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WEDNESDAY, APRIL' 10, 188B.
The U. S. senate adjourned sine die
April 2d.
C0SKE1.IUS Van Core of New York has
been appointed postmaster of that city.
Ellis H. Roberts has accepted an ap
pointed as assistant treasurer at New
York.
G. T. Ebhabdt has been appointed by
the president collector of customs in
New York.'
At Savannah, Ga on the 6th a mil
lion dollars worth of property was de
stroyed by fire.
Heavy snow storms visited Pittsburg
and Gettysburg, Fa Charleston, W. Ta
and Washington city on the 6th.
The American commissioners to the
Samoan conference have engaged pas
sage for Europe on the Umbria, which
sails from New York on the 13th.
Owe day last week there landed at
Castle Garden some four hundred mu
sicians from the old country. There
was some objection made under the con
tract law, but they were finally allowed
to enter our borders.
The hurricane last week in the South
Pacific Ocean extended over 1200 geo
. graphical miles, and took in the Herrc
and Society groups of islands. The
American ships Bed Cross and Ada
Owen were wrecked, the former at Bar
antoga, the latter at Quara, but the
crews were saved. The British ship
Saukin was wrecked atAitutaki and it is
supposed the crew perished.
A serious wind storm prevailed two
hours Saturday morning at Baltimore
followed by snow. The wind was a reg
ular blizzard. The snow turned to rain
and the streets were flooded. The storm
was severe on the Chesapeake bay and
West Virginia, West Maryland, and
along the Blue Ridge the blizzard was
the worst of the winter. Telegraph
wires were blown down and railway
travel delayed.
Arbor Day.
April 22d, is Arbor Day and State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lane has issued a circular calling upon
offoers, teachers, patrons and pupils of
the public schools of the state, to "make
a day of it" The planting, he says, may
very properly be supplemented by lit
erary exercises, which may include ap
propriate songs, reading or recital of
prose or poetical selections relating to
this subject, a short address, eta, etc.
A Wreagrd Habaad's Reveagr.
A farmer named S. W. Wilkins, who
lives near Marshall, Tex, was called
away three weeks from home and on his
return found that a man in his employ
and his wife had decamped. He started
on a search and located them near Tex
arkana. The wronged husband dashed
into the room, brandishing a huge knife
with which he attacked the destroyer of
his home and literally cut him to pieces.
Wilkins escaped.
John Yerden, a Jersey City saloon
keeper, 20 years old, went home drunk
and beat the whole Yerden family. He
began with his 16-year old sister and
wound up with his 70-year old grand
father. While he was tanning his wife
the sister whom he had beaten, sum
moned a policeman. The officer arrest
ed him as he was trying to shove his
grandfather through a second story
window. The old man has since died.
Young Yerden was held without bail to
await the result of the autopsy.
Metals ia the Saa.
Of the metals discovered in the sun
the most important are sodium, magne
sium, barium, acateium, zinc, copper,
aluminum, nickel, chromium and iron.
Many of the rarer and less known metals
would also appear to be there in some
abundance, judging by the facility with
which their presence may be detected.
Although heavier metals, such as plati
num and gold, have not been seen, it by
no means follows that they are absent.
Their weight would prevent them being
easily found by the spectroscope. New
York Telegram.
8rx states have refused in the last two
years to adopt a prohibition amendment.
Michigan. Texas, Tennessee, Oregon,
West Virginia and New Hampshire.
Bhode Island has voted to resubmit the
ajMatioa, as prohibition under the pres
ent aaoaaWuoeat is a farce. Every man
and woman of intelligence agrees that
intemperance is the bitterest curse of
our ehrilisation, but they do not believe
that compulsion can be enforced and re
stricted license appears to be the best
practicable solution of the question,
aided always by the education of the in
dividual Germantown Telegraph.
TME MOFFAT BOBBEET.
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W. B. Stephens, alias Spencr, has
been arrested at Denver charged with
baiag the principal in the robbery at the
First National bank, in which President
Motat!oatS21v000. Tkw information on
which the arrest was nade came from a
of St Paul, who knew
record in the north-
Preadent Moffat, Teller KeDey
iCaaawsrWood visited the jail after
, tat could net aaakeup their
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Nebraska City FJeettoaa.
Plattsmouth Entire Democrat ticket
Iincoln The Republicans captured
the city ticket except ooawdhnen in two
wards and part of the school board.
Unadflla A Prohibition victory.
Ulysses Prohibition carried.
Oakland A temperance board elected.
Orleans The high license ticket was
elected.
Utka Prohibitionists carry the city
by scant majority.
Ainsworth High license ticket suc
cessful Avoca This place chose a high li
cense board.
