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3 ataataasJUarttal WEDNESDAY. 16 JUNE. 1886. It costs the Southern State MO, 000,000 for the picking alone of the cotton crop. " Bust county officials have purchas ed a new road grader for the use of that county. Citizens of Nebraska think she is doing quite well for a nineteen years-old state. A tenderfoot wu held up and robbed of all his wealth the other day at McCook. Anufof 160 acres, two miles from Millard, Neb., was sold the other day for $7,000. It is simply wonderfnl that it takes but six minutes now to send a cable message from this country to London and get the answer. Mobmon elders, in Georgia, are said to be in extraordinary demand, and one hundred and fifty have re cently been assigned to work. A South Carolina judge decides that tree climbing is an inalienable right of boys, over which mnnicipal authorities have no jurisdiction. Slates which have roofed Carrick Castle for 300 years are found to be perfectly sound. Tet the Irish quar ries which they were taken from are all but idle. The spunky Dorchester Star has stood the storm of adversity and slow-paying subscribers for three years, and has started for its fourth milestone at a good jog. St. Peter's Cathedral, just finished at Moscow, has five cupolas, and 900 pounds of gold were used in over laying them. The doors of the tem ple cost $310,000, and the marble floors $1,500,000. The Democracy of Nebraska will mase a united effort to capture a large number of senatorial and rep resentative districts this fall. Re publicans must be wide-awake, for the foe is playing a wily game. The state Auditor of Nebraska, is sending out to the various county clerks throughout the 6tate the amounts due from each county for the care of the insane for the quarter ending May 31. The total amount due is $13,190.64. The planent roller mills and ele vator of John 6. Schaupp at Grand Island, Neb., caught fire in the en gine room the other morning about 10 o'clock and burned to the ground. It is believed that tho investment in the property would reach at least $80,000. The editor of the Kearney Press has been arrested for libel by W. L. Greene (the orator preacher) for language used in connection with a land contest casp. Tho Fremont Herald fears that Greene don't Ef ficiently appreciate the valne of money to know what to do with all he will get. Katie Webnet, an employe in the family of Charles II. Woerner, at St. Panl, Minn., committed suicide the other morning by poison. She had been ruined by her employer, and when the police came to arrest Woerner he also swallowed prosaic acid and expired in a short time. President Cleveland and his bride spent a few days at Deer Park, MdM last week. It is said to be a very romantic and beautiful place, and is at least 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. The President showed on his return from fishing over a dozen nice trout, which shows that he is lucky with the line. A recent report comes from Vail's ranch, east of Ft. Lowell, Ariz., that the Indians killed the other afternoon Dr. Clinton H. Davis. He had gone out to that section for a drive. He came from Iowa with his wife and family on a visit to his brother, W. C. Davip, of Toscon There were eight Indians in the party. We are in receipt of a series of po litical conundrums addressed to up, as doubtless to hundreds of others, in a circular letter from Geo. L. Miller of the Omaha Herald. We have referred the good doctor to Hon. J. E. North of this place. James, we believe, can give the doc tor better satisfaction in bis search for this particular kind of informa tion. B. P. Russell, geologist at Lin coln, gives in detail a report of the salt well at that place, from which we collect a few items. Tho seven-inch pipe at the well, at the Bait basin, now rests on solid rock at a depth of 20G feet. The brine at thin point tests thirty-live decrees. Tho flow is stroiir. To make a tent, six and a half pounds ot water was boiled and made a half pound of salt. News from Beatrice, Neb., states that W. II. Itichard, of "Liberty, was recently sentenced by the district court to the penitentiary for three years. He was a dealer in .musical instruments, and found guilty