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3 I a r ft $ uwtksftmml WEDNESDAY, OCT. 38, 1885. Josei'u A. Willaiid has been ap pelated postmaster at Genoa, Neb. Toe New York banks held last week $31,000,000 in excess of legal requirements. There should be no stay at home Bepnblicans in Platte county on the day of election. - Evkbt Republican in Piatte county sheald Tote for his principles as well as talk for them. The recent election frauds in Col umbus, Ohio,, did aot work well ; they were detected'and exposed. Whateteb else tho Bepnblicans of Platte county do, they shoaid not dodge voting on the day of election. Govebxor-elect FoRAKEB,of Ohio, has accepted an invitation to speak in New York before the campaign closes. We beiiero there is no doubt bnt that the official crop report will show that Nebraska has tho highest corn average of any state In the Union. The other evening near Jersey City a collision occurred between two trains, which resulted in the death of five persons and the injury of several others. A fire near Perry, Iowa, the other day destroyed a large barn belonging to J. R. Phillip, with the contents, including six horses. Loss about $5,000. . Rev. Jons McNamaba, D. D., of North Platte, Neb., clergyman of the Episcopal church, died suddenly Saturday afternoon from an attack of paralysis. The duty of Republicans did not cease when slavery ended or the rebellion collapsed. Our ballots are even more; necessary now than our muskets; werethen. Peter Sweigabt, a lad of seven teen living near Booper, Neb., com mitted suicide Oct. 18, by taking strychnia; despondency causing in sanity is alleged as the cause. Word comes from Constantinople that a large force of Turkish troops have been ordered to advance in the direction of Nessa. A battle between the Servians and Turks is imminent. Ex-Gov. R. W. Furnas has grown this year on his farm near Brownville, Neb., a very nice quality of chestnuts. We learn that in several parts of Ne braska chestnuts have been success fully raised. The French elections last week passed off quietly. M. Goblet, min ister of public instructions, has been returned by a large majority. It is believed the conservatives were vic torious in the provinces. Sekvia has protested against the decision of the ambassadors on the Roumelian question, and have com meucetl military operations against Bulgaria. A large force of Servlau troops crossed tho Bulgarian frontier from Nessa the other afternoon. The new administration seems to have love for the members of the press, another one, Albert Watkins of the Lincoln Democrat having been appointed to a lncrative office post master at Lincoln, instead of J. C. McBride, whose term has expired. Rain or shine, calm or stormy, every republican voter should see that his ballot gets into the box. There is not a bad man on the ticket from beginning to end. It is, on the contrary, a good ticket worthy the Buppnrt of every republican in the ranks. A fire one morning last week broke out at Hastings, Neb , in the agricultural house of Bristol & Co., which caused a loss of about $8,000. Other parties met with considerable loss. The Hastings Nebraskan point ing house had a narrow escapo from total destruction. The windows and frame work were badly injured. The other afternoon a passing freight train set fire to the prairie southwest of Iloldrege, Neb., about a half mile. The wind was from the northwest, and the fire in Its course consumed considerable bay belonging to a Mr. Johnson, and burned a stack yard containing the wheat crop of Tom Lynch, one mile sooth of town. Ahasa Cobis, the Republican can didate tor Judge of the Supreme Court, is the present chief justice ot the state, and a man of acknowledged ability and uprightness. He was a former resident of Wisconsin, where he was prominent in politics, serving three terms in congress. He was a soldier in the Mexican war, and com manded a regiment during the war of the rebellion. A Twelve-Ykar-old Dakota girl, sat long ago was reported to have been taken np into the air by a cy clone, carried out of sight, and brongnt easily down in a field a quar ter of a mile away, describes her sen sations while in transit as that of be ing rapidly and constantly pricked by thoanands of needles. Since her ex perience she has been affected similar to a person with St. Vitus' dance. A vert good plan is for a Republi can candidate to personally conduct the details of bis own campaign, never falling ta pat ia proper work far the good of the cauce and the promotion of his companions in the political contest. Then, when toe battle is over, ha will have no condemnation against any of his own actions. He can then freely indulge in tan de lightful reiectioa that be consented ta nothing wrong or did anything in daring the contest. The other night the house and barn of Peter Hengen, a farmer living