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sSvF ? V r 3 v .? THE JOURNAL.: lATES OF A1YEHX1SIN QTBuaineasand profeaaionalcards of fivelinesor leas, per annum, fire dollars. EJ For time advertisements, apply at this office. SsTLegal advertisements at statist rates. 13 For transient advertising, see rates on third page. "STAU advertisements payable monthly. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY, . Mr. Iv. TURNEI? & CO., Proprietor and Publishers . , , i 2S" OFFICE Eleventh .St., up stat, ; air- '? in Journal Building. i -.'lii-... 'i-j . t T K R M . : 'Peryear Sixmouths - 'Three months Singlecoples Jt&t' VOL. XVII. --N0. 84.. 'COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15,, 1886. WHOLE NO. 866. .... au it- - i - -.- mm mnmm wWpifll t if; ! - COLUMBUS STATE BANKS ' COLUMBUS, NEB. CASH CAPITAL, - $75,000 DIUKCTOKS: Lbakdkr Gebraud, Prcs'i. Geo. W. IIui.st, Vice rres't. Juki us A. IlnKi. R. II. Heskv. J. K. Task mi, Cashier. Bank of BoIl. "Nroiisii ColIecliiErmpl3 " " all PoIh!. Hay ln r si n 'rimr Brj--it". COLUMBUS Savings Bank, LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. C'i:ital .stock. $1H.)00. OFFIOBI1S: , , A. ANOKUSON. I'UKS.!'. . W. Sm::.itN, Vici: PitK-'r. w. T. 1"ue.nTkks. Itoi;i:ui 1'iu.u"., Kr. JStTW'ill receive time deposits, from $1.00 and any amount upwards and will pay llic customary rate of interest. -jSTWe particularly draw your attcn- lion to our t.icilities lor ni-iuiug loans on J real estate, at the lowest rate of interest . Trt'ity. School and ounty Bonds, sud individual securities are lonj;lit. Hijune'XJ-y for Tirn 11311. i ai.i.tiv A.&M.TURNER Or . W. Hlltl.KR, 'S'ravelins: SaleMiiiin. - l3TTUese organ are lir.st-cla-s in everv particular, and so guaranteed. SCH IF FROTH & PLATH, dkai.ki:s IS WIND MILLS, AND PUMPS, Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pumps Repaired on short notice -ISTOnc door west of llcintz's Drug .Store, 11th Street. Columbus, Neb. l liiu --"M : HENRY G-ASS. UNDERTAKER ! COFFIN'S AND METALLIC CASES ASD DEALER IN Furniture. Chairs, Bedsteads, Bu reaus, Tables, Safes. Lounges, Ac, Picture Frames and Mouldings. py Repairing of all kinds of Upholstery Goods. 6-tf COLUMBUS, NEB. A. J.ARNOLD, PKALKIt IS DIAMONDS, FINE WATCHES, flock. Jewelry ash SILVERWARE. WESTEBN COTTAGE ORGAN KZ.7 , --Strict attention jriven to repairing of 'Watches and Jewelry iSTWill not be '" undersold by anybody. KV JLvBue, Opposite Clothor Honw. ILYON&HEALY 6 Monroe Sts.. Chicago. TUI mi tmnil I any to Uw AND CAIALyuut, r Janrntontv Suit Cip Bcla, IOBK trai viw., ii.i. ..ibc- aiwi &m4rr B..4 Oat&U, lrpX " "" .--- .-., ku .iIu,iJm lattnirtlan .ttd . fcr AmIiiii mimi m iiutua i '1 tx- rih 4 H2M1 MCAIIC.'i FHOM T.YItON' 38II.lJ.Tr. THK A1TITUDK OK THE WRITER COMMENTS AS TO THE RELATIONS KXISTISG RE TWEEN BUSINESS ASD I'HOFKSSIONAI. MEN lOWARDS FARMERS LEGISLATION THE I'EOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE FACTS, AND SOT BE DECEIVED PERSONALS WHAT HAS BECOME OF WALTER S. WELLS? Denver, Dec. Gtb, 188G. Messks. Editors: Many of my old acquaintance), and others, who hnvti teen my articles in print in your locality, may think it queer, while I am out here, five hundred ti:i!es tlittaut, iu another state, that I t-hould take go much interest in your local hflairb; that I utu6t be prompted by eonio Htlfish motive in volunteer ing o ntuch advice : or why should I take paius in looking up statistics and points regarding matters in which I can have no personal con eern. Gentle reader, let me say to thee, that I bliotild have liked to have seen others on the ground, broach the matters commented upon, in icy communications; perhaps, some would have done so had they not been a (mid that their motives might have been misunderstood ; that they might bo charged with seeking political preferment. Elections come so olteu, the office seekers yivc the people very little show in (he matter of the considera tion of vital topics. With legard to the writer, he takes this orthion to respectfully inform j our renders that "no person in Ne braska will ever have a chance to help him politically, and he sincerely iiopus that you may have no business in bin line; and if you have, that be does not solicit it. I make these ul;.-oi vations because it has been told me that 1 am trying to work some political racket. When I tee good , eopie pluudcied by corporations, a euge ot duty prompts me to tell them :! it, Jht same as it I saw a thief vis iting their grain bins while the were xway. It seemed to meat one time that this country had much to fear from he orporations on the one hand, t.usi the anarchists on the other. But the signs of the timce now are more hopeful for a peaceful solution r! the impending complications. These agitations will doubtless cause :hc vnrious parties to nut forward heir best men for office in our large "ities. Abram S. Hewitt for mayor i f New York City is a grand stride u the right direction. Even the Democratic party is capable oc raionaliy of doing a good act. I would say, if I pretended to be a prophet, that "boodle" will not be he winning catd ot the future. Nebraska being an agricultural t-t ale, all her inhabitants should lend heir efforts to develope her in that behalf. The interests of business and professional men in your cities and towns should be regarded as identi cal with those of the farmers. While I do not claim that they are antago nistic, yet I am of the opinion that the farmers will have to get their eyes open by their own efforts, for various reasons. The business man is not going to ruin himself by taking their part against the railroads. He probably expects favors, passes for himself and family, rebates or lower rates than his neighbor is receiving. He feels that if he kicks, the latter may get the better of him and make him throw up the sponge. After all, if the freights are high, he will only have to make the ad vances in the first instance and eventually make the producers pay them, when he sells his commodities. The small fry attorney is willing to he bribed to silence, for the con sideration of an "annual." He has by accepting it, everything to gain aud nothing to lose, for ho will get just tho same business from the fanners whether he accepts or re jects it. The attorney of greater ability 16 either the counsel of some company or expects to be. What has he to gain by lighting the rail ways? Nothing but glory. That will not buy potatoes and meat. The eyes of your citizens ought to be opened to the importance of electing a United States Senator triendly to the masses. Thou your legislature should memorialize Con greis in strong terms to pass an iuter-statc commerce bill. It is sur pribing that politicians of your state have been so long able to fool the people. The state legislature cannot do anything worth doing to regulate exorbitant tariffs. These corpora tions are pretending to heed the admonitions from the Stale Railway Commission aud say that they are going to do much building duriug the coming seaeou. Is it not a little queer how they can deceive the people by such stiffs, just before the legislature meets? It .only shows bow easily the farmers can be de luded, la order to properly deal with such vital issues, we should be fair and not try to force our con clusions upon the people; to give facts and data andlet them judge for Subscribe TV1TII THK DAILY CHICAGO MAIL, J3oth P-apers One Year, . FOB themselves They have been lied to so much, that I would not blame them if they did not believe any thing that had been told them. While we are considering this part ot the subject, why would it not be a good idea for tho fanners of Platte county to hold a meetiug or take some action for the purpose of having some one on .whom they could rely at Lincoln during theapproaciung sessiou c( the legislature to write op the proceed ingtjT of that body for your home papers? Do you not want to know what your representatives are doing? how they vote on the senatorial question ? Do you want an effort made to memorialize congress to pass the Reagan bill aud other measures in your interest; or doyou want those who are opposed to you to furnish you tho news? If you will not try to inform yourselves on these points, you may expect to be deceived. Further, if such a meetiug is held, re quest your home legislators to write your papers over their own signa tures what is being done by that auguBl body. They can and should dd it. If they do not do it, after being requested, you may then con clude that they aro lazy or indifferent to your interests. We would not WHiit to think that they intend to do something that they are ashamed to have known. As this communication is uow somewhat lengthy, I cannot write, much about Denver this time. Your former citizeus, as tar as I care about knowing, are getting along very well. Your correspondent took a Thanks giving dinner with A. 11. Doland aud family. The way he did eat was a caution. Mr. and Mrs. D. are the very be6t of people. They are very much wrapped up in their children, 1 Charlie, a bright boy of uine years, aud Daisy, a pretty child of seven. Daisy was born in Columbus. Mrs Doland's cousin, Miss Lizzie Nor bury, from St. Louis is stuyiug a their house. Mr. D. intends, abou the first of the year to locate in St Joe, Missouri, where ho will settle down in the wholesale drug business as a member ot the firm of Smith & Co. Mibs L. E. McCarthy, a friend ot Mia. John (t. Higgius and Mm. .1. C Morrisaey, takes an active intercut in IhikI league matters. She is an unusually smart woman. Dr. Houesteel has been treating u number of cases of fover successfully He is on thu move all the while, ili wire has returned from her visit to your city. Milton Speice aud Charlie Coan have obtained situations and art pegiug away. George Schrain is clerking at Brice's drug store, one of the largest in the city. Mr. Brice told you correspondent, a few days ago, tha be liked fleorge first-rate. It wa too bad that his brother Mike had to die. I understand that Dan Lord's sis tcr, Mrs. Young, is dead. She use to live on the ranche near Colutnbu? with him. She had been unwell