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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10,
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THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus - State - Bank I
(OldMt Bank ia the State.)
Fan Interest on Time Deposits
AND
laics loans on Real Estate
ttXffeS BIGHT DRAFTS CM
Ckicage, New Tark svat sJ(
Fsreigm Camatries.
BELLI : 8T1AV8EIP : TIOXITI.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
And Half iU Caslomera whsa tsar Need Sal
FFICESS AST) DIBtCfOHl
LEANDEB GERRABD, Pres't.
B. H. HENRY, Vic Pres't.
JOHN STAUFFEB. Cashfa
lt.BRTJGGER, G.W.HUL8T.
COMMERCIAL BM
-OF-
OOLUMBUS, NEB.,
-HAS AN-
Authorized Capital of $500,000
Paid in Capital - 90,001
OFFICERS!
C. H. BHKLDON, Prea't.
H. F. H. OHLRICH. Vice Fres.
C. A. NEWMAN. Cashier,
DANIEL 8CHRAM, Its fak,
STOCKHOLDERS:
f. H. Sheldon, J. P. Becker.
Herman P. H.Oehlnch, Carl Bienke,
Jonas Welch, W. A. MoAllittsr,
T. Henry Wrrdemaa, H. M. Winslow,
Oeorpj W. Galley, BTC. Grey.
Krank Rorer, Arnold F. H. Oealtisa,
Henry Leeeks, Gerhard Losslta.
WJtanlc of deaoaltt interest allowed em tine
deposits; bay and aell sxchapse on United State
and Europe, and bny and aell available securities.
We ahall be pleated to receive tout bnaineea. We
; four patronage. 28dec87
.A. IUSSELL,
MALB IV
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lni ill Kinds tf Pmpt.
tVUTB REPAIRED OK SHORT
" XOTIOE.
Blereath Sttejt, on doer wait of
Hegel & Go's.
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COLUMBUS
Planing ME
We have Jast opened a nnrmUl e X street
pposito Scarjoedere' floarin mill tad at pre.
pared to de ALL K
JLLNJtfB or WOOD WORE,
eacnas
Sash,
Doors,
Blinds, Mouldings,
Storefronts. Counters,
Stairs, ' Stair Balling.
Balusters, Scroll Sawing,
Turning, Planing.
BTEEL AND IRON ROOFINQ AND
SIDING.
W-AUardcnMBptlrattwdadto. Gsllaa
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HUNTEMANN BROS.,
iwltm Colambns. Nasnaka,
PATENTS
Caveats aad Trade Marks obtained, and all Pat.
estbaaineascoadacted for MODERATE FEES.
OUR OFFICE IB OPPOSITE UT&PAIMSr
OFFICE. Wekvenoub-aeseAi,aUtrusaesi
'direct, beaoswe jeaa transact patent baaineaa in
leas time and at LESS COOT tWthoee remote
ftwa W hinatnn .
.8ead vodeLdiawiar, r phot, TrJJh daaodp.
tioa. We adnaa if patMtable or not, fraa of
charte. Onrfee not dne till patent ia aecared.
A book, "How to Obtain Patent," with refer,
rnoeatoactaal elieata in joar atato, aoaatref
town, aeat tree. Addifcat
OpoaitaPaaM0ieaNaaa1a,6
-COME TO-
Tie Jssrnal for Job Work
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NEBRASKA NEWS.
A. S. Bush of Diller, captured a whita
pelican in his pasture.
Cuming county will hold its feiir Sep
tember 27th to 30 inclusive.
Winter wheat ih Nuckolls county
gives promise of a hig crop.
A lodgo of the Daughters of Rebecca
has been organized in Ncligh.
The Kearney cotton mill is now re
ported to be running full handed.
The new creamery building at Albion
is being rapidly pushed to completion.
"West Point will have two less saloons
the comingyear than the one just closed.
The Xebrasjta Central company has
commenced building operations at
Omaha.
Mr. X o. Phillips, near Fairfield,
brqvjrht to market a hog weighing 720
pounds.
United States Senator Allen has pur
chased a handsome new residence at
Madison.
More trees have been planted at Val
entine this spring than all previous sea
sons put together.
Colonel Cody pays S1.000 a day rental
for the ground on which his show is
camped in Chicago.
A cycling club of fifty members ha
been formed ut Hastings with Ben Ur
quhart as president.
The Plattsmouth Journal thinks some
thing is wrong when two weeks passb'
without an escape f rom the county jail.
A man near Wahoo has planted two
acres of artichokes this spring, think
ing to make his hogs happy by and by.
"Elgin has the chance of a lifetime to
secure a flouring mill by furnisliing a
site and the modest cash bonus of Sl,
000. Chris Reidcl of Broken Bow has a fine
collection of old coins and maps of Eu
rope which he will exhibit at the worlds
fair.
The Building and Loan association of
Stratton, Neb., has gone into voluntary
liquidation, after paying all just claims
against it.
.1. B. Evion of South Omaha has been
appointed deputy labor commissioner
by Gov. Crounse and will enter upon his
duties at once.
Odd Fellows of West Point gave a
banquet in honor of the scventv-fourth
anniversary of the institution of Odd
Fellows in America.
