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0ttniaL (ffakmlra ,-" t ,- - VOLUME XXI.-XUMBER 8. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE ll l8SW. WHOLE NUMBER 1MS. m - rm ectorsi "A. ASDERSON. Pr-e'r. J. H. GALLEY, Vice Pres't. O.T.KOEN.OMhiet, O. ANDERSON. P. ANDERSON. JACOB GBEISEN. HENRY RAGATZ, JOHN J. SULLIVAN. Firs! National Bank COZ.XJ2SBT7S. NEB. Report of Condition Maj 17, 1S90. I-oans and Discounts 32Q.573 31 I S. bcndg jtt2 0 0 JWJ estate, furniture and nxtnrrs . 11,985 3M l'uefrnm other banks 23.772.22 " V. S. Treasury . . 675 00 ash on hand I3.47S.45 33.323 G7 276.93.) 10 X.IABIUTZES. Capital and surplus PO.OOO 0) I r?-iividd profit 10,1.211 auocalbank n ts outstanding .. 13,500 00 Redi-coanta. IG.-'-i 21 liue depositors.. 15o,Hl 15 278.330 40 fastness ards. DEUTCHER ADVOKAT, OSro oTor Columbus State Bank, Nebraska. Columbus, OCLLIV.U A FEEDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OiSee over Nebraska. First National Bank, Colnmbne, 50-tf j K. I.. ESOSITK2E. cor.vrr scrvetor. SSPartie" de-irin:r enrvericff don can rtu drtf- m at Columbus. Neb., or call at my office in. Loiirt House. 3c:ajt!5-r T J. 1R1MER, CO SETT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I will bo in in j office inthe Court Hcu3 the third Saturday of each month for the emmina tion of apphcacU for teachers' certificate-, anil for the transaction of other school buBm-?. 1-janSf y it. cookus, DRAY and EXPRESSMAN. Lisht and heavy hihliajr. Gvis handle with rare. Headquarters at J. P. Becker Jk Co.' office. Telephone. 33 and 34. 22sjarsftf "S7ACBLE Jc BP.ADSHAW. A. Successors to Fauble t BushcM, .BRICK Ztt- ;es! tig Contractors ami builders will find our brirlc first--las and offer-d at rH!cab!e mto. V arc also prepared to do all kind of brick work. lteytim Jtf K. TURNER CO., Propri-tors and Publishers of the .ZX22 til SI3. TAHZ.7 :zns&i. Both, post-paid to aay addres". for $2.00 a year, t'nctly in advance. Foult Jocb.val, $1.00 a year. IV. A. MCALLISTER. W. M. CORNELIUS AIcALLISTKK A: OKCI.Il ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Columbus. Neb. Office up etairs over Ernst i Schwa rz's stpri on Eleventh street. 16mm?a JOHN G. HIGGINS. C. J. G.VKLOW, HIGGLES & GAEL0W, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Specialty made of Collections br c. j. Garlow. 3-m R.C.BOYD, MArrACTcnEH of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter ing a Specialty. jyShop on 13th street, Krause Bro. old stand on iairteeath street. SUtf Chas. F. XxArr. Fr vnk R. Knapp KNAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. Estimates famished on !brick and tone work and pla.tnnir. free. Special attention civen to , fiettmg boilern, maatles, etc Staining and ' tuck pointing old or new bnck work to repre- j sent preaseii brick, a speciiUty. C orrespondence solicited. References given. i 2hnayly KNAPP BROS.. Columbus, Neb. A STRAY A DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE roa CARDS. ENTELOPES. NOTE HEADS. BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS, DODGERS. ETC. SUBSCRIBE NOW rca TNE COLUIIUS JOURML. ASDl THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. '.We Offer Beth far a Tear, at tiJM. The JorKTAX. aeknowledgwl to be tha best sews and family paper in Platte eour.ry.aad The American "Magazine is the only high-ciaae month ly magazine devoted entirely to American Litera ture, American Thought and Progress, and is the enly decided exponent of American Institu tions. It is as good as any of the older maga- rmeu rarsisciBg 13 a yaar over uw pages 01 tee noicest literature, written bytheab, tae aeiest Amen can authors. it is seastuull ity illustrated, and is rich with charming continued and short stories. No more ancronnate present can be cace than a fear's subscriptioa to The Ameri cas Magazine. It will be eepeaially brilliant during the year 1?-?. Ti.e price of JocaSAL is fiOQ, and The Ameri Wi Xafitiat is $3.00. Wa offer boti for $4.00. WORK OF BISMARCK. THE EX-CHANCELLOR TO HE GIVES A STECIAL MISSION. To Secure England'- Aitlie-ion to tiie Cen tral European Ailhinre A;ruiu-t Km-ia :ind to Induce france to Remain Neutral An atioii to He Tendered Him in Lotnlnn. The news from Germany is of the most contradictory kind. Prince Bismarck, ac- cording to one source of information, has been sternly warmd by the kaiser that if , he does net desist from pnbhc expressions j of opinion on German policy the conse- quences will be serious. Through the saine channel coidm .1 charge against the j cs-chancellor's son. Herbert, of fomenting : opposition to the emperors plan- among I officials of the petty r rmau c juris. ; These alarmist reports are offset by au ap parently well fouuded statement that Prince Bismarck is about to start for ! England. This would .ive color to a j rumor recently circulated that the old statesman was to be intrnsted by the Kaiser with a special diplomatic mission, first to Loudon to secure England's ad hesion to the central European alliance against Russia, and then to Paris to in duce the French republic to remain neutral until its only possible ally would be crushed. If the ei-chancellor does come to London his visit will certainly have some inch significance. Pnuoe Uimar'k :h exceedingly annoyed at the manifest determination of the Ger man re-:deuts of London to make a dem onstration in his honjr on the occasion of his forthcoming visit to th English capital and will endeavor to evade a public we'eome at the hands of his countrymen if possible. It is understood that a large sum of money has already been subscribed by prominent Germans in London to de fray the expense of That they intend "hall be .1 reception befitting the ocrasion of the master -pint of "he creation of the Ger man empire, and it will be