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Marital Cflltttwras . f--' Jtar- - -i-tt jJt j 5 WHOLE NUMBER 1097. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 20, 1891. VOLUME XXIL-NCMBER 5. .. : K-. r i -i I .. . . . ' V . 'U I xnt laxd: "WB&m ANDEBflOW. PJDBML. ""TW.lULflfSr- First Natisn.1 Bank Report of CoaJUfcion May 17, It. Toaaa aa Dtseeaatau "945-9 U. C boala ........................ jHM.OJ - Itealuat.faraitmaa4astara.. 3IJS.M Du tr.tiM o:Ler baaka aVTB.M - tr.IL7VAa.iiBY ara.aa MB M MS illWtW aflUM.i Caattat aaA tirt'lu I7a4lvlaVIprsu , . KatteaaJ kuk fcntea outstanding.. &9uIsGQSt9.. fmxbusM Mrii. T If. KILAA1V. -. DFUTCHEB ADVOKAT, OBee erar Colamtaa Slate Baak. Colavtaa. Bebraska. OOLUTAR MEEMB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OBee ant First Rational Baak. Gelaaibat, Kebraska. UAt DJZAF and EXPRESSMAN. rare. Headqnertera at J?F. ItoctaftOsVSaiBea. TeUphonc. 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SMI ii aa the only decided liima It ia aa avof tkeoMar ataes. faraiskiaa ia ajeat aw LM0 pagea of the aboietat literature. wriOea by taa ablest Aeani. amaaataota. It ial i lalifalhr iUaattatad. aad is nek wjtt chartslatooaHaaei aad ahatt atonA. . o auwa appteanare .peases caa, at to Taa Aaaari ibiiw i:.j. m yws m aa K( -tia. It will be The price efi at anaLf aa SDW4BIZED HAPPENINGS. A Brief Compendium of the Busy World's Events. A NEW COMMONWEALTH THE NEW AUSTRALIAN CONSTI TUTION COMPLETED. Cader It, If ApproTea. s Strona- Home Gavoraaaeat Will Be Foraied-Kx-Gov. Boyd'a Caae to Be Beard la the Su preme Court New and Notes. The Australian federation convention has concluded the draft of a constitution for the proposed federation which will be submitted to the people of the colonies for approval. As soon as the colonies accept the constitu tion, it will be cnt to England for the as sent of the imperial parliament, and if rati fied the queen will, by proclamation, appoint a day when the commonwealth of Australia is to be established, and will also appoint a BOveruor-generaL Under the proposed constitution the federation is to be known as the Commonwealth of Australia and the colonies to be called states. The legisla ture will consist of a senate and bouse of. representatives, to be called the parlia ment. The governor-general will be ap pointed by the queen and receive a salary of not less than 10,000. BOVI SCOBES A POINT. Tbe United States Supreme Court Will Hear Hl Case. Justice Brewer, of the United States aupretne court, has granted the application of the counsel for Mr. Boyd, who was elected governor of Nebraska, for a writ of error to the supreme court to test the question luvolved in the decision of the ma jority of the supreme court of Ne braska, who decided that he was not an American citizen and therefore not eligible to the office of governor of Nebraska. Tbe supreme court meets again on the 25th and it is the Intention of Boyd's counsel to movo to advance the case on the docket and secure a speedy hearing. Court adjourns for the summer recess on the 25th, and there Is a possibility that an effort will be made to have the case argued that day, or have a time fixed for hearing at the next session. THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL. It Treats of the Labor Problem Co-oper-atloa Invaluable. The Latin text of tho papal encyclical Just promulgated refutes the socialists theories tending to abolish private property, and upholds the principles of the church as tbe first and main clement in the solution of social questions. The state should inter vene to regulate private property in order to Insure public peace and tho moral and material welfare of the working people. Tho pope comments on the necessity of Sunday rest, and deals at length with the subject of strikes, of wages and the hours of labor, lie dilates on the worklngmon's associations, including societies for mutual aid and acci dental insurance: treats of sick benefit funds, of technical education, and mixed syndicates of employers and employes. lie speaks of the good work such institutions have already achieved and calls upon the Catholics to assist In their formation. Russia Preparing to "Take Water., The Russian decree suspending the ex pulsion of tho Jews allows a year's grace to Jews who do not own real property and two years' grace to those who do own real property. As the sus pension of the expulsion decree Is not likely to have any perceptible effect upon the business inconveniences attending the expulsions, it Is believed that the suspen sion Is merely a forerunner of the rescind ing of the expulsion decree. 