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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1837.
Republican Convention.
Tho republican electors of Platte
county are hereby called to meet in con
vention at the Court House in Columbus
on Friday, Sept. 30, 1887, at 2 oVlock p.
nu, for the purpose of placing in nomi
nation one county treasurer, county
clerk, county sheriff, county judge,
county coroner, county superintendent
of schools, county surveyor, clerk of the
district court, and six delegates to the
state, and six delegates to the judicial
convention and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before the convention. The sev
eral townships are entitled to represent
ation as follows:
Columbus 1st Ward.
2d "
5 Delegates.
7
8
6
2
8
S
4
3
9
U
3
S
4
1
7
1
4
2
5
3d
' Township,
Grand Prairie
Lost Creek
Shell Creek
Butler
Bismarck
Monroe
Walker
Humphrey "
Granville
Creston
Burrows
Woodville
Ht. Bernard
Sherman '
Loup
Joliet
The caucuses to be held at the usual
voting places on Friday, Sept. 23, at 2
o'clock p. m.
By order of County Central Commit
tee. J. L. Tbumax, Chairman,
J. L Kobison, Secretary.
Coming Events.
Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, Sept
9-16.
Fair at Schuyler Sept. 2124.
Platte County Fair at Columbus, Sept
27-30.
Fair at Albion Oct. 4 G.
Republican State Convention, Lin
coln, Wednesday, October 5th. Platte
county is entited to 6 delegates.
A weak man sinks under prosperity,
as well as under adversity.
The Whitehall Times says a wise man
will never shut hiB eyes before he opens
his mouth.
TnE Maverick oil works at East Bos
ton burned the other morning and five
men lost their lives.
A statement comes from New York
that the earnings of the Northern Pa
cific railroad for August, 1887, were Sl,
256,000. "It takes the first thirty years of n
young man's life to find out that it isn't
the man with the shineiest hat who
draws the biggest check."
The Guion steamship Wisconsin lan
ded the other day at New York 415
Mormon passengers, all of whom will
leave in a short time for Utah.
E. M. Newman is a prominent dem
ocratic candidate for County Superin
tendent of Instruction, notwithstand
ing the Democrat's attack on him
several weeks ago.
H. T. Spoebbt, the man who leads the
race for the county judgeship on the
democratic ticket, was setting up pins in
Humphrey Monday. Independent
The Summerville Journal has said that
a man will do almost anything to in
crease the happiness of the woman he
loves, except to leave her when she wants
to get rid of him.
A tmleqram has been received at the
war department at Washington from
Major-general Terry, regarding the Col
orado Indian troubles, reporting the
Utes on their reservation and everything
well.
The Burlington Free Press says a
New Hampshire woman tried to climb a
steep roof to catch a hen, but lost her
grip and fell into the water barrel. It
makes her hopping mad to call her an
eaves dropper.
Down in Colfax county, the Quill
"believes the outgoing treasurer should
not be allowed to select his successor in
office, and the people of this county who
have been here twelve years will agree
with us. The reason is plain."
President Cleveland has signed the
commissions of the following naval
officers: D. S. Braine, real admiral,
George Brown, commodore; H. B.
Robeson, captain, and B. F. Tilley and
B. L. Richards lieutenant commanders.
A meeting of the board of trustees of
the proposed American Catholic uni
versity was held the other day at Balti
more, MiL, at which meeting the location
of the university was fixed at Washing
ton and plans for the various buildings
adopted.
A bepobt comes from Charleston, W.
Va., of a robbery committed the other
night by four masked men who entered
the residence of Henry Hensel and com
pelled him to give up money and notes
to the amount of 8500. The robbers
stole two horses in the neighborhood
mid escaped.
Recent importations into Boston,
Mmh, port, from Ireland, of five female
spinners by Ross, Turner & Co, man
ufacturers of twine, thread, eta, have
. resulted in a suit by the United States
sgsi&st the firm for violation of the
United States statute prohibiting the
importation of foreign labor. The pen
alty is $1,000 in each case.
. Wk print elsewhere, from the Wahoo
Wasp, the ablest presentation we have
mem, of the action of republicans in re
gard to the submission of the question
of prohibition to a vote of the people of
the state. We believe it is accurate and
just in every particular, and it certainly
merits the attention of all those inter
ested in the question.
Jobx Stauttxb, the present county clerk, has
bo opposition so far among the democrats for a
renomination. There is only one republican,
Henry Bicket,who has the cheek to measure
lances with the genial John, but you know some
republicans have the cheek of a government
mule. Wonder if Henry will realize that he
was a candidate after the votes are counted!
