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i l I i y i ! ? II crlumbixs g0urnal. Entered at the Port-office, Columbus, Neb., as second-class mail matter. M. IBSCED KTEBY WEDNESDAY BT K. TURNER & CO. Columbus, Nol. TEKXH OP subscription: One year, by mall, portage prepaid,. Uiz months. Three month Pa able in Advance. xySpecimen copies mailed free, on application. ...$2.00 ... LOO ... .50 TO HUBHCBIBEBS. When subscribers change tlieir place of resi dence tbey should at once notify na by letter or postal card, giving both their former and their present post-office, the first enable as to readily 2nd the name on oar mailins list, from which, being in type, we each week print, either on the wrapper or on the margin, of your Journal, the date to which your subscription is paid or ac counted for. Uemittances should lie made either by money-order, registered letter or draft, pa) able To the order of H.K. TtJHNEH & CO. TO COBKESPOKDEXTH. All communications, to secure attention, must lie accompanied by the full name of the writer. We reserve the right to reject any manuscript, and cannot agree to return Uie same. We desire a correspondent in every school-district of Platte county, one of good judgment, and re liable in every way. Write plainly, each item separately. Givens facta. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 18S7. Coaiing Event. Omaha Fair, Sept. 510. Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, Sept. 9-1C. President Cleveland has declined to attend a stock breeders' liamiuet in Chicago in Nov. The building used as headquarters of the Salvation Army in London, was re IKirted on fire the lfith inst. TnE bill in the Pennsylvania legisla ture to carry out the death sentence by electricity was lost on third reading. Since the dust storm in the vicinity of Red Willow, Neb., nice rains have fallen, driving away all fears of drouth at present. Miih. Sauaii . Howe, of Boston, and of Woman's Bank fame, is reported to have absconded with $50,(100 of the de positors' money. It is stated at Tangiers that the sul tan of Morocco has prohibited the im portation in any form of American to bacco into Morocco. Nebraska. As we write this paragraph, Tuesday, 2 p. m., a steady, pouring rain is falling, the air being surcharged with , moisture which has been accumulating for days. Earlier in the season, farmers were more or less apprehensive of dry weath er, seeing that Texas, away to the south of us, was suffering from drouth, and that off to the southwest, whence comes considerable of our summer weather, Ihe prospect was anything but favor able. When j'ou come to think of it, man's faith in the elemental power for good is almost unbounded, and this faith is plainly evident all over Nebraska. The seed time came, and promptly the thousands of sovereign Nebraska farm ers and their sons have strewn the golden grain upon good soil, well pre pared, and now the abundant rain is falling gently to help prepare the abundant harvest Would that' all lands could thus be blessed with the fruitful, the health bringing rain. Though wheat and oats showed a healthy starting, this rain will make assurance doubly sure, and everything put into the ground will now spring forth "with vigor and dispatch." Nebraska, already classed among the solidly-prosperous states of the Union, bids fair to take higher rank than ever during the current year. JIIHiK MARSHALL. A snow storm was reported at Berlin on the 5th iuet., which was prevailing throughout northwestern Germany, Bo hemia and southern Tyrol. All the members of the election board at Jersey City, N. J., have been arrested, charged with stuffing the bal lot 1kx with democratic tickets. A kepokt comes from Dieppe that the steamer Victoria was .ishoro on the rocks near that city and was stranded iiunng a rog. Twelve passengers drowned. were President Cleveland has definitely accepted the invitation to attend the Piedmont Fair, which will be held in Atlanta, Ga., during tho first two weeks of Octoler. Several families in Chicago were re ported last week down with the small pox. It has spread very rapidly in a. few days from one case brought there by u stricken Italian immigrant. President Cleveland has signed tho commissions of Pattison, Anderson and Litler as commissioners to investigate the Pacific railroads and transmitted them to the Secretary of the Interior for issue. Norton and Graham counties, Kan., were visited tho other day by terrible prairie fires, which damaged and de utroyed a large amount of property, In side burning to death eighteen or twenty fiersoiis. A Biographical Sketrb of the New Jmhrr of the 4th District. Col. Wm. Marshall of Fremont, who has just been appointed by Gov. Thayer as judge in this, the Fourth, Judicial District, is a native of Ohio, born at New Burnley, Harrison county, the vil lage where the gallant General Custer was born. To his common school edu cation was added a college course at the Michigan University, graduating from the classical