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If - f I- fS - & -..--. i ?p .- -.- is- V - ! Ir - iki 1 ?-:..- "?r. - hi. 3fc ' ".- - x r. If- . - ;i Columbus, Nebr. Eatered at the Postofficc, Colambas, Nebr., as second-class mail matter. Ixntl TTtiscilayi ty II. X. TJSHI2 .C0. TEBits of scBscaimox: Oncyear, by mail, poetaRO prepaid $1.50 Hix months.... ..... .75 Three months .40 WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1898. Fortress Monroe, already the "Gib raltar of America," Is to be farther strengthened by extension on the Chesa peake bay side. - Representative Maxwell's bill for the government ownership of all tele graph and telephone lines has been in troduced by Senator Allen in the senate. The appointment of Ethan A. Hitch rock of Missouri to be secretary of the interior to .succeed Mr.. Bliss, was promptly confirmed Wednesday by the senate. He is at present ambassador to Russia. Senator Frte has the knack of plac ing things properly in few words, and here is his statement of the situation: "If we becomo insane, we may give islands back, and if we are fools we may divide them up among powers." President McKinlet has selected Archbishop Ireland to represent the United States at what is known as the Czar's peace congress. This is a recog nition of tho Archbishop's ardent re pnblicBnism, as well as his patriotism. TnE jury in tho case of W. S. Jewett, formerly president of the Lake National bank of Wolfboro, X. H., charged with the embezzlement of $25,000, said to have been committed while settling the affairs of tho bank, brought in a verdict .of guilty on the opening of the circuit court The first meeting of stockholders of tho Keely Motor company 6ince the death of the inventor was held Wednes day at Philadelphia. Mr. Keely's law yer made an encouraging communica tion, and there may something be de veloped, after ulL Congressman Cannon of the appropri ations committee says: "I was once able to keep in my head a complete map of this country, so I was able to tell at once the cost of the transportation of troops, etc., but now I've ordered a big globe to take in tho Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico." Mas. Rachel Snowden, the first white woman to come to Omaha, was laid to rest last week in Prospect Hill cemetery. The pallbearers were pioneers who found Mrs. Snowden there when they located: Dr. Georgo L. Miller, E. B. Rustin, George W. Doane, George B. Lake, R. M Withnell, S. A. Orchard. Arduckle Bros, are fighting the sugar trust, and at Chicago Friday announced another cut in the prico of rofined sugar. Quotations of 5.1-1 cents per pound were made to retail dealers direct, jobbers being ignored, as before. . This is about 3-1 G below tho American Sugar Refining company's price. Another tragedy at the notorious Clarke brothel in Lincoln, where a wealthy but dissipated Pennsylvanian met his death some months since. This time, as then, the victim came from a saloon into tho brothel, bnt officers were after this one, and when they undertook the arrest, were assaulted, and in Be!f defenco a man named Clay Overton was shot dead by Policeman Buchanan. William Steele, formor cashier of tho wrecked Chestnut Street National bank, has been sentenced by Judge But ler in the United States district court to six years and six months' imprisonment and $300 fine. Steele was convicted of .conspiracy with tho late William M. Singerly, president of the bank, in mak ing false entries in the books and false reports of tho bank's condition to the comptroller of the currency and in mis applying the funds of the bank. Germany is beginning to appreciate tho beauties of tho agrarian policy of excluding American meats. In the Chemnitz AuestoNachrichten "fat young dogs" is the heading of a standing advertisement and tho prices of horses have also risen. Some of these days the agrarians will go out of business in the matter of dictating national policies in Germany. The people won't stand a diet of dog and horse flesh even to accom modate the German farmers. Chicago News. TnosE who interest themselves in political movements will see something of the trend of thought among our friends, the opposition, in the following summary which we make of tho views of silver democrats of Iowa in a conference -at Des Moines: No fusion. Bimetall ism, without a special ratio no repeti tion of "sixteen to one." The green backs should not be retired. Expansion and annexation inadvisable. The pres ent army is sufficient for all the needs of the government. Local option law as to dealing in liquor. Prominence to state issues. The Journal was opposed to the bill authorizing the State Board of Trans portation, and it has, in all tho twelve 'years Bince then, seen no good reason for a different view. The Seward Blade figures the expense to the people of the state at $111,415.15, and gives the op inion that the board "has accomplished practically nothing except to furnish three politicians a good salary and free transportation on the railroad. It is time it was abolished." The Journal rises to second the motion. It is high time to abolish a thing that should never have been instituted. There is no way to preserve fair trade except by instant retaliation agaiBst every attempt of a foreign gov ernment to exclude by vexations orders in council or royal decrees or parliamen