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t - -aBBBBBBBSSIBBBBBMMBMBlBBlBl NTEBRA.SKLA. FAMILY : JOUBNAL A Weekly Newspaper issied e?erj Wednesday. 32 CoImbiis of readiig Batter, sistiugof Nebraska State Newi Items, Selected Stories aid Miseellaiy. tar-Samplo oopiM teat rea to any addiM." SubecriptioD price, $f a ytar, in Mvaitt. Addreu: M. K. Tos$p k (fe, Coiutofc&i, Ralte Co., Nebr J. DTJSSBIiL, dkalx nr 2 PDMP3 REPAIRED ON 6H0BT NOTICE. Olive St., nearly opposite Poit-ofRo. CjaneW-r LOUIS SCHREIBER. Blacksmitb and Wagoa Maker, AH kinds of Repairiig dole Short Notice. Biggies, Wag- oms, ete., nade to erdr, and all work Giar- aiteed. Abo soil the world-famous Walter A, Wood Mowers, Reapers, Conbim- d Machines, Harresters, and Self-binders the best made. tdTShon opposite the " Tattersall." on Olive St.. COLUMBUS. 26-m Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges many an old busine??, Revives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a failing business, Preserves many a large business, Secures success in any business. So eajs a man of. business, and we add that judicious advertising, for tlijs section of country, includes THE JOURNAL As one .? the mediums, because it is road by the Jct jeo!e. those Tcho know what they wantanJ ly for w hat they Ret. We challenge comparison with any country paper in the world in this re lect twenty years publishing by the same management, and never one dnn to eubscriliers publit-hetl in The JOURNAL. This, better than nnxthtnK rino, tOiows the clat of people who lead The JouiUfALete'rr week. tf GOSHEN FENCE IACHI1! CHEAP. CXSTLY 15. Woven wire and slats, cat willows, split boards or sn) thing- of the sort, nsed; after posts are set, fence can be made and stretched on the ground, in the winter, by a boy or ordinary farm band, 10 to 40 rods a day, and can work it oTcr any around. The man who has one of these ma-chini-e can build a fence that is more durable and safe than any other, and make it at loss cost. The machiuH and a sample of its work can be seen in the city on 11th street at Krost & Bchwarz hardware store. Willsell mchines, or territory, or contract to put up fences. linajtX J. a. MATHEWSON. WlWSPArtR A book of 100 paxes. The best book for as advertiser to con II ITIf VBTCBIllfs anlt. be he exnerl fwr r1 SEMFeq-" or otherwise It cunt Us lists of newspapers and estimate ofthecotofndvertliiiK-1ueadvertisr;;o wants to spend one dollar, finds in It the in formation be require, while foihimwho will Invest one hundred thousand dollars in ad vertising, a scheme is indicated which will meet his cverv requirement, cr can bemad to dots fXikl changes eaftiy arrived at fcjr cor TUpotidene. 19 editions have beea isued. Sent, post-paid, to any address for 10 cents. Write te GEO. P. HO ft" ELL CO., SErTSPAPER ADVKBT1SIXO BUREAU. -:oonweSUPrinUns House Sa-). Kew Ycrk. PATENTS rTeats and Trade Marks obtained, and all Pat cat besiness conducted for MODER.VTK FEES. OUK OFFICE 18 OPPOSITE 0. H. PATENT OFFICE. We have no aab-aziei'ja, nil business direct, team ire ran transact patent business in less tisse and at LESS COST than those remote from Washington , Send model, drawiac or photo, with descrip tion. We advice if pateatable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A book. "How to Obtain Patents," with refer ences to actual clients in your state, coanty ox town, sent free. AddB,,-lrow A co Opposite Pataat OSoa. Washington. 1). cL to sin I PIT flilZltV Aflsnts Waaledl T CiaccLaasFaim. !. aUeaitei Safety Beta KoUea ftlranawaytoiciroauceiatBE. arary- ii bars frosa I to C awreraaaer ersar feet, Send C tests a mSS ni3iiMsisisirJtfiral bhbhbhbw. HH ailv aj.L,4C;;,! TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP! MONSTER PROCESSION OF THE C. A. R. IN BOSTON. All Foriuer Parades Throws In the Shade Adjutant General Hopkins' Report Shows Lars;) Gala in Membership General Wheelock G. Teazey Elect t a Commander for the Coming; Tear. special bostox letter. HE Grand Army of Boys in Blue lias emtio and gone, and wry one of tlu'iii feds like taking off his hat to the Hub. It is the first lhiu they have ever, as a lxdy. tested ltostou hospitality, and they found it not wanting. jBif,l rver oouv went Sm9&- Wlgl away praising Boston a ad Bostonians to the sky. 'It's a great -ity and a great people," was a stwk expression heard on ever' hand. The orowning event of the encamp- nint was I'his was unique and impressive. Such a parado would be impossible in any other coun try than this, for no other country could muster the same number and kind of men, soldiers, yet civilians, scarred vet erans of hundreds of battlefields, gath ered from the farms and workshops of a continent, to remind us for a brief but vivid day of the mightier military power that was ever called into existence. It was a spectacle of superlative grandeur by whatever standard it was measured. In point of numbers it was immense, and but for the excellent man agement of its organizers and directors it would have been unwieldy. From 11 o'clock In the forenoon till after sunset this memorable march was kept up, column after column passing the grand stands with wonderful precision and pre senting to the spectators a succession of A SOX-COMBATAST. military tableaux, each one in its turn possessing some peculiar and distinctive trait of the State from which it came. Maine's sturdy men displayed the pine cones of their forests; 'Wisconsin's contingent carried a badger: Ver mont's gallant comrades adorned their kossuths with sprigs of