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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1885.
Have you beard from O-bi-o.
Ik Itoum elis, now mnch talked of,
are 18,500 gypsies.
The salary of a good designer in
jewelry is fi.OOO year.
Canned wbale is said to be a grow
iag industry in Norway.
The late censnsTsbows apopula
Uoa for Boston of 386,000.'
A setere shock of earthquake wasv-
felt the other day at Granada, Spain.
The latest novelty in men's wear is
a cuff that can also be used as a
collar.
In Paris 150 babieswerejehearsing
last week for a choras in the play
"Petit Poocet"
Fiftt deaths occurredone?day last
week in Montreal and adjacent vil
lages from small-pox.
At the Armstrong Works in Eng
land, a gun has been made that will
casta one-ton shell fifteen miles.
It is said that good apples are sell
ing in Lincoln at fiftyjeenta a barrel,
and the market is fully supplied.
Five Chinamen were burned to
death the other morning in their
Jaundry by their building taking fire
in Oakland, Cala.
Two hundred and fifty-three new
cases of cholera and 109 deaths from
the disease were reported one day
last week in Spain.
Lincoln's special city election for
issuing $50,000 bonds to the Missouri
Pacific, resulted in favor of bonds by
a vote of 1,799 to 56.
The classic Tiber is once more to
become a commercial highway, a line
of steamers having been built to run
between Rome and Genoa.
A refugee from Montreal has
spread the small-pox at Marinette,
Wis., whero twenty cases now exist
and four deaths have occurred.
While celebrating the Republican
victory in Ohio, near Lafayette, Ind.,
the other night, John Boyd was killed
by the premature discharge of a
cannon.
Gkobge Jones, living southeast of
Unionville, la., had his neck broken
the other day by a blow from the
sweep of a cane-mill, at which he was
working.
Professor Bartholow says that
chloral is the most effective remedy
for cholera, and that its power is
much increased by the addition of
morphine.
People who live in pine forests
are comparatively free from climatic
and contagious diseases, and singers
have found their influence beneficial
to the voice.
A son of Mr. Graves, at Red Cloud,
Neb., fired Li? father's barn during
his absence. The barn of J. H.
Smith adjoining burned. The
is about $1,000.
loss
The Omaha Herald caned the state
convention a lore least, but the other
fellows thero thought differently, and
heve no warm commendations for the
annual gathering of the democracy.
The JBurtonian remarks that down
in Washington county, politics is war
to the knife and the knife to the hilt,
while in Burt it partakes more of the
scriptural quality of a kiss fora blow.
A heavy shock of earthquake was
felt at Palermo the other day causing
a three story building to fall, burying
its occupants beneath the debris.
Eight corpses have been recovered
from the ruins.
The Union Pacific railroad com
pany are making arrangements9 to
put in a new bridge over the Mis
souri river between Omaha and
Council Bluffs, which will be com
pleted during 1S8G or '87.
The walls of Fort Snmpter are re
duced to a mass of ruins, over which
twelve guns are still mounted. The
government pays $200 a month for
watchmen, who keep lights burning
for the guidance'of mariners.
Mrs. John Morgan, living a mile
and a half from Belvidere, Neb., was
burned to death by the explosion of
a gasoline stove. She died in the
evening. The house and contents
were destroyed and one child burned
dangerously.
Henry S. Davis, a policeman of
Washington City, who was commit
ted to the New Hampshire state
prison Dec. 25, '83, for two years, for
an assault upon a woman with intent
to kill, was pardoned and released
the other day by President Cleveland.
Earl Baker, the woman charged
with the larceny of a watch and dia
mond ring from Mose Kountze, of
Omaha, was held on. examination in
the sum of $1,000 bv justice Stenberg.
Other parties arrested were discharg
ed. This is the woman that recently
figured in tho saloons of Omaha.
One hundred and seventy-five tons
of hay on the farm of John Fitzgeral
near Greenwood, Lancaster Co.,
Neb., burned the other day. Erie
Johnson and Nelson Oleson have
been arrested for Betting the fire.
Both are discharged employes, and
had threatened their lato employer
out.
A fire broke out at 12 o'clock
Thursday night at David City, Neb.,
north of the Commercial hotel and
burned the block to the railroad.
The principal losers are Perkins,
Parnell & Maning, Zudic & Keller.
The alarm bell rope was cut. The
fire is believed to be the work of an
incendiary.
