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A xtjkbeb of heavy shocks of earth
quake were felt in Spain last week.
Four steamships landed 1,930 immi
grants at Castle Garden one day last
week.
Bbad Siavohteb will probably as
same the duties of U. S. marshal about
May 15th.
. Mas. Habbikt Bkbchkr Stowk has
become as a little child, so far as her
mind is concerned.
Senator Sherman and family intend
to sail for Europe soon after adjourn
. ment of the senate.
Ex-Prbsidknt Clbvelaxd was enter
tained by the captain-general of Cuba
one evening last week.
Coxobbbsmax Mahonx of Brooklyn
died in the Arlington hotel at Washing
ton on the morning of the 27th alt.
A. W. FiBHRR of North Carolina, the
present assistant clerk of the pension
bureau, has been appointed chief clerk.
The senate confirmed the nomination
of John C. New to be consul general to
London, and Louis Wolfley to be gov
ernor of Arizona.
The president has appointed N. S.
Porter, of Ponca, Neb., agent of lands in
severalty,' under the provisions of the
act of February 2d, OT.
A heavy snow storm was reported as
prevailing throughout Syria on the 28th
ult In some districts melted snow has
caused extensive floods.
Wiixiam Walter Phelps, John A.
Kasson and Mr. Bates, the commission
to represent the U. S. at the Somoan
conference, will sail for Berlin April 13.
A bio fire occurred at Dixon, HL, on
the 28th ult, which burned down 21
business houses and several dwellings
with their contents. The loss will reach
960,000.
The senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations of the president: James
O. Churchill of Missouri, surveyor of
customs at St Louis, and second lieu
tenant Wm. A. Mercer, first lieutenant
of the Eighth Infantry.
Sfcretart Wtxdox has appointed M.
F. Bell superintendent of public build
ings at Chicago. Windom has directed
the removal of R. Lancaster, surveyor of
the "port of St Louis, and has recom
mended James O. Churchill for appoint
ment The postmaster general has appointed
the following superintendents of the
railway mail service: Tenth division,
headquarters at St Paul, Norman Per
kins; seventh, headquarters at St Louis,
J. P. Lindsey; eleventh, headquarters at
Fort Worth, J. D. Weaver.
.The president has appointed J. O.
Humphrey, of Illinois, Alfred M. Wilson,
of Arkansas, and ex-Governor George D.
Bobison, of Massachusetts, as the com
mission to treat with' the Cherokee and
other Indians in relation to opening
their portion of the Oklahoma country.
A bill has passed the senate and
house mkpg provisions in each county
of the state for creating a fund for the
relief and fcr funeral expenses of honorary-discharged,
indigent union soldiers,
sailors and mariners, and their indigent
wives, widowB and minor children.
Ah Iowa editor was asked: "Do hogs
pay?" The reply was a little different
from what was expected, but yet it ought
to be generally read: "A good many do
not," he says. "They take the paper for
several years, and then have the post
master send it back marked 'reused.'"
Ex.
Thoxas Woods living near Tornado,
W. Va, sent word to his step-mother
that a sick neighbor lady wanted to see
her; concealing himself on the road she
would' travel, he shot and killed her.
-The division of the property of his de
ceased father is alleged as the cause of
the act
Addtxioxal confirmations were made
by the senate on the 26th ult James
Tanner, commissioner of pensions;
Charles J. Edwards, collector of -customs
for Minnesota; Thomas B. Needles, TJ. 8.
attorney for Indian territory and James
M. Shackleford, judge of the U. S. court
of Indian territory.
The commissioner of the general land
oSce has issued an order establishing
two land offices in Oklahoma territory,
which will be opened April 22 by pro
clamation of the president The western
district will have the land office located
at King Fisher's stage station and for
the eastern district at Guthrie.
Mcbat Halbtead's appointment as
minister to Germany was rejected by the
senate. At three separate meetings the
matter was considered. There was no
question of Halstead's fitness -for the
place, and the rejection is due entirely
to his critJcuanB,ae an editor, on the way
certain senators obtained their positions
there. This !s the explanation given by
Haktead's friends.
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aid couBty, formerly the well-known
editor of the Schuyler San, has given
evidence of the rare ability for yubtic
affairs that his personal friends have long
known him to possess. la his entire
career in the legislature he has shown
that he not only knows what is for the
public good, but also that he has the
nerve to stand for it and work for it
against all comers, and under whatever
adverse circumstances. The writer
hereof has long known Mr. Cady for just
what his coarse the past session has
evidenced, a man of such ability and in
tegrity as fit him for any station to
which his fellow-citisens may call him.