for some years. Her husband and Dan feel sorely hlllicted. Dan, I believe is located at Roggcn, a station a few miles from here ou the C. B. & Q. J. S. Ilcnrich has been unwell for some time but is better uow. Thore are no better peoplo anywhere than be aud Mrs. Heurich. Mrs. -Walker, the sister of J. S., is now visiting bet parents back in Platte county. The old gentleman, Rev. A. Dcurich, has every reaeou to feel proud of his children. Mr. J. N. Healer made me a short call. Mr. Heater possesses sterling qualities aud is very successful In his busiuess enterprises. lie and Mrs. Heater are the kiud of friends that one likes, to have. Walter S. Wells' sister, living i Johnstown, N. Y., has been pub lishing iu one of Denver's dailies an inquiry as to her brother's where abouts. She and her mother are almost heart-broken. He left Ful lerton iu August, 1885, and that is the last time that she ever heard anything definite concerning him. His wife thinks that he is dead. Reppectfully yours, Byron Mili.ett. For the Journal. The few Tows ofljiadxay. Friend Journal: I thought it was about time, as the new road has got to this place, to lay beforo your many readers a synopsis of the pros perity that is soon going to reign in this fertile region. The Scribner branch of the Northwestern was completed to this point on the 27th of November, 188G. Side tracks and switches are all finished ;- there are 6l;ll about seventy-five men at work here; they are principally mechan ics, erecting a depot, water tank, round-house, turning-table, section house and all the improvements that generally belong to a good railroad yard; the company has located sev- for the WITH THE WEEKLY STATE JOOIAL, Bath One Year For - S3.75. -"- - eral side tracks here ; the now towu is located on both sides of Ash creek', about a hundred rods north of ita confluence with the classic Shell. The valley here is about a mile wide sud the beautiful undulating hills stretching away in the distance would form a 'grand study for an artist. This town site, or I might in all candor say the future city ot Lindsay, as there are high hopes of" its coming to the front, Jioa eleven miles .west of Humphrey and seveu miles southwest ot Newman's Grove; between Humphrey aud the valleyot Shell Creek is tho most beautiful table lands that the eye could re-t upon and -it is needless .to say that that this road ruus through one of the fiueat agricultural districts in the tale, from tho town of Scribner to Oakdale, viz, through the counties of Dodge, Colfax, PJatto, Boone aud Antelope; in fact the company show ed good judgment as well as taste in deciding ou this point as we hear it spoken o'f now as being the end of a reight division. Water is plenty and of the best quality aud cau bj easily procured at a depth of fifteen to twenty-live feet. Besides Shell Creek is a never failing water power ; here the brewer, tho miller, tho'dis illery men or other manufacturing peculators would most assuredly find a bonanza, as coin, oats, wheat, ye- and barley can be raisefl in buudauce. 1 am bold to say there s no country on ear'h where the -taffof lite can bo more easily pro cured or where as tow men go to bed upjerles.- than in this favored place f full and plentj, wl.oti- ibe circum erenee of man N greater than hit : erpeiidiuular. The company has showed their good intentions ir. erecting a splendid : ve-bent piling bridge on the couuty oatl over Ash creel; ; this trncture s sixtet't! teet wide with good i ail ing on either side aud would cost ho county $500; this the company huiit in lieu o: the old trap that lay in the riiht ot way of the company, it's an old saying 'first come first nerved." So they who come first and get business lots on bottom and elect eoine ot the beautiful iota on -outbein rlcpeot one of the northern wind breaks the (hilU) !or a private esidencc they may consider thein elve comfortably situated. In conclusion, I will sav that if a beautiful valley threaded by a benuti- ul HtrcHiu meandering through it ike a silver cord and surrounded by oily bills where iia'ure -hovered or handy wo:k over this chosen andscapc and where the grey nihts f the morning love to linger on the iil sides hs loath to part Horn where he finny tribe are disporting iu the crystal waters below, where the black 1 ird is caroling in the trees, the lark making her morninir vNit-i aloft and he prairie d,.gs holdinir their morn- ng consultations, and where hunger nd thirst i? never heard of if the oine seeker tolerates a locality like his let him haaten to join the multitude. John Vai.kkr. l.imisnv. Mariictl. at the Catholic eliureh nt .St. Iternartl. Wednesday, Dee. 1M. Mr.JaiiiCs Airnew of Dulutii, Minn., and lis .Mary A. Coniiellx of Lindsay. In the eveniiur there was a wedding 'east at the residence of the bride's pa ents and eerybody bad a mot enjoja l le time. Among the numerous gue'ts from abroad were Mr. John ilaney and t is daughter Clizabelh ami ttoe," Dan el, Eddie and Y.'illie M.iher, Dr. Mead mid lady, Miss Annie Dtitfy and her sis ters, Mr. anil Mr.s.John Farrel. A host