difficult for the ex-chancellor to escape an ovation at their hand-. Tiie Engineer l- liuilty. The coroner s urv ha returned a verdict in the bridge ra:lrdd d'-aMer. at Oakland. setting forth that tjse paHrcng-r- came to! thtir death through the negligence of En gineer Dunn, and finding him guilty of manslaughter. Dunn was an ettra engineer 'who had never run a pa:-;enger tram before. He was taken from a freight engine in the Santa Cruz mount 11ns and brought hereto mtet a sudden demand for moie engineers on Decoration diy. His friends sav he w,is ccber, and 'hit the necessity of mak lni fa-t time had been o impressed upon him that he thought to save a few mo ments by not -lowing down. Being unfa miliar with the distances on tne road he niirca ctilattd the time it would take to ( reach the drawbridge by one length of the engine. It now appears that thts hu loug been a practice among encineera on the road, but they were all oid bands, who knew every foot of track, and no accident had ever occurred. There 1 much criti cism of the railroad company for permit ting such a practice and lor not having a better warning signal than a red flag. It is said a unnlar accident was bare'y nvoided a little while ago because the wiud b ew the flag m such a direction that only t;e stick conld be seen and not the flag. Tht road had been run verv economically, the owner'' refusing to provide any safety appliance on account of the expense. Money lor the Keii Men. The house committee on Indian affairs has completed the consideration of the general Indian appropriation bill. It pro vides for the physical and educational welfare of the red men liberally, the total amount recommended for educational pur poses being rT-'i.tOO for dav and indus trial schools, and 5100,000 for the con struction of new school buildings. The bill contains a revised salary list for the Indian ageats. whose pay is varied according to the re sponsibilities of the positions. It carries an appropriation of a little less than ?!. 000,000, which is somewhat below the ap propriation for the current fiscal year. Under the caption of miscellaneous, an appropriation of -500,000 is made to enable the secretary of the interior to employ practical farmers in addition to the acency farmers now employed at wages not ex ceeding 575 per month, to superintend and direct such Indians as are making efforts for self support. The sum of 850. C00 is appropriated to carry out the pro visions of the act of Feb. S, l?f)7. provid ing for tbe allotm-nt of lands in severalty to the Indians en the various re-ervat.ocs. I'owifer E.vplion. During a heavy -toim at Mansfield. O . lightning struck Tracy t Avery s powder house, located a mile ea.-t of that city. The house contained overo.OfO pounds of pow der, which exploded, causing a tiemen dous report. Hundreds of wjmtows in the city were broken, china and glassware knocked from shelves and people thrown from their feet. Many ....i... s m this vicinity were badlv wrecked. Two frame dweihng houses on the opposite side of the street from the magazine were levelled to the ground. One of them was vacant, but the other was occupied by Hecry Uoost, his wife and two children. The hnsbacrt was ab-ent at the time of the explosion. A 6-months o!d baby was instantly killed, and the mother and other child are thought to be fatally injured. Nothing remains of tne powder houe. Bricks were scattered in all directions, some being found a quar ter of a mile distant. Hernines at a Fire. Three young Brooklyn girls distirtiished themselves as fire fighters and life savers the other afternoon bv extinguishing a threatening blaze in tne handsome brown stone residence of Salvador Rodriguez, a wealthy Cuban, at ISS McDonongh street. The fire was caused by the little 1-year-old daughter of the house, who, with her b.vy brother. 2 months rid. had bten left alone Dy her mother on the third floor. The child attempting to licbt the -as, et fire to the lace enrtains and the nam s communicated with the bed on which the ! baby lay. Smoke attracted the attention ' of Jennie Lawton and Alice and Ada Green, daughters of Vice-President Sam uel Green, of the Lnyers' Title and Guarantee company, who lives Leit door. The young ladies wtre admitted to the house by the terror-stricken seivant armed with watering pots with which they had been sprinkling the gardee. On reaching the room they found Mis. R;drignez vainly endeavoring to put out the flames and nearly suffocated. One young lady snatched so the bihv from tb hrnnisn " , ..-" . , , .7 -T Ci 7 - ,. -J 1 i itte aass m the Tilden will case, de considerable effort ana the aid of the LTl yM , ,, tm-.. . " hand sprinklers the flames were put ont. I K I A Number of Railroad Officials Badlv ' Injured in a Wreck. A special consisting of the private Balti- more unto car est irginia. niled witn officials of the road, sho were en route from Petersburg to Wheeinc, jumped the track and went twenty feit over a trestle, taming upside down. Several of the occu- pants of the car were badly injured, and it is a miracle that nobody was killed out right. The following Baltimore &. Ohio officials were injured, it is not known how seriously: A. H. Johnson, civil engineer maintenance of way, badly bruised and cut on head, thigh broken; J. F. Lecge, super intendent western divisions, right arm broken, badly cut aud bruised all over the body; John Lock, superintendent of bridges, badly huit; A. Walter, general superintendent, badly hurt; A. J. Shinnle ton, brakeman, badly bruised and ankle spr.iined; porter of the car, slightly injured. - Duo l Orleant I'ariloiiel. Prince Phillippe, Dnc d'Orleans, has quitted Clairvaux prison and will soon be out of France, as indicated by th Herald. President Caraot decided to exercise his