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-w . v.-. . V . '. r. A-- . t o . ; " v "- - .. . r;., v. o- 4tiiilusfMtml. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,1885. .-" J" The President has appointed ex . .Senator Rose, of Kansas, governor of " -Ne Mexico. . . . . . :,;" .M" Croweix, of Ohio, has been -" 'appointed . United '.States consul at Amoy, China- " . " . ""v The fear or a .limited" term itf the ":. 'penitentiary is likely to make polyg- ,my nnpapular iaUtah. r .. .; .....--.,.". j" ' Sakfobd S.-STUBTivANTba8 been .. ; -" V-':"-: .: "'s'-'-.ap-pointe.d ' postmaster at Fullerton, " . V " v'?:o-..v'-: -Nance Co., Neb:, by the president. . --. :':..;:.'.';.: ".. "The secretary. of the tteaspry the "-.'":. . : "":"'-. .:'.' ;. other day issued .".warrants for the ;Y . ''i;::'z -V-:; ; Jr payment'-of . abort' $5,000,000 on ac ' " "- .' "" . : '.' -'.' . " dbunt of pensions. . r - - . ."..v.-. :"..,. . i-'- i ""." " - v f .",-... ".-'" The expenses of the Republicans In :-V i'.'.V -IV.: ' -"'carrying ."the Thirty-fourth Illinois ;":"-:. "H"v;-:?. ?; District, "exclusive of printing the :-. -"-: '-"- ." .""tickets, 'was. 81 cents. .,? .-"- .-. ' -'y.'-'J'.. '' ' There are 306 men and one woman : "".. .": . X'" .confined in the Nebraska penitentiary :.-'- V.V'. ;:..;""' 'at the present time. Twenty-four are "i ". .'."V'."'.: - ". ." .. serving life sentences. ."News' from Tucson, Arizona, says that 'soldiers attacked the Indians '': ;." '.,-.; --.-on the Blue rive the other day and "; w " the soldiers were compelled to retreat ':. -'""' -. -.'-. " , with three wounded. '- ' .. The: Fremont .fferaM.suggests that -..: "- tfae fellow who fired that cannon a i -;.-'.. ':' : hundred times under the White House .."I- .-.- window at "Washington was guilty of "-.. o" ' r' "offensive partanship" I :-' .-- ."' V " iTia stated that the excess of ex '.". '": . . ports over imports of merchandise l". . was as follows: During the four : . . ' . months ending April 30, $52,747,618 ; ... t in ten months ending April 30, $162,--." . V '. 096,351. I The trial of J. F. Cullen at Wahoo, ... ...' Neb., indicted for bigamy, came to an ; end the other day by the jury return- . -.. i . . ing.a verdict of guilty. The judge ' -f a v- sentenced him to three years in the -" penitentiary at hard labor. - " ,. Ddbi.ng a severe etorm one evening ;..-" ' laBt week near Indianola, Neb., a water-spout burst in the midst of a .-.'-. Bohemian settlement. The result was the death of nine persons by " ;..' drowning. Their names were not - ..' :.;:. . , -reported. . .'- J. P. VE'A2vthe new postmaster at - . '" . '' Baltimore, announces that no ladies will be appointed to positions in the : -' Baltimore postoffice during his ad- f "- ministration. The three now there ". ." will be treated kindly while eeeking ;.:-.. employment elsewhere. .."". Seven polygamists were found -.,, , guilty and sentenced the other day at '. - Blackfoot, Idaho. -Bishop George . .- Stewart, who declined to obey the :'...- law in the future, received the " .". severest sentence, $300 fine and four ,' " ' "months in tho penitentiary. . . " . ." . - - -. ".'J ; Dk. Lincoln, of Washington, is of "..; the opinion that ex-Secretary Freling ' .-.-. " hnysen was poisoned by aconite that 1 -".". c in some unaccountable mauner wa6 : . . " bottled with" miueral water he used. ....- The Doctor says there was enough :' left in the bottle tc kill four men. ? -- iMtir - The latest news from 'Baltleford, N. W. T-., reports the unconditional surrender of Ponndmaker to Gen. Middleton. Poundmaker and thirty braves are prisoners, and will be held to await the action of the government. lacy aleo brought 210 stands of arms. The' State Superintendent of pub lic instruction has appointed the ' superintendents of the counties of . Douglas, Washington, Saunders, Dodge and Sarpy to act as a board to examine applicants for state and first . grade certificates. Examinations will be held at Fremont Aug. 25, to 28. . The postmaster gentral has award ed to the American Bank Note Co. of New York, the contract for fur .. nishing the postage stamps for the next four years at $101,516.82 a year . -for ordinary stamps, and $244,279 for -postage due and other issues of stamping, making a total of $103,959. 