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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1888.
Thebe is talk of Blaine becoming
editor of the American Magazine.
The first snow storm for the season
was reported to be raging in New York
on the 25th and promised to be severe.
Two inches of snow was reported on
the 19th at Cumberland, Md. A heavy
storm was prevailing in the mountains.
Chairman Quay has called a meeting
of the republican national committee
for Wednesday, December 5, in Wash
ington. The vote for St John, in Nebraska, in
1884, was 2,899; forFisk in 1888, 9,432; in
Platte county, for these years, the vote
was 28 and 91 respectively.
"Is our life-work let us remember that
it will profit us but little if we gain a
world of wealth and lose contentment
and happiness." Once a Week.
Mb. Dorset's vote in his own county,
Podge, was 112 ahead of his ticket,
Weatherby's majority being 280, while
Cleveland's was 362 and McShane's 540.
Wm. Morgan's family of six were pois
oned by food prepared by a colored serv
ant on the 19th at Snmmerfield, Ala.,
and some of them may die. The servant
has been arrested.
QTnE returns from all the counties in
Pennsylvania show that almost one
million votes were cast for president.
Harrison's plurality was 79,576, and his
majority over all was 54,508.
They talk of John M. Thurston of
this state as a nrobable member of
President Harrison's cabinet, secretary
of the interior, and of Robert Furnas
for the bureau of agriculture.
On the 20th at Jacksonville, FUt,
twenty-two new cases of yellow fever
were reported during the twenty-four
hours ending at 6 a. m., and one death.
Total cases, 4,644; total deaths, 403.
Judge Thobman, candidate for vice
president on the democratic ticket, is
reported to be in his usual health, after
the labors of the campaign. The judge
has lost Ids case, but ho tried very hard
to bave it.
"In the vigilance which is the price of
libertv.' are included watchfulness of
self, patriotism, faithfulness in small
things, honesty, work, and, we may add,
education and 6tudy." G. P. Lathropin
Once a Week.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
made all arrangements to run trains to
Chicago. Trains will be run into Chi
cago over the Wabash tracks, and will
have terminal facilities in connection
with that system.
The annual convention of the Nebras
ka Woman Suffrage Association will be
held at Omaha, Dec. 3d and 4th. There
will be addresses by'Mrs, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Miss Susan B.Anthony, be
sides the usual business of the- associa
tion. James Nolan, an unemployed express
man, shot and killed his mistress, Em
ma Buck, on the 20th in New York, at
her lodgings because she had, on ac
count of his penniless condition, taken
up with another man. Nolan was ar
. rested.
TayiOR Smith, a well known sporting
man, was killed on the afternoon of the
20th at Springfield, Ma., by Margaret
Miller, his mistress, over a trivial dis
pute. Taylor was discussing a laundry
bill, when she siezed an axe and split his
head open.
"Dubing October past, 40,365 immi
grants came to this country, against
44,166, in October 1887. Germany fur
nished the greatest number, 10,166,
England and Wales 7,477, Ireland 5,530,
Sweden and Norway 450, Italy 2,785
and Scotland 2,094.
' Rather a big strike in . Indianapolis
was in operation on the 23d. Not one
switch engine in the city had been
moved that morning. All the morning
trains were abandoned, half made up, or
. not made up at all, except in the Monon
and Lake Erie & Western yards.
Since the election of Harrison, capital
is being invested in the southern iron
fields in immense sums. The south is
coming to realize that the -country is
safe under republican rule, and it need
surprise no one if the "solid south' never
materializes again. Lincoln Journal.
The typhoid fever epidemic of Min
den, Iowa, is believed to be due mainly
to the dry season of last year, which has
so greatly affected wells in the vicinity.
Thos. Grnnaw's death has been followed
by the sickness of his wife and four
children, who now lie in a critical con
dition. ;
The New England blizzard raged with
terrible violence all along the coast
Sunday night. The loss of life report
ed is large. AtDanvers the storm was
the worst ever experienced this time of
year. The wind blew a hurricane and
the snow drifted four feet. At Long
Branch cottages were undermined and
carried out to sea piece meal
Now. that a presidentis elected it is to
be hoped that the democrats in congress
will no longer oppose the admission of
Dakota. There never has been any
question as to her right of admission.
t Um iwen delayed for no other reason
under heaven than that she would cast
her ballot "adversely to democracy, and
it is high tiaie that this gross injustice
atoaldceaae. Making a foot-ball of the
sacred rights of citizenship most stop.
A Little Retrospect aaa Prospect.
Last week we did not have space for our
customary remarks upon an examina
tion of the election returns for Platte
county.
The first striking feature, as was
natural to expect, is that party lines
were very closely adhered to, all through
the county; this feature was most mark
ed in Butler where the vote was 47 to 61
(in favor of republicans) down through
the twenty-eight candidates, with only
one exception and there the variation
was only by one vote.
The highest majority was 504, for Mc
Shane, the lowest, 222, for Gondnng.
