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3,v,- . " '-fi "v - .'r"" -tt- w- -,. ."" ' . "' --,4 -i.i V3 vv Ja f -- 'f-js-r-'i' fj CIttttrims Journal. M. K. TURNER A CO., Colambiu, BTafe. One year, by anil, postage prepaid. ou imnui Ikm aaoatk Tkjja kSEClbHS flhflLfle) tsWie? BlsMe) TIB" lad the aaaa oa ev ailia list, frcsa which, lwaUtjpwwwka,tttar oa the wrapper rattoaaqria eC mbJoobul. the datoto wklak jemt mmimritbm ia said or ac eounted fee liHtwwi efcajM be fiade either by iMejr-orier. i litewil Mtarer draft. kla Wa aMAB & yvjMKiejwew w. , SV Atl Teaffnii w . nni leaccoeapaaiedtr the fall of tbe writer. ?- l . - iiln t Mt a BSta-arrint. and cmBBotaciaatoiatamtka aaaa.-W. desire a correspoadaas ia arccr achool district of Platte coeatj. of pd iadffMBt. d -liable ia avarr war. Write alaftlr. - iten paratelj. QiTaaalaala. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 12. ISM. Prospecting for gold is one of the - ocenpations of Crete citizens these days. According to reports, capitalists of Kansas are baying nnd cribbing corn, holding for a rise in the spring. Buffalo is thinking of heating the city by electricity generated by the Niagara -Falls power. What a nice thing to dispense with chimneys! William Lisco, one of the stannch farmers from the North Platte river was - in the metropolis on Tuesday. He is now bnsily engaged in building a new ditch which when finished will irrigate forty thousand acres of land. Sidney Telegraph. Watekspouts and floods have just scourged the south in many places and many Nebraskans who went there on account of the drouth have jumped from the frying pan into the tea kettle. They t ought to have staid in Nebraska. Fre mont Tribune. Congressman Tawnev'h resolution calls for information concerning the vol ume of trade with sister republics, built up under reciprocity, and destroyed by its repeal. Publicity is the chief condi . tion of all reforms, as it is also one of the strongest barriers to wrong doing. The credit of this country rests upon the willingness and the ability of the people to meet all their obligations of whatever kind, in the very terms of their agreement; of course tinkering politi cians occupying the places where states men ought to be, occasionally make use less trouble, but in the long run tbe American people are in the habit of straightening matters out before irre trievable calamity comes. The Review of Reviews for February contains an article which, in the compass of two pages, makes perhaps the most telling and effective exposure of the Tecent Turkish massacres that has yet been attempted in the English language. The article is based upon full accounts of the massacres, written on the ground by trustworthy and intelligent persons French, English, American, Turk, Kurd, and Armenian-who were eye-witnesses of the terrible scenes. The article esti mates the number of killed in tbe massa cres thus far at f0,000, the property des troyed at $10,000,000, and the number of starving survivors at 350,000. The legal luminary of the Lincoln Journal has unearthed another great axiom of law. This time it is that "all other branches of government exist merely that we may have courts." The whole machinery of government in all its ramifications and details, so we are told, has been constructed and supported solely that we may submit our disputes to judges and juries. What a beautiful political poilosophy! Is it any wonder that jndges leeoiue imbued with an exaggerated sense of their own self-importance when there are such journalistic sycophants ready to exalt them above .the popular sovereignty, if not above the - divinity himself ? Omaha Bee. The editor of the Schuyler Sun, late superintendent of public infraction for Colfax count-, has for years been keep ing himself thoroughly well versed in all school matters. The following from his pen will be of interest to every Nebras kan who pays taxes or believes in the public school system: "The permanent school fund of the state is something of which every loyal Nebraskan should be proud. It is a vast fund for common school purpose of which only the interest can be used and has been derived mostly from lands sold, set originally aside for this purpose. The state has now $3,000, 000 of this fund invested in bonds and has $561,000 yet, which, if it can be. done, will be invested in -the state warrants. The investments in bonds from the per manent school fund have been increased $475,000 since state Treasurer Bartley came.into office, which speaks well for his management Aloxzo TnoMPsoN, a resident of Fnl lerton, is one of the Nebraska men who is of some account among his fellow creatures. We learn that he had sold a large amount of land, taking interest bearing securities for deferred payments. This