61 a year. NEWSjOf a recent date comes from Sauta Fe, N. M., that Capt. Smith, of the Fourth Cavalry, had a fight the other day with the Apaches iu the mountains twenty miles east of Alma. The Indians were touted. The - casualties are unknown. The troops are crowding the Indians, and another conflict is expected any moment. A petition signed by nearly one hundred citizens of Blair, has been presented to the school board pro tasting against bible reading, and praying, as practiced in the schools of Itheir town. Does their objection arise on account of the new revision of the Bible or what? We would like to know up in this benighted portion of the globe. Reform in the civil service hardly means so much under Cleveland's ad ministration a it did under Arthur, and, from recent indications, it prom ises to signify less and less. "Offen sively partisan" is a convenient phrase much in vogue and has a very elastic signification, with this administra tion. Any good republican holding n office iu his country Is ''offensive" to the democracy. The Fremont Herald (democratic) says, after quoting from Dr. Miller's Omaha Herald (also democratic), "we are afraid our neighbor is a little lacking in the requisite 'dignity' which makes leaders so much better and holier and of finer texture than every body c'.tc! It loses all the glamor of reverence. when a leader gets down and talks plain United States the same as common people!" The secretary of war has issued orders to the commanding generals of the division of the Pacific and of the Missouri to use every exertion possible and call for the assistance of snch federal troopB aa they may re quire to suppress the Indian outbreak in Arizona and New Mexico. He also directs that these outrages be .stopped in the shortest time possible and every precaution taken to pre vent their recurrence. It Takes Hley. " We"are in receipt of a cbpyof state ments of the Auditor of Public Ac counts of the State showing the .appropriations made and moneys ex- pended.'by the nineteenth session of the legislature. We have not the space (o give, at length, a summary of it, but just such items as strike us: .The nineteenth session co9t the state $85,000; the governor, with his pri vate sec'y, &c, $14,700; secretary of state, $14,575; auditor, $17,550; sup'L of public instruction, $15,800 (in this is an item of $2,000 for blanks for district reports, and $5,000 for rec ords for school districts and,plans for chqol houses) ; supreme court, $32, 110; 'state library, $6,200; district courts, $126,924.66-the judges get $5,000 a year and the stenographic re porters $3,000 a year; state uni versity (which some one has csiled an expensive Lincoln high school) $135,500; normal school $56,200, another high school at Peru; hos pital for iusane, $167,500; Do. at Norfolk erecting uecessary buildings, $75,000; reform school $82,350; fish commission $8,000; the county treas urers get some $75,000 for collecting state taxes; the census will cost $50,000; the amount appropriated for the main building of the capitol $130, 000; $50,000 is to go to developing the saline interests; a new institution for feeble-minded youth is to receive $82,500; the salaries of the three sec retaries of the railroad commission are put down at $12,000 while the work of all the printers who publish- led the amendment proclamation laBt summer amounts to $4,59 ; the total paid members of the senate was $4,632, same to officers of the senate, $12,925; total paid members of the house $14,092.90, eame to officers, $13,348.80. Among claims "outstand ing awaiting adjustment and appro val" are State Journal $4,000, Sher wood Burr, completing senate files $400, J. F. Zediker, completing house journals, $400, same sum, similar ser vice, Frank H. Wilson. The appro priation for expensee of officers and members of the legislature was a pretty close shave, there just remain ing 40 cents of the appropriation, un expended. The grand total of appro priations is one million six hundred and seventy-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety dollars and nine teen cents. We may have occasion to refer to this precious document again. The strike reported at Denver among the railroad laborers has about subsided, some of the strikers going back to work, and other laborers taking their places. Nearly every strike results to the disadvantage of the strikers and their families. The sooner laboring men understand that organized bands of rioters cannot en force their fixed arbitrary prices for labor by force in this comparatively free country, the better it will be for themselves and families. No one de nies to them the right and privilege of placing a value upon their labor; and demanding i'.c.v'ing it when wort.kformed underinbut w'iien they undertake to compel other citizens, by force, to pay their prices they commit a wrong. Wheu the civil authorities of towns and cities arc unable to suppress such mobs these strikers with their mob force will have to learn that the whole military authority of the State, if deemed necessary, may be brought against them, and their riots and mobs put down by powder, ball and bayonet. And yet they have the same right to combine peaceably and raise the price of labor as combina tions of railroads have to raise the prices of freight, or speculators to raise the price of commodities. Senator John Sherman, visiting San Francisco the other day, in reply