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We reserve the right to reject any manutcnj.t. and cannot agree to return the same. we.d.-ir a correspondent in every school-distnct or Platte county, one of good judgment, and re liable in every way. Write plainly, each item separately. Give ns facta. WEDNESDAY. JULY 19, 1888. REPUBLICAN TICKET. Katiomal. For President, BENJAMIN HARRISON, Of Indiana. For Vice-President, LEVI P. MORTON, Of New York. Cemgreaaiomal. For Representative in Congress, 3d District, GEOKGE W. E. DOItSEY. A just and equitable tariff or direct taxation. Cannot democrats Bee it? The big fire at East Eighteenth street, New York, July 7 was in the Century building. The loss is now estimated at $300,000. The St Paul (Minn.) Chautauqua has brought suit against Rev. Talmage for failure to fill his engagement there, ask ing $10,000 damages. Wonder whether the Crete association will ask damages. If republicans cannot have an honest election this year, thoy must have more prosecutions for fraudulent voting. No democrat claims in New York or any other state must be tolerated in their double voting or meddling with ballot boxes. Why should the rice and sugar of the south be any more worthy of attention than the wool of the north? If the'wool interests of Ohio and other northern states are to be destroyed under free trade, whv not do the same witn rice and sugar? The rain reported at Cumberland,Md., last week continued and the Potomac was raising rapidly. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad bridge at Rowlesbnrg, W. Va., and the trestle work at Piedmont are both gone, and the branch bridge is in danger. Gen. Boulanger and Prime Minister Floquet met last Friday in a duel, swords the weapons. Floquet's hand was scratched, and Boulanger received a wound in the throat that is pronounc ed a serious one. Boulanger tried hard to kill Floquet, and threw himself on him again and again. It seems that Mr. Randall the emi nent Pennsylvania democrat, intends to go to Europe after the adjournment of congress, as he could not conscientious ly Bupport Cleveland for re-election on the St. Lonis platform and would not support any other candidate but a democrat. Another political trick to help the democrats out has been set on foot at Washington by calling a national con vention of the American party to meet on the 14th of August for the purpose of nominating candidates for president and vice president of the United States. The latest scandal in St. Louis on the 8th insL, is the elopement of Henry W. Moore, managing editor of the Post Dispatch, with Mrs. John W. Norton, wife of the manager of tho Grand opera house, who eloped on the morning of 7th. To add to his crime Moore leaves a wife and a bright lad 8 years old, who are at Maniteau, means of support Colo., without the The Academy of Music at Haverhill, Masa, July 7 was burned, also a four story brick structure on Merrimack street almost completely gutted by fire. The building, in addition to a handsome music hall, contained the Common wealth hotel, several stores, offices and tenements. The total value of property lost is estimated at 8100,000. Another arrest was made in Chicago on the 9th in connection with the Bur lington alleged dynamite plot. United States Marshal Marsh arrested George Gooding, a striking engineer, of Aurora, HL Gooding has worked for the Bur lington road for seventeen years and is a highly respected citizen of Aurora. Ex-Speaker Samuel J. Randall was taken quite ill at his residence on Capi tol Hill one night last week with hem orrhage of the bowels. His strength was reduced at a very rapid rate, but his physicians have checked the flow of blood and he was resting easy but won derfully prostrated in so short a time General Manager Stone, of the C, B. & Q-t 078 the Toa bound to make oat a ease against the conspirators al ready arrested, and perhaps others who are under strict surveillanca. He says t). road wants no -dealings with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, neither do they propose to be molested by its members. What was a great con Mncv. he says, has been broken up, mad lorn of property and life been arreet-Sd. saW sasalBawP wKal 1 XrBaVBBBEBBT II Will Net Accept. Here is a little table showing the wa ges paid workingmen. in the United States and in England. Both columns are from official statistics, and give the averages in each country: PKB Eng land,. Iron moulders $ 8.40 United States. $16.40 18.10 25.00 10.00 13.00 8.45 9.54 15.00 15.00 15.00 7.50 15.00 12.00 12.00 7.50 21.00 15.00 12.00 40 Pattern makers 7.90 Glass bottle blowers 12.50 Potterers &40 Shoemakers 6.00 Cotton mills 4.06 Woolen mills 5.26 Painters 9.00 Bricklayers 8.10 Carpenters ................ 10.50 Xj&borers ................ .w Blacksmiths 7.60 Horseshoers 7.00 Batchers Farm hands. .... ......... 