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Btato of Nebraska. 1
County of DOULMRS.a' { "
Geo. U. TzschuoK , secretary of The Boo
Publishing company , does BolPinnly swear
that the actual circulation of tlm Dally lleo
for tlio week ending July 1 , 1SS7 , was as
follows :
( Saturday.Juno 23 U.srx )
Sunday , Juno 20 14,200
Monday , J uno 27 H.Oi'i
Tuesday , Juno 23 , : 14rri
"Wednesday , June 'J 11.010
Thursday.I mm BO 14,0-Jo
Friday , July I Ui 5
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ibis Sd day of July , A. D. 1837. '
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Btato of Nebraska , I
Douglas County , jh3
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oejioscs and says that ho Is secretary of The
Hco Publishing company , that tlio actual
averacc dally circulation of tlio Dally Dee for
the month of July , 1880 , 12.U14 copies ;
for Aucust , ! ( * , 12.4M copies ; for Septem
ber , 18SO , 13,030 copies ; for October. ISM ,
12,089 copies ; for November. 1880 , l.,348 )
copies ; for December , JbfeO. 13,237 copies ; for
January Ib87. 10.2W ) copies ; for February ,
lt 7 , 14,108 copies ; for March. 1K > 7 , 14,400
copies ; for April. 18S7. l4B10coples ; for May ,
1887 , 14,227 copies ; for June 1837,11,147
copies.
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IT would DO almost sacreligious for a
minister to talk about that ball playing
yesterday.
CINCINNATI now has a crematory. She
also bad a fidelity bank. In tbo latter
the depositors were burnod.
THE caglo will soar to-day. As Milton
Nobcs would say It will soar so high that
it will got so soar it can'teo.ir any higher.
STUIHJV John Sherman says that ho
does not believe Blalne is a candidate for
the presidency. Mr. Sherman may speak
ixdvisodly. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE Chautauqua assembly at Crete
yesterday was all that could bo expected.
A largo crowd of interested visitors were
in attendance.
Mns. CixvKTjANn the latter part of this
month will bo twenty-three years old.
Mr. Cleveland , however , is much older
Binco the Hag episode.
Miig. JAMES BKOWN PorrKR has tried
twice to act. In both times she has made
n dismal failure. It is easy enough for
nmatours to wring their hands and storm
nnd do high tragedy , but it is an entirely
diflbront thing to act.
WHEN Howe and Colby and Gnggs
nd 11 ay ward speak to-day , wo imagine
the great American eagle will realize
bow insignificant it really is. If it does
not take to the woods , then our faith is
lost in that proud bird.
THE Itailway Age reports total track of
How railway lines laid einco January 1
D.700 miles. A much larger trackage has
been gnidod and is ready for rails. And
yet the intor-stato law , it was predicted ,
would stop all railroad building.
IT is a matter of deep regret that Mr.
Crawford , who solemnly swore that he
"Was an export orator , has been loftout of
the programme on thia grand day. Truly
it hath boon written that a prophet is
without honor in his own country.
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MR. JAY GOULD declares that ho is no
a longer interested in the Union Pacific ,
because ho has decided not to invest in
political railroads. According to Thomas
L. Kim ball , the Union Pacific has boon
out of politics for some time. Docs Jay
Gould question Mr. Kimball's veracity ?
TUB Paoiflo investigating committee
has gone. It probed deep and adduced
porno excellent testimony. ThoJdng boo
of lobbyists and politicians. J. M. Thurs-
ton , escaped being Interviewed. In after
years Mr. Thurston will bo given the
privilege of explaining his reasons for
Hot appearing.
THK southern farmers have taken Rep
resentative Horr's advice to raise less
li 1 and moro hogs. At Atlanta , Au
gust 10 , a convention will assemble in
that city , composed ot representatives
from the ton different status , to consider
the science and business of agriculture.
The Atlanta Constitution says : "Com
missioner Henderson and his associates
have divided the subjects , giving each
Btato its special topic of discussion , ixnd
nblo writers and speakers are now en
gaged from the Carolinas to Texas col
lecting such facts and nrranclng such ar
gument as will bo useful and convincing
to the farmers of thu south. " Politicians
have boon excluded , and the assembly
will bo composed entirely of practical
farmers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK reduction of the public debt dur
ing Juno vus $10,852,725. This amount
has seldom boon exceeded in any month ,
oven In the years when the aggregate
debt payments were largest. This brings
the total reduction of the fiscal year 1887 ,
which ended on Thursday last , up to
$109,707,010 , which is $01,801,357 moro
than the estimate made by the secretary
of the treasury in his annual report last
winter. The revenue has been greater
nnd the expenditures loss than he sup
posed they would be. Debt reduction
never reached the $100,000,000 mark m
any year previous to 1831 , except 1807
: and 1870 , In tbo former of the two last-
mentioned years Ufas $ l33,001,3s5 , and
In the latter , $101,001,010. The debt re-
duotlon in 1881 and since then has been :
18S1 3100,069,4 ( 1883 8 63,463,771
JW3 U' > .543,811 18SM " -
182,879,444 1S37 10yT07,040
Thrj Illrthdfiy of the II o public.