The above is from the Humphrey
Democrat. Isn't it a little singular that
a man's friends cannot always be judic
ious? Some men owe their political suc
cess mainly to their friends, others owe
their defeats to their supposed friends,
and such may be the case here. John
has made his "calling and election" (if.
we may be so allowed to speak), pretty
sure heretofore by attending to his own
business strictly, keeping a close mouth,
and treating all callers at his office on
business, in a gentlemanly way, but
there were good,competent clerks in this
county before John came from Switzer
land and will doubtless be after he shuffles
off the mortal coil. To assume that one of
Platte county's intelligent, well-to-do
republican farmers must have the cheek
of a government mule to measure lances
with Mr. Stauffer may not be such an
easy thing to cry down further along.
The democratic organ at Humphrey,
like the would-be democratic organ at
Columbus, is a little too premature, just
a little fresh, and in the above paragraph
has done John Stauffer more injury than
John would do himself in a year of Sun
days. Now quote the Columbus Demo
crat and say "the ball is opened! the bat
tle begins! the war cries fill the air! the
smoke of the conflict ascends! it thrills
us! we love a fight! shout! sound the
loud timbrels! on to the fray! 'Lay on,
MacDuff, etc.' We love warfare. Sound
the war cry! beat the loud bazoo! mar
shal the hosts! what? quarter! quarter
did you say?" Henry Rickert is neither
a fool, a government mule, or endowed
with the "cheek of a government mule."
He is a good citizen, a republican, an in
telligent man, and a farmer on Shell
Creek.
The democracy of this county, or
rather perhaps we should say, the men
who are purposing to manipulate the
democratic county convention on the
28th, have a task on their hands. There
is a very strong feeling in the country
townships, (and that feeling is constant
ly growing), that a greater ratio of the
nominations than heretorore should go
to the country, or at least to those not
now holding office. We may, indeed,
say that this sentiment is not confined
to the democratic party. It is a senti
ment that will be heard from in the
party conventions, and still more loudly
in the election. Even the Columbus or
gan, infantile as it is, has seen this all
along, and has been endeavoring to
smooth the way,so to speak,kind of pre
pare the shoulders for the tender for the
party lash. As for instance:
"Wo still advise kickers to wait until they have
-something to kick about. You see, they are al
ready "kicking," and kicking at nothing hard
work, especially when they kick hard. If
country candidates for office who of course
haven't the time or the disposition to travel all
over the county setting up the pins are accepta
ble to the majority of the delegates, they will be
nominated, and Columbus will do her best to
elect them." To be sure!
Our youthful friend of the Democrat
need not imagine that he is deceiving
anyone, for he isn't, any more than he
did in his attack on Newman. Your
kickers know what they are doing,and the
public see that they are kicking up be
hind and before at what has been and
what is to be. The party lash, the cau
cus and convention whip, will not yield
the UBual results this fall, for the democ
racy of Platte county if the Ring rules
the convention.
Thk Columbus Journal seems to be very so
licitious of Ed. Newman, the democratic candi
date for superintendent. M. K. seems to have
taken Mr. Newman under his wing and out of
the wet. Creating sympathy for a supposed in
justice is the best kind of electioneering, and
our neighbor should not pull chestnuts out of
the democratic fire with his republican paw.
Humphrey Independent.
We find the above copied in the last
Democrat and hence our very young
friend is supposed to think that it in
some way reflects upon the judgment of
its enforced tutor, the "Paleontologist"
of the Journal. Le6t a too-credulous
public may think a thing is true because
it is not denied, we will say that, first
we are not solicitious of Mr. Newman;
second we have no wing; third there is
no particular flood to speak of; fourth,
the Independent, (a supposed republi
can paper that can see no difference be
tween the democratic and republican
parties), will remember that Mr. New
man has not yet been named as"the dem
ocratic candidate for superintendent of
schools," as the Independent says, but
is being talked of for the nomination
only; fifth, the Journal is not election
eering for Mr. Newman's election; sixth,
we would like to see the democracy of
Platte county nominate Mr. Newman
for this office, on the same principle that
we would like to see the democracy of
the United States nominate Cleveland
as their next presidential candidate.
The supposed cat of the Independent is
sharp-sighted enough to see that there
is no monkey here at present, whatever
may become of the chestnuts.
Free trade in this country is what
England has long been striving for.
