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s . !! a 1 m f$ttlMKSMS?rjlt. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30. 1885. KepaMicaa Cfeareatloa. The Republican electors of Flatte coun ty are hereby called to meet in conven tion at the Court House in Columbus, on Tuesday, October loth, 1885,at 1 p.m.sharp (or the purpose of placing in nomination a lull county ticket, and for the election of seven delegates to the State conven tion to be held at Lincoln, October 14th, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before them. The several Townships will be entitled to representation as follows Granville 3 Humphrey 8 Bismarck 3 .Sherman 3 'Creston 4 Grand Prairie... 2 Shell Creek 2 Burroughs 2 St. Bernard 2 Jolliet 4 Walker 7 Woodville o Butler 3 Loute 2 Monroe 6 1 Lost Creek Columbus Twp.. 4 1st Ward 4 2d Ward 6 3d Ward 6 The caucuses to be held at usual voting place on Saturday, October "3d, 1883, at 2 p. m. sharp. All delegates to be selected by ballot. The polls in the city of Co lumbus to be kept open until seven (7) p.m. By order of County Central Com. J. E.M6NCRIKF, Ch'm'n. J.J. Truman, Sec'y pro tern. SMALL-rox is reported at several places in Antelope county. Senator Van Wtck had a grand andience at Madison Thursday last. Florida has the largest frnit farm in the world, comprising over 2,500 acreB. Reliable reports from the corn crop of Nebraska indicate that it will aggregate 1,990,000,000 bushels. Senator Van Wyck delivered an address one day last week before the citizens attending the Sarpy county fair. The Baltimore grand jury reports that the introduction of the whipping post to punish wife-beatera has had a salntary effect. News comes from Berlin that Prince Bismarck has accepted the apology of Spain for the recent insult to the German embassy at Madrid. Onlt seven hundred and fifty-nine new caseB of cholera and two hun dred and seventy deaths were report ed one day laBt week throughout Spain. The American bark "Caahmore," Capt. Nichols, from Philadelphia, for Hiogo, was loRt at Tanega Lima, au Island of Japan. A part of her crew were saved. The ninth annual re-union of the army of West Virginia was held last week at Portsmouth, Ohio. Gen. R. B. Hayes, in the absence of Gen. Crook, presided. An agreement has been effected with Germany by which Spain re tains the Carolines, Mariana and Pa laos Islands, while Germany acquires the Marshall and Gilbert groups. A Boston bank which daily re ceives a large amonnt of money from Montreal does not propose to spread small-pox. It has each bill placed in carbolic acid and then dried before passing it along. Capt. Lee. agenl at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian reservation, has recently telegraphed Commissioner Atkins that only 21,000 head of cattle remain on the reservatissj, and that they will be removed by the end of thismontb. Recent news comes from London that Russia has proposed a conference of the powers on the Roumelia diffi culty, but wants the porte to take the initiatory steps. Austria will await a decision from the porte before com mitting herself. There is nothing new regarding the eitua'tion at the coal mines at Collinsville, 111., and vicinity. It ap pears evident that the determination on the part of the miners is to receive better wages or strike and involve the whole district. The new chamber of commerce and board of trade building at Denver, Col., was formally dedicated the oth er afternoon with appropriate cere monies. The building is a handsome four 6tory. gray-stone and granite structure, 50x120 feet, costing $38,000. Recent news from New York-says that the other night an unknown tug boat ran into the schooners "Ratidan" and "Ediompost," at anchor off Bed loe's Island. The Bchooner "Ediom post" sunk immediately, carrying down the steward, uame unknown, and Capt. James Smith. The Misses Green, of Atlanta, la dies of literary and artistic culture, are making a collection of negro songs and setting them to music. The mu sic is composed as the songs are sung by old-fashioned darkies, and will perpetuate accurately the strange and weird melody of the plantation. Bulgaria must be preparing for war, as recent news from Sofia states that a levy of all able bodied men in Bulgaria between the ages of 18 and 40 has been ordered. ' The object of this movement is to secure the onion of their people, and establish their freedom from Turkish oppression. Prince Alexander t has ordered several Turkish emblems seized dur ing the rising of the citizens the other day to be restored to their owners. 