department in 1859. When the war broke out he enlisted as captain of the 80th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During his participation in the war his regiment was at Peducah and Corinth. He participated in the battle at Jack&on and in '63 was pro moted to lieutenant-colonel. Shortly after this he was taken sick and came near dying, leing sit the point of death on two different occasions. Finally the doctors advised him to go home and he was honorably discharged. He went back to the Michigan Uni versity and took a course in law, gradu ating from the department in 18GG. He then settled at Monmouth, HI., and built up a good practice. He remained there ten years, four of which he held the iiosition of state's attorney for War ran county. He took an active part in all political campaigns and largely through his efforts and influence on the stump the county was changed from a 400 democratic to a 1,400 republican majority. In 18715 ho located in Fremont, He had only leen here two years when the republicans, recognizing his ability and worth, elected him stato senator, the senate electing him president pro tern. In 1884 he was elected district attor ney for this district for one year to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected for the term of two years whie.li expired Decern ing 31st last, through the abrogation of the law. He has liecoine well and favorably known throughout this district His application for the high position which he has just lieen given, was endorsed unanimously by the bar of five of the seven counties in this district and half the attorneys of another county. That he will prove an able and efficient judge is firmly lielieved by all who know him. Fremont Tribune. The western farmers are learning bet ter each year that the harrow is a valu able implement to use after corn is planted. While the ground must be fined and leveled before the corn is planted, it is best to stop using the bar row and roller as soon as the ground is in such condition that good planting can be done; for a heavy shower such as we are apt to have in the spring, will put very fine ground into such condition that the corn can be planted only after much work is done. The roller may follow close after the planter, and the harrow should follow close after the roller; then thero is no danger from sud den showers, and the ground is fined and compact over the seed, while the danger of baking is reduced to the minimum. This also closes the mark made by the planter, and if the mark or furrow is left open, it is a channel for the water, which, on slopes, will have enough force, if there is a heavy shower, to carry off the seed. If a light harrow is run over the field again three or four days after planting, the weeds will be effectually destroyed; if a crust is form ing, it will be loosened, and the ground is yet further fined. When the corn appears, and the rows can be seen, the two middle teeth must be taken out The oftener the corn is harrowed, until it is five inches high, the better. Every year the "double-diamonds," and the cultivators with large shovels are being used yet more. It is the earliest, closest cultivation which does the most good, and often it will pay to stop in the work of preparing and planting one field to harrow another already planted. Ob servation in the great corn-producing states convinces us that each year the cultivation grows less deep and ridged, but undoubtedly there are times and certain conditions of the soil when deep, ridged cultivation is best. American Agriculturist. The Lincoln correspondent of the Omaha Republican thus touches up the Columbus Democrat: AN UXWABRAXTXD ATTACK. A certain paper at Columbus makes an un called for and unjustifiable attack on Governor Thayer, concerning tho appointment of Edwin K. Mockett a stenographer to Judge Marshall, of Fremont. The facta are that Judge Marsliall, who has been about the Governor's office consid erable, and had noticed that Mockett was a very competent stenographer and type-writer, was very glsd to appoint him on the Governor's sug gestion. Judge Marshall then said that there was a young man at Columbus by the name of Charles W. Pearsall, who was very competent, and he asked the Governor if he could secure him a position. The Governor said he would try, and wrote to Judge Harrison at Grand Island, and suggested his appointment, which was made. There was no dictation about it, only the Governor, out of the goodness of his heart, has helped two very worthy young men to promotion. This is a small matter to bring on an attack, but some people are very sensitive and are always on the look-out for something to growl about. NEBRASKA NOTES. The I.