The Fremont Furniture and Mattress
company filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. It has a
capital of 100,000
Billy Heart of Grant fell off the front
end of a load of straw and both wagon
wheels passed over his body; yet he
jivcs anu win recover.
The authorities of Palisade, to meet
the growing necessities of the town,
have decided to Jcvy an occupation tax
upon the business men.
The grocers of Gage county have or
ganized for protection against Chicago
houses operating through agents and
selling direct to farmers.
A young Englishman named Carter
was held up and robbed on the streets
of Beatrice by a man named Hall. The
unci made good his escape.
Tcn thousand dollars will secure for
Wahoo a tannery with a new process
for curipg hides, and the Wasp thinks
the ;utiount should be raised.
Sccausc James A. Finlev, the Indian
trader at Pino Kidgc, voted at the Rush
ville city election, he has been arrested
and will have his trial in June.
.lohn Goodwin and Frank Kay lor of
Waunctta killed seventeen rattlesnakes
on Sunday last. They were nearly all
large ones and were dug out of a hole.
Mr. Glotfeher, for keening a "blind
tiger"' on exhibition in Albion, during
the municipal drought of last year, was
fined S100 and the cost of prosecution.
Articles of incorporation of tho Deloit
Separator Butter Ibmpany were filed
with the secretary of state. It is an
Omaha, company with a capital of $4,
700. . c
A. T. Embree, pastor of the First
Methodist church of Topeka, Kan., will
deliver the commencement oration for
the cIhss of "93 in Hastings college on
June 7 next
The school children of Nelson voted
on a national flower with the following
result: Whole number of votes cast, 231;
for pansy, 210: for golden rod, 41; ma
jority for pansy, 16'..
Lawrence Johnson, the 14-year-old
son of Attorney J. C. Johnson of Lin
coln, had his left hand badly shattered
by tho bursting of a gun, with which he
had been hunting.
A doctor's horse at Beatrice pulled
down a telegraph pole and then drag
cred it into a barb wire fsnpi wlirtt,o
animal succeeded in breaking its leg
and ending its life.
Al Edwards of near Elk Creek was in
Tecnmseh, says the Auburn Granger,
and denies that he received an offer of
510,000 from a syndicate to exhibit his
scalped and scarred head at the world's
fair.
It is alleged that a Louisvillo men is
playing a "Dr. .Tekyl and Mr. Hyde"
game. At home he is a common labor
er with a wife and chil dron, while in
Omaha he is a masher and would-be
roguc
Kev. C. D. Day, late pastor of the
Methodist Episcopar church at Pilger,
has been transferred to the Colorado
conference, llev. Edward Wilson, for
merly of O'Neill, will occupy the pulpit
at Pilger.
C. O. Brown has been appointed su
perintendent of schools of Pawnee
county to succeed F. A. Barton, who
lias gone to Chicago to have charge of
the Neuraska school exhibit at the
World's fair.
The Odd Fellows of West Point cele
brated the seventy-fourth annivei-sary
of its institution of Odd Fellows in
America. a banquet and ball was giv
en in honor of the event. Appropriate
Fpeeches were made.
Cal Lehmer of North Bend, met with
an accident. He was shoeing a horse,
when the animal became fractious and
kicked him on the left hand, breaking
some bones and bruising the member
considerably.
Three men robbed a passenger on a
Union Pacific train at .North Platte of
SI 10 cash and a draft for $370. The next
day three suspects were arrested at
Paxton, but they could not be identified
and were released.
A. D. Gardner, while attending a
stallion at Alma, had his leg broken
just below the thigh by the horse fall
ing upon bim. ne was also slightly
bruised about the body but sustained
no internal injuries.
An iusanc unmarried woman in the
Douglas county poor house is found to
be in a condition that belongs to her sex
only when properly mated. She says
the father of her unborn child is an em
ploye of the institution. The county
commissioners will institute an investi
gation, not to determine her condition,
for that is already known but to find
out who is the author of her trouble.
Extradition papers were made out in
the Lincoln hast week for one Charles
E. Branner, "who is nnder arrest at Wi
chita, Kan., for forgery and swindling.
Several weeks since Brunncrcame to
Lincoln and went to J. H. O'Neill, one
of the prominent plumbers of that city
vf how is get to tfidom togui draft.
Nebraska City wahts the Stale Unl
verity cadets and those of the Peru
Normal school to hold their annual en
eampmeht in that city, and hopes to
succeed in persuading them to accept
the proffered invitation.
Hon. John IL Mickay, of Osceola was
at Lincoln recently and secured the
services of General Jolui M. Thayer to
deliver tho Decoration day oration in
Osceola. The Monson opera house will
beaecured, aqdthe general will have
an audience of the old bovs that will
make him think of the days of 1861-G5.
Great preparations arc being made
for the state Sons of Veterans encamp
ment, which will be held in West Point
in June. The successful handling of
the largo crowd that will be present
will require some preparation and skill
ful managcmenL A committee ,has
been appointed to solicit the town for a
guarantee subscription.