Chas. Crocker, of New York, tel
egraphed the other day $5,000 to aid
the four families of the firemen who
were injured and killed at the fire in
the Crocker building at San Francis
co. A generous act from a liberal
hearted man. Glad to know that
some inch men still live in this wicked
feaeratioa.
The people of Valley county, with
D. J. Martz as spokesman, are over
hauling the affairs of their county
clerk, Mr. Schsefer. Martz charges
him with having taken money be
longing to the county, and keeping
it, and makes his charges specific as
follows: He has not accounted for
the land filing fees; for the final
proof fees; for making relinquish
ments and acknowledgments; for
making certificates of pensions nor
to abstracts ; for making out abstracts
of titles; for fees in contest cases;
for fees in depositions ; for the court
fees in district court; for fees extra
allowed by the commissioners; for
fees for making out the tax-li6t, &c.
These thingB, Mr. Marlz affirms, are
ascertained by looking at the clerk's
fee book, the only evidence required.
This is the book over which Ne
braska county officials almost every
where have stumbled so much. The
law requires "every item of fees col
lected" to be entered therein, for the
reason that the fern, above certain
named amounts, are to be turned
over to the treasury, and we are in
formed that this law has not, as a
rule, been enforced. It may be that
right here Nebraska tax-payers will
find where their money has been
going; it certainly is a good-sized
hole. Since writing the above we see
by the Lincoln correspondence of the
Bee that an expert has been employ
ed there and given bonds, and will
examine into the affairs of the clerk
ship. If found not according to law
a prosecution will be begun.
Mrs. E. Beste, of Washington City,
who has figured prominently in
Washington, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston as a voice-medium, was
detected the other night at Hartford,
Conn., at a private seance by two men
who had concealed themselves in an
adjoining room and who were to
come out at a given signal. They did
so, lights wore produced, and she was
caught outside the cabinet, aud her
costume, representing a female spirit,
proved to be gauze drapery over her
underclothing. She had left her dress
and slippers in the cabinet. The
drapery was perfumed with sandal
wood and made luminous with a
mixture of phosphorous and ether,
aided by patches of luminous paint.
She made a full confession. The
monoy collected from the audience
was surrendered, and she was turned
out of the house, leaving town on a
midnight train.
The other night at Annapolis, Md.,
a discussion was held at the naval
academy by tho officers of the navy
on Lieut. Danenhauer's paper on
"North Polar Researches," in which
he takes the ground that there is no
continent yet undiscovered in the
North Polar basin and the only land
yet unknown are small islands and
groups of islauds and the scientific
knowledge yet to be obtained is not
worth the loss of life and treasure
that will be required'for future expe
ditionB. A letter was read from Chief
I 'ug'uevr .oiuiviuu saying ue does noi
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cuueur wxiu uuuuuuttuur. Aiieui
Greeley also dipscnts from Danen
hauer's views. Danenhauer was sup
ported by Prof. Rpock, of Sweden.
In their bills for "necessary ex
penses," the civil service commis
sioners have included such items as
"ginger ale," lemonade" and "news
papers." This commission examines
candidates for office and determines
upon their fitness for appointments.
In view of its own practice it might
be well for it to include in its list of
questions in future the following:
What sum ought an officer holding a
$3,000 position to be allowed per
month for hot and cold drinks,
cigars, newspapers, etc., to be charged
up as necessary expenses ? Sutton
Register.
Prof. Graham A. Bell, of Wash
ington City and of telephone fame, is
about to organize a normal school for
tho education of teachers for the deaf
and dumb, aud proposes to pay the
entire expense of the instruction. He
has purchased a building for the pur
poso and will spend a great deal of
money in the enterprise. The under
taking is decidedly worthy of all
praise and shows that he possesses a
large, benevolent heart in attempting
to instruct the deaf and dumb in the
mechanism of speech and the anatomy
of the vocal organs.
At Hone6dale, Pa., one day last
week at the wedding of Miss Harriet
R. We6ton and Harry P. Bolton, a
few hours after the wedding repast
had been partaken of thirty or more
of the guests were taken violently ill,
showing undoubted signs of poison
ing. Physicians who were called
agreed that the sickness was cansed
by potted bam used in making the
eanawicnes. xue parties were
ported as doing well.
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The citizens of Louisville, Neb.,
were considerably excited one day last
week about the 6udden attack of five
persons in the family of C. Ripple
with symptons not unlike cholera
vomiting followed by chills. At the
time of making the report ten cases
had occurred and were being attend
ed by physicians, but no deaths re
ported. Thomas Clements and wife who
occupied a ranch near Sign ache, Col.,
mysteriously disappeared sometime
in Aagust. Suspicion rested upon
his brother Marshall Clements, and
he was arrested the other day; he
confessed that he murdered the couple
for money and jewelry, and buried
their bodies in a distant Dart of the
ranch.