I others were Uept away by the inelem n t. weather. All of the lovers of Tcrp ichorc were iu attendance, and with i.oo(l mu.sie, dancing was kept up until he gray dawn of morning. Tin: wedding resents were numerous and varied Among the most noticeable was a hang ng laiup, onv of the niot beautiful and riiamental that ever turned night into day. It wa" a conception of decorative :irt for one to stare at in wonder. Vv'itli its interlacing golden chains, tied in be wildeiiug kuot, it was suspended from the ceiling and the pearly crystals that encircled the rim of its shade looked like crimson dewdrop.s in the burning light Messrs. Carrig ,t Lynch, Dan," Eddie and Willie M.aber, Thomas MeCarvcI and Thomas Moriarity were the donors. On Thursday following the wedding the joung couple took their departure for Omaha where Mr. Agnew has a contract to fultill on the streets of that city. He is associated with Mr. Frank Hunt iu the t usiness of railroad contracting, and hey together built a portion of the F., E & Mo. Val. it. It., which was extended through the northern portion of this ounty the past .summer. Unkind fate ordains more sorrow and oss to the boys ot Upper Shell Creek than it should", but nevertheless every body wishes the young couple long lii'e nd'much happiness. There is a rumor that the revenue is defrauded. John McCulloch's residence Is the most imposing in the valley. There is not so much hog cholera here as "Dr."' Hardy asserts. Colds are epidemic and severe. If Jim Connolly wants to ay auythiug it must be iu a very hoar.c whivper. There is being constructed at Lindsay a turn-table, a water-tank and a depot. 11 there should be a wreck Haywood might be buried in the ruins. Some one ought to tell him his house is too near the track. John Gogan, Esq., has invented a tool that is both a level and a square, which he talks of having patented. Your cor respondent fails to comprehend its com ponent parts very clearly, but has a vague impression that it is eomcthing new in mathematics and that there Is no rule of demonstration for it even iu the intiuitcsaimal calculus. The wedding bells that rang on Wed nesday evening at 3lr. Connolly's must have had a mournful lay for some of the boys. A fair tlowcr bloomed in a desert anil eager hands strove to possess it. A maiden laughed with youthful beauty and no sunbeams played merrier pranks than the beams of her bright eyos that thrilled the heart of many a longing lover; and vet her smiles and her friendships never let love feel lorn or unrequited. Cupid never cried havoc with a kinder heart. Farewell, ilollie, m Adown life's gentle slope And rose strewn paths along. Never shall doubt or melancholy Be thine; but Faith and Hope Shall etill sing hcartful song. Earth no fairer story tells Than these, thy joyful wedding bells. COLUMBUS WITH THE Oim WEEKLY KEf IlCil. Both One Year For $2.75. GREENWOOD CEMETERY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE Ifi'THE GREAT GRAVEYARD. f The Cemetery Will lie Practically Closed in Twenty-live Team Hence Best Mar ble .for Monument Cotftawrree Roots. and Wood for Superintendent L. J. Wells, of Greenwood cemetery, is a pleasant voiced man with gray hair, who has lwd the care of New York and Brooklyn's great repository for the dead for many years. He lias seen Greenwood grow f roma vacant, unimproved plot of 200 acres to a tract of surpassing lteauty, peopled with nearly 250,000 of dead, and covering nearly n square milo of territory. Mr. Wells con siders Greenwood the largest and finest cemetery in the world. It was chartered in l&5s and the first burial was that of Sarah Hannah, of this, city, on Sept. 5, 1840. Now there are more than 3?J,100 bodies buried there. "Is t jTenietery large enough nowP aaked the reporter. "It is lai"ge enough to furnish lots for the nest twenty-live years, ami after that wo don't care. The lots will be large enough to accommodate their owners for years to come, and wcsliall have a surplus largo enough to keep tho grounds in order forever." 'Then Greenwood will bo practically closed a quarter of a century hence. r "That is tho idea exactly. It is large enough now to be readily handled. Our fund for the porinnuent caru of the cemetery is Ink ing added to steadily, and now amounts to $Si;i,S00.tiJ. Our trust fund for the care of bpeclal graves i already a largo one, and wo have had the cemetery Itouudaries fixed by the streets ami boulevards of the city, so that the present liotiiidarit-, will be permanent. All that will be done to the grounds after l'.iin, then, will be to lavp them looking bvautiful." XOT A STOCK rosiiwxv. "You .see. the Greenwood Cemetery eoqo ratiou is not n stock tompany. as most simi lar associations are. It is a trust company, mid no one gets nny money out of it save the employes. All that remains after tho annual expenses are paid is added to the sur plus fund that is lieing put away for tho future care of the cemetery. Every lot owner is a stockholder. There are over "5,000 of them. Every improvement has been made upon the grounds. We havo stone crusher, arteiian wells, thorough sew erage, and have jut lini-hcd a new reservoir to hold li:;r,000 gallons, that stands on Mount "Washington, the highest point on Long Island, ami is about n feet above tide water. This stores ihe. water pumped from our wells, and gives greater and much neeikit pressure. A new eight-inch water main will be laid this fall, taking the placo of one of our four inches. The changes in Greenwood since I came here in 1S48 have ln-en marvelous. I am the only one left of the attaches who were here then.' -What is the ino-t durable material for monuments:' "Dark blue granite, from Quincy, Mass. Bronze comes n.