1 Democratic Nominations in Kentucky. The state democratic convention at Louis ville nominated ex-Congressmen John Young Brown, of Henderson, for governor on the thirteenth ballot. M. C. Alfoi-d. of Lexington, was nominated for lieutenant governor. V. J. Hendricks, of Fleming county, was nominated for attorney-general. Where Our Gold Has Gone. It Is explained from Berlin that tho re cent heavy shipments of gold from New York have been made necessary to save a panic in London and Berlin, caused by the Russian demand. Russia, for some unex plained reason. Is absorbing a disproportion ate amount of the yellow just now. No Coercion In the Coke Regions. Reports having reached Gov. Pattlson that the coke operators were keeping the new men In the Scottdale, Pa., mines without letting them come to the surface, and in some cases that the men were chained, the governor went Adjt.-Gcn. McClelland to make an Investigation. Iu company with a numlKjr of labor ofllclaU tho adjutant- general visited the different mines aud after a thorough investigation reported that thero was not a word of truth in the sensational reports. A Triple Train Wreck. On the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michi gan road a peculiar and fatal accident oc curred near Shepherd. Mich- The south bound freight train ran into a log train standing on the main track and was com pletely wrecked, the crew being painfully injured. A moment later tho north-bound freight came around the curve and dashed into the wreck. Twenty meu on a flat car were hurled In all directions. Three were killed outright and fourteen others badly injured. Over an Enbankment. A Santa Fe freight train of twenty cars loaded with cattle started down Raton mountain near Trinidad, Col,, but became unmanageable, the air brakes failing to work. While turning a sharp curvo the engine broke away from the train and six teen cars went over a twenty-foot embank ment, demolishing the cars and killing 3C0 head of cattle. Brakcman Kearns was slightly hurt. Four tramps stealing a ride are reported killed. A Foot Race for Aa Office. At the city election at Waynctown, Ind., William Simms and Frank Hollowell were tied for tbe office of treasurer. To decide the question a foot race was arranged be tween them. Simms seemed a sure winner until be slipped and fell when within three yards of the goal. Hollowell fell over him, but crawling over the line won the race amid the cheers of the crowd. Hollowell was duly sworn in. Rasstaa Police Caught la Their Owa Trap. Gen. Brock, chief of the W'arsaw gendar merie, suspecting the police of duplicity, ordered that the students' quarters bo searched at a certain hour, previous to which he himself searched the quarters and found nothing of an incriminating nature. Tbe chief awaited the arrival of tbe police and discovered that they had supplied themselves with revolutionary proclama tions with the Intention of manufacturing cases against the students. The matter has caused tho greatest public Indignation. Tbe governor-general has gone to St. Petersburg to'try to hush up the scandaL AFlgJt Agalast: a Ualoa, The carpenters strlko at Milwaukee, which It was supposed was in a fair way of settlement, reached a crises when the Con tractiag Carpenters' association decided to give bo further employment to the union men. It is so longer a question of wages, but a ight against tbe men. The New Orleaas Yeleaae, The New Orleans committee of fifty has made Its report to the mayor. It says, in part: "The first work of tbe committee waa to obtain from the Chief of police the report of ninety-four assassinations by Italians and Sicilians where the accused escaped for want of evidence. Then followed the assas sination of Chief of Police Hennessy. The result of the trial demonstrated to the peo ple that no one was safe from the mysterious band that was operating regardless of law. It was only when this fear grew into abso lute conviction that the people rose .in their might, took the law in their hands, and then followed the event of March 14." AMERICAN SUCKERS. Tbe Crop Seems to be Practically Iaex baustlble The West Overloaded. In spite of the repeated warnings seat by the United States legation from London and by the press of America concerning the fraudulent character of so-called English estate agents in America, recent develop ments show that the warning has been un heeded, and the number of dupes is increas ing instead of decreasing. During the past few weeks more letters than ever have been received from America Inquiring after imaginary estates of fabulus sums awaiting the writers in the Bank of England. Texas, Kansas, Iowa and the far west seem to be especially productive, although letters are received from all parts of the United States. Of all claims Investigated not one has been found to have any validity whatever. The claimants should also bear in mind that the statute of limitations fixes tbe period within which unclaimed estates revert to the crown, and this period Is twenty years. There are no large sums of money awaiting claimants in tbe Bank of England. HEAVY FAILURES. Two New York Firms Uader the Title of Levy Go Uader. Levy Bros. & Co.. of New York, wholesale clothing manufacturers, have