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We desire We reserve the right to reject any manuscript. agree to return tno some.-neawire n rniTOffnnncfont m everv BCHOOl-OlStncc 01 and cannot agree to return 1 Platte county, one of good judgment, and re liable in every way. Write plainly, each item separately. Giveun facts. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1888. A sharp earthquake shock in Scot land. No damage. Russia is negotiating a loan of 300, 000,000 roubles -with a banking firm of Paris. The recent ico gorge at St. Louis has destroyed thousands of dollars worth of shipping. The death of Mrs. Mary Howitt, the " aged poetess, was announced in London on the 2d. Thbee thousand Cincinnati shoemak ers were out of employment last week, 1,100 of them being women. E. T. Bingham, of Ohio, has been con firmed as chief justice of the supreme cou rt of the District of Columbia. "We don't expect war, but we believe in being fully prepared for it," is about the substance of Bismarck's speech. Tnn county commissioners of Perkins county met the other day and selected Grant jis the temporary county seat. The geological society of London has conferred the Murchison medal upon Dr. Xewberry, of Columbia college, N.Y. The Sioux reservation in Dakota, which the Dawes bill proposes to open to settlement, contains about 21,000,000 acres. The Wabash company has decided to put on a fast train between Chicago and St. Louis, making the run in eight and a half hours. TnE Journal is under obligations to Congressman Dorsoy and Senators Man derson and Paddock for an invoice of public documonts. Five hundred notices of ejectments wero issued at jtfagherfelt, Ireland, the othor day and served upon tho tenants of the Draper's estate. The U. S. senate has passed Hoar's joint resolution changing the time for meeting of congress and for the inaugu ration of the president. A cojirABTMEST of the Union cotton press at Charleston, S. G, containing 2,000 lies of cotton, was burned the other afternoon. Loss S100,000. Rev. Cornelius Berkley, a German Baptist minister, aged 70, was found Jan. 31st in a field on his farmnoar Som erset, Pa., where he had frozen to death. The steamer City of New York from China and Japan, arrived at San Fran cisco tho other afternoon with three cases of small pox on board. Shewa6 quarantined. Peoria Democrat says: Sam Jones now declares Kansas City to bo closer to the bottomless pit than any city he has ever visited. tf r. Jones is just be ginning his travels. A robrer got into a house in Iowa without disturbing the sleeping people, but a big dog tackled him and tore Iub throat so that he bled to death. Good dog, earned his " keep." David Wiiitjier, of Richmond, Mo., tho last surviving witness of the au thenticity of tho Book of Mormon, died on tno nignt or tne aoin uiu, aner a lingering illness of several weeks. Tun bill granting Mrs. Logan a pen sion of $2,000 a year passed the senate by a vote of 55 yeas to 7 nays. The negative votc3 were: Berry, Coke, Col quitt, Harris, Reagan, Saulsbnry and Vance. From London comes a report that the French steamer Suez had floundered at sea after having collided with another boat. Twelve of hor crow were rescued and landed at Lisbon. The remainder are missing. ArrER the arrest of the young German at Los Angeles. Cal., he made a full confession of the murder of Charles B. Hitchcock and wife, the mo tive being to get the owners of the ranch oat of tho way without "paying for the property. The Stale Journal puts the case. thus: "Nebraska editors differ from most edi tors in the particular that they give due credit to such matter as they may happen to clip. As a matter of fact, the Nebraska editors are rivals of Brutus, so far as honor is concerned." Replies to Storm Circular. Last week's additional replies to State Superintendent Lane's storm cir cular briefed up for the Journal from the Omaha Republican. J. A. Douglas, superintendent of Brown county, writes: No fatalities in Brown county, among teachers and pu pils. A number of teachers stayed in school rooms Thursday night. Miss Millie Cherry, a teacher, had her fingers frozen badly. Will BLRugg. a teacher near Newport, stayed with his pupils till near midnight, when the fuel being exhausted, he took his pupils to a farm house a half mile distant. In reply to Prof. Lane'e storm circu lar a few items have been received. W. W. Cox, of Seward, suggests the appoint ment of a day in the schools of the state for taking a penny collection to con stitute a recognition fund. He thinks all young hearts will gladly respond. MiBS C. C. Cooly, of Howard county, re plies that she had written to the teach ers of the county for data, and would re ply to the circular