of em bezzling the funds of a wholesale firm. In a case for damage under the Slocumb law, against M. Clifford, a saloonkeeper, the jury bronght in a verdict for $425. Clifford sold a saan whiskey and he got into a fight with the plaintiff and bit his finger which became poisoned and had to be ampatated. He sued the saloon keeper with the above result We are glad to notice that more attention is being given to manual education. It should take a place in sir free-school system, and be given inch time and attention as its im portance demands. In the absence f aatheritative work, wide-awake in- tracts, here and there, are encour aging work ef this kind outside of achaol hoars, by their papils. We ace that ssaall articles of value and orBaaaaats are being made by the pupils of. the schools at Fremont, who, aaya the Herald, will "surprise their friends by the variety ana ex tant of these evidences of saaaaal jkili an dexterity. ! the Seaimte. Elsewhere we print an article from the Bee giving graphic descriptions of Senator Van Wyck's recent con tests in which he floored his oppo nents, one at a time, two at a time, and all at once. In the Becord, where all the language is given, it makes very interesting reading, though we are left to picture the ap pearance of the senatorial gladiators. Of course, one can hardly imagine the dignified Edmunds, equal in thrust and parry, with the Nebraska Senator, who has never consulted senatorial "dignity" when the rights of the people were in jeopardy. There is one little passage in this running fire of debate that the Journal does not remember seeing referred to by any of the papers. It shows how dignified senators like Mr. Edmunds, may, under provoca tion forget their customary way and act npon the spur of the moment as ordinary mortals : "Mr. Van Wjck. The Senator from Vermont appears somewhat solicitous lest the public at large shall suppose that we are all in the employ or the rail road corporations, as 1 understand the Senator. Mr. Edmunds. Oh. n o. Mr. Van Wyck. He Is solicitous enough on that point to make the sug gestion that we had so bedeviled the bill that the people would think we were all in the employ of the railroads. That, I think, was the language. Mr. Edmunds. No. Mr. Van Wyck. "We will appeal to the Record In the morning and see how near 1 am to the Senator's language. I do not think the people will make any mid take about that. Mr. Edmunds. They do not generally make mistakes, at least not more than six years at a time. Mr. Van Wyck. Jo. They can proba bly draw the line of distinction be tween who are and who are not in the employ of the railroad companies . They will be able to do that doubtless" If the voters of Nebraska do their duty, Van Wyck's six-years terms in the Senate may even equal Ed munds's. The iurv in tho murder case of Maxwell, at St. Louis, returned a verdict into court the other afternoon which reads as follows : "We, the jury, find the prisoner guilty of mur der in the first degree, as set forth in tho indictment." When tho jury came iu Maxwell was standing be tween his attorneys and when the verdict was read his face blanched and ho turned bis face to tho floor. Tho jury was then polled and each juror assonted to the verdict, aftor which the Judge dismissed them. The prisoner was taken to his cell to await the result ot a motion for a new trial, which will bo made on the grounds ot incompetency of the prosecution's witnesses and errors of the judge's instructions to tho jury. Duke Simpton, ex-treasurer of Otoe county, Neb., has been arrested charged with the embezzlement of county funds. He was taken before Jndge Mapes, pleaded not guilty to tho charge, and waved a preliminary hearing. Ho was placed under $15, 000 bail to appear at the next term of tho district court. There seems to be a disposition all around to look over the paBt records of county officials and straighten them up. The National Bank at Van Wert, Ohio, received the other day by United States Express from the Union National Bank of Cincinnati, a package purporting to contain $10,000, but when opened it was found to be filled with cotton, paste board and railroad advertising bills. Some one had stolen the money. E. D. Billings, messenger