-xt, but it is costly, and it is lx-ing nduiteratwl so much now that somq of il is poor There has Iweu a great revolution iu the giavt-stone business. People have found out that blue granite Ls the best stone to wear, nnd they are using nothing else. The rage for Italian marble began to die out ten j'cars ago. There are veins in it which are imperceptible when the work is new, hut which exiiosuiv develops, and then the work of ruin tegiiis. Yv'e do not allow inclosures to Ikj made of it at all, and the lest stone cutters will not recommend it to customers. All inclosures now are required to be of granite coping, or granite io-.t and bars of either galvanized iron or brass. No iron chains or hedges are allowed. This course will keep the grounds from disfigurement in after years. It is the result of dearly lK)ught experience. Brnwustone? No, there hasn't been any brownstone used here for twenty years. It is not durable. Scotch granite, too, doesn't stand as we expected it would. Light granite turns yellow with age." TOM US Oi'T OV UKI'AIIL Ik tomlis ever fall inT ".some of the old ones get out of repair. In the early days ieople were allowed to build them of brick and iu the most imperfect man ner. Now we require that the tops of all tombs shall b-j a thick granite slab, so as to shed water. The back and -omers have to lie solid pieces alo, and the walls have to be two feet thick with no upright joints. William S. ltidabock, of New York, is erect ing one down the avenue built after the manner 1 4iae just described that will stand for ages. It will cost 10,00." "Will coilins that are made now last as long us those formerly used" "I think the Aid fashioned mahogany cof fins would outlast by far almost any other eoflin. Many of the coffins that they sell now are simply glued together not even nailed. We've learned this from experience. After bodies have been left in the receiving vault a few weeks the glue is dissolved by moisture and the coffins come ajxirt. Metal lic collius arc readily affected by heat and cold ami hence spring and break; that is, they do in receiving vaults."' "Does a wooden box protect a coflinf "On the contrary, if made of pine it will warp quickly and catch and retain water, hastening decay. A Ikx of chestnut will last longer than anything else underground. Even hi mud and water it will hold together for years.' "Which are the liest woods for coffin.''' 'Chestnut and black walnut are the most durable. But as long as a body is to remain where it is buried, it makes little difference what it is encased in." "Do trees push their roots into graves as much as is popularly supposedr "Some .trees are bad for cemeteries two that I have in mind particularly. They are the ailauthus aud the white leaved maple. Neither of these varieties "sallowed in Green wood lecau.se the roots spread so rapidly." New York Tribune. The Terrace of the Capitol. Work on .the marble terrace around the Washington Capitol is sieadi' going for ward, but it will lie a long time before the in creased room will be ready for use. Nearly 100 rooms will le added to the accommoda tions of the main building. Some of these will 1)0 used for storing purposes, but there will bo several well lighted and ventilated committee rooms in the terrace. Only the outer wall of the new addition is built of marble. Inside of the marble is a thick wall of brick. The rooms in the terrace will be much better than those in the basement of the Capitol now used for committee rooms. The chief advantage iu the terrace, however, is in the improvement it makes in the appear ance of the" Capitol building as seen from a distance. Chicago Times. KHUns the Birds. A farmer in El Dorado county, CaL, in order to get rid of tho many linnets, that were proving very destructive to bis fruit, sprinkled strychnine on a watei melon and killed eighty in less than an hour. Chicago Times. JOURNAL, wrrn the PRAIRIE FARMER, Both One Tear For &2 AND' BEES. Carrjin;; Honey .to tho .rain-Purchaser with a Sweet Tooth. Near Cloghcen we overtake two country lasses jogging 'along on 'a botne'inada cart lx hind a rusty nag. As we approach we ee that they are enveloped in a perfect swarm of horse flies, anil, since insects are vs. raw In Ireland as rooks are plenty, we marvel greatly. "They aiv bees exclaims the lively prof esv sor of romance language froih Columbia col lege, who is visiting the homo of ancestors nlany generations remotey - And