The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 27, 1892, Image 2
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""- 11 -l.-.'ifinf .tA inMini rtiirlrin, mast '.-.V-r.vr-'iMneebapBaiaabTtba foil nam of the writ-tv. 1 ..-- - - ' -". - - iV ; -aadhahnot agree to return ttie same. We dcsiro if...;- -- :.:.. - ;-c.uTapopdeBt "in erery. echool-district of ,f, -. '.. r- " -- -'Jatr.5odnty, one of jraod jad)rment.nd v 1! -. -...- - -i.i.n. inWr-var.-Write slainlr.. each itey . - 1 I l'- . every - .-Wpkrstelr: Give aa'facta. " WEDNESDAY. JAKUAKV 27, 18&2. that the pope of rKorae.cannoi. survive but a" short time. ,"-" -. :x-.' r.;-,"vrIr--TB; .anoonnced ' s. o; 1 .- -" ;;--" j ""-"" A'oiNff Qf -thieves robbed the ipail : ".. botes stXttiebling, West Va., ot letters ''. VcxtnfainiDff about "Si, 500 in jndnoy-and . " ?! - ..ralaWble papers. S'-"' iy.". J . " VV.-'-V.; -ABSOKESTail cati8ed-an accident oii '."- '':'' thS.Q. near Creston, Eriday, resulting y. ;'?. in Uie 'death- of JEngineer Swanson. .;;" I'Trai&Q Wari 'delayed six hours. - .- --.'".? -: '-'AriKiinf a-Patti, the famous prima r--Jy ; donna,- was the daughter-of a wandering ; 'I;" -- .Italiaji' minstrel;.she has earned since ;. -:.--' her first" appearance over $3,000,000. ? -.' V--"-- '-".... .... Two hundred and fifty armed men '-"took. a murderer from the Nevada, Mo., : jail and. took him back to Lamar; the T scene of his crime,- and hanged him in the court house -yard. . ' The deaths from the grip in London -are increasing at a fearful rato. The .number of deaths from this malady for ' : the -week ending- January .16 was 271 .--. against only 05 for the week before. :; - - ' CniM asks to' be allowed to submit an entirely -new proposition. While the 'request has not been flatly denied, yet .-.it is considered as only a ruso to secure more time in which to mako prcparati- -johs for war. M . t t ? 1? I S. r - 11 - V-. .;'-.- ' - John Cook, a Teligious maniac of ''-. . ;Crawfordsville, Ind., was- caught dragg---Vjv. ing'-his daughter to. a fire where he'in- ;'.: -f ';' ;. ".tended to offer her as a living sacrifice. t' -."-'-..vTlie- girl was nearly paralyzed with ' -;V.'.:-: .-.-fright. He will be sent to tho asylum. .--.- . ".,."-.: .. The 'newspaper decision' that was '.'-.' :-.-handed down several weeks ngo in the ::;m'i ".'..".Boyd-Thayer case, still lacks confirma- ":-;.-"- -I.-fipn. 'In'the meantime Governor Thaj-er ;: :'.?';--':-goe8 along with his executive duties j .- .;"." -?d there, is no reason for alarm. A .-:V". -.- .governor' in the chair is worth six in '-.- .-,ihe bush of the supreme court, . " :''. .. - Peage with honor" is beyond perad-- ''. ."Wature the preference, of our people. - $ "?- . But peace with dishonor is a thing that .-;-"';-' '. ,-. -.wUl.Bot "be accepted or submitted .to by .'(' ;-! eaBon"l.of;-any apprehension which our ." "'. '.visturaj -and humane dislike of blood Cs -.; -Vahed. might awaken in the popular imag "''..... '. :-.. ; ihation. fBrooklyn Eagle. ''"' ' "vVr.. Sv '--. "-'- ;-."A dispatch from Boise City, Idaho, '-"'. : y-says: "Thousands of.cattle are slowly '-.. i"--'- "tarving to 'death in the. hills of south- "- -. -;;--. -em Idaho. Tbe local stock raisers will '.-.." --bfl. tremendous losers. Every. blade of .-y -:- '-gras8.:ipon 'the .ranges is under, from --. I'.' ''.I twenty-two to". eix,ty inches of snow. "... -'-This winter has not been equaled in ;":. -isevjBrity since .1870. A well known -'.. itbckman .has. said that every domestic ' -"jhead of cattle -left in the hills is snre to ".'". " - meet death ither from cold or hunger." . . . . " ".".". .-. Joseph .H! Bbadcet, associate justice '-:'of."the United States sii"i:.enio court, .' ;ied -'"Eriday morning at ".6:15, aged 79 1 -- .-years. ".He was born in Albany county, ::-.N...Y.,"jIarch 141813. Ho began the :j'-' ..stjtdySf'-Iaw at Newark, N. J.,and was t -" v.admitted.to the bar iri" 1839. In March, v. '- ..-.-.- '- If - 1: it "J870, he was itpjiointed by President Grant -as justioe of the United States thnes that number could be enrolled for President Habbibon in a message to congress Monday laid before them Chi lian affairs. There is nothing new. The Chilian government, however, has sent a reply to the ultimata aof the Uaited States, proposing arbitration or," thai not acceptable, aimbnussionto the de-" cidoVr of the evpreaie court of the Uni ted SUUe. Good enough.- , X p AfxtJMBKR of white boys were skating on a pond near Padneah, y kst week, when a 'colored boy attempted to join the -party. A ronr. ensued, when it was proposed to hang the. negro. He was overpowered and several boys .tied their skate -straps together and 'then tied one nd 'to the"negros neck. The straps were thrown over a limby.and the boys pulled '-him up. He was nearly dead when the straps parted. The "boys were about to repeat'the hanging when;8ome men came along'and stopped them and turned the negro loose! The boys had dug a grave for their victim, and said they, fully intended to put him in it -Friday last, there was a hanging here and this suggested to the boys a good way to get rid of an intruder. The in cident leaked out today and there was considerable excitement over the matter both-among the blacks and whites. A dispatch from Topeka, Kansas, says: "There seems to be no. doubt that there is a secret organization in South-, west KanBasthat is to compass the death' of Judge Botkin and his supporters. There are three degrees in the order, and the -utmost care is used in selecting proper material. The meetings are held at Springfield and Woodsdale, where tho three degrees .