-S. C. commission has promised to hear this week, representatives of Boston interests who seek authority for railroads to make rates from the west to that city to meet those made by roads whose termini are at New York. A large dynamite bomb with a burning fuse attached was found the other night near the minister of public works private office at Madrid. A plucky employe grasied the fuse and quenched it in time to prevent an explosion. Already more than half the Pan Handle prisoners have waved prelimin ary hearing for court trial. A nnmlerof them have made voluntary confession to the attorneys of the railroad company, but the nature of tho disclosures is unknown. The ImkIv of Chief Justice Carter, of the District Supreme court at Washing ton city, has been examined by Dr. Lamb. It shows that Carter's death was due to cancer of the stomach. His remains will be Liken to Cleveland, O., where the funeral will take place. Patents granted to citizens -of Ne braska during tho past week, and re-, ported expressly for the Journal by C. A. Snow & Co., patent lawyers, Wash ington, D. C. J. S. Lindquist, Swede lmrg. wind-mill; J. Fitzgerald and D. L. OslKiru, Lincoln, wheeled dirt scraper. The cyclone and storm that struck St Claireville, Ohio, and vicinity the other day, wrought far greater destruction than was at first reported, leaving over fifty working families 'without a (shelter together with a numlier of jeraon6 with broken limbs and bad injuries, some of which it is believed will prove fataL Encourage Men to Own Home. A man's first duties are to his farmh and himself. The state should not make those primary duties more difficult by taxing any of the necessaries of life. The necessity for the major portion of the enormous revenue needed by gov ernment arises from vice and folly in their various forms. The causes of tax ation should Itear the bnttlen of taxa tion. All public revenues should be drawn from indirect Luxes upon con duct and conditions more or less inimi cal to the general welfare. Luxuries, vices, follies, excessive wealth, and all conduct, either of citizens or foreigners, which tends to generate evil and injus tice, should be taxed as far as practica ble. Such a system of taxation would necessarily have a correlative effect, viz., tho encouragement of virtuous acts by freeing them from public burdens. Instead of a policy which would make it impossible for any individual to ever become tho absolute owner of a home stead that would make mankind more nomadic and lessen their interest in and affection for their homes the state should encourage every man to get a piece of ground and a home of his own. To this end, all homesteads to a limited amount of value, should be exempt both from taxation and from attachment for debt The tendency of such a measure would lie silently to prevent and cure the evil of a monopoly of land by a com paratively few, as well as the evil of a tenant population with little interest in the soil upon which their toil and lives aresent -John Philip Phillips, in The American Magazine. We have heard of the Odd Fellow goat and the Masonic goat, but not un til recently have we heard of a live goat in a lodge room. One evening, we hear an Odd Fellow lodge in western Ne braska, (or some of the fun-loving breth ren thereof), tried the experiment at a time when some initiatory or other im portant work was on hands. Of course the full details can never be learned, but something dreadful must have happened, for the initiate and presiding officer have been red hot ever since, the former avering that he must have been in the county seat of Sheol. It seems that at the critical moment the goat was duly fired in from the ante room, and coming cochuck against the wide distended stomach of the president by surprise and at a time when he was absorbed in some impressive invocation; and his language changed at once from the sul lime to the profane. After butting the president fore-and-aft, the infernal brute turned on the brethren, causing them to climb the windows like flies. One can imagine how the initiate felt all this time as he heard one dull thud after another, the brethren hustling around, the president cussing and whacking his desk. The president is still gunning for the guardians. Oakdale Pen and Plow. Ohio's Cyclone. A terrible wind storm or cyclone vis ited St Claireville, Ohio, and extending sis far east as Wheeling, W. Va. At St Claireville it demolished two brick houses belonging to Col. Patton and Judge Cochran west of town, together with a large numlier of frame houses belonging to a man named Coleman. A large mansion on the corner of Market and Main street was cut off clear at the second floor and the walls and roof scattered in fragments. The First Na tional bank block and C. Trail & Sons' dry goods store were almost swept from their sites, only portions of the lower walls being left standing. B. Bark hurst's old brick mansion south of town was totally destroyed; also the United Presbyterian church, a large brick building. The loss of property at St Claireville will reach 8200,000. The same storm visited Wellsville, Martin's Ferry and Walnut Grove, and the dam age to property already reported will reach S1,000,000. President Cleveland has appointed Alex. R. Lawtou of Georgia, minister