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WEDNESDAY, APBIL 8, 1885.
Gk. Grant has expressed a desire
to be buried in Washington.
Omaha, has a bonded debt of -wore
than a million and a quarter dollars.
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Ckntbal City has settled to be a
ao-license town, so says the Cowrimr.
Tar sentence In the Hsxen court
martial is simply a reprimand, and
not yet approved by the president
Mas. Clara B. Colbt has been
elected corresponding secretary of the
Nebraska State Historical Society.
Thr Ehode Island legislature has
passed a proposition to submit to
popular vote an amendment of the
constitution favoring woman suffrage.
The horse thief that made such a
tir near Genoa, Silver Creek, &c
last week was captured in a dug-out
in Nance county, by Sheriff Hamil
ton of York.
. The bills providing for a diet of
bread and water for vagrants, and
giving women the right of suffrage at
school elections, have passed the Wis
consin legislature.
A report comes from Madrid that
the recent earthquake at Granaca and
Malaga did great damage. Several
houaeB tumbled down and many
people were injured.
The men arrested and charged with
hanging Tom Jones and Mrs. Taylor,
had a bearing the other day at Clay
Center, and the evidence not being
sufficient to hold them, they were
discharged.
M. W. Kino of Oakdale is spoken
of to supercede James Morris as reg
ister of the Valentine land office. If
a change is to be made there, we sug
gest that there are a great many bet
ter men for the place than King.
The Philadelphia Timet having re
marked that Van Wyck uses three
desks to ponnd on while addressing
the Senate on land grant subjects, the
Washington Post adds, "Yes, he does.
Three desks and Senator Teller."
Bill Nye, the famous western
humorist says that the progress of
the Republican party up 8alt Creek is
being wonderfully impeded by the
great Bwarm of suckers coming down,'
who went up twenty-foar years ago.
Cocoaine is proving to be a won
derful anaesthetic. A man can, for
instance, have a surgeon cut his hand
or his foot into all kinds of shapes,
look on at the work and have no more
feeling of pain than if the foot belong
ed to another man.
A young man at Cedar Rapids the
other day, being a witness in a whisky
prosecution case, was asked by the
justice if he waB sure it was whiskey
that he drank, replied : "I ought to
know whiskey by this time, for I've
lost every job I had by drinking."
A big fire the other night at Buffalo,
N. Y.," burned Music Hall nnd Stl
Lonis church. Two men were killed
dnring the fire, which started while
the janitor was lighting the stage,
having in some way set fire to the
scenery. The total losses will amonnt
to $354,000
Richabd B. IIubbaed, of Texas,
has been nominated by the President,
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary of the United States
to Japan. This appointment will re
lieve our personal friend, Hon. J. A.
Bingham, and he will once more take
bis position under the old flag.
Secretary Manning has instructed
the superintendent of the United
States mint at Carson City to suspend
coinage operation nntil the begin
ning of the next fiecal year, July 1,
and reduce the force accordingly.
The mint will, however, remain open
for the receipt of bullion from de
positors. The soap Bwindlers are "doing" the
state, it seems. This class of rascals
'should not be countenanced by city
officers anywhere. The game that
they play is not entitled to be class
ified as decent as gambling, even.
Let the people of Nebraska every
where demand the strict enforcement
of the laws, in this, as in all other
matters.
Once a cheeky individual was pes
tering Grant with questions about
some of his campaigns, and told him
that a common criticism on his gen
eralship was that he had had the men,
the power and the money at his com
mand and that any man of ordinary
abilities wonld have succeeded under
the circumstances. The general said
there was only one answer that he
could make and that was, "General
.Lee surrendered to me."
The Omaha Republican evidently
hasn't heard of that little episode
wherein Senator Joe Hawley com
manded Mr. Van Wyck to "stand up
or back out," and Van Wyck chose to
"stand up." He not only reiterated
what he bad said, but offered a res
olution that the record be made to
show just what had been said, and
the resolution was passed over the
yotes of those who kicked about bis
"cowardice" in expunging from the
record language they had condemned
as "offensive." Norfolk News.
John Thurston got off a good
joke, so to speak, on the yonng doc
'tors who wonld have him make a
speech at the commencement of the
Medical College in Omaha the other
day. He said he hunted up the fam
ily bible, and casting his eye down
its sacred pages, discovered the foi
ls wing: "And Ata, In the thirty
and ninth year of his reign, was
diseased in his feet, until bis disease
was very great; yet in his disease he
Might Hot the Lord, bit to the
pbysidaiB. Aid Asa slept with his
lathers."
WMo Vm Forget?
