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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1SS7.
Com ins Event".
Omaha Fair, Sept. 510.
Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, Sept.
9 1G.
A strikk of brickmakers occurred at
Pittsburg, Pa., last weak. About 2,000
men are directly affected by the strike.
The weekly bank statement in .New
York shows that the banks now hold
84,657,000 in excees of legal require
ments. The first car load of cherries from
California was shipped one day last
week, by the California Fruit Union to
Chicago. The rate was $500.
Heavy gales were reported last week,
accompanied by snow, hail, thunder and
lightning continuing with unabated
violence in Encland. The Wild West let
loose.
The mayor of Chicago is making ar
rangements to have all the dogs found
running loose on the streets after June
1 to be killed. Fear of hydrophobia is
the cause.
Yellow fever was reported at Key
West last week. Its appearance has
been announced by the board of health.
It is stated that it has been there since
last December.
About thirty houses and their con
tents in the Chinese quarter, at Fresno,
Cal., burned the other night The fire
originated in a dance house, by up
Betting a lighted lamp.
Two small pox cases were brought to
San Francicco the other day by the
steamer Gaelic just in from China and
Japan. Tho cases were among Chinese
passengers. Tho steamer was placed in
quarantine.
Sixteen persons were badly poisoned
the other day at Columbus, O., by the
use of butter milk from a country dairy
man. The doctors say the symptoms
indicate poisoning by something like
rough on rats.
H. B. Ketciiam, of St Joseph, Mo.,
a very wealthy citizen, accidentally fell
the other morning down his cellar stair
way and was almost instantly killed.
He had been engaged in the cattle trade
and this estate iB valued at 83,000,000.
Heavy forest tires were raging through
Marquette, Alger, Barage, Hanghton
and Meweena counties, Mich., last week.
In many places saw mills are threaten
ed, but at the time of the report large
liodies of men were out fighting the fires
and they may be checked without
serious damage.
Patents granted to citizens of Ne
braska during the past week and report
ed expressly for tho Journal by C. A.
Snow & Co., patent lawyers, opposite U.
S. patent office, Washington, D. C, S.
W. Decker, Verdon, cultivator; Peter
Pennor, McCook, harness hook; Wm.
Sexauer, Omaha, carpet stretcher.
Fierce fires were raging the other
day near Iron Wood, Mich., and rapidly
bearing down upon the town. The
whole population was out to stay the
wall of fire. But it was feared the place
would be destroyed. An immense mag
azine filled with giant powder was sur
rounded by fire.
Brio. Gen. James L. Selfridgbs, of
Philadelphia. Pa., shot and killed him
self within a few steps of his residence.
He was despondent on account of his
'suffering from an incurable disease of
the kidneys. He had rendered valuable
service in the Federal army during the
war of the Rebellion.
It is reported that the forest fires
about Sheboygan, Mich., are doing much
damage. The other day Sibley & Bas
singer lost 70.000, and Doa 500,000 feet
of log6, and the fire is also in their
standing timber. Rain is badly needed.
The town is overshadowed with smoke,
but no damage is feared.
The fire at Lake Ljnden, Mich., the
other day, started in Newman & Trelea's
general merchandise store. Everything
was very dry and despite the efforts of
the firemen and citizens, the flames was
very rapid. In less than two hours the
entire business portion of the town were
in ashes. The value of the property de
stroyed is estimated a 81,500,000.
A report comes from Waterbury,
Conn that over a thousand acres of
forest occupying a tract nearly two
miles long, was burned the other day.
The fires are attributed to sparks from
locomotives. Houses were saved only
by extra exertion and a building for
storage, belonging to Plymouth Granite
company was destroyed. The fires are
now said to be under control.
Two hundred farmers driveinto Elgin,
IIL, each day with milk. They assert it
to be the driest season ever known in
that section. - The pastures are about
exhausted, the meadows have not started
well, and rye is being plowed and re
planted with corn. The hundred and
fifty-fanners who come into Dundee re
port a similar state of affairs. Unless
ram rails witmn a
week farmers will be
obliged to fodder.
The explosion of a nitro-glycerine
. factory at Spirit Lake, MiniL, contain
ing 8,300 pounds, demolished the factory
ad killed two men. The explosion
partially wrecked a dozen houses near
by, excavating a hole twenty feet deep,
and mowing down large trees. Windows
jiiiJ .crockery t Dulnth and West Su-
nerior were .broken, tfee former being
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D&aiage cannot at
PXtient
be estimated.
Jut Think of It.
