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fttttwtfisftMctml WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20, 18S6. Hubrah for John Sherman. The prohibition convention is now in session at Lincoln. Silver is ahead now, and it is to be hoped that it will bo coutinne. James E. Boyd of Omaha ia a prominent candidate for governor of Nobraska. Thsbb are two clergy men in Con gress, Owen of Indiana and Ander son of Kansas. There are nineteen foreign born members of the present National House of Representatives. Another constitutional conven tion for Nebraska is being agitated by some of the state papers. Jim. Reynolds was sentenced the other day by Judge Hamer to be hung on May 21st at Sidney, Neb. Doc Schwenk's case against the F. E. &:'M.!V.Ry. Co., under the Doane law, is to be heard Feb. 2d. The Ohio joint convention of the legislature on the 13th, elected John Sherman'.to'tho UnitedfStates senate. TnEsitefor the GrandArmy Re union this year is to be determined at the meeting of the Council of Ad ministration at Red Cloud, Feb. 17. Louis O'Koson committed suicide by cutting his throat with'a razor the other day, near Holdrege, Neb. The cause of the actissupposed to be financial embarrassment. J. M. HorFMAN, Gov. Dawes' pri vate secretary, of Lincoln, commenced a libel suit the other day against Ed ward Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, claiming damages to the amount of $30,000. Hon. Bexj. H. Barrows, late United States consul at Dublin, Ire land, by the grace of the democratic parly has again returned to Omaha, accompanied by Mrs. Burrows and their two children. Tnz Board of R. R. Commissioners haB given its opinion'that the act of 1881, known as the Doane law, does not regulate the rates on lumber from Minnesota and Wisconsin to points within this state." Reiorts come Irom Cheyenne, Wyo., that the cold wave that has visited a large part of the eountry, touched that territory but lightly. The prospect is that the loss among cattle will be less this year than usual. In Lincoln county, the commis sioners evidently believe in civil service roform. Recently a surveyor was to be appointed, and applicants were submitted to an examination, the most competent getting the ap pointment. Twelve miles south of North Platte on the 14th, Ernest Smith was killed by Jerry Donavan. Whether it was justifiable homicide or not can probably only bo determined by a jury, after hearing all the evidence. So rcpqjts the Telegraph. Secretary Lamar is reported as weakcuing on the western fence question. The cattlemen ai o reported as having obtained an extension of time in which to remove their fences, which will probably carry them into the return of good weather. TnERE was a crush of members in London offering themselves on the 13th inst., to take the oath on the meeting of the house of commons. They were sworn in batches, and among the crowd was Bradlangb, who cordially shook hands with the speaker. The Papillion Times says "if the people of Nebraska aro awako to their interests they will send men to the next legislature whose foremost efforts will be toward rooting ont every branch of the infamous Lin coln ring' Good enough, but that is not the only issue. The democratic members of the Ohio legislature held an open caucus the other night and nominated Allen G. Thuriii&u 'is their candidate for United States Senator. Gov. Iioadloy wus voted fur ton, but his name was subsequently withdrawn and Thur man's nomination made unanimous. State Senator Sutton of Iowa, who has devoted considerable time to the study of the temperance question in Nebraska and Kana. with a view to its practical bearing upon Iowa leg islation. Fays: "Tho prohibitionists of Iowa will yet see that high license in cities is their best friend and not their enemv." Grand Island gave an exclusive franchise, limited as to time, for sup plying gas. Tho company supply electric light and refuse to furnish gas. North Platte, says the Tele graph, gave a similar franchise, but no exclusive or set time right was given. The question is being mooted whether the Grand Island council exceeded its powers. Mrs. S. W. ScniMoxsKY, of Belle vue fell headlong from the first floor of her house into the cellar, striking her head upon the stone floor, pro ducing severe fracture of the skull, that will probably result in death. The Papillion Times says she was the first person who tanght school in the territory of Nebraska, twenty-three years ago. Supt. Jones has issued a circular touching the duty of county superin tendents and of teachers concerning the law passed by the last legislature providing for' instructing pupils of .public schools as to effects of alcoholic drinks and other stimulants and nar 'cotics upon