near Ithica, south of Wahoo, Neb., were discovered to be on fire and soon burned to the groand. Mr. Heags was away from hone at the tiajjcV and upon his return ike bedies otUit) wife aad child ware fenn in vihe ruins of his house, and the body-'of hiB brother in the ruins of the barn. The brother bad evidently shot him self. The wife and ebild's skulls had been crnsbed by a blow from some bluat instrument It is supposed that the brotherlkilledjtbe wife and child, set-out the fires and then com mitted snicide. He is thought to have been of unsound mind. There have been some surprising move in real estate during the past week. Bidhards & Keene, of Fre mont, went up through the north part of the couaty and bought various pieces of land. A. M. Walling sold them 310 acres, 150 of which brought $21 per acre, with no buildings. They offered Jasper Meflbrd $5,000 for his place of 160 acres, we learn, and he refused. J. C. Bowman, it is said, sold his place near Clarkson. We have not learned of all the transac tions, but to a man up a tree it looks as if a railroad were on the tapis for northern Colfax, and Richards & Keene were at the bottom of a town site company. Schuyler Herald. A terrible murder occurred the other night in Woodbury county, Iowa. James and John Johnson, brothers, lived together on a farm. John was married and James a single man. They had on that day bad a house raising after which a keg of beer was tapped. The two brothers quarreled and James was ordered away from the house. He remained out on the prairie until, about 11 o'clock and returning, found his brother John asleep in bed. Taking an old army musket, ho loaded it up, placed the muzzle to his head and blew his brains ont. He has been arrested. The murdered man's wife was present and saw the crime com mitted, agreeing that it was the proper thing to do. She has not been arrested. The other afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, some one in front of the demo cratic headquarters caused to be strung across the street in large form, a bloody shirt with the inscription, "New North New South, a New deal, the Last of the Bloody Shirt" It is 6tated that a G. A. R. man called and gave the committee half an hour to have the shirt taken down, and by orders of a number of the committee it was being done, when a man from 4he republican headquarters grabbed the garment and after soaking it with kerosene, returned and burned the shirt in front of the democratic head quarters. A crowd of several hun dred excited people gathered and a riot narrowly avoided. Every body that had any thing to do with it iB condemned as it might have led to great loss of life and property. sotttsfonbtntt. In tbis department the people talk, and not the editor. Each writer must bold himself ready to defend his principle and his statements of facts. "In the mul titude of counsel there is wisdom." d. Journal. Voters, Read! Voters and Tax-payers of Platte County, Nebraska: I herewith submit for your consid eration the contents of certified copies j of bills colleoted by Sheriff Eavan- augh from Platte county : March 14th. 1882. Platte County to D.C. Kavanaugh, Dr. For summoning grand jury 9 o w 100 .... 40 00 .... COO .... 6 00 . .. 58 00 copies " Mileage " Summoning petit jury " Copies " Mileage $119 00 STATE OF NEBRASKA,) M. Platte County, f 88" 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, 1882. John Stautfer, Co. Clerk. Allowed May 24, 1882. 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.Kuhnc 8 " c.M.loung i J.Pearsall i Walter Mead, not served, out of countr u John Graham Gco.W. Galley JuanMaynard Joe Tiffany, out of state, etc Hugh Edwards. silas Francisco J-G-Boutson J..T. Russell, not served 5,D,FitzPatrick' out of state.. Ed.Higgins TALESMEN. J-C.Cowdery M.Sobram.jr JohnHaney 2jicholas Pauley Chas. Peterson H. P. Bower 20 3 1C 1 32 38 1 H it t( (( M 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 it it U it Total And return .141 " .141 282 " PETIT JURY. -Salmon Frank Mead Jos. Hoffman J. C. Hurley.. .i ". Jas.Stoemaa John Lackey, not ia state, eX- 1 3 28 20 20 it u ( ti i CUBCU Cfan. Grip.... D. C Braea S. G. D&TiB ?&.&....... JaY JklCaURalu . - - -.... JshaSchllz Mm s jsionm w Mm jacycr .. Tbos. Cain .-.. "m vv latTU John Newman . .. 