'He has also telegraphed the Czar asking him to favor the unity of Roumelia and Bulgaria, and to grant the inited countries the protection of Bessie . At Berlin it is semi-officially stated tUt the powers will not look calmly ob the breaking up .of the treaty of Berlin but will aide with Tnrkey, ud, if Bowie opposes them, she will befcolated. O.ly after the Belga- MMe cm the powers decide whet to do fcrBplfri tu,Uy- Mrs. Margaret Kelley, formerly of Galena, 111., and thought to be living .now somewhere in Nebraska, cannot be fonnd. Tho last heard from her she said the should soon-be married, she then beiag a widow. The object in obtaining her place ef residence is to inform her that she has fallen heir to a valuable property in Dunn county, Wisconsin. Richard Bell, a cow boy, said to be from Nebraska, was shot and kill ed the other night at Stnrgis City, Dakota, while attending a dance, by some one of a lot of colored soldlero ; one of them becoming disorderly was ejected from the house ; be went away and returned with several comrades who drew up in line and fired a vol ley of bullets into the buildin?, one of the balls killing Bell. Indiana has a big fraudulent issue of Township bonds on band just now. It is claimed that they were issued by dishonest trustees in payment for goods that were never delivered, and that one Pollard and the trustees shared in the proceeds. Thus far only $3,500 have been presented by the National Bank at Cincinnati, pur porting to have been issued by Ernest Eetz, trustee of the Township in which Indianapolis is situated. Near the town of Ayr, Cass county, Dakota, a large prairie fire broke out last Friday, and spread rapidly, taking everything in its course. Houses, crops and farm machinery burned np. The whole country is out fighting the fire. One farmer had ninety men at work. The fire was spreading towards the town of Buffalo. At .Bismarck, D. T., the fires were very destructive. The losses thus far are over $75,000, and the fires are still raging. "Tones" of the Stale Journal al ways gives his friends good advice. Here is another sample : "The desperate struggles of the bourbons with their burden of civil service reform remind these Topics of the story of the fellow who was out for a sail with his sweetheart when the boat capsized. Hastily gathering her in his arms he tried to swim ashore. The task was long and desperate, and just as the pair were going under the cruel waves for the last time a roan on the bank yelled, 'Why don't you stand np and walk ?' They stood np and found the water not over three feet deep. So it would be with the democrats, if they but had sense enough to stand up and walk out." Chicago nets an increase in revenue of $1,200,000 annually through the high-license law. But if a prohibito ry law should be passed aud "enforc ed" in Illinois as it is in Iowa and Kansas, the city of Chicago would not sret a cent of revenuo from the liquor-dealers, who would, however, continue to sell liquor all the same. Yet there are persons who believe that prohibition, which has been practically demonstrated to mean "free whisky and no revenue," is preferable to high-license, which reg ulates toe liauor traffic, produces a revenue, and lightens the burden of taxation. Omaha Bee. The Rev. Dr. Carroll of Waco City made some very sensible and im portautremarks the other day at that city in his discussion of the negro problem. In his argument Dr. Car roll said that "The negro is here he is part and parcel of onr domestic system it is not his fault that he is here or that he is a free man or voter. Neither is it the southern man's fault ; his enfranchisement and civic rights are a result of the reconstruction theory. The south 6aid, 'hands off.' The promise of the south to lift the negro up must be carried out to the letter. During the great civil war when our men were away from home .they were docile, kind and obedient, and protected the women and chil dren and toiled in the field to make bread for them. We owe him a debt of gratitude for this. Let us succor him, intellectually and morally." NORTHWEST NEiRASK. A Trip f Dswm Cosmty. We left Albion July 9th and went np the Beaver valley to Cummings villc. It is a beautiful country and good soil; from there we went to Swan Lake, passing through some beautiful valleys. On either hand are saud bluffs, some reaching a height of four hundred feet. From there to Basset, which is a little town on the Elkhorn Valley R. R., with about 200 inhabitants. From here we too the emigrant trail to Long Pine, then up the E. V. R. R. to Ainsworth, all the way through sand. From here to Ft. Niobrara, passing throngh several little towns with from 300 to 500 in habitants. .Here wo saw our first wild buffalo which was feeding with a herd of cattle. At present there are not many soldiers at this fort, having been called to Kansas to suppress the threatened Indian outbreak. From here we went southwest to Valentine, then we took the trail through 90 miles of sand hills to Gordon, which we reached after two and a half days travel. Gordon is a beautiful little town of 200 inhabitants situated in a lovely country. In April, there was nothing here but whisky shops and one log hotel and those one-half mile east of present site. We were much surprised to see the beautiful station nooses that bad been placed along the railroad every