plenipotentiary to Austro Hungary; N. W. McConnell of Tennessee, to be chief justice of the supreme court of Montana Territory and Geo. S. Peters of Ohio, to be attorney of the United States for Utah Territory. These last appointments are contrary to ante election pledges. Democracy is for home rule with a vengeance! News comes from San Francisco that the three constitutional amendments voted on by the state have all been de feated. The first provided a method of selection of chief justice of the supreme court the second, for an increase of salaries of supreme judges and certain superior judges; the third, that cities of over 10,000 population be empowered to make their own city charter. The President has appointed Lafayette Myers postmaster at Grand Island. William Wilber has been arrested charged with robbing the United States mails and taken to Lincoln. Hoffman, tho Missouri Pacific train wrecker, has been sentenced to be hanged on the 22d day of July, '87. An effort is being mado by the citizens of Lincoln for securing the location of the Baptist University at that place. A four year old son of Norval Lewis, living near Beatrice, fell into a tank used on the farm lor watering stock and was drowned. The new mayor of Lincoln delivered the other evening a very able and in structive inaugural address before the new council of that citv. in a letter from his agent, he finds there has been a railroad built with a depot within one half mile of his claim. At the annual school meeting, John Dishner was his own successor to the office of treasurer. John Herring re signed the office of director, after serv ing two years. . Lawrence Byrnes, sr. was then nominated and elected to till vacancy. Thero will be eight months of school. Ella Quin u teaches the spring term-uf-three-immths; comineitcrng-lnst-Monday. R. ERTST & SCHWARZ, -MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN- It is estimated that 20,000 people at tended the Hide Park, London, great demonstration meeting held last week against the Irish coercion bill now pend ing before Commons. The people were enthusiastic but orderly. A motion protesting against the coercion bill was offered simultaneously from fourteen platforms and waB carried amidst great enthusiasm. A report comes from Steulienville, Ohio, that the Junction Iron Works at Mingo have closed down for an inde finite period. It is said that about 600 men are thrown out of work. The cause for this action is the' unwillingness of buyers to pay greatly increased freight rates under the Inter-state commerce law. A heavy rain fell on the 17th inst., in northern Kansas, southern Nebraska and western Missouri continuing all day but was succeeded in the Missouri valley in the evening by snow, which covered the earth to the depth of two inches, and which threatens great damage to wheat crops and budding fruit trees. A report comes from Washington City that the commissioner of the gen eral land office has recommended to the secretary of the interior for approval for patent a list of lands lying within the limits of the Union Pacific in Nebraska between Midway in Dawson county, and Big Springs in Keith county, aggregat ing 281,899 acres. The burning of Governor Thayer in effigy the other day was not only a very disrespectful proceeding, but the weakest kind of argument against him. Where a public officer exercises a dis cretionary power in the discharge of a public duty, the very last suspicion to be cast in his path is that of partialis. LATEST NEWS BRIEFS. An inquest was held on the body of Henry Lengbusch, the other day, a school boy at Mil waukee,who died while being chastised by his teacher. The coroner's jury returned a verdict against George Weerner, the teacher, holding turn responsible for Jus death, as the boy's neck was broken. Joseph Smith, who attended the con ference of the Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio, recently took occasion U say in his sermon that he had no le lief in the philosophy of polygamy. "I am identified with a people, many of whom Jiave gone over with the extrem istsod east their .Jot wkh the advocates .of plaral marriages. I .desire to state .publicly Hurt Iu not.of that ,number.v "jfteeident Stnifii claimed ihat.tliA Latter' Day ante .stood .committed to the f'IT J doctrines ingle jaarriages. A catastrophe recently occurred on the Island of Ikeshima through the bursting of a shell fired from the United States steamer Omaha, resulting in the death of four Japanese and the wound ing of seven others. The Nagasaki Journal describes the circumstances as follows: The Omalia put up n 'floating target about fifty yards from the beach, at which some thirty shots were fired at ndiatance of 1,1)00 yards. At the conclusion of the tiring the officer in cliarge of the target reported that all the shells tired had exploded and Uie ship sailed on to Nagasaki. After she had left, however, an nnexploded shell was found by Uie natives, which exploded while they were