prerogative to pardon in favor of the pris oner of Clairvaux. This decision was pnt into execution to-day, and when the min isters assembled in council at Elysce the president informed them that the decree had received his Mgnatnre and he had intrusted to II. Constans the task of seeing it carried out. The minister of the interior forth with instructed 11. ilorin, the commissaro j attached to IT. Gare de L'Est, to proceed 1 to Clairvaux and inform the prince of his .liberation. Toward II -.'10 o'clock to-night 1 5he gates of the prison closed behind 1 the prince, who, accompanied by Jl. aionn, traveled by the haste ex press, which stopped at Clairvanx station for the purpose of taking him. II. ilorin will leave the princj at Deile.on the Swis frontier at i. o'clock to-morrow morning. The terms of the document, by wrtne of which Due d'Orleans has thus been set at liberty, are simple. It rups thus: "The president of the republic or ders that Due d'Orleans shall be conducted outside of the territory of tnis republic." A Ifcrald correspondent was fortunate enongh to find Marquis de Beanveir,Comte de Paris' right hand man, late last evening after the prince's release became known. "I am enraptured," -aid the marquis. " We were informed of the measure taken only a few hours ago. We should have liked to send some one to accompany the pnuce after his 117 days in prison, bnt wo refrained rather than give his departure auv semblance of a demonstration. " I'iiIiIk- Debt statement. The following statement of the public debt for the mouth of May has been issued by the treasury depa:tment. - Intere-f bearing d'bt: rnnctpal c- 732.1111,032.00 Interest t,17i0.".00 TVtiil Debt on which interest ceased since maturity Principal and interest Debt bennns no interest... Total debt : Principal Interest .3 6r3.4l0.01S 00 has .5 1.973.WJ.00 . 75t-,7(5.aUfO .S1,:;:S',2 S.0O K 177,3 11.00 Total Total debt, les available items.. Net eanh in treasury Sl.501.Ct2.jTO.00 cash Sl.oj.vrcn.rsooo 30,3 1,791.1m Debt less cash in treasury June 1, 1-JO Debt lesg cash m treasurv JIhv 1.1-30 '.....'. Deoretixe of debt during the month Decrease of debt since Jane 3.. 13 1.00S,S5?,-33.X) 1,013,520,770.00 t5.fVl,P7l.OO C7.7r7,72iM Total caah in treasury a shown bv treasurer s ceae'ral account 5 C2b,3fii, 171.00 Surveyors Massacre! by Indians. The massacre of a party of government surveyors uv intiians is reported from the upper Green river country. A party of Indians that had become intoxicated on whisky furnished by ranchmen had come to the government suveyors' camp to demand more. Their requests for liquor were denied, and in revenge they attacked the patty, killing Engineer Crittenden, chief of the third division of the government survey, and Chainbearer1? E. W. Timber lake, George Woods and Harry Overmeyer. Jesse Lee, a-si-tant engineer, was left upon the field for dead, but recovered sufScientlv to set to a neighboring ranch, where be now lies in a precarious condi tion. Fright Dyeil Hi Hair. Three weeks ao Eichard L. Edwards, l'- years old, was drowned while skidf riding on the Ohio. The body was -wept under ome barges and couli not be re covered. Last Iriday a corpse was found floating in tbe river near Ilisicg Sun. Ind. On the body were a watch and ring, both bearing the initials K. L. E. Apparently the remains were those of a man at least 50 years of age, with sco-v-white hair. Sunday Edwards' brother positively iden tified the body from the jewely and cloth ing. When the young man fell into the river '. is hair was coal black; that of the corpse was pure white. Fright doubtless made the change while he was struggling for life. Annual Railroad Report. At the annual meeting of the St. Louis, Alton it Terre Haute I'ailroad company, held here yesterday, it was decided to give sixty days notice of a special meeting to be held for the purpose of voting upon the proposition to sell the mam 1 ne of the "Big Four" for 10.i00,(,0i. The report for licU show, d the gross earnings amounted to Sl.IlO.OfO, an increase of Sl'il.l'00 over the preceding year. The operating expenses were $640,000, an in crease of 5100,000. Iron and Steel Worker-. ftie annual convention of the Amalgam ated Association of Iron and Steel Work ers, opened in Pittsburg with 260 dele gates present from all parti of the coun trv. The morning session was taken up almost entirely with perfecting organiza tion and nothing of interest transpired. The convention will be in session about two weeks. Murderer Died Repenting. Three negroes, Tom Mills, Fletcher Holden and H"nry Holdcn, were hanced at Linden, Tex., for the murder of James McGregor, a white man. at Atlanta. Tex., last December. They confessed their guilt and died repenting. They Mourn for Their Cahier. F. W. Mcllvaiu, cashur of the Sulphur Deposit bank, of Sulphur, Ky., is missing, so is Mrs. Llattie Watkins. wife of the leading hotel keeper ot" Sulphur and about S10,nfl0 of the bank's n.oney is also mis m. Mcllvaji left a wife behind him. Eight Thousand Aere of Wheat Flooded. A break in the levee en Union Isliud. let watr into the middle division of 5,000 acres of cram. The break is 100 feu wide and cannot be closed. !?P-VKKS FROM TILE AVI RES. The famous monastery. La Grand Char trense, France, has been pattiatly wrecked by being blown up with dvn unite by per sons whe had attempted to blackmail the monks. JiDGEaEACH,ot.eT lort, his sbied Jcdge Beach, of NeT York, h-r ;1, 1 ;3 , - ' - - . lllegil and void, and gives juegment in favor or cci. treorge n. Aucten, the plain- tia. The new Episcopal diocese of western. Missouri has teen organized at Kansas City. Rey. R. R. At well, rector of Trin ity church at Toledo. O.. was elected bishop. Kansas City was chosen as the see city. WIPED OUTltfCYClOXE THE VILLAGE