Irresponsible power has been the bane
of the human race ever since there be
gan to be men upon the earth. In many
cases the agencies for protection have
become fearful engines of oppression.
Governments, which should have been a
father to their subjects, have been turn
ed into organized systems of wrong,
outrage and plunder.
America has been rather priding her
self upon the fact that she is different
from the old-world rule of irresponsibil
ity of those in power.
Human nature, however, is very much
the same in all ages and under varying
circumstances.
Our revolutionary fathers accomplish
ed some things of moment in civil gov
ernment. They succeeded in separating
church and state very effectually, and
left a framework of government tlirough
which the people are supposed to be
able to provide for the public welfare.
Our methods, however, have been
somewhat clumsy, tedious and very
dilatory. As a people we have leen too
slack in enforcing the rights of the in
dividual as a unit in civil society. We
have allowed the rank growth of huge
corporations of many .names, and we
have not provided sufficiently for justice
against them when they invade the
rights of individuals. Cases are without
number, and in the recollection of every
man who reads or talks with his neigh
bor, of men who were entirely unable to
"buck a railroad." A man loses a good
milch cow worth 830; the company that
ran over her had probably not complied
with a law requiring them to fence
along the line of their road; they ac
knowledge they ought probably pay
something, and offer 815 or 818, usually
about half what they consider the ani
mal worth, and if the farmer is not will
ing to sell his cow at the corporation's
valuation, he can have the satisfaction of
employing a special attorney, to pit
against the corporation's salaried lawyer
who works by the year, and he can carry
his case on the docket of the justice or
judge from 'squire to supreme court,
through exceptions and delays of one
kind and another, year after year. All
this might lie delightful pastime for
some men, inclined to fight their way
through the world, and with plenty of
money to make it interesting to the op
posite party, but it is far from "business."
Something is wrong with a system of
government which creates corporations
almost as strong as itself and allows
them, in numerous and untold wayd, to
prey upon individuals, or else something
is wrong with the" sovereign voters who
tolerate such things. We arenot, as a
people, so independent, so well-informed
and so brave a people as we might be.
Wm. O'Brien, editor of the United
Ireland, arrived at Toronto, Ont, on the
morning of the 17th of May, and was
greeted by fully 3,000 enthusiastic cit
izens crowding and pressing each other
to obtain a sight of him. A few at
tempts at hooting and hissing were
made as O'Brien entered the carriage,
but were quickly drowned by heart
stirring cheers which went up as he
stood up in the carriage and exclaimed:
"Three cheers for our friends in Eng
land and the cause they are struggling
for. A cavalcade of mounted police
with drawn swords and a platoon of
officers surrounded the carriage. The
hotel was reached without any sign of
hostility. At his hotel O'Brien was
received by a speech of welcome, to
which he made a brief reply. At 4
o'clock he and his friends reached
Queen's park. Here, soon after arriving,
O'Brien commenced speaking to the
people which were estimated to number
on the grounds twelve thousand citizens.
The excited crowd at times threatened
to burst its bounds and end in trouble.
At other times while he was speaking
the opposing crowd would start up with
the cry of "God save the Queen." A few
personal conflicts occurred, followed by
prompt arrests by the police, but the
noise and confusion made it difficult at
times to hear the speaker. A later re
port from Toronto, whether truthful or
not we cannot say, states that while
O'Brien was out walking in the even
ing he was attacked by two hundred
rowdies hooting and hissing and finally
throwing stones and bricks at him, one
striking his hat and knocking it off; he
took shelter in a bicycle store adjoining,
when a volley of stones shattered the
windows and the mob bursted into the
store yelling like demons, and showered
missiles in the direction in which O'Brien
was. Some ladies and old women
screamed and fainted, while the mob
tumbled pell mell over the machines,
smashing them one against the other in
savage fury, and amid cries of "kill
traitors," "hang him," "Lansdowne for
ever." O'Brien however was led away
by an officer and reached his hotel in
safety. A score of persons during the
row were struck with clubs or stones and
knocked down and injured. It is said
that Lord Lansdowne says that Mr.
O'Brien was speaking on defective in
formation. It was incorrect to say he
had borrowed money from the British
government and loaned it at higher
prices to his tenants. He denies ever
treating his tenants harshly, but al
ways with moderation, and at times at a
considerable sacrifice on his own part
Reports come from north Mexico, re
cently visited by earthquakes, that the
earthquake was so strong at Babispe
that it did not leave a single habitable
house standing. Sixty persons were
killed and many Berionsly wounded.
Between 3 p. m. and 1 a. m., of the fol
lowing day there were eighteen shocks.