3.00 Railway engineers 11.00 Firemen 5J50 Brickmakers 3.00 Printers, tier 1.000 ems 20 The purchasing power of money in the two countries for necessaries is about the same. Hence, the American work ingman can live very much better than the English worlringman, and have a little something left over. Here is the fact that tells: Under pro tection in the United States hundreds of thousands of workingmen build homes from their savings; educate their chil dren, and when old age overtakes them they have a little store from which to draw. No English worlnngman can save a solitary cent from' his wages. It takes more than he can earn to buy coarse food for himself and family; his children cannot go to school because they have to work, and when he is worn out by in cessant toil he dies in tho ditch or in the poor house. It is a scant feast indeed that free trade invites workingmen to share. Few of them will voluntarily accept it. Omaha Republican. It h Sectional. x The Republican claims that the tariff when reconstructed by the Mills bill would help the south and not the north. That is only a claim and cannot be sup ported by proof. World. The Republican said it was intended to have that effect. The bill removes protection from the products of northern farmers and levies a tax on imported rice and sugar for the benefit of south ern planters. On these two items alone it proposes to tax the people annually about $54,000,000. It admits free of duty the strap with which the southern planter binds his cotton, and levies a tax on the same strap when the northern farmer wraps it about his bale of hay. It protects every important product of this country which is grown exclusively in the south, and which would be in juriously affected by foreign competi tion, and it either places upon the free list or reduces the tariff upon every north ern product, regardlesB of whether or not the industry will be mined by com petition with imports. The bill has three objects: To hurt the north; to help the south, and to en rich England. So far as concerns the south it will fail of its object. Protec tion is beginning to develop the mineral resources of the southern states, and free trade will stop the wheels of pro gress. Southern bourbons ought to see this, but they are wedded to- their free trade idols and wilfully blind. Omaha Republican. It is a shame and scandal that the legislation of this country cannot be conducted on just and equitable princi ples for the interests of the whole peo ple and not for a particular class. The proposed legislation of the present dem ocratic congress in relation to a tariff looks as if intended for a special section instead of the general country. It must be conducted on just and equitable principles and not exclusively in the in terests of the citizens of one state. The democrats are trying to force legislation in the interest of a special class, keep ing up that old bad feeling between the south and north and as a party giving their influence to the south, as well as to a foreign business rival of this coun try. The character of this unjuBt legis lation must cease in this country. No congressman whose record shows wil lingness to tolerate such unjust special legislation for a united people, should ever be permitted to enter the halls of congress again in the capacity of a legis tor. Such unjust and special legislation was never intended to have an applica tion to a republican form of government and its republican citizens. If republi cans do their duty the power will be placed in their hands to put a stop to such unjust and special legislation. People are beginning to take sides on the senatorial question. We think that Gen. Manderson will probably be his own successor. Naturally enough the selection would go to a North Platte man, and unless Thurston would develop an extraordinary following, which is now scarcely possible, Mr. Manderson will be the next senator. According to the commonly-received notion of the duties of that position, Mr. Manderson has been a model official dignified, able, and watchful of the material interests of the state, he has certainly been. In the coming contest, it is difficult to predict the strength of the Van Wyck element. We see no indications that the General is even expecting to try for the place (his residence south of the Platte being against him), but, as the result of this may have a great deal to do with the next election for U. S. senator, those who are interested will not lose sight of the fact that that element of the party is very strong in the state. If the proper man in the North Platte country should start in now, in earnest, to win, he might gain the prize, notwithstanding present appearances. From Douglas, Wyo., comes the fol lowing under date of July 10th, and the same result should follow in every case of the kind: Mrs. Elizabeth Simon yes terday afternoon shot and instantly kill ed William Dowling at Bury's ranch near this city. It was the act of an in furiated and distracted mother, who had but a few momenta before caught Dowl ing in the act of ravishing her eight years old daughter. Mrs. Simon was given a preliminary examination today and dis charged amid cheers that were heard a mile. Vert heavy rain and wind 6torms in many sections of Illinois occurred on the 9th. At Oakland, DL, the vind blew down nearly all the oats in that section, which will cause a loss of three-fourths of the crop. At Catlin rain fell inces santly during two days, submerging the surrounding country and entirely de stroying the oat crop. At Cerro Gordo 11CKTCUK UOBfJI IBIIW IU UUUO BUIUUB 'damage to corn, oats and wheat. The county commissioners of Merrick county, seemingly by force of a public sentiment, have found it necessary to in struct their county attorney to prose cute one of their ex-county officials who was behind in his accounts in a large sum of tens of thousands of dollars. It often happens that public osicers are so related to each other by ties of different kinds that public interests suffer until there is a clamor for the enforcement of rights. We are inclined to believe that such is the case in Merrick. The ful fillment of duty in strict accordance with law is the only safe rule of prac tice for officials, and then, when trouble comes, it is through someone else who thinks it is all right to fleece the public, if you can keep them from knowing it; all right to keep money that don't bo long to you, under the guise of illegal claims, etc The day of reckoning with this sort of public