most vigorous protests and earnest appeals to be saved the humiliation of helping their most pronounced foe. The obscure "Bison" of thirty months ago, looks down with con tempt on those who assisted iu piling up Democratic majorities, in New York state, when he was acting legal life extinguisher for Erie county, aud relegates them to the rear where they may ponder over the immutability of human affairs, while "reform" repre sented in him and endorsed by Curtis, Jones, and other Anglo-American dudes steps to the front to reap where others have sown. No nominee of the Democratic -Convention! but Cleveland the least of any could pos sibly have arrayed the chivalrous Irishmen of America in solid phalanx against the watchful friend of Ameri can labor, the representative of Amer ican industrial protection, the de fender of American citizenship iu Dublin, as well as on the Continent, the able statesman, the eloquent ora tor, the true patriot, the man with a policy on all questions and the cour age to tell us what it is ; the greatest combination of brains, culture, con viction and dignity this laud has to offer, James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight of Maine. It is the aim of intelligent Irishmen iu America to render to their native land what aid they can consistent with loyalty and good citizenship in this, to create a public sentiment in thi3 and other English speaking countries that will compel Great Britain to ?case choking Ireland. There is nothing wrong or unprincipled in this. There is no more reason whv an Irishman mav not love bis native landand be true to bis adopted home, than in loving the mother that gave him birth, and being true to tho wife of hiB selecting. And the man who does not love and assist his mother in ueod, is usually a very bad husband. So the reasoning is logical at least that foreigners who are willing to help in an honorable way the land they left, may be relied on to make good citizens here. How they can do so in some small way is the thought uppermost in the minds of nine-tenths of the Irishmen of America to-day. AH they ask is that the justice of their case be fairly considered and encour agement given their honorable pur poses which shall reflect tho liberty loving sentiment of our country. They should aud will resent every attempt to foist upon them a tribunal before which their case would be pre judged and prejudiced. I expect to sec here and there an Irishman who holds office under Democracy aud others who with Barkus are willin', and, like the man who is satisfied to sacrifico all his relations, Including thoso of his wife, only spare him ; they will doubtless be seeu urging and en treating their countrymen to stand by Grover Cleveland, who draws hi in spiration out of the Curtis reservoir, and goes to sleep with a copy of tho New York Times under his pillow. Lest somo of my countrymen who are not acquainted with this brace of "worthies," I understand Jones is an Englishman aud editor of the New York Times, the same who cabled from bis county seat in England, when advised of Cleveland's nomination, "thank God! I sbatl instruct the Times to give him a hearty support." This was the very emphatic dissatis faction of London journals over Blaine's nomination and the delight with which they hail that of Cleve land, is quite significant. If the loyal citizens, those who hold the freedom, prosperity, and perpetuity of our country of more importance than mere party attachment, will but torn back over a few of history's pages, iney may learn how to properly ap jmcuiuic .cugiauu d solicitude in our . rt.;,. : 1 . -. -. Presidential affairs George W. Cur tis, while not engaged abusing Irish men or intriguing in behalf of British interests holds down chair No. 1 in the editorial department of Harper's Weekly, a journal ut once insolent and dictatorial, with a record of enthusi astic hatred for everything Irish. In its last issue it sums up its admiration of its Presidential protege in these words, "wo love him moat for the enemies he has made," while in the background it pictures a group of hungry looking Irishmen, with faceB more like animals of the forest, than human beings. Aud, yet, this is the great journal of-civilization in Amer ica. Alas for civilization. As a companion picture to that of last week, I would suggest a group of the star-Trail anil lllpPUHlfT Triclimnti tirlin wintered with Washington at y alley ,a Ue is novr organizing tho pro Forge, and the well-fed ancestor of ' hibitipniita of Nebraska for St. John. the present Harpers, who, it is said, carried an English gun and used it on the bloody rebels. Be that as it may it needs no prophet to foresee the humiliating spectacle that Irishmen would cut during tho regime of Grover Cleveland, while taping such fountains for his advice supply. Bosses of his party and other intellectual dudeB, with disgruntled Republicans assistant Englishmen like the Harpers' Puck crowd, Curtis & Jones would guard all approaches to tho Presidential person and every question of National policy or con cern must be filtered through them. What a parody on the statesmanship and worth that onco ruled the Demo cratic councils such a cpectacle would present. If it were