OF BK.VDSH.VW; NE BRASKA. ENTIRELY DESTROYED. Not a Single Building Left Staiilinjr-One I'erou Killed and Quite a Number of Others seriously Injured Miraculous Escapes Aid Rendered. The most destructive cyclone that ever visited Nebraska, struck Bradshaw, York county, at 8:30 o'clock on the night of the 'id, and its fury beggars description. No pencil can color the ruin or desolation that followed in its wake. It came with out warning and everything within its travel was at its mercy. Until a late hour on the 4th particulars were meager, owing to the fact that the wires were down and the time of hundrads of people wholly occupied in rescuing the wounded and caring for the dead. The roar of the whirlwind was the first notice the terrified people bad, and wherever possible they sought places of safety. But few, however, had more than time to close the doors of their homes. Thirty minutes after it struck Bradshaw, 1 town of something over 400 people, the stars from a clear sky smiled down Cpon an Appalling Sight. Not a building was left standing. Ewry business house was wrecked, and the prin cipal street was filled with ruins. Their contents were scattered broadcast over th$ prairies. The depot was crushed into kindling wood, and every car, with a single exception, was wrecked. This, which chanced to be loaded with stock, was blown to York, a distance of nine miles, without 1 leaving the track. The storm came from ' the southwest and was about a half mile ' in width. At this hour its length is not known; bnt, ai far a3 investigation has gone the country was laid waste, and Destruction Is Marked on Every Hand. The fatality is summed up in a few words: J A young son of John Brcmsey was instantly killed. j Alns. John BnrnsET, back broken, and her; injury is therefore fatal . I Dr. Orviue Mooue, a-ui broken, head bruised and Ie tadly cut . serious. I V child of Station Agent V.vnle, bad cut lip, j sliver in cheek; probably fital. . ' John Colby, hip and shouldrr brained. Mas. At. WtuwD, cut anl bruised. She has ' j a babe but ten daj s old. Carrie miller, arm and leg broken ana otherwise seriously bruised. John Brcmsey. seriously bruised and cut. j 3Ir. Alex Miller, bruised about; the head j and body Mlss Lcct Wheeler, arm hurt. Charles Colby, hip and shoulder bruised. Lclc Miller, arm broken and head cut. Carrie Miller, arm and le broken anl bruise?. The Alarm Sounded. At midnight, after the news of the dis aster had reached York, the fire bells were ; rung in the city and m a short time 250 ' people had gathered together. In an hour t afterward, by team and train, half the city ' was en route to Bradshaw. bearing cloth ing, bedding and "provisions and the phy- sicians of the city. Physicians from j Anrora and Lincoln were also at the scene j as soon as they could get there. Many Wonderful Escapes ' were detailed during the morning hours. ! Thirty-five persons were in the hotel dur ing the blow. The roof was blown off, the sides partly caved in and the window I jacked out, but no one was hurt Seven men were in a hall over a store and re mained there until the blow was over. The hall and store are a mass of ruins, but not a man was hnrt. One man's family ' was saved by clinging to the heavy baae ! burner. Another child clung to a small , tree m the yard and it held and saved her. 1 There is great I Need for Provisions and Supplies. I and the York people have contributed with no stint. When it is remembered that 1 every store in the town is a ruin the need j for supplies can be realized. This after I noon Gov. Thayer dispatched Adjutant j General Cole to the scene of the disaster I with 100 tents, and instructed him to take I tne York militia company with him to ' guard the property of the citizens and to render every needed assistance. ! It is feared that the town of Bromfield was destroyed, as it was in the line of the , storm, but as the wires are down no par ! ticulars have been received. KILLED A DISTILLER. A Deputy Marshal With a Very Bail Record. Reports received at Knoxville, Tenn., state that Bud Lindsay, deputy United States marshal, shot and killed Kilts, a distiller, in Campbell county. Lindsay wished a gallon of whisky and Kilts told him he could not sell him less than ten gallons under his license. Lindsay got mad and abused Kilts. The distiller's 11 year old son thought his father in danger and threw a rock at Lindsay. Lindsay at tempted to shoot Kilts, but his party took his pistols away from him. They left, and when a mile away. Lindsay asked for the pistols, saving he would do no harm. He got the pistols and wheeled his horse and rode back to Kilts's house. The latter saw him coming and locked the door, but Lindsay broke it down and shot Kilts twice, killing him instantly. He then at tempted to shoot the boy, but missed him and hit ('a little girl but did not seri ously wound her. It is reported that Lindsay's party arrested him and gave him oer to the sheriff of the county. Lindsay is a desperate character, having murdered a prominent citizen of Campbell county five years ago and escaped because of lack of evidence, claiming self-defense, and there were no witnesses. The place of the recent killing is twenty-five miles from the telegraph station. A "WILD RIDE. AI'a-enger Train Dashes Down a Sloan tain Side. A thrilling accident occurred recently on the Southern Pacific railroad, details of which were suppressed until yesterday. A heavy passenger train of seven coaches and three sleepers while coming down the heavy grade this side of Teachapie Pass got teyend control of the engineer and dashed down the monntain at a tremen dous rate of speed. The passengers be came panic stricken and several tried to leap from the train. Finally the train shot into a portion of road where there was level space while to the right was a descent of 1.200 feet. As it did so it jumped the track. Strange to say, although the train was running seventy-five miles an hour not one person was killed. One woman was badly injured. She was brought to Denver and cared for by the company's agent. Clarkson Makes a Denial. AFsistant Postmaster General J. S. Clarkson was interviewed at Pittsburg the ether day on his way west. He denied emphatically that he has ever sent in his resignation, cr that he even contemplated resigning. He also denied the recent in terview attributed to him, in which ha stated that President Harrison was suspi cious of every man under him. He said he woud like to start a republican weekly ia New York City if he had the money. 