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f ffrP- V -JSs'ii n r- v' I- hi1 'i - Ml- ;.-; ?V ' i I.J f f Itt wlws gmmtal. Eaterad at tba Port oBw, Colsmbu, Kb.( m TQOBd-Cl TTItH ftW. IMOIII BTZBY WIDHM PAT XT M. K. TURNER & CO., Columbus, Nob. tzxks or suBSOBtmox: One year, by mail," po6tageTp repaid Xhrcc xnozit ub . . ... $LM .... .75 ... .. .v applica- Payable la Advaae. loopuenauea dm, es tioB. tonmBinu. When eabecribera chmao their plnce ot mi aeBcetheyehooldatonoa notify us iiy letter or postal card, giving both their former and then mmt postffioel-tfee Iret enablee n to read:ly lad the same on our mailing llt, from which, beiagia type, we each week pnat, either on the wrapper or oe. the argin of your J ouhal, the date to which year anbacriptioa i JM or f counted for. Bemittancea ehoaM be made either by money-order, registered Utter or draft. blatotheordW t ,. 4 Co. TOOOBBUFOHOl All commonieatioaa, to aeenre attention, moat f-e accompanied by the fall nam of the writer. We reserre the right to reject any aanosenpt. and cannot agree to return the earne. We .desire a correspondent in every echool-diatnct or Platte county, on of good jodgiasnt, and re liable, in every way. Write pla&ly, each item separately. Qireae facta. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 18OT. Journal & Bee. We give you Tire Columbus Journal and the Omaha Weekly Bee for $2 a year, when paid in advance. Sub scriptions may begin at any time, and now is the time to begin with the two, whether subscription to ei ther has expired or not. . . . Bee & Journal. Two men were frozen to death in the recent storm at Bryan, Ohio. The Knights of Labor general execu tive board decided one night last week to employ eminent lawyers to test the validity of the general bond issue. The legal process will be begun at once. The Fremont Tribune's Lincoln cor respondent says that Robinson of Lan caster and McNitt of Webster, the youngest members of the state legisla ture, are two of the strongest debaters. Each is twenty-two years old. Mrs. Davis, teacher of a district school near Lyons, N. Y., perished dur ing the recent storm. It is believed that she started for her boarding-house on Friday morning, having stayed in the school-house through Thursday night, and that, in attempting to climb a fence, she either got her feet caught in the rails or was blown down by a gust of wind and was unable to rise. Her feet were fastened in the fence, her head on the ground, the body in a snow drift, frozen to death. The working people of States hnvo $1 ,768,000,000 the United in savings banks, and the average interest realized on it is not 3 per cent. With a Postal Savings bunk, the government could place its entire indebtedness with the common people, and millions of gold that go to pay interest to foreign capi talists would bo kept at home. There are 70,000 jwst oflices in the country, and the benefit that would result from savings bank facilities in places that now have no kind of saving institution, is incalculable. Give us a postal saving bank. Cedar Rapids Commercial. Out in Sheridan county the county treasurer advertised for bids, under the law, foruse of tho county money, but the banks; it seems, entered into a com bine, and as a consequence the treasurer received no bids. The commissioners bought n safe and prepared to take care of the county funds. The banks were called on for the county's money and on the day named they were all there with the cash in silver coin. About $15,000 was dumped at the treasurer's feet and at last accounts the money was tinder a strong guard, there not being room in the safe for so great a quantity of silver. It is always a pleasure to note the success of any Nebraskan and it is espe cially so in the case of a Nebraska woman, Mrs. Allie Willard, whose letters of travel have appeared in the Bee from time to time during the past year. Those of our readers who know the lady per sonally and have watched her progress in the world of letters will be gratified to learn that Mrs. Willard has accepted a responsible post on the staff of the Woman's Signal, of London, edited by Lady Henry Somerset. Although Mrs. Willard is not the only Nebraskan who has achieved distinction in literary pur suits abroad her career is most interest ing, in that it evidences the possibilities in store for n worthy, resolute woman. Omaha Bee. It seems, remarks tho Omaha Bee, that President Cleveland's former law partner, Francis Lynde Stetson, is the man who engineered the legal features of the recent arrangement for a bond issue. President Cleveland's law part ner must be getting considerable busi ness out of the prestige which his association with Mr. Cleveland gave him. He is the counsel for the Brice reorganization committee of Union Pa cific stockholders, having been selected in all probability because of his prox imity to the president That is doubt less also the reason why he was em ployed by the bankers who condescend ingly agreed to float the new loan. Mr. Stetson's legal services will be in brisk demand during the remainder of the present administration. The anti-Cleveland democrats of Ne braska are not pleased with the reward which has come to Euclid Martin in the shape of an appointment as postmaster at Omaha. The Fremont Herald is especially outspoken agaiust "the dis graceful manner in which the egotistical Euclid Martin set himself up as dictator in the democratic party of Nebraska during the last campaign," some ot the incidents of which it details, and adds that these furnish "conclusive evidence to prove that the present administration cares nothing