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avmkm -. . T. '-1 A - BhSiHH.M 4Sfc VOLUME XXH.-NUMBER 49, WHOLE NUMBER 1,141. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892. m Muml 4 V X fre- THE OED RIXIABLE Columbus State Bank (Oldsss Bank In th Mat J Pays Interest on Time Deposits I AND I Makes loans on Real Estate. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Osaka, Ckicage, New Ywrk ami, all Foreiga Cowmtriwa. SELLS STEAMSHIP TICXET& BUYS GOOD NOTES And Help! its Cant omtra when they Meed Heir OFFICEBS AND DIRECT0B8 : LEANDKIt OERIIAIU), President. It. II. HENKY. Vice-President. JOHN BTAUFFEK, Cashier, M. BUUGGEU, G. W. HULST. COMMERCIAL BANK, OF COLUMBUS. NEB. HAS AN Iritoint Capital of $500,000 Paid iii Capital OFFICERS : O. H. flnELDON. I'res't. 1L 1. H. OEIIIJUCIT. Vlce-Pres't. C. A. NEW U AN. Cashier. DANIEL 6CBKAM. Alit Cub. STOCKHOLDERS: C. II Sheldon, J.P. Becler, lierninn P. ILOehlrfch, Csrl Blenke. Joins Welch, W. A. Mo Ulister. J. Heurv Wunleman, 1L. M. Winslow, ileenvo V Galley, S. C. Grey, l-'iank Itorcr. Arnold F. H. Oehlrje i Uunry Loieka, Gerhard Loseke. 4 ST rink of aswostt ; interest allowed on time deposits; bny ana tell exchange rn United States and Knrcpc, and buy and aell available eouritios. We snail be pleased to receive your kuHin.s.. We solicit your patronage. 8dec37 j. dtjssbll; f- PUMP3 REPAIRED Wf tifiOBl Ho-noi. AttMMM Olfvt it, Marty epfe"He Peitiee tluaaW , Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges many an old business, Revives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a failing business, Preserves many a larg, business, Secures success in any business. So asya a nan of business, and ws add thai fuaicioas advertising, for this aectioa ot coaatry. THE JOURNAL As on. of the mediums, becanse it is vsad fear the best people, those who know what they want ana pay for what they get. We challenge comparison with any country paper in the world in this rs poet twenty years publishing by th. satas management, and never one dnn to subscribers published in Th Joubnal. This, better than anything else, shows the class ot people who read Tax JouBSALv.ry week. tf rmn" Aftata Wealed! w OncvuiBataaa. ijm awwturt auyy as sTiilaa artonawajtotattttast taea. JIYbb? ifVMtanhalttia. .1 asTwaMtf actits' tac Isaaal kSSS tei 1JP!.I PATENTS Caveats sad Tjiads lUka lou ornci ; "fS OFFICst W.havamesB-acsaeMS.ani eiraoTuaoBwa eaa ttuiaet asVtaal I lass ti.aa at LESS COST taaa u rro wasiHnrtea. tioa. S advise if patent!) ar PP charts. OVlw oat ins till jM?at tfpcil red. Aback. MHow to Obtain Fatsnts." witti rsfsr- aeea to ectaal clients in roar stats, eoaaty as Uwa.ssatfrs. Addraaa - t-chSTZSAKt vffTE Oft. P AlSl Ufsastasss buslaessla a CONTPTOED STORY EVENTS PRESENT JOINED TO THOSE PAST. " TWENTY THOUSAND DIE MANY CATTLE PERISH PROM THE GREAT STORM. Prom Colorado to Texas ths Herds Suf fered Frightful Itavages But the Win ter Wheat Is All Itight The World Is Producing; Too Much Cotton Other Late News. It Was a Great Storm. Tho snow and wind storm which raged for uveral days from Wyoming to Central Texas, lias been exceedingly severe upon live stock. In Southern Colorado the loss to cattle and sheep will be very great. Thousands were frozen to death in New Mexico and Northern Texas. It is esti mated that 2J.000 cattle perished along the line of thj Denver, Texas and Gulf road, between Trinidad, Colo., and Forth Worth, and as many more north and east of Trini dad. The storm, however, has been a sal vation to the wheat crop in nothcrn Texas, which Itoks finer than at any time (luring several years. LOVE WAS ENOUGH. I'retty Miss Davis Did not Walt Tor For tune to Follow. Miss Belle Davis, (laughter of B. V. Davis, a farmer, and niece of Congressman George it. Davis, Director General of tho World's Kair.has caused a sensatio.i at Ware. Mas , by eloping with her father's hired man, Frank L. Booth, of Northhampton. Booth was hiioj by B. F. Davis to work on his farm three months ago for $1 a day and board. 3! s Davis i.s 21 years old, received a musical education, and has appeard be fore the public many times, when her sing ing won her much praise. The piir have gone to Chicago to live. Director General Davis views the matter philosophically. He Is quoted as saying: -They will take care of themselves, I'll ass-ire you, and 1 imagine she's got a fel low who will make her just as good a hus band, and do as wo.l by her as though .she had let her father do the eoo3siiig for her. The young lady is 24. ani as handsome as she can be." TOO MUCH COTTON. The World Unable to Use All the Cotton Now Raised. The March report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculturo r shows that the production of cotton of tho world ex ceeded its consumption m re than a million and a half bales in lS'JJ. and the increase in the visible stock in IS'.U was 1,100,000 bale. The price of midland upland in Liv eipxrifell from fi 1-15 pjnee in January, 1MI0, to 4,' pence in January, lt?J2. This country produced jin excess above normal requirements In the two years of more than 2.000.000 bales. A large reduction in the acreage is the only remedy. ALLERTON AT HOME. His Owner Will Not Take II I in to Grand Kuplds. The groat S20.000 stallion race booked for the August meting at Grand Kapids lias been declared off. Word was received from C W. Williams or Inde pendence. Iowa, the owr.