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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER lit. 1863.
- The Louse ptissed tho regular tension
appropriation bill with but little dis
cussion. Tni: streets of Boston were damaged
by the storm last week to tbe amount of
$10,000.
Pnitur Belmont of New York has
been confirmed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Spain.
At W-ishington Dec. 15, K. B. Hostet
ter and A. P. Ingrain, of Iillinois, were
appointed special examiners in the pen
sion office.
The Central railroad cotton ware
house, Savannah, Ga., bnrned on the
afternoon of the 13th with its contents.
Loss 200,000.
The president has pardoned 136 con
victs during the fiscal year ending June
30 last, and granted amnesty under the
Edmunds law in three cases.
The senate sub-committee has decid
ed to report favorably the bill providing
for tho retirement of W- S. Bosecrans
with the rank of Major-General.
As Emporia (Kan.) druggist sold a
woman whisky to cure "sea sickness,"
and he says that it is a prevailing sick
ness in that latitude and longitude.
Ik Chelsea, Me., two sisters manage a
sixty-five acre farm, besides doing con
siderable of the heavy work and attend
ing to their regular household duties.
Platte is classified among the nine
democratic counties of Nebraska, the
others being Sarpy, Douglas, Dodge,
Colfax, lierce, Cuming, Cedar and Dixon.
H. W. Hardy, late prohibition candi
date for governor, has asked the courts
to have a saloon which is next door to
his furniture store, adated as a nuisance
and an injury to his business.
The .house committee on invalid pen
sions authorized a favorable report on
the senate bill granting a pension of
83,500 a year to Irene Rucker Sheridan,
widow of the late Gen. Sheridan.
Out of ninety-nine indictments re
turned by the United States grand jury
at Dubuque for northern Iowa for this
term of court, seventy-four are for sell
ing liquor without government license.
L. B. Bell, of Greenville, Ohio, plead
ed guilty to complicity in the robbery of
Iho treasury of Darke county, for which
treasurer Simeons is now serving ten
years time in the Ohio enitentiary.
Bell wjis sentenced to two years in the
lienitentiary.
Word reached Denver oil tho 12th
from Qumy agency, Green river, Utah,
that Colorow, the celebrated chief of the
Southern Utes died on the 11th of
pneumonia. Colorow w:is the leader of
Meeker massacree and also in the Col
orow war in Garfield county a year ago.
The Boston Musical Herald presents
unusual attractions in its Xmas numlier.
It is esiecinlly strong in its editorial de
partment,while its Question and Answer,
lteviow of New Music, Musical Reading
Course, and other departments, make
the journal invaluable to students of
music Three choice Xmas Carols will
lie welcomed to choristers. Subscription
$1.00 per year. Address, Boston Music
al Herald, Franklin Square, Boston,
Mass.
Vice-President Morton and wife
reached Indianapolis at 0 o'clock on the
evening of the 12, on a special train.
They came on a visit to Gen. Harrison
and wife, and drove in carriages im-
mediately to Gen. Harrison's residence.
The president- and vice-president-elect
Blept under one roof on the night of the
12th. This is the first visit and consul
tationjietweon president- and vice-president-elect.
Wise counsels will prevail
in that bodj.
Two strangers from Arizona on the
13th entered the San Bernardino nation
al bank and one of them presented a
check to bo cashed. "Cashier Morse told
him he would have to be identified.
Some words followed, when the stranger
drew a revolver and shot Morse through
the body. The latter returned the fire
and put two balls into his assailant. It
. is thought that Morse and his assailant,
will both die. It is believed the men
entered tho bank with the design of
robbery.
The Washington Star of a recent date
says: "Mrs. Senator Paddock and Miss
Paddock, after a week's visit in New
York on their way from their western
home, have joined the senator at the
Portland for the winter. Mrs. Paddock
will have as her guest during the session
Miss Claire Rustin, of Omaha, who will
be an acquisition to the literary and mu
sical circles of Washington. Mrs. Pad
dock also expects a short visit from her
recently married daughter during the
session."
A bold attempt at bank robbery was
made in Denver, CoL, Dec 13, in the
afternoon, at the People's Savings bank.
While a part of the force was absent at
lunch a stranger entered and engaged
the cashier in conversation. His pal
neaked in at the back door and entered
the vault, but before he could secure any
.money, Mr. Stanwood, the bank teller,
noticed him. Rushing to the vault he
covered tbe thief with a revolver and
ordered him to hold up his hands, which
to did until the patrol arrived and took I
Ub) to jail. The first robber escaped.
The Omaha World reads a pretty good
lesson to a certain line of politicians,
over the left shoulder of ex-Governor
Furnas, who in an interview with a re
porter the other day, had said that per
sonally he was averse to his appointment
as commissioner of agriculture, but, etc,
etc. The World fitly inquires, "What is
the use of cant that everybody under
stands? The World does not wish to be
considered as criticising ex-Governor
Furnas himself so much as the habit
into which he and other politicians have
fallen of indulging in the cheapest va
riety of vanity. Let us have a reform.
