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THE OMVHA DAILY JJEL : SUMUYm ] \ 8 , 1892-SlXTKEN PAGES. 15 PROGRESSIVE PLATTE rfi Bankiag Among the llders , she is Ytrang in Inergy and EesonrccB , EQUAL TO ANT , SURPASSED BY NONE rhirty-five Yews DomoBBtratw Platte County's Inexhaustible IsrtlHty. BUTTRESSED WITH ADAMANTINE FACTS Leaves Prcm the Erpsrience of Her Ener getic and Thrifty Sous. - * DOMPETEN'CE AND CONTENT GARNERED tlmlior I'rlnciid Crjiitul Strcuinn Illi ) > lc > Through Sjl xiui A'ullcjm l'anl Smillnc tj.lumU. Whlli"Slmtlmr Walor" Murmur * ut Her J'l-i'U J'latte county Is ono of the oldest couutics In the stntn , linrlnc been first orRnnlyed In l" .Vi. uud iu li > r 7 the presout boundary lines were doftui'd. It gets Its nnnio from the prcat Pintle * river \vhlrh washes tbo southern Jiortion of Hie county. Plattu county is also DM ) of the InrccBt o ( tbo eastern counties , havinp an uieuof tM ! square miles , Dr4S,7Hi ( cere * Of this there are at the present time S.'ui.K.'O acres improved , exclusive ol town lots , and lUT.lMi unimproved. The county is bounded on the north by Muduon and Stanton - ton countioi , east by CoUox county , south by Polk and Butler , and west by Nanco and Iloonc TUP upland prairies , suitable lor iipriculture , nave a soil of drcp vccotahle moid ana inexhaustible fertility. Tbo val leys and river bottoms are the bust bay lands in tbe prairie states. The entire county is a succession of valleys and streams and table lauds , mnkinp It one Of the best watered pnrliaus of the stole. The great Platte river washes about twenty miles of the southern border of the county and forms a volley noted for Its beauty and fertility. Tbe Loup river , unol her beautiful stream , bordered by n u-ido and fertile valley , ruts nrross tie county from west to east a few miles north of the Platte , nrnrnvine Into the latter about Jour miles cast of tte city of Columbus. The combined valleys of the two rivers nt the mouth of the Lcmp , form a wide expanse of valley laud lu'vond which is a belt nf low undulating ta- lilc Innos intersected by tbo winding valley of Shell creel : which runs turourh tbe coun ts dicconally from uorthwest to southeast. I'nlon creel : and Tracy creek water the DO ! born part , Lost creek the eastern and tbo Loolcinc Gluks creek , a txiauuful stream , the western part , emptying into the Loup near Oconoe. There are In tte county ninety-sev en miles ot railroad , including the mam hue of tbe Union Pacific running thioucb Colum bus , tna county neat. All parts of the county ore provided with depots and shipping : facili ties conveniently located for tbo transporta tion of the vust Mod : mid cram products of the county There were returned by the as sessors last year Acres of wheat in Plattc county ± ; ,4SO , corn bl.dlU , oats 6J Kill , barley ( ) .120 , flnx 4,750 , meadow iU ! , < K)0 ) KtocK was re'urued for taxation by tbe assessors herpes 9.r > .t , cattle "S.C21 , hoes . ' ! J.L'i ( ( , sheep 10.0M , mules 4H' > The tiumber of ni res of improved Jands in the county us stated above is 2011,1120 , against :47.7r.O in 1SSJ. It is estimated that fully 400.000 ucrcs of t tie totnl acreage In tbo county are tillable lands Tbe assessed valuation iu IbUl was td.riSMiOO. Tba total estimated Tarnation is flS.DiW.OOO. TUe avoraco price of larm Inod iu Piatlo couutj isJO to HT > per ncru. The population in ISiVl was 15,4117 upninst U.Iill in IbaO , shovriuc a pain in ten years of D.iUiG The total bank deposits are f440UX ) or EJS..r.7 pur capita. The principal towns ore Columbus , Humpnrey , Pintle Cen ter , Liudsoy , Corulua , Creston , Ocouee and Monroe Columbus , the county beat , is in the southeastern pan of the county , near the junction of the Plntte