They are still digging out bodies and
think the nramber killed will reach 150.
Another report speaks of the existence
of an extensive volcano, and says "the
smoke is so dense as to cut -off the rays
of the sun. Many testify that when the
earthquake occurred, they saw large
boulders shot up into the air, and that
the flames burst forth from the summit
of the mountains, setting fire to the
forest"
Mr. 0"Bhien before leaving Toronto
said: "Citizens of Toronto, and Breth
ren For the sake of free speech and of
Ireland, I can not depart without ex
pressing thanks for the right noble re
ception which you have accorded me.
As for the occurrence of last night,Ihave
not the slightest doubt but that it was
a deliberate attempt to murder by those
whose position in your city ought to
have taught them better. I shall not
again refer to it, except to say I came to
Toronto not to defy them, not to dare
them, but at the same time not to fear
them. It was not fair to attempt to
murder me and I am willing to leave the
verdict as between them and me to the
fair judgment of the fair minded citizens
of Toronto."
Always patronize home, is a safe rule
to abide by in all branches of business.
Give those with whom we live and upon
whom we are mutually dependent, at
least an opportunity to compete with
city merchants or peripatetic solicitors
from abroad. In nine cases out of ten
you can do better with your dealer and
in the tenth just as well. Nothing in
the long run is gained and much is lost
When remarkable offers of cheap work
and cheap material are sized up they
are no greater bargains than can be
found in your own town. There is no
such thing as getting something for
nothing or a good thing without paying
what it is worth. Flaming advertise
ments in city papers lead half the people
to believe that big bonanzas await them
afar off, only to result in chagrin and
disappointment when they learn the
same articles could have been had
through the home dealer, at less trouble
and less expense. And right here is a
principle of human nature often lost
sight of by those remote from large
centers of trade, that whatever the eye
constantly sees the mind comes to
believe. Ex.
Tho Lincoln Journal is making
preparations for a mammoth edition
about June 5th, in which the cities and
townB of the state are to be represented.
We understand that this is not the
usual scheme for selling copies of the
paper to those whose names and busi
ness are mentioned therein, but is in
tended as a word picture of the pros
perity of the state. The Journal, like
nearly every other paper in the state,
does a good deal of work beyond what
it gets pay for. Like other business men,
the newspaper publishers must keep
ahead of the times iu order to be with
the times carry goods in stock, be
yond the present call, but with a
weather eye open to future deals.
Things of this kind show what is to be
better than anything else can. Every
body is hurrying up moving rapidly
and the newspapers of Nebraska are the
advance skirmishers.
Three deputy sheriffs from Logan
county attempted to capture the high
wayman who is supposed to have robbed
paymaster Bash, at his ranch located at
the head of the Dismal. The 83,000 re
ward offered for his capture was quite
an inducement for pluck on the part of
the deputy sheriffs to bring him in, but
they returned without him. They readi
ly found their man, but he proved more
than a match for them, and they- were
glad to get back with themselves with
out bringing in the Wyoming desperado.
They were known to be brave and grit
ty men, and the evidence of the des
perado's marksmanship in their buggy
top shows they were in a hot and dang
erous place. They believe it is no de
sirable undertaking to capture him in
the sand hills.
A recent report from Washington
states that the general land office has
found it necessary to resort to extreme
measures and has demanded of the war
department a troop of cavalry to move
upon the barbed-wire fence builders of
the boundless west It is understood
that the President has yielded to the re
quest of the Secretary of war to send
one troop of cavalry to Cheyenne to act
under the directions of the officials of
the land office at that place. It is feared
that a conflict will occur between the
heaviest companies in Wyoming and the
government authorities, as the former
have expressed a determination to keep
up their fences. Who is boss in this
country, anyhow, the whole people or
the bloated syndicates?
The coke strikers at Everson, Pa., de
veloped into a mob the other morning
when three hundred colored men and
Hungarian miners armed with blud
geons, suddenly appeared in the coke
yard at the Jimtown of Col. Shoemakor.
Without warning they made a savage
attack on the men engaged in drawing
out of the ovens. The laborers who
could not escape were cruelly beaten,
and one man being so badly kicked his
life was despaired of. Having destroyed
all the movable property the rioters
then marched to the works of James
Cochran & Sons, and. destroyed the
property there. The total destruction
of property will probably amount to
over 850,000.
A most shocking accident occurred at
Midland tunnel, Col., the other day, in
which James Manni, a boy 14 years old,
was literally blown to pieces by the ex
plosion of giant powder. The boy had
been sent to the magazine for a box of
giant powder, and it was on his return
that the accident occurred; when the
men heard the explosion, mingled with a
shriek, rushing out they found the dis
membered form of the youth lying about
the approach to the tunnel. Flesh and
bones were scattered in every direction.