possible that the spirit of Andrew Jackson could visit earth once more and sec how things had changed, examine carefully the workings of the machine and make the acquaintance of Dan Manning, methinks that his honest old bones would turn in their coffin as a proof of their disgust for things earthly. Tho Irishmen of spirit and pride will refuse to aid in bringing about such a condition of things by placing in power so unscrupulous and bigoted an clement, that refuse to listen to the arguments made by the most eloquent of Irish orators in Chicago, simply replying as did one of tho Cleveland delegates within the hearing of many : "Oh! d n the Irish," let them go. Thi3 is a fair sample of the intoler ance and ingratitudo that ruled the proceedings of that convention and to Irishmen without whose votes not a single Northern State can be carried for the Democracy. Such remarks must be very consoling. There will be a desperate effort made by time servers and place hunters among Irishmcu and misrepresentations of factious newspapers to stem the tide of Irish rebellion now setting in. If the masses of Irish voters will but read the Irish papers of New York City and State and they ought to know him best there is little danger that hired orators and selfish Irish leaders can induce them to submit to further intolerable dictation, insult and outrage by voting into power their worst enemies, tho men who d u them in their National Conven tion. To my countrymen who arc taking the step so long and too long deferred and propose enrolling them selves under tho banners of progress ive and liberal Republicanism made much more so by the good bye of the Harpers, Curtis and Jones, I extend a welcome hand, believing that purged and freed of its bigoted elements, it will show its appreciation for friendly services, without discrimination and without intolerance. Very respectfully, John McIIugii. Republican State Convent ion. The Republican State Convention which held its session at Omaha on the 27th ult. was called to order by G. W. E. Dorsey, chairman of the state central committee. C. H. Gere of Laucaster county, was unauimous ly elected temporary chairman of the conveution and J. W. Dolan, A. H. Ncidig, J. W. Blackburn and Brad. Slaughter temporary secretaries by acclamation. Subsequently the tem porary organization was made per manent. There was but one contest ed delegation and that was from Knox county, .mown as tho Lytlo and Dra por delegations. After giving the parties a hearing, the convention ad mitted the Draper delegation by a vote of 275 to 101. The first businces of the convention in the afternoon session was the nom ination of Presidential electors whose names appear elsewhere in the ticket. The convention then proceeded to nominate the following candidates for state offices : For governor James A. Dnwes, of Saline county ; Lieutenant governor, II. II. Shedd, of Saunders; state treasurer, C. II. Willard, of Thayer; state auditor, II. A. Bab cock, of Valley; secretary of stato, E. P. Roggcn, of Lancaster ; attorney general, William Leesc, of Seward ; commissioner of public lands, Joseph Scott, of Fillmore ; superintendent of public instruction, W. W. W. Jones, of Lancaster; regent of state univer sity to fill vacancy, Levitt Burnara, of Douglas. Casper E. Yost, of Omaha, was elected chairman of the state central committee for the ensuing year. Fred. Nye, chairman of the com mittee on platform, reported to tho convention a very good platform, which after being amended by Col. R. O. S. Bourkc, of Douglas couuty, was adopted. The names of the members of the state central committee were read to the convention. The committee as organized, was empowered to fill all vacancies that may occur during the present year. A vote of (hanks wa3 tendered Hon. G. W. E. Dorsey for the able manner in which he performed the duties of chairman of the stato central com mittee for the year jti6t past. A similar vote of thanks was ten dered to the oflicers of the convention, and adjournment followed. Anti - Monopoly Congressional Convention. THIRD DISTRICT. The undersigned having been in formed that there is no constituted authority to call an Auti-Monopoly Congressional Convention for the 3d Congressional District of Nebraska, I hereby invite the Anti-Monopolists of the different counties of said Dis trict to 6end delegates to a conven tion to be held at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 9th day of Sept., 1SS4, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress from the 3d Congres sional District of Nebraska. Also to appoint a Congressional committee, and transact such other business as may properly come before the con vention. J. Burrows, Ch'n Anti-Monopoly State Com. The Convention to nominate a can didate for Congress, in the Third District, is called at Lincoln, to save expense, as Anti-Monopolists have to pay their fare on the railroads of this state. Tho delegates to tho btate Convention, can act as delegates to the Congressional Convention, and thus save great expense. Mr. Finch, the prohibition advo cate in Nebraska, is an ardent Demo crat and is said to have made a number of speeches cast for Cleve- Why CliuugeV The party which has honored itself by