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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1886.
Adams county is out of debt. Next.
A riBE at Dewitt, Nebr., destroyed
140,000 worth of property.
The United States Government
Imuob 4,000 different books a year.
Lincoln authorities are killing
their doge, consequent upon the re
cent hydrophobia scare.
Sam Jones says in one of his ser
mons that "The devil is a gentleman,
and will get up and go, if he is told
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James A. Garfield's remains were
transferred the other day to a sarco
phagus where they will remain in the
future.
Judge Weateb introduced a bill
the other day to give Mrs. Larry .
Casey, of Nebraska, script for 1C0
acres of land.
The next national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic will
be held in San Francisco, Tuesday,
August 3d, '8G.
The mad dog scare in Lincoln is
causing a dog slaughter in that city
in large numbers, ending last week
with about 125 canines.
The senate has confirmed ex-Senator
Tipton receiver of the Blooming
ton land office, and John G. Higgins
register at Grand Island.
Chahley Bdttebfokd, a five-year-old
boy, of Auburn, Neb., dropped
dead the other evening while playing
in the snow with his dog.
Since the British elections, three
members of tho new Parliament have
died, and a fourth, Geo. Latham, of
Greive, is not expected to live.
The Louisville Times believes that
the Ohio row could be satisfactorily
settled by extending the walls of the
penitentiary so as to take in the
Capitol.
The department of state at Wash
ington has directed an investigation
to be made of the circumstances at
tending the killing of Capt. Crawford
by Mexican troops.
Representative Dorset has intro
duced a bill to hold terms of tho U.
6. district courts in this State at tho
following places Omaha, Lincoln,
Nebraska City, Hastings, Norfolk and
Kearney.
The Omaha Bee says: "It is an
unusually cold freeze when the inven
tive genius of the Yankee yields to
the weather. Some Boston parties
are turning Florida's frozen orange
crop into marmalade."
The bill to admit Dakota as a State
passed the senate by a vote of thirty
two to twenty-two, every democrat
in the senate except Dan Voorbees
voted to exclude it from the Union.
This vote on the part of democrats in
fhe senate has placed upon the record
the indisputable fact that there is but
one democrat in the 6enato whose
principles of statesmanship and pat
riotism has guided him in his vote
instead of his low party principles
and instincts. This vote of Senator
Voorhees will demonstrate to the cit
izens of the United States that here is
another man engaged in political life
that can be trusted on questions in
volving principles of statesmanship
when party dictation directs other
wise.
The annual exports from Queens
land are aboot $18,000,000, mostly
wool, preserved meats and tallow;
South Australia, $27,000,000, mostly
wool, wheat, flour and copper; Tas
mania, $8,000,000, mostly wool, grain
and fruits ; Victoria, $80,000,000, most
ly wool, grain, gold and flour; West
Australia, $3,000,000, almost entirely
wool and lead ore. In the five prov
inces there arc now 4,312 miles of
railroads and 17,743 miles of telegraph
lines. Instead of the short lines along
the coast, the railroads now cover
long distances, as the great areas are
being opened up. Australia alone is
1,280 miles loug and 800 miles wide,
but the inhabited part of the provinco
is only GOO by 150 miles in length and
breadth.
Last week Blair was infested with
thieves. By diligent search the stolen
bees, hives and honey were
traced around until the honey xv&s
found hid away in the house of Win.
Tuttle, who, when he found he was
caught, admitted the stealing, and
then implicated Edward and Albert
Dana!i, with him. The three were
bound over to the district court, and
being unable to give bonclp, await
their time in jail. Plenty of chicken
feathers wero found where the hives
were discovered, proving that the
honey followed the stolen chickens.
Donald B. Allen, the young man
charged at Omaha with forging tick
ets of the B. & M. road, was bound
over to the district court in tho sum
of $1,000. In default of bail ho whs
committed to tho county jail.
The Journal is under many ob
ligations to Congressman Dorsey for
documents, among the latest being a
copy of Senator Teller's speech on the
silver question, a casual glance at
which assures us that it is well worth
reading.
Henrv Kraft, a boy 13 years old,
while coasting in Omaha the 'other
day, was thrown from his sled on the
track, right in front of other sleds,
one of which struck him with great
violence, causing internal hemorrhage
which subsequently ended in his
death.
