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. - tfe- -?-s' 7, "? -- ?.v .- - -V '. vk HM W, 0 . ? r JSk - . . VOL. XXLTI.-NO. 12. COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1892. WHOLE NO. 1,156. m Immrcl. : :T -v.- . t.- K -eSV -V tt THE OLD RELIABLE Columbus - State - Bank ! (Oldett Hank is the Htate.) Pays Merest on Time Deposits Makes Loans oil Real Estate. ISSUES SIGHT DRAFTS ON Oaiaka., Chicago. New York aad all Foreign Countries. SELLS : STEAMSHIP : TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES Ami Helps its Customers v hen they N1 Help. OKKICEKS AM IHRRTOKS: LEAN OKI t GEKRAHD. Pm't. K. II. HENRY, Vice tfrca't. JOHN STAUFFER, Cashier. M. HRUGGEK. G. W. HULST. -OF- COLUMBUS, NEB., -HAS AN- Autliorized Capital of $500,000 raid in Capital - 90,000 OFFICERS: C. II. SHELDON. Pres't, H. P. H. OIILRICII, Vice Pros. C A. NEWMAN. CaKhier. DaNI EL SCHRA3I. Ass't Cash. STOCKHOLDERS: C, II. Sheldon. J. P. Hecker. Merman 1. ll.Uehlncu, Carl ldonke. Jonas Welch. W. A. McAHSter, J. Henry Wurdeman, Georpe V. Galley. Frank Rorer, Henry Loseke, it. JL, Winslow. S. C. Grey. Arnold F. II. Oehlrieh. Gerhard IjOdeke. jy Bank of deposit; interest allo-.tedon time deposits; bay and sell exchange on United States and Earoe. and buy and sell available securities. We shall bo pleased to receive jour business. We solicit jour iatronage. 2Sdec37 .. DTJSSELL, HEALER IN DUPLEX Mi Hills, An! ill Kinds of Pumps. PUMPS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. Eleventh Street, one door west of JIagel A: Co's. fljnneSS-j SUBSCRIBE NOW -Fon THE COLUMBUS JOURNAL AND THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. HV Offer Rath far aJVr, at .. s . .-WS ' The Jochnm, Is acknowledged to bo the host news and family paier ui Platte county.aud Jhe American Magazine is tlie only high-class month- ly magazine devoted entirely to American Litera ture, American Thought and Progress, and is "the only decided exponent of American Institu tions. It is as good as any of the older maga zines, furnishing in a yenr over 1,500 paxes of the choicest literature, written by the ablest Ameri can authors. 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COMMERCIAL W CHANSON. My love he roams the dark blue sea Begirt by golden shore. And though mj' love may absent be I'll love him ever more. The moon shines bright his bark to guide, The stars burn far and clear, jGolus rings his airy strains Forever in his ear. My love, it is the dark blue sea So deep and pure and strong, And like a buoyant boat so light, It bearsmy love along. My eyes are all the stars he sees, My arms for him the shore; Within a haven safe he'll find Whene'er the breakers roar. Inter-Ocean. WHAT A GIRL DID. Plumville "fob. de wah" was an interesting1 little village lying: in a re mote valley of a New England agri cultural district If the soil was thin, the rocks were thick so thick, in deed, that it was a grim joke that a shotgun was-needed to get the si corn into the first and between the second. Owing to this bed rock, the drainage was poor, and what the drought spared, sudden showers swept nway. All the young men went West the old shoemaker had moved away, and even the minister had departed, leav ing a monumental pair of crossed polos to bar the entrance- to the meet in' house. And yet these natives New England men and women were not lacking in shrewdness and com mon sense. They were simply dis couraged. With all their hard labor they never got beyond the bare ne cessities of life. They had no amuse ment no expectations, no hope. The women never had timo to sit down, but spent their days cooking and washing in the kitchens. The front room was always closely shuttered, the front steps were overgrown with coarse weeds, and the front gate re fused to open. Everybody came and went by the back door, along the nar row worn foot-path. No flowers were cultivated, and few varieties of vege tables. News was old when it reached Plumville. and excited little more interest than archaeological stories. Few books were brought and those few of a kind in which no rational be ing could feel an interest In the spring of 1880 old Mr. Elkins fell sick. His wife had just died, and he had no children. It was an added burden to the weary neigh bora who felt that they must "do" for the old man. At the best it was fragmentary service, and the invalid was alone many hours out of every twenty-four. The relief was great therefore, when somehow, or other a nephew's widow, or a cousin's daugh ter, appeared as nurse and house keeper. She brought a niece with her a slip of a freckled girl about sixteen years old. whose name was Milly French. Milly assumed the case of tho chickens, milked the cow. fed Towser. and as she came and went about these duties the neighbors wondered to hear her singing