fall, a number of these payments were due, and Mr. Thompson, who is a wealthy man, pondered long on the prob lem of how farmers could provide a liv ing for their families and pay the inter est on their mortgages from the sale of corn at 12 cents a bushel. He concluded that it was impossible foj them to do so, anless they had outside help. How to secure this was. the next question. He probably reasoned that, being a man of means, he could invest in the corn, store - it, and wait for better prices. We do not know how he reasoned, but we are told the fact is that he sent a circular to all his debtors telling them that he would allow them 25 cents a bushel for all their surplus corn, crediting the same on their interest due. The result is that the farmers have mostly paid up their inter est, and Mr. Thompson has stored a large sJBoant of corn. A man well posted in the history of Nebraska has said tliat com has (within any five years' space you might mention) reached as high a price as 35 cents a bushel, and if Mr. Thomp son realises a fair price for his corn, as be probably will, tbe transaction will prove to him that it pays to bear one othar's bmrdssa. ....$LM TIC .40 ir Hi mlii Mil tarn, m " Has. nioMnai. Sagar Beets. Mr. L. C Humphrey, whose home is in Lincoln, writes us as follows: "It seems to be a well established fact that nature has specially favored Ne braska by giving her to an unequalled extent, all the conditions necessary for the successful culture of sugar beets. The recently invented process for reduc ing to crude sugar, seems to make it possible to establish small sugar plants in many localities, close to the beet raiser, thus saving hauling and freight charges. The next important step seems to be to provide a central refinery under a supervision that cannot be controlled by the sugar trust. If there is any fit subject for a trial of the much talked of reform 'the state ownership of monopolies,' it seems to me this monopoly presents all the conditions to induce such a trial, and I want to urge the discussion of the question of the state of Nebraska establishing a sugar refinery, at which all Nebraska grown sugar shall be refined at or near cost Counties and perhapssmaller sub divisions should also be authorized to establish and operate the crude sugar plants. A system of this kind would enable the beet producer to get tho full results of his labors. Look at the exist ing conditions. The desirable sugar beet land in the country limited to two or three states and Nebraska at the head of the list. So that when our sugar industry is fully developed, the native sugar will be so small a part of the entire amount con sumed, that it can not materially reduce the price, and overstocking the market impossible. Every person in our own state is a sugar consumer. Sugar is in the control of a giant trust in which very few, if any, of our citizens have any interest, and hence will not be hurt by a blow at the trust. As sugar beets can be raised in all parts of the state, all of our people will be benefitted and none harmed by any measure that will advance the beet sugar interest. I believe that tho beet sugar industry established in our state on 6uch a basis as here suggested, would give it such an impetus that business of every kind would revivo and our 6tato enter upon such a caireer of prosperity as no state in the world has ever enjoyed. When nature has so lavishly supplied all the conditions for sugar beet raising, it seems to me that we are chumps if wo do not put forth eery possible effort to get the fullest benefits of our conditions, even though we have to step a little out side of old ideas of business and govern ment. Let the question be discussed and if necessary, make it a campaign issue to return a legislature favorable to the free refininjr of sugar. Yours for Nebraska." It is always best to consult those who have made a practical test of anything. "Prove all things, hold fast that which is good," is just as wholesome practice in the agricultural line as in any other. The following, from the 1'elle Fourche (S. D.), Times, is entirely appropriate just now when tho seed dealers are endeavoring to givo the Kafiir corn an extra push. We believe, however, that it would be folly for Nebraska farmers to discard our common corn and venture on this product. First, try a littlo of it and see how it goes: "The question of Kaffir corn is being pretty thoroughly discussed over the state, and in connec tion the experience of a man who gave it several years trial will undoubtedly be of interest. B. P. Hoover, of Gettysbu rg (formerly a Sully county farmer) tried it for five years on his farm near Fairbanks, and was convinced that it is a good thing for a country that is subject to long periods