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WEDNESDAY, FEHItUAKY 29, 18SS.
A terrific earthquake has occurred
in the province of Yunnau, China. Two
thousand lives are reported lost.
Tite Wild "West show, a Nebraska in
stitution, now in England, expect to re
turn to.this country between the -4th and
10th o May.
London on the 20th, reported an un
usually largo amount of snow in the
north of England. Railroad travel is
Beriously delayed.
The grand jury at Chicago has re
Bolved to return five indictments against
W. B. Tascott for burglary and one for
the murder of A. J. Snell.
Minister Phelps at London, had an
interview the other day with Lord Salis
bury on the subject of the fishery treaty.
The premier expressed approval of the
document.
Miss Josie Brtan, daughter of a
wealthy farmer living near Lexington,
Ky., died in horrible agony the other
morning from taking "rough on rats" by
mistake for quinine.
Republicans aro printing thousands
of copies of Cleveland's message as a
camrmitrn document. The Omaha Re
publican suggests Blaine's Paris
view as a cover for the pamphlet.
inter-
Senatok Mandekson the other day,
from the committeo on territories, re
ported favorably the bill to amend the
act setting apart the lands at the head
waters of the Yellowstono river as a
public park.
An engine and two cars of a freight
train on the Chicago. Kansas .t Nebras
ka road went through tlio bridge at Deer
Creek, Kas., the other day. Fireman
Foster was killed and Engineer Bohlo
fatally injured.
Tns treaty on our fisheries has been
finally settled and agreed upon between
the representatives of the nations, to
which President Cleveland gives his un
qualified approval in the interest of peace
and good -will.
Charles Wingard and Annie Fox, un
do and niece, in jail at Alliance, Ohio,
for eloping from Monroe, Mich., com
mitted suicide tho other morning by
shooting. Wingard was still living but
cannot survive.
London has a recent dispatch from
Vienna, which says Kalnoky, minister of
foreign affairs, has accepted Russia's
overtures for a settlement of tho Bul
garian question. He trusts that Italy
and England will follow suit.
A recent report from London states
that tho association of chambers of com
merce of the united kingdom have unan
imously passed a resolution advocating
an arbitration treaty with tho United
States for the settlement of all difficul
ties that may ariso between that country
and England.
An enormous pocket of quicksand has
made its appearanco in the vicinity of
the new water tunnel shaft on tho lake
front, Chicago. It is seriously interfer
ing with the work, and the other day
new and alarming features appeared.
The ground under tho Illinois Central
railroad tracks along the lake shore
commenced to sink.
In the United States supreme court at
Washington tho other day in the Max-well-Preller
murder case (Brooks against
the state of Missouri), issuanco of the
mandate in tho caso was postponed.
The effect of this will be to put off the
execution of the sentence of death pro
nounced against Brooks, by tho 6tato
court.
MantjaIi training as a part of the gen
eral system of public schools, has been
very successful at Washington, D. C.
Every enterprising school board in the
country should investigate this subject
and adopt such methods as will suit
their own circumstances, to give the
youth under their charge full benefit of
practical education.
The senate of tho state of Mississippi
adopted the other day the house bill to
pay $30. yearly as a pension to officers,
soldiers and sailors and their sen-ants
who served in tho confederate army from
Mississippi, and who are now unable to
labor on account of injuries received in
service. In some countries on the globe
euch actions would not be tolerated.
John Brown of Kansas City, Mo.,
went home drunk Wednesday, began
abusing his family, and, taking a 38-cal-ibre
revolver, deliberately fired at his
daughter, tho ball striking her in the
calf of the leg. Turning to his son he
6aid: " If you interfere Til shoot you."
He then walked out of the house, was
soon afterwards arrested, but refuses to
give any explanation of his conduct.
The West Point Republican denies
the allegations made by some of its es
teemed fellow citizens that the newspa
pers of that town are not booming the
place as they should. As a matter of
fact the fault is in the town not booming
the newspapers. It is a solemn and niel-
M,olv trnth that everv newspaper in
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Nebraska is booming its town more than
it gets paid for. Fremont Tribune.
A Pull All Together.
Of course Columbus wants more rail
roads, and the Union Pacific seems to be
the Company that recognizes its own
interest as well as that of our city, in
furnishing them. The gap between this
place and David City being closed by a
new line, will add much to the capacity
of that Company for accommodating the
public who wish to travel or send goods
to the south, and many who now go by
way of the Northwestern will change
their course. Our friends across the
river look at the matter as we do, the
David City Tribune saying: "We have it
on reasonably good authority that the
Columbus-David City U. P. lino will be
built and a new depot erected in this
city during the present Beason. This
line will be a very important link in the
U. P. system, connecting their systems
north and south of tho Platte and afford
ing a direct route to Lincoln and points
south. The link will be of considerable
present importance to this city, and will
greatly increase in importance as the
years go by, as a little study of a rail
road map of this section will indicate."