One hundred and cloven years ago to
day the American republic had its birth.
On the 4th day of July , 1770 , tlio final
and irrevocable act which severed the al
legiance of the American colonies to
Great Britain was consummated. On
that remarkable day was enacted ono of
the greatest , bravest , and moat fir-rcaoh-
ing events in all history , the adoption
and proclamation of that declaration of
independence which was the fruition of
the hopes nnd nipirallons of the patriots
of that tlmo , which has since been the
admiration ot all mankind , and which Is
still and mint ever be an Inspiration to
liberty everywhere. It was a period of
heavy gloom and anxiety when the rep
resentatives of the colonies , pledg
ing to each other their lives ,
their fortunes , and their sacred
honor , throw down the cage of defiance
to the then most powerful 'nations of the
earth , but those great and bravo spirits
were not to bo daunted by any prasent
dillicultlcs or possible future sacritlccs.
It required five years of heroic strugclo
to make the declaration an accomplished
fact , and that struggle stands alive in
history as tlio grandest example over
given of devoted patriotism.
To-day the American people rightly
celebrate with pageantry , musio nnd
popular demonstrations ot gladness aud
gratitude , this august event In our his
tory. Sixty millions of people grown
from thrco millions in a little moro than
a century will to-day , without a discnt-
Ing'voice , pay tribute to the
courage , the wisdom and the un
conquerable patriotism of the men
who founded this republic. They
wore worthy of our most enthusiastic
commemoration , and U is well for our-
aelves that wo remember what is duo to
their virtues , their valor , their sacrifices.
Lot all , therefore , give full way to their
patriotic feelings on this anniversary of
the republic's natal day , so that the
world shall know that tluj patriotism of
the American people lias suflbrcd no de
cline , while wo shall ourselves bo im
proved , by Its revival.
Imte Southern fltatlntlca.
The last issue of a journal published in
Baltimore which gives special attention
to the collection of industrial statistics in
the south , and which seems to bo very
generally accepted as trustworthy author
ity , furnishes some interesting facts re
garding the continued growth of now in
dustries in the south during the last six
months. According to its enumeration
there have been started in that section
since the first of last January , 1,655
manufacturing establishments , repre
senting ac Investment of capital in excess -
cess of $100,000,000. The number of es
tablishments sot on foot during the pres
ent year is moro than double the num
ber for the corresponding period of last
year , involving tha investment of capi
tal to more than twice and a
half the amount invested during
the first half of 1830. An
other trade journal published nt Chatta
nooga supplemented this statement with
an equally gratifying exhibit covering
the last three months.
In a recent interview Major Burke ,
slate treasurer of Louisiana , presented
iigttres showing the progress of thosouth ,
since 1880. Ho stated that by reason of
'improved cultivation , diversification , and
better labor , the present value of the
crops of the south exceeds that of seven
yoara ago by ever $182,000,000. There is
nn increase in the value of llvo stock of
$247,000,000. The increase in manufac
tures amounts to $314,000,000 , tha greater
part of which Is to bo credited to the past
two years. There had been marked
gains in other directions , while in as
sessed values the increase since 18SO has
been , according to this authority $933-
000,000.
All this Is certainly very gratifying
and encouraging evidence of the present
condition of the south and the basis of
most flattering promise for the future.
II is accompanied also by the assurance
that the confidence of the people of that
section In a great destiny grows with its
advance in prosperity , and that natur
ally they are disposed to welcome the
capital and the experienced labor neces
sary to the development of the rich re
sources which are thus far hardly more
than disclosed. "Every southern com
munity , " says Major Burke , "is earn
estly soliciting immigrants from the
north. Wo want skilled mechanics , farm
ers and fruit growers. " The most for
midable ditlloulty with which the south
is now contending seems to bo its agri
cultural condition. This has cortainlv
improved within the post few years , but
it is still far short of what it should
bo. According toj an evidently
well-informed writer ono cause of de
pression is a lack of men. A large pro
portion of the land ia owned by widows ,
and is leas ed to tenants , white and col
ored , who make all they can at the ex
pense of the owner , run out the land ,
and when they have made all they can ,
leave for unexplored fields. Another
reason is the untrustworthmoss of labor.
The farm laborers , all colored of course ,
have no idea of fulfilling a contract.