The women will hold their annual
National Convcntiou at Washington
City, Feb. 17tb, 18th and 19tb. Sena
tor Blair's sixteenth amendment to
the constitution, tho object of which
is to secure to women a citizen's right
to vote, donbtless will bo fully dis
cussed. A. Gelhar, living two miles south
east of Grand Island, committed sui
cide the other morning by taking
arsenic. lie was a Russian by birth,
42 years old. Ilia suffering was terri
ble and lie died in convulsions.
Financial embarrassment is assigned
as the cause.
James Hale, charged wiih forgery,
and who was recently captured in
Indiana by tho Pinkcrtnn detective
agency, through the shrewdness of
(he officers of tho Omaha National
Bank, is now safe in tho toils in Chi
cago to answer to the criminal court
in the sum of $5,000.
The Philadelphia Record says,
"The violence aud fraud which begin
at the polls cannot bo expected to
top there. They carry their forbid
den front up to the very portals of the
law-making and law-expounding
branches of government and seek to
establish themselves there."
Ohio is getting excited over oil. At
Lima on the 3d the largest oil well in
Ohio was developed. An immense
stream of oil shot upward, reaching a
distance of SO feet. Eleven wells are
now in progress there, and this last
one yields over 150 barrels a day.
The Ohio man is having his usual
. .aaecesB.
Fifteen thousand men united in a
demonstration in Trafalgar square,
London, Monday night, were inter
fered with by the police, grew excit
ed, dispersed in various directions,
pillaged stores, shops, &c, and raised
Cain geaerally. The dispatches say
that no live were lost and London
went to bed at the usual hour.
In order to settle tho question as to
the proper treatment for persons who
bare been frozen. Dr. Laptchinkaki
has aaadc a scries of very careful ex
peruientfi upon dogs. lie found that
of twenty animals treated by the
method of gradual resuscitation in a
cold room, fourteen perished; of
twenty placed at once in warm
room, eight died, while twenty pot
Immediately into a hot bath recovered
jaickly and without accident. .
A mail robbery occurred the other
eveniug at Rapid City, Dakota. One
Sturgis aud one Dcadwood sack were
picked up, and while tho coach was
unloading, carried off to a vacant lot
a short distance away, cut open and
three hundred and five dollars obtain
ed from two registered letters. An
other registered letter was taken, but
it is not known yet what it contained.
Frank Lowry has been arrested on
suspicion.
Ohio.
January 28, 188G.
Dear Journal: 1 am taking a
little winter vacation among Ohio
friends. May be some of your
readers would caro to have some of
the impressions received on the way
and while hero in the good old Buck
eye Staie.
I was unfortunate enough to be on
a snow-bound train, on the U. P.
road. It is easy to And fanlt, I know,
but it seemed to me the officials on
the train wero inexcusably remiss.
They showed very little care for tho
comfort of passengers. Among a
storm-staid train of passengers,
many aro anxious to obtain any in
formation possible in -regard to the
delay and prospect of getting on.
Our conductor kept out of sight as
much as possible, and when found,
turned off inquiring passengers in the
most gruff and unsatisfactory man
ner. Tho under officials showed the
same spirit, cariug little for the com
fort of the passengers. Tho brake
men paid little or no attention to the
fireB, and the passengers, not under
standing the patent heating apparatus
were unable to keep up the fires and
many suffered from the cold, es
pecially women and children. At
one point we were detained one en
tire night. Those who had sufficient
wraps were unable to get sleep or
rest, except those so fortunate as to
be in the sleeping cars. All night
loug drunken men were permitted to
jso through the cars, disturbing every
one with their noise and pro fan it v.
The train boy or young man became
beastly drunk, and kept up his revel
ing all night long, and beicre he was
sober was permitted to go through
the cars, with his wares, disgusting
and insulting all decent passengers.