the human system. As " the instruction is to be given under ! direction of the local school authori ties it may be well enough for them to see what the State Supt. thiBks. Tlte Water Bead. The City Council have called an election to take placo Tuesday, Feb. 2d, next, on a proposition to'Iseue "the bonds of the city to the amount pf $25,000, to be dated May L 86, bear ing interest at 7 per watt piyabjfe annually, and to become due in twen ty years from date of issue, but paya ble and redeemable at any time after five years from date of issue, eaid bonds or the proceeds from their sale to be used for the purcbaae.or steam engines, and purchasing, constructing and maintaining a systemToT"' water works in this city, or ttfpay for water furnished said city under contract with any person, company or corpo ration that shall hereafter be author ized by the proper authorities of the city to erect and maintain a system of water works and water supply in the city. The proposition also provides for the levy and collection of an annual tax not exceeding five 'mills for the payment first of the running expenses of the water "works and in terest on the bonds, and, if there should be any 6urplua, to create a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds at maturity. The proposition, in Bhort, is for twenty-year, seven per cent, bonds for $25,000 to be expended in a sys tem of water works to be owned and operated by the city, or for paying I some person or company, under con tract to erect and maintain water works, for the water furnished to the city. No one ought to question the util ity of water works, their value is con ceded. Columbus has now literally no adequate means for fighting fire, and one raking conflagration might sweep out of existence, in a few hours, properly enough to pay for tho bonds twice over. This is consideration enough, we think, to justify a safe expenditure, to say nothing of the effect on insurance premiums. If we had a good system of water works, more good and val uable buildings would be erected, both for business and residence, and our dealers would bo justified in car rying larger stocks of goods which they coold buy at reduced prices, all of which are considerations that should weigh heavily, because we are all interested in building up Colum bus as a business center, a wholesale distributing point, a -city of manufac tures that will draw its supplies by wagon and rail, and send out manu factured articles, thus giving employ ment to more men who, In turn, with their families, will make more busi ness for our dealers. Security againBt loss Li, with hon est, conservative people, a powerful principle of action, and, on the theory that worry kills more than work, it is a good motive. An insurance policy is not intended to cover loss it don't pay to have one's business home des troyed by fire, but it does pay to in vest a small percentage of its worth in the best practicable way of pre venting its destruction. The propos ed tax for this purpose is not to ex ceed five mills on the dollar of valua tion. If your property is worth 1,000 and is valued at $200 for rev enue purposes, your annual tax to pay the interest on these bonds would be $1. The sense of security alone would justify this outlay. We understand that, if tho bond proposition is adopted, the Council will ask for plans, specifications and bids in order to get the most and tho best for their money. In the mean time, let every voter fairly consider the proposition for himself and for his community. It seems to the Journal that there are only two ways of "running a town, one is to let it take care of itself, the other is to run it for all itis worth, carefully, judiciously, strongly, building it up in every particular, fortifying every interest, fostering every worthy en terprise and making it a community desirable in every way for business and residence. As charges of bribery in Payne's election will be investigated by the Ohio legislature, there is a very gen eral opinion among hi6 political friends and as general among his political enemies that certain mem bers of the last legislature, and who are members of the present, accepted bribes to vote for Payne for United' States senator. In view of the fact mat a case can be made out against. such members and Payne, and leave such a terrible record in Ohio to the great scandal of democrats and repub licans it would be much better that Henry B. Payne promptly resign and thai the democratic and republican members turn in and elect Allen G. Thurroan, who is an honest man and will represent the true interests of the people ot Ohio. It is a short cut and honest way out of bribes. A disastrous panic was very nar rowly averted at the Chicago Opera