for the welfare of the party, since the majority has refused to pros trate themselves at his feet. Tho recov ery may be slow but democracy will triumph in Bpite of Cleveland and his tools.'' In the meantime Cleveland and bis tools are lording it dVer the other jWIowb. National Farmers' Alliance. The Supreme Council of the National Farmers' Alliance in session at Raleigh, adopted a platform, 6ome portions of which are worthy of note, and will be interesting to many of our readers and as showing the trend of opinion among farmers on certain lines of public policy: The transportation plank, demanding the government ownership and control of the railroads is so modified as to de mand that the government shall own and operate just enough of the competing lines of the country to effectually give the government full control of the regu lation of passenger fares and freight rates. The demand for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people is changed so as to demand that each state shall be divided into two districts of nearly equal voting popula tion and that a senator shall be elected from each by direct vote of the people of the district. Finance was a subject of considerable discussion and resulted in the adoption of a lengthy preamble and resolution. The preamble sets forth that "in a land of boundless resources, blessed in un stinted measure with heaven's bounties, the wail of distress fills the land; that the lives and inheritances of the unborn are being offered as a pledge to the pawn shops of Europe to obtain money, while bankruptcy holds high carnival, rail roads go into the hands of receivers, mer chants and manufactories break down, people are despoiled of their homes, labor is condemned to idleness and star vation is undermining morals and civil ization." The resolution declares that, "while standing firmly by all of our alliance demands, we recognize that no other reform is possible until the destructive policy of contracting our money volume is overthrown, and the banks of the country are forced to retire from the government business. Having at last forced the financial question to the front, we will fearlessly meet the issue and serve notice on the country that we will never rest until the people shall rule, instead of the dollar, and a pronounced A merican financial system is established." The proposed funding of the Pacific railroad debt to the government was condemned. There are populists who think or seem to think it strange that republi cans should agree with them in some things, and not agree with them in all things. Such will learn some time that all of good there is in the world is not deposited exclusively with any one in dividual or party. The outlandish aud unpatriotic course of President Cleve land is bringing down upon him de nunciations from all quarters of the compass, geographical and political. Men high in the councils of the presi dent's own party are no less outspoken than are republicans and populists, against a financial policy dictated by the financial sharks of Europe in their own interest, and to the detriment of this country. The people are roused as never lefore to the tremendous impor tance of the propositions that eeem (to many of tho political friends of the ad ministration; to be fastened in the con sciousness of President Cleveland as essential to the welfare of the country, and to his enemies as the dictate of greed and selfishness amounting to dis loyalty. TnE Albion News says: "Doc Mid dleton, once a terror to good people and horso owners in the north part of the state, has been converted to the religion of Jesus Christ. Now if tho workers in tho vineyard of the Lord can harvest Ham Kantzman and Jim Sandisland, there will be a marked improvement in the moral atmosphere north of this lat itude." O'Neill Frontier: "Editor Ladd has evidently judged Ham by the tone of the Beacon Light. Ham has belonged to the Methodist church for years. This statement is not made with the inten tion of reflecting in any way upon the church." And we can say for Sandisland, who formerly lived in Columbus, that we don't believe there is a truer-hearted man in any county in Nebraska he is like a chestnut with the hull on, roughest on tho outside. We don't see why he should be classed with Doc Mid dleton, even in joke. Last week in tho house of commons, England, Redmond, tho Parnellite leader resuming the debate on the address in reply to the queen's speech, submitted this amendment: "We humbly repre sent to your majesty that the time has come when it is the duty of ministers to advise your majesty to dissolve the pres ent parliament and submit the question of home rule to the electors." The amendment was rejected 236 to 256. ADDITIOXAL LOCAL. City Council. The city council met in adjourned session Friday evening and transacted considerable business. After the preliminaries of calling the roll, reading the minutes and correcting them, the report of City Attorney O'Brien was read and, apparently, not being complete, it was, on motion of Gray, referred "back to him for a com plete report. A petition for sidewalk, which had been referred to the committee on streets and grades, was reported back with the recommendation that it be not granted because it had not been properly signed, the law requiring that the petition be signed by a majority of the resident lot- uwuere iuieresieu. ae report was unanimously adopted. Messrs. Killian, Galley and Hagel of the fire department was present and the Mayor called upon them to present their business with the council. Mr. Killian, as chief, was their spokesman mainly, and