Juniata license carried.
O'Neill Party lines ignored and a
ticket favoring high license and im
provements. Crete For the first time in her his
tory Crete elected a Democratic mayor.
Tekamah Election a victory for li
cense. Hon. Will Carrington elected
mayor.
Aurora Aurora voted against license.
Grant Prohibitionists snowed under.
Ashland Public improvement ticket
elected with Mayor Cooley at the head.
Fairmont Wallace Wheeler elected
mayor.
Milford High license ticket won.
Minden High license ticket carried.
PresideatUl PrecUawtioa.
The following proclamation was issued
the afternoon of the 5th by the president
of the Unined States of America:
"A hundred years have passed since
the government which our forefathers
founded was formally organized. At
noon, on the thirtieth day of April,
seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, in
the city of New York and in the presence
of an assemblage of heroic men, whose
patriotic devotion led the colonies to
victory and independence, George Wash
ington took the oath of office as the
chief magistrate of the new born repub
lic. This impressive act was preceded
at 9 o'clock in the morning in all the
churches of the city, by prayer for God's
blessing on the government and its first
president. The centennial of this illus
trious event in our history has -been de
clared a general holiday by act of con
gress to the end that the people of the
whole country may join in commemora
tive exercises appropriate to the day.
In order that the joy of the occasion
may be associated with deep thankful
ness in the minds of the people for all
our blessings in the past, and devout
supplication to God for their gracious
continuance in the future, representa
tives of religious creeds, both Christian
and HebreWfhave memoralized the govern
ment to designate an hour for prayer
nnd thanksgiving on that day.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
president of the United States of Ameri
ca, in response to this pious and reason
able request, do recommend that Tues
day, April 90, at the hour of 9 o'clock in
the morning, the people of the entire
country repair to their respective places
of divine worship to implore the favor of
God that the blessings of liberty, pros
perity and peace may abide with us in
the path of righteousness and good
deeds.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my name and caused the seal of the
United States of America' to be affixed.
Done in the city of Washington this
fourth day of April, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine, and the independence of the
United States one hundred and thir
teenth. Benjamin Harrison,
By the president.
Jakes G. Blaine, Secretary of State."
The Public Debt.
The reduction in the public debt dur
ing March amounted to $13,605,655, and
for the first nine months of the pres
ent year $500094.
The total debt, less cash in treasury
today, amounted to $1414,683,662.
The net cash surplus in the treasury
is $54,006396 against $48,096,258 a month
ago.
The gold fund balance in the treasury
has increased about $1,500,000 during
the past month, and today amounts to
$197374,421, and the silver fund balance
exclusive of $6,000,000 trade dollar bul
lion, has declassed about $750,000 and
and now amounts to $25,740,628.
Government receipts during March
were $31,013391 against $28367373 in
March 1888.
Receipts from all sources for the first
nine months of the current year aggre
gated $28624,414, or $3,000,000 more
than for the corresponding months of
the preceding fiscal year.
The customs revenue and internal rev
enue receipts were each about $3,000,000
heavier than during the first three
quarters of the preceding fiscal year,
while receipts from miscellaneous enures
es were 93,uuu,UUU less. .Expenditures
during the past month were $173tES,69u,
or about $750,000 more than in March
1888. The expenditures for the past
nine months were $239,818321, or nearly
$40,000,000 more than during the three
quarters of the preceding fiscal year.
The Saaraaa Disaster.
Washington, April 8. During the
past week there has been considera
ble talk-in naval circles -about the re
sponsibility for the recent disaster at
Samoa. A number of the most pronounc
ed disciplinarians of the service are now
slow to condemn the action of Admiral
Kimberly in allowing the vessels to be
caught -in such a storm without using
some precautionary measures. This is
the season of the year when hurricanes
and tidal waves might be looked for, and
the sailing directions plainly state this
fact. Many officers think, and especial
ly since the story of the escape of the
British steamer Calliope, that there is
sure to ' e an investigation by a court of
inquiry. The loss of life and ships will
have to be inquired into. If there was
coal enough to get up steam on the
ships it was, they say, Admiral Kimber
ly's duty to have fired up and run to the
mouth of the harbor, as the commander
of the Calliope did, and then to ride out
the gale. If it is found there was no
coal, then the cause for the state of af
fairs shall be inquired into, and the re
sponsibility fixed where it belongs.
Gemaay's Saaioaa Fleet.