of drouth. He states that one of its peculiarities is that the plant is prac tically at a standstill during u dry period, making no perceptibly growth, but when a rain comes the growth of the plant is rapid and continues to maturity unless prevented by another drouth period. A few showers through the growing ieriod are sufficient to secure a good crop. Even in the years of tho most severe drouth there have always been showers enongh to bring Kaffir corn to maturity. He places an estimated yield of forty to fifty bushels of threshed seed to the acre, and considers tho seed fully as fat tening for stock as Indian corn. All kinds of stock cat it readily and grow fat upon it. Whilo the plant has a heavy foliage, he does not consider it of any special value as a fodder crop, except as it might make a good silo product." The Art Amateur for February has for one of its color plates a charming Amer ican landscape, "On the Mohawk: Noon," by Edward Gay, A. N. A. The other color plate is "Sprays of Violets," by Patty Thnm. While simplo in execution, both are very attractive, and the student will find the suggestions given in the magazine for copying them in oil, water colors, and pastel, thoroughly practical. In the additional eight pages of supple ment are working designs for the decor ation of china, wood-carving, and for general painting and embroidery. Pearl Battoa aad Revenue. In 1803 we imported 13,057,643 lines of pearl buttons. In 1895 we imported 18,537,049 lines. Americans, under the Gorman tariff, were deprived of the work that could have been utilized in making 5, 500, 000 lines of pearl buttons. The amount of duty collected ou foreign pearl buttons iu 1803 was $395,245. In 1895 it was $241, 193. By the Gorman law the American government lost $150,000 of revenue, while American la bor lost the work of making 5,500,000 lines of buttons. Who derived any bene fit from this species of "tariff reform?" Not our government, not our workers, but foreign manufacturers and foreign labor. Proved by Results. I have no hesitation iu declaring that a tariff for revenue only that is, a tar iff law under whose provisions the largest amount of revenue can he raised in the easiest manner for tbe govern ment would be more disastrous to oar people than free trade, for, while it would leave open and free competition to all countries in everything we raise or manufacture, it would increase tbe cost of those we cannot and yet most have, the factor of competition being left out Senator Frya Cattle aad Pre Trade. In June, 1895, English farmers car ried 4.500,000 head of cattle. Three years before the same farmers owned 5,000,000 head. Thus a decline of 10 per cent is shown in 86 months. In 1895 there were about 300,000,000 sheep in Great Britain. The falling off is English flocks during the last few years has been very marked. Report of Seo mtary ot Agriculture. r t x .' -.1' ov 'ir - '" ' V" JV'(f? .. -S'X TV. ftlLiiWJJW I "T - -' " $ "" wfewfla'r!iasssaU "wV-5 '" ' '" BaBBaaBlaPlflBBBSaBSBaV SBBBBBBBMV f. .IA' IB . v. ,,... BBaBBBBKOVV'jBBBBBaBSsW ' ' BBaaaaBSSSSSSKvvMb: injaBaaBSSSSSSSSSSSaV BBBBBBBBBBBaJwBSJnBBBBBBBBBBBBaBaa. SSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSSlBKvvco9S9fiSnSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSlBSSSSA SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSfSMHBIDBHPBSslBSSrBSSSSSSSSBSp .BsHlsSSSsVBsVliSlffilBBSSBSSSSSSSsHBSSSm Br BSSSSSSSSSSSBSsBHaB55SS r.TjrT-- 99iBpSB l9 axekican protection. I SSiaaaSSgr BSSssssss9&iH3ni3iBMRSi& ah KMlaadfr KkMrte. wBSSBs1SHisssE&&;:'?9S&9S5i!?S (Annual average, 1891-U tjSssssssssssssBsSSiii I 'ISM. We)Ol - 3,434,463 Mp fcBBBBBSBBBSBBBBByBy fiSafs-EETBsPBSSSSSSsHsSSS' VSn 1 Wd flla. 1111.11 WasrBsssssssssssf&. 3?'IHtirerBSSSSSMMTn Ct VTHIFf John Bull: "This licks creation. No wonder they're all talking war. 'Ere, in one year of America free trade in raw wool, we've scooped in over fifty-five millions of their blooming dollars just thirty millions more than we 'ad with their blarsted protection, and they'vo got to get tho gold from 'ere to foot the bilL What a frieni we have in Grover!" EXPORTS OF WOOL AND WOOLEN GOODS. .-From tbe United Kingdom to the United State.-. 1991. 1802. 1803. ISM. 1306. Wool, including foreign and colonial 3.013,803 2,956.457 1,937.002 1,903,(( 4,018.224 Woolen tissue 031.473 603,772 482,402 313,072 1,44,631 Worsted tissue) 2.138,844 2.778,430 2,014.510 1,270,101 4.682,144 Woolen and worsted yarns S7.664 27.677 23,014 11.031 149,348 Totals. ANNUAL Wool ........ Woolen ................. Totals. ENGLAND'S TBfUifFH. BENEFITS SHE GETS FROM OUR POL ICY OF FREE TRADE. Eaormoaa Iacreaae Ia tbe Valae of Im ports For the First Year of the Gonaaa Tariff Law Farmers and Manufacturers Alike Suffer Facts to Ponder. A special cable, published in The American Economist, gives the total value of tho exports of woolen goods from Bradford up to Deo. 31. 