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Write plainly, each item seiarately. OiTeoa facta. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1C. 1889. ... UBUUV. - - - ,..-, ,, Mbs. Jay Gould died Sunday evening, 8:50, at her home Fifth Avenue, New York city. - No oke who knows anything about it but believes that today Senator Mander son will be elected to succeed himself. Tire greater part of the Swiss village of Brecon has been burned. Many cat tle were burned. The fire was ignited by a mad man. O.ve night last week at Denver, Col., Harry G. Stickney, late cashier of the Chelsea salt works of Boston, was ar rested charged with embezzelment. A grizbly bear that weighed 1,700 pounds was killed at Big Horn Basin, Wyo., a short time ago. One hundred and nino shots were fired from nine rifles before the brute was killed. Persons seeding postal cards who write ujH)n tho address side of them "in haste" or other words unconnected with their delivery, subject them to let ter postage, and they are held as un mailable. O.v the 8th at Baltimore, a widow lady by the name of Margaret Schneider was found at her home hacked and bleeding and nearly dead. She was taken to a hospital and died without giving any ac count of tho terrible tragedy. Meukitt Ames, a practical chemist at Glenn Falls, N. Y., reports that he has assays of silver-bearing rock in that vicinity, and in every instance finds beads of silver and gold. There are thousands of tons of ore in plain sight Os tho 8th a party of young roughs at Snrinirfield, Livingston parish, LtfL, whipped the missionary of the northern Methodist church who had been preach ing to ngroes, and drove him into the river, when it is feared he was drowned. A special dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., gives an account of the finding of another valuable coal deposit in Dakota, three miles north of Centerville. The first vein was struck by a party drilling a welL This was eight feet thick and at the depth of 128 feet. Last week a disastrous storm occur red in the Pyrennes, and was reported to - London. The oriental rivers overflowed their banks, and the streets of Perpignan and the country surrounding was flood ed. Communication has been stopped. A great amount of damage and much distress had been caused. Hos. W. W. Thomas, jr., formerly minister to Sweden says that the farm ers throughout the country all erect in the middle of tho door-yard a pole, to the top of which is bound a large, full sheaf of grain. That is a Swedish Christmas dinner prepared for the birds in the snow and cold without. Arthur H. Rowe, of Glouchester, . Mass., still a young man, has quite a notable reputation as a life saver. He has stopped sixty runaway teams, and has done good work in a life saving crew. He was one of a crew that in a terrible sea went to the rescue of a wrecked vessel on Coffin's Beach a few weeks ago and saved all on boand, in cluding a lady passenger. A very destructive cyclone visited Beading, PfL, Jan. 9, leaving a hundred households in mourning, and one of the greatest casulties in the his tory of Pensylvania. It swept over the northern section of the city, and laid waste everything in its reach, with ter rible loss of life. The most reliable es timate of the killed and wounded is that not less than sixty persons were killed outright, and over a hundred injured. A report came from Washington last week that the secretary of the navy had issued peremptry orders to hasten the work of preparing the United States steamers Atlanta, Vandalia and Mohal for sea. It is reported that the first two will be sent to Samoa to reinforce the Neipsic. Lewis McMnllen, appraiser at New York, was requested to resign, but refused to do so. The president there fore directed his removal from office. Another fearful storm of wind, rain and hail visited Pittsburg, Pa, on the afternoon of Jan. 9, carrying with it death and destruction. The new build ing in course of erection owned by C. L. Wiley, was hurled to the earth, covering up two score of bodies. A number of persons are known to be still beneath the debris. Up to Friday forty mangled and bruised bodies had been taken out from beneath the rains. Some were dead, others dying, and many fatally in jured. It is believed the list of the dead will be greatly increased. At Brooklyn, N. Y., on the 10th two immense gas reservoirs exploded almost simultaneously with the roar of an earth quake. In the vicinity it created a great excitement among the citizens, by tum bling a large number of frame and small buildings, fragments, furniture and crockery together, while within the sec tion supplied by the company's gas, ut ter darkness prevailed. The estimated loss is not so great as at first supposed. . It is said it will reach $500,000. The cause of the explosion is not known. No loss of life has been reported. It is charged by the Omaha World's legislative correspondent, Fred Nye, that Attorney-General Leese has been employing his daughter as a clerk at a salary of $14200 a year, contrary to the constitution of Nebraska. Mr. Nye also charges the attorney-general with creat ating a deputy attorney-general contrary to law, at a salary "of $L500 to do the duties which should be performed by Mr. Leese. It would be well to give the attorney-general a little investigation, though he has always been considered a toss, worthy oaaeiaL Perhaps the inves tiwtion Blight be extended to other caeca in the cameo of economy. V.V reserve the right to reject any inanueenpt. M 1.J " TITWII. U I H 1 ... inuuu A.. il Oar Serene Laws. The recommendation made by Auditor Babcock and approvingly mentioned in the governor's message for a revision of the revenue laws so as to consolidate the state and county taxes, the amount to be contributed from the several counties to be assessed after a careful equalization by the state board, and to be paid direct ' out of the county