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atum&us Journal WEDNESDAY, -MARCH 10, 15S7. Entered at tic F:stc5:o, Celsatu.Ket.. a::e:ni eliii satter. Fremont factory. is trying for a starch 2Jn. Langfoud of Tckamah has become owner of a cow weighing 2G0O. Five hundred miners in the She nango Valley, Pa., went out on a strike last week. Veuv dry weather and consider able suffering and anxiety in regard to it all, in many parts of Texas. Rev. David Makquette was elected president of Central College at Contra! City last Wednesday. An inquest at New Brunswick, N. J., revealed the fact that Robert and Cornelia Denmead died of starvation. Last week's bank statement in New York shows that they hold $7, 99S.000 in excess of legal require ments. A movement is on loot in tho Il linois Legislature for the purchase b3' tho State of the Lincoln home stead. Last week's hank .statement in New York City chows that they hold $9,0SS,C00 in excess of leyal require ments. Three cents a mile is now the rate for transportation of passengers on any railroad in any part of Ne braska. It is stated that Indians recently murdered a ranchman named ReaveB in the Superstition Mountain?, Arizona. Lucy Parsons, the anarchist lec turer, so abused the Mayor of Co lumbus, O., the other day that he had her locked up. York, Fairbury, Tobias and Exeter are all jubilant in obtaining bonds to aid in building the Kansas City and Omaha railroad. On Monday an attempt on the lives of the Czar and Czarina of Russia, with dynamite bombs, failed. The leader of the plot was arrested. Among the recent news is the re port of the burning of two business blocks in Walla Walla, W. T. Two men were burned to death, and the loss will reach $125,000. W. C. Hickman is charged with swindling several Boston capitalists out of large sums of money ranging from 30,000 to f0,000; he has skipped out to Canada. Many of the trade dollars pre sented for redemption at New York have been very skilfully split and filled so as to make it almost impos sible to detect the fraud. Twenty-virst annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association will be held at Lincoln, March 29, 30 and :l. Institute work, and other timely and interesting subjects will be dis cussed. Acting Secretary Fairchilds, of Washington City, has made arrange ments for the redemption of trade dollars at nil Mib-treasuries. Thi? will include the treasury at Wash ington. The dailies of yesterday report four cars of a heavily loaded passen ger train on the Boston and Provi dence railroad between Roslyndale and Forestvillc going down through a bridge, killing thirty persons in stantly and injuring many others. It is not known just now what railroads intend doing in regard to freight-, etc. They had better make rates reasonable, uniform and stick to them. It is stated that the roads leading from Chicago are cutting on all classes of freight to Omaha and Council Bluffs. A most fearful and disastrous wind and hail storm visited a portion of Bradley county, Ark.,"the other day. Tho storm blew down houses and barns, and ruined a number of plan tations. Several persons were in jured, two mortally. The convict contract bill passed by the legi-lature, and eigucd by tho governor, is almost universally con demned bj the press of the 6tate. The contract made with Stout, is, by this bill, extended ten years from the 1st of October, 1SS9. There is considerable excitement stirred up by a report that the man Fleck, who accidentally shot himself the other day at Sioux City, Iowa, has made a dying confession that he is the man who shot and killed the R.-v. Geo C. Haddock. F. D. lloLMXGSWoKTH's ?ale and feed stable at Hastings, which con tained a lame amount of hay, took fire the other day. There were about twenty head of horses in the barn, nine of which were roasted in the flames. The loss is about $5,000. It is reported from Youugstown, that the road brakemen on the Ma honing division running through freight from here to Cleveland, struck the other morning and joined the yardmen, which closes freight trains between Youngstown and Cleveland over the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio road. With a number of railroads Schuy ler will lose much of its retail trade. If she enjoys the business boom of the present and what she has had in the past, it must be partly done in a slightly different manner. We must do some kind of manufacturing and carry on a wholesale trade. Quill. Sheriff Mattson, of Chicago, has granted tho request of a friend of Oscar Neebe, the anarchist, that he will be permitted to attend the funeral of his wife, who died from apoplexy tbe other day. It seems that civil position has not yet