They hive for a certain period and then
when a busy season comes , cotton-pick
ing time for example , if they can got
moro wages they will leave and work for
some one else by the day. Other rea
sons are to bo found in the inoradical
tendency of most farmers to adhere to
cotton growing as promising the surest
and best results , and the well
attested fact that the .southern
farmer known little and do s not
concern himself to loam moro about the
science of agriculture. Thn result of this
dependence upon cotton and general ig
norance is a much more restricted di
versification of crops than is good for the
farmers or thn land , and a prevention of
that agdoultural progress , prosperity
and independence which are possible.
Doubtless , however , tlmo will bring the
remedy for the faults and shortcomings
in this direction. The south has cer
tainly been doing marvelously well , and
U is quite possible that the enthusiastic
anticipation * of ita pee pie are not the
lcist : bit exaggerated.
The National Pinnnoea.
Statements regarding the condition of
the treasury at the close of tlio last fiscal
year , Juno SO , do not make any material
change in the estimates sent out , upon
the authority of treasury ofllclals , a month
before the closo. In the matter of the
excess of receipts ever expenditures , the
estimate could hardly have been more
nearly correct. The actual amount was
$103,000,000 , which is but ono million loss
than the highest sum it was expected to
ruaoli. Tha increase m the total receipts
over Iho previous year wns 135,000,000.
The balance in the treasury at the close
of thrj year was n llttlo less than
$41,000,000 , and It appears that there
was an actual decrease of the surplus
for the year to the amount of about
? 15,000,000. It is expected that In
the current fiscal year the surplus
revenue will bo about $10,000,000
a month.but that for this and next months
will bo absorbed by the bond payments ,
while the pension olllco will take $21,000-
003 out of the treasury during those two
months. It Is therefore estimated that
not more than $20,000,000 , or $25,000,000 of
surplus is likely to accumulate between
now and the assembling of congress. But
thereafter the accumulation Is likely to
proceed moro rapidly.
Notwithstanding Iho facts which seem
to show that there Is not sufficient ground
for apprehending serious financial dis
turbance , the question of the treasury
policy with regard to the money market
continues to bo discussed. There has
been no intimation from the secretary of
the treasury as to what ho should do if an
exigency arose requiring him to act , all
that ho has said respecting the matter
being wiraply by way of assurance that
ho is aware of the authority ho
possessors to anticipate interest or buy
miniatured bonds. There is an impres
sion that ho would prefer the former , nnd
there cnn be no doubt upon this point if
ho should bo convinced that capitalists
have purchased large blocks of bonds ,
nud to some extent made a corner upon
them , In the expectation that the govern
ment will purchase at the market price ,
and that they will have it in their power
to fix the price. It is asserted that the
ownership of the bonds is being concen
trated in n relatively small number of
persons , and this is taken ns an indica
tion that largo operators have purchased
bonds with reference to the contingency
of the government becoming a buyer.
The bonds , it is said , nro being concen
trated in the great money centers , and
the number of small holders In the rural
districts is gradually being reduced.
The next sixty days should determine
whether the money market will require
any help from the treasury , and so far as
present indications go they appear to de
termine that it will not.
EX-GOVEHNOU GILVIN'S divorce suit ,
which is the sensation of the hour in Den
ver , recalls an interesting incident of his
erratic career. When the Atlantic cable
had boon successfully laid In August ,
1860 , Gilpin , who was then territorial
governor of Colorado , addressed the fol
lowing message to the French emperor
which was transmitted at an expense of
$134 in gold , equal to over $200 in cur
rency at that period.
DKNVKH , August 3,1800 To Louis Napoleon
poloon , emperor , Tuilorics , Paris , Franco :
Please leave Bohemia alone. No inter
ference will bo tolerated by this terri
tory. JOHN GILPIN , Governor.
It will bo remembered that the Austro-
Prussian war was then in progress. Bo
hemia had boon invaded by the Prussian
armies , and Louis Napoleon was threat
ening Prussia with French intervention.
That Louis Napoleon left Bohemia alone
is an historic fact , but the world has
never up to this time known that his
ambitious designs had been checked by
the famous cablegram from Governor
Gilpin , which no doubt can bo found
among the imperial archives.
IF it Is true , as our Harnoy street con
temporary assorts , that the city is swarm
ing with crooks , thugs and foot-pads ,
who is to blame ? The city council has
enlarged the city boundaries without
adding a single policeman to the force.
How can fifteen policemen patrol a city
that covers an area of twenty-five square
milcsT The police commission cannot
give Omaha efficient protection as long
as the council doggedly refuses to vote
the necessary moans for increasing the
police force. When Cumlng was mar
shal he had only half the territory to pa
trol that is now in the city limits , and ho
had not force enough to cover half of
the city.