treasuries, deserves careful attention. The present method of levying the state taxes is considered to be the prin cipal obstacle in the way of fair valua tion of property by assessors. Instead of complying with the law and making the assessments at the cash value of the tax able property in each county, the asses sors put the figures at from one-fourth to one-tenth of the cash value lest the county be unduly burdened with state taxes which are levied on the valuations returned by the assessors after the county board of equalization has passed upon them. The county that manages to get along with the lowest compara tive assessment of the taxable property within its limits, pays the lowest com parative tax to the state treasury. But if there is no distinction made be tween county and state taxes, the coun ty being required to pay over to the state a proportion of the taxes collected that shall be determined by the state board of equalization, after comparing the assessment rolls of the several coun ties and ascertaining as near as may bo the actual value of taxable property in each county, there will be no longer any incentive to undervaluation and the state taxes will be justly distributed, what ever valuation has been put on county property by local assessors. The systematic undervaluation of property in this state is a terror to new comers and investors of capital, because it makes the local taxes seem enormous. You can tell them that the levy of 6 per cent in a city for state, county or mu nicipal expenses means less than 1 per cent on actual value, but they are skep tical. Then they remember that whilo real estate and stocks of goods and other property capable of undervalua tion when in actual sight may be assess ed at one-tenth their actual value, the man who pays taxes on stocks, bonds and money in the bank or at interest gets no benefit, but actually pays ten times his fair proportion of the taxes, if he makes a correct return of such prop erty. If, to even up things, and get off with about his share of the burden, he hides nine-tenths of his money and credits, stocks nnd bonds, he is violently assailed as a dishonest citizen, a perjur er and a tax dodger. This is all wrong. The law is, as ad ministered today, violently oppressive to certain classes of property because of the undervaluation system pursued in as sessing other classes of property and to escape such injustice men will resort to tricks and dodges that while they may secure them from the effects of unjust classification, are demoralizing and ex ceedingly injurious to business morals. A reform is necessary, and the Jour nal hopes that the legislature during the present long session which is apparently to be delivered from political excitement and railroad racket, will be able to give the revenue question plenty of time and attention. State Journal. Washington Vestibnled Limited. Via the B. & O. R IL, is the only vesti bnled train run from Chicago to the naT tional capital. Every car in the train is vestibnled and heated by steam drawn from the locomotive. The entire train, including baggage cars, day coaches and Pullman sleepers, runs through from Chicago to Washington and Baltimore, and no extra fare is exacted. The vesti buled limited leaves B. & O. depot, Chi cago, at 7:05 p. m. daily, and arrives at Washington the next evening at 9:35, and Baltimore at 10:45. The Eastern Express leaves Chicago daily at 10:25 p. m.and the entire train including day coaches and Pullman sleepers, runs through to Philadelphia via Washington and Baltimore. NEBRASKA NOTES. The Y. M. C. A. new rooms at Beatrice were dedicated the other night. W. J. Agnew, a prominent speculator at Plattsmouth, has become insane. Busi ness troubles is stated to be the cause. Three men were arrested at German on the 10th charged with stealing three robes. They brought the robes from York. Hon. James Laird is reported to have much improved in his health, and it is stated that he may soon return to his duties at Washington. Bev. A. Collins, pastor of the M. E. church at Ogalalla, has presented the church with a 8100 bell. Generous min ister. He believes in advertising. The News calls attention to the fact that although Norfolk has 150 more pupils in her public schools than Colum bus, Columbus enjoys one more teacher than Norfolk. Lincoln is likely to yet have an oppor tunity to hold a grand jubilee over the vein of water struck at the Antelope well the other day. If reports are true it is believed this will solve the water supply of Lincoln. William GabriaL a young man, was ar rested at Fairmont one morning last week charged with horse stealing. No good evidence of his guilt has yet been obtained. The horses in question have not been found. Several young girls are acting as pages in the house at Lincoln this session. They are quick and active and are re ported as doing their work as well or better than boys. This is a new place and new employment secured by the girls. W. H. MerrelL a prominent citizen and lumber merchant of Grand Island died Jan. 2. His disease was cancer of the stomach, but the immediate cause o'f his death was inflation. He was buried in the cemetery at Grand Island on the 7th. On the evening of the 12th Deputy Sheriff Murphy ofUtica arrested L. V. Neff on a charge of selling mortgaged property. Neff mortgaged property to parties in Seward and Tamora and after wards sold it to parties in Utica. He was bound over to the district court. Mrs. A. J. Wright, of Tecumseh, met with an accident one day last week which nearly resulted fatally. A cup of gasoline had been used and placed near the water pail. Mrs. Wright thought it was water and was going to use it about the stove when it took fire, badly bora-1 ing her right arm. Thomas Jenson got home from his trip to Box Butte county this week. Tom thinks that if he hadn't bargained at long range he might have traded for every alternate section