like a happy bird. She threw open the front blinds and let the sunlight sac rilegiously stream through the win dows. She even set the sacred front door ajar, and sat on the door steps on pleasant afternoons with her knit ting work. If the sunset was very gorgeous she was seen with idle hands. The spindling grass was sheared off, so that the gate would swing back easily. - j "It is enough to make Mis' Elkins turn in her grave." said neighbor Flint But Minnie watered her honey suckles, propped up her daisies, put rich loam into the sandy waste, and was rewarded by multitudes of blos soms. When the hens scratched up her treasures she contrived au inclos ure of palings that circumscribed their operations. By and by she ad ded a trellis for a wild rose bush, and a long tent of twine for her fluffy wood-clematis. Little by little the small house, unpainted, but tinted a soft silvery, weather-beaten gray, began to outline its windows in brigct green, and to throw woodbine gar lands all over the homely porch. Season after season went by. Milly now had seeds and cuttings to give away. She carried bouquets to the sick, potted a root for a friend, brought a jar of mignonette from Lincoln or received a package of seeds from the florist It thus came to pass that every house in Plumviilo soon boast ed a flower bed. and in winter every kitchen had at least one window full of petunia or geraniums, the steam of washing or cooking causing them to grow wonderfully. Cold frames for pansies were manufactured. Even strawberries and asparagus were at tempted. And that these improve ments might not fail the land about the house was drained, low branches lopped off. tho sink nozzle extended to a safe distance, till light and air and dryness came to these denizens of the kitchen. You would not have known Plum ville. Why, the shoemaker, who came back to stay, pretended he had never seen it before. It was rumored that a bakers cart would come over from Lincoln once a week, and on. the strength of it the postmaster cleared off a shelf and drove six nails in the loose doorsteps. But this Plumville boom is fur ahead of my story. Long before tho flowers had begun to be very common Ihere. Milly French puzzled much over the unused church. One day she got the key and went in. Though it was August the interior was cold and damp almost like a cellar. Cobwebs hung from the two long stovepipes that extended the whole length of the building. Torn hymn-books wero lying about and several window panes were broken. A general air of desolation pervaded the place. Milly-sat for a long time thinking, thinking. Then she walked very quickly to Mrs. Flint's, who lived nearby. Oh. Mrs. Flint isn't it disgrace ful to have our meeting-house shut up?" she cried, on entering. "La, child! what should it be opea for?" asked Mr Flint in amazement "Why. to have a minister, as they do at Lincoltt"and everywhere else but just here in PI urn villa" "There's no use talkin', Milly: we haven't any money, nor any public spirit " "If you'll help mo Til have that church open ue .t Sunday," cried Milly. -Me! What can I do?" sighed pooriMra. Flint aghast "If you'll set jrour husband to mow- the grast and sweep out Til do the rest" I don't believe he can." Yes. he can, if he has a mind to. It wouldn't take an hour." asserted Milly. "Well I'll msk him. but I know he wont" Oh. don't ask him, tell bin he must" said Milly. decidedly. After much protest Mr. Flint agreed to cut a few swaths in front of the church door, but no persuasion could induce him to attack the cobwebs in side. A notice in a feminine hand ap peared on the post office door, and another was nailed to the big elm (tne natives called itellum)at "the Corners," to the effect that "Sunday. August 28. D. V., there will be serv ices in the Congregational church. All are invited.' Old men put on their spectacles and read these no tices slowly through usually aloud, and also usually said: "I declac? for't!" Oa Saaday jaorala -Aajrust 28c the farmers for five miles around came over the hills and plunged down .into Plumville valley. The horse shed was full of 'learns; every hitching post was in use. Even Deacon Bird was on time, marshaling his numerous progeny down the aisle, quito uncon scious (as all good men are) of the makeshifts in their attire, called thus suddenly to do duty as Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. The soft summer air swayed the long cobwebs depend ing from the rusty stovepipes and blew out the musty taint of mouldy months, git was half pastften. Perfect silence reigned in the little bare church. Some gray heads were bent forward, as befitting the place, but lively oyos glanced over the spectacles in eager expectation. A few women shadod their eyes with coarsened hands in a pretense of being at piayer. but even there