taken away the heart of tbe sheriff. IVow is the Time. The inter-stato commerce law un der which the country will soon be working is, wc believe, the begin ning of that new order of things which the West ha3 been working for, and in which her growing inter ests will receive more attention than they have horcfofore done at the hands of the nation. Up to date, the Eet, with its old establishments, in trade and manufacture, has had tho upper hand, so to speak, in business. All the channels of commerce have run or have been ruu mainly in her favor, and such will still, to a certain extent doubtless, be the case, but we think the turning point has been reached, and wo look to see from this on, a better Btate of affairs con cerning the west halt the Union. The patriotic citizen wishes to aee all sections of his country prosper, and the same sentimont animates when he is loath to see any part suffer un justly that another may reap unde served advantages. The problem of the dealer is to buy commodities where they are abund ant, and sell them where they are needed. The commercial problem of the statesman is to so mould public opin ion as, by laws and by usage, through principle and through profit, to se em e the closest proximity, in time or space, of producer and consumer; treeless plains should he brought near (in expense at least) to the dense foreBls; coal-less regions should be provided with fuel, at the lowest possible cost ; the regions which pro duce tho necessaries of life in super abundance, should be allowed a fair percentage of profit on their invest ments, and so on. Heretofore, the country has been dominated by the great railroad mo nopolies of the land ; heretofore, they have literally compelled every other business to pay tribute to them. It is to bo hoped that the new law, if good men are selected to enforce it, will work a radical change, in which case the west will undoubtedly seo more man ufactures instituted; and when in stituted, they will undoubtedly flourish, as the demand for man ufactured goods will be literally a home demand. This era, just dawning for tho west, ought to be improved by every com munity with ready means to enter into profitable manufacturing un dertakings. Without returning to conscious ness, the great mau and minister Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, peacefully and quietly passed away in tranquil slumber to his eternal rest, and was reported dead " March Sth, 9 :J5 a. m. He began to sink slowly after midnight and the watcherB at his bedside booh saw that the end was near. He passed away quietly while asleep, never having recovered consiousncsB after being stricken by paralysis, -nhich affected his mind. No crape was hung on the door, Mr. Beecher having always objected to the use ot this and gloom associated with the presence of death. Instead, a magnificent wreath of flowers hung lrcm the left side of the door way, composed ol white and red roses and lillies of the valley, tied with white satin. Ab a mark of respect to his memory flags on all public build ings were pluced at half mast and the bell of the city hall was tolled. President Cleveland sent to Mrs. Beecher his heartfelt sympathy in this hour of bereavement. The Meth othidst ministers of Chicago are re ported as holding a meeting aud adopting by a unanimous vote the following resolution, which gives ex pression to a- sympathy geuerall felt throughout the country . Resolved, That we learned with re- gie-t and sorrow of tho tllliction which has fallen upon the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and that our hearts go out with sympathy and prayer for the great preacher, his family and his congregation and .chuich in general. Members of the family were gathered in the front parlor tonight and received their friends until 9 o'clock, when the hcut-c was closed for the night. Mrs. Beecher bear up wonderfully under her heavy affliction. She is quite culm and composed. It was an nounced that the funeral would take place in Greenwood last Thursday. Wm. F. Ccuy (Buffalo Bill) was in Omaha one morning last week, hav ing come direct from New York, and intended to leave the same even ing for his home at North Platte, where ho will srranec his business matte: s, and get ready to leave for England April 1st with his great "Wild West" phow. Steamship Ne biiiska, of iho State Line, will trans pott the (-how to Europe. It will carry 250 people and as many animals, and all their fixings used in New York. Mr. Cody says they expect to give their first performance in London, May 23d. The grounds are selected at Earlscourt, South Ken sington, and the "Wild West" will be given in connection with the Ameri can Exposition. Twenty-three acres are embraced in the grounds, seven of which will be used by the "Wild West." 