The following from the Omaha Bee is a
just recognition of some of the good
work done by Mr. Cady: "Bepresenta
tive Cady of Howard county, has made
a splendid record as a legislator. Able,
conscientioas and vigilant, he has borne
the brunt of the fight for retrenchment
and routed the plundering combine in
several desperate battles. No measure
escapes his scrutiny. As a dissector of
doubtful claims and bogus bills he has
no equal on the floor, and the readiness
with which he drives the keen blade of
criticism to. the bottom and exposes their
iniquity is fatal in nearly every instance.
As an orator he impresses his hearers by
the candor of his statements and honesty
of purpose. His. management of the
fight against Boss Stout's bill and the
crushing defeat of that measure, proved
him to be a master of parliamentary
tactics. Mr. Cady is not only an honor
to his constituents but a credit to the
state." "
The Iowa newspapers are pleading
with citizens of that state to remain
residents and not leave for new fields of
enterprise. Such pleadings is unneces
sary in Nebraska papers. Not only are
present residents staying where they are,
but hundreds of new people from other
states are coming every day to join them.
The emigration to Nebraska this year
promises to be the largest in the history
of the state. In north Nebraska especi
ally the influx of settlers is something
prodigious and the cheap fertile lands of
that portion of the state are rapidly be
ing settled upon by a thrifty class of
people. The south Platte country,
which has always hitherto held the bal
ance of power in politics and everything
else,will soon be in the minority,and will
have to accord as a right that recogni
tion which the north half has always
asked and never received. (Norfolk
News.
Habltaai Draakarda.
Cady's bill to prohibit the sale of
liquors to habitual drunkards and mi
nors passed the house last Wednesday
morning yeas, 65; nays, 20. This bill
is liable to pass the senate, and if it does
will be extremely interesting to liquor
sellers. It is short and pointed, as fol
lows: Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska:
Section 1. Any person or persons
who shall knowingly procure, purchase,
or cause to be procured or purchased,
any malt spirituous or vinous liquors or
intoxicating drinks, and give, furnish or
sell the same, or cause the same to be
given, furnished or sold to a habitual
drunkard or minor shall for each offense
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined in any Bum not less than 925 nor
more than $100, and, in addition there
to, shall be confined in the county jail
not core than thirty days nor less than
ten days.
The boldest and most successful rob
bery ever reported in the west was per-l
petrated upon the Jbirst .National bank
in Denver at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
of the 29th ult, with twenty clerks in
the building at the time, and all close
at hand. The robber; with pretense of
communicating to Mr.Moffatt, president
of the bank, a contemplated robbery of
the bank, got into the bank without any
suspicion in regard to his motives, and
with a revolver and a bottle of nitro
glycerine compelled the president to fill
up and sign the proper check for $21,
000. Marched him in front of his pistol
and glycerine to the proper clerk and
drew his money; in fear the compelled
president stood at the door until the
robber reached the pavement, when he
tipped his hat to the president, turned
the corner and had not been caught at
last report
John Bright, the sturdy Quaker
statesman of England, will always have
a favored place in the memory of Ameri
cans. A man of mark in any respect, he
endeared himself to the great body of
the people of bis own country from the
beginning of his public career in 1838,
until its close, excepting only in these
latter days, for some reason, he seemed
and was unlike his former self, or he
would have heartily and with his old
time vigor, espoused the cause of Ireland
as one with that of the common people
of other portions of Great Britain.
Americans, certainly, will not forget that
Bright was a firm friend of the Union
during the war of the rebellion, and
supported its cause in parliament and
out of it
Mosbb W. Field of Detroit, it seems,
led a double life. . Mrs. Mary Goring
holds bis note" for $20,000, a check for
$14210, and an assignment of a $10,000
life insurance policy on Mr. Field. Mrs.
Field's attorneys have track of twenty
conveyances of real estate made directly
or indirectly to Mrs. Goring, the aggre
gate value of property conveyed! being
aboat$5a00a Mrs. Field asks a court
to enjoin the negotiation of the obliga
tions on the ground that they were ob
tained "through undue, improper and
unconscionable influences and fraudu
lent practices and devices."
Disfatchbs were received on the 29th
ult, from Samoa stating that the Ameri
can men-of-war Trenton, Vandalia and
Nipflic, and the German men-of-war Ad
ler, Olga and Eber were driven on a
reef daring a violent sto-m and totally
wrecked. Of the American crews, four
officers and forty-six men were drowned
and of the German crews, nine officers
and eighty-seven men lost their lives.