ten or twelve miles, many of which are right among the sand hills. From Gordon, we trav eled southwest with the railroad and passed over a beautiful, gently-rolling country, which is of a very black sandy loam, arriving at Rush Creek which, when we were here in April had nothing bat e post-ofllce. We were surprised to see a thriving town of 200 inhabitants and a!! besy build ing stores and dwellings ; from here we go southwest over beautiful roll ing country to the Niobrara river, crossing which we fled a laid out read musing south along the county Use ; following this for tea miles thee go southwest into Dawes connty, Tp. 27, Range 47, which we think cannot be excelled in the state. On July23d we arrived on the claim of Stanley J. Howard and ate dinner by a beauti ful spring of soft water, with flowers in bloom on all sides, and herds of antelope to be seen feeding in every direction. It makes us feel that it is the Providence of God that brought ub -here. After dinner we stepped across to L. S. Donnan's claim which is gently rolling; there is but little choice in the land here, as if is about the same aa far as the eye can see. We tnrned our steps back juBt in time to direct S. J. Howard on to his claim, who in company with his mother and brother had just arrived with their stock. Many of our friends told us we would have to irrigate to raise crops in this country, bnt since our arrival here there has been abundance of rain. On July 26th we organized an M. . class and Sabbath school, and had 30 in attendance. We find as talented people here as we have met in the state. Ttfere are a goodly number of school ma'ams here that have taken claims. All have 160 acres and many 320; Miss AdaTobit, formerly deputy P. M. of St. Edward, Neb., has two claims near us. L. S. DORMAN. Oatlm Parents. Thousands of parents do not realize the great responsibility in the rearing of their children, that is resting upon them, individually. It is true, the sense of the responsibility of support not unfrequently is so absorbing as to shut out from attention the duty they owe their children and society in a moral and social light. Thus 'thous ands of boys and girls are allowed to grow up to maturity, coarse, rude, unmannerly, 'and immoral, whose very actions aud language are dis gusting to the intelligence and the respectability of all well cultivated society. This condition is the real cause that marks the line of degree in society. In some instances sordid propensities make lucre the Rubicon. In this country where all are bsrn free and equal, with certain inalien ablo rights, the very nature of our institutions is such as to make it pos sible for the progeny of the meanest peasant to aspire to the highest post of honor within the nation's gift. In fact, a large number of our most eminent men, and moBt distinguished women have aspired from a very ordinary mediocrity, and in many instances from the most extreme pecuniary obscurity, through diligent application and untiring effort. The most symmetrical form, when given to. rude unmannerly actions, and coarse, unguarded, impolito language, at best can but attract notice not admiration. That which nature has intended for a beautiful and attractive being, is converted into an object that is regarded by all good society with a feeling of pity and disgU9t.Pity, for the being in whom the object of the Divine stands perverted; di9gust, at the unbecoming attributes of that degrading nature. Good parents loathe to see their sons and daughters associated with such, and greet them not with a welcome into their house hold. Perverted principles are hard to eradicate, and good principlep, when once supplanted by evil, are bard indeed to reinstate. It is vastly more difficult to unlearn that which has been learned amiss, tliao to learn a thiug anew. So that if children are allowed to grow up without cultiva tion of the head aud the heart there is but little hope for any high attain ments in life. While on the other hand, the individual who has been given all the advantages of an educa tion placed within bis grasp; who has been carefully guarded in his deportment, and properly admonished as to his duty; whose parents, have constantly aimed to supplant all childish, and whimsical notions, un becoming his age, by a steady, dili gent and manly, or womanly deport ment, and drown out a selfish nature, by principles oT benevolence, is aided on all sides by the good and influen tial, and buoyed up, amid adversity, to the accomplishment of all good aims, and placed in positions of trust aud profit, whilst his unfortunate class-mate is doomed to stand at the foot of the ladder, and gaze with dazzled eye upon the brilliancy of his achievements, or turn his back upon the world, and plunge into deeper corruption, and crime, saying by his very actions, shame be upon my parents, for the cultivation which I received while in the nursery. There is such a diversity in the natures of children, that