The German vessels Sperber and Alex
andrine, which are now. on their way to
Samoa to replace the 'wrecked vessels,
are not very formidable ships, but at
long range fighting would have a decided
advantage over the American vessels
owing to their superior armament and
speed. The corvette Alexandrine is
wood, iron and steel, ot 2378 tons bur
den. She is of fifteen knots speed. Her
battery is made up of twelve 5 and two
8-inch four ton breech-loading rifles,
four revolving cannon and a torpedo
tube and equipment. The Sperber is a
new cruiser of the composite type, 1420
tone burden, fourteen and one-half knots
speed, and armed with rifled 4-inch
Krupp and four Hotchkiss revolving
caanon and two torpedo tubes. Neither
of the vessels is araaored,but it will be
noted that tneirapeea is about i per
it greater than the
ordered to
and their guns are of I
Amoko reoantiteaaa of news that will
interest our readers is the appearance of
the illustrated family journal, edited by
Mrs. John A. Logan, published in Wash
ington, under the name of "The Home
Magazine.''
Neither trouble nor expense has been
spared to render the new aspirant for
publio favor an indispeneable visitor in
every household. Pure and elevating
fiction, articles of adventure and travel,
poems, practical suggestions of means
by which women can add to their "pin
money," hints on the adornment of
home, notice on the fashions, directions
for fancy work, knitting, and crochet,
humorous sayings, and tales for the
little ones will by turns amuse and -instruct
each member of the family.
The terms are fifty cents a year.
Agents are wanted.
Address The Home Magazine, Wash
ington, D. C.
The Milk ia the Ceeeaast.
In Murat Halstead's paper, the Cin
cinnati Commercial Gazette of July 24,
1886, was published the following para
graph, which is assigned as the reason
why certain senators voted against Hal
stead's confirmation, the other day:
It was a sickening spectacle, and the
only relief is found in the thought that
perhaps it has come in time to suggest
to the nation that an administration con
ducted by such men will not be wanted
by an honest people. The black list en
tire is Cameron, Chace, Cullom, Evarts
Ingalls, Jones, Logan, Miller, Plumb,
Riddleberger, Sawyer, Sewell, Teller,
Van Wyck. To classify in a single in
stance, it is made up of millionaires,
servants of corporations, Logan men and
corruptionuti. There was not a vote cast
that was actuated by the slightest re
gard for the honor of the senate or of
purity of politics. Each man should be
burned in effigy at every cross road in
Ohio.
Cattle.
The South Omaha Drovers' Jonrnal
of the 8th says: There is nearly 2,000
head on sale today, as compared with
2,357 head Saturday, and 1,638 head on
last Monday. The report that the re
ceipts at Chicago numbered over 14,000
head and that the market there was low
er, caused buyers here to open the mar
ket by bidding lower prices. Local
dealers were at work quite early while
speculators did not begin work until
later. Salesmen differed somewhat in
their views, but were generally called
the market about 510c lower on steers
while some thought prices even lower,
especially on more common, and yet,
others that thought the trade not quot
bly lower than that of Saturday. Good
butchers' stock sold well up to former
prices, and common lots lower. The
market was fairly active at the decline,
and the bulk of the receipts exchanged
hands before the close of the market.
Our secretary of the legation at St
Petersburg has requested the Russian
government to investigate the case of
Eimpinski, said to be a naturalized
American citizen, who was exiled to
Siberia by Russian authorities, upon his
return to Russia. Our state department
will not be slow in informing the gov
ernments of the old world that they
must regard the rights of our citizens,
native or naturalized, all .the same.
Under the flag there is no distinction,
and if Americans had the same pride in
enforcing their rights in their own
country they would be far better off
today.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
The Beemer canning company of
Beemer has been incorporated with an
authorized capital of $10,000, of which
$7,000 has already been subscribed and
paid in.
E. C. Maher of Chase county left his
home one day last week for Imperial,
where he secured a loan of $500 and
left for home. He has not been heard
of since and foul play is suspected. La
ter: His body was found and he had
evidently been killed.
April 2d five tramps broke into the
dwelling-house of Mike O'Brien at Ogal
alia and robbed the building of over
$300 worth of property, including a gold
watch, notes, money and clothing. The
burglars were caught by Sheriff Kizer
and nearly all the property recovered.
The tramps are in jail.
Mrs. Peters of Plattsmouth on last
Thursday evening about 8, was sitting
at her window, sewing, and left her seat
for an instant to pick up a garment,
when some one from the outside fired a
revolver, the bullet crashing through
the window and burying itself in the
wall on the opposite side of the room.
She would have been killed, if she had
been sitting at the window. No clue.
There is considerable complaint, now
and again, about the loss ot spawn in
shipment from the state hatchery. Out
of 1,000 Lochleven trout shipped to
Madison, 50 were alive when they ar
rived, and of 5,000 brook trout, 100 were
alive. The Chronicle remarks that the
express company were to blame in each
instance, the fish being kept over for
two or three days once in Columbus
and once in Norfolk.