a profound alertness was visible. Then this happened: Milly French rose and came forward to the communion table, upon which stood a basket of lovely ferns and late rosea She looked serious, but not at all frightened. She read a psalm in a clear voice, gave out a hymn, which was sung by three el derly women in the front pew, then she opened a book and read Phillips Brooks' sermon from the text: Com fort ye my people, " It can be imag ined, perhaps, how these sympathetic words chained the attention and touched the hearts of all present. It was a pretty sight and never to be forgotten by those who saw it At the close the doxology was given with a wilL Ami thus. D. V.. the Plumville church was opened on Sun day morning. August 28, and it has never been closed since. That was years ago, but Milly French still reads a sermon there every Sunday morn ing. She has educated' that people far beyond their means to pay for. They invite no candidate to their pulpit They are familiar with the great preachers of the world. Some incline to episcopacy, and do not see "how you can get around the laying on 6' hands." Some are Beecherites; others agree with Channing. Dean Stanley and Canon Farrar have a following. Robertson and Maurice are admired and loved. No creed binds their consciences, no formulated vow restrains them. They range over spiritual truths as presented by different and differing minds. Earnest discussions and zealous argument show on occasion unusuajthoughtful ness and cultivation. Thanks to Milly French. Plumville, a bower of vines and flowers, is one of the prettiest of small villages physically, while for intellectual and spiritual training it is one of the most advanced Augusta W. Kellogg, in Harper's Weekly. PROHIBITIONISTS GATHER. Leading Caadldatoa Before tho National CoBTentioa at ClncioBatL CiKCixN-ATi, Ohio, June 27. The na tional Prohibition convention proper does not convene until next Wednes day, but already delegates are flocking to the city from all parts of the union, and the prediction is that the gather ing will be the largest ever known in the party. Samuel Dickie of Albion, Mich., chairman of the national com mittee, is already on the field, and has established himself at the Grand hotel, which will be the national headquar ters. With him came Samuel D. Hast ings of Wisconsin, who has been treas urer of the national organization for the last ten years. There are plenty, however, who art willing to have the honor of the party's I leadership thrust upon them, bamuel Dickie, the national chairman, will be supported by some. Among the other candidates are: Jndge Amos Briggs of Philadelphia, H. Clay Bascom of Troy, N. Y.; Colonel E. F. Bitter of Indianapolis, William T. Wardwell of New York and Volney B. Cushing of Maine. 'The delegates number 1,149, the ap portionment being two for each con gressman and representative and one for each thousand votes for Fisk. HAD CRUSHED HIS SKULL. A Lunatic Terrorizes the Paasearera oa a Trala aad Dies la Jail. Albuquerque. N. M., June 27. On yesterday's passenger train from the south a crazy man giving his name as Turner A. Vaughn was taken off nd placed in the city jaiL He got on the train at El Paso, Tex., and for over one hundred miles he terrorized the passen gers and broke many glasses out of the windows. During the night the other inmates of he jail were aroused by Vaughn fighting the walls of his cell, at the same time remarking that they were after him. He would dodge his head as if -some person had struck him and finally fell, striking his head against the hard cement floor. This morning when Jailer Thier went to his cell he was surprised to find Vaughn dead. The fall had crushed his skull. Vaughn was from Grand Pass, Ma A Bey Dragged to Death. St. Joseph, Ma. June 27. Charley Stanley, aged twelve years, met a horrible death yesterday at Westboro, Ma He was riding a young colt and leading a pony, when the latter pulled him off. One of his feet became fast ened in a chain and he was dragged over two hundred yards before the chain became loosened from the rest of the harness. His body and face were horribly mutilated and his cloth ing literallT torn, in shreds. NEWS IN BRIEF. Milwaukee's grain trade -has in creased wonderfully. Ex-Congressman Cobb died at Vin cennes. Lad. Gen. John a Kelton, United States army, has been retired. William Anderson was killed at Mill town, Pa., while testing a gas well. Major Lewis C. Overman,of the engi neer corps, U. S. A, has resigned. The Canadian Pacific Steamship com pany has made special rates to the fair from China and Japan. Lot Smith, a Mormon bishop and ex Danite leader, has been killed by the Navajo Indians. Harvesting wheat has begun near Hillsboro, I1L, and the yield estimated to be as great as last year. Immense damage has been done at