It is not dishonorable to seek an hon
orable office honorably. If we want a
woman in marriage we don't go about
securing her by telling her that while
personallv we are averse to her, as a
promoter of the institution of wedlock
we feel bound to solicit her company for
life. Why shouldn't we be as honest in
politics as we are in courtship?' To le
sure! This class of politicians have all
manner of ways of informing the public
they are "in the hands of their friends;"
they have "been appealed to;" they have
"been assured that they wonld receive
the support," etc., etc. The better way
is, if you are a candidate, to say so, and
then these other expressions are all right
and proper enough, but to endeavor to
lead people to believe that an office is
going begging for your acceptance when
you know and they know that you are
anxious to obtain the iosition, makes
everybody "tired."
Dr. J. C. Ayeb & Co., Lowell, Mass.,
manufacturers of the celebrated Ayer's
Sarsanarilla and other standard reme
dies, kindly send us a neatly-bound set
of their Almanacs for 1881), containing
not only calendars adapted to tho va
rious meridians of the United States, but
to foreign lands as well. It makes a
convenient and reliable volume of refer
ence, the calculations being the work of
a practical astronomer, and the historical
and other information tabulated with
the greatest care and skill. In addition
to the almanacs in ten tongues, tho book
contains specimens of pamphlets issued
by the firm in eleven other languages
and dialects making a curious and very
interesting feature of the volume. We
understand that, of the Almanac alone,
the firm issue not fewer than fourteen
millions annually, being, in all proba
bility, tho most widely - disseminated
work of the kind in existence, as it as
suredly is among the most accurate and
trustworthy. It can now be had, in its
familiar yellow cover, at all the drug
stores.
Shortly after 6 o'clock on the morn
ing of the lOtlvit Chicago an attempt was
made to destroy Shufeldt & Co.s dis
tillery in the northern portion of the
city by means of dynamite. At the hour
mentioned the neighborhood was shaken
by a tremendous explosion, shaking
buildings and breaking panes of glass in
surrounding houses and causing people
to rush into the street in great alarm.
An investigation showed that a bomb
had been thrown probably from the
street into a detached warehouse used
for storing high wines. The building
was shattered. IIoops were burst off
many of the casks and heads of some of
them driven in. Very few minutes after
a package wrapped in paper was dis
covered lying in the street. It contain
ed several sticks of dynamite and some
fulminating caps.
The state supreme court has decided
that a vendor who sells real estate after
the first day of April in any year, in tho
absence of a contract to the contrary, is,
under the statute, liable for the taxes on
such real estate for that year. Taxes be
come a lien upon real estate on and after
the first day in April in each year, and a
party who executes a conveyance with a
covenant against incumbrances in effect
assumes the payment of taxes on the
land sold for that year, and parol evi
dence of a contract made with the ven
dee before the making of the deed to pay
such taxes is not admissable to vary the
terms of the convenant. Fremont
Herald.
As Iowa farmer has constructed a
corn crib on a novel plan that may be an
improvement. The sides and ends are
tight, but the bottom is made of "slats,"
affording free circulation of air through
it. Two ventilating chimneys are in
serted in the roof, and tho theory is that
the air will pass in a continuous stream
from the bottom up and dry the corn
thoroughly and keep out mould. This
may be an improvement on the old plan,
which relies on the horizontal movement
of the air through the slatted sides.
Lincoln Journal.
The Lincoln Call, which is now paying
some attention to what the republican
boys are thinking of, says:
"Bee Lansing and Jim Caldwell are
each trying to secure the office of dis
trict attorney. Brad Slaughter wants
to be U. S. marshal. Walt Seeley wants
to be collector of internal revenue and
Billy Hamilton wants to render services
to our government at Switzerland. Cap
tain Paine wants a land office. Mr. Scott,
who was on the reception committee to
receive Harrison a year or two ago when
he visited Lincoln, wants the Chadron
land office. Patrick Egan wants to be
minister to France. F. C. Severance
wants to be U. S. bank examiner."
The Christmas number of the Boston
Musical Herald is freighted with valu
able and well digested intelligence for
all students of music. Its three choice
Xmas Carols will be especially appre
ciated by Choristers and Sunday School
superintendents. Subscription price,
81.00 per year. Address, Boston Music
al Herald, Franklin Square, Boston,
Mass.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Gov. Thayer was confined to his room
several days of last week, his trouble be
ing bronchial affection.
Over thirty cases of diphtheria are re
ported in Plattsmouth. The schools
have closed in the city.
On the 14th several cases of scarlet
fever were reported in Stromsberg, but
as yet no deaths. It appears to be in a
light form.
The citizens of Superior have decided
to build a magnificent hotel on Central
avenue. I he necessary 6teps have been
taken to organize a company for that
purpose.
The trial of John S. Wolf, jr., charged
with murder in the second degree, for
shooting Richard E. Brewer at Cedar
Rapids, November 7, 1887, ended at Al
bion on the 11th, the jury acquitting the
J prisoner.
Young ladies of Schuyler are making
arrangements for a leap-year ball the
last of the season.
On the night of the 11th burglars at
tempted to blow open the safe of the
Central City mills but failed. The safe
was wrecked.
A two years old child of Babue Jensen,
living near Central City,pulled a kettle
of boiling water on itself a few days ago
fatally scalding it.
Mr. A. H. Osborn, member of the town
board at Osceola, and an old pioneer and
respected citizen of the town, was buried
on the 12th aged seventy years.
The failure of the dry goods house of
John Stich of Hastings, on tho evening
of the 15th, is the heaviest on record
in western Nebraska. Liabilities will
exceed 880,000.