AND now It transpires that the Rounds
& Taylor jobbers had three bids in the
hands of the city clerk for official adver
tising In the Jicpttblican. Just as socn .as
they wore informed by Mr. Southard that
the bid of the BUE had been withdrawn ,
Cadet Taylor withdrew two of his bids
and railroaded the job through on his
highest bid. How can Mayor Broatch or
the council ratify this bare-faced swindle ?
Is not Mayor Broatch in honor bound to
send this fraudulent contract bank to the
council with a message , explaining how
ho was led to approve what ho has since
discovered to bo an imposition and a
downright fraud ?
WE are informed that the extra pav
ing claim of the Murphy-Croightou com
pany has been cut down to correspond
with the measurement made by the city
engineer , and Comptroller Goodrich has
charged up the greater part of this re-
paving to the gas , water and street rail
road companies. This looks moro like
business. It is to bo hoped that hereaf
ter all paving repairs will bo inspected
and measured by the city engineer be
fore their acceptance by the board of
public works.
Now that the secretary of war has offi
cially authorized the construction of the
wagon bridge , wo hope that its promot
ers will proceed with the construction of
that bridge without further delay.
Omaha wants this wagon bridge just as
much as Council Bluffs , but she has
feared , not without peed reason , that the
Union Pacific influence has boon the
mam factor in pitting the wagon bridge
against the Milwaukee bridge with a
view finally of defeating both.
ONE of the Moynlhan organists inti
mates that Mayor Broatoh will catch It in
the neck in the Third ward because ho is
sued that offensive order to the police to
enforce the anti-gambling law. Mayor
Broatoh is under no obligations to the
Third ward sporting men and we appre
hend he has weighed fully the political
consaquonccs of his fearless discharge of
official duty as chief executive.
THE BEE'S special correspondents this
morning show that Nebraska is growing
and will this year enjoy a good crop.
PERSONS who lead a life of exposure
are subject to rheumatism , nouralgiuaud
lumbago , and will find a valuable rem
edy in lr. J. II. McLean's Volcanic Oil
Linlmentiit will banish pain and subdue
inflaniation.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA TOWNS.
Life and Activity as Exhibited in Various
Ways at Kearney ,
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OAKLAND'S STEADY GROWTH.
The New Town of Armnitfi nnd How
it in I'rospcrlnu N ) wsy Items
From ColuiubnB Central
City's College.
News at Kcnrncy.
KEARNKT , Mob. , July 3. [ Correspon
dence of the BKE.I The past week lias
proven quite lively for our little city ,
the district court and county supervisors
both being in session. The supervisors
disposed of the court house question by
adopting the plan of Architect Wagner ,
of this city , and locating it on the site of
tlio present building , which , though
badly arranged , has served the purpose
for over ten years ; the now one will cost
about $50,000. The material for the elec
tric light plant has arrived , and opera
tions on it will bo commenced immedi
ately so as to have it in full operation by
the time of the state tournament of fire
men begin ? , which is on tlio eighteenth ,
continuing five days. Ample prepara
tions have been made to take care of a
largo crowd.
The district court so far has been occu
pied with criminal cases and several
found guilty of forgery and larceny ,
though the judge has not yet pronounced
sentence upon them ; it will require about
a four weeks term to clear the docket.
Judge tlamcr informed your correspon
dent that ho would hold court about
forty weeks in his district during the
present year , and that the business was
accumulating very rapidly ; several law
yers from adjoining counties being pres
ent , thus enlivening the dry work of a
court to uninterested parties ; the cases
of L. C. Iturr , of Lincoln , and Marsh
Savillc. indicted for being accessories or
wrongfully assisting the notorious Mm-
den murderer , Zimmerman , to escape ,
has been postponed to the next term.
W. T. Scott , the contractor for the Sol
diers' Homo building at Grand Island ,
informs us that ho has till September ,
1888 , m which to complete his building.
and as there are no funds available at the
present tlmo it is not likely that much
will be done towards its erection this
year. The people of the connty will cel
ebrate the fourth in various localities.
The annual soldiers' reunion of the coun
ty takes place at Havena , continuing
three days. An old settlers' celebration
will be oosorved at Shelton , and several
neighborhood and Sunday school picnics
will bo hold in convenient groves in the
county.
The crop outlook > in tills section was
never better , both for email grain and
corn , rain having appeared when it
seemed to be needed. Should the out
come prove as flattering as the prospects
it will bo ten consecutive years that this
county has been blessed with big crops.
The farmers are feeling quite jubilant
over the prospects , which gives a good
fooling to trade in general , making busi
ness quite lively at a time when mer
chants oxpcct quiet times.
The prosperity and growth of the city
never appeared more llattcring than at
the present time ; the almost certainty of
the Missouri Pacific and the Hock
Island railroads and recent favor
able conferences of some of our
leading citizens with officials of the
Atchison , Topnka & Santa Fo road which
on ouilding this way give our people re
newed surety of their city becoming an
important point , situated as it is in the
very heart of the corn belt region ,
adapted to the raising of nil kind of agri
cultural products and marketable stock.