-are' taken. The first degree binds the members to stand, by each other in public and .private and to defend each other Tit the risk of life if necessary. The 'applicant is pledged, under the penalty of having his. resi dence burned, and his stock and crops destroyed, never to reveal aught that may come to his knowledge concerning the "actions of any member." While a determined organization could easily make away with the judge, yet we know that he is not the land of a man to be bulldozed, and before lie some of the gang will certainly him. wr, solid and satisfactory, are qualities not often united; but re found in Petebsok for Febru- Itis a very handsome and excellent r in every respect. The full page rings are admirable, and the numerous illustrations accompanying stories, poems and miscellaneous articles are unusually effective. "Judith O' Caernavon," by Julia A. Flisch, is a very striking story of Scottish life, by4 a writer new to us. . The Drama in Ancient Romo," is a scholarly and interesting paper by Professor A. P. Montague. Edgar Fawcett's story "A Prince in Disguise,' is the best short novelet Jie has yet prodaced. "Cactus Varieties,' by Bay Joice, gives a great deal of valuable information in regard to those odd plants. "The Children's .Fancy Dress Party," will charm the young folk with its pictures and prove of great as sistance to persons getting up similar festivities. The fashion and household departments really grow more and more a necessity ao housekeepers and ladies in general. Terms two dollars a year. Address. Petebsox's Magazine, 806 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. The American people are not a war like people. They prefer peaee, and, as their history abnndantb testifies, they will bear-much and bear it long to avoid war. They comprehend fully -what war means. But when the honor and dignity of the republic are to be maintained they are as ready to fight, if that alter native bo forced upon them, as aoy people in the world, and without count ing the cost. The prospect of a war with Chili has shown that the national government can make no demand upon the country for soldiers that will not be promptly met. From every section of the republic have come assurances that thousands are ready to respond to a call to anna The ycung men of today are no less-willing than were those of thirty years ago to place their lives at the command of the government, and the men who fought to overthrow the gov ernment are the most eager now to serve it, if their services should be needed. A call for a hundred thousand men would be filled in one day, and five goes, ptocfede throl theyja ary. numlie enirra Peter Bubendall, president of f- .vrr-: supreme jcourt Justice. Bradley had -! -. . ...-heen 'idle fori several months from a "l. '': ".-general break down and decline. The '-"-V1; justices all went to Newark, Monday, - --- . -. jwherejlie funeral took place. -. - -j .. Henst. 8. Down, . an Englisman, was . "; "'-'-. .arrested early Sunday morning at New -:. "1 '-'JXoA city. He is undoubtedly the indi- ". ::" "."wdual who-has been posing as "Jack the ' -1 -Slasher." .recently. Ho was positively - J'-: 'J identified by John Clark o'f Elizabeth, , "-.'V--NJ., whose' throat was cut.on the 5th I ' 7:t.inst.-.He;then confessed to haying inur r '' ; "ae3 John 'Carson, the "Baltimore law-. " ' : -' -'3.r Fho'-was found on the streets last : .:.. 'Thursday with hiV throat cut from ear - --. " ar.- rie Bupseouenuy denied this "VC ' .iwfnsed' to talkat all. Ho is in xAl - -" :-.bability.the right man and will -.very .-. V.::Ukely''try the electric route in a short --..-'' time:".'- -:' S military service as soon as tho work of enrollment could be performed. The United States does not need a great standing army, because the patriotism of the people can be depended upon for any emergency. Omaha Bee. World' Fair Note. Insurance is placed and increased on the buildings as their construction pro ceeds. The amount now carried is about $1,000,000. During the Exposit ion, it is estimated, not less than $150,- 000,000 or $200,000,000 of insurance will be carried on the buildings and exhibits. -.. "J"1..; V- V;-' . Bombss board.cd the Missouri Pacific - I"-. '-- ?Mnjn?to Nassau Junction, Mo.,Friday ;-.-;"" .night,-.an'd..while 'the train wss running ." '.':; ;-V'-to"j"pamar, a. distance of 12. jniles, they " -'- "-2- robbed tae" express car: arid train .men1 :'.''', r- -'... ;to.ihe .excitement, at- Lamar, tliey" es- ." "- -- -V-" caped but were. 6een -boarding a freight .-V- --"."- W' on Memphis -road, and. the :'-. V 'r.uttbjitieat Fort Scott were notified. '" I.-. VU'..A"tolicem'ari"" at Tort Scott attempted. ;. .-. '.:'' 7 ;..-thjBir arrest'.but was .shot . dead by one . -. --..;-:"-;.? -the ..robbers. -They again boarded " .-;---; '.-" ""OTtijing 'freight .train and we're .;.-'l-"i'v.V:q;aickly-pursued iy. Detective-Chester . li "'. - ."?"' 'e, "eompanioiis. Theywere ..-;.:"" .; "fijally captured after a. hard, running "".'" .v.: -. ight In' which one of them' was killed. - ? . -. ''-r'-y A-'sraaicAij institute was "burned 'to '..--Vv' -reuni' f IndianapoKs, Friday. ;....: .!mecainfft and with it nineteen crippled! - -''patients. were "cretaated;. and thirty ST ' y others more'orless"burned and injured, " -." MTeral of whom 'cannot survive. The -''acenea'aBdaiMdentsat'the'fire beggar J -V .jdeecrlption and were heartrending, .'.. while the heroic deeds of the brave, fire ' '. '-JBen,'a8 welj as volunteers, who- repeat ...'. -.edly risked their'lives.to savo the- poor - - crippled -inmates are. deserring of the . . loudest- praiee. There were 31G inmates .'-. .''.ra-tteiBStitate'which'was a four" story ".brick. Many of the' windows were .7 grated, and .to this fact is due the heavy loss of Mte. Tbe oScersand proprietors . of the uaatUate' are charged with 'the . . awfalraaanaaibilty.. Inth construction, of the buildings abont 60,000,000 feet of lumber and-18.