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WEDNESDAY, DECCMBER 8. 1690.
The second session of tlio Fifty-first
congress lejran at noon Monday.
South Dakota alliance peple will con
test the election of the entire ticket.
Hevkt RooflE,n Seward county farmer
has decamped with one neiplHMir's wife
and another nefabbor's money.
SowniwDT shottld offer a dironio to
the democrat elected to the next house
who is not a candidate for speaker.
The close of the Stanley-Bart lelot
Jameson controversy will probably be
simultaneous with that of Mr. Stanley's
American lecture tour.
AccoRMxn to exiert testimony Stan
ton county is short in the affairs of clerk
and treasurer between 1S80 and 1890 in
round nnuibcrs $4,794.09.
It is estimated at the treasury depart
ment that the public debt, less cash in
the treasury, has been increased about
$4,000,000 since Xovemlier 1.
The South Dakota alliance has declar
ed in favor of the Australian ballot
system and demand of their legislature
this winter enactments to carry the same
into force.
A mail robber who proved to le D.
Haidley, alias Ben Cline of Denver, was
captured in the Cheyenne, Wyo., post
office Saturday morning in the act of
ritling letters at the mailing case.
Tns Pan-American Steamship line
plying between Galveston and South
American ports in the banana and gen
eral fruit business has been established
at Galveston, Tex., with a capital of
$5,000,000.
The collections of internal revenue
during the first four months of the cur
rent fiscal year aggregate $51,028,280,
being an increase of 4,245,290 over the
collections during the corresponding
period of last year.
If the report of U. P. officials that the
Nebraska division of the road has thirty
four new engines ready for business and
140 more nearly completed, is trve
what's the matter with eetting a few of
them hauling coal for the said Nebraska
division?
The site of old Andersonville prison
is now the property of E. S. Jones Post.
G. A. R of Maoon, Ga. An elegant
club houso will be erected on the prop
erty and every point of special interest
will be marKed by a suitablo monument
or bnilding.
The remains of Freeman B. Crocker,
president of the board of public works
at Denver, Col., who disappeared about
a week ago Sunday, were found Sunday
forenoon in a corn field about four miles
from the city, where ho had committed
suicide by stabbing himself with a pock
et knife.
JorxjE Hicks at Minneapolis rendered
a decision wiping out the secret order of
the Knights of Aurora and snstained the
charges of fraud, insolvency and unlaw
ful practices made in connection with the
management. A receiver will be ap
pointed. Tho society is strongest in
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Ne
braska and Kansas.
The grounds on which the great
Yale-Princeton football game was played
Thanksgiving day was the scene of a
frightful accident, caused by the falling
of the large free stand. About 2,000
persons had seats on the structure at
the time, and strange to say while the
casualties in the way of broken limbs,
dislocations, etc., were terrible no lives
were lost.
The annual report or Secretary Noble
which has leen submitted to the presi
dent, among other interesting matter
. gives the intelligence that there are still
over 586,21(5,801 acres of vacant land in
the United States, of which Nebraska
has 11.226,584 acres. Nineteen million
acres of agricultural lands were trans
ferred to actual settlers the past year.
The order has gone out from U. P.
headquarters to retrench, and the ma
chinery department "gets it in the neck"
as a starter. It is calculated that about
$18,000 a month will be saved to r
Nebraska division which includes tho
. shops' at Omaha, Columbus, Grand Is
land, North -Platte and Sidney. Not a
very cheerful outlook for the men who
will be thrown out of employment at the
beginning of winter.
A big gingham manufacturing plant is
about to be transferred from Scotland
to this country. It has a working capi
tal of $1,000,000 and employs 600 hands
- all the year around. The Glasgow fac
' tory will not be closed, but the business
will be greatly reduced. Operatives for
the American establishment will not be
brought over from Glasgow. They
could not come here under the contract
labor law. It is the operation of the
HoEinley tariff that has caused the
transfer.
Txe following is the estimated
strength in warriors at the agencies of
the different Indian tribes reputed to be
- affected by the Messiah craze and liable
to go upon the war path: Cheyenne
Hirer agency 2,646, Crow Creek and
Lower Brule agencies 2.171, Devil's Lake
agency 247, Fort Berthold agency 1,195,.
Pine Bidge agency o,611, Boeebud
agency 7,486, Sisseton agency 1,481,
SUading Bock agency 4,119, Yankton
ffetcy 1,790, waking a total of 29,718.
All communications, to secure kn.!?1'",
be Hoinpaniod by the full name of the writer.
W- mr-.-rre the right to reject any :nanucnpt.
I r.ot .; i to retort ,Ae JJe of
The PresMeit's Message.
This public document of President
Harrison is usually brief, pointed and
businesslike. It is not at all compli
cated, but such a statement of public
matters as will commend itself and its
author to the good graces of all who in
telligently read.