in several town ships, for the famous greyhound of his. While he was np west that dog gobbled in seven jack-rabbits and two wolves. ! David City Press. Mike Krokum, a Bohemian living near Burgess, was thrown 'from a pony he was riding, into a wire fence. One of his feet was fast in the stirrup and he was dragged on one side of the fence with the pony on the other side for about twenty rods,"his clothing was en tirely torn from him and he was so bad ly cut and mangled that he cannot live. Thomas Lainer, living near Wilcox, attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor one day last week. He has lived near Wilcox for ten years past. He has a wife and three small children and had become embar rassed financially and it is believed to end his troubles he attempted to cut his throat, but failed in his object. He may die. Sam Merryman of Nebraska City, one night last week got into a quarrel with Mrs. Charles Goodman, a neighbor wo man, about a clothes line the latter had stretched partly across Merryman's half of the yard and when he objected and demanded its removal, the woman sat her dog on him. He shot the dog, and being fearful that she was about to shoot him, shot her twice, the balls tak ing effect in her arms. It may yet prove a costly clothes line. Merryman is in jail, and the woman resting as comfort ably as could be expected. The McBride house bill No. 15 is de signed to regulate demurrage charges between railroad companies and ship pers. It makes it the duty of every railroad company to collect demurrage fee of $3 from every consignee who al lows a car of any kind of property to re main on a side track at destination without being unloaded, over 48 hours. And the same charge shall be collected of every person ordering an empty car and not loading the same within 24 hours after the delivery of the car to the shipper. Any railroad company of whom empty cars are ordered must sup ply the car or cars for loading within 48 hours from the time the order is given, and a failure to comply with this pro vision makes the company liable to pay $3 a day for every day of delay on every car not furnished, until the order is filled. HOG CHOLERA. A Practical Man Will Continue to Iaocalate He Gives His Reasons. Editor Journal: It is marvelously strange that an intelligent effort to re lieve so dire a calamity as hog cholera can be treated so falsely by thoso who are the sufferers. The mercy of heaven was once invoked upon a people "because they knew not what they did." That noble example of charity should never be lost sight of while contemplating the action of some of the people and the pa pers of the state in this matter. It is surprising how little the loss to the county from this plague is apprecia ted even by those that suffer most. I have rarely found a person that could at first believe that the loss reached $40,000 in this township alone during the year 1887, and that the county suffered to the extent of more than a quarter of a million. Nevertheless it is a fact. There are eighteen townships in the county. If the loss we sustained had been uniform in the several townships it would have reached $720,000, nearly three quarters of a million. Thirty-three per cent of this is a low estimate for the loss last year. In conversation with Hon. C. D. Casper of David City a few days since he told me he carefully estimated the loss of two years ago and that it exceeded a quarter of a million dollars. A half a million dollars lost from the products of the industry of our county in two years is appalling! I cannot speak advisedly of other counties more than to say that similar complaints of the plague are reported from all directions. Is it extravagant to estimate that the loss in Butler coun ty is duplicated in at least twenty conn ties in the state? Certainly it is speak ing within bounds to say that her losses are not more than the one-twentieth of those of the entire state. If not, then at least five million dollars is an annual penalty paid to hog cholera. Would such destruction of property coming through any other agency be looked upon with such indifference. If a band of horse thieves infested the country robbing it of its horses to this extent, can we fancy the state of excitement that would prevail? If necessary would not the militia be called out, or perhaps the legislature convened in extra session to devise ways and means to meet the exigency? If fire fiends were touching the torch to the buildings of the farmers and consuming them to the extent that the cholera is destroying the hogs, would the sufferers sit passively by and see the work of destruction go on without an effort to protect themselves? The de moralization comes through ignorance. A suffering people are entitled to a truthful statement of the facts concern ing the efforts that have been made to master it, whether they be favorable or unfavorable, and inasmuch as the report has been generally circulated that inoc ulation has been very disastrous in this county, I will give you the entire history as it has occurred. Dr. Billings came here at my request about the middle of September upon a violent outbreak of cholera in my herd. So violent was the attack that when he reached my place we could not find what we took to be a healthy hog in the entire lot of shoats their mothers were not attacked, having passed through the disease before. Having lost nearly all my pigs last year and the prospect of losing them again this year, I resolved to inoculate them while they were young in the future and inasmuch as I was expecting forty sows to farrow during the fall, I arranged with Dr. Billings to have it done. I had eleven pigs at the time from a few days to about four weeks old, as I recollect. He prepared the "culture" and gave me directions how to administer it at a given time. Others subsequently desired to have their hogs inoculated and upon request Dr. Billings sent