- i 000 tons of steel and iron will be used. In their adornment will be utilized nearly 84,000 pieces of ornamental fetaff" work, of which one third are already, completed. From information received at Expos ition headquarters, it can be said to be Jiext to certain.that soon there will be added to the foreign list Norway and Sweden, Hungary, Switzerland, Canada. and several others. At a low estimate the total of the appropriations of for eign nations,-will reach $5,000,000. In April, 1893, a grand international naval review, preliminary to the open ing of the Exposition, as provided for by Act of Congress, will be held in New York .harbor. Arrangements for this are now being made. . All possible precautions are taken agrinst.fire. The Exposition grounds': are already provided with a full equip ment of fire engines'and apparatus! First National Bank of Madison,.: Ike become totally deaf from the effects, of the grip. - .. i . A'fre at Fort Niobfara Monday night threatened to destroy the post head quartem .The flames were extinguished wiAalaasoftBOa ' , -. A qnack doctor named Lieber ia un der arrest at Omaha and tho stafe board of health will'prosecatehim vigorously. He has" no diploma. . ;A 3-year-old sop of Mrs. James Cal lahan, of Omaha, fell into a. tub of hot water -Thursday and was scalded aonad that it died in. about throe hours. Chadron.is putting in an incandescent electric lighC plant, and have just com pleted a system of' waterworks. A canning factory and large elevator are to be built soon. .- - B. A. Misaaemer, a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific, was run' over and in stantly killed at a small station near Nebraska City. He; slipped in getting on the engine. Miss Ada'Justico, of DoSoto suddenly lost her speech while riding, home from Blair a few days ago.' Otherwise hev health is good but she cannot articulate a single sound. The school house at Benson, a suburb: ot Omaha, was totally destroyed by fire Wednesday night. Loss '$4,000. Over 100 pupil'u are temporarily without school facilities. A wolf was seen recently in the streets of Yerdigro at the hour of midnight, seated ou his' haunches and snapping viciously nt four or five dogs that hud surrounded Jiim. John Judson, an eighteen-year-old Omaha lud. fell from a third story window, and lit on his feet on the pave ment. Ho whm able to walk to a street car and go home. A Utica man advertises that "several batches of money have been found by my family during the past few weeks." Great atate that, where money lit anound loose with no claimant. A man named Elvvood, of Neligh, was arrested last summer at the instance of an insurance company, charged with arson. He now sues the company for $10,000 for the damage to his reputat ion. Frank Schnell, of Nebraska City, was riding on tho platform of a jwsseugur coach, and whilo holdiug to tho hand rail leaned tod far out and was struck by the'liaiburs ot the Weeping Water bridge and instantly killed. A "Lincoln councilman suggested opening a Keeley Institute at that place and when a -victim comes up before the police eourt for being drunk that ho be sentenced to six weeks treatment in the institute. Not a bad idea for any town. ' S. p. 'Moore, clerk in tho auditor's office of tho C. St. P. M. & O. By. at Omaha, was run over and instantly killed by a motor trum at Sixteenth and Webster streets, Wednesday evening. He was dead when picked up. He leaves a wife and two' children., It now seems almost certain that Hastings will get the $250,000 appro priation for a government building. The bill passed the senate Wednesday, and it is generally conceded, that it would meet with favorable action in the. house. The citizens of 'Hastings feel very jubilant, as well they may. Win. EkxUey, a promiuent stock dealer of South Omalia was badly burned while trying to g6t a burning gasoline stove ont of the exchange buildiug. The store exploded, scattering blazing oil all over Mr.Bodley. He was frightfully disfigu red. Hia left hand was torn open to tho oone in two places, a diamond ring broken in several pieces, and his hand burned until strips of flesh fell.off. The right hand was also badly burned. John Shaffer of Minden, who several years ago muraerea wmiam smith, a constable, in cold blood and was arres ted, convicted and sentenced to be hanged; but on second trial got off -with ten years in tbe penitentiary, returned home today, having been -pardoned by Governor Thayer. This was the first intimation any .one here had of such a, thing. Nine-tenths of the people here would have signed a remonstrance. . At a depth of 512 feet the artesian well contractors at Niobrara struck a vein of coal at the close of their work last week. The, thickness of the vein is not known.' They had been in water bearing rock for three days previously, and there has been .a slight flow since that time. It is believed that the re quired flow will be reached inside of 650 feet. The Springfield, S.D.,well, ten miles below here, recently throw, up several tons of coal, and it -is now be lieved that when the well was of that depth the casing was not driven to the full depth of the hole. uid , uv wuuw; b (iibuudw ueiuuziairaiiuu of their insincerity by refusing to cur tail the number 'of. committee clerks employed by tbe bouse,. notwithstand ing thftatatement of honorable gentle- men, meaabera of .the -committee on accounts, that a number of the minor committees bad no real need for clerks. ( The deiaocrata are always .