Chicago by the recent rainfall. Many streets are under water and traffic on the river was stopped. SImotby Healy was . nobbed in the streets -of Ddblin, and had a narrow escape from being seriously injured. L. W. Ady, a grocer of Clinton, Minn., lately of Wisconsin, committed suicide. George Gilmore, a paralytic, shot himself at Faribault and died. His infirmity made him despondent The remaining indictment against George J. Gibson, ex-secretary of the whisky trust, for alleged conspiracy to blow .up Shufeldt's distillery was quashed at Chicago by Judge Hutchin son. A census bulletin issued gives the number of industrial establishments in Canada at 75,703, an increase of 51 per cent in ten years; capital invested, $053,000,000, an increase of 114 per cent It is said that the shortage of John Vallely, the confidential clerk of A. S. White Jb Co. of Chicago, will reach $10, 000. About six months ago he made $15,000, and has been plunging heavily ever bince. Carter, the Yale catcher, was dis abled by a blow on the head received in a game, and is in a critical condition at the Hotel Vendome, Boston. Burglars who were surprised at their work at Butte, Mont, shot and killed Policeman William F. Gordon. The murderers escaped. Will Boycott tho UOlon. New York, June 27. It is stated that the members of the iron league will discharge all their housesmiths this afternoon, with the understand ing that all who apply for work on Monday next will be accommodated, providing they renounce the union. The housesmiths, both union and non union, employed by B. & J. M. Cornell, the Jackson Architectural Iron works and other large iron firms are expect ing a discharge at the close of to-day's work. The housesmiths of Brooklyn also expect to be included in the gen eral discharge. It is thought that the housesmiths will have a meeting to morrow or Monday to determine upon a plan of procedure. Redmond Welcomed Home. London, June 27. John E. Redmond was met on his arrival at Queenstown on the Etruria by the mayor of Cork and a delegation of Parnellites, who received him with hearty cheers. Mr. Redmond said that he had been bene fited by the voyage to America, in health as well as in other respects. Ninety per cent of the Irish residents of the United States were in sympathy, Mr. Redmond said, with the cause he represented, and he was everywhere received with an amount of favor that left-no doubt as to popular sentiment Maagled by a Cultivator. Emporia, Has., June 27. Frank Hall, the 14-year-old son of Joseph Hall, one of the oldest settlers in Lyon county, while driving a cultivator near Admire was thrown to the ground. He fell in front of the cultivator and one of the shovels struckhis right and another his left breast, each tearing great gashes into his body. He survived only about an hour. Weeklv Bank Statement. New York. June 27. The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $2,911,775; loans, decrease, $1,333,100; bpecie, 'de crease, $5,457,200; legal tenders, in crease, $1,251,800; deposits, decrease, $5,174,500; circulation, decrease, $12, 000. The banks now hold $19,872,050 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. The future of Africa, f Mr. Jephson, who was one of Stan ley's most trusted lieutenants on the Emin expedition, and lived for many months with Emin in his province, ex presses great faith in the possibility of the commercial development of Cen tral Africa. In his recent lectures he says that tobacco grows almost every where, and its quality would insure for it a ready sale. The great product, however, will be cotton. He saw it cultivated in great quantities by Emin Pasha. In Uganda and the countries beyond sufficient cotton of a good qual ity could be grown to render England independent of supplies from other sources. He has great faith in the proposed railroad to Victoria Nyanza, and says that the cost of transporting a bale of cloth from the coast to the lake is now five, times its value, and the cost of transport for other goods is proportionately high. The Nectarine. A nectarine is only a pech with a smooth skin. The reason why it is not more generally raised in this country is found in tne fact that it is much more subject to the attacks of insects than any other kind of fruit, the curculio being especially fatal to the growing fruit, though by frequently larring the tree while the fruit is ripeninsr the attacks of these insects may measur ably be prevented. When raised under glass the nectarine comes to great per fection and a hothouse full of the nectarine trees, trained as vines along the sides and roof, is a spectacle that must be seen to be appreciated. A Charch Moved hy Trees, The foundation of a church at San Como.Gutemala. has been shifted seven inches by the roots of two immense white gum trees, which tower over 