And also: "The route to be occupied by
the U. P. Columbus-David City line,
according to trustworthy information in
possession of the Tribnne, is almost an
air line between the two points, the
routo crossing tho Platte river just above
tho lower end of the island, barely miss
ing Burch's place and running diagon
ally across the valley about two miles
abovo Bellwood, entering the bluffs on
tho farm of T. M. Ellis, crossing the
farm of J. V. Woods and forming a
junction with the O. & R. V. at the curve
ju6t west of the city limits. The route
is said to be a splendid one, and we ex
pect to see the line constructed and in
operation at an early date."
Seeing that tho democrats in congress
do not mean to give the country tho
tariff legislation so much talked of and
so long promised, republicans, although
not responsible for legislation, should
try to force the party in power to do
something, or make it plain to every
wayfairing voter of the country that the
democratic leaders do not intend to do
anything except to continue themselves
in office. In this situation of affairs,
we think tho suggestion of the Omaha
Republican is very timely, viz:
"There is really no prospect of tariff
revision at this session. The democrats
control the house, but they are unable
to agree among themselves. Nearly
three months have been wasted in bick
ering, and if a bill were reported to the
full committeo now there is not time
enough left in which to give it proper
consideration by tho full committeo and
in the house. Tariff reform has been
defeated by the democratic party, and
tho country will hold it responsible.
There is" just one hope of relief left.
The republicans should introduce a bill
placing upou tho free list such articles
as experience has taught cannot be suc
cessfully produced in this country, re
ducing duties which are shown to be ex
cessive, and increasing those which have
proved insufficient, and then forco tho
passage of the measure. This can be
done, however, by keeping tho bill out
of tho hands of the ways and means
committee. We believe enough pro
tection democrats will unite with the
republicans to carry this measure over
tho heads of tho freo traders. If Mr.
Cleveland vetoes it he and the democrat
ic party must take tho responsibility.
The republicans will have done their
dutv."
.John Lapache Absconds.
Yesterday the fact leaked out that
our ex-county treasurer, John Lapache,
had left for parts unknown just a week
before, but as he was not suspected of
any crooked work his absence was
scarcely noticed. Since ho has loft it is
found that ho is behind with the state
to tho amount of S7,-t45.37 and that his
private property is mostly all in tho
hands of John Prokes for money advanc
ed to clear the county and settle with
tho commissioners. The surprise of
this turn of affairs is great, as John had
a fine standing here as all know. His
bondsmen will have to settle up the de
ficiency. The following is a list of them:
Anton Dlouhy, John MacMurphy,
Joseph F. Woods, Joseph Kubic, John
Swatek, Peter Rank, M. F. Bedner, C. H.
Chase, James A. Fiala, Thomas Verba,
John Prokes, Martin Prokes, C. A. Mor
ian, H. C. Russell, J. D. Miles, Thos. H.
Hrubesky, C. W. Hrubesky, V. Kopocky,
Anton Fiala, Daniel Van Housen, John
Soucek, C. E. Sumner, W. H. Sumner,
John Konicek, F. Folda, Martin Lodel,
Vaclay Svoboda, Jacob Cibulka, Frank
Lodel, Anton Ropelas, Raymond Hampl,
Adolph Warva, Franz Semeral, Josef
Kovaricek, Joseph Soucek, F. S. Smith,
John Huska, Joseph Smatlan, John
Novotns, jr., Venzel Lodel, Alfred Sted
man and James Gadsden 42 in all.
Schuyler Quill.
The Mr. Vernon Wreck.
Later reports from this frightful ca
lamity state that the injured parties
were all doing well on the morning of
the 22d. All tho patients have the best
medical care and are established in the
rooms of the supreme court house and
private residences.
The 6tato authorities have placed
shelter tents at the disposal of all who
want them.
A large quantity of groceries, provis
ions and clothing have been received,
and donations to the amount of twenty
five hundred dollars. The mayor has
closed the dram shops for the rest of the
month.
Several of those severely injured are
sinking, and there is but little hope for
the recovery of at least eight of them.
Most persons who were on the streets
when the storm burst were killed. One
man said: "There's where I lived, but
there's nothing of my things left Two
of my children and my 'wife are abed,
and I'm used up. We were all together
in the room when the storm struck, and
away went the cottage, and left us where
we stood. Then, parts of other build-
ings began to come down upon us.
haven't as much as a blanket left"
Wo
BLAINE AND HENRY CLAY.