I certainly hope this is not a fair
sample of the service reudered on the
U. P. trains.
Reaching Council Bluffs in the
night, I found several hundred pas
sengers wailing eastern trains. The
hotel at the depot was full. The
large waiting rooms of the deoot
were so lull it was difficult to find
standing room and impossible to get
a seat. No other hotel within two
miles. I was directed to a place some
distance away, where I was told I
could get lodging. Found It a sort
of cross between a lodging house and
saloon. Was shown to a room,
where the entire bedding consisted
of a dirty tick half full of straw, one
cotton sheet and a thin coverlid. I
told the man it looked rather thin for
.such a night (thermometer 20 below
zero.) He remarked that "a man
should not be particular at such a
time." Hundreds of shovellers
worked all night, and the next day
till four o'clock, when the long, heavy
tram pulled out, the first for some
three days. We passed through long
snow banks standing on either side
as high as the top of the cars. Were
stopped a few hours by thp refilling
of the track way, soon after tearing
Council Bluffs after that made our
way to Chicago on independent time,
very comfortably. The cars were
comfortable, and the officials oblig
ing, making travel much more agree
able than I found it on the other side
of the Missouri. From Chicago a few
hours ride over the P. Ft. W. & C.
and the N. Y. P. & O. roads brought
me to tho scenes of my early boy
hood. Ravenna is a pleasant little
city of some 4000 inhabitants, located
about 35 miles south of Cleveland.
There are a few points of special in
terest. A lamp chimney is an every
day or rather every night -sort of an
nninteresting affair, but I was exceed
ingly interested in its manufactory.
As long ago as I was a boy a super
ior quality of window glass was made
here. Some 5 or C years ago, two or
three men of capital thought money
could be made in manufacturing a
better article of lamp chimney's than
was being made. They interested a
few of the best practical glass blowers
in Pittsburg, the greatest glass man
ufacturing city in the country, in their
project. These blowers are now
stock holders in the enterprise. The
theory lamp chimney manufacturers
worked on generally, was that the
poorer the article, the more would be
UBcd, hence the more profitable the
business. This new firm started with
the belief that if they could make a
better article than was then in the
market they would find sale for it.
The result is one of the most inter
esting m an u facto ries in the country.
They make only lamp chimneys, of
various kinds. They are now run
ning 185 'hands, and turn out 110,000
chimneys every week. I followed
a chimney through the' full process,
from the time the bulb of molten ma
terial was taken out on the end of the
steel blowing tube till it was packod
In the case ready to ship, having
passed through tho hands of nine
different persons. The principal
materials used aro a white sand from
Penna., saltpeter from abroad, and
lead. The lead gives the chimney a
peculiar toughness, while the lime
used in other chimneys tends to make
them brittle. Tho cost of manu
facturing tho lead chimney is greater
than the lime chimney, but the first
cost is such that any dealer wishing
to, can sell the best chimney at
present retail prices and yot have a
good margin of profit. Their sales
extend over the cutire country. Tho
day I was there their mail brought
orders from Boston, Mass., and from
Portland, Oregon.
J. H. Reed.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Of the Hoard of Supervisors
Platte County, Nebraska.
Wednesday, Jan. C, 1SSG.
Board convened in special session,
pursuant to call. Supervisors Braun,
Kiernan and Matter absent.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
The bonds of the several county of
ficers elect were presented and ap
proved. On motion board adjourned
until Thursday at 1 o'clock p, m.
Thursday 1 o'clock p. m. Jan. C, 18S6.
Board called to order by Supervisor
Swartsley, chairman pro teui. A
quorum not being present, board ad
journed without day.
Thursday, Jan. 12, 'SG.
Board convened iu regular session
at '2 o'elock, p. m. with Supr. Hudson
as temporary chairman. It appear
ing that a vacancy existed of ne
member from City of Columbus, and
Woodville township not represented,
the Chairman announced that J. E.
North, of City of Columbus, and Jas.
Kiernau for Woodville had been ap
pointed supervisors, by proper au
thority to till vacancy.
Supr. North nas elected Chairman
for ensuing year. Board now adjourn
ed until i o'clock Wedsday morning.
Wednesday, Jan 13, 'SO.
Board met at 0 o'clock a. m., pursu
ant to adjournment. Boll ' called.
Full board present. Chairman an
nounced the standing committees for
ensuing year. A special committee of
five was appointed to settle with
Treasurer. Clerk was ordered to pro
cure fifty printed copies card size
of the standing committees.
John J. Sullivan unanimously
elected county attorney for ensuing
year.
The following appointments to fill
vacancies were made:
H T Spocrry J P for G'd Prairie T'p
M Anderson " Monroe
J N Pauly " St Bernard
Jeff Haney " Walker
M J Hogau Shell Creek
OW Shaffer Lost Creek
E C Rcber constable Humphrey
Ou motion adjourned until 1 o'clock
Wed. 1 o'clock p. m. Jan 13, '80.