at an early day. She states that several teachers stayed in their school-houses all night rather than allow the pupilB to leave for their homes. M. A. Connell, of Min den, replies: I have heard of no loss of life in this county. A. E. Allyn, of Hast ings replies: There were no lives lost nor any suffering by teachers or pupils in Adams county. E. S. Falkner, of York says: I am glad to state that no one in this county perished by tho storm. Mrs. A. S. Van Antwerp, Loup county superintendent, states: Very fortunately I have no casualty to report. All but one of my teachers either stayed with the children till help came, or housed them close to the school-house. How ever, one teacher, a man at that, sent all of his pupils home at 4 o'clock. Some were fortunate enough to get safely to a house near by, but others would not have reached home had it not been for the bravery of a boy about 12. He safe ly guided tho others home, going about two miles. All were saved, but the little boy was frozen about the knees, and is hardly able to walk. His name is Charles Gurnsey, of Kent, Neb. John F. Kates, superintendent of Val ley county, writes, enclosing a clipping from the North Loup Advocate giving the facts in Minnie Freeman's case. He says a great deal more might be said to hor credit. I have in my possession a nice purse which will be expended for a handsome present for her to be present ed at a meeting of the Loup Valley edu cational association at Ord. The par ticulars of her adventure in tho storm were written by Superintendent Kates, and have heretofore been placed before the public. A. D'Allmand, superintendent of Fur nas county writes: I am glad to inform you that through the kind intervention of Providence no accident happened to teachers or pupils in my county during the late blizzard. C. A. Manville, superintendent of Holt county, writes: Teachers of schools in session were wise in their management, with one exception, by remaining all night with their pupils in their school rooms. This exception has heretofore been given to the public. It was the case where the school children were dis missed and sent home. One young man 1G years old was frozen to death, and his little sister whom he buried in a snow drift, came out alive but will prob ably lose one hand. This is the county in which Miss Ettie Shattuck had closed her term of school and was going from one office to another to get her money order signed, when the storm struck her. This superintendent says Miss Shattuck was a very fino lady and a good teacher. It is stated in this connection that both of Miss Shat tuck's limbs have been amputated just below the knees. R. H. Langford, of North Platte, sends draft for $10 for the disabled teachers fund. He reports no teachers or pupils put to any great inconvenience. Ed. B. Cowles, of Jefferson county, re ports that there was no loss of life among teachers or pupils. A. C. Ron tegahm, a teacher had his toes and face frosted. Teachers showed good sense by keeping pupils at the school-houses. R. H. Blanchard, superintendent of Dawes county, says he cannot cite one case of freezing, either of children or adults, and not a single case of suffering by either. A. R Goudy, superintendent of Paw nee county, is happy to be able to state that there is nothing to report - i , A clause in Mr. Cameron's pension bill, introduced into the senate Feb. 1, to place on the pension roll all officers and enlisted men who served in the army or navy between March 4, 1861, and February 1, 1866, reads as follows: That the rate for pension for such service shall be at the rate per month of one cent for each day of service rendered in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States subsequent to the 4th day of March, 1861, and prior to the 1st day of February, 1866." The constitution placed upon this clause is that the pen sioner shall receive each month 1 cent for each day's service, or $3.65 pes month if he has served 365 days, or one year. A report comes from Dublin that the family of a farmer named Doyle, con sisting of father, mother, one son and three daughters, living near Killarney, became insane the other day from the effects of eating poisonous food. Dur ing the night they fought one another like wild beasts, tearing their clothing and biting their flesh horribly. The son was found dead in a pig stye, his body nearly naked and his face nearly eaten away by the pigs. The remaining mem bers of tho family were removed to an asy lum, whoro they were pronounced incurable. C. B. Hitchcock and wife, living near Santa Ana, Cal., went to that place to acknowledge a deed to his property which he had sold to a German named Auschlog. They disappeared. In search ing for them their