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H. v v -. '--V :', 4 ft-vsr- -V M-H-I- 1W P1- W WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1888. "Ex-Justiot Ward Hunt, died at Washington Cityjm the morning of March 24th. . The Governor of California hag ap pointed George Hearst, United State? Senator, to succeed the late John F. Miller. A bill has passed the senate in creasing the pensions of soldiers' widows and dependent relatives, from 8 to f 12 a month. Mks. Gen. Sheridan's illness re duced her to a mere shadow of her self. Her physician traced her illness to salted almonds. The strike at St Louis the other morning worked itself into a furious mob, putting engineers and firemen off duty and stopping trains. The Ponca Journal predicts that if the coal find near that place pans out as expected, Ponca will be larger than Sioux City inside of a year. It is stated that the recent reports of the illness of ex-President Arthur have been greatly exaggerated and unnecessarily alarming to his many friends. Senator Maxdebbon has introduc ed a bill in the senate to locate a gov ernment building at Hastings; the amount to be appropriated for that purpose is $100,000. Three hundred conductors, drivers and stablemen in the employ of the Consolidated Street Bail way Co., of Columbus, Ohio, struck fcr higher wages the other day. All the cars stopped" running. Ax envious western paper says: "We are constrained to acknowledge that the press is not so religious as it might be. Look at the number of papers which are reporting the alleg ed sermons of Sam Jones' Thousands upon thousands of strikers all over the country are out of employment Women and chil dren are the direct sufferers. Or ganized capital and organized strikers, it is believed, can command enough loeac The Bell patent suit has been in stituted in the U. S. court at Colum bus, Ohio, to test their validity. It is understood that the first question to be considered in connection with the case will bo that of general juris diction. The minority committee report ad vise a repeal of the Civil Service Law. The report claims that any attempt to limit the President's power of ap pointment or removal is -not valid law and can only operate through ex ecutive acquiescence. The Fremont Herald says that a portion of the Platte bridge which went out with the high water, has boen discovered landed high and dry in a cornfield near Valloy station, and it is thought can be mostly used in the reconstruction of the bridge. The House, by a vote of 179 to 87, suspended the rules and passed a res olution reported by the Committee on Coinage fixing the silver bill as a special order. The annonncement of the result waB very gratifying to the silver men and was loudly applauded. It is stated that Berwind-White Coal Mining Co., the largest shippers of bituminous coal in Pennsylvania, whose miners are on a strike, has ar ranged to bring 50,000 tons of coal from England to supply contracts that are pressing for prompt de livery. An amicable understanding has been reached between Gould and the strikers. A consent to arbitrate re sults in an order from the Executive Board of the Knights of Labor to re sume work at once. It is to be hoped that such an occurrence will not take place soon again. According to the Fremont Herald, it would eeem that it makes little difference to the business of this country what political party is in power. That kind of doctrine will not save democratic politicians from the wrath of the business men. Hard times can not be attributed wholly to good crops. A. P. Hughes reports finding rich prospects of gold within a mile and a half of Scotia, while sinking a well on the Wagner farm. The investi gations subsequently made prove the find to be rich ; one pan upon being washed out, was found to contain hundreds of "colors" and two nuggets, one worth at least $1.50 and the other 40 or 50 cents. H. S. Elfeffeb, U. S. naval engi neer, for the last fonr years on duty on the coast of China, was on leave of absence visiting his brother near Con cordia, Cedar county, Neb. While hunting with a party of five in a wagon, a gnn was accidentally dis charged taking effect in the neck of Elfeffer, and lodging in the base of bis brain, and instantly killing him. It appears that the Burlington and Missouri River B. B. has awarded a contract for the construction of 150 miles of road northwest from Grand Island in addition to 100 milos pre viously let, which will bring the northwest terminus nearly, if not qaite to Cbadron. The construction of this line will no doubt lead to ser ioas competition between the Bur lington and Northwestern railroads for the Black Hills traffic. Secretary Manning on his retnrn to his office the other day from the cabinet meeting, and after walking up two flights of stairs, on reaching the Tftp -u attacked .with vertigo, when "- he partly foil And partly sat