Many strangers are visiting us daily and
each one pronounces the water power
and adjoining lakes the finest they have
seen in the west. The idea scorns wicked
that over one thousand cubic feet of
water par second which Hews back into
the Platte river should bo wasted when
we have so much raw material produced
here which can be manufactured at homo
at a comparative small cost. Some
eastern capitalists who are interested in
manufacturing have purchased property
hero and will return soon to begin their
operations. Real estate transfers in city
property have become quite active ; over
$100,000 worth of property having
changed hands within the past week.
To show you that we are assuming
metropolitan airs , a grand auction sale
of city lots will * take place on the 14th
inst. and an excursion party from Ohio ,
Indiana , Illinois nnd Iowa will bo on
hand as investors and for the purpose of
looking over our much talked of water
power and other grand and natural ad
vantages , and wo can assure all that
como that they will bo royallv welcomed
and shown the city and improvements
upon which wo doto. The contract for
the street car line has boon lot to a
party named Hitt , from Waterloo , ia. ,
he to furnish cars and stock and to have
it all completed and running by Scptcm-
1 next.
Considerable interest is felt over some
recent discoveries of coal blossom near
hoar.
A contract was let this week bv the
"Natural Gas company" to bore 2,000 foot
in search of natural gas. Several gentle
men from Pennsylvania and Ohio who
are acquainted with the wav in which
natural pas is found , fool sure it can bo
found at this point and the work on this
enterprise will oegm as soon as freight
trains can bring the necessary machinery
here to begin the work.
This evening Lake Kearney was opened
up to the public by the boat club , a largo
number were in attendance ; fire works
nnd naval battle on the lake , a brass band
and dancing holpn ! < to enthuse and make
the evening pleasant.
The political contest in this county
seems to bo centered on the treasurer ,
tlio aspirants for which are two very
promising , young and.conipotont gentle
men , G. II. Cutting and Walter Darncy ;
the former has been.c6unty clerk for two
terms nnd seems to bo very popular. Mr.
Barney went into the treasurer's oilico as
deputy under Hon. Joseph * Scott , the
present land commissioner , nearly six
years ago and has boon the deputy ever
fclnco ho is well liked and considered
honest and accurate.
Hurt County
OAKLAND , NEU. , Jujy 3. [ Correspon
dence of the UEU.J-rThcro has been no
particular boom in < Otikland this year ,
but the town is having a study and sub
stantial growth. The 'country surround
ing Oakland is welUmproved and not
owned by syndicates , but by a thrifty
class of farmers who are principally
Swedes. The Logan valley is acknowl
edged by all who have seen it to bo the
garden spot of the stato.
To say there has been a boom in the
hog market hero this season , does not
half express it. Hogs are brought from
every direction , far and near , and all because -
cause wo have a llvo set of men as buyers
who pa } ' all they possibly can for same.
More stock and grain is shipped from
this point than any other place between
Omaha and Sioux City. The Farmers'
Union of this place meet next Tuesday to
elect a now sot of directors and consider
the propriety of erecting an eleva
tor. Thn farmers are taking a
commendable interest in tholr union , and
it lnii proved a decided success to far.
The manager informs mo that the union
has shipped 15,000 bushels of corn in the
four months they have boon buying , and
saved the farmers from two to four cents
on the bushel.
The Hurt county fair will bo hold at
Oakland Instead , as tlio Omaha fnlr
premium list has It at Tekamah , The
fair has been held hero over since the
town was Incorporated , resurrecting the
society when it had become defunct and
it has always paid Its premiums , proving
conclusively , that Oakland is the town of
tlio county. Onu of the greatest satis
factions to tlio people of Oakland , is her
name sliolsestablisliinca in moral sense ,
having no saloons or gambling houses ,
nnd supports one of the best bchools in
the state. The town has no moru use for
a lock-up nnd our marshal has little CHO !
to do , but to sit on goods boxrs nnd whit
tle. Kvorjouo Is at liberty to walk our
streets at any time , without being
molested or Insulted by n drunken mob ,
fciualy the saloon business in Oakland is
a thine : of the past.
Our croamcrv Is making about five
thousand pounds of first class butler a
week and will soon bo enlarged , as its
capacity is becoming inadequate to the
demand.
Farmers are feeling jubilant over the
promising prospects for corn. If the
weather continues favorable , Hurt
county will have by lar the largest crop
over raised.
Charles Griflln's elegant residence Is
nearing completion and will bo a model ;
also the Swedish Lutheran parsonage ,
which is a largo building , is about ready
for occupancy.