closed their doors under writs of attachment aggregat ing 150,000, and Augustus H. Levy, one of the partners in the firm, is pronounced hopelessly insane as the result. It Is set forth by affidavits that an Investigation of the condition of tbe firm shows an apparent deficit within less than six months of over 050.000. It is estimated the liabilities are at least 8750,000, and may be Sl.000,000 or more. The assets will not realize $500,000. The lawyers for several of the creditors have obtained writs of ajplevin and attach ment and have garuishecd tbe accounts of the firm in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. The firm of A. Levy & Bros., of 812 Broad way, was also closed. Tbe failure was duo to the embarrassment of Levy Bros. A Co. before, but the immediate cause of the sus pension was the filing of three judgments. The firm's liabilities are about 5300,000 and assets unknown. A CHASE ON THE HIGH SEAS. The Fleeing Chilian Steamer, Etata. Being Pursued by the Charleston. The San Francisco morning papers state that when the Charleston sailed on Satur day it was under scaled orders received in cipher from Washington. The Charleston is provisioned and coaled for a long cruise, and instead of going outsido to try its guns, as was tho general supposition, it is stated that it has gono in pursuit of the Chilian steamer Etata. If tbe Charleston does not catch it tho orders are to keep on until Ad miral Brown is encountered in Chilian waters. Tho Etata has a start of thirty-six hours and 500 miles. The Eight-Hour Law All Right. The supreme court of Indiana has sus tained the now law limiting a day's work to eight hours. The complainant in the case, John Griswcll, testified that he bad worked for the Noel Flour & Feed company ten months for tho agreed sum of f 1.25 a day. That during that time he was kept busy eleven hours a day. When he was dis charged he demanded pay for tbe extra hours, and under tho court's decision he recovered the amount claimed. The court holds that unless there is an expressed agreement to the contrary, employes who arc required to work more than eight hours a day must bo paid extra. Engineer, Engine, aad Six Cars Lost. A down freight on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, ran into an empty car a few miles from Dubuque. The engine and six cars wcro hurled into the river. James Richmond, the engineer, was carried down with his engine and was killed. Fireman Newell and the brakcman jumped and though Injured, will recover. The accident was investigated by a coroner's jury. They held Conductor Parker, of an extra freight, whic.i switched some cars on to the main track, practically responsible for the catas trophe. The matter will bo given to" tbe grand jury, now in session. A Material Decrease in Pension Totals. Commissioner Raum has written a letter to Secretary Noble, calling attention to th very material docreaso In payments on ac count of pensions during the present fiscal year. The entire payment for army pen sions during the present fiscal year will not exceed SI 10,000,000. Tbe total appropria tion was S125.7C9.093, and It now seems probable that thero will be left of this ap propriation at the end of tho fiscal year $9,709,000. Far Western Colonists Drowned. The steamer Lucy Lowe has foundered in the straits of Juan do Fuca with fifty five colonists on board. The party, number ing fifty-six, left Tacoma, Wash., April 21. to settle on land near the mouth of the Gucstahes river, but were beaten back by high seas and became short of food. John N. Grant, of Tacoma, the only survivor, has returned to that city. He believes the en tire party has been lost. The Situation at Scottdale. Evictions are proceeding quietly In the coke regions. Notovlski, a Polish leader, created great excitement by advising a mass meeting to go back to work. He was not allowed to finish. Secretary Burns, of the Miners' Progressive union, who had been working, attended tbe meeting. He was beaten by two German women aud fled amid derisive bowls from the strikers. Accident In the Yards, While a number of men were unloading a thrcashlng machine in the railroad yards at Fort Jennings, O., a passenger train came around a curve and struck a projeting tim ber, which was hurled under the train. Henry Miller, Henry Slotman and Louis Lance were killed and several others in jured. Crop Outlook la Nevada. Nevada's fruit crop this yearwlil be early and heavy. Cereals are In a healthy condi tion, with plenty of water to carry them through the season. Esperset the new feed grass recently Introduced In the westerq states, is extensively sown through this section. A large growth is assuerd. An Armour Marries, Ogden Armour, son of Philip Armour, of Chicago, and Miss Lolita U. Sheldon, of Con necticut, were married at the Murray Hill hotel, New York, by Rev. Dr. Gunzaulus, of Chicago. Germany Outstripping- France. The census in France