dead bodies were found the other day side by side cover ad up in a hole in the ground. Hitch cobk's throat was cut from ear to ear, and his wife's head split open with a hatchet. It appeared evident that Au schlog had murdered them to regain the money he had paid them for the land, and he has been arrested. An item from Cohoes, N. Y., about the recent eastern storm says the snow was from four to ten feet deep. From all re ports it was the worst storm ever known in tho eastern and middle states. On every hand railroad travel was complete ly blocked and trains sticking fast in drifts, with a good deal of suffering among tho passengers for food and fuel. A number of accidents and several per sons killed on account of the storm, which was most severe in the Mohawk valley, and reached as far as Maryland. Hope Valley, R L, reports an earth quake shock at 12:40 the other morning. The shock was also reported from va rious portions of the state, caused by a dynamite explosion. Providence and ad joining cities and bay side towns were, badly shaken up by the explosion in Newport harbor to clear it of ice. In many places the shock resembled earth quakes and reports from various places speak of it as a genuine earthquake. It is reported from Rochester, N. Y., that when the storm came up last week there were several live stock trains on the New York Central roads between Buffalo and Syracuse. In spite of all efforts to get them to shelter, nearly fifteen car loads of cattle and hogs des tined for Boston and New York, were frozen to death near Palmyra, and sev eral car loads at other points. The starving miners at Shenandoah, Pa., overstepped the bounds of law and order last week-and have been rioting up and down tho streets in full possession of the town. It is reported that several persons have been shot and a number of policemen and magistrates pounded. The war in western freight rates raged fiercely at Chicago the other day. It opened with an official tariff issued by the Chicago & St Paul company slash ing all rates between Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha almost in twain. "Old Buckskin," the horse ridden by Lieutenant Baker, of Lansing, Mich., in the pursuit and capture of J. Wilkes Booth, died at Lansing the other day. His skin wilrbe mounted and placed on exhibition in the state museum. BHHMbHaMttM izing a store at Dodge,. in that county, a few months ago. They were to have been tried last week in the Dodge county district court M NEBRASKA NOTES. Mrs. Eliza Garfield was the only woman who ever Baw her son inaugurat ed president of the United States. Washington's mother was living at Fredriclvsburg, Va., when the father of his country was inaugurated, but she did not witness the ceremony, which took place in New York. A big fire visited New York City last week. It broke out in the store of Henry Rogers & Co., 549 Broadway, early in the morning, spread until it de stroyed and damaged property valued at 81,400,000. Reilly, a fireman, died from injuries received. The insurance adjust ers say the loss will reach $2,500,000. Abraham Isaacs, a Russian Jew of New York, came to Washington city the other day to collect money which he imagined President Cleveland had de frauded him out of, amounting to about $4,000 and due from the government, which the president had retained for his own use. The police arrested him and locked him up for the night, so he failed to Tint the president with his big bull dog and demand settlement Patents Granted To citizens of Kansas and Nebraska dur ing the past week, and reported express ly for this paper by C. A. Snow & Co., Patent lawyers, opp. U. S. patent oflico, Washington, D. C: KANSAS. O. Campbell, and W. Peet, Lawrence, ore concentrator; A. Furst, Corning, straw stacker: C. F. Howe, Greenleaf, platen printing machine; C. W. McCor mick, Emporia, store service apparatus; W. R Oyler, Topeka, post extractor; A. H. Tripp, Rago, pulverizer and harrow. NEBRASKA. Fritz Foellmer, West Point, room ven tilator; D. Ward, Chadron, tongue sup port Col. Lewis Lewtox, of Napa City, Cal., died on the 16th of Jan. of Bright's disease and paralysis. He died at the residence of his son-in-law, E. T. Shep pard, at Sonoma. Col. Lewton was a citizen of Cadiz, Ohio, a prominent mem ber of the bar at that place for a num ber of years, and well known to many readers of the Journal. Tho members of this firm were intimately acquainted with him and one of them served under him while he was Colonel of the 170th Regiment, O. N. G. A delegation of senators, representa tives and the mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., and other citizens have invited Presi dent Cleveland to visit Jacksonville on the 22d of this month, to