1895, the first complete year of our experience in actual free trade iu wool. The result confirmed what every protectionist an ticipated and proclaimed. Our free trade was of more benefit to English than to American manufacturers. Bradford shipped us woolen goods worth 5,701, 243. This was an increase of 3,478, 649 over and above the annual ship ments during the fnll McKinley tariff period from 1891 to 1894. American free trade in wool benefited Bradford to the extent of an additional f 17,000,000 in a single year. The annual returns of the British board of trade for 1895 were made pub lic in London Jan. 8. The total exports of wool, of woolen tissues, of worsted tissues, of woolen and worsted yarns from all ports in the United Kingdom for the full year of 1895 were promptly jabled us. They appear in the following 'able with similar reports from the United Kingdom for the four previous years: Our experiment with free frade'm wool for one year has enabled the Eng lish manufacturers of yarns, woolens and worsteds to sell more than four times as much of their goods as they did in 1894 and 150 per cent more than their average annual sales during the entire protection period from 1891 to 1894 inclusive. So much for the boon of free raw material to our woolen man- nfacturers. Now as to wool. Tbe United King dom sent us in 1895 over 150 per cent more English, foreign and colonial wool than in 1894, the increase in values be ing $14,000,000. Compared with the entire McKinley protection period, 1891 to 1894 inclusive, thia increased value of wool sent here last year was almost $11,000,000 that amount more money taken away from American farmers, while our manufacturers lost trade worth $19,000,000 additional. Never within 30 years have we im ported into the United States from all countries as much wool as was sent us from the United Kingdom alone last year, and we have yet to learn the value of our wool imports that were shipped directly to this country from Australia and South America. Then we must take cognizance of the shrinkage in the price of wool as compared with the McKinley period that our farmers did sell before we can arrive at any correct idea of the entire losses' inflicted pet American sheep farmers by one year's policy of Democratic free trade, which, it was in tended, should be a robbery of the many farmers.for the benefit of the few man ufacturers. The Democratic scheme was partly successful. It has robbed the farmers, but it has failed to be of any benefit to the manufacturers. It has rob bed them too. The United Kingdom shipped to this country last year more woolen tissues than in 1891 and 1893 combined, and more than in the three years of 1892, 1893 and 1894 combined, more than twice the quantity shipped in 1891 or 1892, three times as much as in 1893 and considerably more than four times as much as in 1894. As to worsted tissues, the United Kingdom 6ent us last year almost at much as in 1891 and 1892 combined, more than as much as in 1892 and 1898, and almost four times as much as in 1894. Of jams she sent us 50 per cent more than in all four McKinley tariff years. We have to go back to 1878 before we find that the United Kingdom made us such large shipments of her woolen man ufactures. In 1890 the output of our do mestic woolen factories and our imports of foreign woolen goods together were worth a total of $380,000,000. Last year the United' Kingdom sent us woolens worth $32,000,000. To this we must add the imports from France and Germany, which will probably aggregate $30,000, 000 for tkeyear, the owajbjnjd ship. Hlb STAK SI ILL SHINES. jHHn pm- 4BBAiBBBBnBBBBBBBBaBBBVW MHHOH bbbBR?4bV'?.k?bbbbbbbbI 1.9S4 6,371,343 4,477,048 3,298, 1W 11,004.207 AVERAGE. Protection. 1KI1-4. .2,i.U,4dl . 2,503.593 Free trade. 1SU5. 1,618,224 0,145,993 Free trade. Increase. 2.1S3,73t 3,850.28 4004,140 ,030.053 !l.Ol,207 meuts nr tne two countries Having aver aged $20,000,000 a year for ten years past. This will give us a total of $60, 000,000 worth of foreign woolens im ported under the first year of freo trade in wool. It must have reduced the out put of our owu factories last year' be low their output of $338,000,000 when the census was taken in 1 889. If not, then there must be some very- large stocks of woolen goods unsold, either in the hands of our manufacturers, of the importers or of the wholesale and retail trade. Not only this. Thero was an average advance of 7 per cent in the price of wool last year, while there was less than 1 per cent of advance in the price of woolen goods. If our woolen manufac turers have not had experience enough with free