For Cleveland, 367, was about the aver
age, Green's majority over Olson being
a hundred less than that, and Hines's
over Laws just a hundred more. Mc
Shane's majority was 137 greater than
Cleveland's, though his total vote
was only 64 more. Thayer was cut 7 in
First Ward, Columbus, 6 in Second, 2 in
Third, 3 in the township, 5 in Bismarck,
3 in Monroe, 2 in Shell Creek, 1 in Hum
phrey, 13 in Grand Prairie, 6 in Lost
Creek, 3 in Granville, 2 in Loup and 6
in Joliet.
Outside of the local ticket, the great
est deflection from party lines was on
governor and attorney general, and the
vote would indicate that, while some
democrats voted for Leese (not many)
there were a number of republicans who
voted against him; he ran ahead of his
ticket in Walker, Humphrey, Lost
Creek, Granville, St. Bernard and Joliet
and behind in all the wards of the city,
in Bismarck and in Loup; in the other
townships he was exactly with his ticket.
Dorsey's total vote is one less than
Harrison's, and Weatherby's is six less
than Cleveland's, so that the republicans
of Platte county, by this token, face a
democratic majority of, say 380 on na
tional issues.
Of the local ticket, the republican can
didate having the lowest majority
against him was Boeder; the next Olson,
McAllister and Hampton, in the order
named.
The greatest inroads wo noticed were
made: by McAllister in the First ward,
Columbus, a gain of 40, and in Grand
Prairie 37, this latter just double Har
rison's vote in the township; Lost Creek
Mnher ran ahead of his ticket 41 votes;
in Bismarck, Swartsley's own township,
he received 94 votes, four more would
have made it unanimous.
The average democratic majority on
the local ticket was 260; on the other
part, it was 403, this latter number being
reached by the extra vote for McShane
and Hines. The conversion of an aver
age of ten democrats in each township
and ward of the county, would make it
republican.
We have heard it said that democratic
workers have declared that hereafter no
republican shall be elected to office in
the county, high or low, whether the
office be one of business or politics, but
we see nothing unusually discouraging
in the situation. We must remember
that a very special effort was made (and
the inducements were sufficiently am
ple), to satisfy the democratic factions
some of the workers were actually
whipped into the traces. Some one has
said that gratitude is a lively sense of
favors to come, and, in case Cleveland
had been elected president, the banner
democratic county of Nebraska might
have been provided with, say a hundred,
instead of the twenty United States
officials she now has. We give our dem
ocratic brethren here credit for making
considerable hay while the Cleveland
sun has been shining; they have provid
ed well for the members of their house
hold, and, had Cleveland been elected,
we wonld doubtless have seen quite an
addition to Platte county's array of
democratic federal officials. But this
was not to be, and the democratic at
traction of cohesion may not be so strong
next time as it was this. The Bosses
will find that the party whip will not do
so mucn execution the next time, be
cause there will not be that lively sense
of favors to come from Cleveland. Re
publicans, meanwhile, animated by the
glorious triumph of their party nation
ally and in the state, can work with in
creased zeal for the good cause which
they seek to advance.
The object of trusts is to control the
markets adversely to the interests of the
consumer and to the unnatural advant
age of those who combine to form the
trusts. If it is said, in defence of these
combinations that they are necessary to
protect the rights of those who enter in
to them, then it must be acknowledged
that the government (which is the com
bination of all the people to secure the
just rights of each) is justified in inter
fering with their business, at that point
where the trusts jeopardize public wel
fare. For instance: suppose that a doz
en mines within the borders of the state
were supplying Nebraska with coal at a
high rate, and that a combination would
be made by the twelve mining com
panies, to limit the production and still
retain the high price paid by the con
sumer. This would be a combination
injurious to public welfare, and should
not be tolerated by law. As the legisla
ture will doubtless have this subject to
deal with at the next session, we sug
gest that the people talk it over with
their representatives and senators elect,
and let them know what you think, any
how. Your fellow citizens who have
been thus honored will be more than
pleased to have the benefit of any sug
gestions you may choose to offer that
will help them to the discharge of their
duty. It is our duty as citizens to do
our best toward giving every interest a
fair field, and to do this no robber ele
ment must be tolerated by law; all the
power of the state must be invoked, when
necessary, to preserve the rights of the
weakest.
The Third District.
The Republican congratulates Hon.
George W. E. Dorsey upon the result in
the Third congressional district. His
election to a third term in congress by
an overwhelming majority is an indorse
ment of which he may well feel proud.
It will be remembered that in 1882 the
district was in a deplorable condition
for the republicans, who in that year'
had two candidates. In 1884 Mr. Dorsey
united the party, and was elected by
5,660 majority. In 1886 he was re-elected
by a majority of 7,800, and this year his
majority ran up to 14,000. Throughout
the entire campaign he did splendid
work. He did not labor for himself
alone but for the party, which ho thor
oughly organized in the district. Mr.