The greatest crime committed
agaiisi the government of the United
States was the organisation of the
stipeidous rebellion of ISOO-'dI that
undertook the overthrow of our civil
institutions. Hew fearful that crime
was Is beyond the comprehension of
any man to imagine. Those who par
took of the task of quelling that re
bellion have tome recollection of bow
difficult the task was, and they had
ipposed (some of them) that treason
of that sort might hereafter be, at
least in the memory of good people, a
hateful thing. But now, under the
first democratic administration we
have bad since the one which allowed
the whole traitorous brood to hatch,
we tee a spectacle. People were be
ginning to think (some of them) that
Grover Cleveland's administration
would be creditable to the American
genius of patriotism, and partially
free,. at least, from domination by the
southern wing of the democratic party
that was the life of the rebellion of
VI. In this first month of this ad-
ministratioi, Lamar, the Secretary of
the Interior, sees fit to order his gov
ernment department closed, and flags
placed at half mast in honor or one
of the meanest and vilest plotters of
the treason of 'ol, who was Secretary
of the Interior under James Buchanan.
Were this respect paid to a brave,
generous foe like Robert JE. Lee or
either of the Johnsons it wonld not
be so bad, men who fight for their
honest convictions, and do brave
duty are entitled to respect, but Jake
Thompson did nothing for this gov
esnment, that its sworn officials
should lower the flag a hair's breadth
to do honor to his memory. We all
remember that this same man was
credited with being the agent of the
confederate government, to spread
broadcast through the north, by
means of infected rags, the dreaded
small-pox, and to set on fire northern
cities, and thus, by hellish means, aid
the armed hosts of the sooth in weak
ening the country that was fighting
for tho existence of the Union.
More than this, Thompson, it seems,
refused to the last to return to his
allegiance. A traitor, guilty of the
highest crime known to national life,
its attempted destruction, refusing
even to be pardoned for his crime, and
yet that flag which he wonld have
struck down if he could is lowered to
do him honor. What next ?
A Ierasscmm,n Omlmlosk
Jndge Mellen, of Nebraska, passed
through the city yesterday' on his
way home.
"How do you like tho new Presi
dent?" was asked.
"Ob, I like him. Still, he's just a
little mite fresh. Us Democrats from
Nebraska got together in Washing
ton last week, and after discussing
the whole matter, we 'decided not to
besr down very bard on the new
President to begin with. The next
day we called on him, and after pas
sing the time of day I said: 'Mr.
I President, w have concluded to do
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nothing about the offices at present,'
thinking I'd just let him know you
know, and he looked kinder solemn
and says: 'So have I.' Now that
was a mean remark, and the more I
think of it the meaner it gets. Still,
I like him. He's going to give the
Republicans h ."Chicago Herald.
Mb. Lamar is a great economist, at
least in his mind. He ordered the
sale of the horses and wagons belong
ing to the interior department for the
transportation of tho secretary, and
other officials, saying they wero very
costly and could be dispensed with.
The entire coBt of these things per an
num is about $6,000. A few days
later he ordered a holiday for the en
tire department in honor of the late
Jacob Thompson, Buchanan's treach
erous secretary of the interior. The
pay of the officials for the lOBt day
amounts to between eleven and twelve
thousand dollars, or nearly enough to
pay the expenses of the horses and
wagons for two years. Lincoln Jour'
nal.
The English chamber of deputies
the other day was the scene of great
disturbance and confusion when an
attempt was made to announce the
decision of the cabinet couucil that
war was to be declared and fifty
thousand reinforcements forwarded;
citizens in the galleries loudly hissed
and other voices from the deputies
yelled "down with the wretch," while
the voice of Clemence screamed,
"traitors." During the scene in the
chamber the crowd outside became a
howling mob and made several at
tempts to pass the guards in order to
get inside of the bnilding, but was
kept back by the determined attitude
of the military.
A dispatch was received at Wash
ington by the Secretary of the navy
on the 1st inBt, from Commander
Kane, of the "Galena", stating that
Aspinwall was in ashes, having been
burned by the insurgents, to escape
capture by the government troops.
The Pacific mail dock and the railroad
property on the north end of the
island and the canal property at Cris
pol are the only buildings saved. The
shipping is safe. All my force is on
the shore protecting property. My
ship is crowed with refugees. There
are thousands ot destitute people
without shelter.
The excitement among the citiaeis
of Paris and in the chamber of de
puties was intense when Prime Min
ister Ferry presented a request for a
credit of $40,000,000 oi accont of
military operations in China. . This
reqaest, coupled with the report of
the drubbiag which the French
troops received at the hands of the
Chinese, tended to increase the ex
citement. It was understood at Paris
that war would be immediately de
clared with China. Fifty thoieaid
reinforcements will be forwarded aid
1 the army erdered to anarch te Pekii.
The Nebraska Signal, "doing" the
members of the late legislature from
a personal knowledge of their work,
has this to say of Mr. Sutherland of
this float district and Mr. Thomas of
Colfax County :
Sutherland of Colfax county is a
yonng, shrewd and energetic business
man who wasted no time in foolishness
but wasal ways prepared to treat every
question in a business-like way. More
good would have been accomplished
if there had been more members like
Sutherland. His colleague, Mr.