Full board present. In the matter
oftlte"icken,oii"road in Shell C'k
tpwnship the prayer of petitioners was
granted, and the road located and ful
ly established as a consent road.
Bids for supplies for county for en
suing year were opened, read and re
ferred to committee.
Treasurer ordered to redeem- N J of
S W 1 of sec 30-18-1 W front "tax
sale, same having been illegally assessed.
County treasurer allowed one dep
uty and one assistant clerk for ensu
ing year, Supr. Truman dissenting.
Clerk ordered to make requisition
on state auditor for necessary revenue
books and legal blanks for ensuing
year.
Board adjourned until 2 o'clock p m
Jan. 19, 8U.
Tuesday, 2 o'lock p nt Jan. 19, '80.
Board met pursuant to udjournm't
all present but Sup'r Olson of Walk
er. Board made following appoint
ments to fill vacancies:
J. Scudder Jr. J P for Crestou Tvvp.
L. Westcott " '
Committee ou settlement with (To.'
treasurer presented a report. Com
mittee was continued and requested
to present their report iu detail, also
amount of years of delinquent tax
chargable to treasurer at close of year.
On motion, the proposition of Dr.
Evans for medical attendance and
medicines for the county destitute for
ensuing year for sum of $200 was ac
cepted, Sup'rs Olson of Creston, Ts
cltudin and Truman dissenting.
Board adjourned until Wednesday
9 o'clock, a in.
Wednesday, 9, a m," Jan. 20, '80.
Board all present but Sup'r Olson of
Walker.
Board selected CO names from which
to draw grand aud petit jurors for the
April term of District Court.
On nuition adjourned uutil 1, p m.
Wednesday, 1 p m, Jan. 20, '86.
Full board present. Clay Shepherd
was appointed J P to fill vacancy in
Butler Twp. The bids to furnish sup
plies to county for ensuing year were
all rejected. Bills of clerks aud judg
es of election were refered back to
respective townships and city for pay
ment, Bruen, Burke, Doody. Hess,
Kiernan, Newman, Schure, Swarts
ley and Terwilliger dissenting.
Board adjourned until Thursday, at
9, am.
Thursday, 9 am, Jan. 21, '8C.
Board all present except Sup'r Doo
dy of Lost Creek.
County treasurer was ordered to
strike from '8-5 tax list the S of S E
of sec 10201 E, as same was illegal
ly assessed for said year.
County clerk presented his fee book
for year '85. On motion the other Co.
officers were requested to present
their fee books.
Correction was ordered in personal
assesment of R W Young, of Colum
bus township for '84, as same was er
ror of assessor. Board adjourned uu
til 1pm.
Thursday, 1, p m, Jan. 21, 78G.
Full board present except Sup'r
Doody of Lost Creek. Chni. North
was excused, and Sup'r Olson of Ores
ton chosen chairman pro tern.
Ou motion the county clerk was in
structed to purchase the necessary
supplies for the county officers during
the ensuing year.
The Sisters of St Mary's hospital
were instructed to file their report and
account with the county clerk the
first of every month hereafter.
In the matter of the delinquent
personal tax of T S Ellis for years '77,
'78 and '79, the treasurer was ordered
to collect the same without delay.
Board adjourned until Friday, at 9
a m.
Friday, 9 am, Jau 22, 'G.
Board all present but Sup'r Doody.
Sup'r Olson, of Creston, chairman pro
tern. Fee books of county clerk, treas
urer and sheriff were approved.
Board adjourned until 1 p m.
Friday, 1pm, Jau. 22, '8G.
Board all present but Sup'r Doody.
The special ceminittee appointed to
settle with Treas. Newman, complet
ed their labors, presented their report
and committee was discharged.
DC Kavauaugh appointed janitor at
court house at salary .of $2."o per an
num. Board proceeded to place in secure
Iiackages, and under seal, the cancel
ed warrants, coupons, funding bonds
and other vouchers received in settle
ment from county treasurer. Board
also proceeded to inspect county jail.
Chairman North excused and Sup'r
Olson of Creston made chairman pro
tern.