The board of health at Osceola, had a
meeting on the 12th and all public meet
ings and schools were forbidden and
closed, and all houses where scarlet
fever exists are to be quarantined.
Nelson A. Barnes, by a change of
venue from Central City, Merrick coun
ty, on trial in the district court at Co
lumbus, charged with the embezzlement
of $300, was acquitted last Saturday.
N. B. Durkee, a prominent and wealthy
farmer living one mile east of Baraeston,
committed suicide on the 14th by hang
ing. He was found hanging in his barn
at 4 p. in. A violent fit of indisposition
is assigned as the cause.
J. L. Butts jumped from a freight
train nearOrd one night last week, when
the train was at full speed, breaking his
neck and lower jaw, causing instant
death. He was a respectable farmer and
lived close to where he jumped off.
Harry Hanna, city ticket agent of the
M. P.,at Lincoln, the State Journal says,
returned from Ohio Saturday morning.
The weather in the east ought not to be
mentioned on the same day as the Ne
braska article, according to his story.
Simeon True, near Seward, while
tending a mill for breaking corn for
feeding cattle, had his hand so badly
mangled that amputation was found
necessary. The knives caught his mit
ten and with it drew his hand into the
machine.
Gov. Thayer's condition was not so
favorable on the night of the 15th, hav
ing over exerted himself talking to too
many visitors. He has improved, and
now feels better than he has felt for
several days.; His physicians forbids his
talking to any visitors.
On the 12th at Humbolt Moses Davis
assaulted Wm. Harper and fractured his
skull with the butt end of his revolver.
The doctors removed the fractured part
of the brain, and it is their opinion that
Harper cannot live. Irritating cause
Harper accused Davis of stealing his
coal.
On the 14th a man was run down 15
miles west of Benkleman by the B. & M.
train No. 4, passenger, and instantly
killed. Papers on his person show that
he was drawing a pension on account of
almost total deafness. His name as
shown by the papers was Albert II.
Mordyke.
As train 1G on the Burlington & Mis
souri, known as the Kansas City and
St Louis flyer, drawn by engine 3, driv
en by Engineer Dietz, approached the
station at Dawson, and when almost to
it he struck a wagon in which was a
young man named Alctvairn and lus
niece, Miss Quinlin, the latter abont 20
years old, killing them both.
The well known homeopathic physi
cian, Dr. G. W. Williams of Omaha, was
found dead in his room on tho morning
of the lftth. But forty-eight hours le
fore he had been in good health and had
been arrested for the grave charge of
having performed an abortion on one
Lottie C. Stevenson, of Omaha.
At Plattsmouth one afternoon last
week, the arrest of two suspicions char
acters was made by Officers Fitzpatrick
and Grace. Upon being searched, there
was found a complete set of burglar's
tools, with a funnel for blowing powder
into safes (one of which can open almost
any door) a revolver apiece and knives.
The Wahoo Democrat wants a law
passed to exempt debts from taxation,
which is a good idea. It further says it
is nothing short of a steal for the state
to tax a farm for all it is worth when it
is mortgaged for half its value. If the
Democrat will look up the figures it will
find that tho laud of Nebraska is assess
ed for only abont a tenth or a twelfth of
its value.
Broken Bow is becoming somewhat
famous. Here is the latest: "a B. B.
young man took his best girl to a dance
in the country the other night. He fell
asleep on the way home and the young
lady took the reins, resulting in an over
turned buggy and a runaway. The
youth forsook his sweetheart to chase
the flying horses, and the girl was oblig
ed to walk into town and carry the
laprobe.
Mrs. John Deiter, aged about 40 years,
died last Friday at her home, six miles
southwest of Madison. She had been
sick with typhoid fever, but had recover
ed sufficiently to attend to her children,
who were also down with the fever, when
from anxiety and care, and a female
complaint occurring at this time, she
was again prostrated, from which she
never recovered. She was buried on
Saturday in the cemetery at St Bernard.
She leaves a husband and nine children,
besides a host of friends to mourn her
loss. Chronicle.
A. C. Tyrrell, of Madison, started a
sample of honey to the Paris exhibition
last week. The honey is from Melissa, a
honey plant wonderfully productive, in
tioduced into this country and Canada
by Mr. Tyrrell some years ago. Mr.
Tyrrell is an enthusiastic apiarist and
can tell more about bees in five minutes
than the average man could find out in
a lifetime. To Mr. Tyrrell Madison is
indebted to the honor of being the only
town in the state that will be represent
ed at the Paris exposition. Norfolk
News.
The Bnrtonian has lifted the lid from
a Tekamah hell-hole and exposed the
imps within. One of them, well named
Lowe, threatened to blow the editor's
collossal brains out, but, undismayed,
the Bnrtonian continues to sail into the
gang who are conducting the dive, tell
ing them to shut up and move on. The
good citizens of the town are, of course,
behind the paper. One hundred and
twenty of them came ont in a card en
dorsing its fight on the hoodlum ele
ment fJramont Tribune. I
It is a known fact that the saloons of
Schuyler violate the liquor laws and or
dinances continually. The back doors
of these places are open to the public
every Sunday and visitors there on this
day are numerous. Our police cannot
help but know it, but little concern it
gives them. This city pays f 115 a month
for police services. Can the tax payers
figure out wherein they get value re
ceived? Quill.