-Thomas, was another valuable mem
ber, whose record is as good aa a dem
ocrat's possibly could be. Colfax
county was well represented.
An official dispatch received at
Paris the other day from General Do
Plsle states that the Chinese attacked
the French at Kilna and drove them
from their position with serious loss,
the French falling hack upon Langson
pursued by the Chinese. At the lat
ter place a desperate battle was fought
of several hours duration. The
French wore finally compelled to re
tire from Langson, leaving the Chi
nese in possession of the city. Gen.
Negrier was dangerously wounded in
the breast The number of killed and
wounded is very large.
Compare the publisher of a news
paper, who has to go all around the
conntry to get his pay, to a farmer
who sells his wheat on credit and not
more than a bushel to any person.
If any farmer will try the experiment
of distributing the proceeds of his
labor over two or three counties, with
an additional one to two or three dis
tant states, for one year, we will guar
antee that he will never, after that
year's experience, ask a publisher to
supply him with a paper a year or
two without paying for it. Weeping
Water Republican.
Last week a serious outbreak of
disease resembling cholera was re
ported from Madrid as occurring at
San Felipe de Jativa, Province of
Valencia, fifteen persons having died
within twenty-four hours of colic,
with choleraic symtoms. A report
spread at once that the province was
threatened with a return of the epi
demic which would complete the ruin
caused by the earthquake. The peo
ple are panic stricken and .begging
further assistance from the govern
ment. The New Republic is a newspaper
venture'at Lincoln by Messrs. Libley
& Wolfenbarger, intended to be "the
outspoken, determined and uncom
promising foe of every form and
system of license or toleration of the
liquor business." It is literally filled
with prohibition articles and statis
tics, and those who wish to keep
themselves posted as to what is being
done in Nebraska, on that issue,
would doubtless be satisfied with
this new paper.
The Court House at St. Joseph, Mo.,
took fire the other morning and burn
ed everything on the inside of the
building, except the wing containing
the office of the Recorder of deeds
and Coonty Court The Probate
Court, County Collector's office, and
all the records and books were des
troyed. The law library valued at
$10,000, is a complete loss. The build
ings cost $250,000. No statement'
made how the fire originated.
A warning comes from Lincoln,
Neb., to lady horse and buggy driv
ers. While Mrs. W. W. Wilson and
Mrs. Riordan wero driving along the
streets their horse becamo frightened
at a cur, shied to one side, upsetting
the bnggy at the end of a culvert
throwing the occupants violently to
the ground and dragging them some
distance. Both ladies wero severely
injured by many cuts and bruises.
The Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church in Chicago has added to its
membership since the 1st of January
last over two thousand converts.
Over five hundred of these were
brought in under the revival services
of the boy preacher Rev. Thos. Harri
son and the stationed pastor Rev. T.
M. Bristol.
It was stated on the 31st ult, that
teams were still crossing on the ice at
Mackinaw City, and the indications
were that the Straits would .not be
open until July 1st The ice, which
is thirty to forty incbeB thick, is cov
ered with three feet of snow.
A report comes from Arrapahoe
Neb., that a young man from Cam
bridge, name unknown, while out
hunting, accidentally shot himself.
One load of shot entered his chest
and the other bis face, passing ont
at the back of his head.
ltttfonbtntt.
In fhis department the people talk, and
not the editor. Each writer must bold
himself ready to defend hi principles
and his statements of facts. "In the mul
titude of counsel there is wisdom." Ed.
Journal.
Wallcera Mealy t Byrm
auueta.
Lindsay, Neb., March 28, '85.
Dear Sir: I see by the Journal
of the 18tb, that yon bring me to task
on the question .of town organization,
aa against the commissioner system,
and you state truly that I spent one
term on the county board and ought
to be somewhat familiar with county
affairs and ask me to let my light
shine. Well, I am a dim luminary,
compared with my interrogator of the
high altitudes who lives in that thin
strata of atmosphere and can discern
things at a greater distance aad with
snore precision than can be expected
of one who lives away down in this
contaminated region. So you must
ot expect me to follow you through
the labyrinth of the law, as I am well
aware that you are a brilliant dis
ciple of Blackstone aid justly con
sidered in these parts a mighty law
giver. Thus you will pardon me for
not fighting yon on points of law.