shows an increase in population of 103,000 yearly, as compared with an increase of 435,000 yearly In Ger many. News Brevities, The Borne correspondent, of the London Standard says he has official authority to deny the statement that Italy has at pres ent any Intention to appeal to the powers for judgment on tbe New Orleans affair. Cipher telegrams received in Madrid from Lisbon contain the information that a widespread . .panic prevails at present throughout Portugal. As a result pf a conference held in Lon don the members of parliament forming tbe McCarthylte party have resolved to call a convention la Ireland. A COOL-HEADED MESSENGER. Aa Expressman Who Took Geod Car ! His Trust. While the bandits were detatching the eg gine and express car from the rest of the train, in tbe recent Oklahoma robbery and were running it to the place where the rob bery occurred.two miles dlstant,the express messenger disposed of most of the valuables ln'places of safety. Then he locked the safe. When tbe robbers appeared at the door ol the express car be made a show of resis tance, but finally admitted them. They Immediately made for the safe and demand ed that It be opened. With feigned re luctance tne messenger opened it and at the command of the leader handed out the contents, among which was a package of worthless papers wblch'he told the robbers was a valuable package of money. The most of the money bad been bidden in tne Ktivfi- which was not beliur used. In the search the robbers overlooked that hiding place, but stumbled on a package or saw, and, finding nothing else of value, they made their escape. DENVER BLOODSHED. Tha Brtekmakers Strike) Leads to a Fatal Collision Between Faetloaa. A desperate fight took place in the city park at Denver, between F. N. Davis, Ed. Davis and five colored employes on one side and fifty or more strikers on the other. Two men were fatally shot and twelve others wounded. The fight was the outgrowth of the brickmakers' strike at the Davis yards. Davis and bis son, the proprietors, with eight negroes, all with loaded guns, started for the yards with the avowed Intention ol beginning work or dying In the attempt. As they were nearing the yards a party of strikers appeared and asked that they be allowed to talk to the men who were going to work. Davis replied that the men did not waht to talk, and ordered the strikers to allow his men to pass. This the strikers would not do, and Davis and his men opened fire on them. The assailants were jailed by the authorities. HOW THE TOWN BOOMED. A Tennessee City That Waa to Be Bat Isn't. John T. McNutt Is seeking to have a re ceiver appointed for the property of the Cardiff Coal and Iron company. At a widely-advertised sale of town lots a year ago by the company, at which over $900,000 worth were sold, McNutt was one of. the purchasers. It was stated then that the company bad $1,000,000 In tbe treasury that would be spent the first year In public improvements. Now the year has elapsed and the town consists of a bank, a saloon and a country store. The judge granted a writ of injunction on the ground that the company fraudulently disposed of the pro perty and was granting fraudulent prefer ences. FIVE MASKEp MEN. They Get In Their Work en An Oklahoma Expresa Train. A Sante Fe passanger train was held up late at night by five masked men, 'who boarded It at Wharton, O. T. The engine and express car was detached and ran two miles south, where tbe express car was robbed of all the money it contained. Tbe passengers were not molested. The gang was supposed to be the notorious Dalton boys. The amount secured by the robbers is given out by the Santo Fe officials as $500. A large force of United States deputy marshals was organized at Guthrie and started In pur suit of the robbers. Greek Persecatloa of Jews. Since the Greek attack on tbe Jewish quarter of Corfu, tbe Jewish residonts of the town have not dared to open their shops or to let themselves be seen In the streets. They creep out of their houses at day break to buy victuals, for which they have to pay three times their value. All the synagogues are closed. A recent Jewish funeral re quired an escort of troops. In fact, many of the soldiers are In sympathy with tbe Jews. Almost dally attempts are made to set fire to the Jewish quarter. Played at the Other's Game. James Crouch of Stockton, 111., a young railroad man who was injured la a railroad wreck, sued the road for damages and re ceived a verdict for $4,000. He secured the money and with a part of It visited Free port. While there he fell In with a number of gamblers and tbe result of their short acquaintance was a game of draw poker. Just one hour after the railroad man bad bought his first chip be was short $1,700. Arrest of the Soldiers. The military authorities at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., have arrested eight enlisted men, charged with being accessory to the