-r of Allerton. de clinin:: to enter the race. He says he Is afraid should he take Allerton there and enter him in a race with Axtell again-t h'-m, that the other horses would croud him in favor of Axtell. He will, thcrcfoio. not tako Allert n away from home until he has met Axtell alone. A Tennessee Faster. A remarkable case of fasting and in-oni-nia is reported from Deeaturville, Tenn. Miss Polly Jackson, a lady 00 years of age, has not taken nourishment of any kind in over three weeks, nor slept in forty days. Miss Jackson Is pos-essed of reasonably good health, with the exception of a chronic ulcer on her tisht leg. which healed shortly before her pre-ent strange aflliction. She retains her strength and is able to walk about the premise:. From present indica tions site promises to bieak the fasting record. Retained a New York Lawyer. Ottawa, Ont.. special: Pa-liamentary re turns show that the Dominion government has paid SI2 5)0 as counsel fees to Calderon Carlisle, a New York lawyer, for arguing the case of the Canadian scaling schooner Say ward before the United States Supreme Court llljr. Money for Horses. At the recent horc sales at Lexington, Ky., Pocalio itas Prince, by Pocahontas Boy. brought S4.000; Cedric, by Ked Wilkes. ' 3 fi."0; Campbell's Electioneer. 2:lT?i. sold to J. J. Conway of the Dwyer lull Stock farm at Lexington, for 515,100. Charged with Embezzlement. Denting. N. M special: C II. Dane, Pres ident of th defunct S Iver City and Dem ing National banks: F. A. Scilo!d. casbler of the Doming, and Mr. Cha-e, cashier of th Silver City, have !-een arrested on the charge of embezzlement. (tea. Howard Visits Diaz. City of Mexico special: President Diaz received ficn. Howard. The President ex pressed hope for a continuance of friendly relations letuoon the two countries and Howard congratulated the President upon Mexico's prt sperity. To Vako Their Own Treaties. Ottawa. Out., special: Hon. David Mills, a lideral leader, has given notice that he will introduce a measure in Parliament in favor of Canada negotiating her own treat ies, subject to the approval of the Domin ion Parliament. Diaz sure of De-clectlon. The Indications arc that President Diaz of Mexico will have a complete walkover at the elections in June, although tome peonle assert that Gen. Trcvino is making a quiet effort t y elevate himself to th? presidency To See tho White Man's Country. S n Francisco special: The trading schooner Tarawa, which arrived from the South Sea Islands, had on board King Tcn brano of Ititaritari. who comes to see the whit j man's country. Failed to Cook the Pork. A tever.tecn-year-old dausbterof George Marlett died at P.ioli, Ind.of trichina spir alis, and her mother may die. They ate pork which had been insufficiently cooked. Another Boom Land. Many boomers are passing through Guth rie. Okla.. bound for the Cheyenne and Ar apahoe Indian lands, which it is thought ii ill toDn be opened to settlement. Unload. ug the Indiana. The unloading of the Indiana at-Libau has been commenced. The first train load was dispatched to th? distressed districts amid great ceremonies. Salvador Jteruse to I'atlTy. j A Salvador cable says that Congress re- ' fuses to ratify the leciprocity treaty with the United St .tes. i Th: Tioips Are Aggressors. Tne situation on the lower liio Grande border on the Texas side i- assuming a te rious aspect. Complaint ft om honest and highly, respected citizens; concerning the alleged unjust action Of certain United States troop continue io pour In from all quarters to the effect that they are being harrassed by troops for alleged complicity with Garza. Robert Sunimerlln, the legal representative ot all the wealthy ranchmen who have so far been arrested and bare gone Into the matter with a view to making a strong legal fight, has already preferred very sensational charges, backed by affida vits, before President llarflson against Capt. John ttourkc. YOUNG MRS. BLAINE 8TKICKEN. She Was Found la a Comatose Ceadltlou and Revived with Great DlfHcnlty. New York special: For seven hours Mrs. James G. Blaine. Jr., lay between life and death, with three doctors aghting the grim destroyer. She was unconscious and delir ious, and when the crisis came, at 11 :50 o'clock a. m., even her medical attendants feared that their efforts were unavailing. The excitement in the New York Hotel all the morning was intense. Mr.. Blalno bad an attack of heart failure some time during the early morning hours. That the attack did not prove fatal was the merest accident, a clever young physician who was In the house in attendance upon another patient being instantly pressed Into service. Since her arrival from Dakota Mrs. Blaine has been laboring under much excitement. The day previous Mrs. Blaine was hard at work with her pen arranging her statement to ba made public in answer to Secretary Blaine's insinuations that she was an adventuress who had entrapped his sou into a marriage. She remained at her desk until 11 o'clock at night, and finally retired, utterly ex hausted. At 8 o'clock the old nurse found her in a comatoso condition and gasping for breath. She was unconscious and evidently not iar from dissolution. Physicians were summoned and her life saved. COSTLY COURTESY. A Sh'p 1'rohably Lost la Showing Respect to an Officer. When the Oceanic, which has Just ar rived at San Francisco, started out from Its moorings in Yokohama harbor Rear Ad miral Harmony ordered the Alliance to ac company her a short distance as a courtesy to Itear'Admirn! Belknap, who was on the Oceanic. The Alliance went stem onto the breakwater whici Is being built at the en trance of the harbor, and stuck fast. As the Oceanic