attend the sub-tropical exposition to be held there. The President said he desired to go and would do so if his public duties would permit, bnt he could not determine posi tively at once. A report comes from London that a chemist named Derby and his wife and six children have been found dead in their dwelling at Manchester. Their death was evidently caused caused by poison. The belief is that the man, driven to desperation by inability to support his family, administered the poison' to them and then committed ujcidei Nebraska Cityites have forwarded to Miss Shattuck $112. G. E. Pritchett, has been confirmed as district attorney for Nebraska. John Adams, of Sidney, has been con firmed as register of the land office. A. B. Chardee, of Niobrara, has been confirmed as receiver of public money. Honey bees were out flying about in Nebraska's sunshine on the 31st day of January. The Hastings new asylum was located last week, and the work of construction will soon begin. About $200 in cash has been raised for Miss Shattuck at Grand Island and will at once be sent to her by express. W. D. Kelley, of Lincoln, has been se lected as Mr. Thurston's assistant at torney, for the U. P. railroad company. Senator Manderson succeeds in get ting the Omaha public building bill passed by the senate. It appropriates $1,200,000. The man-trap of Kitt Mills located on the sonth side of Hastings was burned out the other night. It was the work of some fire bug. It is believed they have a fire fiend about Fremont. The last attempt to get up a big blaze was to burn the lum ber yard of John Paul. H. C. Bliss, near Ashland, who was re ported lost while hunting, has turned up. He was out three days and two nights, and then came home. The churches of Chadron have been holding union revival service. Last week they had gathered up about 100 converts, and their meetings were still continuing. Mrs. J. B. Jones, of Platte Center, so licited contributions from the business men of that village for the Miss Shat tuck fund, to the amount of $31, which has been forwarded to her. A report comes from Hastings that George Truax, a young law student of Clay county, had been arrested and tak en to Harvard, to answer to a charge of a criminal assault upon a young lady of that place. William Darre, a farmer residing a few miles south of Winsor, committed suicide the other morning by severing the arteries of both wrists with his pock et knife. He leaves a wife and seven children. Two men and two women are under arrest in Fremont charged with burglar- The Rev. Goher, a prominent Metho dist minister, dropped dead the other morning in the village of Ayr, Adams county. He was, up to the time of his death, in good health. Heart disease is supposed to Me the cause of his death. Nebraska City people are considering the project of having a big celebration in August by erecting a fruit palace and crowning fruit queen of that section. A good idea. It would be a fruitful source of advertising for Otoe county. The State Journal says: Mrs. Henry Davis, wife of a farmer living five miles east of Pickerell, committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. Mrs. Davis was a young woman and leaves four children. No cause, unless tempo rary insanity, is assigned for the act The treasurers of Boone, Colfax, Cus ter, Cherry, Dakota, Dixon, Greeley, Harlan, Hayes, Jefferson, Knox, Lan caster, Logan, Merrick, Phelps and Sarpy counties are said to be delinquent in their settlement with the state audit or, and will be charged 10 per cent in terest from Feb. 1. Little Eddie Kelley, the eight years old son of Simon Kelley, of Hastings, in descending a flight of stairs from Dr. Pierce's office, the other afternoon stum bled and fell, crushing a glass bottle in his pocket, and driving splinters of tho glass into the femoral artery, producing death in five minutes. " A fire broke out the other morning in the hardware store of J. Rothrock & Son at Reynolds. The, second floor was occupied by the printing establishment of Reynolds Record. The building is a total loss. Part of the stock saved. The building and stock was insured for $1,600; the printing office for $350. Charles Brown, the engineer on the B. fc M. railroad, coming up from Hast ings the other day, saw a number of mules on the track ahead of him. Ho re versed his engine and jumped. He was severely injured and is at Kearney suf fering great pain. Several mules were killed. Tho state veterinary surgeon visited Kearney and two or three farms in Center township, Buffalo county, and condemned four horses belonging to Wm. Rose, one of D. C. Carter's and one of C. R. Clapp's as having glanders, and ordered them shot, which was done. State Journal. Fred Sickmyer, an employe