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THERE is a smell of investigation
brimstone in the air and jobboro must
ntand from under.
'Ir will bo n quiet session , " wrote
tbo railroad correspondents. It begins
to look aa if it wouldn't bo such
qravoyard quictnoaa after all.
TUB military surgeon of the militia
is to draw 8114 for his services dur
ing the alleged Omaha riot. The bill o :
the chaplain hasn't been itemized yet ,
Ira chairman of the House rail
road cammiUco is valued at $5,000 in
cash , how much a year is the lieuten
ant governor with the appointment
of committees worth.
SEKATOU MITCHELL , of Pennsylvania
vania , promises 150,000 independent
votes at the coming utato' election.
The son of Simon Cameron scoma to
bo losing hia grip on the politics of the
Keystone state.
HENRY VILLAKD , president of th
Northern Pacific , who n few yoara ago
was n clerk in Washington , io about
to erect a 8200,000 reaidonco in Phil
adelphia. Railroads rarely make
paupers of their managers.
JOHN M. TJIOKSTOW is very anxious
for an investigation at the hands of
the legislature. John . M. Thurston
knows very well that the legislature
probably had noi hoard about that
Ilobborts aflidavit.
TEN MILLIONS of dollars are appro
priated by the river and harbor bill.
Aa usual the greater poit'on ' of the
amount goes for macadamizing the
bode of streams which can never bo of
the slightest practical advantage to
the interests of commerce in the
United States.
The governor s stall and the regi
mental staff incurred a bill of expenses
during the late Omaha dross parade
amounting to nearly $1,400 , which is
about ono-fourth off the pay roll of
the rank and file of the state militia.
It pays to bo on somebody's staff dur
ing those turbulent times.
IF it costi 8808 to supply the mili
tary staff of His Excellency Governor
Nonoo with eatables , drinkables ,
cigars , opera boxes and incidental ro-
froahraonta during ton days of their
martial dross parade in Omaha , how
much would it take io conduct a real
military campaign with largo army
for ft period of say four years.
TUB shameless gerrymander of Mis
souri by the democrats by which the
republican minority is given a single
district instead of throe as under the
former bill , finds a number of oppo
nents even among the bourbon or
gans. Immigration into Missouri will
break the back of bourboniam before
another decade.
Tun Omaha Herald still calls for
persona and papers from Plattsmouth ,
Can The Herald induoo the person of
XJaptain Murphy , of Plattsmouth , into
court to tell what ho knows about a
certain government hay contract ,
which ono Goo. L. Miller hold at Fort
Kearney , just at the close of the war.
Captain Murphy was post commander
and Dr. Miller post sutler , and it
might bo interesting to aomo people
down at Plattsmouth to know the true
at
inwardness about these stuffed vouch-
of
ore for hay that wasn't delivered.
THE Chicago Tribune calls atten
tion to the increase of political assus-
uination within the past twenty-five
years , and claims that since the Or-
flini bombs exploded under the car
riage of Napoleon III. twenty-iivo
years ago two American prcoideuta , a
Hussion czar , a Peruvian president , a
Spanish dictator General Prim and
two British cabinet oflicors have been
murdered in cold blood , every other
European Eovcroign shot at at least
once , Sweden excepted , to say noth
ing of a fiultan of Turkey nd a
viceroy of India , both ot which were
* where assassination is
uncommon ,
BAREFACED BRIBERY.
The people of Nebraska will bo
startled by the disclosure made under
oath by Chairman Rohberts of the
railroad committee of the house o ;
representatives , which are herewith
given to the public. The fact that
the lieutenant governor of this atato ,
and a number of prominent members
of the house and senate have been re
tainers ] of corporate monopolies has
boon well known for years. When the
laat legislature was convened the BEE
made the charge openly that paid attorneys
tornoys of the railroad companies
were at the state capital for the pur
pose ot corrupting legislators in the
senatorial election , and to prevent by
all moans the enactment of laws de
manded by the people to restrict ex
cesaivc railway charges and prohibit
known nbusoa and flagrant discrimina
tion by public carriers.