5EBRASK1 iTATL NEWS Tiie Next KejiUliliraii State i"aiTnton. The lepnblican state central conimitte'J met in Lincoln. It was" waited npdn bv" the committee of fifteen appointed Ky tht? late anti-monopoly conference and the time of holding the convention was quite generally discussed. It was finally decided to hold the convention in Lincoln on July 2:1, at 8 o'clock p. m., and that the dele gates be appointed on the vcta cast for George 11. Hastings in 138IJ. This will give a convention of 818 delegates. It was agreed that no proxies be admitted hi the next stite convention and that the del gates present cast the full rote of the coun ties which they represent. The Noted Black Stallion Kille!. The black stallion which has been giving the ranchmen of northwest Nebraska so much, trouble for a number of years w-as last week shot and killed forty miles southeast or Alliance. The animal waa by no means a phantom and was tbe hand somest puce of horseflesh on the plains. His tail was very heavy and dragged on the ground and his mane fell below his knees. The old fellow had never been branded and was probably 20 years old. Items in Fonden-ed Form. A fair association has been organized at Callaway. Loo.vn county has applied for space in the Custer county jail. PitObt'ECTS are good for the building of a flouring mill at Hemingford. A United States p?nsion examining board has been organized at Springview. BcKwELL has been designated as a money order and postal note office by tho department. Mks. W. F. Doziek, of Elkhorn, made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide by taking inorphiLe. C11.vn1.EY Scott, a 13-year-old boy of Liberty, was accidentlv shot and instantly killed." The editor of the Madison Chronicle drew a white pony in a raffle and he pow goes to see an auburn-haired girl. Wufle workinu on a corn sheller at Wymore William HugtiLine lost four toes in th digestive orgnus of tbe machine. New bui'd ngs are coing up so fast m Osceola that the local board of under writers is kept busy adjustirg insurance rates. These will be a general reunion of the pioneer stttlers of Logan county at the residence of ex-Sherilf J. B. Doan, near Gandy, June UK A CcsTEii county Yankee contemplates working a new deal to secure another sl:ce of Uncle Sam's domain. It is to obtain a divorci from Lis wife and ailox her to live upon the land and after she makes finil proof they wili be reunited. Tun North Nebraska conference camp meeting will open Thursday, July 21. at the Christian park and assembly grounds noith of Fremont, and continue over two Sabbath". i The Farmers' alliance of Otoe county , have presented a petition to the board of 1 equalization requesting that a tax be put 1 on all mortgages assessed in Otoe county , held by non-residents. j Wilson Connok, an old sailor, climbed alor.t 1-10 feet of nag pole in the square at Beaver City, much to the disgust of his fellow?, who bet he could not a comphsh the feat. The pole was furnished with a ne.v rope and flag. L. A. Myek, of Benedict, was bitten by .1 mad cat Lefote h could -hake the ani mal off. The oat hid been worried by a mad dog several months ago. which was aftersvard killed, but the cat was allowed to live. Myers immediately hunted up a mad stone. The Pacific bank, of Clark?, has quit business. L. P. Beemen, ot Stockham, was fined 52.3 for treating a man to liquor. Rev. Sam Small is billed for several prohibitory amendment lectnres in the state. A MEETING will be held at Calloway June It to devise plans for dividing Custer county into four parts. A new town will be laid out in Buffalo county, two and a half miles northwest of Stanley, and will be called Amherst. John Mcndt, a German farmer living near Central City, drank carboLc acid, thinking it was whisky, and is in a precar ious condition. Hastings has sold SHCOfof city sewer bdhds at par. The bonds run twenty years, with an option to redeem at any time after five years. A special election has been called for July s, at which time Nebraska City and the surrounding precinct will vote on the proposition of giving 5100,000 for the 1 building of a high bridge across tne Mis souri river. Abthcr Kav.vn.vcgh. living near Te cumseh, has passed examination at the Annapolis naval academy and will at once go on board a ve-sel for a cru -e Out of sixty-four applicants he r assed the best examination. A. G. H.vgadorn, of Cnrtis, is the pos sessor of three pigs with perfectly solid feet, resembling the hoofs of horses. '1 he pigs are of common stock, and the singu lar shape of their feet has been transmitted t- them by their sire, he also having solid feet. Ar Hartwell the 11-year-old son of Newton Morr.s quarreled with three other children, ran home, procured a shotgun and returning fired into the group, wound ing two boys named Mikesell and a hoy named Edwards. The wounds are not considered dangerous. Isiah Powers, of Curtis, has an orchard of Russian mnlbeiry t ees that are gifted with a second blossoming. The trees blos somed out nicely at their