'I he grand Maud will ac commodate 50,000 people, and the track will be three-quarters of a mile in circumference. It is stated that fourteen hundred trains will arrive and depart every day. The grounds are pretty central to a population of a city of four millions of inhabitants. The chamber of deputies at The Hague, settles the Dutch line of suc cession by a vote of 43 against 28, approving thc law regulating suc cession to the throne. The law pro vides that if the direct line fails, tbe succession falls first upon Sofia. gl8tcr of he K 6ecoud, thc deecendant of Mariane, daughter of thc late King; thirdly, upon the descendants of the late Queen Louise, of Sweden ; fourthly, upon Princess Marie of Weide. fteecker In Dead. Henry Ward Beecber is no more. Plymouth church is without a pastor. The most eloquent lips which have spoken to men in this generation are silent and cold. Forgotten now are his few faults. Remembered and treasured are those attributes of greatness which lifted the dead preacher high above his fellows. As the Rev. T. DeWItt Ta linage paid : :,We shall never see his like again. Who but Beecher could have led pulpit thought so grandly when to give aid and com fort to a runaway slave was to per form an 'uncouHtitutional'act? Who hut Beecher could have written such a funeral dirge as Tho Wreck of the Arctic?" Who bnt Beecher would have dared to glorify John Brown among the confederate sympathizers of England? Who save Beecher could have lived down such calumny ? Fifty years a preacher; forty years the greatest preacher in the world surely this record must measure the limit of human ambition and attain ment. Throughout the world there are millions of sorrowing hearts today because Beecher is dead." Chicago Mail. Mas. William Rector, living near Norden, Neb., having been sick for some time and attended by two physicians, told her husband that the Lord had appeared to her the night, bo l ore and commanded her to go to a "buffalo wallow" near the bouse and drink some of the water out of it, promising if she did she would be completely cured. One of the conditions was that she should go alone and without assistance. By a desperate effort she succeeded in reaching the pool, and after taking a good drink, declared she was healed. Her husband says these are the facts of the case, and it looks to him as though this part of Nebraska has opened direct communication with the Heavenly Host. Constable Logan, of Des Moines, Iowa, went the other evening into the wholesale drug house of Hubert Hess & Co., to make an arrest of a driver for the delivery of liquor, without a permit. He refused to say whether he had a warrant for the arrest or not, and while engaged in conversation with the employes, drew a revolver and commenced firing. James Rowe, one of the em ployes, returned tbe fire, shooting Logan through tho breast, killing him. This statement is contradicted by the facts adduced on inquest, which showed that Logan's pistol had not been fired at all. Representative Sullivan's bridge bill, providing that all bridges of the length of 500 feet and over should be constructed by the county, in counties under township organi zation, passed the House of repre sentatives some time since with an amendment making the bridges CO feet in length, or costing $400. Go ing to the Senate last week, it was approved with an amendment that the county build all bridges, thus placing counties under township organiza tion on an equality with other coun ties in this respect. Dr. Mohin, a French physician has grubbed up some fossil facts about intemperance. In Athens, be Bays, Solou doomed tbe drunken Archon to death. In Sparta, Lycurgus or dered the vines rooted up. At Mitylene, Pittacus put two penalties on crimes committed by men in liquor, one for the crime, the other for the drunkenness. In Republican Rome no one under thirty was al lowed to drink wine. In Russia, any one found on the highway is made to sweep the streets. In Sweden tbe food of a drunkard is soaked in al cohol till be loaths it. .Ex. A terrible accident occurred in New York the other morning on the elevated road, by which fire caused a blockade, and parties in trying to make their escape to tbe Btation on the foot path were dashed to tbe pavement below and seven persons reported killed and seventeen others badly injured. The fire which caused tbe blockade originated in the tailor ing establishment of "Nichol, tbe tailor," and spread to twenty ad joining buildings. Firemen had difficulty in putting it out. The damage aggregated $100,000. Otto Magenau in Fremont Tribune: I