curbing tho slave power and pre serving tho unity of the government ; by the wise administration of the laws for nearly a quarter of a century a quarter of a century destined ever to be memorable in the annals of human Iredom ; a party, two of whose chosen leaders have laid down their lives as martyrs; a party de voted to the good of the country and the welfare of its citizen?, need not assume the attitude of petition, on its own account. It is passing strange that there should be, as there undoubtedly are, citizens who, for a time at least, are losing sight of all that has been done by the most conscientious political party known to history, simply and only because of that very fact, and who purpose voting in this contest with the party which ought to have been buried, when it died in treason and the threatened ruin of a country under the administration of James Buchanan. Do men with memories need to be told that the country has had ample experience of the domination of the southern aristocracy in politics for they always ruled democracy, and never took kindly to even such "mud-sills" as Stephen A. Douglas, saying nothing of such as Lincoln, Grant and Garfield, men who, in all the grandeur of their character, were the natural product of our free in stitutions? Do men with memories forget that this party, as an organized political force, sympathised with the slave holders' rebellion to the extent of declaring the war for the Union a failure and wishing it to be so? And now they ask to be reinstated. And what sort of men do they offer as statesmen to guard the interests of the republic? Sit down, look over the record of their lives, and can didly answer to your own sense of fitness aud propriety why either of them should have been selected, by the party which is now crying "re form," "reform," aud why they should be preferred before James G. Blaine, tho brilliant statesman, aud Jno. A. Logan, the citizen soldier, both of whom, by native strength of character, and a patriotic purpose that knew no defeat, have won for themselves the high regard of their couutrymen. Condon's Letter of Acceptance. To John G. II ig gins, Esq., W. 2f. Henslcy, Esq., and others of the Third House of the Bepnblican 2)arty of Platte County. Your nomination for the honorable position of State Senator is received by me as a mark of high approbation. It will give me pleasure to walk into this office under the flag ot Blaine and Logan. First. Because I am confident that the nomination comes from a hearty wish for the election of Blaine and Logau, while on account of unfor tunate surrounding circumstances, the gentlemen of the Third House dare not express in a more direct way. Second. Because it gives mo a chance to avow ray opposition to that narrow-headed faction of my country men called "True Blues" who wor ship the Star and Garter, including the silk stockiugs, and who recently met in the City of Toronto, Do minion of Canada, and blew their little bugles for Cleveland and Hen dricks. Third. Because as a Plebeian, whose fore-fatherB suffered for exer cising the simple right of free speech and never received a drop from tho nursing bottle of tory power, I am proud of the chance to march to victory under tho banner of a states man, who will raise the flag of this nation higher than the dirty rag which has so long protected those who swung the iron rod over the heads of my ancestors. Fourth. Because, the least in telligent and most dangerous part of tho dead know-nothing party is to day in the Democratic party aud needs killing again. Fifth. Because wcy mother was a woman, and I have too much respect for her to be found in a crowd that wiuks at the "Peccadillos" of a verdautyouth of 40 years of age. Sixth. Because I will never con sent to be a party to a scheme to rob my countrymen of the fruits of their toil under the firm-sounding name of free trade, to which Cleveland is bound, if ho can be bound to anything. And now, as I am fairly launched on the sea of politics, can I not with assurance appeal to my countrymen of Platte county and ask them to re member the spirit of 1797 and 1848, and now come over to the only party that can or will give what our fathers fought for. With kind respects to the gentle men of the Third House, 1 am Respectfully Yours, Daniel Condon. Citizenship of the republic must bo the panoply and safeguard of him who wears it. The American citizen, rich or poor, native or naturalized, white or colored, must everywhere walk secure in his personal and civil right3. Tho republic should never accept a lesser duty, it can never as sume a nobler one, than the protection of the humblest man who owes it loy alty protection at home, and protec tion which shall follow him abroad, into whatever land he may go npon a lawful errand. James G. Blaine. The following from Cleveland's letter of acceptance is not supposed to be intended by him to refer to any of his own very peculiar habits: 'Laws unnecessarily interfering with the habits and customs of any of our people, which are not offensive to the moral sentiments of the civilized world, and which are consistent with good citizenship aud the public wel fare, are unwise and vexatious." I The coi oner's jury which held an inqtie.it ovi-r tin- remains of the Mexi can criminal P.dilli,Iiichcdat liurke Station, returned a verdict on the 25th ult., that the deceased came to his death at the hands of a mob, all of whom are unknown to the jury ex cept J. W. Craig, postmaster at Crete. The evidence implicating Craig was given by G. I. Bluehdorn, editor of the Ercc Press, who was on the ground.