The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, July 24, 1889, Image 2
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All communications, to secure attention, mart bn accompanied by the fall name of the writer. W- toeerve.the right to reject any njannscririt. and cannot agree to return the eaiae. We.derire a correspondent in every school-district of VlaXtv county, one of good judgment, and re liable in every way. Write plainly, each item aepaiately. Give as facta, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21. 1889. Cuhtox, Ia has a case of small pox. Yioajow fever is reported at Quebec The London Hipper" is again becom ing the talk of the world. C. M. C. Spookeb of Iowa, was ap pointed post office inspector last week. The president has appointed Hon. A. J. Sampson of Denver, CoL, consul of the United States at Paso Del Norte, Old Mexico. A shock of earthquake has been felt on the island of Arra and the mainland of .Scotland last week. Houses were violently shaken. At Bad Rriver Station, Wia, Thurs day, Joseph Frnsch murdered his 18 years old bride. Cause unknown and the murderer escaped. Ok the night of the 19th inst, burg lars entered the jewelry store of H. J. Bodwell of Lynn, Mass., and stole $12,000 worth of jewelry. It was reported last week that the wheat crop in Hungary was below the average and is in poor condition, owing to the shrinkage of grain. ADDrxand Kate Gordon, and Myrtle Granby, from 11 to 14 years old, were drowned in the river near Paola, Kas., while bathing the other day. The prohibitionists of Virginia have held a state convention and placed in nomination Hon. Thomas . Taylor of Loudon county for governor. At Frackville, Ru, on the night of the 20th, a dwelling occupied by an aged couple, Michael McGrath and wife, was destroyed by fire and the old people perished. ' Bev. Edward E. Bankik, one of the best known Presbyterian ministers in the country, died Monday morning at New ark, N. J., of heart failure at the age of seventy. These was another horrible murder committed in London. The body of a woman was found mutilated in the usual frightful manner in Castle alley in the Whitechapel district. An inflated bag, answering the de scription of Campbell's air 6hip, passed over Louisville, Ky., Sunday night It went from northeast to southwest and appeared to be two miles high. Robert Dalton, a U. S. marshal, while in the discharge of his duty last week, was shot fatally by Lee West, at Oklahoma, Kas., but before he expired Dalton shot West, killing him instantly. A fire visited Sioux City the other night destroying the Rink opera house, the store and dwelling of M. Collins and the bakery of C. E. White. The loss of property is estimated at $120,000. How it started, no one knows. Four hundred houses and public buildings were destroyed by fire in the town of Pake Sunday. Many children are reported missing. Hundreds of peo ple are rendered homeless by the fire and the greatest distress prevaila Jawttee, Net Charity. . The interview with Pension Commis sioner Tanner, published in the Inter Ocean of Sunday, was largely devoted to clearing up misapprehensions, or willful misapprehensions, ae the case may be, of hie position.- Everaince hie appoint ment there has seemed to be a studied effort to put him in a false light. Indeed, it began when his appointment merely one of the might-he's. He represented as in favor of shoveling out the public money to old soldiers with in discriminate prodigality on the theory that they all ought to have pensions for the asking. There was no foundation for anything of the kind. He has no theory of pensions beyond a faithful ex ecution of the law as made by congress, and in cases of doubt giving the pen sioner the benefit of the doubt. Presi dent Cleveland's policy was to seize upon every technicality or pretext for with holding a pension. The Tanner policy is only simple justice. Even in a crim inal prosecution the individual is en titled to that benefit, not on the ground of mercy but of fair dealing, and much more should that policy obtain in the case of soldiers who are applicants for pensions. The underlying principle of pension payments is justice, not charity. The old soldier who knocks at the door of the pension office is not a mendicant seeking alma On the contrary he is a workman worthy of his hire. The gov ernment had always pensioned its hon orably discharged soldiers, under cer-. tain conditions, the government itself being the sole judge of the conditions. It was perfectly well understood at the time of enlistment that the United States looked after its ex-soldiers through the Pension Bureau. We have had three wars, and a pension roll in connection with each. No formal words were needed to make that feature of the contract intelligible and binding. The government could not afford to pay any thing like what the service was worth at the time, for it was hard pressed for funds, and the pension roll is a part of the original cost of war. The non-pensioned portion of the na tion is not impoverished by these pay ments. The pensioners do not go abroad to spend the money they receive from month to month. Neither do they spend it on imported luxuries. They are poor people who stay at home from necessity and expend their stipends in the pur chase of the necessaries of life. Each summer millions of American money are expended in foreign lands and go to the enrichment of Europe, but the millions which are monthly paid to pensioners go almost immediately into the channels of domestic exchange. There is something demoralizing in being an object of charity, however de serving the person may be of pity, and it would be cruel injustice to place the ex-soldier in that category. He will never be paid for his services. Money can not compensate him for his priva tions, hardships, and dangers he en countered in his country's behalf. Nor can any country afford to assume that these deferred