Now if opening up free trade in this
country is going to benefit England and
her people, it cannot possibly help our
country and people. England now
threatens a retaliatory course to force
it She can, if she sees fit, adopt such
policy, but she will find that what could
not be done by persuasion cannot be
done by force. Each country will
maintain the economic policy which is
best fitted to itself. Free trade is es
sential to the life of the British people,
dependent upon the outside world for
their daily food, and it is not essential
to the U. S., which can not only feed,
but clothe and supply itself with what
it needs out of its own great natural re
sources. Thanks to protection that we
are as self-dependent as we are. Schuy
ler Sun.
The Platte Center wing of the De
mocracy must receive the party lash, if
we are all "to have harmony." Such ut
terances as the following are "deleter
ious" to the general welfare: "Sup
pose the various and sundry candidates
for the sheriffalty and treasurership,
both open and "dark horses' with the
army of prospective deputies, could bold
a meeting and compare notes. What a
pow-wow." Is it possible that the same
candidate is promising deputies to hosts
of workers? Was "such a thing ever
heard of before in Platte count'? Yea,
verily.
The Prisuries.
Brother Robison of the Humphrey
Independent has some good suggestions
to make:
One week from today the republican primaries
will be held (Friday the 2Sd at 2 p.m.) and every
farmer republican should attend and assist in
burying the men who claim to carry your town
ship in their pocket. Don't be the tool of any
candidate, but attend and express your choice of
delegates by your ballot. Attend the primaries
and elect good unpledged men to represent
you.
It is something more than a disgrace
to the sovereign voters of a free country
that any man should be able to boast
that he can do what he wills, in township,
county, district or state. There has
been altogether too much of this hereto
fore. Slates have been prepared by can
didates for the several offices, delegates
from the subordinate divisions selected
to come to the convention, and every
thing set up strongly in the interests of
the slate. Until the political millenium
comes, however, men will be found seek
ing and working for the nominations,
making or breaking combinations, and
the practical way is, if you desire to see
any particular person nominated for a
particular office, you should work for
that end, and against his opponents.
Generally, those who continually growl
at things as they are, are the ones who
either lost, or never found, the combina
tion. The general public is interested in
having good men in the offices.
The manner of executing the death
penalty is receiving an extensive discus
sion. Among all the methods suggested
none seem to be so appropriate and hu
mane as the use of electricity. The
Hayes-Garrison instrument constructed
for that purpose is described as consist
ing of a plate of zinc, to which is at
tached one pole of the battery and a cop
per band which is in connection with the
other pole. The condemned is required
to stand on the zinc plate. The copper
band is placed above his head with its
connection pressed closely against the
back of his neck; this completes a cir
cuit which must traverse every portion
of the condemned's body, and, provided
the current is strong enough, is warrant
ed to cause instantaneous death. What
ever motive is inducing the public discus
sion of the subject, one thing ib certain
in our judgement that the method is far
more humane than stringing a criminal
up with a rope by the neck, and slowly
choking him to death. Nearly every
yuan, nowever, naroors a notion inai
there are criminals who deserve no very
quick or very easy way of receiving their
death, and we guess it will be quite a
while before the lightning method will
come into general use.
The Journal knew what it was say
ing when it addressed a few words to
the "Bosses," and now come all the
Democratic papers in the county excopt
the organ at this place, and confirm
what we said: The Lindsay Sentinel,
for instance:
In the selection of a candidate for
county treasurer, great care should be
exercised to secure a man who is thor
oughly honest and competent, with an
untarnished record. We should also be
careful to select a man who can poll the
entire party vote, as the republicans will
make their great fight for that office this
fall.
The Sentinel does not represent a
gang of ignorant back-woodsmen, who
can be used simply as voting stock for
scheming politicians. Our people are all
intelligent and deep thinking, and if
they don't raise a howl against any job
to defeat them out of their rights this
fall, we will miss our calculation.
We want to see every voter in St.
Bernard township at the primary on the
21st. Turn out, gentlemen, and elect a
set of delegates to the county conven
tion who will not betray your interests.
See that those are sent who are un
pledged and have no affiliation with
rings.
An Irreligious Pup Rebuked.
The Rev. David Updegraff preached
in the morning from no text. His remarks
were designed to impress the audience
with the necessity of relying upon the
Holy Ghost for guidance. To do this,
he said, it is necessary to get rid of
creature activity. It isn't so easy to do
this. Mr. Updegraff once knew of a dog
that had been brought up in a Quaker
family, where he noticed the family al
ways bowed a minute in silence a few
minutes before eating. So the dog got
into the same habit, and would always
bow his head before eating. By and by
another dog appeared on the scene. The
dog had not been brought up in a Quak
er family, and so, while the first dog was
saying grace, the second dog was gob
bling up the food. The first dog would
never be tempted by the loss of the meal
to disregard his early training. As soon
as grace was over, however, and he be
came conscious that there was no more
dinner for him, he uttered a growl, made
spring at the irreligious pup that had
cheated him and shook the life nearly
out of him. Philadelphia Times.