to an address of welcome said : "We want a certain adjustment by silver and gold that both these metals be coined free, tbat they may be de posited in the United States treasury in exchange for money and certifi cates, and both so adjusted that they may travel over the world equal to each other in every land. To ac complish this, silver must be pur chased, coined and paid out at market rates, or received on deposit at market rates, and paper money issued for it. This will give a bi-metallic money, good not only in San Fran cisco, but in New York, London and all other parts of tho world." Senator Sherman will visit Oregon and Wash ington Territon, returning east by the Northern Pacific. News from the treacherous Apaches comes from Deming, N. M., stating that the Indians are scattered iu small bands in different parts of southern New Mexico, mostly in the vicinity ot the Black Range, where more than thirty citizens are reported killed, and many mangled beyond descrip tion. They were reported to be in the vicinity of Cook's Peak, fifteen miles northeast of Deming. The greatest excitement prevails in settle ments along the Gela. Additional news from Silver City, states that the corpses of a Mexican, his wife and three children were found five miles from the city. Another Mexican is kuown to have been killed in the same vicinity and several of his com panions badly wounded. The latest news announced at Lon don was through the morning 2fews, which states on the highest authority that Russia's reply to England's coun ter proposals were received in Lon don the other day. The reply, it says, involves the acceptance of the pro posals and practically settles in a sat isfactory manner the whole question of the Afghan boandaiy. The nego tiations according to the 2fews haye been conducted to most friendly spirit on both sides. The President has appointed Cbas. Denby, of Evaneville, Indiana, envoy. extraordinary and miuieter. pleni i potentiary to' China. Subsequent particulars given of the persons drowned by the bursting of a water 6po"utnear Indianola, Neb., shows that the party of seventeen Bo: hemians were from Brainard, Neb., en route to Dundy county, and were camped in'Richman canyon when the fatal flooding of the heretofore dry canyon came upon them to the depth of fifteen feet. The list of the drown ed were Mary Macek, Frank Macek, Anna Osmer, Joseph Osmer, Chris tine Osmer, Fannie Havelic, Poley Havelic and Mary Havelic. Only two bodies have been recovered, Mrs. Havelic and Mrs. Osmer. Macek lost $600 in money. Osmer $100 and Havelic $50. The household goods and wagons all in pieces were strewn for miles down the river. The cattle being on the high, ground were all saved. Another warning to movers and emigrants not to locate their night camps in the canyons. A cyclone visited Nortonville, Goffs and Frankfort, in northeastern Kansas, one day last week, injuring several persons fatally and doing great damage to property. At" Nor tonville the railway depot was lifted from its foundation and set squarely across the track, one dwelling bouse completely demolished and another damaged. One woman was seriously hurt. At Goff, the Missouri Pacific depot was badly wrecked. A car was lifted up and turned over twenty five feet away. W. Harter's dwelling was wrecked and J. P. Richardson's barn entirely wrecked and carried several miles. G. Pickett's and F. Mayer's residences were leveled to the ground and the household effects scattered over the prairie. Several other buildings were demolished, and Mrs. Mayer was injured and will probably die. The storm at Frank fort demolished two barns. R. S. Hathaway, city editor of the Toledo Democrat, &t Cleveland, Ohio, recently visited Norfolk, and on bis return prepared an article which ap peared in the Democrat, a gross libel on the character of several young married men, charging them with robbing the affections of a certain young married lady, a former resi dent of Cleveland, and of being the meanB of breaking up the once happy home of this young married couple. The other morning three or four of the libelled party seized Hathaway at his hotel, took him to a yard in the rear of the hotel, stripped him of his clothing, gave him a close-fitting coat of tar and feathers, and then left him alone In his misery. The meeting of the State Medical Society was held at Grand Island last week. A large number of the physicians of the state and some vis itors from adjoining states were present. A number of very able papers were read and discussed dur ing the session. Officers elected for the present year are G. L. Knapp. o Yori, president; J. G . 