payments are eleemosy nary in character. Inter Ocean. THE RIPPER thin, and with cream and fresh butter. Who does aot the dfllCTO of the first chicken pie it to tee the season, and if you. man's eyes shine just i dish of crisp fried cUoksn. I know one who never tires of it. And the eggs, too, how the children do love them like is not nearly strong enough to express their affection love is the word. Hyom want to make little boys happy in cold weather, just give thorn some eggs to roast. Likely as not the eggs will pop open in the fire and ashes will get mixed with the yolks, bat that doesn't matter; not a particle will be lost. For an invalid .there is nothing so tempting as chicken broth; it is much more palatable that the various extracts of meat, beef juice, and koumiss, that one gets out of a drag store, which to my thinking are exceedingly trying even to a well stomach. And yet how few families among the poorer people, or even those in moderate circumstances, have a bountiful supply of paultry. How often have I seen little children sit down to a meal of salt bacon and soda biscuit No wonder their little faces are sallow and peaked, while the father complains of enormous doctor's bills. But if you ask the mother why she didt raise more chickens this year, ten to one she will say it was her husband's fault; either he would keep the brood sows in lots next the house, or she could not get coops made tight enough to keep the vermin out, or something or other happened to them that a man of average intelligence might have prevented. fEx. AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. IRELAND. Mr. J. H. Reed Gives Smm Iatereatiag Facte is a rumor in circulation that Senator Manderson is to go to the su preme bench of the United States and that Gov. Thayer will appoint ex-Senator Alvin Saunders to take his place. There is probably no foundation for it i Bhode Island's legislature in special session to enact a license law, was pre sented with a bill which provides for . wholesale license fees from $500,to $1,000 to be determined by a license commis sioner, and retail fees of $100 in Provi dence, running down to $250 in towns according to population. A cloud burst near Lancaster, Ohio, Thursday, caused a bad washout on the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo railroad, delaying traffic for some hours and causing a great loss of crops. The little village of Georgesville in the same county was fired by lightning the same night, and half the town' consumed. DuRnra the rain and wind storm last week the town of Princeton, in Butler county, Ohio, was blown away. There were about thirty houses, including .a saw mill and a school house. All are gone. The brick school house was lifted into the air and the roof carried 200 yards and lodged in the top of a big tree. At 8 o'clock last Friday evening there was a cloud burst one mile northeast of Bellefountain, O., and an immense body of water came pouring down upon the unsuspecting inhabitants. People ran for their lives; water in the public park stood six feet deep at one time. Satur day morning the streets were strewn with dead cows, buggies, demolished stables and general debris. Ax Intelligencer special of the 21st from the flooded district of West Vir ginia statrs that it is feared the death bat will be much increased when points now cut off from the outside world are heard from. A Lite dispatch says the village of Morristown, Wert county, was swept entirely away. Great suffering i among those who lost all they pos- and the county commissioners win issue aa appeal for aid. The cloud hurst occurred on Limestone mountains, i the five creeks that flooded have a source. The damages to crops inestimable, and farmers will be de-1 The tJreat Excitement ia London Continues Unabated. The World's special from London of the 20th says: Toward midnight Friday the life of another woman was attempt ed close by Castle alley. A woman and man were seen to approach the dark por tion of the thoroughfare near the old gate at the east portion of the station. The pair did not remain long in the cor ner before the woman was heard to say, "No I won't" The remark was address ed to a dark man of medium height, with a slouch hat and foreign appear ance. The man seized her, dragged her a short distance and flung her on the curb stone and PRODUCED A DAGGER. Screams of -'Jack the Ripper" and of murder attracted crowds of men and women from all directions. Among the first arrivals at the scene were several members of the local vigilance associa tion, which has only just resumed its work. Before the man had time to get far he was seized and a drradfui. struggle ensued. He had a long knife in his hand and it was some time before he could be de prived of it Eventually it was taken from him. Even then his fight for lib erty was of a most determined nature. In the midst of the fray the woman crawled away. Police whistles were heard in all directions. A great number of officersj both of the city and metro politan force, appeared on the scene. When the police reached the spot the man was cut and bleeding profusely from wounds inflicted by the crowd, which had raised the cry "lynch him'' and were throwing all kinds of missiles at the exhausted prisoner. Under strong escort cf police he was got to the police station, where he was charged. In re ply he said: "The woman robbed me." When asked why he drew the dagger, he replied that he had done so in self de fence. He said he was a sailor and gave a Scotch name, adding that he had ar rived from South Shields about a week Lago. When asked where he was on the morning of the 17th inst, he could not say. He did not know where he had stayed while in London. A small knife was found in his possession, together with his seaman discharge papers. ANOTHER MURDER REPORTED. A World special from London, dated July 20th, says: At 3:30 this morning another murder of "Jack the Bipper" class, and