The dispatches came from a reliable
source and may be depended upon as
being correct
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The following nominations were sent
bo the senate oa the 27th alt: Bobert
Lincoln of Illinois to be minister t
to Great Britain, Marat Halstead of
Ohio to be auaiater to Germany, Allen
a. ThorndTk of Nw York tn be. wiiniav
tar to Bassia, Patrick Egaa of Nebraska I
to be minister to Club, Tbosms Byaa of I
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Tax senate oa the 90th alt, confirmed
the following nominations: John Hicks
minister to Peru; G. B. Loring minister
to Portugal; Bobert T. Lincoln minister
to England; Allen T. Bice minister to
Bussia; Thomas Byan minister to Mexi
co; Patrick Egan minister to Chili; B.
Adams, jr., minister to Brazil; L. B.
Mizner minister to Central American
states; W. L. Scruggs minister to Vene
zuela; W. O. Brady minister and consul
general to Corea; receivers of public
moneys C M. Barnes at Guthrie, Indian
Territory; Jacob Admire at King Fish
er's Stage Station, Indian Territory;
register of public lands Jacob CL Bob
erts at King Fisher's Stage Station John
L Dille at Guthrie, Indian Territory;
George Chandler of Kansas to be first
assistant secretary of the interior.
The recent case at Chicago, wherein
Chas. J. Beattie, the lawyer who procur
ed a fraudulent divorce for Mrs. Ada C.
Gordon, was fined $500 and sent to jail
for a year, may tend to call attention to
the fact that all our laws and the meth
ods of the courts do not reach the evils
of the systems that have grown up. Di
vorces can be too readily procured on
manufactured testimony or by collusion.
How to remedy the evil is more of a
problem than at first sight it would seem
to be. Wedded lives without affection
must necessarily be evil and that con
tinually, but civil communities to be
preserved must find a way to discourage
divorce, as a business.
A fiend incarnate, in shape of a wo
man, by the name of Thuring, at Alle
gheny City, confessed to have engaged a
man who admitted that he agreed to kill
the woman's husband for $20. She paid
him the money and he disclosed the
matter to the police. Thuring was hor
rified when he heard the object of the
officer's visit
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Henry Howell, of Grand Island, has
been appointed clerk on the run from
Grand Island to Loup City.
Between three and four hundred
teachers were in attendance at the As
sociation meeting at Hastings.
The citizens of Grant are making an
effort to put in waterworks at that
place, which will cost about $20,000.
Burglars entered the general merchan
dise store of A. L. Howser, at Hoskins,
and stole goods to the amount of about
$100.
Mrs. Sallie Mallory of Long Pine was
106 years old, March 15th. She has
been a member of the M. E. church 94
years.
C. H. Jaquett's jewelry store at Elm
wood, was burglarized one night last
week and watch chains, rings and four
silver watches taken.
A fire last week at Seward burned
four buildings on the north side of the
square. It is believed the lire was the
work of an incendiary.
Burglars, one night last week, entered
the house of Dr. Thurston at Central
City and took a gold watch from his
pocket as he lay in bed.
The lightning rod swindler has begun
his usual spring operations, near Au
burn. It is the old game over again
an order turns out to be a cut-throat
contract
The horse collar factory at Blair em
ploys sixty men and propose in the near
future to give employment to three
times as many. A good institution for
any town.
Chas. F. Cooper, the editor of the
Yolks Zeitung at Schuyler, has disap
peared, leaving a number of people to
mourn his departure in dollars and
cents for tears.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
temple was laid at St Paul on the 25th
ult, with appropriate ceremonies, under
the direction of Grand Master George B.
France of York.
John Miller and John Gabriel made
their escape from the county jail at
Geneva on the night of the 28th ult
Miller was charged with stealing jewelry
and Gabriel with horse stealing.
Henry Fisher, who set fire to .and
burned the granary of S. W. Denials
near Oxford, was tried and found guilty
last week. Judge Gaalin sentenced him
to the penitentiary for seven years.
At Grand Island, W. F. McLaughlin,
president of the city council, struck
Seth P. Mobley, editor of the Independ
ent in the face, breaking his nose, and
McL. was knocked down by John Don
aldson. H. Y. Persons one evening last week
set out a fire north of Central City,
which got beyond control and burned a
large amount of hay, cattle sheds of C
L. Tidds and two cows. There is said
to be some talk of prosecution in this
case.
John Clark, living in Lincoln county,
on March 26th fatally wounded a man
named Syms. dark objected to the re
lationship yfrHng between Syms and'
his divorced wife. At the time of the
shooting Syms was returning home from
a visit to a neighbor's accompanied by
Clark's daughter.
A sad and fatal accident occurred to
Joseph Schnieberger, an old and wealthy
farmey living in the vicinity of Seward.
He was thrown from his wagon and in
stantly killed while on. his way home
from Staplehurst -late at night He
leaves a wife and five children.
The farmers in Seward and Saline
counties are forming a combine to boy
cott the binder-twine trust A paper
has been circulated and over 100 names
obtained, binding themselves not to buy
any bindor-twine if the price is over 12
cents a pound, but to harvest their grain
by hand in the old way.