Messrs. Tom Riley, D. L. Gilmer and
Tom Dover have formed a co-partner
ship for the purpose ot developing the
deposit of silica found on D. L. Gilmer's
place. Mr. Gilmer's place adjoins the
one now owned by the managers of the
other silica 'deposit, and the two firms
will undoubtedly pool their interests
and work together. The deposit on Mr.
Gilmer's place covers about five acres and
belongs to the same strata as the other.
This strata is probably the only one up
the valley, but the deposit is sufBoent to
apply aU demands for years to come.
(Newman Grove Era.
The Burlington Missouri's neat and
roomy depot at Fairmont is in ashes and
cinders. The fire was started by the
careless dropping of lighted match by'
the night operator on some material
saturated with oil in the baggage room.
The flames could not be stayed though
three hundred men were on hand five
minutes after it started. The water
works did not work well at first. The
citizens abandoned the attempt to save
the depot, in order to save the rest of
the town, by protecting the exposed
buildings. The fire company and the
hook and ladder company did excellent
service. Fairmont ia thankful that it is
no worse, as this is the second heavy
Iosb Fairmont has had within a year.
A rara avis for this part ot the coun
try was captured in a steel trap in Tay
lor creek the other day by Mr. Frank
iNiedig. It lesembles a duck with the to
exception of its bill and toned crest I
ot saw-like teeth. The feet
like an ordinary duck's. The back waa
ot a soft dove-color, the wings white,
dove and black, the breast pure .white,
and the head neck and crest a rich
brown. It was a very handsome bird.
With the able assistance of Uncle Jerry
Long and Noah Webster, we are able to
classify it as a Horned Grebe. It ia a
marine bird common in the northern part
of both continents and is ot the genua
Podicep, and we believe it is the only
specimen ever captured in, this part ot
the country. Madison Chronicle.
Thursday afternoon a young man was
found dead in his bed at the St Charles
hotel, Lincoln. He had registered the
night before as "John Ulewig," or some
similar name, the writing not being legi
ble. He had blown out the gas. An
inquest was held and a formal verdict
rendered. The victim had registered
from Nebraska City. A letter was found
on his person addressed to John JulUe,
1223 Dace street, Sioux City, la. It bore
a registered stamp and the name
of the sender, Joe Staukicwic, who,
from the postmark, lives at Platte Cen
ter. A number of photographs were
found in his grip. Some bore the name
ot artists at Columbus, Clay Center and
Shenandoah, Penn. Other letters bore
the name that was scrawled on the hotel
register. One hundred dollars in gold
was fonnd in his pockets, and a few odd
cents in change. Also a note for $45
written in favor of John Jnllie. The
man was not more than 25 years ot age.
He was of fair complexion, about five
feet eight inches in height and probably
weighed 165 pounds. He bore no marks'
of dissipated habits, and was seemingly
in the best ot health when he arrived at
the St Charles hotel.
Washiagtea Letter.
From oar regular correspondent.
The president is very much vexed, and
most republicans think he has a good
right to be, on account of the senate's
rejection of the nomination of Murat
Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette, to be minister to Ger
many. A few republican senators, on
account of personal ill will toward Mr.
Halstead, joined the democrats under
the leadership of "Standard Oil" Payne,
of Ohio, and succeeded in bringing
about this rejection of the appointment
It will be strange if they do not all
live to regret their action. And it will
be stranger still if the republican editors
of the country do not resent this at
tempt on the part of certain senators to
establish a senatorial censorship of the
press, for there is no use to mince mat
ters, that is what the rejection of Mr.
Halstead means. He wasnot rejected
because of his inability to fill the posi
tion to which he was appointed with
credit to himself, the republican party
and the country, but because in the con
duct of his paper he has seen fit to ex
press bis honest convictions in its edi
torial columns, of certain things affect
ing certain senators, particularly those
who are generally believed to have obttin
ed their seats by questionable practices.
When the people of this country ap
prove the punishment of fearless editors
like Halstead, if such a time shall ever
come, the days of a republican form of
government in the United States will be
numbered. It is to such men as he that
the masses always look to expose corrup
tion in high places, and God forbid that
the day shall ever come when they shall
look in vain. '-'
Two democratic senators, Blackburn
and Call, voted for the confirmation of
Mr. Halstead, and Mr. Blackburn made
a strong speech in favor of it but they
could not break the hold "Standard
Oil" Payne had on their democratic col
leagues. The following republicans vot
ed against Mr. Halstead: Evarts, In
galls, Plumb and Teller. Senators Stan
ford, Stewart Jones and Cullom did not
vote at all, although it is openly stated
that they would have voted against con
firmation had their votes been necessary
to reject
The news of the total loss during a
hurricane at Apia, on the Samoan is
lands, on March 15th, of the U. S. steam
ers Trenton and Yandalia and the par
tial wrecking of the Nipsic, together
with the drowning of 46 officers and sea
men, has cast a gloom over Washington.