lynchlug of Hunt, April 24. When it be came known tho arrests bad been made, six other men deserted. The provost guard is now in search. It Is rumored a number of other arrests will be made. Corporal Ar nold is under arrest for having unlocked tbe arm racks and given the men their guns the night of the lynching. The Chinese Retaliate. An anti-European riot has taken place at Woohoo, China. The natives burned the Catholic mission and a number of other European buildings. The Europeans have taken refuge upon a vessel in the river. The British ship Inconstant was ordered to pro ceed Immediately to the scene of the riot and protect the lives ahd property of European residents. Explosion In a Steamer, A terrific explosion of gas occurred in the hold of the British steamer Tancarville, which was undergoing repairs in a dry dock at Newport, Eng. Eight men were killed, and twenty-five Injured. The steamer was badly damaged. The Tancarville Is a tank steamer engaged in carrying oil from Amer? lean ports. Geo. W. Chllds' Birthday, Tbe 63d birthday of George W. Chllds was celebrated by the typographical union at Philadelphia and by a banquet. Among tho letters read was one from Secretary Blaine, Cablegrams were received by ifr. Chllds throughout tho day from England, France and Germany, and telegrams from all parts pf the unon. Miners WU1 Probably Work, Specials from Brazil, Ind., report a probr able agreement between the miners and op? erators. The operators agreed, to pay last year's scale and two pay days a month, the coal to be weighed and screened as hereto fore. The miners will probably accept tb.e terms. Tale's Sealer Graduate, Rev. Dr. J. D. Wlckham, the oldest lvln graduate of Yale college, died at Manches ter, Vt., aged 94. He was a member of the Class of )815. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle common to prime $ 4JB 6.95 Hogs Shipping grades "4.70 4.95 Sheep..,.. 5.75 5.75 Wheat Cash LOS?" Corn Cash .4 .Ki "A13, ( d R r., :. 4t & X DaKLlI Itf Ma.4ami J. f Bctteb Western dairy 18 .23 Eggs Western. ,... 43 & .14 SIOUX CITY. Cattle Fat steers ,.,$5,00 &6.00 Cattle Cows and culls ,. ,75 Gt-tM Hoes..,. ,.., ,,, 4.40 4.55 pMaaP...... f!tt??..tT,. ,,.,,,.. 4XD 5.00 ., AmU ..? ....................... S "AW. ............................. a&l 'KA ............................. . .Bo a .08 ' '" ....................... 1.83 OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Cattle Common to prime. $3.80 Hoes Shippers 4.45 NEW YORK PRODUCE. V HEAT. .......... B 1.1. a CM 4.65 4S .7J JWp3i t t tttt f ,.,..H a( oats western .-., tt"t"T"t" ! i LATEST CROP REPORTS. GENERAL CONDITIONS IN ALL SECTIONS ENCOURAGING. Early Winter Wheat AU Headed Oat Spain; Wheat AU Beaded. Cmlag Up. and Making m Gawd Stand-Generally Taa Dry aad ("eld far OaU. The gra(n growing areas of tbe coun try have experienced a period of dry weather accompanied by severe frosts which are thought to have damaged more or less the small fruit, nipped the spring wheat, and what it has done to tho winter wheat, which was just head ing out, it Is impossible at this time to say. . WIXTEK WHEAT. In Central Illinois the prospects now are that the early wheat will be fit (o cut by the middle of June. The crop is generally heading -out. In Jfouthom Illinois wheat is from fourteen to eigh teen inches high Considerable of it is in head already. There are no signs of fly or insects yet The frost damagad vegetables and fruit t so:m: extent There was more or less wheat just rcady to head out ami the earliest, wheat may have been damaged. In many of the largest winter wheat countries ii Southern Illinois wheat on the bottom lands is over two feet in height, and on high lands about twelve inches high. Northern Indiana reports a cold, dry week, with a recent hard frost The crop as a whole stands even, and is rt ri jf t V 1 w r . J g TO y,rtr si'v "r ijtnvx -. I y " W Winter wheat. Headlu; out. Making ra harvest. June 1". growing very slowly. Tho plants aio perfectly healthy and trong, and tho prospects are good for a large crop. Wheat is scarce, and more or less is shipped in all the time to supply the home trade. In Central and Southern Indiana the wheat is from eighteen 'inches to three feet hi?h. The weather has been dry aud cool for ten days. No reports of fly or insect Harvest will be on about June (20. In Northern Ohio wheat has made slow growth during the last fourteen days. Late-sown fields where tho water lias stODd are more or less spotted, although tho prospects fcr wheat arc as a whole pood. In Southern Ohio wheat has literally caught up with itself. This situation was caused by the unusually favorable weather during April. New wheat ought to bo on the market by July 4. Winter wheat in Southern Michigan varies all the way from six to ten inches .in height The Weather has been cool and dry and the crop is doing well. In Southern Kansas wheat will probably be harvest ed about Juno 15. Its