raw material, then they will never get it. Of last year's American wool clip there were 102,000,000 pounds unsold in dealers' hands on Jan. 1, 1896. The value of the unsold woolen goods it is impossible to arrive at. Bat it is in finitely more than the demand of our people, whoso purchasing power has been so greatly restricted siuco 1893. "" WHY POTATOES ARE CHEAP. Low Tariff on Tobacco Makes Farmers Grow More Tubers. The low valco at which potatoes are sailing this year is due to tho larger area of land planted to that crop, because cf the smaller area planted to tobacco, as farmers found the price paid for tobacco unremunerativo under tho existing low tariff. In tho November crop report of tho department of agriculture Secretary Morton said : "New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa states of large acreage have all yields of more than 100 bushels per acre, some of them greatly in excess of that figure. The gen eral average for quality is 94.8. The states of largo yield named above are also amonc those in which tho quality is high. In three of them it is rated above 100." So as to note the effect of the de creased tobacco area planted in three of these states of "large acreage" and "of large yield," as well as in Massachu setts, which Secretary Morton did not include, wo give tho decrease in the to bacco area of each, their average yield of potatoes and the average quality of their potato crop : Decrease In Average tobacco area, -potato yield.- Per cent. Bushels. Quality. New York 25 122 103 Pennsylvania 27 111 do Wisconsin 48 107 101 Massachusetts IS 133 08 In these four states the average yield of potatoes was 118 bushels per acre and the average quality was 100 that is a perfect crop. All of these states were to bacco growing states, and their tobacco area was reduced, while their acreage planted to potatoes was increased.- The result was that the rich tobacco lands gavo enormous yields of potatoes of ex? cellent quality. It would bo better for iarmers wno grow potatoes mat more land should again be used in growing tobacco. This can bo assured by restor ing the McKinley tariff on tobacco leaf. How Farmers Feel. Free wool is a dismal failura It has had a fair trial, though its advocates still insist that inoro time is needed to demonstrate that free wool and protect ed woolens are the best policy. But if the experiment is tried mucli longer there won't be many sheep left to care what is dona American Agriculturist. Why the Bother, Thenr Secretary Carlisle says that "no sur plus revenue, however' large, eould ex tricate us from our present difficulties or give assurance of safety in the future." Why on earth, then, was there so much fuss and bother about that "tariff for revenue only?" The Real Reason. The tariff law was to be repealed, not because our country had not prospered and our industries had not increased and multiplied almost beyond the dreams of its trainers, but because it was Repub lican. Bellamy Storer, M. C. Captarlnje Cattle .Markets? The loss experienced in 11 months of List year, to Nov. 30, in capturing the cattle markets of the world, was $11, 900,000 as compared with the corre spouding mouths of 1894. .- . CHINESE JUGGLERS. torn of the Straas aad Startlla Feats That They Perform. Chinese jugglers and Indian fakirs have pretty much the same "stock in trade." Here is an account of somo tricks performed by a Chinese: When the conjurer asked the specta tors what they wauted to see, some one called for a pumpkin. "A pumpkin. " answered the conjur er; "that is impossible. Pumpkins are out of season." However, he was onlv talking, for presently he took a pumpkin seed and planted it iu tho earth. Then, having made his little son, 4 or 5 years old, lie down, ho thrust a knife into his throat. The blood poured out into a vessel, and with it tho man moistened the spot Where the seed had been planted. Next he covered the corpse with a cloth and placed a wooden bell over the seed. In a few moments a sprout was seen rising from the soiL It grew and grew and burst into flower. The flower fell, the pumpkin showed itself and in creased in size with extraordinary ra pidity. As soon as it was ripe the man picked it from tho stalk, showed it to the pub lic and took up a collection, after which, of course, he' lifted the cloth and found the boy perfectly unharmed. Tho second feat, by a different per former, was even more startling. A peach was called for by one of the spec tators. "It is March," 6aid the magician. "The land is still icebound. Peaches are not to be obtained now except in paradise." "Oh, well," answered the spectators, ''you are a sorcerer and ought to bt able to bring a peach down from heav en." The conjurer grumbled, but finally consented to see what he