it behooves every parent to be on the alert. The phys ician must first make a diagnosis of the disease of his patient before he commences to drench him with drugs. In addition to this he mu6t try to ascertain as near as possible the con stitution of the patient, efit he over dose him. or do6e him insufficiently, in order that he effect a sure and speedy cure. So with the parent. He should study to learn the nature, and disposition of bis child, so as to know his weak points, and to guard them in a proper way. We are all aware of the fact, that some children are born with more of the Satanic qualities than others. This difference is frequently seen in members of the same family. It manifests Itself in different forms. In one it is a mania for pilfering, in another a gosto for lying, in a third, Bullenness; in a fourth, Insolence, and so on. Now the parent is responsible, in the first place, to a certain degree, for the presence of these qualities, and in a very great' degree he is responsible for the development of these qualities, or their suppression. He can weed them ont in their infantile state, and plant in their stead seed of a different character. You need not attempt the task with your child, unless you govern yourself. The work will prove a failure. Remember the - A' if severe chastisement be necessary. Rude manners, and immoral conduct aro usually engendered in one of two ways. Some parents are too strict with their children. Denying them privileges of amusements that are really innocent, simply because they forget that they themselves were one day children, and because they possess an arrogant, selfish disposition. When their children get from under their charge, they are so ecstatic over their freedom from prison, as it were, that they know no bounds of restraint, and do and say many things, dis agreeable, and disgusting, incon siderately, in the sunshine of their new existence. Again, others take but little cognizance of their children, at-home or abroad. They seem to feel that there ia no doty toward children devolving upon them. They are so much absorbed by pecuniary matters, or in amusement of their own selfish natures, that they seem to almost forget they have children, or forget, at least, that they need training. Another division of thia class is the over-indulgent. Usually this parent has but one, or two chil dren. Now it is highly important, and it is quite natural for those whose very natures are not bestial, to love their children. And loving them, kindness will be the sequence. But while we are caring for their wants, and gratifying their many desires, we should consider whether we are doing them a kindness or not. Children are apt to have whimsical notions. The more these are gratified, the more the disposition grows, and soon a refusal will be followed by petulancy. My dear friend, every such act of supposed kindness you do your child, will almost Invariably prove no better than a curse, and most certainly will, soon or later, repay you by remorse of conscience, and a sense of mistaken duty. When your humble servant was about 18 years old, he was boarding in a family which had a little, delicate looking girl about six years old, the most obstinate child, I think, I ever saw. When she took a notion to have, or to do anything, if refused she would throw herself upon the floor and kick and scream at the bent of her voice, to the very great annoyance of all abont the bouse. Finally the mother, tired of the noise, granted her re quest, and quiet was immediately restored. I said to the lady one day, "Why do you not chastise that child for such conduct ?" "Oh, Mr. ,"' says she, "She is delicate, and if I should whip her, and then she were to die afterward, I could never for give myself." "Very good," says I, "but if in the futuro you Bbould wake up in the invisible, and perceive your child in perdition, and should realize the fact that your manner of rearing her had been instrumental in bringing her there, how then?" I met her 3 years later. Almost the first thing she told me was, "What you said to me about Cora haunted me constantly, till I changed my course with bor, and now we have the sweetest child on earth." More anon, By A. In this department the people talk, and not the editor. Each writer must hold himself ready to defend his principle and his statements of facts. "In the mul titude of counsel there Is wisdom." Ed. Journal. Township Organization. My friend Wise says that I carry water on both shoulders. I should be sorry to charge him with willful blindness or perversity of judgment yet how in the face of what I said in my last he could make such a charge I am at a loss to decide. However, for bis benefit I will 6ay plainly, I am a friend of township organization, having in common with perhaps most of our native born citizens been raised under such an organization in one of its various forms and never until within the past two years have I beard its benefits