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EDNESDA Y.JUNE 17, 18.
J. S. Kittle baa been appointed
postmaster at Seward, Neb.
Gladstone the pther afternoon an
nounced to parliament the resigna
tion of the cabinet.
The President has appointed Thos.
J. Carr, United Statgs Marshal for
ITyoming Territory.
The ' President has appointed
Joseph Hill receiver at the land
office at Beatrice, Neb. . .
The Democrat declines to explain
why it said the drunkard's vote has
always been at a premium. . .
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We don't wish the "Democrat to
'ride in that "rattle wagon," unless he
ft sure of his seat and wants to go.(
. Ellis L. Biebbower, U. 8: marshal
for Nebraska, and Elenora, daughter
of James E. Boyd, were married June
10th at Omaha.
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It is said that Dr. Talmage rejects
the. fevieed Bible and says he has
become familiar with the old que and
will take no other.
Gov. Dawes has made tlje follow
ing appointments : John CI.Bonnell,
to" be adjutant generpl and J. C. Mif
rton Hoffman, assistant adjdtant gen
eral. ..
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'A definition tha fills the dem
ocratic requirements is thus given by
theoSt. Paul Olobe: "An offensive
partisan is a fellow whoso party got
licsed."
Th question riojt is will Marshal
Bicrbo wer have to go ? These mixed,
social and political -'alliances have
sometimes welde'd and sometimes
overthrown dynasties. - . . .
.,.,. .i m i
Mk. Ahbns living about six miles.
north of Grand Island, was thrown
out ef Lis wagon in town by a run
away .team the other evening, And
received injuries which caused his
. death. . .
- Ix the0di6trict jcourt aC Hastings,
Neb., othc other day. in the case of
Adams county vs. TVm. Thome, the
defaulting ex-treasurer of Adams
jo
county, a judgment was rendered for
$4,718,7g6. .
. ... ..
If the constitution was a rope of
sand, as Jefferson Davis. declares, the
' administration whkh 'was in power
'during JeflTe little episode down
sontb, was strong enough to keep the
sands together.
Seceet'aky Bayakd? from his re
mark's at the Missouri university,
seems to think it all. important that
the people 'should know fromhim
what be had done, for the Missouri
river country. "Doubtless wisdom.
wHl die with him."
The 'secretary of the treasury at
Washington has issued a warrant for
.$15,000 tolbc director genera of .the
-"New Orleans exposition and the head
-of the womau'e .department to be
used exclusively in the pa&mcnt of
claims against "the woman's depart
ment. . S.MALL-rox is reportedo in Iowa.'
Shenandoah has twQnty cases. Dr.
o- Whiting, healtlr officer, iff down with
0 the disease. A church has been fitted
jap and all the 'patients taken there.
Clarinda.has ten cases now and 'new
o. .
- .ones -developing every day. Both
o towns arc quarantined. 0
If" anybody Owho did
u
who
not have a
practical knowledge o Democratic j
ways in national matters was foolish
enough to think that the political
mHIenimn -wquUI set in upon. Cleve-
land 8 accession to the presidency; it
is to.be presumed3 that, the delusion
"has been dispelled by this time."
It was claimed that telegraphing
the result of the Derby a few 'days
ago from London to New.. York in
three second!) was a remarkable feat.
- The New York Derald'itow claims
that it was sent over, the old 'cable:
O . '
and that the samelbing was sent.over'
the Mackay-Bcnnett eable in just one
second. .
Jo'sErn Martin whose home and
family are near- Arapahoe, Neb., left
there the other evening for home,
riding with some strangers, smd bas4
not been heard from B.ince. .Con
siderable excitement prevails over
his disappearance. He had a Targe
amount-of money with him, and foul
work is 'feared.
Ix the' Greek Anthology there is a
story of a snake having bitten a
tattling woman and behold, the
snake, it was, that died. This seems
.to have been the way with the ma'd
dog that bit Ch'urch Howe the other
a day. It takes a pretty bad mad dog
.to get away. with a bad rabid, poli
tician, to he sure1. " o
.'"A couple of pilgrims at iSav'id
'City the other day discovered what
they were told as" a white-tailed
badger. Their effort's at capturing
'the animal weorc more successful than
. satisfactory, and (t is said that tbey
have decided that shaking bands w'ith
a Nebraska ekirulj: isby no mcan a
paying investment.
Pateick Eaoax, president of the
Irish National League of America, a?
'Lincoln, Neb., forwarded the otiier
day the following dispatch to Charles
,S.ParnelI, leader of the Irish party in
the bouse of commons? "C. S. Par
nell, London,EDgland Accept warm
est congratulations on your splendid
victory over Gladstone, Spencer and
their coercion government." .
The Schuyler Herald thinks the
railroad commission is "no good on
earlh."0 Yes they are they will.
draw their pay, $2,000 a year each.
If they had been authorized to fix
rates, as was intended by Senator
McAllister's amendment to the bill,
tbey might have had an opportunity
for attempting to go a little way
along the long road towards justice
t Ike people0 by the corporatioas.
Political.
The Republicans of Ohio met in
State convention last Friday and
nominated Jos. B. Foraker for gov
ornor, It. P. Hennedy, Lieut. gover
por, W. Mcllvain, supreme judge, J,
C. Brown, "treasurer, J. A. Kbhler,
attorney general, andW. S,, Jones,
member of board of public works.