Dorsey made special efforts in behalf of
the republican legislative candidates
and Governor Thayer. He instructed
his friends to trade him, whenever there
was an opportunity for members of the
legislature or for governor. Notwith
standing this he ran ahead of the na
tional ticket in nearly every county in
the district. During the campaign Mr.
Dorsey discussed the tariff issue in joint
debate with his opponent, Mr. Weather
by, and made many converts. He
handled the tariff question in an able
and convincing manner.
Mr. Dorsey's efforts in behalf of the
people are certainly appreciated. This
is shown by the large vote which he re
ceiveda vote of confidence. While Mr.
Dorsey labors constantly for his constit
uency in the Third district, he at the
same time works for the interest of the
whole state. Omaha Republican.
Be Fair, Evea la Politics.
It is reasonably certain that if a dem
ocratic congress had admitted the two
Dakotas, Montana and Washington, and
a democratic president had proclaimed
them states, they would have been divi
ded evenly politically. Parties would
have neither gained nor lost. Now the
course of the democracy has made them
all republican, and with that strong bias
they will all come in. St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
State Election.
We are indebted to Ben R. Cowdery,
Esq., for the following summary of the
state vote:
GOVERNOR.
John M. Thayer 103,983
John A. McShane 85,420
Geo. E. Bigelow 9,511
David Butler 3,941
METJT-OOVERNOR.
Geo. D. Meiklejohn 108,039
Frank Folda 80,758
John Dale 9,722
C. W.Potter 4385
SECRETARY OF STATE.
G. L. Laws 107,166
Patrick A-Hines 81,499
John E. Hopper 9,729
J.Henthorn 4,196
AUDITOR PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Thomas H. Benton 108,196
W. A. Poynter 80,796
JohnF.Helin 9,640
H.S.Ailey 474
TREAURER.
J.E. Hill '. 108,164
James M. Patterson 80,588
James H. Stewart 9,651
D.C.Nash 4,449
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
.WnuLeese.. 10228
W.H.Munger 85,952
JohnBarnd 9,330
M. F.Knox 4,153
COMMISSIONER PUBLIC LANDS AND BUILD
INGS. John Steen 108,040
P.BLJuseen 80,707
A.Boberts.. 9,620
W.F.Wright. '. 4,421
SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC TNSTBUCTION.
Geo. B.Lane ;. 108,140
Marion Thrasher 80,646
H.S.Hilton 9,552
Mrs.M.F.Wood 4,404
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
W.J. Connell '. 3226
J. Sterling Morton 29,519
E.B. Graham 2,962
J.W.Edgerton 650
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
James Laird 30,959
W.G. Hastings... 2102
Geo. Scott 4,128
B,H.Bohr 1,715
THIRD CONGNESSIONAL DISTRICT.
G.W.E. Dorsey 42,188
E. P. Weatherby 31418
A.M.Walling 296
LO. Jones 1,487
Rat and Molasses- The Dish a New England
Girl Was Forced to Eat.
Salem, Masa, Nov. 20. Bella Walker
is the ten-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Sarah Walker, of Dan vers. The poverty
of the mother forced her to send her
child from home, and. about three years
ago she was adopted by a Mrs. Charles
Drury, of Wakefield. The child made
complaints about her treatment and re
cently she was temporarily taken home.
The girl stated that on several occasions
she had been stripped naked and se
verely beaten with a rattan. In proof of
this assertion she shows marks on her
body. On another occasion last winter
she declares she was compelled to eat a
plate of frozen beans for some fault that
she had committed. The worst thing
that she had to endure was being forced
to eat a rat, which Mrs. Drury cooked
and served with molasses. The girl
states that there was not much taste to
the flesh, but the thougt of eating it
made her sick. On another occasion a
rat was cooked for her. benefit, but it
6tnelled so badly that she was not made
to oat it
Virginia Republican.
Washington, Nov. 20. Prof. John M.
Langston, who has returned to the city,
says that not only is he elected to con
gress from the Petersburg district, but
that the lawful majority in the district
will give the electoral vote of that state
to Harrison and Morton. He thinks the
dawn of absolute freedom for the colored
people has appeared. He thinks the
time has come to break up the solid
south that the way has been opened by
him in his district
The new horse disease which has
made its appearance in Marion county,
Iowa, has attracted considerable atten
tion. The first symptom is distemper
and continued running at the nose,
which continues until the horse either
recovers or dies. Unless the animal is
relieved in the first stages of the disease,
it is pretty sure death for him. It is
claimed that the disease bears some re
semblance to glanders.
The Harrison accommodation train
on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & St
Paul railroad, due at Cincinnati on the
morning of the 20th left the rails about
two miles east of Harrison and overturn
ed five coaches. There were forty pas
sengers aboard, nearly all of whom were
more or less injured. Mrs. Martha
Moore, aged 80, of Wilmingtafc, Ohio,
will probably die from her injuries.
"Suspicions, as transient guests of the
mind, may be useful in establishing the
( innocence which should be brought to
light or in proving the guilt which
should be purged away; but as perma
nent inmates of the mind their influence
is most pernicious; suffered to remain,
they rankle and fester and produce all
manner of social corruptions." Once a
Week.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Want ta Do With It.