called in question. As I wish to give nothing but facts, I will here say by way of correction that I should have said that the coun ty tax of '84 on the same tract of land was less than the tax ot '82 instead of '81, as I said. Bnt I do not admit that the township tax was one-half of the levy, nor did I charge the retiring board with increasing the levy one half; the responsibility which I en deavored to fasten on the latter body is capable of proof or I should not have made the assertion and if the citizens of Sherman were so unwise as to levy a town tax on themselves equal to one-half of the rest of their taxes it shows that the law limiting the amount of such levy to 7 mil's was passed none too soon. I make the assertion that before township organization, the western townships of Platte county, with Columbus, paid more than their due proportion on their land, while the northern townships with land equal in quality and if anything higher in market value, paid leas than their due proportion. As an ex-member of the county board and representing the interests of that part of the county, can our friend deny this to be 60? Again our friend is not very happy in bis illustration of the township machine, and I put the question to him as a business man, would he buy a new and expensive machine, no matter bow good its reputation, with out an understanding with the man ufacturer or his agent that if it did not accomplish what it professed to do when properly used it might be re tnrned without loss, but would such cnna is a creature oi imuauou, ana the example of your life will proye a precept for it. Admonition of good, and precept of evil are incompatible. Determination and resolution of pur pose is another very important feature. When you order your child to perform or abstain from a certain act, see that you have obedience, even flbmrnm)itvrv JWWrFtV''ttt .. - ... agent accept it as fair play if the machine weru taken to the field with its wheels clogrcd with dirt, sticks or other impediments, aud' then put on its trial? Yet such hs.s been the ordeal to which township organiza tion has been subjected evcu in the houses ot those whoBhonid have been its friend?, as I may have occasion to show further on. My friend asserts that there i a deficiency in the present administration of county affairs and wants to know how it is to be met ; as an ex-comrai"sioner be should know more about it than outsiders. It the present board have been reckless in expenditures they will find no defendant in me but my present business is to deal with causes and the most promiuent among these is the refunding of back taxes on the unpatented lands of the U. P. R. R. Co., and other which were il legally sold, and which with the usurious interest added to them, amount to a considerable sum. It-is rather uufoitunate that township or ganization has to provide the means of payment but it is not responsible for tho difficulty. Again, he says we are ruuning a double-header in coun ty government, which is correct, but if each brarw! ,? -iU r Us legitimate duties then u t-l be no clashing. This is an American system, for are not our state governments witniu and under the National government aud I trust that no patriot would wish to see them put outot existence. With out them the National Government would be too unwieldy and would fall to pieces of its own weight or would run into a confirmed despotism. It may be witbiu the remembrance of our friend that alter waiting'for somo time for relief the citizens of Monroe asked for a bridgo o:i one ot our pub lic t borough farss, and we only re ceived one ou the condition that we should haul a cast-off bridge from Shell Creek and place it in position Does he suppose that uuder township organization such an alternative could have been placed upon ub? I find by reference to the minutes of the board of supervisors that on one or two occasions they quietly snubbed the town board of Sherman for undertaking to expound the law to the county board, in accordance with their own ideas -of common sense; perhaps this is the gall that has made them enemies ot township organizition, but we of Monroe have more reason to complain, for on the 18th of Nov. '84 the following resolu tion was unanimously adopted and a copy forwarded to the board of super visors according to direction, yet no notice whatever was takeu of it on the minutes of that body, on the con trary tradition informs me that they decided that they had no right to act in the matter, but that as individuals, a number of them signed a memorial to the legislature 'asking it to amend the township law, the resolution is as follows : Resolved, That the board of supervisors be requested to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with the county attor ney in the drafting of suck amendments lo the township law (subject to the ap proval of the board), as experience has shown to be necessary, in order that the same may be laid before the