Nebraska Newspapers

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B. ROSKWATKR. Editor.
EVKHY inorabor of the Amorlcan house
of lords will now have his thousand dollar
lar clerk , Thus has a long felt want at
last boon supplied.
CoLOitAUO is entitled to six delegates
in the next national republican conven
tion , and a desperate tussle as to who
shall go and who shall stay at homo lius
already begun.
TUB senate has voted a thousand dollar
lar clerk to every senator who is chair
man of a committee. That will relieve
the junior senator of Nebraska from
drawing on his salary for a clork.
IT is hard to keep Jim Brisbin down.
Ho now suggests to congress what it
ought to do for the nrmy. The bestthing
that congress can do for the army is to
retire such blatherskites as Jim Brisbin.
Tirr. two Tennessee quacks , who have
boon taken in custody by a Memphis
shorifT and lodged in the Omaha jail , are
endeavoring to mollify the Jlcrnld by a
promise of advertising patronage. They
propose to locate permanently in Omaha ,
after their release.
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Now that General Grant and Senor
Romero have each in turn given assur
ance that they own nn stock in the Mex
ican railroads , and Imvo no personal in
terest In the proposed reciprocity be
tween that country and the United
States , it is safe to oay that the Mexican
treaty will bo ratified.
DKFAULTINCI bank officials have a shn- !
ing oxnmplo in the sagacity displayed by
the president and cashier of the Load-
Tillo bank , who , when they wore unable
to stand the run of their customers , gave
leg bail. It was probably the safest
thing that could bo done in such a place
as Loadvillo.
DAKOTA is prolty well represented at
Washingfon just now. Governor Ord-
way and son are thcro to prevent the re
moval of the old man. There are a host
of ox-governors , ox-judges , ox-post sut-
Icrs , ox-Indian tinders , ox-dologatos
at the capitol city. It is not so
vcold m Washington as it is in
Dakota.
IT costs a great deal of money to bury
a congressmen. The vouchers for funer
al expenses of the late Representative
Hawk , of Illinois , who died during the
forty-first congress , shows that the
funeral cost the government in the neigh
borhood of $3,200. Among the articles
purchased on the funeral trip were several
cases of Apollarinis und Botltosda waters ,
and such suggestive articles as cork
screws , goblets , &o. v
AJUIKY'H Italian opera company has
been virtually torn to pieces by the Chicago
cage critics , who are unanimous in the
ycrdict that the troupe would have boon
mobbed in Italy for the way it butchered
"Lohengrin , " the third act of which was
omitted on account of Campaniui's ill
ness caused by too much indulgence in
the flowing bowl. Col. Maploson , of the
rival troupe , Her Majesty's Opera com-
jinny , is in an ecstasy of filoo.
SUHAN B. AHTIIOHY lan against the
-wrong Post when ulio addressed a letter
to the Wyoming congressional delegate
aaking him whether , upon a recent occa <
mon , if ho had been present , ho would
liavo cast his ballot in favor of womar
suffrage. Mr. Post's answer was short ,
and not very awoot. It was simply tin
monosyllabic , "No. " Mr. Post must bi
a man o iron-nervo to faoo the woinai
suffragists of Wyoming after this.
UAUiviKr.D , of Dakota , and i
largo delegation from that territory ar
in Washington to secure an appropria
tion , for the purchase of a third of th
Sioux Indian reservation. They want I
opened for settlement , and. are tired c
waiting for the ratification of the Siou
treaty , in which they probably have hi
little faith. Ono of their schemes is I
run a railway through the roaervation mi
make direct connection. Jwith the Unic
Pacific.
TI\E Union Pacido government dire
tors , who are no rnoro uoodod than
fifth wheel to a wagon , have gone throng
the farce of making another annual r
port. Like nearly all preceding roper
mada by this ornamental and usult
body , this report was doubtless careful
prepared at Union Paciliu headquarto
by eminent attorneys , and signed n :
.Blatter of form by the directors. Ai
this reminds us tliat Nebraska Is to ha
another new Hireotor directly , 21
Wateou Pariah liaving eorvod his pi
2 > 040 and outlived jiiq usefulness , IIo
Prank Colpotzor , of Oaiaho , will at
into Jib fihoea and got his "annuals" i
vivod. It is neeJleBJ to say that 1
Colpfetzor was a useful member of t
lepclaturp.
1'VLVf.Rimira TIIK RUST iwrxn.