The Cincinnati Enquirer wonders how
the republicans will spend the money in
the treasury when they come into power,
and suggests a number of ways that they
may do it .There is one way, however,
the Enquirer does not refer to, but which
the Republican predicts will be among
the first adopted. A good thick slice
will be cut off for the benefit of the de
pendent parents and wives and children
of the men who aided .to preserve the
union.
If the republicans have a majority in
the next house the dependent pension
bill, once defeated by Cleveland and
afterwards by the democrats in' the
house, will become law before the expi
ration of the Fifty-first congress.
There is another, way in which the
money will be expended, and that is in
the purchase of outstanding government
bonds, to cut off the interest now accru
ing every day.- Isn't that a better use
to make of it than to loan it to banks
without interest?
The democrats need not worry. The
money will be used for the benefit of the
people. Omaha Republican.
The sickest memory of the democratic
statesman today is that if he had only
possessed a granule of sense a couple of
years ago, he would have jumped at the
chance of admitting Dakota as a state
then. A state once admitted is never,
cut up into smaller sections. West Vir
ginia does not count because it was rav
ished from Old Virginia in time of war.
By his cussednesss in fighting off Da
kota, when she was willing and anxious
to get in as one state, he has ensured to
himself the pleasure of seeing her come
in as two states next year, with four re
publican senators and two or three' more
electoral votes in 92 than she otherwise
would have enjoyed. But the hind
sight of the average democratic states
man has always been exceedingly keen.
Lincoln Journal
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Oafeial Vote of New York City.
The official canvass of the city was
completed on the 20th. The republican
electoral ticket received 106,925, and
that of the democratic party 162,738
votes. The prohibition electors had
1426, union labor ticket 178, and the so
cialist ticket 1,772. In the entire ballot
of the dty 666 votes were defective out
27278 cast
Randolph is to have a 83,000 creamery.
Several large business failures have
recently occurred at Hastings.
Merrick county adopted township or
ganization by a vote of 1116 to 529.
H. H. Stoddard is talking of printing
his poultry periodicals at Kearney.
The tailoring establishment of Miller
& Shock, Hastings, has failed, liabilities
$6,000.
The wife of W. L. Ozma of Cortland,
died on the 20th, from the effects of tak
ing a dose of "rough on rats."
Ten thousand dollars has been offered
the Nebraska Land and Cattle company
near Kearney for their crop of wheat
raised this season.
The beet sugar works to be establish
ed at Grand Island are the all-absorbing
subject with both city and country
people, so says the Times.
Fremont don't boast so much as some
other cities in the state that might be
mentioned, but she is about as good as
any that claim the third rank.
It is stated that a rattlesnake den con
taining COO reptiles has been discovered
in Dawes county, and a grand snake
killing carnival is being arranged for.
A young man by the name of Edrauns
ton of Wood River shot a Mr. Wolf for
attention to his sister. Wolfe neck was
hurt, but it is thought he will recover.
Dr. L W. Funk, senator-elect from
Gage county, was assaulted one day last
week by Jim Pace. The affair was a per
sonal matter on the part of Pace, grow
ing out of the rejection of a claim as
presented by Pace against the county
poor fund; Dr. Funk was on the commit
tee which rejected it
Two boys at Benkleman went out
hunting geese on the 25th. Kennie Mc
Donald, the youngest boy, aged 12, was
holding the guns in the cart when one
of them was accidentally discharged and
almost severed the left arm at the wrist,
rendering amputation necessary.
Congressman Dorsey is very much
sought after since election by aspirants
for office, who appear to be very hungry
and very thirsty, notwithstanding they
have been away from the public crib but
four years. A majority of the postbffices
in the Third district are .being sought
after by. newspaper men.
Jack Murray of Plattsmouth, confined
in the county jail died on the evening of
the 22d, while standing at the bars of
the jail, talking to his fellow prisoners.
He had been drinking to excess for some
time past and had been threatened with
delerium tremens several times. He has
slept in the most convenient places to
drop into at night
Madison county has adopted town
ship organization; the new -board have
met and organized, electing Charles
Jenkins of Kalamazoo chairman. Now
let the new board appoint their, able
chairman or some other member oftheir
body to study the township law with
reference to the amendments needed and
to be labored for at the next session of
the legislature.
L. C. Brinkman, of Plattsmouth, had
quite a fight with an eagle lately. He
shot the bird, wounding it in one wing,
and when he' went to get his game it
showed fight, making a spring at his
face.- The bird grasped his arm so
tightly that he could not make it let go.
Calling to other hunters close by, they
came to his assistance, killed the bird
and pried its claws out of Brinkman's
arm. The eagle measured eight feet
from tip to tip of wings.
William Hubbard, living near North
Platte within a mile of the railroad
station, -while boring a well on his
ranch, at the depth of 31 feet struck a
seam of coal about three inches in thick
ness. .Boring still deeper he struck
another stratum of coal about eight inches
in thickness and of a very fair quality.