bave more than once said, aud as often been laughed at, that the best way to grade a street is to have it lowest in tbe center and raised at thc sides. In this way the water tuns off without getting into the basement. It also prevents puddles of mud and water from col lecting near tbe sidewalks where bitched horses can splash it all over pedestrians as they pass and onto tbe sidewalks and store fronts. I be lieve my theory for grading is tbe best one. Heary Ward Beecaer's Faae 1. New York, March 12. The re mains of tbe late Henry Ward Beecher were taken from Plymouth church at 8 :30 this morning and con veyed to Greenwood cemetery where they were deposited in the receiving vault to remain until tbe family select a lot for final interment. Tbe church was guarded all night by Plymouth Company G. Only tbe family and close personal friends of tbe deceased went ont to the ceme tery. The store of Moore Bros, at Strat ton, Neb,, was entered the ' other night by a burglar. A party started in search of the burglar and came up with him at Benkelmao, Neb. He wears a bat, full suit of clothes and a pair of shoes which were taken from the store. Besides these he secured about $10 in cash and a dozen silk handkerchief!. An imitation of Sam Jones has been holding religious meetings in Denver. Among some of his dog matic sayings are the following: "No man who wears tight pants can be a christian, and no woman who pays $4 for an eight-button pair of kid gloves can ever enter the king dom of heaven. I see you girls are inclined to kick at that, but I dou't care. Hell is full of people who kick at the truth." It may be very ques tionable whether any eeunine re ligious feelings ever accompany enrli language as this queer diviue makes ut-e of. The dynamite works ot Mrs. Mary A. Ditmar, at Bay Chester, on Long Island Sound, blew up 'for the fi:th time the other day, killing one man and leveling the building to the ground. The site of the building is marked by a hole about ten feet deep and twenty in diameter. The deto nation was heard twenty-five miles. The shock was felt in all surround ing villages and the people ran out of their homes in a panic, thinking it an earthquake. Windows were broken nearly a mile away. Bernard Doran, an expressman of Omaha, on last Tuesday, met with a serious accident while removing some goods from an upper floor of the building at Omaha, occupied by Uberlelder & Co. The large wheel which operates tbe elevator became loosened, and tbe elevator fell to the basement, carrying Doran down with it; as he fell across tbe beam the wheel struck him, mangling both legs, necessitating amputation. Every public school should have in connection a good live Iyceum. Stuffing young brains with book "Iarnin" is all very well, but it should be accompanied by a liberal amount of practice in speaking and writing. There is no skill which will come in play to better advantage in life than that of tbe use of words either by tongue or pen. Have a Iyceum by all means. Ord Quiz. Articles of incorporation were filed tbe other day in the office of the Secretary of State at Lincoln for the construction and operating a railroad to be known by the name of the Lin coln Belt Railway Company, said railway in a general way to form a circular or belt line around the busi ness portion of the city of Lincoln, with branches therefrom as may be deemed convenient and necessarv. A shock of earthquake was report ed one day last week at Mentnne, which is said to be the most violent of any that have occurred since February. The walls of many houses were cracked and mirrors, glassware, etc., were smashed. At Monte Carlo the shock caused a panic in the gambling rooraB. Tho tables shook violently and the players fled in dis may. At Homer, Neb., the other night Clinton F. Norris, a harness maker, was shot on the street through the heart and instantly killed by New ton Purdy, a "squaw" man, who re sides on the Winnebago and Omaha reservation. Tbe trouble grew out of some gambling milter, in which Purdy claims to have been the victim. Patents granted to citizens of Ne braska during the past week, and re ported expressly for the Journal by C. A. Snow & Co.. patent law vers. opposite U. s. patent office, Washing ton, D. C. J. W. Boyd and G. W. Hurlbutt, Cbadron, cartridge imple ment; A. Minnick, Falls City, safe tallying pool rack. John Pratt, of Omaha, aged about 70 years, was missed the other day from a south-bound Missouri Pa cific passenger car and has not yet been found. This happened at Pilot Point, Texas, Bince which time he has not been heard from. The permanent location of the state fair for Illinois, has been made at Springfield. Wakiaetoa letter. (From