Eack Three Time? Candidate for the Nomi
nation and Each Defeated at Last Wherein
Blaine Pronts by the Experience of His
Illastrioas Predecessor.
The withdrawal of James G. Blaine
from the list of presidential aspirants
completes, in the broader outlines, the
parallel between the political career of
Maine's .distinguished son and that of
the illustrious Kentuckian, Henry Clay.
Clay, liko Blaine, was for years the most
conspicuous member of bis party. Each
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Drancn or congress, both being repeated-
iy chosen to preside over that body, and
each served in the Mfeate iad in taa
cabinet The whig party, even during
the days when Clay's mental powers
were at their highest, had abler states
men than he. In that sphere of intel
lectual greatness he was undoubtedly
surpassed by both Daniel Webster and
John Quincy Adams. Among the re
publican chiefs James A. Garfield was
and John Sherman is the superior of
Blaine in comprehensive and exact
knowledge of the great issues of national
concern. But as party leaders both Clay
and Blaine enjoyed undisputed primacy
during their period of political activity.
Each was a pronounced and consistent
champion of the policy of protection to
American industries and the advocate of
a liberal interpretation of .constitutional
provisions.
It was in connection with their aspira
tions to tho presidency, however, that
the closest analogy can be traced be
tween tho career of Clay and Blaine.
The whig chieftain was on three occa
sions a nominee for the position, and
each time ho was unsuccessful. On
three occasions Blaine, it was supposed
by both republicans and democrats,
would command a majority of the dele
gates to the national convention; and on
one of these occasions he gained the
nomination. It was New York which
defeated Clay in 1844 forthe presidency,
as it was New York which, forty years
later, turned the scales in favor of
Blaine's political rival. The failure of
Clay, as well as that of Blaine, was by
the narrowest possible margin; and each
defeat may fairly be classed as an acci
dent. Both friends and foes of Clay felt
convinced that he would be elected up
to the day when his ill advised letter
was made public iu which he declared
that ho was not opposed to the annexa
tion of Texas, oven though it would
enlarge the area of the slave region, but
that ho was unfavorable to absorbing it
while it continued a sufficient number of
whig votes in New York, and gave them
to Birney, the nominee of the liberty
party, to place the state in the demo
cratic column and elect Polk, Clay's
antagonist. The "rum, Romanism and
rebellion" idiocy of an obscure and irre
sponsible clergyman near the close of
tho canvass wrested New York from
Blaine and made Cleveland president
In an aggregate vote of nearly 500,000 in
Now York that state gave a plurality of
only 5,106 for Polk, although 15,812
whigs had cast their ballots for Birney,
nearly all of whom would undoubtedly
have voted for Clay had the letter re
ferred to not been written. Out of
1,171,312 votes cast in New York in 1884
Cleveland's pluralitv over Blaine was
but 1,047.
Blaine's withdrawal probably closes
his political hfe, so far as regards the
presidential nomination, as the defeat of
1844 destroyed Clay's chances of ever
reaching that office. Here, however, the
parallel between the career of the two
distinguished publicists ends, for Clay
weakly permitted his friends to endeavor
to obtain the nomination for him in 1848,
when Zachary Taylor was chosen the
standard bearer. With Clay, instead of
Taylor, as tho head of the ticket in that
year, the whig party could scarcely have
escaped defeat In stepping out of the
canvass at a time when his nomination,
if he 6o willed, appeared certain, Blaine
strengthens his party and shows a pub
lic spirit and good sense which his great
prototype, on a similar occasion, unfor
tunately failed to display. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
A TRAIN BURNS.
The
Limited" Crashes Into a Car of Naptha
Nineteen Persons are Injnred.
Tho Union Pacific limited passenger
train from Ogden, which is due in this
city at 2:55 o'clock this afternoon, ran
into a freight train, No. 19, at Colton, a
small station east of Sidney at 1:30
o'clock this morning. The freight train
was moving out of the way and into a
siding and in a minute more would have
cleared tho main track. The caboose
and two freight cars were still on the
main track when the passenger train
crashed into them striking the second
car ahead of the caboose.
The car was splintered and its con
tents, cases of naptha, were spilled and
caught fire from the engine.
Tho naptha blazed up and set fire to
the car which had contained it and the
flames spread to that next to it and also
attacked tho cars of the passenger train
which had literally cut through the
freight train and were on each side of
the naptha car. Tho baggage car. a
passenger day coach, an excursion (or
emigrant) car and two Pullman sleepers
were consumed.