capture of the murderer re ported. This last crime occurred just outside the Whitechapel district, near London bridge. Shrieks of a woman heard from the rear of St George's buildings. The police caught the man as he was running away, knife in hand. It was reported that the woman's throat was cut and the body mutilated. Another special of the 20th says: The man who gave himself up yesterday and confessed that he had committed the crimes laid to the door of "Jack the Bipper," says his name is Win. Brady Today he told the police magistrate that the confession he made yesterday was a true one, whereupon the magistrate re manded him for a week. The Noted Caaaterfeiter, Nebwa Drigpi, to be Locked Up at Ciaciaaati. Washington, July 19. The Chief of the Secret Service Bureau, Treasury De partment, this morning received a tele gram from Dayton, Ohio, saving that Nelson Driggs and his confederate, Ger tie Driggs, two of the most notorious counterfeiters in this country, had been arrested by the secret service detectives. A decoy deal has been in progress for some time between the detectives and Driggs for the sale of $25,000 in $10 United States Treasury notes. Driggs agreed to the sale, and yesterday met the Treasury agents at a place near Day ton to turn over the spurious money. Seeing himself caught, he made a des perate resistance to arrest, and succeed ed in severely wounding one- of the detectives. Driggs has been repeatedly arrested, and is considered the most skillful counterfeiter in existence. The Treasury Department officials say that his arrest is the most important one ever maae Dy tne secret service Bureau. Dayton, Ohio, July 19. Captain John S. Bell, Chief of the Government Secret Service, will take Nelson Driggs and his wife and baby and Mrs. Mary Brown to jail at Cincinnati for complicity in the counterfeiting deal that was turned up yesterday. Driggs, who is 80 years old, is out, under the escort of detectives, visiting friends in hopes of getting $10, 000 bail. All hopes of capturing Jim Guyon, alias Jim Hank, alias Jim Hamilton, with whom the detectives had the skirm ish yesterday, have been abandoned. All of the but issue of $40,000 counterfeit $10 notes is now in the hands of the Secret Service Bureau, but the plates have not turned up. FLOODS IN CHINA. Six Thoasaad People Drowsed by a Cload Bant. San Francisco, CaL, July 1& The steamer City of New York has arrived from Hong Eong and Yokohama. In telligence had been received from Hong Kong that early in the morning of the 2d ult, that the Chan Cing and Pong Yuen districts were flooded by the burst ing of a water spout or tornado, and the level country flooded with nearly thirty six feet of water. The villages of Chae Kon and Ha-Kue-Hui in the Ping Yuen district and Cueong Tarn, Hop Lui, Ngai Ku, Sam Chan Eiu and Sam Po Hui in Chan Ping district were overflowed and many houses wholly swept away, while others were inundated. Upwards of six thousand lives were lost Lead OfJee Changes Likely. Senator Paddock is expected to arrive in Washington again Tuesday or Wed nesday, and it is believed that his return will be followed by a number of addi tional changes among the land officers in the Nebraska districts. There are several cases ready to be acted upon, and as soon as the two senators from Nebraska say the word the changes will be made. Assistant Secretary Chandler, of the interior department, under whose charge these land offices come, does not believe in making any fuss over matters of this kind, but is' quite willing to ap point republicans instead of democrats whenever he thinks the good of the state demands it, and the appointive powers in the state reach an agreement Wash. Cor. Bee. Fvattry. There is nothing that will take the place of poultry; it is always ready; the Utica Herald: President Cleveland found Mary Ann Dougherty, a veteran's widow, of no use except as a target for fat-witted sarcasm in one of his many pension vetoes. Denied by him a pen sion of $8 a month, she is appointed by President Harrison's secretary of agri culture to a position in which she can earn $1.50 per day. The veterans' friends are at the helm. On the farm of Henry Hoffman near Hobart, IncL, Sunday morning, the hired man went down into a well to get a piece of meat which had fallen into the water. He was overcome by foul air and fell into the water. A neighbor named Michael Hoffner went down to rescue him and was also overcome. Neither of the bodies have been recovered up to this evening. Now here we have it pretty rich, if so be we have it at all. A telegram last Wednesday, says: "A twelve foot of bi tuminous coal was found this afternoon at South Sioux City, Neb, at a depth of sixty feet The augur first went through slate and then struck the coal. Sam ples burned freely and there is much ex citement over the find." STOLEN DOGGEREL. The Three Graces. FAITH. With eaaer appetite I fx auae eye Upoa the piece of hackelberry pie. BOFX. How Siaular the berry aad the ty! Aad yet, Mayhap, it ia a bm j pie. Iatoite depths I peer, aad paaa the pie Uatoatyaaasryaeicaboraittiac by. most wholesome dish a mother can set before her children is stewed chicken, I S i" tucbjritysjrifl next seascm. J cooked with a few Irish potatoes shoed J bnlla, The day iaeold aad dark aad dreary. It laiaa, aad the and is aawer weary; BatitaaUwaUeajeashferacMaad Cirl aad her fellow. Abeat the lslaad aad ito Peesle. Considering the prominence it has held, especially in these later years, Ire land is but s small country. The entire area is only 32,000 square mike, about two-fifths that of our state of Nebraska. A small island to 'command the attention it now has of the civilized world. We have not far to seek the cause. A sturdy little nation, loving liberty, and bravely, if not always wisely, insisting upon her rights from a great nation, wickedly op pressing her. Though the area, including her vast stretches of mountains and bog bonds, which