-willing to reduce any appropriation which is ex pended by republicans, no matter how much it may injure the' public ihtenest, bu6 when it comes to reducing the patronage 'controlled by themselves they always fly thejtrack land refuse to do it, as in this case, where they au thorize the paying of a number of sine cures .for no other purpose than the bestowal of the patronage upon the chairmen of a number of" unimportant committees who are democrats. . Senators Aldridge, Allison,. Hiscock, Carlisle and .Harris, composing the sub committee of 'the senate finance com- Imittee, have gone to New York to complete .their investigation, began, last summer, of the effect of the McKinley tariff law upon the trado(and commerce of the country. Bepresentative. Bou telle, ot Maine, made the. most humor ous speech of tho session, taking. for his subject the present ludicrous aspect of the democratic party. -'From the be ginning, when he said: "What a comical old humbug the- democratic party is," to- the end, when he said- "The people of this great country are going to have a happy and prosperous New Year in spite of the democratic party, the gen tleman from Indiana (Holmau) and his nickel-in-the-slot machine," the liouso was in an almost continuous "rour- ot laughter, .in which most of "the 'demo crats good naturedly joined. Mr. Bou telle's lampooning of Representatives Holman, Dockery and Wheeler, al though entirely free from illnatured personalities, must have been,galhng in the extreme .to those gentlemen but neither of them attempted to reply, al though Wheeler says ho will. Oh, no, Tammauy does not boss the democratic party. It was merely by accident that the other .twelve strongly backed applicants for the house restau rant privileges, which, owing to the large democratic majority are much more valuable than usual, were turned down, and the plum given to Tammany's man. It is also a slander, probably, to charge that Tammany will control the decision of the national democratic committee, which meets hero this week, as to where the nominating convention shall -be held, and yet, intelligent men, democrats, are making the charge. ADDITIONAL LOCAL. WORDS OP A FUIKXD. The Tribute of If. J. Ilurixou to the Slrmorjr ot Hit Deceased Frlrn.l, J. I. Bckrr. .NEBRASKA-NOTES. Howard sends a -car load of corn to the Kuasian suffers. Mrs. Bridget Scullins of Wallace, died Saturday of the-grip, aged 119 years. The large roller nulls at jChamji6 were totally destroyed by fire Saturday! A.-J Enbody, editor of the Crawford Clipper," is enjoying a life-size criminal libel suit.. . Charles Edson,- a mail 9 carrier, waa held up under the" Tenth staeet viaduct .and;relievedof all his money. The tramps whe robbed the depot at Norfolk were arrested, at Sioux City, and are now in jailawaitiaf their trial .Waahtagtea better. From oar regular correapoadent. Apologize or fight, represents in three words the present status of the Chilian affair.- The time for negotiation baa passed. Two weeks. ago the president would- have 'sent all of -the correspond ences and his proclamation to congress had. it not been for representations made by Senor Montt, the Chilian min ister. It is not believed that Senor Montt, who ia thought to be sincerely in favor of peace, actually-misrepresented the intentions, ot his government, 'but there is nowlittledonbt that he allowed his hopes to inflqence his statements to a degree not warranted by what he mast' have known the feeling of 'Chili to be towards the United States. It. is now fully settled that the procla mation, which ia all'ready, and the cor respondence will go to congress just as soon as the report of Judge Advocate General Bemey, who-took thedepoat-.' tion of iidlors of . the Baltimore, ia recejvea, and that is expected this week. There can be no 'doubt 'that congress will respond by an immediate declara tion of -.war and a auJacieat appropria tion to rush H to a auoceasfal conclu sion. Every .preparation that can possibly be made in advanoa of the actual declaration of war. ia being care fully looked after by the adminktratioo,. although no .details are .being made public, aa 't ia aot-deaired that Chlij shall know what we are doing.. The democratic party ia alwaya loud in its-clamoring for economy, as shown by tbe. adoption of the Holman. clap trap resolution by the house, butit waa hardly twaatyfbar .boars after the adbption of the demagogic maaifeato balorf the deawarata of tbt boast gave DeabFkiexiw'.Neiohrous AMI FKU.OW Citizens: In consonance with the desires of the family of (he deceased and, 1 believe, in harmony with the wLsucs of John P. Becker, as I have gathered them in frequent interviews with him, it is with diffidence I consent to speak a few words on this occa sion. Mr. Becker was opposed in thought and practice to all shams. His tastes were sim ple and domesticated. He despised the tinsel and ginger-bread of society, bat took hearty rnjoyniest in the company of old friends, under his own roof-tree. Though he was ambitious, aggressive endowed with an indomitable will, coup Jed with Tpluck and neive, in t!ie f:ia -of- nitsfor- tnne ana bitter opposition yd he was con servative, conciliatory, and often held lus own views in deference to others in whom he had confidence, and to wlitoii lie hml Ic conie Attached, cither in the riirid exactions and struggles for business snprciwtcy or in the more genial eleiiu-nts of soei:l lifo. In undertaking thin resume Of hi life among its, 1 am reminded of Uie admonition enjoined upon me not to indnlg.' in. any fulnonic euloginm, Iveuiise on.- denr depart ed trieiid and neighlx entered an earnest protest against it. ami often urged thafrno true friend of his wauld indulge in it or per mit it to Im done at his obsequies,. which he knew would soon lme. tit l- performed. A wise writer of near two thousand years a;o said, in one of his letters to the Rom ans, "No man dietli to hitiiself." Iain, glad it K nut left to me to d'.scuss- the theo-' 'logteal side of tins limitation from Holy Writ. The life, character, enenry and in . . . ... . . - . - uiviiinuiity or .mini r. IJvckcr, as we see their impns in ruliunbtis, are strongly corroborative of tin tintli Unit we live, not for ourselves alone, but hiuiply to occupy our assigned position and do our appointed work in this great interdependent relation lhipof life. In the few moments we have at our dis posal to-day. we cannot (.ketch evjen ait outline of the marvelous energy that has1 characterized his thirty-six years residence in Platte county. 