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sv i-. . ir. rr - - v - i t -r2 Til j.ifci- iSS'ri'3rS5Sn3 ri: S-v i- ;vVv.--s a . - -. - . - ---wv-'-e-rt: -?v rtif- "!VVV Si' - ---, ? y- iv VftfSTV1 - C -" " Tf " !'"! :?t:-- -' y;i N K. "& v- -. il , - '&? : r-" . N-'-ij , fr-vttWr:3- - K- 1-7. w: l: f. . -.. . i' 'v. . r . . i 5. rv t. 'LJ'Xr r ? m -y s r .Columbus gourual. -WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 5. ltftf. A. AN. TIME TABLE. Put. Freight. teevw Colambae - BeUwco-l "S . David City... ' Seward .... Arrive M Lincoln..."...;. ! fcBI "IJAtAtaW m-BUs- BJ -7j80e.m. 2:10p.m. 7:20 " : - 7:l ' 4-.lSp.rn. 8:43 " 7:45 flit a.m. 10:50 . . The pawwftr leaTea Lincoln at 625 p. m., and -.VrifM a -Colombo 935 p. m; thefreikfat leave ." Itinnoln at 7:55 a. m., and arrives at Colambea at '.' 4:03 p.m. .-.' ONION PACIFIC TIME-TABLE. . noisa cast. .Col: Local.... 600a. m tr.tirEx... 5 30a. m .Or. I. Local. tM a. m Nr. El.-Local. 10 p. m ' Fast Bail. .-. 2:15 p. m aoiNrt west. Liniitfd 10 a. m Nr.Pl.Local-12:l5p.m Fart Mail 6:15 p. m Or. Is. Local . 855 p. m No. 9, Fart Mail. throOfh nointr. floil cArrifK iiafwnjreiu tor QoiatC vrKt at 6:15 p. in., ar- rfrM at TWanrar 1-Ut a. m. No. 2. riea paenf-r to Fremont. Valley and Omaha rast man cmt- going at at Z:iu p. m. ' . The freight train learin here at 4 50 p. in. car .jiee paMenxere from hero to Valley. OOLCMBDR AN1 NOErOLK. :" PaMeatrei arrives front Sioux City. ... 1230 p. m . .- leaei for Sioux City fi 15 p. m "Jbtixed leae for Sioax City 8ft0a.m - Mixed rrire8 ll.Wp. in FOB ALBION AND OEOAU HAt'IDB. Mixed leaves -Mixed arrires PaMenirer leasee .. arrives.. 6.00 a. m 80 p. m ldOp.Hi 12:40 p.m af tittg &ttit. -Art notice under this heading will be charged at the rate of $2 a year. - LEBANON LODGE No. 58. A. F. A A. M. , Regular meetings 2d Wednesday in each month. All ureiuren inviiea w wi J. D. 8TIBKH. W. M. ..W. R. Notciteim. Sec'y. 20juy WILDEV LODGE No. 44, 1. 0. 0. F., r meets Tuetday evenings of each reek at their hall on 'JTUrteenin r" mtrot Visitiiiir hrethren cordially JL ' iBTitMl. W.A. WAV. N.O. W. K. Notwteih. Sec'y. 27jan91-tf riOLUMBIAN CAMP No. ST.. WOODMEN OF .. V I he World, meets every second and fourth Tharsdayaof the month, 7 20 p. m., at K. of P. Jfail, Eleventh street. Regular attendance is enr desirable, and all visiting brethren are cor- dially invited to meet with us jan2-V95 V -DEORGANIZEDCHURCH OF LATTER-DAY a. Saints hold regular services every Sunday t 2 p. m., praver meeting on Wednesday evening at their chapel, corner of North street and Pacific . Avenue. All are cordially invited. . - - lliulSO Elder H. J. Hudson. President. ' 3.EKMAN REFORMED CHURCFL-Bonday Ji .School at a. m. Church every Sunday st 1030 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p. m. Ladies' Aid Society every first Thursday in the month at the church. 14nov-91 iimimiiimimiimimimt; lniiiiiiniiiiiHiiiHiiiinn J Now Look I Pleasant . . . . 1 1 Ul HAVE BEEN I . Iff ' appointed Col- umbus agents for the 1 celebrated I Eastman Kodaks I Price from $5.00 to 1 I $12.00. ED. J. NIEWOHNER. I TllilMiUimUUillilllllUHlllHIimHHHiHMWimWfl II I 'J agios' i Dr. Nauinann, dentist, Thirteenth .treet. tf '. Howard Oeer is recovering from a ck spell. ." .".Dr. .T. R. Clark, Olive street. In jofice'at night. . AU kinds of goods for sale at the . second-hand store, tf ' 4-Mre. O'Brien, mother of Dennis and William, is still very sick. A great many people in town Satur day,. and considerable business done. Drs. Martyu, Evans & Geer, office three doors north of Fried hof's store, tf Benjie Davis has been dangerously sick with pneumonia, but is now better. Dr. L. C. Voss and C. P. O. Mieesler, ' Homeopathic physicians.Columbus,Neb. . ; Rev. Pulis will conduct the meeting . at the Park next Sunday afternoon at 3. .. Dunn's Review for August 1 gives . the price of bar silver last week as 68'a " cents.. .: ' You will find an interesting glimpse of the city scene on the first page of soday's Jodbnal. .. John .Schmoker has been helping Ulrich von Bergen during the absence ' of "bis brother, Emil. Miaa Mamie Beerbower has been . verv sick at Plainfield, N. J., but is now .reported as improving. ', Bring your orders for job-work to f ; 'this office. Satisfaction guaranteed, and work promptly done, as agreed upon. . Svbscribe for The Jodbnax any ! . : day. Fifty cents will get you the paper . for the next three months, f 1.50 for the .next year. - " -lWe notice that H. L. Wells of Weet Point has been elected principal of the ' Leigh. Colfax county schools, at a sal V.ary of $60 a month. Marriage licences were issued the V. past week by Judge Kilian to Martin '. Nelsoaaad Ella Kahl, both of Nance co., : : and Joseph Tscharner and Marie Rinke. Baptist church, J. D. Palis, pastor. Services 11 a. m., 8 -p. m., August 9th. . Morning, "The Lose and Gain of -Chris- - tianhood;" ereoing, "What