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&t 0ttrnaL (ffotomlras J-- .' VOLUME XXI -.NUMBER 15. r i it ectorsi . ANDERSON. Pres't. J. H. GALLEY. Ylce Pres't. 0. T. ROES. Cashier. G. ANDERSON. P. ANDERSON. JACOB GREI?EN, HENRY RAGATZ, JOHN J STJLLIVAS. First National Bank COLUMBUS. NEB. Report of Condition May 17, 1890. RS'ccJtcra. roin nnd ris-enstd . t P. boa ' $2-. 'D 3. J I ') 0 11 tj.i .- it r- tit it fxnr b nk :i3.772 11 'lie, u v CTJ r-0 13,75 45 ln- tram o Lo T - S on ht-zil 30 ti !: 27 .11 it x.iABiz.rrxEs. ari'ai and srr las t .milTid Ipr. an "at!onal ban' a tcs o tutra ting -JI co ints Las djpcs.tors L! 9)1 1 1 W.d-1! 'I 1j3.18LT 27GX) ,0 justness &ards. . Kll,IA3f, DEUTCHER ADVOKAT, Office over Nebraska. Colambna State Bank. Cclambns 211 OUMLlV'A'w REEDER, .4 TTORXE YS A T LA ir. Office ovir Nebraska. First National Daak. Coln-nhi. E. L. ROSSITER. COCXTY SURVEYOR. fJfFarties desiring surreying- dote can iq-dre-s aie at Co!ubnn, Neb., or call at aiy ofEct ia Court Hocwe. 5iaajtC-y T J CRAMER, CO. Sl'FT PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I Tfiii b in ir nfllco in the Conrt lirno, lh third J-atonlar nf each Jhocth for the "xaTur n t:ou of aprliaat for tcichrV certificate,' ncl for th tranaction of other school business. laioafcH -r R. COOK us, DRAY and EXPRESSMAS. Light sad heavy haniing. rnr. Headquarters at J P Teler hone. 33 snd 34. Goods IjiuhIM with Becker i(o i f ilicc. 22ma j " f rAUDLE A BRADSHAW, vurc;xJon to Fauble BusheM, BRICK MAKERS ! fjsr-tontrvtors and builders will find our hnck Sret-class end offeml at rM)nabl ml" 'r are s!m prepared to do all kisd of bn . Tcrk. 16mayitn M. K. TURNER & CO.. Proprietors aad Publishers of th ::im23 ::rssaL isi :i sia. tahzlt ;:s2l. Both, pcct-paid to any sddres". for $2.00 a year, etnctly in advance. Fmii.t .Tochvl. fl.no a ysr. W A. MCALLISTER. W M. CORNELIUS t COat.lElMtJS M' cALLISTEB , ATTORSEYS AT LAW. Colombo. Seb. E.CBOYD, 3iATrrcTrazB or Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! Job-Work, Booting and Gutter ing a Specialty. rysho op on latn street. Thirteenth street. Kranse Bro.9 old Ktf stand on Ch s. 1". Ksatt. Fboik R. KlPP KKAPP BROS.. Contractors and Builders. Estimate famished on Ibnck and ton work anil plasterina, free. Special attention jjivcn to rottmc boilers, maatlea. etc Staining and tirk pomtina" old or new bnck irork to repre sent pressed brick, a specialty. Corrpond"nce solicited. References siren. 22mayly KSAFP BROS.. Colnmbne. eb. A STRAY LEAF! ! vra-DTT" j DlAlVI. ! THE JOURNAL OFFICE FOB CARDS. ENVELOPES. NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS. DODGERS, ETC. SUBSCRIBE NOW THE COLIMMS JOUMIL -ayi THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. We Offer Both fcr a Ytar, at $ dren at the Holy Family Indian school at 0 the Blarkfeet agency. Mont. At 2 o'clock the tanif bill came up as unfinished busi , . , t ,. ,nes."'and as laid aside. After further The loxxskz. is acknjwled-d to. be the, best i -.... on Indian schools a vote was li a-5 ."- P"lr a r- o-J-. - a ? T1-. -.-. -...I ,m Le-:c2-i 'p? i ire cs.y3is2-cjaa5oE:s- iit.tri .. w ... .j--. .. .y sa tsis Ca- uted est.roly to Aaserici Litrra- j 13; 2 s, 27- So the lteiss for the schools xc . Americas Thoncnt sd Prosr-ss. and it ,t Een-se'a r. Ind.: Banning. Cal.. and rt-- -sv lie :ca expocpst of America:: lrKits- i ,, .. . , -a- It i a-a-wvl as any of tn oldf mas. Elictfeet agencv. Mont.. are re 2 e. rars us; in n y-ir ott l.'-OO r-a-rcs cf the t -u ed m the bill. senator ..c-t lifn'sr-.nni'!! bnhjibi-t 4ir.ri. i p.ttpre offered an atr-ndmen ., i"-. It i- beaaufall. illn-irMi. v-A is ,ppr.,pri),tmg 545.1-03 for the Sanee tribe . ..-.- (.i.r.(.r .:- pf at cii N ' f - u Indians located nt Flandreaa. b. r n-ar- -nun .oo - Tin- mfi i.. l-ei-ic th allowance of 51 an acre for -. - i -id tu wfcicu thev ire entitled in the l. ,. -t-visily br Juant durm the year x f xtriMfm. At'eed to. On motion IL,prituf Jocajtatia $2-00, and The Azneri- U Saator Petagrew an item of $30,000 THE ACTS OF f0X(i KESS. SUMMARY OF A WEEK'S LEGIS LATIVE WORK. Dills and Resolutions Introduced and Top ics Discussed by the Natiuual Hotly of Uw Makers. ' I la the hoose on the 21 Mr. Payson, of Illinois, from the committee oq i public lands, reported a resolution , iiance, introduced a bill to secure constitu calling on the secretary of the , tional right3 and freedom of trade, speech interior to inform tbe house by what au- j an(j pre8g within the limits of the public, thonty and why he has authorized and di- an,i agfced that in view of tbe respectable re cletl tne issue ol patents 10 me c mou Pacific railroad company for lands granted the company prior to payment of the debt due the United States fr m said company, and that he also report to the bouse the amount of lands that has been certified to each of the land urant corpora tions of the Union Pacific railway system up to this date. Adopted. Resolutions were then unanimously adopted expressing the sorrow i wit a wnicn tne nouse naa heard of the death of Kepresentative Walker, of Missouri, and providing for the appointment of a commission of seven members of the house and three members of tbe senate to take charge of the funeral ceremonies. The house then, at 11 15, as a mark of respect to the deceased, ad journed. In the senate on the 22d. the senate bill Rivicg a pension of $2,000 a year to Mrs. i Jessie Fremont was reported and plated on the calendar. The senate then proceeded j to consideration of the Indian approon ation bi'l. The paragraph having been reached in regard to the removal of the northern band of Cheyennes