Oakland now has two brickyards , which
arc turning out n No. 1 quality ot brick
by the thousands ; so moro brick build
ings will bo orcctcd intho future.
John V. Wondorgren of this place , re
ceived the appointment of government
storekeeper at the distillery in Omaha
through A. B. Char Jo this wcok.salary $1
pur day.
Ira Thomas of the firm of Hcckmnn &
Co. , returned yesterday from Now York
state where ho has boon on business for
several days.
A. 11. Chnrdo and family will move to
their now homo in Niobrara in a fuw
days. The family will bo croatly missed
by Oakland society and will bo a great
acquisition to Niobrara society.
Mrs. Fred JJruco , the lady who en
deavored to commit suicide a few days
ngo by cutting her throat with a razor , is
fast recovering under the olliciont treat
ment of Dr. Clark.
The Town of Annndn.
ARHADA , Neb. , July 3. One of the
latest towns to claim public attention is
the thriving little place Known as Arma
da. It is located in Buffalo county , six
teen miles north of Elm crook , and thirty
miles north of Kearney. The Union
Pacific has completed its grade as far as
the town , nnd the management of the
road has promised to have the rails down
and trains running botoro fall , so as to
bo ready to haul away the grain raised In
that section. The town is located in the
most charming section of the stato. The
Wood river flows near byits banks heav
ily timbered , a fact pleasing to the eye
and useful to the settlor. The river af
fords a mugniliccut site for a mill , as al
most unlimited water power can bo had
with little outlay of money. The Wood
river country was settled up about as
early as any part of the state west of
Grand Island , and the farms are now
well developed and very productive.
There has been only one drawback , there
was no town near enough at which the
farmers could sell their produce and buy
their necessary supplies. "Armada is the
outgrowth of this demand for a nearer
market and it will be a convenient
market and the only market for the
thousands of bushels of corn nnd grain
and other farm products grown in its
vicinity. Already the town cnn boast of
a number of business enterprises of con
siderable magnitude nnd there is plenty
of room and a good demand for still
more. A bank has been established
known as the First bank of Armada , of
which J. E. Dickorman is president. Mr.
Diokerman is n well known banker and
capitalist and was formerly of .the How
ard County bank nnd previous to that
a citizen of Troy , N. Y. , where ho was
known as a very successful leader in
largo business enterprises. The now
bank of Armada starts out with a sound
financial basis , nnd besides that has
ample backing from outside. In addition
to the bank , there are three general
stores , a drug store , a hardware store ,
agricultural implement house , black
smith shop , two hotels , billiard hall ,
and a livery and feed stable. The
grounds for the depot will bo laid out im
mediately. The merchants are all en
joying a splendid trade , and as soon .is
the fail trade opens up , will have oven
moro than they can do. The town of
Armada is certainly starting out with
very brilliant prospects , and its friends
and promoters are excusable for the great
pride which they lake in their town.
ItoniB From Colttmlius ,
COLUMBUS , Nob. , July 3. [ Correspon
dence of the UUE. ] Again our farmers
and merchants are gladdened with fruit
ful showers , insuring a bounteous crop.
Some fields are being partially devastated
with the chinch bug , but the aggregate
yield of small grain nnd corn will bo
good.
Yesterday five horses were destroyed
in Monroe township , by order of the live
stock sanitary commission. These ani
mals , being infected with the glanders ,
thorp are others in . the neighborhood
awaiting further examination.
Last night the store of Jacob Sohram
was again burglarized , this beintr the second
end time in three months , clothiu < r ,
shoes , and silk handkerchiefs being car
ried oil'on both occasions. The loss bo
far as can now bo ascertained is about
$150. A panel in the back door was
forced out , which was easily accom
plished , there being no ono sleeping in
tlio store. No clue to thu robbers.
As an evidence of the progress made
among the children at the Indian school
at Genoa , and the readiness with which
they receive instruction , the Kcv. U. L.
Stevens , pastor of Grace parish of the
Episcopal church at Columbus , went to
Genoa in the early part of the week and
administered thn rite of baptism to forty
children and young persons ranging
from live to twenty-one years of 1120.
Hov. Stevens says they wore well pre
pared and in an intelligent manner
passed an examination prior to thu rite
being administered.
A. J. Arnold , ono of our old settlers ,
has been agitating a project in West
Columbus to furnibh a park nnd artificial
lake of about ton acres in extent , for
supplying his addition With fish and ice
and a pleasure resort for recreation.
The attempt to burn the dottier house
last Sunday morning is still the topic dis
cussed on every corner and in every
store , and It Is to bo regretted the crime
has not yet boon brought homo to nnv
ono , by direct evidence , and leaves foul
suspicion unbridled sway. If the mis-
crcunte'should bo discovered , ! ! would be a
short snift for thorn. For a heart that
could conceive so diabolical and fiendish
gratification of revenge ought not to bo
at largo among their follows.