down. His radden illness alarmed his friends and he was taken home in a carriage. Dr. Lincoln says the secretary's illness was caased.by prostration from over work. Dr. Hamilton says ha has of apoplexy, ana W net re- i'Mtftf The following paragraph, taken from the MiUing World, is a fair sample of how the outside man looks at the Christian who pelts other peo ple for their sins and shortcomings while he has thoBe of his own towards which he is very lenient "Hippodrome religious business of the Sam JoneB and Sam Small stripe brings out a good deal of human cus sedness, whether it actually -turns a single sinner from .sin to righteous ness or not The other night at a Jones-Small carouse in the hog me tropolis pickpockets were out in full force ana they raked in several thous and dollars and several dozens of fine gold watches from the lovers of sen sation who crowded to see and hear the two -'revivalists." Sam Small is a cigarette fiend and Sam JoneB is a plug tobacco fiend, and each of them defends his own pet nastinesB with as much cantankerous fervor as an opium eater, an absinthe drinker, a chloral guzzler or a rum tippler does his, and with just about as much mor ality and reason. From such teachers of course it would not be sensible to expect much genuine religion. The whole movement is a shrewd business dodge, as Sam Jones "preaches!? only at a salary ranging from $100 to $500 a week, according to the size of the town and the percentage of fools among the people. Many a miller or farmer would be glad to clear as much from a whole season of hard work as these mountebanks clear from a week of their pretended "re ligious teachings." A woman who lives near Hartford was left years ago a widow with two young children and almost nothing to live on. She had to give a mortgage of $500 before she could become the owner of the little houso they occu pied. In order to get money for daily expenses she had to take in washing. One of her boys has lately become 21 years old. About ten years ago a friend gave him $5, which he put in the Pratt Street bank. The boy himself has been working for years past in a mill. He dressed him self neatly at his own expense, and has regularly paid his mother for his board. Besides this he laid away his savings in the Pratt Street Bank until the $5 had become $400, and has paid $50 for insurance on his life. He has also, in the course of three years, let hiB mother have about $200 in money, and now, being of age, he is about to assume the mortgage of $500. which has been a burden to her. Hartford C our ant. , At the age of 77, Mr. Gladstone again looms up as the foremost man in England. Tho wonderful vitality of this eloquent old man is a myBtery to Americans. Perhaps the secret of it may be explained by Mr. Glad stone's intellectual and physical hab its. He makes politics a business, and for recreation goes to the classics, and writes magazine articles on Homer, Genesis, tho Sun Myth, etc. He lives temperately, and yet denies himself none of the good things of life. While -attentive' to his church duties, he is seen on the race-course and at the theatre. He is fond of such gentle exercise as chopping wood, or a walk of a dozen miles. He mingles with young people, and takes an in terest in all that interests them. Such a course of life must either make or break a man. It has made Mr. Glad stone. Americans can not be alto gether different from Englishmen. Atlanta Constitution. Gov. Hubbard of Texas, the suc cessor of Hon. John A. Bingham as minister to Japan, is not a very satis factory or creditable representative of these United States in those far away regions. He is a very striking contrast to Mr. Bingham, whose nobility of character has always been recognized and appreciated by his near neighbors and acquaintances who know that in him, wherever he may be, mankind will havo an elo quent defender of its rights, and his country a faithful citizen. The late President Grant, who appointed Mr. Bingham minister, and who, by his own personal knowledge knew the value of his services to Japan and the United States, is reported as saying, "I never made an appointment of which I feel so proud I He ha6 taught the people of Japan that they are a nation, and he has taught tho nations of the earth to respect her." TnE caso of Mrs. Molloy and Cora Leo is still under investigation at Springfield, Mo., charged with parti cipating in the murder of Sarah Gra ham. The public will remember that Charles Graham Boon after he was arrested made a confession, in which be stated that be alone was the guilty person, having killed his wife himself. Some circumstances during the exam ination tend to show that Cora Lee was absent from her home the night of the murder with a horse and buck board, and did not return home nntil a late hour. Charles Graham, by his action in writing a somewhat lengthy history of his connections and