height is from eight to eighteen inches. In Northern Kansas wheat wiil now average from twelve to fourteen inches in height. None has headed out yet In Northern Missouri wheat is now from ten to fif teen inches in height, and just ready to head out. In Southern Missouri the largest wheat Is now fully twenty-four inches high, and tho general condition of the crop is uniform; the earliest vari- Spring wheat All in the ground. Early stanu.j eties will be ready to harvest a' out tho first week Inv June. Iu Tennessee the early wheat is now all. headed out Iu Kentucky there is some complaint of wheat turning yellow on account of the grain louse. These complaints, however, are not very numerous. In Northern Texas wheat is three feet high and head ed out Harvest will comnionce the last of May. Oregon reports winter wh;-at about ten inches high. The April rains helped the fall wheat greatly, and the crop looks better than at this time last season. Harvost will commence the lat ter part of July. SPRJXO WHEAT, In the Red River Valley spring wheat is practically now all seeded. The early sown wheat is coming up evenly and the Etand is considered good generally. The acreage is about the same as last year, possibly a trlflo larger. There Is quite a diversity of opinion with regard to the effect of frost the present week upon the young wheat plants. Some c aim frost is beneficial, causing it to root . deeply and stool out better. While j there have been no rains recently, crops A6MW lp W A V' SXS s. ffj r tmf&iMm ... 4JJl CCMA'6 U ' as Sr ' . Corn and oats. Good weather for plautinz are not suffering, although showers would undoubtedly be a benefit In South Dakota wheat is about four inches high- Although the season is late the general conditions are so much more favorable than usual that crops will soon catch up. In Minnesota the early sown wheat is generally up all over the State; tbe stand Is good. COBS. The country Is forging ahead rapidly In.planting the corn crop. Large areas of corn will bo in the ground within the next ten days. Of course In several of the States the bulk of the cifcp Is now In the ground. OATS. During the week tne oat crop of the country has hardly held its own. There to no uniformity In Its general coadittoa. jrr W" " bw I 744W37M-t5C0Hsti JIM C-aMrayf V V- '- ""lmL COViSsf-C i?f ? AffK y 55iv Nebraska probably shows the best ont look at present for a full crop of any State where a surplus crop of oats i made. 1b Missouri and Kansas the con ditions are not an average; is Tennessee and Kentucky the prospects are poor; In the State of Illinois fair; vary uneven in Indiana aad Ohio; in Iowa, more or less mixed. It is too early to say any thing yet with reard to the condition of the oat crop In the Dakotas and Min nesota. FROST AND FRUIT. The late frost was not confined -to limited areas. It swept over the coun try f torn North Dakota, where the spring wheat was Just coming up, and left its mark upon it, and went upon its jour ney of destruct;oa across the country as far south as the Chio River, where it ! caught the early winter wheat, .just in head. Rlea Men and Charity. In a recent speech Abram S. Hewitt is reported to have aaid that he knew but one rich mania New York and by rich he meant a man worth at lea t $20, i 000.000 who was doing his duty. That man. he said, devoted his' entire income, above the anm required for the necessaries of life, to charity. This shows a decidedly high standard on Mr. Hewitt's part in two respects, re marks the Pittsburg D.apatch. That a. man must have $20,000,000 before he is rich leiuces the Tast bulk of the population to a common level of pov erty, while if the rich man gives all his c.t 1 . - . r -. it f ' :.,! SMC"" '""" "'"'"' TJT " y' -v- 2 t r T Ml Hi 1 ""' 1 . (JzHi it '"v"C ror LWa 1 . r a. .. A n.r r a1 " T " 2. r 30 scs '?' pld growth. Some danger of "lodging." Early income above the necessaries of life to charity he will do very well unless the necessaries for a millionaire include yachts, racing stables and cottages at Tuxedo and Newport. Bat as there is only oae rich man who does his doty the crowd of common millionaires aud half-millionaires mast be reconciled to their poverty and their superior virtue. Winchesters vs. Negro. A terrib'e race riot was narrowly avoided on the Western Railroad at White Hall . Ala., be the coolness and determination of Conductor R. W. Gor man. Two cai-oads of drunken ne groes, t.i'nicker.