It is probable that the boy having
shouldered the box of powder, on his
return stumbled, causing a jar, which
exploded the powder.
Wm. H. Sanford, Sr., of Washington,
Ind., and his son, aged sixteen years,
were stopping over night at a farm house
near the city, and the boy in a somnam
bulistic spell got up and went out into
the yard. The father woke up, went
to the door and mistook his son for
a burglar; he called to him three times
asking who was there and received no
answer except "Come on Dick," ad
dressed by the boy to his dog, and un
derstood by the father as a call to an
accomplice, he fired, killing the boy in
stantly. The supreme court of the United
States has decided that when a person,
having an accident insurance policy,
becomes insane and hangs himself, us
was the case in a suit before it, the
company will have to pay the amount
specified by the policy, just the same as
though he had fallen off tho Washing
ton monument The court holds that
the exception in the policy made against
suicide does not apply in case of insanity
and that death by hanging is produced
by "external means." It is also acci
dental because suicide by hanging can
not be predicted as the logical result of
insanity. Lincoln Journal.
After his speech at Hamilton Mon
day night, Wm. O'Brien was shot at
while an his way from Opera House to
hotel. Nine shots were fired at the car
riage, one of them striking the driver,
making a aerious'wound. Another ex
cited crowd greeted the party at the
hotel, but were held at bay by McMahon
with a drawn revolver. Rotten eggs fol
lowed the party into the hotel.
George C. Bkxd, for two years city
treasurer of Bismarck, Dakota, is mis
sing, and it is believed he has gone to
Canada. His accounts are said, to be
89,000 short His friends claim that he
will not defraud the city, although he
procured his bond from the clerk in
order, as he said, to make out a new one
fdr his successor, and took it with him,
thus relieving his bondsmen of the ob- '
ligation to pay the deficiency.
In Kansas.
A tornado struck Idana, a town near
Clay Center, Kansas, Monday evening.
A new school house was entirely de
molished, two churches badly damaged
and six houses blown down. One per
son seriously hurt.
A Colored Woman's Invention
Taliaferro county again takes the cake.
We were shown a few days ago an in
vention for coupling cars which is won
derful, and was invented by a colored
woman, Mary Stewart, of this county.
She was the first servant born to the
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, and has
lived all her life in Taliaferro county.
Her invention is simple and almost per
fect She said the idea came to her like
a dream, and she made the model ac
cording to her vision. She used for ma
terial in making the model old oyster
cups. We believe her idea carried out
will make her fortune. Sho is the only
colored woman inventer in the world.
Craiefordville (Ga.) Democrat.
SURROUNDED BY FIRE.
The Desperate Strait in Which Two Hun
dred Laborers are Placed.
Detroit, May 18. A Tribune special
from Marquette says: At nine o'clock
tonight news was received from Camp
No. 3, on the Summit division of the
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic railway
extention that the camp was surround
ed by fire. Geo. Grolet and eight men
escaped through a mile of fire and smoke
leaving 300 Italians in the camp fighting
for their lives. Every available dish,
including cooking utensils, is in use,
and the only water available is from a
well and small creek some distance
away, An attempt was made to remove
the sick men of the party but it failed.
When Grolet and his party was a short
distance away they heard great shout
ing and saw big flames and believed the
camp was burning. If so, it is feared
that there will lie a great loss of life
among the panic stricken Italians.
A TENSION TUZZLE.
Over Which the Secretary of the Interior is
Worrying his Head.
Washington, May 16. William Hedg
espeth has laid before Secretary Lamar
a question of law vs. equity in pensions
that is puzzling and of much pecuniary
importance to the government. Hedg
espeth was captured in the early battles
of the war and sent to Andersonville
prison. He passed through all the hor
rors of that pen and was, with other
Union men, offered his liberty provided
he would enter the Confederate army.
This he refused several times until he
got so weak from starvation that sure
death stared him in the face if he re
mained. He then accepted the proposi
tion and joined the rebel army, but de
serted to the Union forces and served
out his term. He suffers disabilities on
account of his privations at Anderson
ville and asks for a pension. General
Black refused on the ground that he had
given aid and comfort to the enemy in
time of war, and to such persons the
law forbids a pension. Hedgespeth ap
plied on the ground that he had joined
the enemy for the simple purpose of
saving his life and getting back to the
Union forces. The board of pension ap
peals, which examine these cases for
the secretary, overruled Black and unan
imously granted Hedegspeth a pension.