so they are; placidly and, with a joyful laugh for the joy ful tourists the peasant' glrfs continue their journey, with bee on all sides of.lueml Now one seeni3 to settle on tho nissetcoil of hair of this girl, and" thore are two walk ing about the' big cloth cloak of that. As.w pas the mystery resolves itself.. i They, are; not witches, nor, like Melusin iu the fairy tale, "do'tboy end in mermaid extremities; but under the board which serve tbenvfor a seat' are two beehives, which these stalwart virgiiis bee mothers' wlthouta miracle are taking to' the small Tafr at Cloghcen. While we twit in .that litUo tpUoa, they come, up, the hives aro unceremoniously unhitched from under the seat, so that buyers can examine them, a number of purchaser!! and idlers gather about, and one, who moans business or has a sweet txth, calmly raises a hive, takes a dab of honey out with 'his forefinger and tastes of the store. I remember that Giraldos do Barry said that there were no bees in Ireland, and thereby aroused unquestionablo fury in patriotic Irish breasts for centuries, until a learned Irishman crammed that and many more innocent lies down his throat in tho fiercest, most indignant Latin prose. If there were none in tho Twelfth century, the pres ent age has repaired tho omission, and also taught tho angry bee passions not to rise. Opinions were divided whether or not tho in sects were of a stinglcss variety, or. if equipped with stings, whether the smell of peat, which is inseparable fiom Irish peas ants, had tho effect of discouraging the use of their natural weajKms, even when jolted for hours in a springlcss cart. Ono thing was agreed ujwn, that tho soothering Mikes of Cloghecii would not bother those girls w ith any rustic attention whilo they were abltt to let loose upon too familiar admirers their bees of war. Cor. New York Times. Joking With a Powder House. There was a fall of rock at ono of tho tun nels on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and our train was detained at a flag station for three or four hours. Too passengers stroihd about to jkiss the time nway, nnd n dozen of us had gone dowji tho track half a mile toward a quarry whan wo came to a rough looking shanty erected about 200 feet f roni tha track nnd partly hidden by great rocks. There was a small pieco of red cardboard in sight on tho building, but if ic had nny print ing or writing on it wo couldn't seo from that distance. A passenger pulled out his revolver umI oliservcil: "I think I can chip that caid, though it's a pretty long shot.' He tired and missed it Then a second pulled his revolver and lired and hit tho cor ner of the card. Then out came seven or tight weapons and there wa a general blaz ing away for at least ti-n minutes, when tho card fell. We had just put up our pistols when a man esme running up from tho quarry, waving his hat and yelling: "."top! stopr When he reached us ho was out of breath and pale as a gbot. "W-w hat were you shooting at!" he gaicd. "At a red card ou that .shanty." He beckoned for us to follow and led the way to the luuiso and opened the door. The place coutained nineteen kegs of blasting powder aud 1W) jkmuhJs of liiti-o-gh-cerine, and some of our bullets had 'barked' two or three of the kegs. 1 don't know lj- what route the others got hack to the train, nor how long it took 'em, but I Hew, and the rnto of speed loat any pigeon record you ever heard of. Detroit Free 1'ress. Old Kiilliou" Out or Humor. When Col. Benton ran for tho seventh time for the senate he was defeated by Henry S. Geyer, for the generation that had grown up since lie had entered public life "knew not Joseph." He then took the stump as a candi date for the house of representatives, ami was elected as a Missouri compromise Democrat, defeating a Whig nnd a southern Democrat, But he was a mere cipher iu the house, nnd when the timefor his re-election came around he was defeated by a Know nothing inutli date. This soured him beyond measure, and linally, at midnight on the t of March. ls", he emptied the contents of his desk into a red silk bandanna handkerchief, and with his bundle in his hand went to the door, where, as the hands of the clock reached 1-, he shouted, -Mr. Speaker!" The occujiaut of the chair, thinking be wished to record his vote on a question then being taken, said (as was and is the custom): "Was the gentleman within the bar when his name was called f -No, sir!" said Mr. Benton; "I am here. sir! I appear outsido the bar, sir, as on ex-member of congress, to protest 'against" any man call ing my name. If nny clerk calls my name I will suo him, .sir!" "The gentleman from Missouri, said the scaker pro tern., "is out of order." "Yes. sir!" said Mr. Benton, "and if tho sergeant-at-arms attempts to arrest me I will sue him, sir!" Every one expected a scene, but the presid ing officer simply said: "If tho gentleman from Missouri is not a member of tho houo the doorkeeper will keep him ouUide of tho hall!" A roar of laughter greeted this an nouncement, nnd before it bad died away Col. Benton, carrying