Sayest Thou ' yof Thyself F ..; .We have juet received over athou ." , sand yards of remsaats of choice prints - 'V and percales, consisting of more than 200 Batteraa. Come early, and get your " ckoice. Only 5 cents a yard. The Fair fltpre on Eleventh street We bsgin, this week, the publica- tion,of the proposed amendments to the -'.conetitHtion. of this state. They are pkia-propositions, fairly stated, and .will ao doabt receive due consideration ' by the voters of Nebraska. - '.iThe Colsmbus" kid nine drove to .'silver Creek Monday and played a re turn game of ball with the dab of that piacs, wiauriB easily by the score of 26 to 10: Oar kids, are Basking quite a rseerd these days for ball pUyiag. E. H. Fuak at his store o Olive st, will sell st auction next Saturday, Au gust 8, 2 o'clock, his large stock of gro ceries and fruits to make room for a bis; supply of auction goods. Will sell gro ceries and fruits at cost; must have room. The Art Amateur is giving special attention to drawing, and in the Augaat issue are several sketches and articles especially suitable for drawing" teachers. The colored sapplement "A College Athlete." is a particularly fine stady for portraits is oil. Miss Grace Cbrk returned last week from attending the national convention of the T. P. S. C. E. in Washington and visiting in Ohio and Chicago. She will give a report at an early date at the Congregational church when union ser vices will be held. Tkarsday evening at Coun cil Hall, Charles W. Pearsall aad others will address the assembled meMbers of the Mc Kialey club. Everybody cor dially iavited. The Platte Center Signal, in speak ing of the election of Prof. Campbell as assistant high school teacher here, says: "Coiumbus will be fortunate in securing a competent teacher and a gentleman who would be a credit to the best schools of the state." For some weeks past grasshoppers in great abundance have been reported in Phelps county "going in streaks and cleaning out the fields coming in their way." While there were a very few dropped here one day last week, there waa no damage done by them. The Orpheus singing society give another of their popular picnics next Sunday at Higgins' grove in the eastern portion of the city. The grounds will be fitted up with swings, good music will be there and the occasion will no doubt be an enjoyable one for all who attend. A fine with suitable trimmings was given to some hoodlums who recently disturbed a church meeting at Belgrade. "Cease to do evil; learn to do well," is a very good scriptural suggestion for such cases. Self-respecting people will not only behave themselves, but assist in the enforcement of law. Mr. and Mrs. John Lucid met with quite an accident Thursday last while returning to their home from this city. A line broke, the horse was pulled to one side, and all got tangled in a barb wire fence, which gashed them considerably, but from which there are not likely to follow any very serious results. P. W. Beerbower is in receipt of a letter from Hon. W. P. Snyder of Spring City, Penn., a man very well informed on matters political in that state, and he says: "McKinley will have a large majority in our state; there are some 16 to 1 silver men in our party, but the number is not sufficient to affect our majority from being enormous." A character sketch (illustrated) of William J. Bryan by his friend Willis J. Abbot, is the first article in the Review of Reviews for August, and occupies fif teen pages. This is said to be the first magazine article upon this one of the candidates for president this year, se lected from Nebraskans. The Review is 25 cents a number, $2.50 a year. Will Murdock arrived here at 7 o'clock Friday evening, riding on his bicycle from San Diego, Cal., by way of San Francisco in thirty-five days, ex cepting a short distance for which he took the train on account of his tires wearing out. He reports former Co lumbus people now at San Diego as getting along all right, including Mrs. Stevens and her daughter, who live on a ranch ten miles out from the city. Mr. Murdock expects to remain here some time. The Fremont Herald observes that Uncle Sam is slow but sure. Alonzo Parrisb, a farmer residing near North Bend, in this county, has just received from the treasury department a check for $89.40 being in payment for a horse owned by Mr. Parrish which was dis abled in the civil war over 30 years ago. Mr. Parrish has a similar claim for another horse which he lost during the service, but on account of some irreg ularity the claim has not yet been al lowed. The Argus talks glibly about the Bryan clubs "leading in the fight for industrial and financial freedom." It is only necessary to state that they are trying to lead a fight, in which they are trying to hide one of banners "tariff re form" and put forth a new one, yelling for the free and unrestricted coinage of silver at 16 to 1, as a panacea