Engineer Powell, of the passenger
train was killed and the fireman was
badly hurt
General Superintendent Dickinson's
special car, which was attached to the
train, and a Pullman car next to it, were
the only coaches that escaped destruc
tion. Colton is a small Btationon the prairie,
and there were no means of fighting the
fire. It lighted up the prairie for miles.
Mr. Dickinson's proverbial luck in
being near at hand in emergencies, did
not desert him, and his energy did much
toward clearing the wreck.
The news of the wreck created much
excitement in this city. The condition
of the wires, which had been tangled by
the wind storm last night near Ames
where the track is flooded, and were not
easily reached, prevented gaining any
but meagre facts of the wreck until
afternoon.
Later particulars are that Enirineer
Michael Powell was killed outright and
Fireman August Johnson had a thigh
broken and Brakeman F. Laurence had
his head, neck and face cut and burned
and the back of his hand burned.
Seventeen passengers were injured.
They were the following:
A. A. Brown, Norwich, N. Y., face and
nose cut.
W. H. Murphy, Salone, la., head cut
and bruised.
E. D. Isaacson, Howard, Neb., back of
head cut
George Keller, Mansfield, Ohio, email
cut on back of third finger.
Mrs. Burton Reed, Jamesville, N. Y.,
left arm and face slightly cut and
bruised.
Mrs. Baird, Laramie, Wyo., ankle
bruised.
Joseph Smith, Grand Island, head and
leg bruised;
Mrs. Lucy Huchenburg, Burcher, Neb.,
back of hand cut
John Laird, Julesburg, wrist broken
and face cut
George McNavey, Kimball, Dak., arm
bruised and ankle sprained.
W. D. Knowles. Green View, His., back
and side hurt, both legs scratched.
P J. Carlston, Kearney, Neb., slight
cut in the hand.
Frank T. Keith, Grand Island, back
and nose hurt
J. C. Fox, Hailey, Idaho, hand slightly
cut
Mrs. John Lighthall, Helena, Mont.,
broken collar bone.
Mrs. Eli Douglass, Thebes, His., slight
ly bruised and thumb spraied.
E. Johnson, Beersford, Dak., side
bruised.
The cost will reach at least $60,000.
Omaha World, 25th.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
There are twenty-seven prohibition
newspapers in the state.
Governor Thayer and staff left Lin
coln one day last week for Shelton, to
attend a military hop.
In the house of congress last week a
bill was reported and placed on file for
the erection of a public building at
Hastings.
Mail route 38,181, Norman to Lyba,
has been curtailed to end at Osco. Jos.
Gilmer has been commissioned post
master at Mirage, Sheridan county.
The board of trade at Beatrice the
otkar day talagrapkad one hundred dol-
lars to tho relief committee at Mt
Vernon, TIL, for the benefit of the cy
clone sufferers.
At Falls City one morning last week
the sheriff discovered that his prisoners,
three in number, had escaped. Two
were in for burglary and one for forgery.
Insoine way they secured a key, unlock
ed the door and escaped. No one knows
what direction they took.
Lately the condition of the Omaha
Bee fund for the Nebraska storm suffer
ers was reported: For Louie Royce,
$2,833.89; Lena Webbeke, $846.15; Min
nie Freeman, $655.78; Etta Shattuck,
$4,603.59 and the Westphalen monu
ment, S100.38, total $9,039.79.
Last week a rousing meeting of re
publicans at Norfolk ended in forming a
young men's club, by electing John R.
Hays, president; G. Wilson, vice paesi
dent; Burt Mapes, secretary; H. Bucholz,
treasurer and R. Miller, C. A. Wyman, L
Van Horn, J. E. Simpson and J. S. Mc
Cleary executive committee.
The following Nebraska pensions were
granted on the 20th: Original (navy)
W. H. Reed, Lincoln; John Wolfe, Wy
more. Increase, J. J. Stowers. Fairbury,
Albert McNickel, Cortland; S. D. Love,
Tamora; C. E. Vanpell, Lincoln. Re-issue
Ursula Awreba, widow; E. O. Whitaker,
Wahoo, Mexican war, Theo. Bodecker,
Louisville.
Rudolph Klaber, a young man living
at Oakland, went out with a gun the
other afternoon, but not returning at I
the usual hour, his friends became
alarmed the next day and search was in
stituted. His hat was found on the ice
of Logan creek. The water is deep at
that point with a strong current They
failed to find him, but will continue the
search.