The revenues of the country, during
the year, amounting to above $450,000,-
000, have been collected and disbursed
without revealing a single case of de
falcation or embezzlement. This is an
extraordinary record, and speaks well
for the officers who are administering
the business affairs of the country.
After a brief summary of the business
of each department, the president refers
to the federal election laws, and declares
his opinion on the same as positively as
ever. He says that the defect in the
laws is that they are not effective. The
present stops just short of effectiveness.
Everything of value in our system of
government is last, and the purity of
elections is not maintained. The presi
dent's language on this subject is very
clear and emphatic, and the congress, in
this, if not in all his recommendations,
should follow his advice.
Judge Maxwell Decision.
Tho following opinion was banded
down by Judge Maxwell at a session of
the supreme court held in Lincoln. It
will prove of extraordinary interest in
the great contest landing concerning
tho state officers elect. The case is
known as Tood vs. Cass county. The
case is reversed and dismissed. Justice
Maxwell's decision is as follows:
1. In order to establish the fact that
illegal votes were cast at an election in a
siecified voting precinct, proof must be
offered by one or more witnesses having
actual knowledge of such fact that per
sons who were not legal voters did ac
tually vote at such elections, and such
witness or witnesses must designate such
illegal voters. Where the proof merely
tends to show that the witnesses do not
know all the legal voters in the precinct,
and therefore fails to designate certain
voters :is illegal, it is insufficient to au
thorize the rejection of such votes as il
legal. 2. In contesting an election in court
the allegations of the petition and proof
must corresiKmd. In other words, the
plaintiff must set forth in his petition
tho names of the persons whose votes
are claimed to be illegal, in order that
issue may lie taken thereon. If such
names are unknown at the time of bring
ing the . jtion, the contestant afterward
should obtain leave of the court to
a...e-nd his petition, giving a list of the
names of voters claimed to be illegal;
and is the duty of the court to designate
from the evidence the particular persons
who having voted unlawfully.
3. Where ballots have been cast in
the mode provided by law, the presump
tion is that they are legal, and this pre
sumption cannot be overturned by
vaguo, indefinite and uncertain testi
mony. The Uaality or Wheat.
For a number of years it has behooved
farmers who grow wheat to consult lead
ing millers frequently as to the kind of
barn preferred. To a superficial ob
ssrver it might seem that wheat good at
one time would be equally in demand at
any other. This, however, is not the
fact Fashions change in flour, not
quite so often as they do in apparel, but
with equally momentous results. Twenty-five
years ago white wheat as full of
starch as the kernel could hold com
manded 10 to 20 cents a bushel more
than any other. Tho demand was then
for a nearly pure starch flour, and other
materials were run through as waste
products for hog and cattle feed. After
a while tho fashion changed. New pro
cesses were devised for making flour
with a larger proportion of gluten, which
is tho most nourishing and strength giv
ing part of the grain. Then for a time
red wheats commanded as much premi
um as white wheat formerly did. At
present the best flour requires a mixture
of red and white wheats. The more
starch the better for pie and pastry.
The more gluten the better the flour is
for bread. Many first-class modern mills
use lx)th the oid buhr stones for grind
ing, and the new iron rollers for making
the roller process flour. The latter will
always be best for bread making, and is
always dearest, while the cheaper white
wheat flour, mainly starch, is not only
as good but much better for other pur
poses: Ex.
The fihost Dance as It Ik.
The following is a description of the
much talked of "ghost dance" of the In
dians, which would seem to be no more
than a sort of religious rite with nothing
particularly disturbing in its observ
ance: To a pole are tied offerings of bright
calico in strips of two yards. The dan
cers advance toward this shrine with
uplifted hands, in supplication to God to
keep them good and healthy. A prayer
is then offered by the head medicine
man, and a pipe is held ont with a prayer
to God to smoke with them the pipe of
leace.
When it is discovered that the pipe is
not smoked the dancers wail and sob and
then commence dancing, holding hands.
The dancers form a ring and dance
around the shrine, their feet keeping
time to a wierd and monotonous cry.
In circling around with their eyes
closed t'ey become dizzy, and when they
cannot ance any longer, fall out on the
gronu and remain lying there until
t' y regain their consciousness and then
they tell the medicine man what they
aw when in spirit land.
Outside of the fainting act, which is
nothing but pretense and acting, the
danco is nothing but a quiet religious
ceremony, with less excitement than is
often seen in a Methodist revival.
The Indians dance with their clothes
all on and with no ornaments whatever.
They put on a cotton shirt with a big
eagle painted on the back to take them
to the spirit land when they faint.