out Dr. Thomas about the 26th or 27th of September to do it I had inoculated my pigs a few days be fore his arrival. D. L. Sylvester had 93 inoculated, Ed. Hinkly 160, Mr. Hess 260, Wilber Luddon 52, and LewLuddon 40. Perhaps the odd numbers are not always correct Mr. Sylvester's were sick and some had died before they were inoculated. He had them inoculated as an experiment at his own request. I have recently learned that Mr. Hess's hogs had been the subject of considera ble discussion before they were inocu lated. He was feeding several car loads of cattle and it required a big bunch of hogs to follow them; some had been picked up over the country. I have spoken with several gentlemen and men of large experience with hogs who had seen them before they were inoculated and gave as their opinion that they were infected before they were inoculated some had gone so far with their opinion as to say so to Mr. Hess, but it should also be remarked that he did not enter tain the same opinion. So far as I know the health of the other three herds had never been questioned before inocula tion. Mr. Sylvester lost all but 17, Mr. Hess all but 40, Mr. LewLuddon all but G; Mr. Hinkley k loss I cannot give, but it was not so great. Mr. Wilber Luddon did not loose a pig. If these losses were the result of inoculation it certainly is not a success. Inasmuch as Mr. Sylves ter's were sick and dying at the time they were inoculated it is not a fair pre sumption that inoculation killed them. The public have the facts as to the Hesses and must judge for themselves. Mr. Lew Luddon did not inoculate ten head; these suffered with the forty that were inoculated. More than this, an other brother occupying the same prem ises with him had a small bunch of some half a dozen in a small inclosureoff from the others which took the cholera also. If they were afflicted by inoculation it must have been from sympathy. These facts show the place was infected that hogs that had never been exposed to the inoculated hogs took the disease and must have taken it from the infection on the place. Mr. Wilber Luddon, who occupies the farm across the way, did not lose a pig. If inoculation was the cause of the death of Mr. Lew Luddon's, as has been charged in some of the pa pers, we have this cause for congratula tion: that we havo discovered a most wonderful chemical principle a poison whose action depends entirely upon the side of the highway it is administered. Dr. Thomas went from Surprise to Gibbon where he inoculated five herd without a single loss, according to letters of about Dec. 15th. They were inocu lated from the same material as the hogs at Surprise. I have inoculated three bunches of pigs. The first referred to above were from a few days to about four weeks old when inoculated. I did not lose a pig. Watching them carefully, I could dis cern they were off their feed for a day or two; it did not put them back as I could discover. Some of them will weigh 100 pounds today. After they recovered from inoculation I resolved to test the efficacy of the work nnd to that end I placed a litter of them in an infected pen where I had lost some 20 or 25 hogs and in which there was one dead from the cholera remaining. They devoured the dead hog and were kept there from the first of November till Christmas day. One of them took the cholera, died and was eaten by the others. The remainder were not affected in the least and are as thrifty a lot of pigs as can be found. On Christmas day I put them in a herd that is suffering from a violent outbreak; at this writing they are perfectly healthy. The Friday following election I inocu lated the second lot without loss. The third were inoculated the day after Christmas. I was anxious to see how young I could inoculate with safety, so inocula ted a litter but two or three days old. I lost three of these, but do not think I would if I had not used a stronger "cul ture." The others are doing finely, having passed the crisis. I have endeavored to give yon both sides of tins question. From the expe rience I have had I shall continue to inoculate. For the past two years I have kept about 40 breeding sows and have not saved more than a dozen pigs a year. I have lost more than $2,000 in hogs. I shall inoculate because my experience is that it protects and does not kill. If it should kill fifty per cent of them I would still inoculate. I will inoculate young the younger the bettor after they commence to grow. If they must die from inoculation let them die young. C. W. Walker, Surprise, Neb. Washington Letter. From our regular correspondent. Mr. Blaine, after having been several times reported as on his way to Wash ington, arrived here last week and is now the guest of Representative William Walter Phelps. His visit here at this time is said to be without any political motive, and only the carrying out of arrangements made long before the elec tion to spend the winter in .this city. As usual, Mr. Blaine's quarters are over run with callers. There are few promi nent republicans now in Washington who have not called to see him since his arrival Senators Hiscock and. Plumb who are fresh from a visit to General Harrison, have had several conferences with Mr. Blaine, and there are any num ber of rumors in regard to Mr. Blaine's making a visit to the president elect One thing is very noticeable of late, and particularly so since Mr. Blaine came here, that is, the very decided change of opinion on the part of the republicans who are opposed to Mr. Blaine's entering the cabinet They all believe now that he will be asked to take the portfolio of the secretary of state, and that Gen. Harrison cannot do otherwise without putting an unmistakable slight upon seven-tenths of the republican party. You ask what has brought about this great change? Several things; but first and foremost is the fact that Senator Sherman, who is perfectly satisfied with his