The Columbus Motor railroad company
have closed their subscription books , the
stock ail being taken , and parties are
here ready to close the contract for build
ing aud to equip the road.
Central City anil Her Collcco.
CENTRAL CITV , Neb. , July 2. [ Corre
spondence of the BEE , ] One of the vig
orous young institutions of our state ii
Nebraska Central college , located in this
city , belonging to the Methodist Episco
pal church , in the North Nebraska con
ference. The college has a splendid
landed endowment of GOO acres adjoining
the town site of Central Cltv. This land ,
except n campus of 100 acres m the ccn-
tor of the tract , lias been laid oil'in town
lots , many of which have boon field , and
quite a number of substantial dwellings
have boon erected. The citizens of Cen
tral City take a commendable Interest in
this institution , and besides donating thn
land nnd a goodly sum of money whan
( lie work was commenced , have recently
given ? 10,000 toward the running expense
of the school. The newly elected presi
dent , Hov. D , Marquutt. has taken hold
of tlio financial work with characteristic
energy , and will doubtless very soon so-
euro a largo sum from thn patronizing
territory , $25,000 being the minimum
amount expected to bo raised. This ,
with the tuition , will provide for the ex
penses of the school for tun years , nnd
leave the landed interests for a perma
nent endowment'
The college building Is a neat and sub
stantial bncK cdlflco , costing about
$ ' . . ' 0.000. Other buildings will soon bo
needed to moot the wants of the increas
ing patronncc. and it is hoped that men
of menus and liboi'alitv will bo foundjwho
will provide sueh buildintiswhonnomlud.
This is the only Methodist institution
of learning in the great Platte vnlloy.anU
with all the northern part of this great
state as patronizing territory , Nebraska
Central college hus before it a brilliant
future.
Ornnt'H Catling.
GRANT , Nob. , July 3. [ Correspon d-
once of the HEE. ] The tracklayers of the
D. iS : M. extension of thulloldrcgn branch
to Cheyenne Citv reached this place last
Friday and the enthusiasm of the Grant-
ito was with difficulty kept within bounds.
It was well for him that ho did not go
down at first fire , but stood at the front
to .sue the buffalo grass pass out of sight
forovcr beneath the tics that support ono
nnd a quarter miles of sidetrack and tlio
heavy timbers that grow into a turn
table of astounding proportions. Later
on ho sees every evidence pointing to the
unmistakable fact that the city of his
choice is a division point and will with
out a doubt remain as such.
Good fortune comes not sin
gly. The past week has boon
a week of almost continuous rainfall that
will effectually give the lie to the rumor
that western Nebraska was burning up
for the want of rain. Crops look well
and rye will yield abundantly. Most of
it now is in thn shock. There was not
much wheat sown. Oats , being on now
ground , mostly eod , have not done well.
Those who have sown the tame grasses
report that they have a splendid stand
and think the soil well adapted to clover
nnd alfalfa. Small fruits , aud especially
strawberries , have douo exceptionally
well.
well.Forest
Forest planting has not boon neglected
and an hundred fold will soon on the
profit to the lucky planter of tbo well ar
ranged forest gnvcs.
John Eckery and Isaac Williams have
added largely to Keith by importing line
blooded cattle to our doors , and encour
aging attention of the settlers to the
raising of stock and less grain for ship
ment. Wo fuel confident that Keith
with her rich soil and enterprising set
tlers will como in at the front.
Norfolk News.
NORFOLK , Neb. . July 3. [ Correspond
ence of the BKK. ] A moderate ra'.n ' has
refreshed the ground in this vicinity. The
crop outlook is favorable. Small grain
on dry places is rather under size , while
potatoes and corn look unusually woll.
Grass in wet bottoms is good and moder
ate on uplands. Still the pasturage is
very lino.
Norfolk is making good headway this
year. The largo hotel at Randolph , Cedar
county , id nearly completed. It will
cost over $10,000. That new town has
forty houses and is hardly eight months
old. The railroad bridge now commenced
at Sioux City is likely to give a now im
pulse to the prosperity and growth of
northwestern Nebraska.
The Ijoup City Kllllnji.
Lour CUT , Nob. , July 3. To tlio Ed
itor of the UEC : Wo notice in your issue
of July 1 the BEI : is made to say that the
barbers have in their possession the re
volver with which Willard was killed.
Th's is an eiror which wo would like to
see corrected. The barbers have in their
possession the piece of metal with which
Willard is said to have attacked Richard
son. Thn barbers have acted wisely in
keeping this missile or slug aud by keep
ing Htlll as to what they saw. U is a fact
that their business has been attacked ana
that hatred exists in the manner de
scribed in the BKI : of the 1st. XX.
