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KEPIKLKAN TICKET.
Congressional.
For Kepre-eiitHtive in ('ongre, 3d District,
(iEOKCK W. E. DOi:SEY.
Gkn. Shkkidajt wtis reported worse on
tho evening of the 29th ulL
Ppesident Cleveland and party, left
Now York for Washington on the after
noon of tho :flth iilL
Indications at St. Louis from yefiter
day'H dailies wero that the ticket will bo
Cleveland and Thitrinnn.
Senatoi: Mandeilsos was tho orator
at Arlington, upon tho occasion of the
decorating of the soldiers graves in the
national cemetery.
The friends of P. S. Kustis will le
pleased to learn that he has leen pro
moted to tho general passenger agency
of the Dhicago. Burlington & Quincy.
Jay Goi'ld and his traveling compan
ions arrived in Omaha last Wednesday.
Omaha would like to have him extend
his Missouri Pacific lino into northwest
Nebraska, from Omaha.
It is announced that tho decision of
tho inter-state commerce commission in
the Nebraska cases will bo forthcoming
now in a short time, tho illness of Judge
Cooley having delayed tho matter thus
far.
.Tuixje Thukman, of Columbus, Ohio,
under date of May 28, denies the report
that he has consented to the use of his
name for vice president. He has not
been consulted and is not a candidate
for any office.
A cheat, new fast freight line scheme
litis been perfected at New York which
will rush freight across tho continent
between New York or Boston to San
Francisco in eight days instead of fifteen
as heretofore.
PitEMDKNT Cleveland arrived in New
York May 20. He was accompanied by
Secretaries Whitney and Fairchild. He
will review the parade from Madison
Square Garden stand tomorrow sind re
turn to Washington in tho evening.
It is rumored that J. C. McBride,
former state treasurer, now president of
the Iward of trade, Lincoln, will bo a
candidate for tho legislature from Lan
caster county, also that Gen. Van Wyck
will len state senator from Otoe county.
The Baltimore (Md.) News has been
making an onslaught on tho dives that
infest one of the principal streets of that
city. The mayor and marshal of the po
lice pleaded they had no authority in
tho premises until Thursday last when
the city solicitor pointed out their duty.
TnE Union Pacific management Inst
winter authorized tho expenditure of
1,000,000 for new equipment, etc. It is
by this authority that General Manager
Kimball it buying forty engines and a
large numler of new passenger nnd
freight cars, including f00 furniture cars.
A passenoek engine collided with a
work train tin the Cheyenne & Northern
branch of the Union Pacific May 30, near
Bordeaux, 81 miles from Cheyenne. John
Under, John May field and Charles Ileem
were killed and four others seriously in
jured. Theke was a favorable change for the
letter in the condition of Gen. Sheridan
on the morning of May 28. There has
leen no recurrence of heart failure for
three days and tho heart is beating well
again. He is regarded by doctors and
friends as decidedlv better.
A i:epokt comes from Washington,
Pa., that on May 29 tho Manufacturers
Natural Gas company drilled in a natur
al gas well Killed " Paxton No. 2," near
McConnell's mills, of such enormous
pressure that it is impossible to gague
it- It is estimated to be at least 1,000
rock pressure.
TnE Methodist general conference in
session at New York has finally succeed
ed in electing all four of their new bish
ops, whom tho conference ordained in reg
ular form May 29. So tho church in the
future will receivo Bishops Vincent,
Fitzgerald, Goodsell. Joyce and Newman
as its new officers.
During divine services Sunday week
at Mt, Zion church, near Sycamore,
Wyandotte county, Ohio, lightning
6truck tho building, knocking the
preacher down and out of the pulpit and
severely injuring a number of the con
gregation, none fatally. Several horses
on the outside were killed.
A most destructive storm of rain, hail
and wind visited Topeka, Kas.,
the other night. In many places the
hail stones were of very- large size and
drifted to the depth of three feet, Small
grain will be greatly damaged. The los6
in window glass was very heavy. Every
thing movable on the Solomon river bot
tom was earned away. The river at
Stockton was over one mile wide.
A violent and terrible thunderstorm,
accompanied by wind and hail struck
Wheeling, W. Va., May 28. The rain fall
was very heavy. At Bridgeport, over
the river, a son of Joseph Taylor was
caught by the swelling stream and
drowned. Clements & Russell's circus
on Wheeling Island was almost demor
alized and no show given. The same
day at Pittsburg, Pa., the storm was
fearful, doing great damage. Churches,
public buildings and dwellings were un
roofed, trees uprooted and fences and
barns blown down. A number of per
sons were injured.