rela tions with the Molloy family, has produced quite a sensation, and will have a damaging effect upon the characters of the two women under arrest. News comes from Findlay, Ohio, that a tornado pasBed over Bellemore, a small town near that city, in Put nam connty, the other day. The heavens suddenly became dark, and there came a terrific storm-cloud, funnel-shaped, tearing up trees by tho roots, blowing down small buildings, and destroying evory thing in its path. A protracted meeting was be ing held in the M. E. chnrch at the time. The steeple was blown down and the roof carried off. The congre gation was panic stricken, but fortu nately no one was killed, though many received bruises and cuts that may prove fatal. The damage done wHl amount to'aany thousand dol lars. The .Emperor of Japan has sent a contribution of $500 to tho. Grant monument fund at New York, in token of the high estimation in which he holds the memory of the illus triots deceased; 9 A fire broke out the other morn ing at the fair ground stables at Hastings, Neb., in which were eleven horses belonging to 8. J. Weigle, N. P. Chamberlin and Ben. Clark. Five horses were burned to death and one, a very valuable mare, so badly burned that she will probably die. Sbo is valued -at $5,000. Mr. G. M. Ward, a driver, was very badly burned while trying to rescue one of the horses. His face and hands are literally cooked. Grave doubts are entertained as to his recovery. There were twenty-four box stalls burned besides a lot of harness and horse clothing. The loss in horse flesh will nearly reach $7,000. A party of boys crossing the Elk born river bridge some time since at Neligb, found in a pillow-slip under the bridge the body of a new-born infant. A coroner's jury found that the child had been alive after birth ; also that its head and breast had been crushed in with a blunt' object, most probably an adult person's fist; that the child had, in fact, been brutally murdered. No clue was found as to either the wretched woman who gave birth to the cfiild, or the brute who deprived it of its life. It is understood at Chicago that surveyors have been operating in the vicinity of Bedfield, D. T., for some time, staking out a railroad line from Bedfield west Whether it is the in tention of the Chicago & Northwest ern to extend its line west from that place to the Missouri or northwest to Bismark is something that can not be ascertained at present. It must bo the intention of the company to make a move from Bedfield soon. Charles Morris, a printer, while on his way home the other evening from the Opera House, was set upon by foot-pads on Thirteenth street and sandba.god. He attempted to call the police, but effectual blows from tho sandbag 60on silenced him, and the "thugs" proceeded to go through him, taking his watch and $7 in money. We had supposed they did not knock down and rob printers in Omaha. A man supposed to be insane, had a ticket for San Francisco, but in some way got left off at Kearney tho other morning. There he tried to shoot Pat Sampson, who carries U. S. mail for the company, and John G. Lowe, the night operator. He then rushed out and attacked J. C. Morgan, the post master, with a knife, cutting and stab ing him in several places. The wounds are very bad but not consid ered dangerous. Recent news from St Louis leaves the picture of the strike dark and gloomy. The Knights of Labor say they will accept no terms from the company unless offered Jo them as members of that organization. It is thought the worst is yet to come. If the Knights are defeated now and submit it would be a defeat not only for the local organization, but also of labor unions throughout the country. Henry Schreiber, a Lockport (111.) blacksmith, became insane the other day from brooding over the express robbery and murder, and entering the County Court House attempted to kill Colonel Van Arman, of Chicago, whom the maniac claimed was one of the robbers. Schreiber was arrested and placed in jail at Joliet. . The body of Mi6s Florence, daugh ter of State Senator Boger, was found in tho river tho other morning at Chicago. The girl had mysteriously disappeared last October, which caused at the time, a great sensation. Nothing was ever heard from her until her body was found in the river. A cyclone swept through the northern section of Allen county, Ind., the qther night, wrecking the Methodist and United Brethren churches at Williamsport, and damag ing a number of dwellings. Many barns were blown down, and sevoral head of cattle killed. WashlngtonTelegraphed Letter. Washington, March 29, '86. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, has introduced a bill to provide. for inquest by national authority, sug gested by the Carrdllton, Miss., mas sacre. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Fairchild, has Bent in to tho House a draft of a bill amending the laws of emigration, by exompting alien transient tourists from the per capita tax of 50 cents, and a-penalty of $500 for landing emigrant paupers. Messrs. Bruco and Lynch the most prominent colored men in the South, called upon the President one day last week and had a talk with him about the wholesale murder of col ored men in a court room at Car rail ton, Miss., not long since. Tho Pres ident was very pleasant and promised to do all that he could in the matter. Just here let me say that the people of Mississippi are doing more to keep the "bloody shirt" waving than any other state in the Union. It is said that 150 witnesses have been ex amined touching this outrage, but not a discovery has been made as to the guilty parties, although 100 armed men were in the crowd. The report of the Civil Service Commission just sent in was accom panied by a letter from the President re-iterating his favorable .opinion of the law and its workings; and. yet John H. Oberly, who has been a spoilsman all his life and who has condemned the Civil Service law, is waiting for confirmation as one of the officers to execute it. Those who live here laugh at the idea of Cleve land being a civil service man. The tariff fight between Morrison and .Randall grows hotter every day. and the general opinion is that no tariff legislation will be had at this fto, which will donbtodly last! till July. The report of the Bureau of Labor has caused a flutter among doctors of political economy. Think of it I one million of laboring men out of em ployment, one million dollars per day and three hundred millions per annum lost to the laboring interest. The Mormons are rejoicing over the removal of Gov. Murray, as he was the bitterest enemy to the "in stitution" that ever held office in Utah. The President is loudly condemned for appointing in all cases the sons or grandsons or near relatives of Army and Naval officers to cadetsbips. In fact, Mr. Cleveland i6 beginning to find out that the country is posted in regard to his ignorance aud preten sions, and will treat him hereafter as he deserves. Postmaster General Vilas reports 8,635 removals within the past 12 months. W. D. WaaBriaiKte Eretter. (From our regular correspondent.) Washington, March 26, 1886. The third week of tho contest be tween the President and the Senate in regard to papers begins today with Senator Colquitt, the Baptist parson from Georgia, in possession of the floor. He will sustain tho President in a long speech, and then Senator Ingalls, who is prepared, for one of his ablost efforts, will' probably close the argument on the Bepublican side. In one of the most notable speeches of the past week, tho now Senator from Wisconsin, Mr. Spooner, made apparent some 'of the President's weak points. Speaking of that ro markable expression of the Presi dent's recent message, "inocuoua des uetude," he said the term always provoked a suiile, though there was nothing to smile at. This was a gov ernment of law, and be was sorry tho Chief Executivo should have used such words of any law that stood on tho statute books. It was a danger ous time when tho President of the United States, with an oath registered in Heaven to "take care that tho laws should be faithfully executed," should send a message to the Senate saying that a statute had fallen into harmless disuse. If ever there was a time when respect for law was needed it was now, when thougbtful men in many States were turning blanched faces to the future. How could the people be expected to yield cheerful obedience to' tho statutes when the first citizen of the Bepublic, himself charged with their execution, asserted that a statute could harmlessly fall into disuse? But Mr. Spooner said that the Presi dent did not believe his own state ment his acts had been better than his words, for he had sent in a large number of nominations of men to take the places of officers suspended by him, under the authority of the very act to which reference had been made. Senator Spooner is not only the moat youthful looking and youngest man in the Senate, but also the short est in stature. He is familiarly called "coat-tail" Spooner among bis con stituents, the soubriquot haying arisen from a remark made on the opening day of the session that Mr. Spooner's coat tail came nearer to the floor than that of any other Senator in the chamber. An interesting hearing has been given this week by the House Com mittee on Territories to the Woman's Suffrage Association. It was on their petition for a law giving women equal suffrage in the Territories. Beverend Annie Shaw made -an ad dress showing the impolicy of exclud ing one half of the citizens. Mr. Blackwell, of Massachusetts showed by seventeen years experience in Wyoming, certified by five successive governors, leading officials of both parties, and all tho newspapers that woman suffrage was successful and that nine-tenths of all the