Owing to the recent canard about the
blowing up of the Nipsic, this news re
ceived little credence when it was first
received here. But later, Secretary
Tracy, of the navy, received a cablegram
from Admiral Kimberly giving particu
lars and a list of the men drowned. It
is truly, as the president says, a national
calamity, and this, country could ill af
ford to lose two, and possibly three of
its vessels of war, to say nothing of the
lives of the gallant men who perished in
the storm. Better that we had never
heard of the insignificant but trouble
some Samoan island.
Mrs. Harrison is said to be suffering
from an aggressive case ot homesickness.
She does not find the White House as
pleasant a place to live in as her old
home in Indianapolis.
Corporal Tanner, the new commission
er of pensions, has been holding almost
a constant reception ever since he, took
charge ot the pension office. He has re-,
commended a number ot changes among
the chiefs of divisions in that office to
Secretary Noble, but he says no ordi
nary clerk will be removed except for
cause.
A memorial from Union soldiers has
been presented to the senate, asking
that honorably discharged soldiers be
exempt from civil service examination.
Jeha Wise, Staat Up.
Ed. Journal: Please give me rootn in
your paper to reply to Mr. Wise in last
week's Journal, who comes out with
one of his usual kicks against town or
ganization; because he cant be on the
top of the heap and do all the county
business. His clique had a monopoly ot
the county 'affairs for a number of years
and they think the county will go to
ruin it the people have anything to do
with it. He is like our members ot the
legislature after they are elected, they
think they were chosen because they
were so much smarter than the average
that all things must be dictated and
acted on as they in their wisdom see fit
and no one had the right to kick. Now,
in our country this kind of monarchial
government is stopped, and the people
have a hand in saying how business is to
be run, and he is dissatisfied. The peo
ple are willing to be taxed when they
are allowed representation and the right
to govern themselves. We do not have
take second-hand bridges for our.
roads, we can and do build our own, it
have our own officers to see that every
thing is legally done and paid for.
Judges and clerks of election work as
hard aa anyone and should be paid wall
for their work; it nukes no difference
who pays them, taxes does it anyhow.
In town organisation there ia more
work to do, and of course it takes more
oatoara to do it, and there are more peo
ple than Mr. Wise that like to hold
Before town organization there
only three men to do all the county
and they held office three years,
so that but few got a chance. Now we
have 17 or 18 that stay in only one year,
and everybody knows that "in a multi
tude of council there ia wisdom," and
then, besides, we have a town board that
is as good aa a school for the education
of the people in the mysteries of town
and county affairs; the meetings ot the
town boards are just as interesting as
the meetings of the county board, and
often disclose a surprising amount ot
legal acumen and more than you could
imagine to exist You can see that by
Mr. Wise's writing. There is great sat
isfaction in the fact that when we hold
our meetings and our bills are present
ed, they are allowed without waste of
time, and our town clerk is always on
hand to immediately write out our order,
and it is then ready to present to the
town treasurer for cash without having
to wait and let some one shave it as they
do on county warrants. It doesnt take
the board long to learu how to keep the
the different funds so as to make every
thing run smooth, as far as the mem
bers are concerned. I may add right
here that the town clerk does not have
to keep a fee book, so there is no trouble
that way. There is but one office in the
whole lot that is not easy to fill, and
that is road overseer, and I mav add
constable. The road overseer is a hard
office to fill it is all hard work and only
$1.50 a day and he has to give a bond of
$500, for what purpose I never could
quite seo, but our town boards have gen
erously concluded to allow extra bills
for work, as the law allows him only $30
a year for his services, and it seems all
right that he should have an extra
chance to make himself whole, and the
supervisor says it is all right You know
that the law foolishly limits the pay of
supervisor to $75 a year, and that you
know, is not enough to pay him for the
time he has to spend in the service of
the people. The constable has a poor
show and I think the law should be
amended in his case; it is the only office
that is entirely unprovided for as far as
fees are concerned. The assessor's pay
foolishly taken out of our jurisdiction
and paid by the county $3 a day, which
causes dissatisfaction, for he wants it all
the time, year after year, the same as the
old commissioner. So, on the whole, I
do not see the need of a change and it
is folly for Mr. Wise to kick against our
town organization. The people are sat
isfied. 'Squibe.