Declines the Invitation.
New York, Sept 6. A letter has been
received by the mayor and board of al
dermen, from Mrs. Cleveland, in which
she declined the invitation to make the
presentation of flags to the fire depart
ment. She bases the declination upon
her unwillingness to assume that she, as
the wife of the president, ought to par
ticipate so prominently in a public cere
mony in which the president took no
part.
While candidates for office are look
ing after their prospects, voters should
be considering their qualifications and
merits; attend their party cauensses,
and make their influence felt in the
right direction. The Journal would
like to put in a special plea for the nom
ination of the very best men in each
township as candidates for supervisor.
There iB no office more important to the
interests of the people and none less de
sirable to the holder, and, for both these
reasons, the taxpaying voters should be
active in securing good men.
Our readers are more or less interest
ted in what the democracy are doing or
thinking, as to the men to be put on
their county ticket. The Argus Bays:
John A. Maag, of Granville, as a democratic
MHM.t for sheriff, is developing remarkable
strength. He is a quiet and unassuming man,
but from what the Argus can learn, has the
composition in him that makes a good citizen
and thoroughly competent to fill the office for
which be aspires.
The magnificent abbey and college of
the Catholic church at St. Meinrod, LhL,
was, with most of its contents, a valu
able library containing 15,000 volumes, a
very large collection or oia and very
rare coins, together with a large muse
um, destroyed by fire, the other day.
The fire most likely originated in a de
fective flue. The loss, for the want of
insurance, will reach $200,000.
The Columbus Democrat laid itself
open to criticism on Ed. Newman's can
didacy by first propounding a series of
questions to him, and when Mr. New
man failed to notice them answered
them himself only in part; which might
signify that the others had better be
passed over lightly. But then we are
not much of a critic and we tenderly
pass our democratic friend over to tho
Journal editor for proper attention and
care. Humphrey Independent. The
matter needs no particular attention
further. It i3 perfectly plain to the
public.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Fremont has begun to lay her street
railway.
At Holdredge the other evening the
Hampton house barn was struck by
lightning and in a short time was a mass
of ruins. The action of the firemen and
the rain prevented the fire from spread
ing. The flash that fired the bam
knocked down several men.
The German Lutheran church, about
six miles southwest of Wisner, Neb.,
was totally'Uestroyed by fire the other
night. It was a new building, scarce
completed. The fire is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary.
Gov. Thayer, of this state, haB ex
pressed a desire to bring prize fighters
in this 6tate to justice, and has ad
dressed a letter to tho county attorney
of Washington county, to find if he
don't know something about a recont
prize fight in his jurisdiction.
A terrible wind storm struck Central
City last Wednesday evening. Great
damage was done to growing corn. In
town,chimneys were blown off, windmills
wrecked, store fronts blown off and trees
broken. It was the severest storm in
years, and was accompanied by rain and
hail.
George E. Corey, a farmer living
near Pender, is now confined in jail at
Dakota City on a charge of having at
tempted to outrago his own daughter,
who is about 20 years old. She alleges
this is the sixth attempt of the kind that
her unnatural parent has made within
two years.
Postoflice Inspector Brown returned
to Omaha the other morning, bringing
with him Frank P. Welch, a postal clerk
whom he had arrested at Denison, la.,
on the charge of forging and attempting
to draw money orders at Reynolds last
July, in connection with Win. Lemmon,
who was arrested that month. Welch
was taken before U. S. Commissioner
Hunter, waived examination, and was
neld in bonds amounting to $1,500,
which, failing to furnish, ho was sent to
jail.
Messrs. Charles Campbell and L. H.
Wilcox, east of town, are extensively en
gaged in cultivating melons for the
seeds. Mr. Campbell has eight pro
ductive acres, the entire crop of which
he will mulch for the BeeVls, giving no
attention to the fruit. Mr. Wilcox, al
though not as exclusively in the busi
ness, expects to prepare a largo amount
of seeds for the eastern market, and with
his neighlor realize a better profit per
acre than could be done from any other
crop. We offer a reward of a second
hand plug hat to the one guessing
nearest the number of seeds Mr. Camp
bell will get from his eight acres of
melons.- -Fiemont Herald.
Commissioner Barnhart and Dr. Thom
as stato that the strange malady that
recently appeared in the southern part
of Lancaster county is nothing more nor
less than the Texas fever. They found
six cattle dead and four others affected.