could da He began by weaving a roll of ribbon, which he cast into the air. It took at once tho shape of a ladder, which went up to a tremendous height On it he placed a child, and the little fellow ran up the rungs like a monkey. Up, up he went till he vanished in the clouds. Some moments passed, then a peach dropped from the sky. The magician picked it up, cut it into slices and of fered it to the bystanders. It was a real peach. Then a horrible thing happened. The head. of tho child dropped out of the sky and was followed by the trunk and then the legs. With tears in his eyes the man picked them up and placed them in a box. But after much show of grief and after tho sympathetic spectators had taken up a collection for his benefit he opened the box and said, "Come forth, my child, and thank these kind gentle men. ' ' At the word out leaped the child., alive and well. Philadelphia Times. Or. Cleveland's Dl The practice of free trade theories is followed by a "delicate predicament." Such "conditions" invariably "require prompt and wise treatment" Dr. Cleveland has diagnosed the case cor rectly. Will Be Sony By and By. The congressman forgetful of tha mandates of the people who elected him will be sorry when he consults with kit constituents. gusittess oiiers. Advertisements under this head five cents a lineeach insertion. WM.SCHILTZ makes boots and shoes in the beet styles, and uses only th very best tock that can be Droenred In the market. 52-tf COLUMBUS MARKETS. lyOn rqaotations of the market s areobtained Tuesday afternoon, and are correct and reliable at thetimo. OBAIK.KTO. W BClt a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Ma) Shelled (Torn 15Vi Oats 18 Rye fc Flour in 500 lb. lots f 4 50C8 00 FBODCOX. Butter 10612' Ebks 11 Potatoes SO LIVESTOCK. -FHl uOjS eeeee j3 40p3 GO X ft COlS Sa-aaa a HAWUm ) Fatsheep....- $1506225 Fat steers S3 0OK3 SO Feeders 19 5062 75 PROBATE NOTICE. The Btatk of Nebbabka. ) county or I'luitf, 1 M. in tho county coort, in ana ror sala county, In the matter ot the estate or John H. M the matter of the estate of John 8. oehl- mann, deceased, late of said county. At a session of the county court for said county, holden at the county judge's office in Columbus, in said county oa the 5th day of February A. D. ibw, present, J.n. Kiitan, county judge. On- readii nor and filim? the dnlv vent -.?. w. " . ...-. . zr pennon ot xieye jonnson pr ravine that leftera of administration be issued to Dietrich Becber on the estate of said decedent. Thereupon, it is ordered that the 7th day of March, A. D. 1686, at 1 o'clock, p. m., be assigned for the hearing of said petition at the connty judge's office in said county. And it is further ordered, that due legal notice be given ot the pendency aad hearing of said petition by publication ia Tax Colcvbcs Jour nal for three consecotire weeks. (A true copy of the order.) J. N. KlUAK. DatedColambus,Seb.,Ftb.5,im,J 12fefaK When Selecting Your Reading Matter FR THE COMING YEAR, yon will, bo doubt, decide oa securing the best, especially ir the beat cost leas taaii something inferior, both in quality aad quantity. The Omaha Bee, always to the front of the newspapers ia the west, baa long been recognized as one of the leading publications in the country. It has doae more,' aad is bow doing more, toward the upbuilding the great west, than any other paper. About two years ago its publishers, determined to bring The Weekly Bee into every farmhouse in the west, especially in its own state and the states imavediately adjoining Nebraska, put the price down to 3 Cents per year, an unheard of figure for a 12-page weekly publication This price still prevails. Not content with this, tbe publish ers of The Bee cast about for some additional first-class publication of national reputation, to offer with The Bee at a price that would not exceed the figure usually charged for a single weekly paper. Last year the New York Tribune, (Horace Greeley's paper) was secured and this paper was offered with the Weekly Bee for 90 Cents per year. A simi lar arrangement has been made this year. In addition, a similar contract has been made with the Cincinnati Enquir er, a paper that ranks as high among the Democratic publications of this country as the New York Tribune does among the Republican newspapers. To sum up wo make tho following four offers for this season, confident that they are equalled nowhere, either in the quality of matter published, nor in the quantity of good, up-to-date reliable news. The Omaha Weekly Bee, 12 Pages Each Week, 65 Cents Per Year. The Weekly Bee, The Weekly New York Tribune and The Weekly Cincinnati Enquirer, All Three for One Year for vltJsJn King SoIoHion" Notion That uThere is nothing new under the sun" does not always convey