36 15 1 4 (I t 3 6 8 19 16 26 1 38 1 ti tt i tt tt tt Wm.Mead.r. 3 Ira Mullen C. D. Tyler 18 Joseph Webster 14 Ed. Roberts W . u tt u 11 i( t tc -T Total to county seat. Same to return home 310 .319 630 1 The talesman for this jury were all in fawn an not flowed 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 the sheriff shall have five cents per mile actually and nec essarily traveled. If this law to strained to the constrnctiaarthat he can collect mileage from 'the county seat to each 'juror's residence aad back to the connty seat, each time, there would still appear an'ovar 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 inthrocuring the re turn of patients from the Insane Asy lum, May 11, '83: May 10. To one fare to Lincoln, for tt tt " HacK rare irom aepot io hotel " Mileage Irom Columbus to Lincoln, 116 miles, 5. " Hack fare to Asylum and return ... " Mileage to Asylum and 50 5 80 5 00 tt tt U, tt tt revuru, w auico, " Hotel fare " Mileage from Lincoln to Columbus, 74 miles, 5.. ft Two days labor for ass't at $2 per day " Two do for self at S3 . . . " Bus from depot to hos pital at Columbus " Dray from depot at Co lumbus to hospital " Car fare from Lincoln to Columbus for self and ass't and five patients. r a :.. k. 30 600 3 70 400 600 150 20 17 15 tt tt tt tt tf t tt tt tt tt i tt $ 55 05 May 10, Cr. by cash Treasurer Cr. by error from S 35 00 490 39 90 $ 15 15 From the rendering of this bill we must 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 be as far to come from Lincoln to Columbus as it is from Columbus to Lincoln, bnt be makes it up by adding another fare for himself in the item of fare for patients and assistant. Jn 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 111.95, 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 halt. 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. 1 herwith submit an itemized bill which is nearer right: For 73 miles at5cts.per mile and return ? 7 30 For fare for ass't and return 4 90 " Hack to Asylum and return... 6 00 ' F ire 5 patients $2.45 each 12 25 " One dav's service, self 3 00 " One " ass't 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 lOtb, '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, except as provided by Sec. 541, which creates a fund from jail labor, a thing that does not exist in this connty. 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 his 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 haB received, because it does not, as I understand it, include any of bis fees in civil cases, on sheriff's sales, etc. t . The above statements will, in part, explain to tax-payers our excessive burden of taxes. J. P. Becker. Twskln Orgaunlamttaa. Mv friend Wise is entirely too sweeping in his charges that "under Nebraska laws township organization is inoperative, expensive and unjust." If the first ware tf ne, why so much anxiety to repeal the law? I think I have shown that if construed liber erally, the second is not correct, and, as regards the third, I have failed to find as much injustice towards com munities as existed nnder the com aussioaer system. I have ao infor mation as to the differences between the citizens of Sherman and the county authorities, but did it ever occur to those citizens that perhaps they might be in error? The law and regula tions governing the epening and closing of roads are explicit, aad aone perhaps better acquainted with them than our friend; if these have been complied with, I presume there will I be no difficulty ; at least we have found this to be the case in our experience, and we have had our share of section line roads to open as well as diagonal roads to close up, but can our friend point to any system of township or ganization where .this part of the supervision of roads has been dele gated to the -town boards? 1 have failed to find it, and were it conferred apon them would soon lead to "con fusion wofse confounded." Again, he says that the towu board as a board of equalization is a myth and that the assessor is not required to meet with them for this purpose. I would say to Jiim that he is not posted iataeJaw, for it explicitly re quires him to so meet with the towu board, who are (except in certain cases) the only body who can equalize the assessments, of coarse subject to the right of appeal from" their judg ment to the county board. There is a little clashing in the time of meeting with the county board, but the towns have the right of way, and when their labors are accomplished, that of the county board as an equalizer of the townships, etc., begins. The law regarding the town treas urer is undoubtedly defective, though made moro explicit than it was, and if the county treasurer is allowed a commission on the fundB collected by the town treasurer in addition to the 3 per cent, allowed the latter, it is certainly wrong, as the law expressly says "on all sums collected percentage shall be allowed but once ;" the law as it stands is certainly not very fa vorable to the town treasurer for if he does not collect anything, he gets ho pay, but neither the county or town, so far as I can see, loose any thing in consequence. ' My friend says that under town ship organization, he supposed that the taxes would be collected closer and consequently less delinquency. I would ask him to look at the pub lished list of delinquent taxes, and say whether thero is not some im provement over a few years since. My irieud