There are ninety-seven national banks
in Nebraska, with loans and discounts
aggregating $14,849,380; circulation, 81,
541,000; aggregate resources, 922,095,183;
capital stock, $6235,000; surplus, $1,093,
450; profits undivided, $627,618; indi
vidual deposits, $10,796,291. Nebraska
has 125 paivate banks, with a capital of
$21421,292; surplus, $677,848, and de
posits aggregating $3,447,089.
On last Tuesday week Mr. U. C. Guss,
our lumberman, while eating chicken
swallowed a small sharp pointed bone
which stuck in his throat and caused
him such trouble that he was compelled
to go to Seward, post haste and engage
the services of Dr. Reynolds in removing
it, which was done by a long rablier
tube and swab being run down his
throat. Mr. Guss now carries the lxme
in his pocket, which is a more convenient
place than his throat. Ulysses Dis
patch. The citizens of Ashland ramo near
having a big fire on the morning of the
14th in the store of Ed. Wolf on Main
street, near the B. & M. depot. The
alarm was immediately given. The hose
cart was stationed on the same block,
and a stream of water was in a few min
utes turned on and the fire subdued.
Nothing but the promptness of the
Brooklyn boys saved East Ashland from
a severe fire. The stock of goods, most
ly groceries, were badly damaged by
water and fire. The loss was partly
covered by insuraneo of $600.
The governor has issued proclama
tions calling for elections in Scott's,
Bluff, Banner, Kimball and Duel coun
ties to be held on the 15th of January,
1889. These elections are to lie held to
elect county officers and locate county
seats. It will be remembered that at
the general election in November the
voters of Cheyenne county decided that
the county was too large, and that the
counties named should be cut out of its
boundary. Petitions having been re
ceived by tho governor praying for
county organization, the proclamations
calling for the elections were according
ly issued.
Dr. Billings, state veterinarian, has
been experimenting with inoculation of
hogs as a preventative of hog cholera in
tho vicinity of Ulysses, and the results
have been most damaging to our farmers.
Farmer H. H. Hess is tho heaviest loser.
Ont of 260 head inoculated, 220 are dead;
had they never been tampered with, in
all probability they would be alive and
well, as no cholera has been in the
neighborhood previous to the inocula
tion. Farmer Hess is therefore $1,000
out of pocket. Louis Lndden, D. L.
Sylvester and Charley Walker are all
losers of hogs, the result of inoculation
at the hands of the state veterinarian.
Truly, inoculation is a fraud, and Dr.
Billings ought to be .ventilated far and
wide as a man going abont doing evil
rather than good. State papers should
pass him around. Ulysses Dispatch.
It is gratifying to reflect that there is
no state in the Union in which business
is better or the people more prosperous
than in our own state of Nebraska. Re
cent interviews by the Lincoln Journal
with the president of the Lombard In
vestment company, nnd tho manager of
of the company in Lincoln, show that
that company is not loaning one half the
money in the stale that it formerly did.
Farmers in the eastern part of the state
are getting out of debt very fast, and
many of them have money of their own
to loan. This state of affairs is rapidly
extending westward and the time is soon
coming when the farms of Nebraska will
be practically free from mortgages. Of
course there will always le some mort
gages and some farmers who are lie
hind, but in this favored state the large
majority of farmers who conduct their
business with care and attention are
sure of acquiring a competency. Sew
nre Reporter.
Patents ('ranted
To citizens of Nebraska during the past
week, and reported for this pajier by C.
A. Snow fe Co., patent lawyers, opposite
U. S. Patent office, Washington, D. C.
C. H. Foster, Omaha, harness rosette;
G. W. Maxwell, Hemer, mowing ma
chines; O. M. Miller, Lockridge, weight
motor; C. Thompsett, Omaha, appliance
for etching on glass, etc.; J. Toney,
Omaha, hay sling and pulley.
A Novel Feature.
"The Star," a home and household
journal, devoted to agriculture, fancy
work, stories, etc., makes an entirely new
departure in offering to every new sub
scriber thirteen novels, bound in pamph
let form, by the best authors, "Duchess"
Bertha M. Clay, Charles Dickens and
others. 8 pages, forty columns. For
fifty cents, 6tamps or postal note, the
Star one year and 13 books will be sent
to any address. W. R. Sanders, pub
lisher, Pavillion, Genessee Co., N. Y.
Senator Paddock's bill to provide for
the erection of a government building in
every town in which the post-office re
ceipts exceed $3,000 a year, is meeting
with considerable favor among congress
men; there are many things to be said in
its favor: the government will own the
property in which the postal business is
done, instead of paying a rental; the ex
penditure of the money will be a direct
benefit to each community; acrimonious
disputes about the location of post-offices
will be avoided, after the location of the
building. The bill has been reported
favorably by the committee on public
buildings and grounds. We expect to
see it become a law. Mr. Paddock is
usually very successful in engineering
his measures through congress, because
he makes them so palpably good that it
is hard to say him nay.
The Broken Bow Tragedy.