official is at hand in many counties in Nobraska, and close at hand for others, where the picking here tofore has been unusually fine. The pastures are not so geeen as they have been, and tax-payers are begining to think that soma of the old horses should go into new fields. Outside of a fair and equitable re vision of the tariff the provisions of the Mills bill are intended to operate as a fraud in favor of certain capital interests that must be affected by such legislation. The just and fair thing in the United States is to have the tariff revised and adjusted upon equitable principles, so as not to apply free trade to wool and tariff on sugar. No unjust system of tariff in this country can exist very long. The present attempt to adjust the tariff is so unjust and inequitable that any democrat ought to be able to detect the fraud. The government must either be run by a just and equitable system of tariff for protection and revenue pur poses or by a system of direct taxation. It is strange that democrats should de sire direct taxation; we thought they understood that system in our several state departments to want no more of it Advices of July 13 from Hughes river, a small stream flowing through Dodd ridge and Ritchie counties, W. Va., say that hundreds of farmers in those coun ties are absolutely ruined. On Monday evening there was a cloud burst, and in a short time the waters were higher than ever known. Every bridge on the stream is gone. Houses, barns, graneries, and growing crops disappeared entirely, and piles of drift and debris left ten or twelve feet deep in the valley. For miles the soil was washed off as clean as a floor, leaving a hard, smooth, clay sur face. The loss is placed at 8500,000. On Wednesday Terra Alta, Preston county, was visited by a cyclone. The track of the cyclone lay through the heart of the town and twisted houses from their foundations and carried roofs hundreds of feet from the buildings. Last week the freshet reported from Pittsburg in the Monongahela river was almost unprecedented and great damage done to the river craft and property all along the river from the head waters to Pittsburg. Millions of feet of lumber, scores of coal crafts, fences, outhouses and coal tipples have been floating down the swift current. At every point be tween Greensboro and Pittsburg, the low lands are under water and the resi dents have been compelled to live in the upper stories of their houses, and in some cases seek the hills. Thus far only one life is reported lost, that of a man who was struck by a parted cable. The latest estimate of damage puts the loss at over a million dollars. News was received at Blair about 2 o'clock Friday morning of a tragedy which occurred the previous night on a farm near Herman. Jacob Miller, the owner, of the place, was shot and died in a short time. The circumstances sur rounding the shooting point strongly to the supposition that he was murdered What could have been the motive of the crime is only a matter of conjecture, but the indications are that it was commit ted for the purpose of robbery as he was known to be quite wealthy. He was one of the old residents of Washington county and well known. As there is hut one state of the Un ion that raises sugar to any extent, and as the duty imposed on sugar does not operate as a protection of that industry, it is proposed to take off the tax and substitute a bounty. The Omaha Re publican remarks that thus the people would pay for only what they get. "Now they contribute $58,000,000 annually to the democratic campaign fund and get nothing in return." An order of the secretary of war to buy blankets in England because the bid from there was a little the lowest is a fair sample of how to do things. Sup pose the ordinary business of the coun try was conducted in that way for a short time, how long would it be until we should be at the mercy of foreign manufactures because of the death of our own? NEBRASKA NOTES. The university trouble is becoming in teresting. An election was held last week for the relocation of the county seat, resulting in favor of Ainsworth. They are about organizing the first G. A. R. post in Box Butte county, at Non pareil, the county seat. Benklemanwas visited Sunday by a cyclone which destroyed twenty frame houses. No person hurt. Fremont talks bonds for additional waterworks to supply the entire city, also for bonds to pave streets. Over 250 republican clubs have been formed in this state within the past five months, with a membership of 15,000. Arrangements were completed last week for the laying of the corner stone of the new court house, which will occur on the 24th. Superior and vicinity was visited by a wind and rain storm last week, which did considerable damage to town prop erty at that place. Emil Holub's store at Schuyler was entered one night last week by thieves and between $75 and $100 worth of dry goods stolen. No clue to the robbers. Joseph Kozel, who was reported sun struck last week at Wilber, has since died. He leaves a large family in desti tute circumstances. He was a common laborer. The section of country about Brewster was visited last week by a splendid rain, making thousands of bushels of corn for Blaine county. The farmers are re joicing. Mrs. Krug, the woman arrested near Ohiowa, charged with the murder of her husband in a corn field, was discharged from custody, the evidence not being sufficient to bind her over to court. Eastern loan and trust companies are increasing their investments in western real estate securities. There is no dis count on those in Nebraska. The valuo of land here is increasing year by year. Nebraska City has settled with Mrs. Hampton for $515 and payment of costs, for injuries caused her by a defective sidowalk. It pays the public to have good sidewalks, crossings, roads and bridges. A two years old child of C. W. Wilson, of Auburn, was bitten on the leg by a rattlesnake last week, but its life was saved by Dr. Oppermann, who served in the capacity of a leach and sucked the blood and poison from the wound. Joe Hall, who in the early days of An telope county ran a saloon at Oakdale and was the leader of a desperate gang of outlaws, has given up his evil ways and is now a worker in the vineyard of the Lord at Lisbon, La. Hull's real name is F. J. Simmons, and he has "killed his man" several times. Last week the great Burlington strike was virtually ended in Plattsmouth. Thirteen of the brotherhood men have stampeded and gone to work for 4he company. They are a part of the men who petitioned the company to take them back two weeks ago. A. C. Hollister, who lives near Nelson, had his barn and two fine horses burned about three o'clock on the morning of the 13th; all other contents were burned. He had insurance of $275 on barn and horses. Total loss about $600. The origin of the fire is unknown. John Forbes, a traveling man of Beat rice, was painfully hurt last week in jumping from a moving train near Ben ton Station. He struck a switch bar squarely with his face and was knocked senseless. His nose was broken, his lips badly cut and several teeth loosened. Rev. D. S. Davis, of York, sustained severe if not fatal injuries last week while bringing a bull to the city. He was riding a horse, when the bull became unruly and charged upon the horse and rider. The horse was fatally gored and fell with Mr. Davis under him, the gen tleman receiving severe internal injuries. David Andereon, of South Omaha, who had been on a trip through Madison county last week, has returned and re ports to the Republican that the state will give the largest crops and the big gest republican majority this fall that it has ever done. The noted Hawke will case, involving several hundred thousand dollars of property, was decided at Nebraska City last week. Judge Field's decision sus tained the will in every particular. The appellant, William Hawke, had asked to have it set aside as obnoxious to public policy. Last week Creto was visited by an other gang of burglars. The residence of Dr. A. D. Root was entered and a watch belonging to one of the occupants taken. The thief entered by the dining room window, carried the clothing- the Dr. and his wife had left by their bed to the porch, but carried off nothing of value except tho watch. Last week at Hastings C. W. Stod dard, a dry goods clerk, was arrested for representing himself to Postmaster Evans as a post office inspector. When arrested he claimed he was just in fun. He appeared before United States Com missioner C. H. Tanner and was bound over to appear before the United States post office authorities, and he will be sent to Omaha. Omaha has gained 60,000 in the num ber of hogs slaughtered this season, as compared with the same timo last year. On the other hand, Kansas City has fall en off 70,300. A year ago Kansas City had slaughtered 303,000 hogs more than Omaha, while this season Omaha is only 173,000 behind and is gaining rapidly every week. Stockman. Five thousand republicans of north western Nebraska held a ratification meeting one day last week at Chadron. Among other things, they erected a new campaign flag pole, 100 feet high. The streamers and star-spangled banner were raised to their places by four young ladies, who received no small number of cheers from the big crowd of republicans when they completed their work. While a farmer named Peterson, liv ing near Auburn, was watering a mule, which he tied to the well curb, his little four years old adopted son stood against the curb on the other side. The mule became frightened, pulled back and up set the curb, and the little boy fell to the bottom of the well a distance of forty-two feet. Mr. Peterson at once descended into the well and with the assistance of the wife who handled the rope, succeeded in getting the little fel low out alive, though his skull was so badly fractured that it can hardly be ex pected that he will live. A sad case of drowning occurred on the afternoon of the 13th at Campbell's lake, ten miles east of Fremont. Horace Carpenter was one of a good sized party who were bathing in the lake. While they were thus enjoying themselves it was suddenly discovered that Carpenter was sinking. Seeing him in peril his younger brother went to his rescue. He was grasped by the drowning man and taken down with him. When he came to the surface, after liberating himself, he too was supposed to be lifeless, but a physician was immediately summoned and ho was resurrected and will probably recover. The body of his brother was found in about eleven feet of water, where he was last seen to go down, at 4 o'clock. He was twenty-four years old and leaves a wife. Douglas county has been rather un fortunate in several of its county clerks, who either regard the fees taken by themselves as their own, or else labored under hereditary misunderstanding with regard to what part of the monies col lected by them belonged to them and what belonged to the county. This has been a peculiar aberration ever since Mr. Louis S. Reed vacated the office. Mr. Reed never had any trouble in ascertain ing what part of the funds collected by him were his own and what belonged to the county, and his successors ought to rmv had none. The fact that one of these clerks whowas notoriously an embezzler was given immunity from criminal prose cution because he was prostrated by cramp colic, superinduced