The platform adopted is summarized
as follows: .
''The republican party of Ohio an
nounces, The right to vote acooded
by the cbustituthm of the United'
States "is the concern of the whole
people and jnu6t be secured at all
hazards to every citizen in every part
of the republic; existing guarantees
most be sacredly maintained and ad
ditional ones provided, if necessary,
that The protection of the laws and
the equal enjoyment of suffrage shall
not fail or be abridged In any way
through the conivance, neglect or
fraud ofany states of thermion. The
democratic party, which 'owes, its
'national victory last fall to the willful
suppression bf tbe ballot, cannot be
looked to for the enforcement of these
constitutional guarantees and the
hope of the friends of equal lawe and
equal suffrage is in the republican
party, Which pledges itself to-wage the
contest to a successful ebd. We
want such legislation a9 will harmon
ize the relations of labor aud capital
and promote the welfare of the people
and protect and fostef.the industry
of the state. We favor the establish
ment of a.national bureau of industry,
the -enforcement of the eight hour
law and the adequate .appropriation
from the public revenues for general
.education whenever the 6a mo is need
ed. We denounce the importation of
contract labor and, favor the mpsl
stringent laws to effectively prevent
it. We are opposed to the acquisi
tion of public lands, or any part
thereof, by non-resident aliens. We
are in favor of & protective, tariff,
.which will encouruge American de
velopment and.iurnish remunerative
employment to'.Amefican labor,, and
we are opposed fo the BritiSh policy
advocated by the democratic garty
under the guise o'f ft tariff Tor revenue
only' .
A rtUGGEB Ife tban the following,
from the Fremoh't Tribune, never
came from the pen of-a newspaper
man.: "Vjm..Wyck Clubs are being
organized among the people of Adtftns
pounty. 'If the people eland. together
they will re-elect him sure." Ilast--Jngs
Gazette-Journal.
: .Weare uuabje-to decide which of
the two etatementa.in the above par-,
agraph our-coa'Wmporary refers to as
''big .lie."' We take iU however,
that it means the one in regard to tho
formation of Van Wyck clubs in that
county: Our. information on that
.point came- through a'general. report
of J be. state prcRSt Tile statement
really does seem 'improbable, as .Con
gressman Laird and the. Gazette-
' ,7bim',owned 'body and. boots -by 1
the r aifway, .would ecareelj permit
Tan Wyck clubs to be .organized in
AdamB' county--at least would not
atJow that to- bcctfme the initial point J
f for such a movement. -If there be any
doubt as'to the. latter assertion that
if the people stand together they wilj
re-elect him -.time, will prove the
truth of it.' The people of Nebraska
are practically a iiniP for the bold
clTampioq of tho 'people rights and
they can be beaten only by a corrupt
nee of money and corporation dicta,
tors. Fremont Tribune.
Tub soldier, element of the demo
cratic party is worthy of reco'ghition,
now that there is a democratic ad-
ministration, and the Chicago Herald
is making their claims the special
.subject Of public attention jue.t now.
It truthfully) eays : . .
"A party which gave-to the Union
armies a Mcplellan, a .Hooker, a Slo
cum, a .Hancock,- a.Rosecrans, a
Thomas", a Made, a Buell, a Porter, a
Ewing, 8 Stednian, a liearney, a Mul
ligan, a Smith, a Sickles, a Williams,
a McCleruancLaud a host of other
heroes, living aqd dead, has a righf
to make room for some of the veter
ans who followed these men ancLwho,
acknowledginc no supe'riors in de
votion to.the Unj on, stfll maintained'
their,politica independence and man
hood. The Democratic veterans must
be given a 'chance, and the man who.
names (he mosl of them. for. office
will Te entitled to the'grcatest honor"
LasD Commissioner Sparks .has
recommended to .Secretary Lamar 1
that the fand 'office at ..Niobrara be
removed "to O'NeiJ. oThis removal
was pfop'osedome time last year.by;
Sepator Van Wyck, but by tbfi inter
ference .of Congressman Valentine
was defeated jus.t as thfc order was
about to be signed by. President Ar
thur. If the office should be removed
the next fight.wiU'come.npjipon the
appointment.of a register "and receiv
er for the post. .Th'e prominent' can
didates forcthc.positiou are Mr. Bone-
steel and lawyer Markley, both, we
guess, very fair democrats. .
The report comes from the agrl-
cultural department at Washington,
statjngthat the condition of winter
wheat is reported lower "than ever
before Tseen. Tb,c'genoera1 percentage
has declined frpm TO.percentt in'May.
to 62. The averages in the most
promising states are : New York, 91,
Pennsylvania, 6?, Ohio .56, Michigan,
94, Indiana,' 63, IlIinoisr 40, Missouri;
52, .Kansas, 56, California, 58. The
average yield will evidently be less
than tenbusnel3.fo the acre.
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Oliver Child passed the best ex
amination at Fremdut last w.eek, and'
will receive the appointment of cadet
to the Naval Academy atAnnapolis.
Md., from this dfstfict. There were
originally twelve competitors for the
appointment, five of whom backed
out before the test came. It gives us
pleasure io record Oliver's success.