House the other afternoon. The bouse was packed with an audience consisting mainly of ladies, present at the first public reception of the Chicago Opera House conservatory. Miss Anna Morgan just commenced a recitation when suddenly a cloud of smoke rolled out over the foot lights. The audience was terror stricken and made a frantic effort to escape from the building, but the aisles were so crowded that 'few got far from their seats. One or two ladies fainted and they nearly all screamed. The manager appeared on the stage and quieted the crowd by saying that a small blaze was caused by an overturned lamp and a piece of paper, and was quietly extinguished. Down east they call our senior sen ator ''tho broncho statesman." Van has earned the title by his constant "bucking" against the eastern mil lionaires who come out to Nebraska, stretch a barb wire around thousands of acres of government land and prevent honest settlers occupying it. There are certain individuals in Lin coln and Omaha who have tried to put a railroad saddle on Van's back, and they will testify that the senator can do the "buck" act very success fully. Papillion Times. The New York World does not mean to eulogize the Republican party vyet that., is precisely what it does--'nd does it magnificently in this: . "Within the last two decade we have been paying off the princi pal .ol. the debtfat the average rate of $70,000,000 a 'year, until it is now about half obliterated. In addition to this the interest has been mate rially reduced. The government can get all the money it wants at half the price it paid at the close of the war. The 3 per cent, bonds are at between 4 and 5 per cent, premium, and ware the 4s and 4s payable they would have been redeemed in them long before this." We don't remember to have beard any Democratic newspa pers or orators talking that way in the last national campaign I National Republican. Florida is a perfect elysium for the fruit lovers, who may have an un broken year of fresh varieties. Com mencing with January they have strawberries then and until late in June. Japan plums from February. Mulberries are ripe in April and last until August. Pineapples ripen in June and last nearly all the year. They have guavas from July until late next spring. Of the various ber riesdewberries, blackberries and huckleberries, almost any quantity. Peaches from May 1 to July. Melons from June until late in the fall. Oranges the best of the kind from October until the next June, with lemons and lime6, LeConte pears, persimmons, pomegranates, grape fruit, grapes, shaddocks and a num ber of other fruits. Peter Armstrong, of Appleton, Wis., 15 years of age, was shot the other night by Julia Giskie, house keeper for Oliver Davis. Armstrong and his brother wero standing in front of Davis' house which is close to the sidewalk, talking to Frank Davis, a son of Oliver Davis, when he heard Mrs. Giskie at the head of the stairs asking who was there. Armstrong replied "a friend." She then aBked what was wanted, and he replied "a little fun," whereupon she fired at him, tho ball entering his body near the collar bone and passing through the body. He walked about two blocks, then fell and died in a few minutes. She said she thought they were trying to force their way into the house. James Parker, a farmer, took a load of grain to Kail's mill near Uhrichsville, O. Mrs. Parker went out to show him where to put the grain and while Parker was unload ing it he fell in a fit, rolled on the ground in fearful convulsions, shriek ing, groaning, frothing at the month, and tearing his flesh with his finger nails till his face was covered with froth and blood. The horrible spec tacle so frightened Mrs. Kail, who was in delicate health, that she ran to the house and fell upon the floor, where she died in less than five minutes. A daring highway robbery is re ported on the Wyoming Stage Com pany's lino abont sixteen miles west of Chadron. The driver, Tom Casey, when nearing Dawes City, on his way west from Chadron, was ordered to "stand and deliver," the express box of Wells, Fargo & Co., which con tained about $7,000, destined for the payment of troops at Fort Robinson. Casey was unarmed and was obliged to comply. Parties are now scouring the country in search of the robbers. One man held up the coach, but it i9 thought he had confederates. It is claimed that a strenuous effort will be made during this session of Congress to have sugar and salt placed on tho free list. Already bills, and qnite a number of them have been introduced on this subject. It is stated that the common people in both parties are demanding this. They are petitioning Congress and setting forth that these articles are in too general use by poor people, and