Ox the 30th ult, at New York the
general Methodist conference adopted
the following resolution: "The new rnlo
of pastoral service shall be applied as
follows: At the session of any annual
conference next following this general
conference a preacher may be appointed
to a charge which he has not served for
the three years preceding and be con
tinued thereafter in said charge for five
years and the pastor now serving the
charge for three years preceding his
present pastorate may be continued
through the full term of five years. In
all other cases the rulo of five years in
ten will be strictly applied." Another
important decision was made by the con
ference. That during tho months of
October or November, 1890, an election
be held in the various churches through
out the union that each memler of 21
years of age be given a vote relative to
the admission of women to lay dele
gates, the result to be sent to the gener
al conference in 1891. We will not have
a vote in that election, but we would
like to live to learn that not a single
vote is cast against the proMsilioii.
Their past and present labors for tho
church deserve it, and more privileges
in the church too.
Van Vtck's speech at Fremont on
Memorial Day was published in Thurs
day's Bee. The closing paragraph is:
'There are but few years left in which
the debt can bo paid. Many of that
grand army have crossed the dark river
and joined tho world's great majority on
the other side, marshalled by Grant,
and Hancock, and Logan, and Thomas,
nnd Meade, and nearly all tho great gen
orals of the war. Few only remain up
on tho earth, and even now tho irresis
tible and unconquerable Sheridan is sur
rendering to the grim destroyer and his
trembling spirit lost to the clamor of
arms, the shouts of victory, is hearing
the drum beat and roll call of an army,
reunited where the injustice of men and
the neglect of the nation, more bitter
than injustice, will nover vex their souls.
And the living can thus realize that
thus 'God will reward these dead heroes
of ours and cover them over with beau
tiful flowers.' "
A Small One.
The water spout of Sunday proves to
have to been a genuine cyclone on n
small scale. H. T. Hawes, who was close
by it, says it tore up things in duo nnd
ancient form, only it did not cut n very
wide swath. All tho damage we can
learn of was the tearing to pieces of a
buggy.
Mr. E. M. Perkins, of Center, was in
in town a little while on Tuesday. The
tornado of Sunday evening just missed
his house a little way. It circled slowly
around them, and would dip down to the
ground every now and then, and the way
it would roll up the mud was a caution
to behold. It traveled very slowly, and
finally collapsed altogether. It was a
genuine twister. David City Press.
Health Notes for June.
I am convinced that three hearty
meals are too many in warm weather.
Absorbents cannot car for so much car
bon, and it is not assimilated, remaining
an irritative foreign substanco until re
jected. Breakfast and dinner alone
should be complete in this respect;
luncheon and supper ought to be very
light.
It is essentially necessary to change
clothing, but the difference should be in
external garments only, at least in ma
terial. Neither in warm nor cold weath
er ought underclothing be other than
woolen, and it is supposed at present of
such fineness of texture as to be as soft
as silk. With skin well protected in
this way, outer garments may conform
to our sudden changes with consider
able impunity. Dr. Wm. F. Hutchin
son, in the American Magazine for June.
Whatever any one may think of tho
current movement to stay the acknowl
edged evils of the liquor traffic, the
organization known as the prohibition
party, there is one thing very certain to
our way of thinking and that is that the
murderous assaults made here and there
the country over against men who advo
cate this doctrine will not aid the cause
oi me liquor ueaiers, out, on tue con
trary, enlist the nctive sympathy of all
free-minded people who believe in open
discussion of public questions and a
settlement of them upon the basis of
right. Reason should rule through law
in America, nnd systems or men who
cannot abide this rule patiently should
hurry and change their modes of think
ing and living and get into the line of
progress. We are glad to note that
none of these outrages have taken place
in Nebraska.
The novelty of a complete exhibit of
Woman's Work will be introduced this
season by the Minneapolis Exposition.
At first thought it might seem that there
is nothing in such an exhibit but "Fancy
Work," but when it is considered that
over 2000 patents, (many of them on ma
chinery of the most complicated charac
ter.) that in the U. S. alone more than
fifteen hundred books have been written
by women within the past four years
and that many large manufacturing and
mercantile concerns are conducted by
ladies it will be apparent that there are
great capabilities in this display. Every
thing made by ladies will be shown and
those wishing to exhibit are invited to
correspond with Mrs. E. R Holbrook,
tho Superintendent, care of the Exposi
tion. Over forty years ago our government
adopted a revenue tariff. Woolen fac
tories and iron foundries took root and
llourished all over the country. It was
not a strange sight to see a woolen fac
tory, a foundry, grist mills, and manu
factures of many other kinds being
erected side by side in the principal
towns of the then territories.
So says the Fremont Herald, and yet
it now favors a policy which would lead
to a different result. Diversified indus
tries, factories near the farms, a home
market for products of all sorts are the
best. Truly the tariff is then a "local"
issue; each locality needs to work for its
own interests.
Already bad folks have commenced
the publication of big stories about the
lady candidate for president, Belva
Lockwood. They say that since her
nomination for the presidency, she has
bought a stunning new bonnet; that a
cunningly constructed artificial bee is
made to hover among the flowers that
adorn its crown. What big stories po
litical life will lead to, but we had reason
to believe that ladies especially would
escape them.