steamed away a barge and three tugs were trying to pull the Alliance off, but were apparently not succeeding. When spoken to about tho matter Admiral Belknap confined himself to the assertion that ho thought the Al liance could be gotten off. The other pass engers of the Oceanic say they think that her back was undoubtedly broken when the tido went out. PECULIAR HYDROPHOBIA. Biting Chunks or Grass and Barking Like a Dog. Hanover, Pa., special: A large and ex cited crowd was attracted to Fouutaln square by the peculiar antics of a man who crouched Tin all fours, was jumping about the lawn surrounding tile fountain, biting chunks of grass from the lawn and barking like a dog. It was surmised that he was suffering from hydrophobia, and a number of those gathered about when the man showed signs of exhausting, seized him, strapped him to a bench and took him to the police station. He had a number of spasms during the night, but medical ad ministration finally gave him temporary relief. He said he had b?cn bitten about seven years ago by a mastiff. A Touch of Romance In It. Frederick Ricss, a prosperous German farmer of Marissa, III., has long led the lonely life of a b ichelor. Recently he de cided to make a change. A blue-eyed school girl, the ideal of ids boyhood days, arose to his mind and he wrote to the Fath erland to inquire of his sweetheart of long ago. The answer came that she had been married, but was a widow. A handsome, middle-aged lady came to Marissa a few days since. It was Mrs. AVies. She had traveled across the sea to marry her school boy sweetheart. The wedding took place that evening. Twenty Inches ot Snow la the South. D'spatchcs from several points In, the South report heavy snowstorms and freez ing weather. At some points the snow reached the extraordinary depth of twenty holies, and everything that could be killed by IS to 24 degrees of cold is dead. It is conceded that in some places the fruit crop ( is totally swept away, but many think that where the snow buried wheat and oats these crops will Iks saved. The dispatches report that it is a calamity more severe than any thing that has occurred in the past ten year. To Break the Coal Monopoly. Attorney General Hensel has filed in the Dauphin County court, Pennsylvania, his bill in equity asking the court to declare null and void and to perpetually enjoin the recent deal by wuich the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company secured a prac tical monopoly of tho anthracite coal busi ness. The defendant companies are re quired to appear in court within fourteen days after the service of the notice. Must Not Prosecute Suit; Chicago special: The Sturglss-Farwell case came up Lefora Judge Tuley. Sturgiss was attempting to recover $1,250,000 fr im the capital of the Freehold L-.nd and In vestment Company for alleged work done in lloating bonds of the land company in England. He has brought suit in the latter country and the court entered an order re straining him from prosecuting the suit there. Barrel Factory Burns. Philadelphia special: 1 be Pcnnypackers I arrel factoiy was destroyel by fire, the II aines originating in a kiln used for drying liairel staves. " During the lire R ibert Sol ley was knocked senseless fey a red-hot slate that fell from the roof. It is thought that lie v.i'l die. The losi on machinery, stock, and building isSISJ.OOJ; partially in sured. I e .Mores Wings His Van. Paiis special: A duel was fought be tween Marquis de Mores and M. Isaac-, sub prefect of Fourtniss. The cau-o was a let ter which the Marqul; published some time ago lcflcctinj upon the character of M. Isaacs. Isaacs was dangerously wounded in the right breast Tl.e great lo s of blood caused his seconds to forbid the duel pro ceeding. Gets Judgment for 9113,433. White Plains. N. Y., special: Judge Dyk man ha granted a judgment azalnst Ed ward M. Field, of tho firm of Field. Llndey & Wei -hers, in favor cf Robert. Ed tz of New York, for $112,433 for stock deposited with the firm and hypothecated by them. THE .MARK T'. CHICAGO CAT1L.E Common to prims f.'.b Q Hous Shipping graces 4. 5 Wheat Ch....- Oats Rrz. ;. Barley Bcttek Western dairy J9 9 Eggs Western. v is.OU- - . Gattix Fat steers t5.4 O Cattle Feeders : 2.75 Q 10GS aaaa aa 4 xp V II Tr AT OAi&(nevr... --. ......... wll... ...a..... ....... f v JVX ............ .... .... .... .... Cattle Com.noa" to prime... $VJ5 Hi liocs Snippers 4Jj to NSW YO :IC I'KUU'JO--Wheat .-. 9 ri 4.50 4. O 5. S -8-Ji A H i7!-4 8H A .5 .3. .13 4.03 ?.8S 4. " a.V) .75 1J .28 .S7 .: 4. IJ .41 RUSSIA IS WITH V8, Am Important Document Received from the Russian Government. The State Department at Washington has received a letter of the greatest importance from the Russian Government. In this letter his Imperial highness the Secretary of Mtate for Foreign Affairs informs the Govern merit of the United Stales thai his majesty the C;ar "would look upon any agreement on the part of tho United States to settle the Behring Sea dispute through arbitration as impugning the good faith of Russia In transferring Alaska and the sea territory surrounding It to the United tatef." This information conies from a confiden tial source. Read between the lines it means, according to those well versed in diplomacy, that Russia is prepared to let England know that she is ready to back up the claims of the United States in relation to the o vnershlp of the seals off the Priby lov Islands wherever they may hi found; and that the Czar expect in return the sup port of the Unite! States