He is one of qur best young men, and
we hope to see him take high rank
among those who are to command,
America's future navy. Iforfolk
2feics.
It is now proposed in certain quar
ters that the Indian Territory be ad
mitted as a State. The advocates of
this measure urge that the. Indian
inhabitants are thrifty, peaceful, in
dustrious, abundantly able to govern
themselves, and greatly in need of the
established government and fixed
laws which a State organization
would secure.
A mubdeu trial was in progress the
other day at Thiers, France, and the
court building had been crowded
with men and women anxious to
witness -t.be closing scenes. Court
had just adjourned nd. the people
were jammed upon the stone stair
way leading to the street, when the
lofty staircase fell. The sceno which
followed was appalling. The im
mense mass of masonry from above
crashed down upon the struggling
mass below, grinding through their
flesh and bones and maiming and
mutilating them. in a -horrible man
ner. The dead number' at thiH date,
twenty-four and the tofal injured are
now placed at 163, of Whom fourteen
are seriouly hurj, some of, whom
will die. ;.
Fbank McCoy, a boy about 18
years old, wai drowned the other
evening in Salt. Creek near Lincoln,
while in swimming. His body was
.not: recovered until Saturday. His
parents reside in . Omaha and bis
father 'came over and accompanied
his remain home. While? the young
lad bad been in Lincoln he b'ad been
acting .as door-keeper at the dime
museum until the change of manage
ment about a week ago, when he pur
chased a ticket for Omaha, but got'in-l
with a lot of. companions and did not
go." Finally he Was'induced fo go to
Salt Creek swimming:, and lost his
life-
.
It transpired the other day at New
Y.ork that a number of immigrants
afflicted with small-pox, who were
permitted to land at Castle Gardep
during tho past week, are now scat
tered 4broughouC the city, nojbody
knowf where. The health' authorities
have .been notified to hunt up the.
cases, but many bf them have proba-
"bly. left the city and Are now scatter-'
ingihe germs of the terrible scourge
broadcast' over the country. DrvTay
lor, of lhe health department, said
that there was. mall-nox -in 'nearly
every port from which steamers came
to New York,, .
.Recent dispatches have been re
deived at.. Calcutta relative to the'
earlhquako in the' vale of Cashmere..
Whole villages have been destroyed'
and .Dumgood, Jamaalia. and. Avan
hat.e been completely-engulfed in the
awful-convulsions. .Duriqg the con
tinuance of the shocks sulphurous
dust was sent forth, impregnating
the atmosphere. At t.ho same, time
volumes of hot water issued from
great fis'sures made "in" tho earth.
Supplies of rice and money .have been
I distributed to 'relievo the -distressed
people. It is now estimated that over
two hundred lives were lost. . .
, 'The other day Beaver Park re
servoir, in South Storain canon, Col
orado, 'burst causing great, damage in
th'e 's'urroundin'g 'country. A torrent
estimated to bo 120 .feet high rushed
down the canon, carrying away
bridges houses, barns and everything
which obstructed its path,-and flooding-
the adjacent country. No -lives
wdre lost, "but the damage to crops
and -meadows' alongsthe low la'nds is
very, great. The r.eservoij an im-
-mense affair covering many acres,
supplied 'water for tho high land
ditch, which traverses a large section
of country adjacent to the mountains.
'
A' terrible storm of .hail, wind
and .rain .passed -over .-the north
western "part of Dane county, the
.south-western ".-part .- 'of- Colombia,
county, an'd the southeastern part of
Sauk county, Wis., "the. 'other at ler-
uqon, shattering wiudow-gla's, strip
ping trees of leaves, cutting vegeta
tion -to pieces, 'overturning barns,
tobacco .shops, and outbuildings gen
erally, and -wa'sbing grain fields in
many places to 'a dang'erous extent.
The storm was yery severe at Water-,
town! doing the. most 'damage to
trees, fences, barns -and the growing
crops. .
The Lhnatic Aslum at Williams
burg, Va., was burned the other,
night. -There were two hundred
female patients in the building; but
all were rescued exceut one.. Miss
Smith, of Spottsylvania" county, who
Was burned to death. Another,
patient, brought from the building,
wandered away and .was found the
next morning drowned.'in a. creek
neajr the city. The other wards con
tained nearly three hundred male
patients. These 'were, all -quickly
.emptied. The- loss .wiil pfobably
reach 1140,000.
The explosion 6f abeer-still in the
international distillery at Des Moines,
Iowa, the other morning set fire to
the separator box. 'The'sboek of the
expl'osion was very violent, being,"
felt and heard for ijuite a distance.
The fire spread rapidly and.took pos
session of that part of the building
known as the Jarvis colnmn. .Tho
fire was checked, but not until the
column was eqtirel'y consumed. The
loss will be about 10,000 oh the
building; besides considerable on raw
material.
J
The farmeraof Holland1 township,
III., manifest great anxiety, over a
disease which has broke opt among
their cattle, which they . fear -will
develop into plcuro-pseumonia. The
symptoms are high fever and perfect
madness. An examination showed
the stomach caked and hard, the
lungs distended to twice their normal
proportions, and the eye-balls' burst
from their sockets.. Two fatal cases
have been reported on the farms of
Benjamin North and Emanuel
Amand.