cover one-seventh of the island, is so limited, it has a population of over 5,000,000, and, before the great famine of '46 and subsequent huge emigration, had over 8,000,000. It will best serve my purpose, before entering upon the more descriptive parts, to speak briefly ot the political troubles that have so long and sorely disturbed the country. It was my desire, during my visit, to learn real facts, whether they accorded with my sympathies and preconceived opinions or not and I tried to study both sides fairly and carefully, both while in Ireland and afterward during my longer stay in England. Time will not permit me to discuss the matter at length, but some general facts, as I learned them while on the ground, and some incidents which I shall refer to, further along, may be of use to those of you who care to havo a clearer notion of the much discussed Irish question.' First, the conservative party in Eng land profess to believe, at least, that home rule for Ireland means entire sepa ration from Great Britain, at least, they claim, it would result in that, and say, that under the circumstances, the island is too near for a separate government In this they are clearly right Again, they claim that the Irish have no just cause of complaint. If they would quietly obey the laws, trouble would cease. To prove that they are not pre pared for home rule, which means local government, they cite the resistance to laws, and especially to the disturbances, riots and bloodshed, so frequently oc curring in connection with evictions. In short, they claim the Irish to be a re bellious, troublesome race, needing to be restrained and governed by the most stringent laws, ijet us iook lor a mo ment at their grounds for these claims. In Ireland, the land is not tilled by those who own it,as with us,but held by larger estates which are divided into parcels, cultivated by those who lease them. Leases are usually for a series of years. Formerly the same family fre quently occupied the same farm or hold ing for several generations. When our cheaply raised grain and meat began to find their way across the water, prices of Irish produce declined and it became more difficult for the Irish tenants to pay their large rents. In many in stances, entirely impossible. The result, evictions. That is, the delinquent ten ant was forced to leave the farm which may hare been their home for years, and on which he expected to spend the re mainder of his life. He may have put valuable improvements upon it, for which he will get no remuneration. He has not money enough to get to Ameri ca. Has no place to go, except he take the place on another estate from which some other delinquent like himself has been driven. He imagines, at least, that he is wronged, and when the agent comes to order him away he refuses to go, peacefully. Sometimes a score of ten ants on the same estate have notice to leave at the same time. They talk over their grievances. The result is, com bined resistance, which, when the time comes, is often encouraged by the pres ence of large numbers of sympathising neighbors and friends. Not unfrequent ly the priest and member of parliament are present Then come the scenes cited as showing the rebellious character of the Irish peasantry, and their unfit ness for self government If it is but a single family or two, to be evicted, the police make easy and quick work of it If a number of strong handed farmers are ordered to leave the same estate, the resistance is often long and bloody. Sometimes the scenes at these evictions are quite pathetic I remember one in stance where a sick woman not expected to live, was roughly carried out on her bed and left in the street The 'crying of women and children on being thrust from their homes is often touching. Sometimes the scenes are desperate and bloody, but the final results are always the same. Soon or later the tenants are driven from their holdings. How futile the efforts of a few farmers, against the will of their landlords, back ed by 12,000 English constables, and they by regiments of English soldiers quartered in all parts of the island, who have the great English parliament be hind them. That there is much resistance to law ful authority in Ireland, and that .it often results in furious disturbance and bloodshed, there is no doubt Before looking for a cause for this, I wish to speak of the feeling I met with in Eng land toward Americans about this mat ter. Many times Englishmen said -to me that they wondered at Americans espous ing the cause of the Irish, when they were the occasion of so much trouble at home. They cannot believe but we owe all our riots, labor troubles, eta, to the Irish, among us, who, they are sure, are all bad, and only bad. Their knowledge of the Irish in this country's confined to what they know about them in our great centers, as New York and Chicago, where the worst element of our foreign population is found. It seems to be im possible for an Englishman to conceive of a large number of Irish on farms and in villages all over our country thrifty, law-abiding, respected citizens; I had no idea of the bitterness entertained by a class of Englishmen toward us, before visiting England, and if they were right in their position toward the Irish, I would not blame them for their hatred of us. They claim that had it not been for the moral support the Irish and their leaders have received from this side of the water, the. matter would have been settled long ago, and I believe they are right about this. -But I'm sure it would have been settled the wrong way. But what is worse, they accuse us of low motives claim our friendship is simply a bid for the Irish vote. During the early part of winter I spent a week at Florence, Italy. At the same boarding place was an highly educated, Christian woman, thoroughly familiar with European mat ters and among the best informed about our Amerioan people, I had conversation one