tary acts, any considerable products from their ports.' Senator Mason's proposition is to give the president full authority to meet the regulations and prohibitions of Germany against onr meats and fruits by similar regulations or prohibitions of the imports of sugar, wines and other important articles from Germany. Tit for tat is the only re coarse in such cases. The precedents of the fathers are good and sensible, Lin-eoteJowrnaL There is a justifiable popular prejudice against members of junketing trips for JUDGE MARSHALL DEAD. William Marshall, one of the judges of this, the Sixth judicial district, died suddenly at his home in Fremont, last Thursday morning. At about 2 o'clock he wakened with a difficulty in breath ing and asked his brother George to call a physician; then dressed himself and went down stairs to the sitting room; he was in great distress and died in his chair .in a few minutes, and before the physician arrived. The day before, he had held a short session of the district court, and was apparently in good health. While serving in the army he was afflicted with chronic diarrhea, and apparently never recovered fully from its effects. Last summer he was very ill with heart trouble. The funeral was held Friday at 1030. William Marshall was born at New Rumley, Harrison county, Ohio, July 29, 1828. He was reared on a farm and received a common school education during his boyhood. Later he spent several terms at Antrim and Franklin colleges and completed the scientific course in the university of Michigan. After leaving school he took up the study of law and had just been admitted to the bar when the war broke out He accept ed a commission to organize a company in the Eighteenth Ohio volunteer infan try, and served in that company as cap tain till 1863, when he was made a lieu tenant colonel. He participated in many engagements in Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. In 18G3 he was mustered out on account of physical disability. In 18G5 he was admitted to practice in the Supreme court of Ohio and went to Ann Arbor and completed his law studies and settled in Monmouth, Illinois, where he nracticod and for four years was prosecutor. In 1876 he removed to rre mont and continued his practice. In 1883 he was elected district attorney for the Fourth judicial district of Nebraska. In the fall of 1887 he was appointed ono of the judges of the above district and has been on tho bench ever since, his district imthe meanwhile having been changed to the Sixth. During the ses sion of the legislature in 1879 Judge Marshall was president pro tern of the senate. He has always been a republi can and has taken a prominent part in politics. He passed through this life a single man and during his residence at Fremont lived with his maiden sisters and brother Georgo. Judge Marshall will bo long and kind ly remembered by his many acquain tances in his nativo county, as well as in his homes in Illinois and Nebraska. From his boyhood, he had given evidence of the "judicial" mind, the nbility and tho disnosilion to carefully and thor oughly weigh propositions before pro nouncing judgment. At tho funeral service, conducted by Rev. N. Chesnnt, the house was crowded with many of tho friends of the deceased who were present to pay their last res pects to a very good man. The casket was surrounded by many beautiful floral pieces sent by admiring friends. The music was furnished by the quartet from the Presbyterian church, Mesdames John Daly, Frank L Ellick, George Shaw and C. M. Williams. The pallbearers were M. B. Reese, Lincoln; Judge Albert, Columbus; W. H. Munger, Fremont; C. J. Phelps, Schuyler; Conrad Hollenbeck, E. H. Gray, G. L. Loomis, Fremont; W. M. Cornelius, Columbus. Among those in attendance from ouf of town wero Judgo Reeso, Lincoln; Judge Albert, Messrs. Cornelius, Speice, Maher, Columbus; Mr. Reid, Central City; Messrs. Phelps, Thomas, Grimison, Everett, Zentmyer, Dunkle, McLeod, Schuyler; Ed. Mockett, Lincoln; Gil keson, Wahoo; D. M. Strong, North Bend; Mr. Kidder, Scribner. REASONS WHY. A. A. Perry, in a communication to the Omaha Bee, says that "perhaps the first direct step was in packing the Grand Island convention that elected delegates to the St. Louis convention in 1896. A fair representation of the will of the populists of Nebraska would never have sent a delegation pledged to tho support of W. J. Bryan. The next long step was at St. Louia All the efforts put forth in the interest of the Chicago nominee had not resulted in a majority for Mr. Bryan, as was proved by the demand that Mr. Watson bo given second placo before Mr. Bryan could be nominated. Senator Allen, as chairman of that convention, was charg ed with having suppressed information from Mr. Bryan as to his willingness to accept the people's party platform, which if known to the convention wouli have defeated him. The senator never denied this charge, as far as I have heard, until at an executive meeting in Omaha at a conference held last summer. The treatment Mr. Watson received from Chairman Butler also reflected upon Senator Allen. The final step that led to the defeat of Senator Allen was taken in 1897 at Lin coln. Senator Allen, Jerry Simpson and Messrs. Towne, Weaver and Davis of Texas met in Lincoln the day previous to the one appointed for the convention. And there, after making