at Cincinnati, has been arrested on suspicion. It appears from the following statement that all the men in Ohio are not engaged in holding public office. A few days ago an Ohio man refused $50 for a nine-months old rooster, of fancy breed, and had de mands for all tho eggs his fowls conld produce at $3 per "setting," and had to rent several hens at $5 each for two months in order to keep np with the demand. It is asserted that it is a mistake to suppose that boiling is applicable to fish and meats only. It can be em ployed with froits and vegetables, and when these are watery, excellent results are obtained. The apple pear, quince and banana, the cucum ber, tomato, green pepper or egg plant thus prepared make admirable dishes. John Muzzy, of Portland, Me., is ninety-eight years old, but be does not act as if he was. He still transacts business with skill and sagacity, and the other day, talking about a piece of land he owns, said : "The lease runs out in five years, and when it expires I am going to build the handsomest block in Portland on that lot." A Masonic temple to cost $20,000 is being built at Beatrice. Seward is called the "Sleeping beauty of the Blue Valley." The banks now hold $12,OCS,000 in excess of legal requirements. Ex-President Arthur is reported to be much improved iu health. The choir in one of the Pawnee City churches is led by a brass band. Queen Christina, at Madrid, May 17, gave birth to a son, an heir to the throne. Fifty now papers have been es tablished in Nebraska towns since January 1st. It is estimated that the presents to Mrs. Cleveland will amount to at least $100,000. A Niobrara man caught a sixty pannd catfish the other day in the Missouri river. F. L. Ames, a Boston man, has pur chased upwards of $71,000 worth of real estate in Omaha. The railroad company at Leigh have laid oat out ten blocks for res idence and business houses. Governor Hill, of New York, has signed the bill permitting women to practice law in that state. Miss Minnie Davis, daughter of Jeff Davis, is coming North on a visit. A woman eighty-two years of age made final proof on a quarter section of Kansas land the other day. The shipment of gold from the mint at Charlotte, N. C, this year, is larger than at any. time since 1851. Pears were originally brought from the east by the victorious Romans returning from the conquest Omaha's musical festival last week is claimed to have been a brilliant success, exceeding the expectations, in every particular, of its projectors. D. A. Ross, of Minneapolis, Minn., and late manager of Dun's Com mercial Agency, has been arrested charged with embezzling $5,000 of the company's money. A small cyclone passed near Hunt er, Dak., Saturday afternoon. A frame house south of town was blown to pieces. Eight persons were in side. One man was killed and others received severe injuries. In the House of Representatives at Washington the other day Mr. Bontelle introduced a bill appro priating $50,000 for the erection in Washington of a bronze monument to the late Edwin M. Stanton. G. H. Howe, formerly a member of the Cigar Makers' Union of Council Bluffs, and more recently of Bur lington, Iowa, was the other day found dead upon the U. P. track near Millard, Nob., all cut to pieces. Gold has been discovered near Louisiana, Mo., on a tract of land belonging. to S imuel Kirn. A sample of tho ore has been sent to tho assay office at Denver and a certificate re turned showing it valued at $S per ton gold $7, silver $1. Paxton & McShane of Omaha havobeen awardi-d a large contract for beef supplies by the government, aggregating twenty millions ot pounds, also that a Nebraska City packing firm has been awarded a good contract for furnishing bacon and mees pork. wresponbxnce. In this department the people talk, and not the editor. Each writer must bold himself ready to defend his principles and his statements of facts. "In the mul titude of counsel there is wisdom." Ed. Journal. Ed. Journal : Iu your notice ot my atteudi ng tho meeting of the Pro hibition State Central Committee you say "it would seem that tho party has determined to take a litilo dif ferent stand than heretofore and help to enforce existing laws," to the best of of my knowledge the party has taken no different stand, but is and always has been in favor of the enforcement of the law, by the officers of the law, and don't take much Btock in being called upon to help hold a licence bull by the tail. E. A. Gerhard. Ed. Journal : For information I ask: 1st. If it is competent for a city to grant license to sell liquor, without first framing an ordinance for that purpose, in compliance with existing state law ? 