Valentine Gulcher an old German
from Ogallala, Keith county, was mur
dered at Grand Island one morning last
week by some one shooting him three
times. He was decoyed to a pasture
near town, and murdered for his money.
His pocketbook was taken, but $545.20
in an outside pocket was found by the
coroner's jury, which at the time of the
report had not finished its work. Grand
Island is putting on metropolitan airs.
At Hastings on the 22d a pile of shav
ings and other inflammable material was
found under a wash tub in the basement,
next to a board partition, of J. Hirsch's
meat market List night about 11 o'clock.
The pile had been set on fire but had
been discovered in time to avert a dis
astrous conflagration. The police have
a clue to tho incendiary. This makes
the fourth attempt to start a fire within
the past week and the people are becom
ing aroused to the fact that some one
needs a touch of hemp.
J. A. Banks, of Guthrie county, Iowa,
was shot and robbed just east of Kear
ney on the morning of tho 22d, by C. H.
Rankin, who proves to l)e of Hastings.
Banks was returning overland from a
trip west. About a mile from town he
was overtaken when Rankin took one of
the horses by the bit and leveled his re
volver; when Banks asked what was
wanted, Rankin replied, "Your money;"
Banks replied "don't shoot and I will
give you all the money I have." Rankin
commenced shooting and one of tho
shots struck Banks in the thigh, making
a bad though not dangerous wound.
Robert Stinson, living near by, heard
the shots and saw the man run. Got
his horse and shot gun, pursued and
captured the scoundrel in a hay stack,
and returning to town with him, met
the sheriff who handcuffed him and
took him to jail.
The case of tho state ex rel. Groble,
city treasurer of Beatrice vs. Roderick,
taeasnrer of Gage county, submitted to
supreme court at 5 o'clock in the after
noon of the 21st, is one of great im
portance to all county treasurers and
ex-county treasurers in Nebraska. The
statute makes the fees of county treas
urers 10 per cent on the first $3,000 col
lected; 4 per cent, on the next $2,000, and
2 per cent on all additional collections.
It has been a custom almost universal
among treasurers to regard the city,
county and state taxes as separate funds,
thereby increasing the rate per cent of
their fees. This is a mandamus proceed
ing, instituted by the city treasurer of
Beatrice, to compel the county treasurer
of Gage county to pay over to the city
the sum of $1,500, this being the differ
ence in fees resulting from a different
construction of the statute. If the su
premo court sustains the writ, suits will
doubtless follow in all counties in Ne
braska against all county treasurers and
ex-county treasurers where the statute
of limitation does not interfere. It is
claimed that if the funds are lumped to
gether and the fees collected on that
basis, that in most counties they will
not amount to enough to pay clerk hire.
eWesporrtJtnce.
In this department the people talk, and not
the editor. Each writer mnst hold himself ready
to defend his principles and his statements of
facts. "In the multitude of counsel there is
wisdom." Ed. Joubnal.1
Union.
Mb. Editor: The spirit of union is
moving with a greater power than one
republican can in any event command.
This grand spirit for union has touch
ed two other candidates named for presi
dent on the republican side. First
Two withdrawals personally of the
name of George W. Childs a good man
beyond any question; second Gen.
Phil Sheridan, puts another big feather
in his cap, by refusing personally to let
his name go before the convention as a
candidate.
A few more candidates namedsfor the
position, struck by the spirit of union,
and the good sense of leaving the con
vention perfectly free for its own action
without personal and individual bicker
ing to guide it, shall withdraw personal
ly their names, this Bpirit of union will
begin to whisper to those who persist in
personally continuing their names that
they must all be defeated to produce the
union required. This spirit for union
will be found stronger than one repub
lican away out in Nebraska..
A. Republican.
Yes, Dam the Lonp.
Mb. Editor: I have this moment read
the articles in your issue of the 22d on
utilizing the Loup for hydraulic purpo
ses. This revives my 25 year old views
of the possibilities of my old-time home.
At one time, I was ready to make a
hobby of this same proposition. The
arguments pro and con were even at that
arly day so warmly discussed that John
Routson and myself did some leveling
and made some estimates respecting the
comparative cost of a canal short and
large and one long and small, for the
longer the canal the less it might be on
account of the higher head of the termi
nus, as also the lees expense of a dam.
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ui uw, x uuvu mxix roHuwg wuatever
I could get hold of on the subject of
irrigation, and very naturally it occurs
to mo whether the two interests manu
factures and irrigation could not be
united in this Loup scheme. Such a
thing is to be done in tho vicinity of
Phoenix, Arizona, a place I hope to visit
soon. Why can it not be done at Co
lumbus? Yon have the water and the
land and the brains and the pluck right
at home, and if you do not have the
money you can command it. Incorporate
a Columbus manufacturing and irriga
tion company, subscribe all you can
yourselves, then "go for" some solid
capitalist who will see the point and,
while helping yon out, make himself
famous.