Assistant Secretary Hawkins, who signs
appealed pension decisions, refused to
sign this one and reversed the board,
taking General Black's view on the case.
The board then carried the case to the
secretary and he has been puzzling over
it for three months or more. Cases of
like character have followed it, and now
General Black says they are all frauds,
even if they have a plausible
Omaha Republican Sj)eciat.
case.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Three or four insane persons con
signed to the State asylum, were taken
from Omaha last week.
Wm. P. Miller, a prominent citizen
farmer near Rising, died on tho 13th
inst, of some disease of the stomach.
Private Wm. Brown, of Company G,
seventh infantry, at Omaha, has been
ordered sent to the insane hospital at
Washington.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church now in session at Oma
ha elected Rev. Dr. Joseph Smith of
Baltimore, moderator.
The various strikes in Omaha among
moulders and others, were settled up,
and all the strikers went back to work
one morning last week.
Charles Presbo, an insane man, who
had escaped from the insane hospital,
and who was struck by a train at
Beatrice the other day, has since died
from internal injuries.
The body of Fred. Smith, the Tenth
street saloon keeper at Omaha who was
drowned in the Platte river near Valley
last April, was found the other morning
near Youtan, a station beyond Valley.
O. Nelson, of Richland, informs us
that he has u little patch of eighty-five
acres of potatoes, all in one field. Two
teamB will be kept constantly busy cul
tivating them until time to lay them by.
H. T. Clarke and P. P. JohnBon, of
Omaha, have purchased the McDonald
stock farm in Pium Creek township, this
county. The property comprises 2,500
broad acres and the purchasers consider
it dirt cheap at $52,000. Rising Inde
pendent. A large land league meeting was held
at Battle Creek one day last week. Ad
dresses were made by John P. Sutton,
secretary of the National League, Ben
"White, of Norfolk, and Alex. Athey, of
Burnett A county league was organ
ized with John Flynn, of Norfolk, presi
dent; Alex. Athey, secretary; P. J.
O'Neill, treasurer.
Ministers and elders of the Pres
byterian church, met in Omana last
Thursday, for a two week's seesipn in
general assembly of the United States
of America of that body. We believe
the number of ministers and elders in
attendance is not given, but it certainly
must be large, as they represent a mem
bership of 675,000 with 6,000 ministers.
The Union Stock Yards Company at
Omafca held a meeting the other morn
ing and voted to increase their capital
stock from 81,200,000 to $2,000,000. The
company also decided to largely in
crease the capacity of the yards. They
formed a railroad company and will
build a system of tracks on which to
switch into, through, wound, and out of
the yards.
While Father Langhoff was working
in a 90-foot well on John Deiter's place
last Monday, the bucket became de
tached when near tho top and went
crashing to the bottom. Father Lang
hoff saved his head at the expense of
one of his arms, which he raised just in
time to ward off the bucket His arm
was badly bruised. Madison Democrat.
A. D. Hieks's elevator at Soward was
burned to the ground tho other morn
ing. The cause is unknown, but it is
supposed to bo incendiary. There were
alnmt 3,000 bushels of corn, and a car
load each of wheat and oats consumed.
Loss $3,500. Building and stock in
sured for S6,00U.
Whilo two convicts in the penitentiary
at Lincoln were at work with melted
iron, John Hall spilled some of the iron
on Andrew Jackson (colored) burning
him slightly. Jackson seized a stick and
struck Hall over the head knocking him
over and into tho molted iron, and he
was burned so badly from the effects of
which he died. These are the particulars
of the casualty mentioned in last weok's
Journal.
A gentleman of some prominence, and
who seems to understand what he is
talking about, informs us that the grade
of the Union Pacific running from hero
to Stanton, has been purchased by the
B. & M. who will construct a road from
North Bend to Norfolk. Inasmuch as
B. & M. surveyors aro busily engaged
running a lino from North Bend along
tho Maple Valley toward Clarkson, the
story seems entirely probable. Clark-
son Enterprise.
The field and staff officers of the first
regiment of the Nebraska National
Guard met one day last week at the
Adjutant General's office at Lincoln, in
obedience to a general order. The
officers present proceeded to ballot for
a Colonel; which resulted in the election
of Captain O. H. Phillips; tho next final
ballot was given to Captain John P.
Bratt, and ho was declared elected
Lieutenant -Colonel, and then followed
a ballot for Major, which finally residted
in electing Captain W. W. Walcott.