examining it, with the ratal reuU above stated. A private subscription for Uie wounded and relatives of the dead was taken on board (die Oaha, real izing about $550. The Japanese fcgrnal said that tho United tiMm government will 0 doubt pay a reason able uvfepuuty to the Jinfoitunafe sufferers that may lie deauwidtfL In placing the targt cjose to the lieach and firing ti it, no natter .what pre cautions were taken to liferent accidents the I iiuiccts i me uiuaiia unuouoieuiy aenn wranjr ly, as the Japanese government has strictly pro. hibited gun it torpedo practice within three miles of the shore. A Hibsequent investigation resulted in the finding of four other nnexploded shells buried iu t he beach. The shell which ex. jiXoA&ipjfh such fatal results was dug np and where of the A i leant ir Steal. One day last week the officials of the Pan Handle railroad began to make wholesale arrests of employes of that road for being concerned in a gigantic conspiracy of robbery. The officials claim that during the last two years the care of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St Louis road have been systematically robbed of property roughly estimated as being worth hair a mulion dollars. Between 80 and 100 were arrested Mon day at Pittsburg, and it is stated that about 200 warrants were issued in all. Word has been received from Cadiz, O., Steubenville, and points west of Colum bns, O., that a large number of railroad employes implicated in the robberies have been arrested. There appears to be a very large number of thieves en gaged in these robberies, but it is cer tain that the detectives have so con ducted their plans as to fully disclose their number and bring at least their leaders to punishment A Discreet Daughter of the Family. One of Detroit's best known evangel ical ministers has a half interest in a l-years-old daughter. The other day she broke over the traces of dicipline and her mother sent her into a closet, with the injunction to tell God all about what a naughty little girl she had been. At the expiration of her patience hour sho came forth very quietly, as if her dicipline had had a wholesome effect "Well, little daughter," said the mother, "did you tell God all about it?" "No, mamma," was the reply; "I des didn't do it, 'tause I fought my papa wouldn't like to have it det out of the family." Detroit free Pfemt. explosion. Toe remains of President and Mrs. Lincoln were taken from their resting place on the morning pf the 14tJi inst, and interred in the north vault of the Lincoln monument, in Oak Bidge cem etery, Springfield, HL, For twenty .-two years his remains have been guarded from theft, and now turned over to the Lincoln Monument Association for identaj&caiioo snd burial, all of which has been dpue and the remains of the martyred President placed in tbejr final resting place. It is said that (he J hair and whiskers had fallen off, and the face was black, but the contour was very similar to the bronze statue on the monument. r'nng Mondays and Tuesdays Dailies. An inch and a half of snow iu New York, Tuesday. Snow fell several inches deep in the lower Missouri valley. Five persons killed by the bursting of a water tank at Palatine, 111. Three thousand striking carpenters returned to work at Chicago. The jury in the Haddock cas disagreed 11 for acquittal, 1 for conviction. Reported English steamer foundered off the Corsican coast and that 150 lives were lost Spencer Daty, 15 years old, accident ally killed himself at Hastings with a shot gun. Fifty out of two hundred and fifty passengers or the "Lanania" steamer were saved. Authorities of Queens county, N. Y., enforce the Sunday laws against all base ball games. John E. Blaine, paymaster in the U.S. army, and brother of James G. Blaine is lying at the point of death at Hot Springs, Ark. A submarine eruption is supposed to be the cause of immense quantities of submarine vegetation, dead fish of every kind, including whales, sharks and turtles being thrown up on the beach at San Francisco. One whale measuring 55 and a turtle 10 feet - At Seven mile Ford, Va., a house be longing to a Mr. Brawles was burned, together with Brawles's two daughters, aged nineteen and twenty-one years; three other persons were so badly in jured that they cannot recover. The I.