the truth. Especially is this tnie as regards the new composite cars now operated daily via The Chicago, Union Pacific and Northwestern Line between Salt Lake City and Chicago. These handsome Buffet Smoking and Library Cars are entirely new through out, of latest design, contain all modern improvements, anil are well supplied with writing material, the leading daily papers, illustrated periodicals, maga zines, etc. The fact that theao enra run daily via "The Overland Limited" and that the Union Pacific wh the lino west of Chicago to inaugurate this service should commend itself to all. See that yonr Overland Route.'1 tickets road via "The Every day is adding to our list of subscribers, but there is yet plenty of room for more. Wo give you now. The Journal and the Lincoln Semi-weekly Journal, both, one year, when paid in advance, for $2.(X Sutscription can begin at any time. Now is the time to subscribe. The Lincoln Journal is issued Tuesdays and Fridays, and will give you a mass of news that you cannot hope to equal anywhere for the money. Both for 82.00. To Chirapt and Ihr Kast. Passengers going eust for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in tho eastern states always desire to "take in" Chicago en route. All classes of passen gers will find that the "Short Line" of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail way, via Omaha and Council fluffs, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinations in a manner that will lie sure to give the utmost satisfaction. A reference to the timo tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Missouri river lor a ticket over the Chicago, Council Bluffs & Omaha Short Line of tho Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, yon will be cheerfully furnished with the proper passport via Omaha and Chicago. Please note that all of the "Short Lino" trains arrive in Chicago in ample timo to connect with theexpresstrainsef all the great through car lines to the principal eastern cities. For additional particulars, time tables, maps, etc., please call on or address F. A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Neb. Osaka, Nek., Fib. 12-13. The Union PnciGc will sell tickets from points on its lines in Nebraska at rate of one fare for the round trip, tickets on sale February 11th and 12th. See that your tickets read via "The Overland Route." J. R. Meaoher, Agent, Columbus, Nebr. 2t NOTICE IN ADOPTION. In the matter or the adoption of (iertio Nielsen, a minor child under 14 josrs of ntto. Order for hearing. State of Nchrnnkn, Platte county. Kg: Whereax. on this 5th day of February, !, Martina Chrh-trnxon, the mother of (!ertie Niel. sen. made and filed in this iUmo her worn statement, duly nttctited, and stuted that she desired to lehuqnifch all ri!it to the custody of and power and control over tlertio Nielsen, her minor child, and all claim and interest in and to her services and wages; and also came Jens C. Nielsen and made and tiled in my office a statement nnder oath, duly attested, that he desired to adopt said Gertie Nielsen as his own child. I have therefore appointed the 2Dth day of February, 1896. at 1 o'clock p. in. in my office in Columbus as the time and place where a hear ing will be had in said matter, at which time and place all persons interested may appear. It in ordered that a copy of this order be pub lished in Tuk C'OLCunrs Journal, a weekly and legal newspaper, published in this county, for three successive weeks prior to the time set for hearing. J. N. Kiliax, 12feb3t County Jndge. PROBATE NOTICE. State op Nebbaska, u. Platte county, l8" In the eoaalf court, in and for said county. In the matter of tne estate or .Mary Ellen Ants, deceased, late of said county. At a session of the county court for said county, noiaen or ine county judge s otuca in Columbus, in said county on the 7th day of Feb rnary A. u. isk, present. J. n. lunan, county judge. On reading and filing the duly verified petition of Martin Lsngdon praying that letters of administration be issued to Catharine McFor land on the estate of said decedent. Thereupon, it is ordered that the 7th day of March A. D. 1S9C, at 1 o'clock, p. in., be assigned for the hearing of said petition at the county judge's office in said county. And it is further ordered, that due leosJ notice be given of the pendency and hearing of said petition by publication in The Columbus Jour nal for three consecutive weeks. (A true copy of the order.) J. N. KlLIAM. County Judge. Dated Columbus. Neb., Feb. 8, 1896. IJfebSt PROBATE NOTICE FOR EXTEN SION OF TIME. In the ceonty court of Platte county, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of William John son, deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the estate of William Johnson, deceased, that Alfred Petersen, the administrator of said es, tate, has made application to said county court to hare the timo extended for paying the debts, and settling said estate to the 2th day of An. gust, 1999. ooiu maiier win ue neani oeiore ine jouge or niu ooumy roan, in ioiumous, neuraaaa, on the 4th day of March, IBM, at 1 o'clock p. m., when and where all persons desiring to oppose mar appear and he heard. Columbus, Nebraska, Feb. 10, 1894. J. N. Kiliax, 12febSt County Judge. LEGAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: The board of supervisors in regular session January 17. 