A fifteen-tear-old girl named
Sier died under very suspicious cir
cumstances recently at Scribner. She
was a waif, and had been adopted by
Sier, who gave her hie name. In
giving birth to a child (since dead)
she was denied attendance dnring an
entire night, and Buffered terrible
anguish. Consent was given in the
morning, but when the doctor arrived
the girl was in spasms and soon died.
This ought to be a case for the public
rexecBtio-ter, ia seme shape.
Prof. Biley, the entomologist of
the agricultural department? at Wash
ington, says the states of Iowa and
Minneiota will escape a visitation of
the twelve-yeir locusts; that they arc
very strong in the Plattp Valley, and
will get down into Kanea? as soon as I
they arc able to fly. Nebraska and
Colorado seem to be their favorite
hatching places. Reports from Cal
ifornia indicate that they are doing
great damage on the Pacific co:nf.
The latest news from Madrid re
ports that the cholera in 'Spain is
spreading, and the 'increase in the
umber of tho cases now daily re-,
ported is causing great alarm among
.the people. In Valentia there have
been forty-five new cases reported.
Castile announces eighteeh'ca'ses. . In
the province of Murcia there are
sixty cases resembling cholera. .
- TuR.Queen has summoned Marquis
Hartington, secretary of state for war,
to Balmoral castle. It fs'not known
whether Ge is summoned as a repre
sentative of Mr. Gladstone or is 10 be
invited to form a'new cabinet. Lord
Hartington seems to be'iu no hurry
to comply with the summons, -and
has not yet started for Scotland.
" . . .
A steam roller, weighing twenty
four tons, overtook Charles Schenek
the other night at Chicago, jand before
it could be .stopped, passed entirely
over his body, which was crushed out
of semblance of human form. Sehenck
was employed about the machine and,
in passing by too close in front, was
caught by the forward roller.
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Schneider, who is in the Hamilton
county jail, Ohio, under sentence of
death, for -killing his mqther has
made'a full confession, admitting that
he kilted her by striking her on the
he'ad with a stone and carried her off
and buried her. He then invented
the story that a tramp met tbem and
murdered his mother.
A special from Chattanooga says
of the 'swarms of locusts which re
cently appeared near that city that
the numbers are increasing, ajd all
the shrubbery and trees and every
green object is covered with them.
L In some localities they are so numer
ous that all other sounds are drowned
by-their nolso.
- A report comes from Helena,
Mpntana,-that a party of ten drunken
Indians 'attacked eight men working
at asaW-mill the other day four miles
this side of the Gregory mine. Two
whites are missing. Tho Indians bad
been camping in the vicinity for sev
eral days, and seemed friendly while
sober.
Joseph Rexsox, a ealoon keeper in
Newport, R. I., sat on a- twenty-five
pound keg of gunpowder and explod
ed if, blowing up himself and saloon.
He was found in the -debris in tho
'cellar, -terribly burned aud mangled.
Delirium tremens is given as the
cause of the novel yet determined act.
' James' Moore's house and barn
hwtre totally destroyed by tire the
other evening. Mr. Moore lives near
Firth, Neb. His horses, together
with a large, amount of grain, which
wp'r'e in the barn, were burned. Tho
loss will amount to three times tho
insurance, which is only $700.
The surgeon -general of the marine
hospital 'service notified the health
officer at Baltimore the other day and
the officer in charge. of the-quarantine
station at Cape Charles that the ship
"Jupiter" left Valencia, Spain,- last
month, where cholera is epidemic,
bound for Baltimore.
C. B. Kellogg, of Beatrice, Neb.,
aged 68, was found dead in the door
way of his room the other morning.
Heart, disease was pronounced the
cause. He -was in 'apparently good
health nntil the evening before be
felt indisposed, but nothing serious
was thought'of it.
' "White and Metc.alf, painting 'the
new' elevator at Beatrice, Neb., the
other 'day the scaffolding -gave way.
and both men fell .to the ground a
distance of sixty" feet. They Were
both picked up insensible 'and -the
'wdunds of both pronounced fatal.'
' Dr. Roltox's barn at Guide Rock,
Neb., containing four horses, buggy
'and ether valuable a'rticles, was burn
ed. the other night. The loss will
.reach- $2,000. David Spearman has
been arrested," charged with having
set fire to the property... - .
Th,e latest news from London at
this writing says everything in regard
to me government crises is still.un-
ssttled. The'Slanlard (Conservative)
declares 'that the conservatives are
. .
ready to -form the government at the
bidding of fhe Queen. , ;
" '"'"
. A terrible water spout burst near
Lagos, Mexico, the other dajr. Af
I Pueblo the rushing wafers in a few
minutes were twenty-five feet deep,
This great flood swept -everything j
before it and at'tbat Alace alone near
ly 200 lives were lost.
; Dit. W. B. Dewoos, charge.fl with
the .forgery of bonds, amonnting to
nearly. $50,000, and who tnysteriously
disappeared from hia home in Myers
. town, i'a., some .time ago, was -arrested
the other day in Wilfccabarre,
on his way to Canada. .
Fred.' Reeves. 1G years old, in at
tempting to jump on a gravel train at
Burnett, Neb., the other day slipped
and was run over by seVen cars and
cut -to pieces. This is the third child
of Mr.Reevc's killed by violent means'.'