During the heavy thunder storm the
other morning at Holdredge, lightning
struck the houses of Charles F. Coffee
and L. Brown. Coffee's house was badly
damaged, and Mr. Brown's is a total
wreck. The chimney was scattered all
over the lot, aqd shingles and siding
torn off. Stoves and heavy articles were
broken to pieces, window frames torn
loose, and holes lwred through the house
on all sides, while frail glass articles
were tossed around unharmed. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown were asleep and were not
harmed. That they escaped is a miracle,
as great holes were made in their bed
room by the shock.
A man who has been in tho employ of
tho railroad graders, drew his pay, about
fifty dollars, last Fridav, and came to
Schuyler, stopped at Novak's hotel and
proceeded to "fill up.'" By Sunday
evening he had got "chock full," and
was put to bed. Monday morning he
awoke to find that some one had bor
rowed his watch and was evidently put
ting on stylo with his money. Schuy
ler's saloon keepers who persist in sel
ling liquor on Sunday will surely hear
something drop, and hear it hard some
time when they least expect it. There
is not a liquor seller iu the state that
does not know he forfeits his license
every time he sells a glass of beer on
Sunday. And why will they persist in
taking such desperate chances? Schuy
ler Herald.
2,701 to 21 wa9 the vote in Omaha in
favor of expending 8162,000 for new
school sites and buildings. The Ameri
can people should turn a little of their
attention to school matters, and bring
tho school system into line with im
provement in other matters. The
whole thing needs overhauling, and
needs it badly. There needs be less
show and more substance; less parade
and make-believe, and more work; less
delving in the dusty past, and a more
vigorous attempt to solve the problems
of the present, and prepare for the near
future. Let the youth of our land be
better fitted, by their course at the pub
lic schools, for the actual affairs of life
iu this generation. We build costly
houses, but wo neglect the inner part
We should have comfortable and nice
buildings, ornamental as well as useful
but let us give more attention than we
do to the real work of tho schools, and
let us see to it that our school systems
are not made instruments of injury to
the youth, instead of life-long blessings.
Wahiugton Letter.
From onr regular correspondent.
On tho 23d the National Drill and En
campment will open in this citv.
The first day will be devoted to the re
ception of soldiers and their welcome to
the city, and after the camp is formally
named tho organizations will proceed to
draw for positions, and a dress parade
by the first brigade will close the open
ing exercises. The competitive drilling
"will begin on the second day.
Tnere will be a hospital service for
the Drill under the management of the
Bed Cross society. It will consist of
tents and field barracks erected near the
headquarters of tho Drill, comprising
a headquarters tent or barracks, invalid
wards, dispensary diet, kitchens, etc.
Provisions are made for one hundred
patients, so you see the soldiers that
may tall sick far from home will have
the kindest care and treatment.
The hospital will be under the entire
charge of the Bed Cross society, direct
ed by Miss Clara Barton, the'national
president, who will have a dozen local
physicians and surgeons on her staff.
At first though the department may ap
pear to be a very superfluous contingent
of the event, but when it is considered
that there will be about eight thousand
men under constant exertion, many of
whom are unaccustomed to tent life, and
that their habits of life will be changed
as to water, food, climate and many
other things, it will be seen that many
of them will probably be on the sick
h'st and that the hospital is one of the
most indispensible features of the Drill.
The death of Justice Woods of the U.
S. Supreme Court, whose body lies in
state today in this city at his late resid
ence, has revived the gossip as to who
the president will be likelv to nnwmt.
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iu mo vauuucjr uu mo supreme bencn.
Among the eminent lawyers who have
aspired to occupy a seat upon the high
est tribunal of the land, Attorney Gen
eral Garland is naturally the first per
son tnought or, as his ambitions have
long been known. Speaker Carlisle is
also mentioned as a man who could,
perhaps, secure the appointment if he
desired it. Up to a short time ago it is
known that the Speaker would have
retired from public life with an assured
future in so honqrable and agreeable a
position, but it is thought he has im
bibed ambitions which has changed his
feelings in this regard.
Hon. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia,
is mentioned as a competent lawyer, but
he would be debarred the honor if
the rule pf precedent is followed which
directs the appointment of a justice
within the circuit for which he is select
ed. Ex-Senator McDonald does not
come within its boundaries, ox-Senator
Thunnan has already passed the age of
voluntary retirement from tho Supremo
bench, and ex-Gov. Hoadly has friends
who urge that he escapes all grounds of
objection. They argue that his state is
the proper one from which to make the
selection, that his constitutional views
aro the advance views of his party, that
his war record is unimpeachable, his
legal attainments unquestionable and
his position financially, and politically
such as to make the appointment gra
cious and deserved. It is many years
since a democratic president had' an op
portunity to fill a place on the Supreme
bench.