at tho German Orphans' home, Lincoln, the other morning jumped from a second story window, and on alighting, slashed his throat with a large knife, inflicting a deep wound about three inches wide, cutting into his windpipe. He is a very respectable man and no cause is known for his attempt to commit suicide. A report came from Ashland -the other day that a party of men and a pack of hounds chased a wolf to the Platte river. The hounds followed the wolf across. C. H. Bliss, who owned the hounds, was the only man to venture on the ice. He crossed to an island, and not being heard from since, it is beleived he went through the ico and was drown ed. The dogs returned without their owner. Beatrice is preparing to go to the front early this year. Select committees ap pointed by the board of trade met Jan. 31 and decided on arrangements for ad vertising the city in the east. A mass meeting of citizens is called for Thurs day evening at the opera house. Several passenger agents or railroads will be present, and it is expected to make ar rangements for a Beries of excursions from the oast. Thomas H. Benton, deputv auditor of state, has made a statement and caused to be published the final proof made in the various land offices of the state dur ing the past year, showing a large num ber of acres of land added to the taxable property of the state. Chadron land office, 800 entries; Niobrara, 1,320; Lin coln, 149; Neleigh, 701; Grand Island, 1,360; Valentine, 1,094; Sidney, 130; Bloomington, 575; McCook, 2,065. Each of these entries contain 80 or 160 acres of land. an artificial limb. The other foot is froz en and sloughing off up to the instep, while a large piece of flesh has sloughed off from the side of the heel. The Dr. thinks the ankle joint and heel of this foot may be saved. In addition to los ing both feet, Miss Royce will partially lose the use of one hand, the arm being badly frozen above tho wrist On other portions of her body there are also bad ly frozen spots, which will, however, heal without serious inconvenience. Dr. Bear will return to Plainview on Mon day to perform tho amputation, and will invite Drs. Kelly or Hasson, of the Nor folk asylum, and Dr. Alden, of Pierce, to accompany him. He states that Miss Royce's recital of her sufferings and ex periences during tho night succeeding the storm is pitiful in the extreme. Two of her little charges died in spasms, while the other little one lingered until morning, pleading for "mamma" to give her more covering to protect her from the cold. Only when the spirit of the last one had fled did Miss Royce leave them to seek shelter for herself, and when she arose she found that her hair, clothing and feet were frozen to the ground. Modern annals do not contain a story of more heroic devotion and for titude than is found in the recital of this young girl. Her misfortune and hero ism call loudly for the sympathy and generosity of tho people of our city and state. There should be a hearty and liberal response to the call, and we hope to see the fund of Miss Royce, really the most deserving of tho three teacher her oines, swelling rapidly into the thous ands. Norfolk News, Fob. 5. Washlarton Letter. From our regular correspondent. The anti-Cloveland element in the democratic party is rapidly growing and secretly organizing in quite a number of states, if politicians from those states, who visit this city from time to time, may bo believed. That the feeling is encouraged by quite a number of prom inent democrats in congress is a fact well known. It is said here that an organized open opposition to the re- nomination of Cleveland is shortly to be started in the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, W. Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and pos sibly others. It is also uaid that Samuel J. Randall will head the fight against Cleveland. All of this may or may not be true, but that there is a strong democratic feeling for Governor Hill more or less openly expressed among prominent members of that party, is a fact that cannot be gain said. Senator Frye says, the exemption of imj)orted liquors from the operation of state laws relating to the sale of distilled and fermented liquors is interfering with the temperance movement in Maine. Cleveland is making quite a record as a pardoner of criminals. The delegation here from Dakota have been making strenuous efforts this week to convince the house committee on ter ritories that Dakota hsis every right to be admitted to the sisterhood of states. The senate committee on pensions has unanimously approved Senator Mander- son's "Grand Army" pension bill. This bill is practically the same as the de pendent pension bill which was vetoed by Cleveland