his bundle, turned his back upon legislation and -left. Ben: Perley Poora in Boston Budget. Practical and Technical Schools. The American workman in ull tho higher departments of the mechanic arts occupies an inferior position to the graduates of tho technical schools and colleges of the conti nent of Europe. Berlin has one such insti tution which has over 1,000 scholars. An other school Ls about to bo added to the nu merous practical and technical schools estab lished by the city of Paris. Next mouth an ecole de mcublemeut will be opened, the ob ject of which is to rear able and skillful workmen who will maintain the artistic tra ditions of the furniture industry in France. Instruction will be given by professors in cabinet making, sculpture, in wood turning, joiners n11 tapestry. There will be classes for geometry, the history of art, techni eology, industrial design, modeling, etc. The period of apprenticeship will lx for four years. Sixty pupils will be "admitted every year, and they will be selected by competitive examination iu French composition mid or-namei-tal design, and must Ikj between 13 and 10 years of age. The New York board of education is talking of setting apart $00,000 annually to teach the children in the public schools the rudiments of the industrial aits. Demorcst's Monthlv. Utah's Wool Product. The number of sheep iu Utah Is placed at 1,100,000 aud the wool product for the last season at 7,000,000 pounds. One of the grow ing industries of the territory is the manu facture of salt For the last year it is esti mated that l."i,0tX) tons have been produced, worth & per tou. Chicago Herald. 2 a year. MIYKRTISK IX THE JOURNAL If you want to well or lmy unythlnan If you want to lend or borrow anytlijiim It' y" want a situation, or It you "wsurtlielp IRISH GIRLS it w National Bank! i OF- COLUMBU8. XVKB. nAs ax i Authorized .Capital of $250,000, A Surplus Fund of - $17,000, And the largest lnil ia Cash Cap ital of any bank in this part of the State. ' tSTDcposits received and interest paid on time deposits. BSTDraftson the principal cities in this country aud Europe bought and sold. tSTCnllcctions and all other business given prompt and careful attention. stockiioi.dki:. A.AXDEKSOX,.f're-f. SAM'L C. S311TII, ViceJ'res't. O.T.KOKX, Cashier. J. P. BKCKEK, ilEI'MAXOEilUtlCH, G.SCiiLTTE, W. A.MoALMSTEi:, ApriS-'SCtf BUSINESS CARDS. D.T. Marty.v, M. D. F. .1. t-ciiui;, M.D. Drs. MARTYN & SCHUG, U. S. Examining Surgeons, Local Surgeons. Uiiion Pacific, O., X. B. II. and 15. ,t M. R. It's. Consultations iu German ami English, telephones at office and residences. SSTOih'ci on Olive street, next to Urod ttuhrer's Jewelry Store. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. U-y W 17" .:oK:-ii:iJi;!i, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Upstairs Ernst building 11th street. Ol'LMVAA cV KCl"ftr'l-r'IC, ATTOJiXXYS AT LA ) t.llicc over First National R.mk, Toliim biis, Xcbraska. ."iil-tf . KYAIVU 31. .. 'I'llYiSlCIAN AND Hl'EGEON. iSTOllici and rooms, ("luck building, lull street, 'telephone communication. lv H ArtEiiro.") .ii-t:.ia.ii. ., J'JIYSICJAN AND SUE G EON, Platte Center, Xcbraska. !'-y H KK.1B A X A'rKH.TI?lT, BLACKSMITH AXD WAGOX MAKER, K.th street, east of Aht's darn. April 7, G-tt D K. .1.4'ftlAN. lVII.-LY, "DEUTSCHE! A RZT, Columbus, Xcbraska. JSTOUiee 11th Mreet. Consultations .! English, French and Germau. JJ-lm T o W : 1. 1, ii v. s a", J'LATTE CENTEJi, NEK. .lust opened. Special attention given to commercial men. Has a good sample rconi. Sets the best tabid Give it a Mini and be convinced. o0-."uio ioii. itjsii";v COUNTY SUnVEYOli. JgfParties desiring surveying done in address lne at Columbus, Neb., or all at my office iu Court House. ."imaj HUy NOTICE TO Tl'At'HI'K.S. W. H. Ted row, Co Supt. 1 will be at my office in the Court House ike third Saturday of each mouth for the fxamiiiation of teachers. "i!l tf I'. F. KI.'Li:, .11. D., HOMCEOPATHIST. Clironic Disease and Diseases oi Children a Specialtv. BSTOtlice on Olive .street, threr doors north ot First National Bunk. J-ly M uAI.IM.STE'S: IIROtt., A TT01WEY8 A T LA W, Office up-stairs iu McAllister's build ing. 11th St. W. A. McAllister, Notary Public. J. M. MACKAULANU, Att::s7clITetr7r5':l i II. It. COWIiKKV, C3l!i:::r LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE OK MACFARIjAND & COWDERT, Columlhs, : : : Nebraska. .ioii.v .. im;r;iN". c. j. ;ai:i.ow. Collection Attorney. HIGGINS & GAEL0W, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAVV, Specialty made of Collections by C. .1. Garlow. 3-t-m "P II. RISCII K, llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel. Sella Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips Blankets. Curry Combs, Brushes, trunks valises, buggy" tops, cushions, carriage trimmings, Ac., at the lowest possible prices. Repairs promptly attended to. S. MURDOCH. & SON, tj Carpenters and Contractors. Havehadan extended experience. and will guarantee satisfaction in work. All kinds of repairing done on short notice. Our motto is, Good work and fair prices. Call and give u an oppor tunitytoestimateYoryou.