The fight between the Hill and Cleve
land factions of the democratic party for
the nomination in 1892 has begun in
earnest and so far Cleveland seems to
have the best of it, but bis opponent is a
very "slick" politician, and he may yet
succeed in downing the ex-president It
is believed that Hill will be willing to
throw whatever strength he may possess
to anybody who can beat Cleveland if be
"becomes convinced that be cannot do it
himself. The campaign for the speaker
ship of the next house will play an im
portant part in the Hill-Cleveland fight,
and it will therefore be watched with all
the closer interest.
' Notice of contest has not only been
given by Powers to Boyd but by the re
mainder of the independent ticket to
those announced as elected to state
offices, that is, the whole republican
ticket, except governor
HTJMOK ON THE TARIFF.
uFJi FrrktM" Gives His Vewtoa f Ma aa4
Aflaifa at Pi tat at.
Melville D.Laadoa, better known aa
"Eli Perkins," thus talked to a reporter
of the Minneapolis Tribune about tariff
and the Nebraska sugar industry: "The
present tariff is havinga dreadful effect,"
I said the humorist, with a sarcastic
twinkle in his eye.
"I've come all the way from Pautuxet
and Providence on theMerrimac, through
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and
Nebraska, and PH tell you all about it
On the train going to Ware, afasfc.where
they make jerseys and knit goods, I met
Ronton business man. He was all
broken up. He fairly cried as he told
what a misfortune the McKinley bill was
to the country. It has ruined my busi
ness,' he said."
What is your business?" I asked.
"I am a Boston importer, sir," he said;
"one of the largest in Boston used to
send $2,000,000 a year to Chemnitz, Ger
many, for jerseys and knit goods, and
now our business is ruined. We can't
import these German goods any mora"
"Well, what are you going to do about
it?" I asked in deep sympathy.
"Do," he said, "why I am going up to
Ware, and I've got to make terms with
those Ware Yankees to make these
things."
"And you'll spend the $2,000,000 in this
country, will you?"
"Yes, sir compelled to keep it in
America."
"Well, that is terrible," I said. "It is
an awful shame that you noble Boston
and New York importers can't send
$600,000,000 every year out of this coun
try, but are compelled by this miserable
McKinley bill to spend it here and build
up miserable American manufactures.
It is sad,' and I actually shed tears of
sympathy for this patriotic importer."
"But the worst of all," continued Eli,
almost tearfully, "the worst of all is the
way those criminal farmers down in Ne
braska are making white beet sugar and
mining the Eastern importers: The
Christian importer used to send out $50,
000,000 to Germany and Cuba every year
for white sugar. Now what do you think
this rascally McKinley bill has done?
Why, it lets common black sugar come
in free and pays a bounty of 2 cents per
pound for home made Nebraska white
sugar. And what is the result? Why,
these rascal Nebraskaites, backed by the
wicked farmers, have shipped expensive
machinery from Germany, put in thou
sands of acres of beets and are now turn
ing out 200 barrels of white sugar a day.
Yes, more, they have corrupted all that
Platte River country and they are put
ting up sugar machinery at Norfolk,
Sioux City, Iowa, and Lincoln. Next
year they will take millions of wheat and
corn land and cover it with beets. More
wicked workmen will flock there, they
will raise the price of wheat and corn
and meat in this country and keep $50,
000,000 a year from going to Germany
and Cuba. Oh, it is awful how that
dreadful McKinley bill is ruining this
country! And then, bye and bye, when
those wicked Nebraska farmers get to
making sugar instead of wheat, why
sugar will go down and wheat will go up,
and then those sweet Christian importers
who live in brown-stone houses in New
York will have to handle American pro
ducts or starve. Poor importers 1 What
wicked, selfish American manufacturers
and farmers they are who want to make
everything cheap in the country, save all
our own money and starve those poor
European monarobs!" and Eli groaned
and wiped his eyes with a red bandanna.
"But where will this all end?"
"It will end in wicked manufacturers
makers of linen, oil, wool, glass, cotton,
silk, clay, wine, and tobacco springing
up all over the country. The poor im
porter will be frozen out, the $600,000,
000 now sent to Europe will be expended
hero, farm products will be eaten up
here, money will be flush, land will go up
and the wicked American farmer and
rascally manufacturer will become rich,
while the poor patriotic Christian im
porter and his friends, the monarchs,
will starve. Yes, Tm down on this wick
ed McKinley bill. Yon hear me?"
Finance aal Politics.
It can not be denied that the financial
outlook justifies serious apprehension.
The money market abroad felt the Ar
gentine shock so perceptibly that the
Bank of England and the Rothschilds
were forced in sheer self-defense to the
rescue of the Baring Bros. The distress
in Buenos Ayres was not relieved by
that rescue. Not even the greatest fi
nancial establishments of the world will
attempt to bolster up the banking sys
tem of the Argentine Republic, involv
ing as it does the public funds and the
private capital of that republic. Buenos
Ayres, city and country, must go into
liquidation. It is as if a receiver had to
be appointed for government and people.