Wise says that several years ago there was but $7,000 of out standing warrants while now there is uwpards of $40,000, and he wants to know how this is to be met, or rather he intimates that it will be extended without limit. I find by reference to the published statement of the county clerk, Janu uary 1st, 1885 : Jan. 1, '85, The am't of warrants outstanding including interest$23,486.63 Since that time issued on the levy of '85 18,668.92 $42,155.55 uct. '9ot inc uo Treasurer nas redeemed warrants $17,143.44 Balance outstanding $25,012.11 resources. Jan. 1, '85, Taxes due and de linquent .5 40,610.3 " " Taxes of '84, due but uncollected 50,419.17 " " Net cash in treasury atdate 56,120.33 To which should be added the tuxes of '85, now due, say 50,000.00 $197,149.88 Deduct funding bonds and re demption of It. R. lands $ 60,000.00 Balance $147,149.88 Now, making all due allowance for the interest on the bonded debt and other expenses of the county, it ap pears to me (though I am no expert in such matters), that there ought to be sufficient to meet all outstanding warrants and if the treasurer was re quired to give notice from time to time after the manner of the IT. S. treasury that warrants between cer tain numbers in rotation would be paid on presentation and that interest on them would cease from that date, I have no doubt that it would tend to lessen the number of warrants out standing very materially. Under the provision of law the county board cannot draw warrants on the current levy exceeding 85 per cent of that levy, uuless there be money in the treasury to the credit of tho proper fund ; the intention evidently is that that the 15 per cent, undrawn shall cover the uucollectable and delin quent taxes, so that there shall always be a sufficiency on hand to meet any issue of warrants, but the law is not explicit enough and therefore it is possible to draw warrants twice on the same fund, the first time on the levy itself and the second time on the money paid in. Such a course was evidently not intended by the law, which explicitly forbids the connty board from issuing any form of in debtedness against the county, in ex cess of the tax levied for the current year. Now I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not assert that such a course has been pursued, for I have no evidence to build on except from the wording of the law, there fore I would ask my friend Wise as an ex-commissioner to say clearly and distinctly whether, when he was a member of the board, such a course of drawing double on the same levy was pursued, because if it was done then, the presumption is that it was done before, and has been done since and hence the cause why our county wjjurrants continue to increase in number and amount. The editor of the Democrat, in his last issue among the prominent evils resulting from township organization, cites the disposition on the part of some towns in order to further their own interests to bargain with others for their support by agreeing to sus tain the latter in any measures they may advance for their own benefit, or in other words, in a system of log rolling. Now, whether such a state of things exists or aot I agree with him that such a system' of legislation is highly injurious to the best inter ests of the people, yet it is not to be woadertd at when we consider the 1 associations which are placed around them, for I think there is no part of Platte county where so mnch ef this trading is done as in the city of Co lumbus, showing itself fn the various political convention-, without regard ta name or party, to an extent to dis gust the thoagbtfol observer, but t have been unable to see that it would be as easy' to make a trade with 18 men as with three, at least experience doei not seem to show it. Geo. S. Truman. Mr. Jf. K. Memcrlef ffcr Sauaerti teaeat tk Pantile tickl r Platte Cenuaty. Ed. Journal : Please allow me, as a citizen, a few words in your valua ble' paper. It is considered a wise policy that by the nomination of the school-board of the city of Colnmbus, men are selected without any regard to their political Benti meets, men ap preciating learning and who have an earnest and deep interest in the wel fare of our public schools and are able to look upon all public institu tions from the standpoint of patriots. Considering the position of the teach er to his scholar parallel with the .position of the county superintendent to the teacher. I assert that the for mer s familiu- K-q-i-uiitsnce serves to mark those j :n i. r distinctive quali ties of 'the 'gi.;l teacher which are highly beneficial to the schools. That teacher's poreveruuce, patience, in dustry and method will be crowned with the most success who is the best acquainted with the individuality of every scholar. Mr. Moncrief has ac quired tbis knowledge and intimacy in his -two terms. His