Mr. Hubbard intends to prospect on a
larger scale, and he is confident that
under the third layer of limestone he
will find coal in paying quantities, and
not over seventy-five feet in depth.
At Bennett on the morningof the 18th
at 2 o'clock a fire broke out and destroy
ed a large section of the business por
tion of that village. Nine business
houses are in .ashes,. but their contents
for the most part were saved. The
Lancaster Union office is a total loss.
The bank of Bennett Commercial hotel,
and Mitchell and Harper's business
stores are among the ruins. There are
rumors of inoendiarism,but nothing defi
nite. There was but little wind blowing
or the whole town would have been in
ashes.
Last Friday morning about 9 o'clock
freight train No. 28 was doing some
switching in the yards here when an ac
cident occurred which will probably re
sult in the loss of a foot by A. J. Moody,
one of the brakemen. There was a
heavy frost that morning, and the
ground and rails was very slippery, and
in running to make a coupling he stop
ped upon the rail and slipped and the
cars caught one of his feet and mangled
it quite badly nearly to the knee. Dr.
Miles was called and dressed the wound
and expressed the opinion that the
limb could be saved. The injured man
was then taken to the hospital in Omaha,
and there the doctors thought it would
be necessary to amputate the leg near
the knee. Schuyler Herald.
Frank Abbott, a young man well
known around Fullerton was arrested
Thursday charged with forgery and dis
posing of mortgaged property. He used
his father's name in each instance and
sold stock that belonged to his father as
well. He also put a second mortgage on
considerable stuff. The total amount of
his operations reaches $900, as far as
heard from. One note for $200, which
he succeeded in selling to Shipman &
Beatty, bankers at Central City, led to
his arrest He was found at the home
of his uncle, about 12 miles west of
Clarke, where he and his wife were visit
ing. Other notes were found on him
when arrested, one for $500, which he
evidently expected to dispose of the
following day. He also sold some notes
at St Paul and Cedar Rapids. The ex
act amount of his transactions, however,
could not be learned. Fullerton Post
Wasaiagtoa Letter.
From oar regular correspondent.
Senator Quay does not mince his
words in speaking about the next house
of representatives. He says "we have
the house by a majority of five certainly,
and probably by nine on the official
count of congressional districts. As to
the democratic threats that democratic
governors of states will refuse to certify
the election of republicans to the clerk
of the house, and he will refuse to place
our people on the roll, we do not care
what the democratic governors or the
clerk of the house may do. They are
not dealing with children or old women.
The republican party mil hold, with a
mailed hand, all that it fairly won on
November 6."
That is the sort of talk that was need
ed, and its effect on the democrats here
is already apparent They are now be
ginning to say that without the presi
dency they do not want the house. All
the same if it had not been for the
watchfulness of Senator Quay, they
would have stolen it, just to keep their
hand in, probably.
Cabinet making continues to be the
most popular industry at the capital,
but it is very safe to say that up to the
present time Gen. Harrison has not
finally decided upon a single name for a
stated position. If you care to know
who are mentioned here as probable
members of the cabinet, you have only
to make a list of every prominent repub
lican in the country they are all men
tioned. At the present stage it is all
speculation and guess work of the wild
est sort
The friends of the several candidates
for speaker of the house in the Fifty
first congress are already beginning to
work hard. It was at first supposed
that the main contest would be between
McKinley of Ohio, and Reed of Maine;
but Ohio has another candidate in the
person of Benj. Buttorworth, who has
made rapid strides to the front of .late,
and his friends are confidently predict
ing his election. A noticeable feature
of the contest as far as it has developed,
is the good feeling prevailing between
the friends of the various candidates.
The household effects of Lord Sackville,
the deposed British minister, were sold
at auction on the lath. The sale was
attended by a perfect jam of Washing
ton's most swell society, and the prices
paid for the articles were in nearly every
case far beyond the original cost, to say
nothing of the present value. But then,
yon know,- they were desired as sou
venirs of his lordship.
The local committee to arrange for the
inauguration of Gen. Harrison, has start
ed in with a vim that promises to make
it a very successful event It is now
thought that the ball will be held in the
hall of the new pension office.
Gen. Roescrans, in the name of the
Army of the Cumberland, has delivered
to the'widow of Gen. Sheridan" the reso
lutions expressing the sorrow of the so
ciety at the unexpected death of her il
lustrious husband, and testifying its
admiration, esteem, and fraternal regard
for his military ability, public service
and. personal character. Mrs. Sheridan
has written a letter of thanks for the
resolutions. -
There 'is a rumor here to the effect
that a 'printer named August Donath,
who is connected with the Craftsman of
this city, a paper which claims to be the
official organ of the International Typo-'
graphical Union, will be public printer.
The rumor says that the place was
promised to Donath in the event of Har
rison's election, in consideration of the
support of the Craftsman. It is a lie on
the face of it In the first place, Mr.