The teachers of wostori4. Cass eonntv
held a very suceeisf ul and profitable in
stitute at Elmwood last week. Not
withstanding the bad state of weather
between sixty and seventy-five were in
attendance, who were royally enter
tained by the people nf Elmwood.
Large delegations were in attendance
from Weeping Waler, Wabash, Louis
ville and other places.
II is reported that John McCormick
Will bring suit against the county of
. Keith for 85,000 damages. While cross
ing the bridge at Bruel last fall his
horse took fright at the sign placed on
the bridge by order of the county board
to notify the owners Of fcteaiii Engines
to placeheavy timbers under the engine
while crossing the bridge, and threw
Mr. McCormick out, crippling his hand.
Frank Dietrick, an employe ill Rob
ertson's sand pit, near Louisville, was
run over and killed by the cars on the
Missouri Pacific tracks Ike other day.
A Missouri Pucific freight train was
pushing some cars onto the side track
which ran into the pit, when Deitrick
got on tho cars and undertook to un
couple them in order to get them prop
erly placed in the pit. lie slipped and
fell in front of the moving train.
Quite a distressing and peculiar ac
cident happened to the infant child of
Anton Beely and wife, who live a
couple of miles c'dst of Table Rock.
Mrs. Becly laid the little one down and
Went out to do the milking. When she
came in she found the cat had attacked
the child and bitten off the second, ttm
gcr of the right hand. The physician
dressed the hand, and the little one is
getting along fta well as could bo ex
pectedi vlhmes Sullivan, who has been work
ing in Fitzgerald's brickyard at West
Lincoln, met with a painful accident,
A man was standing near the clay
crusher and was about to fall in when
he grabbed Sullivan to regain his equil
ibrium. He succeeded in this, but Sul
livan was thrown into the crusher. The
machinery was stopped as soon as pos
sible and he was gotten out, but not
before his right arm had been fractured
in two places and his shoulder dislo
located. A decision, which will interest the
public, was rendered in county court
recently. The Lincoln Packing and Pro
vision compani sued the Lincoln Meal
company for; 5,3500 on n check Which
was given on the Capital National bank
a few days before its collapse. The
check was deposited in the First Na
tional bank and was not collected be
fore the failure. The meat company
refused to put up the money on the
check on the ground that the plainttfl"
had had ample time to get it cashed.
Judge Lansing was of the same opinion
and found for the defendant.
The ninth annual convention of the
Fifth district of the woman's Chris
tian temperance union closed a three
days session in Hebron last Week. On
account of this being Columbian year,
not as many delegates as usually attend
were present. The reports all showed
a growing Jacrease in interest and in
membership. The officers elected for
the ensuing year were; president Mrs.
M. . Putnam, of Brumng; vice presi
dent, at large, Mrs. M. B. Evans, of
Hebron, corresponding sccretarj-, Mrs.
E. L. Beers, of Strang; recording sec
retary. Mrs. Ida Moore, of Davenport;
treasurer, Mrs. I. A. Troyer, of Dor
chester. Mrs. John A. Logan, chairman of the
committee on ceremonies, incorporated
in her report before the board of lady
managers of the Columbian exposition
a complete and satisfactory explana
tion of Nebraska's gift of a silver can
delabra to the woman's bnilding, at the
same time saying that the committee
on ceremonies would make especial ar
rangement for the presentation and ac
ceptance of this munificent contribu
tion, coming from the Omaha and Grant
Smelting works of Nebraska, which
also contributed the gold thimble stud
ded with precious stones with which
Mrs. Palmer would press an electric
button for its lightning.
The authorities at Waterloo and Val
ley are looking for young Horace Agee
on two counts now. Recently a war
rant was sworn out charging him .with
feloniously assaulting Editor Byers of
the Valley Enterprise, and now he is
accused of having carried on a traffic of
theft for a long time. For over a year
residents have been missing all kinds
of chattels. Some of these were traced
to Agee. A few days ago a j-oung man
named Mayhew, living at Waterloo,
was suspected of the theft of harness.
His father compelled him to confess and
Mayhew implicated Horace Agee as the
moving spirit in the robbery.
The Banks of Nebraska.
R. H. Townley h,as completed his re
port of the condition of state and pri
vate banks at the close of business on
March 6, on which he has been busily
engaged for the last thirty days. This
report is made three times a year and
involves a great deal of painstaking
labor. As has been the rule in the
banking department during Lieutenant
Townle's incumbency, the report is got
ten up in most excellent shape.
Comparison of the report with that
made November 5, 1892, the last pre
ceding report shows an increase in the
number of banks of nine, and in total
of capital stock employed nearly 200,
000. The loans and discounts show an
increase of 52,500,000, general deposits
over 53,000,000 increase and other items
in proportion. The total of the No
vember report showed resources and
liabilities of 539. 878,0 16. 2S, while the
present report shows an increase to
$42,967,005.14. Here is the summary.
resources.