he very briefly set forth what was wanted. Some of the hydrants were buried in sand 'and snow, some were nisty, never having been used, and he instanced one hydrant, opposite a busi ness block on Eleventh street, which (if a fire occurred) could not quickly be got at, and the department would be com pelled to go to another hydrant. The hydrants should be in shape for nse at any moment, day or night. His sugges tion was that some capable man (and he did not know of any more suitable than Dick Jenkinson), be appointed by the council to look after the hydrants at stated times to see that they were always in first-class order. He thought it could be done at little cost. The second matter he presented was the expense of delegates to the State Firemen's Association meetings. It was customary, he said, in such places as Fremont aud Grand Island, for the city to pay these expenses of their volunteer firemen, and he thought it ao more than right that this should be the case, as by such attendance, the volunteer firemen were better fitted for their duties and while it was of some individual benefit, tho main uses were for the city. The revenue of the firemen (working without pay), is limited to nominal initiation fees and small fines. He also presented the matter of rules. He had compiled rules and had had them printed at an expense of S7.00. If the council did not pay for them, the depart ment he supposed would, and if they did not, he would have to bear the expense himself. The mayor afterward suggest ed to leave a single copy of these, as they had to be approved by the council. He suggested a fire-alarm system, the city to be divided into five districts num bered from one to five, two on south side of the track, and three on the north side, tho taps for fire being from one to five, respectively. If all knew the dis tricts, and the proper alarms were rung, there would be no loss of time in know ing where the fire is; at the last alarm there was a delay of a minute because they didn't know the location of the fire to within a short distance. There were some repairs to hose carts that the department felt ought to be made by the city a committee could look after these. Councilman Welch inquired if more new hose was wanted, and was answered "not at present" On motion of Gray, the requests were referred to the committee on fire. When Mr. Killian referred to the promptness with which the fire department had always turned out on call, especially tho last two or three times, Councilman Gray poked a little fun at him by asking if that wasn't because ho was chief. Mr. Killian denied the soft impeachment. It occurs to us to remark right here that there are many little side plays in the proceedings of public bodies that would be of considerable interest to cit izens, and concerning these latter-named individuals (including the writer), it would not lie out of the way if they would attend the sessions of the city and county legislatures a great deal oftener than they do. It would at least show some appreciation of services that are rendered for merely nominal pay. The committee on finance, to whom was referred the report of the city treas urer for January, reported that they found it correct, and recommended it be placed on file. Report adopted. Then came the important work of the evening, and by far the most interesting, as well as unexpected, to the reporters present. The discussion arose on the considera tion of the report of the committee on judiciary, to whom had been referred Mayor Phillips' message with his pro posed ordinance amending certain por tions of the occupation tax. In their report the committee, through Chairman Gray, had said that after a careful exam ination of the same, and in considering what would be the revenue derived to the city from the present ordinance and tax levy to the full amount, estimating the expenses of the city, based upon the actual increaso during the first nine months of the present fiscal year, the committee were unanimously of the opinion that the receipts would fall lielow the actual requirements of the city, and recommended that the Mayor's proposed ordinance lw indefinitely post poned. He then read the following: MNAXCIIL STATFMKXT AS TKH CITV Tl'.KlSUn- m's HKPOitT, ku. l, 'in. Kalnnroon hand in city funds $ 226.1 71 Less coal bills, account of water works actually paid by city treasurer, for which no warrants hare lioen issued on account of lack of funds in tho water works maintaining fund 1BI0 45 CI7 20 Less bills allowed Feb. 1, '9T, not includ inK bill of city trenMirer for money advanced on coal 512 42 Cash balance in hand of city treasurer.S 101 dl He supported the recommendation of tho report by saying that he believed that the city should conduct its affairs on the same principles as a good busi ness man aimed to do in private matters meet obligations as they come due; not having warrants on tho city treas ury peddled around, but pay the cash for current expenses, the city could thus make better terms always. We had a large interest payment to make on bonds the first day of May, and while somo money would be coming in before that time, there would be no large sum to spare. When Mayor Phillips suggested that the passage of the ordinance would not affect the amount in the treasury May 1st, he was promptly answered that next year would be like unto this or more so, or words to that effect. The mayor was very earnest in advo cating his proposed ordinance, present ing quite a long array of figures. He contended that in view of the fact that hard times are upon us every effort should be made to make burdens