for all the political ills we are suffering under the quack practice of Doctor Cleveland. The panacea will not go with the Amer ican people. The German Reformed church will be closed till Sunday, September C. Official calls may be made on Rev. Lacey of the Presbyterian church. Rev. De Geller leaves Thursday of this week going first to Columbia, Monroe county, 111., then to Detroit, Michigan, return ing by Sept. 6. Monday evening the Christian Endeavor society of the church gave him a farewell party at Mrs. Stauffer's residence, and all will be glad to see him return home and to his work with renewed zeal and energy. The democratic state convention will be held at Omaha, by agreement of committee, and the time, probably Au gust 25. At the committee meeting it was stated that the populists are in favor of giving the democrats two of the places on the state ticket and it is be lieved this plan will be followed. The chairman was authorized to appoint a committee of five to confer with the populist convention regarding the make up of the state ticket. G. W. Phillips was present from here at the committee meeting at Lincoln Thursday. On Monday, August 10 the Clear Creek Milk will be shut down and a complete line of roller mill machinery put in. The Dubuque Turbine Roller Mill Co. will famish the machinery, the mill will be full roller system of latest, improvement, and modern in every re spect. The big, 60-inch Houston tur bine that has done duty for eighteen years will be replaced by a 24-inch Mc Cormick, and under ordinary circum stances only three-foarthsof its capacity will be required. This illustrates the improvesaeat in turbinss.that have been 1878. We were takes to task for saying in lsst week's Jomoux that a certain rain had thoroughly soaked the ground, but it appears that we were mistaken, the ground being thoroughly soaked only a few inches. About how many feet down would we be allowed to say the rains of the past week have gone? Friday at 3, as we write the streets are all muddy, water is standing several inches deep in the gutters; the rain pours down every few minutes, then lets up, sprinkles, quits and the son shines, and soon the rain comes down again, and this has been the record, with slight variations all day long. Treasurer Bosch of Colfax county publishes the semi-annual statement as required by law. The tax-payers of that county can readily see by this statement the amounts in their various funds, school -district, road - district, county road, etc., items that are of vital inter est to those who foot the bilL. The total receipts for the six months ending July 1, 1896 were, on county funds, $60, 9ia48; disbursements, $48,785.09; on state funds, $10,839.34; disbursements, $7,636.41; for the sixty-three school dis tricts, receipts $21,985.85; disbursements, $15,799.69. For particulars we refer Colfax county Jocbnax readers to the Schuyler Sun of July 30 the statement occupies two columns of space. George Lawrence .is back again from Scotts Bluffs county where he has been looking after his canal interests. He still retains a fractional interest in a canal that he- built, seven miles in length and having two reservoirs, one of them having a surface area of 400 acres, the other 200 acres. One of these, 29 feet deep at the deepest place, is the largest reservoir in Nebraska. The out let pipes are set in solid masonry, and riprapping done with rock. Mr. Law rence tells us that in Scotts Bluffs and Cheyenne counties there are 143,000 acres under the ditch, and 60,000 under cultivation. Seven and a half tons to the acre of alfalfa, for the entire crop of the season, four cuttings is not an un usual yield. He thinks that would be a good place for cattle men to strike this winter for feed. The Norfolk News of July 30 con tained the following: "Last night about 6 o'clock some person, unknown, fired a bullet from a twenty-two rifle into the residence of Steve Overton. The ball passed through the window of Arthur's bed-room, about eighteen inches above his bed and imbedded itself in the oppo site wall to the depth of an inch; the pane of glass through which it passed was not even splintered and shows that whoever did the shooting must have been at close quarters. Mr. Overton does not care so much for the damage done as he does for the careless manner in which some people handle fire arms. Had the hour been a little later the ac cident might have proved a fatality, or serious injury to some members of the family. The old adage about children, fools and edged tools would apply very well to loaded guns." Among the proceedings of the city council at their last meeting we find a statement submitted by the city attor ney to the effect that Plaintiff Albert in the meter case against the city had agreed to submit the case on appeal to the supreme court upon a stipulation of all the evidence and the questions of law in the case, and