1 hope his mantle 111 ay fall upon his associates;, with whom Jie. has' been identified in his later-years and busi ness ventures; that die spirit of .1. P. Becker may permeate the several onraniza-. tions of which he was the energizing power. A man so well known, not only iu Platte county hut all over the stale, and whose ac tivities will outlive onr panegyrics and they wim. be spoken and written of him ought to be an incentive to our young men who must soon take up tbe life-work that so many of our old pioneers are leaving unfinished. A: L. Bixby has so tersely outlined the life of John P. Becker that I unhesitating ly incorporate a portion In niy remarks': "The history of Columbus is" "his! It was an uninhabited territory, .aaU I lived to see H a wealthy state. The story I of his life is one of deep interest. He. waal iu every esseniiai a aeu-maue maa. ioe most prominent trait of bis character was an ' mdomnitable energy. He knew .ao such word as fail. Though not a stranger to misfortune, his.hoDeful "disposition rose above untoward circumstances and lie laughed at defeat. .His ambition was to see the city of Columbus .one of the best u uic suiic, auu ue .snowra uie raiui oy his works. Aggressive in his manner, he made enemies, but even the most ardent new recognize his worth as an enterprising, public-spirited citizen. When disease fas tened itself upon him be was slow to yield, aad would not give up' .until tbe 'last. For several years he has been a great sufferer bat.he' bore it all uncomplainingly. Ills social traits were- not always proaauteiit, but no ODC could ask for a. kinder neivfihnr and friend." . - -v Let us pause for a moment and deep tear, with these, kind words to his amatory so graciously said, for. 'in a'few short years at best we must follow him. All that is mortal must die. Even dictionaries are but beggarly things to aid ns in suitable expres sion on occasions such as this. , ' His loving family are carrying, out Ms wishes so far as practicable, and known to them. Ithasjteen urged by sincere friends that the bod? of one. who has been-anrh a. benefactor, should be takentosoa-e public avtiliigtOR-aBd tke Northwest Pa- cite Coast. I taut demand of the traveling he far West for a comfortable same time an economical mode of traveling, has led to the ostab' i-ii Hi u - 1. , toeaamerateallthat tain my heart '-"""T , wm,M"1"igwH " xr,uimu of him, and of his srvices as au Co loaist Sleepers, - These cars are built on the same .gen eral plan, as the regular first-class Pull man Sleeper, the' only difference being is that they aro not upholstered. t 'They are furnished complete with good comfortable hair mattresses, warm blankets, enow white linen, curtains, I plenty of towels, combs, brushes, etc., which secure to the occupant Of a berth as' much privacy as is .to be hud in first class sleepers. There are also separate toilet rooms for ladies and gentlemen, and 'smoking is absolutely prohibited. I For full 'information eend for Pullman Colonist Sleeper.Lentlet. ..E. Ij. Lomaz, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Omaha,Neb. . . . 38marl . . J. K-IUkacueb, Agent Union Pacific SyBtemJ display. A few, years ago a. history of the ' Oii stair, oy.coumies,was ueing wruten.auu ne reiusea to permit a. personal write-up. Any one taking the trouble to search, will fail to find anything atore than a mere .aKntfenof Wanaajelneonnectien witrfthe'!-' , . hiotiirr nf P1att& minntv aiul th lv jf I aad Columbus. TlBiewoald fail me. even If I had Ian Kuage to sav office bolder (and he baa held many import ant omces). as a citizen, puoitc man. or in his social life, uprightness and integrity has marked his course. A volume might be written, but the historian of the future will find -him, and so place him, as one of the central figures around whom will cluster memories that will brighten as the years roll by, and the rising generation will have pointed out to-thein the numerous fabrics that adorn our city, reared not from the abundance of his wealth alone (although he was liberal in dispensing) but from the en ergy and will power, like'an inspiration, dominating and directing every enterprise that he and his associates believed was right and proper to be done.. One incident, out of many known to me and many others, I will quote as illustrat ive of his whole life: In 1809 Mr. Becker and Mr. Jonas Welch erected a grist mill on Shell creek. For three or four years mis fortune and disaster came trooping along each season, as the swelling waters .of the creek swept out the dam and undermined the mill, entailing labor, delay and anxiety and engulfing large -sums of money. One day, after one of these inundations, 1 was stauding on the bank of the crock, viewing .the wreck. and watching Mr. Becker and' Mr. Welch working away like leavers. '1 gave expression to some remark 1 cannot now reca, but the answer was burod deep into my mind "No, Elder, it would not ! ' s'iie it up now! We are going to put -t. j.it..-.i mat will stay for a few years."' At 11 :he.ii:d! A bystander remarked (tp us-.