Loans and discount? 530,744 K7 54
Overdrafts G97,0nU5
United States bonds on band 50,000 00
Stocks, securities, i judgment!.,
claims, etc , 547,794 21
Due from banks and bankers.... 5,282,329 76
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures. 1-S1R.907 10
Other real estate 564.30164
Current expenses and taxes paid 490,034 98
Premium on United States and
other bonds and securities 13,278 40
Checks and other cash" it ems 318,0! S3
Exchanree for clearing house... 63,4 12
Cask oa band 2,059,928 73
AH other assets not enumerated
above 119,000 68
Total .H2.967.003 14
LIABILITIES.
Capital atock paid In
Surplus fond ,
Undivided profits
Dividends unpaid .""..
General deposits .-.
Due to national banks
Dua to other banks and bankers.
Notes and bills rediscounted
Ul.418,994 S3
1.001.S64 16
1,39616 00
5.9S8 79
27,396.520 26
57.322 50
16U44 72
040,562 1
73,791 G3
mils payable
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Ctal.i inin;ilMtiilnllni4,W7,(m Is
THE SHOW ON SUNDAY
THE MATTER OF OPENING NOT"
YET DETERMINED.
i-he'JndtclarJr Committee Makei its fieport
In Reference to the Matter Many of
the National CommUeloaera Favor
Opeatagtba Gates Why Ex-Presidents
Were Not Isrlted to the Initiatory
Opening President Cleveland Xaeh
Pleased With the Pair Outlook A Hai
tian Law That WeOoa't Obakrtei
As to Sunday Opening of the Pair.
'Chicago, 111., May 4. To use li legal
phrase; tlic piano muddle at the World's
fan is in statu quo. The council of ad
ministration still maintains that it has
jurisdiction in the matter and the na
tional commission has not withdrawn
its order commanding Director General
Davis to exclude pManos made by non
exhibitors from the public buildings,
The judiciary committee of the commis
sion was wrestling with the problem
from early in the morning until late in
the afternoon and finally brought in a
minority arid majority f eport.
Chairman Mackey '61 the committee
then made the following irepbrt upon
the Eibocck res'dlulibn which asked the
Stiilaay closing question to be referred
to the local directory:
The judiciary committee having care'
fully consideredthe preamble and res
olution Off ereU by Commissioner Elboeck
of Iowa, begs to submit the following
report thereon.
At the seventh session of the commis
sion, the World's Columbian commis
sion submitted to the committee a set
of resolutions which had been prepared
and adopted by It for the government of
the exposition, one of which is the fol
lowieg: "The gates shall be dpen sub
ject to the limitations hereinafter pro
vided, for each day of the week, except
the first day thereof, commonly called
Sunday, from the first day of May to
and including the 30th day of October,
1893, unless otherwise authorized and
' provided by competent authority."
lhis rule having besn duly consid
ered by tile commission was modified
sO as u read: "The exposition shall be
open for the admission of visitors dur
ing the six months commencing May 1
and ending October 30, 1893, on each
day of the week subject to the limita
tion hereafter provided, except the first
day thereof, commonly called Sunday,
and on the last mentioned day the ex
position and the gates thereof shall be
Closed."
It will be seen, therefore, that the
standing rule, so adopted as aforesaid,
provides that the said exposition and the
gates thereof shall be closed on Sunday
during the time said exposition is to
rnn, so that the question may be con
sidered as settled unless the said com
mission may hereafter lawfully make
an order modifying them. Your com
mittee, therefore, report against said
resolution.
The rcjidrt was read and ordered
printed and will be discussed by the
commission tomorrow.
A large number of the national com
missioners favor opening the gates of j
the lair to the public on Sundays, ana,
from the expression of opinion, it is
highly probable that an effort will be
made to amend the rule by striking out
the Sunday clause. There is some talk
to the effect that the local directory
may take the matter out of the hands of
the national commission and open the
gates regardless of the rules forbid
ding it.
There appears to be a dssposition on
the part of some of the restaurant keep
ers at the fair to grow suddenly rich, if
one may be permitted to judge by the
prices the3 charge. At one eating house
the price of roast beef is 81, and 10
cents extra is charged for the privilege
of eating it. At another pie is sold at
2." cents a slice. The local papers have
taken up the cry against this sort of im
position and it is probable that the
management will regulate the matter.
The same rate prevailed at the centen
nial in 1876 the first week it was
opened. Today large numliers carried
lunch with them to the fair, having
learned from experience that it was not
safe to visit the restaurants inside the
grounds.
Why Were They not Invited?
Washington, D. C. May 4. A promi
nent democratic secretary was yester
day inquiring of the officials here why
it was that the cx-president and ex
vice president of the United States had
not participated in the naval review and
the opening of the world s fair. The
senator called attention to the fact that
it has always been customary to invite
ex-presidents and ex-vice presidents to
national affairs of this sort, and recalled
the circumstances that Mr. Cleveland
and Mr. Hayes, as ex-presidents, partici
pated in the Columbian exercises in New
York last October, and that Mr. Cleve
land was invited to the 'dedication of
the world's fair but declined. Wheth
er Mr. Harrison or Mr. Morton were in
vited to the naval review or the opening
of the world's fair is not definitely
known here. The facts, of course, are
plain that neither of them attended eith
er ceremony. The query is, why then?
President Cleveland Pleased.