evening she had favorably of some of our institutions, when she remarked that England would like to retain her friendship for America, but our conduct made it very hard to do, and then spoke of our government not ratifying the fisheries treaty as being all wrong, and said its treatment of Lord Sackville was most wicked and disgrace fuL Said she could not speak her con tempt for a government that would stoop to do such acts merely to influence a few Irish votes. Said that our whole treatment of England in the Irish mat ter was all wrong. I had learned that it was little use to attempt argument in such cases, but ventured the remark that I did not think America wished to interfere with English affairs, but that many of our people felt that it would be better, for all concerned, if the Irish had more liberty in conducting their home matters. Her eyes fairly flashed as she said: UI do not wish to be rude, sir, but I must say to you it is none of you Americans business." She was a genu ine lady and she at once apologized for her manner, but, though less spiritedly, no less decidedly insisted on her posi tion, and she fairly expressed the feel ings of most of the so-called higher class es of English society. And why not? Looking from their standpoint, they certainly make a strong case against Irish home rule, and so, against us for sympathy with them. Had I gone to England, as most tourists do, without going into Ireland, I should have return ed greatly perplexed, if not quite con vinced that home rule is all wrong. I can understand now, why so many Americans visiting England come home with their faith in the Irish cause shaken. Let us look at the other side for a mo ment And first, except a few extrem ists, the separation of Ireland from Great Britain is neither urged nor de sired. The home rule party, including Mr. Parnell and Mr. Gladstone, its best and most powerful exponents, most em phatically oppose dismemberment But they claim it is possible for Ireland to remain in the government, and yet, without injury to the rights of any, have control of her own local affairs, and that in justice, she should have. This is the gist of the whole home rule matter. But how can this be in view of the disorder, rebellions, riots and bloodshed that have been so frequent for years? I can only give you my impressions after close ob servations, and some facts gathered on the ground. First, four-fifths of all the land in Ireland is possessed by 3,750 proprietors; each holding upwards of 1,000 acres. More than one-half of all the land in Ireland is held by 749 per sons. Fourteen men each, own beiween 50,000 aud 100,000 acres of Irish soil, and three men own upwards of 100,000 acres each. I would like to have these figures taken with all their meaning, if possible, because I believe in this holding the bulk ot the land by the few, is to be found not only the source of the Irish trouble, but much of the trouble in other European nations. Imagine, if you can, four-fifths of the land in the eastern half of Nebraska being owned by 3,700 men in blocks of from two to three sections to a whole county, and so held that it would be next to impossible to change ownership. Suppose, we who look to the soil for a living, were obliged to rent our farms from those men, here and there as we could, and that at ex orbitant rents. Think you it would interfere any with the peace and pros perity of the state? But how did this state of affairs come about in Ireland? It came about by the lands of loyal hearted men. who stood by their country in times of trouble, being confiscated and given, in great estates, to men loyal to their enemy's government But you say this occurred centuries ago, much of it, and present proprietors are not to blame. Very true, but it it was our own case, would it not leave a sore place? Would we not feel that the government should do something toward mitigating the great wrong done by its predecessors, even if done centuries ago? It is true the English parliament has recently voted a considerable sum to be used, ostensibly for the purpose of assist ing the tenants to buy lands, by making loans to them, but really in the interest of the landlord who wants to sell his lands at prices greater than could be otherwise obtained. I cannot go into this matter here but to one giving it careful attention, it is very clear.. So much so I wonder at some American friends of home rule, blaming Mr. Glad stone for vigorously opposing the bill. There are other aggravating circum stances, of the few land holders, but a small portion of them have their perma nent residence on the island. Their homes are in London or on the conti nent where most of their incomes are spent Their business all transacted by agents, whose personal interests urge them to collect the most rent possible, and leave the least expense possible on the estates, in the way of improvements, -which certainly does not tend to culti vate a friendly feeling between landlord and tenant Then there are the larger tracts on most of the estates, which are drawn from cultivation, for parks, hunting ground, etc In the hotel where I stop ped in Killarney, hung a conspicuous placard, "11,000 acres of hunting grounds to let, 200 undercover." All this for the gratification of a few, so-called "gentle men," while thousands of peasants were half starving for want of an 8cre to cultivate. murder in the first degree far kfiUng Chauncy West at, a negro denes, May 18 has bean ssntsuced to bs hsagsd Kov. L It is claimed thst,st a depth of North PlaUe. With the last ot coal st South 8ioux City, is quite NEBRASKA NOTES. Hastings intends to bore for natural grs. A lodge ot Free Masons wfll be form ed at Valentine. Telephone connects Omaha and Exeter as well ss other towns. The barbers of Fremont will class their shops on Sundays. Chrrles H. Connell has been appoint ed register of the land office st Valen tine. The Fanners' National bank, with