100 feet above the pinnacle of the church steepie. jsaen r litt t ! average twenty t ia fiWfrtSs STATE NEWS. . NEIIaSsa ISCELLAUEfW nUTTEM. The manufacturers' exposition in Omaha showed to 50.000 people. The Best encampment of the Sons of Veterans will beheld in West Point Beatrice's old opera house is be ing torn down to make room for the new hotel. The Pawnee County .teachers' in stitute opened with an enrollment of seventy-four. ' The state university cadets were given quite an ovation on their return front the Omaha erill. In a runaway at Lincoln several well known people were hurt among them dangerously Mrs. Leavitt and Mr. Aitken. At a special election in Nebraska City the proposition to issue $20,000 in refundine bonds was defeated by eleven votes. -iTbe lUpIdTranelraad Fewer com- pany of .Beatrice has brought suit against the Beloit Iron works for $10. 000 damages. Mrs. Augustus Beil of Seward, wants a divorce from her husband who for two straight years has been a ha bitual drunkard. The body of Alvin Ried of Fonta nelle. drowned in the Elkhorn river three weeks ago, was found near the Fontanelle Ferry. ' The manufacturers' exposition held in Omaha was a great success, so much so that it will be repeated next year on a larger and grander scale. The Welch boys of Canada Hill, Howard county, have contracted and hauled to Elba 4. 500 bushels of wheat the price per bushel being 3 cents. Lieut-Gav. Majors held down the gubernatorial chair during the absence of Gov. Boyd in attendance upon the democratic national convention in Chi cago. The Beatrice Starch company is running at full capacity and has not shut down for over two months. They have a large number of heavy orders booked for shipment as soon as possi ble. The 5-year-old boy of Mr. Piper, living North of Butte, Boyd county, had all the toes on his left foot chop ped off with an ax by his brother, who made a mislick while planting sod corn. The farm residence of B. F. Hel vey, about five miles from Fairbury, burned from a defective flue. The loss on the building is $2,000; on the fur niture $1,000, insured in the Home of New York. Upon the suggestion of Senator Manderson the war department has changed the place for holding the competitive cavalry drill for the de partment of the Platte from Fort Rob inson to Bellevue. Elva Jones, a 17 year old Omaha girl, suicided the other night by tak in ga large dose of strychnine. She loved "a man to whom her parents ob jected, and as life had no charms with out him she concluded to make way with herself. A special election has been or dered in Niobrara for Juiy 19 to vote $3,700 in aid of a system of water works'for town purposes. The supply will come from the artesian well, a reservoir for that purpose being erected and mains established. The B. & M. railroad at Omaha has of late been greatly annoyed by boys who amuse themselves by throw ing stones at passing trains. Last week Alois Gledney, a sixteen-year-old boy, was caught in the act and taken be fore Judge Berka, who bound him over to the district court as a candi date for the reform school. TomPierronet afreightconductor on the Missouri Pacific, rtinning be tween Weeping Water and Lincoln, fell off a box car through a bridge onto a barb wire fence thirty feet below. He was badly cut on the left arm and across his body and severely bruised. Charles Holmes, living about a mile southwest of Strang, while re turning home from town, drew his re volver, intending to shoot a dog whose actions were too familiar. Instead of reaching the dog the ball took effect in his hand, making a serious wound. Chief Engineer Day of the Rock Island railroad arrived in Lincoln the other day from Topeka, and a survey ing party will soon set grade stakes for the new extension from Lincoln southwest The line has been defi-. nitely located as far as Jansen, the first station east of Fairbury. The Butler County Press says that some miscreants killed a valuable horse belonging to James McBride, who resides a few miles east of David City. The animal was killed by a wire or a sharp instrument being inserted in its mouth and pushed up through so that it punctured the brain. The board of secretaries of the state board of transportation last week submitted findings in regard to a com plaint made by the people of Thomp son station, Jefferson county, situated on the B. & M. and near the Rock Is land road. The findings have not yet been formally approved by the board. Mike O'Rourke, who worked in Green's stone quarry, near Louisville, went to sleep on the Rock Island track while in an intoxicated condition. The noon passenger train came along and before the engineer could stop the en gine had crushed both of O'Rourke's legs. He will probably die. A movement was inaugurated the other day in Liqcoln for the construc tion