light; soon we would have to make a levy for creating a sinking fund for the payment of $25,000 water bonds; that though bonds had been defeated a year ago, the strong probability was that we would have to vote them before long for a new school-bouse, and as his estimate which he considered fair and reasonable of re ceipts under the proposed ordinance, would lie sufficient to meeting the ex pensepf nn economical administration, he thought it was unjust to tax business more than it ought to be. As we gathered from the discussion (and all members were present except Oehlrich) they were all opposed in toto to the mayor's ordinance first, liecause it laid a license on some busi nesses such as hotels, restaurants, dray men and some others, while it left it off general business and professional men. Wells didn't see the propriety of taxing a drayman and not taxing Gray or Gal ley, second, it there ougat to be a reduction it should be made all around equally, on the lines of the present or dinance. Welch thought we ought to avoid, if possible, paying interest on our warrants. Gray remarked that there was not likely to be any surplus with the law as it stands. Galley was of the opinion that there would be several leas saloons next year, and that would lessen the receipts con siderably. The report of the committee was adopted unanimously, which was fol lowed by the adoption of the ordinance amendment as recommended by the committee, which did not change the amount of license as now rated. The committee was given further time to report on cess-pools. Bills were allowed as follows: A, Boettcher $135; C. A. Speice $16.45; C. W. Stonesifer $2.35; Henry Ragatz $27.89. Win. Becker, having paid an occupa tion tax to sell hay, entered a protest against the further allowance, by the authorities, of parties not licensed, to engage in the same business. On suggestion it was ordered that the names of all doing business without the requisite license be placed upon the list An Old Settler Gone. The Madison Chronicle of Feb. 11 con tains the following paragraph concern ing the death of- Benjamin Read, well known to many of our readers, both here, and in Harrison county, Ohio, where he lived during some of the best yeara of his honest and useful life: "News was brought to town yesterday of the death of Benjamin Read, which occurred Tuosday night at his home seven miles east of this city, in Stanton county. 'Uncle Benny,' as he was famil iarly called by his host of acquaintances and friends, -was an old settler in this section, coming here from Illinois in 1871. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, nearly seventy-eight years ago, and removed to Illinois in 1862. Tho imme diate cause of his death was stone in the bladder, although he had been an invalid for the past two years and a half, and had not left the house for over a year. Uncle Benny was a kind old man, generous and warm hearted and numbered his friends by the acquaintances ho had made. His aged wife, now 73 years of age, five daughters and one son, Mr. A. C. Read, survive him. The funeral services will bo preached at the home tomorrow after noon at 1 o'clock by Rev. W. E. Kimball and tho remains placed at rest in the Clausen cemetery of this city. May he rest in peace." t The Reporter contains this mention, additional to a biographical sketch. He leaves the following children: "A. C. Reed, an attorney, formerly of Omaha but living now at homo to care for his parents and take charge of the property; Miss Rettio Reed who for the past nine years was u teacher in the public schools at Omaha, but living at home now; Mrs. J. O. Trine of Stanton county; Mrs. Wm. Snyder, Schuyler; Mrs. Martin Snyder, Delavin, 111.; Mrs. M. Hall, Lamed, Kansas. HEMP SEED TO LOIN ! I want to contract with farmers within hauling distance of Columbus to grow about a thousand acres of hemp. Will furnish seed and take pay out of crop grown. Have two kinds of seed; small est variety will produce ten to fifteen bushels of seed and 14 to Hu tons straw per acre; other more straw and less seed. Hemp stands drouth better than any crop except alfalfa. Improves land ulmost as much as clover and can lie grown twenty years in succession on same land. On good land plowed deep it made fair crop in 185)4. For further information apply at my office at mill after 2 p. m. M. Jerome. Columbus, Jan. 21, 1895. 30-jan-3m To California in a Tonrist Sleeper. Tho Burlington Route's personally conducted excursions to the Pacific coast are just the thing for people of moderate means. Cheap respectable comforta ble expeditious. From Omaha and Lin coln every Thursday. Through to Los Angeles and San Francisco withont change. Experienced excursion mana gers and uniformed Pullman porters in charge. Second class tickets accepted. Cars are carpeted and upholstered and have spring seats and backs, mattresses, blankets, curtains, pillows, towels, etc. Only S5.00 for a double berth, wide enough and big enough for two. The route is over the "Scenic Line of the World," through Denver, Salt Lake city and Sacramento. All tho wonderful canons and peaks of the Rocky Moun tains are passed during the day. If you aro going west you should arrango to join one of these excursions. They aro tho best, the very best, across the conti nent. Information and advertising mat ter on application to the local agent or by addressing, J. Francis, Gcn'l. Pass'r. Agent, Omaha, Nebr. l-Deo-5m smoMs CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.J The obvious sequel of that starry night took place just two months later it was surely very creditable to both parties that