legislature for its action thereon. I fail to see that we have asked any thing nnusual or improper, which would have been the case bad we asked them to legislate, but we mere ly asked them to place the neccessary amendments in such a shapo that when presented to the legislature or its committees they would have un derstood exactly what was needed. "If you would be well served serve yourself" is a trite maxim, and there is no doubt we could have done all we asked the county to do for us, but then we thought that so august a body as represented the county of Platte would command attention at Lincoln than one of its insignificant townships, and I have had occasion to verify the truth of this quite re cently, for the county board, after keeping the bills of the officers of the last general election on hand for nearly two-thirds of a year, under the advice of the county attorney sent them to the respective town boards for settlement ; the injustice of such a course -must be apparent from the fact that there being no precedent for it, the town had not included it in their annual levy, therefore, before any action was taken by our board, I endeavored on their behalf to obtain the opinion of the attorney general in regard to it, but he was too much ab sorbed in bis public duties particu larly in those newly-imposed as a R. R. commissioner, to give even a civil answer but referred us to the county attorney, who, having already decided the case against the town ships, rendered compliance on their part a necessity. One of the most remarkable features of this crusade against township organization is the number of ex-commissioners who are active in engineering this movement; perhaps I may be able to shed a little light on this in the future, but in the meantime I would respectfully ask the supervisors that they scan well the character of the petitions from their respective neighborhoods, and see that they are signed by legalize'd voters, for though it is the duty of the' friends of township organization to submit to the requirements of the law when legally expressed, it is equally the duty of its opponents to comply strictly with the same. Geo. S. Truman. Wr Teacnerau What if an ignorant man should say, "I hope to get an office, and I will practice law nntil I get one?'' he never studied law, nor does he intend to study it, but he is going to practice. Or suppose be should say, "I can't get. work for a year, I think I will practice medicine." In either of these eases, you would not trust him with your property, nor with your health, .even though his his fees were very low. And so it is with your, tradesmen, your blacksmiths, your carpeeters, j and all other servants of the public, years of study and experience are required, except only one, i. e. the teacher. ' This profession, the most important of all, the one on which tho future prosperity of all our institutions de pends, is neglected and abused. Speaking of the smaller and district schools (the great city schoqls are of course exceptional), very few teach becau-e they mean to make teaching a life-work. Here is a young ma who has, by the skin or bis teeth, obtained a third grade certificate, now he can teach, ho has reached the pinnacle of his fame, and does not aspire to climb farther up the educational ladder. Here is another with more ambi tion ; he has finished at the academy, and wants to go to college to study the liberal profession ; he is in debt, and so he says, "I will teach a year, just to raise tho wind, of course I don't meau to follow it a, a business." And so we find that the children, those who are to becoino the future rulers of the greatest nation on the globe, are intruded to the care of raw material. There is a reason for this aud also a remedy. The people are not willing to give teachers the honor and support allow ed those of other liberal professions. If aman will tench for t fV month, he is the man unless there is another who will teach for $25. For the protection of your health and property, you demand years of 6tudy and experience, with little re gard to cost, but for the care and edu cation of your children, any thing so it 1 only cheap. These are the reas ons, now for tho remedy. Pay your teachers yood wages, give them your help and approval when it is desired, and encourage excellence by hiring the best not the cheapest. Then, and not before, will teaching become a profession in reality, teach ers will be able to attend Normal Schools and couuty institutes, and the progress of common school education will increase. Teacueb. Ei.,JorKXAi. : Will you permit a few more remarks about your brother editor of the Omaha Jiepublicant I begin now to think I spoke hastily wheu I said he was smart and intel ligent, aa he still continues to bark at the heels ot Senator Van Wyck on every occasion, and dog him through the columns of his paper wherever that Senator is invited to address the people. The Senator was invited to attpud the