2nd. Would, a city have authority to grant licenso on any fewer or easier terms than imposed by statute ? 3d. If a city did grant license without requiring compliance with the law, would not such license be void in law ? 4th. Is it not beyond question that, either tho licenses granted by the city of Columbus are without author ity of law, or that tho city has au thority to enforce the law under and by virtue of which she grants the license? Citizen. We respectfully refer Citizen's questions to some attorney who has made the subject a study. J California. Our correspondent at Ceres writes ns as follows concerning the Chinese question : We are iu an upheaval on the Chi nese question, also these heathens are, in a great measure, the cause of the tramp, tramp of men all over the state and coast, and 90 per cent, of the money they earn leaves the conntry. I think estimates are at hand enough to show that if this Chinese invasion keeps np, all classes of men opposed must leave or starve, the laboring men at least. Now the people at the east, some, at least, think this is all a matter of prejudice with us, but let a man of family s-ttle down beside one of these Chinese shantios, say 10x20 feet which will keep ab.iut six at wash iug, Htid (bey will rake in from leu to twelve dollars a day, and not speud GO cents all told in the town, while, if this number of white tueu and wo men were at work at the ume busi ness, they would spend about what they made, to live, aud right where they lived. This country is out en tirely the most of the money paid Chinamen. With wheat at $1.25, and light crop, and the draiu of money by Chinamen and au effort at least by the President to stop coining silver, and you can see, it ocema to me, some of the causes for hard times in Cali fornia and the coast generally ; but it is no new thing for the Democracy to get ns into a tight place, they have done it before. In Jackson's day and 1837-8 in I860, and I have no reason to think they will do better. If they can wiggle till they can get silver at 10 to 15 cents discount, that Is about what we had to pay on eastern money in New York in '60 and 161; that will put some aaoney into the bands of the banks and brokers in New York. The men who think the Democratic party is the party for the poor man, or looks to his interests is off his base ; the evidence is all the other way, as far as their acts show. They are the great political fraud and humbug of this nineteenth century, and the time is not far off when this will be seen clearly. Their little finger is thicker than Solomon's Son'. c Prectlai Pree Trsule. . Ed. Journal: I have heard a great many democratic theories, for political capital, to the effect that pro tection don't protect, and especially that the American system of protec tion was, and is, a burden to the farmer of this country, but think I never heard, until I saw it in the last issue of the Democrat, that to retaliate for American protection, Englishmen had generously invested large quantities of money, to devel op the natural resources of India, iu other words the cereals of India would not yet have found their way np the Suez canal to the markets of Europe had it not been for the im port doty in this country on English manufactured goods. India was found to be a good wheat growing conntry and monoy could be made raising wheat there and shipping it to Europe, and being a money making business it has been vigorously pushed, especially within the last twenty years. The editor of the Democrat, how ever, is a man of too much intelli gence to believe for a moment that this industry in India would have been overlooked or neglected, if America had not imposed a tariff. The only wonder is that he would ask the intelligent people of this, or any