The Supremo Court room in the
Capitol, the doors leading to it, and tho
chair formerly occupied by tho late As
sociate Justice aro heavily draped in
black. All of tho funeral arrangements
aro in charge of the Supreme Court, tho
Justices of which will start tonight on a
special train with the remains to New
ark, Ohio, tho old homo of the deceased.
According to custom in case of the
death of a Justice of this tribunal, the
Associate Justices act as honorary pall
bearers and tho remains aro carried to
the grave by actutd court messengers.
On last Friday President Cleveland
visited the tomb of George Washington
for the first time in his life. He went
on the invitation of tho widow of Gou.
Logan, in company with a select little
party who were also piloted by this lady
to tho historic spot. Mrs. Logan is one
of tho regents of tho Mount Vernon As
sociation. On tho following morning another
party which had never beforo had a trip
down the Potomac boarded a steamer.
It was tho "Forty-niners" as they called
the California pioneers who crossed the
plains in '49, and who have been holding
a reunion in tins city. Many of tuem
had passed the alloted span of three
score years and ten, somo were in tho
eighties and a few bordered on ninety
years of age, but as tho boat swung out
from the wharf and started down the
sunlit river toward tho planked shad
dinner which was waiting for them below
at Marshall Hall, judging from their
gay spirits there wus not an old man on
board. K.
ADDITIOXAL LOCAL.
Butler Township.
Crops look well.
Thos. Edmissen is very sick.
J. K. McFarland is breaking prairie
for Hess of Duncan.
Mr. F. N. Hess, of Omaha, was here
last week, is looking handsome, and
doing likewise.
Mrs. Ermie Cotton Fox has been
blessed with a son. All reports say he
is a fine lad, liko his father.
Mr. J. L. Tripp is doing a big job of
breaking for himself this year. He had
an interesting three-horse run-away last
week. Some damage was done, but no
one hurt.
Drs. Martyn and Runner were at Dun
can Saturday, in attendance on Mr.
John Schmoker's six years old boy, who
has been sick for some time, with a form
of typhoid fever.
Farmers in this locality report every
thing prosperous. Work is ahead of the
season, corn planting nearly all done,
and a great deal of breaking and other
kinds of farm improvement going on.
News was received hero Sunday, of
the death, at Scotia, of Mr. Louis E.
Kuhne, formerly a merchant at Duncan.
He had been ill for some time. We un
derstand his body was taken to Illinois
for interment. B. X.
t Bismarck Township.
Louis Jfauenburg has rented some
land of E. Stickly.
Small grain is springing up rapidly
since the late rain.
John Connelly is shelling and haul
ing his corn to town.
Tho corn fields are beginning to look
green with the sprouting corn.
Robert Heiden went to Chicago last
week; he does not intend to remain long.
William. Gerhold and Peter Greisen
have both sold their largo herds of fat
cattle.
Thero seems to bo a disease among
horses in this neighborhood, as several
parties have horses sick.
Quite a number of friends and neigh
bors assembled at George Hodel's on
the evening of the 20th, and whiled
away the merry hours with jest and
gibe.
G. Hodel purchased thirty-nine fine
steers last week of J. P. Becker of Co
lumbus. He has also purchased u wind
mill which ho is getting put up in his
pasture.
CnARLES.
Monroe Items.
We are having fine growing weather,
corn planting is alnrnt finished, and it
is coming up splendidly.
A. Sunday school has been organized
with Isaih Mightner, sunt., in District
55; we know that it is well attended.
Considerable breaking is being dono
this spring. A few years more and there
will be no more prairie in this section of
the conritry.
This neighborhood was recently visit
ed by a jewelry pedler, and farmers
were offered the opportunity of pur
chasing jowelry at five dollars' a quart.
It is said by those who have orchards
that the prospect is good for a large crop
of apples; small fruit is al6o doing well,
there will be an abundance of cherries,
strawberries etc., i e. where trees and
vines have been planted. T. D. X.
Worth Yonr Attention.
Cnt this ont and mail it to Allen & Co., Au
gusta, Maine, who will send joa free, something
new, that just coins money for all workers. As
wonderful as the electric light, as genuine as
pure gold, it will prove of lifelong value and
importance to you. Both pezes, all ages. Allen
& Co. bear expense of starting you in business.