A Letter frost the Soath.
Jasper, Texas, March 31, 1889.
Mr. Editor: I am in East Texas, the
weather is fine here, the peaches and
pears are as large as marbles. We have
plenty of radishes and lettuce, will have
peas and new potatoes in two weeks. I
left Columbus on the 14th of January,
and arrived in Atchison the same day,
and stayed there one week. I do not
like Atchison, it is a rough place for a
city. Kansas City is the hilliest town I
oversaw. The eastern part of Indian
Territory is the most deeolat God
forsaken country I ever saw. The west
ern part of Texas is a fine country, some
thing like Nebraska only a little more
timber, but it is scrubby, not worth
anything but for fuel. When I got to
Trinity I struck the timber country, and
traveled seventy miles through a pine
forest of the finest timber I ever saw.
It seemed to me that there was a saw
mill about every two miles. Lumber is
very cheap here, framing timber is
worth $10 a thousand, the best dressed
flooring $12 a thousand. The country I
am in is a timber country of pine, oak,
beach, sweet gum, hickory and walnut
The hard wood that grows in this land
is not very rich.
You cannot get a nigger to work on
Saturday, and the whites are the same,
they must all go to town on that day.
This is a great fruit country. The nig
gers fare better in schooling than the
white children do here, the niggers have
four months school, while the whites
only have two and a half months. I
visited two of the nigger schools with
the superintendent at the close of the
term, and think they did very welL The
nearest railroad to this place ia thirty
miles. There will be one here this year,
it is expected. The poorer class of peo
ple are the ones who fight against rail
road or any improvements. It is that
kind ot people that keep the country
back. Land is cheap here, good timber
land is worth four dollars per acre.
There is plenty of fish and wild game
here. I bought a wild turkey that
weighed twenty-four pounds for one
dollar, it weighed twenty-one pounds
when drooood, it was much better than a
tame.one. Most every day you can buy
a hen that weighs from twelve to fifteen
pounds for fifty cents. There is plenty
ot deer meat, you can get a quarter for
fifty cents.
Yours respectfully,
Gno. W. Davis.
Moarae It
Mrs. a C. Patterson ot North Platte is
visiting friends in our neighborhood.
Miss Ellen Osborn is very ill with con
gestion ot the lungs.
While Benj. Fellows was returning
from n party recently his horse got en
tangled in a wire fence, injuring it se
verely. Moral: Never venture but dark
nights.
The new store building was blown off
its foundation during the gale Tuesday
night, but has been replaced and is now
affright.
P. FT Miller and family left for Wash
ington Wednesday.
Mrs. & Southard, who was called to
Iowa by the illness ot her brother,
reached there to find her oldest sister
dying. We are informed that the broth
er has sinoe died. Mrs. S. returned
home this week.
The only child of Mrs. Patterson is ill
with scarlet fever.
We are reliably informed that the
Monroe paper will be issued this week.
There has -been some delay caused by
the non arrival ot type, eta, but large
enterprises usually go slowly.
Bids will be received by the P. M. at
Monroe until April 14 for carrying the
mails from that ofnee to the station, a
distance of 100 rods.
Civil Engineer Stenger is hovering
around the water courses in this vicinity
and setting stakes for the proposed canal
to Columbus. Now we think it it would
pay Columbus to come to Monroe tor
water to run their machinery it would
certainly pay to utilise it here. We have
an excellent null site and an energetic
miller would have abonania, And there
is no better looatioo for a canalng faeto
ry in the state than our place asTords.
We hear exam talk of a brick yard. .
T. P.X. .
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lacaeaorraiaoraMwnaaaaw an
Do for aaaw awath last year 8iS7
laches of aaow.. a.
Do aaaw awatth last year 3.78
Frost throughout the month.
Slight ice 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29.
Lunar Halos 10th, 13th.
Parhelia on the 19th.
First appearance of kUldeers 13th.
First appearance of robins 23d.
First appearance of martins 30th.
Mr. J. C. Smith, traveling salesman
for Belford, Clark Co Chicago had
the misfortune to sprain his wrist most
severely. "I was suffering great pain,"
he says, "and my wrist was badly swol
len; a few applications ot Chamberlain's
Pain Balm relieved the pain and reduced
the swelling in one night and in conse
quence my work and business waa not
interrupted, for which I am very grate
ful. I can recommend Chamberlain's
Pain Balm from personal experience."
Sold by all druggists.
The barn, live stock and grain of C. H.