our regular correspondent.) Tbe marble balls of thc Capitol are deserted. Tho 49th Congress has passed into history. Whatever may be said of the quality of its work, it is a fact that no previous Congress has equaled in the amount of work accomplished. It has presented more measures, passed more bills, and had more bills vetoed than auy other Congress in tbe history ot the couutry. Among the important bills passed by the present Congress are tbe Interstate Commerce bi II, the Electoral Count bill, tbe Presidential Succession bill, Mexican Pension, granting land in severalty to Indiaus, Canadian Fishery retaliation bill, a bill repealing tbe Tenure of Office Act, and one for tbe increase of tbe Navy, Congress failed to revise tbe tariff and to reduce tbe war taxes, which are now pouring $100,000,000 annually into the treasury in excess of tbe legitimate needs of the government. It is this great surplus fund that has invited the rapacious raids upon the treasury that bave been made during tbe past four years, and tbe past Congress was elected to prevent this surplus by reducing taxes. To con tinue this onerous and useless tax ation is a neglect of duty so great as to almost effaco tbe good which tbe past Congress has done. The radical cure for such a state of affairs as seen during tbe closing nonrs or Congress cannot be found by simply putting a different Repre sentative at the head of the Commit tee on Appropriations. Neither would it be cured by distributing all appopriations among separate committees. The real trouble about our system of legislation is that there is no head upon which tbe responsi bility of failure can be visited. When congress uoes not ao us uuty, or perform! iti functions badly, it ig1 only the e.-utiiry that piifler'. When good Icgishiti.'.n U enacted the coun try is hem titeri, hut the party and men whose efficient wotk has passed the bill are not rewarded. What we ueed is a Cubine! repponsibjo for legislation. A constitutional amend ment requiiipg member of tl p Pres ident' Cabinet to lu nifiuhere of one or the other H.'.uec ot Congress, would do mom than hov other mea-ure to hri order out of our legislative nhr.Od Thin U the "real iHii:i !ii'h Mould Kiiny tie Ex ecutive tiiul Lc, isimiw b'8mhe of our i.y. i nim-iii into ItHrmnuy and facilitate the VM.ik ot both. 1'hc-ra is no new Cabinet Minister this j ear. The bill to crente a depart ment of Agriculture and Labor fail ed to become a hiw, but such a guard ian of the interests mentioned is de manded, aud tbe measure will no doubt be matnred next winter. It would seem, however, that such a de partment should be called the De partment of Industry, as that name would be inclusive and comprehen sive, capable of sheltering all inter ests that et need a representative in the President's official family. Some idea of the manner in which the 49th Congress wound up its work ma hp found in the declara tion o: a member of long existence, that the fact was that one quarter of the legislation ot the session bad been enacted in the In', few legislative das. BeecherS Funeral. Thn following account of the fu neral was sent to thc country under datts of March 11th. ''All Brooklyn was in mourning today over the death of Henry Ward Beecher. Pub lic office were closed, business en tirely suspended aud memorial ser vices were held in a large number of church. The vicinity of Plymouth church was crowded with members of company "G," Thirteenth regimeut of which Beecher was chaplain, were stationed at the door of the church.and on n j was allowed to ent r without a ticket. While thc vast crowd of people gathered outside of the church, the lady members ot thc congregation were working within. The whole interior was turned into a flower gaideu, and flagrant per fume ot rehPs pervaded the air. Tbe facade o' the gallery was covered with potted plants. The pulpit was loaded with flowers and floral em bleiiH nfiit by friends and different organi.ttioi!-. The casket was placed on a -ataialqui of white roses, and white carnation, and while rtnilnv, and dinctlv in ftont ot t..e lending desk. Not a vestige of the black covering ot the casket could be seen. There was nothing to indicate the presence ot death except tho stillness which pervaded tbe room aud the hushed conversation of the mourners. It was nearly ten o'clock when the doors were thrown open and those who had been waiting without for nearly three hours were allowed to enter. In the first four seats to the right of tbo center aisle, pews were reserved for the relatives of the de ceased. Mr. Beecher's family was not present, and the family pew was filled with flowers. Mrs. Beecber was in the church a few minutes be fore