- "QTShop on 13th St., one door west of Friedhof & Co's. store, Columbus. Nebr. 483-y A. PRIZE. SS Send six cents tor and receive costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away man anyiumg cisc iu mm world. All, of either sex, succeed from first hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the worker., absolutely sure. At once address, Tkux St CO., Bgmsts, Msiae. vu. w . rc.YiJLY, P.AXDKKSOX, G. ANDERSON, UOItERTUlILKJ. i rowiJEi: explosion ni ncuaire, O , killed three men nnd badly injur-, etl two other. Keaewn Mer Mlh. Mr.s. Phoebe Cbesley, Peterson, Clay Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, tbe troth of which is vouched for by tbe residents of the towu : "I ant 73 years old, had beeu troubled with kidney complaint sud lameness for many years ; could sot dress myself without help. Now 1 am free from all pain and soressss and am able to do my own house work. I owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for having reuewed my youth, and recovered completely all disease and pain." Try a bottle, only 50 cents, at Dowty & ileitkemper's. Members of the House for tho Fiftieth Congress will stand 1C8 dem ocrats, 152 republicans, four inde . endents, with ono vacancy (Rhode Island) to be filled by a republican. Voaair Oirlt are at a critical period when they are about maturing and developing into women. Tho lack of watchful care at this time may result in fixing ir regularities upon delicate organs and entailing a loug list of "female weak nesses." All this may be avoided, and tho young woman come through this period clothed in all the beauty and strength of n pcrTectly healthy organization by the aid of D. Pierce "Favorite Prescription." prepared especially for female troubles by one of the most success ful physicians of the day. A man at Kearney, Neb., the other day succeeded iu passing ou tho National bank a check for 403, drawn by Josh Woods of tho Streeter & Woods cattle company. The cashier soon discoverod that tho sig nature was forged. The forger is still at large. WoriMt lhau a I'lre Alurni. Ono of the most dreadful alarms that can be soutn'cd in a mother's oats N produced by croup; dreadful, because it in known to he danger ous ; the more dreadful because tho life of a loved one is in jeopardy. Chamberlain's Cough ltamcdy is a never failing safeguard against this dangerous disease. it? reputatiou ii a preventative and cure lor croup is fully anil firmly established. In fact, it is the only remedy which can always be relied upon. Sold by Dowty & Ileitkemper. Fifteen cars of bullion, amount ing to "?5-l,0CO were shipped the other day from the consolidated California md Virginia mine. This makes 1-1-10,000 shipped from this mine since November. A UiU lui-All-in order to give all a chance to test it, and thus be convinced of its wonderful curathe poweis. Dr. King's New Discovery tor Con sumption, Coughs and Cold:", will be for a limited time, given away. This offer is not only liberal, but shows unbounded faith in the merits of this great remedy. All who sutler from Coughs, Colds, Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any affection of the Throat, Chest or Lungs, are especially requested to.call at Dowly & Heitkempcr's drug store, and get a tiial bottle free, large bottles $1. Itch, Prairie Mange, aud Scratches of every kind cured in '10 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Uoe no other. This never fails. Sold by 0. 11. Stillman, druggist, Columbus. Mrs. Klizametii Wokuen, of Sl Joseph, Mo., was found dead in her bed tho other morning at the resi dence of her sou, "W. R. Wordeu. She was about sixty jeara old, aid had not been well for wine days. KiiMtell Sage is a well known operator in Wall street, who is generally considered as "up to puuff." Uenee, it may have been quite natural that a conntrymui who reads the papers, recently called at his oflicc aud asked for a package of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. II discovered his mistake in the article called for. This remedy, when ap plied with Dr. Pierce's "Nasal Douche," will surely and rapidly eradicate the most aggravated ca e of catarrh, with all its unpleasant and dangerous accompaniments. The report that the French trans port Chauderneger was lost with 1200 troop aboard, is a mistake, having safely arrived in port. Fifty Oal Is the price of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, the pafest and bef-t Cough Medicine in the market. Sold by Dowty & Ileitkemper. Ed. Skaoos has been indicted by the graud jury of Pierce county, for murder in tho first decree. !""u'Tteu A ri; ii W.iSv-. The Ucsi Stive in :i." w..h! for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. U"e--', S-ilt Rheum, Fever Sores, Totter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, .and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is gs;ar anteed to ivj perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Foi Sale by Dowty & Ileit kemper. mayl7-ly Moves In the highest circled St torn. tev. - -t