There is muchtalk that the Wyom
ing investment company coniempiaue
the construction of a railroad from
Sioux City southwest by way of North
Platte. Citizens of Grand Island are
taking an interest in this road and will
soon take action to determine what aid
can be given it H the company go for
ward with the improvement, it is ex
pected the road will be as far west as
Grant this falL
The lifeless bbdy of James H. Houston
of Iiaeola was found Saturday night
about 1 o'clock in the Burlington yards
of that city, lyiag across the track and
almost severed in twain. He was a
brick-layer addicted to drink, and it is
thought had wandered iato the yards in
On Monday evening of last week
Messrs. Wilber and Weston of Tobias,
and W. H. CongOl, postmaster of that
place were driving out in the country
when their team got scared at a dog and
ran off' of a bridge, breaking the neck of
one horse and smashing the buggy nil to
pieces. The occupants of the baggy
escaped with a few bruises.
Postal changes which took place dur
ing the past week in Nebraska.' At
Bellevue Oscar Kayser; at Firth T. Bl
Burling; at Fort Calhoun C & Bohner;
at Freeport B. D. Crabtree; at Gothen
burg W. a May; at Harrison D. P.
Davis; at Mason City L. B. Hill; at New
Helena W. T. Hayes; at Oakland W. W.
Hoppris; at Potter A. Thompson; at Be-
no Mrs. Ann E. Mclntire; at St James
P. W. Schmidt and at Valley J. W.
Hempstead. Discontinued at Calamus.
Several years ago Frank Stone, of
TJnadilla, made a contract with the coun
ty commissioners of Otoe county where
by he agreed to care for an imbecile old
man named Jerome BJchardson. By the
contract Stone got control of 160 acres
of valuable land, which he sold and put
the money in his pocket, having realized
about $5,000. Last week Stone turned
the old man out of doors and left for
Oregon, and the commissioners sent
Richardson to the poor house.
John N. Reynolds, the notorious At
chison man who was recently released
from the Kansas penitentiary, has form
ed a quartette of singers, all of whom
are colored ex-convicts. With these he
will go on a lecturing tour, furnishing
oratory and song to delighted audiences.
Reynolds and his singers will be attired
in prison garb, and the expectation is to
make a wagon load of money. The idea
is unique and the show will doubtless be
of high moral character. But we can
not think of the gall of some people
without being filled with dismay. Ful
lerton Sentinel.
During the high wind storm about the
first of February Frank Neidig missed
one of his 2 years old steers. Last Sat
urday while loading hay from a stack
which had blown over during the storm
he found the missing animal in the cen
ter of the stack. The poor brute had
been there probably six or seven weeks
and although it had plenty to eat, it had
not a drop of water during all that time.
The animal was fearfully emaciated and
was so weak it could not stand. When
offered a bucket of water, the steer took
it down at two gulps. Frank says the
animal will be all right in a few days.
Madison Chronicle..
Mrs. Francis Severyn was accidentally
shot by her husband Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Severyn procured a shotgun from
his neighbor with the intention of going
hunting. He was informed, upon in
quiry of his neighbor, that the gun,
which is a muzzle-loader, was empty.
To be certain he exploded a cap upon
each barrel. He then returned home,
and after entering the house he explod
ed another cap, when to his horror the
gun was discharged, the contents enter
ing hiswife's lower limb just above the
knee, nearly severing the limb. Drs.
Elwood and Shafer were immediately
summoned. Amputation of the limb
was found necessary about midway be
tween the knee and hip. She is in a
critical condition, and her recovery is
very doubtful.
John P. Rowan, aged ninety-two years,
died last week at the residence of A. P.
Graves, a few miles west of Bancroft
His history is a sad one. He moved
from New York state with a family
to Nebraska. At that time he had money
and papers worth $15,000. Mr. Rowan
turned all his money and property over
to the man he came west with, with the
understanding that he should be cared
for the remainder of his life. As soon as
the man secured all the money he de
serted his old friend and went to Cali
fornia, and has not been heard of for
years. Mr. Graves took good care
of the old man until Saturday, when he
died of old age. God pity the aged when
they fall into the hands of selfish and
grasping people, whether their own re
latives or not
As the east bound Elkhorn train was
nearing O'Neill Thursday, a passenger
stopped the brakeman and asked if the
next station was O'Neill, and stated that
he desired to stop off at that station.