A surplus of collections over
amount issued, being reported for
the general fund levy for the
year 1879, the following bills
were allowed on sud fund, and the
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vieric iusirucieo to issue warrants ac
cordingly: P. Ducy, labor tax receipt for '83. . 3 00
Omaha Republican, tax receipts for
Treasurer 22 DO
A. lleintz, coroner Lydia Brlely
case 15 45
D. C. Kavanaugh, sheriff's fees in
saniecae 0 20
J. E. Hunger, juror same case 1 00
Henry Uagatz, ' " " l 00
F. H. Rusehc, " " 100
Henry Luers, ' " " 1 OU
C. From, " " l 00
J. Ilemplemau, " " " l 00
P. AVasserburg, labor tax receipt
for 1881...-. 3 00
J. E. Moncrief, sup't. salary aud
postage for Sept . 83 98
J. Rivet, appr. on Johnson road 2 00
J. E. Moncrief, sup't. salary and
postage for Oct S3 83
F. W. Zoll, canvassing election re
turns for 1885 4 00
J.F. Wermuth, same 4 00
John Stauffer, Co. clerk, same 4 00
1. Uluck, rent for Co. judge's office
from July to Jan. lst 3G 00
G. W. Galley, rent tor sheriff res
dence to Jan. ltt 33 00
G. A. Scott, liverv for surveyor
Routson, June 3d, '85 2 00
J . E. Moncrief. sup't. salary Nov.'85 00 53
J. Eusden, repairs on Court House ! SO
Omaha Republican, blanks for Co.
judge and sheriff 28 00
H.G.Lueschen, road appraiser 2 00
G. G. Lucschen, same 2 30
Julius Hcmbt, same 2 50
J. H. Wurdemau, same 2 50
31. lverson. same 2 00
John Burk, services as supervisor 13 40
A. Jewell, damages by location of
road 30 00
Jonas "Welch, same . 05 00
L. II. Jewell, same 36 00
E.Jewell, same 30 00
For same reason, and upon the same
showing, tho following bills were
allowed on tho General Fund levy
for tbo year 1SS1 :
J. I. Robison, publishing notice of
teachers lustitute $ 4 00
Columbus Cemetery Association,
two burial lots for paupers 6 00
ulusun, jiuier iv uicnaruson, uiaiiK
book 7 50
Mills & Co. bal. on tax recciuts... 2 50
John Stauffer, preparing summary
ofproccediugsofBoardofSupr's.
for publication 35 00
N. Olson, Walker Twp. services as
supervisor. 15 50
W.D. Davis, do 14 60
N. Olson, Creston Twp. do 10 20
Martin Maher, do 16 8
Jacob Tschudin, do 14 8i
it. E. Wiley, uo 20 00
W. D. Davies, do 5 30
J. F. Schure, do 10 20
Joseph Braun, do 10 CO
With.
Treasurer and clerk's annual re
ports ordered published in Humph
rey Independent and Columbus
Wochenblatt at one-half legal rates.
The General Futid levy of 1883
showing surplus collections of $1184 -23,
over and above amount of war
rants issued on that fund, tho follow
ing bills were allowed, and clerk in
structed to hpug warrants upon the
surplus thus collected of said levy as
follows :
R. W. Young, app'r. road damages .$ 2 30
C. D. Evans, examination nf James
Scott, per order Judge Post ft 00
J. E. North & Co. coal for county. 75 50
G. Krumland, road work in 1882 .. 1 50
E. D. Fitzpatrick, stationery. &c . 26 55
Got.Kummer, labor tax in 1881 ... 3 00
J.J. Sullivan, Co. judge official fees 15 90
II. Gass, coffins for paupers, etc . . 34 75
Wm. H. Hes, labor tax for I8S3... 3 00
Sundry court expenses, State vs.