the doors were opened, but left with her eons before tbe crowd en tered. Behind the pews reserved for the family were seated the officers of the Thirteenth regiment, and then came members of tbe legislative com mittee. Behind these were delegates from nearly every social, political or religious organization in New York or Brooklyn. There was also a delegation of the Colored Minis ter's Association present. At 10:30 Rev. Dr. Hall, accompa nied by Rev. S. B. Halliday, com menced to read the opening services of the Protestant Episcopal burial service, which was followed by in strumental and vocal music. After tbe conclusion of the oration by Dr. Hall tbe public was admitted to view the body. The line of people wait ing to view the remains was nearly a quarter of a mile long. It is estimat ed that fully 25,000 peoplo attended tho services in the various churches and fully twice the number wero gathered in the street in the neigh borhood of Plymouth church." .ACaiBMt SubmiMNlon The Rec ord. House roll to amend the constitution prohibiting the sale or manufacture of malt, spirituous or vinous liquors, was placed upon U tinal passage. A eall of tbe house was demanded before the vote was taken. Tyson was thc onlv member brought in by thc Sergeant at Arms. After the roll was called the prohibi tionists saw that they were defeated by a vote of 49 to 44, and Pcmherton imme diately moved lhat the bill be recom mitted. Smythe arose to a point of order to the effect that at this staxe it could not be recommitted. He was sustained by the chair. J Kenny appealed from the decision of the chair, but without avail. Those votin-' iu the affirmative were: " Abrahaiason, Agee, Aiken, Alexander, Andrews, Babcoek, Bailey, Baird, Ball lard, Brown, Cameron, Cannon, Cole Craig, Crane, Dempster, Diller, Eir-'Ies-ton, Fenton, Fox, Fuller, Green, jforst. -.,..., xcuiucuuu, areier.s, oaicuei. snainn. sminke. sn von u.. . ' Thornton, Timjle, Truesdell, Underbill ' Wetherall, Wilson, Wr!Sht,,Yuuy,Mr. Speaker. ' Aegauve-Andres, Bentlcy. Bkk.Bow. an. Caldwell. DA-Pmnn fci.i 'um KK! KnoWS; jiaiimekon, aicKenua, Overton. RaT: monu, mer, Kussell, Schwab, Simms, Slater, Smyth, Tracy, Turner, Tyson each, Wardlaw. WatHnn wri.i.. u-i.:.' man, Wilhelmsen, AVilsey, Wolenweber Absent Barrett. fvm r nni c.n: Underbill, Wright. ' "",",a"' Or Kepublicans who voted against it tlBley explained that he did so because the Prohibitionists in his county had helped the Democrats. Gafford believed the present law the best iu the Union; that it was to pro tit " in is lanes oi oilier states, and ta a prohibition changed the liquor tratlic lrom saloons to drug stores and club rooms, and induced more drunkenness because stronger liquor-; were the styles used. Keifer believed it was tbe initiation of a movement to commit murder on the reserved rights of the people. Andres claimed that prohibition does not prohibit; that it was a detriment to the best interests of the State; was sen timental legislation, aud would wipe out millions of capital by whicti hundreds of people working in the breweries earned their liveUhooa.Omaiaepu6fican. .McCann, McConaugy, McGrew, -Miller, Mannix, :Newcomer, Newton, Nichol Kandall. man, Caldwell, Dickerman, Eisley, Ellis twing, Frantz, Fuchs, GatTord, Gamble' Garvey. Gilmore. Harris., ' E. "i ' .' ien. Logan' Nccond Wool. (Jeueral Logan at the time of bi3 death had completed hi? second book, "Tho Volunteer Soldier of America," and it was ready 'or the printer. So soon as it was generally known that it wa in existence, publishers from all parts of Mm country wrote to Mrs. Logan mskiiig c!J.-r? tor its puon c.tion. Not k tew called in person and ned their UetX influence to get the work into which it wm under stood th-tt thn dfnd hero had pu: fO iittit-h thought an J afrfjigfh and af fection, it was his Ut and be-t tribute to the o:m he loved mc-.t-the volunteer o!dier. From Phila delphia, New York and Chicago came publishers urging their special advantages, and pleading tor the op portunity to sell the book of the hour. .Mrs. Logan, eager and aux ious to do the best thing for the book's future, talked with her friends aud compared the offers of thc va rious publishers. It transpires that an enterprising Chicago publisher, Mr R. S. Peale,.has secured the prize, and has given to Mjs Logan the same terms Gen. Grant received for his Memoirs. Mr. Penle is of the firm of R S Pe.