They were in the herd of William Frohn,
an extensive farmer and stock feeder
living near Roca. The disease develop
ed in a bunch of cattle purchased at the
Kansas City stock yards, which he
brought home for feeders. They had
passed the proper authorities and had
proper affidavits, but there must have
been some irregularity in the transaction.
There will probably be no danger of tho
disease spreading, as the commissioners
have quarantined the herd and pasture.
The Indictment.
Tho ninth plank of the platform adop
ted at the state prohibition convention
reads as follows:
"We indict the republican party of Ne
braska on the charge of defeating the
submission of a prohibitory amendment
m our last legislature, even at the ex
pense of repudiating its own pledge."
The prohibitionists have been charg
ing the republican party with tho defeat
of the submission ever since the vote
was taken in the legislature last winter
and are now endeavoring to make a great
deal of campaign capital from it. They
have made their indictment now let us
look into the evidence of tho case and
see if they have sufficient evidence to
convict:
First. The republican state conven
tion last October, composed of 530 rep
resentatives of the party throughout the
state declared in favor of the submission
by a vote of 341 to 189. In other words
60 per cent, of the delegates present in
the state convention voted in favor of
submission. This convent had nothing
to do in nominating or electing the
members of the legislature. They were
chosen from the respective districts by
local ideas and interests. A majority of
the counties had already placed in nom
ination their legislative tickets and the
action of the state convention could in no
wise pledge them to any given policy.
Second. After the declaration of the
state convention the prohibition party
waged as bitter a contest as it was capa
ble of against republican nominees for
the legislature, even in counties whose
conventions had locally pledged their
legislative ticket to submission, and in
stead of assisting the republican party in
its endeavors to carry out the pledge
made in the state convention, they
sought to compass its defeat. Such was
the case right here in Saunders county.
The prohibition party pursued this pol
icy knowing that the defeat of the re
publican nominees meant the election of
democrats whose party had openly de
clared aeainst submission. In many
counties, including Saunders, where re
publican candidates, if elected, would
have voted for submission, the prohibi
tion vote enabled the democrats to de
feat the republican ticket and elect dem
ocrats who were openly pledged against
submission. By pursuing this policy
the prohibition ' party not only lost to
submission the votes of the defeated can
didates, but lost the vote of candidates
who were elected, unpledged on that is
sue, by antagonizing the party after it
had declared in favor of the principle
which the prohibition party professed to
be the champion of.
Third. There were 71 republicans in the
house, 47 of whom voted in favor of sub
mission. This is 66 per cent, of the en
tire number. In the senate there were
25 republicans and 18, or 70 per cent, of
that number, voted in favor of submis
sion. In the two branches combined
there were 96 republicans and 65 voted
to carry 'out the pledge made by the
state convention. In other words, while
60 per cent, of the delegates in
the state convention voted in favor of
the submission plank, 66 per cent, of the
republican members of tho legislature
voted to sustain the convention. The
defeat of the submission was due to the
fact that the prohibition party assisted
the democrats in electing too many
members of the legislature on election
day.
Fourth. The indictment above cannot
be sustained from the fact that a party
is not responsible for tho action of the
minorities. It is governed and controled
by its majorities and they shape and de
termine its policy. We chum that the
party as a party, acted in good faith and
endeavored as far as lay In its power, to
carry out its pledge to the people and
showed no disposition to repudiate that
pledge. The fact that it lacked the
requisite three-fifths vote to submit the
amendment cannot be charged to the
republican party but it was the fault of
the prohibition party itself and of .the
local sentiment in representative dis
tricts expressing local opinions and local
interests. We submit in all fairness and
candor that tho prohibitionists cannot
sustain their indictment against the re
publican party. II "ahoo Wasp.
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.
Speaker Carlisle and wife are here for
a few days as tho guests of the Presi
dent, at Oak View, his country seat. It
is understood that tho two distinguished
gentlemen are happily ontertaining each
other talking over tho political situa
tion and national affairs in general.
Carlisle represents the conservative
wing of the free trade faction of his
party, as much as Randall does the pro
tection wing, and by becoming a mem
ber of tho Presidential family just at
this time, while it is known that the
President is getting material to formu
late his annual message, gives rise to the
very natural suspicion that he can glean
several interesting topics from the fertile
and energetic brain of the Speaker.
And then, too, right on the heels of the
Pennsylvania Stato Convention where
Randall gained a signal victory and
looms up more than over as the leader
of the disturbing element in the Dem
ocratic programme. There is no dis
guising the fact that the Administration
don't like the position of the Virginia
and Pennsylvania Democracy as enun
ciated by their recent state conventions.