green to remind us of their green mountains: the Illinoisans bore banners on which the names and faces of their great citi zens, Lincoln, Grant, and Logan, were conspicuous; and so on through the long list of all the States represented. .There were 45.500 veterans in line. It was the largest procession the G. A. R. has ever turned out. The President, the Gov ernor of Massachusetts, and Gen. Sher man reviewed the procession from a stand in Copley Square. Undeniably the most gallant figure of the day, and the one most heartily and continuously applauded, was Gen. Alger. Tha Xew Officer.. The chief Interest in the encampment Mirrounded the election oi grand officers and the location for the next encamp ment. General Wheelock G. Veazy, of Vermont. wa elected Commander-in-chief, and the next convention will be held in Detroit. Richard F. Tobin, of Boston, was elected Senior Vice Com mander, and George B, Creamer, of Bal timore. Junior Vice Commander Commander Veazey's Career. Wheelock G. Veazey waa bom in Rockingham County. New Ilampshiie, about fifty-three years ago. and was ed ucated at Phillips. Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College, and the Albany Law School. He had just begun practice in Springfield. Vt.. when the war broke out. At the close of Lis military ster ile be resumed practice at ftutlaud, in partnership with the Hon. Redfield Proctor, ihe preeit Secretary of War. He enlisted tts a. private in the Third Vermont Volunteers early in 1561. was chosen Captain of Com pany A, and promoted to be Major 111,4 Lieutenant Colonel that summer. The Colcupl of the regiment was William F. Smith, who afterward became popu larly known as Genera! "Baldy" Smith. Being a West Point man he gave his command thorough discipline, and it dis tinguished If.sejf at Lee Mills, the first battle of the peninsular campaign in 1862. By this time, however, its colonej had been made a general, and wa in -ommand of a division, and Colonel Veazey was his chief staff and was en gaged in all the battles of the peninsular campaign. In addition to a leading law practice in 1864 he accepted an appoint ment as reporter of the decisions of anyL'' I In profession. SEVESTT-HVE, BCT HK MARCHED. " - 5 1 THE I'HESIDEST, THE OOVEBSOB AXI GEXEKAI. SHERMAN' IS COPI.EYQUAIlE. ; - the Supremo Court of Vermont, and held the office eight years,publishing nine vol umes. Ho was a Sl.Jte Senator in 1S72-3, OEX. W. Ii. VEA7.EY. THE SEW MmMAXDEK and a leading member of that lody. Still continuing to practice law. he was appointed register in bankruptcy in IST.'l, which he held until the law was repealed. In 167i he was cho.-en a .lodge of the Supreme Court of Vermont, and held this office for ten years, becoming ilN tinguished for judicial learning and probity, and being called to preside at nisi prius over the mo:t difficult trials in the State. In 1870 he was appointed by the Governor a commissioner to report to the Legislature upon court expenses. Willi a view to retrenchment and reform. Soon after going on the bench he was appointed a commisioner for revising the .statutes of the. State. In l$3i lie was appointed by Pre.-idont Harrison an Interstate Commissioner, and this office he hold at the present time. Finances of the Order. The rejiort of Quartermaster General John Taylor, of Philadelphia, consisted entirely of figures. One set chowed the official' in account with the Grand Army. It gave cash balauco Aug. M. ISS'J. SiL'. 333.4t: receipts from sale of s-upplies. $23,891.3:;: receipts from per capita tax. $7,611.06; interest on Tinted States bonds and deposits $825.21; total to be ac counted for, $43,681.11. The expondi tures had amounted to $34,239.30, of which $l.,7.'9.9) IihcI been for the pur chaso of Mipplles and S18.512.4o for inci dentals, postage, salaries, etc Another table gives the total assets as follows: Cash balance on hand. $;,44.r.81; duo by departments, $8."2.11; United States bonds, $19,800; supplies $1,571.0S; total, $31,669. The Grant monument fund was shown to have been Increased by S9S1.76 since the last encampment, and to amount to 811.114.",. Report of Adjntant General Hopkini. The following is Adjutant General Uopkin" report: Ilussell J. Alser, roiuinundur-ln-ctiipf ; Comrade bee to submit the following report of the bti.lnes transaction-, of the Adjutant General office, and ineiiibei--.hli und progress and condition of the order for the year JuM closed. OuinsMo the fact that the Twenty-fourth Xutiouul Encampment i held two weeks, earlier In the yr than the preceding encampment, the reports ftoiu some of the departments are tint as full us thoy would have beta had more time been given to lh posts ii the various dejiart nieuts to uiiJte their r0port.s. When you a siimed cojmnund of the tiraud Army of the there were; forty-two- depart- with fi.Trtpo&t,' and it inemtMrshlp id Mandlng of 3S2,.8l. Tho ecniolN report foe the quarter cudlnrJuucfiO. shows forty-three departments, with the ptovbWonal epartment f Indian Terri tory and OMeJifir.ia. and a neinbersliip in rood stanSin? of 43j.!isj, l)rts a net sain two departments, 464 potfv and 47.116 c rades. The following table gives tile strength the several purttuevtofsauc the each in pi Hndjiiieiiibershli) Junft 30 1SS9. and .Til e:s". lMn. These tjle she that on .lun 1600. 