1698, declared the following section line onened as a Dublic road, viz: Commencing at the northwest corner of sec tion 35, town 19 north, of range 2 west, and running thesce due east on section lisa one mile, and terminating at the nortfceast corner of said section 35, town 19 north, of range 2 west and to be known and designated as the "Uro nenthal Road." Now all objections thereto or claims for dam ages caused thereby must be filed in the county clerk's office on or before noox. Monday, April 10, law, or sucn roau may ne wiioipku wimuui further reference thereto. Dated commons, aeor-Mg. , torn. 2Bjn .jkB!sCoatyCleig, The Weekly Bee and The Weekly New York Tribune, Both One Year for 90c. All orders must be accompanied by the cash, in the Bhape of Postoffice money order. Express money order or bank draft. If currency or silver be sent, it is safer to register the letter. 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The Weekly World-Herald is issued in semi weekly sections, and hence is nearly as good as a daily. It is the western champion of free silver coinage and the leading family newspaper f Nebraska. Address, Weekly f3a5H52S2SZS2SZS2SZS2SZSSaSHSS2S2SESZSaS2SE52S2S2SHSH5a5HSHS2St I.KOAL XOTI.:K. HF.NKY DUISKEN. d-fendant. will take notice that on the bill day of January, IKK. Charles Keinke. plaintiff herein, filed hit Ktition in the district court of Platte county, ebraska, against said defendant, the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by the defendant and Sophie Ihiisken to the plaintiff npon'the north half of lots seven and eight, in block one hundred ami thirteen, city of Columbus, l'lntte county, Ne braska, to secure the payment of two certain promivfiory notes dated September 30th. 1&3, for thesuut of Jl'iVOO each and due and payable one and two sears respectively from the date thereof, that thero is now due upon said notes and mortgage the sum of $150.00 with interest at 9 percent, from April 1st. 1HUI. for which sum with interest from April 1st, lsVI. and for toxe and insurance paid amounting to $50.00, plaintiff prays for a decree that defentlant be required to pay the same or that said premises may be sold to satisfy the amount found due. Yon ore required to answer said petition on or before the 21th day of Febrnary. l'W. Dated January l:ith, ISM. CHAKLKS KF.1NKK. McAllister & Cornk.litts, Plaintiff. Att'ys. lSjanl NOTICE PROBATE OF WILL. Notice probate of will. Anna Maria Ricken- bacher, deceased. In the county court, Platte countjr, Nebraska. Tne Slate or Nebraska to the heirs and next of kin of said Anna Marin Kickerbacher. deceased: lake notice, tliat upon nling ot a written in strument purorting to be last will and testa ment of Anna Maria Kickerbacher for probate and allowance, it is ordered that said matter Ite set for hearing the 20th day of February, A. D. 1811(5, before said county court, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., at which time any person inter ested may appear and contest the same: and notice of this proceeding is ordered published three weeks successively in The Coluxbcs Jocbkal, a weekly and legal newsiaper, pub lished in said county and state. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the county court, at Colum bus this th day of January, A. D. 1&M. J. N. Kilian, 21'janl County Judge. NOTICE PROBATE OF WILL. Notice probate of will, Andreas Gottfried Sten zel, deceased. In the county court, Platte county, Nebraska. The State of Nebraska to the heirs and next of kin of said Andreas (Sottried Stenzel, deceased Take notice, that upon tiling of a written in strument purporting to be the last will aad testament of Andreas Gottfried Stenzel for probate and allowance, it is ordered tliat said matter lie set for hearing the 5th day of Febru ary, A. D. lbl), before said county court, at the nour or 3 o clock p. in., at which timo any per son interested may appear and contest the same; and notice of this proceeding is ordered pub lished three weeks successively in The Colux- BUs JoCBXAL. a weeklv ami legal newspaper, published in this county. In testimony whereof. 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