in the event of any trouble with European rowers concern ing his rights on the eastern coast of Asia. The letter Is regurded as an exceedingly Important document. SARAH ALTHEA TEKKY. Her Safe Blown Open and Fome Sensa tional Documents Found. Fresno, Cal., special: The safe in Sarah Althea Terry's house was blown open by friends and papers and letters secured which bore on the Sharon divorce case and the alleged conspiracy to murder Judge Terry. Ono of tho letters stated that tho writer, formerly a sheriff of Dae of the ountles of this State, was offered ?25,000 to kill Judge Terry. He rejected the p r.po sitlon. He was warned to leave the St.te on pain of assassination. The writer went to Dubuque, Iowa, from where the letter requests Mrs. Terry to come, and promises to put her in possession of proofs of thfl conspiracy. Other letters found in the safe were said to be sensutiona1, but not obtain able. DEATH BED CONFESSION. Two Ken Commit .t.urder and Obtain but 30 Cents. Chattanooga, Tcnn., special: The story of a murder, for the commission of which two slayers obtained but 20 cents, is made public through the death bed confession of Bud Collins, In Hancock County. Hlss'ory was that he and Sterling Collins were tho criminals, and he gave particulars as to the spot where the crime was committed. Ster ling Collins was killed a couple of years ago by a stroke of lightning while he and his mistress were seeking shelter under a tree from a storm. The tree was on the hill where he and his brother had murdered their unknown victim. A doctor disap peared mystorlously a few years ago and is thought to have been the victim. SOUGHT THE SULTAN'S LIFE. A Conspiracy for Assassination Uncovered In Constantinople. London special: Dispatches from Con stantinople state that great excitement has been caused by what the police claim to bo the discovery of n plot to assassinate the Sultan, Abdian Ul l'amid II. Every effort has been made to run the conspirators to earth, which were rewarded by the oapturo of two men believed to have been selected by the conspirators to carry out the designs against the Sultan. No doubt Is enter tained that it was their intention to assas sinate the Sultan. A Reign of Terror in Paris. Another theft of dynamite cartridges has been discovered at Paris, which greatly In creased the uneasiness caused by the re cent explosion. The officl-ils at Chamber found that the magazines had been broken into by force and thirty-two dynamite cart ridges stolen. It is feared that the oxplo ives have fallen Into the hands of the an archists. It Is evident that the persons who stole the dynamite cartridge-, are en deavoring to Inaugurate a reign of terror. A terrible explosion occurred at L-bau bar racks, occupied by a Republican guard, ad joining the Hotel Dcville. The streets in the vicinity were soon filled with an excited crowd It was found that a dynamite cart ridge had been placed upon a ledge of the window of the mess room. Tho guards fortunately escapeJ without Injury, and tho only harm done was to the barracks and buildincs in the vicinity, which was great. Hundreds of windows were shattered and the walls of the barracks and other build ings badly shattered. Fears or Foot, and Mouth Disease. Much uneasiness Is felt by American stock owners and by Secretary Rusk on ac count of a serious outbreak of a foot and mouth disease in Great Britain. Many sheep are imported into the United States from Great Britain, and as these animals arc very subject to the contagion of foot and mouth disease, it is feared that .t will le introduced Into the United States, in spite of quarantine now en forced. If the disease continues to prevail in Great Brit ain it will no doubt be necessary. It is said, for this government to entirely prohibit the introduction of cattle, sheep, goats and swine until the outbreak has been com pletely suppressed. This d'sease does not exist on the American continent. Clarksou ot a Candidate. Republican National Chairman Clarks'on, now at Asheville, N. C. says there is no foundation for the reports that he is a can did itc for the Presidency. When asked his preference, he said that as he was Chair man of the National Committee he could not properly take sides in the matter. Va rious candidates whose names have been mentioned were mentioned to him and ho saw no reasons why each one would not bo a good man. A Miser Machinist. Elijah D. Howard, a machinist, was found dead in his room at Lynn, Mas-., death be ing due to natural causes. A icarch of his room revealed Sfl.200 in cash, and bank books, mortgages and securities aggregat ing' in value nearly SOJ.Ot'O. He died Intes tate, and his estate thus reverts to his son, Edward L. Barron Howard, a telegraph op erator of Boston. This sin, it is stated, ho had not seen for over twenty-tluce years. The Cranks Coming West. Manager Chailes D. Kn.wltou, or tho Knowlton Manufacturing Company at Free port, 111., while alone in his oulcc. was ap proached by" a crank who demanded SI03, 0C0 In cash. He promised the amount and sent the stranger to another part of the building for the money, and while he was gone Mr. Knowlton gave the alarm, but tho fellow escaped and could n A be f un:l. Chili' New Cabinet. Senor Monti, the Chi:ian Minister at Washington, h is received a ca'ilj message from Santiag?, Ch'.P. announcing the form ation of a new ministry, as fo.luws: Juan Cistellon, Minister of Foreign Affair.