other vicinity, to take iu-ny,-thing so abturd and ridiculous Civil ization in the last twenty years, has pushed natural resources into active service everywhere, and India was such a prolific field in this direction, that it simply could'nt be neglected. Our friend of the Democrat must account for the low price of wheat in a better way than he has attempt ed, or abandond the content. There is only one way that a nation can become strong, prosperous and Independent, and that is by placing the producer and consumer side by side, so that transportation wont con sume the whole. This can be done by protecting infant manufacturing industries beside the grain fields, where a farmer can exchange his grain, butter and eggs, for tho pro ductions of the mechanic and manu facturer, without being compelled to consume at least half its value in transportation to a foreign market. Jakr. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. HlearM IIkmi. Miss Mazie Elliot is visiting her sister Mrs. C. II. Gillman. Quarterly meeting will be held at Okay on the 26th and 27th inst. We learn that Robert Sutton has returned from his trip to Dawes Co. Mr. Winslow, of Columbus, was through here last week buying all the hogs he could find for sale. Those interested in the Park Hill Orphans Home are to meet at tho Home Wednesday and Thursday of this week to make garden, clear, put the grounds in order, and do other necessary work. This is a worthy object, and we hope it will receive encouragement. The Methodist Sunday School will hold a Fourth of July celebration (probably on tho fifth) in the grove on the Bunker farm. The exercises will consist of speeches, recitations, music, and the indispensable picnic dinner. Every one is invited and assured of an enjoyable time if the skies are clear. Sunday last Rev. Mr. Espling preached an interesting sermon from John, 6,-2S, after which the ordi nance of baptism Was administered ; several also were united to the church by letter and two weeks from that day those who united, on probation last fall, will be received into full connection with the church. The mail contractor was through our town recently trying to let the contract for carrying tho mail from PoBtville to Dorrance, but as the price to be paid was so low, he had some difficulty in finding a bidder. The schedule states that the mail shall leave Postville on the arrival of the morning train, and return to con nect with the evening train. This seems a little previous, as there is no railroad nearer than Platte Center. We hope, hewever. to see a railroad to that point, but in the mean time the mail carrier bad better not wait for the morning train. Small grain of all kinds is looking well; considerable more flax has been sown in this vicinity than usual. Farmers are all busy cultivating corn, which is generally looking well, although we hear some complaint of the grasshoppers and wiro worms destroying the seed. A great many have had t roplant ; at the present prices then is but little to induce farmers tn raine corn, as it will scarce ly pay the expense of getting it to market, and we advise those who have grain to sell to hold it a little longer, for now that the president Is married we expect to see better times. Inar Triable Kelieve. Three and a half years ago I gave up my business on account of con sumption. I spent two seasons in Florida and one in California. I have been under treatment of physicians all the time, among them some of the most prominent in this city, and I have kopt growing worse and worse. I got to be a mere shadow, and conld scarcely walk. On the 14th of last September I kept my bed, for I was not able to get out of it, and the doc tors as well as my friends all expected me never to come ont of it alive. I was having frequent and profuse hemorrhages, and on three different occasions I bled until I became in sensible. About six weeks ago I beard of S. S. S., and began taking it. Its effects have been wonderfnl. 