the production in this country, es pecially of sugar, too far below the consumption, to warrant customs dues. The Cincinnati papers of last week publish a very sensational suicide which occurred there tho other night, a man by the name of Gibson and an unknown woman leaping hand in hand from the suspension bridge over the Ohio. Gibson's wife is in Indian apolis, where Bhe fled to get rid of his cruel treatment. She cannot think he is dead but believes this is a dodge to get her back. She says if the re ported death is confirmed she will go back to attend his funeral. Dr. Orton arrived the other day from Winnipeg ut Ottawa, Out., and expresses the opinion that there is danger of a rising among the Bloods, Blackfeet and Piegans in the western portion of the Northwest Territories. The Dr. says they are well armed, and he has information to the effect that for some time past they have been unusually reticent toward the white population in fact, their man ner has considerably changed. A man by the name of Bartboldi, at Chicago, claiming to be a physician, but not having a state license, was attending a family afflicted with small-pox, living over a room on Halsted street. As a result of bis negligence it is claimed that five persons have died from the disease and a number of other cases have developed. Avoid quacks. Louis DeLisle, living in the coun try some miles from Council Bluffs, baying gone to town the other day to do somo trading, left in the evening, for home. His mule team ran away with him and he was thrown from bis wagon, and was found on the way fearfully frozen. They got him home but he died the next day. A saloon keeper at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, caned another saloon IraoiiM and f hvaatannrl hi a Ufa hunA ho found his son in bis competitors saloon. ' Hewn Notes. " Ohio's public schools cost $10,093,- 938 last year. ,, The census of 1880 places tho num ber of Mormons at 110,377. '- $ The elevator of Putnam & Mc Gregor, at Groton, Dakota burned the other morning with 14,000 bushels of wheat. A German paper estimates that the outlay for armies and navies to main tain the peace of Europe is 7,500,000, 000 marks annually. Over 96,000 worth of feitHerTBave been sold froHhe twenty-one grown ostriches at the Anaheim Ostrich Farm,. LoT Angelas, Cal.; dnrlng'tbe past seven months. A Frenchman has, it is said, found means to restore the life-like expres sion to the eyes of dead persons. He places a few drops of glycerine and water or. the corners. Mrs. L. M. Wilson, superintendent of public schools at Dea Moines, has under her charge eight buildings, eighty teacheTS and about 4,000 pupils. Her salary is $1,800 a year. Sarah Hollowell, the secretary of the Art Committee of tho Chicago Exposition, has gone to Europe for the winter, in the interests of the art exhibition in Chicago next season. An American white pelican was shot from the outer end of the Santa Barbara (Cal.) wharf the other, day. This is said to be the first bird of the kind ever seen in that part of the country. A French physician, Dr. Dyardin Beaumetz, claims to have found a case of "spontaneous hydrophobia" in a patient twenty-nine years of age, who bad neither been bitten nor scratched by any animal. By the premature explosion of blasting powder the other day in a coal mine at Colfax, Iowa, Louis Evans wbb instantly killed and George Storms, Peter Vugstrem and a miner known as "Texas" seriously injured. A severe snow storm prevailed throughout England on the 6th inst., continuing eight hours. Railroad traffic is greatly impeded and 'many telegraph wires are broken. The snow greatly interferes with travel in London. Rev. Henry" Jardine, of Kansas City, Mo., is supposed to have com mitted suicide at St. Louis the other day. His friends take the view that death was accidental and not suicidal as he had been for some time addicted to the chloroform habit. A party of hunters in the Pine Ridge, the other day, about twelve miles from Chadron, treed and killed a half-grown cub and three full grown mountain lions, the largest of which weighed 102 pounds, and measured six feet four inches from tip to tip. A cave-in occurred at Boston Run, near Mahoncy City, Pa., the other day, and a block of bouses went down out of sight. The families living in the bouses made a narrow escape. The surface is still caving and fivo more blocks are expected to go down. Mrs. Farr, of Minneapolis, this year gave a Christmas dinner to the newsboys of that city. Mrs. Farr is a business woman, doing a business of $60,000 annually. She takes a great interest in poor children, and is a special friend to the newsboys and bootblacks of Minneapolis. Geo. Holford, of Patcrson, N. Y., killed his wife the other night