-his own phrase) that "Pete was like a boy pl.iiu&, mumble-peg. Although he ground. hi nose oflV he was bound to draw that "peg,' Yon who have knowledge of; the game, will iietler understand it man 1. This illustration, though tamiely. is force ful, and truly exhibits tlie key to Major John P. Becker's success in life. J0I111T. Becker was Imoti in Germany on theSlth day ot May, 1833; died on the 12th day of January, It--, at midnight, so at his decease he was 53 years, -7 months aud 15 days old. At the age of 5 years became, with his. parents, to America, settling at Columbus, Ohio, where he resided till May, ISTjo, when he came to Neltraska, when but few inhabitants had settled in the towns along the Missouri river. In 1857 he was elected the first recorder of deeds for Platte county. In that early day he was planning for the prosperity of' Columbus, his chosen home. Money was not Hush in Nebraska at that time, so in 1S5'., in company with Chas. A. Sin-ice. he went to Memphis, Ten nessee, to raise some money at their trade as carpenters, returning in I80O. In May he went to Denver and, like many others, soon returned flat broke" and disgusted with chasing the "golden phautom" of I mining on Cherry creek. He now settled down to business in dead earnest, all along the succeeding years, his lite has been a ceaseless activity, even in his hours of de tention at home, battling with the insidious dieasethat so shortened his life; he was cogitating, among other things, the success of the Old Settlers Association, nurtured into life last May by his personal persistent appeal to the pioneers to organize ere there were too fety of us left .to do so. Only three weeks before his death he entertained me for two hours making suggestions for the perpetuation of the association. (Four of these pioneers have died in the past ten days.) He has occupied numerous offices of trust among the most important that of Indian agent for tbe Pawnees, a member of the legislature in 18i5-(,.a member of the con stitutional convention in 1875. mayor' of the city, and several limes councilman, faithful in all. As a financier he was safe, shrewd and acute, the success of the Commercial bank. Columbus improvement Co., the Sewer Co., and kindred enterprises having the better ment of our commercial interests .in view. Thirteenth street might with propriety be named Becker Avenue. In April 1873 he married Miss. Phiiopena Schram. this uuion resulted in. the birth of four children, two of whom preceded him into the spirit world, two remain, a girl and a boy. May they be spared as a solace to the widow, who after her long vigils by night, aud watchingsby day, alternating for several months between hope and doubt, needs so much the consolation of loving hearts aud hands, and, that they shall receive. John P. Becker leaves surviving him, his brother William Becker and two sisters, Mrs. T. C. Bauer, and Rebecca Becker. With what fortitude and patience the de ceased bore, his long afflictions; 12 years ago an attempt was made to remove a can cer from, his right foot. Again, after much suffering, 'a little over 2 .years since, he parsed throngh.an ordeal to remove the life--apping venom,' Mutt for weeks entailed suf fering, and acute agony that we can never realize. On January 12, 1891 he submitted to an amputation nf the foot. Six months later a second amputation was made, and on the anniversary of the first one, at midnight, hc.suecnbnuil iu death, to the primal cause What hicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul By ithe only lino running solid vest- -ibuledVlectric lighted add steam heated trains between the Missouri river and Chicago, consisting of new palace sleep ing cars, elegant . free, reclining chair ca'rs, luxurious coaches and the. finest dining cars in the world. The berth reading lamp .in its palace sleeping cars is patented and cannot be used by' 'any other railway company. It. is tho great improvement of the ago. Try it and be convinced. Close connection in union depot at Omaha with all trains to and from the west., For further particulars apply to-your'ticket agent, or F. A. Nash, Gen'l Agt. W. S. IIOWFJVL. Traveling Fr't. and'Pass. Agt:,. 20jantf 1501 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. It'Mi'i'ii'il :&LJ .-. Castdria is Dr. Samuel Pitchf prearipUok:for Iafiiiito'; auid Chlldrea. It contains neither Ophriii, Morphine iior . other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless" HilWitnts: .for Paregoric, Drops, jSroothiu? SyrupVand -Castor '.Oili It Is Pleasant. Itsguaranteo Js tb'trty years as.'Ty--''" Millions ofMot heps'. Castor'ia destroys lYorius and allays-;-; J feverishnessi Castoria prevents .Vomiting Sour Cafd;"" ."' cares Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. Castorla relieve V' teething troubles, cures constipation- and-flatulenejv' - ' Castorla assimilates the 'food, regulates the stoBaacfci ..-. 'and bowels, giving healthy. 'aud natural sleep.-.-Cas V toria is tho Children's Panacea the 'Mother! FrieatlLJ. 'l ,. f - ' :. I Blace.that the tnanr" far anrl uaralmlu.. been recipients of bis help and geaerosity, "i "c tunc uj weir preseHce 10 pay lite last tribute of respect, hut tnedeceased en joined upon his loved ones to allow no dis play or ostentation at bis f aaeral, oat that from this, bis cherished retreat from the busy cares of life with all its turmoil and ita heartaehea, he. might pass oat to his earthly rest, borne hence by nateraal lBas and loving kiaaWp. -- lathi aewas averse t oataatatJoaand of all his sufferings. leaving a urand exem plification of "whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might." Death comes to many of us too soon ! too soon! ' "Serenely to his final rest he passed. While the soft memories of his virtues, yet Linger like sunlight hues, When that bright orb has set. ladla une 0 tho miKjt potent unors m causing trWclose oTVhelSioax war was the promise Tof the gorernmelit to Inuke ..... Urn -I.. I..V uiable protiBton fol tho rnniutenaDce of Uhe Indilna. and .In the agreement finllly 6igneYoung-Mnn-AfraioVof His Hotoea especini''8tipnlaled that m fnll supiV of Halls Barb Wire LinVuent bo provided, as rwas the rWst 'wonder ful renedy they'haoMjyer useV.on their horses. TWeale by Wm. KeaVHIo. 