Harrison has made no promises of po
sitions to anybody. In the next place,
Mr. Donath, though a clever sort of fel
low, is about nine sizes too small to fill
the position, and his friends are proba
bly only mentioning his name in' the
hope that he will thus be enabled to se
cure one of the foremanahips in the
office.
Mr. Cleveland has appointed Repre
sentative Perry Belmont, chairman of
the house committee of foreign affairs,
United States minister to Spain. Bel
mont has accepted, and will immediately
resign his seat in the house and sail for
Europe. Just why he should accept
this appointment is somewhat puzzling.
He has made himself so obnoxious to
the republicans that he cannot hope to
remain longer than it will take Gen.
Harrison's secretary .of state to decide
upon his successor. Perhaps he only
wants to take a little excursion to
Europe at Uncle Sam's expense.
Many members of congress are already
in the city, and more are constantly ar
riving. A meeting of the house commit
tee on appropriations is called for Wed
nesday, for the purpose of getting to
work on the regular appropriation bills.
The general impression here is that no
tariff legislation will be taken up at the
coming session, and that the whole
question will be left for the Fifty-first
congress.
RECOLLECTIO NS OF AN OLD SETTLER
BY INGOVAR.
ERNST & SCHWARZ,
-MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IK .
When the treaty was concluded with
the Pawnee Indians coding their lands
to the government, they retained a res
ervation ten miles square, bounded on
the east by a line parallel with the mouth
of the Beaver, embracing what is now
the southeast corner of Nance county,
and including the fertile valleys of the
Beaver and Cedar. The Pawnees then
removed from their village on the south
side of the Platte river opposite Fremont
and located on their reserve. The set
tlement and town of the Genoa colony
was included in the reservation, and they
were compelled to remove. Many of
them went to Utah, and others settled
on the east line of the reservation, form
ing a little hamlet called Zigzag. Here
resided for a number of years the Hud
son's, Frestons', Brindley's, Saunders'
and Welch's. Tho first Indian agent ap
pointed was Judge James L. Gillis, who
was a portly, silver-haired old gentleman,
nearly if not quite an octogenarian, a
resident of Pennsylvania who in his early
manhood had been in the army, sta
tioned on the Canadian line at or near
Ft Niagara, and after the alleged ab
duction of William Morgan, he was in
dicted for participation in the affair, and
for a number of years appeared regularly
at court to answer to the charge, which
was finally dismissed without a trial.
He was subsequently elected judge of
his district in Pennsylvania, then a
member of congress. During the ad
ministration of President Buchanan, he
supported the "Lecompton policy" of
the latter and was in consequence "laid
off" by his constituents at the first op
portunity, and, as was done with others
similarly situated, during that adminis
tration, was given a government ap
pointment The agency was located at
the Genoa town site, and the. govern
ment paid the settlers something for
their breaking, and for some of the
houses. One son of the agent was In
dian farmer, other members of the family
were teachers, tin-smiths, millers, etc
There was a steam saw and grist-mill
erected, and schools started. Numerous
attacks were made by the Sioux upon
the Pawnees, but the old judge was
plucky and kept his Indians under
proper subjection.' Of course on the
accession of Mr. Lincoln to the presi
dency, his successor was soon appointed
and Judge Gillis went to Mt Pleasant,
Iowa, where his children were settled.
Some time afterward his oldest son, who
had been the farmer for the Indians, was
found dead in his barn from the effects
of a bullet wound, which was supposed
by many at the time to be a suicide,
which opinion was subsequently chang
ed. Some time afterward the Judge
was sitting in his son's parlor at dusk
and a bullet came crashing through the
window, lodging in the wall near his
head. Police investigation of the affair
was barren of results. A short time
afterward in the dusk of the evening
there was a knock at the door of the
house, and his son opened the door; as
soon as he appeared he was shot by some
one who made his escape and whose
identity was never discovered. Who the
assassin was is a mystery and probably
always will remain so. The venerable
Judge soon afterwards, weighed down
with age and grief, passed to the hereafter.
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General Agents for the sale of
Unioa FMiiaaad Midland Pacific R. K. Land, for aale at from M.09 to $10.00 per acre for caak
or oa St. or tea. yeara time, in annual pay meat to aait purchaser. We have also a large and choiw
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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
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constitution of man thero exist certain
immutable laws, which only await dis
covery, to make all his fellow mortals
happy, which will cause fierce things to
become tame, foul things to Hee.
Byron Millett.
For the JocaxAt.
DiscoBteat.
There is an ancient tradition, that a
ruler of a great empire had a son who
was the pride of his life and the joy of
his heart. One night when this monarch
laid on his couch, a fairy appeared to
him, and said Thou dotest on thy son as
no father ever doted on his offspring be
fore. What gift do you desire me to be
stow upon him; I can give him either
riches, wisdom, health, happiness or dis
content. You can choose only one of
these for your boy, which will you
take?" The parent being shrewd and
wanting to. see his son a great man,
chose discontent. The boy grew to man
hood, his body and mind were active. He
succeeded his father, raised large armies
which made the earth tremble beneath
the comings and goings of their feet, ac
quired new territory, built cities, palaces,
canals,- the like of which had never been
seen before.