strong speeches on lines advocated by the people's party, Allen put Mr. Davis forward to tell us that we must go to democracy if we de sired any success. They had, as events proved, arranged to nominate a demo crat for supreme judge as another step to their final demands. They had the reformed press, so-called, with them and the people being unable to communi cate with one another elected Mr. Sulli- van. Receiver McCaque of the defunct German Savings bank at Omaha is pay ing a 5 per cent dividend to depositors, of whom there were about 2,000., One more instance of confidence misplaced the depositors being a sort of loan and trust company without receiving inter est, and working hard to save a small percentage of their free loan. Reliability is the central 6trong feature of the good bank official. r&SOOOSX congress providing themselves. Omaha X THE STATE'S WARDS. Warden Laidigb of the state peniten tiary has made his roport for the past two years. There are now 290 prisoners, five of whom ara women. All are employed in the various departments of the institution cooperage, 35 cents a day; broom-making, 37 cents a day; shoe-making; kitchen; laundry; farm. Two years ago tho legislature appro priated $60,000 for tho maintenance of the prison, and tho warden reports that a little over $40,0(k) of this remains in the treasury, and it will require only about $3,000 or $4,000 to run the institu tion to the end of the fiscal year, March 31. The last legislature provided that the warden should pay into the state treasury money arising from the hire of prisoners and the sale of products of the institution, and this money is only avail able for the use of the penitentiary on approved vouchers being filedjn the regular way. The umonnt arising from this contract labor during the last two years was $644,474. For periods cover ing several months the penitentiary bus been supported ontirely on the proceeds of this prison labor, and when larger expenses are entailed by reason of the necessity for improving or repairing the properly, the regular appropriation has to be drawn on. Tho warden asks for $30,000 for the next two years. Under the old contract system the state had to make a flat appropriation of 40 cents per day for each convict, as well as some other expenses, such as per manent improvements. Tho new system shows that the expense to the state has been nearly wiped out, and proper con tracts and machinery might bring about a condition where no money would have to be appropriated. The Journal can vory readily believe the last statement and more. Under proper restraint, control, kindly care and guidance, they are capable of more and better work than is generally supposed, but there is one element, perhaps the strongest with mortal men, that is alto gether lacking in their case. The salient features of their condition are that, perhaps by, to them impercept ible degrees, they have become more and more lees capable of self-control, until the descending path has reached the criminal plane, where it is necessary for tho state to assume entire control, to prevent greater injury to the individual, his family, the community in which he lives. He is convicted of a crime (not always justly in the particular case); sentenced to the penitentiary; assigned a little stone cell at night, alone, and behind bars; eats under guard; is kept at work all day something after the slave-driving fashion. No doubt but the hand of the law should be strong and adequate to prevent, if possible, further harm being done by the convict, and if this could be recognized in good conscience by him as one of tho motives of the state, it would be well for him in many ways. But it always seemed to The Journal that tho state has not come up to its full opportunities in this matter. A man is taken from his family, who have depend ed upon him for support, and, while it is true that in many cases the fact that incarceration means entire separation from family, it seems to The Journal that advantage should be taken of tho family feeling as a motive in tho better ment of the prisoner as a man, by bring ing into consideration the fact that tho product of his work, abovo the expense of his own keep, etc., should go to tho support of 'his family, or those dependent upon him. If this were done, we believe it would result in great good every way. The suit of the state against the Omaha National bank, after many con tinuances and delays, is on trial at Omaha before Judge Baker. The suit is for $201,884.05, the amount of n check that figured most prominently in the criminal trial of the defaulting state treasurer and pIso in the civil action against his bondsmen. The money was in January, 1897, paid through the bank on Bartley's checking to the Chemical National bank of New York for a war rant of $180,000 and interest held by the Chemical bank, and which it had bought from Bartley about two years before. An effort was made Friday morning by the attorneys for the defense, Messrs. Connell, R. S. Hall and John L. Web ster, to secure another continuance. This was resisted by Attorney General Smyth and his urgency prevailed. The attorney general is being assisted by Deputy Attorney General Oldham and by' the former deputy, Ed. P. Smith. The American Monthly Review of Reviews begins its new volume with a strong issue and a largely increased cir culation. The two important and timely subjects of American diplomacy and territorial expansion figure prominently in the January number. The editor reviews the historic year 1898 from the international .view-point and discusses pending national problems; Mr. Henry Macfarland the Washington correspond ent, contributes a study, based on inti mate knowledge, of thediplomacy of the war, and Prof. Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of Chicago, writes an exhaustive paper on "Our Federal Con stitution and the Government of Tropi cal Territories." Mr. W. T. Stead gives an interesting estimate of the young Russian Czar, besides all which there are many other articles of current interest. For Tax JocasAL. Tie Marea of Natl The records of man show many changes and migrations of peoples. An old ex pression says "Westward the star of empire takes its way." The surface of our globe has its changes. Now one portion is rich in production, then ster ile. Then overpopulation brings changes. In the variations in the "March of climate," at one time the winds of sum mer move more from east to west, and the east slopes of continents are the more fertile. Then again the surface winds of summer move more from west to east, and the west slopes of continents are the more fertile. This same may bo said of north and south slopes, and also of low levels against the more elevated areas. Earopeam emigration is now overrun. nint' America. But Europe itself k'aa tutu? been overrun. The Aryan from tie north and from Asia has displaced tUo earlier owners of north Europe. Before this the Turanian possessed near tlie whole country. The Semitio family have held their portions. Tho Lithuunisu people had their day, and before them Coloden and Coloro or Gypsy hold near the whole land. Besides, we find in North Europe traces of Celt, Gael, Gaul Goth, Norso, Cornish, Cagmrie, lres:c, Fin, Lap, without hunting over the mountain fastnesses of central and southern Europe. That we call Persia, they Iran, has had its variations. Before Iran, the most noted race was the Zend. Not only the Aryan and Iran but Eron and nn. Before the Zend age was the Sanscrit old and new, and earlier the Vedie, and still before, the Gatha and Cathay. Greece has had her changes. Before the Greeks it was Attica. And earlier, they were Ionian, Dorian, Eolian and Javan. And then there was Pan, and Pyrrh, Hellen and Penelope. Then there was Perseus and tho Persoi, Hercules and the Heraclei, still reaching back through Theseus, Prometheus, Alcaeus and on into the dim and misty ages of the past. Their history is tho history of their celestials. In tLoso oarlier days. like they still do in t,j;:o.;, the King was' brother of the sun; uua no uau tho moon for a celestial wife. There were teres trial men and womeu, us also celestial men and women. In some cases the king was brother of tho moon and the sun the celestial wife, and the people wore children of the sun. Then again both the sun and moon were brothers of tho king, the moon being the elder, had priority by birthright, and there was strife. In some cases this birthright was sold. Then, again, by some deed the moon became "pale and frightened," and yielded to the sun. But there always has been strife between the devotees of the sun, and the devotees of the moont a pure, ancient, scientific rot. There is tho idea that in time the people of the globe may be one nation and speak one language. But there is a tenacity and conservatism that adheres to old-time notions and language. This is not confined to one class, but is just as prominent among the more learned as iu the old classic Greek and Latin. Though the old Greeks and Latins have abandoned their own languages by building upon a more Saxon basis, yet the classic sharps still adhere to those old, dead languages, and exact, if to be learned, that men study for four to six years those old languages, which are so complicated that they are Beldom used, but dropped as did tho earlier Greoks and Latins themselves, when they learn ed of a better form of language. The records show that advancement and real progress comes first from the more intelligent portion of the common people, and before whom the consorva tive gives place in the race of nations. People need to advance and use advance ment or give place to those who do. Some people pride themselves on being a nation of do-nothings. But -it is the nations of idlers that give place to those who move in the active walks of life. Men need to learn to do and achieve, as well as to know, elso even in the posses sion of tho implements of achievement, they can not use them to advantage. E. J. Couch. Concerning the Soldiers. No such name as Tyler appears on the roster of compay L (Thurston Rifles), and the belief is that he must be a mem ber of some other company, the more so as Captain Taylor promised to wire any news in such a caBe. Adjutant General Barry at Lincoln iBays there is no snch name as Tyler on the roster of tho First Nebraska. Telegraph instructions wore roceived Thursday from Secretary of War Alger ordering tho Fourth infantry at Fort Sheridan and the Seventeenth infantry at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, to sail for tho Philippines on or before January 15. The regiments will go via New York and the Suez canal. Both regiments have been