by fright, has had a tendency to prolong this habit ual misunderstanding of the law in the clerk's office. Omaha Bee. A very destructive fire occurred in Lincoln on the morning of the 16th inst.; at about 2:30 a large volume of smoke was noticed coming from a transep in the large dry goods store of Mr. O. R. Oakley on O street, between Tenth and Eleventh. It is stilted that at the time. the plate glass windows were so hot that they had cracked in several places from the effects of tho heat.' The block where the fire was is occupied by a number of other buildings, but by the hard work of tho firemen, tho flames were got under control and the rest of the block was saved. Mr. Oakley's stock would in voice from $70,000 to $75,000. Mrs. Foreman's stock of ladies' fancy goods worth from $6,000 to $8,000, H. E. Noble's photograph gallery. Loss about $10,000. Dr. Lambortson, dentist's in struments, loss from $1,000 to $1,500. Mrs. McConnell owned the building and it is a total wreck. Loss from $15,000 to $20,000. Other Countries. Parnell has decided to ask that a par liamentary committee be appointed to inquire into the charges made by the London Times against himself and other leaders of the national party. A dispatch from Batavia says that Bentam insurgents plundered Tjelegon and killed the native chiefs and Euro pean inhabitants. Troops have been dispatched to quell the revolt. Advices from Auckland say Tahiti natives rejected the friendly overtures of the French and attacked the launch of the warship Decres, whereupon the French shelled the native villages. The United States steamer Enterprise, which was ashore at Drebak, has been hauled off by a Norwegian ironclad, and arrived at Christiana, July 6th. She will probably be docked for examfnation. The Irish Catholics at Manchester on the 8th attacked tho Orange procession while proceeding to church. Hatchets, knives, pokers and bottlA were the weapons used. Many persons were wounded. Esmonds speaking at the national meeting on the 8th accused the govern ment of collusion with the Times in a deliberate plot to discredit the Irish cause. He said if the Irish were not allowed to make their laws they must see that nobody else is allowed to make them. A messenger who has arrived at Sua- kim from Handoule reports that he saw a letter written by the Khalifa toOsman Digna, dated June 22, which stated that the white Pasha in Bahr El Gazel had advanced three days nearer. Khalifa had ordered the Shaggeyons to resist him. This item is from London under date of July 11th: The weather throughout England is abnormally cold. Snow has fallen in the suburbs of London and the peaks of Skiddaw and other mountains are covered with snow. It is the first time that snow is known to have fallen in this country in July. The conservative newspapers denounce the seizure of the letter of the Count de Paris to the conservatives mayors of France as an illegal act. The republi can journals characterize the letter as seditious and ridiculous. Many of them condemn the Beizure, however, and call it a clumsy measure on the part of the police. A government leader moved in com mons on the 10th that government busi ness take daily precedence over other matter in the house during the remain der of the session. When the county bill was disposed of, he said, the govern ment would be enabled to adhere to the program of promoting bills for imperial defense, reform, etc. It is stated that one of the strongest characteristics of the young emperor of Germany is the fear that he will not be popular among the people. Inspired by the dread of being considered an austere and selfish monarch, Prince William shapes many of his acts with a view of convincing his subjects that he is a wise, cautious and generous ruler. The sultan fearing that Austria may be induced to make concessions to Rus sia in Bulgaria that will be equivalent to the restoration of Panslavists interest and that will threaten the interests of the Ottoman empire, has ordered the treasury to create an extraordinary re source fund of 810,000,000. The porte has resumed negotiations for a loan with the Ottoman bank. Well informed persons at Vienna deny that an understanding has been arrived- at between Austria and Russia regarding the eastern question. The Russians continue to erect military stores near the frontier, and are building steam mills and bakeries for the army around Warsaw, which place has been trans formed into a first-class fortress. The Russian forces on the frontier are being increased. Loap Bridge. Engineer' Report. COL0JCBC8, Neb., Jane 24. 1888. To the Bon. Committee of Board of Supervisors of Loup River Bridge. GENTLxmuc : Acting under your instructions, I have made the necessary examination of the Loup river between the 6th Meridian line and the U, P. Ry, bridge and would respectfully re port: That whereas toe distance across the river where you had located your bridge, was original ly 1,000 feet, it ia now 1,190 feet, the increase in width having been caused, as you are aware, by the washing away of the south bank. This wash has occurred for a distance of 4,000 feet or more above the present bridge and has cut away the banks from one to two hundred feet, since the 25th day of October. 