Washington, Mav 4. When asked
tonight for an expression of opinion re
garding his visit to the world's fair,
President Cleveland, through Privato
Secretary Thurber, said: "We received
a very cordial welcome, and everything
that could be done was done for our
comfort and pleasure. It was an occa
sion which I shall always remember
with a sense of genuine pleasure. I was
much gratified at the enterprise, skill
and taste displaj'ed in the arrangement
and appearance of the buildings, and
the results thus far attained bespeak to
my mind a great success for the world's
fair."
It Is a Russian Lavr.
Washington, D. C, May 4. It is
learned at the State department that
the refvsal of the Russian consul
in New York to recognize the passport
Issued to Mrs. Schwartz by the State
department on the ground that she is a
Jewess, is in accordance with the laws
of Russia. If Mrs. Schwartz should
make complaint to Secretary Gresham,
she will of necesity be informed that he.
could do nothing in the matter, because
the rules governing the Russian consu
lar offices prohibit them from counter
signing any paper intended for use in
Russia by Jews.
Des Moixks, Iowa, May 3. The
commission appointed by Gov. Bois to j
make an investigation of'affaira at the (
Anamosa penitentiary has organized.
Joseph a Mitchell of Charlton is chair- I
man, and the other members are Al
v. Swaim of Oskaloosa and Represen
tative James McCann of Dubuque.
They propose making a thorough in
vestigation, and will begin at Ana
mosa in a couple of aya. The Gov
ernor's chief clerkyMrr James O'Meara,
has been ordered to take do irn a lot of
vouchers and other papers " needed in
the limtirtlion.,
Monetary Conference.
Washington, May 6. The interna
tional monetary conference, which ad
jolirned to reassemble in Brusseils oh
the 30th inst will no't reassemble on
that date- A general feeling was ex
pressed by representatives of the lead
ing powers that the end of May was
not a suitable time for recommencing
the labors of the conference. As the
result of a consultation held between
the president, Secretary Grcshamand
some of the delegates of the United
States yesterday it was determined to"
table, the announcement that the reas
sembling of the conference would be
postponed until some time next Nove'ni-
Governbr McCrea bf Kentucky, who,
as well as Senator Jones of Nevada,
will continue to serve upon the commis
sion, expresses much gratification at
the change"of dates and believes that
it will increase the prospect of the con
ference accomplishing some solid re
sults. .,
Congress in September.
' Washington, May. 6. Congressman
Catchings of Mississippi, who is Speaker
Crisp's first lieutenant, and who, as a,
member of the cdmniittce bn rules, will
have something to say in shading' legis
lation, was interviewed yesterday by d
correspondent concerning the proba
bilities of an extra session and legisla
tion upon the financial question. .
"An extra session of congress in Sep
tember is certain" said General Galea-.
ingS, ''and it will be called for the pur
pose of settling tho financial problem.
I do not believe that it will adjourn
immediately after organization, but I
think it will continue to sit right
through the winter."
"While I cannot speak for the house'
he continued; "I am convinced that
there is a growing determination to re
peal the Sherman silver purchase act.
That law has been greatly instrument
al in bringing about a reduction ih Jhe
price of silver bullion, because it Has
created a demand for gold. The natr
al result of an increase in the demand
foronoofthc principal coin metals is
to decrease the demand for the other,
and theroforc to cheapen it. I do not
believe there ii a siiigle man in the
house of representatives who docs not
want that law repealed, nor do I be
lieve that a single member will vote
against repeal, providing that there is
some compromise mcasuro offered."
Horrible Tragedy at Spokane.
Sr-OKANK, Wash., May C. W. E. Bas
ins walked into the Salvation army bar
racks yesterday 'afternoon, drew a re
volver and fired two shots into the heart
of Captain Ida Bennett and then fired
two more shots into his own brain.
They fell within two feet of each other
and immediatclj' expired. Uaskings
had made repeated threats against Cap
tain Bennett's life because she refused
to marry him. The affair got into the
papers some time ago, Haskins declar
ing that Miss Bennett had played the
part of a coquette with him, while the
captain declared that Haskihs was in
sane; that he had threatened her life
and that she felt only a feeling of sor
row for his delusions.
Captain Bennett is a native of San
Bernardino, CaL, and has been con
nected with the Salvation army for
about two years. She is widely known
over the Pacific coast and was beloved
by all members of the army with whom
she had come in contact.
Haskins came here several years ago
from Arkansas, where he had been a
sheriff and deputy United States mar
bhal. He was about 43 years of age.
It is thought that Haskins was dement
ed. No Help From Washington.
Washington, May 0. The panicky
condition yesterday, though interesting
officials of the Treasury department,
did not, they said, immediately concern
them, as the department is unable to
aid the cituation there. TJiat the
trouble is not seriously thought of is
shown by the fact that Secretary Car
lisle only remained at the cabinet meet
ing about fifteen minutes and then
went home. The matter was not even
discussed. The feeling among treasury
officials, though they do not express it,
is that Wall street speculators brought
the present condition upon themselves
and tho government is not in any way
responsible. It is said at the treasury
that the time has passed when the gov
ernment can aid Wall street. There
was a time when by purchasing bonds
relief might have been rendered, but
that condition has gone by, as the gov
ernment is not in a position to take
such action. As far as the close of
business today no gold was taken from
the sub-treasury at New York for ex
port Saturday. Small offers of gold
continuo to come in and will be ac
cepted. Nebraska's Cereal Bxhlblt.