re-election in 1883 was a satisfactory remuneration for his noble efforts iu all that per tains to education, and the large ma jority an impressive ovi'dencfe of the people's strong desire to have this important place again filled by him. Mr. Moncrief is not given to boasting and showy display of his personal worth and actions, being one of those who discharge their duties in a quiet way, to tho satisfaction of friends aud political adversaries. One important point I should not like to omit aild especially refer it to the farming com munity in which thero are localities with scanty school facilities, and that iB that the children are not sent to school to be faade democrats or re publicans of, but to become sound, upright and sensible American citi zens. Sympathy with the one or the other party will always come forth early enough. The proper education of the Americau youth stands far above parly politics The position of the superintendent of public instruction ought not to be a matter of party strife, but it should adorn the man who has been worthy of occupying it for the last four years. F. Luchsinger. A Few Lswt Werd. Ed. Journal : Having already oc cupied a considerable space in your columns, in the examination of the question of township organization pro and con, I do not feel justified in elaborating the sophistries of my friend Wise's last, or his facetious account of bis first pair of boots. I would say to him that ridicule is not argument, and I would remind my friend at Lindsay that "empty bar rels" rarely emit any sound, unless struck or the fierce blast of a tempest sweeps ovor their open mouths; and now, as the time for ac tion rather than talk is at hand, I would say to the citizens of Platte county that if, upon due reflection, you are satisfied that a return to the old system of county rule will be the best for the interests of all concerned, you will so express it at the ballot box, but if on the other hand you are satisfied the present system (notwith standing the many defects and im pediments which have been heaped upon it) has not bad such a fair trial as would show its merits or demerits, then you will hesitate to make a change, and will express your senti ments in the same way, and in erder that this may be done intelligently I wawld especially call the attention of the judges of election in the several townships to tho law on this subject. "The forms of ballots shall be re spectively, 'for continuance of town ship organization' or 'against continu ance of township organization,' anft the same shall be written or printed upon the regular ballots cast for offi cers voted for at such election and shall be counted and canvassed in the same manner." laws or xoao, page 236. Thus it will be seen that no separate ballots can be taken notice of in the court, n so also it will be seen that unless one of these beads is erased from the ticket before voting, the ballot will not be counted on that, question, as in that case they would counteract each other, but a little care on the part of canvassers will prevent any difficulty. I can not close this without ex pressing my conviction . that those who are looking forward to a return to the old system of county govern ment in the expectation that it will bring a reduction of taxes will find it to be fallacious, for already I hear murmurs of expenditures in anticipa tion of such a change, therefore in all seriousness I would say to the oppo nents of township organization "make haste slowly." Geo. S. Tbuxak. Editor Joubkal : The democratic state convention, in their platform of principles announced, appear to have forgotten many items of history con nected with that party. The party says in this platform, that it "renews the pledge of fidelity to the constitu tion, and to the doctrines taught by the illustrious men who are its found ers, and insist on the honest and economical administration of public affairs, federal, state and municipal.'' Tbat it is a matter of history there can be no doubt but .the illustrious founders of the democratic party did, at one time hold to end advocate the very objectionable doctrine of state rights, which Easily retailed ia ee- cession aad its consequences. The southern confederacy was one of the democratic doctrines advocated by some ot those illustrious democratic leaders. Our democratic friends sav. why refer te these matters now ? Just to remind these, gentlemen of a few facts ia history of what these illae trious democrat have advocated. I might further add that ia the past they have favored iaiatioa, nullifica tion, free trade,-squatter sovereignty, repudiation of the public debt, "this is a confederacy and not a nation," etc., etc. They are now falling into the" line of talking a better business, aad "in sist upon the honest and economical administration of public affairs, fed eral, state and