-S. C. Commission have given forth their first solid paper, defining their powers. Tho paper is a very sig nificant one and will be found in full in next week's Journal. The short of it is that the law brings back the business of common Parriers to the wejl settled principles of common law. Hon. A. J. Weaver died at his home in Falls City Monday, 8:30 p. m., of inflammation of the brain and pneu monia. Wednesday last, at Lincoln, he took a severe cold, which settled on his lungs and aggravated catarrh, to which he was subject The illness was not thought of as serious until Sunday, when unfavorable symptoms were notic ed. He was in excellent health and spirits up to Wednesday. Mr. Weaver, ex-Congressman and for merly Judge of the First judicial district was nor." m fenn., in iw, and was brought up on a farm, It) 1871, he was a member of the Nebraska constitution al convention, also in 1875, In '73-'4, he was district attorney ; 76 to '79, judge; in "82 elected to Congress, serving two terms. Twice he has been a prominent candidate for U. S. Senator, at one time las, winter being the most formidable opponent of Senator yan Wyck. Mr. Weaver had many warm friends all over the state, who will sincerely I Six prisoners confined in the county jail at Beatrice escaped the other night. They were held for robbery, and have not been heard from since their depar ture. The Pierce county Call, averring that there is barely sufiicient patronage to decently support one good paper-, adds that as the other fellow wouldn't quit, he would. Bell, who made confession, and who was Hoffman's partner in wrecking the Missouri Pacific train, has been sen tenced to ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The Livo Stock Sanitary Commission organized last week at Lincoln by elect ing Major J. B. Birney, of Crete, chair man, and Dr. Gerth, secretary. The commission is now ready to legally transact business. W. T. Beese of Fairmont was indicted at Chicago some time ago for using the mails for immoral, advertising purposes. He has been dodging the officers who were shadowing his homo at Fairmont, but was caught at Chicago the other day. Leigh elected a license loard of town trustees by majorities ranging from seven to thirteen last week. The suc cessful ticket had the following names on it: John Staab, A. S. Bliss, Herman Pieper, F. H. Geer, K. D. Conway; for clerk, W. P. Suttle; for treasurer, J. H. Hamilton.- -Sch uyler Quill. Two horse thieves were captured the other day near Broken Bow, not how ever until one of them shot the officer through the shoulder inflicting a dan gerous wound. At tho same time the officer tired at the unruly thief, killing him. The other one was taken to Bro ken Bow and jailed. An inquest was to be held over tho dead thief's remains. The Leatler (Genoa) man nut in uart of Monday and Tuesday of this week among old friends and acquaintances at Columbus. He was pleased to note the progress and prosperity in that city. With its waterworks, electric lights, new depot, Al. Arnold's arti-lishial lake, and proposed extensive improvements, there is a great future before Columbus. The jury that sat in the ease against the Salvation Army in Omaha for dis turbing the public peace returned the other day a verdict of "not guilty." After their release they were seen march ing up Thirteenth street singing with their Aid-De-Camp Ezra Yoder in front triumphantly waving the stars and stripes. The W. C. T. U., of Blair, have un dertaken several prosecutions under the Sloctim law against saloon keepers who have violated that act. One case recent Iy prosecuted was Kelly vs. Scib et. al., in which the plaintiff alleged that defen dant had sold liquor to her husband and caused him to lose his position as Citv Marshal; a jury rendered a verdict for 8300 damages in favor of the plaintiff". It is stated that other suits will lie brought Tho Central City Board of Trade are discussing electric lights, waterworks, telephone, hook and ladder company, a psiper mill, a bridge aoross the Platte, a canning factory, and a stock-feeding enterprise. As to the last the statement of the committee was that "they had re ceived communication from Mr. Horde, manager of tho Lance Creek Cattle Company, saying that tho Company ex pected to make a permanent business of feeding from 1,500 to 2,000 head of cattle at this point, and were already making arrangements for side-track and stock yard. This, the committee figured, means the feeding of about 4,000 head of cattle in all here each vear. which. together with the feeding of from 15,000 to 20,000 sheep, will require annually about a half million bushels of corn, or more than has come to town in nearly two years. The committee believed it uuudvisablo to go farther than this, as to overdo the business would be simply to create a market which would drive stock feeders away to other territory." Bismarck Township. George Hodcl is breaking up more of his prairie. . John Connelly is bnildingagain;that's right, John, yoij tire helping io build up the country. A great many fruit trees are being set out in this part of the countrv. which is a lxmefit to the farmers in many ways. Josepli Manahan who has taught in District 44 for some time past wsis in Bismark last week and visited with the writer; he says he has been engaged for the summer term in the District east of Platte Center. Quite a tire occurred hero on the 12th; it was started by O. D. Butler in his meadow but as there was quite a wind blowing at the time it soon sept over the meadow and burned up one of his hay stiicks. No other damage wjis done. This is the second time Mr. Butler has had his h-iy destroyed. In regard to our item of last week concerning tho school director we wish to say that we mis-stated it, as R. C. Mueller had only expresed his intention not to accept the office of director, and not yet having sent in his resignation he was still at liberty to accept,, which ho did on the 12th; wo are glad to hear this, as Rudolph is worthy of tho office and always attentive to his duties. R. C. Mueller shot four geeso on the 9th; we snpposed the wind was blowing hard enough to blow a gun out of si man's hand; it crtainly was blowing quite a gale with plenty of dust in the air, as we noticed !'