Wo charged at that time that the
lieutenant governor waa packing the
committees of the senate in the inter
est of the railroads , and was using the
power of presiding officer cor
ruptly. After the excitement
of the senatorial campaign had
Hubsided wo published full particulars
concerning the manipulation ot the
legislature by Mr. Thurston and his
pals. Wo exposed the secrets of the
"oil room , " which wore not at all
overdrawn , and , as the sequel shows ,
were only the adjunct to the bold and
barefaced briberies that wcro con
ducted at the atato capital by the cor
poration cappora.
Ton days ago wo came into posses
sion of the fact that an aflidavit had
boon made by the chairman of the
'IOUBO ' railroad committee concern-
ng the criminal attempt to
nduco him in considoratioii of a largo
sum of money to violate his oath , be-
; ray his constituents and uao the in-
luonco of his position for the purpose
of thwarting the will of the people
and preventing legislation which the
railroads sought to throttle.
The affidavit of Mr. Ilobborts is in
masoasion of a party who ia ready
o respond at the call of the legisla-
uro , and the copy given below can bo
vouched for as correct in every partic
ular.
ular.Tho
The duty of the legislature is very
plain. The senate of Nebraska can-
not allow a man to preside
over its deliberations who is guilty of
the most heinous offense known to
law makers , and who has disgraced
the scat ho holds by the gravest crime
that may bo charged against any pub
lic man. The house of roprcocnta-
ivcs can not allow the attempt to cor-
upt and debauch its mo nib era by the
> residing ofllcor of another body to
man unnoticed , nor can it allow any
member of the house who hasbeonin
allusion with Cams and Thnrston , as
hanged in the aflidavit , to go uncon-
urod and unpunished. 01
01tl
There can bo no doubt whatever tl
that the attempt to bribe Mr. Rob-
borts was a part of a conspiracy which o
in a number of cases was eminently
successful. The conspirators may
boastfully challenge investigation ,
but if the legislature does its duty and
the witnomesaro ) made to testify to the
facts they know , wo shall have an ex-
posuiQ that trill arouse the people of
this atato to a realization of the grave
dangers to which , they are constantly
subjected at the hands of corporate
monopolies
The following affidavit will be road
by every citizen of Nebraska with n
intense modification.
j
STATE ov NEIIIIAHKA , 1 g
BUTLEU Oo. /
I , J. 0 , Robborta , on my oath Bays , 0
that I make the following statement c
of facts upon my most solemn oath , >
God Almighty bearing mo witness
that the same is true , as follows to
wit :
0
When I was in the legislature of
Nebraska a member of the 10th session ,
0
from the Gist Distriol , E. 0 , Oarnos ,
the time the Lieutenant Governor
p
the stito came to mo and told me
hat John M. Thurston sent him tome
mo with the proposition that if I
would turn in and help the railroad
companies and use my influence of
and power as a legislator and
nombor of the railroad
committee that ho , through and for
said companies , would give mo $5,000
live thousand dollars ) . That he tried
and insisted there and than to have
no go to either Thurston's or Church
lonrea' room and got part of said
money. I also state upon my oath >
hat I refused to go to said room and
refused to take said money or any
mrt thereof , aud ( hat ho ( Games )
said to me that if I refused to take it
I would always regret it , for that
when I wont horro I would bo abutcc
by the ragged asses anyway , and thai
if I accepted it I ciuld let thorn go ,
and bo independent , and have a nice
homo and bo well fixed.
I also swear that I never accepted
ono dollar from any source , or in any
way from any railroad company since
1 was elected , or in my whole life , except
copt n fee of $5.00 ( five dollars ) that
was paid the Ilobborts and Stoulo Ian
firm in 1877 for legal services rcn
dorod them , and that I never ro
ccivod any favor from any railroad
company , except n traveling pass for
myself and wife , So help mo God ,
J. 0. llonnEUTS.
Subscribed in my presence nnd
sworn to before mo , this February
27th , 1882. L. G. BEUDHOW ,
Notary Public.
DOTJGLAR. COUNTY AND THE
BURNS BILL.
The advocates of the Burns bill , under
dor which it is proposed to detach
Douglas county from the northern
section ot the state , are resorting to a
great deal of political bunkum to car
ry their measure. The great hue nnd
cry of these patriots is that the ropub'
licanlparty. cannot afford to let Doug'
las county remain in the district with
which aho is identified by location and
material interests.