to a perma i of nent settlement tocether upon one the existing reservations m South Da kota. Wjomicg or Montan.i, a motion t all was niade by Senator Fettigrew to stme out south "Dakota. He said there were alreadv 25,000 Indians in that state, and no more were wanted. Senator Powers remarked that Montana did not want them, either. After further discussion the names of the three states wt re struck out and the paragraph chanced so as to make the clause read, "For the removal of said northern band of Cheyenne Indiins to a permanent settlement upon any of the ex Ktit-g reservations" Among other amendments reported and agreed to -pro th following Iccr- asing the appropriation for the Sioux ami for the subsistence of i the purnost-s of their c vihzation frouifiOwO to 'Jj0,0Ui; in serting an itJGiof $150,000 for one year's interest m aiivance on j.j.iiuu.wu provmea for as a lanent fund in the act of Ma::h 2. It b9. being an act to divide a poitionof tl Sioux reservation in Dakota, and for thej elinquishment of Indian title to the rei fainder. Having disposed of half the Dill, it was laid aside until to- morrow. it nouse diii ior ine aispoaai of the Fort E lis military reTvat'on un der tne homestead law pasaed with imend ments. Adjourned. In the hoube. on the -!2d, immediately after the reading of I he journal. tL voting began on the ongnal pack es bil'. The first vote a' oar the Adams imeudmejt to the substitute, defining an original package. It tsas lost 3J to 115. The house then proceeded to vote on the house substitute for fie senate bill. TLevote resulted yeas; 10'J, nays. 34 Owing to manv changes of votes made the ote as announced by the speaker is not cor rect. Instead of hung tea. 1"9. nays, 94. it stood leas. 113, V nays, '7. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, niovefl a r-i-n'-id-ra-tion. and a motion was made that that mo tion be tabled. The motion t table -vas agreed to yen". 1 18; n-n s. '.'."i Ibe vjte then recurreil on the nasaco of tbe euat3 bill as amended and it wa passed yeas, lTfi, nays. 3S. Thi following is the house measure That heneer any article of commerce is imported into any state from any other state, terntorv or for eign nation, and ther -held and offered for sale, the sale then shall be sub ject to tne laws of uch state, pro vided no discrimination shall be made by the state m favor of its citizens against those of other states or territories in re spect to the sale "f -any article of com merce nor in favor of its own products against those of like character proHuced in other states and territories, nor shall transportation of commerce throdgh any state "be obstructed, excect by necessary enforcement of the health laws of such state." A conferenca with the senate waB aaked for and the house then proceeded to considstationa4Jhfbankrupt'y bill, which was Jfscussed at length. Adjourned. H the senate, ou the 23d. consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was re sumed. A number of committee amend ments to the bill were agreed to. and it went over. The committee on foieign re lations reported a substitute for Senator Pascoe's resolution calling on the presi dent for information touching tbe arrest of A. J. Diaz m Cuba, and it was agreed to. Adjourned. In the house, on the 23d, Mr. Lacey, of Iowa, submitted the report of tbconimit tee on elections in the WestVirginia con tested election case of MctfinniB vs. An derson. The report, which finds in favor of the contestant, was ordered printed and laid over. Discussion of the bankruptcy bill wasj then resumed. Mr. trans. V nf Mifistnnn dwelt npon t im Dortssrce of the pending i (awi- J itation to" the business jtnterests of tne country. The probleor or ankrupts should be treated was one tc the at- tention of the lawniakerajfJiad been for vears directed withoutHeir beins able to reach an entirely sactactorr conclusion. Messrs. Adams, "of Ill.r. d'cliiugs, of Mississippi; Kerr, of Iowa; Wilson, of West Virginia; McAdoo. of New Jersey, .? V T TVrlnr nf Ohio snnkAtli advo- - -' .---, - , wr- --- - cacy of the measure. Without action the bill went over. Adjourned. In the senate on the 21th. Senator Mor gan introduced a bill to ns the limit of value and to provide for free coinage of silvt-r, and it was read and referred to the committee on finance. The bill recites that the Aarket value of silver bullion is rapidly pproacbmg the value of gold on the standard relation fixed by the laws of the Tjfaited States, and that there is no proffaion of lawf or the coinage of standard siUer dollars or the wurchaee of silver bullion bv the governnjlfent when the value of silver bullion ezcejftts SI for 371 grains of pure silver. It rferefore provides that the unit of value ifthe United States shall be SI of 412$ grains of standard silver, or ' 256.10 grains of gold: that those coins shall be legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that any owners of silver or eold bullion may dtposit it in any mint to be formed into dollars or burs for his benefit and without charge. The senate then reum?d consideration of the Ind an , appropriation bill. Ani am-i d- ment which provoked discussion wa3 the one increasing the Aprcpnatian of $100. 000 for the suppq of Indian schools to $130.1)00. mcludg the--construction of a school bn'ld nat th Blackfeet aency, Montana. 