women voted. Judge Carey also gave em phatic testimony to the good results of woman suffrage out tbero. He mentioned that his wife had voted for him several times, and once against him, and he raised a laugh by stating that his mother-in-law had voted for him repeatedly. New. ote. New York City will bo 200 years old next month. It is said that the Texas cattle drive this year will exceed 300,000 head. The Argus office at Fargo, Dakota, was destroyed by fire the other morn ing. Loss $30,000. A woman at Wing's Station, N. Y., has given birth to twenty-five chil dren and she is not fifty years old. Fear of hydrophobia has caused tho death of 10,000 unlicensed dogs in London within the past few weeks. Nearly two thousand dress and cloak makers in New York City left work the other morning on a strike. Old Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson's war horse, died at Bichmond, Va., ono day last week. He was 32 years old. Calif6rnia, with less than half the population of Indiana, pays the gov ernment more monoy for postal service. ., A fall of rock the other morning in the Cleveland Iron Mine, near l6hpcming, Mich., instantly killed two men. It is said that about 10,000,000 crowns yearly are sent home to the fatherland by Swedes dwelling in America. There are in twenty-two states of our Union 308,478 more women than men. Dakota has 29,415 more men than women. Joseph Torso, the man who com posed the "Arkansaw Traveller," is still living at the age of eighty-five in Cincinnati. Ex-Sheriff Hott, of Trumbull Co., Ohio, who recently went ont of office, is short in bis accounts $7,000, and has disappeared. Wm. Cornwell, police justice and promineut citizen at Maroa, III., drop ped dead the other day while convers ing with a friend. The great exhibition of several hundred paintings by tho French Im pressionist School will bo opened in New York, April 6th. SERMONb to suit "all creeds" are being manufactured iudustriously by a Cedar Bnpiils Mian, wbo offers them for 6ale to tho profession. Hern wood Martin, at Penargyl, Pa., lifted a weight or 600 pounds the other day, but bo strained himself that death resulted in a fow hours. ' An explosion of natural gas at Pittsburg tho other morning, wrecked two frame houses, and seriously burn ed Wm. Krodontein, a barber. A signal, servico station has boen permanently located at Centralia, III., which, it is stated, will result in much benefit to fruit growers and others. The Virginia Lancet, of Peters burg, Va., is said to bo the only paper in tbiB country conducted by a colored woman. Her name is Carrie Bragg. Helena, M. T., has a lady superin tendent of schools who has Indian blood in her veins. She is highly educated aud has decided dramatic talent. In attempting to impair a brokon electric light win hi Philadelphia tho other night, Dhi.h-I Coylc, aged 25, received a shock, ;ind foll.dead to the 6treet. A fike the other morning at Poplar Blufis, Mo., burned eleveu buildings, including two hotel.-. The valuo of the property rictroed was estimated at $23,000. 4 The body of Alderman .John Shuck, of Juliet, III., who disappeared on New Year's day, was found ono day last week iu the water iu a quarry near that city. There are in the Now York As sembly 108 natives of that state, 8 born in Texas, 2 in Pennsylvania, 4 in Scotland, 3" iu Now Jersey, aud 3 in New Englaud. A tbaveling agent for Chicago commission bouses, who has been through western Michigan, reports that a large crop or all kinds of fruit will be raised this season. Tns heaviest enow storm for many years in the month of March fell at Galena, III., one night last week, cov ering the ground to tho depth of fif teen inches or more on a level. A shout time ago, Mrs. Freed, at Beaver Kalis, Pa , gave birth to a daughter weighing ono and one-half pounds. The little mite is as lively as a cricket and perfectly formed. Henry Zeigler, formerly of Youngstown, Ohio, was arrested the other day at St. Louis, for a murder committed near Massillion, Ohio, nine years ago. Murder will out. Charles A. Beeves, aged 70, is under arrest at Seneca, Wis., charged with incest with hiB daughter, a woman of 36, wbo has borne him five children. Both have confessed their guilt. Chief of Police Murray, of Joliet, 111., arrested George P. Saler, the other afternoon, he being a deserter from Company D, U. S. Cavalry, stationed at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. M. Blasser, the postmaster at Hub pukana, Miss., was murdered the other night by unknown persons, wbo robbed his store and rifled the post-office of all the money and stamps. Quail, once so plentiful iu Illinois, have become very scarce, and Illinois farmers, who recognize their valuo as insect destroyers, are making arrange ments to stock their farms with Ten nessee birds. Jack McIntybe, a notorious charac ter, was found prowling around the farm houso of August Ballou, at