7.1 ;s The there weie in th ov al departme; posts, with a mem fiiiC f :97.: Sains slitCft June 30, e!. were . ts and 20.217 member. Th Jowes pO-s and 1,381 meml)ers. Members in gooit st Juno 2,til7 Gain by muster 40.0-.7 Gaiuby transfer 8.320 Gain by reinstatement -3.46ii - Gain from delinquent reports V.',VA$ Total cain.... Sl.'JI" te 164,-"- Losa by death 5.1VG Lobs by honorable discharge I,n4 Loss by transfer 10.2. Logs by suspension 6,111 Loss by dishonorable discharge. . . . Wi Loss by delinquent reports 12,4'jC Totalloaa :tc.581 Members In good standing June " 1J0 127,031 MUSIC HALL. WHERE THE O. Net gain in membership in good standing.... ............... ....... .47,116 Net gain in posts reporting 464 Members remaining suspended 25,140 ) Members last quarter by delinquent .- reports 2.389 Total in suspension 27;.'i23 Total members on toils June33,lS70, 435,510 Adding to this those out on trans 'or, U.Tl'Q who are of course still members of the order, gives a total mem- bersbipof i55,-J33 The loss by delinquent reports is caused UensfhTIc nietas in lo datJd tsgfl. yn JrttlPrbf fbetween co ! 3SS. an If - WWb i chiefly by the negligence of post officers In failing to make their reports, and It would seem that there is no excuse on the part of these officers for this negligence. The offi cers should make u report of the condition of their post ut the close of tho meeting next preceding the close of the quarter. If this were done, the total number In good .standing would uppear much larger. If to the number In good standing June 30, 1SI0, of 427,981. were added the number loat by delinquent reports, and the number suspended, who. although suspended, are members of the order, there would bo a total membership upon the rolls of 435,510; to such should be also added 2,7l'0 who are oat on transfer cards. The number of deaths during the year was o,47C. The amount expended for relief for the year ending March 31, 16U0, was 2221,350.18:" number of comrades relieved, l!),'470; others relieved, S.W'J; total number reltcved.2S,419. In this sum no mention Is made of the large amount of private aid expended ly thousands of our members Individually or collectively, and of which no record can Ih? kept. Tor the quarter ending June :i0, Is90. S5l.59'J.01 was expended. The total amount expended by the Graud Army from July 1, 1571, to July 1, IS'.H), amounts to $1,937,534.55. In a table showing the progress made during each quarter lu the last thirteen year the following shows the, gain In six de partments, which take tho lead: Ohio, 2,593; Missouri. -.',02$; Massachusetts, 1.043; Ten nessee, 963; Indiana. 957; Illinois, 770. Two new departments have been organ ised. The Department of North Dakota, embraced lu the territorial limits of the SEsSBJkmBbt ..HBbssIbBBbL OKNKItAI. AI.GElt, THE HET1RISO COMMA.N DElt-IX-CHIEK. State of North Dakota, was organized at Grand Forks N. D., on April 24, 1890. Com rade George B. Wlnshlp was elected De partment Commander, who appointed Com rade William Ackermau as Assistant Ad jutant General, with headquarters at Grand Forks. The Provisional Department of Indian Territory and Oklahoma was authorized by special orders No. 21, dated June 23. 1690, and u department encampment called for the pin mwo of organizing u permanent de partment at Guthrie on the 7th day of August, istto. I beg to refer and cordially indorse tho lecommendatlons of Past Adjutant Geuernl Eugene F. Welgle, in which he refers to the great advantage that would accrue to tho departments and the organization if there were u less frequent change of tho Assistant Adjutant General lu tho various depart ments. Sxme of tho larger departments liiivo adopted the plan of keeping perma nent headquarters and making infrequent changes in thu offk'u of Assistant Adjutant General. This seems to tfte voiy dcsjrablo in deed, and I quite agree with Comrade Welglo in his report that It would be amply sufficient to lmve semi-annual reports Instead of quarterly, as tho latter only enhance the lulHirof the post and thodopui'tiiett officers without serving any purpose that would not be equally as well served by semi-annual leports. As gi ing tin Indication of the amount of work required in the office of the Adjutant General, I beg to notice that there have boon Issued eighteen general oider, tljree e'reu lais, two national rosters, which with an issue of 1,000 copies of each amounts In all to 340 00i; in addition seventy-live special Orders wero issued, and nearly 4,000 com munications of various kinds were received, most of which call tor a reply, which may be found copied in the letter books of this ofiice. A special mailing list, comprising the na tional and past national officers, members of the Council of Administration, prominent members of the order of the Woman's Belief Corps and Sons of Veterans and soldier pew.spapers. Is now quite large, and makes ii iargp Item in postage. AlKiut J'Ou commissions have hewn issued. 