and then committed suicide. His wife was asleep in her bed when he shot her. They had been living apart for some time but had recently become reconciled and no one knows of any reason for the horrible deed. Mr. George P. Wilkins, suddenly became insane at the Parker House, Boston, Mass., the other night, a guest from Omaha, Neb., on bis way to Carlsbad, Germany, intending to sail in a day or two. The police were summoned and the maniac was se cured. He is violently insane. The boiler in the basement of St. Mary's Catholic church at Kurt Wayne, Ind., exploded the other afternoon w.tn a terrible crasu, in stantly killing the engineer, Anthony Evans, and a little school girl, and entirely wrecking the beautiful edifice. The Iosb will be $65 000. Miss Florance Hale, of the Ladies Art Association, New York, stains and paints glass, and fires her decorat ed glass and china in her own kilu. She has orders from large firms to copy ancient stained glass, and is said to be the only womao in this country who does this work in all its st3ges. Mrs. Chute, of Washington Terri tory, formerly an accomplished teach er in Lafayette, Ind., goes thirty-five miles to vote. She is postmistress and notary public, owns two claims and works them, pleads law-suite, has large herds of sheep and cattle, is an expert florist, and in addition finds time to read the magazines and journals. Special Orreiyitsce. Washington, Jan. 11, 1886. If the reader has ever witnessed the novel spectacle of two railway trains headed in opposite directions, and de termined to solve the Impossible problem of passing each other on the same track, ho will have a clear idea of the present position of the factions of the majority in Congress. This position has become more ridiculous since the announcement of the com mittees, which Mr. Carlisle has been a month in arranging, and the oppos ing locomotives which he has hitched to the different trains might very ap propriately be christened "Wall Street" and the "Rowdy West and South," representing the hauling the different factions. Mounted on the latter, as engineer, is that wild, horizontal free-trader, Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, at the head of the Committee of Ways and Means, assisted by the child-like Bland, the father of the almighty silver dollar, and the untamed Scotchman, Beck, at ' firemen and assistants. In the cab of the other sits the irrcpressible-gRan-dall, at the bend of appropriations, the greatest apostle of protectionism ..in the; country, with Manning and tho President -ready to. furnish fuel enough to molt down the aforesaid dollar, or to switch off the friBky free traders. A similar arrangement of forces in tho preceding Congress brought the opposing trains to a dead halt, and a similar result is likely to happen in the. present. Oil add water are chemical opposites, and no leas so are'the'aleraeniBdf tbeDemberitlo'- majority, uow undertaking. to govern this great country too great, it. is feareti, for the forces now at its head. But if the hostile alignments above noted are grotesque and astonishing, what must the country think of the bead of the foreign affairs, the young scion of the aristocratic house of Bel mont, and the representative in Amer ica of the Rothchilda, the mouied kings of Europe, the prop and .sup port of all the tyrannies and. rotten monarchies of the Old World ! How will it strike the people, and espe cially the old soldiers, to see the grand old "War Governor" of Penn sylvania, the patriotic Curtin, at the head of hi i" n-'eii Gettysburg fought and -.on, :i -placed by Perry Belmont, tl.e. -chool-boy, and his father chairman of the anti-war party, the party responsible for the Rebel lion ? A nice man, indeed, to repre sent the foreign interests and foreign policy of a Democratic Republic! And of such incongrous elements are the factions of this great "party of the people" composed ! Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana, threw an other bombshell into administration circles on Friday, introducing a reso lution :n the Senate to the effect that the ten million bonds to bo paid in February, be paid iu silver, which the resolution claims will be "in strict compliance with the law," the author declaring his purpose to be toeompe! Congress to define itself squarely on the silver issue. It was referred to the Finance Committee, and its dis cussion when it comes op, if ever, will open up the entire financial policy of the government. The Senate celebrated St. Jackson's day by the triumphant passing of Mr. Edmunds' new and stringent anti polygamy bill, anti-woman suffrage clause and all, 38 yeas to 7 nays, tho latter including Senator Hoar, be cause, as he explained, it disfranchis ed the women