Such an achievement would make Co
lumbus a city worthy of her original
aspirations. A canal 50 feet wide at the
bottom with strong banks where it
would be above surface at Columbus
would make you distinctly tlie manufac
turing city of Central Nebraska and
surround you with gardens and fruiter
ies such as, without it, will never be seen
in tho state. I. N. Taylor.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
For tho JounNAL.
A Young Hero Frank Met.
"Pray for me mamma, I'll soon fall asleep
How fierw the wind blows! The snow's g,
inir divn
i grow.
And drifting like monntains. Will somebody
come
To help you, and me and dear sister home?
Dying! poor boy! He feared not to yield
His life to tho tempest, if thus ho might shield
Mother and baby sister asleep i
Dreaming and warm, while cruel winds sweep.
Over the shiv'ring form of that mother
Over the "so tired," jet brave-hearted brother,
Night,falling fast, with thy white sword of death
Hang in those cruel winds, choking the breath.
Bring now, thy star-lamps, last night swinging
high.
Let but one rift of light cleave the gray sky:
Send to those watchers one signal of hope.
"No nso to luolc mamma; we must give up."
Tho cold, frozen hands, of that brave little man.
Strive, oft, to fasten his coat; all in vain:
Placing the covering ronnd "baby" and mother,
Down in the sleigh nestles poor, weary brother.
"Now. mamma, pray: "bine lips whiter grow!
"I'll lie close by you: for I'm dying, I know."
Slow dragged long hours, made, in suffering
longer,
Tho keen north-land winds blow, still wilder
and stronger.
Brave souls,
night
, those of heroes went forth on that
And the storm-loom
shroud of white.
kept weaving its snow
As a soldier should give it, his otm life he gave;
Sleep, Frank, and the night stars shall watch
o'er thy grave.
"At the dawn." came brave
and mother.
men, rescued sister
In the silence of Death and its
brother.
peace lay dear
What grandeur of courage, our fair West has
shown;
As 'tis writ on our hearts, let's record it on stone.
David fily, Jan. SWh. u. u.
Oconee.
What means all of this driving in our
streets at dead of night and Grandpa
Smith around setting up the cigars in
tho
bov.
morning? Georgo says, uuother
The grain received at this point Wed
nesday and Thursday of last week
amounted to nearly $2,000.
Messrs. Win. and Chas. Radcliffe of
Kansas are visiting their brother-in-law,
Fred Jewell.
The EU Seven Cattle Co. are prepar
to ship a train load of cattle. m. p.
Monroe Township.
Perdue returned from Iowa
A. E.
Monday.
John Dack returned from Illinois
Saturday, bringing with him 21 horses.
Wni. Little has been suffering for
some time with rheumatism.
Willet Hyatt, who has been attending
school at Genoa, returned last week
quite ill.
Mr. Judd, father of J. J. Judd of this
place died Tuesday evening, and was
buried in the Monroe cemetery on Fri
day. The oyster supper at the Congrega
tional church Friday evening was well
attended.
It is reported that Mrs. J. Leggatt is
dangerously ill with heart disease.
Wm. Hollingshead is in Omaha try
ing to convince the U. P. Co. that it will
be for their interest to build a Bide
track at this place. t. d. x.
Dnncan.
Our town is isolated now.
The bridges have been taken out to
the right and left
The wind of last week closed up the
open ground again.
Mrs. George Berney is still on the sick
list, but is improving somewhat
Mr. Ed. Keuscher went to Omaha Sat
urday last to visit his son, who is en
gaged in the mercantile business in that
city.
Mr. T. L. Hall, who had the contract
to teach the winter term of our school,
left suddenly for a more prosperous po
sition Inst week.
The young and old folks held a mas
querade ball in honor of Washington's
birthday in the music hall of this place;
the entertainment was a perfect success,
with Mr. Blodgett floor manager and
Mr. Russom general manager. It was a
splendid evening, a splendid program
and a splendid crowd. S.
Bismarck Township.
Mud in abundance.
David Carrig was around looking for
his colts the other day.
The Bismark Academy received a visit
from T. M. Wilson on the 21st; also Miss
Ettie Moore and Mrs. George Moore nee
(Lydia Hill) of Schuyler.
Joseph Jarhner of Columbus town
ship is shelling corn in this vicinity; he
shelled over a thousand bushels for
Louis Nounburg and about the same
amount for Otto Mueller.