the further agree ment that the plaintiff stipulate that said cause might he advanced in the supreme court, the city to pay all costs made in the district court, whatever the result of the case, including all briefs. Newman and Echols of the committee on finance recommended the payment of $22.55, Clerk G. B. Speice's bill in the case, and $45.75, bill of N. H. Parks for printing briefs. A. Heintz monthly for street lighting was $116.05, the U. P. freight on coal was $78, and John E. Hoffman for oil got $1.50. As the result of solicitations by Charles B. Jackson of Lincoln, secretary and treasurer of the State association, a goodly number of wheelmen assembled in the parlors of the Clother House Thursday evening to organize a local Link of the Western Wheelmen's Secur ity Society of Lincoln, Nebraska, com prising a fraternal association and wheel club. The following officers were se lected: W. W., L. E. Sisson; V. W. W., Geo. H. Winslow; F. R. W., Wm. Zin necker; R. W., H. H. Dawson; S. R. W., C. O. Johnson; C. W., Miss Martha Tur ner, Miss Anna Stauffer,' Messrs. A. K. Page and Louie Schonlau. After "rid ing the goat" the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the W. W. The Jodbnal is moved to say a good word for the association. We do not doubt but it will be of great benefit to' the members in a hundred different ways. A business man here sent out by mail a number of circulars offering bar gains in lands in eastern Nebraska. One package of them was returned from a banker in Illinois, and across the face of one was written in bold letters: "We do not wish to invest in Nebraska land so long as Bryan rules in that state." It fell to the lot of C. A. Woosley to make answer, which he did thus: "The six circulars received. We return all but the one indorsed, which we keep. Our answer is that we 'deny the allega tion and defy the allegator. Mr. Bryan does not rule in this state, he never has ruled in this state, and he never will. Nebraska has occasionally elected a pop. congressman, and once a pop. governor, but never a populistic, anarchistic gov ernor like your Governor Altgeld in Illinois. The election in November will show that Nebraska's majority politic ally is like Nebraska's land all right. Let us hear from you again." At the Norfolk conference Tuesday night of last week, ex-Chief Justice Maxwell of Fremont was decided upon, on the first formal ballot, as the choice of the conference, for candidate for con gress. Other persons spoken of were Charles Wooster, John C. Sprecher, G. G. Martin, W. F. Porter, Warwick Saunders and Judge Sullivan, the latter declining to allow his name to be con sidered. The basis of representation to the conference was three delegates from each of the four parties, in each county of the district. Committees were ap pointed to present Maxwell to each of the conventions, populist, .prohibition, democratic and republican, yet to be held in the district, snd endeavor to have them nominate him. Charles Wooster of Merrick was temporary chairman, but declined to serve as per manent chairman of the conference, and W. F. Bryan of Cedar county was elect ed. K D.SeUsv of Norfolk snd G.W. PMliiBS of this city scueal Bean). We give very briefly the transactions of the regularly monthly meeting on Monday last. The time of beginning school; was fixed the first Monday in September. The bill of Mason Beall for .material and work, $10.00, was allowed, and war rant ordered drawn. The committee on buildings and grounds reported proffer of A. Dassel to put .in hydrant, eta, at First ward school house for $36.80. The board thought best to put down new pipe; etc., as the best solution of the pure-water supply for the present. The bid of von Bergen Bros., $182.60 for supplies, was accepted. As to the furnace at the Second ward school house, Janitor Warner reported that new grates would be needed and repairs of the dampers. Committee on buildings and grounds were given power to act in the matter. The bids on chemicals were Gabler Co., 12.20; Pollock & Co., $11.29 cash; Stillman Pharmacy, $13.54. The second being the lowest, was accepted. The committee on schools, by a unani mous report, recommended the pur chase of 80 copies Health Lessons, 40 copies How to keep well, 10 copies Childs' Book of Health, amounts, re spectively, $41.60, $14.40, $2.40, total $58.40. The report was adopted and the custodian directed to forward the order. rne supply committee were empow ered to act in furnishing additional needed desks for the high school. August 28 and 29 were appointed as examination days for all the teachers employed in the schools of the district. By resolution, the redemption of the last bond of the district was ordered, $500. It is dated July 15, 1894 and due in 1904. The report of the treasurer, Frank Wurdeman, shows on hand in teachers' fund $27.19; in library fund $56.63; in text book fund $93.56, total $177.38, less general fund, overdrawn $41.95, leaving a balance on hand of $135.43. Balance on hand in license fund $2,772. Attention being called to the fact that the insurance on the frame building, Third ward school, for $900, expires Aug. 17, '96, the committee on buildings and grounds were authorized to place the same. I. H. Britell returned Tuesday of last week from his trip to. Custer City, South Dakota, having traveled about 1200 miles. There were four of the party Dr. and Mrs. Britell of St. Ed ward and the two eons. Among the in cidents and' notable things, we mention these: Ho engaged in placer mining half an hour and washed out gold worth half a dollar; at Long Pine, they camped on the Chautauqua grounds, a canon in which are growing, side by side, pine and black walnut trees three feet in diameter, the only place in the known world where this is the case. Mr. Bri tell says that Hot Springs is the hottest place ho ever saw; when he was there the thermometer registered 115 in the shade, and he dodged from a tree to a store, then a tree and so on. It is 6,000 feet above sea level. Custer City, about 1,000 feet higher is much cooler. Along the Middle Loup there is considerable irrigation very little rain this season. For fifty-five days they were not inside a house. They enjoyed their outing very much but Mr. Britell was sick when they reached Anselmo, and so hiB mother and he took the train for home. Passing through the streets (not having shaved since he left) nobody recognized him except Hohl, who hailed him "How are you, farmer?" At home, after the children wouldn't own him on account of his changed looks, his wife brought him the razor, 60 now you would scarce ly know he had been away from home, and on a trip during which he really learned more of how extensive a country Nebraska really is than he ever knew before. Col. John Elliott has allowed us to glance through two handsomely-printed and bound books he lately received, ex press paid, from his relative, L. J. Mc Coruiick of Chicago, son of the great McCormick of reaper fame. One of these books contains the history of various branches of the McCormick fam ily with 64 portraits; the other contains family trees or diagrams, and Mr. Elli ott's picture occupies a prominent place. Mr. Elliott was born in 1823; he served in the Mexican war, as second sergeant of his company, in a mounted rifle regi ment. He was under Gen. Taylor at Monterey; with Scott at Vera Cruz and in the taking of the city of Mexico; at the battles of Contrares, Cherubusco, Molena del Rey, Chapultepec, receiving a certificate of merit for distinguished services in the first named engagement. We notice that Mrs. J. N. Taylor of this city, whose maiden name was Chambers, is among the branches of the family of the great inventor. L. J. McCormick, the author of the book, on which he was at work for two years, is now in the 77th year of his age. Getting Ready. The Fifteenth annual convention of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's association is to be held in January next in this city, and our local department has already begun to look out for the entertainment of their visitors. J. N. Kilian, F. A. Hagel, Henry Tylle and Bert J. Galley of the executive committee held a meeting Friday even ing and concluded: to direct the secre tary of the department to secure the opera house on Thanksgiving and Christ mas nights for department dance3, to make arrangements for which, with power to appointment all other com mittees, the following committee was appointed: Bert J. Galley, E. D. Brink, A. R. Miller. The finance committee appointed' to raise funds for the convention is Louis Held, August Schack, G. Frischholz, C. L. Stillman and Frank Wurdeman. Kilian, Schram (W. F.) and Gregorius were appointed a press committee. NOTICE. On and after August 1, 1896, 1 will sell gasoline for cash and cash only, as fol lows: Single gallon 20 cents. Two gallons 35 " Three " 50 ' Four " 65 " Five 80 " Those who have one gallon cans, can purchase tickets calling for these rates, which will be cash on delivery 30 days cannot and will not be considered cash. I also carry the best grade of coal oil, and always sell it as cheap as anybody. 