of Utah. The bill passed as it came from the Committee, and is moet sweeping and eevere in its provisions, practically putting the entire control and legislation of the territory under direct national super vision, and if enforced must end polygamy. In the same body, an important and far reaching measure to prohibit the letting of govern ment contracts to persons employing convict labor, was introduced. Hav ing disposed of the Utah bill the ex hausted statesmen of the upper house adjourned till to-day. Sinco tho announcement of the standing committee there is a good deal of "sea-sickness" among the statesmen of the Democratic ship, many failing to get what they wanted, conspicuous among them being tho great Iowa greenback champion, Gen. Weaver, who expected to be put at the head ot the Labor Committee,-as a reward, not so much for his horny handed toil as for his efforts to rein state the Rothchilda party in power. Instead the position was given to a sat. Louis dude by the name of O'Neill, who wears a button-hole boquet a la Ben Butler, and sports a silver-headed cane. Foran, of Ohio, whom tho workingtnen really want ed, was also discarded to make room for the man with the boquet. A glance at the head of the com mittees will convince the most incred ulous, not only that the most ultra wing of thb majority is put to the front, but ali)0 that the gentlemen who not long ago wanted to destroy the Union, aro again wielding the power. Out of the forty-eight chairman the solid South gets twenty-nine. With such men as Aiken, of South Carolina, at the head of the Educational Com mittee, Turner, of Georgia, on Elec tions, Cox, of North Carolina, on reform in the civil service, etc , great advance, purity and a fair couut may confidently be predicrei I Among the nearly four thousand bills already offered, one to establish a national live-stock highway from Texas north ward, another to repeal the civil ser vice act, bills to limit silver coinage, to prohibit the mailing of papers con taining lottery advertisements, to prohibit the ownership of lands by aliens, are among the most important. Some of the big men of Dakota have arrived in town, representing that embryo state, including Gov. Mellette, Edgerton and Moody, the embryo United States Senators, and others, bent on getting as nearly into the Union as possible, the prospect of which is somewhat improved. One of the party, Mr. J. H. Drake, a jour nalist of Aberdeen, was unavoidably detained at Chicago by a trifling inci dent trumped up by some old enemy, with which a deputy sheriff had some thing to do, but came along all right on the following train. W. D. teats r News. A gentleman from Atlanta, recently traveling on a coast line boat from San Francisco via Vancouver's Is land to Portland, Ore., on his arrival at Victoria called at a drug store to purchase something for a discorded stomach, felt himself at home, be said when he saw several boxes of S. S. S. on the counter of the drug store. The proprietors told him that Swift's Specific was one of the staple articles in hiB trade. "I have found the wonder of the nineteenth century," remarked a man from Ohio a few days ago to one of our druggists, "and it is a proprietor of a patent medicine who told me that bis remedy was not suitable to my case, and advised me not to take it. I called at the laboratory of the SwiftfSpeeific Company, and consul ted thelrnb'ysician with tho abovo result. 4waa- convinced so thor oughly that taair Specific is a .goodj medicine that! have bought a cast 'and sent It to fjiy cousiu, who has the acraioia. xanv torn ma it would tcureWrofqla, and I believe it to be true.7' S. S. S. is a harmless remedy. . It is a reliable remedy for all disorders of Jhe blood, and cleanses the system by forcing' the impurities -out through the pores of the skin. It is now sold in dry form, and can be prepared at home. Price 50 cents per package. -Wiadvi th wh;hav bean worn down with mercury and potash nos trum to use the dry form. Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free. The Swift Specif c Co., dwcpr 3, Atlanta, Ga. N. Y., 157 Wr. 231JM. tampofttaue. In this department the people talk, sad not the editor. Each writer nuit bold himself -.ready to defend, bJs. principle and his statements of facts . "Ia the mul titude of counsel there ia wisdom." Ed. .Joubnal.1 ., Xlss - Editor Joubwal: I -am a poor, .ignorant farmer, aud perhaps will be pronounced a crank for barboring.tbe following ideas. However that may be, I cannot help but wonder and study what causes the present hard times and scarcity of money, and the unusual, indebtedness of the people. Never in the history of Nebraska have the peoplo mortgaged their property to tho extent that now pre vails; never