1 hamensTrcent appropriating fio.UW for tJB ereption of an industrial bebool near sVlandiean. S. D.. -s a err ed to. also a liAre amendment for sb industrial a.ttn.,l . M r..rf..i V Tl? TkA n. ! amecdmnts were to strike nut two items, one of jS.33i) for the support and educa tion of sixty Indian pumls at St. Joseph's normal school at Rensselaer. Ind., and one o' 512.5(H) for 100 Indian chil . ,aT,3.a-- ,aw.fi JT.aac wu insetted for tnirty school buildings for the Sioox Indians; also an item to pay the Indiana of the Standing Bock and Cheyenne river agencies for ponies taken from them in 1S76. On mo tion of Ssnatnr Power the item for the school building at the Blackfeet agency, Mont., wan amended by fixing the limit at $25,000. The bill was then re- .no.1 r tllA Bdniffl mYA all tVt aTYlnd- morU aoreed tn bv the committee of the wnoIe concurred in and the bill passed. Senator Voorhees.bT request of the labor al- soarce from which it emanated, that it be printed in full in the Record. Senator Sherman objected to its being printed in the Record as unusual. Senator Voor hees I he alliance will take notice of tbe objection and where it came from. After executive session the senate adiourned. In the honse on the 24th, after a short parliamentary wrangle the house proceeded to vote uponthe committee amendments to te bankruptcy bill. These amend ments are principally verbal and informal in their character. After they had been disposed of an amendment was adopted enforcing the laws of the states giving for labor a preference. A vote was then taken on the minority substitute, which is known as the "voluntary bankruptcy bill." This was disagreed to yeas, 74; nay, 125. The Torrey bankruptcy bill was then passed with unimportant amendments yeas. 117; nays, 84. Adjourned. In the senate, on tne uotn, senator uiair presented a memorial from the headquar ters of the G. A. it., expressing aonor rence at the action of congress in allowing pens on agents a fee of $10 in each case under the recent dependent pension act and inclosing a circular of a Washington claims attorney ottering to receive men in localities at one-half the tee in au cages sent to mm. senator ocreu presented a memorial from St. Louis protesting against the passage by the senate of the federal election bill. Other memorials against the bill were presented from Adrian, Mich. The house bill on that subject was, on motion of Senator Hoar, referred to the commit tee on privileges and elections. Senator Sherman offered a resolution instructing th committee on printing to report whether any abuses exist in printing mat ter in the" Congressional Record that ouebt not to be printed therein, and to ra port such bill or regulation as will limit - nch printing to the actual proceedings in in both houses; also whether it is expeai- ent to edit the debates of congress by the omission cf such parts as are immaterial, and of such papeis as are already printed as public documents. The resolution was referred to the committee on printing. Senator Morrill moved to proceed to con sideration of the tariff bill, and Senator Gray antagonized that" motion with one to resume consideration of the bouse bill to tranrfer the revenue marine service to the nay department. The latter mo tion was agreed to and the revenue marine bill was taken up. Amend ments were adopted extending the application of the bill to the life-saving service. Senator Cockrell spoke against the bill. He had not concluded his re marks when the hour of 1 o'clock arrived and the tariff bill came up as unfinished business. The formal reading of the bill was dispensed with and Senator Vance then "proceeded to address the senate. Senator Allison defended the senate from the charges of estravsgance in the matter of appropriation bills. After a lengthy discd'.non the senate adjourned. In the house, on the 25th, Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, from the committee on appro- i pnations. reported the sundry civil service appropriation dill witn senate amenamenis, with certain recommendations relative thereto. On a point of order raised by Mr. Breckenndge. of Kentucky, the bill was ftnt to committee of the whole, and Mr. Cannon moved that the house go into such committfe for its consideration. After som opposition the motion earned, and the houBe proceeded to its discussion until the hour for recess. Nothing was done at th evening session. In the senate on the 26th. Senator Cul lom offered a resolution, which was agreed to, requesting the president to transmit to the senate all the correspondence not al ready submitted to congress and now on file in the tate department, touching the efforts made by the government to obtain a modificationor the repeal of tbe decree of the French government of 1S81. pro hibiting the importation into France of American pork and kindred Ameri can products. The tariff bill was then discussed. On tuoton of Senator Wilson, of Iowa, the house amendment to the original package bill was non-concurred in and a conference ordered. TLe bill passed granting a pension of $?.000 a year to the widow of the late Gen. Crook. Bills also pas-ed giving like pensions to Mrs. Fremont and Mrs. McClellac. Adj'ourned. In the house on the 26th Mr. McKinley, from the committee on rules, reported a resolution directing the speaker to appoint a committee of five members to investigate th6 charges brought against Pension Com missioner Raum by Representative Cooper, of Indiana. Adopted. The houe then went into committee of the whole on the senate amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill. After the speaker had appointed conferrees on the otigmal package bills the committee having risen for that purpose the senate amendments to the sundry civil bill were read senatim. Non-concurrence was recommended in several, and the commit tee rose with the bill pending, and the house adjourned. A SWEET MESS. The Sugar