and Loup rivers , en tbe muiu line of the Union Pacific roud , tuncty-oue miles west of Omaha. Jtt-olevu- tlou ii > 1,4-42 It-tit above sea loved , stands on a level plateau , anO besides the main line ol tha Union Pacific is at the junction of the Lincoln & , Northwestern , now a pan of the Chicago , Burlington & yuincy system , and the Union Pacific with its Sioux Citv , Kor- JolU. Albion. Cedar Rapids and Pullcrtou branches. It bos u population of about 4OIK fliiud in uurJy days was the principal stopping ftjuce botneon Omaha and Denver , aud a fctipply point for a hundred miles in uucn di rection Tbe city has street cars , water works and electric lights. Columbus has a dally newspaper , five weeklies , ono monthly uud ono semi-monthly. The daiJy cue weekly Telegram is edited DJ I ) . F. iJnvis , wlio , by the way , is a state oil in upeetor by appointment of Governor Boyd. " 'ho Columbus Joumal is the oldest paper in the county , ts republican tn politics , ana is edited by M. K. Turner. Mr. Turner is also editor and proprietor of the Family Journal " The Journal is printed an the" sell name power press , run by hand , wliicb ilrfct gave wines to TIIU OMAHA Bin : Bosmep tlio Journal there are three other papers printed on the pioneer press uicuiioneu and it bids fair to ao excellent work for another genera tlon. The Home Journal , b > J'.d Ballou , is a inaninly publication. The IVeamurv iies hcugcr , a jiapcr of free circulation is issue ; beuil-mouthly to the patrons of the Columbus croumery and is edited py VV T Lay. The Platte County Arcus is u woody alliance paper edited by G. A , L. Birby nua Warwick Buunders. \Vncbeublatt is a German veokly edued bv L K. Kiinan There are three banks , the State , Kutional and Commercial , with u combined capital uf over SIIOO.OUO , with personal resources of noarM fj.000.000 pnk of it. Two iartro llourmg nulls , tbren clevatorK , one creamery of largo capacity , duing nn ImmonKO business , four large first clnsK hotels and suvcnu rucapor lio'ikes. ouo cigar factory , u wooden KUDO manufactory , a wholesulo uuttur , egg nnd fruit cold storage wareHouse - House , doing a business tint reaches " .ylbo coast , u jiluning mill , fouudrj , wind jnlU fuctorv iiurt other smaller industrial on terpnscu. The B & M. nnd Unlou Pacific ouch have splendid dopau , Humphrey Is ucxlniM/clo Columbus , hav ing a population of 1.000. is located In the northern part of the countv at the junction pf the Union Pacific uud Fremont , J lkhorn A : Missouri Valley roads It has throe elovu tors , two bunks , two good hotels and DUO newspaper , tbn Humpnrey Democrat , editot py MfGIU .V Meers. ' 'Platte Cuntur , as its name implies , is in tbe tenter of the county , nn Shuil croak , on thu } 1'iilou Puctuo roao. Thou theruuroLtudsav Cornlca aud Crestan in the uorthern part , eu tba Northwofcturn i-oud. Ocouuo Is wes' pf Columbus , uiglit miles , on a branch of the L'uton Pncltlc , and Monroe i on ttio Altiion brunch of the sntno road. The Columbus Looking Glass , a religious , pruhibi.ioii paper ts published nt Wonruo , bL A , Uerrarn out Dl the Platte county piouoer Thtreik siill a large urea of utuniprovud lauds in Platte county awaiting tue hnmt > - fcQoUrr at price * varying from f1to iJO p acre , while improved furnii can tie hourhlfo Hi,50to-l''per ! ' ' crcaccordingtodistuiicflnim town , locutinn end value ot improvements Columbus beiug oncof the oldest towns urn trading points in the stuio and v , peed place to stay , has many men in business und bold leg positions who have boun f umlliur iirures ior many years. Jim Mcughur. tbo station acent at tn Vnion Purltic depot , bus beld dowu that cum job for twenty year * . By ' .ho way , plmn * 'Jim" 1 entitled to the military