'tter,' of m&.Mih-,V: nresident: N. F. jo--- r ' uonaldson, of .North Platte, second vice president ; A. S. Y. Mansfield, of Ashland, permanent secretary ; R. R. Livingston, of Plattsmouth, corres ponding secretary; R. C. Moore, of Omaha, treasurer. The next meeting will be held at Lincoln, Neb. A recent report from Paris Roads, Pa., states that the diptheria epi demic carried off another child of Kennedy Traux's the' other night. This makes the fifteenth death. Mrs. Traux is now down and very low with the scourge and one or two others are not expected to survive. Wm. Gardner and an old man at Hanlo'n's station are tho last ones to be stricken down. A very strange opinion prevails in that vicinity as to the origin of the disease, and it is now stated for the first time, tbat it was first .contracted by Kennedy Traox's children drinking from a watering trough used by horses having the glanders. Speakixo of a $400,000 fire recently, a factory in New York, the Chicago Times remarks that absolutely in combustible buildings for factory use might be more costly than fire traps in the first place, but if underwriters would refuse to take risks on the latter kind, owners would construct those of the other class and save money by it in the long run. The building referred to was completely saturated with oil and the fire was so hot that a hundred families living near by were driven from their homes. They have a big smell-pox scare at Shenandoah, Iowa, and the B. & M. folks the other day refused passengers and express and rail business from that place. It is said a 6tranger came to the town a short time ago who had the disease in his system and at tended a church social. The next day he was taken down with small pox. The infection spread among those who were at the social, and it was stated at the time of making this report that twenty persons were down with the disease. The terrible and fatal disease which broke out at Louds station on' the Pan Handle a short time ago still proves to be a terror to the citizens. The places and patients have been visited and examined by physicians from Bellevoe Hospital, N. Y., and physicians from Steubenville, Ohio, and in consultation the other day at Paris, Pa., they pronounced the dis ease Black-Tongue diphtheria of the most violent form. The attempt at Denver, Col., was made the other night to blow up the residence of John Mackey, residing at No. 217 Fine street. It consisted of a jar of about three pounds of giant powder with a fuse attached to a tin syrup can in which were two candles. This fiendish apparatus was placed on the step jut below Mackey'a bed room, but fortunately the fuse failed to ignite, so saved the life of the in tended victim. The Sceagerreat BaildiBg. The new Saengerfest building,wbich is to be erected on Historical block, will be 240x60 feet in size, with an addition -the entire length, ten 'feet wide. The-stage will be 40x60 feet in size and will seat four 'hundred persons. The hall will be twenty six feet high in the center Of course the building being only a temporary structure will not be an elaborate one architecturally. It will be strong ly enough ma'de, however, to resist any disturbance of the elements that might chance to be inaugurated .in honor, of the occasion. It will bo seated with chairs and will accommo date 5,000 people comfortably. State Journal. Late news from Galveston, Texas, which comes from 1 Paso says tbat travelers from Lake Valley and Chloride, N. M., who arrived late the other night, report marauding In dians near both those places. Miners and cattlemen from the San Andros mountains are coming in for safety. Couriers have been dispatched to the Sacramento mountains to warn the people there of their danger. Hugu Schultz, tailor, of Jackson ville, 111., has been charged with murdering his wife by poison. The coroner's inquest developed facts which warranted the holding of the husband on a charge of murder, and he is now in jail. His family had only been in the city a short time, coming from Springfield. Seven small children are left destitute. It is estimated that there are not all told a score of ex-rebels disqual ified by the 14th amendment for hold ing office, aud yet Mr. Bayard has selected three out of this number for important positions. This warrants the suspicion that he did it more by design than accident. Central City Nonpareil. The steamship City of Rome the other day during a dense fog, collided with and sunk the French fishing bark "Geo. Jeannett," which was lying at anchor. She rescued two of the crew, but the remaining twenty two were lost. The ill-fated vessel after she waB struck sank in less than a minute. The grand jury, at Wilkes Barre, Pa., returned the other day an in dictment against the town council of Plymouth for maintaining a nui sance, and with criminal neglect of their official duties in not keeping the town in a good sanitary condition. The Chinese government, casting aside national prejudice, has called in the aid of European miners to work its coal mines. There are immense deposits of coal in