1 beg to call the attention of tho sev eral departments to the desirability of printing tin reports of their proceedings in as nearly a uniform style as possible, to coutaim to the printed leport.s of the national encampment. Commander-in-chief I desire to express my sincere regrets that our official rela tious. which have been at all times most pleasant, are m soon to be severed. You have Impressed uiwn me. as you have all the conn ade of the vaiioiis departments you have visited, the sincerity of your work in behalf of the organization. The amount of time that you have placed at the disposal of the comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic was measured only by the time between the dates when you as sumed the oflico and when you will have laid it down. If I hae in any manner-merited the con fidence which you have placed. lu me, and my official action has been satisfactory to the member, of the oiganization. I atn more than pleased, and abundantly tewarded for the labrr. I desire in as public a manner as iosible to express my thanks to the officers of the various depaitmeuts for their uniform courtesy in responding to my demands made upon them in relation to their departments. To Assistant Adjutant General James T. pterling 1 am greatly indebted for his as sistance, go cheerfully and zealously given at all times, and to Quartermaster Geuerul John Taylor. Judge Advocate General Aus tin, and Inspector General Griffith for their aid whenever called upon. Sincerely in F., C. and I... Geohoe IIorKiss. Adjutant General. A .Joke for Boarders. ''You've left yonr old boarding-house, I see." '"Yes, too expensive. Mrs. Hash feeds her boarders so well that they are continually outgrowing their clothes, and what tjiey save in -the H A, II. HELD ITS SESSIOXS. cheap rates they Jose in having to bny new suits." Then both laugh a sardonic, diaboli cal, ironical laugh, which only board ers can understand and appreciate. Philadelphia Times. The best cook stove ever made will not bake a biscuit unless there is a good fire in it. THE WORTH OF NEBRASKA. Assessed Valuation or the State by Coun tien Notes of News. The assessed valuation of the property in the vamus counties of Nebraska for 1810 is as follows: Antelope.. Adami ... Uutfuio .. ItluillO .. Box Butte Boouo .... Blown...., Burt Butler ..., 'Banner.... Cass Cheyenne. Choiry .... Chnse Cedar Clay. Colfax Cuming. .. Custer.... Daws n. Dawes .. , DaW.a.... Dixon ..... Dodgo Douglas ... Ducdy Doucl Fillmore... Franklin . Frontier... Furuus ... Gag Garfield..., Gr.mt Goipor..... Hall Hamilton.. Harlan.... Hayes.... Hitchcock. Holt Howard. .. Hooker Jefferson . . Johnson... S l.KH.'Sn . a.Ki,i7'j. . a,')51.45i . -Jl 1.119 1.57S.S3J 63.50.1 i.au.tys . 2.561.011. 326,052 . 5,eii,:.oi . 1.21.1.1-2. , 1.C57.4J2 711.378 . 1,1160,628 . :i,11'2,25 1,010,'JIO . -2,016,315 . 3.033. 1S1 1.6I027S . l.s;2,C'J , ,tK9.4Z7, . 1,(47.651. . :I.170.&J3 . 35,01 j r,3;o, 7iU,'.l& 870.16.1. , 3.010.066. 1,1-21.077. . 1.3VJ.6S4, 1.W.2J1. 5,463.01-2, '212 '.1J6, 19s!572 S22.591, 3,166,456. . 3,00S,6C2. . 1,360.105, 742,051. 1.073.166. a, 863,649. I,600,i91. . 155,-252 . 2,736.116. 2.007.566. SSjKeith.... S S5,Kcarnoy . 55 Keya Paha 00;Kiio S7,Kimbu!l. 26 Lancaster.. 46 Llncolu.. . SO.Loup C5 Locan . ... OOMaUi on .. 2lMeirick . 85tMcl'htrduu 70 N'anco ... 00 Nemaha.. 70NuckclU.. 1.9W.16S 1,455,418 517.6S& C2 25 .00 1,-j02.0n. :20 29 35 12 0J Oi 83 .09 OJ ,00 ,33 47 S3 36 ,67 35 80 0 85 07 OJ 41 5J 21 22 Jtt 25 00 73 01 0) V) 75 70 40 46 810,771 10,107.950. 2.969,714 19s,3JJ, 351.SC3 2.W7.-273. 2,112,321. 15S,b01 1.073.827. 2.4?J.409. 3,669,664. 5.1X1.615. 2.485,919. 1.012,658. 1.-2K1.432. l,312,t77. 3.5S0.110. 1.53S.740. 1.357.2S6 3.215.0S2 503,522 2.9C0.17S 1.979.S3S. 3.301.461. 517.406. 2.S97.96U 1.112,362. 1,301.263. 1.16d,:r79 2I1.C59. 2,471.-223. ""lsoieso" 279,189. 1,033,351 . 10SS,MJ. .70Otoo. Pawnee .. Perkins . . Phelps Pierce l'latte... . p,ii- (iCiKed Willow !7lUiclmrd60n Oltltock 35 Saline 75 Sarpy 17 ISaundera.. 40,Sioux 57 bowurd.... 37jSherman .. 75,SherMan .. OOStanton. 49 Scott Blua Thayer Tl'omas .. 'lliurbtou.. Valley.... Wash'ffton Warno 1,675,0U. 00 Webster. . 2,074,V47 319,740 2,803,177, 40 Wheeler... OJ 64 York Total. ..3164,770.301.54 The average levy is 6.24. Douglas counly is 6 1-7 and that caster 7 1-5G. That of of Lau- Nubbins in Drier. A cornet band has been organized at Neligh. The new Beaver City water works are unsatisfactory. Work on Ganeva's $15,000 hotel his commenced in earnest. The Illinois veterans of Nebraska will hold a meeting at Ansley during tho dist rict reunion, and elect officers for the en suing year. Viiile Claude Brown, of Grcighton, was showing a playmate how to handle a revolver the weapon went off, wounding him in tho breast. Cait. Jack Crawford, tho cowboy poet aud scout of tho department of jus tice, is in Niobrara looking up matters concerning an alleged claim of Maj. Birk ett, of Omaha, formerly agent of the Ponca Indians. It was claimed by him that ho had advanced something over $30, 000 to these Indians while agent and the claim was before the Indian department for somo tim?,but finally a bill passed con gress and it was supposed that that settled it. But upon its courso through tho treas ury department it was stopped, and, though about eight years in that state, it is unde: stood that the major has sued for $52,000 and Capt. Jack Crawford is inves tigating its merits. Mrs. Andrew Hanson, of HartwelL has pleaded guilty to the charge of bigamy. The history of the woman in Kearney county dates back to last March, when Andrew Hanson, a well-to-do farmer living near Minden, answered an advertisement for a husband, and bang accepted, married her. She soon tired of farm life, and re moving to Minden, applied for a divorce, which was refused. During her stay in Mmdeu she gained au unenviable reputa tion. Removing to Ilartwell fahe fell in with a young man aud was married under the name of Margery Averill. Since the disastrous fire at Creightou several public meetings have bean hold for the purpose of devising moans for lire pro. tection. A system of water works 13 pro posed. The sugar beet crop in Colfax county is reported to be in excellent condition aud gives promise of a large yield. At Fern a man named MiUtead threw a stone at a cow, missed the animal and hit Mrs. H. M. Mears, breaking two of her xibs. W. W. Wiley, of Fierce was struck by lightning and instantly killed during a heavy shower. He was riding on a load of wheat at the time, but tho team was un injured. Thomas Brinnecar, just released from the peniteutis.