But I will cross sabers with you on
points of justice. Now, Byron, I
always believed in praising the bridge
that bears me safe over the stream,
aid I kiow yen' will agree with me
when I eay to you that I don't wait
to be everlastiagly paying too dear
for my whistle. You say yonr reason
for advocating the township law is
that it will make the people more
familiar with the government of the
county. Did you take into account
how much more expensive your
theory of disciplining the boys in
your familiar tactics would be than
the' old system of commissioners cost
the tax-payers? You state how the
bovs in Rome had to learn the twelve
tables of the law. Why we haye men
here that it wonld not Injure to learn
twenty-four of them. I am aware of
the zeal you bear towards your
fellow-men, particularly the people
of Platte county, who aspire to be
rulers, and I will not place a straw in
your way if you try te make a Spartan
philosopher of every mother's son of
them, providing you instruct them in,
the use of brown .bread and .black
broth as a diet, so as to fit them for
that true economy you bo much de
sire them to learn.
You ask is St. Bernard peculiar
from the rest of the county ? I hope
so. If not, God help the tax-payers
of the other towns. Why, my dear
sir, this town is full of peculiarities.
We have some very peculiar and
charitable men on our town board, or
did in '84. Just think of the philan
throDhv that was 6bown by oor guar
dians of the public purse! Then
charity was highly commendable;
they made a present of a $100 bridge
to a neighbor wherein he could get
his hay over Shell Creek, and placed
the same where there was no located
road or right of way whatever,
simply to please his honor, one of the
chief justices who was the ruling
power on that magnanimous board.
And still their charities seemed un
bounded. Nicholas Pauley's bill as
supervisor only $178 and some of his
claim for overseeing work done on
this bridge that was preseuted to my
neighbor and Wm. Connelly, Jur.,
$63.50, and a portion of his time spent
on the illegal bridge. Can you see
anything peculiar now about St
Bernard? And that is not all. Why,
my sincere friend of the mountains,
only for the timely appearance of the
writer at a meeting of the town board
last autumn we, through the further
magnanimity of our Solons, would
be saddled with a pauper for life to
the tune of $250 a year, and then be
put to the expense of burying him
after death, a man who had no more
claim on the tax-payers of St. Ber
nard than I have on the Bank of
England. Two hundred and forty
one dollars and fifty cents to super
visors, one hundred sunk in a bridge
in the slough of Despond, and almost
a pauper created and many other 11
lAfiralities of minor mention, and all
this in one six miles square of coun
try sparsely settled, and to a great
degree poverty-stricken at that I
don't wonder our land was taxed 40
per cent extra. Byron, how do you
like that kind of light to shine on your
theory of government ? How do these
new lights tally when compared with
the judicious and economical work
ings of three commissioners, who
generally saw that the whole coonty
was taken care of? There are very
few sloughs or bad holes in the county
that the writer war not acquainted
with when he was on the board and
we scarcely ever levied three cents
for all paupers. And I say without
fear, favor or affection that the men
or set of men who cannot run Platte
county on three cents on the dollar at
her present valuation ought to step
down aud out and leave the business
of tho county to men of more brains
and more courage who can meet the
wants and necessities of the people
square in the face, for I want you or
any other man to understand that I
am not opposed to the town laws
providing they are not more ex
Dcnsive than the old way under com
missioner rule, but, so far, it has
proved a total failure, and if the
supervisors of '85 don't build better
on the corner stone than they did in
'84, the fabric will go tumbling to the
ground. Then I hope to see some
thing better rise out of its ruins.
You say the township law has set
the people investigating for them
selves. Well, if the Beveral towns
don't investigate better than St. Ber
nard Solons did, you will find very
few wise men in this part of Greece.
Now, Byron, honor bright, do you
think wedging the court house full of
a 6et of adventurers can do as much
honest work as three men who could
have elbow room to do business.
Nineteen supervisors at the county
seat once a mouth spending two or
three days and their respective town
sittings coupled with thirty-Bix J.
P'b. kept in the background for the
purpose of rallying on the reserve
reminds me of the Mexican army
three officers to one private. No, sir,
the commissioner system is the best
and cheapest way to role Platte
county. The year that R. H. Henry
was chairman of the county board be
had exclusive charge of the Loup and
Platte bridges, and his salary that
year did not amount to $100; the
other commissioners the same ex
cept mileage. How do these days
compare with them?
Now, friend Millett, let me give
you a pointer. The system of gov
ernment which can accomplish the
most good with the least expense, let
it be local or otherwise, is the gov
ernment the people- want and onght
to enjoy.
You say, let us see, can some good
come out of Nazareth. I don't live in
the city. But will say under the
present reign of terror and oppression,
this part ot Gallilee is busted.
Very respectfully,
John Walker.
IT People IeavrlMsr Heme.
Mr. Editor: Byron Millett's ar
ticles in the Journal upon legal
subjects are very good. It is a pity
that a gentleman of his character, at
tainments and ability could not be
retained in Platte county. The writer
recollects an incident of which he is
reminded as often as Mr. Millett's
name is mentioned. One evening
some years ago, when the presence of
Mr. Millett was unexpectedly re
quired for business he nobly excused
himself for a few moments that he
might "inform his mother, else she
might worry at his absence." The
incident occurred to the writer again
when he thonght over the subject
named in the heading of this article.