China, and, with the aid now called in, they are expec od to bo very quwklydwa ' JOHNSON, of Gloveraville, N. i., a correspondent for several sen sational weekly papers, was cowhided the other day in the village drug-store by Prof. West, of the salvation army. Johnson was seriously injured, aud West has been arrested.' A swindler and forger calling himself Fuller, who played some of his criminal tricks on the citizens of Omaha, has recently been given twenty-four years in the penitentiary at Stillwater by the St. Paul courts. A number of deaths have recently been reported from typhus among the Italian troops now Btatioucd at Massawaha, on the Red sea. The disease is increasing. The Italian press urge the recall of the troops. The latest news from Sevastopol states tbat a battalion of engineers bad arrived and were extending the fortifications at that place. The com pletion of the iron-clads ou the dock was being hastened. Newt Iote. There are fifteen industrial schools in New York City. Several cases of typhoid fever are reported from Fremont. The salary of a lady in waiting to Queen Victoria is $2,500 a year. President Cleveland's new lan dau cost "$1,500 and the harness $500. Regular shipments or rhubarb are now made from Salem, Oregon, to Boston. The Locusts have put in an ap pearance in the district around Anna, Illinois. The total cost of the rescue of Lieutenant Greely and party was $759,265. The Methodists of Creightou and of -Saunders county are erecting new churches. Muskbats destroy the levees, and alligators destroy the muskrats in the south. Nemaha county, this state, by a popular vote locates the county seat at Auburn. In 1880 the total value of orchard products in this country amounted to $47,335,189. President Garfield's remains in Lake View cemetery are still guarded by a sentinel. A report has reached Ottowa, Ont., that Asiatic cholera has ap peared at Quebec. Theee are three mountains of alum and one of alum and sulphur mixed in lower'California. The commissioners of Dawes coun ty have ordered an election to fill the various county offices. It is claimed that the wheat crop of Oregon this year will be ,30 per cent in excess of last year. A number of deaths were reported at Plymouth, Pa., last week and several new cases occurred. Immense swarms of grass-hoppers have appeared in Panola county, Texas, on the Louisiana border. It is stated that the First National Bank of Omaha has increased its capital stock from $200,000 to $500,000. It. ist-iiiil that farmers in the .vicin ity of Eau Ciaire, Wis., have found carbolic nciil a speedy remedy for hog cholera. . Tun niean elevation of this country is estimated at '2,600 feet above sea level, and the average rainfall at twenty-ninu laches. Emerson is to have a $6,000 school bou?e. The cite will be on one of the bills ovei looking t"hc. town,, and work is to be commenced immediately. Pittsburg, Ph., propose to use its natural gas to burn the city sewage and garbage, a the Jews did that at Jeru.-alem iu the valley of Gehenna. Emperor William, of .Germany, was prouounced Tserioii-ly ill last week. Tbc.doctors in attendance are said to be uueasy about his condition. It is staled that the fruit crop, with the single. exception of peacbe?, in the Hudson river valley will bo one of the largest and bet in- several years. Forest fires have wiped out the town of Dollarvilie, Mich., and threaten Newberry, near which place the flames were burning fiercely the other day. Near Detroit the other day Elijah Smith and wife, an aged couple, were killed at a railway crossing, the man's body being throwu into a field sixty feet away. In a number of localities in Ken tucky it is stated that the tobacco crop is thirty days behind, and tbat this year's crop will be one of the poorest ever known. The garrison at Vera Cruz, Mexico, has been vaccinated with the virus of yellow fever, which, it is believed, will serve as a complete protection against the diseaso for four or five years. During a heavy thunderstorm the other night near Fergus Falls, Minn., lightning struck a barn, killing Charles Gunwald, August Strassman, a horse, cow, colt and calf. The barn did not tako fire. In the house of commons at Ottawa, Out., the other night a grant of $100,000 in addition to the $700,000 previously appropriated was granted to defray the cost of putting down the Riel rebellion. From the best collection of statistics it appears that there are in France and Greece 100 non-working days, including Sundays; in England, 84, in Russia, 86, in Belgium, 65, and in the United States 60. Mrs. Flora Grace, of Warrens burg, Mo., his invented a thermome ter to mark the temperature of the oven during baking. It has been on exhibition iu the Woman's Depa: raent at the Expos ecause of alleged improper liber ties taken with the wife of Henry P. Prin die, member of the Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R., he shot Dr. N. L. Buck dead at bis door-step in San Francisco the other night. Four robbers were caught in a store at Burton,' Qbio, the other night, and in the ensuing fight one of them was killed, a citizen fatally wounded, and another slightly hurt. The rob bera escaped, carrying off $2,000. Rev. J. R. Reasoner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of St. Louis, committed suicide the other morning by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. He was laboring under temporary insanity. Recent news by way of private letter comes from Louisiana which says that locusts in large numbers have appeared in East and West Car roll and adjoining parishes. So far no damage has been done to cotton. Charles Cash, a horse jockey, dur ing a running race at the fair grounds at Terre Haute, Ind., the other day, both horses fell, and the horse Cash was riding fell over pitching Cash off and breaking his back. He will die. In Brooklyn the other day an ex periment designed to test the effi ciency of crude petroleum as a steam generator in fire engines, resulted in producing but sixty pounds pressure which was the highest that could be maintained. Charles P. Boyd, who absconded from Steubenville, Ohio, last fall, after committing forgeries to the -amount of $10,000, was brought a captive to Pittsburg the other night, having been arrested at Columbia, S. C. It is said his forgeries aggregate $100,000. otnoiile. Fin this deDartment the neonle talk, and not the editor. Each writer must hold himself ready to defend his principles and his statements of facts. "In the mul titude of counsel there is wisdom.' Ed. Journal. Reply f Jaha Walker. Editor Journal: We would be very much pleased (as doubtless a good many more citizens would) if Mr. Walker would come out square toed aud inform the public the name of the party or parties who is pay ing him for bis statesmanlike articles on township organization, or if his ne plus ultra imagination carries him into a prospective county commis sioner's seat next fall. Mr. W. bowls about the oriental extravagance of the town board of St. Bernard, a $100 bridge, and sup porting a pauper and paying a road supervisor $178 for road work and only for his majestic and saintly pres ence the township would be sunk as deep as Turkey, in a financial fog. Allow me to say that there would be no more attention paid to Mr. W. at said meeting than there would be to .Balaam's "carriage horse." When the township sent for the lumberahat was in tbat "illegal" bridge it was to be found. No dastardly incendiary had applied the torch to it, as had been done twice to the $500 bridge that Mr. W. had got put in to connect his two farms. If he' wants to know who did the despicable destruction of said bridge he can consult public opinion, or I will give him all the information in my hands gratis. Mr. W. was cnmmiHHionor when this county va sunk $100,000 with 10 per ceu't interest for A. & N. bonds. He. was also there wheu the B. &.M. .settled $60,000 taxes lor $18,000. He alsp voted "aye" on a great many bridges that cost thn cnittify over "$100." He was participis criminis in the double mileage fee, and his busi ness saeacitv cost our school district (No. 29) $1,000 in .bard cash, and a law suit 'that only came to a cool $1,000 more. The most amusing part .of his erudite article' is 'his compari son with Mr. R., II. Henry on the score of being defeated on-accouut of unswerving honesty. . Why," Pat. Noon an 's .mules laid back their ears at that statement and grinned audi bly. Fellow citizens, let us transfer the miniature commonwealth of .Platte, county into an empire,'and de clare the great aud good, saintly John Walker emperor of the same. Vive la John Walker, emperor. Respectfully, J. J. Maughan. Columbus, June 2, '85. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Platte Ceater Item. We had the pleasure of greeting L. Ro? biter again on Friday last. Friends of Hon. John A. Kehoe are visiting himself and family. Like some fair tree, which fed by streams with timely fruit doth bend. W. N. Powell, M. D., has gone east. Wo understand he has received an appointment in the U. S. A. as surgeon. Corn looks good, it is well over ground aud looks strong and healthy ou the high lands, but iu some parts of the creek bottom it will have to be replanted. Many o( those whose farms are on the low lands have al ready re-planted. We regret to have to report the death of the five-year-old son of Mr. James Burrows, of Burrows Town ship. Wc understand that death was caused by whooping cough and that several of the same family are suffer ing with the disease. The dauce on Friday evening was (in spite of the disagreeable weather) all that its best friends could wish it., A full house, good music and a good time generally. The boys of the Base