4t J.E.Honniur. FKMONAL. J. E. North was up from Omaha Sun day. Earl Galley is visiting Fred Dougherty in Lincoln. - Cisrence and Roy Lucas are in St. Edward this week. Robert O'Brien of Cheyenne has been in the city several days. Miss Lillie Keating went to Omaha Monday to spend three weeks. Mrs. Chapin left the first of the week for her farm in Custer county. Miss Frances Turner returned home Friday from a visit at Long Pine. Mr. and Mrs. L H. Britell go to St Edward tomorrow to visit relatives. Mrs. Chas. Pollock and Miss Ethel Galley went to Genoa last week to visit relatives. Rev. Rogers went to Albion Monday to join another minister in a trip to the mountains. . Mrs. Murphy of Lincoln is in the city, called by the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. O'Brien. Mrs. tfev. Bross visited her parents here a few.days, returning to her Cedar Rapids home Saturday. W. C. Templeton of the Fullerton Post was in the city Monday on his way home from a visit in Iowa. Miss Chattie Rice returned Mondsy from spending several weeks with her brother and family in Hornick, Iowa. John R. Kennedy and family are in the city, coming from Colorado and bound for their home near Craig, Ne braska! Misses Jennie Wiseman and Maud Woosley are going to St. Edward the last of this week to visit Mrs. George Willard. I. L. Albert and family returned Thursday from a trip to Canada, New York and Pennsylvania. They were gone about a month, and had a very pleasant trip. To Chicago aad the East. Passengers going east for business, will naturally gravitate to Chicago as the great commercial center. Passengers re-visiting friends or relatives in the 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 Bluffs, affords excellent facilities to reach their destinations in a manner that will be sure to give the utmost satisfaction. A reference to the time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Missouri river for a ticket over the Chicago, Council Bluffs & Omaha Short Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, you will be cheerfully furnished with the proper passport via Omaha and Chicago. Please note that all of the "Short Line" trains arrive in Chicago in ample time to connect with the express trains of 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. Real Estate Transfer. Becher, Jseggi & Co., real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county clerk for the week ending August 1, 1896. John Eieenman to John J Eisenman, nwJi seK lft-194w, wd $ 60Q 00 Frederick Kramland to Wm E Lee, nwJS 13-17-2W, wd 100 00 James A Bailer, r., to Wesley Goor ley, lot 8, bl 125 and lots 5 and 6, bl 126, Columbus, qcd 1200 00 Robert C Moran to Robert Moras, ew!4 27-20-le, vrd 4480 00 D C Karanaugb, sheriff, to Hugh Hughes, lot 4. bl Id, Jackson, sher iff's deed 4S0 00 Union Pacific Ry Co to Hugh Hughes, lots 5, 6, 7, bl 18, Jackson, wd 100 00 Aug Diedrich to C H W Diedrich. lot 5, bl 101, Columbus, wd 1400 00 James E North to Commercial Bank, lots 5 and 6, bl 46, Columbus, wd 3500 00 Thirza B Oerrard to A E Strother, 30 lota in Monroe and East Monroe, wd. I 00 Nine transfers, total f 11,811 CO Oconee Jotting. Still pretty warm weather. Rev. Churchill preached at Fullerton the 2d. We understand it was a trial sermon. Mr. Hardy of Georgia, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Gibson and Mr. Fred Abbott of St. Edward spent Sunday with J. C. Dawson's family. A few friends from Platte Center, Co lumbus, St. Edward and Oconee met at Daniel Murdock's Saturday night, it being his birthday anniversary. Best prospects for corn ever known in this locality. Some threshing has been done in the neighborhood and grain turned out much better than was ex pected. George Gunderman was an Oconee visitor Monday morning on his way back to St. Edward from Colorado. He thinks Nebraska is the state, and no place like the Loup valley. Does Your Roof Leak? Excelsior slate paint will make it as good as- new. Most economical roof paint known. It's water proof, it's fire proof, and it stands for years. Ebonite varnish will save your tin roofa. It ar rests rust. Saves continual repairing. Lasts three times as long as mineral paint. My roofing-cement is much bet ter than solder. Applied by the under signed; who can be seen at A. W. Arm strong's on Eleventh street. Do not destroy your, old roofs until you see and consult me, as I can save you many dollars, by repairing with slate paint. & W. Stobm. Weather Resort far Jnly at Colnmbns. Maximum temperature, 3d-30th.. 95s Minimum " 24th 52 Mean temperature 61.6 Total precipitation inches 4.12 Do last year inches 88 Greatest precipitation in any 24 hours 31st inches 1.82 Clear days 2 Partly cloudy days 25 Cloudy days 4 Number of days on which .01 in. or more of rain fell 11 Total precipitation since Jan. 1st inches 21.74 Do last year ia47 Prevailing wind from N.E. Cheap Fam. Low .priced farming and grazing lands in Virginia, West Virginia and Mary land, located along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and convenient to Eastern markets, can be purchased on easy terms. For special list published ia the B. A O. Field, sent free of charge, write to 8. P. Kretaer, Land and Immigration Agent BO-RR Philadelphia, Pa. St PIMP. DAvm-Friday night, July 31, 1896, after a week's Oluess, of heart trouble, Laura, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Davis, aged 11 years. .