Chicago, 111., May G. Nearly all the
cereal exhibit has been installed in the
Nebraska building. Today the work
men commenced to plant a handsome
arbor on the west side of the building
on the bank of the lagoon that runs
through the Esquimaux village. The
Nebraska headquarters is located in
such a position as to afford a view of
the Esquimaux village without the pay
ment of the extra fee.
A number of Omaha people visited
the building today among them David
and George Mercer, S. H. Orchard, C.
S. Montgomery and wife, and Mrs. G.
W. Liningcr.
Xo Snnday Opening.
Wokld'sFaibGkound's, Chicago, 111.,
May 6. Sunday opening of the world's
fair -received a serious set-back this
morning. In the national commission
the judiciary committee reported unan
imously against the Eibocck resolution
providing for the Sunday opening- of
the gates.
NEWS NOTES.
There was a great crush and almost
a panic in front of the administration
building at the world's fair grounds
during President Cleveland's address.
Sim Burke and Sam Massey, colored,
were hanged at Bonharne, Tex., in the
presence of 10,000 people. Both were
rapists.
From a letter writen by the ongineer
of the steamer Naronic to his brother it
is now thought probable that the boil
ers exploded.
Heavy storms and floods visited cen
tral Illinois. Cellars were flooded and
bridges washed away.
President Cleveland has stated au
thoritatively that he will call no extra
session of congress before September.
Princes Dondunkoff Kosakoff of Rus
sia is dead.
The duke of Veragua talked by tel
ephoe from Chicago to the New York
press club declaring the fair an unqual
ified success.
Heavy rains and cold weather stop
ped all farm work for two weeks in
Ohio. In northern Ohio wheat, is ru
ined. While most of -the world's fair build
ings are complete, the exhibits are far
from being in perfect order and there
Is a month's work on some of them yet.
THE FAEM AND HOME.
THE FERTILITY AVAILABLE IN
THE SOIL.
farmers' gh'oald Kxperlmont With Their
Sell Starved Trees Weighing
Milk Farm Notes Sad
Home Mints.
Available Fertility la Soli.
No naturally fertile soil, by which
re mean soil that abtimlds in tho
mineral elements of plant food,- etreY
becomes entirely exhausted; A
cultivation decreases the prop'tfriiori
of vegetable matter the land becomes
hard, cioddy; Slid Wot easily permea
ble to air and water, the to (fertts
that chiefly aid in making plant food
available for the roots of plants to
feed on. Under such conditions the
scarcer nd more costly mineral ele
ments assume iriaolnble forms.
Analysis of the soil shows them slzll
present, hut each year too small pro
portions of these minerals become
available, and the crop is a compara
tive failure.
Barnyard maniirH, of course, is the
staple remedy for these conditio;
By restoring vegetable matter to the
soil in form likely to rapidly ferment
it sets loose carbonic acid gas, one' of
the best solvents of mineral manures.
It is the carbonic acid gas taken in by
the snow in its passage through tho
air that gives the water from melted
snow such superiority for cleansing
dirt. It is better even than the
freshly fallen rainwater, as the snow
in passing through the atmosphere
exposes a larger surface to it. The
gardenfer who wators his plants with
water from a cistern does not give
them the proportion of carbonic acid
p;as that they get In showors or tight
snows. . It is becoming known that
by putting small quantities of car
bonic acid gas in water used for Irri
gation its likeness to rain water and
its value may be greatly increased.
There are other ways; however, of
increasing carbonic acid gas in the
soil. Undordraining Is one of these,
and indeed, is the most necessary.
It allows not merely tho water that
falls on tho surface to sink through
tho soil, but by providing outlets be
neath as it disappears in tho drain,
air takes its place, and Its oxygen
attacks whatever Vegetable matter
tho soil contains and turns it into
carbonic acid gas. This decomposi
tion of air in the soil creates some
heat, as it is in fact a slow process of
burning. Hence it warms tho soil,
and this of itself makes its mineral
plant food more available.
We suspect that the advantage
from use of salt in some cases, and its
little value as manure in others, de
pends on whether it can find in the
soil any elements that need to be
made soluble. Salt, in small amounts
that are usually applied to land,
hastens rather than prevents decom
position. It is thus a help in creat
ing carbonic acid gas wherever it
can find material to decompose. The
salt itself is also decomposed, and
may thus furnish an inappreciable
amount of carbonic acid gas. Its
greater help comos, however, from
its ability to aid the decomposition of
manures, and in furnishing the solv
ent to keep mineral fertilizers from
reverting to insoluble conditions.
It is quite probable that much phos
phate soon passes beyond the condition
in which it can be used. While there
is nothing in salt to take tho placo of
phosphate it may be better to make
phosphate in tho soil available than
extra supply of that mineral. Potash,
especially in the form of wood-ashes,
has also tho same offect, with the
advantage that tho ashes, besides
furnishing carbonic acid, are them
solves a supplier of potash, one of the
direct constituents of all plants.