Looking the present in the face and
casting our eyes backward along the
pages of history, we find that all the
great achievements in the arts, sciences
and discoveries may be attributed to
this precious gift In the breast of civil
ized man there lurks a continual and
unsatisfied longing to explore new fields.
He is the "mystic earth-tree," whose
roots are in the ground, but whose top
most branches (his thoughts) soar heav
enward. -
Lord Byron would never have written
his "Childe Harold" if he had been con
tent.' Had Columbus been a contented
man he would never have discovered
America. Does not discontent charac
terize the aspiring and hungry mind of
the American? . Is it not that spirit,
which prompted him to suffer privations
in order to open up the pathway of em
pire through the awful solitudes of the
desert and make the wilderness "blossom
as the rose?"
The rich always like to see the poor
contented The politician who ploughs
with the winning party, wants to hare
the masses contented, while he rakes in
the "boodle." He cannot see any reason
why the farmer with a ten per cent
mortgage on his farm should be discon
tent in a season of drouth.
The stuff in novels and poems about
contentment sounds pretty, but it is a
myth with a rational and progressive
being. We are willing to concede that
this faculty of discontent is frequently
perverted, and that consequently melan
choly, envy and fretfolness result. The
man whose thoughts and energies are
constantly employed to reach a more
exalted plane, who employs his time in
cherishing in remembrance the love of
his fellow man, and builds his own hap
piness on the promotion of that of his
fellows, is not likely to look backward
and sulk about trifles. He looks on
ward and upward and sees that in the
very order of nature and in the physical
t'limh.
Dryden illustrated the growth of nat
ural aptitude when he wrote, "What the
child admired, the youth endeavored and
the man acquired." Study yourself
carefully in order to discover your apti
tudes. Even though the natural bent
may be hard to find, the discovery will
well repay the search. And then having
carefully selected your occupation or
profession, stick to it, and remember
that the determination to be one's own
helper is the secret of individual devel
opment and strength. Don't be content
ed to 6tay at the foot of the ladder, but
climb till you are at the head of yonr
profession. The lower stories of the ed
ifice of life and business are overfilled,
but as Daniel Webster said, "There is
always room at the top." It requires
time, energy and patience to get there,
but the position is worth climbing for.
As Talmage says, "In all departments
some men labor under great disadvanta
ges, and amid the most unfavorable cir
cumstances, and yet make grand achieve
ments;" and it is an old and true saying,
that "what man has done, man can do."
Obstacles and perplexities you must
meet, but if you are of the right metal
you can overcome difficulties which seem
to be insurmountable. Just abide by
Benjamin Franklin's rule, and climb!
He said, "My rule is to go straight for
ward in doing what appears to mo to be
right, leaving the consequences to Prov
idence. jr. D. h. w.
Palestine.
Mr. Pearson has a now lumber wagon.
Nels Berlin is home from Omaha for a
short time.
Our school commenced two weeks ago
with Mr. J. A. J. Bangres of North
Carolina, as teacher.
Mr. Scott of. Albion, has been in the
vicinity insuring property.
Ed. Fish has bought one of Henry
James' farms for 81,200.
Mr. Frank Sholes is building a fine
brick house on his farm northeast of
here.
Mr. Hurley has built a good, new
farm house .on his farm across the
Lookingglass.
Many of our farmers have finished
husking corn. They have learned that
it ... not the most economical way to
have that kind of work for a winter pas
time. The meetings at Fair-view closed Fri
day night. There have been quite a
number of conversions. The meetings
have been well attended every evening
and the most respectful attention has
been paid to the plain and pungent pre
sentation of the truth. Dan.
TbeTliruagh Pullman Car
To Chicago vm Omaha and Council
BlurTa, runs daily from Denwr and
points east thereof in Colorado and
Nebraska, over tho Union Pacific Hail
way and the "Omaha, Council Bluffs
and Chicago Short Line," of tho Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, on the
following time schedule.
Leave Denver, daily 8:30 am.
Arrive Omaha ,7:54) a. ni.
Arrive Council Bluffs 8:15 n. m.
Leave Council Bluffs.., 9:40a.m.
Arrive Chicago, daily 6:50 a. m.
This train connects with all morning
trains departing from Chicago, or, if
passengers so elect, they can remain over
in Chicago a few hours for business or
pleasure, and take the "Limited," or
other fast trains, which leave Chicago
for the East in the afternoon. The
Sleeping Car fare between Chicago and
Denver is Sfi.00. Proportionately lower
rates from intermediate points in Ne
braska. The finest Dining Cars in tho
world are run on the "Short Line" of th
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
For further particulars apply to any
Coupon Ticket Agent in the West, or to
Joux E. McCluke,
Western Passenger Agent, CM. & St. P.