ONCE MORE
Blaine Declares that He in Not a Candidate
and Declare that He Will Not Accept the
Nomination ITnder Any Pirrnmstances His
Strong Argument in Favor of Protection.
New York, May 30. The Tribune of
yesterday published the following letter
from Mr. Blaine:
Paris, May 17. Whitelaw ReicL, Esq.,
Editor of the New York Tribune My
Dear Sir: Sinco my return to Paris
from southern Italy on the 8th inst., I
have learned (what I did not before be
lieve) that my name may yet bo present
ed to the national convention as a can
didate for tho presidency by the repub
lican party. A single phrase of the letter
of January 25th from Florence (which
was decisive of everything I had the
personal iower to decide) has been
treated by many of my most valued
friends as not absolutely conclusive in
ultimate and possible contingencies. On
tho other hand, friends equally devoted
and disinterested havo construed my
letter (as it should be construed) to bo an
unconditional withholding of my name
from the national convention. They have
in consequence given their support to
eminent gentlemen who are candidates
for the Chicago nomination, some of
whom would not, I am sure, have con
sented to assume that osition if I had
desired to represent the party in the
presidential contest of 1888.
If I should now, by Bpeeeh or by si
lence, by commission or omission, permit
my name, in any event, to come before
the convention, I should incur the re
proach of being uncandid with those
who havo always been candid with me.
1 speak, therefore, because I am not
willing to remain in a doubtful attitude.
I am not willing to be the cause of mis
leading a single man among the millions
who have given me their suffrages and
their confidence. I am not willing that
even one of my faithful supporters in
tho past should think me capable of
paltering in a double sense, with my
words. Assuming that the presidential
nomination could by any possible chance
be offered to me I eonld not aceept it
without leaving in the minds of thous
ands of men the impression that I had
not been free from indirection, therefore
I could not accept it without leaving in
tho minds of thousands of men the im
pression that I had not been free from
indirection, therefore I could not accept
it at all. The misrepresentations of
malice lmve no weight, but the just dis
pleasure of friends I could not patiently
endure. Republican victory, the pros
pects of which grow brighter every day,
can be imperiled only by lack of unity in
council or by acrimonious contest over
men. The issue of protection is incalcu
lably stronger and greater than any man,
for "it concerns the prosperity of the
present and of the generations yet to
come. Were it tiossiblo for every voter
of the republic to see for himself tho
condition of recompense of labor in Eu
roie, the party of free trade in the
United States would not receivo tho
support of one wtige worker between the
two oceans. It may not bo directly in
our power as philanthropists to elevate
the European laborer, but it will be a
lasting stigma upon our statesmanship if
we permit tho American laborer to be
forced down to the European level, and
in tho end tho rewards of labor every
where will be advanced if we steadily re
fuse to lower the standard at home.
Yours very sincerely,
James G. Blaine.
Who Named Gresham?
Chicago Tribune.
But apart altogether from this, tho
honor of first proposing Judge Gresham
as a presidential candidate, which at
tracted public attention, belongs to a
well-known New Y'ork gentleman, who
has modestly refrained from urging his
claims as a discoverer since the Davis
interview. That retiring and bashful
person is one Jason Gould, better known
as Jay Gould, who was interested in the
"Wabash system" of roads along towards
the close of 1886. On the 7th of Decem
ber of that year Judge Gresham render
ed a decision removing one Solon
Humphreys, a friend of tho aforesaid
guileless Gould, from the receivership
of the Wabash road, nnd soon after ap
pointed Judge Cooley of Michigan
thereto. This action was described at
the time as "a bold and vigorous blow at
one of the wickedest pieces of scheming
ami chicanery that this country has ever
known in tho lino of corporation cor
ruption." In delivering this blow Judge
Gresham aroused the keen sensibilities
of Mr. Gould, of Now Y'ork, whose awa
kened discernment discovered in the
vigorous-minded judgo a future candi
date for the presidency. When Mr.
Gould had raid the decision he exclaim
ed: "O, I see that Judge Gresham is a
candidate for the presidency!" The
people look Mr. Gould's presidential
mention of Judge Gresham as seriously
as Gould took the decision in the Wa
bash case. They began to ask them
selves: Why not Gresham? They havo
kept asking themselves that question
until the present day. They will proba
bly go on asking themselves that ques
tion, particularly the republicans among
them, until Gresham iselected president.
The senate bill to revive the grade of
general of the army wtis signed by the
speaker of the house June 1, and sent to
the president, Tho president signed the
bill and sent the nomination of Phil.
Sheridan to the senate for that position.
On the receipt of the nomination the
senate went into executive session and
confirmed the nomination. Gen. Sheri
dan signs his acceptance, sends his
thanks to the president and issues his
first orders.
Blaine's letter printed elsewhere is
sufficiently definite on his candidacy nnd
his friends must now choose another.
In this region of Nebraska Mr. Gresham
will now be the preferred candidate.