The brakeman answered him in the af
firmative and passed on through the
train thinking no more of the incident
until the train drew up to the station
and the inquiring passenger did not
alight He hastened into the car to no
tify the stranger that his destination had
been reached. Not seeing him in the
car, he looked into the closet, and there,
to his horror, beheld the lifeless form of
the stranger with the top of his head
literally blown off by a bullet from a re
volver, his blood bespattered about the
walls and seat of the closet Deceased
had on his person money to the amount
of $750 and papers showing his name to
be Peter Simmons. It is reported that
he is a traveling man and resided in
Council Bluffs, though there is nothing
definite about this. No cause is assign
ed for the rash deed, save a statement
that he had been making a trade of his
Iowa property for Nebraska lands and
felt despondent because he thought the
Nebraska land agents had swindled him
on the deal.
At Creighton Tuesday morning of last
week at 9 o'clock a German farmer by the
name of John Bosenberger shot and
killed his neighbor, Andrew Castline,
and then killed himself. The above de
scribes in brief, the most tragic affair
Knox county ever witnessed. The
men were neighbors, farmers on the
Verdigree creek bottom, eleven miles
west of Creighton. For some time Cas
taline's cattle have been break
ing pasture and ranging on Bossn
berger's place. Sunday last the
latter warned Castaline to keep
the cattle off his place. On the
morning of the tragedy they broke
out again, however, and although Casta
line at once started after them, Bosen
berger was on hand and a quarrel en
sued. After some words Caetaline
turned and started, to drive the cattle
home. Fairly mad with passion the
German entered the house and coming
out with a shotgun drew -up and fired.
The charge of shot entered Castaline's
back beneath the left shoulder blade aad
he lived but a short time. When Rosea
berger heard of the result of his act he
set fire to his house and blew his braiBs
out The murdered mania aa old set
tler here and was well aad favorably
known throughout 'the couaty. He
leaves a large faauly.
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Letter.
Fraatear ragalar
The president has issued a proclama
tion opening to settlement all that por
tion of Oklahoma territory covered by
the bill passed daring the last hoars of
the Fiftieth congress. The kad thus
opeaed to settlement embraces nearly
2,0001000 acres. The proclamation has
been nearly ready for a week or ten days
but the pressure of other matters pre
vented its completion.
The nomination of "Corporal'' James
Tanner of New York, "to be commissioner
of pensions, is enthusiastically received
by the old soldiers, particularly those
who carried muskets in the ranks. They
regard the appointment as a special rec
ognition of themselves, lithe sentiments
expressed by ex-soldiers, from a large
number of states, temporarily in
Washington, are a fair sample of those
printing throughout the country, this
appointment bids fair to be one of the
most popular ever made by any pres
ident The only objection raised to the ap
pointment of '"Corporal'' Tanner was
that he was too friendly to the old sol
diers. Gen. Harrison quickly told the
parties who had the bad taste to make
such an objeotion, that it was for that
very reason that he proposed to make
him commissioner of pensions. No man
should ever fill the position who is not
friendly to the old soldiers, and it would
be difficult for him to 'be too friendly
towards them.
The important appointments are being
slowly and carefully made and now that
the president has had time to show the
politicians that he does not propose to
do. anything hurriedly, there has been a
perceptible "let up" !in the pressure upon
him. He hears the claims of all pa
tiently, and after careful consideration,
appoints the one who, all things consid
ered, he thinks will best fill the position.
Gen. Harrison stated in a conversation
a day or two ago that the west must
have the public printer. This has had
the effect of knocking out all the eastern
candidates and of bringing in several
new ones from the west It is a very
important position and the president
does not propose to make a mistake in
filling it As it now stands it is thought
the appointment will go either to, Mr.
Merridith of Illinois or Mr. Osborne of
California.
It is understood that the minister to
England has been selected and has ac
cepted the appointment, but no an
nouncement will be made of it, nor will
the commission be made out until the
new British minister to the United
States shall arrive here and present his
credentials. This action is taken as a
mild retaliation on the British foreign
office for its refusal to appoint a minister
in place of Lord Sackville until after the
change of administration in the United
States. It is generally believed here
that Chauncey Depew, of New York, is
the man who has been selected for the
British mission.
Secretary Tracy has made a decision
as to appointments and discharges in
the navy department that has created
much interest here. A clerk who was
dismissed for inefficiency appealed to the
secretary for reinstatement on the
ground that he was an old soldier. The
secretary concludes his refusal to rein
state the man as follows: "While the
fact of a person having a good record as
a soldier will be considered among the
best of recommendations for retention
in or appointment to a position under
the navy department, ability to peform
satisfactorily the duties of the position
which he holds, or to which he aspires
must be a condition precedent to favor
able consideration of an application for
retention or appointment"
KECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD SETTLER.
BYINGOatAB.
The privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus has always been considered one
of the most sacred rights of American
citizens, and when the exigencies of the
civil war were considered by the govern
ment to necessitate its suppression at
some times and places. President Lin
coln referring to the criticism evoked
thereby said that the writ was denied
with such extreme tenderness for the
subject that practically it liberated
more guilty than innocent persons.