Trust Trylns; to Fix Vp Ita Troubles. A sugar trust circular has been issued in New York and is signed by all the trus tees. It recites the legal complications, etc., and says Ihe trustees are willing to put at the disposition of the certificate holders such information and experience as they have, and to render all assist ance m their power. They propose that Theodore A. Havemyer F. O. Mathieson. J. B. Thomas, John E. Searles. jr.. and J. A. Stursberg, together with sach bankers as they may select, be appointed a committee of certificate holders with full power to represent them in the pending proceedings and to form a new or ganization for the purpose of protecting the property and promoting the interests of the certificate boldrrs. The Central Trust coaipany will isbae, in lieu of the certificates of the sugar refineries company deposited, their certificates, which will be negotiable with the same facility as the present certificates of sugar refineries companv." Spokane Fails Wearly Wtped Out. Incendiaries again came near laying the citv of Spokane Falls in ashes. As it was they started a fire that destroyed $200,003 worth of property on Monroe street, in- eluding the new bridge across the river, which cost $40,uuo. xne nre aepanmen was rendered almost helpless by the lack of water, one of the mains bursting. Several hours later two small tires broke out. but were quickly extmgnished. Fire suspects have been arrested, and armed guards patrol the city. Tbe chief losers by the fire were the cable road company, $50,000; Monroe Street Bridge company, $4U00; H. W. Greenberg company, $18,000; Boone i Co., $12,000. The east bound fast mail trvn en the Chisago k Northwestern railway ran on to a sidetrack near Malta, TIL, colliding with a freight. Several persons were injured and the fireman of the passenger train was killed. Miss Mart Wilsox has been arrested in Boston for -stealing a trunk tail of mis cellaneous valuables worth $3,000 froas a family at Bocbttter, X. T. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1890. LOUISIANA X0T LOT MORRIS TACITLY ACKNOWL EDGES HIS DEFEAT. Tfc Chief or the Lottery Swindlers Makes Statemeat Regarding; His Promise to Advance Money for Bulldlug; Levees An Admission That His Bill Has Failed. John A. Morris promised in a letter to the lottery legislative caucus that if the legislature would pass the bill submitting the lottery amendment to the people he wou'd advance $1,000,000 for levee build ing this year and the same amount in 1891. Last week a city paper referred to this as a trap to catch legislators, and charged that Morns never intended to keep the promise, referring, by way of proof, to the fact that "while Morris and hia supporters were claiming that the bill had passed, notwith standing the goTernor's veto, he was mak ing no attempt to carryoot hiBpromise. The trap worked, andijpWMorris said the following inMpsTnterview'im.one of the New Orleanajlottery organs: When I madaylneoffer to advance 31.000,000 m ItfJO and a, Second million mlsai for the build ing and repairing of the levees of tbe Mate I did so In good faith, fully intending to falnll my part of the contract, prtnidea that my proposition be submitted by legislature and by the governor to the people for their approval or rejection. That has not been done ; the breach of contract was not on my side. What I said I would do I waa ready and am now willing to perform. The people of the state have been deprived of the nae for ten years of S2.000.000 by one of the governor's mistakes. Of coarse I eonldnot be expected to hand over eiOOO.OOO out of the coffers of the lottery comnany with out receiving some equivalent or promise cf such for the stockholders of the lottery com pany This is an admission in so many words by the lottery boss that his bill failed. The latter part is also an admission that it is the same old gang, and not s new com pany with the objectionable carpet-bag and negro element eliminated. The par ishes are holding m jetmgs and electing delegates to the anti-lottery convention called to meet in Baton Rouge on Aug. 7. PUtt Objects to Pwying; Taxes. The tax commissioners of New York have assessed the stock of the United States Express company at $400,000, but Thomas C. Piatt contends that th s is a joint stock association and not a corpora tion, and that therefore it is exempt from taxation. Its stock is nominally $10, 000,000, but it is simply an organization under articles of agreement. Messrs. Tracy, McFarland. Ivms. Boardman and Piatt secured from Judge Andrews a writ of certiorari to review the action of the commissioners. The order is returnable in October. The association s officers maintain that the propobed tax is prac tically a tax upon and a regulation of com merce between states. Dynamite Ruined the Business. In a number of towns and counties in Alabama local option prohibition has been in force for years. Recently original package" bonnes have been opened in nearly all these places. Last wee J ames Ward opened an original package shop in Collmsville, DeKalb county. He was warned to leave, but paid no heed to the earning, and Saturday night his place was blown up with dynamite. The force of the explosion was terrible, and no original packages were left in the neighborhood. Ward says he will open again, but he bas received a letter warning him that he will be blown up with his packages next time. Rise or Silver tn England. The sudden rise in the price of silver has caused all the financial writers on tbe Lon don presH to sharpen their pens and put their deepest thinking caps on in the hope of enlightening the world