Mrs. F. Karline visited her daughter,
Mrs. Lawrence Enswiger of Platte Cen
ter, the other day; she says they have
the same complaint to make in regard to
bad roads.
John Hoagland visited this vicinity
last week, he has been away from home
for some time and only returned on a
visit to his parents, who reside near
Schuyler. Ory Hill who lately returned
from Chicago on a visit to his parents at
Schuyler, also gave us a call.
Chabx.es.
District 44 sad Vicinity.
Louie Schreiber of Bismark, cousin of
your townsman and blacksmith, is busily
engaged in building a stable on his farm
near the school house on nw sec. 11,
17n and le. Mr. Schreiber has about
100 acres under cultivation, and imme
diately after planting will commence the
erection of a new house. It please ua
to note the acquisition of such indus
trious, hard working men aa Mr. S. and
we hope he may never have reason to
regret the choice he made in the adop
tion of his new home.
A. W. Clark will fence 20 acres of new
pasture this spring; the posts, which are
of red cedar, are already on the ground.
McGill and Moore were busy shelling
corn last week in these parts; this makes
their second trip through here this win
ter, which leaves the corn cribs light
J. G. Engel, of whom mention has
been made heretofore, took advantage of
the fine day and rode into the city last
Thursday; this is the first time Mr. E.
has been able to ride to Columbus since
December.
Palestine.
Mrs. Ida Watts and Mrs. Tilly Watts
visited their mother. Mrs. Larson yes
terday. Mr. Damscar, who has been sick a
long time, died this week and was buried
yesterday.
There was a great crowd at Mr. An
derson's sale yesterday. Household
goods went very high, stock not so well.
Mr. Anderson will go with his family to
Chicago next Monday. Mr. and Mrs.
Fish will move onto the place the same
day.
There was a birthday surprise party at
John Johnson's yesterday; have not
heard how it turned out.
Miss Maggie Larson, who is attending
the Wattsville school this winter, won
the prize for penmanship a gold pen.
Mr. Clung lost a horse a couple of
weeks ago and bought another last week.
Mr. P. G. Jones bought one of M. C.
Hanchett and Herman Bundt bought
one of W. H. Gray.
The scholars of school district 62 gave
one dollar toward the "Lena Webeke
fend." Dak.
Shell Creek Items.
Farmers are preparing for spring
work. We heard of one that was going to
sow wheat on the 21st of February.
This would look like olden times. Al
though "the early bird catches the
worm," we are afraid this one will catch
more than one frost.
Mr. David Thomas has to cross the
ocean again. Hi3 venerablo father hav
ing died, he will have to go to his old
home in Wales to settle up the estate.
May he have a safe journey, although it
is not a pleasant one.
Mrs. Lorenz Ensminger has presented
her husband with a fine little daughter.
We congratulate!
There has been a kind of evening
entertainment at Mr. Lorenzo Josephs'
house. Didn't learn any particulars.
Mr. Andrew Richter, tho well-known
and well-appreciated pump man who
has been in the employ of Mr. Wm.
Bloedorn, and who fixed well many a
wind mill, pump and well well he has
concluded to fix no more wells, but to
farm well on his own well situated farm
and to do well. Well, we wish him well.
May he fare well with it and prosper
well in it! But Mr. Bloedorn does not
like it well to lose a man who did his
work well on every well, and was liked
well everywhere. Well!
Mr. Wm. M. Arnold, farmer, store
keeper and man of prime swine, has con
cluded to leave Platte county for Fur
nas connty. Now, neighbor Arnold,
Platte connty is hard to beat, but yon
are not going very far, and when you
want to come back to us, you have be
haved so that you can come back and no
dog bite yon! May yon prosper well,
wherever you go.
Our Welsh neighgbora had some extra
good meetings.
We hear of a law suit threatened about
some dead sheep on account of the bad
odor and the bad words that fell from
excited lips. Now all this Bmells bad
enough and sounds bad enough, but a
lawsuit is a law suit and worse than
odor or sound.
Leap year has set in, but still there
are some old bachelors and widowers
left who are too bashful to ask the mo
mentous question, but they might not
dislike to be asked.
We predict that there will be a good
demand for millet- and Hungarian-grass
seed this season; let those that raised
some advertise in the Journal bo farm
ers will know where to get it.
There are a few of those beautiful
young bulls left at the Bloomingdale
stock farm. What is not sold soon, will
not be left serviceable much longer, and
that would be a pity!