The oil and stove room of the B. &
M. railway company, at Bed Clond,
Neb., caught fire the other night and
was entirely consumed. Several oil
explosions occurred, making the fin
est pyrotechnical display ever wit
nessed in the west. Hugh Brown,
an employe, was seriously barned.
The low ia about 11,500.
ftorrtspmttoira.
In this department the people talk, and
not the editor. Each writer must hold
himself ready to defend his principle
and his statements offsets. "In the mul
titude of counsel there is wisdom'." Ed.
Journal.
Vetera, Bead!
Voters and Tax-payers of Platte
County, Nebraska:
I herewith submit for your consid
eration the contents of certified copies
of bills collected by Sheriff Kavan
augh from Platte county :
March 14th, 1882.
Platte County to D. C. Kavanaugh, Dr.
For summoning grand jury $ 5 00
" Mileage : 40 00
" Summoning petit jury 6 00
"Copies 6 00
" Mileage 53 00
$119 00
STATE OF NEBRASKA,) aa.x
Platte County, f B8
I, D. C Kavanaugh, do solemnly swear
that the foregoing account is just, correct
and wholly unpaid.
D. C . Kavanaugh.
Signed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 30th day of March, 1692.
John Stauffkr, Co. Clerk.
Allowed May 24, 1832.
On page 275, Sec. 5, compiled stat
utes of Nebraska, 1881, sheriff's fees
for "traveling expenses for each mile
actually and necessarily traveled, five
cents."
In the above bill, Sheriff Kavan
augh has collected $98 mileage at five
cents a mile, which would be pay for
nineteen hundred and sixty miles
traveled to summon those two juries.
The following are the men who com
posed the juries referred to in the
above bill, and the number of miles,
for which they got pay from the
county :
grand jury regular panel.
John Wise 12miles.
L. E.Kuhne 8
C. H. Young 1
J.l'earsall 1
"Walter Mead, not served, out of
county
John Graham 20
Geo.W. Galley 3
Juan May nard 16
Joe Tiffany, out oi state, etc
J. H.Wett 1
Hugh Edwards 22
Silas Francisco 38
J.G.Routson 1
J.T. Russell, not served
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K. V. r uzpatriclc, out or.state.
El.
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TALESMEN.
J. C. Cowdery 1
M.Scbram,jr 1
John Haney 1
Nicholas Pauley 1
Chas. Peterson 1
H.P.Bower 1
Total 141
And return 141
282
PETIT JURY.
James Salmon 1
Frank Mead 3
Jos. Hoffman 28
J. C.Hurley 20
Jas. Nooman 20
John Lackey, not in state, ex
cused ;.
Chas. Grip 3G
D. L. Bruen 15
D.Warrick 1
S.G.Davis 3
A. Eickman 6
John Schilz 8
O.S.Moran 19
J.H.Meyer 16
Thos.Cain 26
G.W.Davis 1
John Newman 38
H.Ragatz 1
Wm.Mead 3
Ira Mullen 1
C. D.Tyler 18
Joseph Webster . 14
Ed. Roberts 10
P. McLean 22
Total to county s eat 310
Same to return home 310
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The talesman for this jury were all
in town and not allowed any mileage.
This makes a total mileage, for the
two juries, of nine hundred and two
miles (902) and it is reasonable to
suppose that they collected pay for
just what they were entitled to. The
law reads that tho sheriff shall have
five cents per mile actually and nec
essarily traveled. If this law is
strained to the construction that he
can collect mileage from the county
seat to each juror's residence and
back to the county seat, each time,
there would still appear an over
charge of more than one thousand
miles in this bill, for which he has
received pay from Platte county.
Platte County to D. C. Kavanaugh, Dr.