last year, and there is but little doubt that it will be passed again by this congress. Some Grand Army men believe that Cleveland will sign it this time. That "republics are ungrateful" was never more strikingly shown than in the case of the survivors of Lieut. Greely's expedition to Lady Franklin bay. They have not to this day, received from the government their regular allowance for fuel and quarters. Congress has not yet found time to render justice to these men, although fourteen of the nineteen persons named in the bill before it are now dead. n. all tho night of the "blizzard," although chilled very badly, are all right now. He had a quivering sensation in his flesh for a week. They sat in an open wagon bed on a sled with only a quilt and can vass cover for shelter from the pitiless storm. Herman Pieper, another old resident of Platte county, is in business here, general merchandise, and is doing well. Leigh has more and better sidewalks than many a larger and more preten tious village. "The Last Loaf" was well put on the boards the other night by home talent The three hundred people present were delighted with the entertainment Frank Smith is still doing a good business in the old town. Simeon. A Visit to Blooaiagdale stock Ym. Some little time ago the writer on his travels with a friend stopped over night on the above named (Mr. A. Henrich's) farm, in the beautiful and rich Shell creek valley. What he saw and heard there may be of general interest to the fanning community. The farm com prises a good deal of very rich bottom land, partly used for hay. Several good pastures, some all, some partly, tame grass such as timothy and blue grass furnish sustenance for horses, calves, sheep and swine, and one large pasture of about 450 acres fenced in with good water and shade and partly in blue grass, is used for cattle and colts; three wells, two of which surmounted by wind mills, furnish excellent water. I have mentioned calves above but cannot pass them over without saying that they are the finest I ever saw and such is the verdict of others. A number of young bulls among themought to be distributed over the county to improve the stock. Another notable feature is the good arrangement, oi everyimng one can seo here that not only muscle but brains also have been employed. The house ia surrounded by a fine grove, garden and orchard, and in the pasture are growing oak enough to supply soon all the fence posts needed on the farm. Taken all together, it is a very pleasant and well managed estate. If, as it is expected, a railroad is to be built this summer up through Shell creek valley and a station located opposite the farm, it will, being on the other side of Shell creek, not cut up this farm and yet en hance its value immensely. g. v. o. EENST&SCHWAKZ, -MANUFACTURERS ANDDEALEB8IN- SUPERB LAMP FILLER AND GOAL OIL CAN COMBINED, . WWch for safety, convenience, cleanliness and simplicity, cannot benTr-it. t v-j- .... simplest principle in philosophy and take the rank abov "ailLan FmT v U ,Mabodle.8 th plosions. Absolute safety guaranteed. No spilling. waVtinc "rdnXn-i , m ISo. g1 of ox" pr outside of can. Use it once and yon will not & ShISS ?? ."SELn5 f .! on th .&lr' ! large cans as well as email ones, thereby savinir the f nvn.nt lU..L.Z":"r1! "? " works m .mail can. Kvery can made of tho verr hoat in -n 2T."1 r"V"1?.",P8" ."" store wm ww us. a ULn a wnrr astiafa - ..: andsetoncea. .iinij, aample can and set oricea. itn a Call and seo C. E. Burke, director of a school dis trict near Ravenna, is resting in jail in Kearney, awaiting trial in the district court for deadly assault. While repair ing a lock on the school two weeks ago, Burke became angered at the mellow tones of a mouth-organ, and swiped the little musician with a hammer, followed it with several insertions of a pocket knife, cutting off an ear and severing an artery in the wrist The sight of blood cooled the maniac and his arrest follow ed. Omaha Bee. During the late blizzard Conductor Bob Crafts, of the Fremont road dis tinguished himself. His train was de layed near Emmet and had in it a car of cattle. Ho saw that something would have to be done to save the cattle, so he ran back to Emmet, unloaded the cattle got lumber and made a pen, hired a team and hauled hay for a shed for the stock and saved every animal. Such thoughtfnlness and diligence is worth remembering. The usual custom on most roads is to let them freeze on the cars. Fremont Tribune. Pete Duffy came down from Newman Grove last Saturday and will remain here for some time. He was in the em ploy of Fuller, Smith & Fuller up there. He rode down from Leigh last-Saturday night with mail carrier Kinney and says when they started past