a capital ot $60,000, has been authorised at Pawnee City. Last week the gang of burglars work ing in Fremont had secured $1,400 in Fdurhsh ladv money and goods. who was spending the winter there. Aj Wn. Carson, colored, convicted of July 17th, while pond Bear David City in company with John Dean, W.J. Murphy nankin from seven to ten feet of water and no mors alive. Collecter Peters has made the follow ing appointments of deputies: John M. McMahon, Omaha; Andrew Kerr, Be atrice; John Jacobean, Hastings; F. D. Simmons, Seward. a M. Walworth, postmastsr at Loup City, fell dead ia his oa.ee lest Friday, without warning to any one. Hisgrief stricksn wife and daughter have the sympathy of the citizens of Loup City. Thursday evening, Edward Zaman, while bathing in a pond near Osceola, drowned. It is supposed that he attacked by cramps while in the water, and was unable to reach the shore. The government, it seems, is to prose cute 8. R Calhoun, late deputy revenue collector for the alleged defalcation to the amount of $6,000 of government money, and this notwithstanding the fact that his father has proffered to make good the deficiency. John & Miller of Norfolk has brought suit against the parties who, he alleges, assisted in giving him the "razzle-dazzle" degree in "the association" recently. He chums $1,500 damages for disfigure ment of his countenance. News. The coroner's jury in the Erwin case at Schuyler brought in a verdict of acci dental shooting by Charles Edgar. When the verdict was read to young Edgar he confessed that he and Erwin were playing with the revolver and it ac cidentally went off in his hands, killing Erwin, and that he was afraid to tell the truth at first Revenue Collector Peters has made the following appointments: Deputies Charles H. Adams, of Saunders county; Frank Whitehead, of Custer county; C. Selah, Holt county.' Storekeepers Judson Hughes, Dodge county. Gang ers Jonathan Edwards, Sarpy county. Storekeeper for Deer Creek J. J. Bon ner, of Arapahoe county. A son of Win. Pultz, living near Kock Bluffs, while riding on the lead horses attached to a self binder, with six horses last Saturday, the team became fright ened, ran away, threw the boy between the horses, where the master wheel went over him. He was in a mangled condition but still alive. One leg was broken, with a bad scalp wound and his body badly crushed. A bad accident happened to a west bound freight train on the 21st on the Fremont, Elkhorn k Missouri Valley railroad, about five miles west of Nor folk. A broken flange on a car wheel caused the train to jump the tracks throwing eleven cars and the caboose off the track and badly tearing it up for some distance. Thomas Laby, a brake man, was thrown from the top of a car to the ground and badly injured. Three elevators burned at Blue Hill at 1 o'clock Monday morning. All three were on fire on the inside at the same time. The chipper of the fire bell was tied and the bell could not be used for several minutes. Five thousand bushels of corn and considerable small grain was burned. The elevator belonged to Senator Hoover, Keopler k Son and Mr. Trowbridge, and were about a block apart The fire was of incendiary origin without doubt The resolutions adopted by the teach ers present at the Summer School of Methods at Fremont are not of the usual stereotyped form. "We as teachers unite in acknowledging that words sre inadequate to voice the joy of our hearts for the privileges of the past four weeks. To Dr. and to Mrs. Haflman, wa say, with child-like simplicity, We thank you.' We believe, indeed we know, that new force has been added to the Master's words, Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make the free.' " John Zeilinger and family, living a few miles northwest of town, had a call too close to be enjoyable in the midst of the thunderstorm of last Thursday night A stroke of lightning struck n chimney on his residence, knocking it to smithereens, opening a great hole in the roof, knocking to pieces a bedstead im mediately underneath in which one of the boys was sleeping, then descending into the sleeping apartments of the old folks it made kindling wood of their bed stead, as it had done with the one above, and threw both the occupants out upon the floor, where Mr. Zeilinger found himself covered with plaster and debris upon regaining consciousness, and yet nobody was injured beyond being stun ned into unconsciousness for a few mo ments. The house was badly used up, shingles and boards being torn off, and partitions shattered, yet nothing was set afire. The whole family was stunned, and it is wonderful that all escaped with their lives. One of the boys sleeping in a part of the house remote from where the bolt struck, on a straw matrass, was the most severely used. The others credit their escape, which appears mi raculous, to the fact that they were sleeping on feathers. The damage to the building is shout $500 and is cover ed by insurance. David City Tribune. Frank Garving while bathing in the Republican river near Alms, was drown ed. SPBICE & NORTH, Gfeurwi AmUfer flfct safe TaEAL ESTATE! SaaUaaaUW .BS'UamaaaUSwaaaaa'aaaaaaa fi-f aahST hurrJaiBi n Hi sad COLUMBUS iatwied,for ta-lfca aitv. W heaat S adeferaateatfMaafAJSk! f aaatiaieaMa Wshsva oraalaat tow pries aadeaii Mr acre for eaa atenaadclioio) table forma. AU. fttUate all real eatatek VEBRASKA. OMAHA MEAT MARKET! Wa haw Mt opeaed a aw market oa NEBRASKA AVENUE, beat ot all kiata of will keep tho verj POULTRY, ETC. w- ..v tiu. nnl of CbhMbaa to gire a a share of their patroaaK?. which we hot to aTTObvlMMeetdealiBcaBdjBatacalai. Wea-OKivc" dec5 88tf Hal ia rail. TURI.CR fc CARSTENS, that the United States is ahead of the world in the interest it shows in helping the farmers improve their condition by bringing them the aid ot science. The pamphlet should be read by every intel ligent farmer; it may be obtained upon application to the department. The