Expenses incurred in procuring the re
turn of patients from the Insane Asy
lum. May 11. '83:
May 10, To one fare to Lincoln, for
self and ass't $ 4 !0
" " Hack fare from depot to
hotel 50
" " Mileage from Columbus
to Lincoln, 116 miles, 5. 5 80
11, " Hack fare to Asylum
andreturn 5 00
" " Mileage to Asylum and
return, 6 miles, 5 30
" Hotel fare COO
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" " Mileage from Lincoln to
Columbus, 74 miles, 5.. 3 70
it t Two days labor for ass't
at S2 per day 4 00
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" Two do for self at $3 . . . C 00
" Bus from depot to hos-
Eital at Columbus 150
ray from depot at Co-,
lumbus to hospital 20
" Car fare from Lincoln
to Columbus for self and
ass't and live patients. 17 15
$ 55 05
May 10. Cr. by cash from
Treasurer $ 35 00
Cr. by error 4 90
39 90
$ 15 15
From the rendering of this bill we
muEt infer that it is optional with the
sheriff what route he selects ; as he
has charged for 116 miles going to
Lincoln, and for 74 miles from Lin
coln to Columbus, it don't appear to
bo as far to come from Lincoln to
Columbus as it is from Columbus to
Lincoln, bat he makes it up by adding
another fare for himself in the item of
fare, for patients and assistant. In
this bill he has collected from Platte
county for one hundred and ninety
miles at the lawful rate of five centB a
mile, making $9.50, and the additional
fare of $2.45, making a total expense
for hauling Sheriff Kavanaugh to
Lincoln and back to Columbus, of
$11.95, when the actual cost was $4 90.
He has also charged hotel bill $6.00;
and 50 cents for hack to hotel. It
will be well for the gentleman to
show law to bear him out in that
class of charges. He also charges for
two days services for self and assist
ant; the time between arrival and
departure of Columbus and Lincoln
train is three hours and a half. Does
that not afford plenty of time to ride
three miles to the Asylum and re
turn, in a five-dollar hack? To the
average tax-payer it certainly would.
I herwith submit an itemized bill
which is nearer right ;
For 73 miles at Sets. per mile and
return $ - 30
For fare for ass't and return 4 "JO
" Hack to Asylum and return. . 5 00
' F ire 5 patients $2.45 each 12 25
" One day's service, belf 3 00
" One " ass't 7 2 00
" Bus and dray at Columbus 1 70
$ 36 15
The law fixes the pay for such ser
vice and the officer must be governed
thereby. Now I wish to call atten
tion to one more fact: From October
18th, '84, to December 10th, '84, a
period of less than two months, Sher
iff Kavanaugh presented bills and
collected over his sworn statement,
$122.50 as costs in criminal cases,
when persons were charged simply
with misdemeanor concerning which
I will refer you to Sec. 247, page 705,
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for
1881, which reads, "The term 'felony'
signifies such an offense as may be
punished with death or imprisonment
in the penitentiary. Any other of
fense is denominated a misdemeanor."
Sec. 535 provides that no costs shall
be paid from the county treasury in
any case of prosecution for a misde
meanor, excopt as provided by Sec.
541, which creates a fund from jail
labor, a thing that does uot exist in
this county.
Sheriff Kavanaugh does not deny
having received the above specified
money, but he refuses to pay it back
into the treasury unless compelled to
do so by the supreme court of Ne
braska. During -the three years and
six months of his term of office he
has drawn from the county general
fund $5,942.40, and if bis other bills
average with the two, above itemized,
you can readily see that he has drawn
a large amount of money from Platte
county not warranted by law, and
you should see to it that you elect
supervisors who will compel him to
pay back into the treasury what does
not by right belong to him.
The above charges are on record in
the county clerk's office and any tax
payer can satisfy himself there of
statements above made.
The $5,942.40 above alluded to as
having been drawn by Sheriff Kav
anaugh from the county treasury does
by no means represent all that he has
received, because it does not, as I
understand it, include any of bis fees
iu civil cases, on sheriff's sales, etc.
The above statements will, in part,
explain to lax-payers our excessive
burden of taxes.
J. P. Becker.
Towaship Oraraalaatloa.
My friend Truman has come out at
last with recorded figures, or figures'
from the records of the county, and
shows us the valuations and levies
for several different years, and tries
bard to prove to his people that they
do not pay double the tax that they
did before town organization. He
says that in 78 the levy was 10 mills,
in '81, 8 mills, in '84, 9 mills, in '85 it
is 9 mills, but tries to pull the wool
over the eyes of his neighbors and
friends by withholding the addition
of the town levy, which if added to
the county levy, would prove all that
I have asserted, viz: That we' pay
double the amount of tax under or
ganization that we did before we
adopted it. The average town levy
for '84 is over 9 mills, equal to and
the same as least as the county levy,
which he,says was 9 mills; two nines
are eighteen mills. If 9 mills levied
in '84 makes a revenue of $19,000 and
over, the 18 mills will make double
that much, or over $38,000.