Wood-ashes are a necessity to the
vineyardist or orchardist Possibly
farmers raising crops that require
less potash can keep their soil fertility
available, for a time, at least, more
cheaply by the use of salt. But when
ever the time comes that potash is
exhausted, as it is apt quickly to bo
on sandy or gravelly soils, salt will
no longer be of any benefit, and re
sort must bo had to supplies of potash.
It is well for farmers to experiment
"u vuuii iaim fcw asuuiiaiU WlUb I
. . nil . ..'
means oi niiing it witn carbonic acid
gas is cheapest and most available,
gays the American Cultivator. For
though this gas in the soil does not
itself become plant food, it is the lack
that more than any other fits what
is in the soil for available use. Drain
ing, the use of stable and greon ma
nures, and of such solvents as salt'
and potash, are each and all good in
their places. Which will do the
work best is to bo determined in each
case only by practical experiment
Starred Trees.
There are on farms and fruit
gardens an occasional tree or grape
vine which seems to lack vigor does
not grow well, and yet seems to have
no particular disease. The pro
babilities are that the tree is dying
of starvation and needs a liberal
supply of food. When you give it
this ration do not pile a load of
manure around the trunk of tho tree
or the body of a grapevine. This is
just the place whero it will do tho
least good. Nearest the trunk of the
tree tho roots . are larger. The
fibrous roots, the feeders, are farther
off near tho end of the roots. These
only can take up the nutriment. It
is always safe to assume that the
roots extend as far from the trunk in
every direction as do the limbs of the
tree, and to properly fertilize spread
the manure all over that area. Then
fork it in, and you have done a good
work and done it well. Farmers
Voice.
Weighing Milk.
For years I have weighed the milk
of every cow at evory milking, says a
dairyman. A spring balance hangs
on the platform behind the cows, and
as a cow ismilked the pail is hung
on the scale and the weight noted;
the pails weigh twoand a half pounds
each, and this is deducted and the
weight of the milk is marked on a
paper block which hangs on the wall
with a pencil hanging by a string
near it. Each cow has a number and
under this is marked the column of
weights of milk. Each week, on Sat
urday evening, the sheet is taken to
the dairy room and filed away, after
having been copied in the. milk-book
In which every cow has a page.
Thus at a glance may be seen pre
ciaaly what each cow Is dots and if
nyanaaoal change occurs la the
yield the cause for it is sought for.
This is equal iri raise to a whole
library of dairy books. It tells ex
actly the value of different feeds; the
injury from a storm; the effect of a
cold; the result of any disturbance of
a cow, or a change of milker; and one
tsnnot fail to make inquiry to take
notice ill fcgard to any falling off or
decrease in milk, because it is
brought so close to his attention.
Farmers Voice.
Peas for Hog Feed.
Georgo Wylie, in a paper before tho
Wisconsin general farmers' institute
or 18f9, said: "Peas sown as early in
spring as possible' make good feed for
hogs.- This crop is not appreciated
bv dtif farmers as it should bo, and
tney probably will be In the near
future. They are reidy for use just
when the pasture begins to fail and
before any other farm crop is availa
ble When tho price of feed is high
a crop 0t ptfa to turn the hogs and
pigs into is valuable. If care is taken
to keep the hogs out of the patch
after rains, not enough will be wasted
to pay for harvesting. If it i3 do
slred to seed tho ground upon which
they gr'otf, to clover, tho catch will
be almost a cortaihly. If harvested
and threshed, as a rule the crop will
the'n be too expensive to bo used for
making p'cYl?. Peas range in price
from seventy-flvo caiils to upwards of
fl per bushel, and whilo thoj' are
worth far more than corn for grow
ing bono and muscle iu young pigs,
we have no authentic evidenco that
when tho hog3 come to be finished up
for pork they will make more pounds
of pork at that particular time than
will a bushel of corn. Yet I bolicvo
a bushel of corn and peas, half and
half, "will ra'dko moro pork than a
bushel of either fed alone."
Regrafttug Old Orchard.
The Idas from keeping trees which
are naturally poor bearers or whoso
fruit docs not sell well is apparently
less considered than it used to bo.
When trees are mainly "natural
fruit," to regrflf t them was thought a
matter of course and was seldom neg
lected. Now tho unprofitable tree Is
of a kind that has been once grafted,
and any mistake that has been made
is too often deemed irreparable
Every fruit grower ought to know
how to graft. The operation is sim
ple, and changing trees of unprofita
ble orchards may often be done by a
few days work, more than doubling
their product and value.
Household Hint.
Never wash raisins that are to bo
used in swedt dishes. It will make
the pudding or cake heavy.
Many peoplo arc careloss about
washing fruit. It should always be
thoroughly washed boforo it is put on
tho table.
To make brooms last longer than
they ordinarily do, dip them once a
week in boiling suds. This tough
ens the strands.
Spirits of ammonia, if diluted, ap
plied with a sponge to faded or dis
colored spots in a carpet will often
restore the color.
If ink is splattered on woodwork it
may bo taken out by scouring with
sand and water and a little ammonia;
then rinse with soda water.