have they lived more within their moans, unable to afford the luxuries of life or the comfort of good clothes, unable to meet the in terest on their obligations or payment of taxes. The earth has yielded bountiful crops, the health of the people has been good, all uature has been bright, joyous and progressive. yet, the waats of the people are by no means ' satisfied or appeased. People groan and lament over their condition or- tneir inaoiuty to pro cure money to pay their debts, while their grauaries are groaning under tho weight of grain that they contain, and an overflow of all commodities that no one seems to want, even at very low prices. Is it overproduc tion? Does overproduction exst when the people need clothing and bread and no mouey to buy ? Is it overproduction when the farmer needs help but is unable to pay money wages, thereby causing the laborer to suffer aud be idle? Ia it overproduction tint causes millions of money to lie idle in the govern ment vaults? Does no one need tho use of this vast sum or a portion of it? Does no one need our surplus meat and bread, butt er, eggs, beans, potatoes, &c, &c ? Never in my life have I seen this same condition of things. Men of brains and exper ience have in all cases laid it to over production, that tho law of supply and demand must aud will have time to even-up before there can be an im provement. They advocate the clos ing of factories till the surplus is used up. On that theory, the farmer shonld stop farming, in fact all pro ducers should stop. Is it not a grand idea, this closing of all streams of production ! There are brainy lunatics who ad vocate the stoppage of the coining of silver money, for every channel of production is gorged, and needs the chance to work offlbe surplus. Now in reviewing the condition of the sit uation and the ideas and remedies advocated by able men, does it not seem very inconsistent and contra dictory ; does it not seem suicidal to adopt these measures to obtain relief? I think so, and will offer my cranky idea, as many will call it, viz: Let Congress order the unlimited coinage of the silver dollar, Bland dollar if you please. Make it legal tender for all purposes a dollar is good for. Mai to avoid the weight issue certificates from two dollars up, and I verily believe that In less than six months, the channels of trade and flow of bus iness would rush along throughout the United States as never before. If money is the medium of exchange, then for the sake of all that Is good do not cripple, curtail or hamper the medium, but give it unlimited room and liberty. People may ask, how Is the medium of exchange (money) hampered? It is hampered by being dammed up at the fountain hexd, lying idle in the vaults of the government. It is ham pered by the capitalist and the money sharks by their strenuous efforts to demonetize tilver and have but one nnit of value, s that they can make m ney dear and scarce, and so con trol the flow to suit their greedj desire ; they know that if we have a double unit of value, they would loose the control of the matter. Mouey of a double unit and a legal tender value would flow into the bands, of the poor man in spite of all they could do, for the reason that it was too plentiful aud it was not in the power of anywH of men to stop its regular flow. All people would be prosperous and happy. Golden aristocrats, those dreaded monsters of the present day, would be extinct. The mortgaged farm would be re deemed, and the great dread of lan ded aristocracy, which we fear on account of our children, would be removed. The government could re deem its bonds without distress to the people, and business would flourish without fear of a financial crash. Now, friend editor, it does look as though I was a presuming, crazy crank, to talk on this subject of finance, and to presume to dictate an improvement or a remedy for our financial difficulties, when the Presi dent of these Uni ted States and the great financiers of the world have suggested and labored for the op posite, viz: Demonetize and stop the coinage of silver, hoard the gold for tho payment of the bonds and in terest, Sec., levy heavy rev enues on all articles of consumption especially those that the general peop le require, in fact all the necessaries of life, and then the country will prosper. O! consis tency, thou art a jewel. It doe seem to me, that the bare idea of re docing our money to one unit o value is one of the most miscbieveons and dangerous pieces of folly and injustice ever suggested by men. It would bo equivalent to passing a law that every means of transportation should be abolished except by rail road, so" that all "people must go to the R. 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