-. The citizens ot Crete aru indignant against Bluehdorn and said to have made threats against him which caused him to secret himself for safety. Iu a card to the Journal Craig denies taking part in the lynch ing, aud says that he was simpiy on the grouml a a newspaper reporter. Recent proceedings on the part of the general land office of the gov ernment have been taken in relation to the trouble existing between the western cattle msu and the settlors. It is claimed that thousauds of acres of lands are fenced in by the cattle men and tho settlers driven oil". Complaints come from nearly all tho western states and territories, and some accuse the government land agents of collusion with laud grabbers. It wa3 rumored in Paris the other day that China has made a formal declaration of war, aud notified the powers to that effect. The French papers are indignaut at the statements made by the Loudon Times respecting the bombardment of Foo Chow. Le France says that the Chinese, toree ing the bombardment of Foo Chow, stripped the arsenal of its public val uables. It also says the French aro making coaling stations at Pondi cherry and Mahe. A car attached to an engine and seventeen other cars containing Orion's Anglo-American circus, near Greeley, Col., caught fire and burned on the night of the 29th ult., attended with indescribable horrors. Tho 6leepcr contained sixty occupauts under the wildest excitement, even the wild animals aud the elements joining in the din, which finally re sulted in burning ten men to death and injuring many others. Uncle Johnny says there arc a great many people shout Cleveland in daylight aud would stab him in the dark. He wants to know if such characters think an Irishman has be come a Hindoo that he needs a ring in his nose so that the Cleveland sport can lead around more easily, and tell him what be must do. Cleve land is too big a bite for St. Patrick's hoys. ''The principle of the public regula tion of railway corporations is a wine and salutary one for the protection of all classes of people, and ice favor legislation that shall j)revcnl 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 laics." Republican Plat form. Fires have been burning fiercely on both sides of Tawas Lake, Mich. Black muck in the swamps was afire to the depth of several feet, and burn ing under the roots of large trees which topple over into the burning mass. To some, the fire is a benefit in clearing the land, and to many others a great loss in crops and buiiditfgs. Rev. S. A. Henderson, of Crete, Neb., one of the presiding elders of the M. E. church, while tho train was slowing up for the switch, one day last week, stepped from tho train on to the bridge over tho Blue, and turn ing to proceed toward tho depot, lost his footing, falling a distance of twen ty feet, receiving serious injuries. A cyclone in Dakota passed near the town of Huron the other day destroying everything in its path, several hundred feet wide. Another storm visited Manitoba the same day passing over tho city of Winnepeg, blowing down many buildings and stripping roofs from massivo blocks. The treasurer of the United. States recently forwarded to tho governor of Louisiaua 21,000 free-school bonds of the state, captured at Baton Rouge in 1SG5, by Lieut. Gen. Sheridan. They formed a part of a lot of city, state and southern railroad bonds of the value of $3,000,000. Several good silver mines have recently been discovered in West Virginia on Short and Puck runs. The mine of Rev. Walters has a fine foot vein and the last assay showed $300 of silver and $11 of lead to tho ton. Hundreds of prospectora arc flocking to the mines. Bv reports recently received ut Soiling- 8,000 Chinese troops invaded Tonquin and bad an engagement with the French. In this battlo it is asserted that the French were an nihilated, while several thousand Chinose wcro killed. The defense in the Blaine libel suit at IndianapoliB have filed a de murrer, setting forth that the com plaint does not state facts euflicient for a cause of action. A hearing of the demurrer will be had in a few days. feWresuoitfJcttct. In this department the people talk, and not the editor. Each writer must hold himself ready to defend his principles and hi statements of facts. "In the mul titude of counsel there is wisdom." Ed, Journal. Come Up. Editor Journal : In reply to the impertinent assertion of your cor respondent from Platte Center as to a prominent county official feeling good, giving gentlemen of leisure a free drive, &c. Now I will proceed to explain the circumstances before I decanitate this blather-skite who at- tempts to attend to other people's bushier. Now when after a mouth's absence from the Center I drove down the valley aud aw the almost innumerable stacks of grain and im mense fii!ds of corn and broad acres f meadou- when I saw Doctor Edwards's tine