But what to do and how to do it under
the circumstances, is a very serious
problem. Tho Post, the local organ of
the Administration, says "that the Penn
sylvania platform does not meet the ap
proval of either faction of the party,"
which, if true, rather complicates mat
ters, and may necessitate the President
having other distinguished guests help
him out of the dilemma. This tariff
question they designed to make the
paramount issue in the next presiden
tial election, based on substantial free
trade principles, or ultimately leading
thereto, and tho Democracy of Ohio
closed its eyes and took the prescrip
tion willingly, but Virginia and Penn
sylvania vehemently spurn the dose,
while tho Iowa and Maryland Demo
cracy mixed various other ingredients
and pretended to swallow. These com
prise the state conventions thus far of
the party, and leave matters in a very
confused and unsatisfactory condition.
It is evident that the Randall wing will
not give an inch; it is equally evident
that the Carlisle wing is as obstinate
and unyielding. What the outcome of
this muddle will be, needs no great
prophet to foretell, and tho Republicans
can abide the time patiently. The De
mocracy of both Virginia and Maryland
virtually have their headquarters at
Washington. They occupy spacious
rooms, and arrogate to themselves not
only the management of politics in their
respective states, but, like the circus
clown, want to boss everything else.
They take to Washington as naturally
as a bee to his hive, smd whenever the
Administration has a bestowal to make
they swoop down in swarms like the
locust and lice of Egypt. They have
applicants for ever' position, and their
capacious maw is always open to receive
any crumb that may fall from the Ex
ecutive table. Should it happen to drop
into the clutch of any of their northern
or western brethren, their indignation
is complete, and they very ominously
shake the index finger in the face of the
Administration and say, "Beware, these
two great States are trembling in the
balance." And so they are, and it is not
at all improbable that Virginia will go
Republican this fall, and Maryland make
largo gains toward the final redemption
of that State. Everv sign points that
way and the Democracy have a realizing
sense of their impending fate.
In the vaults of the treasury depart
ment is stored away, under lock and
bolt, and guards who pace the corridors
night and day, 500 tons of gold and
bullion. Can the mind conceive of this
immense treasure that lies cold and
silent in this dark and dismal recess?
If this vast treasure were loaded into
carts, as coal is loaded, allowing one ton
of coin and twenty feet of road to each
cart, the whole amount would make a
procession twenty-three miles long two
miles for the gold, and twenty-one miles
for the silver, and it would take 8000
strong horses to haul it. This gives us
an idea of the immense surplus in the
treasury, and all this is lying idle, ab
solutely withdrawn from use as truly as
if it had been cast into the sea. And
every day increases the volume, while
enterprise languishes, mills close, firms
fail, and labor cries in vain for employ
ment, the stupid Democratic party who
happens to be in power and has control
of legislation that can unlock and give
relief, loiters around like an imbecile
with no apparent concern or respon
sibility. It is as true as it is shameful.
Congressman Mills, of Texas, is in the
city, and takes great delight in being
interviewed by the newspaper men. He
more than intimates that he is here in
consultation with the President and
Speaker Carlisle. He is to be chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means,
in the next House, and is perfectly wil
ling that the fact should be proclaimed
from the house tops. Mills seeks no
toriety, and his chances are very favor
able unless he is a little more temperate
in his criticisms of party associatea He
is very severe on Randall and wants to
read him out of the party. He said yes
terday in the regular Texas style, "If I
were President, it would not take me
long to let Sam Randall know where his
place was." A good many presume that
Randall has that knowledge already,
and that Roger Q. Mills will be search
ing for a hole before the close of next
session.
Secretary Bayard, of the State De
partment, is the only cabinet officer at
his post of duty, all the others are off
rusticating anu taxing roings easy,
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Platte Center.
W. B. Dale and W." H. Tedrow were
up here Monday on business.
Bill. Edwards of Newmans Grove was
down to this place last Monday.
The most of the visitors to the Omaha
fair returned reporting a complete suc
cess. F. Spellizey of Binghampton, N. Y., is
here on a visit to his mother and
brothers.
Dan Spellizey received a serious
wound on the head last Thursday from
a brick thrown by J. J. O'Neil, while
loading a wagon.
Rissurck TownsklB.
Plowing is making rapid progress in
some parts.
Haying is almost finished in this
neighborhood.
Jacob Karline contemplates a trip up
to Dakota this fall.
The roads in this section of the
conntry are in a pretty bad condition
since the rain.