To the Editor of TIIK IJr.r.
LiNTOtx , January 21. Supposing that
THE BEF is always with the nooplo and
for the people , rcgardlois of the few that
food upon the earnings of honest labor ,
without doing any themselves or render
ing an equivalent , wo take the liberty to
ask a few questions. Is TUP. BKK in
favor of submitting the saloon question
to a vote of the people ? Ilavo the people
ple any right to govern this country _ by
choosing wliat they want and rejecting
what they do not want ? Is it the duty
of Rood citizens to owallow everything
Hint politicians , prompted by apotito and
love of gain , sco fit to cram down their
throats ? lias T K BEF. any doubt that
the majority in Nebraska stands with the
majority in Iowa ? Why did not _ the
Farmers' Alliance take up this question ?
Ton thousand moro ragged farmers looao
their homes by our saloon system than by
railroads. II.V. . llAiinv.
TIIK Br.i : has always boon in laver of
the full and free discussion of every vital
issue , and it does not hesitate to express
ih views frankly and fearlessly about
the saloon question.Vo concede at the
outset Unit drunkenness is one of the
greatest of social evils , and wo also con
cede the right of society , that is the people
ple , to regulate and restrain the traffic in
intoxicants in such a manner as will most
oOcclivoly protect Its members from the
terrible olIooU of intemperance. In exor
cising the power to "govern this country
by chooeing what they want , and what
they do not want , " majorities must ne
cessarily respect the individual rights of
minorities , If it were within the power
of the people , by inoro majorities , to decree -
croo what all mon should eat and drink
and wear , it would also bo within their
power to dictate what they should be
lieve and how , vrhcn and where they
should worship. The framers of our re
publican system of government have very
wisely included in the bill of rights the
liberty of conscience , and of person. The
people can bo tyrranicnl just as well us
monarchi , and majorities can become as
despotic as any autocrat.
It becomes n serious question whether
prohibition as a means of enforcing tem
perance in drinking would not bo an
abridgement of individual liberty totally
unwarranted under a republican form of
government. But why should the saloon
question bo aubmittod to a vote of the
people of Nebraska ? Granting that the
majority in Nebraska stands with the
majority in Iowa , in favor of "pulveriz
ing the rum power , " what would bo
gained by such a submission ? Ilnvo wo
not already a great deal bettor laws on
our statute books than the Iowa amend
ment ? Have not the majority in Ne
braska the power to prohibit the sixlo of
liquor in any community where public
sentiment favors prohibition ? If the
people of Lincoln or Lancaster county
nro in favor of closing all the saloons
why don't they close them ? Is it not
true that the sale of liquor in Nebraska
in only tolerated where a majority of the
people are in favor of licensing the sale
of liquor , and if the majority
nro opposed to closing thn saloons
why should the minority persist in over
ruling the will of the majority ? Doee
not the experiment in Kansas show that
prohibition is a failure wherever public
sentiment does not sustain it ? In Ne
braska , with the high license and local
option systems , there is moro real tem
perance than there is in Kansas , where
hundreds of saloons are vending cheap
whisky , without restraint and without
contributing to the expense of the gov
ernment. On the other hund there arc
hundreds of small towns and villages in
Nebraska without n saloon , and in the
larger towns and cities the worst feature !
of the tratlio have boon eliminated by
the closing of the low dives and dons ,
The saloons of Omaha and Lincoln alont
pay over $100,000 a joar into the school
fund. The saloons of Loavonworth ,
Atchison and Topeka do not pay a dollar ,
Which is iho moro practical system'
Thcso are stubborn facts which all the
zealots and enthusiasts who are "pulvor.
feing the rum power" cannot successful ! }
overcome.
Itight hero lot us ask , why do the
tumpuranco people shrink from an aotivc
enforcement of our present laws ? Whj
do they clamor for moro law ,
when they cannot enforce thai
already on the statute books'
Lot them do their duty as citizens in tin
enforcement of the laws , and wo are witl
thorn. Wo do not propose to fight wind
mills , nor do wo regard t aa part of tin
business of the Farmers' Alliance t <
make a totnporanco crusado. It is no
true that 10,000 moro ragged farmer
loose their farms by the saloon ays ton
than by the railroads , and of the 70,00' '
farmers in Nebraska there are not mor
than 10,000 living in the neighborhood c
cities where the saloon system is tolei
atod. Ten per cent of these may b
habitual drinkers , but they drink u
tf t much at homo as they do in the sulooi
f They can fill their jags and bottles at th
1 drug stores and groceries , just us well i
t they can ut tlio saloons. If there woi
no saloons that class of farmers \\-oul \
uiako their apple-jack and oorn-juico i
homo.'o 1mvo always favored U
most rigid restriction of the liquor trail !
but wo favor only practical measure
which are moro liable to piomoto tori
poranco than aalvntlon crusades and doai
letter prohibition aniondiucnta. Next I
high license and local option there ia OIL
ono ether practical way to promote ton
ponxnca in all things , and that is by odi
eating the people by healthy homo inlli
oncoa.