There is no averting that It is as inev
itable as the multiplication table. Mill
ions upon millions of dollars, mounting
into the hundreds of millions, have been
loaned on all sorts of unavailable securi
ties, and now at last the time for settle
ment has come.
Fortunately, none of that money came
from the United States. Our trade there
is insignificant, and no Argentine boomer
of any wildcat scheme of finance ever so
much as set foot on the United States in
quest of funds. It may well be doubted
if any of the money squandered in that
bankrupt country came from our people,
or if any of those securities 'are held by
our banks or capitalists. However much
benefits there may be in store for the
United States from Pan-American recip
rocity, it is a matter of National felicita
tion that none of it preceded the burst
ing of the Argentine bubble, one in
comparison with whioh the famous South
Sea bubble was merely the soap suds
diversion of a child. If this country bad
been so unfortunate as to have gotten
into that swim, all our waters would
have been covered with floats.
It can not be denied that, even without
any 'Argentine reciprocity, the financial
sky of this country is darkened with
ominous clouds. What will come of
these declines and embarraatmenta so
seer can foretell. But it is plain to see
that we are reaping the harvest ot the
aeeds of distrust which the demoorstio
press has been sowing for months. To
gain a temporary political advantage the
anti-republican newspapers of the coun
try were engaged for months in wrack
ing credits. They nay think that the
election returns vindicated the wisdom
of that policy. It theirone supreme aim
is to carry the nearest election, they may
wU congratubjte thematlves. But the J
price paid was high. The decline in
values has been vast beyond all calcula
tion, and the danger is not over yet
Intrinsically there is no good reason why
the American people should not be en
joying today general prosperity. Crops
were fairly good, prices higher, and all
the strictly normal conditions are favor
able to universal thrift But with the
press of one of the two great parties ot
the country sacrificing the general wel
fare to gain a temporary advantage, a
setback was inevitable. Inter Ooeaa.
The sixth annual convention of the
Nebraska Dairymen's association will be
held at Pawnee City, Dec 10, 17, 18, 1890.
The outlook is very favorable for a suc
cessful meeting. Prof. W. A, Henry of
Wisconsin willattend and read two pa
pers. The Wisconsin experiment station
annually expends thousands of dollars
in the investigation of masters pertain
ing to the'dairy industry under the di
rection of Prof. Henry, who is director
of the station, and Nebraska dairymen
are to be congratulated in securing' the
attendance of so able a man at their
meeting. Among the prominent work
ers froiuother states who will be present
might be mentioned W. M. Lewis, presi
dent of the Missouri Dairy association;
Hon. Levi Chubbuck, secretary Mis
souri State board of agriculture; M. E.
Moore, Cameron, Mo., the owner of one
of the finest Holstein herds in the west;
J. F. Sawyer and J. H. Monrad of Illi
nois. A hand separator for separating
cream from milk will lie in practical op
eration during the convention as will
also the Babcock method of determining
the butter value of milk. An interest
ing program is lieing prepared and will
be furnished for publication or sent on
application. The people of Pawnee
City are fully alive to the importance of
the meeting and will do everything pos
sible on their part to insure success.
Pawnee Citv is located in the southeast
part of ths state on the lines of the B. &
M. and C, R. I. & P. railways. Nebras
ka Farmer.
Nebraska Wide-awakes are trying to
secure the next meeting of the National
Association or Expert Judges on Swine
for tliis state. The Nebraska Farmer,
always alive to the interests of the state,
has this to say, in furtherance of the
matter:
"Nebraska is the coming great hog
state, with corn and clover for founda
tion. She is great even now in her
youth, having this year brought more
highly bred hogs into the state than has
any other state, which is a fair indica
tion of the character of her breeders.
Lying on the borders of Iowa, Missouri
and Kansas, Nebraska is more accessible
than any western state, and Lincoln is
the proper place for holding such meet
ing. Will some of our breeders speak
ont and agitate the matter somewhat
through the Journal's columns in pur
suance of its kind invitation? Expert
Judd is now entitled to the floor. And
the question is not so much, Is Nebras
ka entitled to the meeting; nor does she
want it, but will she make the necessary
effort to get it And this phase of the
question calls for agitation in these
columns."
We may add that the hog product of
Nebraska just about represents the av
erage net profit on Nebraska farms, and
anythiug that will add to its value or to
its certainty, will greatly enrich the
state. Better breeding, aud the best of
care and are of course the factors of
success but just exactly what and how
are not known by all Nebraska farmers.