He says in another place that Mon
roe levied a town tax of only 6 mills.
That would make two-thirds more
for Monroe, and does not disprove
my assertion. And I ask my friend
to be honest and bring out all the
facts, for be will find that honesty is
the best policy in public matters as
well as private. Other towns made
their levies at from 10 to 15 mills, and,
as I said, would average as much or
more than tho county levy, therefore
double tax.
Again, my friend has compared the
fees of co-boards under commissioner
and under supervisor rule, and the
very best he can do is to show that
supervisors iees are $3UaoU more
than commissioners' fees. Now I ask
why in the name of reason is it nec
essary under organization to need the
same or more expenditures by the
county boards? Is it common sense
or reason to say that it is economy
and more satisfactory to the people to
pay double expense for the bare idea
that we govern ourselves? Our com
plaint is, and we assert that we do not
govern in our own affairs, but do pay
this double expense, and my friend
can't deny it successfully, for the rec
ord bears me out in this position. If
we governed ourselves the case would
not be so bad, but I have shown in
many instances before, that we do
not. We are simply paying dear for
a privilege we do not enjoy, a de
lusion. My friend says in another place
that we paid an unjust assessor's bill
because the county attorney advised
it, but he forgets that a better county
attorney advised against the county
board paying misdemeanor bills, and
gave them law to back his opinion,
with a decision of the supreme court
on top. Did the supervisors act in
accordance with that opinion? No,
not till a committee of tax-payers
appeared before them and gave them
Hail Columbia, and then there was
but one majority to reverse their
action. And the matter of the Sher
man resolufion should have been
'bucked" by a like committee from
the town, as they had a right to do.
Our friend is worrying himself as to
the unexpended funds they will have
on hand when the towns are disor
ganized, that it will revert back to
the county, and be devoted to such
nse as the commissioners may elect.
Now, to ease our friend's mind on
this, I will, as modestly as I can, give
him a "pointer." Call a special meet
ing of the town board and pat this
fund where it will do the moat good,
not in your private pockets, bit buy
your town bridge material and fix up
your roads and bridge?, and pile the
balance of your bridge material up in
good shape for future use, then you
need not have to take cast-off bridges.
I know of one town that ha already
shaped its business to this end,
whether cute or otherwise. Our
friend has hinted several times about
the refunding of illegal money ob
tained by selling U. P. R. R. lands.
I would like to give him the history
of the whole business, and will, if be
wants it at some future time. Now
at this time it is not material to tho
subject in hand that it at least settled a
vexed question whether fafr or unfair
I think is understood by those who
care to know.
Our friend takes the occasion to
boast of the manner their town board
is run. I have no doubt but it is run
as woll and thoroughly as the law
will permit, and that is more in name
than reality. He seem to be -as
proud of his position as the boy with
his first pair of new boots; the boots
were all right in his estimation, no
difference if they were too small or
too big, he was prond of them, and
was bound to wear them even though
they hurt hi eet, and be had to run
around in : - ?--hed and take
them off to . -. .' - piin; before the
people he ft k-i.Ui smile and say they
were all right, uml then the promise
that the uext pair should be red-top
boots nearly makes him frantic with
grief when anyone says that he will
not get them, and I will suggest that
if his boots should swell aud hurt bis
feet, be perhaps would obtain relief
if he will apply a warm poultice of
garlic and onion to them.
Now throwing all jokes aside, I
sincerely hope to see the day when
my friend will be called on to direct
the affairs of our county, and I believo
he will make a true, conscientious
officer, and he will learn that it takes
a bold, steady and determined baud
to direct the financial affairs of tho
county, and also the fact, that the
fewer cooks there are, the better
the broth, consistent with the work
in hand. John Wise.
tie te the Record.
Ed. Journal : I see by tho Jour
nal of the 7th inet. where my friend
F. M. Cookingham, of Humphrey,
wants to know bow much salary
Walker, Wise and their colleague re
ceived while in office. He says he
is a lover of justice and would like i"
have these questions answered. He
says he. has not been a tax-payer very
long in this county, true, uor do I
think he la a very large tax-payer or
he would keep a better eye to econo
my and not try to uphold extrava
gance in county matters, when he
should know better. I take notice
that the advocates of town organiza
tion are not heavy tax-payers, but
like all empty barrels, produce a great
noise. I have said in a former issue
of the Journal, wbeu in controversy
with Byron Millet, what our chair
man R. H. Henry received for one
year and the over amount of work he
had to do for the paltry sum he re
ceived. The other commissioners the
same except mileage. If Mr. C. will
take the pains to go to the court
house, he can soon find out what
Walker got in three years.