Gomtfiou DAWHH has saved this st-i
two Joj-al murders in ono day , llcfuh
Whoa President Arthur refused i
commute the sentence of Guitcau , ho b
it. catno a party to a legal murder , uud y
G ulteau was a bettor subject for exec
tlvo clemency than I'olin and Hat
Guitcau believed ho had boon foreo
10 dained to remove Garlleld , * The N
braska murdererswhom Governor Daw
IIAS reprieved , labored under no such de
lusion. They murdered because they
hated their victims , and no ether aim
than malicious destruction of life. The
governor has saved the state two legal
murders , but his ill-advised clemency
will encourage assassins in their bloody
workunder the assurance that murderers
.ire not hung in Nebraska. It is also an
incentive to resort to lynch law , and
give1) the state a reputation abroad that
in not likely to oncourntfo immigration.
Many of the senators of the Uiiitcd
Status have the happy faculty of taking
care of their near relatives by providing
thorn with lucrative government posi
tions , and the almost general nepotism
ii now being somewhat severely criti
cised. The senators who are chairmen
of committees have committee clerkships
worth $ l > per day at their disposal , and
as a rule these clerkships arc filled by
the senators' sons. The sonators"who
are not chairmen of committees , have just
been allowed a thousand dollar clerk
each , and in most instances the places
will probably bo filled by their
sons or nephews. Some senators have
found places for two or moro of their
sons as well as for ether relatives. It
would seem that the American house of
lords propose to keep everything in the
family if possible. They argue no doubt
tint as the places are to bo filled ,
their relative if competent might
as well have them as anybody.
It is a fair conclusion that the cus
tom of dealing out soft places to rela
tives having jboon established the
people hereafter instead of electing
senators individually will virtually elect
whole families to senatorial "seats and ad
junct positions. This may seem emi
nently proper to some politicians , but wo
are afraid that the people will eventually
put their veto upon congressional nepo
tism and declare that the distribution of
federal prizes shall cover a moro extended
field than the immediate circle of sena
torial relatives. The extent to which
nepotism has been carried by the United
States senators is certainly somewhat sur
prising.
Senator Harris , of Tennessee , has
ono son employed aa a clerk in the secre
tary's oflico at nn annual salary of $2,220
and another clerk to his committee on
epidemic diseases at a per diem
salary of SO. The senator receives
§ 5,000 as his salary ; ono son , as before
stated , gets § 2,220 , and on an average of
seven months for the long session and
three for the short , another son will r -
ceivo 81,800 , making $9,020 as the an
nual income of the Harris family.