Packwaukeo, Wis., early the other morning, and was shot and killed by Ballou's brother. Bobbers tho other night entered the residence, at Joliet, III., of Henry Bocher, treasurer of the German Workingmen's Benevolent Society, and carried off $700 in gold belonging to the association. One plank nine feet wide and twenty feet long, without knot or blemish of any kind, and another twelve feet wide are among the con tributions of British Columbia to the Liverpool Exposition. N. S. Bates surrendered to the Marshal at Hagerstown, Ind., the other morning, saying he had mur dered his wife, and the remains of the woman, with her throat cut, were found in their dwelling. A California Chinaman recently ran away with auother Chinaman's wife, and, 'to throw tho pursuers off the trail, took her aboard a stoamboat rolled up in a lot of blankets, carry ing her on his shoulders. At a meeting of the oyster packers of Baltimore it was decided not to pack any oysters after the 1st of April, nnder a penalty of $1,000. The oyster season has heretofore con tinued till the 1st of May. James Mackay went into a saloon in Chatham, 111., the other day to take away his friend John Burns, who was drunk. Mackay fell as he was lead ing his friend away and broke his neck on the foot rail of the bar. It was discovered last week that Lewis Township, Clay county, In diana, has been swindled out of $3,000 by Pollard, the crooked trustee, on a lightning-rod deal. Payment of the notes, it is said, will be resisted. A Methodist preacher in the Bot tineau district, Dakota, has a circuit of 250 miles, and has been making his points most of the time on foot, bnt friends have recently presented him with a horse and vehicle. His salary has not been large. A woman named Kneuza had been pported by public charity in a Sile sia, villago for thirty years. Tha other day, having fallen heir to $6,000 she gave $3,000 to the village with which to build a gravel road to a neighboring town. The other eveniug at Portland, Oregon, tho frout of a Chinese wash bouse at the corner of Sixth and' Madison streets was blown out by dynamite. One Chinaman was in jured about the head. There "is no clue to the perpetrators. A very heavy snow storm visited Dubuque, Iowa, two days and nights of last week. The snow fell to a depth of over two feet and drifted until fences were hidden from view. Several frail buildiugs fell under its weight. Strong limbs aud branches were broken. Miss Abigail Bates died one day last week at Scitnate, Mass. In 1812, in company with another girl, she played a flfo and drum so vigorously that the British left Scituate Harbor, under the impression that a large American force was at hand. She was 89 years old. Ca aercl at laat. Disease claims evory season for its own, aud each seasbsTUiat its own disease. There is uot a more pre valent ouo or one mbro fatal than malarial fever. In many commun ities it assumes a very malignant form, and resembles in its leading characteristic that of yellow fever. It has been demonstrated by actual experience in hundred of cased that Swiit's Specific is a preventivo as woll as antidote to malaria and its consequences. Col. E. B. Cryers, of Trenton, La., superintendent of tho Ouuchita line of HteHiuers, says : I have been iiBiiijj-.Swift' Specific iu my family for the past two years as an antidote for malaria, and also as a blood purifier, with the most satis factory resnlts. I live on the banks of the Ouachita river, in what is called the 6wamp country. Myself and family enjoy as good or even bettor health than the average people who live in tho hill country. I am confident that S. S. S. has banished the malarial poison from our systems, and consequently given us good health. I use it at intervals during the spring and summer, whon the .system indicates being charged with poison, and it invariably drives it out. Treatiso on blood and skin diseases mailed free. Tho Swift Specific Co., drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York, 157 w. 23d street. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Biantark Te sml. Adolpb Henry is visiting friends in this vicinity. Tilton Hill is going to remove to Colfax county. Jacob Schwank, is building a house, for Martin Meyers. The snow is again covering the ground with downy pinions. George Hodel was replanting his pear trees on the 25th, in good shape. Louis Nounburg has painted his house a beautiful pink, with, blue shading. George Hodel bought a team of fine horses at Andrew Matthis's sale on the 16th. Otto Muelori built a smoke house for Louis Heiden last week, which is a good piece of workmanship. J. C. Swartsley is kept pretty busy attending the meetings of the Board of Supervisors. He is a thorough business man. David Oswald went beaver hunting last Friday, and had pretty good luck, shooting two beavers, three minks, and one musk-rat. Vast numbers of ducks, and geese aro