present position, refused to join in making,, a fight against Mr. Blaine, and the small number of anti-Blaine repub licans are therefore losing no time in joining the big procession. Still, all this does not prove that Mr. Blaine will be the next secretary of state. He may de cline the place if it be offered him! Many think he would not accept it The senate bill incorporating the Nic aragua canal company has been passed by the house with several amendments, and is now in the hands of a conference committee. The bill as passed by the house incorporates a private company for the construction and operation of a ship canal from the Atlantic to the Pa cific ocean, through Nicaragua or Costa Rica. The company is authorized to issue bonds secured by mortgage on its property and rights; must have its prin- cipal office in New York city, and a ma- jority of its directors, fifteen in number, must resiae m we unuea cnaies, ana us president must be a citizen and resident of the United States. Its capital stock is to be 10,000,000 shares of $10 each with a right to increase it to 20,000,000. The house has practically been in a dead lock since last Thursday, a faot which speaks volumes for the absurdity of tho rules which at present govern that body. Representative Reed, from the house committee on rules offered a reso lution Thursday, providing that during the remainder of the session it shall not be in order to introduce bills on the first and third Mondays of the month. These days aro known as suspension days, and is, under tho rules, with the consent of the shaker and a two-thirds vote of the number present, the rules may be sus pended and a vote taken on any bill on the calendar. According to these same rules all Mondays are assigned as the proper days to introduce bills for refer ence, and here is where tho trouble came in. One or two members opposed to any bill that should lie called up on suspen sion day have only to introduce bills long enough for the reading thereof to take up the entire day, in order to defeat the will of all the rest. It was to pre vent this abuso of power by members disposed from an' cause to be obstruc tionists that Mr. Reed's resolution was offered. Bt it has not yet been adopted, as tho members opposing it have been numerous enough to break n quorum by abstaining from voting, for three succes sive days. The friends of the resolution expect members enough tobepresont to day or tomorrow to pass it without the votes of the fillibusterers. The sugar interests of Louisiana, Cal ifornia and Kansas have representatives here endeavoring to get the senate finan cial committee to do something for them. They claim that the 50 per cent reduc tion in the duty on imported sugar made by the senate tariff bill, will, if carried into effect, ruin them. They have many and strong friends, and it has been de cided by the committee to report an amendment to the senate bill giving a bounty for every pound of sugar pro duced in this country. It is not yet definitely settled how much that bounty will be, but it will be decided this week. Senator Manderson is very proud of the letter which he has received signed by 101 out of 103 republican members of the Nebraska legislature. It assures him that "while you are thus detained at your post of duty we will also be at ours, and will see to it that yon are tri umphantly elected by the Nebraska leg islature as your own successor." Senator Edmunds' resolutions reaffirm ing the Monroe doctrine have been passed by the senate. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLO SETTLER. The Indian Xaniarre or tar Hay Makers oa the Lsekiagglats-The Settlers Come lata Colas ana aaa Balld a Staeka4e-MCarbtlaaa, Tm will hare to kalk"-Fsrts Ssaerkraat aaa Ssrkltoem. BT INOOHAB. In the summer of 1864 there was sta tioned at the Pawnee Indian Reserva tion, now the town of Genoa, 'a company of the 7th Iowa cavalry. In the summer of that year Patrick Murray was en gaged in putting up hay at the foot of the bluffs on the Lookingglass valley. On the evening of a certain day when Mr. Murray was at his farm and Mrs. Murray was with the hay-makers cook ing for them, a party of Sioux came down the bluffs for the purpose of stealing the stock, and after asking for and receiving something to eat, com menced untying the stock, and being resisted by tlie men in the party and by Mrs. Murray armed with a pitchfork, immediately commenced shooting them with arrows. One of the party was Mr. Adam Smith, Mr. Murray's brother-in-law, who had settled in Columbus in 1857, coming here with his brother Michael who was one of the original stockholders of the Town Company. He fell, shot in the body with numerous arrows and in the bottom of the foot with a musket ball, evidently after he fell, while his foot was raised. An old man of the party was tomahawked and scalped. Another unfortunate man, Reason Grimes, was shot in the side with an arrow and when the barbed head was afterward pulled out a portion of his liver came with it Mrs. Murray, also, was shot with arrows in the limbs and although not struck in any vital spot, the wounds produced by the pois oned arrows were extremely painful and she suffered from their effects for a long time. She escaped and passed the long night in wandering up and down the banks of the Lookingglass and frequent ly endeavoring to relieve the pain of her wounds by going into the creek and bathing them. Some settlers in the vi cinity hearing the firing came to the spot and carried off the dead and wound ed. Adam Smith lived until morning when death came to his relief. The wounded were brought to Mr. Murray's farm, and Mr. Grimes, after lingering in pain for several weeks, crossed the river of death, and Mrs. Murray after a long period of suffering got around again al though very much broken in health. Shortly after this there were alarming reports of a probable descent upon the settlements by