W. G. R. Daviso.v, in "jail at Ne
braska City, Neb., for embezzlement,
and John Sommers, for burglary,
broke jail (be other night by catting
through the wall. Fifty -dollars re
ward is offered for their capture.
August Sbeffer, of Monee, 111.,
town treasurer and also doing busi
ness As merchant and private banker.
is missing. .His liabilities are orer I
140,000, including township school
money. 1
Chile Chemist. Bradley, of the
Brooklyn Health Department, has
discovered pickle manufacturers who
use copper sulphate, or blue vitrol,in
coloring picklos. Three 8inalpick
lCjS arc equivalent to a dose of sul
phate of coifer.
A TKRi:iFic..vind storm packed over
Marshall cuun'r, III., the other night..
House- were unrnofcd and trees up
rooted- The extent of the damage, is-
not hi pro-cm known.
A dispatch received Iroiii Tien
Tsin ai Pari- on the 9:h, slate that
thc.tienty o peace betw.een Frayce
and China haxl that .day been sigued.
A. R- CoxverpE, a prominent citi
zen and banker tChejenne0, died the
other day. in New York City of par
alv9is. .
itiewn xVoteii.
India now produces
aunually 7,
-000;000 tons of wheat.
Ir.i'sh potatoes sell for $2 a bushel
in portions of Florida.
It is said there are only -about a
dozen wooden houses in London.
American oysters are now being
transplanted into German waters.
Roumania, like California, is com
plaiuing ol seven teen-year locusts.
The Franciscan Bisters are about
to "erect a hospital at Grind Island.
The total number .of passengers,
landed'at Castle Garden 'last .week
was 11,711. ' . ..
There arc. in England 187 rigged
schools which are attended b'y 50,
000 children.
Southern prisons according" to re
cent statistics show that theycon-tain
12,000 convicts. .'".
Blacksnakes are said to be strip-.
ping the government fish ponds near
Washington of their finny occupants.
Switzerland abolished capital
puuiihmcnt a fow years ago, but the
effect was bad, and the penalty was
restored.
It is rumored in London that the
Queen lias sent a telegram to Glad
stone requesting him to reconsider
his decision-to resign.
There was never any law enacted,
it is said, authorizing -the usp-o"f'E
Pluribus Unum" upon United. States
coin or paper currency.
It is said that five hundred police
men in citizjiis' clothes are still em
ployed guaiding the public offices of
London against dynamiters.
All the servants at the White
House are colored. The s.toward has
a salary ot $1,800 per annum, and the
cook is paid a similar amount. .
After trying: many methods for.
driving away or killing grasshoppers
a California family resorted to sul
phur 6tnoke and it proved a decided
success.
Madagascar is described as a
country marvelously rich in dia
monds, gold, silver, copper, lead, tin,
graphite and specimens of ruby and
sapbire.
Sitting Bull has sent the Pope a
present a magnificent buffalo robe
covered with paintings, one of the.
scenes represented being the fight
with Custer.
It is reported at London that'
cholera has appeared among the
laborers on the Quitta railway, and
also at Rendli Buhn, the depot of the J
commissariat.
The farthest north ever reached by
man was by Lieut. Lockwood, a mem
ber of the Greeley cxpeditiop, who
was 83 degrees 24 minutes, or within
458 miles of the Pole.
W. Kino's family of Staplelon, L.
I.,, were poisoned by eating canned
corn. One child died, and "the re
mainder of the family are in a more J
or less precarious'condition.
John Dearing, an inmate of fhe
.lunatic, asylum at Anchorage, Ky.,
met with a horrible death the oiher
morning. He jumped into a scalding
bath and' died almost instantly.
-TiJe passengers of tho .'steamer
Wezer. numbering 887, among whom
the small-pqx had made its appear
ance when landing in New York the
other day, -were all taken to Ward's
Island apd quarantined. ;
The signal officer on thesummit of
Pike's Peak says the highest velocity
of the wind ever recorded there was
110 miles an hour, when the instru
ments broke and the cordwood began
flying dow'n the mountain.
Big fish swim the waters of the
Pacific coast. An- Indian recently
caught hi Scow Bay a hallibut Which
weighed 202 pounds and was six feet
. . . L . .i- r -. -' u r
eight inches long, three feet ten inches
wide'and fourteen inches thick.
A very heavy storm visited Prom
ise City, Iowa, the other day- The
residence of Frank' Trne,'at Pjlano,
was destroyed 'by lightning tlod 'Mr.
Tiuo killedt His sister., was' strnck
and wa8 thought dead but afterwards
recovered.
. A British resident of Cashmere
reports' to London' that the earth
quake shocks.' continue and are of
great severity. The. towns of Car
amnlla and Sopur have been -utterly
ruined and four hundred persons
killed. There has also been a great
Iosb of life in the adjaceqt villages..
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
AN EMBEZZLING POSTMASTER. '
W. O. Swartweed of Silver CrtMk
STaort atemt t?50. ia Hia
TrmstFrasitls.
PoBtal Inbpector 'Lawrence, of Den
ver, arrived in Omaha yesterday
morning with.W. O. Swartwood, an
ex-postmaster at Silver Creek, in Mer
rick county, this state. Swartwood
was taken by the official before
United Slates Commissioner Ander
son and an informant, charging bim
with the embezzlement of $760, the
foods of the United-States, was sworn
wu - "."