It reminded him also of another in
cident in the life of the "father of his
conntry." General Washington,when
as a yonng man he was abont to leave
home and the valet was already
carrying his trunk down the lane,
George went to his mother's room to
take leave. Seeing a tear in her eye,
be quickly called the man back with
the trunk and stayed at home. He
who has commanded us to "honor
father and mother," honored the boy
George to become the "father of his
conntry."
By far the greatest number of young
people now a -days ask but one ques
tion when becoming of age aad some,
even before : "Where can I make the
most money?" This haa become so
general that it is looked upon as very
natural and proper. "To make some
thing," seems to be so mich and so
generally the prime object of life that
nobody is blamed Tor it, but rather
would every une, be blamed and
despised ilml v:ull not blrivo to
attain to thai end. Tho writer is far
from blaming any .one for falling In
rank "with the generality of men in
this respect if honest,-proper and just
means arc employed, and if no higher
duties interfere. My object in this
communication is to set forth for our
young peoplo one or two of these
higher duties (or their serine con
sideration. Spring is at hand, and aa the whole
of nature is about to move forward,
so tbe heart, mind and imagination
of mankind and especially of the
young, buds forth into new plan?,
enterprises and undertakings. And
then the question cornea up with
everybody: What can I do? What
can I make'? Where and at what can
I maku the most? But are there not
other questions to bo considered?
For instance, fur the sake of a few
doubtful dollars, a man may prefer a
place where but a poor, if not a bad
home is offered to him or where his
character is shipwrecked in prefer
ence to a good one, not considering
the fact that an employer who offers
but meagre board and accommoda
tion or uses dishonest means can well
afford to offer a little higher wages.
I will also recite tbe old adage:
''Close bargain and honest pay." Some
men that don't intend to pay may
make very liberal offers.
But the main point I wish to call
attention to is this : 'Ought a young
man or woman to leave home if they
are needed at home? Tbe writer
knows several instances whero young
men and young ladies left school and
all their prospects for life, because of
circumstances occuring at home that
made it desirable for an aged father
or mother that the son or daughter
should come home. A noble-hearted
young man or woman will consider
his or her duties.to father and mother
first and above all. "I am needed at
home I" "What, give np your studies
and all your plans for life?" What,
give up your high wages?" Give up
your plans to accumulate and save
money and become independent?
"I am needed at home, that settles it."
Such a decision is noble and there is
not a doubt it will prove the most
profitable in the end. The writer
firmly believes in the good old
book which Bays, (and it will always
be found true in the end), "Honor
thy father and mother, that their days
may be prolonged and that it may go
well with thee." The history of
George Washington is but one of the
thousands of proofs of the truth of
this word. A. H.
HeredetsM.
The following was recently re ad before
tha Chatauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle of this city by one of its members.
We have a great desire to learn
more about Herodotus, tbe "Father of
History, the man who is described as
having the bead of a sage, tbe heart
of a mother, and the simplicity of a
child," and. you will pardon us for
preferring this latter characte rization
to the former. To be a good historian
is well enough so far as it goes, but,
"to lovo God, little children and flow
er," as Jean Paul Richter puts it, is,
it seems to us, far better. Had the
author of "Hero-worship" loved his
"Jeannie" more, she would not have
sunk into an early grave. Had tbe
author of the "Rise and Fall of the
Roman Empire" possessed more child
like faith in an Allfather, he would
have spent less time in a futile at
tempt to explain historical events on
a merely natural basis.
We esteem Herodotus because he
was devout. It matters not that the
objects of his worship were pagan
idols they were the Gods of his time ;
he was on the right track, upward he
looked instead of downward. As to
his physical characteristics, his busts
(some of which are still extant) rep
resent him as possessing a massive,
well-developed forehead, indicating
great intellectuality and immense
brain power. His large dreamy eyes
intensifying the charm of his beauti
ful and manly face, serve also as a
keynote to the flowing, artless and
romantic style of his histories. As
his writings are, so was the man. You
say that the events he narrates are
not all true. Granted, but they were
his ideals, and might have been true.
Idealism, (minus scepticism) that
precious heirloom of the German race
plays too insignificant a role in the
civilization of our hard, dry, money
getting, unsympathetic Anglo-Americans.
To mingle the deep, rich, won
derful thought of Germany with the
matter-of-fact does-it-pay-ism of
America is pre-eminently the mission
of German Americans. The marvel
Ions, romantic Herodotus was the
German, and the enrt, severe, critical
Thncydides the Anglo-Americans of
tbe ancient world.