Wo are told that Douglas county
haa bcon a terror to iho whole state ;
that oho haa dominated in conven
tions and Iccislaturcs , and is n selfish
political harlot. Above all things
they constantly keep up the bugbear
that Douglas county will elect Colonel
Savage to congress if she is districted
with the northern section of the state.
Now what are the facts of political
history ' during the past twelve years ?
In 1870 Douglas county elected n full
republican delegation to the legisla
ture by from four to fivo' hundred ma
jority , and she pave David Butler , the
republican candidate for govorno
1,822 votes , against 1,710 for Crox-
; on , democrat. Butler ran considera
bly behind the ticket on account of
bribery charges , and other republican
candidates on the atato tickofc received
; rom two to four hundred majority.
In the national campaign , year
L872 , Douglas county gave Crounse ,
republican congressman , 1,000 votes ,
and J. H. Warner , democrat and
ibrral , 1,522 ; Woolworth ; democratic
chief justice , 1,440 ; Lake , republican ,
L.008. The presidential electors on
tl ho Grooley-Domo ticket , E. Creigh-
ton 1,188 , 0. P. Mason 1,184 , nnd
Foster Il86ngainst S. A. Strickland ,
republican elector , 1,501 , Otto Funke ,
republican , 1,592 , and G. W. Heist ,
Lt592. The logiolativo delegation was
also solid re-publican.
In 1873 the republicans elected fiio
entire county tickot. Henry Graobe ,
sheriff , democrat , receiving 1,470
votes. A. Burley , republican , 1,551 ;
McShano , democrat , treasurer , 1,420 ;
Althaus , republican , 1,500.
, Iii 1874 , Crounso , republican Con
gressman received 1760 votes , J. W.
Savage , democrat , 155C , Silas Garbor ,
republican governor 1750 , Tuxbury ,
democrat 1573. The republicans elect
ed five out of the eight members of
the legislature by majorities ranging
from two to throe hundred.
In 1875 , Lake , republican tor judge
2087 , Gantt , republican 1971 , Max
well , republican 191C , Thomoa , demo
crat 1533 , Holmes , republican for re
gent 1959 , Castor , democrat 1558.
The entire republican county ticket
was elected.
In 1870 , presidential election , S. A.
Strickland republican elector 2313 ,
A. Cobb , republican 2342 , A. H Con
nor , republican 2341 , S ; H. Calhoun ,
democrat. 22G5 , S , J. Goodrich , dem
ocrat 2270 , M. 0. Keith , 'democrat ,
2253' This was the year of the antt
Hitchcock senatorial fight and two
republican county tickets were nomi
nated , the democrats electing the leg
islative tickot. The outcome was the
election of Alvin Sauudors to the U'
3. senate.
In 1877 the contest in Douglas
county ( was a personal ono for the
county oftices , the republicans elect
ing half and the democrats half of the
county ticket.
In 1878 Douglas county gave
Nance , republican candidate for gov
ernor , 2,200 votes , Webster , demo
crat , 1,341 votes ; Valentino , republi
can congressman , 2OGO , Davis , demo-
orat and greenback , 2,257. Valentino
was unpopular , and although sup
ported by all factions in the county ,
fell behind the rest of the state
ticket over 200 votes. The legisla.
tivo delegation was two-thirds repub
lican.
In 1871) Oobb , republican , for judge
the supreme court received 2,370
votes ; Walcoly , democrat , 1,807.
Carson , republican , for regent 2,480 ;
Sawyer , democrat , 1,053. In this
ruse Wakoly , a resident of Douplas
county , an ablt democratic lawyer ,
who bore an irreproachable character ,
was running against o resident of
.
Lancaster oounty , nnd still Douglas
gave the republican candidate over
OQ majority.
In the presidential election of 18SO
Douglas county pave Collins , republi
can elector , 3,290 ; Thurston , republi *
c n , 3,2GC : laird , republican , 3,284 ;
Boyd , democrat elector , 2,40" ; Vif-
quain , y,383 ; Hinman , 2,388. Val
entine , republican for congress , 2,581 , ;
North , democrat , 2,332 ; Nance , re
publican , for governor , 3,322 ; Tipton ,
democrat , 2,320 ; Alexander , republi
can , secretary of state , 3,344 ; John-
Aon , democrat , 2,328j
Valentino fell behind the state
ticket over 700 votes , but North , his
democratic opponent , did not receive
the vote. Valentino's name being
scratched merely and no other name
substituted. The average republican
majorities on the state ticket and for
electors ranged between 800 and
1,000.