. J. Gleason and hired man weighing down their clover stack with their own corporal systems; we don't know whether they remained there until tho storm abated or not. Charles. t '' aaaaHlal "' laaaa m.H'i iljaaaH9av?jaaBftL;- xBKBBBBBBBKKaflaaaaaPS . i mm . BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflBBBBBHau7! 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Iletsey Bohbitt," etc., and has Mild the MSS. for a good round sum to Messrs. llubliard Bros., of Phil adelphia, who are emplojint: tin? best huinoroun artir-H in the country to illustrate it, and pro Imm hrinriug it out this Spring at a isipular price by subscription. Miss Holly ssnt all hu-t season amid the whirl of fashion at Saratoga, and tak.es off its follies, flirtations, pug dogs, low neck dressing, etc.. etc., in a st)le that it. overflowing with richest humor, and must create a groat sen-v'ition. -VBBfliBBaBBHBBBBF i I I ii 1 1 m BB i 1 Bl -" ' -jry-r-r' mil BAKER PERFECT STEEL BABBWIRE. T-If you buy it )on get 100 rods of fence from 100 is.umU of wire, which no other will do.-I ERNST & SCHWARZ. u.t Russia is negotiating a 000.000 roubles. loan for 100,- Aiuioniirenient. JomI'Ii Houard Jr., well known for the iit tent-fie jears as a brilliant find acceptable writer, is preparing a life of Henry Ward Beechep for puhliii.tiou by Hubbard Brothers. As How ard's father was one of the three founders of I'lyinimth Church, and his most intimate friend for more than forty jears, with a social inter course at no time interrupted, and as Howard himself, by reasou of his public life, was brought into frequent contact with Mr. Beecher since his earl) Imi)Ikms1. it is obvious that he ought tnhae and probably has material at his hand which is accessible to no other contemporaneous writer. The LfNiki xiud to lie well under way, and will be ready for the market early in May. Mr. How- ani. ii) me way, wus ine author ol the compre hensive and interexting obituary published in the New York Herald, the day after Mr. Beecher's death. Thk United States will soon receive thousands of emigrants who are reported to lie arriving tit Queenstown to take passage. fiiBaBiiiiuL KSUR7 ?i:-i" SO., Have a Fine Lino of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES, Crockery, and Glassware, "Which v.eie bought cheap for cash, and will be sold at ver low prices. EranktiinfHti, or Lliuor HiMt.rin be Cured bj IdalutitrriDg Dr. IIbIihV tiotdta Sxrlflc. It can be given in a cup of coffee or tea without the knowledge of the person taking it, effecting a speedy and permanent cure, whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of drunkards have been made temperate men .who have taken .e Golden Specific in their coffee without their knowledge, and to-day believe they quit drinking of their own tree will. No harmful effect re buI ts from its administration. Cares guaranteed. Send for circular and full particulars. Address in confi dence Golden Specific Co., 185 Race St. Cincinnati, O. janlii-y Gov. Hill, of New York, has vetoed the high license liquor bill. QJ3 Eleventh Street, Columbus. Nebraska. - novl0-tf Mckinley & carnahan, M09T6&GE MMOMmm COLUMBUS, NEB. Money to loan on improved farms in this and adjoining counties, at current rates. We are prepared to clos loans promptiy, in all cases where title and security are satisfactory. Office up-stairs in Henry Building, corner of Olive and Eleventh streets. juiyutr Too well known to need lengthy ad vertisements Dr. Sage's Catarrh "item-edy. Texas was copious rains. visited last week bv mi- A DUl TIOX. I L LOCA L, Dlstrirt 44 and Vicinity. Mrs. Walter Compton is slowlv proving. Fred. Stenger has built a line, new picket fence around his house smd door yard. It's a daughter to Mrs. Stenger, and nearly a week old. Fred, is to be con gratulated. In looking over tho tame meadow, a portion of the red clover is found to have perished with the winter. At the residence of O. Quinn, a fes tival, Easter Sunday, p. m. to which a few intimate friends were invited. The unruly sheep qf Wil Compton's, noted for breaking bones, was bold to John Wiggins, who shipped him out of the country. The high wind from the south on Saturday, blew down the teacher's stable near the school house: luckilv the horse was not in at the time. J. H. Heed farms a portion of Njek Johnson's land this year, and is now en gaged in plowing the same, while Nick wades through the Illinois mud. Wheat that was sown