12 The population of Columbus is about 3,50(Vand' we would say 'at least one-half are troubled with some affec tion of the throat and lungs, as those complaints are,- according to statistics, adore" numerous than others. We would ndvise all ourreaders not to neglect the opportunity Id call ton- their druggist and get a bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. Trial size -free.. Large bottles, fiflo and$l.- Sold by 'all druggists. - 34-y acrfal Nawcaa. . -'-" . a, .. years aso thexjaller Prop. Co. ordereTi their Ipttles by the box now they biy by timvcarload. IjVmong the popalarlaad successful renledies 'they prepare VHaller's Barsapariliand Bur dock whicnB the moaV wondenVl blood purifier knoja No- df.ggist hlfiitates tq-racommendh8 remeoW. Fjonmle by-. Wm. Kearvdla V "- 2 English Spavin Linimehtremovee all hard, soft or calloused lumps and blem ishes front horses'Blood Spavin, Curbs, gplints,. Ring Bone, Sweeney, Stifles, gprains, Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful Blemiab' Cure; ever known. Sold byC. B. Stillman, druggist. 26novlyr' Bnklea's Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, "ulcere, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, 'chapped hands, chilblains, coma, and all -akin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required. It ia guranteed to give perfect satisfac tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by C. B. Stillman. No healthy person need fear, any dnngorous consequences from tin attack of la grippe if properly treated. It is much the same as a severe cold and re quires precisely the same treatment. Bemuin quietly at home aud take Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy as direct ed for a severe cold and a prompt and complete recovery is sure to follow. This remedy also counteracts any ten dency of lagrippoto result in pneumonia. Among tho many thousands who have used it during the epidemics of the p;ist two years we have yet to Ioarn of a single case that has not recovered or that has resulted in pneumonia. 25 nnd 50 cent bottles for sale by C. . Pollock & Co. and Dr. Heinz, Druggists. tf St. Patrick's Pills nre carefully prepared from the best material and according to the most approved formula, and are the most perfect catharticnd liver pill that can bo produccIPe sell them. C. E. Pollock & Co. and Dr. Heintz,. druggists. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. NOTICn OF SALE. In tho matter of tho etato of Peter J. Lawrence, dece set!. Notice ia hereby Kirt-n that in pursuance of an order of Hon. A. M. Post, judgo of the district court of, Platte county, Nebraska, made on the 21th day of Deemabcr, 1891, for tho aale of the real estate hereinafter described, there will be oId at the court honse in tha city of Colambna, Platte county. Nebraska, on the 13th day of February 1892, at ona o'clock p. m., at public vendue, to the highest bidder subject to a- mortgage lien of St.0J. the narctiascr to civa Hwnritv hofnm "confirmation for the payment of the parchiiso iince upon saiu iit-n on or Deiore me same Phall become dn'e, the following described real estate, to Wit: The aonthcast quarter of the sonthwest quarter; the northwest quarter of the aonthvrcrt quarter, and tho west half of the west half of the northeast quarter of the fonthwest quarter of section number twenty-eight (28) and lot num ber two (2), in section number thirty-three (33), all in township number seventeen (17) north, of range one (1) east, of the Sixth principal merid ian in Platte connrr. Nsriranlrn mntnininn 1111 acres more or leaa. The chief part of said land is under cnltiration. and the balance ia good hay land. There ia also a good dwelling housa and -other buildings thereon. Said rale will remain open one hoar. January ISth, 1883. Pbbbk J. Lawbinck, Executrix of the estate of Peter J. Lawrence, deceased. 20ianl Castoria. . "Gastoria la aa excellent medicine for chil: dien.- Mothers have repeatedly told mo of ito go effect upo their ctt'drea." ' Da. O. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. . Castoria is the beat remedy for children of . whicalam'acquainted. J hope the day is net far distant when mothers will consider the real teterrut of tbVlr children, and use Castoria in-.-atead of the Tartous quack nostrums which are destroying their lored ones, by forciagopium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sendins theat to premature graves." Da. J. F. KracHKLOK ., ConwiyArfc. - Castoria. ."." - .?- ' "" Castoria & so well aaapttNTtoduTdraktliaa -'.' I recommend it aasuperior to.aay prnserlatlijaj J known to me." - . .-...-;-.' ' " - -H. A.Aacmam.M;4.,-; , 111 So.-6xfonl St, BroirjB,?:T. .".. . . C - " "-Oar physicians ih-the thililreaV depaJct-.": r meat hare' spokca-highly -of-. then-. experi ence ia their. ouUide practice. with-Caatoria, ' , and although, wo -onlj 'hare. among - qjrN medical supplies what is knoVa as' reKularj. -products, yet we are free to-confess thatlthe' ' -merit3 of Castoria has woa- -ul to 'look witi1- ' favor upon "t." . . .."-." U-iited Uosni'xL' AMD.Dishatsiav; ' . -Boston, : Aim C Smttb, JY, " . m Tka.Ceatafcr Compamy.Tl Marray Street, ITew TerkCita-.' henry mm m -.1... ?- .. .. .- . ',. .. .; ...:. . -.. .. V;-- - ' KEEP CONSTANTLY ON. HAND 'A FULL LINE 6p - V -', vV. . '': :'y -f and Fancy Groceries, ALSO AS FINE AN ASSORTMENT OF: . -'. --- .- ' I'i .1. '-'I . " Lamps, Glassware, 'Jsf'--- Queensware ma i - l:- 'X .