This was another senatorial cam
paign year. The Union Pacific
packed the rcpublican primaries and
convention , nominating a ticket that
failed to represent the party. The
result was the election of the present
mixed delegation , Had the whole
Union Pacihc ticket carried , General
0. A. Van Wyek would not have been
United States senator to-day.
In 1881 Dougloa county pave Max
well , republican , judge , 2,358 ; Man
ger , democrat , 2,037 ; Fiofield , repub
lican , regent , 2,552 , , Baor , democrat ,
2,020. The entire republican county
ticket waa elected by majorities rang
ing from 248 for Knight , commission
er , to 1,705 for Rush , treasurer ,
average majority for the ticket being
over 1,000.
The loss on the state ticket was
mainly on account of the passage of
the Slocumb bill , which caused considerable
sidorablo dofcction among the foreign
born clement.
Hero then is the record , which
shows beyond poradvcnturo that
Douglas oounty has bcon republican
for twelve years for presidential elect
ors and state oflicors , nnd in nine an
nual elections out of twelve she has
elected republican legislators and
county sfiicors. The exceptions were
local and personal.
Everybody knows why Douglas
county has refused on two or three
occasions to endorse the republican
legislative tickets put up by conven
tions packed by repeaters and monopoly
ely henchmen.
When Colonel Savage was a cindi
date for Congrots as against Mr.
Orounso , Douglas county gave him no
heavier vote than any othnr democrat
Io candidate , although Crounsn was
not a resident of the county and Col
onel Savage is in every respect his
equal in point of ability and integrity.
But when the ropublicai s of t o
third judicial diatrict put up candi
dates who were doomed unfit for the
bench , or worse , who were notoriously
in ill repute , party tics were disre
garded and Col. Savage was elected.
Would any honest republican ask
Douglas county to put a man on the
bench whoso conduct as a lawyer and
citizen was disreputable and dishonest
merely becausa ho trains with the
party ? Would it not have been more
honorable for Senator Burns , who is
comparatively n now comer in Ne
braska , to have informed himself bet
ter about the political record of Doug
las county before ho inaugurated a
campaign of slander and abnso
against her us a lovnr to pull his pot
scheme of apportionment through the
legislature.
THU librarian of the house of representatives
sontativos recently made a statement
of the number of bills and joint reso
lutions from 18G1 to 1881 inclusive.
The grand total was 52,140. In the
house there were 38,510 ; in the senate ,
13C30 , Most of them were private
bills. To print them it cost 8450 ,
740.11. In the sessions of 1801-03
the number of bills and resolutions
introduced was 1,341. In the sessions
of 1879-80 they had swelled to the
enormous proportions of 10,007. A
similar growth duripg the > next twenty
years would overwhelm congress with
work , and leave scaroly any time for
the consideration of measures of vast
public importance ; In the light of
these facts the propositions before the
house , of representatives , looking u >
the relegation of all private claims tea
a special tribunal created for their
consideration , have especial force and
bearing.
A STVFF officer in timu of peace isn't
such a lucrative position , but a bloody
insurrection like the late Omaha carnage -
nago brings out in a strong light aomo
of the perquisites of brass buttons and
opaulotts.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Uttcn ban a bank in prospect.
Wymore wants mora churches.
Tekamah baa 1,200 population ,
Superior ia to have a new paper.
lVnlino talks of a national bank.
Kt < iitim U going to have a. village jail ,
Lots of lumler ia being sold in Brown ,
vllle.
vllle.York
York has ahut up barber shops on Sun
day ,
A $3,500 town hall ia to he built at
Hebron ,
IiuhofT , of Lincoln , h s lost 500 hop by
Jisejco.
The Red Cloud creamery is about ready
io receive.
Rlverton is to ha\e n new paper , the
I'honogrjph ,
The Ponca Courier has been moved Into
Wayne county.
Junhta I- laid tp bo the moat sociable a
.own in the state.
No new cases of small-pox have appear :
ed iu Plattmioutb.
The North Bf ml Uulletln has swallowed
The Fremont Presi.
There are twenty-one ttler.hc.nes In the '
Columbus exchange.