re-union of the old soldiers at Beatrice aud deliver an address. He attended and delivered an able address, one long to be remembered by the soldiers. This editor cites what be calls a gem from tho Sena tor's address, and then speaks of it in the following encouragiug language : "There are paragraphs in the forego ing which, if delivered by a candidate for justice of the peace in any intelli gent community, would defeat him. And the speech was not extempore, but was written and read." The ob ject of a smart and intelligent editor of a republican paper should be to assist and support all the able, honest, influential and popular republicans of his 6tate, instead of rating the talents of an able, honest, bold and influen tial U. S. Senator as not fit to fill the office of justice of the peace. The popularity of Senator Van Wyck among the people, growing every day notwithstanding the un called for opposition of this smart editor, has somewhat disturbed his headland driven out of it a consider able portion of what little common sense he ever possessed. It is de manded, especially by the people, that the leading republican papers of the 6tate shall support their public men. in the absence of all charges against their characters private or political, and it is difficult to account for this action except on the principle of "bread and butter," and we gently remind the smart editor ot the Omaha Bepublican that the people of the state may take, off this supply in another direction A Voteb. Ed. Journal : I noticed in your issue of two weeks ago a communica tion from "Tax-payer" of Lost Creek, making some grave complaints against the ex-town board of Lost Creek Tp. I have been waiting to bear from some of said board, ex pecting, of course, that they or some of them would come forward and vindicate themselves. But as yet they do not do so. It certainly looks to an outsider-as if there was some thing wrong, and as if "Tax-payer" bad good reasons for bis remarks. A Looker Ok. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. St. Edward. Crouch brothers have lost 125 hogs with a disease supposed to be hog cholera. Mrs. J. W. Jennings and danghters returned last Wednesday from an ex tended visit to South Bend, Ind., and other points. On bearing that Rev. J. W. Jen nings had returned to St. Edward, E. L. Penfield sent for him and on his arrival at the bank, he was presented with $100, to be applied on his salary in behalf of E. L. Penfield and other friends not members of the church. The astonished pastor says, verily that is an extraordinary but very ac ceptable welcome to St. Edward. On August 28tb, Mr. Geo. Han lost 14 head of pigs; after looking for them two days he found them in the yard of Arnold and Catharine Schmidt who positively refused to appoint an arbitrator or to allow Mr. Han to take his bogs away without first paying the sum of $50.00. Mr. H. not being willing to do this com plained to Esquire Thompson, who after seeing Mr. S. and not being able to get a settlement issued a summons and placed it in the hands of Con stable N. D. Buck, summonsing A. and C. Schmidt to appear before L. C. Thompson, J. P., on the 12th of Sept. 1885 at 9 a. m., and commanding the constable to immediately take the pigs end return the seme to theplsia- COLUMBUS WM. BECKER, nCALXK IX AIL KINDS OF STAPLE AND PA3III.Y.: GROCERIES ! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A AYRLL SELECTED STOCK. f Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. Dellrer Free part ! Ike C'ltjr. nny Cor. Thirteenth and IT Streets, near ' A. & K. Depot. D R Y G O O D S THE REVOLuxiunr Dry - CLOTHING HOUSE ! I. GLITCH, Proprietor, HA ON HAND Xbl'LKNItllt STOCK OK READY-MADE CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, CARPETS, HATS, CAPS, Etc., Etc., AT PRICKS niT f UI IETE1 UAH IF IEFI1E II CIL1M1IS. J5TI buy my good strictly for cash, and will rlvc my rus tomera the benefit of it. Giro Me a call amd Ceaviace Yeareelf ef tke Facts. tiff, which he did, but on the lOth they agreed to leave it to arbitrators and chose A. P. Currier, John Weid oer and John Frost, who titter ex amining the damages, awarded Ar nold and Catharine Schmidt the sum of 15.00, the said Geo. Han to pay all costs. T. Miss Lizzie Wright is teaching school in tho Henry Saunders dis trict. Mr. John Abrahansou threshed 10 acres of oats that averaged CI bushels to the acre. Corn in this vicinity is out of the way of frost and promises to be one of the best and largest crops ever raised. Mr. II. Guiles reports a very pleas ant time at the soldier' re-union and also at the State Fair where he was appointed special policeman. M. J. Thompson is fixing over the house on his timber claim, erecting a stable, wind-mill, &c, and has leased it to J. W. Hoffman for five years. Quite a number in this vicinity watched the eclipse on the 23d and 24th. To those who love to study the wonders of the heayens it was a grand treat. The sky was very clear and the