William Gerhold had a runaway last
week, which resulted in one of his
horses so injuring itself by falling
through a bridge, that it necessitated
shooting. It was one of his fine team of
greys; this is quite a loss to Mr. Ger
hold, although he has plenty more
horses. Charles.
Neboville.
Mr. Ephraim Pilling of Humphrey was
visiting friends here last week.
Haying is mostly all done, and the
hum of the thresher can be heard again.
Several candidates for county offices
were feeling their way through this
neighborhood lately.
Several of our industrious farmers are
improving their farms by erecting build
ings of all kinds thereon. Henry Wil
kins and C. Harnapp are each building
large barns; Mr. F. Maroff and John
Doersh additions to their houses.
Mr. Dan Jenni has purchased a
thoroughbred Jersey Red pig from par
ties in Iowa; Mr. Jenni believes in rais
ing only thoroughbred stock. He has
some of the best red hogs in the county,
also a small herd of very fine Jersey
cattle.
Several of our neighbors had quite a
bit of experience with the flood last
week. Carl Harnapp tried to cross the
swollen streams in his wagon box, but
after a severe ducking preferred solid
footing. Mr. J. Wise made a shipment
of eggs down Shell Creek to New Or
leans. Mr. W. believes in southern
markets. B. T.
Shell Creek Items.
Mr. J. Joseph lost some grain by the
flood. .
Haying is the order of the day among
farmers.
Some have to restack their hay and
their grain.
Mr. J. D. Williams lost some grain
and some pigs by the flood.
In Mr. Van Allen's house a little child
about six months old died.
Bridges on Shell Creek and tribu
taries have gone, some being moved in a
body from thoir places.
Your correspondent made a flying
visit to Cornlea. This little town prom
ises to become the best graiu market in
the county.
Mrs. F. Seefeld presented her hus
band with a little daughter, being their
second child; the first one having died
this was doubly welcome.
Mr. Hen rich has killed some of his
prairie dogs by the application of the
Bi Sulphide of Carbon as directed by
Mr. Lightner in the Journal. "Thank
ye."
S. E. Morgan has, with his steam en
gine, threshed 328 bushels of grain for
Mr. A. Hen rich in less than three days.
Wheat averaged 22, oats on the bottom
land over 50, and barley on the same
over 40 bushels to the acre.
X.Y.Z.
Drunkenness or the Liquor Habit Positively
Cared by Administering Dr. Haines'
Uolden Speciflr.
It can be given in a cup of coffee or
tea without the knowledge of the person
taking it; is absolutely harmless and
will effect a permanent and speedy cure,
whether the patient is a moderate drink
er or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken Golden Specific in
their coffee without their knowledge,and
today believe they quit drinking of their
own free will. IT NEVER FAILS. The
system once impregnated with the
Specific it becomes an utter impossibil
ity for the liquor appetite to exist. For
full particulars, address GOLDEN
SPECIFIC CO., 185 RACE STREET,
CINCINNATI, O. janl2-87y
Mrs. Cleveland is making a collection
of New England mosses and ferns for
the adornment of the White House li
brary after her return.
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" the original
"Little Liver Pills" (sugar coated)
cure sick or bilious headache, sour stom
ach, and bilious attaccs. By druggists.
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, who is
stopping at West Point, is preparing a
historical work to be published in the
fall.
Save tke Baby.
Many young babies have eruptions and
sore throat, sometimes baffling the most
skilled physician. Frequently children
suffer from some inherited malady, and
only the radical treatment of an abso
lute and powerful blood purifier can
effect a cure; again the ailment may be
from contagion. At any rate, the safest
plan is to at once eradicate all poison
from the blood, no matter what the
cause. So wisely did Mr. C. C. Kay. one
of the most cultured men and intelli
gent farmers of Alcora county, Miss. He
writes the following pointed testimony
of his experience:
Corinth, Miss., Feb. 16, 1887.
Gentlemen Last November my baby,
not then a year old, had a breaking out
on his hands and body, accompanied by
a very sore throat. I gave him some
S. S. 8., which I happened to have.
When the family physician came, and
learned what I was giving the child, he
told me to continue it, as it was the
best thing the baby could take. The
doctor proved wise, for in a ehort time
the eruption disappeared, and the throat
got completely well.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, At-
lanta, G.
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"iiitii lurBtiiviy. convenience, ciemum..-
plosions. Absolute safetv minmnteod.
oroutsMle of can. Use it once and lou will not bo without it Tor iv "tii -s itVcoLt
largs cans as well as small nes thereby savin the frequent and ,,", jin "triiH to th.
small can. Every can made of the verr be-fctin. ami w..rrt..i ,.. ,. "V: ' . .r- ,.".?. V?. ""
sample can and et prices.