-y, struck a man over tho head with a beer glass in a row at Salem, and is in a fair way to get his old room back. Frank Matthews, a farm hand, work ing near Humphrey, borrowed a horse which he neglected to return. He was ar rested at Columbus and is now in jail awaiting trial. The deputy sheriff made a rid on Daniel Kinney's place at Exeter and found eighteen kegs of beer and six of whisky. They (the kegs) were locked up in the county jail for safo keeping. Since the peoplo of Grafton formed an organization for protection against horse thieves two other similar associations have been organized at other places in the county. Five horses belonging to E. L. Haas, of St. Edward, ran into a barb wire fence and three were fatally injured. The stable of J. H. Pahlman, of Syra cuse, together with a valuable carriage horse and other contents, was consumed by fire. A strnge malady has attacked the hogs in the vicinity of Beatrice. The dis ease seems to be one of the spinal order and is cot wholly dissimilar to the kidney worm disease. The bind quarters of tho auimals become paralyzed, and death en. sues in from three to five days. The remer dies hitherto successfully applied in the kidney worm complaint have no effect in this new ailment, and it has thus far re sisted every known remedy. Quite a cum bar of hogs lave already died of the com. plaint. PLATTSMOuin is to have a natatorium. While hunting near Salem, Jesse Shrimpton was accidentally shot in the head by a companion named Vandervott, He may recover. John and Mary Shay are under arrest at Harrison for poisoning a herd of cattle belonging to Dan Klein. They lived for 6ome years in the Klein neighborhood in Sioqx county, had much trouble and were frequently arrested. They reroorrd to Dakota last spring, but returned the other day and ecattered 6alt mixed with Paris green on the grass where the cattle would get it. Several fine cows ore dead and a number of others are d.ung. An aged couple named Cobblediok, liv ing noar Republican City, wero robbed the other uifcht of $1,000 Th9 thieves pried opeu the door with an ax and took the money from the bureau. When Hans Hansen, of Minden, hung his wife in the chicken-house and then blew his brains out with a shotgun he left a bottle paitly filled with alcohol together with a noto upon the table accusing neigh bors of being responsible for his trouble. As to his future course he stited in tho postscript that he was "going to the holy land." Peter Johnson, an old batchelor living near Weston, .is in jail at Wahoo awaiting examination for insanity. The scheme for a canal from the Dismal riyer to Broken Bow is again leing agitated in order to provide work for those who haya lost their crops by drouth. A CpBTis paper wants an ordinance passed imposing a fine of $20 for the use of profane language on the street, and is pf the opinion that the revenue from this source alone would pave the streets, build water-works and give every man in town a house and lot. The Colfax creamery shipped 11,000 pounds of butter to New York last week. The Congregationalism of Arcadia barf just completed a verv fins church at a cotf Ct 3,000. Kacoaracemaat far tha VaaMaw So long as the feUiag aaabera of Vitality are capable of being rekindled into a warm land genial glow, just so long there is hope forth wsaV. and emaciated invalid. Let hlni act, therefore, despond, but derive eaooaragamaat from this and from the further fact that there is a restoratiTe most potent in renewing the dilapi dated powers of a broken-down system. Yea, thanks to its unexampled tonic virtues, Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters is daily reviving strength in the bodies and hope in the .binds of the feeble and nervous. Appetite, refreshing sleep, the acquisition of flash and color, are blessings at tendant upon the reparative processes which this priceless invigorant speedily initiates and carries to a successful conclusion. Digestion is restored, the blood fertilized and sustenance afforded to each life-sustaining organ by the Bitters, which is inoffensive oven to the femi nine palate, vegetable in composition and thoroughly safe. Use it, and regain vigor : . There appeared one week recently in the obituary columns of the Philadelphia Public Ledger notices of. the death of twenty-one persons, sixteen men and five women, who bad lived to or beyond the advanced age of eighty Tears. . A French Canard. In notes from Paris a correspondent of London Truth started a story of a new plan of reducing obesity by actually cut ting out the layers of surplus fat beneath the skin. As this story of the scalpel as an aid to beauty, or vivisection as a means to embonpoint, is 0110 of tho kind that are likely to go the rounds of the press, it may seem a pity to spoil it early, but in justice to truth It elf, as opposed to some so-called news paper truth, it is best to say now that this is not o, and cannot be so. It may be a good yarn to stuff a gullible friend with, but don't give yourself away by telling it for a fact among those who may Know oetter. ur. fvotes Health Monthly. The second international congress of bslievers in cremation will soon meet in Berlin. The first congress of sixteen dele gates took place in Dresden in 187G. Gratifying te AU. The high position attained and the uni versal acceptance and approval of the pleas ant liquid fruit remedy. Syrap of Figs, as the most excellent laiatiye known, illus trate the value of the qqajgpsa on which its success Is based, and ae abundantly grati? tying to the California Fig Byrup Company. So much snow has fallen in Switzer land this summer that it has put a stop to mountain cumuing. A ladt said she had hard Work t tttr druggist to Keep Ur Ball's Worm DSStT' oy ind ers. as be was anxious to sell another kind. But she made him ge them for her. Go. mother, and do likewise. J. Leverett Stqry, of Igssex, has Xtabl win nrtnla trAA wTiiAh nroAnta a Min. " , . rr --:'? v r ;rr. ..