making their annual pilgrimage through this country, but are being somewhat checked by tho sportsmen of this vicinity. It was a mistake on the part of my informant, in saying that Gerhold's bridge went out, as it was standing until the night of the 24th, when the north end went down. Wm. Gerhold has the contract for putting in the slough bridge, which went out on the 19th. It was, how ever, almost entirely recovered a few miles from its former position. Mr. Craun commenced breaking on the 24th, and John G. Dreber on tho 25th. The frost is almost entirely out of the ground, which is a good sign that wo will have different weather. A great many farmers in this vicinity are renewing their sub scriptions to the Journal, as they say they cannot do without such a valuable and instructive newspaper, as the Journal is. Weddings seem to be all the rage now, as they are ever on the increase. The bride and bridegroom, this time, being Miss LenaBenning and Fred Stenger. Tho wedding feast was held at the residence of the bride's parents. There was a large crowd, there being about fifty couple present Charles. FORTHE WESTERN COTTAGE ORGAN CALL OK A.&M.TURNER r J. W. It . ,'r Tell ! tTTkese organs are! nt-claiiiatTtrr particular, ua m fuart4. imiHpHH COLUMBUS WM. BECKER, DEALER IK ALL KINDS OF : STAPLE AND FAMIY GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED STOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. fin Delivered Free aay part r the City. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. &N. Depot. JBHIISOIPAmDYNE PARSONS' Tl uaa fina wots aafetfladlM ill iiban mi ofaiiian. Tha tils. Had mi atwnt Hum a yt . Va pill, nadaat lra. soinar nindut Caai To lor la abaalataly pnra aaa aicaiy eantretaa- Onaai la worth a pound of aay othar kind. It la atrtetly a medlataa to ha l.n with flood- I old ararywkara. or aant by aiall fbr Maoaaaaaxaa,papaia. LEGAL HOTICE. In the matter of the estate of Matthew Lowry, an insane person. In the court of Platte county. Nebraska. NOW on the' thirtieth day of March, 1SS6, came J. J. Graves, guardian of the aforesaid Matthew Lowry, and prays for leave to render an account as such guardian. It 1b tberelore ordcre'd that the 16th day of April, 1SSG, at 1 o'clock p. m., at my office, in Columbus, be fixed as the time ana piaco ror examining anu allowing such account. All persons in terested in said estate are required to appoar at the time and place so designat ed, and show cause, if such exists, why said account shall not be allowed. It is further ordered that said guardian give notice to all persons interested in said estate by causing a copy of this order to be published in the Columbus Journal, a newspaper printed and in general cir culation in said county, for three wee ks prior to the day set for said hearing. Chas. A. Speice, 8KAL. County Judge. Mar. 313 FINAL, PROOF. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb. I Feb. 24th, 1888.f NOTICE is hereby given that the fol lowing named settler has tiled notice of his Intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Clerk of District Court of Platte Connty, at Columbus, Nebraska, on Monday, April 12th, 1886, viz Hans Olsen, Homestead No. 10887, for the N. W. yA, Section 14, Township 20. north, of Range 4 west. He names the following witnesses to prove bis con tinuous residence upon, and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: Erik Eriksen. Swen A. Petterson, Martin Bohen, and Ole A. Tronson, all of Newman's Grove, Madison County, Nebr. JOHN G. IIIGGINS, 3Mar.-w-8 Register. FINAL, PKOOF. Land Office at Grand Island Neb.,) Feb. 17th, 188. f NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make hnal proof in support of his claim, and that eaid proof will be made before Judge of District Court at Columbus, Neb., on April 3d, 1886, viz: Jacob Crackenburg, Homestead, 14594, for the Nt 1$, N. W. Ji, 2, 18, 4w. ne names tho following witnesses to prove bis continuous residence upon, and cul tivation of, said land. viz: Lewis Law son, John Valene, Robert Golesple of West Hill, Neb., and Thomas Cain, of Columbus, Nebr. JOHN G. UIGGINS, Feb. 24-W-6 Register. FINAL PKOOF. Land Office at Grand Iiland, Neb.,) Feb. 18. 1886. f NOTICE is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice ot his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said prool will be made before the Clerk ,of the Dis trict Court, at Columbus, Nebr., on April Ctb, 1886, viz: John Gerhard Asche, for the N. E of N. E. L. Sec. 12. T. 1!J. R. lc. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cul tivation of. said land, viz: Frederick Mackenstadt, Henry Asche, Herman Backenhus, Herman Pieper, all of Co lumbus, Nebr. JOHN G. HIGGINS, Feb. 24-W-6 Register. LEGAL VOTICE. To Mary E.Antrim, non-resident defen dant: YOU ARE HEREBY notified that on tho 13th day of March, 1886, George E. 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