- As Can be Found in This Section of Nebraska. - . :r3 8The very highest market price paid in trade fopcountrypjod'uee. the present, in the Gluck-Wookj corner of .Eleventh and North -Streets',' . Fbr COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.. May27y-Qi.1T " "-f-. f-t- ij. THE CARTERS! VlTTLC IVLK. qpius. . ma? jm . STILL CONTINUES . Tbe Most Popular Family Newspaper iothe West IT IS THE BESX NEWSPAPER FOR ..' THE HOME .. .-. -. '. ' :-.-.. THE WORKSHOP; qn -..'?' THE BUSINESS OFFICE. for THE PROFESSIONAL. MAN, " .. -. THE "VSTORKINGMAN. or ... ;' the poiuitician; y .?.!i'ft?VTHB.IEW'8fi,a, eeP3 its readers serMcOr -posted on -. . ; i.j. V CURE ekReedscbsaad nUeraaU tbataoaUaa laaV dent to aUIiooa atetoof tba ajatMa.auah aa tHzdnem, Kaaaaa, Drowslaaaa. Diatresa sflar st-flg.PalaUtka8lda.fte. WhlJo their aa SICK BatflaelM. yet OBrtar. Km Uwr Pfflaaw , aqBallywlal)lalaOiiaallyatUia.iailinniiii Tfcntlag Uasaoyliia;iyaaplHntwaUa theyalaa fnrrfiriiiiniairnnnnrmaiiiaaiiiaiiwiiiuiinf utaaxaaiy MTeraadxaUaaatlMbowala, HEAD AjtaayweaMUalwinaipiifirtaaitoyaeaawaa axfarrotUadlatnaslaccoaavia-at:'Mitfotta aatari'tlMlrrMdaaaadoMmotaodlMcMadtaoaa toeaa try tluaawUl aad thsaaUtasyUlaTala. ablalaasmay waTatkssUay wm aoC ba-wtt BaftoaowR-watUMBw Waunaiallaiiiliaail ACME fattataaaaf aaaaayHtaa tkat aawsBvlava' vatukeoargnattwaat. OarajOlaeBfaitwlula a)MiaoVBat. Oarttea Zittla UVar Pins an ay i varraanrtotaka. Oaa or two villa i Thtf are strictly TagaUMa aada sot gripa or awscau tatbr flMiraaaUa VMUitm. JaTUIastSSoaata: traflarSt. tall ay draclats ararTwaata, c aaat fey awa. ..f a5tL" meowmm eo. tum York. 5IUaPBXSIULLI0SE.SMAaPWtt numbering i ' important events airoverthnwnrfr! .-T13 rtRART PBATORE3 are egual to .thoso of tho bost maoaslnaa. . Among ito contributors areW. D. HO WLL8, tRANK H?3TOCKTO& M ls -FRANCES HODGSON BURNETII atARK TWAIN BRET HAPTB MA-ul' -. THEBEST STORIES AND SKETCHES. IN THE UNGUAGE." . Its FOREIGN aad DOMESTIC CORBESPONDENCEl3 -vory extonilvo ! " . aad. tna best. - . The Tooth's Department, .Curiosity Shop, Woman's Kinlorii X- The Home' . Axa Better than a KaaaztaoiortaaFamUy. ..." . , , Ono of th9 Most Important Features Is the Department ot " FARM AND FARMERS'. .' .-.. --.' - "JiIiSf"22V-'iy"-45; HOARD of Wlaconeln. Eoltdr and Proprietor or . cSturtata? ls.anow fjatura andaa Important onotoAan- . ; .'. , .AN ALLIANCE' DEPARTMENT .. .....- THE WEEKLY INTER OCEAN- S': : Is One 'Dollar per- Year, postage paid. . . . .. THE .. SEMI-WEEKLY .-. INTER .-vOCEf;-;- IapnbUshadeToryacondayandTliursdayat $2.00-poryear. postpaid' -" The -DAY INTER OCEAN zd $600PO,Si&: The SUNDAY INTER OCEAN is 2.QO.ggg&$Ji3Jj liberal Terms to AcUToAoent3. Send for 3amplq Copy. .". Addrass THE INTER OCEAN, Chican". t .-- " .- : -i.- t '. ' --w"' - TWO BOTTLES CDRZDHE4. 8 If yon are troubled with rheuma tism or a lame back, bind 'on over the aaat of pain a piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's0 Pain Balm. Yon will be surprised at the prompt relief it affords. 50 cent bottles' for sale by C- xj. tuiiutn ot jm. buu, jt. neiniz, arug giats. tf . Tata & OrertaacAa. lt iafreportMXlf the GrViback 6igetjntQrfi)yftpwill passaw to Hoawi eTeryppeHHaJler's Sure Okro C!onghyrnp and SoVwayWith doctorV Foratoxn.'aanjllav- U ' t -. . ci"i. i-. 'niy. 1888. I fas suBeringr 10 years f rum shocks in my itaad, so mach so. that at times I didn't expect tojecoTer. I took medicines from many doc tor. but.dldnt-crt any relief until I fKk . torKoanie'aNcr-etonic:iheseconddoM ' relieradmc, and 2 bottled cured me. " 3.W.PECg. VAMSHED. Rer. H. McDON'OUOII. o Lowell, Vaw., TOauhcsfortfaefolloir'ng: Therehacaveof which I have knowledge, and I am very glad to iraii myself of the opportantty tomake known tbe Rood denred from tbe iua of Koe niir s Nerre Tonic. Tbe ubjevt Is a youac 'Jr. -bo bad been vatterme from early culMbood. On my reomnmoadalion aha pro cured your remedy, and for three months tba Ota of epUopsy to which sbo baa been so loaa ttbJectkaTeotased entirely. "" . Now Try Tbid. . It will cost.you 'nothing and will sure ly do. you good, if you have a cough, coki, or any irouoie wjm inrooi, cuesc or lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs nnd colds is gunr anteed to give relief, or money will he paid back. Sufferers from la grippo found it just the thing nnd under its .use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at onr expense and learn I for yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at Stillman's drug store: Large size 50c. and $1. 3 l.c..voss,m;lV.: . . . .- Homoeopathic Physician . mAJXTD St7R.aEXDt-f. -.' -" (irhco over post office. SrR-cialist i'n chronic ' diseased. art-fal attention- jciven .to Keoeral - prartico. -JJaovSm... Baby cried,' Mother sighed, Doctor prescribed : Castoria I F. G. VVINDISH, OTSTEBS-AND GAME IN'.SKASOK. DO MESTIC AND IMPORTED CXOARS-. Twelfth Street, .Opposite UF." Depot. 4nov-tf FREEST tZZXZr pattanta toaaraddreas. i alaooMaia Tata raBMdykaabaaBBiaBaMdkva endPaatorgoaaU.of --ortWaya.rad .rtaeeMU r pipiiH vaoar au oanauea ay bm III. aad is i KOENIG MEO. OO. FARM FOR SALE ! Parties Interested are hereby adyieed to send me proposals at once for tho purchase of N. W. '. SEC. , T. 1ft N., of. R. 3 WE3T. as I have a customer who desirt-t t close con tract immediately. For particulars bd'ires, ar call on me at Lolambas, ftebr. A. E.. SEA.RJ,, PBopBirroB or thk . - . - - -. - -. - . -v -. .--.- t jB -.:'..- vO'"-l5- .- ... .:'::..--. te, l- -:". -.,-.' v -'-.- "-".'." i--"' '."' i-' .-: ."-"-: -t .- - -.' f, --. . '.-- "B""- . -.- .- .--- . f - - - A - - ;. - i-V " '", fc L. Irei Tonsonal Parlor The Finest hr The City. JSTThe onlshop on tha Sonth'SMa. .Tolom bn. NetiroskH. " 'JSOcf . ' 25aor3m B.McTAGGABT. E.T.AXUBN, Ji Eye-aod -Eai.- Surgeon, Secretary Nebraska State Board . of Health, - -. j 3C Ba-cox BLOCK, 0kTA:B'4., TE'- Xteai tt. . ' .. .. 115 -r- - "rrS 3a' C"! 43 . rx 'j '', . - . -i. if - -' r. .-?., , , "