Whether this senator has any other rela
tives employed in the departments is
unknown. Senator Mahono's son re-
coiros $7 n day from the committee on
public buildings and grounds ; Senator
McMollan's son is clerk to the committee
on commerce , with an annual salary of
$2,220 , ; Senator Lapham's son is clerk
of the committee on woman's suffrage , of
which his father is chairman , and ho
draws from the treasury in the neighbor
hood of $1,800 in each congress. Senator
George , of Mississippi , has a son who is
assistant keeper of stationery at a salary
of § 1,800. The clerk of the com
mittee on engrossed bills is T. H. Sauls-
bury , and it is presumed that ho is of re
mote kin to Senator Eli Saulsbury , of
Delaware , who is chairman of that com
mittee. It is said that the relatives ol
several senators have boon provided with
places under the doorkoopar and sor-
gcant-at-arrns of the house. Ono of Sen
ator Conger's sons is now postmaster ,
while another is drawing per diem pay
and traveling expenses as a special agent
of the1 pension oflico. Senator Jones Inn
a brother who is a clerk in the sergeant-
at-armh' oflico. Ono of Senator Cock-
roll's Bans is a postmaster in Colorado ,
and Leigh Chalmers , who hasa position
in the secretary's oflico , is a brother of
J. It. Chalmers , of Misiissippi.
The same condition of affairs exist :
among the congressman. So many sons ,
nephews , cousins and other relatives ol
senators hold subordinate offices that a
certain senator , who probably has nc
relatives to provide for , complains thai
ho finds it a delicate irottor to ask r
door-keeper , messenger or other H ubor-
dinato to render him service lost bo maj
bo giving oflunso to the relative of aoim
senatorial colleague. Another sonatoi
proposes to remedy this unpleasant situ-
tion by an exchange between the twc
houses , so that senators' sons may bi
assistant doorkeepers , messengers am
committee clerks m the house , the son ;
of representatives to hold similar posi
tioua in the senate. But oven that , it i
admitted , would not entirely remedy th
awkwardness. Nobody , however , has , s
far suggested that senators shall not seel
to fill those subordinate- places with the !
relatives. The action of Reproatmtativ
Koifor , in securing for his nephew , Mi
Guinea , n $5,000 position as atone
graphor , an ! displacing another stone
graphor the day before the ailjournmon
of the Forty-seventh congroos , thus pul
ting an uxtra allowance of several hui
dred dollars into the pockota of Gainei
lias raised quito u brou/o. His uctio
has been sharply criticised , and it ! u
boon the cause of directing attention t
the general nepotism that prevails union
senators and congressmen.
IT is as natural for a customs officer I
pilfer aa it is for n duck to swin
Colonel John S , Mosby , now America
consul at Hong Koug , China , is a nla'n
blunt man. Ho writes to the socrotai
of the treasury that ho forwarded to ro
ntivea in this country eomo prusorvi
which have never reached their deatin :
tion , and the colonel added that this wi
not the first iiulanco where custom houi
ollieorn at Now York had plundered fo
olgu cargoes and appropriated to the
own use articles shipped from abroad to
ohor ( persons. The secretary calls on
Cou nol Mosby for full and careful par-
ttcaJa8Tho sympathy of the whole
nation j.iust bo with the relatives of Col.
Mosby , Jf the customs officers do not
disgorgethO relatives will miss a rare
treat. iJcwiic ted birds'-nosts and rat-
tall jollies nrc roro tidbits that would
make the month nf any F. F. V. water.
THKRI : is n serious side to the Load-
villo bank failure , which calls /or a
prompt and effective action on the part
of congress. The First National bank of
Lead villo had taken in about ? ! ! 50,000 in
deposits , nhich for * the most part have
boon gambled away or stolen by its elli
cors. While the currency issued by the
bank will bo redeemed dollar for dollar
by the national treasury , the depositors
are linblo to lese every cent. In other
words , while the government has taken
precaution to protect ono class of credit
ors , it has loft another class of creditors
entirely at the mercy of dishonest bank
officials. It seems to us that the power
that chartered the national banks is in
duly bound to exercise its authority for
the protection of depositors. How that
is to bo done , and to what extent these
banks are to bo restrained , is a problem
for congress to solve. '
SENATOK DAWKS says that the trouble
about allotting land in severally to In-
iam is , there ii not sufficient available
and for that purpose on the reservations ,
ilr. Dawos is taken to task on this point
iy the Now York J/crald , which says :
Thcro may bo nome reservations where
nest of the land is rugged and moro fit
o shelter wild boasts than bear crops of
rain or atl'ord pasturage for cattle. On
ho ether hand there are Indian lands so
crtilo that plenty of white men covet
hem. Mr. Dawcs apparently believes
hat the Indians will not care for farms
hat are not huddled together. This is a
mistake , as the experiences of , many red
ikinncd farmers already show. Besides ,
f there is no room on a reservation fern
, n Indian who would like to work a
arm , thcro is plenty of good land olso-
vhuro. Some plan of separating Indiana
'rom their tribes and letting them bo in-
"uenccd by steady white neighbors will
o exactly what the Indian and the gov-
rnnunt need. A nation that gives away
iiillions of acres of arable land to railroad
ompanicB cai certainly find farming
round for oiioh Indians as may want it.
UO.ME XAliKNT.
The headof tlio consolidated Crcto Globa
ooka empty.
The Chester Tribune gives the beat oiidenco
f prosperity by enlarging and turning over a
ow lo.if uitli the new year.
Holt county nowj has six newspapers and a
Igiluncu coihmittco , anil all of thorn eoodoncs
a. How U that for a frontier county ?