as to the cause and effect of this alteration in the ratio between the two precious metals. The expert of the Jfor7iini7 Post, who enjoys the distinction of being perhaps the heavi est writer on the subject, says that the fluctuation in price is but a passing cloud; that the effect of the American silver bill will be wholly transitory, and that there will be very little of the effect even while it last. Western Fork Packing The Cincinnati Price Current says Dry weather conditions have had an im portant influence in hastening the market ing of hogs. The week's packing returns indicate a total of 315.000 against 165,000 last year, making a total of 5,370,000 since March 1 against 4,500,000 a year ago. Leading places compare as follows: Ores. WW. isw Chicago 1,920,000 1.415.O0O Kansas City Sis.uuu .jj.uuu Omaha 205,000 431,000 Sionx City 2&5O00 201.000 bt. Louis 230.000 275.000 IndianapoUs 318.000 1W.U00 Cincinnati 130.000 114.00) Milwaukee 196.000 172,000 CedarBapids 16i,fl0 120.000 Wichita 132.J0 42.000 Nebraska Citv. 103,000 &9.000 All others W0.000 710,000 A Free Lover Imprisoned. Ezra H. Heywood, editor of the Worltf and Apostle of Free Love, has been sen tenced to two ;ears of hard labor in state prison for sending obscene literature through the mails. This case has been re markable on account of the moral depravity of some of the witnesses who testified in Mr. Hey wood's behalf. The prisoner took the sentence very coolly, although his wife and sister-in-law seemed much excited. Heywood was sentenced for a term of years on Jan. 25, 1S7S, for a similar of fense, and served until De?. 19, 1875. when he was unconditionally released by Mr. Hayes, who was petitioned by Heywood's friends. Leprosy Spreading In Canada, There is considerable excitement over the discovery that leprosy has made its ap pearance in several remote part3 of the Dominion of Canada hitherto unaffected. Heretofore this dreaded disease was be lieved to hare been confined within the limits of the Lazaretto at Tracadie. Dr. Smith, a medical officer at Lazaretto is now investigating cases leported in the island of Akicosti. The spread of the dis ease ia believed to hae been the result of intermarriage, and has secured a strong hold, spreading out to the main land. Sad Fmte of a New York Girl. A sad story of mental derangement somes from goavernenr. Alice Devoe be came insane a year ago on account of the desertion of her lover, and was bent to the TJtica asylum. Three months ago she was released as cured. July 4 she met her recreant lover, and the shock again de stroyed her reason. The unfortunate girl has just bees sent back to the asylum, it is believed hopelessly insane. , Settlement oT African Affairs. In the settlement of African affairs made between England and France, the right of the latter to grant exequaturs to foreign consuls in Madagascar im recognized, and a rectification of the frontiers of the upper Niger is in principle assented, which will permit the extension of the French sphere of influence to lake Tschad. The question of England's treaty rights in Tunis is re served. An ABstraiiaa BaUway Selteae. Tit praam has mtrodmetd ia parli- ment a railway bill providing for the con struction of l.t77 miles of country In es and thirty-nine mi es of suburban lit.es. the whole to eost 12.5'.0,000. besides a grant from the treasury of 2.000,000. He said the scheme was necessary m order to meet the growth of the population, which, as tbe censns proved, was increasing faster than the population of America. Ths bUJ was received. Ate Poisonous Meat. Twenty-one persons at Rich Lake. Wis.. are in danger of dying fror rating meat supposed to hare been poisoned. Thomb, the state dairy and food commissioner, was summoned to mvestigat. He found that the meat which caused the trouble, to the amount of Seventy-five pounds, bad been Dlac d on sale at a local mnrket. The victims were and cramps. taken nh violent vomiting i Several are in a very cnticil condition. Aa Old Soldier aiurdrred. Fire has broken out m a number of places Great excitement was created at Grand j m the rums and tLe entra fire dpartni' nf. Beach, Mich., when tbe murdeied body of now at worij extinguishing the flumes. Martin Switzer, an old soldier, was found I Th(J iDareij , being removed and cared rotting in one of the rayipes near the lim- f jcklT M DOSsible. its of the city. It is believed that the de- i - - cased was murdered for his pension Maiden's Account. monf v, a large sum of whicn he had re- ' Th first train to arrive at Maiden from cently drawn as back pension money. Tbe Lawrence since tbe disaster arrived at country is being scoured by a citizens' t noon. The conductor states that the tor committee, and if the miscreants are nado struck South Lawrence, ab.mt five caught there wi 1 be a lynching bee. A Reign of Terror. The people of Mlrose, III., a suburb m the neighborhood of Jefferson, 111., are just now in a state of terror from a strange ( and unusual visitation. Every dog in the village and neighborhood has, it seems, been struck with rabies and the streets are filled with mad dogs. A dozen ani mals affected with the rabies were in the district, and several people have recently been bitten. o Formal War. The Gnatemolan minister in Pans, re ferring to reports from Mexico that war had broken out between Guatamala and San Salvador, says war has not b-en de clared and no Guat-malan troops have crossed the f ronteer of San Salvador. It is the minister's opinion tht the fighting referred to ia the dispatches must have oc curred in the interior of San Salvador be tween factions of that country. Five