of an electric railway to connect the city of Lincoln with the several pleasure resorts near that place. The proposed line will reach Lincoln park, Salton lake and Cusbman park. It will be twelve miles in length, and the cars will be propelled by the storage battery sjstem. The managers of the several resorts will assist in the enter prise, and the stock will be taken by local capitalists. A little boy about three years old, son of Mr. Landoa. near Inland, was badiy stung by honey bees about the face and neck recent Iv. He received. about twenty-five stings and suffered intensely for many hours. Captain James H. Brown of Pierce is having a large amount of breaking done. He now has 800 acres broken and expects to have :it least 1. 500 acres of sod turned under before the summer is over, about 500 acres of which will be pat in flax. OakUod wiU celebrate th,t Fourth of July in the old fash ion eu "way. Mon ey has been raised and committee have been appointed to make the cel ebration a success. Jude Norriswill be the orator of the day. A tine pro gram of sports will be arranged. As a local freight was pulling out of Norfolk on the Chicago, St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha George Mar tin, the engineer, of Sioux City, was caught on the head by the iron bridge across the North Fork river and knocked to the structure below, falling on the end of the ties clear of the wheels. His injuries are serious. Chief Otto of Lincoln received a circular from Fort Sheridan, HL, re questing him to keep a lookout for John A. Freeman, who deserted from the regular army June 9. Freeman is described as being twenty-two years old, light complexioned and is six feet and one and three-fourth inches in height Mrs.. A H. Davis of Curtis, while overlooking her kitchen work, die- cVreredTt-fog-pf vinegar sitting en the hot stove. She went to remove it when on being disturbed the cork was biown out and the boiiing hot vinegar spouted into her face, burning the skin from her forehead and burning both hands seriously. The Plattdeutscher Verein conven tion of North America closed a five days annual session in Grand Island last week. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: M. Bas sen, Kansas City, president: F. Au gustine. Chicago, vice president: J. P. Lund, Omaha, treasurer. Chicago was selected for holding the next con vention in 1893. Deputy Sheriff Reynolds of Phil lips county. Kansas, aided by Deputy Sheriff Kyd of Gage county, recovered a valuable horse from the farm of Wilkes Lillie, twelve miies southeast of Beatrice, that had been stolen from Phillipsburg. Kas. Lillie surrendered the animal without the, slightest ob jection, claiming that he had traded for it from the thief. George W. Baker, who lives near Beatrice, but was in Table Rock visit ing his daughters. Mra Marion Fellers and Mrs. W. Grifiing, while at Grif fing's was attacked by a bull and very seriously injured. He bad his collar bone broken in three places and three ribs broken. Mr. Baker is quite an old man and quite feeble and fears are entertained that he will not recover. Charles Swanson died at Osceola last week. About a month ago he met with the accident which cost him his life. He was harrowing in the corn b talks, and rubbish having collected on the harrow he lifted it up to clean it out The team started and one of the teeth struck him in the head. Ev erything possible was done for him and it was thought he would gel well, but while absent on a visit to the doc tor he was taken suddenly worse and and died before he could reach home. The Platte Valley bank of Central City, which was compelled to close a few weeks since on account of a de faulting cashier, has reorganized and articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state. Business is to be resumed June -7. with a caD- ital of $20,000. The president of the old bank has placed in trust for the benefit of depositors all assets of the old institution and in addition has also placed in trust $75,000 worth of real estate for the same purpose. At Lincoln last week Judge Field handed down a decree in the squabble over the estate of the late John Shee dy, which is valued at $80,000. J. Z. Briscoe, W. J. Marshall and W. E. Stewart are' appointed to make a par tition of and sell t'e estate. Mrs. Mary. Shoedy is found to have one-half interest in the estate, subject to a mortgage of $12,500 held by her at torneys, R. D. Stearns and J. B. Strode, who defended her in the fa mous murder trial. Patrick. Michael and Dennis Sheedy and Mrs. Mary O'Brien and Mrs. Ellen O'Donnell. brothers and sisters of John Sheedy, are decreed to have a one-tenth inter est each in the estate. In Lincoln last week Judge Lan sing ordered to the reform school Flora and Liilie Willoughby. Tne evidence adduced showed that the liioughby