1 have not bad a hemorrhage since I began it. I was soon able to sit np and even dress myself. My appetite became good ; I conld eat and retain my food, and my enter returned. I gained nVfh and strei.gth rapidly, and I am now walking about town wherever I with to go. It is certainly a great surprise to me aud every one who knows me. Long since they have ail expected me to die. 1 am willing and want all who sutler with long dii-eat-e to know of me and my case, and I tulvfce all euch to take Swift' Specific and live. These arc not idle word, but absolute facts which will with pleasure bo substan tiated for any who may doubt. Louis T. Clark, 315 w. 12th st. New York, Feb. 9, 1880. Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York, 157 w. 23d Street. COLUMBUS Savings Bank. LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. Capital Stock, $100,000. OFFICERS: A. Anokkson. Prst. O. W. SlIKr.DOX, VlCK PRKS'T. O. T. ItOKX, TltKAM. ltOBKUT UULIG, SKC. tTWill receive time deposits, from $1.00 and any amount upwards, ami will pay the customary rate of interest. ISTWe particularly draw your atten tion to our f.K-ilitii.s for nuking loans on real estate, at the lowest rate of interest. l37"City, School ami County Bonds, and individual securities are boiulr.. IKjtine'KJ-y SIDEWALK NOTICE. To the residents aud owners of the fol lowing described lot and blocks in the City of Columbus, Nebraska. NOTICE IS HEREBY given that at a r gular meeting of the City Council held on the 5th day of June, 1S86, a resolution was passed ordering the following described nidewalks to be built: Beginning at the southwest corner of iiIuck seven in tierraru's audition to tue City of Columbus, t ence east in front of lots 7,8,0, IU, 11 aud 12, block 7. and lots 7.8,9. 10. 11 and 12, block 3 of Gerrard'o addition, to tli e outhcast corner ot said- block 8. i hence starting at the nortli Wt st corner of block .", of Turner & Hulst's sub-division of out lots !, to said City of Columbus, and running east in front of lots 0, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1, block 3. Lots 0, 5, 4, 3, i and I, block 2, lots li, it, 4, 3, 2 and I, block 1, of Turner & Unit's 6ub-di vision of out lot !, thence in front of lots 4, o, 2 aud 1, in bloek 54, of the C.ty of Columbus, Nebraska. said sidewalk shall be of plank 2 inches thick, aud 4 feet wide, to he laid on .'I stringers, two of which shall be I xl and une 2x4 i:i center, aud be placed on the grade that ahall be established therefor by the City Engineer, and unless the same is built within 20 days from the 10th day of June, ls, the contract for building same will be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and the cost therefor will be taxed against the above de scribed property as a special sidewalk tax. David Dowty, 8-W-2 City Clerk. LEGAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: TUE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO locate a public road commencing at the S. W. corner of section one, (1) township eighteen, (18) range one, (1) west, and running thence due cast on sec tion line and terminating at S. E. corner section six, (0) town eighteen, (18) range one, (1) east, have reported in favor of the establishment thereof. Also, the Board of Supervisors did in regular session, on June 8th, 188G, open the following section lines as a public road, to-wit: Commencing at the S. E. corner of section fifteen, (15) town nine teen, ( li) range three. (3) west, running thence due north on section lino about eighty (80) rods, to intersect with the public road running on west side of Shell Creek valley, where said public road crosses the east line of said section 15. Now all objections thereto, or claims for damages, caused by the location of cither of the above roads must be filed in the County Clerk's office on or before noon of the tenth day of August, 188U, or the roads will be established, without refer ence thereto. By order of the Board of Supervisors, John Stauvfck, County Clerk. Dated June 8th, 188t. 10-4t LEGAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS of Platte County, in regular session, on June 10th, 1S8G, declared the following section lines opened as a public road, to-wit: Commencing on the Township line between Granville and Burrows Townships, at the S. E. corner of Section thirty-two, (32) Town twenty, (20) Range two, (2,) west, running thence north on the section line between sections thirty two and thirty-three, and sections twent) -eight and twenty-nine, and in- ftnrann Intr flu. Qlmll 4?ratr i-rt-ul nf Ihlt v.ov.l,.u . .j...... .