The first and probably the only writ
of this character issued in Platte county
was issued by Isaac Albertson then pro
bate judge on the 18th day of December,
1864. At that time the Pawnee Indians
were on their reservation, B. F. Lush
baugh was agent, and Bobert Moorland
then prosecuting attorney, had a trad
ing post on the south line of the reser
vation, and employed by and living with
him was an Englishman, Charles Saun
ders, who was one of the old Genoa col
onists, and was contemplating emigrat
ing to Utah, where his daughter, one of
the wives of Joe E. Johnson, resided. In
October a party of carpenters from
Florence were emyloped on the reserva
tion, among whom were two brothers
named Selden. On the 29th of October
they all went on a spree, and went down
to the outside trading posts with the in
tention of painting the whole country a
bright vermillion hue. They went to
Moorland's place and seemed to have an
antipathy to Saunders on account of his
being an Englishman, picked a quarrel
with him, went into the apartments he
occupied with his wife, opened the
trunks and drawers that contained Mrs.
Saunders's apparel, and scattered the
contents over the floor, and carried
blankets and other articles out doors
and hid them in a hay stack. They then
attacked Mr. Saunders who was a re
markably quiet and inoffensive man,
beat him and palled his hair, and when
he crawled under a bed to getaway from
them, dragged him out by the hair. At
last they desisted from abusing him
from fatigue, when he entered the store
room and went behind the counter
where he probably got a revolver.
Shortly afterward the Selden brothers
came in with the intention of renewing
the quarrel, Dank Selden, the younger
brother, advanced toward him when he
drew a revolver and shot him dead on
the spot
Saunders was taken before the near
est magistrate, Joseph Gerrard, then
residing on the site of the new town of
Monroe for aa examiaation, and was
committed for trial for murder. At that
time there was neither court house or
jail, and the prisoner was placed in the
custody of L B. Beebe, sheriff, which
necessitated the employment, by the
couaty, of day and night guards which
secaredtaa
legal practice, in fast I
think it was his aiaidsa effort, who auade
aa apalieatioa to the proaate judge for
a writ of habeas corpus oa the ground
that the eaauaitaMat was dated October
28th, alleging that it was impossible
that fee could have killed a asaa who was
alive at that date. The trial was set for
the 18th day of November, and the court
evidently considered it competent to ia
vestigate aot only the legitimacy of the
proceedings already had, bat also the
circumstances of the killing, which were
fully shown in the evidence presented,
and the jadge holdiag that the accused
acted clearly in aelf defense discharged
him from custody, and he shortly started
for Utah, aad has been quite recently
in some of the western territories.
What Are They?
Editob Jovbxal: I desire space to
say a few words more ia reference to
township laws and the manner they are
manipulated. You are aware that Sher
man township has brought herself into
notice by frequent feeble kicks against
the paymentof bills of judges aad clerks
of election; that they, have made numer
ous protests and resolves and that they
have been snubbed by our weak-kneed
supervisors that argue one way and vote
another, that have not sand enough in
their compositions to dare vote as they
believe. At the commencement of town
organization, some attorney (spelled
with a little a) argued with the super
visors, (a new and green set of officers
sent from the farming community), that
assessors, judges and clerks of election
were town officers and to be paid by the
respective towns. The assessor was so
paid one or two years, at the rate of
town Pampers pay, viz., two dollars a day,
when he had been getting three dollars
a day before town organization, and
assessors who worked in counties not
under town organization at same time
received their three dollars a day and
mileage for their returns. By that wise
decision our assessors, were cheated out
of one-third their wages but they were
young and green farmers and dare not
kick. Now the beauty of that wise de
cision shows up in good shape when it
applies to judges and clerks of election.
They are told that they are town officers,
but are allowed county pay, viz, three
dollars a day and mileage for returns.
That, you see, is living under one stat
ute and drawing pay under another.
That ia like a case I saw tried in this
county where a poor cuss was prosecu
ted under one statute but for the want
of evidence sufficient to convict, he waa
fined under another. He had no friends
or money and was'unable to appeal.
Again, our supervisors exhaust a great
amount of vitality and energy in the ex
amination of the bonds of road overseers,
town collector, town clerk, etc, which I
think is none of their business; but they
will tell you that there is no law but the
old law that makes any provision for the
examination and approval of bonds, and
while it does not provide for town offi
cers we must make it apply to them at
well as to county officers. O, consisten
cy! Why not apply the old county law
to fees when there is no provision made?