recruited up to their full strength and now number about 1,200 men each. Manila, Dec. 23. The United States crniser Boston and the gunboat Petrel have arrived here from Chinese ports. The steamer Union, which has re turned here from Iloilo with United States soldiers, has been refused a landing here. Private Tyler of Company L, Nebras ka regiment, who has been suffering from typhoid fever, is dead. The steamer St. Paul has arrived here with the Christmas mail. The first American flag was raised over the Malate school house yester day. It was sent by the University of Pennsylvania. The honor of raising tho flag was accorded to Father McKinnon of California, in recognition of his ser vices in reopening the schools. The native troops encamped in the suburbs are again causing anxiety. Tho attitude of an insurgent detachment at the Panduchan bridge on Wednesday was such that the California, Idaho and Washington regiments were concentra ted in light marching order, at short notice, at Pacoa, but trouble was avoided. Manila, Nov. 1, 1898. Dear Folks at Home: I have not written to you for some time, because I have been discouraged, disheartened, tired of the army. Oh, this is an awful life living here withont much to eat, and spending all our salary to keep ourselves alive, and boys suffering and dying all around -us. There are no prospects of getting home before January 1. Things are better now about our liberty. We can go and come as we please between reveille and retreat, and retreat and taps. Another pay day is at hand. The insurgents are fighting among themselves, and murder is quite com mon among Chinamen and natives. The corpses of two soldiers were found in the Pasig rivor, which runs by our quarters. They belonged to the 180th P. V.; their heads were mashed in. From the time we came into town until today our whole battalion has been in this one room, about 50x160 feet, with a 10-foot gallery running all around the two ends and one side. You can imag ine how 336 men would be crowded. Company B moved out today, and we moved up stairs, so wo now have plenty of room. As the mail don't leave here for about ten days. I will not close today. How I wish I could talk to you instead of writing. The negro minstrels which we have organized give the first play November 15, 16 and 17, and if it. is a success, we are going to Hong Kong and put it on three nights. The city is becoming more and more like a United States city every day. I just received three Jour nal's, and am ever so much obliged for them. I am not very strong (as so are all the rest of the boys) but if we pull through the hot weather of January, February and March, I will be with 70a 1 come time next summer. ; November 9. Tours of the 26th came to hand yester day and you can just bet I was glad to get it, also a long one from Bert Galley. It takes nearly two months to get an onswerto a letter. Capt. Kilian and the recruits are not here yet and I dont think they will, for I think we will be taken homo before a great while. I have a hard time once in a while with my chest, caused by catching cold in 'Frisco and Lincoln, also iu camp Dewey. It is raining today and looks like it had set in for three days. That is about the way it goes here. It is cold enough to make a fellow pat on a good heavy coat and cover up with an army blanket at night. Chas. T. Miner. The following letter to the Omaha Bee from a Platte county soldier, will be of special interest to Journal readers: Manila, Nov. 14. To the Editor of The Bee: Having just received mail from home and having observed the reports of sickness in the Third Nebraska volun teers and noted the reasons that are given why this regiment should be mus tered out, the boys of Company K ask that yon allow us a little space in your paper to present some pertinent facts. We have today on the sick list of the company fourteen in the brigade hos pital and an equal number who are ill and marked "quarters." Tomorrow we expect to add two more to the hospital squad. We enlisted expecting to go willingly to whatever point the government should see fit to send us. At that time we did not know where1 we would be sent. On the other hand the Third Nebraska knew that they were to go south and even asked to be sent to 'Cuba and placed under General Lee's command. Now that there is no fighting to be done, only garrison duty to be performed, comes William J. Bryan, that great man from tho state of Nebraska, who wanted to lead a regiment to the front and fight for his country, who has seen less than four months' service, crying to be mustered out. And this notwithstanding that the First regiment has been in service nearly seven months, that in this time they have seen somo of their comrades fall before Spanish bullets, others stricken with disease brought on by lying in the mud and water of the intrenchments before Manila. I ask you in behalf of the First Ne braska volunteers if we havo not some reason to ask the government to com mend ns for mustering out? But I sup pose the Boy Orator of the Platte has the pnll and will be mustered out. The sick report of the First Nebraska shows that there are today 434 men in hospitals and sick quarters. While I have nothing but praise for the rank and file of the Third Nebraska, it should be remem bered that they are in the United States, while the First is 10,000 