Thousand fur Savins a Lift. A wealthy Montreal man attempted to , board a tram at Old Orchard after it had started. He ran to the end of a baggage car and-caught the rai log, but lost fcis footlngv He swung between the cars and was losing his grip, when Frank E. Kelley, a boy peddler, saw him and managed to pull him on board. The man promised to send th boy a check for f 5,0fl0 when he reached MontreaL The Rocky Mountain News Sold. The Rocky Mountain Xeics has been sold to a republican syndicate, backed by Senator Teller, Gov. Cooper and ex-Treasurer Brisbane, the owners of the Denver Times, and others, for 5400,000. It will be consolidated with the Tim. and run as a morning and eeuing paper, republican in politics. Fouad Guilty of 3f tinier. The coroner's jury in the case of the Maranda family, five of whom were burned to death in Quebec last Wednesday, has returned a verdict holding Pierre Dla mere and his wife and Jean Ganthtr. their barkeeper, as responsible for the fiie. The prisoners were committed to stand trial for willful murder. A Woman Caused It. A shooting atfray occurred at Asheville, N. C, m a bar room, in which John Milster, the barkeeper, was instantly killed and Phillip Mclntire, a butcher, received r shot from which he died. Milster s body was riddled with bullets. A woman is supposed to have been the cause of the difficulty. Strikes Ended and Begun. Drivers in the employ of the New York Street Gleaning department have all re turnee, to work, an amicable arrangement having been arrived at. The strike of workmen iu the public schools is spread ing and may seriously interfere with their opening in the fall. Offered tJ7,000.000 by an English syndi cate. A British syndicate, with a real live lord at the head of it, has made an offer of $7,000,000 for the Knapp, Stout & Co. properties in Dubuque, la., and Wiscon sin. The property consists of several large mills and valuable tracts of pine land. The offer is likely to be accepted. Horrible Crime in Texas. NewB has reached Austin, Tex., of a horrible triple murder near Hatto, a small village twenty-eight miles north of therp. Armed men invaded the home of a Mexi can. Vitala Melena, and shot him. his wife and their 5-year-old daughter. John and Andrew Sutton have been arrested for th crime Arabs and Spanish Cavalry Fight. A number of Arabs fired upon a detach ment of Spanish cavalry near the town of Metilla. a Spanish convict settlement on the north coast of Morocco, and several of the cavalrymen were wounded. Tne at tacking party was shelled from the fortress and a number of Arabs killed. The m-Fated Se Wing. The government inspectors have secured the names of 21-4 persons who were on board of the ill-fated stamer. Sea Wing, which was wrecked in a storm on lake Fep pia. The steamer and barge were allowe d by law to carry only 175 person?. The penalty for the violation is sevete. Ravage of the Mberin Plague. A terrible outbreak of the Siberian plague is reported ravaging the govern ment of Riszan, Russia. Cattle thus far have been the most violently attacked, the mortality among them being very large. Hundreds of peasants are prostrated with the malady. Three deaths are reported. Will Inspect American Cattle. Dr. Sallon, United States vetenniry in spector and Inspectors Wray, Melorn and Rjder have sailed for Liverpool. On the other side they will make arrangements for the examination of cattle as they are handled from American ports. A Russian Hurricane. A part e the town of Slonia has been wrecked bv a hurricane. Many persons were buried in the ruins. Nineteen bodies i nave been recovered. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. ' The republicans of the Sixth Pennsyl- j vania district have nominated John B. ' Robinson for congress. Fabmzbs and laborers of the First In diana district have nominated Col. J. S. Wright for congress. It is probable that the Uruguayan gov- , eminent will raise the customs duties 10 j per cent, and make them payable in gold, i which will be devoted to the redemption of - the paper money. A detachment of Turkish soldiers who were enroute from their camp to a wa 1 near Canoa. Crete, to draw water were fired upon by a party of Christians hidden in aaahuafa. Fire of the lurks wart killed. AGAIX THE CYCLONE, THIS TIME IT STRIKES IN THE EASTERN SECTtON. Lawrence. Mass.. the Town Vislted-Six Persons Reported Killed, a Large Num ber Injured and About MM Homes De stroyed One of the Most Peculiar Storms Ever Known. A MsvMnna nf cmnafc nnvar afrnrt LaW rencC Mass. about 10 o'clock ....... m- -. ! ' a. m. on tne -'em. ine siurm un struck Main street and traveled thence to Salem street, devastating a sec- J tion twenty rods wide. It is estimated that 100 building have been levelrd. One man is known to have been killed outright 5va foiling building and the injured are , now reported as numbering fifty or sixty. hundred rods from the South Lvrena depot of the Boston &. Maine railroad, and its pith of destruction extends to th over head bridge on the Boston A Maine tracks, between Sonth Lawrence and North An dover. In South Lawrencj seventy-five houses were shattered and the roof of the new Catholic church was carried away and the switch box of the Bjbton & Maine road blown 50) feot, cirrying with it a railroad employee whose name is not known and kilhn; him instantly. Ou the east side of the tracks, toward North Audover, a grove of large trees, ten to fifteen acres in extent, was blown flat by the ind and fifteen houses reported wrecked in that town. Loss of life, from the present source of information, is placed at from nfteen to twenty-five, and