- -. Services were held st the residence, 2 o'clock Sandsy afternoon, Rev. Rogers preaching a sermon, snd Mesdaaiea Garlow, Geer, 'Heintz snd Whitmoyer rendering sppropriste music. The pall bearers were the Misses Whitmoyer, Alios Luth, Bessie Sheldon, Loot Mar tyn and Jessie Swartsley. The afiUcted family have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement. Bleaalal Ewisynt, K. of P. The Biennial Encampment, Uniformed Rank, K. of P., will be held at Cleveland August 23d to 30th. For this occasion the B. 4 O. R. R will sell round trip tickets from all points on its lines, west of the Ohio River, at one single fare, for all trains of August 22d to 24th inclusive, valid for return pass age until August 31st inclusive. The round-trip rate from Chicago will be $8.50, and correspondingly low rates from other stations. Tickets will also be placed on sale at ticket offices of all connecting lines throughout the West and Northwest. The B. & O. operates the only sleep ing car line between Chicago and Cleve land. No matter where you start from, ask for tickets via "Picturesque R ArO." 6t Half Rate Exeaniona to Hot Siring, Soata Dakota, July 31st, August 14th, August 28th, via the Burlington Route. Tickets good 30 days. A rare chance to spend the hot test month in the year at the pleasanteet summer resort in the west. Call at B. k M. R R ticket office and get full information, or, write to J. Fran cis, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Omaha, Neb. to26aug Charles Wake moves his family to Seward this week, where they will make their home. Everybody will be sorry to have them go. Mr. and Mrs. Wake have lived so long here that it seems almost incredible they should live anywhere else. EDITORIAL. Thebe is renewed talk of the abdica tion of Queen Victoria. It is said that the strikers at Cleveland are arming themselves and drilling. Terribly hot weather in Texas, 107, and Indian Territory, 112, last Saturday. Nothing like it known in forty years. Senator Jcstin Morrill in the Au gust Forum says that free coinage of silver as a remedy against Japanese or any cheap foreign labor would prove very much like taking refuge in a pest house to avoid the plague. Dbdooist Nelson of Oakland, Nebr., was found guilty of selling liquor con trary to law and held to answer at dis trict court under a bond of $500, and on the next morning his place was again searched by the deputy sheriff, who se cured two more cases of beer and took Nelson along with the beer to Tekamah. This is the third offense. The democrats boast that during the past year they reduced the expenses of this government three million dollars. The report of the treasury department shows that the decrease in pensions paid was two millions, so it appears that two thirds of the reduction of expenses came out of the pensions of the old soldiers. If the party in power can get any con solation out of that, they are welcome to it, but they will probably not use it as a campaign argument to any great extent. Seward Reporter. Forty-three people were killed and eighty wounded in a railroad wreck near Atlantic City, N. J., Thursday evening. One train, a special excursion of Red Men and their friends of Bridgeton, N. J., and Salem, had reached the crossing of the Reading railroad, when it was struck by a down express from Philadelphia, demolishing two cars and telescoping the two following. William Thurlow, the operator at the block tower situated at the crossing, was placed under arrest by order of the coroner. At 'Steuben ville, Ohio, Thursday, a cloud burst did damage which cannot be repaired for $100,000. It was in the western part of the city. No lives were lost. There had been a warning of the danger from water coming down a val ley. Houses went down before the an gry waters like paper buildings. At Wheeling the same day heavy rain caus ed immense damage. Eaton's tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio caved in at both ends while a passenger train was going through, but the mishap caused no loss of life. Tom Watbok, the populist nominee for vice-president, eays that "in the event that Sewall does not retire, the populists will put out a full electoral ticket. There can be no fusion unless Sewall withdraws. I give you this merely as my opinion." Touching the same subject, Chairman Jones of the democratic national executive commit tee, says he will not consider any prop osition for the withdrawal of Sewall,but will entertain as far as he has the power and promote to the best of his ability any just and fair proposition for fusion on electoral ticket. A recent cartoon in the Chicago Herald represents the St. Louis,- popu list convention hall, and on the Wash ington road are two pedaling cyclists, the foremost one being a full-grown populist. Bryan, with his smiling face, sits on the baby seat in front. Behind them, bareheaded, on the rear seat of a two-seated tandem labeled Democracy, rides Sewall, solitary and alone. The cartoon is called "The Abduction of Little Willie Bryan." A picture is so comprehensive, and while this hits off neatly the