Broken Bow, Dec la The particu
lars of the tragedy which occurred here
the other day are about as follows:
The trouble grew ont of the fact that
King's cattle had been in the habit of
trespassing on the land of DeMerritt
and destroying his corn. They have had
trouble for several years over the matter,
having had one lengthy lawsuit in which
DeMerritt was beaten. On the morning
of the tragedy DeMerritt with his neph- J
ew, a boy about 15, went out to the corn
field to gather corn, taking the gun
along, as DeMerritt stated to shoot some
chickens. When they arrived at the
field they found the cattle of King, about
twenty in number, in the corn. DeMer-
i ritt started to drive them to his pasture,
where he intended to keep them until
the damage had been made good by
King. He had not gotten them out of
the field when King came along on
horseback and what acenrred between
this and the shooting-is not clear. De
Merritt's nephew stated that tho only
conversation that oocurred was that
King, having ridden up to within aloiit
forty stops, exclaimed: "You son of a
b- ; Til fix you," and reached his hand
toward his hip pocket. DeMerritt then
drew up his shotgun and fired, killing
both horse and man. DeMerritt then
came into town and gave himself
up. He has been taken to the jail at
Plum Creek. DeMerritt is a small man,
in fact a dwarf, and is not married. He
owns 160 acres of laud adjoining that of
King's, who is a wealthy farmer owning
probably 1,000 acres, where he lived
with his wife and large family.
The Late Mr-t. Shrraan.
Gen. Boynton's Washington dispatch
in Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: The
death or Mrs. Gen. Sherman causes wide
spread and most sincere sorrow in Wash
ington. It is a sadness that reaches
down, and will bo most deeply felt among
the unfortunate and those who move in
the lowly walks or life. While the offi
cial position of her husband gave her
high standing and leading and rank in
the social scale, and while she command
ed and ossessed the respect of all its
circle3,her heart was never drawn towards
its glitter or even its more solid attrac
tions. She was one of those who de
lighted most in going about doing good.
To be active and foremost in charities
wa9 to her a more congenial work than
to be principal or assistant at brilliant
receptions. The gems in her crown of
rejoicing will be the tears that will fall
from the eyes of thousands among the
poor, the afflicted, and the humble as
they read of her death.
She was tho most prominent Catholic
woman in the United States. There
was no more devoted christian in that
organization than Mrs. Sherman. She
gave her strength and her influence to
her church, and exerted them to their
utmost, both along the line of its be
nevolent work and in tho counsels of the
church, where she exerted much power.
She gracefully and faithfully performed
all the social duties which her position
entailed upon her, but she gladly turned
as she could force opportunity, from
from those attractions which would have
been as an earthly heaven to so many,
and found her chief delight in being
about the Master's business. The rich
and those decorated with social rank re
spected her. The poor loved her. And
so all the classes in Washington will
stand as true mourners by her grave.
She was Thomas Ewing's daughter.
and he was one of the giants among
Ohio men. When Judge Sherman died,
leaving a large group of little children,
with very slender resources, Mr. Ewing
adopted Tecumseh and sent him to West
Point, nnd Lieut. Sherman married his
benefactor's daughter, Ellen, who in
herited many great qualities, and joined
with extraordinary mental capacity a
beautiful womanly tenderness.
Thomas Ewing lived not only to see
his own sons distinguished, but to see
his adopted son and son-in-law, one of
the foremost military men of the age,
ride at the head of the army of the west
through Pennsylvania avenue, returning
from the march to the sea, through the
(Jarolmas and Virginia, victory declared,
peace proclaimed, and the name of Sher
man written on the roll of the immor
tals. Mrs. lien, bnennan was a woman
of deep religious sensibility, profound
conviction and absolute sincerity, and in
her heart there was no faltering or mis
giving. All religious truth was to her
as sunshine. She walked in the 6iiblime
faith of the reality of the unknown, and
in her consciousness grasped not hopes
only, but looked far out upon certain
ties, and the shores of the unseen world
were as palpable to her as the solid
earth. She was a lady whose simplicity
was tho evidence of her cultivation, and
whose devotion to her husliand nnd
children was as admirable as if her
whole life was absorbed in her relations
of wife nnd mother. It was her happi
ness to be the comfort and consolation
of the general in the troubles of his
stormy life, and no man ever had com
panion more lovely or champion more
vigilant than she, or helper braver and
brighter than she, and her share of his
glory was always lieautiful, and is the
soft light in the splendor of his fame.
The wedding of Lieut. Sherman and
Ellen, daughter of Thomas Ewing, sec
retary of the interior, was May 1, 1850.
Among the guests were President Tay
lor, Daniel Webster and Henry Clay.
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD SETTLER.
BY INOOMAK.
At the first session of the legislature a
charter was passed for a ferry across the
Loup river. The incorporators were
James C. Mitchell and others. Mitchell
was tho founder of the town of Florence,
which in early times was a not inconsid
erable rival of Omaha. It was claimed
by him that the river at that place had
a rock bottom, and consequently when
the Iowa railroads built to the Missouri
river, that they wonld come to Florence
instead of Omaha, on that account, he
having no premonition of the erection of
stone piers on pile foundations, and the
sinking of pneumatic cylinders, so near
in the future. He was styled "The King
of Rock Bottom," and the motto at the
head of his paper, the Florence Courier,
was "We had rather be in the right place
on rock bottom, than to have the capital
of the territory." He was a small man
about 55 years old, with iron-gray hair,
and firm and determined. In his early
days he had been a sailor and had fol
lowed the sea for years. He was devot
ing all his energies to building his town,
in opposition to Omaha, and investing
all he could raise in buildings. When
the hard times of 1857 came on it laid
him and his town flat. In 1858 there
was an immense emigration to the newly
discovered gold mines in Colorado and
his ferry stock was about the only prop
erty he had that was productive, and be
came out here to give it his personal
attention, and remained during the sea
son. Our townsman, John Rickly, was
then the proprietor of a steam saw mill,
and sold him lumber and found it nec
essary to commence suits to collect the
amounts "due him. At this time the
office of sheriff was vacant, the incum
bent having moved away, and no one
was willing to-take the office, nor would
any one hold the office of constable.