It PPers that for some three years
past, Swartwood has been postmaster
at Silver Creek, and when hia term
expired last March, he was cot re-appointed.
This money it U said was
purloined from letters aud packages
which pased through his hands ia
his official capacity. Swart wood
claims that his sh-irUim does not
amount td over $275. Ha says that
jnet prfor to the expiration of hi
term he seut $500 of the government's
money to the post-office, at Omaha,
and he has heard nothing from it'
since. From .paper ki Swart wood's
possession it would seem I hit the
money had beet for warded fo this
post-office but the records here do
Lnot di4closethat it was ever received.
His bondsmen have known of. this
deficit for some time and have ever
stood rerfdy to make it good. What
they propose to do in case he should
be behl for the $5Qb as well, is not
known. .
His examination was set for 2 p.
m. to-day and his bail fixed at $1,000,
which was 'furnished by Mr. H. G.
Clark, of this citv. Mr. Clark, says
he has' known Mr. .Swartwood for
maiy years and that he is an honest '
man. The cause of Swartwood's
troubles he sava.4 his prodigality.
Omaha Republican.
Piatt Center Ite
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What U the "matter with the cele
bration? .
II. Mead, M. D , has bung oat Ala
shingle in this town.
Geo.'N. Hopkins ir putting-a brick
foundation under, his harness and
furniture store. George is a business
man of th& "first water.'
The's'nit of Matbiaa Brick, vs. Wo.
Edwards, M.. D., before his honor.
Judge Shaffer.'was decided in favor
of plaintiff for $5.00 and costs'of suit.
The. boys managed to get. home
from Columbus Sunday evening.'just
in time to receive the storm. . Herd
driving and an accommodating livery
man did the business. ;
yT. C. Powell, oar worthy druggist,
has caught, cold, aud -'is much worse;
he wa's improving perceptibly until
I last Thursday. -Wo understand that
he is suffering from Bright a disease.
The Platte Center nine came out of
thea contest with the Humphrey bine
on .Saturday last victoilbus. They
beat -the Columbus pine on Sunday.
Platte Center. boys will make a
recrord.
The debite'at this place on Satur
day, the 20th, promises Jo be a "big
thing." We are informed that the
opposing parties are gladiators- in the
debatipg arena.. We are. going to
have a base ball match at the. same
time,, between Platte Center -and
-Humphrey. Those who honor us
with a visit will be made welcome.
Hon: J. A. Kehoe has the advantage
of most people. He can build his
.mills (and. he has .plenty of them- to
btiild) in bis office, in warm weather.
Mf.Kelioc'has built himself an envia
b& reputation, as business. mAn and
first-class mill wright in -the short
time he ha? been in I his place aod.we
'hope that he will continue to flourish
like a green bay -tree.
Wo. learn that the bnsiness men of
this place are making efforts io have
a foot bridge placed across: the -creek
on each side-of the wagon, bridge, in
the. business part of the. town. It
would be a vast improvement to the
town and a benefit to those business
-houses
situated nearest the bridge en
both fides. In connection with, this
Improvement We would -draw the at
tention of the prominent men of this
place to -the necessity, of having -the-town
incorportedY
Lightning struck the residence-pf
.John Hennissey on Saturday night,
during.the storm, tearing -plaster an'd
shingles and 'doing -other damage to
the building, bdt fortunately no loss
of life.' In the same storm we under
stand that- a' brakeman on the circus
train -was struck "with. lightning at
Lost Creek and instantly killed. ' It
seems the lightning. sirdck him in-the
back of the neck'. 'Reports to hand
say that bis body Was perfectly black
except his feet which were blood red.
T.
HOTICE.
The Board of Supervisor's of Platte
county, Nebraska, have declared the -following
sectionlines open a, public roads:
Commencing at the' X.-JE. corner of
Section St, Town 18, Range 2, west, and
running thence due south on section -line,
to the northeast corner of the N. E. H of
Section 12, Town 17, Range. 2. -west, and
terminating at that point, and known as
tha"Schilz Rdad."
'Alsoa'public road commencizat the
S. W. corner of Section 33. -Town 118.
Range 1,. east, and running thence 6n
Section line due west, and terminating
at the S..W-. corner of Section 32, -Town
18, Range 1, .east, and knowji as the
1'SheldonRoad." . . .
Also a public road commencing, at"-XW.
corner of Section 18, Town 19, Range 1,
w.est,and running thence due east on
section line and terminating at N. ..
corner of Section 18, Town .19, Range l
West, and known as the "Nick. Ad amy
Road." . .
. Also a public road- commencing at the
X. W. corner of Section 21, Town 18,
Range 2, west, and running thence east
on section line, and terminating at the
N..E. corner of section 21, Town 18, Range
2, west, and knows as .the "Extension of
Nicholson Rftad.'' .
Also a public road comiwncfas: at fhe
w corner of Section 18, -Town 19
Ranee 3. west, and runsiae thence due
east an section line until it intersects the
.Shell Creek Road, and.terminates at that
point and Known as tne "rteisoa lload."
All objections thereto and claims for
damages must be filed in the office of the
County .Clerk at Columbus, Nebraska, on
or before 12 o'clock noon of the 18th day
of AugUst,"A. D-, 1885..