BILL NYEN5 SPEECH.
Ho Delivers a Cliamcteriatlo and
Patriotic Address.
Fellow Citizens : It has now been ono
hundred and eleven years tmico the most
successful and most prosperous republic
known thus fur to history , sent forth
upon the sultry air its first feeble cry ,
Ono hundred and eleven yours ngo this
morning , the small red infant known as
American Liberty jammed her purple
fists into her watery eyes and made n
few desultory remarks which were heard
in the uttermost parts of the earth.
To-day she is a full grown person with
a difirnihodmicn. and has had a statue of
herself taken , which stands in the harbor
of Now York and although she lighWup
the country for miles around , with her
tall torch , there is no ono who IUIH ever
been able 19 hold a candle to her in the
Liberty business.
Those who are to-day within the .sound
of my voice , and who are over ono hun
dred and eleven years of ngc. will per
haps recall to their minds the deplorable
condition of things hero in our young
and struggling country at that time.
If we moved out west in order to secure
moro freedom , the venturesome snvngo
tilled us full of arrows till wo looked
like toothpick-holders , nnd when wo
camu back for protection , tlio liaughtv
Itriton assessed us and crushed us be
neath the iron heel of the despot.
Now , wherever the starry banner
hangs out to grout the gentle brcciu , all ,
all are free. Little do wo know to-day ,
hero in America , what it Is to sullbr for
freedom. Liberty docs a good business
hero in the United States now , nnd the
man who runs out of freedom .shows that
lip is : i bhiftlc&s man and a poor pro
vider.
Only u little over a centurvngowo
dared not go out after dark without a
chilled stuol corset , for fear that the ma
roon colored children of the fortftt might
let the pale , bhimmoring moonlight in
among our vital organs by means of their
crude tomohawks. Then life was indeed
uncertain and disagreeable. 1'ooplo re
mained at homo rather than return lo
their houses with holes m themselves and
wildly disheveled bruins.
Now a man can start out and go any
where if ho will pay his faro.
And BO we are inarching on. What a
grand stride It is from the despotism of a
century ago , to the long and short haul
of to-day. What a mighty leap from the
barbarism of n hundred years ago , to the
glorious sunlight of freedom which wo
enjoy now !
\Vhero once the Mow-going ox team
and IJelohor box wagon crept through
the wilderness , liable to bo BciUtorcd
over the eroensward at any moment by
the yelling Injun , now the patient news
paper man , the member of congress and
the associate justice of tiio supreme court ,
with their coats over their arms , toil
along the level sweep.of railroad which
they assisted to build by moans .ofltholr
land grants aud moral encouragement ,
looking ovr and nnon over the should-
era for the approach of the yelling
modern Injun.
Times hnvo Indeed changed in the past
century. A hundred years ngo whisky
was sold at forty cents per gallon , anil
every other man you mot was a states
man. Now you have to pay fifteen cents
for enough whisky to wet the bottom of
a small tumbler , and there hasn't been n
speech made in the house of representa
tives for throu 3 cars that was listened to
by anybody but the stenographer.
So liberty , while enlarging her field ,
has not always ameliorated the condition
omankind. . Wo are prone to boast over
thu enormous mass of freedom which wo
have accumulated hero in America , and
vet tlio freedom of the press has been
greatly Impaired , if 1 may bo allowed that
expression.
Too much cnsto has boon the result o !
recent laws. A year ngo 1 hold up my
head nnd mingled with n class of men
who to-day refuse to rocogiu/.o mo. They
wore then , and are now , of course , men
of wealth and social position ; but so ami.
I nlludu to the railway conductors of
thn United States.
A year ago I Know thorn from Now
York to San Francisco , and associated
with thorn frequently , allowing myself to
bo drawn forward Into the smoking carte
to mingle with them and visit pro and
con.
con.Hut what do I find to-day ? I find the
sixmo men running on the p.imo trains ,
but they are arrogant , haughty and re
served. Ono of them placed mo on ti
side-track last spring in the night , in the
midst of a pitiless storm , because I tried
to renew a former acquaintance with
him , and ride into Chicago.
Ho said that I could not ride on my
acquaintance with him by no moans , but
that I would soon bo riding on the small
of my back if I did not pay my faro to the
city.
* * # # #
And so I remained that night in the
midst of some ancient ruins called Mon-
mouth. I was not acquainted in Mon-
moutli , and 1 had no business there. No
body over had any business there that I
over heard of , nnd yet 1 remained there
through what was left of that terrible
night.
1 often think that our forefathers did
not sutler any iiioro hardships then wo
doand if I had lilted myself for itl would
just as soon bo a forefather as to bo the
pampered child of wealth that I am to
day. UlLLNYK.
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Paid up Capital , - - $100,000
3urplu Fund , . . . 00OOO
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