John 1) ) . Hlooiu , a printer of Huinbjldt ,
Is to start a > paper at Liberty , Gage
county ,
Crelghton hain't any shoemaker yet ,
and wants one bad.
Harvard's natoons are hanging on the
ragged edge of decision ,
The sixteenth annual fair of Cats county
will begin September Ctb ,
Anew hull at Sterling will be dedicated
by n ball nnd banquet soon ,
The bunlnera men of Stromnburg hare
given $2COO tj secure n grist mill ,
The Gibbon creamery turns out about
fifty pounds of butter a day
There being no saloon In York , several
parties clubbed nnd bought n batrel ol
whisky.
Bradthaw , York county , has shipped
about sixty cars of cattle in the last
month ,
The Tccumseh streets are to be lighted
At night by lamps. This is progress for a
young town.
The Hey brothers , of Fremont , bought
ten quarter sections in Nance county on
the 8th ,
It is expected the South Bend bridge
across the Platte will bo completed by
.September.
Dawson county had A hail storm laot
week with "Hones as large M hen'a fggx , "
so the PieesBays.
An O'Ncll City boy whose leg was
broken whi o playing ball , is dying from
the effects of it.
Jake May , the Fremont drummer ,
makes his trips through Northern
biaska on a byciclc.
It ia prnbabla that no saloon license will
be Issued In Beatrice. Ono petition is in ,
council are hanging fire.
The Central City Nonpareil Is to get n
cylinder press which meats a great deal
for a country newspaper.
The citizens of Fremont are contem
plating organizing a herr o Insurance company -
pany with a capital of $100,000.
The regular May term of the district
court for Cans county was adjourned fern
n month on account of the Bran 1-por at
Plattemouth.
Burglars attempted to go through the
Madison depot on the night of the 10th ,
but a shot from the assistant agent's re
volver drove them off.
Miss. Child * , of Victoria Creek , Ouster
county , who figured as the complaining
witness against her uncle. Daniels , the in
cest fiend , has given birth to twins.
There Is talk ot starting another demo
cratic paper In Blair. With two such
good local pipers aa the Pilot and Itepub-
lican , the new movers must be crazy.
According to The Lincoln Democrat ,
baby recently born In Fill more county
"weighed fourteen and a half pounds in
his stocklntr " feet when he first saw the
light. "
James G , McBoekcr and his little girl
killed sixty-five snakes on forty acres of
ground in half a day , nnd it wasn't ; much
of a day for snakes eithdr. [ North Bend
Bulletin
A young Indy in Saline county , in the
absence of the hired girl , baked a batch of
buiacuit and used Kpsom salts for the
leaven. The buiscnitx didn't rise , hut
those who partook of them did. ,
Grafton ha * just put on village clothes
and is making ordinance. TheBecon-tone ,
just printed , relates io keeping sidewalks
c lear of snow and ice. Vennur must be an
honraory member of that board.
An Bight year-old daughter of Mr. Vine
yard , of Butler county , was burned to
doxth in a prairie fire which her father had
staated , and the flames of which set fire to
her clothing before she or her father were
aware of it ,
Simon Amos , living four mile a northeast
of here , one day this week succeeded in
capturing seven wolvea. Mr. Amos will
receive $7 of the county fund for this lit
tle job. [ Blue Springs Motor.
A farmer by the name of Gay , living
near Atchison , Halt county , lately at
tempted to get on a moving train and was
jerked under the cars which cut oil both
his legs. He died eoon after.
A real curiosity in the shape of twn per
fect egg * , joined together , Siamese fash
ion , were laid by a hen owned bv D. O.
Cross. The next day the same thing oc
curred with the th'rd one ( started and all
attached. [ Urownvillo Republican ,
Any one knowing the whereabouts ol
ono Col. C. Berber , formerly publisher o (
a Kesrney paper will confer n great favor
on his bnithcr , J. H. Berber. D.vid1 , Chaff -
f > o ctmuty , Col. , or K. .J.Scott , Clarke ,
Merricli county , Neb. , by dropping thorn
a card.
Information is wanted of Edwin Jamen
Carficld , who left home ( Lo Grand P. O. '
At ril 7. Any Inf rmatlon concerning him
will be thankfully received by hia anxious
sister. Mrs. B. C. Thompson , Wilber , Sa
hue county , Neb.