1887, at which time I made the survey of the river for the purpose of prepar ing desigrs for the bridge. A change of direc tion of the channel below the U. P. Ry. bridge whereby the force of the current directly against tlie south bank is plainly the cause of the said washout. This bank is still washing some, al though the water is at a low stage, and should a raise of one or two feet occur in the river there Is great danger of further serious abrasion. Therefore if you intend to construct the bridge at the location as originally fixed, I would sug gest uuu immemare acnon om isjcen Dy your board for the purpose of protecting the banks at the several point in danger. It is my opinion that the sum of M0 expanded in piling and I j ttSZZStSZ hand on each side of the river near tho ends of the bridge a quantity of willow brush so that any break in the protection work could be repaired at a small cost immediately upon its discovery as tho channel of the lifer cannot be controlled except at great cost, and would be liable to change its direction to some extent, at any time. These changes can be controlled at a small ex pense if prompt action be taken in the start, but if neglected and the channel allowed to get a good headway against a bank it will bo more difficult and expensive to handle. . It is my opinion that your committee should insist and examine the river banks at short in tervals and note the probable changr-a of chan nels during, tho season of high water." In this way you can guard against damages to your bridge. The iron bridge aa contracted for is 1000 feet in length. If it i built at the present location you will require 300 feet of pile trestle work on the north end, costing about $1,350.00, if built in aa substantial a manner as the rest of the bridge. This would make the cost of your bridge, with approaches and protection, amount to the sum of $40,150.00. Regarding the possible change of location, I will report that the only other available point on the river within the range of my survey is below the U. P. Ky. bridge from 200 to 500 feet, and I herewith hand you a rough sketch of that crossing, from which it appears that the iron bridge. 1000 feet in length, will span the river bed proper, starting on the east bank and landing on the island, as shown on west aide of river. (Bee distance marked.) The total distance requiring to be bridged is 1600 feet; this would necessitate 600 feet of pile trestlawork, costing, say $2,750, making the cost of the structure $40,750, to which should also be added tho additional amount that would be asked by the contractor for the iron work on account of the extra cost wf hauling his mate rials from Columbus to bridge site; I estimate said cost at $300. I' would suggest, however, that in the event of locating the bridge at this point you send for the contractor anil have an under standing with him regarding the matter of extra costs. Humming up the situation, there are but two points for you to consider. If you purpose pro. J tecting and maintaining the banks of the river at the present location, aa suggested heretofore, then I can see no cause for a change. If you do not intend to do this, I would say that it would be imprudent to build your bridge there, and the location near the R. R. bridge would be prefera ble, as at present the banks are apparently safe. What effect the river may have on the banks in the future you can guess at as well as I can. It is obvious that the Ry. Co. will maintain their banks on the east side of the river but they will have no interest in maintaining the banks of the island upon which your bridge would land, from the fact that their bridge extends across the island and intervening space to the main bank on tho west side of the river, a (lis- L tanre of 750 feet, and it is apparent that the Ry. Co. would prefer to see the channel leave the east bank and ran under more of 'their spans than it now doss. Respectfully submitted, C. E. H. Campbell. The opinion of the county attorney is based npon the different states of facta set forth and holds virtually, that there could bo no change of location of site unless the river at the point specified in the contract has undergone such changes since the contract was entered into that to build the bridge at said point should make the same nearly or wholly useless, worthless and impossible for the uses intended. The committee of Supervisors, Messrs. Henry. Kramer and Clark, embodied their action in the following: Resolved, That after full consideration of the county attorney's opinion in relation to a change of the location of the new Loup bridge and after a full consideration of the report of the engineer in charge of the construction of said bridge, it is the sense of this committee that no change should be made. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an execution directed to mo from the district court of Platte county, Nebraska, on a judgment obtained before H. J. Hudson, county judge in and for Platte county, Nebraska, on the 3d day of July, 168H. a certified transcript of same was filed in the office of the clerk of the district -ourt in and for Platte county, Nebras ka, in favor of George W. Galley aa plaintiff, and against Mary Plant and Peter Plant as defendants, for the sum of $671.00, and costs taxed at $7.15 and accruing costs, I have levied upon the following real estate taken the property of said defendants, to satisfy said exe cution, towit: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirteen (IS), township seventeen (17), north of range one (1) west, excepting thirty (30) feet off of the north line of said tract in Platte county, state of Nebraska, and will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder, for cah in hand, on the 18th day of August, A. 1). 