miles away and cannot get letters from home in less than thirty days' time and to do that there must be no delay in connections. It is strange that our sick lists have never reached the United States, while those of the Third regiment have been published every day. Wo are not ask ing for anything that is not perfectly just; nil we want is a fair show and if wo don't get it, when we do come home there are some who will learn that tho First Nebraska has more friends than they thought and that they can vote as they shot. Hoping that you can find space in your paper for this communication, I am, yours respectfully, William M. Talbitzer, Private Company K, First Nebraska Volunteers. auMmjiiimmmrtrHanunmiuiMHimiM land llears MHHiwiimHWHirtiiMiiruiimufHtiUHi Our account this week begins with May 10, and closes with July 10, 1876. James Hannan removed to Stanton. Schutte & Pohl sold farm implements. A donation to the Cornet band amount ed to $158.75. David Thomas returned home from Carbon, Wyoming. Jacob Gregorius owned a ferret with which he hunted rabbits. E. W. Toncray got the contract for building Music Hall, $2,695. Mr. Segelke opened a soda-water fac tory opposite the court house. Gen. Kilpatrick commanded a crowded house at his lecture in this city. Lockner & Uhlig's advertisement ap peared among the new firms spring of 1876. Joseph Bucher's building corner of Eleventh and Madison streets was com pleted. Ed. Dwyer established himself in Co lumbus as immigration agent for Boone county. v A grand celebration of the Centennial Fourth at TannahiU's grove, Butler county. Charlie Huber barely escaped a fear ful death by the accidental discharge of a shot gun. Charles Eusden of this county died at the Pawnee agency, Indian territory of pneumonia. From September 1, 1875, to June 20, 1876, 1,843 car loads of grain were ship ped from Columbus. Died, at her residence near Creston, May 25, 1876, Mary E., wire of Win. W. Winslow, aged 32 years. G. W. Brown's 208 Merino sheep furn ished 1890 lbs. at a clipping, and were perhaps as fine a nock as there was in the state. F. George, sr., lost a mill between Clarksville and Central City supposed to be the work of an incendiary; loss about f 10,000. Got. Gerber appointed Samuel Aughey of the State University, and J. Sterling Morton to deliver addresses on Nebras ka day at the Centennial. The examination of Warren Clough for the alleged murder of his brother at Seward ended in his being held a prison er for trial in the District court. Report came that E. A. Gerrard, get ting into a desert place, lost two hun dred of his six hundred horses, which he was bringing from California. Mrs. Frenz Henggler, her son Freder ick and Andrew Mathias, May 18, 1876. started for Switzerland, going by way of Philadelphia, to take a look at tho Cen tennial. T. D. Delong wrote from the Black Hills that flour was selling at $30 per hundred; sugar, 50 eta a lb.; coffee, 60 cts.; bacon, 60 eta and other things in proportion. Orlando Rose used both his oorn plow and seed drill in cultivating his corn, getting through in good time and shape. With the drill he could finish four rows at one round. 3 Clark Cooncey, in a year, on an in vestment of $600. in 225 sheen made clear $100, and said he could havo made more if he had known anything about sheep to begin with. Hayes and Wheeler wore nominated for president and vice-president by tho republicans. Hayes was nominated on the seventh ballot, which 6tood: Hayes 3o Blaine 351, Briston 21. A sample of prices charged in Phila delphia during the Centennial: Beef 22 to 30 cents a pound; butter 50 to 60 cts.; flour $7 to $12 a barrel; hotel board $2 to $450 a day; board and lodging at private houses, $7 to 310 a week. A large canoe sent from Melbourne, Australia, to Sir Hugh Barry, to the Centennial, and made from one piece of timber, measured 50 feet in length; 7 in width and 3 ft. 11 inches in depth. J. R Meagher gave the dimensions to the editor. Will Ernst had a bone of his arm broke by a fall from a horso, his father, Jacob Ernst, putting it in position nil .right, and afterwards called upon Dr. Hoebon, who said that everything was done correctly except that the bandage was too tight. Guy C. Barnum and Chnrlcs Binke started to Chicago June 23. lS?o, the former with five, the latter with two car loads of fat cattle. Barnum didn't come back with Roinko from Chicago, but went to Philadelphia to look at the Cen tennial Exposition, at which Nebraska was pretty well represented on an outlay of $3,000. From county Snp't. C. A. Speice's re port we gather that the number attend ing school in the county, was 974; num ber of school age, 1677; highest wages to teachers, $75, lowest $20; there was one brick school house, 28 frame, 3 log, sod or dug-out; value of school property $26,673.99; total expenditures for the year, $15,947.70. W. M. Leach of the Columbus Era and Miss Laura P. Woodard were married June 17, 1876, by Judge Higgins, and as we write this item there comes to us, a copy of the Vinelander published at Concord, Washington, Mr. Leach boing one of tho proprietors. Through and after all the vicissitudes of these chang ing years, he goes west, according to the advice of the greatest of editors, to grow up with the country, and clings to tho newspaper business, for which he was so well fitted. Such is life. A terrible