By., 1501 Farnam st, Omaha, Neb.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of aa order of sale directed to me
from the district court of Platte county, Nebnm
kn, on n decree obtained in' our said court at the
rt-KuInr September, A. D., 1888, term thereof of
Plattn county, Nebraska, to wit: on the 'JMh day
of September, 18MS- in favor of Aultman. Miller
A .'oiniany an plaintiff, and axninot CriMena
I'eifBch nnd Wm. PeitBch an defendantf for the
nm of Two Hundred and Thirteen dollara. and
cwl taxed at 38.10, and accruing cofitH, I have
levied upon the following landtt and tenements
taken an the property of itaid defendentn, to at
isfynaid decree to wit: The north half "of tho
northwest quarter and the south half of the
northeast quarter of section twenty-one (21)
township 'nineteen (19) north of ranse one (I)
west in Platte county, Nebraska, and will orfer
the same for sale tn the highest bidder, for cash
in hand, on the 15th day of December, A. O.,
18R8, in front of the Conrt House in Columbus,
Nebraska, that being the building wherein the
last term of court vm held, at the hnnr nf 1
o'clock p. m.. of said day, when and. where due
attendance win be fnven by the undersign)
Dated Columbus, Neb., November 12th. 1808.
Bed.
M. C. Bloedobn.
Sheriff of said county.
INCORPORATION NOTICE.
To whom it may concern:
A corporation has this day been organized un
der the name of The Oconee Elevator Company.
Tho place of doing business to be in Oconee,
Nebraska. The natnre of the business to con
struct an elevator, handle grain, purchase and
sell such real and personal property as shall be
uesiraiue lor its own use or profit or necessary
to protect its interests or credit. The authorised
capital stock shall to five thousand dollars.
The business may be commenced when one
thousand dollars shall have been paid in. The
existence of this corporation shall continue
during the period of twenty years, unless dis
solved prior to that date. The highest amount--of
indebtedness or liability shall not at any time
exceed" two-thirds of the value of the. stock
issued and paid for. The private property of
the stockholders shall bn exempt from liability
or execution for the debts of the cornoratlnn
The affairs of the corporation shall be conducted
by a president, vice president, secretary and
treasurer and five directors.
October 30, 1888. Fru. Jswbxl.
8novl Secretary.
Mouror Item.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Judd have a young
daughter.
A. Mosher is about to remove to North
Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hayes of Iowa have
located in our neighborhood..
Ely Strum of Kansas is visiting friends
in this vicinity.
A masquerade party was held at the
residence of Wm. Pugsley, Wednesday
evening of this week.
Mrs. S. Alexander left for Denver on
Thursday to spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Henrich.
As B. Godfrey and lady were on their
way to a party Wednesday evening their
horse took fright and ran away, demol
ishing the buggy, but fortunately no one
was injured.
Corn husking is almost a thing f the
past; farmers have had unusually fine
weather -for husking this fall, and now
are turning their attention to building
sheds and fixing things up for cold
weather, which is sure to come. .
T.D.X.
CHATTEL XORTUAOE SALE.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
chattel mortgage dated the'JOth day of November,
1888, and duly filed for record in the office of the
county clerk of Platte county, Nebraska, oa the
0th day of February. 1887. and executed by Peter
Plant to John U. Koutson to secure the payment
of the sum of 96.00, anal upon which there is
now due the snm of SH5.00 and interest at 10 mt
cent per annum from date of note aad mortgage.
ueiauii uaviiiK ueea maue in uie payment of
said sum. and no other proceeding at law having
lieen instituted to recover said debt or any part
thereof, therefore I will tell the propertytherain
described, vis: One fall leather top phaetoa. at
public auction at Gleaaon St Terryll'a livery
bam. in tho city of Columbus, in Platte county.
Nebraska, on the 'Jith day of November, 1888, at
z o doer p. in. or said dav.
Jo:
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oH.f G. KotrraoH.
Moad
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of Anna Baumann.
fieceuseii.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of the
said deceased will meet the executor of said
estate before me, county judge of Platte county.
Nebraska, at the county conrt room in said
county, on the 10th day of January, 1889, on tho
11th day of March, 1880, and on the 10th day of
May, 1889, at 10 o'clock a. m. each day. for the
purpose of presenting their claims for examina
tion, adjustment and allowance. Six months)
are allowed for creditors to present their claims,
and one year for the executor to settle said estate
from the 10th day of November. 1888.
Dated November IS, A. D., 1888.
, .. H.J.-HtJDeo!C.
21nov County Judge.
NOTICE OF GUARDIANS SALE.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of aa
order or the district court in and for Platte
2 luVli,Nebra8k ""d on the 20th day of Octo
ber. 1888, granting a license to Ellen Sheehan.
guardian of the minor heirs of E. D. Sheebaa.
deceased, to sell lot No. one (1). in blockona
hundred and forty-throe (1U), in the city of Co
lumbus, said county and state.
Therefore, I will offer for sale at public auc
tion tho above described premises oa the 1st day
of December. 1888. at 2 o'clock p. m.. in frontof -the
Court House in the city of Columbus. Plait
county. Nebraska. - Eixw SsnSuw,
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