There was one justice of the peace and
when he issued a summons he had to
specially authorize some person to serve
it. At one of the suits of Rickly vs.
Mitchell the litigants became quarrel
some, the lie was exchanged, whereupon
the ex-sailor arose, shipped the magis
trate's hatchet (which he kept to split
his kindling) as ballast, and steered for
the door, preceded by about half a min
ute by Mr. Rickly, who had suddenly
recollected an engagement which he had
in another part of the town. The justice,
appreciating the impossibility of sup-
porting bis dignity as well as that of the
people of Nebraska in holding court in
Columbus without the assistance of an
officer in court, became demoralized and
addressed a letter to the county clerk to
the effect that he respectfully returned
to the people the trust they had invested
him with.
Mr. Mitchell is well remembered by the
early settlers, though having been dead
over a quarter of a century, 18 forgotten
by the rest f the world. He was one of
the group of remarkable men of the early
days, the founders of the state who have
passed to the beyond. They had, it is
true, the imperfections of humanity, but
they bnilded better than they knew and
founded a commonwealth. He was a
meinlier of the upper house of the first
legislature and was appointed commis
sioner to locate the capital building in
Omaha. He was an interesting conver
sationalist, with a large fund of knowl
edge acquired by foreign travel.
Irf ia"9 the ferry was sold to O. P.
Hnrford and others. Some circum
stances of that sale may be found in the
Nebraska Reports under the title of The
Columbus Co. vs. O. P. Hnrford. et al.
Mr. Noble R. Hays was sent here as
manager and was here in that capacity
for four or five years. He, too, has since
crossed another river where Charon is
the ferryman. Sultsequently the fran
chise was sold to F. G. Becher and J. P.
Becker, who have the honor of having
built the first temporary bridge across
the river.
Last week when I said "some of the
early settlers of Nebraska wore conviv
ial" the types made it criminal, a reflec
tion upon them, for which Iam not
responsible.
WaBiBgton Letter.
From onr regular correspondent.
Represetativo D. B. Henderson, of
Iowa, has announced himself ns a can
didate for speaker of the next house of
representatives. This adds to tho al
ready complicated situation. Gen. Hen
derson is an able nnd jtopnlar man, and
will be certain to have a large following.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, indignant
ly denies the rumor that he is opposed
to the senate tariff bill. He says that
the bill has no opposition whatever
among republican senators.
Owing to the manipulation of unscru
pulous democrats on the recount of
votes in tho close congressional districts,
the republican majority in the next
house has been cut down to three. This
is rather close, but when all the republi
cans who have been honestly elected
are given their scats by the house the
majority will donbtles bo much larger.
The house committee of Pacific rail
roads has decided to pass the Pacific
railroad funding bill to an early vote. It
is generally thought tho bill will pass
if it ever gets to a vote, but owing to the
very determined opposition which it en
counters, it is by no means certain that
a vote will be had upon it.
Senator Quay has received a pair of
fine blooded horses from the republicans
of Tennessee as a token of their appre
ciation of his excellent management of
the late campaign.
The direct-tax bill was called up in
the house Thursday, and is tho special
order for tomorrow and Wednesday,
when a final vote is to be takon on it.
The parties who, by filibustering, caused
tho long dead-lock on this bill in the last
session, have taken a new tack. They
now propose to offer all sorts of redicu
lous amendments, among them the re
funding of the cotton tax levied just lie
fore the war. But the bill is certain to
pass and become a law, having already
passed the senate, unless Cleveland car
ries out the threat made by some of its
opponents and vetoes it.
Some of the democrats of the house
are considerably exercised over the ru
mor that the Blair education bill is to lie
offered as an amendment to the direct
tax bill. If that were done it wonld cer
tainly pass the house, but it wonld just
as certainly lie vetoed, Mr. Cleveland
having recently stated over his own sig
nature in language not to lie misunder
stood his opposition to the Blair bill and
all similar measures. This fact will
probably prevent the Blair bill lieing
offered as an amendment, and it also
kills the last remaining hope of the
adoption of that measure by the Fiftieth
congress.
The first week of congress does not
bear out the talk among the memliers of
the present being a business session.
The senate adjourned over Friday and
Saturday and the house Saturday, and
in fact there is evidence on every side
that this is the same old congress and
that this session will not differ material
ly from the last, except in the matter of
politics we shall not get quite so much
campaign thunder.