Born at Halicarnassus, 484 B. O,
Herodotus seems to have early form
ed the resolution of writing a his
tory on an extensive scale, and hav
ing both wealth and leisure he deter
mined to visit all then known coun
tries and nations. In his earlier
yonth he visited the islands and coasts
of Asia Minor. He now devoted par
ticular attention to Egypt. His
account of that conntry and its people
being the only contemporaneous
writing running parallel with tbe
Bible, is interesting and important.
He next visited Palestine and Phoe
nicia, then Babylon and Susa. Sailing
through tbe Hellespont into the Black
Sea, Herodotus then visited all the
countries on those shores. For some
time he resided at Athens. On
special public .occasions he wonld read
his romantic tales to tbe delighted
Athenians, who in return overwhelm
ed their favorite with honors and dis
tinctions. This was during the bril
liant age of Pericles. In after years
Herodotus took an interest in politics.
As a "moderate liberal" he was in
strumental in delivering his native
city from the Persian vassal and ty
rant Lygdarnis. For this he was
banished by the Radicals. At Thnrii
in Italy he probably gave the finish
ing touches to his immortal work, and
here he died in 408, B. C.
Paries time.
March is bidding us a very pleas
ant adieu.
Mr. McNabb of Iowa, has settled
on tbe Mead farm.
J. M. Dickinson is still very low,
though not suffering such intense
pain as formerly.
Tbe gentleman owning the H.
Conard farm has lumber on the
ground for building his house.
l "Neln C. Peterson and Miss Elsie
Sorenson were married in Palestine,
March 15th, at the Danish church by
the pastor.
Last Thursday a fiend was seen to
get off his horse and set fire to the
prairie on Mr. Nels Anderson's farm.
The wind was blowing hard in tbe
right direction to send the flames
across several farms, and had the men
not been at home, no doubt there
wonld have been a very serious loss
of property to record. After the
fire was subdued, three men started,
in pursuit of the stranger, following
bim several miles, when they lost
track of him. ' It Is to be hoped he
may yet be found and punished ac
cording to law. Dank,
Tax-Sale Hotioe
To the heirs of H. J. Knisley:
YOU ARE HEREBY severally notiicd
that tbe property described as fol
lows to-wit: Tbe southeast quarter of
the southwest quarter, (S. E.. S. W.
,) of section. tweHty-one, (21) township
seventeen, north of range one (1) west,
in the County ot Platte, State of Ne
braska, was sold March the 5th, 1883, for
the delinqui nt taxes of the year 1881, to
Loran Clark, and taxed in the name of
H. J. Kaialey, tbe time of redemption of
said land has expired and application
will be made by the undersigned to the
Treasurer of said Platte County, for
deed to said land, July 10th, 1835.
48-3 Loban Claik.
Tax-Sale Vatic.
To the heirs ofH. J, Knisley:
YOU ABE HEBE BY severally notlf ed
that the property described aa fol
lows to-wit: Tbe southeast ouarttr ef
the southwest quarter (S. E.&, S. W. V,)
or section twenty-tnree, () townsaip
eighteen, (18) range two (2) west. In the
County of Platte and State or Nebraska,
was sold February 5th, 1833, for the de
linquent taxes of the year 1831, to Loran
Clark, and taxed In the name ofH. J.
Knisley. The time or redemption of said
laxd has expired and application will be
made by tbe undersigned to the Treas
urer or said Platte County for deed to
Bald land, July 10th, 1885.
48-3 Loran Clark.
HOMESTEAD V0TICI.
U. S. Land Office, Grand Island, Nebr.,)
March ISth, 1886. f
COMPLAINT having been entered at
tb is office by Patrick Gilligan against
William A. Demony for abandoning his
Homestead Entry No. 16232, dated Sept.
10th, 1884, upon the East Southeast X.
Section 2, Township 19 north, Bange t
west, id Platte county, Nebraska, with a
view to the cancellation of said entry;
the a aid parties are hereby summoned to
appearat the office of J. M. Macfarland, a
Notary Public, at Columbus, Nebraska,
on the Cth day of May, 1885, at 10 o'clock
a.m., to respond and furnish testimony
cone erning said alleged abandonment,
final hearing at this office May 16ta, 1886,
10 o'clock a. m.
48-6 C. HOSTETTEB, Begister.
FlftAI, PKOOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,1
April 1st, 1885. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice
of his Intention to make final proof In
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Clerk ot the Dis
trict Court of Platte county at Colum
bus, Neb., on Saturday May 16tb,1885, viz:
Frlederich Mackenstant, Homestead
No. 8426. for the S. E. X ot S. E. X. Sec
tion 12, Township 19 north, of Bange 1 east.
He names tbe following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation of, said land, viz: Ger
hard Asche, Herman Pleper, Henry
Tabke and Herman Wurdeman, all of
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska.
604 C. HOSTETTEB, Begister.
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION.