Parintum, near Grant were consumed
by prairie fire, April 2d. His wife was
severely burned while trying to rescue a
calf.
When a person tells yon they never
had such a cold in their life take their
word for it and advise them to use
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and cure
it. For coughs, colds and hoarseness it
hss no equal. Sold by all druggists.
' FIFTH QUABTEBLT STATEMENT
OF THE
Commercial Bank
OF COLUMBUS. HEBR.,
At the close ot basinets April 1st, 1889.
'.
BX8OUBCK8.
Loaas aad discoont $12330.98
Cash oa haad aad doe from baahs 24.7V1.17
Seal estate and foraitare 10,85182
Expense and taxes paid 1,450.53
M047JO
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in f flO.088.09
Doe depositors V1,2L88
Undivided profits 2.W2J8
Sundry credits 177.74
Be-discounts 0,000.09
$160,347.30
I, C. A. Newman, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is tree, to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
C. A. NEWMAN.
Casbixb.
Subscribed and sworn to before me April 3d,
1889. W. M. CORNELIUS.
Notaby Public
Correct attest:
HERMAN P. H. OEHLRICH,
JONAS WELCH,
w. a. McAllister.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of aa order of sale directed to me
from the district court of Platte coaaty, Nebras
ka, oa a decree obtained In our ssid court at the
May A. D. 1888 term thereof of Platte county,
Nebraska, to wit, oa the 18th day of May, 1888. ia
favor of the German Iasaraaee Company of
Fieeport. Illinois, as plaintJaT and against Joseph
Heagaler. Augusta Henggler, Fraaz Henggter
aad the Columbus State Bank aa defendants aad
wherein the said German Insurance Company of
Freeport. Illinois, recovered against the said
Joseph Henggler, Augusta Henggler and Fraaz
Heagaler a decree for the sum of forty-one han
dred f orty-ight dollars and eighty-Bine cents
(fMt&as) aadcoeta taxed at eighteen aad aixty
Bvahnndreth dollars, and also wherein the said
Colnmbas State Bank recovered of the said
Joseph Henggler, Augasta Hengglr aad
Frans Henggler adecree for the sum of
aixty-Xoar nundred eighty -one dollars
and seventeen cents (6,48117) aad
accruing costs. I have levied upon thefollowiag
laads aad tenements taken aa the property of
said defendants, to satisfy said decrees, to wit:
Lots nnmberone (1), two (2). five (5), six (6).
seven (7) aad eight (8). in block number one
hundred aad seventy-eight (178) and lota three
(S) and four (4). in block one hundred and seven
ty-seven (177), in the city of Columbus, Platte
coaaty, Nebraska. And will offer the same for
sale to the highest bidder, for cash ia hand, oa
toe
27TB Day of Afbil, A. D., 1899,
in front of the Court House in Colnmbas, Platte
county, Nebraska, that being the building where
in the last term of court was held, at the hour of
one o'clock p. m. of said day, when aad where
due attendance will be given by the undersigned.
Dated Colnmbas. Neb.. March 28, 1888.
M. C. Blobsobk,
27marSt Sheriff of said Coaaty.
SHERIFFS SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale directed to me
from the district court of Platte County, Ne
braska, oa a judgment obtained ia the district
coon vi ruuiv iuuui , neuwu, ua ins sain I
day of January 1880, in favor of James McAllis- I
ter Jr., as plaintiff, and against J. L. Tripp as I
defendant, for the sum of Five Hundred and I
Fifty-two dollars and Seventy-seven cents, and
costs taxed at fSU0,and accruing costs, I have
levied upon the following real estate taken as
the property of said defendant, to satisfy said
order of sale to-wit: The south half of the north
west qaarter of section nine (9), township six
teen (M). north range two (2) west, the south
east quarter of section twenty-eight (28), town
ship seventeen (17), north range two (2) west,
aad the aorth half of the southeast quarter of
section eight (8), township sixteen (M), north
range two (2) west, all in Platte County. Ne
braska, aad will offer the same for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, on the 6th day
of April A. D. 1888, ia front of the court house in
Columbus, Nebraska, that being the building
wherein the last term of court wssbeld.atthe
hoar of oae o'clock p. m. of said day. when aad
where dae attendance will be given by the un
dersigned. Ueted Columbus Marca ta, 188a.
M.C.
Blokdobx.
CMarSt
Sheriff of said Coaaty.
NOTICE PROBATE OF WILL.
Henry Hercbeahan. deceased. In county court,
Platte county. Neb.