They strain at a gnat and swallow a
cameL Every town board in the county
has allowed illegal bills and is responsi
ble to the tax-payers, and I hope every
board in the county maybe sued for
misappropriation of funds, because if
judges and clerks of election are town
officers to be paid by the1 town then they
are entitled to town officers' pay, two
dollars a day. If they are to be paid by
the county, as the law provides, and as
they always were before and are now in
counties not under organization, then
they are entitled to three dollars a day
and mileage for returns. Sec. 24, of
chapter 28, is the only law in existence
for the pay of election officers. No sane
man can say that it means towns in one
case and county in the other.
John Wise.
Tie B. O. aaa the Iaaagaratfos.
Between midnight March 3d and noon
March 4th, the B. k O. B.B. carried into
Washington sixty thousand excursion
passengers, in addition to its regular
local and through travel. From three
o'clock, afternoon of the 4th until mid
night of the 5th, an equal number was
carried from Washington. Allowing an
average of 50 passengers to the car, in
cluding sleeping and parlor cars, it
required 1200 cars to accommodate the
multitudes. Adding to this the neces
sary number of baggage cars to take
care of the baggage of passengers and
the supplies and paraphernalia of mili
tary companies, bands and marching
clubs, it will be seen that the B. k O.
hauled a train of 9 cars into Washington
every fifteen minutes from midnight
March 3d, until noon March 4th, and out
of Washington every fifteen minutes
from 3.00 p. m. of the 4th until midnight
of the 5th.
In handling this immense volume of
business in so short a time, not a single
accident occurred and not a passenger
was injured; not a car was derailed and
not an engine failed to perform its al
lotted task.- During all this time there
waa an incessant fall of rain and all out
door work waa invested with very de
pressing conditions.
The satisfactory manner in which this
great movement was conducted reflects
the highest credit upon the operating
department of the B. O. Company and
indicates the promptness and intelli
gence with which each member perform
ed his assigned share of the labor in
volved. News Item from
Department, EiO.RR
The Nebraska M. E. camp meeting; will
be held at Cnahman Park, three miles
west of Iinoola, July 10 to 18.
Mr. J. a Smith, travasias; salesman
for Belford, Clark k Co, Chicago, had
the misfortune to sprain his' wrist most
severely: "I was safferins; great paia,n
he says, "and my wrist was badly swol
len; a few applications of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm relieved the pain aad reduced
the sweUiag in one night, aad in conse
quence my work aad basiness was not
interrapted, for which I am very grate
ful. I eaa recommend Chamberlain's
Pain Balm from personal experience.1
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General Agents for the tale of
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COLUMBUS.
OMAHA MEAT MARKET!
We hare jaet opened a meat market on NEBRASKA AVENUE, where we
Deal oi ail
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POULTRY, ETC.
We aak the people of Colambaa to iciTe na a share of their patroaage, which we hope to
Atamrwm br honest dealing and iuttt scales. Please rive na a call.
dee&8tf TDRBEK Jt
300 BUSHELS OF
TIMOTHY SEED!
Mixed With Red Clover FoHr Qaarts to the Bushel.
This seed was raised by H. M. Winslow, near Columbus, Nebraska, and i
the very best on the market. Samples of seed will be sent on application to
Mr. Winslow, or Hickok, Halm & Co., of Columbus. Nebraska. Samples can
be seen at either place. Price, $1.50 per bushel. 49-2t
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By Tirtoe of aa order of sale directed to me I
nm tht iliatrtrt nnrt of Plmltn nwntr Nhnu- J
from the district court of Platte county, Nebras
ka, oa a decree obtained in our said court at the
Buy A. V. 18 term tltereor of riatte county,
HtBHaka. to wit, oa the 18th day of May, 1888. in
farer of the German Insurance Company of
Fraaport, Illinois, aa plaintiff aad against Joseph
Hsmsxler, Aogaata Heaawler. Fraas Heaftgler
aad tie Colombo State Bank as defendants and
wherein the said German Insurance Company of
Freeport, Illinois, recoTeml aeaiaat the said
Joseph HenpelerAaicnsta llenagler and Franz
Heaaxler a decree for the ram of forty-one hon
ored forty-eiKht dollars and eixhty-aino ceata
If 1,148189) and costs taxed at eighteen and sixty
fire handreth dollars, and also wherein the said
folaatbaa State Bank recovered of the said
Joseph HeajKler, AoKuata Hentotler and
Franz Henmler adecrce for the ram of
sixty-four bandied eighty -one dollars
aad seventeen cents (ri,41.17) and
accraiag costs, I have levied upon the followiuir
laada and tenement taken a.- the property of
said defendants, to satisfy said decrees, to wit:
Lota namberone (1), two ('It. fire (."). six (rt).