and bloody battle between General Custer's command and nbont 2,500 Sioux warriors occurred Sunday, June 25, 1876, at the Indian village forty miles below the month of Little Big Horn river. Custer made the attack; the fighting was desperate. Two hun dred and seven men were buried in ono place, and the killed were estimated at three hundred, with thirty-one wounded. The loss of the Indians could not bo ascertained. Gen. Custer, his two broth ers, nephew and brother-in-law, and all his detachment of men were killed. The battle ground looked like a slaughter pen, and all the arms of the dead soldiers fell into the hands of the Indians. A rumor was current that tho Sioux, out numbering Gen. Crook's force, four to one, had destroyed the entire Big Horn expedition. On the same day that news was received here, Major Frank North dispatched to Gen. Sherman, asking the privilege of enlisting here a regiment of white men and Pawnees to fight the Sioux. Answer came the same day from the secretary of war saying that they had no authority to raise volunteers. WHrrrrEB's centennial hymn. We give the first and last stanzas: Onr father's God! from out whoso hind The centnries fall lilco grains of sand. We meet today, united, freo. And loyal to our land and Thro And thank thee for tho era dune. And trust thoo for tho opening ono. O! make- Thou us. through long centuries In peace secure- and justice strong; And round our gift of freedom draw The safeguards of Thy righteous law. And, cast in some diviner mold. Let the new cycle shame the old. Bishop Simpson offored tho prayer, Whiltier's hymn was sung, and short speeches wore made by John Welch, E resident of the board of finance; Joseph L Hawley, president of tho United States Centennial commission, and by U. S. Grant, president of the United States. Mr. Hawley, among other things in his speech said: "The exhibition is held in tho city of Brotherly Love. Yonder, almost within your view, stands the venerable edifice wherein occurred the event this work is designed to com memorate, and the hall in which tho first Continental congress assembled. Within tho present limits of this great park were the homes of eminent patriots of that era, where Washington and his associates received generous hospitality and able counsel." Two sentiments ex pressed by the bishop in his prayor are noticeable: "May all disputed quest ions be settled by arbitration and not by the sword, and may wars forever cease among the sons of men." "May capital, genius and labor bo freed from all antagonism by the establishment nnd application of such principles of justice and equality as shall reconcile diversi fied interests and bind in imperishable bands all parts of society." Ileal Extate Trailers. Becher, Jseggi & Co., real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the olfico of the county clerk for the week ending Dec. 21, 1898. Newton J. Harwell to Willanl J. IM1 kinap, lot 'JO, blk 6, Croston, wd $ Robert Gentleman to William Uentle man. eW aeM. 20-ia-lw, wd Patrick Nalon to Herman Hchalte, seU .lr ..1 .! u.1 T ,U 1 ,1 67.7 00 100 1600 GO I UD WiU IIDTi V 1-HJ-tW, wu UL M. Nelson to Marion K. Davis, sw'i seii and seM BW54. Jfcis-sw, wo. auuu w Fred Kohl to Nancy Pederson, M sw and stf nJ swtf. 18-30-lw, wd 4300 00 Cerria K. Kohl to Nancy Pederson, lot 1 blk 8, Ottia' 3d add. to Humphrey, wd 350 00 Frederick Stenger to William Schach- tschneirter. aH nej. lo-u-ie. wu ,w w John B. Kyle to Anna Marie C. Kylo, awK, 224!0-2w, wd. 5 00 Charles C. Cams to Harriet N. Kilpat rick, lot 5 blk 2. Platte Center, wd. .. 500 00 Same to same wM lot 6 blk 11 and lot 6 blk 2. Platte Center, wd. 1000 00 E. . Stiles to H. I. Mnrdock, lots? and 8 blk 182, Columbus, qcd 275 00 Ellen Brackin to C. A. Speice, lot 7 blk 2U, Columbus, wd 5 00 Pioneer Town Site Co. to Theodore Wolf, lot 13 blk 2. Creston. wd 80 00 Theodore Wolf toThira Pilling, lot 13 blk 2. Creston, qcd 100 00 State 01 Nebraska to Franz Ltncnsinger, aKaeK.18.18-le.wd. SCO CO artin lllichan to Maggie Kipp. es V lot 1 blk 2, Ottia' let addition to Humphrey, wd 2000 00 Sixteen transfers, total $13,551 00 Land Fr Sale. For sale, or exchange for real estate near any live town in Nebraska, 160 acres, 80 acres under cultivation, house, barn, etc Six miles east and 2 milea north of Columbus, and 4 miles from Benton station, A purchaser will be given long time for payment, if desired. For terms, ap ply to Bbcheb, Jaeggi & Co. tf Tke Way to go to California Is in a tourist sleeping car personally conducted via the Burlington Route. You don't change cars. You make fast time. You see the finest scenery on the globe. Your, car is not so expensively finished nor so fine to look at as a palace sleeper bnt it is just as clean, jnst as comforta ble, just as good to ride in, akd nearly $20 CHEAPER. The Burlington excursions leave every Thursday, reaching San Francisco Sun day and Los Angeles Monday. Porter with each car. Excursion manager with each party. For folder giving full infor mation call at nearest B. i M. R. R depot or write to J. Francis, CJen'l. Paa sengerAg't, Omaha. Neb. june-2C-99 ,TtoKYNjiMta0t GZofltefc ssssssssssssssssssssssssssffiBfisM Tke Kiad You Have Always in use for over SO years, rand 7pty'JL- sonal All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex- -pertinents