title o . colonel , having served at u coinnel in th uruiy , but owing to bis modesty uohodyou wost" know it until rtK-'outiy , Everybody tulU him Jltn Meagber , M. iu Tunier , uditor nf tbn Columbu Jourual , stuned hi * pajier in IbTU , wheu there \va ouly one paper Iu the state west of Col- uiubu , and that bud Just started at Nonh J'lutte. Mr Tumor has been prominent in newspaper and political circo ) tU thu o frar aud U still at it. He U sornotnli.p. of a farmer , too , btring nbout l.CKiU acres of land A few years upbe wes too poor to uu.ld & ihantr ou bit own land and had to live olso- . > * I Lean dor Gerard Is president ef tbe oldest | tete bank in I iHirnska ntrd was tbe fmuider il it He is stitl an m-uvo man nna pcntal as 10 is active. i ADdonon president ef tbo First National ] mCk , IK at present engaged In aanl&tlng the i armors by tbo 'roe distribution of tobacco I ced. which b paid ( . an ootpe for. Some , if the oldest liveotork denier * auashinpers in he state resident I olutT.bus. Amonc them is the Hicklcvt. anu Uandalls. John Wiggins is moiber wbo c name 1 * very familiar ut the i > outh Omaha yards atirt has lieeo prominent n Bblppinc oiroles for a great many vears I ii oflice near the depot ii headquarters lor stockmen all over the reentry. l.i'Hiidrr Ormril. Lc-andcr Grrsrd. now president of the jtato bnni ; of Colambo * . tbo oldest s-tete tank iu KetiraKkn. cnmn to Omaha Iu IHTifi and Uxmtrd in Columbus ten years later He camp to Nebraska \vhli little or no means , 'relented. ' railruad"4 , traded with theJn- dtiins , practiced law or anytlilug nnd everv- thine to make nn honest dollar. Ho pstahlish- od btsbankiu 1S71 , and has been Instrumeu- .ol In planing a great muuy farmers on their and " 1 want to ssy one thing , " said Mr Gerard , "and that is that farmers who iiavo Lhe title to farm lands in Nebraska should tn all moans haug on to it. even if it is hard to kecj ) up the Interest and taxes , for it will soon be worth u great drs ! more money ; hnn at present. Timr was when nn Ohio man found land too dear be could go to Indiana , tbe Indiana man to Illinois , the tllimn rann to Iowa or Mis souri , or AO on. out now they are doubling back , the government land is i.'liout nil takeu , und the opening ol reservations causes n rush of thousand * , rf men. wblch Is proof of what 1 BBV. Ai'Otbt'r thing-leal estate is tbo most uidesiruciibln of all property , and good farm land is fust boronuug the most lirotllablc land a man rnti own. I'ulrt CIO TIT Cent. Charles Rein lie was one of the first moc to .otllo In ! 'lau coun > He pre-empted a quarter section ten miles northeast of Colum bus iu IbTili , when there were Imt few ujon except Indians iu the state. Ho still lives on tbo spot where he first settled and has trans formed it into a pleasant and even a luxuri ous homo. Wheu nsued bow ho scraped up money enoucb to pay the government for bis claim , ho replied. "In the first plncr 1 paid tbo filing lee of &J."iO and in three years after when Uncle Sam wanted bis money , fl.2 , " per acre , I did not hove a dime toward pay ing it A friend loaned ine fHK ) at C > 0 j < er cent , but that was pot enough Ui lot mo out , so I bought a loud warrant at a reduction and puic up When tbe homestead law was passed 1 wanted to got another 100 but i could pot do so without moving on it nnd 1 would not do that , but I got ciphn acres adjoining mo without moving on it. 1 uow have 403 acres 1 first built a frame house , story nnd a half high. 14x in dimensions , and sawed nil the lumncr for it by bund with one of these whip-saw arrange ments Tuo timber was hackborry. red elm anil oan. and was awful crooked and knottj It was tbe hardest won : I evur done in inv life. 1 livotl m that bouse