-; Edutirdo Matte, Minister of the liteilor; Gasper Tor.o. Minister of Justice; "Jo ge Riesco. Mini. tr of Industry; Au;u?ttu Ed v.Mtd , Minister of the Treasury; Luis Bar ros. Minister of War. An Unprecedented Gerrymander. A Congressional apportionment bill which as nearly as possible divides the districts between the Democrats and Republicans has been prepared and will probably become a law In Now York. There are thirty-four districts, and the bill nukes sixteen fceaio cratlc, fifteen Republican and three doubt ful. The All ance to Bring ijuit. St. Paul special: The Alliance Executive Committee has decided to comnu nee action against the elevator compau.ts a.id some of the railroad companies of the State under the a-.t -trust iaw, charging caiius.'on to depress the prlc cf wheat and otherwise defraud the farmer cutof-hls just dues. DOINGS U NEBRASKA iVHAT IS HAPPENING HERE AND THERE. Vews of Evcrrday Lire d" ;r'eat Stale Gathered it-id Condensed In It Nulshtill Happening ibr the 1 ast Week from All Cver the Staio. Work o" Young Highwaymen. Tuber tramps a night or two since called at the farm house of D. E. Starr, near Sutton, and af tnr Somn parley in ? succeeded in Retting periniSSlo'ri 10 stay" all night. L'cfore leaving in the morn ing they appropriated some underwear belonging to the family, to which Mr. Starr objected. The tramps then drew their revolvers on him an 1 demanded his money. To avoid tho shots he dodged behind a door. The tramps thought he was after h:s gun and lied. They were fo'lowed by the atittlcriiics of Sutton and were captured atCarlylo They have been taken back to Aurora for trial. All were heavily armed, wcro young and appoarod to be of the dime hotel kind and new In the business WRITES THE GOVERNOR. Fx-Coramlss!oner Greer Writes a Letter to Governor Boyd. R. K. Gkkkr, until recently tho Com tnissionOf General of tho Statu to thd World's Fair, addressed the following letter to Gov. l'oyd: "Having been otlicially notified that 1 have been removed from the position of Commissioner General from Nebraska to tho Columbian World's "Exhibit for political reasons, and that Joseph Gar neau, jr., has been appointed by you as my successor, obviously also for politi cal reasons, I desiro to say to you, as well as to my successor, that tho work connected with the Nebraska exhibit has become tho idol of my heart and mind, and that it should occupy such a placo in tho heart of every citizen of Nebraska. This State should have a rcpre-entation of every interest, fully exhibited and Intelligently managed by the best talent of the State. "I respecrfully tender to my succes sor all the facts and assistance in inv power that Nebraska may stand at tho head of a!i the States of this Union in agricultural and producing resources, and I can vouch for tlio united assist ance of every citizen of the State." llefore ho was oflicially decapitated, Commbsioner General Greer had sd'. ceeded in making a valuable collection of the woods of Nebraska to be placed in tho Forresty liuilding at tho World's Fair. The specimens secured by him arc now loaded on the cars ready for shipment to Chicago. They consist of tho trunks of oak, olm, hackberry, white and yellow pine, the latter com ing fiom Sioux County. The trunks are all line specimens of uniform size, being about twenty inches in diameter at tho butt and twelve at the top. The bark is uninjured and special care has been taken in packing the trees so that they will arrive at Chicago in good condi tion. The specimens were all selected under the personal supervision of Mr. Greer and will doubtless attract no lit tle attention from those that have here tofore looked upon Nebraska as a tree less State. BADLY SCORCHED. Louisville Comes Near Being Wiped Out Entirely. Louisviixk had a very narrow cscapo from being entirely btimc.l up. The lire started in C. A. Mankcr's residence in the rear of the Hank of Commerce, lly great exertions the lire was confine 1 to narrow limits. Mr. Mankcr's resi dence and furniture, the Hank of Com merce, and Marion Ward's furniture store were entirely destroyed. Mr. Mankcr's loss was about Sl'.OOO with SI, 000 insurance, Mr Ward's loss for furniture, SI, 03 , 000 insurance. The Hank of Commerce loss in fixtures is about S.'iOO. That the loss is not greater is due in a great respect to the efforts of I. N. llartlield and Frank Spencer, who remained on top of S-poneer's butcher shop, only twenty feet from I he lire, and although the roof under their feet was on lire, kept throwing water, which was passed up by the bucket brigade, and saved the balance of the town from destruction. A WIDOW HUNT. Two Stalwarts Buttle for the I air One's Hand. Two verdant youths near ilh-onvilo, whose atTections were icnterc I on the same grass w.dow, were in town the ottur day. 1 oth are young men of a"'out lit years of age, about six feet in he ght and named respectively l'owcr and Warohimu. In the i nurse of the after noon the rivals 'met on the street and :.n argument arose. Tin; res'ilt was a challenge from Yni chime to fight l'owcr, which w;:s readily acceptcJ by the latter. The weapons were bare knuckles. The light took place in a grove south of town before a gooJ share of tho town's people. Wat chime was quickly bested in tho co:ite.