The mechanics are pegging away at the
North Bond bridge. Suitable material has
been hard to pet. Of course Impatience is
manifested at it * slow progress , but parties
well-Informed in the premises itato that
the delay ha ) been unavoidable.
A three-year-old child of Mr , Swazeyp ,
living on the old Linn farm , Pawnee
countr , came near being crushed to death
by falling under the wheels of a loaded
wagon. At last accounts the little < > no
was recovering nicely from its rough expe
rience.
Will Kennedy found a nest of five young
wolves while after bis cattle last week
The nrst waa several rods from the' den
and waa lined with wool. The old mother
showed fight nnd he would hardly have
caped with the young one * had it not been
for hie dogs , Pawnee Enterprise.
A Cabtor oounty man bought a pint of
budge at each of the two places in Kear
ney , weerq none ia allowtd to be aold. Af
ter he drank.it , got drunk and then sober ,
he bulldozed $ G5 from tht saloon men uu
der threats of squealing.
A renovating machine at Falls City p-
erated the other day on a festh r bed 1UO
yean old. The News Bays "when taken
from the machine the feathers preiented
the appearence of down ; " and before the
cleaning they weighed twenty-eight
poundt. but alter only twenty-seven ,
Quite a aevereball storm prevailed coat
of town for a few minutes last Tuesday ,
and we learn from those that were out In
It and afterwards that the hall stones were
nearly aa large aa hen'a eggs , Mr. Ifln
nlch'a aon reports that numerous birda
were killed by the hall that fell. Hardy
Herald.
A amash'tip occurred about fonr miles
wet of Akron on Friday laat , by
which four men were injured , some of them
quite seriously. It seems I hat a long
freight train brok in two places and tlut
the lust part ran into the middle portion ,
cautmg a tmnah-up of a large number of
freight can , Indiannla Courier ,
The pione er moves In the matter of es
tablishing woolen mil In in Northern Ne
braska has been made at Bazilo Mills , in
Knox county. A portion of the machin
ery ia already on the ground and the work
Is being rnpiiJIv jmshcd ,
Mrs. John \Vi H > D , li\lng wett of town ,
wbile crossing thu prairie the other day ,
encountered some very large snake * , two
of which che succeeded In killing. One of
them meaimred toven feet and the other
Hve feet six inched iu length. [ Crelghton
David Brown has been making arrange *
ineiits to go into the cattle business on a
large ecale. Last week he returned from
trip to Frontier cou tyUicru he ee-
cured a ramje , and In company with Je
rome Dauchy , another old Nebraska City
man , will extabllsh a largo lurd. [ Ne
braska City N w .
A young man by the name of Austin ,
1'J yearn of age , living ten mlloi northeast
of this place , shot himself iu the head with
( hot ( 'uu , intentionally , Dra. Cox and
Walt were summoned , but ha dluii about
welve hours after the shooting. Various
caus s are assigned for the dee J ,
On Sunday last Miss Cairlo Armstrong
ntmt up to P , G Coo er' atCmnngCity ! ,
and whllt ) there the liadoLe of tlif jjljmpu
'rom a pair of spectacles In her mouth ,
when It slipped down her thront. Tht )
jaii remained lodged In the throat for
( tome time , cutting badly on each side , but
finally , by swallowing pieces of bread
crust , it WAS forced down Into the stomach
ach , where It remain * a constant source of
Inltablllty.-tBlalr Pilot.
Three deer crossed Main street in Lake's
addition on Tuesday morning pursued by
a dozen or more rchool boys and aa many
dog' , the latter considerably in the rear.
The deer etru k out northwest and the
boys and dogs Rave up In disgust.Wayne {
Kcoord.
HOLT COUNTY ,
A Variety of Items From Uio Coun
ty Seat.
Correspondence of The Bee ,
O'NuiL CITY , Neb. , May 10. Not
seeing n communication from any cor
respondent from this portion , I
thought I would summon up a sufli *
ciont amount of presumption to write
you a line or two. With us TUB BEE
has become as good a medium of cir
culating news as any locr l paper can
bo , as every business man in our town
is on your list of daily subscribers and
among us farmers Tun WEEKLY BEE
has a very largo circulation. Our
town if ) building up quite rapidly this
season. The now Catholic church
now towers in the vernal azure nnd
there nro several smaller but not lees
substantial buildings springing up on
every side.