it djd not take place much sooner. At length, however, on a similar nurht of stars. only In the warmer air of November, Miss Methuen femnd herself in the angle of Follet's arm heard him whisper to the sweet end what others, mere boys, had but timidly and tenta tively begun in the old days at home found her head lying back upon his shoulder and breathed, scarcely knowing it, an answer which deserved a finer deliberation than she had given it You see. it was the first time eke had been properly and definitely asked In marriage, the incomparable Miss Methuer. Then Bishop Methuen made the force of his character unpleasantly apparent. For so gentle and godly a man he showed a truly amazing capacity for anger. Angry, however, as he was with the culprits, he was still more angry with himself; and what was not usual, but the very reverse this made him blame the culprits less and himself more. Putting the -pair on pa role, he promised to give the matter fair consideration, and he did so in por tentious privacy. Then emerging, like the jury, after a mercifully "short de lay," he gave what was really, on the whole, a most merciful verdict Evelyn MlAftED 1 ml nrnfl fij? I was to go to San Francisco and stay with her fine, friends there as many months as they would have heir six, if possible. There were to be no letters, no direct communication of any kind. But, if they were booh of the same mind when Evelyn came back and al ways supposing Follet was as zealous and earnest a worker then as now then the Bishop would consider the whole matter afresh. They need not look for an unconditional consent even then. The very promise of reconsidera tion was essentially conditional. So Miss Methuen went down to San Francisco a month before Christmas, and the Bishop, in his human incon sistency granted her a long interview with Follet on the eve of her depart ure. Nor did Dr. Methuen's goodness end then or there; he was ridiculously good to Follet from that time forth. The very next day he made the young man fetch his trunks from the chap lain's house, where hitherto he had lodged, and keep bed and board hence forward at the lodge. Both were free, and it was the Bishop, of course, who had paid for those trunks and their contents, not as a present (so he said), but as an advance of salary. He would have had us remember that the young fellow was his old school fellow's son. The young fellow, how ever, had amiable characteristics of his own. More than this, he was of real use to the Bishop, being, in spite of his sins, more to the manner born than the honest (but indigenous) chap lain. A strong mutual affection came into being between the old man and the young one, and daily increased an attachment apart from gratitude. Fol let's gratitude was a thing by c itself, something never expressed in words nor by any conscious look or act Unconsciously he expressed it every day. And these bonds were supplemted by one still stronger that is, on Follet's side the impalable bond of Evelyn. They seldom spoke of her; never in any but the most casual connection. But Fol let loved to think of the good old man as Evelyn's father. The bishop, on the' contrary, hated to think of Follet as her lover. He knew Evelyn better than Evelyn knew herself. The girl's letters were naturally mentioned when they arrived, though they never, of course, contained a mes sage. The nearest the pair came to joining hands over Evelyn was, how ever, in the matter of a letter from her. It came when the Bishop was busy; it begged him to send her a certain book of poems, and when nobody could find the book tho Bishop said, rather testily: "Write, like a good fellow, and tell her it isn't in the house. And you may as well say we're all right, but too busy well, that we're busy." The Bishop remembered what he was doing, yet he presently added: "Stay! If there's anything to interest her say it; it will save me a letter; and really I am very busy!" Nor was the inconsistency merely human this time; the Bishop was curi out to see what notice would be taken of Follet's letter. Would her next be nominally to Follet diiect, in answer, or would she thank him in a message? There was justifiable occasion for the former course; but Evelyn did not seize the occasion; she took no notice at all! Then the Bishop became vastly uneasy and wished with all his heart that he did not know his daughter so well. This was not until the fifth 'month of Evelyn's absence, and her friends in San Francisco had been only .too de lighted to take her for the six; but long before that time had elapsed the Bishop was upset by a telegram an nouncing that she was already on her way home. No reason, no explanatory hint was given. He who knew her so well was prepared for anything. It was a two days' journey, she could not arrive before the evening follow ing the receipt of her telegraui. In his perplexity the Bishop took the news straight to Sm Follet. iThat young man was now reading earnestly for Ofdars. He had, indeed, been Intended for the church from early years; but he was a clergyman's son; he had disappointed and been sent to the West to the dogs, in other words. But now Bishop Methuen was in communication with his rejoicing old schoolfellow, and the boy was to be ordained after all. The Bishop found him busy reading in his bed-room. This was the first time he had intruded on him there. Follet was seated at a little table touching the wall; from a peg high over the table depended a surprising collection of old garments, crowned by a gray felt wideawake. They interested the Bishop in spite of his errand; he was glad, besides, to curve round