His career, his character, his record are
representative of American public life,
and are such throughout that as a can
didate for president he would gain from
the beginning instead of lose. Let every
good republican work for his nomina
tion. Tnn interstate commerce commission
rendered a decision in favor of Denver
as against tho Pacific railroads. It has
been the practice of these roads to mako
a rate from San Francisco to the Mis
souri river less than the rate from the
Pacific coast to Denver. On the very
face of it, this is gross discrimination
and the merchants of Denver are to be
congratulated on the decision of the
commission. Will Omaha fare as well
at the hands of the interstate commis
sioners? Omaha Bee.
The great storms of rain, wind and
hail reported last week, were exhibited
in their terrible fury in Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan. The
value of property lost from its effects
cannot be correctly estimated at present,
but it will reach many thousands of
dollars, and with the loss of a number
of lives, places it on record as one of the
most extended and destructive storms
that has ever occurred in tho countrv.
At Frederick, Md., one night last
week a terrible accident occurred from
the effects of the explosion of a barrel of
gasoline in the cellar of the grocery
store of Charles E. Sellers. Two per
sons were killed and from ninety to a
hundred injured. The reason why so
many persons were injured tney had
7 .T TEY ; T ottheantianarchi8tlaw8andwillhence
coUected to fight a fire. The loss to Mr. forth wace war uoon anarchist. thZZ
Sellers i $7,000. I
The prohibition convention completed
its deliberations at Indianapolis, May 31,
by placing in tho field a ticket in the per
sons of Gen. Clinton B. Fiske of N. J.
who received a unanimous nomination
as a candidate for president, and Dr.
John A. Brooks of Kansas City, Mis
souri, for vice president.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
During the thunderstorm one day last
week two miles southeast of Sterling,
tho lightning struck three cows and one
mule for Winter Bros.
Mrs. Charles Gehrig a young married
woman of North Platte, suicided Juno 2
by taking strychnine, dying at 7:30. No
cause is known for her act.
One day last week David Mahony of
Omaha undertook to kindle the fire with
kerosene; the can exploded and he was
burned so badly that it is lielieved he
cannot live.
Thomas Jensen, a farmer of Butler
county, near Ulysses, and a member of
the house of representatives of '80-81,
assigned June 2d to George L. Smith.
Liabilities $30,000.
The Schuyler Quill is authority for
saying that "it is almost certain that the
B. & M. branch from Ashland to Schuy
ler will not be continued through Col
fax county this year."
A report comes from Ututa, that a
young girl whoso namo was not given,
wanted Jack Kerridge to marry her; he
refused and she poisoned him. He is
now very sick, and not expected to live.
During the rain and wind storm the
other night at Nebraska City thirty
seven bents of the C, B. & Q. trestle
bridge approach was blown down, dam
aging the structure to the amount of
85,000.
A very violent rain and hail storm
visited Crete, June 2, at 7 p. m. The
hail stones were about the size of hick
ory nuts, and the wind sent them with
such force as to break all the window
panes exposed on the north side of
buildings.
At Grand Isiand one night last week,
L. Cole and P. Fnlknor came in nnd reg
istered at tho Commercial hotel. Upon
retiring to bed instead of turning off
their light they blew it out, and at the
time of mtiking tho report were not ex
pected to live.
It is rumored that Hon. H. C. Russell,
of Schuyler, will be a candidate for lieutenant-governor
before the republican
state convention. The Wasp would be
pleased if rumor should be true, and Mr.
Russell successful in his aspirations.
Wahoo Wasp.
Van Wyck and Valentine want to be
state senators. Their ambition should
be gratified. There would be Borne fun
in being a spectator there. The agile
Van and tho portly Vnl would of neces
sity come together quite often.- Fre
mont Tribune.
A report comes from Odel that Mrs. J.
H. Becket for fear of the raising waters
upon her own residence, attempted to
move herself and children to a neigh
bor's for safety, and in doing so passed
into a small but swift running stream,
when two of them were carried down the
stream and drowned.
The starch factor at Kearney is to be
131x94 feet, with an addition 5& feet
squre, both to be three stories .high.
The plant will be able to use up 1,000
bushels of corn a day, and give employ
ment to 30 hands the entire year. Esti
mated cost of factory, 850,000, just about
as much paid-up capital as an ordinary
Nebraska bank.
"Are you not ever bothered with the
thoughts of what might become of you
should you die?" asked a kind local di
vine of a worthy man of Ulysses the
other day. " Not seriously," replied the
man with earthly tendencies; "what
bothers me most is the thoughts of what
will become of me if I live;" nnd he
started for his nearest neighbor's to bor
row a mess of potatoes for dinner. Dis
patch. Rather than be arrested under a
charge of murder coming from Vinton,
la., Daniel Ridge committed suicide one
day last week at Republican City, in his
closet by shooting himself, while the
officers of the law were hunting for him
in another part of the house. Ridge has
lived in that county several years. He
leaves a wife and four children. Nothing
is known of the charge of murder fur
ther than the dispatch.