municipal," principles which republicans have put in prac tice when in office. Democrats should not complain if the voters of Platte county shall insist now that demo cratic officials of this county be held to this announced principle of the democratic party, and that they indi cate that they want the public officials to administer honestly and economic ally the affairs of this county. A Voter. Ed.' Journal: It is generally con ceded tbat the Nebraska license law gives the right to prohibit the selling or giving away of Bpiritous and in toxicating liquors. If the law will bear that construction, certainly there is no use on the part of our prohibi tion friends rushing headlong into stato politics to bring about what they desire wheu it can be brought about in a much more agreeable way by making such application to the city, village and couuty boards, as will induce them to exercise the au thority vested in them and prohibit the sale. This might be accomplished here and there in the state where the majority ot voters wish it, without turuiug the cause of temperance into the sink-pools of politics, and nnite men of all parties to aid in bringing it about instead of driving hosts of good men away Irom the grand army of isolid progress on account of mix lug prohibition with politics, and ex citing tho wort passions of men against such political action. Voters should carefully examine tho subject, and it the law of Ne braska is so plain in giving the au thority to prohibit the sale of liquors, it should be taken as a favorable time to arrive at local prohibition without pushing the subject broadcast into state politics. In some of the south-4 ern states, prohibition prevails, in many places, through local option. The citizens, however, have never permitted the question to enter into or disturb their party lines, bat on all hands united in executing the law which prohibits the sale. A Voter. XotmB)Ib OrBTamlsmtleau Having read friend Wise's letter on township organization I fail to see any argument against the same. His whole argument is against the law, which every one will admit is very defective. He has not shown one point wherein the commissioner sys tem would be superior to the present. The increase of our taxes was caused by the large levy which had to be made to pay the heavy indebtedness of the county incurred by the com missioners, and to refund a very large amount of illegal taxes ordered to be collected by them, all of which has been paid and we now have collecta ble taxes sufficient to pay all floating indebtedness of the county. I think tbat, with this condition of affairs, friend Wise must admit that the county is in a better condition than it ever was. I hope the voters of Platte will consider this question in a sensi ble light and hold fast to township organization, and when we get a de cent law to govern It, we will all be satisfied that towaship organization is the best for all. J. S. Fbeem AK. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. lasmmrk Preclact. Mrs. Otto Mueler has been sick the last few days. John 6. Dreher is erecting a wagon and machine jhed. The sound of the thresher is still heard in this vicinity. Mr. Schooler has been laid up with a very badly swelled leg for the last two weeks. Thanksgiving is approaching on the wings of time ancTthe turkey is fattening in the barn -yard. A few of the neighbors are busk ing corn; others are still plowiag. Corn will be an excellent crop thie year. It is very easy to busk. Some say that if it is easy to husk there will be an open winter. If that is the case this will be a very opea winter. Frederick Cole sprained his aakle the, other day, jumping off the horse power, and for a few days at least, he has to refrain from the invigorating and healthful exercise of working. Mr. Cole is a yeang maa who has lately come to this state, and has far some time past been working for Mr. Sheldon. O. D. Butler, road overseer of dis trict No. 2, is fitting up the roads ia better shape than has heretofore beea done by any previous road overseer. Mr. Bntler is 'a maa, who' is cem peteat, and fully qualified to dis charge his duties, aad he desires bis neighbors to have as good a road as himself to travel oa. Cbabx.es D. Wasoir. ity. In laasas of the Tdephone, at SylTenls, the ooaaty site 4 ity, Ga la the aaa 14. th rCol. Warn. L. Hal Jr., has ypTfollewiBf la refcreace te I can ef reaH by J COLUMBUS WM. BECKER, OSALKK US ALL KINDS OK STAPLE AND FAMILY GROCERIES ! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED STOCK. Ttas, CofTtta, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Cannad Fruits, and othar Staples a Specialty. BtellTere Free f part ! the City. lay Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. AN. Depot. D R Y G O O THE REVOLUTION - AND - CLQTHING HOUSE ! I. GLUCK, Proprietor, DAS ON 11AND A 8PLKNDID bTOCK OF READY-MADE CLOTHING, y DRY GOODS, CARPETS, HATS, CAPS, Etc., Etc., AT PRICKS mTimnmrniiiniNuiiNinDK D S I3TI buy my goods strictly for cash, and will -'ivc mv cus tomers the benefit of it. CMv Mo a call aad Coaviace Yomrsolf of tho Faots. id's Specific: e know a gentleman this who, six months was alaaVL a hopeless cripple m an attaam of rheumatism, scarcem hobble across the could , used crutchmand said himsel t he had little ifsar hope of ev ecovenng. We saw in our torn 'last week, walkiag t as uvea as any other maa, aad the fiaVt health aad spirits. Up bad worked .our ivuiry as to what aflbnderfnl change ia his eond e replied that Swift's Specif! cured him. He said he was on t ve of starting for the Hot Sprin earch of reliof, but was pen one of his neighbors to SwiYSpecific, and after using a izen andaajair bottles. he has be transformk from a miserable pple to a bepymbealthy maa. H one of our moMfcortby and sucMsful citizens, and one other thfa Mr. . B. Lambert. TreafSe on blood and skin dii maileaffree. The Swift Specific drafr 3, Atlanta, 6a., or 157 w. stnBL N. Y. moiD vonci. 7b a all whom it may concern: THE COMMISSIONER appointed to view and report upon the practica bility of locating a public road com mencing at the S. E. corner of Section 36, Towtship 19, north of Range 4. west, running thence due north on section liae 80 rods, theace ia a northwesterly direc tion to the S. E. corner of the S. W. quarter of the N. E. quarter of said Sec tion 36, thence north, to the north line of said Seotioa 86, and terminating 60 rodB west of the N. E. corner of said Section 38, aad to be known as the "Claus John sea Road," has reported ia favor of the location thereof, and all objections thereto, or claims for damages, must be filed in the ofllce ol the County Clerk on or before noon of the 29th day of Decem ber 1885 Dated 'Columbus. Neb.. Oct. 28th, 1885. JOHN STAUFFER, 27-3 Countv Clerk. FINAL PKMF. Land Oflce at Grand Island, Seb.J Oct. 19, 1885. J NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-Iowing-aeVaed settler has filed notice olhis intention to make final proof ia support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge of the District Court, at Columbus, Neb., on the 38th day of November, 188ft. viz: Samuel Brown Homestead Entry No. 8578, for the N. W. Ji, of S. W. J, of Sec tion 2, In Township 18 north, or Range 3, west. He nam the following wit nesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and caltivatiea ef, said land, viz: E.B. Hall. J. E.Daek. R. E.Wiley aad J. A. Baker, all of O'Kay P. O., Platte Couaty, Neb. 26-6 JOHN G. BIGGINS, Register. COLUMBUS STATE BANK! COLUHBUi, VIB. CASH CAPITAL, - $71,000 DIRECTORS: Lbahdk GBBBAno, Preft. Gao. W. Huxst, Fce Prvtt. JCLIUB A. RXKD. B. H. Hskbt. J. E. Tasks, Cashier. at C BBepeeat, mtmem am Bad fan. 171 BOOMING! I CHEAP FUEl I - - - - . - h m Whiteeretst Liapl'eal 5.00 Nit " 4.50 CaieiCity 7.0Q I'elerade Hard " 10.OO GOOD SUPPLY. TAYLOR, SCHDTTE& CO. 43-tf JACOB SCHBAM, -)DKALKK 1NV DRY GOODS ! Bb & Skws, Hals & Caps, ftceko goods jj& mm. LOW PRICES FOR CASH. 34-tf O L O T H I N G UNION PACIFIC LAND OFFICE, SAML. C. SMITH, Ag't. AND M Real We Dealer. tSTl hare a large number of improved Farms for sale cheap. ' Also unimproved farming and grazing lands, from $4 to $15 per acre. BSTSpecial attention paid to niakiuc iiual proof ou Homestead and Timber Claim. 3TAH having lands to sell will find it to their advantage to leave them ia my bands for sale. Jloney to loan on farm. F. II. Marty, Clerk, speaks German. 30-tf Columbus, Nebraska. BECKER & WELCH, PROPRIETORS OF SHELL CREEK KILLS. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN FLOUR AND HEAL. OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB. l I.1T Tfor working people. Send 10 H h . I , r cents postage, and we will l J l J J. maji y0ure, a loyal, 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 aay 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 $3 easily earned every evening. That all who waut work may test the business, we make this un paralleled oner: To all who are 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 Sc Co., Portland, 3Iaine. NO HUMBUG ! But a Grrand Success. KP. BRIGHAM'S 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 i Oehlrich's grocery. u.tm 0 AMPBELL 4c ST. C. AIM, DCALXKS IX Eags and Iron ! The highest market pricejpaid for rags and iron. Store in the Bubach building, Olive st., Columbus, Neb. 15-tf A PRIZE. Send six cents for postage.and receive free, a costly box of 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, Tnun A Co., Augusta, Maine. FARMER'S HOME. This House, reeently purchased by mc, 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. 2-y Albxbt Lcth. far jaMii.Tai xsabe, m. ., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Platte Center, Nebraska. 9-j I Y A -i.