Dated CDlumbUs, Nebr., June 12, 1885.
Jokx STAur-nut, .
8-x . County Clerlci
EOAD-fOTICl.
To-a)l whom it may concern:
rpHE C031MISSIONER appointed to re
1. port on the vacation of that part of a
public road commencing at the center of
Section t, Town )8, Range 1, East, aad
running thence west of north, to 'north
line of said Section 6, then.ee in a north
westerly -direction and terminating at
-west line of Section 31, Town 19, Range
1, East, has reported in favor bf the va
cation, thereof, and all objections to the
above .described road, or claims for
damages must be filed in the office of the
County Clerk, on or before noon of the
18th day of August. A. D.. 1885. or said
road will be vacated as 'cal.ed for with
out reference thereto.
Dated, Columbus, Nebr., June 12,1885.
John Stautvxr,
8-x County Clerk.
Tax-Sale f atice.
To the heirs of Dorothea Wolf el, or whom
it man concern:
You are hereby notified that the prop
erty described as follows, to wit, lot No.
7, in block No. 98, in Columbus, situated
in Platte county, and State of Nebraska,
was purchased on tne sa day oi August,
1883. at tax sale by C. J. Dale, which tax
certificate has been duly assigned to me,
and said lots were taxed aad delinquent
for the years 1874, 1875, 1878, 1877, 1878,
1879 and 1880, that the same was taxed is
the name of Dorothea Wolfe!, aad that
the time of redemption will expire oa the
3d day of August, A. D. 1S85.
Dated Columbus, Neb., Jane 17, 1885.
. J. B. DSLSMAX,
8-3 Owner of tax certificate.
COLUMBUS
WM. BECKER,
PKALKK IX ALL KINDS OF
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GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY OX. I1AXD
" WELL SELECTED S fOUK.
Teast CofTtt, Sugar, Syrups,
Drltd and Cannad Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Delivered '"free -to
part of Ike City.
muy
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near
A. 4AT Depot.
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CLOTHING HOUSE ! '
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I. GLUCK, : Proprietor,
HAS OK IIANSI A SI'LKXIi'DVrOCK OK " .
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READY-MADE .CLOTHING; I . - ""
. . DfcY GOODS, CARPETS,'.
HATS, CAPS, Etc., Etc.,
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mi im iini imi ii win i minis.
'I Imy my Roods strictly
tomer. the benefit of it.. . . .
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' ' Qivm H call tulA Cemviace Ye'-melf oT thoFac"ts. '.
. moiD'-foncE.. .
To aU whom it may -concern: '
rf-iHK COMMISSIONER ann6inted tore
X 'port ob the vaiation of that part of a
puollc. road comraencins; at trie X. w .
-cqrner'of the'N: W. i of Section 2I,
Township 17, Range I, east, aud running
, thence south 79 decrees east, a distance
of 20 chains, and 75 links, and thence
north 79 degrees aat. a distance qf 20
chains,, to the X. . corner-of the X. V .
M of aaid Section 21, Township 17, Range
l'eait, has reported in favdr of the vaca
tion thereof, and the same Commissioner
appointed to report upon the location of
a public road commencing at the X. TV.
corner of the X AY. Hot Section 21, To wn
sbip 17, Range 1, east, and running thence
due. east on section line to the. slough,
and thence east along thesouthbanlot
said slough. as far as -practicable.to a
point known as the Reagan bridge, and
thence "due east on Section line to theX.
E. corner of X. M. Ji of aforesaid Section
21, bj reported in favor of the location
thereof, and all objections td either the
'vacation'or the location of th'e above de-1
scrtoea roaas, or claims lor damages,
raust.belled IaTUie office bf the Count j
jCIerk on or before noon ofJthe 11th day of
August A.-D. 1885, or said roads will'be.
yaeatea and located as called for without
reference thereto. . .
. .Dated Columbus, Xeb., June8tb 1835.
Johx.Staufpkr,
7r6 . . County Clerjf.
ADMDII&TstATOmS SALE.
. .
In the matter of the estate q Jacob Weber,
deceased:
I TN-PURSDAXCE OF-A LICENSE IS-
1.1 sued by the District Court of Platte
County, Nebraska, on the. 16th 'day of
AukusU 1884. I will offer for sale and
sell at public auction, on the 26th day of
June, a. if, lseo, at one o'clock in jne
afternoon of said day'at the west, front
door of the. Court House, in the City ot
Columbus. Platte County, Nebraska, the
real" estate of said' deceased, described' as
fellows, to-wit: The East half of the
Northwest quarter of section .number
Fourteen, fl4) in. township ntfmber
twenty (20, range one1) west, in Platte
County. Nebraska. Terms of -ale: Cash
William Zinkc.
Administrator- of
Weber deceased.
the Estate of Jacob
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Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.
- May2Sth, 1885. f
VTOTlCE is hereby .given .that the fol-
1? lowing named settler has tiled notice'
of his intention to' make final proof in sup-
Eort of his claim, and that said proof will
e. made before Clerk .of District Court
at Columbus, Neb., on July 3d, 1883, viz:
Michael McCallen; Homestead UT-22, for
the N. W. Section 6, Township 19.