hostile Indians, and there was a general panic from Grand Island to the Elkhorn. The people around Grand Island flocked into that town and all the, settlers around Columbus came into town and broucht their stock with them. They hauled in all their cedar fence poets and built a stockade by setting one end of the posts about twelve inches in the ground touching each other which made excellent breastworks. The stockade commenced jastwest of the American hotel, and was continued east far enough to include Buffalo Square. There were a few openings for gates which were always guarded at night Our old friends .Thomas Lynch, Patrick Gleason, the Carrig's and the whole upper Shell creek settlement with their stock were there, as well aa Lusche, Reinke, Erb, Wetterer, Mewhu, the Loseke's, Edwin Ahrens and his son John, now a sub stantial householder on Shell creek, but at that time a sturdy youngster in long dresses. All the settlers east and west in the county were with us including Herschel Needham who lived with his wife Christiana on the farm now occu pied by Mr. Mathewson. One night about midnight one of the guards thought he heard Indians around and gave the alarm, and the little fort be came very uracil excited, particmlarly Mr. Needham who sought the partner of his joys and sorrows and thus addressed her: "Now, Christiana, I expect the In- dians will soon be here and I shall have all I can do to take care of myself and you will have to skulk." The alarm proved unfounded, but spoilt our rest for that night There was an eccentric man named John L. Martin, who formerly lived at Bu chanan but then near Grand Island who christened that place Fort Sauerkraut, and Columbus Fort Sockitoem; the lat ter was an allusion to tho willingness Columbus morchants of those days showed on all occasions to make fair profits on all their mercantile 'transac tions. After staying here two or three weeks, and the Indians failing to appear (perhaps they heard of our stockade) the settlers returned to their homes. MsiprrvtMra bVIw. Tuesday, January ft, 1889. The board of supervisors convened for tem porary organization at 2 o'clock p. m. On motion Supervisor Henry was elected temporary chairman. Roll called by John Siaiiffer, county clerk, and the following members rraiitradcd: Braen.' Burrows, Bering, Clark of Columbia, Campbell Clark ofJollet. Ottl. TM-hu.lin. Hopkins, Irwin, Welch, Ken-hrr. Wheeler, rngsley. Kickert. wurdeman and Mr. Chairman. IT Absent, Blecuer a:id Dlneen. 2. On motion ot Supervisor Irwin the tempor ary organization v;w made jHTtnanent, nnd Hon. It II. Henry wan declared pennitneul chairman Tor the ensuing year. The rules governing the former board was adopted temporarily. The bond of Dennis Duggan, justice of the pe:ice for Loat Creek township, wax presented, examined and approved by the board. On motion. .SuiiervlsorsIr.vni.Puijsley. Welch, Burrows and Bering were appointed a com mittee to revise the rnlea of the board. On motion. Supervisor A. W. Clark, Welch, Wheeler, Brueu and Burrows, to consider and report upon the bids for supplies, stationery , etc., for the county for the ensuing year. On motion, Suiierviwm Hopkins. Irwin and Ottis were appointed to prepare ana present an estimate of expense for the ensuing year. Bond of M. B. Rafter, for a druggist permit at Oconee, was on motion referred back for more and better security. The following bonds were nsw examined and approved by the board. A. J. Johnston, aasewtor. Walker township. C. W. HollingKhead. " Monroe " Richard Olmrr, " Granville " Ueorgc Thomezin, Burrows " Herman Bakenhaus, " Sherman " H. C. Bean. Columbus- " 0. II. Clark. Wood vi lie " Joseph Olbrecht, " Butler Peter Zumbrum, " O'd Prairie ' Siebert Ilelbel, " Bismark D. 1). Roberts, ' Shell Creek " 1. L. Shaffer, " Lost Creek " John Craig, jr.. " Creston " J. G. Hummer, " Loup Joseph lUvert, " Juliet Charles Wake " City of Columbus. Ou motion of Supervisor Campbell the chair man whs instructed to approve the bomb of assessor elect, J. Bender and Win. Scbulta as soon as same were tiled. The following official bonds were now exam ined and approved by the board: A. P. Anderson, town clerk, Creston township. A. E. Perdue, William M. Mason. " F.T.KIebha. William Sullivan. " Herman G. Luescheu, ' Herniau Wilketi, J. II. Ilrinnin. John P. Johnson, J. R. Keith, Hubert Braun, " Robert Plnson, Samuel Mahoad, " Monroe " Burrows Granville ' Shell Creek " Sherman " Bisinark " Columbus " Walker Woodville G'd Prairie Lost Creek Joliet J. F. Schure. town treasurer. Burrows township Jacob Louis. Columbus " Walker St Bernard " Loup Woodville " Shell Creek -Butler Granville Sherman " Monroe " Creston " Lost Creek " Ola W. Ohlson. M. Diederick, John Eisenmaun, J. W. Apgar, Richard Heagan, C. Meedel, T. K. Ottis. Tlieo. Wenk, Peter Larson. Samuel T. Fleming A. L Dack, On motion the board now adjourned until to morrow (Wednesday) morning at 9 o'clock. Wkunk.siav. a. x., January 9. 1889. Board met at 9 o'clock a. in., pursuant to ad journment, Hon. R. II. Henry, chairman, John stauffer. clerk. Members nil present but Blecher, Bering, Clark of Joliet, and Dineen. The chairman announced the standing com mittees for 1KS9. aa follows: J cuiriaiiy Hopkins, chairman, Bering, J.W.Clark. Roads and Burnous Burrows, chairman, Bruen, Dineen. Finance, Ways and MicANS-Campbell, chairman. Wurdeman, Ottis. Accounts and Expknditubks a. W. Clark, chairman, Blecher, Pugsley . Claims Irwin, chairman. Wheeler, Ken scher. Supplies and Public Property Welch, chairman, Rlckert, Txchudin. The matter of the Oida Road now called up. Petition and remonstrance read. Geo. O. Bow man appearing for petitioners, and M. Whlt- meyer for the remonstraton. On motion Supervisors Irwin, Campbell, Ottis, Wheeler and Pugsley were appointed a special committee to personally examine and report upon the proposed location, and exped iency thereof, to the board at 3 o'clock p. m. On