1888, in front of the court house in Columbus, Platte county, Nebraska, that being the building wherein the last term of court was held, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. in. of said day, when and where due attendance will bo given by the un dersigned. Dated Columbus, July 11th, 1888. M. C. IlLOKDORX, lajnlSt Sheriff of said County. TIMBER-CULTURE NOTICE. D. 8. Land Okvick, Grind Island. Nkb., i my ltin, issm. ) Complaint hnvinfr been entered at this office by Hetty K. Truman against Nilis O. Kndquist for failure to comply with law aa to Timber-Culture Entry No. SMI, dated Dec. 14, 1S88, upon the southwest quarter of northeast quarter of Section 6, Township 17 north, Ranue S west, in Platte county, Nebraska, with a tiow to the cancela tion of said entry: contestant alleging that said Nilla O. Endquist has never broke, plowed, or in any manner whatever, cultivated any part or portion of said land; that the said Nilla O. End quist has wholly abandoned said land and early in the year 1881, left this part of the country and has not since returned, and the present where abouts of said Endquist is unknown to this affiant. The said parties are hereby summoned o appear at the office of E. V. Clark, notary public, at Genoa, Nance county, Nobraska, on the 3d day of September, 1888, at 10 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure. Final hearing at this office Sept. 11, 1888. at 10 a.m. 18Jnl5 John G. Hiooins, Register. NOTICE. To Mary E. Anderson, or to whom it may concern: Yon are hereby notified that the property de scribed aa follows, to wit: All of blocks twenty five, twenty-six. thirty-nine, forty, fiftyeren, fifty-eight, fifty-nine and part of blocks thirtv- eight and sixty, all in Capitol addition to the bus, t m the office of the county treasurer of Platte coun ty. Neb., for taxes assessed on said blocks for the years 1884 and" 1885, that said blocks and r reels of land were taxed in the name of Mary Anderson, and that the timo for the redemp tion or the same will expire on the 2d day of November, 1888. Columbus, Neb., July 9, 1888. Minis David Andkbbox. LEGAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: The Board of Supervisors have this day declar ed the following section lines open aa public roads, vis: commencing at the SW corner of section 7. Town 10. Ruih S. mt thamu nmb.. (north on section line three (S) miles, and tenni- nating at the NW corner of section 31, Town 20 nature s, west, ana to be Known as the "Edwards' road. Now all objections thereto, or claims for dam ages caused by the location thereof, must be filed in the County Clerk's office on or before moon of September 11th, 1888, or the location will be made without reference thereto. Pated, Columbus, Neb., June 21st, 1888. . . John Staottxh, Julyll-4 County Clerk. TAX-SALE NOTICE. To John Nunnemacher.or whom ever it may con- oern. You are hereby notified that the property scribed as follows, to-wit: south on-hadf nf de- out lot No. 5, in Columbus. Platte county, state of Nebraska, as designated on the lithographed and recorded plot or said town (now city) of Colum bus, was purchased by John Rickly on the first day of November, 1880, at public sale at the treas urer's office of said Platte county, for the taxes assessed on said half out lot and delinquent for the year 1885. that said half out lot was taxed in the name of John Nunemacher. and that the time of redemption will expire on the 2d day of No vember, 1888. Dated Columbus, Neb., June 28. 1888. John Rictllt, TAX-SALE NOTICE. To Collins & Martyn, or whom ever it may con cern. You are hereby notified that the property de scribed as follows, to-wit: the east one-third. (H) of lot No. three (1) in block eighty-seven (87) in the city of Columbus, county of Platte and state of Nebraska, as designated on the lithographed and recorded plot of the town (now city) of Co lumbu9.was purchased by John Rickly on the first day of November. 1888, at public sale at the treas urer's oflioo of said Platte county, for the taxes assessed for the year 1885. that said lot was taxed lathe name of Collins it Martyn. and that the time of redemption of same will expire on the 2d day of November, 1888. Dated Jane 28. 1888. Johx Ricxlt. TAX-SALE NOTICE. To N. P. Isaacs, or whom ever it may concern. You are hereby notified that the property de scribed aa follows, to-wit: lot No. S in block 200 in the city of Columbus in Platte county, state of Nebraska, was purchased by John Rickly on the first day of November. 1888, at public sale at the treasurer's office of Platte county, for taxes assessed on said lot for the year 1885 that said lot was taxed in the name of NP. Isaacs, and that the time of redemption will expire on the 2d day of November, 1888. John Ricklt. Dated June 28. 1888. S-julyt-3t ESTRAY NOTICE. Taken up by the subscriber on his enclosed land in Sherman township, in Platte county, Nebraska, on the 18th day of June. 1888. THREE DARK RED HEIFERS. 8 T cl Said heifers are supposed to be one year old oast. The owner is requested to prove property, pay barges and take 1 iialM aeioesa i away. Joss Warn. willow protection will render the present loca- SPEAKS T3a.e TJLo W. Gould, Esq., Generul Agent Minneapolis Harvester Co., Omaha, Neb., IVrSir:-Itisboing reported throughout this and adjoining counties that tho Minneapolis Harvester Co. had sold their shops and were going to discontinue the manufacture of their machines. When we first hoard of thia we paid very little attention to the report, think ing it came from some unprincipled machine agent who could not sell a machine ' or his own any other way than by lying, but when so manv of our customers caroo and asked us about the matter, men to whom we expect to sell machines thia coming harvest, we are compelled to inquire into the matter. We have denied the stones all the time, and denounced them as lies and thought we were right in doing so. Now we want tho facts; if it is true, we want to know it, and if it is a he, we want to nail it. Please let