proper season this year, but frost completely destroyed the blossoms, and now the trees are again in bloom. The Hasting Xcbnuknn tells this: County Judge Burton has issued a marriage license to John Frederick William lloevet and Christiana A. Korgan. The groom is 68 years old and the blnshing bride ten years his junior. After the papers had teen drawn up the old man remarked as he left the office: "Vel, mine Got, I hopes dis been the last vomans I haf to get me." Miss Hyla M. Davis is the first lady to claim a bounty on a wolf scalp in Grant county. She appeared at Hyannis the other day with the scalp of a big gray wolf which she had killed and secured the reward. La whence Steacss, living near Au rora, was bound over to the dirtrict court in the sum of 51,000, charged with 'assault upon Jennie Pattison, a 12-year-old girl. The Old Settlers' association of Palmyra will hold their annual picnic Thursday, June 12. J. Sterling Morton will deliver the oration. There will be a number of toasts responded to and several trotting races. The stationery engineers of the associa tions of Iowa and Nebraska will meet at , Omaha July 4 to celebrate. Thebe are seventy-five applicants for j the position of superintendent in the Fre mont city schools. MLNWEA POLLS. MILLS. THEY ARE NOW IN CONTROL OF ENG LISH CAPITALISTS. An Aggfce-tte Capacity of 3J.'i: Barrels I' r Day O'ver 3.WU1W Cash A'diml to .Minneapolis by the i,"iirfi!aes mid Leases or the Syndicate The News- rftnt sll Quarters. The Pillsbury.Washburn Flour Mills company, which alreidy owns five mills iu Minneapolis aud vicinity, having 2 capac ity of 1 J.JilO barrels of tlour per day, ha3 set nr. d a lease Of the C. C. Washbnrn Floutirg Mill company 3 mills "A," "B" and "C," with a capacity df S,"nK) barrels per day, giving the English syndicate rep resented in Minneapolis by t harles A. Tillsbury as gedral mtua.er, coutrol of eiyht mil.'s, with au aggre;; it" capacity of 23.000 barrels per day. The total "l'ily capacity of the tlour mills of Minneapolis" is ,5S,-)7.-j barre'"?. The election of s'eck hul ers will taks p'ai'e the last of thts month, following which the lease will be executed. The lease of the Washbsm Crosl.y company, of the bi C. C. Wash burn mills will exD're Sept. 1 next, when the Pillsbnry-Wa.-hbnrn people will at once taks hold. Mr. Pillsbury stys that over 5o,0 O.t'Oi) cr.3h has been added to Minneapolis by tLo purchases and leases of the syadu ate which he represents. The mills of the old firm of C. A. Pil --bury .t Co. had n daily capacity of more than lO.t'OO barrels of flour, nuking it the larg-e-t mill ng concern in tho world. At the time of ihc sale to the English syndicate it took ia also the Wrstern Milling company, owned largely by I'm td Statss Seuator W. D. Washburn, givm a total capac ty of about 1 1,-lUO barrels a d iy. I he new con cern will require about U'0,1.0 ' bushels of wheat daily to supp'y their full capacity. C. A. Pillsbury. in a dictated interview, admits tbe fact that the deal is a go. and so sure that he sails from New York for Europe on June I"'. Before the leaso is' ratified Mr. Pillsbury intends to make no changes in the working forces at the mills, and declares were it cot for the publication in the tapers the employes would nvtr know by any changes about tho mills that the deil had gone through. In this connect! in Mr. Pillsbury says that the directors have consented to the continuance of the profit sharing system, at least in the old Pills bury mills. With regarl to the future of the Washburn-Crosby company, James S. Bell, the president, says. "We shall vacate the mills Spt. 1, with a large trade, and a fully organized company, having abundance of capital and credit. We hope to con tinue in the milling business, and do not see how it is possible to do so in Minne aco'is. ' It has be 11 learned later that the leas-' to be xecuted is for five years, an 1 that the terms are a little ovtr 3 per cent, on the valnatioa or Sl.'HlO.i'OO, or about 5'5O,fl0O a year. Tbe hitch has been over the question of 'ale or lease The estate preferred to sell, but the syndicate onlv wanted to lease. CRITICISED TITE PRESIDENT. A Lieutenant in tho Mexican Array tn B Tried by Court-Martial. A venire has been placed in the bands of the proper authorities for the military men who act as jurore in the c urt-martul of Lieut. Aun-tine de Iturbide for the publication of Utters in the Tiemp.t newspaper criticizing the acts of the president of the republic who, as in the United Siates, is commandcr-m-chief of i the army and navy. The work of sum moning the officers who wi'l act as jurors will be started to-diy and it is stated that the trial will tike place some time during the coming week. The military prosecuting attorney has completed tho labors of the preliminary examinition in the case, which is the first of the kind which ever came up in tho republic. Iturbide will be defended at the conrt martial, which will probably be couvened at Santngo de Fialtjlalcc military pn-on. by Augustm Verdugo, one of the best ciimin.il lawyers in Menco. The opinion of many mi'itary men is that Itnrbide will be found cuilty of censnnng his superior officer and will be sentenced, receiving ex eiecutive clemency, the president pardon ing him at an early day. The trial, owing to the hish social standing of Iturbide. and the fact of his being a grandson of the first emperor of Mexico, will be the most interesting court-martial since that of Maximilian, of whom the prisoner is the adopted heir. Mrs. Itnrbide, mother of the lieutenant, who was born in Washing ton, d .tly denies that she has implored aid or assistance on behalf of her son from any foreign minister. ANTI-CUONIX M EX. A Secret Meeting ot Triangle Adherent He'd in New York. The