shadow of our mother earth was plainly seen pasalnz over the surface of the moon nntil the greater part was covered, proving without a doubt to the observer that all the light the moon has it derives from the sun. Some argue that if the moon revolve on its axis (as it is claimed) and derives all her light from the sun we would see all aides of her sur face and not always the same as we do but the reason of this is that the moon revolves once around on his axis in 29 days, 12 hours, 41 minutes and three seconds, the exact time of her revolntion around the earth. PalesUae. Threshers in the neighborhood. A few of oar young people attend ed the fair Sept. 19tb. Mr. and Mrs. Randall of Genoa vis ited at Mr. Jones's last week. A fat cow belonging to W. D. Han chett died quite suddenly a week ego. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Geor gia attended the re-union at Beatrice and report a very pleasant time. Geo. S. Truman and Miss Hetty Truman of Genoa visited at "Mr. Dana's" on Tuesday of this week. Mr. J. C. McNabb has bought the cane mill belonging to D. Ilanchett and son, and will make molasses at his place. Mrs. W. U. Hamilton of Overton, Neb., who has been visiting at her father's the past two weeks, returned to Overton Tuesday. . DlNN. Hotice to liiliins; Coatracters ! SEALED PROPOSALS will be receiv ed at the Clerk's office or the city or Columbus, Neb up to 8 o'clock, p. m.. on Saturday next, Oct. 3d, ltV for the building or three ire wells In the city, 8 feet diameter' and 10 feet deep, curbed with best class of is feet 2 inch thick, southern pine lumber, supported with 4 iron stays properly secured and appor tioned. Plans and specifications caa be sees at the oflce or J.BJckiy, J. P- ia oslce hours. Bids invited. The City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Q. LOCKNER, nt 9k S?'n Committee on fire. Sept. 28th. 1885. 23-1 vanes. To whom it may concern: Notice la -hereby given that Mary J. sella has Made application to the Couatr Judge ol Platte county, Nebraska, to adopt, aa her owh children, Alvira M. Bogera aad Myrtle M. Rogers. Said ap plication is set for hearing on the 24th or October 1885, at 10 o'clock a m.atrar oslce la said couaty. ' JOHN J. SULLIVAN, 23 CouBty Judge of Platte Co.,Neb. BOOMING! CHEAP FUEL! Whitebreast LunpCoal Nut I'aHouUity " Colorado Hard " -A GOOD SUPPLY. 5.U0 4.50 7.00 10.00 TAYLOR, SCHUTTE& CO. 45-tf JACOB SCHKAM, )DKALKR IN( DRY GOODS! Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, FBSMSB 600OS ASJ NOTIONS. LOW PRICKS FOR CASH. 34-tf C L O T AND - H I N G UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE, SAHX. C. SMITH, Ag't. -AN1 General Seal Estate Sealer. S3?" I have a large number of improved Furiiirt for valu cheap. Also unimproved farming aud gracing lauds, from $ 1 to $10 per acre. 25TSpecIuI attention paid to making tiii.tl proof ou Homestead aud Timber Claim. J3TA1I having lands to sell will tind it to their advantage to leave them in my hand for sale. Money to loan on farmi. F. II. )-tf Marty, Clerk, speak German. Columbus, Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, rKOPUIETORS OF SHELL CREEK MILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND MEAL. OFFICE. COLUMBUS, NEB. TIT?T "Dfor working people. Send 10 H lli I j Kcents postage, and we will -a.-a-siA mai youree, a royal, val uable sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money in a few days than you ever thought pos sible at any business. Capital not re quired. You can live at home and work in spare time only, or all the time. All of both sexes, of all axes, grandly suc cessful. 51) cents to $5 easily earned every evening-. That all who want work may teat the business, we make this un paralleled offer: To all ? ho aro not well satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us. Full particulars, directions, etc, sent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don't delay. Address Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. NO HUMBUG! But a Grand Success. RP. BRIGHA3PS AUT03IATIC WA- ter Trough for stock. He refers to every man who has it in use. Call on or leave orders at George Yale's, opposite Oeblrich's grocery. 9.8m nanPHELL 4c MX.4J1.AIK, DEALERS IN Ras and Iron ! The highest market pricepaid for rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive St., Columbus, Neb. 15-tf TICET TKAiHElH. J- B. Moncrlef, Co. Supt., Will be in his office at the Court House on the third Saturday or each month for the purpose of examining applicants for teacher's certificates, and far the transaction or any other business pertaining to schools. 567-y FARMER'S HOME. This nouse, recently purchased by me. will be thoroughly refitted. Board by the day, week or meal.- A few rmm. to let. A share or the public patronage is solicited. Feed stable in connecting stable in connection. 3-7 Albert Luth. JJAXIftVIWI MEASE, IW. jb PBYB1CIAN AND SURGEON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-j 1 ,t T