Ball Club deserve credit for the way in which they manage these gatherings. The Columbus nine met the Platte Center nine last Sunday afternoon just outside of town and gained a victory in two hours. The score was as follows, Columbus, 29, Platte Cen ter 18. We hope the next time the Columbus nine honors us with a visit we will be better prepared to receive them. We regret to state that some ma licious parties find pleasure in de facing doors and committing other petty but annoying depredations in our village almost every night. These parties may not be aware that they are amenable to the law Jy. SQ.doin, uiSebrasK makes this a misdemeanor and sets the penalty at three mouths imprisonment. A word to the wise should be sufficient. T. DlNtrlct 4-1 aid Tlclalty. All quiet in the neighborhood. Fine and warm .weather Bince last Thursday. John Herring swapped horses with one Elston. There are places in the roads, that seem to have lost their bottom. Joe. Drinnin booght a horse of O. L. Baker to take the place of the one be recently lost. Hog cholera Is reported by a Ger man farmer living six miles north east of Becker's mill as thinning out the swine in Colfax county. Corn planting commenced about the 11th inBt. The recent cold rains have caused a great amount of seed to rot in the ground, and some are complaining of the wire worm as destroying much of the seed. Nearly one-half the farmers who planted as early as the 11th, are busy planting their fields over again. In Mike Sheedy's field, laBt Satur day, could be seen, about a dozen willing farmers with their teams all day busily engaged in plowing. Mr. Sheedy in building his new house, got behind with his work, and last Saturday his friends showed their kind remembrance in a substantial way by finishing his plowing in one day; it also afforded them an op portunity of coming together and ex changing opinions on yarious subjects, by which all were benefitted. In the evening the plow-boys, accompanied by their ladies and others, repaired to the new house (yet unoccupied) where music and refreshments were served and where they tripped the light fantastic until near midnight, after which they wended their way homeward feeling pretty well after the rain. R. Good weather for corn. Corn plowing has begun. Old potatoes nearly gone. The click of the planter, can still be heard in a few fields. The town board of equalization met last Monday at A. W. Clark's. The prospect for wild plums and tame small fruit was never better. Nick Johnson lost a valuable brood mare last week, together with two colts. Potatoe bugs are ripe. The little striped cucumber bugs are telling on the vines. There is more prairie being broke in sight of here, this summer, than in the last two years. The plasterers are engaged in put ting the finishing touches on M. Sheedy's new honse. Mr. Sheedy expects to move next week. R. ADMUTISTBATOE'S SALS. In the matter of the estate of Jacob Weber, deceased: IX PURSUANCE OF A LICENSE is sued by the District Court or Platte County, Nebraska, on the lth day of August, 1831, I will offer for sale, and sell at public auction, on the '26th day of June, A. D, 1885, at one o'clock in the afternoon or said day at the wept front door of the Court House, in the City ot Columbus. Platte County, Nebraska, the real estate of said deceased, described as follows, to-wit: The East half of the Northwest quarter of section number Fourteen, (14,) in township number twenty ( 20.1 ranzc one m west, in Plattn County, Nebraska. Terms of le: Cash. William Zinkk, Administrator of the Estate of Jacob "Weber, deceased. 6-4 -pOBEKTf BKO'N, NEW FEED HILL. Located ust south of Morrissey's Ele vator. Will pay the highest prices for corn and oats. Supply of ground feed constantly on hand, also Whitebreast nut coal for sale. - 50-3 COLUMBtTS WM. BECKER, BKALKK IK ALL KINDS OF SVAPLEAN,iFA.Mi:V . ; GROCERIES j I KEEP.CON5TANTL.Y ON. II AND. A: WELL SELECTED S I'OCK! " . . Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits,. : and other Staples a -.' . . Specialty;..' ';.. -Deliverea Frr part ftkeClty . "Y . y. Cor. Thirteenth and K 'Streets; 'near A AN. Depot. D R Y G O O D THE' REVOLUTION r,3T CLOTHING -HOTSe I. GLUCK, HAS ON HAND A.3I'LKNDIJ-S'rOCK"OK-'- ",- READY-MADE CLOTHIN(,V ' DRY GOODS, CARPETS; HATS, CAPS, EtcEtc:, AT lKICKs . V TUT WE1E 1MB HEAlDOf iEFOHE Ifl COLCMBBS S 3T1 bur nir foods -strictly tomers the b"eixitit of it. " Giv Me a eall mad CoHviaco-Yonrelf "of'tbVPacfoi IMPORTANT PUBLIC SALE OK THOROUGHBRKD SHORT HORN BULLS! AT COLUMBUS. NEB., JUNE 10th, '85, At 1 O'clock P. M. We will sell at public sale at above named place and date about 20 head of extra fine breeding Bulls. all our own breeding. Two or these Bulls are fit to bead a fancy herd; they are all ready for immediate use and in fine breeding con dition. We ire old breeders and bare a standing in Iowa for reliability which we are proud to refer to. The cattle will be sold on six months' time at eight per cent, interest. CATALOGUES NOW KEADY. Mr. Woods will send catalogues to those who desire them, or parties can write us and they will be mailed at once. Bemember that these cattle are all of our own breeding. C. K. Bknson, John Oobork, Jessup, Iowa F. M. Woods, Lincoln, Neb., Auctioneer. F1IVAI PIOOF. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.) May 25th, 1885. f NOTICE is hereby given that the fol lowing named seiiler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Cleric of District Court at Columbus, Neb., on July 3d, 188T, viz: . Michael McCallen, Homestead &V22, for the N. W. X Section C, Township 19, Kange 3 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous resi dence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: Peter Plant and William Schilz, of Columbus, Neb., John Clark and Daniel 3Iock, of Postville, Neb. 0-6 C. HOSTETTER, Register. FINAL PKOOF. U. S. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.) May 16th, 1885. f NOTICE is hereby given that the fol lowing named settler has filed notice of bis intention to make final proof in support of bis claim, and that said proof will be made before Clerk of District Court, at Columbus, Neb., on June 27th, 1885, viz: William Irwin, Sr., for the the N. E. i, Section 2, Township 18, Range 4 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz: John M.Anderson, John Munson, James Kier nan and T. C. Cain, all of West Hill, Neb. 4- C. HOSTETTER, Register. F1NAE. PBOOF. Land Office at Grand Island. Neb.,i May 8th, 1885. f NOTICE is hereby given that the follow ing named settler has filed notice ot 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 June 18th, 1885, viz: Albert Grela, Homestead No. 10762, for the S. W. J, N. E. J, Section 22, Township 18, Range 2 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and culti vation of, said land, viz: Billy Pinson, John Stewack, Andrew Weber and John Gallus, all of Platte Center Neb. 3-6 C. HOSTETTER, Register. $200,000 in presents given aieay. Send us & cents postage, and by mail you will get frees, package of goods of large value, that will start you in work that will at once bring you in money faster than any. thing else in America. All about the $200,000 in presents with each box. Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, of all ages,-for all the time, or spare time only, to work for us at their own homes. Fortunes for all workers ab solutely assured. Don't delay. -H. Hal lett & Co., Portland, Maine. "jy OT1CE TO TCACHKU. J. M. Mocrif, Co. Spt., Will be in his oMce at the Court House on the third Saturday of each . """ P"Pos 01 examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and iur ibb iraasacuon or any other business rtaialBg to schools. ot.j BOOMING?! i -i CHEAP. -Fy El i -s VV:kiteVreast Lqmp'iVal.. . .... 11UI. . , . : - ' CAHoriity. , ....... ii Colorado Hartt- .- -""s ". ....:-.4-i, l - S3PA.GJD"aU"liM.r . 1 .. '. . : ."- V " . 53 JAjB-.Sfi.EtKAH " "Boots &-lShoes Hats & Can reisaNy Qm:si mi --' -. . LOAr"lUGKS FOfct .VII C X -AND- 0 ; JPtoprietor, j : T 1 I G fQr.caiu, aruj Avul.ri.ve'iiiV'vir '-':'...' v .;;. "; .EQD,JS0TI(?F. To alLichom-iLihay cnncerii: TnE-GOM.iir.i55ioy.si; ippcmu i :- cate.'a- roatt cnmnietu'in.; it. V. corner pf-S. K: 3-,or.S'i-tiou.l.!. rut.. 17.nan!a;.3,'-.ViJ:. aul .rim-rir.- ;. ' . outltonlsectjoir line to :i yifr f.nf south of tue" AVitipJner oi" t! i quarter sectioa 4?. 'iVm-aMiju tn. iru HSJ-VWSM- bust 7i::, -leet 10 jnts tion of oM-Milita'rvTiqh,Tffuvie-iy Said, road" in a' Sbdthw&terlv rir&- ftQ-fhe- .-.cctWu line betA'eeu St-i-rraa. ana is, tlicMfcft- soRth :i'- near th- I between seS,iQn"s C-:ubl 2. a, jirtr pracucjiuie 10 .-.me- itnjin ot I'Jatte W has reported la.Clvor of tlie hcSu thereof, -anil' alt lottos- t&eret claims for damanes niir-t !,e nied in u office of the Cmmtv Cvrk. on cr hef. noon-of. the 1st -day or V;-nr(f I.". 138T or said road.tvfH I -:itiil jvitflK reference thereto. Datedr i.'cJiim.bH John jiaevvku. BECKER. & WELCE. 'rnoriiiETons.or SHELL' CREEK MIL! ilANUFACT'URERS- A-XI WIJoLI SALE-DEALERS IN FLOUR AKb.MEAl OFFICE, JCQZUX&US, XE' L0UI& SCKRE IB Ell Bttil rtf 3ilMl All kinds of Repaiiiui: done Short Notice. Buivs. War ons, etc., nj.ide'-'to ordei-. and all work (Juar auteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter Wood If owefs, .Reapers, Combt ed Machines,. Harvesters. and SelJt-Biiiders the ' hest made. fiTShop opposite the "Tatter: .r Olive St., COLUMBIA a- COAL S LIME J.E.lWfff-rt DEALER'S rX- Coal, Cemefl lock Spin Coa;....: Carton (Wyomins) Coal-..-. Eldoi- (Iowa) Coal 1a1 1.1'tf -a llaeksmith. Coal; of best qusli'? ways on-hand at Jots'' . ' "est. prices. North Side Eleventh St DRY GOODS COLUMBUS EB' .- ..JU-3JU .' - ', I Kn