fact that a kite cannot well carry two tails at the same time, a sign board at the side of the road signilcant ly points "To Washington," in the very opposite direction from that in which the cyclers are traveling. Charles S. Glkkd in the August Forum gives an illustration of a truth, palpable to most western people. He states it thus: "It is unquestionably true that the average stay-at-home citi zen of the east has entirely failed to measure the muscle of the west or, better yet, the muscle of the country. We have all been recently used by HEEYMATZ4C0.r Staple and Faney Groceries, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE Elemth Stmt, - We invite you to come and see us. We regard the interests of our patrons as mutual with our own, so far as our dealings are cosraeneor-oar part of the obligation being to provide and offer Good - Goods - at - Fair - Prices. J-EVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found in a irst class, up-to-date grocery store. becher, mm & CO., Farm Loans, Arid Insurance.. COLUMBUS, HAVE TOU HEARD ABOUT IT 2 Heard about what? Why the NEW GROCERY, FRESH. GOODS and HONEST PRICES, at WmiiMr One man can cheap as a man. GOOD GOODS for Samuel's dollars, whether paper, silver or Mr. Depew's 'discovery' of California. Af ter,a long life of activity, with count less trips to Europe and elsewhere, it is only within the last three or four years that he has penetrated farther west than Chicago, and only this year that he has ventured beyond Denver, which is itself but a trifle farther than half-way across the continent. Mr. Depew is an exam ple of a large class." Snaad and tiood. Whatever dollars we have must all be equal dollars, equal in purchasing power, whether they be paper dollars, or gold dollars, or silver or treasury notes. This was the declaration of William McKin ley, in the house of representatives, June 25, 1890, and it is today the plat form of the republican party, its de clared policy; a pledge that, if entrusted with the administration of affairs the next four years, it will fulfil in letter and in spirit. The republican party is not in the habit of seeking the responsibility of power without marking out the exact lines of its administrative policy; it is not in the habit of legislating business and money out of the hands of United States people and into the hands of for eign workmen and foreign syndicates of capitalists; it is not in the habit of issuing hundreds of millions in bonds to help pay the running expenses of the government in a time of profound peace; it is not in the habit of selecting for presidential honors, and electing to the exercise of the most important functions of national existence, men who are under suspicion of being crooked in the trans action of public business; no republican president has ever wallowed in wealth by negotiating private sales of public bonds at less than their open market value. The republican party can be trusted to do what it pledges itself to do. Four years, ago, when it was in power, every man in this country who wanted work, could get it, at good wages; during President Harrison's administration about 8250,000,000 upon the public debt was paid out, and upon his retiring there was left in the treasury a large surplus, in addition to 8100,000,000 of gold re serve. Under Cleveland's four years there have been added to the public debt more than 9200,000,000 of interest bearing bonds; we are exporting (selling abroad) about $75,000,000 dollars less s year, and importing (buying abroad) about $93,000,000 of products more, making a balance each year, against us, of $168,000,000. And all this came about because voters four years ago thought they wanted a change from a protective tariff policy to a "tariff reform" policy. ' We have all seen and felt the change and it would have been still worse than it is if Cleveland had been allowed his way. It isn't any wonder the opponents of republicanism are telling us that the tariff is not an issue in this campaign. Their wish is father to that thought. But the people who have suffered are not to be hoodwinked. They know where the shoe pinches, and what the proper remedy is. American laborers, whether on the farm, in the shop and oflce, or on the highways of commerce, know that under republican administration, work was plentiful, wages good snd prospects the best of any country on earth. ,. Now well we have had one of Cleve land's object lessons, an industrial cy clone of three years' duration, and nobody wants a change for the worse. Let it be for the better this time, and the sure way is to elect McKialsy and republican GOLUIHUS, NEIR. Real Estate NEBRASKA. CRAMER'S, Eleventh. Street, Opposite Bicker's Bara. Nebraska's Motto Fulfilled ! buy as cheap aa another, and a child as good money, which mesas our Uncle goldthey are equal, too, with us. 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