herd o.f Jersey cattle, and Martin I.unis's Poland China hogs, I did feel goyd. Wheu I saw the sheltsot the merchants tilled up with goods, their drawers with coin and their books with good accounts, 1 felt good. When I heard the citizens urging honest Dick Roseitcr to be the next Town Supervisor, I felt good. When 1 heard that my friend Levi Harmon had captured one of Iowa's fairest maidens tor his bride, I felt good. When I took in the bill of fare ot the Transit Iioiiac I felt 100 per cent better. When I shook hands with a legiou of friends aud contributed to the pleasure of a few of them by giving them a drive, I felt happy. When I heard Hopkins declare that Blaine is a good man, aud Hallon assert that Cleveland is a moral one, and P. F. Doody hay that Ben Butler is a shyster, I thought just as the other Irishman did. that Satau him self is not such a bad man as he is represented to be. When Dan Condon allowed that a man should think for himself, and John AValker wrote up a "come all ye" for lllaine, and Mayor Macfar land run tor M. C, while our cour teous Town Clerk Mr. Timothy has got the nomination again, I felt away up. Respectfully, J. J. Maugiian. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Nprin dirove Item. Corn iu this locality will be simply immense if we don't havo an unusually early frost. Threshing machine can bo heard abroad iu the land. Their music sounds sweeter than that of the lark to the provident farmer. New frame house aud barns are still looming up over the prairie; every few days a new ono heaves in sight. Prosperity seems to reign throughout the land, and the farmer (eels happy until sonic hungry aspirant tor office comes round and throws him off his balance by telling him that things are not exactly right down at Wishington, and that the country is lost if the democrats don't be sent down there next March to look over the books, aud a9 a poor ignoraut farmer would prefer listening to talking he of course lots the spoutcr have his say as to who should rule, but just as soon as Mr. Consequence is gone the old stand-by tells his horses to get up aud he trudges along behind his plow, he gets to thinking about this Washing ton robbery that his seemingly re deemer was preaching to him about; be studies aud asks himself what manner of man can this be, or docs he think I have lost my reason have I not a fine farm here, handed over to me and my heirs forever by this eame party he is slandering; hero I enjoy the fruits of my own labor and am contented a king can enjoy no more. Like the boy he seemed to hollo, "wolf, wolf, steal steal." Well, let us see. This "robbing" outfit is paying off our national debt with all possible speed, aud my neighbor 6aid to me a day or two ago that theso "robbers" of whom we hear so much ha.vo one hundred and fifty millions of hard caBh in the treasury saved up for the purpose of some charitable work and for appropriations that may be needed from time to time, as tho guardians n .y see fit to use it. When I find all this vast amount saved, and the debt of the country so rapidly being paid oil" I am of tho belief that we have a more honest outfit at Washington than we have in Platte county all things considered, yet these grab-alls will tell us, "Go, for Cleveland." No, Mr. Consequence, we have been stepping stones for you long enough, until some of you have reached the summit of the hill of fame, and, like the goat in tho fable, we are left at tho bottom to shift for ourselves but I would say to auy friends, as the Beech said to the Oak, "Brother we must take it for our paina." Mr. Consequence, you can travel. I was surprised to sco what a stink Uncle Johnny's poetry kicked up in Ken tucky last week, though every word was gospel truth. More auon. One of the Mac's and O'b. Mhell Creek Iteiax. Lore li. Eusmengcr is building a now house Gomcr Davis, sou of Mr. David II. Davis is quite ill. Farmers arc busy haying, but the grasB crop is not very heavy. Some threshing has been done, but failed to hear anything of the yield. The Welch people are hauling stone for the foundation wall of their new church. Mr. David Thomas has gone to Missouri to try some mineral springs for his health. Corn is maturing nicely, and some of it ripening. There will be plenty of good seed corn next spring. More than one team got stuck iu the deep ravine near Dennis Dugan's, and there have been bridges built at public expense at places where they were not near so badly needed. Mrs. Joseph Joseph has got a bouncing hoy and Joe. got heels under his boots. Mrs. Bricker, the mother-in-law, was out on a nine weeks visit, but since that splendid grandson has come, she returned home to Iowa. The Journal is still appreciated aud'praised by many, not only for its pure and good reading matter, but its good paper and neat and clean typography. Three cheers for Blaino and Logan and three for the Typo's and even the little "devil" of the Journal. X. Y. Z 1 COLUMBUS WM. BECKER, DKALEK IN ALL KINDs OK Sl'Al'LK AND FAMILY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED STOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. moo1n Delivered Free to part ol'alic City. any Cor. 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