the number injured, it is said, must reach 100 or 150. Springfield street, where the cyclone struck, contained many of the handsome residences of the town. After the tornado had passed, but three houses of all between niancuaro, ami South Union streets were left standing, j All others on both sides of the btreet, were either mowed down completely or partially demolished. Twenty people on this street alone were injured. Boston' Version. Th first news of the cyclone direct from Lawrence is just received by tele phone. The destruction waa confined whollv to South Lawrence, Ninety wooden buildings were destroyed, six lives 1 were lost and thirty-live persons injured. i The value of property destroyed amountec to 5100.000 and SCO people are rendered homeless. Passengers on the Boston and ' Maine train due in Boston at 10 45 got a i good view of the wrecked town as they -., t k nmn,!,, . nsaspnoer. " says timber, farm wagons snd objects of all sorts were scattered aoout in alt directions. The path of the cyalone was across the track at right angl-s. It cut a clean swath, leveling houses and cutting off or uprcotmg trees. The train stopped but a few minutes and it was impossible to find anything definite. A special from Lawrence says tbe cyclone struck the city from the west, cutting a swath over a mile in length and 500 feet in width. The hospital is filled with the injured. hile the homes spared from wreck are shelter ing the homeless ones. At 9:55 the awful visitation came. Earn was falling heavily, when suddenly th heavens glowed with a bright white light. Heavy black clouds shot from bt-htnd the western hills high into the sky and then the mass parted. Down shot black streaks from the dark mass and in a moment the crash came. Buildings were crushed like ejzg shells, whole houses were lifted from their foundations. The buildings were most all the pretty frame homes of toilers in the mills. The Death List. The names of the deal ar.: MRS. O CON NELL MAMIE O CONNELL MARY LYONS MRS. COLLINS. Child of Julia Beattie. TERRIBLE DROUGHT. No Rain in Connecticut for a Month All Crops Will Be a Failure. Drought continue1 ia Connecticut. If rain does not come a the field crops will be a out a tot il failure. No storm has crossed the state smce June, and light showers have fallen only in favored dis tricts. The weather is wonderfully brill iant aid clear, like that of the alkali deserts of the far west. The sky of deep blue, and all day is crossed by ragged frasments of dark, hard-rolled clouds, which, however, bring do rai . Corn is yellow aud shriveled in the field, potatoes are dying even in the moist low. lands, and garden vegetables have rown not at all in the past two week. Th-re will be little if any fruit m southern N-w England. Hay is the only crip thiit is ample. Most of it was cut be'or tLe dry weather began. So dry is the coaniry that a person or team passing alcn ths highway is enveloped in a tall cloud of dust, which is to volatile that great j U scout at everv footfall. It is a typical ew iLniriand aroucnt. line mat ot ait a dozen veara aao, when the air was so rare- fled that the hills and distant objects in the landscape stood out like the project n features in a painting As bal as th- drought is, the cold is equally detrimental to crops The month has been tbe co'd July on record tu- -... ,- .. ranges between 48 ind 60 decrees and it is cold all day. Tnere wjs a Iicnt frot in some district- Monday morning. orwgian Bark I'mIiiWt Lo.t. The Norwegian birk LIiydiilt n port of Guantanamo. on the nth -id vi Cuba. Jure 14. bounl to Fhii idrlp n. The crew of fourteen men d 4.5 u t a s of sugar has neer iicoi- b en Lfir'! from. The general op nion is that th vehjl La met with disaster and f.on tiovj "ith a 1 on board. Jutigo lavl Will Fountl- A dispatch fiom Bntt . M-nt . . s. A sensation ba3 Iee-i create I her- Uv th" Slicg of tbe wx 1 of tie late Ja le A. J. D.ivi8. The doccmei.t, wh oh a d-.t .-: m Iowa, in lc5, m-l-s his hiot er. J bc D-tvis. of th citr. th -!e a ir. A nu.ties re -Iso trtvea to to tl-r.iMt children. The estate i vaiu-.l nt ? ,,:. "I wih I M-as a -in'" ' taue I au4c pt mto me." should hilr: iuu 0- sebraska lul colleitioss. Aally Happening Chronicled. BzskIiEMvx voted to iasuj hoods for a BTstem of wattr-aorks. Th Catholics of Rulo have let the con tract for tho foundation walls of a new convent. The Modern Woodmen of Burwell bar organized a camp with twenty charter members. Twe Sons of Veterans camp at David City will present a play to the public early m AnffU&t. A gang of horse thieves is supposed to be located near Falls City. Many horses are disappearing. The contract bas been let for tne build ing of the new opera-house at Auburn. It will cost $14,000. SroBTSMEX of Bancroft propose to or ganize a club to prevent the unlawful slaughter of prairie chickens. A shipment of 60,000 corn cans reached the Beemer canning factory last week, and as many mote are on the road. Tub resilience of Dr. Wilson, of Table Rock, was badly damaged by a stroke of lightning. Note of the inmales were in jured. The Kearney gait has taken to croquet. A series of championship games has just been played by leaders in social circles for a silver cup. Hans Larson, a Craig blacksmith, died from the effects of a kick from a mule he was shoeing. He leaves a wife and five children. John Doe and his 17-year-old son. liv ing near Beaver City, have been arrested and jailed on a charge of committing numerous thefts. The Kearney gait has about captured a United Brethren normal college. A solic iting committee is at work trying to raise the necessary subsidy. Is