Let us have the meeting, and anything
else that will tend to waken things up
The following extract is from a letter
written by a gentleman residing at
Pine Bidge agenoy who is said to be
well acquainted with the Indians and
the causes which led up to the present
troubles: "Agent Royer became frighten
ed and called for troops before there was
an actual necessity. The troops are
here and an excuse must be given
for their coming. Royer and Gen.
Brooke have refused interviews to Big
Road and other chiefs, when an informal
talk would have in all probability en
abled them to come to a peaceful under
standing. The army method is too ar
bitrary and the agents too timid. The
result is that it the troops should be
withdrawn the agent would be helpless,
and all order and discipline would be
lost; if they remain they must do some
thing, but any move on their part means
war at once. But for Gallagher's indif
ference and Royer's timidity there wonld
have been no trouble. As it is, blood
shed cannot le averted without a mira
cle." If tliia le a correct dioguosis of
the case, then as has lteen aptly remark
od, the government does appear to be in
the fix of the traditional gentleman
with a grip upon the lear'B tail dan
gerous to hold and equally dangerous to
let go.
For a sensible departure in the sugar
beet culture line commend us to the
action of York county. The York Coun
ty Agricultural association proposes to
take up the question of sugar-beet cul
ture and arrange for experimental work
to determine the adaptability of the soil
and climate of this county for the suc
cessful production of this crop. They
will furnish seed to the farmers through
out the county and send samples of the
crop for analysis, keep an account of the
quantity and lay of the ground planted,
cost of labor, manner of cultivation,
yield per acre, etc., and will thereby de
termine if it will be a profitable crop to
raise. Quite a number of farmers are
taking an active interest in the proposed
test.
The open college doors and the wide
ly diversified fields to whioh women have
been invited in this country are grander
achievements than living men and wom
en expected to behold. And now the
contagion if we may be allowed to use
the word is spreading. It will be well
when all good things are contagious.
Paris, we are told in a recent dispatch,
has been aroused "to the wretched con
dition of women" in that city and "the
French government has organized a
commission to inquire into the causes
and alleviate their hard condition." In
ter Ocean.
The Irish home rule members of par
liament mat the other day and a motion
made that Pamell be re-elected chair
man of the Irish parliamentary party
carried unanimously. It was announced
that Parnall will retain the leadership at
at the express desire of his followers.
It appears that the matter of contests
is not to be left entirely to the independ
ent party after all. Mr. Edward Bates
announces that he must have a finger in
that pie himself, and has commenced
mandamus proceedings to compel the
state canvassing board to canvass the re
turns from the Sixth judicial district,
where Mr. Bates was a candidate on the
democratic ticket for judge, even if the
call for such an election was omitted
from the governor's proclamation.
The final action by which the Union
Pacific railroad was virtually turned
over to Jay Gould has been taken in the
formation of the new directory in the
interest of the said Gould. In the light
of past experience with this manage
ment there isn't much chance to enthuse
over the change, but let ns hope that
the west will at least not suffer by it
And, by the way, while we think ot It we
will just rise to remark to Mr. Dillon
that this section of the west wants coal
and wants it d very bad.
At the meeting Wednesday ot the
Union Paoifio road at Boston, Charles
Francis Adams resigned the presidency
and also as director, and John P. Shaul
ding, James A. Ruraeill and Samuel
Carr, jr., also quitted tho directory, the
vacant places being taken by Jay Gould,
Russel Sage, H. B. Hyde and A. E. Orr.
Sidney Dillon was elected president. It
is said that all employes, from general
manager down, are glad of the downfall
of ex-President Adams.
Upon the reassembling of congress one
ot the first duties of the house ot repre
sentatives will be to perfect and pass a
congressional apportionment bill, based
upon the population returns of the elev
enth census. Under any fair apportion
ment the republicans will gain from 15
to 20 representatives and the same num
ler of votes in the electoral college, and
this one is to tte made under republican
auspices, which ensures in advance its
fairness.
The new constitution of Wyoming
abolishes the office of probate judge, and
when Judge Bergman ot Cheyenne was
ordered to turn over the district records
of his office he refused to do so and was
sent to jail for contempt of court. This
so weighed upon the mind of the judge
that lie attempted suicide but only suc
ceeded in putting ont both of his eyes.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The remains of King William of Hol
land will be interred at Delft tomorrow.
Nebraska's representatives in con
gress were all "on deck" at the roll-call
of senate and house last Monday.
The Nebraska City distillery came out
on top in the tustlewith the whiskey
trust tind will again resume business.
The McChristy boy whom the New
York police believed to lie the long lost
Charley Roes, tnrnes out to lie another
disappointment.
Sugar beets raised in Cass county and
sent to Grand Island for analyation
were found to contain 14.0 per cent of
pure sugar.
OuiNrt to a financial crises in the
Argentine Republic the premium on
gold advanced last week from 225 to 250,
and closed at the latter figure.