Range 3 west. He names the following.
witnesses io prove nis continuous resi
dence upon, and cultivation of, said land,
viz: Peter Plaat and William Schilz, of
Columbus. Neb John Clark and Daniel
Mock, ef P98tville, Neb. 9
6-8 . ;C. HOSTETTER, Register.
FINAL. PKOOF.
U. S. Lsjocl Office, Grand Island, Neb.)
. . May 16th, 1885. f
NOTICE is' hereby .feiven .that the fol
Iowfatr named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in?
support oi an claim, and-tnat said proof
will be made before Clerk of Dislrict
Court, at Columbus, Neb., on June 27th,
1885, viz: . '
William Irwin,. Sr., for the t,hc N.E.
11, Section 2, Township 18, Range west.
He names' the following witneasea to
proVe his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation .of, said land, viz: John
M. Anderson, John .Munsnh, James Kier
aan aad T.C. Cain, all of West Hill. Neb.
44 C. HOSTETTER, Register. I
KaTVAI PROOF.
.Land Office at Grand Island, Xeb.,
May 8th, 1885. f
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice ot
his'iatentioa 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. it X. E. . Section 22,
Township 18, Range 2 west. He names
the following witnesses to prote his
continuous residence upon, and culti-'
ratios of, said land, viz: Billy Pinson,
John Stewacfc. Andrew Wehvi- n.i (nhn
Gallus, all of Platte Center Neb. .
3.6 C HOSTETTER, Register.
fa presents given away.
send us 5 cents postage.
iwv and oy mail you will s-et
free a package of goods of large value,
that will start you ia work that will at
once bring you in money faster than any
thing else in, America. All about the
1200,000 ia presents with each box.
Agents wanted everywhere, or 'thi-
sex, of all ages; for all the time, or spare
time only, to work for us at their- own
aemes. ror tunes for all workers ab
solutely assured. Don't delay. H. Hal
uctt A Co!, Portlaad, Maine.
-RTtyrfCB f TEACHEB8.
1. Mo-acrief. Co. ffiipt.,
Will be la his office at the Court House
ea the third Saturday of each
oath for the purpose of examining
applicants for teacher's certificates, and
fsr the traasacttoa of aay other business
ptrtalalas; tescheels. M7-y
Minnm
BOOMING-!
CHEAP FUEL1
Wftitebi'east Luuij(.'oal :.
Nut '. ...
CaMjii City
felerade Hard ." ...
5.00
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7:oo
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J3TA GOOD SUPPIpY,
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fAYLOR.'SCHUTTE&CO..
I.Vtf
JACOB SCHKAMv
)DKALKR IN;
DRYGoangr
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' Beets & Shoes, Hats & Caps,". ..
JflfM GOODS US NOTiQNS..
LOW PIUCKS fou cA'sli.
at-tt
for cash, and will rive mv cus
eoajo aoincE. . o . ." ..
'To " ichom it viay concern rl .
VB-; COMMISSIONER appointvll-tn XeT
L cte a 'road Vommencins:it K'. K.
corner-of S. E. ,orSectiiin Ui.TowjitSup
17. Itauge 2, Wet, a,ia .runnini; .tlicm-i-South
on section. line to :'ohit lifM ie-t
south of the X. W. corner af tli-- f. T
quarter Section 17, TaVnhp-Ii;, lliW 2
West, thence East 7.! feet. tor intLV-.ec-tion
of old Military Road thence along,
said road in a Soutliwdesterly "directrolf
to the .section line Uetween Section.-. k
and 18, thence South as near the- liue
between Sections. 19 and: 20. as 'near as.
practicable'.to the bank of PJatteRier. '
has reported in- favor bf -the -location
thereor, and all objections thereto, or.
claims for damages must? be. tiled in, the
office of the County -Clerk, on or before ,
noon of. the 1st dav o? August; A., if.
1885,or-aaid road will.be locateQ without..
reforeiice'thcreto." .
Dated, Colunbus, Xeb., ."Jane 2d, 1385.
o . John Stauffkh -
" .. ' . -.County-Clerk.
BECKER &WELCB,
PROPRIETORS OF .
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SHELL CREEK MILLS".
3IAXUFACTURERS AXp-WlIOUE
SALE DE-ALERS IN . ": - - ,
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FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COL UMB US NEB ;
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L0IIS SCHREIBE,R;-:
A1F kinds of Repaiiiug 'donVoY
o'Skert Notice. Buggies,.. Was '
. 015, etc., nde to "order,.0
aid all work Guar- . .
anteed;
Also tell, the world-famous Waller-A.'-.Wood
Bowers, Beapersx Combtn- '
ed Ifachines,' Harvesters,.-.
- ; and Self-binders the
best made. , -
Shop opposite the 4TattersAH,'.',on
OUve St., COLUJFBUS. iKlm"
COALLIIVIE!
J.E. I0RTH fcCO.;
DEALEltS IN
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Coal, :
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- Hair, ..
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. . Cement.
Keck Spii Coal,..... ..$7:00-pVr loii
Cnrlwfi (Wjaaififj) Coal..?.... 6.00 '.'..
EMefi (Iowa) Coal , .0. 5,00 "- V
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llackj-aith Coal of best quality !al
ways on hand at low
est prices.
Vorth Side Elewentli St.,.
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