It will bring you in mora cash, right away, than
anything else in tbis world. Anyone anywhere
can do the work, and live at homealsoi Better
write at once; then, knowing all, should you
conclude that you don't care to engage, why no
harm is done. My
Wsr. O'BniBJf, editor of the United
Ireland, who is now in Canada, has been
elected to the Commons for the north
east division of Cork.
SraakeaiMs, sr llqsor Habit, caa b Car4 at
Adatlsistsiisg Dr. Hslsw' Goldca Spell e.
It can be given in a oup 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
Jhe Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowjedge, and to-day
believe they quit drinkipg of their
own tree will. No harmful effect re
sults from its administration. Cures
guaranteed. Send for circular and
fnll particulars. Address in confi
dence Goldxx Sfkcific Co., 185 Race
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COLUMBUS, NEB.
Money to loan on improved farms In this and adjoining
counties, at current rates. We are prepared to close loans
promptly, in all cases where title and security are satisfactory.
Office up-stairs In Henry Building, corner of Olive and
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Union Pacific nnd Midland Pacific I. 1L Land for sale at from 13.00 to $10.00 per acre for cash
or ob five or ten J earn time, iu annual pa) mentrt to suit purchasers. We have also a large and choic
lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Also
bnsinesH and residence lot in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real estate in
PlntUi County.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. "
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Game, Poalfry, aid Fresh Fish. Ail Kinds of Saasage a" Specialty.
S3r7Cash paid for Hides, Pelts, Tallow. Highest market price paid for fat cattle.""5
Olive Street, second door north of First National Bank.
Delicate diseases of either sex, how
ever induced, promptly, thoroughly and
permanently cured. Send 10 cents in
stamps for large illustrated treatise,
suggesting sure means of cure. Address
World's Dispensary Medical Association,
663 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The governor of New York has nomi
nated Col. Fred Grant for quarantine
commissioner.
Good Wages Ahead.
Georgo Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine, can
give you work that you can do and livo at home,
making great pay. You aro started fre. Capi
tal not needd. Both sexes. All age. Cut this
out and write at once; no harm will bo dono if
you conclude not to go to work, after you learn
all. All particulars free. Best paying work in
this world. i-ly
Pbesidejjt Cleveland has appointed
Major J. L. Rathbone, of California,
Consul General of the United States at
Paris.
Nobody Doubts It in Palatka.
One of our young merchants has given
the following testimony:
"One of my customers, at tho age of
fifteen, had a severe attack of rheuma
tism. Hib father had to lift him about.
He was in bed for six weeks. I sold him
a dozen bottles of S. S. S., which entire
ly cured him. I regard S. S. S. as very
potent in rheumatism."
Yours truly,
J. H. Johnson.
A Little Memorandum.
After I had rheumatism for four years
in my right hip, I tried S.&S. It at
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Have a Fine Line of Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES,
Crtcktry and Glassware,
Which were bought cheap for catm. and will be sold
at very low prices.
Street, Columbus. Nebraska.
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Itetail Dealers in
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once built up my health and tho rheu
matic pains were'allayed, and finally dis
appeared entirely. I regard it as
the best possible tonic; and it never
fails to bring my system up to the beat
condition whenever run down by sick
ness or over work. I have come to re
gard S. S. S. as a necessary household
medicine. B. Peabcs.
Gainsville, Fla., Jan. 25, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At
lanta, Ga.
Uu Siclmt Bomorou Book of tli ip ii
SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA
by JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE. Miss Holly spent
all last season amid the whirl of fashion at "Sar
atoga, and takes oflf its follies, flirtations, low
neck dressing, pug dogs, etc., in her laimiUbls
mirth-provokinic style. The book is profusely
lUustraied by Opper. the rsnowned artist of
Puck. Will SELL IMMENSELY. Price $2.50.
BIUGHT AGE-NTS WANTED. AddresTflDB:
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City, Mo. 53jt
South Omaha Still Booms.
One thousand men employed. Two more im
mense Dackirur honaw f hn anwl t w-..
banks in the state doing a business of 1100000
daily. Two dummy trains from Omaha and
Conned Bluffs. One $10,000 school-house, and 3
churches to be built. Two brick yards started.
Viaducts, tunnels and other enterprises prolect-i-i
'T?-"1"" ty KOTernment. Property
daily on the adranoe. Come and see us.
t i . . i , Ambemow.CooeACo.
Heal estate dealers. Dummy and Stock Yards
crowing. fbo'87y
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Convey goods between any points of the city.
Sand suitable for plastering and building pur
poses, furnished in sbt narr of Mtw inV.
care at reasonable prices. ,. 80aiart7y
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