Patriotic republicans tire spending
more time in tryingto unite all branches
and sections of the party than in decid
ing who shall get the nomination in 1892.
The United States supreme court has
declined to interfere with New York
state's law substituting electricity for
the gallows in executing the sentense of
death.
Toe supreme court of Montana Mon
day affirmed the decision of the lower
court making John .A. Davis adminis
trator ot the $5,000,000 estate of the late
A. J. Davis.
The stocks of wheat in country elevat
org in Minnesota and the two Dakotas
as computed by the Market Record Mon
day aggregated 8,950,000, a decrease of
128,000 bushels.
Capt. A. A. Booardus, the ex chain
pion wing shot of the world, was married
Saturday at Lincoln, 111., to Mrs. Lucy
Heimer. of Philadelphia. This is the
captain's second marriage.
Inspector Byrnes said at New York
Wednesday that one of his men is at
Boston working on the Charley Ross
mystery. It is alleged that the Ikjv is
an inmate of one of the Massachusetts
prisons.
It has been decided bv a U. S. circuit
judge that the Minnesota oleomargarine
law, so far as it prohibits the sale of
oleomargarine in original packages by
the importer in Minnesota is uncon
stitutional. The Universal Power Company, at
Chicago, to manufacture motor cars and
railway appliances, with a capital stock
ot $1,000,000, filed articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state of Illi
nois Wednesday.
Oscar Nef.be, the anarchist, is liable
to be lilerated from Joliet. It is assert
ed that the man who identified him as
the distributor of the "revenge" circular
has expressed his belief to Gov. Fifer
that he was mistaken.
From Superintendent Porter comes
the announcement that the final revision
of the census count places the popula
tion of the United States at sixty-two
million seven hundred and twenty-two
thousand, two hundred and fifty.
Senator Wade Hampton while out
hunting in Washington county, Miss.,
the other day was accidentally shot by
his son, McDuffie Hampton. The shots
struck him in the head, inflicting pain
ful but not serious injuries.
A fatal disease prevails among horses
in certain localities of Tennessee. The
ceneral impression is the disease is caus
ed by rotten corn. Horses die in several
hours after being effected. The symp
toms are like those of blind staggers.
The disaffected reds are said to have
taken to the sand hills. If such is the
case, an old fashioned blizzard would do
more to solve the problem of the dis
turbance than all the muskets of the
army on the ground.
The dispatches say that the Messiah
craze among the Indians has extended
across the Canada border, and that the
Canadian reds are coming to join forces
with their red brothers and await the
coming of the Indian savior.
The financial policy of the alliance
members of congress from the southern
states waa defined by Mr. Piorce ot
Tennessee at Washington the other day.
The sub-treasury plan or something
similar will be advocated to relieve the
stringency in money.
The Koch method is to be slightly ex
clusive. Hundreds of applications of
physicians for admission to the hospitals
at Berlin to study the method have
been refused on the grounds that it is
not practicable to instruct successfully
all who wish to learn the method.
Mas. Partington (Benj. P. Shillaber)
is dead, and many thousands who were
admirers of r the kindly character of the
well pictured old lady and amused by
the illiterate, quaint, amiable dame and
her pert and mischief-loving son Ike,
will note the event with genuine sorrow.
The people ot Burchard, Neb., and
vicinity are alarmed over numerous cases
of hydrophobia recently developed
among both dogs and cattle. Probably
a dozen dogs in the village have shown
symptoms of madness, and have been, in
consequence, slaughtered.
The work of inspecting cattle for ex
port, by the department of agriculture,
is now fairly under way. The ports at
which inspection is made are Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Newport, News. From August 23 to
November 8, 100,000 head of cattle wero
shipped to British ports.
Fragments of a mastodon of tremend
ous size were found by workman en
gaged in digging a ditch near Manson.
Among the bones unearthed at a depth
ot fifteen feet were a molar tooth weigh
ing between seven and eight pounds,
and a tusk seven feet long. The animal
was evidently amphibious.
The lines of the poor boys in blue do
seem to lie cast in very rocky places just
now. Right in .the midst of the ruction
with Messrs. Hit tiug Bull, Red Cloud,
et al, conies the news that the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union want the
president to forbid the sale of beer and
light wines at military garrisons.
A committee of ladies, of which Mrs.
Hughes of Arizona was chairman, ap
pointed by the national convention of
the Woman's Christian Tem(erance
Union, called on the president and sec
retary of war the other day and urged
an order forbidding the sale of leer and
light wines at military garrisons.
Democrtic papers are wasting lots of
space telling the president whathe
should put in his annual message to
congress aud what he should leave out.
Mr. Harrison is competent to decide this
matter for himself, and the republican
party has confidence in his wisdom and
knows from experience, the Iiest of all
teachers, that he will do what is right.