that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Gastoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups It is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms, and aUays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the &&yfMUcUi The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMC CCMTAUM COHMMV. TT MUIIIIW THCT. New VOMK CITY. W w jSIjWeekly Inter Ocean $1; LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ALL POLITICAL PAPERS IN THE WEST Always American THE WEEKLY INTER THE NEWS AND BEST Every Column is Bright, The Literature of its columns is equal to that of the best maga zines. It is interesting to the children as well as the parents. THE INTER OCEAN k a WESTERN NEWSPAPER, and while it 1 brings to the family THE NEWS OF THE WORLD and fives its readers the best and ablest discussions of all questions of the day, it is in full sympathy with the ideas and aspirations of Western people and discusses literature and politics from the Western standpoint. 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ITC Th8 Kind You Haw Always Bought All Eye Turned to Lincoln. The Omaha exposition has closed and all eyes are now turned toward Lincoln, the capital city, whore tho legislature will soon meot. Tho istallation of now state officers, the election of a United States senator, and other matters of much importance will make Lincoln tho centre of state interests nnd every Ne braskan will want to read tho old, re liable standby, The State Journal, dur ing the coming year. As a special in ducement to secure new readers, The Semi-Weekly Journal, printed every Tuesday and Friday, will bo mailed from now until January 1, 1900, for S1.00. This is a mighty long time for tho money nnd the sooner you send your dollar the more papers you get. There isn't any other paper in Nebraska that gives bo much for tho money,. It is twice as good as the old fashioned weekly. Try it. Address, The State Journal, Lincoln, Neb. When you wish good, neat, clean handsome work done in tho line of printing, call at The JocitXAi. office. To Chicago anil the Fast. Passengers goingeast 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" or 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 tho time tables will in dicate the route to be chosen, and, by asking any principal agent west of the Itfiaanuri rivnr for a ticket over the nhionirn. Conn ml TiluffH .fe Omaha Short Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St- Paul Railway, you will be cneermiiy 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 throuffh car lines to the principal eastern cities. For additional particulars, time table?, maps, etc., please call on or address A. Nash, General Agent, Omaha, Neb. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Til KM Yh Nan Atop ta(it Bears the Signatareof &&.- $1 nc umili mu uhuhi cuiuuitaur ink imcn uttCJiN Bean tke j) CZ&ffit&c &0 Bought, aad which has beea has borne the signature of haSfebeea made under his per- " supervision since its infancy. Signature of 1 Always Republican OCEAN SUPPLIES ALL CURRENT LITERATURE Clean and Packed with News I i SEEN IN THE WEST. JSRk M NEWS IS EXCLUSIVE. wl ...$4.00 per year ...S2 0O per year ...$6.00 per year eao '.. Wry Low lUilro.-ul It.it es. The "Burlington" will make vory low holiday rates. Dato of salo commoncing Dec. 21. For full information call on 3 J. T. Cox, Agent. ESTIIAY .NOTICE. rnmo lo my ireiuiott nlmnt tho miiMlo of D ctii:lyr, A TWO-YEAIUOLD IIKIFKK, I (lack, with whitit tip of tail, nnd liinsl N'k-i partly white; liorns ttifiuinKly taken oft' Ihi fall. Owner will pnv( irMrty. iiycrpi-imcH. iucliul inirtliisnotic(. Cull on tlm iincl.THinmsl on See, "I. T. 17. it. ' uit.t, near Vooll.irii sot-otlict. aUl.c-1 is. Kuhtii. NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDEBS. HJtrrifKihlierflo-K niveil that ko.i1-I pfoiioKilx I at tho olliim of Dm ( oiinty ,'. Nebraska, until I o'clock JiW will Ixi rectuvtHl (,'lork of 1'lattn county. P.m.. I)pceniliT Slut. l!SW. for tho construction or ii wai;on l)riili over Hlicll cni-k in nail connty, on tlio linn of tho "01. I.V-id" in tho 8. W. !i of 8ec, 1. Town a). Katij,'.. I uvt, im j-t plana and HiiecificationH on lilit in thuolliceof the County Clerk of ttaiil county. .IHiIh, accompanifil with plans and hpociticit tions forn.Htel hriilgp. will iiImo l n-cfived at tho nanm timoand placo for tho count mi'liou of thirt bridge. Tho ni;ccr8rtful liidiler will Im r(iiirsl to i-nter into a i;ihm and fiiflicient Itond for tho faithful (crforin.'tnco of tin- contract. Itonrd reucrvcrt tho right to reject nny or all bidrt. D.tted Colnmlmt, Nebraska, Nov. 21. 1KH. (5. W. I'llILMfS. 7-dcc-l County Clerk. M. C. CASSIIM,- rnormrroit or the Omaha Meat Market Fresh, and Salt Meats Game and Fish in Season. JBSy-Highest market Hides and Tallow. pricos paid for THIRTEENTH ST., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA 2Snprtf UNDERTAKING! ii We Carry Coffins, Caskets and Metallic Caskets Burial Robes, Etc. DO EMBALlNflNG IIAVE THE BEST HEARSE IN THE COUNTRY. FRED. W. HERRICK. . W. A. McAllister. W. M. COKMKLICa IfcAUJSTER CORNELIUS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA lljantf D. STICKS. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Southwest corner Eloventh and North HtreM 4jolj-X COLTMCS, MllaAtlKA. V I. IV ., . ,. 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