-, were attached to the regular train. Tho negroes made a rush for the ladies' car, swearing and using vulgar language. The conductor, rushing into the exp:ess car, returned with a half-do en Winchesters and some revolvers. Quickly organizing a posse among the pas cngeis, he ordered the negroes out. Under the muzzles of the fire-a ms they were slowly forced from tho car and into their compartment with out any bloodshed. The ringleaders were ja h d." Tho conductor could hardly pre vent crow, s at different .stations along the iittc from assaulting the negroes. All Serfs. IlEiTAnciiv, or government of seven rulers, was era lually formed in England from 455, when Hengist became King of S3wn. Has come up well and made a good Kent It terminated in 828, when Eg bert became sole monarch of England, There were at first nine or ten Saxon kin :doms, but Middlesex soon ceased to exist and llemicia and Deira were gen era'ly governed by one ruler as North umbria. TuEitE is not a single city in the United States. MoitK bicycles are used by ladles in Denmark thau in any other European country. The largest bear-skin in the world Is in Kansas City. It was taken from an animal weighing 2,800 pounds. The oldest of four sons in a Kentucky family is Loon C. Carter, and the others are Elno C, Noel C, and Enol C. The use of the same letters in each name waa unintentional. Ix the year 1800, except for a few banks and insurance offices, turnpikes, hedges, canals and land companies, neither bonds nor stocks were known. The city of New York was so small as to make extravagance difficult; the Battery was a fashionable walk, Broadway a " T"1 ' C0AM . DATS I iLOtS Trrr 1 n r --A lAt. ' T vV .." - f V Mcw"wJ 1 ALT f X ir- ,v ,.rrojna ' &. t N ' --a r .tr 7 yiiiJSS -" OArS tPooij y corn. A little dry for oata.1 country drive, and Wall' street an up town residence. Great accumulation of wealth had hardly begun. The Patrooa was still the richest man in the State. John Jacob Astor was a fur merchant living where the Astor House afterward stood, and had not yet begun those pur chases of real estate which secured his fortune. Cornelius Vanderbilt was a boy 6 yean old, playing about his fath er's ferryboat at Staten Island. New York City itself was what It had been for a hundred years past, a local market Nohattkb hownood an umbrella a man may carry, the snow often get the drop on him. None but Irst-claat girls are permitted to graduate at Vaasar. Duhitfc Para-gropAor. IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. Progress Made on the Big Cnlbertsen Irrigation Canal. Work Is rapidly piogrcssing on the construction of tho big Culbertson ditch and the company expects to have it com pleted within a month. C. J. Jones re cently sold his interest in the ditch to a company of Hartford, Conn., capitalists, who are now rebuilding a portion of it constructed by Jones. The Humes are also receiving an overhauling and the work generally is being done in a more business like and substantial manner. The canal will not be completed to do much irrigating this season except along the first ten miles of the ditch Twenty four miles or the ditch will be completed within thirty days, which will place about all the land in the Frenchman valley east of Palisade under water. The ditch will be extended to the east line of Hitchcock county as soon as men and money can do the work. Omaha's Fling at Gov. Tliuyer. At a meeting of the Omaha council the other eveding the following resolu tion was introduced: Whereas. One John M. Thayer has been Invited to participate in the reception to be tendered President ll:irri-oii in this city. Wednesday, May 'i; therefore. !e It Resolcttl. That It l the scums of this coun cil that the said Johu"M. Thayer be treated as a private citizen, and that he be not ac corded the honor of being the governor of the state, an office to which he was not elected by the vote of the people, and that he be regarded a usurper of the office which he now holds. The resolution was adopted without discussion, Messrs. licchel. limner, Davis, McLearie and Spcclit voting "no," all republicans. Mrs. Everett's Horrible Death. Mrs. Amos Everett, wife of a promi nent ranchman living about thirty miles south of Johnstown, met with a sad death. She was visiting a near neigh bor and started home alone in a one horse buggy, and while on the road was caught in a prairie fire and burned to a crisp. The buggy was found near the dead woman, and the supposition is that the horse being frightened ran away and threw the lady from the chicle, injuring her so she could not niako her escape. A Lincoln Incident. Philip Andres, deputy labor commis sioner found this in his mail the other day: State or Nebraska, Executive Dejwut ment. Lincoln, May 0. 