motion the board now took a recess nntll 2 o'clock p. m. Wednesday, p. m. January, 9 1889. Board met at 2 o'clock p. m. all present but Supervisors.BIecher. Bering, Clark of Joliet and Dineen. The committee on the Oida Road presented au adverse report and on motion the name was approved and adopted, and the petition reject ed. Upon the recommendation of the committee on bids for furnishing fctationary and supplies for the ensiling year all bids were declared re jected, and the clerk was directed so re-advertise under three classifications, vix: Books, blanks and stationery, and until new contract Is let, the county clerk be instructed to purchase supplies as heretofore. The following transcript of the record of the town board of Sherman township was present ed and read: On motion of John Wise it was resolved. That the bills of the Sherman election board, for the past year and all previous years that have oc curred since the adoption of town organization. be presented to the county board for payment. and in case the county board remse to pay such bills then the supervisor Is Instructed to enter suit against the county for the recovery of the same. Voted on and passed by Sherman town ship board tbb seventh day or January 1889. Herxak G. Lukschkx, Town Clerk. On motion of Supervisor Clark of Columbus, the consideration of the above matter was re jected by the board. The bond of M. B. Rafter for druggist permit was again declared iasufflcieBt and referred back for further accarity. Bids for the pabMeattou of legal notices and proceedings of the board, were on motion re ferred to th committee on supplies and public property. The bills of G . B. Speice, clerk of the district court, Wm. Burrows, constable and W. P. Haw kins, justice of the peace, for costs In case State of Nebraska va.Mead were, an motion, rejected for want of funds in the treasury, that could be legally set apart and applied for that peculiar purpose. A proposition from Charles Wake, for jaai- torship of court house was referred to commit tee on .claims. On motion the Columbus Wocheablatt was allowed $78J5 for publishing supervisors pro ceedings and delinquent tax list, aad clerk In structed to draw warrant for same on sarplus collected over 85 percent, of the 1885 levy. On notion board adjourned until to-morrow (Thursday) morning at 9 o'clock. TacaSDAT a. m., January 10, 1889. Board met at 9 o'clock a. m., pursuant to ad journment, Supr. Ilopkins temporary chairman, John StaoBer clerk. Roll called and the absentees were Blecher, Bearing, Clark of Joliet, Dineen and Pagaley. The county clerk made application for oae denary and two assistants, aad oast additional aeastaat whenever the work of the qturvu. Oa motion the application was adopted aa4 I allowed. I ERNST & SCHWAEZ, -MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS 1N- afL."s. HV 1JsssssssH aC3tMaLsIV BaV .LssssY n. CLassH aPLBBBLl--JBnssW. aVW .BBT' Jl BSSsT",,""BBB'a" SUPERB LAMP FILLER AND COIL OIL CAN COMBINED, . Which for iufety,coaveuienco,cleanlinit8 and simplicity, cannot h m.h-w i. . . . irnphwt principles in uhilooDl,y and take the rank L -iiTf-J bSSE1-.. H :abodia ta pIoMona. Absolute !ifrty guaruatw-d. NoH!.ilHM.wftin.,r.K;"".-v, IU9 of - or ouuidw of can. IW it once and j large ;caa- a .well a. -mallow, thereby saving the TtueatSio?!! J ,Hta amaUcan Every can made of the very best tin. and w.rrntod to SUhStaSk TST h ample can and set srices. jssnaaHaaaaaaaaaHL' -caK3SaassssssssssssssssssssssaaaBnW ''"-iSSSSBBSBBSBBSIBSSSBBSBBBSBBSBBSBM -i. aaaanaavaHaaBBsaaapassi ilpiriilplBHRasSS' "lSjrtJwsaMaBSaasaaawBssawawtaaZ r?C"a gBSlBBHBBl"BSssBVBasa9 1 fatatJ miii iHjapir aaaeasiBatawavHa; c?t. BAKER PERFECT STEEL BARBW1BE. WH yon bay it yoa getlOO rod of fence from 100 pounds of wire, which no other willdo.-J ERNST A SGHWARZ. SPEICE & STOKTH, General Agent for the mite of I Ualoa Pasile aad afJdlsssi Pacific R. R. Lands for sale at from S3.W to fl0.GQr acre for cart avs or isayssnuBM, in aanaajpajmeMn lot of other improved and aausprored. iocs in im city, we seep Platte Coast?. COLUMBUS. OMAHA MEAT MARKET! We have jnst opened a meat market on NEBRASKA AVENUE, where we will keep tha very best of all kind of POULTRY, ETC. Wo ask the people of Columbus to give us a ttliare of their patronage, which we hope to deserve by honest dealing and just scales. Please gi ve an a call. dec5-mtr TURHER Sc On motion tb following bills were allowed on the surplus over 85 per cent collected on the 1885 levy and the clerk instructed to itwne war rants for same: N. Olson. Creston, services as Supr $ 8 3) CD. Evans M. D. services as county phys ician ..................................... tf2 SO The claim of 1. L. Shaffer for $13.75 for illegal assessment for 1&3, was decided adversely to claimant. The proposition of Chx. Wake as janitor for ensuing year for the tnm of $220 was accepted by the hoard. Tha committee on estimate of expenses for the ensuing year presented the following: We. ymr committee appointed to make the es timate of expenses for the enduing year, would report km necessary: Expenses for district court $13,000 00 " support of poor 6,00908 - officers salmnr. fuel. etc.. 9,000 00 records, stationery, etc .. 2,000 00 Total general fund $30,000 00 8.000 00 . 15,000 00 For county road f nnd bridge fund bond sinkimrfund Isu 2.000 00 MtmMt of inHt- on SlIIO.flGO I .V N. W. Ry bonds.. 