-tle & Co , ot Wibab avenue; he is a young mail of push aud sagacity, and his triumph over the be?t known publishers in tne United Slates is a matter of congrat ulation to the Chicago public. Mrs. Logan favored his offer because she preferred the book should be publish ed in Chicago, and aNo from the iact that Mr. I'aie controls the larg est subscription orgtnizttion in the country. The work is destined to have a notable fame. It is a history of military education in this country, exhaustive and remarkable. General Logan has reared his lasting monu ment in this effort for the beloved volunteer soldier. It will raise the prestige ot the citizen soldier" to the higher plaue where General Logan alua? insisted his pedestal should be. It is to be illustrated in the full seusp'of that term, and will contain many pictorial reminiscences of his torical battle fields. Mrs. Logan's interests are well cared for in the contract. She receives two-thirds of tho profits of the book, and will he protected iu every respect. The man uscript gives every evidence of the most careful preparation, and it would seem that (Jeneral Logan must have had some knowledge of the fict that he wan doing his last service tor the soldiers when he wrote ft is wonderful story of valor and fortitude and heroism. BttifiAiMKt: Gknfkai, finF.Ei.v has received his commission as chief of l he signal service. One hundred and fifty portraits of the leading men of the world, with complete Biographical sketches. "We have just received from tho National Republican, Washington, D. C , a handsomely illustrated editinu, con sisting of eighteen pages and contain ing over one huudred aud fifty por traits of Senators, Congressmen and Governors; the President and his Cabinet and many of the Foreign Legations. This edition is the first of the kind ever published, and is certainly one that should be read by all. Send 10 cents to National lie jtuhlican, Washington, D. C. A salary appropriation bill nassed the Nebraska House the other da. For weak lungs, spitting of blood, weak stomach, night sweats, and the early stages of Consumption, "Gold en Medical Discovery" is specific. By druggists. A Board of Trade has recently been organized at Hastings. Smnkennrs, or Liquor Hiblt, can be Cured bj Auminuiering Ur. HIucV Golden Specific. It can he given in a cup of coffee or tea without the knowledge of .the person takinor it. Ptree.tincr a speedy and permanent care, whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunkards have been made temperate men who have taken -lie Golden Specific in their coffee without their knowledge, and to-day believe they quit drinking of their own free will. No harmful eflect re sults from its administration. Cures guaranteed. Send for circular and full particulars. Address in confi dence Golden- Specific Co., 185 Race bt. Cincinnati, O. janl2-y The Lauer case is on trial again at Omaba. Catarrh Cured. Dawso.v, Ga., Dec. 7, 18SC. For fully nine yearn I Lad catarrh. For five years I bad it in the very worat form, bow obnoxions that ia I need not recount. I waa under treat ment of one of the most celebrated eye, ear and throat physicians in the United Slates, but he was unable to do me any good. In despair, I re sorted to patent medicines that I saw advertised, but of no avail. Finally, about six months ago I began to take S. S. S. in 6heer desperation, but with little hope and no faith in it. Bat today I am comparatively well ; in deed, I have been so benefitted by the S. S. S.that.skeptical of its merits, I am coupelled by the benefit I have derived lrom it, to testify to its un questioned curative powers iu catarrh cases. Tho best compliment I can pay it is that I bavo recently recom mended it to a number of my warm est personal friends. Mrs. E. C. Kexdrick. Blood PoImoh. Waco, Texas, Oct. 10, 18SC. To tbe Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga Gentlemen: I an an employee of Messrs. Cameron, Castle & Story, the ereat drue firm of Waco. Texas. I used two bottles of your S. S. S. for a bad case of blood poison, and Ilic medicine cored me completely. T. L. Deckamd, (Colored.) Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed free. The Swift's Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. EENST & MANUKACTUKEKS AND DKr.EKS I :.H aaTVar?fl3Rx B v yiaw ' tamalu II V a ? '' v -i $bV& asaa a m vf9v svjaaBBflBBaaaaaBjBSBBaaaav. !-?. SUPERB LAMP FILLER AND COAL OIL CAN COMBINED -. - , . cr.-. I r...,l (.11... i IPS iv nipn ir.r -i .-i - , ui'.i .J. ., - It embodie IfUiv... .-.-. - ---. . ,, thf- Minple.-t principles in ra. No danger ot explosion. Lamp Fillers. .NoU:U!;i'roie.)iuMuu w:itiiijror urippingoi wiiuu i.vw. , ........ -. -""--,..--,-- - - " ami will not be without it for hve tune u ee sample can ami get price?. BAKER PERFECT If von huv it vou g et 10 rods of one, thereby -avintr the frequent aud annoying trips to the -tore with i -miue.. Ewrv ean made of the very !e-t tin, and warranted to work Sdti-factoruv i ,u B&KBaaaaflBaEBBla55 :i2g:ri''iXl!gy:i'.yaw " '" " mmj' rr-Ti rraycj- We have made arrangements to fur nish to the subscribers of this p:pei; that excellent ngrirultural and .