L. K. Watters' farm a cross bull attacked them, begin ning on the mule team. The animal then tackled the buggy and was pushing it around in great shape. Kinney tried to beat him off with his whip, but it only maddened him the more. They then put the whip to the mules and ran closely pursued by the bulL Pete says he would have given a dollar for the loan of a shot gun then. Such an animal loose should be shot Quill. Dr. Bear, who returned home from Plainview yesterday morning, stated to a reporter that after a careful examina tion and a conference with the attending physician, he had become convinced that it would be necessary to amputate both feet of Miss Louise Royce, the young school teacher sufferer of that place. One foot, the Dr. says, is almost entirely frozen and the flesh is decaying and sloughing off. The foot is so badly decayed that amputation will have to be made above the ankle joint in order to give her a good stub on which to place ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Leigh. Our burg now has a population of four hundred. A large school-house will be erected this summer, to cost $3,000. Several of our citizens are talking of putting up fine dwellings. The Farmers' Union is making things lively. Corn brings 35 to 37 cents, hogs 5 cents. They get lumber away below old prices. They aim to buy stock of all kinds for shipment, and pur chase for members, coal and lumber. Mr. Graves, manager, is assisted by Mr. Devine. Both are good business men and equal to the occasion. The Union is an excellent thing for tho building up of Leigh, and while results have al ready been good, we expect still greater. The Northwestern has a very nice de pot that could easily be converted into a union depot for tho road from Schuyler to Norfolk. Staab Bros., formerly of Platte county, I have a large general merchandise store, nnd are doing a rattling good business. Mrs. Staab, (nee Morris), is now assist ing in the store as saleslady. Two thriving banks here are quite an accommodation to our bnsiness com munity. Two hardware stores 'do a good busi ness, while one implement establish ment supplies the farmers with the nec essary machinery to run the fertile farms of this section. Two furniture stores are doing well in their line. Wagner (John, jr.) and Kib- ler (G. W.), both formerly of Platte county, are conducting one of these, and are having an excellent trade. For amusement, we have a roller skating-rink, besides two dances a week. The public reading room is one of the best institutions of our town, and much is expected from it, being under the management of the W. C. T. U. The Masons are talking of organizing a lodge. The United Workmen and the Good Templars will then have company. A good grist-mill would do well here and factories of any kind. Twenty miles from Stanton, 26 from Columbus and Schuyler, 13 from Hum phrey, 18 from Madison, those who are looking for good business situations, would do well to make us a visit A. M. Walling, late prohibition can didate for judge of the 4th judicial dis trict, besides being an editor, lawyer, real estate dealer, insurance agent, loan broker, stock dealer, farmer and general politician, is also a class-leader in the M. E. church and superintendent of one of the finest Sunday Schools in the state, and is really a host jn himself. Bixtaarck Township. The weather has improved somewhat. The snow melted considerably during tho warm days of last week. Mrs. F. Karline butchered a hog nnd a beef the other day and invited us to the feast. Otto Mueller has erected an ice house and is filling it up with ice taken from the river. Mrs. R. C. Mueller was ill several days last week but is somewhat better at the present writing. Mr. and Mrs. O.D. Butler attended an oyBter supper at Richland last Friday and remained over Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. G. W. Mentzer. Three months of the winter term of tne .DismarK academy nave been com pleted and rapid progress has been made in all the grades; with our present teach er for the past three years and enter prising scholars, an excellent school has been the result. Tho academy received a visit on the 31st ult from Co. Sup't L. J. Cramer, who notwithstanding the extremely bad condition of the roads, managed to get out The Professor, as usual, was full of suggestions and expressed himself well satisfied with the school. He is cor dially invited to call again. Charles. "VIInissssssssssssssssssssssssssssH -&& 3HBBasaasssssssssviBssssissssssvsiiBssssssssK jC"- TT-'EiTLssssssTLsssssssssssssLssssssssTnLssssV-- I -myglgg00g& BUST GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES ALWAYS FOR 8ALK AT & scmia BAKER PERFECT STEEL BARB WIRE. i,uuouyyougeuuuroi8or