Office, Auditor of Public accounts,
STATU OF JMZBKASKA,
Lincoln, Feb. 1, 1885,
IT 15 HEBEBY certified that the Union
Central Life Insurance Co. of Cin
cinnati, In tbe State of Ohio, has com
plied with tbe Insurance Law of this
State, and is authorized to transact tbe
business of Life Insurance in this State
for tbe current year.
Witness my hand and the seal
or tbe Auditor or ramie Ac
counts the day and year above
skal
written.
H. A. BaBCOCX,
Auditor Public Accounts.
.7. M. Edmiston, State 'Agent, Lincoln.
M.D. Thurston, Special Agent, Colum
bus. Wl
ROAD E0TICE.
To all whom it may concern :
THE COMMISSIONEE appointed to
View and report upon the practica
bility of vacating a public road com
mencing at S. E. corner of Section 90. in
Township 18, Bange 1 west, and running
thence west to about S. E. corner of N.
E. X, of N. E. H, of said Section; thence
In nnrthweaterlv direction to the mid-
hia nf Section 17. Townsnin 18. Ranee 1
west, has reported in favor of the vaca
tion thereof. And the said commissioner
Ion .onnrtnil in fnvnr nf t.hfl location Of a
public road commencing at the middle of
section n, in lownsnip lo, rungs x nun,
and running thence due south on tbe
half section liner and terminating at the
southwest corner of S. W. X, ot S. E. ,
of Section 20, In Town 18, Bange 1 west,
and all objections to either the vacation
or location of the above described roads,
or claims for damages, must be filed in
the office of the County Clerk on or be
fore noon of the 1st day of June, A. D.
1885, or the said roads will be vacated or
located as called for, without reference
thereto.
Dated, Columbus, Neb., March 2Gth,'85.
John Stauffkr,
49 County Clerk.
SHERIFFS SALE.
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
of an order of sale to me directed and
Issued out or and under the seal of tho
District Court of Platte county, Nebr.,
bearing date March 13th, 1835, and the
judgment and decree of said court upon
tbe same, which was issued, I have levied
upn and taken as upon execution the
following described property, to-wit:
Lot four (4). in block eighteen (18) situat
ed in the village of Jackson, in Platte
county. Nebraska, and on the 2d day of
May, 1885, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of
said day, at the west front door of the
Court House in the city of Columbus, in
said county (that being the building
wherein tbe last term of the said court
was held), I will offer the same for sale at
Eublic vendue to the highest and best
idder, for cash, to satisly said judgment
and decree in said court, rendered on the
7th day of January. 1885, in favor or
Tiurrh frmrhpo. aa niaintiff and airainst S.
AT Kleurinatri as defendant, for the BUSSOf
1440.84 and costs taxed at $24.75 together
with interest and accruing costs, when
and where due attendance will be given
by the undersigned.
Dated this 27th day or March, 188.
D. C. KAVANAUOH,
49-1 Sheriff of Platte County, Neb .
ROAD JTOTICE.
To all whom it may concern:
THE COMMISBIONEB appointed to lo
cate a road commencing at the north-
nnrner nf the HOUthweit Quarter Of
the northeast quarter or section 24, town-
snip 17, range 1, west, luuruumug Micnco
west one-half (X) mile, thence north
one-fourth (X) mile, thenee west to in
tersect the public road as now traveled,
and thence on said road, and terminating
on the west line of section 14, at a point
where the Columbus and Genoa road in
tersects said line, has reported in favor
of the location thereof. And the said
Commissioner also reported that tbe old
survey of the county road from the west
line of section 14, township 17, range 1,
west, to Columbus, in favor or the vaca
tion thereof, and all objections to either
the location or vacation ol the above de
scribed roads, o'r claims for damages,
must be filed in the office of the County
Clerk on or before noon of the 18th day or
May, A. D. 1886, or said roads will be
located and vacated as called for, without
reference thereto.
Dated, Columbus Neb., March 14, 1885.
John Stauffkr,
47 County Clerk.
LEGAL EOTICS.
Statc of Nxrraska, Plattk County, as.
In the matter or the applies. 1
tion lor license to sen iuc
veal eatata of Matthew
In District
Court.
Lawrv. an insane person. I
ON THE FILING or the petition or J.
J. Graves, guardian or Matthew
Lowry, an insane person, and inhabitant
or Platte county, Nebraska, praying fori
license to sell the real estate of said
Matthew Lowry, lor tne payment oi nit
debts and the costs or guardianship, it is
considered and ordered by the Court that
the 9th day or May, A. D. 1886, at 1 o'clock
p. m., or said day at the Coart House in
the City or Columbus, Platte County
Nebraska, is hereby fixed for the time
and place or hearing said petition, and
that notice or the same be publiibed in
the Columbus Journal, a newspaper
pnblisbed and ic general circulation in
said County of Platte for three successive
weeks prior to said bearing, notifying
the next of kin or said Matthew Lowry,
aad all persons interested in the estate
ot said ward to appear at said time aad
place, and show cause, ir any they have,
why said license should not be granted
asprayedfor. a.JM.Post,
50-3 Judge of District Court,
COLUMBUS
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FEfAIs PROOF.