It appears that the government of
Prussia is going to take a hand in the
matter of Prof. Koch's lymph discovery.
A bill is about to lie introduced in the
diet which will provide for an adequate
grant for bis discovery and looking to
the establishment of an institute in
which the Professor may pursue his
studies in the meantime, when the gov
ernment will undertake the work of
producing the lymph.
Wabiu0oN Lrttrr.
From our regular correspomieut.
The president has completed a rough
r draft of his annual message to congress
aud it has lieen informally .submitted to
the members or his cabinet, and every
one of them heartily endorse it. 1 can
not, without a gross violation of confi
dence, mention any of the subjects which
the message will treat; but, it can be
said ou undoubted authority that it will
be one of the ablest documents ever sent
to congress, and that it will show in
ringing words that the president's re
publicanism is just as staunch as it ever
was, andthat he has not been stampeded
by the result ot the late elections.
The president is also doing good work
in impressing upon the minds of every
republican member of the house who
calls upon him, and every one who has
yet arrived here has done so, the impera
tive necessity of being constantly in bis
Beat during the session of congress
which began last Monday, in order that
as much business as possible may be
transacted within the ninety days which
it will last. And if the spirit shown by
the republicans already here, is fairly
representative of the feelings of all the
republican members of the house the
democrats will lie badly disappointed in
their expectation of blocking the busi
ness of the house by raising the old cry
of "no quorum." The indications now
lieing that there will be more than a
quorum of republicans present at every
session of the house until high noon on
the 4th day of March, 1801, when the
Fifth-first congress expires.
There is not a word of truth in the
democratic stories of strained relations
existing lietween the president and Mr.
Blaine. They were never on lietter
terms than they are at this time, anil
both of them are working night and day
to get the republican party in condition
to win in 1892; and both of them are
confident of succeeding. They are not
working for the success of any particular
candidate either themselves or others
but for the party and the great aims
and principles which it represents,
knowing that the rank and file of the
party will, as they have always done,
make their preference known when the
time comes to elect delegates to the
next national convention of the party,
and that the best and xiost available
man will be chosen to bear the republi
can standard to victory.
I good reason to lwlieve that Secretary
Windom is engaged in preparing the de
tails of a plan which will be submitted
to congress at an early day to provide
for a large permanent increase in the
amount of United States currency in
active circulation. He believes that the
business of tho country needs more
money than is now in circulation.
There is already almost if not quite a
quorum ot tne nouse in wasuingion,
and the important committees are get
ting down to work with a will. Several
sub-committees of the house committee
ou appropriations held meetings last
week and the other day Chairman Can
non presided over a meeting ot tho full
committee, at which the estimates of the
treasury department for the various an
nual appropriations were read and re
ferred to sub-committees. Mr. Cannon
assured me that there would be no delay
in reporting allot the regular appropria
tion bills to the house in ample time.
He says three, and possibly four of them
will be reported before Christmas.
The treasury surplus increased more
than $2,000,000 within the last week,
but the senseless democratic bowls of a
"vanishing surplus" continue just the
same.
It now seems a foregone conclusion
that the battle royal now raging among
the democrats for the speakership of the
next house will also determine whether
Hill or Cleveland will lead the demo
crats to defeat in 1892.' In vain have the
long headed democrats struggled with
What is
Castoria. is Dr. Samuel PUcker prescription for Iafiwts
aad Cbildrea. It coataias aeitlier Opium, Morphine ar
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms aud allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarracea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieve
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giviag healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea-the Mother's Friead.
Castoria.
"CaatorU la aa excellent mcdloino for chil
dren. Mothera have repeated!? totilnitforiu
good eVct upon their children." '
Da. Q. C. Osgood,
Iwell, Mas.
Caatoria is the bet remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. 1 hope the day to nt
far distant when mothers wlllconsiiler the real
tDterrat of their children, and im Castoria in
stead of the variouaqoack nostrums which aw
destroying their loed ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby !ndiu
tbem to premature graves."
Da. J. I. Kinchslok,
Conway. Ark.
Tma CmmUmr Cempaay, TX
COLUMBUS LUMBER CO.
S. R. HOWELL & CO.
f ,
Doalors in
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors,
1JL1NDS, CKMEXT. LIME, FIKK ISltK'K. FIUK
CLAY, MYKIiLE Dl'.ST, WHITE SAND. PORT
LAND ami MILWAUKEE CEMENT, ami ALL
KINDS otBriLDINU MATERIA L.
THIRTEENTH ST., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
Se.'jr'..t nut.
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I THE ISTIEWI
FDMTEE STORE !
-HAVK PINK LINK OK
NEW, STYLISH ROCKERS.
PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER.