- r-n ous ireaa 01 nature, yue-nsu 01 tne tree is in fjall bloom, the line beiag drawn ex actly through the center of the tree, sd the other half showing Slot a blossom. "Wcix-done outlives dsath.' Even your memory will shiue it ydft usa B A POLIO. It is a solid cake of Scouring Soap used for all cleaning purposes. Try it. Then Baby was sick. w gave her Cutorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castojrla, When sho became ItHsa. she clang to Castoris. ahiss she bad Children, she gave Uxa CattorUVi A north of England ferryman has the following motto: "So Ciown, no cross!' Tne peculiarity of bobbins' Electric Soap is that it acts light on the dirt and stains in clothf-3 and mnkes them pure as snoif. at the same time it preserves the clothes. Have your grocer order it, IF the keeper of a jail is a jailer, why isn't the keeper of a prison a prisoner? W. H. GRIFFIN. Jackson. Michigan, writes: Suffered with catarrh for fifteen years. Ball's Catarrh Cure cured nue." Sold by lirugglsts, 75o. A woman's rites are usually dedicated to a male god. A'eic Haven Xeira. Washington Hote&. at Vieksburg, Miss., will employ white waiter gujj when the weather becomes cooler, the hrst hotel in the south to employ white female help. If afflicted with fcore Thompson's Eye Water. Eves, use Dr. Druggists sell it 2Se. It is proposed at Vienna to span the Dauube canal with a bridge lined with shops like the famous Ponte Rialto at Venice and the Arno bridge at Florence. The host coujrh (or Consumption. medicine is riso's Cure Sold everywhere. 25c. The mormons are gaining a foothold in tho Canadian northwest, and. it is believed will make trouble for the government. ' A Pocket Cigar Case and live ol "Taiisiir Punch." all for 25c, S1I4K from paper pulp ia made smooth and brilliant, with about two-thirds the strength of ordinary silk and about the Bnie elasticity. Bkecium's Tnxs Weak Stomach. act liko magic on a The it E are about half a million bicycles and tricycles turning in Great Britain. EVERY PRINTER SHOULD USE THB Raw-Hide MALLET, The Onlj Safe and Reliable Mallet to Handle Over Type. It Will Not Split or Chip Off. It Will Not Batter Typo nor Scratch Cute. It Will Last a Life-Tima with Ordi nary Care, This mallet is made of the best hickory and covered at each end with thick raw hide, which is forced on to the wood by hydraulic pressure. So firmly is the raw hide boend to the wood that no splitting or cracking is possible. The raw-hide covering is one-half an inch in thick ness over the ends of the mallet, and extends back nearlv two inches toward the center. price: INCHES IS OIAMKTKR ...-$ 75 I .oo rOR SAI.B ONLV BY SIOUX CITY KWSPAPER UNION, SIOUX CITYt IOWA. .CENTRAL UNIVERSITY r SetUdaa, Jaacir j caitEGEaf attsttsa tLU pa?cr For Citi'ofo.. addrt,. LEWIS HOWE, Rejishar BitSU Im: ROAD CARTS ONLY S10 TSe Beet aaa Lewrat friee fwm fKSkt tmmr Carte Vaaa. Isia. aitt. & i aaa. I Top BaaaSe. ealy aaa.a. Illaraeaa ir.aa mmd Sia.Sta. 1 1 jrna, AaTUa, Via. Safa, Sraiafl UackiaM. Septra .f all TarlMln. Ear uoae mai araS t-t Mn La. , CHICAGO SCALE CO.. CaJeac. llllaaSa. V. a. A. BORE WELLS I our Well Machines are tbeiaost MONEY! cti.iABLK.nrKBr.r.scccrrrr llieyunjiKUt: WOKkanl oikellKKATKR IMIOFI'i. They I'lMxII Hellatbtre others r' All.: Any flie. 2 iccties to ii inches diamc'.er. LOOHiS & NYMAN, TIFFIN. - OHIO, Catalogue FKJ WM. FITCH & CO., PENSION AHORNEYt ci oerj ye' r filename 8uccef ally proecae penr!ocsandclin..o'ai kindiahortjjtDosiibIt I uwo as-$o me i.i.-9st.r.vfa;i.. N S9JL s!NvKc-fc . a- i O .WW akw C V aT NSHf N5? sr. - m. l . I CRES. I THE RAiKftdW'S The followincr poem is on first ever written by Job O'Reilly, and was printed in volume, "Songs and Legends:' Where the foot cf tte ninbow meets tkl 1,I ,. ..-. ...,o.,U...I... ... The earth will a precious treasure As the olden story gees. In a crystal cup are the diamonds or nun who can swutiy chase O'er torrent and desert and p-eci 'io tne rainbow s wandertcg bai There were two In the field ct wo Two brothers who blithely sun; vtnon across tuo vanev s oesp wi The glorious arch was tii:iw! And one saw nsuuht but a bIju of r And feared for his sheaves unboui? And one is away o'er mountain ami Till the mystical treasure is fot.nd Through forest and stream, ia a blissful dreu?S Thu tilnhns liira I lilm n - - " . -"-- v.. mm a sirens guile it loitered awhile - Then leagues away vat pone. Through brake and brier he follow e J tl.et. The peop!e scotfed ss he rait. But in thirst and heat, and with wouudol Utii, He neon the prize at last. It is closer and closer he wins the race. One strain for t';e goal in sight! Its radiance falls on his vea-n n face, The blended colors unite: He laves his brow in the iris beam. He reaches -ah! uoe tho sound From the misty gui; hero he en-lb his dream. Where tCe crystal cup is fourd: Tis Ui3 old, old story. One ma'i w ill road His lesson of toll in the sky. Whilo another is blind to the grosser need, A sneer with the spitits eye. You may grind their souls in tho self same mill ; You may bind them hea-t aud brow: But the ioet will follow the rainbow still. And his brother will fallow the pi jw. CALIFORNIA KIDNET TK.V Has cured moi e eases of Kidney and Liver COmpUiats thun an v other known reinedv. It ha.