domicile is a resort where nightly drunken carousals are hem ana where licentiousness and vice hold undispated sway. It was shown that men of bad character visited there and also that Mrs. Willoughby and her daughters participated in the orgies as well as old Willoughby. mother and daugh ters having shared together in the at tentions of their, male visitors. The judge's indignation was aroused to a high pitch at the disclosures and he stated if he bad the power he would exile Willoughby to Siberia and send his wife to the penitentiary. A Sltrewd Trader. Milton county. Ga. has a lady who is a shrewd trader. Not long ago the merchants of Roswell went wild in their efforts to control the chicken trade. One merchant raised the price to 35 cents. The Miiton county lady went down and purchased about &:0 worth of goods. The merchant thinking he wojld get tha 'cash, put the prices low. When the lady had finished the trading she turned to the merchant and said: "Well I under stand you a,e giving 35 cents a piece for hens, and I will send a sufficient number next week to pay for this bill of goods." The merc.mnt was sold, but he just grinned and endurod it And now. when he goes to sell a bill of goods, he inquired whether it will be paid in money or hons at 35 cents each. The Consumptive Plant. Another curiosity to been seen in the Botanical gardens of the govern ment is aSicted with a genuine con sumption of the lungs or leaves. There are three species of this, all of which being cultivated or this pe culiarity, it is the custom or the gar deners to throw away ail that snem healthy. The disease first appears as a white spot on a single leaf, which increases and gradually, spreads over the entire leaf aad then to its nc igh bora. Great Divide. Itlcltn' 3Ie.'.n Insinuation. Mrs. Hicks That girl I hired this morning is a secret to me. Hicks That's too bad. Mrs. Hicks AVhy is it too bad? Hioks You wont be able to keep her N. Y. Herald, ' We cannot rest content with i telegraph telephones and mail facili- ties, ocean greyhounds, lightning ex i nress trains and the nubatitntfon nf steam power and electricity for the qtmndam horses, mules or shanks' mare of our rural and town travels. We must press on In efforts to cut the record in every field of existence. It would be well for the average young man to get It into his head that he has no more chance of making a fortune in stock gambling than he has of finding a big diamond in the gutter. This is the plain unvarnished truth, but you will meet fellows every day who feel confident that their judg ment would enable them to tackle Wall street and come out rich. We 'ear an inspection of aa ac curate census by minor divisions will ttselosfr that nearly every city has aad an increase of population in the wards, where the gain necessitates the packing of the population like bees in a hive, and that the sum of vice, disease and want indicated by the tenement house population of the largest" cities has grown rather than decreased as the country has gained in wealth. Tact is an essential to success in any undertaking, and especially in those occupations in which man deals with man. Every act of the teacher should show he understands himself and those with whom he labors. His tact is shown in his management of his school, the class, and the indivi dual. Tho patrons and the board may seem to have their own way, but in the end he becomes master of the situa tion. Tact is the executive officer of all the other faculties of the soul; it regulates the will. Stubborness is simply a lack of tact The fact that portions of California havo been under irrigation for a quarter of a century with no concom mitant of fever or ague argues against the baseless theory of attendant dis ease. In th is. as in other matters, care should be taken to avoid the mistake of assuming as cause and effect what is merely a coincidence. On the whole there is much cause for congratulation on the progress which irrigation has already made, hope for its spread in the future, and no reason to fear that its effect will bo deleterious to the health of the community. Wiut we should do in' this country to show our truo republicanism aud contempt for monarchial forms is this: Give' to the ministerial' representatives of republics in Washington precedence over the representatives of kings and emperors. Let the representative of Great Britain or Germany trail behind the representative of Mexico, or France or Switzerland. Let us show by our respect for republican institutions that we mean what we preach and one of the cherished institutions is that min isters represent a government by the people, not ambassadors. There is no reason why irrigation should be the cause of fever and ague, though it may be occasionally ac companied thereby. As a rule, irri gation