to the point; so, as Follet turned round in his chair, he greeted him ex tempore: "What in the name of fortune are those things over your head, my dear boy?" Follet blushed a little, tilted his chair backward, eyed the queer gar ments and rather timorously answered: "They're my old bush togs. I keep them there to to remind me that is, so that I shan't forget" He stuck. The Bishop hastily changed the subject by coming to his point In an instant Follet was on his legs, his face transfigured. "You'll let me meet the coach, won't you? Oh, I forgot! One of us has to go to Stratford Downs to-morrow!" "You must be the one," said the Bishop. "I must be the one to see Evelyn first." he added, in a reminding tone. "I can't divine what is fetching her home so suddenly as this!" And as he watched the summer lightning play of joy and anxiety over the young man's face his heart pained for him for he did divine evil. He kncwEvelyn only too well. "I am glad he is not in," she said when she arrived. Her eyes and man ner betrayed excitement, with diffi culty controlled. "And oh, father, how thankful I am you wouldn't let me be engaged to him!" "Why?" asked the. Bishop, sternly.as he instinctively put her hands from him. Miss Methuen tremblingly skinned the glove from her left hand, which she held up to her father's eyes, only to dazzle them with the blaze of dia monds on the third finger. The sight hit him to the heart, stopping its beat. "Yes, I never really loved him. I know it now now that I really love. What will he do to me, do you think? Will he kill me? I thought I loved him, God knows I did, bat I never really loved before. Father, why don't you speak to. me? I am engaged. You cannot prevent it you will not want to when you know all, when you know him. Speak to me, father. Say something." But the Bishop only stung her with his eye. "You'll break it to him, father? Then I'll see him myself. He'll be more merciful than you. Oh, but you will be glad some day, when you know him. You will be glad when you see me happy. I never honestly loved be fore. And he is coming to see you as soon as ever he can leave his business." "What is his business," asked the Bishop. "He is in wholesale jewelry whole sale." Few 'woul have recognized Dr. Methuen in resplendent have torn it le glance ne cast at tne imond ring. He could m his daughter's finger and stamped upon it under her eyes. Wholesale, i leed! There was scant need to in word. on that extenuating That night e Bishop broke the blow; and Follet ok it badly. Later, Miss Methuen h the strength0 of mind to insist on fi ing him herself; and from her he b it even worse. Miss Methuen t have felt considerable contempt fi his weakness. He locked himself in sroom would see no one else that nigh The Bishop came to the the morning. The Bishop door; no, i came later; he wassobbing. Later still. however nuch later his breathing sounded easy and even. The Bishop crept away On tiptoe, and himself lay down, after intercessory prayer; but early in the morning he went again to the door, andthere was no more sound of breathingj within. The wind came through the keyhole, no other breath touched the ear; a thread of sunlight marked the bottom of the door. In sudden frenzy the Bishop burst it open and stood panting in an empty room, his beard bisected by the draught be- twecn the open window and the broken door. The bush clothes had vanished from their peg; those of the reader lay neatly folded on the little table under neath. The wholesale jeweler was for some time prevented y the exigencies of a thriving 'business from, following Evelyn up country. She had worn his grand ring upward of a month, when, while driving with her father iu the neighborhood of the river, she described a man lying on his face in the sun. with his hat off. Evelyn pointed with tho finger of con tempt to this self evident case of drunkenness; and the Bishop also took characteristic action. He stopped the buggy, handed the reins to Evelyn and jumped out. The man lay at a dis tance, which Bishop Methuen covered at the double. He found a flat stone, fixed it under the sleeper's forehead and fixed the wideawake as sejcuVely & possible over the back of bis head a neck. Then he returned to the buggy, again running, and drove homeward it an unusual rate. "How despicable!" Evelyn exclaimed. "Which of us?" asked her father, with a sarcasm he would not have em ployed toward her in former days. "That intoxicated wretch, of course!" Dr. Methuen lashed his horses. "Evelyn," said he between the strokes, "I profoundly wish that you would be less free with your contempt There are worse sins than drunkenness, which is chiefly shocking. You should pray to avoid those sins mark me, they are so much the worse for not looking so bad and try yourself to be becomingly humble." Evelyn, not unnaturally, sulked dur ing the remainder of that drive. She was too much offended to take notice even of the unwonted pace. On reach ing the Lodge she went straight to her room. And the Bishop, saddling his riding horse with his own hands, ga loped back to the spot where he had left the drunken sleeper. The man was gone. The Bishop had recognized him; he was unaware that the man was then in the recovering stage and that he had himself been recognized. He scoured the country. Late in the evening, which was very dark, with a sandy wind, he rode slowly home, completely crest fallen. He bitterly upbraided himself for having spared Evelyn's feelings with a result infinitely more deplorable than any scene she could have created on the road. He had imagined the poor fellow to be incapable for hours