- . -, ... .-., t. W. corner of section twenty-eight, 28) Town Twenty, (20) Range Two, (2) West, and to be known as the "Couch Road," and all objections thereto, or clans for damages, must be filed in the County Clerk's office on or before noon ofthelCth day of August, 18S0, or such road will he established without re ference thereto. By order ot Board of Supervisors. John Stauffkr, County Clerk. Dated June 10, 18. 8-W-4 APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LI CENSE. MATTER OF APPLICATION OF George Scheidel for litiur license. Notice is hereby given that George' Scheidel did, on tue IJtb day of .Ml lie, 1SS0, tiled his application to the Hoard of Villain Trustees of Platte Center, PI itte Co., Nctt., Tor a license to sell malt, spiritons and vinous liquors at Platte Center, Neb., for the year ending the 1st of May, 1887. If there be no objection, remonstrance or protest tile within two weeks of the 12th day of June, 188C. the said licen.-e will be granted. GkokghScmkipkl. llijune,2 A.J.ARN0LD, DKALKR IN DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, Clock, Jewelry AND SILVERWARE. Strict attention given to repairing of Watches and Jewelry. aWill not be undersold by anybody. Xsa. ATa,OpfwitCltfcr Hams. . Tim up. At ray premises, April 23d, 'SB, ONE BAY PONY, six years old, star in forehead, right hind foot white, and branded on left thigh. Gko. N. Lamb, May24-w-5-p Platte Center, P. O. 1CTOTICE TO TEACHEBf. W. B. Tadrow, Co. Bapt. I will be at Humphrey the 24th, Platte Center the irst of May, and at ay office la the Court House oa the secoad of May, all for the examiaatioa of teachers. awf COLUMBUS Roller Mills! SCl&SSEE M., Proprietors. MANUFACTURKKS of Flour, Feed, Bran, Shorts And Meal, AND DKALKRS IK All Kinds Grain. OUU FLOUR BRANDS: "WAY UP," Patent, "IMPERIAL," "BIG 4," " "SPREAD EAGLE." We guarantee our flour to be equal to any flour manufactured in the state. We call the attention of the public to the fact th.it we make a specialty of ex changing flour, bran and shorts for wheat, as sood flour and as much of it as any other niill in this part of the state; also the exchange of corn meal for corn. We have put in special machinery for grinding rve flour and buckwheat flour. J3T Satisfaction guaranteed. Please give us a call. -Jl-Feb-'K-y OjVLATTA. WEEKLY REPUBLICAN CLUBBING KATES. 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Penmanship, Book-keeping, Short-hand and Type-writing are taught by experts, and Elocution, Instrumental and Vocal Music, Painting and Drawing by supe rior instructors. For particulars, ad dress the President, W. P. JONES, Fremont, Neb. 193Iaylmo TRASKS SELECTED SHORE tmmtwmn I THIS I rcSilSl V0H bCKEfl Cheapest Eating; on Earthr A8KY0TO GS0GXR 70S THEM. TRASK'S" 1AM THKOIIIOINAL ana ONLY GENUINE! Take no other Brand' TT"1T T)for working people. Send 10 H p. I . p cents postage, and we will -IJ"I-i-LJ- mail you free, a royal, val uable anip!c box of goods that will put you in the war of making more money in i few days than you ever thought pos sible at any biitimwy. Capital not re quired. You can live at home and work in are time only, or all the time All orhnth yxe&, nf all ages, grandly suc ri'tful. 5u ci tits to ?." easily earned every evening. That all who want work may test the business, we make this un paralleled offer: To all vrho are not well satisfied we will send $ I to pay for the trouble of writing ii". Full particulars, directions, etc , xent free. Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once. Don't delay. Address STINSON & Co., 1'ortUod, Maine. PATENTS CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS AND COPYRIGHTS Obtained, and all other business in the U. S. Patent Office attended to for 3IOD EltATK FEES. Our office is opposite the U. S. Patent Office, and we can obtain Patents in less time than those remote from WASHING. TON. Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise as to patentability free of charge: and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer here to the Postmaster, the Supt. of 3Ioney Order Div., and to offii eials of the U. S. Patent Office. For cir culars, advice, terms and references to actual clients in your own State or county, write to c. a. smo W 4c CO., Opposite Patent Office, Washington, D.C. RCBOYD, manufacturer of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! - Jab-Work, Xoofiiff and Gutter iif a Specialty. tsyshop on Olive Street, 2 doers north of Brodfeuhrer'a Jewelry Store. 32-tf tmmmmmS'fmvF-f.'lX. laaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaEAafcaaaaaaM 4bbbbbbE5ubbbb1 aaa bbbbbI'bbPbbbbbIHut bbbbbbbbI :BBBBBBaVnBBBBB BB1 bV -BBBBL B it B BBBBBBBbWbK BBBBBBBBB lltTr: immm l Wl mX ffaT ? bbbbbbBbSi " bbbbbbbB COLUMBUS WM- BECKER, DKALKR IN ALL KINDS OF : STAPLE AND FAMILY: GROCERIES! I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A WELL SELECTED STOCK. Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups, Dried and Canned Fruits, and other Staples a Specialty. Oeedai Delivered Free 10 nay part Iftfac City. Cor. Thirteenth and K Streets, near A. fe JV. Depot. J0HNS0NsAN0DYNE MUNIMENT mr CTJMB Sipathcttik Croup. Rooraanaaa. Inanmsm. Hooking Couch, DiATThoa. atldnay Trooblea. and Spina, PARSONS Theaa pilla waiw a wonderful diacorarr. No others lika thant In tho world. Will poalUvaly cura or relieve all maanar or diaeaao. Tha Information around eaon box la worth tan tlmea the mat or a box of pi!i. Find out about tacm ana you win always Da inanKiui. unapiu a aoaa. uraaxraiaa pampmni rc.. Sold eTenrwhero. oraant by mail for20o. In airiapa. Pr. I. S. JOHNSON ft CO.. 33 C.H. at.. Boaton. chcntLw'a Condition Pj-a tier ta absolutely MAKE HENS LAY autrzse'l. Una ounce zure ana nigsiy con- i uorili a pound of any ether kind. It is K(nr?lvm mrllrinA to be given with food, anal Bold everywhere, or aent by mail ror 33 oonta in atampa. S X- IB. air-tight no oana. sx i dtiubji. . Six easa by axpreae. prepaid, for $5.O0. SB. X. S. JOatMSOaT CO atootai ATTENTION, FARMERS! WE WANT IT DISTINCTLY UNDER stood that we, having the Largest Stock of First-class, Farm Machinery in Columbus, are Selling at EVERY ONE We Sell The STUDEBAKER Wagons. WE SELL THE "Western," "Union," "Evans," "Rockfoi-d," AID QTHE8 COM FLAITE2S. WITH HE TUT ill 101. Til SIMPLEST AND MOST DURABLE CHECK ROWERS MADE. We sell Halladay, Eclipse, and other Wind Mills, -:)AXD VEKY BEST PUMPS We are Sole Agents for this part of the State for aaaaBBjBBSBJBBBIBjBBBjBBBBBBBBBBajfe,. awBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBawaaaHaaBBBaVs "CUM Oil" STOVES ARD BUGES. lb Sot Stum Uetonl We have the largest and best selected stock of II AUDWAUE ia town. We make our own Tinware, and do rooting, spouting, etc.. at reasonable prices. Repairing, Plumbing and Pump Work promptly and satisfactorily done. Come and con vince yourselves that WE WAISTT YOTJE TEADE. KRAUSE, LUBKER& WELCH, Near B. & M. Depot, - - COLUMBUS NEB. OCH SON'S 8ENT FIEEfcrs 10tfc.toaayaddma. nlnatratea and lUta very tklncfor LadMa'. Ocata. ChUdreoa and lafaata' wear aad Houaekceptaa; Goods, at orlma loor taaa tfcoae of any honaalatba Onltad Statu. C lcf BGSisemE Jtarl7-ai2 BOOMING! W. T. RICKLY & BR0. V. holesalo aud Retail Dealers iu Fresh and Salt Meats, GAHE. POULTRY, I And Fresh Fish. AU Kinds of Sausage a Specialty. Encash paid for Hides, Pelts, Tallow. Uigtiest maikct price paid for fat cattle. Olive Street, second door north of First National Bank. stuti JACOB SCHltAM, )DKALCK IN( DRY GOODS Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, milffitG good: AND NTO ' LOW PRICES FOR CASH. M-tr J MAKE SEW, EICB PILLS BLOOD. will aaaka nana lay lika It. It cuiM ns on oarth r r- hlakan eholaraand all dliaaaaa of nana, la worth Ita walcbt BBS wl w' aBBW book by mall fra. la cold. Illustrated We have a large stock of the finest Buggies and Spring Wagons for the money, ever brought to this State. Selling them cheap. WARRANTED. TIIE(: IN THE MARKET. A GIFT Send 10 cents postage we will mail you free a royal, valuable. sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money at once, than anything else in America. Both sexes of all ages can live at home mad work in spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will start you. . Immense pay sure for those who start at oace. Stinson k. Co.. Portland, Maine. 38-y