The writer has been asked about
alfalfa; would say in answer that it will
do splendidly where there is a porous
subsoil. If sowed here the around
ought to be plowed very deep, using the
subsoil plow, the deeper the better.
In my garden it growed 10 inches high
in one month. Would make three good
crops of hay in a season and be never
affected by drought. x. v. z.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of two orders of sale issued by G. B
Speice, clerk of the district court of Platte
county, Nebraska, upon judgments rendered in
said court in favor of Reid, Murdock & Fischer
against Edward J. Baker and Iver Johnson, and
also in favor of Fairbanks & Co. against Edward
J. BakerTand Iver Johnson, I have levied upon
the following real estate as the property of said
Edward J. Baker and Iver Johnson, to wit: So
mnch of lots five, six, seven and eight in block
eighty-two, as is not included in the depot
grounds of the U. P. R. K. in the city of Colum
bus; parts of lots seven and eight in block
fifty-seven: commencing at the southwest corner
of lot eight, running thence eighty-eight feet
norm, thence eigne reel east, tnence eighty-eight
feet south, thence eight feet west to the point of
starting; the north half of the south half of the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of
section twenty-four, township seventeen north,
range one west; lot six in block three, lot three
in block fifteen, Stevens Addition to the city of
Columbus, Nebraska; lot number nine in Hoi
man's out-lots to the city of Columbus, Nebraska.
And I will, on the
Sin Dat or Mabcb, 1888,
at 2 o'clock of said day, at the front door of the
court house of said connty, in Columbus, sell
said real estate at public auction to tho highest
bidder for cash, to satisfy said orders of safe, to
the amount due thereon in the aggregate, being
the sum of $3,118.50 and $81.80 costs, and accru
ing costs. M. C. Blocdobx,
Sheriff of Platte Co.. Neb.
Dated Columbus, Feb. 23d, 1888. 29feb5t
LEGAL NOTICE.
In the District Court of Platte county, Nebraska.
Notice to take Depositions.
Lxtx M. Laxoiix,
vs.
EXILT LA50IIX.
The above-named defendant will take notice
that on the 27th day of March, A. D., 1688, be
tween the hours of ten o'clock, a. m., and six
o'clock, p. m., at the office of Wm. D. Wood, in
the First National Bank in Seattle, Kins county.
Washington Territory, the plaintiff above-named
will take the testimony of M. H. Snow, Mrs. M.
A. C. Snow, witnesses in this action: to be used
as evidence on the trial of the above-entitled
cause, with authority to adjourn from day to day.
nntil such depositions shall have been taken and
completed. Levi M. Ljnhill,
Plaintiff.
By Allen & Bobinson his attorneys. 29feb$t
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Mathiaa Enrfe,
deceased.
Notice is hereby jriven that the creditors of the
said deceased will meet the executor of said
estate before
Nebraska, at
county, on the
Am nf Jnnn. If
1888, at 10 o'clock a, m. each day, for the purpose
of presenting their claims for examination,
adjustment and allowance. Biz months ate
allowed for creditors to present their claims, and
niiu months for the aerator to settle said
state from the 38th day of January, 1888.
Dated rswrnary w, a. u. wm.
H. i. Bvimon,
UeaatrJadg.
me, County Judge or ristw connty,
the connty court room in said
21th day of April, 1888, on the 10th
188. and on the 14th dar of Anfturt.
EKNST & SCHWAEZ,
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GALLEY BEOS.
What better than a good warm coat for your
wife or daughter? Bargains will be given for
the next THIRTY DAYS, to close them out be
fore invoicing.
Rye 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.
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
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Mckinley &
MOftTa.IGE
COLUMBUS, NEB.
Money to loan on improved farms in this and adjoining
counties, at current rates. We are prepared to close loans
promptfy, in all cases where title and security are satisfactory.
Office up-stairs in Henry Building, corner of Olive and
Eleventh streets.
SPEICE & KOKTH,
General Agents for the sale of
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or on five or ten years time, in annual payments to
lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for
busineas and residence lots in the city. We ktt'ji
Platte County.
COLUMBUS.
W. T. RICKLY& BRO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
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(Jawe, Foil try, aid Fresh Fisli. All Kiids of Saisage a Specialty.
tarfash paid for Hides. Pelts, Tallow. Highest market price paid for fat catUe.-RJ
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GBOCEBIES,
Cricktry and Gltsswart,
Which were bought cheap for cash, and will be Bold
at very low prices.
Street, Columbus. Nebraska.
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for sale at from i3.00 to S10.0O per aero for cah
Hint purchaser. Wo have alo a large and choice
sale at low pricn and on reasonable terms. Also
a complete abstract of title to all real estate In
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