FURNITURE REPAIRED.
s,ftl.t;KliS!,r,,Sr-; P. W. HERRICK.
the ehallow-patea iu congress to go easy t
in this matter. They will not go easy.
It's a knock down and drag ont tight
with these men, and they don't care a
snap whose corns are trod on as long as
they think they are making progress
toward the goal of their ambition. Four
candidates have alrea'dy opened head
quarters here, and from the quantity of
free red liquor, etc., that is being libor
ally dispensed, somebody, is, in sport
ing slang, "backing" them for winners.
Mills is the only candidate thus far who
has had the nerve to i-ome out squnrcly
for free trade, and for that reason repub
licans would like to see hint win. He
openly expresses tbat seven nut f wry
ten democrats secretly lu-liew in. bill
lark the courage tn ray so.
A Sale Inve-fmriit.
Is one which is guaranteed to lring
ytm satisfactory results, or in ca.se of
failure a return or purchase price. On
this safe plan you run buy from our ad
vertised druggist a bottle of Dr. IvingV
New Discovery Tor consumption. It is
guaranteed to bring relief in nerv case,
when used for an affect ton of the
throat, lungs or chest, such as consump
tion, inflammation of the lungs, bron-(
clutis, asthma, whooping eongii. croup,
etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable
to taste, perfectly safe, and can always
le depended upon.
Trial liottle free at David Dov.-ty's
drug store.
Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor precrilieil : C:istori:i !
MrritWint.
We disire to .say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr.
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
Dr. King's New Life Pills, liucklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
so well, or that have given such uni
versal satisfaction. We do not hesitate
to guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase
price, if satibfactory results do not fol
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popularity purely on
their merits. David Dowtv's drug
store.
Knolisii Spavin Liniment removes all
hard, soft or calloused lumps aud blem
ishes from horses, Jilood Spavin, Curbs,
Splints, Kipg lJone, Sweeuey, Stifles,
Sprains, Sore and Swollen Throat,
Coughs, etc. Save 8-jO by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish Cure ever kuowu. Sold by C.
B. Stillman, druggist. 2Cnovlyr
Backlea'a Aralra Salve.
The beat salve in the world for cnts,
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by David Dowty. 3
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Castoria.
" CastorU to so well adapted to children that
I recommend it aasuperiortoany prescript
kuonto me."
II. A. AacHia, 9L D., -
ill So. Oiford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
" Our pliysicLuu in tho children's depart
ment hae ioi;en highly of their eiperi
euce in their outside practice with Castori.
and although we only have amoufc our
medical supplies what to known xi regular
products, jet wo are free to confess that th
merits of Castoria lias w.iu iu to look wita
favor upon it."
Unitku Hospital m DtspmsaaY,
ltostoa. Mass.
Alls P. Smith. iVej.,
Mmrray Street, Hew Terk City.
Dr. A. J. Sanders,
. i:di vruor
LQNC ISLAKB C0L1I&E BOSFITAL, 1T.7.
Three Years Hospitalism.
Recently iron University of Vieuw, Austria
1. O. BOX
:t.
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA.
KKKKItKNl KS:
.1. I). Mookk, lrtt. f Ifcmk of Commfire.
15.1'. How i.i. M.iiinK'Tfif (J. I. Slmpo.
V. II. I'l.vrr. Mfijorof innl l-Iaml.
rii-. Itier, K-prefiitntie.
S. N. Wo Ms mi. State Senator.
;.. II. ( M.DMKI.I., (V)tllll) .lllllf.
f? Tlio-- wlm li:e Itit'n MilTerer for yt-nrr"-aail
liave l'ii t !- rniui'I-of tin- rifein at
Iiomii'. without reroivinjj relief from ordinary
micIIkmIs of treat uiwit, are et.peciall iinited
t call.
J--" All of our patients may expect to reeeiie
ttool care, eart-ful treatment .mil iuiiare ilealintc
frutii a Im-MnerM -tnriclpoint. ; uealwujn rxieet
to Kiealtie rti-eivt-W mi f.ir a oillf. Will
heat the
"(oiiuItatrn free. Aililrih".
I)n. A.J.SAN'DKKS.
lox'j::, t;r.ml Nlantl, Neh.-
0aim.iii!j
T. S. JAWORSKI,
Regulates Perfectly.
IS MOT AfFECTEO BY
GALES.
Is Strong. Durable
Wit
, EASILY MANAGED.
find Kills, 7mp. ad Fump Etpm
Ouo door north of Baler 'a ham.
6atig6in
JOHN EUSDEN,
SURVEYOR.
Informs Lit frifoiii atiii th pnhlie hr is Mill
in the ru-inefnnlall nnlern will hae prompt
attention. Copies of held notes anil plain fur
nished. Charge to meet tho timet, (olntabua,
Nebraska. 23aprir
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