to come. Leaving the horse with the groom, he was following round the picket fence to the front gate, as the night was so dark, when a figure rose from the ground at his very feet Dr. Methuen had no time to draw back. Strong arms embraced him, a heart thumped thrice against his own, and then the Rishop was left standing alone, peering into the darkness and dust and listening to the dying beat of footsteps he should never overtake. And this was the last he saw of his old schoolfellow's son. Some few weeks later came the noted night when the wholesale jeweler was at length known to be on his way inland to caress the hand that exhibited his merely repre sentative ring. On that night the Bishop read in the Grazier of the violent death of Samuel Follet, by drowning, many miles higher up the river. It appeared that the young man's con dition had become such as to necessi tate a constant supply of watchers; that from one of these he had broken away, jumping into the river and being drowned, as stated. This was all. The Bishop had been alone with it more than an hour when Evelyn came in to bid him good night The paper was clinched tightly in his two hands. The pipe between his teeth had long been cold. Of late there has been little enough in common between Evelyn and her father; but to-night she desired to say more than the customary three words. She was in great spirits, naturallj'; she wanted talk. She shut the door and sat down; she sat down in the chair in which Follet had sat night after night for nearly five months. "Do not sit there, Evelyn." Dr. Mcthueu had found his voice, but to Evelyn it seemed a new voice. It was narsu, yet it quivered, she rose hastily, and as she rose the diamonds on her finger lightened under the lamp. "Because because I wish to be alone." She stooped to kiss him. "Do not kiss me!" he cried, pushing back his chair. "Why why not?" "I am smoking strong tobacco." "You are not; your pipe is out" "I don't think so." said the Bishop, attempting iu quite good faith to ant mate that corpse. "Good night, Evelyn." "You are vexed with me!" exclaimed the girl, indignantly. "I won't go un til you tell me the reason. Pray, what have I done?" Then the Bishop could contain it no longer, and he never forgave himself for what he did. He jumped up, hold ing out the paper, and answered with a trembling finger on the place: "This!" - - 3 ' GD8.G.BECHEU. LEOPOLD JJJGGI. EstabliBbed 1S70. BECHER, JGGI & CO., - ESTATE - LOANS - INSURANCE, REAL -A.ra.a. Eeal Estate. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. . MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS at lowest rates ot interest, on short or Ions time, in amounts to snit applicants. BONDED ABSTRACTERS OF TITLE toallrcalestatein Platte conntr. Represent THE LEADING INSURANCE COMPANIES of the World. Car farm policies at the most liberal in oso. Losses adjusted, and promptly paid at this office. Notary Public always in office: Farm and city property for sale. Make collections of foreign inheritances and 811 steamship tickets to nnd from allpaits of Europe. tauK'91-tf Bring your orders for job-work to this office. Satisfaction guaranteed, and work promptly done, as agreed upon. COLUMBUS MARKETS. CPOurqntation8ofthomarketsariobtnined Tuesday afternoon, and aro correct and reliable at thotime. OKAIN.ETC. Wheat 5 Shelled Corn b Ryo 40 Flour in R00 lb. lots $ 9 00 rHouucc. gutter 12gls Mf ks ...... . ........................... ", Potatoes J 75 LIVESTOCK. FftthORS $; f-,3 .vj Fat cows jh 50I2 25 Fatsheep SI 50(2 15 Fat steers 3 iWi3 :,0 Feeders $t 50C2 25 gasiness Jiofirrs. Advertisements under this head five cents a line each insertion. TTSLSCHILTZ makes boots and shoes in the fbest styles, and uses only the very best atooKthat can be procured in the market . 52-tf NOTICE OF SALE UNDER CHATTEL MORTGAtJE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the followinK described chattel mort Kn:i in favor of The Columbus State Bank or Columbus, Nebraska, for $1,270.67, dated on the ltth day of February. l&'.C, and duly filed aud recorded in the office of the connty clerk of Platte county. Nebraska, on the Paid ltthdayof rebruary, lvj5, wild mortgage beim; executed by L. Christoflereen to the said. The Columbus State Bank, to secure the payment of the amount herein before set forth and npon which said sum there is due at the first publication hereof the amount ot $1,272.79 to said Columbus State Bank. Default having been made in the payment of said sum of money and no suits or other pro ceedings at law having been instituted to recover the said debt or any part thereof, there fore we will sell the property in said mortgage described, viz- The general stock of merchand ise, consibtini; principally of groceries, provi sions, glassware, stone, wooden anil queensware, candies, country produco and such other mer chandise usually kept for ale in grocery storen. also all store and office fnrniture aud fixtures including iron safe, ice-box and show cases, aud till contained iu h one-story frame building owned by .lulius Kasmusaen ami occupied by! u ' urisiouenien on lor, a. diock at, i.olum pus, Nebraska. Also one dark brown delivery horse, ono delivery wagon, two seta of harness, onu buckboard and about CO bales of hay, at public anctiou, at the said store building on the Utli day of March, 189:,, commencing at 10 o'clock a. in. of said day, aud closing at 4 o'clock p. m. of uaid day. Said sale will be continued from day to day between the same hours nntil said above described propertj is all sold. THE COLUMBUS STATE BANK. -Web! Mortgagee. SHERIFF'S SALE. "OV VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE di- from thft flttrift iitrt f MJf reeled to me 1'intte county, IS lraska,on a judgment obtained before said district court of Platte county. Ne braska, on the 22d ilay of December. ItH, in favor or Nettie B. Norn's. Walter B. Norris, .iewelt L. Norris. John A. Norris, deceased, ami Stewart B. Norris, a minor by his guardian, Nettie B. Norris, as plaintitls. and against the unknown heirs and detiftrcx nf TliPrulrm. Olshansen. deceased, as defendants, for the sum ;.f four hundred forty and thirty-six one hundredth dollars ( JUO.at), aud coats taxed at ?5 70 nnd accruing coats. 