Brake 24 30
Columbus Democrat, printing, jfce. 152 25
Carl Schubert, repairing locks ... 1 25
Spooner & Flyun, repairing chini-
nej son Court House 15 00
Dist. Court expenses, Oct. term. . . 633 20
Upon
same terms, conditions and
instructions tho clerk was instructed
to issue warrants for following bills
allowed on tho surplus collected of
General Fund levy of 1884, to-wit :
R L. Ross Iter, services an Supr... 30 75
Wermuth & Boettcher, merchan
dise sundries y 15
C. A. Newman, cash advanced for
eounty 260 03
Columbus l). in irrtt. printing, etc. 22 75
Expense of it . ..-t , n l...ly of Carl
Enncr ... yj so
Expense of n it- ii on unknown
man killed on railroad 15 30
CD. Evaus, county physician Julv
1st, '85, to Jan. lit,, 'SO '. 150 00
C. D. Evans, medicine furnished
paupers 50 00
G. B. Speice, deputy clerk District
Court, official fees 106 14
And upon the tamo terms and con
ditions the following bills wore allow
ed and the clerk instructed to' issue
warrants ou the surplus collected for
the year 1881 iu tho General Fund
levy, as reported to this Board :
D. C. Kavauaugh, sherin', official
fees $ 50 55
D.C. Kavanaugh, janitor's salary.. 125 00
J. It. Delsman, keeping pauper Pe-
ter Drunk 34 00
Hugh Hughes, storm windows for
Court House 24 90
James Kiernan, services as Sup'r. 24 50
D.L. Bruen, do 17 00
W. II. Hess, do 15 10
J. J. Burke, do 20 10
Geo. S. Truman, do 18 80
W. J. Newman, do 27 00
Obi; Terwilliger, do 33 00
A. D. Uinmui, do 23 0o
Nils Olson, (Walker) do 23 50
J.C. Swartslev, do 2180
Nils Olson, (Crestou) do 24 60
Jacob Tschudin, do 22 50
H.J. Hudson, do 20 00
J. P. Schure, do .- 18 40
Jacob Weidner. do 26 60
Martin Maher, do 20 80
C. A. Newman, cancellations, &c 70 40
Aud under the same instructions
the following bills were allowed, and
the clerk ordered to issue warrauts
ou tbe surplu-) collections of General
Fund levy f 1S79, as reported to this
Board, for the tollowiug bills:
Mrs. I J. Asher, damages location
of road
11. A. Taylor, same
Paul Hoppcn. same
James Russell, same
I. J. Scbmitz, same
John McGuill, same. .
S. W.W.Wilson, do 8 25
C.C.Carrig, do 9 00
John Stauifcr, transcripts in road
cases 18 50
Margaret Hamer, care and board of
Chas. Hamer 33 75
Gerrard & Zeigler, damages by lo
cating road 151 00
J. B. Kyle, same 38 00
Ellen Kyle, same 125 00
St. Mary's Hospital, care of sick
paupers 269 80
St. Mary's Hospital, same 14 00
John Sorenson, illegal assessment 12 60
Thos. 31cl'billipg, extra expenses
as road overseer 32 80
Robt. Wiley, illegal assessment. .. 10 92
And upou the same conditions and
under same instructions tbo follow
ing bills were allowed, and warrants
ordered on surplus collections of
J General Fund levy of 1882:
John Stall Her, Co. clerk, salary for
six months ending Dec. 3lst, '85 $200 00
Omaha Republican, blank Looks,
etc. for county 107 95
State Journal Co. Maine 2140
John Stautlur, cash advanced for
couify 74 60
District Court expenses, witness
es, Ac, &c 371 37
I. Gluck. merchandise for jail per
order of sheriff 20 00
Board ndjourned uutil Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock.
$ 30 00
10 00
:;o oo
32 00
42 00
28 00
D. C. Kavanauzb. court expenses
October term 88 00
And following bills were allowed
on the County Bridge Fund of 1885,
and same ordered charged to the res
pective townships :
Chicago Lumber Co. account Joliet
Township $ 76 61
S. E. Phillips, account Joliet Twp. 6 33
H. Hughes, acc't. Bismark Twp... 28 65
Clark te Gerrard,acc't.Monroe Twp 25 04
Thos. Ottis, acc't. Granville Twp.. 65 53
numpnrevTwp. iiu -a
Crestou Twp.... 32 91
Sherman Twp. . . 16 45
J. H. Richards & Co. acc't. Bis-
inar. Twp -
Krausc, Lubkcr & Co. acc't. Mon
roe Twp 39 50
On motion Board adjourned to the
ICth day of March, 'SO, 2 o'clock p. m.
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Saturday, Jan. 23, '80.
Board met with Supr. Olson of
Creston as temporary chairman. All
members present but Supr's. Clark,
Doody, Ile.-fP, North and Newman.