The Konosaw Times , published by CJeorgo
' . Willlnma , is uno of ) the beet pi into J and
imclo-iip papers in the stnto , mid it IH ocly a
"owiweokH old.
The Ihitorpriso , published at Arlington ,
Washington county , by J. S. l > ollinger , U
nuking it position for itself tin a county the
icur of any in the state.
The editor of The Auburn 1'ost is preparing
u essay on the effect of catnip tea on the
xuly politic. Itocont experience has giveu
ini n world of knowledge.
The Greenwood ( Cass county ) Kaglo has
tunned u now suit uud otherwise improved
ilnco the first of the year. It is a neat six
xjlumn paper , doserv Ing of liberal support.
The DavldlCIty Trlbuuo ventures into the
ourn.ilintlo arcma with the modesty of a vet-
iran and a mission to onoble and elevate man
kind thereabout" , for pecuniary and political
: oiisltleration. A , H. Botzor is the editor.
An V.Q anticipated Tin : OMAHA. UKE cheer-
ully corrects an error in relation to iniprmo-
inonta in North lioml and in tha meantime
> oints out an error in our own notice. Wo
! lava n cigar for the buss HUB when woislt
, ho hive. [ North Bond Plail.
The State Democrat of Lincoln has been
made n joint Htoclc concern \slth a paid up
capital of $10,000. The officcm oloctud for the
: ompnnv nro : John Fitzgerald , president ;
ictor Vifqunin , vice-president ; A. .T. Saw-
'cr , Treasurer , and A. Watkius , secretary.
The Falls City Journal Is the oHtcial organ
if the bachelors of KlcharclsJii county , and has
joguu the publication of sketches of the mar-
riutroblo girls , under seal of the society. Hero
' , a u Rauipla : "Misn Lou Bartholomew , aged
H , blonde , toll and graceful , high temper and
dignity , occupation milliner , never flirts , le
gally inclined. "
The Nebraska City NQWB It not very com
plimentary of the enterprise of the business
non of the town. 'There la not a point in the
itato that the newspapers nro as poorly sup
orted by the merchants as atthis point , and
were it not for the paper * published in thu
: ity , Nebraska City would bo deader than any
town in the United States. "
The Dally Independent lias made iU debut
it Grand Island. The steady growth of the
: ity and the prospects of great things to como
hex made a dally paitly a ueccnsity , and The
Indopendcdt is confidant it can fill trie vacuum
i > a dot. Tim buxiuosu men und cltl/ons gen-
nelly should support it liberally , If for no
itlinr reason tluvn the advertising it will give
the town. *
Iho Beatrice Daily Kxpress. the first nuin-
icr of which appeared last Monday , m.ikcw
tha fifteenth dally In the stato. It In a hand-
Homo six-column paper , both in Hi selection
and arrangement of nowa matter mid vonernl
inako-up , and would malctj an excellent model
for many now in existence. If firat imprus-
i > lens aru lasting. TIio Kxprnss will bo a daily
'oast for the artists of the shoum.
The Democratic Loadrr , of Cheyenne , l\m
taken chaigo of tlia mnt.8back of Wyoming.
Uistlioold header with an African GothU
head. This was the result of the company
recently organized in the inagio city for tbr
purpoHu of preaching democracy pure ant
simple. The editor II.IH liuued u general in
vltatlon to all | x > rsoiu who find fault with the
management of the paper to wtop In nt an )
time uud Improve 011 U.