10,000 00 " " and 5 per ct. prin cipal on $15,000 Butler precinct bonds 3,000 00 on$2i,0U0Colum. bus precinct bMs 2,000 00 " on $10,000 Colum bus twp. bridico bonds 1,000 00 Estimate for county poor farm 8,00000 Total $79,000 00 On motion of Supr. Clark of Columbus town ship the report of the committee was adopted. On motion of Supr. Irwin, A. D. Buck was ap pointed constable for Woodville township. The following official bonds were now examin ed and approved: S M Slawinski town clerk Butler twp. Jay Merrill J. P. Shell Creek twp. John H Sacrider " Monroe SHRussom " BuUer W J Newman " Columbus HA Saunders " Woodville " John Wurdeman " Bismarck " D I Clark " Creston L J Lamb " Burrows John M Bryan Const Monroe SL Downing " Lost Creek " Lynn Snodgrass A B Acker HugoSchaad OEng AD Buck Columbus " St. Bernard " Bjsmarck " Walker " Woodville " Road Overseer St. Bernard twp. Burrows MLehnerx Peter Ripp J W Mollman JohnBoe JohnSchilz JchnHAsche Humphrey " Bismarck " Lost Creek " Sherman " k' Shell Creek " Granville " Granville " Woodville " G'd Prairie " G'd Prairie " Granville " Monroe " Monroe Monroe " Walker Creston Lost Creek " Walker Walker G'd Prairie " Loup Loup Columbus ' Columbus " Shell Creek " Butler Woodville " Woodville " St. Bernard " St. Bernard " Bismarck Lost Creek " Lost Creek Bismarck Columbus " Burrows " Joliet Joliet G'd Prairie " Bntler Wm Conner " ELeibel M Gilsdor J Crackenbury Henry Wendt Dan'l Handing " Bernard Wilde John Bryan Hiram Smith Henry Stevens 8am Congram jr. " Soren Anderson Carsten Peterson " Lars Jaeobson Aug Nelson John Zumbrum " CBosa Wm Kommer WAWay WH Randall Max Gottburg John Schmoker HNChristenson " WL Hopkins Peter Bellarts James Hamas Wm Schreiber John Lucid Ernest Hoare TM Wilson GeoEWesteott " Wm Scheidemaatel" Andrew Peterson " W A Be Mosey J 8 Freeman LeviEbey The bids for county physician for the ensuing year were C. D. Evans, for medical aad surgical attendance aad medicines $75.00; Dr. J. Charles Willy, same. $129.00. Ob motion, the contract was awarded to C. D. Evans for the earning year. The mmmitUm na rristiag nrtimiarnriert that l;..N";?iVnVrinppim:or oil n , the floor. tabl IULIII STOVES AND .' RANGES ALWAYS FOR SALE AT UK? i SfflMl 44-2t to nit purchaser. Wehavealsoalari l&ra anil riiAlaft for sale at low price and oa reasonable terms. Alet a complete abstract oz title to all real estate it NEBRASKA. 621 the same be awarded to the following papers at pricett annexed: Columbus Democrat at !i legal rates; Columbus Journal, same; Platte Center Argus, same; Humphrey Democrat, Ji legal rates; Columbus Wochenblatt, same. On motion, the report of committee was adopt I. On motion, the county clerk was instructed to furnixh but one copy ot synopsis of proceedings and legal notices for publication to printem. Oa motion, hoard adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m. TUI7BSDAY p. hl, JaBBary 10. 1-M. Board met pursuant to adjournment at 2 o'clock p. m.. Hob. R. H. Henry, chairman. John StauHex, clerk. AU present.bat Bruen, Blecher, Behring. Clark of Joliet, Diaeea aad Pugsley. In the matter of the Banning road on motion of Sup'r Kickert. the petition was rejected. Upon motion of Sop'r Clark of Columbus, the county clerk was instructed to make requisition upon t he auditor of state for sapplies. In the matter of the case of Platte county vs. Barker for delinquent personal taxes, on motion of Sup r Irwin the case was ordered dismissed and the taxes cancelled. Sup'r Hopkins presented the following: WBEBK.UI.the editor nf Ikurnlnmha. n- cnH IU1B Big . L I !:- , .... .. maamam rmmm9 the i lax-1 therefore be it Reaolctd. That the Humphrey Republican, a paper published at Humphrey. U hereby author ized to publish said proceedings anil delinquent tax-list and other legal busiaeiw at legal rates as per his telegram of this date. Roll called for vote. Clark of Columbus. Hop kins, Irwin, Rickert. Wurdeman aad Wheeler voting ye-. Burrows. Campbell, Keusher. Ottis, Tschudin, Welch and Mr. Chairman voting no 7. Motion declared lost. On motion of Sup'r Burrows, the board now adjourned until Tuesday, March 12th. 1889, at 2 o'clock p. ni. Mr. J. B. Loughran, mayor of North De8 Moines, Iowa, sayB: "I have been using Chamberlain's Congh Remedy, for the past two years and can recom mend it to any one in need of a reliable cough medicine. My boy takes it with out any trouble and I know it has saved him several times from a hard spell of the croup." It has no equal for a severe cold. For sale by druggists. He stands not surely that never slips. Cure your cold while you can. One bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will cure an ordinary cold, but if neg-. lected, catarrh, chronic bronchitis or consumption may follow, and they are seldom if ever cured by any medicine or treatment Only 50 cents iwr Wtb. For sale by druggists. Never had ill workman good tools. Dr. W. Lw Gleaves. of Nordaway. Ma, says he regards Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the beat in the market. For sale by druggists. SHERIFFS SALE. .J,Vi.rt-l2 of execaUoB. directed to me from the district court of Platte conatr NuKmIw. a iu.lgm.nt L obtained WocWcCowdft.0. justice of the peace ia aad for Vtmitm ZZ,i.- favor of the First National Bank of Cblamtma. Nebraska, as plaintiff, aad -ff-inl M. J Clark! MathewTarreil John FarrelTanoV ThVpaSSO a defendants, for the sum of One Hundred sad Thirty-two dollars, and costs taxed at $7 45 aad accruing costs. I have levied upon the followiaar laads and tenements, taken as the propertrof said defendants, to malimtr mM - ALTTlJit the east twenty-two (22) feet of lot two (2) ia bIk.OBe hundred and nineteen (119) ia the eitv of Columbus, Platteeoaaty. NebtsefcsJ 2? will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, on the Wh day of FebraerrA. D 1889. in front of the Court onse iam'sabus: Phtfte county Nebraska, that eiagthi bSLttas wherein the last term of court was held.attSS hour of 2 o'clock p. ra.t of said day, when sad where due attendance will begivenby the under signed. Dated January Sil. 1889. . M. C. Bloedobx. frnSt Sheriff of said coanty. ESTKAY BUCK. Came to my place. January 2d. 1889, one MERINO BUCK. I about one year old. Owner pay ex; get nis property. 9jaa3t J0B5MaGUA, uroceedinics of this board nni ihw ilniinn. iboi nia intentioB or not nnhiiahis ist at li leonl ratM awanlo.1 i.v k; l mMU, v 1 1 i imiujmm 4auJ rjatgsfg i.JL-1 l .Jijli im m .'J.H'jl IM