- I1 am.I .k.Afc ial in hrMk nnmltAW nn
handled aad seventy-eight (178) and lots three
W aad roar (, in block one nnndred and sevea-ty-aerea
(177), ia the city of Colombo. Platte
eoaaty, Nebraska , Aad will offer the same for
aale to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, oa
the
Stb Dat or April. A. D., 1889.
Ia front of the Court Hoese in Columbus, 1'latte
eoaaty, Nebraska, that being the bnihling where-
ia the last terra of court was held, nt the hour of
o'clock n. m. of said
day, when and where
1 when
dae attendance will be given
n br the unde
the undersigned,
Dated Colambaa. Neb- March , 18W.
M. C. BLOKDoax.
ZJmarft
Sheriff of said County.
NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice ia hereby given that by virtue of a cer
tain ansa ox easts mm in made on the eleventh
dayof Jaaaary,Ma.tomebyFritx Koesterand
Fred Meyer, partners, doing bosiaess at the
towa of Creetoa. ia Platte eoaaty, Nebraska,
wader the arm name aad style of Koester &
ajar, aad pamaaat to the provisions of chapter
.eoaiBiled atatatea of Nebraska, of 1887. gov
eraiac volaatary assignments for the beaeatof
creaitora. I will, ia front of the Coart House in
Colambas, Platte eoaaty. Nebraska, oa the
27tb Dat or Atbil, 1889,
at 2 o'clock p. bl, offer for sale at public auction.
laeieuowtas' jaaaa aaa tenemeats, to wit: ijots
i (l sad twenty (3),ia ajoek
ia the towa of Craatoa. Platte
Tmtad that 3ath day of March. Iflea
M.C. B&OKBoas.
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and warrated to workatirfctorily. "alTf lia5
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COLUMBUS. NEBR.,
Clinton C. Gray,
Proprietor.
LIGHT BKAHMAS, PLYMOUTH KOCK3,
WYASD0TTE3. SlLYKit L.U'K1 oatl
WHITE. LEHHOKN8. H1KULK COMB
WHITE and HOSE COMB BKOWN.
EiCK from th nboTc, .00 per IS, or
fi.Ui per 3ft. MAMMOTH BKONZE TijB- .
KEYS. 50 per . PEK1N DUCKS. LM)
per 10. AH from the butt strains.
Es Enressei u jwkere witl Safety '
Send for Circular.
Feb.27-3mo
for aala at fteaa
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to BN-M Bar ana for caal
aaie as low pries aata om raaaaaaate mtbw. am
a complete
of title to all real eettUe it
HEBRASKA.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
from the district court of Platte Cooatr. Ne-
hnukiL in it initomnnt nlitaiaul in Ik. A:mi-
Hjr virtue of aa onler of sale directed to
in the riiatrirt
conn or riatte I ountr. Nebraska, on the 3h
day of January 1 in favor of James McAllis
ter Jr.. aa plaintiff, and gains J. L. Tripp aa
defendant, for the sum of five Haadred aad
Fifty-two dollars aad Seventy-asvea eeata. aad
coete taxed at kM.30.aad accraiag costs, I have
levied upon the following real estate taken aa
the property of said defendant, to satisfy aakt
order of sale to-wit: The south half of the north
west quarter of section nine (), township six
teen (14). north range two (2) west, the aoata
east quarter of sectioa twenty-eight (38). tewa
ship seventeen (17), north rang two (2) west,
aad the north half of the natasaet qnarau uf
"Uo?J? W owaaWp aijtaam ft6).aorth
range two (2) wast, all ia Plane Ceaaty. Ne
brsska, and will offer the aaaae for aale to the
highest bidder, for rash in haad u tk Ah ,i
of April A. D. 188. ia fmat of the coart aoaae ia
i4iamims, Nebraska, that being the baildiaa:
wherein the last term of court was held, at the
hoar of one o'clock b. m. of saul W w ud .
where due attendance will Im min.a hv tK.n,
dersigaed.
Dated Colamnes March 4t h. lsg.
. . . M. C. BbOKDoax.
Mar. Sheriff of aaidCoaaty.
PROBATE NOTICE.
In the matter of the estate of KleaaJeMea.de-
ceaaed.
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors of the
said deceased, will meet the executor of said es-"
tate. before me county jadge of Platte county.
Nebraska, at the eoaaty coart room ia said
coB,7 e "J1 d3r.of May. 18. oa the 2d day
of Jnly. 18HS and oa the 29th day of August. 18ta
at 10 o clock a. m. each day, for the purpose el
presenting their claims for examination, ad
justment and allowance. Six aseaths are allow
ed for creditors to present their claims, aad oa
year for the executor to settle said estate treat
the 1st day of March. !.
Dated March It. A. U 1S89.
20martt
H.J.HCBSO!.
Couaty Judge.
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