A resolution that treasurer proceed
to push the collection of delinquent
personal taxes by execution alter
July 1st, was adopted.
Board fixed salary of clerk at $400
per year. Clerk instructed to pre
pare and publish annual statement of
financial standing of county.
Treasurer instructed to publish his
report in full. Salary of Co. Supt.
fixed at 190 per month.
Following communication present
ed and read :
M. K. Turner & Co. and J. G. Hig
gins, by the business manager of the
Democrat, hereby propose to your
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Tempted to Salcldet
Duty to mankind and obligation to
the manufacturers of the remedy de
mand that I acknowledge tbo won
derful results of using Swift's
Specific.
Thrco years ago I was afflicted
with that moat horriblo of diseases,
blood poison. In vain I sought help
from tbe medical profession, chang
ing doctors two or three timeB. The
mercurial remedies used soon put me
on crutches and brought on untold
pain. I could see myself failing
every day. My weight was reduced
from 150 to 117 pounds in six weeks.
I could seo no use of living situated
as I was, and was so desperate at
times that I felt liko taking my own
life. Friends interfered, and urged
me to go to Hot Springs. I started,
but on my way met a friend who
persuaded me to stop with him, and
to try Swift's Specific. I had no
faith iu patent medicines., aud at first
would not listen to such advico. But
ray sufferings wero so intense I
finally yielded. After the first bottle
I felt a great change, and by the timo
I had used one dozen bottles I was
like myself once more. I still felt
some pains in my limbs, and so con
tinued tho tise of the medicine, and
today one would never think that I
had been such a wreck and cured, by
that wonderful remedy. It stands
at the head of all blood remedies, and
is a blessing to all mankind.
J. H. Brown,
Hornersville, Steuben county, N. T.
Nov. 30, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and Skin dis
eases mailed free. The Swift Specific
Co., drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga. Now
York, 157 w. 23d st.
coffers of neighboring nations and
that we would find ourselves with
nothing but depreciated fiivcr; that
foreign natious would uot take our
eighty-cent" silver dollars iu ex
change for tbeirouc-hundred-cent-on-the-doflar
products. Iu other words,
they would uot sell a dollar's worth
of their products for our eighty cent
silver dollar; therefore we must pay
gold ; that gold is the only truo stan
dard of value and that there can be
but one measure of exchange. Now
I wiah to say that I do uot believe
auy such stuff, aud for want of time
ask you to quote the enclosed article,
which expresses my sentiments better
than I could do so myself.
"I consider tbe evils of the present
agitation to destroy the value of silver
money, I beg leavo to begin with two
propositions.
1. That either metal has niue
tentbs or more of its valuo conferred
by its use for coiu ; that to restrict or
tako away that uso by laws favoring
or preferring either, will at once
lower tho value. of the metal against
which tho law leaus, aud incroaso tho
value of the metal favored.
It is so well known thnt silver was
practically on a par with gold until
about 1870, that I will uot need to
prove that point. The fall began
when Germauy, after baviug mado
gold instead of silver tho unit of
value, began to sell her silver in con
siderable quantities. Though tbe
demonetization waa practically set on
toot by Itiw in that empire some yearn
earlier, it was uot uutil 1875 to 1877
that its effects were tuueh felt. The
latter year it commenced dropping.
Germany was obliged to abstain from
further sale to prevent the price from
droppiug rapidly.
Tho United States government iu
1873 indicated itself to be under the
control of those who wished to de
monetize silver by changing its unit
of value from silver to gold. The
effect of this act also was not im
mediately seen or felt. But by 1877
the logical sequence began to be ap
preciated, and in connection with
Germany's action, affected the price
of silver still more. Congress at
tempted to stay the current by re
adopting and coining on a large scale
tbo standard silver dollar. But it had
jtHt taken a fatal step in favoring
gold by promising to pay its new
bond', principal aud iuterost, in gold,
aud this action mora than counter
acted tbe partial reinstatement of
silver. It discriminated against one
of its own coins in lavor'of tbe other.