1S9I. Hun. Philip Andres, City. Pear Sir: Vour coiiuuKtioii as deputy commissioner of labor and custo dian of weights and mea-sures is hereby re voked. You will please turn over all records, papers and property pertaining to the office to Clerk Harry F. Downs and take his re ceipt for the same. Very truly yours. John M. Tiiayeii. Andres immediately obeyed its com mands and retired from the scene. State Jottings. The Dix town site has been sold by the sheriff for S1.000. Arpad Bakatiiy has left Frcmon on his bicycle trip across the continent. He rides his wheel to New York, then takes a steamer for foreign siiores. After crossing the water he will mount his wheel and ride andther l,Sl: miles to his former home iu Hungary. Five carloads of Shetland ponies will be received by a Ncligh horseman noxt month. The hemp mill at Fowler has been running on full time since last October. It gives employment to many men and is a great thing for the farmers of that section. George Makcott, of Brady Island, has been arrested on complaint of his wife for brutally beating her and threat ening to kill her. "According to Mrs. Marcott's story, her husband is a notor ious thief and crook and lias been steal ing for the last live years. She charges him with being the leader of a gang which has been operating in and arouiul Brady Island for the last year. Fear for her life has kept her silent until now. The body of Norden, a Swede, aged 18, who disappeared on the night of February 7, was found in Lincoln creek, nine miles northwest of Aurora. An examination revealed marks of violcncu about the head aud the neck was broken. Young Norden left his brother's house on the evening of February 7 and pro ceeded to a neighbor's where he and three others remained playing cards and drinking until 2 o'clock iu the morning, when he started for home. A severe snowstorm came up a few minutes after he left the house, and it was supposed he had got lost and died in the storm. James Kinzek, a resident of David City, met with a very serious accident While plowing along the Burlington &. Missouri track between thero aud (Har rison his team became frightened at a freight train and ran away. Mr. Kin ser, being at their heads, was trampled down and run over by the plow, which bruised him badly and cut his face in a terrible manner, splitting iiis nose wide open. TnREE men who have been stealing corn, wheat and other articles in the vicinity of Overton for some time wore captured and put in jail at Lexington. A mob of about thirty men met the prisoners when they were brought iu with the intention of lynching them. They succeeded in getting tiie rope over the neck of one of the thieves and were about to pull him up when the constable arrived and finally succeeded iu gettin! the prisoners out of the mob's hands and escaped. William Barr, of Lincoln, has been sued for breach of 1 romisc by Mrs Hattic Sims, a dashing young widow. She wants SIO.OOO. The defendant al leges that it is a case of blackmail, auo says the plaintiff is an artful and schem ing woman. - Mrs. Jennie Greex, of Lincoln, the victim of old man Hutchinson's dead j pistol, cannot live long, so the physi cians say that held a consultation. One ball severed her spinal cord and anotliei penetrated the kidneys. The Lincoln asylum for the insane during the past ten years admitted 1,031 males and 888 females. In 1SSI tin: total number admitted was l'J4 and the last year 212. The'niiiuhcr treated last ycai was 604. At the Norfolk asylum, estab lished in 18S8, the number admitted last -year was 124, against 152 in 1SSS. The hospital for the chronic insane at Hast ings, established In 1839, admitted and treated that year a total of 430 persons. T. E. Crowley, living near Strang, was bitten three times by a rattlesnake the other day. He drank half a gallon of whisky and has felt no bad effects' either from the snake bite or the liquor. Lincoln horsemen have arranged foj a trotting meeting to be held Juno 15, 16 and 17. Beatrice druggists are making ar rangements to entertain their visiting brethren at the forthcoming tenth an nual meeting of the Nebraska Pharma ceutical association which convenes in that city May 26. - A deaf boy was knocked down and run over by a byciclc, and strange tc say his hearing was restored. Adam BrCKER, an aged negro, wax found dead in his shanty in Lincoln. The northwestern Nebraska normal Institute will be held at Wayne fror Jane 12 to August 28. THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus State Bank i PAH HTBEST N THE WI9R. HOES LUIS N KM. ESTATE ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS OW Caleag. Hew Tart, aa aB BUYS GOOD NOTES OPFICKKS AND DIRECTORS t ;. LEANDEIt GERR A ED. President. K. H. HENRY. Vice-President JOHN STAUFFEB." Cashier, It. BRU0GER. O. W. HUL3T- COLUMBUS, NEB, i v . -BAflair- Avtfcorizti Capital f $500,066 Paid ! Capital 0,000 C.H.lITgLDOat.fmiA. ILr.H.OXLtrCX.1 C.A.1riWmA-, TiaaVNav iStw - - nocuoi J. HamryWHiaua. H. ILWaMlew. Oeoi rSBWi"' XrieiSTm. Fi Heavy Loaeke. Gerhard Loaeke. aapaaito;87aai aad Europe, aad haytai seU a WeaaaUbaUaai mraaaAtarjRl Wa --, WESTBW cottage organ CALLO A.&M.TURNER G. TV. 1 Tfavrellav ticaJar.aatae PRINCIPAL POINTS , EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH A.X U. P. Depot, Columbus. Uaurtt HENRY GA8S. UNDEBTAKER ! FOBTHE SflHTI ON SALE BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaTfrWaaaPZaWj'r COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES. tWRcpalring of all kinds of L"fc,. 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