-t and was saved from being completely knocked out by friends, who parted them. Veterans in Session. T::i: Southeastern Nebraska reunion encampment met at Pawnee City with Senior Vice Commander N. W. Van Asd 1 in the cha r. The following offi cers were elected to serve the' ensuing year: District C( mmander. C. Ju. Mur dvck.Wvmore: Senior Vice Commander, N. W. Van Asdel, Crab Orchard: Jun ior Vice Commander. H. F. Fuller, Paw nee I My: Surgeon, J. V. l'oop, Blue prints- Chaplain. John Still well, Uur chard: Council of Administration, Dan iel I ichaidson. Crab Orchard: Captain Scott, Mumloldt: S. W. Davis, Mlbur; S. A. Laninhill, Dubois; aud Comrade Aclicnbach of Heatiice. Pawnee City was chosen as the place for holding the next reunion, the time to be selected by the post. The next encampment will le held at Blue Springs March lf, lS.'X --; The ladies cf the Woman's' Relief Corps gave a find supper, aftec. which a rousing camp lire was held. GooJ speeches wore made by Captain Mur dock, Captain Humphrey, and ethers. Thayer-l'oyd Again. Gex. John C. Cowan of Omaha, one of Gov. lloyd's attorneys, appeared in the 1-upreme Court at Lincoln and filed the mandate of the United States Su preme Court in the I'oyd-Thayer case. It simp'.y reverses the findings of the Supiemc Court of the State on the ques tions that were raised by the demurrer and remands the case to that Court to be p:oceea"ed w.th in accordance to law and in conformity with the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, j he i ourt took the matter under con sideration. Whether ex-Gov. Thayer will reopen the case is not known, but the opln'on pre ails that he will and other developments are expected. Tho l heel UUIers. T:in State bicycle tournament will bo held at Hastings July 4-knd r, and the cyclers at tfie AdarasCounty capi tal w II gi.e. a ball Ma: eh M-'l raise lunds to help pay the exionsei of en tertaining, the visitors. V Stiirtvil cu Its Long Vnyago. Gov. II Y'i luvs received a telegram frrxm Cmiimi-siir I .1 - tt-tu. i Vi. braska's representative to rTu-sit tosu- i porintend tho distribution of thd corn deviated by tho peOpie pf this Stato to the famisfiitfj? pc9pe of thai nation, that the steamer Misfotffi has MllcJ from the port of New York wlttl the cargo of Nebraska corn mc tl on boafu. Mr. Edgar sailed on tho Teutonic Mr. MUrphy tho representative of tho United States Agricultural Department, wilt receive the corn meal and give spe cial instrtie'tibfjs in the Several methods bf prcptting It fdr cOnsurriptiWii. M(lr phy cake' will so'on bo a staple' af tide' of diet in Russia Judge Caslla's Breach or Irointse & Jiidgk Wii.uam Gasmx of Alma, for Manf j-"":" District Judgo or tho Elev enth Judicial District, &ln whom? term has just expired, has beou made' defend ant in a breach of promise suit, thd complainant boing Mrs. Lucinda E. Glversi who ocks damages in the sum or S.')0,000. 1'ho plaintiff declares that while Gaslin was serving oti tile" bSIK-h he proposed marriage to the lady and was accepted, and that ho has neg lected to fulfil his part vt tho contract. Judgo Gasliu'slong.serviceoii the bench and peculiar eccentricities havo madd him a familiar character in the State. ratalijr shot at Ashland. John. Dat.ton, son of it farmer near Ashland, returned from a gooso built aud was standing by a wagon talking, with his gun resting on the tongue of the vehicle, when it slipped off and ex ploded. It took elfoot in his right lung and shoulder. Tho peculiar direction which the load took made it doubly dangerous. Tho doctors who have ex amined it say there is no hope for his recovery, as gangrene will set in in a few hours. It is utterly Impossible for any of tho shot to be removed. Arc'denlally shot. Jjiin Dkvokk and a man named An derson, both about 1G years old, were hunting gecso near Aurora and whilo crawling along a hedge, came upon somo birds. Anderson, who was behind Dc vbre; called to liim to duck down aud then he shot at the geese over Devore's head. He made a second shot, which Dcvore evidently did not expect, as he1 raised just in time to get the load in the back of his head, killing him instantly. The victim was a son of James Devore, a well known farmer. Will Erect a Large Mill. r.i.ACK Kkotiirrs, the leading flour millers of that section of tho country, havo announced that they will tear down their present large miil at Beat rice and erect in its stead the largest fiouring mill in the State. Work on tho new mill will begin not later than May 1. It is rumored that negotiations are pending to absorb tho Beatrice starch factory by tho starch trust. Though not authoritatively stated there is a strong probability that the rumor is not wholly destitute of fact. The Largest in America. Jkweli. Bros, one mile south of Clay Center, contracted with the Norfolk Beet Sugar Factory to raise 300 acres of( sugar beets, which will make the larg est sugar beet field in America. Fif teen or twenty others have also con tracted for small amounts, which will run the acreage up to 500 or more. A carload of machinery was ordered from Molinc, 111., to cultivate and plant the beets. This will give employment to a great many people in that locality. Wanted to be a Morinan. William Wincgar, a yonng man with Mormonistic tendencies, ran away from Lincoln with Laura Merecham and Lillle and Minu'e Lobough, girls of l.l and 10. He also swle a neighbor's horse, bought a prairie schooner, and when overtaken was enjoying his new position as the head of a harem, ten miles from the nearest' town. When he returned to Lincoln the Lobough girls' father tried to shoot Winegar, but was prevented by-the officers. Imlustr'al School Change. FiFTY-shVKV girls who had been in mates at the industrial school at Kear ney have becu taken to the industrial school for girls at. Gcnova l.y Superin tendent J. D. McKelvie and bis assist ants. The institution at Kearney will