Let me say to this inquisitive man
who is bursting with justice that
Walker made a few moves while
commissioner that saved the county
more money than this just man is
likely to be worth for some time to
come. I am abont sick listening to
those spoutera who shoot off so much
gas. Let me tell these croakers what
I want and what I verily believe
nine-tenths of the farmers of Platte
county want, ia lower taxation or
more improvements brought forth for
the amount of taxes levied. I should
have remained silent were it not that
some of these addle brains are bound
to bring me to the surface.
In conclusion I will say my record
as a public man is in the court house
and I am not ashamed of it neither
need those men be ashamed of it who
bad the honor to support me. Mr.
F. M. Rays he is a lover of justice.
This thing can be put in nut shell : if
Mr. F. M. wants to know what the
commissioners cost the county their
record can be easily reached and John
Stauffer is ever ready and willing to
render all information in his power
to those who are over curious in
hunting up roguery. Mr. F. M. says
he paid no taxes in '81. I would ask
him how much does he pay now? I
take notice the heavy tax-payers like
the three-men rule it is only empty,
barrels that make the loudest noise.
In conclusion I will say will Mr. F.
M. and his cherished scheme bring
back the good old days when wheat
was 75 cts. to a $1.00 a bushel, hogs
from 4 to 7 cts. a pound, and a good
quarter section of land assessed at
ten dollars ? Reader, can you see any
difference in times of the commission
ers or in that of the crusaders ?
Fair Plat.
Lindsay, Oct. 12, '85.
Tae Salaries of Teachers.
Mr. Editor : Your correspondent
"Teacher" in a recent number of the
Journal discusses the point named
in the above heading. The drift of
his or her article is "pay good salaries
and you will get good teachers."
Are the salaries paid at present yet
too low ? Most of os tax-payers if
not all think tbey are out of all pro
portion high. A little Miss, scarcely
out of her teens, will boldly step up to
a gray-headed school director and
tell him she will condescend to teach
his school of say 15 or 25 children for
$40 a month and no less ! Now let
us see : 20 days is a school month,
6 hours is a day, hence she wants $2
a day of six hours, or 33 cents an
hour. But, as in country schools es
pecially in winter, children often
don't reach school before 10 o'clock,
she really teaches only 5 hours and
gets 40 cents an hour. Now to a
bard working fanner who often
works 16 boars a day for fl or lew,
at work where every muscle ia
strained to its utmost capacity, it
seems like extortion to be taxed in
crdf r to pay a little Miss 40 ceuts an
hour wLiie be, exposed to a burning
sun doing hard work, only earns six
pence or less. Your writer, Mr.
Editor, is not iu favor of low wages,
but they ought not to be raised for
one class only, and If they were
raised for all classes, how could the
farmer possibly live? The wages of
teachers have gone up from year to
year. ' Superintendents and teachers
have tried to twist them up, and if
the writer is something of a judge of
public opiniou no man or woman
thusjinclined(to help only the teachers
agaiu6t the tax-payers has much
prospect to be elevated to the office
of Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion. The worst of it is, there is no
remedy for this kind of extortion.
The laws are so framed that school
must be had or no state money can
be expected. Teachers having cer
tificates from the county superinten
dent only can be employed, and if he
and they conspire to raise the wages
then there is no remedy a strike of
the school boards cannot be thought
of, only tax-payers "shell out !" No
matter if it takes the shoes from your
children's feet, or the bread from
their mouths. But ia it right?
A Director and Tax-payer.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Paleatiae.
Mr. . Mapes has -old bis farm to
bis brother-in-law, Mr. Klanz.
Johnnie Koch is boring a well for
Mr. Kicrnan, expects water at 195
feet.
Mr. Oliver Hedluu is preparing to
build a new house, upright 14x24,
wing 8x14,-12 foot posts.
Heury Ziinmermau and his brother
h ive raised wheat which has threshed
out 22 bushels per acre. It was the
Lost Nation variety.
The youngest son of Mr. L. Wright
ate a small quantity of rat poison the
other day. Dr. Clark attended him
and he is out of danger.
Supervisor Kicrnan has obtaiued
$143.79 worth of lumber for bridges
tor our township from the county.
'r. K is a good officer. Elect him
- ( n Johnson had a yield of
"r acre of the blue stem
m? u that the wheat
- w ground than
van. h, hr
was bctfui
the old.