Dry rot is a species of fungus which
will attack furnituro in a damp house
and will render the house uninhabit
able. Oak is liable to this trouble,
and it is desirable that thero should
be no surface of raw wood on any part
of oak furniture, but that it should be
covered with some filling or varnish.
Saratoga chips or fried potatoes
aro prepared in thin, paper-like
slicos, and crisped, but not burned,
in hot fat. Tho secret of preparing
them properly lies in cutting them
first in the thinnest slices possible,
and soaking them for at least six
hours in ice water. This process
draws tho starch out of the potato,
and is positively necessary to suc
cess. Fresh iron rust and fresh mildew
stains are best removed by soaking
the article which they aro on in sour
milk, and after, it has lain for a day
and a night in the milk, rubbing the
spots vigorously Avith tho hand in tho
milk. Where mildew or iron rust is
on a white fabric. It may be com
pletely bleached out by tho use of
salt and lemon juice, laying the arti
cle in a strong sun.
Farm Notes.
Plant food is only . available when
soluble.
Early matured stock arc the most
profitable.
Breeding immature animals stunts
both parents.
Neatness of package is a great ad
vantage in selling butter.
Ashes aro especially effective grass
fertilizers and especially so for clover.
So far as is possible the harrowing
should be done before tho ground be
comes packed.
The finer the soil before planting
the seed the earlier tho cultivation
can be commenced.
It is quite an item in preparing for
corn planting to secure a deep, well
pulverized seed bed.
Stable manure, bones and ashes are
slow acting manures; sulphate of
ammonia is quick acting.
Broad tires not only lighten the
draft on soft ground, but they do net
cut up the surface so badly.
One of the objects gained in a sys
tem of rotation is that the plant food
in the soil is more evenly balanced.
Less fencing, largo fields and long
furrows are the most economical both
in planting and cultivating tho crops.
A less acreage worked and more
grown on an acre is one of tho best
means of making the farming profita
ble. Early planted corn need not be cov
ered more than one inch deep, while
generally the later tho planting the
deeper the covering.
Hay removes more of the essential
elements of plant growth than grain,
hence it is not considered a good plan
to sell hay from the farm.
One decided advantage in a light
mellow soil is that it is so much
easier worked and with cultivated
crops this is often quite an item.
While oats do not usually pay a
large profit when raised for market,
they can nearly always be given to a,
good advantage for feeding to the
stock.
First National Bank
i.AirOlltOH.rnat.
J. X. GALUET. Ties PnaX
O.T.BOIH.Caskiar.
C. g. KAlLT. last CsmUa
.VTOIMOW. P. AHDH80H,
JACOB BlIBKr. ,. nKKXIAJlAX
JAUXB a. BSJEDXB.
Atatesuat eff Ceailti at the Cits sf
Baslaew Sept. 8, 1893.
vacaa.
Lesas aad Discounts
nl P.iat Vnrnltnra and Fix
etlMe&M
tnres ...1 18.TOI 88
U. 8. Bond 15.50O.QS
Due from U. 8. Treasnrer. 3 ?S.0O
Due I rom other banks Sft.&iO 13
Cah ob hand 2S.i23.03 87.f3.1S
f3JO,0SSJ
LiAsrtmis.
Capital Stock paid la....
Surplus Fund. ...........
Undivided profits
see.ooass
3C.000.0O
,53.
moo
232 719.80
Circulation ....
D?polts .
1310,083 IS
gnsmess ards.
J I. KlLIArV,
DEUTCHER ADVOKAT,
Oflice over Colnmbns State Bank, Colniabaa,
Nebraska. -" '
A AI.BKslX Jt BEEDEK.
a5
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office over Jirst National Bank. ColnnVes,
Nebraska. iMt
W. a. MCALLISTER. W. M. CORNELIU8.
M'
cALLISTKB Sc COlSEUIJi
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Columbus, Neb.
J. WILCOX,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Cor. Elsrenth & North Bts.. COLUMBUS. NKBU
"Collections a specialty. Prompt and care
ful attention given to the attlement of eetatea
in the county court by executors, administratora
ttl guardian. Will practice in all the courts
oi thie state aad of South Dakota. Refers, by
permission, to the First National Rank.
ojaly-r
E. T. ALLEN, M. D.,
Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon.
Secretary Nebraska State Board
of Health.
J09 Rako Btocr. OMAHA, TTEB
ngtf f
E. C BO YD,
HAStrAcruBiB or
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ward
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter.
ing a Specialty.
Shop on Nebraska Avenue, two doors aortk
of Rasmussen's.
PROPRIETOR OF TH
MM St. Tonal Parlor.
The Fhiest in The City.
WThe only shop on the South Side. Colnnv.
bus. Nebraska. ' ZSOct-y
L. C. VOSS, H. D.,
HomiBopatiiiG Physician
AND STTXIGrSlOttr.
Office over ltarher's store. Spiallst iu chronic,
diM: !!. Careful attention given to general
practice.
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aid all wark Giar-
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aad islf-binders-ths
est made.
flhop on Olirs Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borowiak's.
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M&fiA
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