Ex-Senator Van Wick spoke at Leigh
last Saturday afternoon to a large and
enthusiastic crowd. The town had been
decorated with flags and when the train
pulled into the depot he was met by tho
band and a committee of citizens. He
was given a grand reception and Leigh
is to be complimented for the manner in
which she did herself proud on the oc
casion. The hall in which Van Wyck
spoke was filled with farmers from the
neighboring country and they were giv
en a fine speech. You can just put it
down that every man in Colfax county
who was honestly in favor of the "old
man" two years ago is now, nnd the
farmers of our county will stand by him
ns he has stood by them. Quill.
Freight trains Nos. 26 and 21 collided
near Rogers station, west of Fremont on
the Union Pacific about 8 o'clock Fri
day morning. The latter train was
standing on the track and the former ap
proaching to run on the switch when
the air brakes refused to work. The
head brakeman sprang off and ran to
throw the switch, but could not reach it
in time and the engines came together
with a crash. No 21's engine had its
front broken in, but its cylinders escap
ed damage, while No. 26's engine was
badly wrecked and thrown on its side.
Three cars were also derailed, but did
not suffer. The wreck was cleared
enough to let trains run by on the pass
ing track after a short delay, and a
wrecking train was sent out from this
city to get the engine and cars back.
Both of the engineers and firemen jump
ed from the cabs and escaped without a
scratch. Omaha World, June 2d.
Other Countries.
A snow storm prevailed in Kirkwill,
Scotland, May 28th.
Mr. Blight's relatives were summoned
to his bedside last Wednesday. His con
dition is critical.
The steamer La Bourgoyne arrived at
Havre May 28. She had a rough pas
sage. Last Tuesday she shipped a heavy
sea forward which knocked down six
seamen. One of the men was killed and
tne outers Dadiy injured.
A report comes from Vienna, May 28
that the Austrian government had aban
doned the idea of proposing the renewal
the medium of administrative decrees.
AS OTHERS SEE US.
Contented Columbus Prosperous to an
Unusual Degree In Everything a
City Needs.
It AdvantagM as a Railroad, Financial sad
CoBinirrrial Center Ire for Omaha.
Special Corrvsioadnct of tho Omaha Republi
can. Columbuh, Neb., Mh- '.M. -A three hourx' de
lightful journey from Oinnlm, on tho 'flytr,"
throUKh the beautiful Pltttto v.illi, mude turnout
by the pathfinders' pioneer search for an over
land trail. Hud j on mv nt Columbux, n city of
4,000 inhabitants, and ono of the nu.-t iiuiHirtant
points on th lint of the Union Pncific railway.
This is alno tho ptvoent tprininux of tho Bur
lington Jc Misrtouri branch line from Lincoln,
and tho junction with IIih Union Pacific xystwn,
of the Oranha A Rrpulilh-nu Valley railway with
its Norfolk. Albion, CVdnr Rapid- and b'ullerton
brunches, radiating north, northwewt and west,
while its expected and proxpnetive connection
at Stromabuor with the St. Joe, and the cut oft to
David City by the Republican line, both a cer
tainty in tho near future and confidently assured
the-present season, verifies the claim tlmt this
will soon be a nil I way center of considerable
imMrtance, and an additional feeder and pro
ducer tlmt tho nmunntiTt of the Gate City would
be wine to encourage and foster.
The business men of Columbus are liberal,
enterprising and progressive, and a cordial and
substantiid greeting is extended to every legiti
mate and worthy enterprise seeking & location.
The manufacturing indiutriivi now in successful
operation are two rollnr flonriuff mills, two
packing houses, on foundry, two furniture
factories, one shoo factory, ono brewer', two
wagon factories, two cigar fuctori.it), a broom
factory, mineral and soda bottling works, a
creamery and xoveral miscellaneous enterprises
that will develop into future importance.
The two Uouring mills, tho Columbus milling
company and the Kletator mills, have each a
capacity of l'JS barrels per diem, and supply not
only tho local trade of tho state, but ship largely
west and south, and export as well, and a tribute
to the Hour purchased hero, it is sufficient to
state that the demand is greater tlian the capaci
ty of the mills.
The mineral water and soda bottling works
did a business last j oar of $JI),00U, and tho new
improvements of u three-story brick, 80x40 feet,
with new machinery, has been added at an ex
pense of $10,000. Not only tho city but tho
surrounding towns aro supplied from these
works.
The two packing houses of the Columbus
Packing company and Fred Elian aro industries
of leading importance and through them tho
fanners of tho surrounding country, including
several adjoining counties, find a ready market
for their hogs at good prices, while tho product
of these establishments finds a ready market
east and south.
The Columbus foundry is one of tho pioneer
establishments of tho city, anil that its business
has increased from an humble beginning to n
volume of $40,(XX for tho past year, is proof pos
itive of a lucrative and thriving plant.
The financial interests of the city and vicinity
are sufficiently illustrated in the fact of its pos
sessing three backing institutions, representing
employed capital of $300,000. with tho low esti
mated personal resources of $1,800,000 of the
several stockholders to back np their respective
corporations.