It provided a large silver currency
for one class of people- and promised
jrold alone to another. This vacil
lating, this suicidal policy, together
with the ominous threats from
Europe, has continued to undermine
tbo value of silver. I claim, there
lore, that since tho exceptional pro
duction of Mlver from tbe Comstock
aud Leadville milium ceased, legisla
tion, aud legiHlatiou ulono, has de
stroyed the value of silver to the ex
tent of one-half the discount it is now
quoted from gold. Tho other half of
tbat difference is the rise in tbe value
of gold caused by the destruction of
so much of the value of silver. What
the one loses the other will gain; for
the values of all commodities on the
ylobe, when they are selling, are
measured bti the whole volume of both.
2. That to attempt to restrict tbe
coin unit of value to one metal
either one is to inaugurate a rev
olution in the values of all commo
dities the world over.
The project is revolutionary in tho
worst sense of the word; for it is a
revolution that would increase the
value of the metal kept in use as the
standard of valuo. It would mako
the rich richer, and the poor poorer.
This is no cheap demagogical talk,
but a proposition easily shown to bo
true. Look at these figures. Cap
italists hold the obligations of the
nations of the world, as given by tho
statistics of 1880, mostly long bonds,
and mostly payable in gold as fol
lows: United States $2,120 millions
France 3,830 "
Ornat Rritnin .1 77 it
Russia ..." ." 3,318
Spain 2;579
Italy 2,540
Austria 1,881
Turkey 1,376
Portugal 457
Australia 443
Holland and Netherlands . . 691
Other European nations . . . 408
Total or Nations of Europe
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Proprietors Columbus Journal.
J. K. Calkins,
Bus. Manager Columbus Democrat.
January 23d, 1886.
Proposition accepted, and county
In this department the people-talk, and
not the editor. Each writer must hold
himself ready to defend his principle
and bis statements of facts. "In the mul
titude of counsel there is wisdom." Ed.
Journal.
Hartl TI
BY JOHN WISE.
Two weeks ago I was foolbarJy
enough to writo a few of my ideas in
reforence to hard times and tbe rem
edy, and by so doing have mot with
several rebuffs from some of my
friends' in a friendly talk as to the
absurdity of my position. in regard to
tbe double unit of value and free
coinage of silver and legal tender
value of tbe same for all purposes. I
am told if my ideas were adopted,
and U.S $23,411,000,000
Add to this enormous total the long
bond debts of the nations of Asia,
North and South America; add
again the long bonds of Btates, coun
ties, and cities all over the world ;
add tbe vast volume of railway com
pany and construction bonds, real es
tate improvement mortgages the
grand total will not he far from $100,
000,000,000. The mind is staggered
at the cnornioiiH addition. Now if
this debt were all pretty equally
owing to all the people of all these
countries it would be quite im
material if it were much or little. In
France alone is the debt so distri
buted. Elsewhere how is it? Who
own ir.ost of these long time bonds?
Who does not know that that enor
mous total is largely in tbe bands of
people or corporations of enormous
wealth; and that the remainder is
mostly in the hands of people of ac
quired competence? It presents to
tbe miud a colossal power wielded by
a very small minority of the people
in each country. They, of course,
desire to have their bonds increase in
value. The road is open. Destroy
one-half the coin basis put silver
out of the bond and tbe profit will
be accomplished. Tbe few will have
great increase, as they did in buying
bonds during and at the close of tbe
war, and the masses of the nations
will have a double debt to carry. If
gold alone is to be the standard coin,
then any rise there may be in gold by
the disuse of 'silver in payment of
those bonds will go to the small frac
tion of very wealthy people and cor
porations who hold the bonds, and
the loss will be to tbe people, who
must be taxed in one form or another
to pay them. If this is not a scheme
to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer, I cannot imagine one. nat,
reply the gold-ites, if the dollar in the
bands of tbe wealthy is increased in
value so that the laborer is paid less
nominally for his work, and tbe far
mer less for his produce, and all
values be on the decline nominally,
still the gold dollar, when it is di
vorced from silver and rules alone,
will bring just as much more; and
50 cents per day to the laborer will
buy as much as one dollar of present
money, based jointly on gold and
silver. Yes after you have bridged
forty years of ruin, during which the
transition might take place. Buin
those who owe, paralyze industry,
put the brakes down on the wheels
of enterprise for a cycle of years,
ignore present rights and present
prosperity to iBBure the profits on tbe
gold deal for the bond holders and
after $0 years perhaps all will be well !
Are Jtbe American people's beads
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