A very interesting campaign lie has
been going the rounds of the newspa
pers to the effect that Representative
Phelps and ex-Senator Sewell were in
debted to the republican national com
mittee $60,000, for money furnished by
the committee for use in New Jersey,
they having pledged themselves to re
pay the money if the state did not go re
publican. Mr. Phelps, in denying the
very absurd story, states that New Jer
sey did not receive a penny from the
national committee, and that in answer
to his request for funds he was told that
New Jersey must take care of herself.
Gov. Beaver, of Pennsylvania, chief
marshal of the inaugural parade, has
appointed Adj-Gen. Hastings of the
same state, chief of staff.
The republican national executive
committee held several meetings here
last week to hear reports and wind up
the business of the campaign. They also
discussed the feasibility of establishing
a permanent headquarters in this city.
It is expected that they will hold an
other meeting in January.
Some amusement has been created
here by the absurd action of the admin
istration in ordering three naval vessels
to Hayti to enforce the demand made by
the state department for the release of an
American vessel seized by the Haytian
government An oyster sloop wonld be
strong enough to cope with Hayti. But
the amusement comes in when the fact
is remembered that the present admin
istration allowed American vessels to be
seized and chased around by the Cana
dians at their pleasure without ever
thinking of sending any of onr vessels to
demand their release. A row with
Hayti and a row with England are very
different matters. Even the present in
competent administration recognizes
that fact.
EKNST & SCHWAKZ,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALER BIN-
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AND GOAL OIL
. Which fortifety,ctmTHuieucevcleaii!iueHsana simplicity, cannot bxcillVl
simplest principle iu hilotHli -uuitakttiu trunk atM all Lamt FiIW
or oaUide of can. Uno ii once and you will
"uwauoa .iimiiiuirrtirij Kuii.'uiirnit
largo can an well a muall oues. the reby savins
small can. Every can uudeof th very best tin.
11 -! ft - .
onuiiur .au nun Kt7l vritrrv.
BAKER PERFECT
Sflf you buy it yon RetlOO rods of
fence from
SPEICE & IsTOETH,
General Agents for the sale of
IIB-A-L ESTiiT
Union Facile and Midland Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from 13.00 to $10.00 per acre for cnt
or on five or ten years time, in nnnnal paymeutH to snit purchasers. We have also a large and clioiw
lot of other lands, improved and nixntproted, for sale at low price andou reasonable ternm. Alat
business and residence lot in the city. We keep a complete abstract of title to all real estate it
Platte County.
COLUMBUS.
OMAHA MEAT MARKET!
We have jnt opened a meat
market on
lMt
HTbresla. Sa.lt ZLea-ts,
POULTRY, ETC.
We ark the ieo!e of ColnmbnH to
denerve by honent dealing and jnut scales.
dee.-1-RStr
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELER IS "COIXCl
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS." I
BY MUS..liTTIK BOYnSTOJf.
"I'm takinjr my List i irders.t hen I 'in w ii an home."
he said;
The clock nUK out the midnight hour; niir.-e
looked across the bed
With tearful ejes and wlii-iered while she bathed
the fevered brow,
"His mind is wandering, nurelj.uli.Ti he talksof
goin; now."
The sick man slow l raeil himself from oi) the
pillow, white,
"Did the 'Itoiiie send mi) onleia.' They said
the vtonhl, tonight."
Then, drowsily he murmured, ir
dreams.
Ihiiii;li in happy
Again a cureless sehu
stream.
He watched the trout
deep and cool.
iiiln-y, by forest-shaded
liiick-d.irtinK, in waters
And talked of nmiiM with il:ini'ite-, of lessons,
nnd of school.
Then, with fevered t haugeof oice he calls nlond,
"All right!
I'm reaily for the train, sir, when'eer she heaves
in sight."
A cool hand, laid upon his head, uplifts the fe
ver's goad;
He sleeps, jet softl) whisers that he's "going' oil
the nd."
"Shall I show joli wimples of my goods?" he
asks, in business tone."
"A few more towns to sell, this route, and then
my work is done.
There's Ellen, and the children, will ! watching
lit the gate;
The lamp will Is-kept burning; I must go it's
growing late.
I fear my children will forget me, if on such
long trips I'm out:
Now I'm promised a 'vacation for the lirst time
on this 'route,'"
Memory, from her busy store-house, sent his
thoughts thro realms i.r sjKice,
Coming', going, greeting, artiiig. Death's hot
fever keeping imce;
Calling, now, for "Ellen's ktter," then, "The
'order. has it come?
Wake me when the'Honse' hail called me; ( 'hrint-
mas Day 1 must lie home."
With a sympathy truly given, clasping tenderly
his hand.
Now, the doctor, bending o'er him, vhis-r of
that "lietter land."
"My Father's house has many mansions," swtet
the words to djing ear.
"Yes," the hastening traveler answered, "Yes,
the statement is most clear,
Tis a staunch good house to work for, all its
promises seem fair;
Meets its every obligation: deals with all uion
the square."
Sunshine came with earl;
ly morning, scatterimr
wide all shade and gloom.
Write to Ellen nnd the children that I'm
i;nng-
going home!
Tell them that the 'Hours-' is calling; that I've
changed my 'route' today,
Withont price and money -welcome; Ellen knows
what I would say (may heaven bless joii)
There's the train! dear, dear, children! darling
wife!
No more "orders home for Christmas," made
the Inst ronnd trip of life.
Other Countries.