Emerald club, better known as tbe triangle faction of the Clan-na-Gael. which suppo.td A exander Suliivau in the Cronm case, met for business at the club headquarters. Tha me-ting was held with closed doors, as Ue members thought, aud one of them said "their business was no body else's business." The cluo rjom is on the top floor aud is fitted up in the usual style of lodce rooms, with the ex ception of the decorations on tbe wains coting around the skylight. This has painted, one on each of its four sides, a skull and crossbones. crossed word, crossed bludg-ons aud an hourglass. Thi members ot the society declined to say uystbing about the proceed ngs of the meeting, and as-erted that there was abso litelv nothing that the c'ub wish-d to have published. The oniters declined to say anything about the elect. on of a delegate to represent the society at a coming con vention. -PARKS FROM THE WIRE-. ALL the per-ons acquitted of complicity in the recent Panitza trial, with the excep tion of Matheff, have been expelled from Bu'gaiia. Ministek Stambcloff frustrated a plot formed Dy Maj. Panitzi's friends to capture Prince Ferdinand while on a re cent journey and to h Id him as a hostage for the rIea-e of Panitza. Washington (iinlan, the New Y rk stock operator who disappeared a menth ago leaving a large amount of shott con tracts to be closed out at a lot, has re turned and will settle the affair. Thc Duke de Broglie has written a let ter to the Pans papers in which he sjjs that the articles recently published pur porting to be eitracts from the memoirs of Prince Talleyrand were not jenume. At a meetiDgof the board ofovrseers cf Harvard college, a resolution was adopted favoring a reduction of the age at which scholars may enter the freshman class from 19 to 17. The resolution will be forwarded to the presiient and faculty for their con sideration. Miss Elizabeth Elkins, eldest daughter of Stephen B. Elkins, and M.ij. A. C. Oliphant, of Tiento::. N. J., were married at the res d-nce of the bride's father in New York. Among the tcstly and beautiful presents were gifts from President and Mrs. Harrison. Secretary and Mrs. BIait.e. Secretary and Mrs. Win dom and Andrew Carnegie. CROP -"DI.MARY. Winter Wheat Ha ImproeU in Certain Section The Farmers' Revieic says: Lner reports from crop corresjwudent! Indi cate that ais increased temperature and dimin ished rainfall have hud a favorable effect upon the condition of -winef wheat in certain sec tions. In miny counties in Illmos and Ohio roHiiilei able improvement ha taken place during the pint week. Missouri reports show a sL5h decline- The condition of spring wheat remains prMtisaJly nuchanl in Iowa. "5V i cousin and Sonih" fKfcotft. Correspondents re pott acme improvement in Minnesota and a Cfrrtsroodis decline in Nebraska, drouth bejm; responsible m the latter stitij. In Minne sota. Djkcta. ichhtan. Wisconsin and Ohio, but a ma!l portion of thaoorn crop is up. In Illinois, indtaif w Missouri and Ktntac'ty early p antinus are above ground, but the condition Of tho nme is consitlerablv below tho average, 0ini! M cold, wet weather in .V.av. Iowa, Kilnsa-f and Nebraska would probably have rescbe I til' Ustisil average at this seaeon hod it not be- n tor dry weather, which until a recent dat hasretar-ed srowtn. We iuminarize by r.-ectaje a- follow rerorts received relative t.1 thi condition of com . IMioi .. h7 Indiana sVMissouri. .S3 Kentucky 7.",Jowa 91 jKansas ....91 Nebraska 90i .Manitoba farmer Assert Th.tt the 1S90 Wheat Crop Is Now Assured. The telegraph company has posted np the following crop bnlletin at Winnipeg: If is now the pc neral opinion among farmers m this cocn'ry that the Manttob wheat crop f r iWO 4 assured. Reports received from s vrnteen stain centers in Manitoba and west ern territort' show vtr. encouraging news ol ha condition cf crops. Monv farmers assert that tiveu if w should have no more ram this s a on wheat cinuot suiter from drouiit.aa the plants have taken uocd rcot and aro in a healthy and vicorous condit o-i. This is perhaps not owing so much to recent copious rains as tc enrol ul cultivation and the use of tho press drill, tight hundred thousand, or an Increase of miire than '2 per cent over Ia.it year, is the estimated nnmher of acres m wheat alon in Manitoba. In westtra territories there has alc bein an increase in the acreage sown over last year. , THE CKACKKR. TIilT. Particulars of Its Formation Details of the Combine. The. particulars of the formation of the cracker trust, of which the first publio in formation was received a few days ago from Micneapo is, ara beginning to de velop. It appears that this is a -estern organization, on somewhat the same plan as the eastern irackrr trust. Tho capital is said to he 510,000,000. All the principal manufacturers have gone into this combine, and taken stock in tho organization The Kennedys, however, sold out their plant entirely to the central corporation, and will go out of business. It is under stood that the capital incorporated ha3 been turned in, and in addition to that, the expenses of each establishment, multi plied by a certain figure, uniform in all ca.-cs, is put in as giod will, and stock is sue I to that amount. Whatever water there may be in the combine, is injcted in this way. It doss not appear that the ef fect of this combination will be to advance prices, as tho manufacturers are sharp euough to be satisfied wttu reasonable profits. The combine will, however, es able the members to so reduce expeLses n to leave a larger margin between present prices and the cost of production, under the n;w deal. As an lastancs of the direc tion in which expenses will be reduced, it is necessary now for the various establishments to maiutain a force of traveling sa'esmen, at an average cost of not lesstbau 53,000 a piece. Here after one set of traveling men will cover the whole territory for the combine. In manv other ways expenses ara to be reduced; for illustration, in tha purchase of supplies. Supplies are to be bought by the general agent of tho trust, in very much larger quantities, and tberefore at a larger discount than any member of the combine has been able to purchase hereto fore; the amount purchased to be aft-r-ward distributed among the different mem bers according to their demands. 