Tho Columbus State bank, established in 1871,
is one of the oldest banking institutions in cen
tral Nebrahka, and its board of directors are well
and widely known as capitalists and financiers,
and to tho personal care, prudence and foresight
of these gentlemen is dne the honestly earned
and well merited reputation now attained by
their corporation.
The First National bank of this city is ono of
tho solid institutions of this great and growing
state that has much to do with its financial im
portance and rapidly increasing prosperity. It
is donbted if any banking institution in the west
outsido of tho great money centers can boast of
a greater aggregated capital personally repre
sented by its stockholders than this bank. The
business of this institution for the past year
shows a marvellous increase tlmt is creditablo to
the discernment of its patrons and gratifying to
its stockholders.
Tho Commercial bank, orgaaizMl and incor-
poraieu less man a year ago Dy several promi
nent and solid citizens, is one of tho most relia
ble, as well aa progressive, of financial institu
tions. They have now in course of erection a
new fire-proof banking house that will bo an
ornament to the city and a monument to their
enduring faith in its needs and future import
ance. The Columbus Land, Ijoan and Building asso
ciation is one of the most frugal and best paying
financial enterprises in the west, declaring to its
stockholders an annual dividend of 20 per cont
on their investment.
The several well constructed and commodious
school buildings testify to tho interest taken by
the people in that which is dear to every citizen's
heart, the education of his children. Three am
ple brick buildings of modern construction and
design are located at convenient points of access.
Ht. Francis academy, also located in this citr.
offers the best advantages for an education in the
higher branches. This institution is under the
protection of tho Catholic denomination, but is
non-sectarian in its teachings of pupils of other
faith. At present there aro 2rt0 pupils in attend
ance, 100 of whom are boarders. Twelve sisters
and twoio6tulants comprise the present faculty.
Latin, French, German, and vocal and instru
mental music are taught. The successful in
auguration of this institution of learning is a
valuable adjunct to the educational features of
Columbus. Adjoining and Quite near the acade
my is the monastery and a church, erected at a
cost of $10,000, while a little farther on is St.
Mary's hospital, upon which $12,000 has already
been expended. This society owns four acres of
land upon which theso buildings are situated,
and the grounds have been beautified with orna
mental trees, shrubbery and trailing vines, while
rich fediago screens the more tender exotics cul
tivated here in such rare profusion during
leisure hours by these hnmanity-loving, self
sacrificing. God-fearing pooplo.
In keeping with all well regulated, enterpris
ing cities, Columbus has her full quota of
churches. Every Christian denomination has its
place of worship, many of which are a credit to
the city in an architectural senso.
In the wny of hotels, the Clother House and tho
Grand Pacific hotel are models of beauty and
neatness, both externally and internally, and tho
wayfaring man is abundantly provided for at
reasonable rates.
In the way of societies, the Knights of l'jthias.
Masons, Odd Fellows, Itoyal Arcanum and Mod
ern Woodmen have each stated meetings and a
largo membership.
The Journal, Democrat and Wochenblatt, (tho
last named published in German) weekly news
papers furnish the moral and political news for
citizens of the city and surrounding country.
Tho two first named stand at the head of the
weekly press of the state, and havo done mnch
for the upbuilding of the city of their home.
The pride that the people of this city tako in
blooded horses was the incentive to the construc
tion of a race track and tho organization of tho
Columbus driving park and fair association, and
the purchase by that corporation of forty acres
of land adjoining the city limits. The track is
one of the finest in the state. The course is a full
half-mile, and the grounds are provided with a
pavilion, grand, music and judges' stand. The
annual races held here attract racing stock from
all portions of the west.
The Columbus creamery is ono of tho most
profitable and best paying investments for the
stockholders and farmers of surrounding coun
try of all our manufacturing enterprises.
Fourteen hundred pounds of batter per diem
are now tamed oat, and the capacity of the plant
will be more than doubled before another sea
son. New waterworks were erected in the city two
years ago and several miles of mains laid, cover
ing the business area and several residence
streets. An abundant supply of pare water is
furnished. As it is ran on the pressure princi
ple no fire engines are needed. Hydrants are
placed where required and precaution taken
against fire. All principal streets are lighted by
the Brush electric system, an incandescent plant
furnishing light for private residences.
Aa the Columbus Fish and lee Company are
proving very important and disturbing factors
to the rapacious ice toast of your city, yoar cor
respondent visited their plant today to learn the
extent of the nataral and mechanical resources
at their command, their mothod of obtaining,
handling and saving the crystal product and
other items that may be of interest to their Oma
ha patrons, and of special interest to a class of
monopolists laboring under the delusion that
they havo the whole ice field of Nebraska by the
caudal appendage. Situated on a high plateau,
one mile west of the business center, and over
looking the city and the surrounding country,
its location is unrivaled. The area now covered
i by the lake is about ten acres, and preparations
are now being made for au addition thereto of
the same dimensions.