be occupied by boys, and the removal of the girls will result in several changes in the management and better advan tages will bo furnished the occupants of the place. Counterfeit Money Circulated. A sharper succeeded in working off a few counterreit silver dollars on some local business men at Strang. Tho fraud was not discovered until evening, then the swindler had slipped away. '1 here were at least live, possibly six, bogus coins carefully distributed among the business men. They bear date of 1883. The work is very poor. A Teachers Electing. The Southeastern Nebraska Teach ers" association will hold its next nieet iug at Tccumseh March .10 and 31 and April 1. The counties of Butler. Sew ard, Saline, Jefferson, Saunders, Lan caster, Gage, Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Paw nee, Nemaha, and Richardson are in cluded in the association. Grand Island'. Canning; I actory. The acreage of sweet corn and peas for the canning factory at Grand Island "will be greatly increased the coming year. There-will be ra'scd '-VSOO acres of sweet corn aud 500 acres of peas. It is expected that it will take :ioo hands in the canning factory to work up the crop. - A Private Asvluni. "Wahoo is figuring on securing the location there of a private insane asy lum, which is to be established by Dr. Knapp late Superintendent of the State institution at Lincoln. The pro posed asylum will accommodate eighty patients -and the buildings will cost about 400,000. I'orgers Sentenced. In tho" District " Court at Beatrice, Charles B. Carpenter and David Boyer, convicted f forgery, were sentenced to eighteen months, and two years, re spectively, in the penitentiary. Beatrice thurch.-Goers I obbetl. Sneak iin'evcs made a wholesale raid of buggy robes and horse blankets frorn carriages and other vehicles in front of tho several churches on Sunday even ing. Nebraska Shorter Notes. One hundred acres of sugar beets will be put in by farmers near Broken Low. The camp of. Sons of Veterans at Ly ons is the largest in tho State. It has sxty-six members. Several tramps robbed the shoe store of George Marburger at Humboldt, but were arrested and are now in jail at Falls City. The Grant village board will purchase Z03 hitching posts and put two in front of each business lot. Fairmont, tho home of the eyeless calf, now has a pig with two bodies, eighflcg's-and only one head. TYiiJ j-c"sulencc of Datid Condon at Fr,jyipiV was entirely destroyed by fire wiilj-ali its contents, and Mrs. Condon barely escaped fro n tho bui!Jiug with her Hfe. . THE WORK OF CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. Bills iBtrdtlurfMl and the Important ro Ings o a V. eeJc In the" Itouse and Senate-A Variety o Topics or Interest Irom Washington tfw Solon at Work. In the &datf on the Jltb a Joint resolu tion was Introduced by Senator Stewart snl referred proposing a constitutional ameiidsjent that aftor 18!tf no pcrou who has held tfiC Pflu-o of President shall be eli gible to that office within four years of the expiration of his term." Stanford's 6llver bill whs taken up and made tbo text of a sptfeeh by Senator Polph. Mr. Dolpus speech wnS in opposition to the sub-treasury schemo and reciprocity with Canada, and in favor of protection as set forth in the McKinloy act. At the close of his speerh Cnltom, from the Committee on Ap propriations, rejiorted back tho military academy appropriation bill. The postoffico buildings bill was takcrt tip. and on motion of Vest an appropriation Of $800,000 was stftlch out. The bill wasdlscussed at great length. So action was taken. The urgent deficiency bill Was passed, and tho Senate then adjourned. ..... In tho House on tho 12th tho Senato amendments to the urgent deficiency bill Were tian-concurrcd in, and Messrs. Sayres, Holmati, nhd Dlngley wcro appointed con ferees. Private lusiuc wa then taken up. Public business w9 soon stispcnoed. and the House proceeded to the considera tion or resolutions in respect to the memory of John It. Ganiblo of South Dakota. After eulogies by Mr. Pickler of South Dakota. Mr. Perkllls of Iowa. Mr. Johnson of North Dakota, Mr. Llttd of Minnesota. Mr.. Bryan of Nebraska, and Mr. Jolley of South Da kota, the House, as a mark of reaped to tho deceased, adjourned. tu the Senate on tbo 11th a conference was ordered on the urgent deficiency bills and Messrs. Hale, Allison and Cockrcll were appointed conferees on the part of tho Senate. Senate bill to authorize tho con struction or a combined railroad, wagon and foot bridge across the Missouri Itlver. at i ankton, S. D., was taken from the cal endar and passed Tho Senate then pro ceeded to executive business. When the doors were reopened tho Senate resumed consideration of the postoffico building bill. It was finally passed yeas, '-'l; nays, 1. The time of the House was occupied in Committee of the Whole discussing the Dis trict of Columbia bill. In the Senate on the Iflth Berry intro duced a bill for the adjustment of the rights of the Indians hi Indian territory, with the view of Having the territory ad mitted as a State. Morgan introduced a bill to Increase tho facilities of the Post office Department for obtaining the use of a building for iwstotlice purposes. Pcffer introduced a bill to regulate the value of coins and .ileees of money of a certain kind, to give all sorts of current money a legal tinder quality and prohibit and prevent discrimination in favor of gold coin or bul lion as money. The conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was agreed to, and