Mr. James llwinj ; , editor of The Woot
It her Gazette , and ono of Hull county'n prom
tiiunt mon. was married January 10 , to Ml *
Alma I' . Thompson , of Alayliefd township , t
teacher ot Ion. ; and Mieaesufnl cxi > eiienco
Thin unexpected desertion from the baclielo
lanksof the state press will prove dluostrou
to the organization which Hcraldod its prlucl
plo-i with so much "spirit" ntl'romont few
weeks ngo. ItetUod edition is next in order
The I'leimmt Hoiald Is in mourning , Fail
ing to captivate a "sweet xixteen" or twenty
n secret oxi > oditou ! wan organized to secure ai
ancient maiden with sulllcient blood to bi
luoful us u foot.wannor. The result is tlm
glvoiit "Ono thing the \ ihltor from tha t.-vs
mUsoj v.heii ho gets out hero U the geuuim
oldiuaiJ. What In the east Is pillar In tin
church , a nurse of the sick , a knitter of btoik
Ings , u concoctor of tea , a friend of the cat
an cuomy of man ; a forlorn woman who cai
hopofor no mere losing inscription fan lie
tombstone than "Our Aunt" the sublime eli
maid la it rare bird in theao part. "
The ( Jonoa Kntoqnlso notes with admlra
tlou the wonderful growth of Omaha , and tli
position It Imu hoairod us the chief dlxtrlbutin )
point of Nebranka and tlm west. "Thoro nr
many line buildings in Omaha , " sav The I'.u
urprUo , "but intermingled with these uii
Iv-iMls jif nidi exterior aspect taut it ghes tin
tity a tllnpy , illity tinucarance. Yet the cltj
jtn < wngand In n few joaw will outerothlr
bho has fcticot cara , a telephone exchange am
iiKixxl kyutun ofater work * , und her gai
light * are fast bnh icjiluswl byolectrlij light
In fact she In Looping puce with other cltlo
lu all nioderiuiiiprovoiuonU for
STATK .lOTIINGS.
ThoClelIi\nil hose company gave a moil en-
oyablo ball , Wednesday evening ,
llov. I' . S. lt llcrt 1ms reigned nf his pas-
turato , to take effect next Sabbath , to accept a
call to n fine church in western Xow York , at
a largo incromo of mlnry.
The Herald proclaims that now Is the ac
cepted time \ifrorowly nnply tliolftvta of the
city and * tto to come of the doeccry Minim
and gambling hells of the city , which run full
lit nights and days nnil Sundays.
The annual report of tlio ocretnry of the
) edge county agricultural society nhow * a lo.
id t of about SJ.'iO : m tlio result nf last year's
air , but the balance Irons former yoiri wan
ufllclont to moot thli and leiu o n surplus of
'irS.CiC. ' Air. Necodemus vas re-olcttcd fres-
dent. It was dccldod to lioM a fair ncit full.
El.lNCor.N.
Staiul ! ril ( ? > ! . has boon afcpted generally
c li.ui.ity.
raging to a pioatf-txtent amony
ho children of thli city. They ro of a mild
jpo.
jpo.Tho
The recent diango * in the rofurm school jit
Coarnoy nro giving general satisfaction to the
Into olliccrf.
John O'Connor , boot and fhno manufacturer
if Huntings , who wns brought to the Lincoln
usano asylum n few woekiago , and afterward
llscharged , has again became deranged and
van placed In the asylum lost week.
The toachets In the Lincoln public pchooN
lave fixed upon Monday , January 2Sth , ai
ho dnto of their -visit to Omahi , The pur-
> ort of their visit Is to inspect the workings of
ho public schools there , with the view of im-
> ro\ing their own , impossible.
I'LATTSMOUIH.
Tlio net receipts of the Catholic fair were
nly S100.
Mrs. Sarah S. Melvin , the widow of n Boi
ler In the war nf l.Hl'J , draws the munilkcnt
louslon of 38.
On hearing of bin reprieve , I'olin danced
vlth joy in night oi tlio building in which bo
hot Mottccr.
Dr. II. Hondo has received tbo appoint-
nont as surgeon of the Union 1'acific hospital
atOgdon , Utah.
The Herald nrgM the bowl of trade to of-
cr substantial Inducements to the B. & M. to
ocato stock yards near town.
Kldor Burton is rapidly cutting down the
loathon hare , and gathering him into the
Methodist fold. The cldor has a wide field
o operate on.
on.TIIK
TIIK HTATK IN OKRKRAI. .
Halt ing ton eipects a population of 11,000 by
ho end of 1884.
The fatal diphtheria h prevailing in the
Jolumbus neighborhood.
Kivid towns claim that Hartington disposed
of a carload of boor in \\odayu. .
Hartington has a , Sunday school with five
officers , three of whom are lawyers ,
The postmaster of Hebron has decided to
mild a 122x34 repository for Uncle Sam's mall.
A kerosene lamp waa the causa of : i fire in
Nio Went I'oint Progress oflice , but sucb pro-
; re3s in iiplitlm' the tire wis made that little
lamago was sustained.
Civil Engineer N. B. Putnam , of the B. &
kL. was badly injured at Anroia , Friday , by
ailing on the track and being struck by the
ircak beam of tha engine.