London, Dec. 10. The action of the
government in offering the re-enforcement
of the garrison at Snakim is re
garded as a great triumph for liandolph
Churchill, who, together with his friends,
is highly elated thereat. The telegram
received at the war oilice from Snakim
indicates that Egyptian cavalry cannot
cope successfully with the Arabs. The
enemy's Bhell practice during the recent
sorties was excellent and proved to lie a
humiliating surprise to the Egyptians,
who left one dead man on tho field and
were obliged to make a second rush
under heavy fire to recover the body.
'
Suakim, Dec. 10. Deserters say Os
man Digma is at Handonb with 2,000
men, and will march in defense of the
trenches when an attack is made. The
enemy's right redoubt was nearly de
stroyed today by the combined fire of
the ships and forts. The Arabs replied,
wounding one Egyptian.
Paris, Dec. 10. The chamlier of dep-
ruties today adopted the budget by a vote
of 283 to 145. The amount of the sink
ing fund is fixed at 27,000,000 francs.
Madrid, Dec. 10. Senor Segasta has
succeeded in forming a ministry. The
cabinet is announced with Senor Segas-
CAN COMBINED,
. It embodies tio
No m.illitnr.wpH :,.... .-Xi.T.: '"V, "Mr or x-
not b.u;il...nt it r..V,,.:L.1.. '. :V ''" "le oor. tabU
... " ". ". tuitcniiRi-imi
tho frtit-nt and anno in trii.H t.
and warrnted ti work sittittfavtori
It wiirkain
the Htor wilt. u
ril. fall and e
6MLUI
STOVES AND
RANGES
ALYYAISKOKSALEAT
imi & mmn
STEEL BABBWIRE.
100 pounds of wire, which no other will do "
ERNST & SCHWARZ.
44-'2t
NEBRASKA.
6-Jl
NEIU1AHK.V
of all kind.
AVENUE,
of
where we will keep the er
jrive us a phnrv of their iatron.it;e, which we hope to
I'lease iri ve us a call.
TURNER & CARSTENS.
ta jus premier and St'iior Ariuijo minister
of foreign affairs.
Rome, Dec. 10.- -Two men have been
arrested at Naples for throwing a dyna
mite lomb at tho German consulate in
that city. The bomb did not explode.
The men are said to lie members of
republican society.
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Ma!.km, Dee. 10. A robliery or S'210,-
1)00 has lieen discovered in the govern
ment deposit bank. The robbers tire
unknown and the time of the robbery
cannot as yet lie definitely lived.
Thirty ersona have lieen bitten by
mad wolves near villages in the, neigh
borhood or Orsola, Germany. A major
ity of them have already died after
snlTering great agony.
Xel.oville.
Mr. M. Jenui made a btiuinesu trip to
Omaha last Monday.
Tho advance in the hog market made
things pretty lively here last week, and
porkers were marketed by the whole
sale, Messrs. If. Groteleushen and Mar
olf getting ft cents for theirs.
Mr. Henry Loseke purchased a tine
lot of steers this week which he intends
to fatten next spring. Mr. Loseke is onu
of our large and successful feeders,
having some of the finest cattle in his
feed van Is.
Miss Myra Wiso liegan Iter seven
months school term in the Kackenhus
district December 3.
The Iloheet school will liegin Jan. I,
with Miss Alice Wise, who returned
rrom her visit to Kansas recently,
teacher.
.'IB
Mr. I'yron Dieffenbach of Duncan,
was hero on business Saturday and Sun
day last.
Miss Mary Ericksen will close her fall
school term here next week Miss Erick
sen, who is an energetic and wide-awakn
teacher has given very good satisfac
tion and will teach the summer term lie
ginning March 1st, here again.
What splendid weather!" This and
other similar expressions we hear from
our neighbors every day and indeed
during our 11 years' stay in this state we
seldom experienced such beautiful fall
and winter weather. The farmers here
have abont all finished husking their
corn some time ago. Those who do not
feed it are busy shelling and hauling it
off. Even our tardy neighbor across the
Jordan hauled in his last shocks of hay
this week by the way, the postmaster
finished harvesting his turnips some two
months ago Herman! b. t.
SHERIFFS SALE.
Hy virtue of an order of sale directed to me
from the district court of Platte county N.
braska. on an order of attachment obtiunMl in
the district conrt of Platte county. Nebraska on
the h .lay of December. 1S88. in favor ofJaS
McAIbster. jr.. as olaintiff nnl .;-. . " .
lAXZtl L'!V -ven h'nn-
""." i V ";'":. r -.. -"!!l?."no. rccrninit
T'.. 7.1 """''? lne iouowwk cooda
and chattels taken an the property ofwidT
fendant. to satisfy aaid order of atthn?ent. to
wit: One bull one cow. one black hoe. one dbt
horso. one black horse mule, one black mare
mule, one bay horse, one gray mare iony a
M.t9a W - A l.ivfcAl . - Al. am
the same for sale to the highest bidder, for caih
in hand, on the
22d Day of Dzckxber, A. D., 1888.
on the farm of the above named J. L. Trinn i
Butler township, Platte countyfNebr-iSafthS
hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, when mart
where due attendance will be given by tr TIT
dersigned. " ""
Dated Columbus, Neb., Dec. 7th, 188.
12dec2t SherKf&SoEfy.
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