until 1 7i : , when 1 built a good bnrfc honso I ir40. two stories high , wnb a kitchen HxlC. in addition , inno roums m all. 1 still live in it and it is one of tbe best bric"k dwellings in tno county For the first six years 1 was single , uud bached it , but got awful tired of it , nnd never could make a dollar until 1 married At the end of three years I found n ivomnu who wanted u man as bud as I wuntea a wife , borrowed f3 to ppy for the license , and we were mar ried. 1 boran to mane money at once and huvr done well evur bioce. I never sold much gram , exropt nt first , and then I bad to nuul it to Fort Kearney and peddle it out for what I could rot. I remember taking gold dust for grain , and it looked morn like crushed coal ttian gold dust , it was so tilncK. 1 sold it to Millard in Omaha for M4 an ounce. Of late years 1 have fed more gram tnun I could raise , although I generally raise 7,000 tob.OOf uus-hois u year 1 have raised as high us nighty bushels of oats per aero nud thitty- tlvo bushels of wheat and seventy-five "to eighty-live of rorn For the last ten rears 1 have kept i00 ! to 111)0 ) cattle. My land is not all under plow , stmplv because I need It for bay. 1 have put f 11.000 in buildings , to suy uothiug of fences. 1 have ouo barn 100 feet IOLC and 4D loot wide , a borso barn IMs s , then 1 nave a cat tle shed 12Gx4S feet. My laud all taken together Is worth at least S.T. per acre. I keep good horses and cattle and tul.e good care of them. Put never have dealt iu fancy or Utgh-brod stock. There is no coun try where a man can make money on a farm easier than In Nebraska , and for this very reason many farmers got careless. I think any muu who owns eighty acres nnd farms it and attends to Dusines.s like business men iu town are forced to do can mnko a good liv ing and lav upirom00 to Kl)0 ! a your be sides. " Mr. Ueinkc is a man who does not parade hU wealth , but it is well known that besides his farm und stock he owns n largo block of bank stoct. His farm lies ten miles north of Columbus. Itorii In J'lutte Cnuut.r. W. T Ernst is pornnps the wealthiest farmer of bis ago in Plutte county. Ho is the son of Jacob Ernst , who came to Columbu1. hi lS5ri aud died lust January. The lute Mr Ernst took of l.he never advantage preemption tion law , homestead or tree claim act , out bought bis land as he could got it. VV T. Ernst was bom In Platte county , und has mauaced his father's farm ever since ho was old enoucb. Ho owned cousideraale of il wtiile his fatner lived and at his death be willed the remainder to him , giving tbe older brother for his share valuable business prop erty in the city of Columbus. Mr Ernst has , in all. 70G acres , all In oue Ira ay except one quarter section , nnd it is conmaerud the huest farm west of Omaha. The buildings on it make a respectable little rural town. Tbe family residence. U largo and and tine there are several largo barns , cat tle sheds aud water works. The Buildings buve cost quite a snug little fortune The farm is all fenced except KKi acres of as fine bay lund as lays in Platte count ) . Mr. Ernst LUVS he could take t-40 on acre for the bay land nt any time , just us it lays. The farm lies L' , north of Columbus und is called huort-ioak farm. The hav laud is all ditched so that it can bo inowtid right up in the ditches. Mr Ernst , in speaking of his crops said : "I raised 140 acres of corn lust year that made 7f > bushels pur acre right through home ol my corn tool ; n premium ut tbe Puns world fair three veurs ago. 1 had ten acres of wheat that uvoraged lt > bushels per acre , the rye wont iiuud barlov 41busheis nu acre. 1 have " 10 head of cattle , fed ( b head this year and marketed them ut Omaha at FI ; 7 , > four weeks nba. 1 hare -5 head of Morses. 