upon fall plow ing, is faring rather slim, in consequence pf dry weather, but better hqpes are en tertained since the rain of last Wednes-. day. J, Manahan. who recently closed his third term of school here, has secured a school near Platte Center, and has also purchased lots in the village upon which he intends to bnild. What a Hotel Man Knows. On coming out of the army, just at the close of tho war, I suffered with indi gestion, which soon developed into dys pepsia, which so worked on my system that I was reduced to only 1:15 pounds, although a brawny man six feet tall. For twenty years I was a sufferer from chronic dyspepsia. Last February I commenced taking S. S. S., and after using eight Iwttles I had no trace of the disease left in my system, and I weighed 180 pounds. My wife also suffered from dyspepsia. After I was cured I began treating her with S. S. S. with tho happiest results. Sho rapidly improved, and is today comparatively well; but as a measure of safety, she continues its use until the few bottles on hand shall be consumed. W. E. Liohtfoot, Central Hotel Ft. Gaines, Ga Deo. 8, 1880. SPEICE & STOKTH, General Agents for the sale of .Xj ESTATE I Union I'acihc and Midland Pacific it. K. Land for oale at from $3.00 to $W.Ui per acre for caah or on he or ten )ear tune, in annual ) inentt to Miit purchasers. We have alo a larin? and choice lot or other landn improved and -unimproved, for wde at low price and on reasonable terma Also l)mine nnd renidem-e lots in the city. We keep a complete abstract of titht to all rwU estate in COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. 621 W. T. RICKLY& BRO. WhoIeMile and Hetail Dealers in O z (Jame. Poultry, and Fresb Fish. AH Kiads of Saisage a Specialty. Tanh paid for Hide. Peltw, Tallow. Highest market price iaid for fat cattle."; Olive Street, second door north of First National Bank. 9-tf A Care for Blood Dfreaoe. The wonderful success of Swift's Sjiecific, known as the "S. S. S." remedy for diseases of the blood, is suflicient to command the attention of sufferers from blood poisoning, particularly those who have battled with this form of disease for years unsuccessfully with potash. It is claimed that Swift's Specific is a purely vegetable compound, that is en tirely free from potash ami mercury mixtures, and that its action on the blood is direct, purifying and restoring without injury to the nervous system. A list of certifictites of the" extraor- ordinary cures effected by this medicine would till a large volume, and a report of its yearly sales in the United States alone would seem incredible. All drug gists have it for sale. New Orleans Picayune. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At lanta, Ga. PACIFIC MEAT MIW HEM'S ON HAND THK BEST QUALITY OK resla. JEescts Poultry, Vegetables, ete. Cash Paid for Hides. OhoHtreet, one door north of Pont-offi, ce. 2Jnptrttf COLUMBUS MARKETS. yOurnuotntionM of theinarketHMrHolitain.! TuewLty afternoon, and are correct anil reliable at the time. mourn his departure. John Herring and Will Compton will soon go out to Colorado again, where Will says, their homesteads are located. l.earal Notice. Notice is hereby given that I intend to make application to the District Court of I'latte coun ty, Nebraska, on the 'JStfh da) of April, ISj", or as oon thereafter a 1 can be heard, to have an order made by said conrt, directing a change of my name from Harry Brown to Harry B, Heed. . ILtRHT fiKOWN. By C kh, A. SrrJCE, Att'y SOmarlt OKM.N, ETC. Wheat Torn in ear... Corn tihellrd . Oatn Kie Flour ... , Buckwheat ... PkODUCK. Butter... KrK" . Potatoes . MKATJ., KMray Notice. Taken np. March 2Sth, at the premieH of Laurence Byrne. bU mllea northeant of Colum bus, 1 heifer, coming 3 jean old, branded on left hip. "Q T." 1 heifer, branded "J." a single on the.frroin of each heifer, and both red with white spots. Owner w ill nrove ornoert v and iv 50p5 Hhium ... . Shoiihlem Side ., Fat hofH tat cattle .. Feeding uteen LIVE STOCK", COL. t f 1 ( Iowa Hani, Henna) lvnnia. Hard. Colorado... . Kock Springs, nut . . Bock Spring", lump 'arDon. LAUBENCE BYRNES. Colorado . . J) jo a 'J7 : toft .too i'40 1015 8 tf&JO IS i-s JP0 .VfctOU 33 25 $500 14 00 1200 (SOU 700 tJOO 600 lie Eickt BBnumsBiikrftkigi is SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA atom, and take off & g J?' & 8ar neck dresain. pu iIoiwl eteA hH"-,on low mirtli-provokinlc style The &" ,mnibl illUKtraled by OppVr" the ZJ1! pro?a"i Puck. Will SKLU iSMKNtm T7ne'L?rt,t of BAUD BROS.. Pl. .Sr-u'.rw..HU City, Mo. ' "" " "" -.r AUtlresa HUB- &anaaa 02-5t 5, 000 Agtnts WaRtti! Dtvbla Qitck! TO SELL JOENOWMB'S DLLUflLn XJFM2 OTP Liriaufcbv the most VALUAH1 v k comingso cloaely from tlut fm.:it -H" eat a MASTKB HAND 'hi ir c"?to nd by 1UCHLY IM iiotwmSpK: ,n Labor of Loe WillMMSELY. MFLlJONr ? standard Life of thereitest plkl8 wK5Jhi of th ace. QUlJ'K iTth- ihnd Ontoe iwt delnamCnVfU thZSfc. S7SP;, 52-5t WI.UKAF M6- tt'EXPRESSJIEA'.- jSSSESwsttafifitar-