The water is walled in by solid embankments
forty feet in width and six feet in height, upon
the top of which is an elegant driveway, border-
I ed on each side with elm and maples, while the
whole is enclosed with a barb wire fence of huge
proportions, provided with suitable gateways.
Everything is fitted up with taste and that ex
treme care of scrupulous neatnest and cleanli
ness pervades the surroundings, that reminds
one of the fabled sylvan retreat of a mjthicM
goddp-ri.
The lake is fed by pure mft xpriiig water, taken
from the second gnnel bM sixty fet lielow the
surface, by eighteen two-inch unlHJiized iron
pities, operated by a W-horso powor Knowles en
gine with a caacity of 'MO gallons per minute
The engine is a modern design and the same
discipline anil purity in all itx appointments is
displayed here. The !uik ice house it. of the
latest approved architectural pattern and is lo
cuted on the south Kink of tho lakw and provided
with the latest appliance of ondlenx apron ele
vutors for taking the. Ice direct from the lake and
depositing it in tho building.
A side track rnnx along the rear of the build
ing where cars are expeditiously lonil.il for
shipment.
While at tho grounds a careful, critical and im
partial survey wax made of tho en tint Hurround
ingfl. It ix utterly Impossible for any surface or
drainage water to enter tho lake, neither can uni
malx running at large havo access to it. If there
isany ico congealed from iwrfectly pure water it
certainly is done here. Two caw er week aro
now being shipped to their Omaha m;entx.
Baker J: Sampson, .",209 Cuming street, and
shipments will incrM.-e as the weather gets
warmer. If the patrom! warrants. SO.OiiO tonx
will he protide.1 for n-xt seanon's ue.
Among othur radical improvements now un
der way hem is tb: laying of tho street railwuv,
which is oxiiected to bo completed through the
principal streets next week.
The Union Pacific railway have made many
vuluable improvements hero tho past ytar. A
new depot at a cost of $20,000, a new coal chute
for nearly as much more with tho purchase of ad
ditional land for ard and sida tracks, and n.i.l
a permanent investment of ntsirly $1UO,OUO. The
C, U, & Q. railway company gives tho city
through connection to Chicago without change.
Thr Republican Kiver Valley railroad with itx
branchert to Norfolk, Albion, Fullurton anil
Cedar itapids is tho great artery of traffic through
the splendid country traverxed by its linen.
Columbus ix largely indebted for her prosperi
ty to tho several railway Hues within her lorderx.
The advantages of transportation facilities aloue
are sufficient to insuro the growth of a largo and
prosperous city.
Washington Letter.
From our regular correspondent.
The talk of Washington is Mr. Blaine's
letter to Whitelaw Iteid, oditor of tho
New York Trihune, positively stating
that he will not accept tho nomination
under any circumstances. Just which
one of tho many candidates will be most
benefited by "the withdrawal of Mr.
Blaine, is asked on every hand, all of
them will probably get some of the
strength thus scattered, but tho great
question is, which ono will get enough
of it to nominate him. Diligent inquiry
among senators and representatives who
are known to have been in favor of nom
inating Blaine, fails to givo any idea of
whom these gentleman will now support;
they refuse to say, contenting them
selves with saying that the nominee must
be a man who can carry New York. My
own idea is that the Blaine men have
been, so to speak, panic-stricken, by this
last letter, and are waiting until they
can get their thinking apparatus in good
working order before expressing an opin
ion. A week hence the political horizon
in this vicinity will in all probability bo
clear enough to get a letter observation
than is possible at the present time.
Having the fisheries treaty discussed
in open sessions of the senate, is a de
cided republican victory. The discus
sion was opened by Senator Frye, of
Maine, in one of the strongest kind of
speeches, which was listened to with
breathless interest by crowded galleries.
In concluding, Mr. Frye said: "A year
ago, in the United States senate and
house of representatives, we were all for
the rights of American citizens; we were
united to a man. Nobody dreamed of rais
ing a political issue in this matter. No
body talked as a party man in relation
to it. And where are we today? Tho
president of the United States taking,
practically, the Canadian side of this
controversy; the secretary of state, prac
tically, taking the Canadian 6ido of this
controversy; the great democratic party
of the whole nation arrayed on the side
of Canada and against the American
fishermen. I say to you, Mr. President,
that a most grievous vrong has been
wrought by this treaty making. I say
that these steps which lmve been taken
can never be retraced; that in the long
future we shall never be permitted to
stand where we stood only one year ago,
when we claimed, here in the senate,
that we would defend the rights of
American fishermen against Great Brit
ain or any other power on earth. We
have surrendered that right. We have
yielded it. We have said (through the
president of the United States) in solemn
language that the treaty is just and fair,
and all that could bo demanded by us;
and hereafter, and forever, our mouths
are closed. Again I declare that this
treaty is a dishonorable, humiliating and
cowardly surrender." At the conclusion
of Mr. Frye's speech the treaty was laid
aside until June 11, to give tho demo
cratic senators an opportunity to attend
the St. Louis convention.