us hoar from vou at once, as we want your letter for publication. Very truly yours, Ern.st & Suuwakz. Messrs. Ernst & Suiiwarz, Columbus, Neb., Gf .; I received yours toduy. That report is entirely unfounded. I enclose copy of a letter received from tho Company. You see it is a trick of men who can not hold thoir way against us, only by trying to scare a farmer not to buy the " Minnie," hoping thereby to get a chance to sell one of their own. Farmers need not fear. I have no doubt they can take your word, as well as that of a competitor. If they lie about our machine, is it not probable they would lie again to sell their own? I will have a man there shortly. Do your best and I will help all I can. Yours very truly, Wm. Gould, G. A. Wm. Gould, Esq., General Agent, Omaha, Neb., Dear Sir: Answering yours relative to the rumors in Nebraska that the Minne.iolis Harvester Works had sold their shops and grounda and were going out of the business, we have to say there ia not one word of truth in them. They have not sold their shops or grounds and are not going out of the business, and you can so in(prm all partita making inquiries regarding this matter. Yours truly, Signed E. B. Lincoln, Sup't of Ageueiea. Farmers Look to Tour Interests AND GET THE BEST, OF ERNST &SCHWARZ. McKINLEY & HTHEHERS, COLUMBUS, NEB. Monty to loan on improved farms In this and adjoining counties, at current rates. We are prepared to close loam promptly, in all cases where title and security are satisfactory. Office up-stalrs in Henry Building, corner of Olive and Eleventh streets. julyl4,stltf BUTCHER & KERSENBROCK, DEALERS IN HEAVY AND SHELF Stoves and Tinware, Pumps, Guns & Ammunition. The Celebrated Moline Wagon Sold Here. Sept. 2? t SPEICE & NORTH, General Agent for. the tale of Union PadAe sad Midland Pacific R. B. Lands for sale at from M.00 to $10.00 per acre for cask or ob five or tea years time, in annual payments to suit purchasers. We have also a large and cboi lot of other lands, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on reasonable terms. Als business and residence lota In the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real talute It Platte County. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. 6" W.T. RICKLY&BRO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in O x Gtae, Poltry, od Fresh Fish. All Kuril f Sauage a Specialty. VGaa paid for Hides, Pelt. Tallow. Highest aarket priee paid for fat oattle.-mi Olire Street, twe Deers Nerta tf the First Natieaal Baik. REPORT OP M. C. BLOEDORN, SHERIFF, Fees, etc. Received and Expended from January 6th, iww, to July 1st, Mi. RECEIVED. On orders of salo $ 23 CO executions 53 77 " summons 85 93 VBIIaOlB .............................. M " attachment. ............ ....... (5 85 " subpoenas 3 75 In Platte county warrantH .173 30 " Nance " for boarding pris oners 12fl 00 " replevin 4 S3 Total received $786 07 XXPZ3DKD. Paid deDUtv sheriff, service 41'J OS " constable service in district court.. 104 00 " exoense in arresting Albert Durnkee 40 00 " for washing for jail 12 00 " Dr. Hchnr. assisting to hold inauest on Corllnji Dumkpe . . 10 00 " janitor fees 75 00 " clothing for prisoner 9 00 4 85 05 Halance $120 02 I hereby certify tho above to be true ami correct. Columbus. Neb.. July 17, 18H8. M. C. Bloedobx, Sheriff of Platte Co., Neb. REPORT OF THE CONDITION or THE First National Bank OF COLUMBUS, NEB.. JUNE 30. 1888. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts S16H.247.27 U.S. Bonds 1(1,500.00 Real Estate. Furniture and Fixtures.. 11,460.11 Due from other Nat'l Banks . . $20,972.01 " " Private Bank" 4.083.00 " " U.S. Treasurer 675.00 Cash on hand 10.fl82.54 S8.872J15 $232,1140.23 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in $60,000.00 Surplus fund 20,000.00 Undivided profits 6.S77.31 National bank notes 13,500.00 Due depositors 133,082.72 $2K,W02 I ITSELF ! ZfcTa.Hed. to 44-2t CARNAHAN, PT"I V PT1 mmCmJkm SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THX C0MMM1BM Of Columbug. Nebraska, at the clone of busineee, July 3d. 1888. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 9i,57 10 Overdrafts 1.43S 01 Real entato and fixtures 2,W.7 (M Kxpensee 1,585 48 Due from other bunk 0,728 Itt Cash on hand and cash items 8,944 VI $ 113.9MS 52 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 50,000 00 Undivided profits 3,905 66 Individual deposits 33.891 82 Time deposits 26,199 05 $ 113,998 32 I, C. A. Newman, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. C. A. Newxax, Cashier. Correct attest: C. A. Sheldon, Joxah Welcit, Heiimah P. H. Oebxbich. Subscribed and sworn to be- MOTOBIAL I fore me ,J uly 7tli. 1838. ' SEAL. ) W. M. Cobneuch, , ' 12-2 Notary Public. LECAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern. The Board of Supervisors have thia day declar ed the following section linee opened as public roads, viz: commencing at the NE corner of section 21, town 20. range 3, west, and running due sonth on section and township lint three (3) miles and terminating at the SE corner of section 36. town 20, rangu 3, west, and known as the " Milslnglo Road." Also a road commencing at the SW corner of section 26, town 20, range 4. west, and running thence due east three (3) miles on section line and terminating at the SE corner of section SO, town 20, range 2, west, and known as the "Ohlson Road.". Now all objections thereto, or claims for dam- agee caused by the location or the above describ ed roads, must be filed in the' county clerk's office on or before moon of Sept. 3d, 1S88. or the location thereof will be made without reference thereto. Dated Columbus, Neb., June 21, 1888. Johji STAumB, July County Cleric s