1 lave levied upon the following lands and tenements taken as the property of said defendants, to satisfy said judgment, to wit: Lot thn-e (8). iu block one hundred twenty-eight (128) in the city of Colum bus, Platte county, Nebraska, ami will otter the same for sale to tho highest bidder, for cash in hand, on tho 1th Day of March, A. I). l!r,, in front of tho west front door of tho conrt hou.se, in tho city of Columbus. Platte county. Nebraska, t hat lieinr thu linililimruiionim i.. last term of conrt was held, at the hour or one. wm.i. i. ui. ,ii Niui uay, wnen anu wnere line attendance will be given by the undersigned. Dated. Columbus. Nebraska, this 29th day or January. 1S&". . , D. C. KAVANAUGH. SOjanS Sheriff of Platte County. NOTICE TO REDEEM. AiTei You einhard nnd Krpser- OU are hereby notified that on the nth day J oi June, inssj. mo tollowim; ilecn Ixti premises t-wit: Lots No. five (f.) and six (t!) in block No. venty-iix (7(5) in the city of Colum bus, county of Platte, and statu of Nebraska, were sold at private tax sale to Elizabeth Erb Tor lion-payment of delinquent taxes assessed and levied against the same for the year 1S8., 1850 and lb91. Said lots were taxed in the names of Heinhard and Freser, ami the timeof redemption of said lots from said 6ale will expire on the 5th day of June, ls'.CJ. L,0-Feb-:5 Elizabeth Ehd. M. C. CASSIN, PnopniETOK or the Omaha Meat Market Fresh, and Salt Meats. Game and Fish in Season. "HigIicst market Hides and Tallow. prices paid for THIRTEENTH ST., COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. iriaprtf AT OEHLRICH BROS., S1.25 pei Hundred DPoimds. Best Thing for Milch Cows. NEW DEPARTURE. I HAVE CONCLUDED TO ENTEiC INTO contract to put out orchard, do all the work, and have fall chance of the name from three to five ye8rn, I to run all risks of looses. 2loct3in JOIIN' TANNAIIILL THE AET AMATEUR. Bnt ami Largtot Pnrtiral Art Xjgazinr. (The only Art Periodical awanled a Me!al at the woriUH rair.i Invaluable to all who wirh to make their living ly art or to make their hornet beautiful. CAD I Oft wewillt-end to any one mentioning I (III IUUi tins publication a t-peci- 10c men copy, with superb color plates (tor copying or framing) and 8 bnpplemen tarv paces of desisms (rejjulnr price. Cotton-Seed Mea 35c). Or for OK wo will Mnd also PaiatiME far Be IOC giuere" (SO pages). XOSTAGCE BARES, S3 talon Squire, '. T. 13jan-lamo 1 J. H. F. J. UOCKENBEKGEH I.SIBKKKNSKN. taDEMJMlOV rroirietornf tho I CQLTJMB Plana MANUFAC ausii.ifoors Li l- CST-Scroll iu fact plniiin prepared to do latht work. CSEstiniates mad. thinn jou wifh iu our LOUIS SGHREIBER, SELLS THE DEERINQ Self-BiMer! Mower. Theno are erfect machines, strong where ftrength ir. needed. Every lever within eay reach. "To 1 simple is to be great." The binder has !oen reduced to a few simple pieces weighing together only 1(50 pounds. Seo the Deering before, you buy another. Shop on Olive Street, Columbus, Nob., four iloors south of Borowiak'a. 23maj tf D.T. .Mahtvn.M. D. C. U. Evans. M. 1). F. 11. Gkkii, M. D. DOCTORS MARTYN, EVANS t GEER, CONSULTING! , Physicians - and - Surgtm To St. M,trjn Hospital and St. Francia Academj, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. United States Examining Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons Union I'acihY. O.. N. A B. 11. Kailwats. JS'-Otliee open night and day. Telephone No. 19. Two blocks north Union Pacific Depot. Dr. CLARK'S INSTITUTE KOH THK THEATMFNT Of THK Drink Habit . Also Tobacco, Morphine and other Narcotic Habits. CJrVivate treatment given irdeeired. COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA. IHnprtr UNDERTAKING! CARRY ALL KINDS OF Itiii-ial (ioods. Do Embalming, Conduct Funerals. WIIavo tho finest Hearse in the county. FRED. W. HERRICK, Cor. Nebraska Ave. and ) Columbus. Neb. Thirteenth St.. ) ujaiuui W. A. .McAllister. W. 31. Cohnelius. IMTcALLISTER St CORNELIUS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COI.UMIII7K, XEMtASKA. :tljantf ALBERT & REEOER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office over First National Hank, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. aijnntf MIRTY t ENGELMM, DKALKItH IN FRESH AND SALT MEATS, Eleventh Street, Colambua, Neb W. L. Douclas 93 SHOE IS THK BUT. NOMUCAKINfc And other ipeclmltto for GentlaiDen, Lodlei, Bore And Mluea are to Best In the WtrM. Seo descriptive advertlM ment which appears la tale paper. Take me Ssbetltate. Insist oa navlng W. L. DOUGLAS 8HOK9. with name and prfca stamped on bottom. Sold by GrRTFFElSr fe GrRAY. " liiinruSm ISjan-Sm urs a 5-Mffl ! JkAvMSk ITI I I II MANUFACTURE 1. . V(Uii!ls, MoifMuigs, N Stair nVrk, Etc. iA .:,. t....: u...Xiv? Soiiill workof all kfcuhl Wi m nh, iiHuiuK, iioutx'vinisninir. ia:u-huie repairing, ila iron e (ft once for you on aniw Iit- liiugtf Blacksmita ana Wacon HaKer Br "V JIHKw 39 MFW chart i imp Htll VjllUll I LI Ilia V TO i SEATTLE FRANCIS, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, OMAHA, NEi. ' .-'