steam plate printiug presses havo all been removed from the bureau of en graving and printing, secretary Window having decided against allowing them to remain. The plate printers are conse quently happy. Secretary Bask has removed W.W.W. Bowie, state agent of the agricultural department for Maryland, and abolished the oaaee, for the reason that the infor mation desired can be obtained by regu lar employes of the department here for money. The Persian minister who was so deeply offended by numerous paragraphs in American newspapers relating to the Shah, has gone home disgusted with us. He left without taking official leave of either the president or secretary of state. Well, we shall try to worry along some way without him. Statistician J. R Dodge, of the de partment of agriculture has gone to the Bocky mountain region to investigate the means used for the collection of ag ricultural statistics. Commodore Schley has just returned from Philadelphia, where he went to accompany the new steel cruiser "Balti more" on her trial ocean voyage. He is enthusiastic in his praise of the magnifi cent ship and thinks it will be one of the most formidable war vessels afloat when armed and equipped. 'The new vessel will be commanded by Commo dore Schley as soon as it goes into com mission. It is stated at the interior department that no more special land agents will be appointed for some time to come, but quite a number of changes are expected among the registers and receivers of the land office. Secretary Proctor has returned to the city; he shows the effects of his recent indisposition but is now all right. The treasury department has decided that in the redemption of mutilated legal tender notes three-fifths of a note shall entitle the presenter to its full value and less than three-fifths to nothing, unless an affidavit is filed that the miss ing portion of the note has been de stroyed. Heretofore the practice has been to redeem these notes on the basis of tenths, that is, the note was divided into ten parts and as many tenths as were represented by the parts presented were paid for. Postmaster Gen. Wanamaker has cre ated a flurry in telegraph circles by taking advantage of the law authorizing the postmaster-general to set the price the telegraph company shall receive for the transmission of government messa ges. The price now paid is one cent a word and the telegraph companies chum that the business is done at a loss at that figure, but Mr. Wanamaker says the price shall be reduced to one mill a word. The report that senator Washburn of Minnesota is financially embarrassed is not believed here. The report was not started until the senator was on his way to Europe. He told a friend just before leaving Washington last week that for once his business interests had been put into such shape that he could leave them and be certain they were being properly sdminietered. He has gone to Carlsbad Springs under orders from his pbysi- ing a new home should examino those. states before deciding upon a location" elsewhere. Improved farm lands adapt- ed to stock raising, dairying, grain, grass, and fruit growing can be obtained- at'.' low prices and upon easy terms. -Thriving towns invite the merchant, mechanic and business man. Abundance .of coal timber, ore, water power, etc. Free.sftes for manufactures. - Persons desiring further information will be answered promptly and free of charge by M. V. Richards, Land 'and-' Immigration Agent, B. & O. R. R. Balti-.. more, Md. 12 eow-4t . GOSHEN fssssn fc5U Sal raTmBaaaTtaaaaaaUal fSJaaTuaaaaaaaaaaaaa """aav aCaV aUaa aaaaUUU BaV 19 llsal BaaaaaaLnUTr X ' MM aaaaMaftYxV tsBal II Ball LaaaaaaaaaaaUal -ausl ll 1 a. Iilll'll IWWs1EMMBausjfiK ' PBaaaQaaa9MMn& jriajsausaaaijt' ji tm m. FENCE IAC1INE! CHEAP. ONLY $15. Woycb wire aad slats, eat willows, split bnanb ' or anything of the sort, aaetl; after pratts are set. fence can he made aad stretched on the tcnmnil, ia the winter, by a boy or ordinary farm hand, 10 to 40 rods a day, aad can work it over any around. The man who has one of thene ma chines can baild a fence that is more dnrablt ani 1 safe than any other, aad make it at less coot. The machine aad a sample of its work ran be sees, in the city oa 11th street at Ernst & Schwarz hardware store. WUbell mchines. or territory. or contract to pat np fences. lmaytf J. R. MATHEWBON. SHERIFFS SALE. By Ttrtno of an order of sale directed to m from the district court of Piutte county, Ne braska, on a decree obtained in oar said court at the May A. D. 1880 term thereof to-wit: on the first day of Jane, 1889, in favor of Jacob A. Hood aa plaintiff, aad against Mary Compton, ('has. Compton, interpleaded with Hash Havhs, ' Mary Plant, Gas. G. Becher and Geo. W. Galley as defendants, for the earn of Two Hundred anil Fortr-eJKlit dollars, aad twenty cents, and costs taxed at $21.75 and accruing costs,' and the farther sum of $141.00 in favor of Hash Hash, 1 hare levied upon the following real estate taken as the property of said defendants, to satisfy said decrees to-wit: Lot one (1), of A. J. Arnold's oat lots to the City of Columbus, in Section twenty-four (21), Township seventeen mj, iiuugu uuo it jj wwt, in raane county, Ne braska, aad will offer the same for sale to the Nebraska, that beinir tk hnitilinir wimnln ih. last terra of Court was held, at the hoar of oa o'clock p. m. of said day, when and where doe attendance will be given by the undersigned. uaieu, i4inmDas jaiy sua, Ktw. 17juljj M.O.BLOEDORN. Sheriff of said County. Dame rumor is again busy with Mr. Blaine's health and says that it is so bad that it is not probable that he will ever resume the active duties of secretary of state. This is simply rot I saw Mr. Blaine a day or two before he went to Bar Harbor and he was looking remark ably well, and from his conversation and general bearing it was easy to see that be was feeling ss well ss he was looking. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Grand Island. Neb..') . Jaae28th, 1S8. f Nnftim III lumiiv cpivmi thmt thA ftnllrtwin. Bimwl MOttlor haa KImI until nf ttia inlinilnn ,"" make final proof ia support of his chum, aad that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at Grand Island, Neb., oa August Utb, 1889. viz: Reabea . Cratty, homestead 17308 for the NJS. i sectioa 2-19-3 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upoa and cultivation of, aid land, via: Charles H. Aagee. Charles W. Blair, Alexander gteea, George L. Diefenbach. all of Silver Creek, Neb. Any person who desires to protest against the allowance of such proof, or who knows of any substantial reason, under the law and the regu lations of the Interior Department, why such proof should not be allowed, will be given aa ' opportanity at the above mentioned time aad place to cross-examine the witnesses of said claimant, and to offer evidence in rebuttal of. taat submitted by claimant. SjalyS J. G. Hioai.vs, Register. NOTICE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE. Notice is hereby gives that by virtue of a chattel mortgage dated oa the J2d day of Sep tember, 1888, aad duly filed for record in the oflfce of the Coaaty Clerk of Platte County Nebraska, oa the 22nd day or September, 1888.' aad executed by S. E. Davis, to M. H. White, to secure the paymeat of the sum of $125. and upoa which there is now due the sum of $113.00. That before the maturity of said note and mortgage. aad for a valuable consideration, said M. II. White sold, aad assigned said note to the First Natioaal Bank, of Columbus, Nebraska. Default having been made ia tho payment of said sura, and no action at law hnvini. La hail to collect said sum, therefore we will sell the property hereia described, vix: One black geld ing i years oiu; one sorrel gelulng V years old; oae brown mare about 10 years old; one dray wagon, and oae set of doable harness, at public auction in front of Gleasoa x Tyrrel's livery barn ia the city of Columbus, said county, on the 31st day ot July. 1889. at 2 o'clock' ia the af ternooa of said day. Fiasr National Bank. Assignee. C. J. Gaslow. Atfy. Dated. July 10,1889. 12JL Waaamgtsn Letter. From oar ngmlar eoriwvoadaat. Senator Sherman's friend ex-congress man Akmzo Hart of Ohio, kas at last received the appointment which was tendered him early in the adauajaira- tion, and was afterwards, forsom hung up until now. It will bs bered that swutnr flsy had a fsmdidstw for the ssme position sobsitor of inter nal revenue, and that he was unite angry when he found that the place had bees offered to Hart The man that sen- ator Clay indorsed for the position has long sgo been appointed to a better one, while Mr. Hart patiently waited and wisely kept his mouth closed. He eri. dently believes in the aphorism "all things come to him that waits." task has issued s very large of "Farmer's Bulletin Ho-Va nags pamphlet explsastery of the work of the experiment stations ef Grass" Amy Eaeaaaawat at Milwaukee. It is estimated that fully 120,000 peo ple will pass through Chicago en route to Milwaukee to attend the Grand Army Jsncampment. As there are but two railway lines between the two cities, and this immense number of people will have to be transported in two or three days, it is apparent that the resources wfll be taxed to the utmost. Parties desiring to attend from points in Nebraska, will, by taking the Chicago. Milwaukee k St. Paul railway from Council Bluffs (which is the only direct line to Milwaukee from Council Bluffs) avoid the great crowd and rush at Chi csgosnd be sure ot the best accommoda tions m the way ot free chair cars, sleep ingaad dining cars through to destina tion, and will have the privilege of re turning via steamboat from Milwaukee to Chicago if they so desire. Half fare has been made for the round trip. Children between five and twelve years of age, half of the excursion rate. For further information apply to J. E. McUure, Western Pass, Agent, O, M. k St. P. By, 1501 Farnam street, Omaha, PROBATE NOTICE. The State of Nebraska, Coaaty of Platte. In tho coaaty court, ia aad for said county, fa tho maiier oi cne estate or Jacob bwygart, ou, tmvc UI nuu GUUBiy. At a session of the county court for said coon ty, noldea at tho coaaty judge's oBice in f'nlnm bas,ia said coaaty oa the 13th day of July. A. D 1889, present, H. J. Hudson, county judge.' 9,SSdB &? tb? ? verified petition of. William Wright praying that letters of ad- uihimioi oo lsaneu said deceased. ring tohi to him oa the estate of Tbereapoa, it is ordered that the 8th day of Aagast, , A. D-1889, at oae o'clock, p. mJbo as signed for the hearing of said petition at the coaaty judge's oaace ia said coaaty. Aad it ia further onloml that ilnn 1m1 . be gives of the pendency aad hearing of said petitioa by publication ia Thi Coujubcs Jocbxai. for three consecutive weeks. (A tree copy of the order.) Dated Columbus, Neb Jaly 15, 1889. rlialiK H.J.HUOTO. Coaaty JodgeC- Itshows OsBvesiest MarkHa, Gawd Ball, Pare Water ani Exectleat CHawte Are advantages to be considered when looking up n home, busisess locstion, farm, etc. West Virginia, Maryland aad tho fmenaaJoah Valley, Virginia, affords with many more advantages. No of the United States offers su perior cffcctaaiti9s,aad persons seek. LAND FOB SAKE. A FINE IMPROVED FARM for sale u Shell Creek valley, aear Colambne, coatainiag 2 acres of ' - ahnnt ir m iTatlOB: M aama lnl. t;Ka , .. . - . "-.. Minwnm, w amiaiier mosuy ia cjgver aad atae grass pasture aadhay laad; US frak teeai,-aples.ahiL jr. P. etesoB. ham all kindTof oraaaeatal trees aad shrubs; 130 full-bearinar EHJ:1?" T!5K"f'eaced.addiU yidedsmaU fields by fence. Dwelling house L5f"-Ji?at "nr. eora cribs. large bora fiytf" ??. which aolds 80 tosaof hay;hec haaae; $ wells; raaaiag water 5mXAJ J? J ddsn, H. BL. care 'ofjoca KAL.Colambas.Nebr. 23maytf GRASS SEEDS! 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