-toek ! journal, The X bruska Farmer, for the! small sum of $1.00 per year. The Farmer is published at Lincoln, Neb., O. M. Druse, Editor, :md is devoted to j agriculture and Mock growing in the , west. Every fanner houId take it-1 Send $1.00 to this- omVe and we wjtl have the Farmer sent to vou Notice of Chattel Mortgage Sale "VTOTICE i- hereby -rie. that by virtue 11 of a chattel iiiortiinue. dtteii on the Sit day of Xo emb-r, l-5.", tor the -tun of $12.1.0O, ith inteie-t at the rite of I'l .-r cent, per annum ami duly til.-il in t lis- ofliee of the ninit I lerk u( I'lattt i-oiiti- ty. etra, on tlie4tu u.iy ot rsovember. I'-Ki, and executed b FredriVK Anson to S. .1. Wheeler ami G.'W. Kibler. Default h:niii; bepn made in tne payment of .iitt i "inn, according to the proiion of -nil j mortgage, and no suit or other proofed- I nig at law Having been executed to recover said debt or any part thereof, therefore, I will -ell the property therein described, to wit: One pair bay horse about nine year- Md, weight about one thou-and pound- t-.o-h. Vi'ill -ell at the farm of (J. W. Kibler, Creton town-hip, Platte county, Nebra-ka. on Anril lt. l.T, at 10 oVIoi-f.. a. m. -. .1. Whkhler and LEGAL NOTICE. To Alice Hurley, non-resident: You are hereby notified that on the 14th day of March, 17. .lohn C. Hurley tiled a petition agahm you in the district court of Platte county, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which i- to obtain a divorce from you on the ground that you have wilfully abandoned the plaitititt without good"eau-e for the term of two years la-t pjt. Vou are required to answer said petitiou on or before .Monday, the 2Tich day ot April, lvsT, or -aid peti tion will be taken as true. John C. Hcrlkv. l'lfff. By McAllister Bros.. his Attorneys. 10mar4t Henry Ragatz 2Z CO., Have a Fine Line of Staple and Fancv GROCERIES, CROCKERY, AND GLASSWARE, Which were bought cheap for eab, and will be sold at very low prices. Nth Street, Columbus, Nebraska. .NOV. IU-tt JACOB SCHfiAM, DICAI.KK IX( DRY GOODS! Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps, FUSNU GOODS AND NOTIONS LOW PltlCKS FOR CASH. rM-tt GRASS SEEDS ! ! Timothy, Clover, Red Top, Blue Grass, etc., AT HERIMOEHLRICHiBRO'S. W Feb. 7-4mo M SCHWAB i rtlinP!,-and Sinmlieitr. jmnn. ,. . . ' pniltnopbv nnd taues the rani, iw Absolute -.itety guaranteed. V mi - . nu-u. . -.. ,u;mu. -" smiiia, cun. ji .miscrail, Jlftl.lh, Ha Oili SSI HBM GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES AL.W AVs KOK 3ALK it BIST k SHIffln STEEL BARB TOR fence from 10-) pounds of wire, wuich no otner win ao. ERNST & SCHWARZ. H-it COLUMBUS Roller Mills! S52EGBIP. SE01, tavistc?;. I ' i ' j j M-iNUr-iCTURKK: OF "PlrilTr Poorl ' x 1UU1 x reu Bran, Shorts And Meal, iN'D DEALERS IX All Kinds s Grain. OUU FLOUR BRAND "WAY UP," Patent, "IMPERIAL," "BIG 4," "SPREAD EAGLE." We uuarantee our flour to be equal tu any tlour manufactured in the state. "We call the attention of the public ta the fact that we make a speeialtv of ex ehaiurinsc tlour, bran and short- for wheat. as good tlour and a much of it i any other mill in thi- part of the -tate al-othe exchange of corn meal for.ora. we have put in special machinerv for grinding rye ilour and buckwheat rto'ir. ST Satisfaction guaranteed. Vlei,t U'lve us a call. 24-Feb-W W. T. RICKLY & BRO. Whole-ale and Retail Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats. GAME. POULTRY, And Fresh Fish. All Kiutls ot'Sansage a Specialty. i . ISrCa h paid for Hides. Pelts Tniinw. Highest market price paid for fat cattb Olive Street, second door north ot Tirst National Bank. at-tt THE WEEKLY STATE JDDBHL AND COLUMBUS J0UHNAL Both papers, one year STKICTLV IX ADVANCE, $2.75. Call at this office and see a specimen of the Weekly State Journal, printed Jt Lincoln, but containing new from ee-j part of the state. Thi N a ir'ut cp-poi-nmity to e-ureone of the r "-! ireiier-il weekly newspaper in thf et AM IMlili's sent by u- to the 'i Journal prior to .Ian. Nt 7. wui ' supplied lrom date of receipt to th-- && ot lv,retf. j,Nu Meat Market, C E. MORSE, Proprietor. Keeps on band best quality of freh and Milt meats Poultry, Vegetables, . CASH PAID FOR HIDES, Olive St., one door north of post-office. 22Sept. tf SENB THE MIMES ami AONESSES t OF YOM FIIEMS IN THE EAST Xotbe anderalgaed. aad he will mIlthei copy or the M. M. K. K. Pamphlet d--Knptiveof the BROKEN BOW-COUNTRY, together with a large map of Nbrk- P. S. EUSTIS, mm Cen'l hn. ud Ticket Igt. a i I. L L, OMAHA, lt.