fence from 100 pounds of wire, which no other will do.' ERNST fc SCHWARZ. u : mm -AT- GALLEY BEOS. What better than a good warm coat for your wife or daughter? Bargains will be given Tor the next THIRTY DAYS, to close them out be fore invoicing. Five Hundred Suits ! Of men's, boys' and children's clothing to close out. On account of the open winter we will close out over 200 overcoats cheaper than ever known in Columbus. Weather Report. Review of the weather near Genoa for the month of Jan., 1888. Mean temperature of the month 6.W 31ean do same month last year 10.91 Highest temperature on the Slat 54 Lowest do on the 15th below sero 32 Ordinarily clear days 20 Very cloudy days g Hieh winds days s Calm days J5 Number of days on which rain or snow f el I 3 Inches of rain or melted snow 0.2S Do for same month last vir i na Inches of snow fell 2.80 Do. same month last year 3.25 Parhelia 1, 13, 14, 19, 20, 24. Lunar halos, 4, 22, 23. Heavy fog on the 28th. The month has been remarkable for the violent Btorm on 'the 12th, the most severe of its duration of any I have not ed. The wind in the early part of the day was blowing from & E. when it lulled for a short time and then whirled to N. W. and the blizzard set in, follow ed by a rapid reduction in temperature of 30 in 12 hours, which continued gradually until the 15th, when the ther mometer marked 32 below zero the lowest point my instruments have re corded in 15 years, much suffering of man and beast was the necassary result, but, as it is evident from information since received, the storm center passed to the north of us, and so we escaped the greatest intensity. Do not fail to see Galley Bros.' bargains be fore buying. Remember these bargains will not last long, we mean to close them out, so take ad vantage of the bargains we shall offer at GALLEY BROS'. Before we invoice. 3ttf tKSE7 TAUT. I SO, Have a Fine Line of Staple and Fancv GROCERIES, CfwCkiry and Glassware, Which wore bought cheap for cash, and will be sold at very low prices. DiMtrict 44 and Vicinity. There! it's a girl, at the beautiful new home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nichols, just east of the city. The soft weather of the past week has made soft roads which has impeded travel to some extent, and gave us some very dark nights, so much so that 'Squire Reed, living three miles north east of the city, went into -town last Thursday on horseback, and being de tained did not start home until after dark; in trying to find his way In the darkness he lost his bearing, and after riding around on the prairio for some time finally pulled up at R. Stuart's where he procured a lantern, and was at home all right by 12 o'clock. Rev. O. V. Rice came out last Sabbath and assisted in organizing a Sunday School at Reed's school-house. Tho following officers were elected: A. C. Picket, Jsuperintendent, H. B. Reed, as sistant superintendent, Eliza Drinnin, secretary. This is a move in the right direction, and this spring we would like to. hear of a like organization in ever country school-house in Platte county. B. ePsT Eleveith Street, Columbus. Nebraska. novlO-tf Mckinley & carnahan, 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 Eleventh streets. juiyi4M.tr SPEICE & ISTOKTH. General Agents for the stale of lESIEX T Union Pacific and Midland Pacific R. It. Lands for sale at from t-i.CC to $10.00 pr aero for caxh or on fire or ten jcan time, in annual payments to suit purchaser. We have also a larKO and choica lot of other lande. improved and unimproved, for Kale at low price and on reasonable terms. Alio boaineos and residence lota in the city. We keep a complete ubatractof titlo to all real estate in Platte County. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. 621 IVicc To Jnlia Manahan. non-resident defendant: Yoo are hereby notified that on the 28th day of October, 1887, Joseph Manahan filed a petition against you in the district court of Platte county, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which is to obtain a divorce from yon on the ground that yoo. hare willfully abandoned the plaintiff, with out good cause, for the term of two Tears last past, and for the farther purpose of obtaining possession and custody of all the children of the issue of Joseph and Jnlia Manahan . xoo are regurea to answer saiapeuuoa on or rebravr. 1886. before Monaur. tne 27th day of 0Mna 1 Mr. and Mrs. Outhrey, who were out ifbtt AHy'sformff. 1 W. T. RICKLY& BRO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Goie, P.iltry, aid Fresh Fish. All Kiids ef Saisage a Specialty. rCash paid for Hides, Pelts, Tallow. Highest market price paid for fat caKI.Q OliTS 8tit, aecond door north of First National Bank. 39-tf i m- r 7 t V S'