1i > of draft and 10 of eood rr.adsters 1 sold bi ; ticad of iul bogs recently nnd bavo itr > more to go soon. Have I1. acres of orchard and loU of small fruit und u all does utn. Pnnniuir payt. big if well conducted We have some men wno undertake too muoti , and don't raise more than half as much par cure us the laud is ratmhlo of producing I feed all the gram 1 can raise nnd have never semi a yuar ynt that I did not have to buy. The Omaha market is a tug thu.g fui us. It gives a good market rigut ut home. It U too fur to Chicago. As lor climate im proving tno country it has modified tbo win ters and caused the summers to give us plenty of moisture. Where there used to bo snowdrifts twenty feet deep there is nout now. yean , ago there was not a tree , grove ur corn blalK to stup tbo blinding snow , and uvuu tbo prass was burned off , but now we ure not troubled with HIIDW lliino is no Imtter farm land or hotter forming country iu the L'nited Status tbuu thu pun of Ne braska and 110 place iu tbo world where iurruers can do their work or make tnutr money uusiur than iu Nebraska. Wriit to riki-V J'rult. Governor Blrney Rays ' ! cnme to Omaha iu 1-i.Vi ana to Colurauun in 1S57 Toe govurnmcnt survey had not been made , so J took a squat tor's claim , uiid in IbllO wbon the ur\tn was made 1 noH tbe olutui for f5u ! und went to Pike's Puck 1 rumbled around awhile aud ihou took auotlior claim ou the Piutte , thirtjnvc miles this side of Douver. put up hu > iu summer and Jrulcbtod 10 the imiiekn , wiulttr I pot FlliP to flbilutonfor hauling , but it uuk u ueek urnatto a trip und I bad to cat f rosen pLatoa and bread and hltwp ia the snow ] uept that up for live j wars uud made money. At tbe end nf that time u Hood came und entered inv claim with trail one to throe foot of sand. Of course it was worthless , so I loft il anil came back to C'o- luiubub , inarnoa aud tooj u homestead and prfe-tmiptioii rluiai four miles west of Colum bus. 1 sold Hull Cvo ynars ago for 57.IKUnd bought three eighties two una one-half nines south of thu old paoo oa the Plutte and lived tb/sre until last March when Ijmoved to town. 1 runt tbe place lor (400 a year cash runt. It u well improved , good house , barn uud or chard , prupuH and small fruit. For the last twenty years 1 have fed oil my grain uud bought niora. I hare made two trips to Eu rope nua will go upalo soon. 1 attuuaed the woild's fair at Paris three years ago Suyou MK a farmer if be works und niaubgcs we > can afTnrd tc see a little ot the world as wml as the business man I have alwavg made money DO matter what I engaged in , but I i always worked hard for ft. " , Andrew MMhlrt. j Afcdre Mathies cftir.e Vo Nebraska In 1S.V with nothing and verr little of that. He werbod nround Colombas for two ur thrpo years at odd Jobs , aved a little tooncv and tc IHftl vent op on Sboll creek and filed on a claim und when tbe homestead liili became a low took advantage nf It and bole his land Eight vears are he txrogbt anotbpr quarter seotiou nnd still owns the BL'o acres Said be " 1 first built aof \ boose and that hurnrd dnwu tbe first -winter and tuen 1 built a sod bouse nnd lived in tt for seven years. 1 then built B frame house10x2 $ , utory and o half , with a shed kttcheu und porch My land U all fenced , have a good orchard , Miiall fruit ot all kinds Aitocotbor my farm Is well improved L.HBI yeor 1 fed a few cattle , but usually soli groin 1 had fore acres of corn last season that tundp 2t ! > bushels , have fed some of tt and have l.r.lHi bushels on hand tiou. 1 hud thirty acres of outs that u.ade l.Sun bushels , ten acres of banev taat made MO bu bels Have bad bad luck \\lth hoes Lost sixty -five heaa with cholera n year uco last loll Vos. ] nave soon