-, never failed, mid thousands owe their present health to it. California Kidney Tea conquers disease and drhes it Irom tho syMefti. No Liver or Kidney disease has eer baflledit. Buy it of your drupj;i-t at 50 cents for a large package. If ho doe not keep it send to California Kidney Tea Co.. Fairfield. Ia. Hollyhocks and ferns make popular table decoration, and other old-fashioned flowers have been taken into fashionable favor. e Pure Blood Is Essential to Hearth, to Have lure Blood Take H Sarsaparilla GERMAN MEDICATED STOCK FOOD Nothing like It. Thf VEST BSST stock food errr offered. A Ionic and nuoota.f ul n.-e dnioutratr that it will euro nearly rnr lifraa that HaastS. tOLTS. caws, csivn, saicr, roiuar and SWISS are allUrtrd feilb. fariflea Slood, aiTc hraltny ac tion to liTrr and kidney, aid tl i;esHan.romutrsarnral health, hlKnlynH.'diciitrd.eivrs new life :jid lRor, and tavea 1 5 main. Lnnrt- can for ia ct". Very clieap in lnlk.MkTnurdniiTKitoriIea lerfurit. Tike no thT. Sviut for "Mow tu Cure lloic Cholera." GEBNAN ItlKDIClXK CO.T1PANY, aUatBeanolIa. Tflisus. The Soft Clow off Tho TEA ROSE N) Aoqulred by Ladle Who Uee POZZONI'S MEDICATED IOMPLEXION POWC THY IT. SOLO CVCKYWHCRC Eli's Creai Balm WILL CURE QATARRH I Frica CO Cetits. Apply ISalm inti each nostril. ELV BIUW. M Warren St N. Y. Dmnita la the hane of the oresent raaw iwea. ItlsforitacareaadltsutUudapta, Ilea. Jtlsfbrltaca: 1 heaaaeha, coaatli Tuff's Pills 1 and piles, that Isavw e caaa aa assaens. Ifcey aet Ktatly a the dJfrakrve eraaa, slviaa; theaa taaa ea sigar wttaaat gtipLg or aansaa. S0e TNC MEAT BUtllH lEMaT, BEECHAMS PILLS For Mn. art Kenons Disonlers.' "Wsrta a Otuaaa a Btx" bat sold fqv 9$ Cents. BY ALL MUCCMT8.' Want to Know we nuaun nRM. v tk tarrd. diaeaM radawdL :.Oia ignorant aim uirr(toa. r fa QllforiHi ofdiieate. 4 WtiMM Jtfitu mMi. 4jl in Marrlag? and hav prin tasiee, frtt' Droll Joke, prorueety lllq. "Eiud (SB tenia for aew Liuah Cure Book called BJIEDICAL SENSE AND NONSENSE M. HaXL PUB CO.. ta Cast 28th St.. aw York- PENSIONS! The Disability Bill Is a law. .Soldiers disabled sTnce the war are eaUUed. Dependent widows aad parents now dependent whose sons died from elects of army Mrrtce are incladed. If you wish your claim sseed lly and suceessfally proa- IIHrO TIMTa) ecuted. address JUtd IMHIb.I Late Commissioner of Pensions. BUimilf, S, C ' NSlWsX1?! HAVE SOT BEEN ETnX for forms tor arsllcatlon and f ul LAW. CNTITXEl WH1 ENTITLED. Addreaa for forms tor application and full inforwutloa W3L W. DUDLEY. ttaVXaC COMMISSIONER OF I'KNSIONS. Attorney at Law. Waahiastoa, D. C. (Meatlon this Paper.) IMlDlljr. SLbIRUY inian'l'fiay3 whoo?for UcirlN. Boy rtfcflved in th preparatory de partment. 'J borough preparation tor polltse. Uraduatet admitted to WelleMt-y on rerfiftVatc Fall term beainH Hepl.s. IS90. swl or tinular. CUnt on J-Backus. M. A, Principal. PENSIONS OLD CLAIMS Settle! wader NEW I4UT- SolJlern, WMowt. Parnt send for Hank ap plication anil information Patrick A'ffau-rvll. Poimion Airent. WaatliaaTtaai. S. V. P EISI0NS HHW LAW. 3fj0,000 Holdler. widows and reUtite entitled. Apply at once. Blanks an t instruction Una. SOUJLES CO. Att'ys. Washington, u. c. TKEASVUK , of the tl i Boyle I I - at I IAV ius 1 "X vIerJ. Xiiel I JiewUd Bf t 1 Jk- A.IAV. 1 BK Bfc, V'w s- J- I All) I BB. T.UUI& -" 1 liRIU I K t . i'i.u m;'i 1 sl IfYou a,eiMUMfawiaweAatJii mrttuifixdmiUti Mknt to ttvritmdnmtLn ItfNcfqawtKtoasSps land aao4dSolr Pa Bam. .MftrnHflll 9 HMEDY FO OATABl..-Hesr. Easiest to use. nil "?i- iv-'i1 iBiiwwa. a ture is certain, t or us Head it has nb equal. Itls aa PJoteieBt. of which a small panicle ia applied to the asstms. rriee.Cflc. . ldbydruMisUoraepibyiriali. AMrass, TT. SUiKLjinm. Warraa. Fa. ""ssBaSias FORM - Wt l illi Mn ill 11 tePX BK' BMaKBV avi . i -aaaaaaBammmmmmmmmmmmBasaBammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaa vzr t rv "tjJ i Trv ib in vour nexhhnu.QA.' izsEKZs'JtEB v-2& cleaning A STRUGGLE WITH DIRT Goaa on in civilize society from the cradla to the grave. T)'rt ;a der-ra-4atiorian4 degradation is destruction. Women, especially, are judged by their habits of household cleanliness, and no stronger condemnutiou can be expressed than "she keeps a dty house and a filthy kitchen, " liut the struggle -.iti dijt is pften unequal. The woman's weakness or tho w9rty?;5snes8 of the soaps she UHea make it impossible to overcome tha A-mnnnt ,1.4 U !. .f- O fnrkT r w. w. vk. me uap aavuiv aut ius ciji It was Ben Johnson we be-. lieve, who, when a-- . lock's question , Vw V . " " -oriu(i . 1"'- s living 7 -x" And Ben saw thu pun. quick . pends on the nr. lohnson doubtless j. . . - n. tie double poim w - tu liver active bright, life rosy, cvjV r- ,.Kke ..UifnMn(i mountains ol trouuiu . mountains ot snox. The liver slu-gish-- m. evervthin? blue, molehills or .. yorTY 7 Aw . J llsc uuu .- - .,k -- zn r--..:.-T- onri as it iw" ?n1ahe, dizziness, contipa. headaOi.Fsv , tion. .aBk.,1 .ire 0pcn. Cure Two waysT. X, relieve tem permanently, or 'eLaUoLc'!r porarily. Take a p"?. :-taf5t-fer, or take a pill and get well. Shock the system by an over dose, or coax it by a mild, pleasant way. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the mild means. They work effectively, without pain, and leave the system strong. One, little, sugar-coated pel let is enough, although a whole vial costs but 25 cents. Mild, gentle, soothing and healing is Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy. Only 50 cents. FAT FOLKS REDUCED. MRS. BURKHEAD, Hiuni, run. a ia., iiu..' writs April li. IM -1 lutTo' tried Ir. O. W. K. S?yn.lr 1 win lor one xiit.uui. troo Xaxcb S lo April . risnea su ir. aiut c itJu 1 nrrtirhctl 230 IUi.. fiaiini( kC 13 Ilx. 1 now weitn a? It. hnfiDK lo&t Juit 21 lb. in one month. Any c?n cluiititlns tlit, ma r 1 met per'oaillj.'wtt'iftAmr.Jiil'I l!l arvjvraJi I Ilto nut lii rick, vi'l u.r'.it rt.iy ltv. I aJniUTitH to thw. LIZZIK lIl'K-ktU-.M).' CkarornWhi senanrves ilssu ntDrcrn 15 10 o mpm hi, OSTB by do ndt-ntUVi mi'pHratlon tf harmln tu-rLal KTiil lPirmnneiwott.iiy,nurrtMj.lptUiU m. ftn(ci, kutiry. 10.ka1. aixl .VUi tlisrjwii a Hnacn.v 'o;riDE.TUL. Adlm-i hIUi tloro 1 for circQlaia. BS. O. w. v. siuia. Sulio a. BaUJlac SU Stat 8L. CtiUir. I". Kama this paper when you write. Dr. WOOD, 413 Fifth Street, SIOUX CITY. IOWA. Heeular (Uadunlo in Medicine "l J.O. in Vhiciiao uikI Sew 1 .: K 1.. I -.. - VUy M.,ej BBBHBBV,ii'1 Heralnal Weak (lu of rui( v-nvn. und alt Feiii:i, lijseme).. frrruuiuruw. cir. vurfx KUr;i:lcl r aoney rerunuel Clirrt" fair. 'IVrnm cali. Aseand c.xieriin- nr; lnirtnnt. Nf tit. larlouv uioillclnea iicd Xa time hat from workup buMlnn tatleutv ttt n (ll.taiin trcati-d t.yumll MtdlcHiti k nt trrrvi-herr Jrtt J rein Q-tif v-iabrtitk wr-orair oiir fiuc amt rnd for Jiitiitou ; teniK-Coii'.ultatlDu trletlv 11 ii ClllMIIM. I'fSaon- ally r by letter-lir. U'OOfl !. tlir lurceh Medical iiiicl Siireic-iil Iitatltute mill Kv.' BUMi tar Intlrniarr lu tin. WmI I'tMiinsf, pittnt nt fair mti,s. ruelllilw 10 meet hut nvnr-Ki-ncv A yqlet Hine and Utt curr and ilm fuv LtuHi rturdt'i PrKrruincu nmU'imUnrrir'.i Ssuil -in PU fur lllutrat.'.l ItOUK unit AIEIUCAS- OlIKNAI. XVMcntIun this misv' . s. fa yotr WISH A X unuu HBTOLTIER purebsaa en of ismkq the bratad KillTH h WR8SON arma. Thnnnentpmall anin ever manufactnrrd and tbn Brat choice of all rincita. U.tmfltirA lnltl.r.. y. u.n.l .1 .. aieordouble aoUou, Hilvty liamineriffM ami VvJ 11 'anirtmodelt Cu8trilCtnl entirely or lirt i.iicL Ity wrought etrel. carefully iu-'iwxtHt forworn Hiac&ntr. and atock. they amunrial.tt lot nnl.i. lipand stock, they amunrial.tt fee (!ul!i darabilliy nndnrcuracy. Ixiiot toJ.enJ l.i hlllir nnanccurncv. ixiiiot bn.Vteiv.l v. cheap Malleable caat-lraa iatitntinnu hl-:. are of tan enltlfor the frenuu-.o article ant am uot omv nnreuaoie. rout Uiu:foua. -mo Mill It a WESSON BeTOlTara tre all atauped i!on tho bat-, relawithflnu'oiiaxue, adJrcua aul dates t -uta, and are aaaraetced p-rfect IneTerydetU. I-i- K (upon naTiuif tho Kenuine article. -ii ir oi.r tealer cannot aupvlr Tou an order or ax taailiin- below win ntei prompt ami careful attention. DeacrlptiTe lataloirne and prioa turr.n.l.c.1 ujn (j. plicauon. jUWTTII Mr U1.'(1V itloathlspsavr. t4rlawM4t . TL4.ffE.S.TioDr rrfDae,srTioUIc,,,'Vills..fron7 faru, I'raur. Cl.Ui.-.l la tjr... i' h Si.Ji.l, li., Cw.uJ W1 l'oil.lSUU, at. Cutr- u:,r.(p,rk,i.s, ltttK.i..1u ao4 BV.ultIT 4'ru:.ui.nt. kjf, Li.iuicii, t i'vbla, Ituj u..il' BntatbUkrn Ju inj p.rfcri v TNUr;. iruti oa ol li lobMhll e lib.ni, thu (i rtit ?imU bf a d'.u..lrrMl iu 1 lrrrilr inlrjtvc lntiwl i4N.etS'vinppr.iR re .uJl looj Kntnx "i'l qi'k vftft. t tiplui. . ikl, . 1 f. , , p.tBlll,lM!lt4M4.lll.I ,AU r'pl fttC Ik. JlC.L. H It" 'N.. Wa4lilen and I! viitj V t , i. r Tv. tMM pill I..I.I by hErx.WI' A IjF UiSu, r.iKx Biuax ciijr, la. a, . u.i3i a-J Ucua A,J4. THE IlIHART CARRIABe A HARNESS MFB.CI. $14. Tiaht bottom sad da.h ?r IS (ara kaM mM la r. . awn al WHOUSA1C rrit... I ana taeai lav HLXHV I -JBaWrV A rsi. saia irwiiiKr r.rI ZvrV-r nianiiMa a.r.re vnmv tmj fetleSt ekari. If mi ulteTacl.1. HiitiiM for Tv 8a(lM. Saerin. Sariax Wacaa m II ara.M. u.ui.ia. era ran. tm, t. . rmtT. ss, lan.n. i.ji,.L CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH KMNYROYAL PiUS, Ketl CrosM lilamuad UrauiJ. Tkaeaty rtllakle tlll f.r k'u. Safe u liakluerluaa. Tkeeuth.r. li" (.tamp.j for rmto.iar, ., "i:,ltr fa. aatat Cew SUUUm t.. r&uai'a. !. PENSIONS! EXPERIENCE. lactonDjC Branch r.?hr. s.i,L At On. 1 II" r fiWah. cvelantl.Ixt.oit t'hl. (H Wl"TKhOWlas VJhQ are eatlUid uailt. o-xv law Feat FKhK. FeSioif c.t... ,.r..i t TLLttD.r H1I.1. Ill iir..i!.. .... rNAME THIS fAPEK nr tli... ," "" " TbouaaaU EVi ri l.r I wilier thn jfKVv .vV S.C.a.t.E Cti..Waianiit .n il C 0ctON'ELlI.P;DAVXo.vllsitcrit,teudsnt yieuuaB t-U.laiU4-sa.uacU in iH.U Jlllllla, KIDIER'S PJISTILLES.gBMA y'.iir.9akiwa. ilaaa. PATENTS A. I.KII.MAN.N, Hiisliiuio, j, Vm a"Seiid !. r circular. OPIUM asvaii. 'lor ociy o;rljn aad eaty cure, Ij. . i Htebben. Lcuou C.!u a'o. ai--o s. c. x. u. ca,n. MIRACLE ?s3( a,nd see. t ..v :i :i bm JLH' 10 V Ji I liz .ar WJL I 5 L el. W.lll ...... .In.. - rvou. Chronic and Sin-clat ieaei. s p rmainrrli iu. nes Intiiht ltutii f ii,iw.i.-..,v. lErrv cala- v W ' -a-X .i. l.ai iniv ZFIV LJ U , BBBBBKrir TON SCALES OF $60 BINGHAMTON BaM Bex Tare Beam v M. Y. . Atxatzaa a , t 17:5? BBjEaklOIB.vtit.v w Ttomtiv, IBaaalBaf ILflw A ushillt.ni, I. ( . BaJBuccesfuiiy Prosecutes Clarr, Late prittpul Klro!nr U S. l-eimion Uurenu fl3Trslalat wur. l5liiuH-.itnicUiu.i, m-.i, -..r.c. PENSIONS TaUaUBtil ?m 5- J-, t