compliance with the request of the j farmers of Nuckolls county the Chicago, Kansas City Nebraska road will build a 1 515,600 elevator at Nelson. During an eltctncal storm at Friend , tLe residence of T. M. Huron was struck by lightning, doing some damage to the house and injuring ttis little girl. A Falls City banker claims that fewer j loans have been made to farmers this year ' than in any previous year, and that farmers are meeting obligations promptly. , At B atrice a select party went out to espeniaent with bomb wnjch was the alleged dynamite found in the railroad yards, and they have not been heard from ' since. ( Several opera houses on the railroad have been leased and a circuit formed; including the Elkhorn theatrical towns of Fine and Chadron. Fort Niobrara, Long Norfolk. ntone Meters, a young German of Dmnanl mnrf oneroid nmrdrtr that WM cot I ... ... . .. . jo nni , sapped. A liberal reward is offered for un luc not iu mc auuuub u -w . , jjla capture. , ABOUT forty citizens of Wisner enrolled , their names as members of the Nebraska Bankers and Business Men s association for the purpose of opposing the prohibi- trv amendment. L. E. GRIFFITH, a jeweler of elson, ' itanarf&l Fn, nirfa T,T,lrn nn. lvinLr hl .... T u.ui..-w .v. pu.. I.... -. .-, .- -- 0 wife and family to the sympathy of neigh bors. A scandal involving the wife of an honored citizen is the result. A DIRT bank near Blair m which a steam shovel was at work caved down, covering up a lot of machinery and tools. For tunately the slide occurred when there was no one around except the watchman, who was in a place of safety. Some miscreant boarded the Belle of the Blue at Beatrice, while the crew waa on land, and opened a valve which allowed 100 pounds of steam to escape, and the va6t multitude was therefore disappointed because the steamer did not run on time. The Elmwood Farmers' alliance is m- ' yestigating the accounts of J. W. Holen- beck. the manager of the elevator, com plaints having been made that crooked work had been done by him. It is said he is short in his accounts and will be dis missed. The corner stone of the Kearney cotton mill will be laid early in August and a cele bration is being planned. It s proposed ' to invite the governor, state official, prum 1 ment men, the editors of this state and i surrounding states and entertain them in royal style. Christ Bogneb, a German farmer liv ing near Howells, was run down and Killed by a freight train ou the Elkhorn. The 1 coroner's jury attached no blame to the ' railroad. Bogner was "5 years old and deaf. His son was killed in the same way two years ago. A PECULIAR accident occurred at Alex andria the other day. Frank Gray ha i been handling a revolver and had laid it down ami walked across the room when ' the weapon was discharged, the ball in its ' course passing between his lips and reliev ing him of four front teeth. Aside from the loss of his teeth he will suffer no seri ous inconvenience. Herbert Rhodes, living four mi'es north of Geneva, awoke the other morning to find his barn burned with all its con tents, including the year's crop of hay and oats. It was discovered that bis three horses, which were fine Normans, had been stolen and others left in their places and the barn burned to cover up the crime. A reward of f200 is offered for the capture of the guilty parties. D vwes county farmer who depend upon the Little Barneaux for water are making vigorous protests against the stream being dammed for irrigating purposes. The sheriff tailed to effect a compromise be tween the watered and waterless settlers, and papers were served making the matter one of couit inauirv. One unfortunate ' result is the ki Sing of all the fish m the stream below the dams, caused by lack of water. New hay is being brought to North Platte ! " "M"1 qoaatities, lh price tor oaiea t ong rto;i per ion. i n-, whuk m . be shmoed west, the present mari't bein Cheyenne and Laramie. THE buildings compr sing the little town of Armanda. m Buffalo county, are being rapidly removed to Miller, and in a few days Armanda wul be a reminiscence. A-. F. Stevesson. an ngmeer of Stromsbur6, ha3 invented a &team enmne and proposes tc make a fortune out of it. George Bvser is under arrest at Ne braska City for brutally assaulting an old man named Haumer with a horsewhip. The potato crop is reported below the average. An athletic club las been organized at York. Charles Morter. aged 95. is the old est citizen of Burt county. HOBSE thieves are causing coss.derable trouble in the vicinity of Fairmont. THE little daughter of Join C.sey, of Pawnee Of. fell "3 gte rt:fct icd IrtA her arm. As epicemK- of diphtheni is prevuln g , in the vicinity cf Gei evn. an ! a nuniter of deaths have aireaJ? re-ult d. Govern jient wrk oj ths 3ii-.'xm river at Rulo is eompltted. WHOLE NUMBER 1055. THE OLD RELIABLE Columbas State Bank tOU.)t SUto Bank fa tte PAYS INTEREST OR TIME KMS1TS, -A53- MAKES LOANS ON HEAL ESTATE. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Omaha. Chicago. Na York, aad aX F Countries. 8EIX9 BTEAJISsMF TICKET. BUYS GOOD NOTES And Helps Its Castotaers when they Ieed aTetav OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: LZAXDER OEBllAHD, PrewJent. O. W. HTJLoT. Vtce-PresUsmt. JOSN STAUrrEB. Casnls XCTJCB A. BTED. HKWT. COMHERCUL BUI -OT- COLUMBUS, NEB. -HASAN AUtkorlzetl CapiUl of $500,000 Paid i Capital - 90,000 OFFICES": H. SHELDON. Prea't. H. P. H. OXILRICH. Vice Pre. C. A. NEWMAU, Cashier. DANIEL SCHBAM. Asa't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: H. Sheldon. 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