The state of Nebraska to the heirs and next of
kin of the said Henry Hereheahan. deceased.
take notice, that upon alias; of a written instru
ment purporting to be the last will aad testa
ment of Henry Hercbenhaa for probate aad al
lowance, it is ordered that said matter be set for
bearing the 11th day of May, A..D- 18BB. before
said coaaty court, at the hoar of 10 o'clock a. m.,
at which time any person interested amy appear
sjd contest the ssaw: and notice of thw proceed
ing w ordered published in theCouTuacaJotm
HAia weekly newspaper, published 1b this state.
In testimony whereof, I have herennto set my
hand aad the seal of the coeaty court, at Colum
bea. this th day of April, A. D 183.
lOaprlt H. J. Hudson,
Coaaty Jadge.
PROBATE NOTICE
lathe coaaty coart of Platte count
Ib the matter of the estate ot I
r, Nebraska.
lolomoB A.
Notice ia herebrgrvea to aU
ia th MSato of HoloatOB A. Di
that MultaM K. nil iiisna adadaistratrix
said estate, has made anpUeatipB to said coaaty
coart, to have ttam tor paying aeots ana lepscms.
of said estate, extended to the 1st dsyof Oeto
np. loBBL
Said matter will be heard before the iadae of
said coaaty coart. at his ansae ia Colantbas.
Mefataaka, oa the A day of May. M8S. at 2 o'clock
p. u.whaB and where all persons desjriag to
ftM tSUlEST' H. J. Hudson,
Naprtt Coaaty Jadge.
PROBATE NOTICE.
Ia the matter of the estate of Elena Jeldea.de-
Notice is hereby given, that the ereditors-of the
said deceased, will asset the executor of said es
tate, before as, county Jades of Platte county.
neocaaga. as iae
count;
it eoait
ia said
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OMUV. OB HIV VMft vtmM V au. mKHVW. w .ob m i
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prsssatiag their chums for examiaatioa, ad
JnstBWiat and allmrsarti Six aumths an allow
ed for creditors to present their clsiass. aad oae
sear for the fttrp" to settle said estate from
at HI ociocK a. Bk saca oar. lor uassnnnoi
tiwMday of March. 1ML
Dated March I.
, A. Daises.
H. J. Hudson.
Coaaty Jadge.
PATENTS
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the sftonth of March, 1889.
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SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the tale of
Union Fasiae aad Midland rncinc K. K. Lands
or OB five or tea years time, in annual payments to suit parch users. We have also a large and choist
lot of other made, improved and unimproved, for sale at low price and on Tssaoasr.li terms. AU
ansiiicsa sad irsirinnni Infu ia the city. We keep a complete sbstiattof title to all real est&ts it
Platte Coaaty.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. "
OMAHA MEAT MARKET!
We have just opened
n moat market on NEBRASKA AVENUE.
IjHttt of nil kindn of
POULTRY. ETC.
We ask the people of Columbus to tnve ua a share of their ikitronnge. which we hope to
deserve bv honeet ilealim; and iiiHt ecnlet. t'leaw. ifi ve u a call.
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NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice ia hereby given that by virtue of a cer
tain deed of assimmi nt made on the eleventh
day of January, 188H, to me by Fritz Koesterand
Fred Meyer, partners, doing business at the
town of Creston, ia Platte county, Nebraska,
uader the arm aame aad style of Kosster A
Meyer, and pursuant to the provisions of chapter
6, compiled statutes of Nebraska, of 1987, gov
erning voluntary assignments for the benefit of
creditors, I will, in front of the Court House in
Colnmbna, Platte county. Nebraska, on the
27tb Dat or ArniL, 1839,
at 2 o'clock p. bl, offer for sale at public auction,
the following lands aad tenements, to wit: Lots
beraiaeteen (iv) ana twenty iwj.m juock
ive (5)
, in the town ot Creston, Platte
i.i,...fc.
Dated tfcia Mth day of March. 188.
M. C. BlOEDOalf,
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COLUMBUS. NEBR.,
Clinton C. Gray,
Proprietor.
LKiHTBKAHMAS, PLYMOUTH KOCKS.
WYANDOTTEH. SlLVEtt LACED ami
WHITE, LLKHOIINS, H1NOLK COMB
WHITE and KOSE COMB BROWN.
jarEjoc" from the above, $2.00 per 13, or
fVOU per 39. MAMMOTH BRONZE TdK
KEYS. tiM per 0. PEKIN DUCKS, I..V
lr 10. All from the beet (trains.
Egs Eipressei ai jwlere witl Saftty
&ena for Circular.
Febtf-Smo
for sale at Treat SB.0S to SHLWDsraci
then we wiU keep the very
...S8.00 per year
... 10.O0 per year
patriotic line ot duty ass givealtaai
paper excels it as a disseminator of asws.
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