Rob aud Will Gillespie have just
threshed 160Q bushels of oats and 842
of wheat, the wheat free from smut.
At present prices, their crop will
bring them a small fortune.
The Palestine S. S. re-elected their
officers at the last annual meeting.
Mr. A. G. Rolf, supt ; P. G. Jones,
asst ; Miss G. L. Jones, Sec, and treas ;
Miss C. D. Hauchett, Iabrarian and
Miss M. A. Uanchett, chorister.
The, republican caucus on the 3d
inst., was quite well atteuded. A full
ticket was nominated with five dele
gates to the county convention. Hen
ry Guiles was nominated for super
visor, the balance were nominated for
re-election.
Messrs. Bullock and Devine, while
threshing for Mr. Kiernao, broke the
horse power which cost them several
days of valuable time before it was
repaired. Mr. Bevine has sold his in
terest in the machine to Mr. Bullock,
who will continue to run it the re
maider of the season.
Our efficient road supervisor H. N.
Christenson has been busy for some
time on our roads putting in cul
verts and bridge, leveling down
mounds and filling up hollows, mak
ing rough places smooth and crooked
places straight. Some of the ravines
were impassable for foot passengers
in wet weather.
Dann.
tiu Edward.
O. H. Guiles has purchased a new
wind-mill.
Henry Saunders has a thrifty
young orchard, which bore a few
very nice apples this year. Who says
Nebraska cannot raise fruit?
For the first time in over eleven
years M. J. Thompson is a free man,
having settled np with Uncle Sam on
the 30th of September, and handed
over the post-office books to Dan.
Shaffer, the newly appoiuted P. M.
at this place. M. J. has purchased
an office in town, and will continue
in the real estate, loan and insurance
business.
Iu response to invitations given by
Miss Anna Wright and Miss Yada
Northrop, there were about thirty
young people gathered at the resi
dence of Mr. John Clark, Sept.26tb,
that being the fifteenth birthday of
their daughter Lizzie; the young
ladies had not failed to bring well
filled baskets, for a good supper, after
which Miss Clark was presented with
a number of presents both useful and
ornamental, Ira Bachelor making the
presentation speech, in a few but
very appropriate remarks, to which
Miss Lizzie responded in a very
pleasant lady-like way, for which she
is so well known. Among the
presents we noticed a pair of gold
bracelets, two siiK nanaKercmers, a
Webster's dictionary, Gospel hymns,
&c The company amused themselves
in playing social games until a late
hour, when they, turned their steps
homeward, wishing Mies Lizzie pros
perity, and that she may live to cel
ebrate many happy birthdays. T.
Caacer Caaaj
fjorseTen years jtfr I bare been
bdAt with aMceron my face.
At firMyTje bat little trouble,
and I paTJlittle attention to it.
After a tingan to increase in
size, andTo ioMLne. The sim
pie remM were appHyp alleriatt
the pajvEut I was notcJoM of
its ttnrmunn. uuaklaf itoamiaora
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COLUMBUS
WM. BECKEK,
inCALBtt IN ALL KIND Of
STAPLE AND FAMILY
GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
WELL SELECTED S I'OCK.
Teas, Cofttts, Sugar, Syrups,
Dritd and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
Gm Delivered Free 10
part r the City.
aay
Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets,, near
A. A IT. Depot.
D
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O
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THE REVOLUTION
Dry
CLOTHING HOUSE !
I. GLUCK, Proprietor,
HAS ON HAND A 8PLKNOIU TOCK Or
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
DRY GOODS, CARPETS,
HATS, CAPS, Etc., Etc.,
AT PRICES
TIAT I EIE IEVEI IEAII OF IEFIIE II C0LII1IS
11 buy my goods strictly for cash, and will .-ive mv cus
tomers the benefit of it.
U Coaviace TearMlf ef tit Fact.
D
S
alignatit nature, and would
n
paakaway undor the other tre
nt.
In Ih I was mistaken, as 1
lace
contiBd to "row. cxto
BB.
into
my
from which
a yel-
lowis
scnarge very
nsive in
chara
It was als
amed, and
anno;
e a zrea
1. About
eight
8 ago I
Atlanta, at
the hone
f a frie
rs. C. D. n.,
who ob
ed th
ondition of my
face, an
the use
sin
y recommended
wifj
peciflc that I de
termined
cure it.
m
an enort to pro-
was successful, and
began its
The influence of the
to HOinewhat
aggravate
re ; but soon the in-
flammation
Hayed, and I began
to improve
he first few bottles.