As n shipping point Pcnca begins to take
rank among tha boat town in the state. Three
o live cars of cattle or hogs are shipped every
day , besides fcovernl cara of Hour and mer
chandise.
An order was recently issued by the B. & Af. ,
, o the affect that all fetuck killed on the road
vest of McCook , in this state , must have the
ildes taken off and placed whcro an inspector
can examine the brand.
The town of Behidero in Tlmyor county ,
s said to possess too many children for
, ho number of parents in the town. Let's
see , how many of the Bolvidore's bachelors are
members of the Htato association ?
The Merchants and Farmers Bank" has
)6on incorporated at Scribnor , with n capital
stock of § 00.00(1. ( This , with the State Bank ,
ncorporatod short time eince , will ghe this
, ovvn ample facllitioo in that lino.
Dixon county now contains over 2,000 cliil-
.Iran of Hcbool age , whereby the oflico of
school superintendent wears a salary. The
county commissioner ) hiuo fixed Superin
tendent Walbeck's salary for this year at $300.
TJlysses is all agog over the prospects of a
low railroad. The projected line is a branch
if the Union Pacific railroad from Brainard to
Jcward and the deniens of tbo burg on the
iluo would like to bo taken in on the proposed
route.
Heretofore the rule of Long Piners has been
, o take stimulants straight , but the quality of
.ho lightning has injured their patent interior
; o such nn extent that a system of : water
works ix being agit.itod to aid in slaking
, heir thirst.
There if. a prospect of a boarding school for
joys and young men being established at
Grand Island , by tlio Kpiscop.-d church. This ,
with promises of a big flour mill , will ouaV-o
.ho city to feed and eiiucato the present popu
lation and millions yet to como.
During the first eloon months of 188H 0 < v
240 acres of land were taken by homestead
jlinga , " 3,340 acres by pre-emptions und 00-
)00 ) acres by timber claims at the North
L'latto land office , this land all lying went of
iho ono hundredth mcridan ,
During 18S3 , Da\ld City has Improved
S87rX)0 ) ; Uiicscs , SU5.800 ; Bollwood , S15 -
000 , Brainard , 510.000 ; and ISising U'lty ,
§ 28,000 , making SlRTjOOO. The irnprov amento
on farms are estimated at § 350,000 , which in-
lates the tot.il for Butler county to over half
a million.
The csmocationof the I'plscopal church *
north of Iho Phitto , will meet in ( irond
Island , February fith , tith nnd 7th , in St.
jtoven'H church. The object of the meeting
j for tbu discussion of the practical tmbjiots
connected with Uiurch work. Dean Mills-
[ ) angh , of Omaha , will preach.
John Zumdmm , a Ouster county man , vaa
run over and horribly mutilated by the ccrg ,
at Grand Island , Monday ovonlng. The ooci-
dcnt was caused by n mvitch onglno mov Ing
: rs on different tracks over a Ktroot crosiiug
The coroner's jury obargcd it to the fniluro of
the railroad company to employ ilngmcii. at
tha crossinps.
Mr. Cllno , father of one of the men ar
rested by the Niobrara vlgilantM , is about to
enter hint for damages against Captain Burn-
ham , and ether loaders of tboizilautiH ,
among whom is Thomas Hlchurdsnn , brother-
in-law to thu notorious Doc. Mlildleton. The
voung man was released on 33UO bail from the
West Point jolt. Cllno was arrested af oi
nurrying at Mlubjara.
At Sacramnivto. Nob. , William Anderson
win burnt to a crisp last Tuaiday night hu-
tvvoen eleven and twelve o'clock In hln dru
store at that placo. Nothlngin thu store woe
saved , and tlm lo a IB about $200. The do.
censed had been on a protracted epreo foi
ubout ft v. eok , t-lopt in the htoro on a pllo ol
straw by OS.D t > tovu , aucU It is snpyoaed lu
either upjut the utovo or aparki rolled from II
and sot tire to tlio straw.
Lewis T , tVlnget , ono of the nifjlit wntcb
men In the U. P. yards at North 1/lutte , wai
terribly mangled by the cars there on tin
night of the llth. Ho- was struck byxomi
freight cars being switched onbitho track
his body falling AUh the chest ncnws the mil
and waa nenrly soveroil m two , U'luij held to
getlier by only n fovv cords an.l sinovvs , tin
heart and cntrals being crushed out am
strewn for BOIIIQ distance.
& 5 MAYKB ,
i Cod & Famam Sts.QmaWeb .
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Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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