the Military Academy Appropriation bill passed. After an executive session tho Senate adjourned. In the House the conference report on the. urgency deficiency bill was presented aud agreed to. As finally passed the bill appropriates S4TK.G41. The House then went into committee of the whole on the free wool bill. Without action the commit tee rose and the House adjourned. The Senate bill on tho 17th making Coun cil Bluffs. Iowa, a port of delivery was passed. Senator Peffer Introduced a bill to establish an experimental station t Inves tigate and determine whether electricity can be profitably used as a motor power for farm machinery. MISSING LINKS. The lazy man generally wants noth ing and gets it. Edwin Arnold is posing Tor tho hon ors or a Laureate. The Queen may so crown him, but will the Muses? It is told that a carpet-layer of Read ing, Pa., was detected 'stealing a bath," and the lady of the house was so delighted with his misconduct, when missed from his work, that she declined to prosecute him. The human body is of a curious compound. The chemist informs you that the man of an average of 154 pounds has enough iron in his make up to mako a plow-share, and enough phosphorus to make a half-million matches. A Boston correspondent says ex Secretary Endicott is said to have his car glued to the ground anxiously list ening for the first rumble of a boom for a Massachusetts man. He thinks he would have a cinch on the l'lyin outh Rock and old family vote. An. of the big trees are not in CaliJ for uia. A pine tree in Pennsylvania recently scaled 8,033 feet of lumber. It made seventeen sawings twelve and sixteen feet in length, aud tho top end of the butt log was fifty-eight inches in diameter. There are giants in these days, though there may not be very many of them. Among the wcaveis employed in a Biddcford. Me., cotton mill is a woman who stands six feet and three inches in hcrstockingfoet, and is large and strong in pro; ortion. She is more than a match for any man about the mill, either in boxing or wrestling. Dk. Cvrcs Epson of New York in his article entitled 'Do We Live Too Fast?" pub'ishes figures setting fortli that the wealth of the United States increased from SliJ.l.V.,000.000to over $30,t00,000, 000 in the decade in which the civil war occurred. Do we figure too fast in get ting up somo kinds of statistics? Away up in the "far North" there is a pretty close censorship of the press. The Salvation Army N being boycotted in Finland. No mention of it of any kin! may appear in public print. So strictly is tliis law being carried out that any mention of the army, any ad vertisement bearing on the movement, is sufficient to cause an entire issue of a newspaper to be canceled. In Washington they tell this story: William Waldorf Astor, it is said, came near being tendered the post of Minister to tho Middle Kingdom .at the time Mr. Blair was declared to be persona non grata. The matter was broached in Cabinet meeting but ended in a laugh when Jerry Rusk remarked, horticultu la'ly: "Excellent!. A China Astor. by all mean j." Wii -:n a woman at a fire has presence of mind enough to do the right thing, make a note of it One of the ladies caught in tho New York hotel fire had presence of mind enough to wrap a wet towel over her head and face to prevent being suffocated by the smoke. By this means she was able to remain at a win dow till she gained the attention of those outside. The wet towel saved her life. Why should men care to conceal the'r poverty? It is often the most real and best thing about them. So poor was Dr. Mackenzie when he started his dis pensary in London that after rescrib ing for the patients in one room he used to retire to another, where with his own hands he dispensed the meli cities he had ordered, taking care in handing out the bottles that his face should not be seen. A SiKwimi machine has been invented which stitches easily and rapidly through layers of leather five-eighths of an inch in thickness, this having been accomplished on a first exhibitory trial; in a second trial stitches were made evenly and rapidly through a p'ece of bird's-eye map'c thrcc-eighthi of an inch thick; and in a fiird test tin' still more remarkable feat was achieved, viz., that of seplng through a.layerof brass one-eighth of an inch thick, placed between pieces of leather.. johnj.buluvaR. First National Bank newt tfMhH n, i KESotrscm tmnm aad THatanBta fl u. d. XFonaa ................. m&h BmI estat. faraltun aaa m Dae from other banks.... $9t,TTin Due from U.S. Treasury.. 675.08 Cat M band .- 15,47.ff ( Cat LXABILRIX& 0ftajtal aaatfttplna JBa.svapB Uaarvidad fronts ifMfaUt National bank notes eatstsadlsf l,aoaot Rediscounts.. ............. ...... ....... 20,881.21 Das depositors. .. HM61.0f fttsiness ris. DEUTCBER 4DV0KAT, Ksbrsslifc Otfosroter Columbtt Stat Ba&k, Colts' Mate ALBERT REEDER, ATTORNEYS AT ULW. OSes over th First National Bank, Columbus. Nebraska. 50-tf J K. TUHtXlt co " Proprietors and Publishers of the count ivs joTjixu mi as . tuuut muni Both, post-paid to any address, for S3.0O a year, strictly in advance. Family Jonas al, $1.09 a year. W. A. MCALLISTER. W. M. CORNELIUS -JLf-cAJLLISTEB COMNKLlUa ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Columbus, Neb. O. BOYX5T " xiiruTACTtraxa or Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware! JaVITtrk;, Soofint; fud Gutter ing a Specialty. Vphon on 13th street, Krfmsa Bro.'s nkj stand on Thirteenth street. S2ti HENRY G-ASS. 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