may be expected to lessen the danger of these diseases, since ill drained land and uncultivated tracts are certainly most often ravaged by them, while the object of irrigation is perpetual tillage and a necessity for its success is careful drainage. The only danger of such diseases from irrigation would arise from the initial stops, since the lii-st disturbance of virgin soil is always attended with risk. The problems of "prison reform" are not all solved yet Just as the world has much still to learn about lighting and transportation problems, so it has much to settle regarding remedial and punitive legislation. The admirable system of Bertellot for identifying prisoners, the humanitarian and reformatory methods of some of our workhouses, and the commenda ble scheme of Captain Nicholson and others for releasing young transgres sors and giving them full liberty dur ing good behavior, are enough to al most mako one believe that nothing is to bo desired except to have their methods adapted universally, and thon to put all our prisons and reforma tories in tho charge of capable, honest men. One great cause of heavy loss by fire, if not tho chief incitement to it is the fact of too high insurance against it The man who is allowed to insure his property for fully as much as it is worth is thereby tempted to carelessness, in fact it may bo as serted with no fear of successful dis pute that all the remedies the com panies propose to the president if adopted, would prove inelTectual and delusive so long as full and excessive insurance is indulged in by the in surance companies. It would won derfully promote care and watchful ness if they would establish an inflex ible rule not to insure any property at more than two-thirds its ascertained value. If they would thus throw on the owner himself the remaining third part of the risk they would make it of vital interest to him to seo to it that they were not called upon to pay tire losses. And not only wou d this policy conduce to watch fulness over existing risks, but it would tend powerfully toward the con struction of more secure buildings and more nearly fireproof structures than those on which the companies now take nremiou, -THE- First National Bank COL DIRECTOH81 A.ANDKRSON.Preat. J. H. GALLEY, Vice Prea't, O.T.sWra. Cashier. G. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. JACOB GRRI8EN. HKNBY RAOATZ. JOHN J. SULLIVAN. Statement ef Crhditiea at tit Cite ef Baiiiem March L INS. azsocacBs. 1 1 oeni aad Pieeoaate ftmOM u. b. Boada.. rrtr.rt. ujestt Reel Estate. Furniture and Fixtarea.. 1B.9M 3S Due from other bank.. . .$ 37.4Xi.t3 " " .U.S. Treasury. S73.W Cash on Hand 30,306.67 38,15 Oft 298,4M 71 UADIUT1KH. Capital Stock paid in $ 60.000 CO Hnrplas Fund 90,008 09 Undivided profit 2,14 9k Circulation 1S.500 00 Rixhcounti 3,620 40 DPitt 1OT.1SI Sft S2MMM71 fastness arJs. DEVTCHER ADVOKAT, Office over Columbus State Bank. Columbus. Nebraska. 9 Ai ALBERT A KKLUKR, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over First National Bank, Columbus. Nebraaka. JO-tf yi K. TURNER 4k CO., Proprietor!) and Pitblioheni of the GOLtJUSffS JOCTWAI. xad tat HXS. TAiET JJUSIUI, Both, i.M-paul to any address, for 2.00 a year, Htrictly iu advance. Fmilx Joch.v.l,.S1.00 j ear. w. a, McAllister. w. m. corneuus. a rcAi.iM.H 1 f.k jr jok.:i,ii;n ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Columbus, Neb. E.T.ALIEN.M.D., Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon, Secretary Nebiatka State Heard of Health, S09 IUmok IUock, 7IA11A. IVTRIs ii:tf RCBOYD, . M.orrcicRKh or Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware ! Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter ing; a Specialty Shop on Nhraaka Avi-nno. two dr-ors north of iCanuiiiMfkbH. a. :rc. SEARL, - riKirRirrott or tuk - EMI St. Tentorial Parlor. The Finest hi The ('ify. ESTh only .hr.p on llu. South S:le. Co!nm lm". Nf-liraika. ibOct-y L. C. VOSS. M. D.. Homteopathic Physician AND SURGEON. Ottice over it office. Kx-cia!tt in chronic difceaiw. Careful attention given to general practice. 3riDo3m A STRAY LEAF! DIARY. THE JOURNAL OFFICE - KOH CARDS. ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, - CIRCULARS, DODGERS, ETC. LOUIS SCHKKI B Eli. BlacM MagoiMer. All kinds, of KpaiiR JoBe ei Snort Noticr. Kngies, Wag el's, etc., made to order, ami ail work (iuar anteed. Also sell the world-famous Walter A. Wood Mowers. Reapers, Combin ed Machines. Harvesters, and Self-hinders - the best made. Shop on Olue Street. Columbus, Neb., four doors couth of Borowiak's. HENRY OASS. lsllllBBmmmafi3e1a3BBRBMflP COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES ZW Repairing of all kinds 0 Uphol ttery Goods. -tf COLUMBTJg. SBBMls . 4f- .j3i: -., -iT. 1. i S92EVv ! . r - -.- " "" """ - Ger 3 & "? y4- k? -, t , :., r - r,