Tho senate has passed a bill to revive
the grado of General of the United States
Army, in order that General Sheridan,
should he be fortunate enough to recov
er from his present illness, might occupy
the same position that Grant and Sher
man did.
The angel of death was hovering over
General Sheridan during the early days
of the week. His physicians and family
had given up all hope. The newspaper
correspondents had set what they call
the "death watch" on the house. That
is, it was so arranged that some corres
pondent should be there every minute
out of the 24 hours, both night nnd day,
in order that an anxious public might i'n
an instant be informed of his death
when it should occur. But contrary to
all human expectations, tho general got
better instead of dying, and the im
provement continued for threo days,
when he had another attack, again put
ting his life in immediate danger. He
rallied, however, and is now better; but
it is doubtful if he ever recovers. Val
vular disease of the heart, which the
doctors say is his complaint, is one of
the most dangerous as well as most
baffling diseases known. No one was
ever known to be cured of it.
Stories are being told about two prom
inent republican candidates for the
presidency, who, it is said, wrote to Mr.
Blaine, representing that unless he
would peremptorily decline the nomina
tion, tho party would be demoralized.
In consequence of this, Mr. Blaine wrote
his last letter, referred to above.
ESTRAY NOTICE.
Ctme to my premises Vi milwt sonth of Loop
rirer opposite Oconra and 6 miles northwest of
Duncan, aboat May 19th, 1888,
ONE WHITE COW
with speckled neck, about fire years old. The
owner will please cali, prove property, pay
charges and take ber away.
30may5t Fbed. Gkbbeb.
2STOWS THE TIME
to have yonr friends come to
ICa.xisa.s ekxicl Nebraska,
as eastern lines will sell tickets and run
SQII-MBL? USD IZCU5SI0NS
to nil KANSAS and NEBRASKA point
OTEBTHK
UNION PACIFIC
"Tke Overlaad Rote,"
Until Jnly 1, 1888. tickets sold for these pxenr
iont will be good thirty days for the round trip,
and can be used ten days going. When purchas
ers are ready to return, these tickets will be good
five days for that purpose. If purchasers wih
to stop short of destination on our lines, agents
will stamp good to return from such point.
J.S.TEBBETS, E.L.LOMAX,
Gen. P. AT. Agent, Ass't O. P. & T. A.
NEB.
EKE"ST & SCHWARZ,
-Jl.VNUFACTUKEKS AND DEALEHS 1N-
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Km w
SUPERB LAMP FILLERS
AND GOAL GIL CAN COMBINED,
yiicniorsiio.. convenience. t-it-HTi mies-. ami -.implicit!, cannot beoxeelled It embodies tho
simple.! principle in philosophy mid takes the rank alx.ve all Ij.mp Filler" . ,1 ,r f !.t
Plox.onx Absolut.. al, i, guaranteed. N..,p,ll,Uc. ust,n ..rdrippi, "..V .".1 ot the n.r tabtJ
or outs.de or can. I . it on.eand jou W,1I .,i l;.,il0, fr A,. times ,tc xt. ltw.Vk" in
largo cans as well iw small oneth.srel m tug the frequent and annoy ,nu- trips to the stort- with
small can. Lvery can mad- of th very Im-1 tiu. and urrat! to work xatisractorily Cull and xe!
bamplecan ami aet i)nce. ' v uu ,4UU Htt
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BAKER PERFECT STEEL BARB WJRE.
T-lf jnu buy it jou KetllM rod of fence from 100 pounds of wire, which n. other will do."2
ERNST fc SCHWARZ.
GREAT
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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.
Mye 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 uommbus.
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. 3,,r
Mckinley &
UU IB,
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. jmyu'eetr
Henry Ragatz & Co.
Have a Fine Lino of Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES,
Crockery and Glassware,
Which wero bought
at
SPEICE &
General Agents for
Union Pacific and Midland Pacific K. It. Lands
or on fire or ten years time, in annual pay menls to suit
iob or oiner i&aus, improveu anu unimproveo, ior
business and residence lots in the city. We keep
Platte County.
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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA.
W. T. RICKLY& BRO.
Wholesale and Retail
Game, Poultry, and Fresh Fish. All Kinds of Sausage a Specialty.
tW Cash paid for Hides, Pelts, Tallow. Highest market price paid for fat cattl."Y3
Olive Street, twe Doors North of the First National Bank,
GARLAND
STOVES AND
RANGES
AI.W UrfKOIIKALKAT
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carnahan,
cheap for cash, and will be Bold
very low prices.
BM!
Eleventh Street, Columbus, Nebraska.
novlO-tf
:NX)KTH,
the sale of
for sale at from 13.1
.00 to $10.00 nor .irrn for -.h
purchasers. We have also a. largo and choiu
saie ai low price ana on reasonable terms. AIsc
a complete abstract of title to all real estate ic
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