A very sad accident occurred hero
yesterday. A young man named Joy
while endeavoring to got on a moving
train got both his logs so badly crushed
that it was considered necessary last
night to amputate both limbs. Dr.
Bannerassisted by Mr. Bershiser , our
druggist , performed the operation. In
a little while after the limbs were re
moved , contrary to the doctor's ex
pectations , the unfortunate man
breathed his last.
Our farmers nro working with com
mendable earnestness this season and
the acreage of cultivated land will bo
increased this 'season ono hundrec
fold.
fold.Our
Our political pot has a very peculiar
simmering , but "our Val" is endeav
oring to savour the pudding to his
taste. Ho is making the postoflicesin
the county his first line of trenches ,
and ho is fast filling those important
positions with "leal and true. " M.An
derson of Apple Oroek is the lost vic
tim to the masterly line of battle.
But wo fear "Val" is overdoing this
matter , aa the farmers in these
vicinities cannot sco tho''latent good' '
in all these movements , and may ycl
teach Mr. Valentino that a subservient
tool , though ho may bo a postmaster ,
cannot carry the delegates of his
precinct in his pocket. The farmers
are awaking from their lethargy , nnd
have organized their local alliances in
the county , and these branches have
just issued a call , for the organization
of a county alliance. Oh that the
farmers could once neo through the
dimming film of party prejudice , the
grand necessity of united action ! But
the day is fast approaching , there is
always a glorious gloaming in the
gloom. But it is diUicult for the
farmers ' to sever the bands of thral
dom twined around them by the mo
nopolists through the agency of the
sycophantic local press. Nebraska's
greatest i need to-day is a fearless , and
uofiltered class of newspapiri. II
there were a few moropapers like THE
BEE in Nebraska , the issue between
the people and the crushing monopo
lists would not be at all doubtful.
But through the local papers the
ruinous work IB all accomplished ;
very difficult will bo the task. The
monopolists' tools are the disposcra of
all patronage and the moment a local
editor breathes n syllable in con
flict with the interests of these craven
sellouts , ruin stares him in the face.
If our farmers will draw thn bandage
from their eyes they will discover the
moat ruinous monopoly ia the mo
nopoly of local newspapers. The
local newspaper should bo a fearless
exponent ot the wants , the wishes ,
the interests of the community ir
which it circulates. I will ask the
farmers ef Holt county is that the
case with their local papers ? Wo have
two in our cownty , and they nro above
the average of local papers. Can they
fearlessly represent the wants of the
farmers ? Dare they to-morrow , il
Mr. Valentino should act as the mean
est tool of the veriest fraud , utter
ono word against his nefarious
schemes } Ho holds their financial
existence in his hands. Who are to
blame for this ? Wo ourselves , Wo
cannot expect that our county papers
will bo very able pipers ; but wo
should expect that they should bo the
exponents of iruo principles , and if
they failed , or refused to be , to discard
them , Ono of our county papers is
avowedly and wisely piping for Val
entine , in season and out of season ,
and as a reward for his birth right gets
the pottage , and has to wear "the
coat of many colors. " The other pa
per , through its courte is somewhat
incomprehensible , yet it appears that
ho , too , would like to play the role of
Eaau , This ia to bo deplored. But
at present it cannot be helped ; Vnlen
tine with ono bock of his hand could
wipe them out of existence , and wo
must forgive them if "thoy have
learned to betray , " But their sicken 5
ing , never-ceasing praise of Mr. Val
entino does that gentleman no
earthly good , as the farmers are all
aware that it is the servile piping for
value received. But TUB WEEKLY
BEE has a largo circulation in our
county , and that is silently doing the
good work. FAKMEU.
"Woman' * Trno Friend.
A friend in need U a friend indeed , This
nonecan deny , especially when assistance is
rendered when one U sorely allllcte'l with
dUr'ose , more particularly those coin ,
ulainU and weaknesses BO common to our
female population , Kvery woman should
lnow that Electrio IJUters are woman's
true friend , nnd will positively restore her
to health , even wheii all other remedies
Fall. A single trial always proves our as-
sertlon. They are pleasant to the taste ,
and only coat fifty centa a bottle. Sold by
0 , i. Goodman.
B. D. MCLAUGHLIN ,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
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