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COLUMBUS, NEB.
Money to loan on improved farms in this and adjoining
counties, at current rates. Wc 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
Eleventh streets.
SPEICE & IsrOETII,
General Aymtxfnr the sale of
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Union Pacific and Midland Pacific K. It. Lnnds for Hale at from j::i.00 tn10.'j0 erncrt forciiMh
or on live or ten jears time, in annual i.ij iiu-ntH to suit urchawrn. WehavealMtit law and chouit
lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low ir:rc ami 011 reasonable terms. AI-
business and residence lots in the city. We keep a complete alwtract of title toall nal estate in
Platte County.
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Wholesale and
Game, Poultry, auil Fresh Fish.
t3fCiuh laid for Hides, Pelts. Tallow.
Olive Street, second door
Heat Itndiator.
"In peace prepare for war;" in summer, j.re-
Sare for winter, and anion? your preparation
on't forget that if yon can save, one-third to
one-half on your ex(x-nse for fuel, by an ai-
Idiance of little cost, it will ixtyyou to take a
ittle trouble to provide otirwIf with one.
Francis Mnrnlc, jr.. of Everest, Kan., tho in
ventor of the appliance referred to. is here dis
posinit of territory, and has m.-ule sooiu sales of
counties.
Th appliance is an ordinary drum except that
it in divided into apartments running the length
of the drum: one of these is virtually a contin
uation or tJie pipe, when the damper is not
turned, and makes n direct drift when desired
for starting a tire; when the damwr is turned,
the partitions are so arranged that the heatl air
and smoke go alternately upward and down
ward through all tho aiKirtuients lu-ually five in
number, owing to the relative size of pii and
drum) and finally up the chimney. 'Hie princi
ple in precisely thu same as that of tie famous
Mennonito heating furnaces, anil applied to cook
or heating stoves, utilizes a great deal more of
the heat evolved from the fuI than is done by
the ordinary drum. The pictures of progress
aremese:
A tire, on tho ground, under the open canopy
of heaven: two posts, a cross stick and the mt
of victuals hanging over the fire.
Second, the same, onlr a rode wall around, and
a cone-shaped roor, with h hole in the middle
for the smoke to curl out at.
Third, the open grate, in the ojk-u fire-place, a
great portion of the heat escaping up the chim
ney into the outer air.
Fourth, the stove.
Fifth, the stove and drum, increasing the
amount of surface heated by the same fuel.
Hixth, the greatly improved drum, or Kaoi -TOB,
with a more intense and therefore more
penetrating heat from the same amount of fuel;
forminjf a reservoir for heat except us it escai-s
through the metallic enclosure, and what little
gets out through the chimney.
Abundant certificates can lie given from those
who have uaed the Kadiatok that it do- all
that in claimed for it, but the following are suf
ficient: Blub Hills, Nkbk..
March "Jl. ltn7. )
1 have teated the qualities of the Marak Itadia-
tor, and it gave satisfaction in every particular
he claims for it. Dr. A. J. Kodgeks.
Columbus, Xkbh.. )
June 11. liH7. )
1 have tried Francis Marak's itatent radiator
on my cook stove and found it to do all that he
claims, it caused the kettle to boil and the
oven to beat, quick, with oue-half the fuel we
had been using without the Kadiator. Wo got
breakfast with 10 corn cobs, and the oven was
not Bough to bake biscuits.
Job L. Btuxokox.
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Have a Fine Lino of St.iple and Fancv
GROCERIES,
Crockery and Glassware,
Which ueiv bought li;tp r" ' 1. and will lit jjoM
at t low iinv.-.
Ktret'ttColi!iuliiis. NYhraska.
iiovia.tr
garnahan,
corner of Olive
juiyirfiitr
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Kelnil Dealers in
AH Kinds of Sausage a Specialty.
Highest market price itaid Tor Tat cattIe.-;
north of First National Bank.
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LARGEST AID FIIEST STOCK
west of Omaha, at -
GREISEN BROS.
Tho lest manufactories of tho country
represented. Not to o undersold
by anybody. Come and Beo
prices at
GREISEN BROS.
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Thtefa the most PBAOTIOAL mOB-OUT
8HOE over Invented.
Itla veryGENTZEXi&nd DRESSY and give
the same protection as a boot or over-galter. it la
convenient to put on and tho top can be ndlnntod to
fit any ankle by simply moving tbo button.
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