7 he same policy will be pn.-sued in te pur chase of all kinds of supplies It is ap parent that a lirge saving ii expenses can thus bo effected. Acorrecpon.l-'nt has as certained a nnmber of additional interest ing points in regard to this most import ant deal. V l,-tmior"M..i Dogs. The seven persons who were bitten by a mad dog recently in St. Joseph. 111., have arrival in New York.. They were taken at once to the New York Pasteur institnte at No. ISb West Tenth street, where they re ceived prompt attention from Dr. Paul Gibier, the specialist in charge. Ine patients were all boys between the age of 4 and 12 years. Whea Dr. Gibier was ready to proceed with the inoculating pro cess five more boys were added to the list, swelling the number of patients to 12. The course of treatment requires a daily in oculadon for two weeks. This makes 37 patients in all that have been treated at this institution since it was opened, and all have met with success. Dr. Gib:er is cer tain he will have sati factory results from the work begun. Hearld's Hard Ktoir. The sporting fraternity have been n fever heat for the pa-t tnree weks over the battle between Charles Hearld, of St. Paul, and Tom Standarl colored-, the harJ hitter of the southwest. A c' artered train lettthe S .uthern Pacific depot at El Paso early Sunday morning. Five miles west of the city, just over the line into New Mexico, the train halted, and a ring wa3 quickly made. Standard led with a right-hander on Hearld's sidf, made two clever ducks, when Hearld caught him in the neck with a swinging right-hand blow nnd knocked him silly. Standard filled to iespond at the call of time and the tight was given to He irld. The battle lasted two minutes and ten seconds. THE JIAUKTS. Slim City I.lw.j Stock. Htiss Estimated receipts. 4.0"0; offisial vtn teniay. I.-W" nrset itaady. balk aeilicg at J.7. Quotations i Light, d.e73.7u, heaw and mixed. .. .XTZ Cattle Receipts. 703";cuicial yeaterdav con , ehipmeurs. IU. Market fairtv active and steadv Ouotations. Fat steers, prime, 3. 4 25 , medium to good. $3.65 id. 5 .feeders, choice 300 to I.ww pounds, 3 ki 3.603 me dium to gcod, .15 ,', , atccken. c'toice, iX -." -2..0 , medium to good. 53 X i3. .iciencr, ii.Z5-g2.tZ, cows, extra choice, Ufi3..S; fair to good. 5'i73 l.ttA) , sn'er.or to common. 1.73 2.25 ; canni-rs. 73c JL50; vearliugi. extra choice. l'.Oi3.i", common, ;2.-'5i. CO, tail ings. -2.no 2.75 ; bull, choico, 2.65-A 2.75 ; com mon. i2.'0S"w25; veal calves, poor to choice, iCOl.Ol. South Oman Live SUxrlc. Hogs Estimated receipts, 5.000, official y sterday -ii Market opened active aud steady, gelhrgat J.oil.So. bulk at 175. Cattle Estimated receipts, 1,3X1 . official yes-teriav-oo. ah-pmenta. IScars. Market steady; quaLty scoi. Chicago Lire Stock. Cattle Eeceipta, I,roo. Market eteadv. Eerves and steers. 53.5 (35.00, atcckers and fccdirs. 5i5CCl.T0. Eos Heceipta, 1J.CO0. Market stron; ; mizei. S-i JJ .J 4.10; heavr. S3.S5iS4.125, light. 3e9 4lc. Sheep Erceipta. 15.' 00. Market steadv Xa tlves.4.0u jo W, wettara. S4.0jtf5.75, lexanj, 54.C0 . 5.10. Chicago Produce. Wheat Ilrm , cash and June, 525c. July, C m Steady ; caah, ilc, June, 33, July 5'c Oata Weak; cash and Jane, 265c; July, 2b .c Eye Eaay. 53.c. Berley fay. Prime Timothy Finn: $131: L33. Flax seed i inn ; sl.47. V. hi..lry 51al . Iro.-iaions 1 orv. ste.dv;caah, 513.20; June. SL- : .- ju.y, -3..o. Lprdcaah, u.02-:J(;a8. oA2.7t;July, t4.ltafj6.l75-. THE OLD .RELIABLE r.Alimihnci vIoIa koiw lUUUU (Oldest State Bank In the Slate.) PAYS INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS, -xso- MAKES LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Omaha, Chicago, New York, and all Foreign Countries. SEIXS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Helps Ita Customers when they Need Help. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LKXKVEJt. GEBBAKD, President. G. W. HULST. Vlce-l'resident. JOHN STAUFFER. Cashier. JCLICS A. BEED. K. H. HENRT. COMMEHCIAL BMZ -OT- COLUMBUS. NEB., -HAS AN Authorized Capital of $500,000 fmU Capital - 90,000 OFFICEKSx J. H. SHELDON. Fres't. H. P. JL OHLP.ICH. Vice Tres. C. A? NEWMAN. Cashier. DANIEL SCllRAM, Ass't Cash. ! STOCKHOLDERS: C. H. Sheldon. , J P. IWker. ! Herman P. ILOehlrich, Carl Iiienk. ! Johas Welch. W. K. McAllister. J. Heury Wardeman, H. M. Wiasloir. Georue W. Galley, S. C. Grey, ' Frank Rorer. Arnold F. H. Oehlrich. EBank of deposit; interest allowed on time ! deposits; buy and sll exchange on United States ! aud Europe, and buy and sell available (-cnritien. I We shall be ploased to receive your businefs. We I solicit jour patronage. 2Sdec57 FORTHE CALL ON A. & M.TURNER Or G. W. klBLEI. TraTellafc Smliaaa. tTTmt orajay ara first-class in ever; par ticasar. and so dttassinteed. I SOMFFROTN t PUTH, D1ALEWI3 WIND MILLS, AKD PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. J Piaps Repaired ei sktrt notice JrQps dor wjst of Heiatz's Dru? Stors. tlth i street. Crfoabas. Nb. 17novSJ-tf t - ON SALE TO ATiL PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH A.X XJ. P. Depot, Columbus. HENRY G-ASS. UNDEETAXER ! COFFINS AXD METALLIC CASES VFPnring of all kinds if Uahot, tUrjGo&is. VC COLVXBt-S.SlBSASIA. COTTAGE ORGAN n Tideis nEs cBBc&1ukL St