U. S. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.)
March 2lBt, 1885. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol
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 Clerk of District
Court, at Columbus, Neb.", on Thursday
May7tb,l885,viz:
John Bade -Homestead No. 9C37, for the
N. Vf. H, Section 2, Township 19, north,
of Bange 1 east. He names the follow,
ing witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon, and cultivation of, said
land, viz: Henry Huntemann, John
Hossel, Wendelien Brauner, and Theo
dor "Wenk, all of Columbus, Platte Co.,
Nebr.
48 C. HOaTETTER, Begister.
FITf Als PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,1
March 11, 1885. f
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proor in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Judge of the Dis
trict Court at Columbus, Nebraska, on
the 23d day of April, 1885, viz:
James T. Maclean, Homestead Entry
No. 1075 for the 8. K of the N. E. X,
Section 20, Township 19, north of Bange
3 wast. He names the following wit
nesses to prove bis continuous resi
dence upon, and cultivation of, said
land, viz: Sol. Dickinson, of Monroe
P. O., Platte County Neb., Sam'l Ma
hood, J. W. Clark and J. M. Robinson, of
Postville P. O., Platte County, Neb.
47.6 C. HOSTETTEB, Begister.
SHXRIFFS SALE.
NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue
of aa execution to me directed and
issued out of and under the seal of the
District Court of Platte county, Nebr.,
bearing date March 23d, 1885, and the
judgment of said court upon the same
which was issued, I have levied upon and
taken the following described property,
to-wit : The southwest quarter of section
three (3) and the south half of the south
east quarter of section four (4) in Town
ship seventeen, north of Bange two west
of the sixth principal meridian in Platte
couuty, Nebraska, and lots sixteen and
seventeen (16) and (17) in block "B" of
Columbia square in the city of Columbus.
Platte county, Nebraska, and on the 2d
day of May, 1885, at two o'clock in the
afternoon of said day at the west front
door of the Court House in the city of
Columbus in said county, (that being the
buildiBg wherein the last term of said
court was held), I will offer the same for
sale at public vendue to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, to satisfy said
judgment in said court, rendered on the
22d day of July, 1884, in favor of Colonel
H. Coek, as plaintiff', now deceased, and
against Emma W. Geer, as defendant, for
the sum of $633.00 and costs taxed at
$59.88, together with interest and accru
ing costs which said judgment haa been
revived in the name of Clinton T. Cook,
where aad when due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated at the Sheriff's office this 27th
day of March, 1866.
D. C. KAVANAUGH,
49-1 Sherla of Platte County, Neb.
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FirVAE. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,1
March Cth, ISM. f
NOTICE is hereby given tbat the
following named settli-r has Hied
notice of his intention to m.ikclinn) proof
in support of hi- claim, :iml ihut said
jroof will be mad.; before the Jnil.ro of
the District Court, at Columbus, Nebras
ka, on tbe 17th day or April, 1885, viz:
.Tohu Logemnn, Homestead No. 8055 for
the N. W. J, Section 2U, Township 19,
north, of Ranre 1 west, lie names the
following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Wm. Hoeffelman,
John Brunken, George Strettcrand David
Strettex, all of Columbus P. O., Platte
Co., Nebr.
46- C. HOSTETTEB, Register.
FINAL. PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
March 10th, 1885. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice'of
his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before Judge of District Court,
at Columbus, Neb., on the 25th day of
April, 1885, viz:
Samuel C. Terry, Homestead Entry No.
9506, for tbe E. S. E. J, Section 4,
Township 18 north, or Bange 3 west. H
names the following witnesses to provo
his continuous residence upon, and culti
vation of, said land, viz: J.J. Judd. Sol.
Dickinson, R. E.Wiley and Jas. A. Baker
all of O'Kay P. O., Platte Co., Neb.
47-6 C. HOSTETTEB, Register.
FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-lowincr-nameri
settlor hfia filpil nntipo
of his intention to make final proof in
support oi nis ciaim, and mat said proof
will be made herore the Clerk or the Dis
trict Court Of Platte ennntv it f!nlnm-
bus, Nebraska, on Saturday May 9th,
loco, yiz:
Charles Gertsch Homestead No. 8251,
ror the E. xc. of R. rc. srttnn 1
Township 18, north of Range 1 east. He
unuica uc lonuwing witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cul
tivation of, said land, viz: Herman
Wilke and Henry Bickert of Columbus,
Platte County Nebraska, Henry Welch
and Frederick Lutgeluschen, of Shell
') WU11BA VUUUIV iicuruKs.
48-G C. HOSTETTEB, Begister.
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