My gene
baa greatly im
proved. I
ger, and am able
to do any
o
rk. The cancer
on my fa
gan
ecrease and the
ulcer to b
uuti
re in not a ves-
tige of it
: on I
ttle scar marks
the place
ere it
been. I am
devoutIy
ateful fi
bis wonderful
relief fn
what evi
y thought
would
ertain dea
I am ready
to ana
all questio;
relative to
this cu
Irs. Joipie'A. Mi
OKALD.
Ga., Aug. lltb,
r.
le by all druggists.
lise on blood rnd okin
ases
free. The Swift Specif
ar 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y.,
id at.
h
F1XAI, PKOOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, N'eb.J
uci. vj, ias. 1
XTOTICE is hereby given that the fol
11 lowing-named settler has filed notice
ot his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will De maue oerore tne judge of the
District Court, at Columbuo, Neb., on
the 28th day of November, 1885. viz:
Samuel Brown Homestead Entry No.
8378, for the N. TV. i, of S. W. Ji, of Sec
tion 2, in Township 18 north, or Range .1,
west. He names the following wit
nesses to prove bis continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of, said land, viz:
E. B. Hall, J. E. Dack. R. E. Wiley and
J. A. Baker, all or O'Kay P. O., IMatte
County, Neb.
2&-C JOHN G. HIGGINS. Register.
HENRY LUERS,
DEALER IX
WIND MILLS,
AND PUMPS.
Buckeyt Mowtr, combined. Self
Binder, wire or twine.
Pps Repaired start lstiee
ISrOne door west of Heintz'i Drug
Store, 11th Street, Columbus, Neb. 8
HENRY GrASS,
UNDEKTAKER !
COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES
ajid DKAtxR nr
Fmrnitmrs, Chairs, Bedsteads,
reams, Tables, Safes, fcoaifss, '
Jkc, Pictars Fraass sad
Msnsldlmgs.
'Repairing of all kinds of UphoUtery
9oo4.
COLUMBUS, NEB.
BOOMING!
CHEAP FUEL!
Waitebreast Lamp leal
Nat "
Caaoil'ity "
Celttra.de Hard "
J3TA GOOD SUPPLY.
- 5.00
- 4.50
7.00
10.00
TAYLOR, SCHUTTE& CO.
45-tr
JACOB SCHRAM,
) DEALER IN(
DRY GOODS!
BMb A Sh.es, Hate & Caps,
FOfiM good: ud notion.
LOW PRICKS FOIC CASH.
84-tt
O
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UNION PACIFIC
LAND OFFICE,
SAML.C.
t,Ag't
AND
General Real Estate Dealer.
t3TI have a Iar;c number of iiuprorec!
Farms for nale cheap. Also unimproved
farming and grazing lands, from f l to 15
per acre.
D3TSpeciI attention paid to making
linal proof on Homestead and Timber
Claim.
J3"A11 bavin? lands to sell will And It
to their advantage to leave them in my
bands for sale. Money to loan on farmi.
P. H. 3Iarty, Clerk, speaks German.
W-tf Columbus, Nebraska.
BECKER & WELCH,
l'ROPRIF.TORS OP
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB.
TTTTT TJfor working people. Send 10
hi fli I 1 f cents postage, and we will
" -" mail you free, a ioyal, val
uable sample box of goods that wilt 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 ages, grandly suc
cessful. 50 cents to $5 easily earned
every evening. That all who want work
may test the business, we make this un
paralleled offer: To all who are not well
satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the
trouble of writing us. Pull 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. BRIOHA3PS AUTOMATIC 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. a-6m
flAMraEEX. Jc MX. CE.AIK,
DEALERS IX
Bags and Iron !
The highest market pricepaid for rags
and irn. Store in the Bubach building,
Olive st., Columbus, Neb. 15-tf
ATlT) TT7T? Send, six cents for
I 111 I ii Pj postage.and receive
goods which will help you to more money
right away than anything else in this
world. All, of either sex, succeed from
first hour. The broad road to fortune
opens before the workers, absolutely
sure. At once address, True & Co.,
Augusta, Maine.
FARMER'S HOME.
This House, recently purchased bv me,
will be thoroughly refitted. Board
by the day, week or meal. A few rooms
to let. A share of the public patronage
is solicited. Feed stable in connection.
s-y
Albert Loth.
H
AMIlVroiV MEABE, 91.
' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Platte Ceattr, Nebraska. &-y
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