some pretty tough times in tec start Used to go to mill at Fort Calhoun and Omaha , seventy -five aud 100 miles away , nnd one winter f ground corn for family use iu n little hand mill that cost Ki. 1 have i made it pay cron under anch conditions , but 1 think II would b < * raster to buv uud PB\ for land under present conditions than to do as 1 aud otbnrs were forced to do Untight Ills Turin. Hon. J.C. Swartstpy is one of the men \\hc cnme to Plane county In more recent > rors. bringing enough motcv with him to buv 1(10 ( acres at fi ( > per nrre His form lies fno miles north of Columbus. Ho paid a big price , but , said lie "II is a good farm iu a good locution. When I bought it there was tut little on It excep ; u bouse , but 1 now have it very nicely improved , with good biiildiugn , triKid orchard ot l.V. ) trues , all icnced und broke. 1 ruise corn to sell mid feed to hogs. 1 have twenty-live in res of tame tncadow that made two uud oue-half tuns per acre last season. It w as lee wet last seusou for big crops , but mine were talr. My outs made MX ) bushels from eighteen acres , live acres of rye mudo 120 bushels , eighty acres of corn went fifty bushels par acre. 1 do pot liirna as big us some , but mm to do it uell , which 1 think pays o great deal batter than running oa-rso much luno. The greatest drawback 1 have had is hog cholera whicn comes occasionally. My son bus u plucoicitsod adjoining mine and on the two together we raised 7,000 bushels of corn last season , sold 4.0JO bushels nt 111)1. ) , cents In Columbus , and l.OiU bushels since ut 'Si i-eiitE per bushel and still huvo l,00l > bush els for tale. " Mr S ji-urtsley served in the state legisla ture 10 Ibs'J. W. tl. Newman. W. J. Newman is ono of tbe model farmers of Piatto .county on u small scale. He owns and farms a half-suction three uud one-half miles due east of the court house alColumous. Mr. Newman says : " 1 came to my present location in 1S74. I hud u little mouoy and boucht railroad land. I have u half-Mietiou on which 1 hove spent considerable of money for improvements It is all leuccd , 100 ucres under plow , gond buildings , orchard and small fruit. 1 consider the place wortb f 10- I'JU , but would not s'jll it for that money. 1 have KOUIB tame meadow and cut ninety acies of prairie grass last veur. It was too wet last year for hie crops My corn averaged ouH thirty-live oushels , as I could not tend it right on account of wet I had twouiy acres of barlev that made 500 ousbols machine measure , and pan of It was not cut oncausc it was too wet to get on tne grouud with a machine. Five acres of wheat made eighty-live bushels and oats fifty busnels par ucrs. Ali ihe small gram grew too rank and lodged J feed my grain to horses , hogs nud calves , do not leed calUe for marmot but seil MOCK cuttle aud think it pays best. Yes , J thin It farming pays well , uud besides it is an independent business. Jf a man attends to it right , sauio as a success ful merchant , he can make it pa\ , but if he goes to town too often , luvs around saloons und tulkj politics it will prove u failure tee same us some of the marriages we road about. I pay particular atteution to garden ing uud raising small f-uit. 1 have a PICO vineyard and all varieties of small fruit strawberries , vines uud busbtis , uud they boar profusely v Mr. J.ewman is entirely true from debt nrd has money in the bank. His brothar is cashier of ine Commercial hank at Colum bus. Nrbnifku IVutt , IVisfniiKln. Joseph Looffelholr has been a Plutte coucty farmer for the past eight yours. He eurne here from Wisconsin with , money enough to buy ant pay for Itili ucres at JO per acre , four miles south of Humphrey Dunuir the eigut years he has lived there be nns mude u Cue home ou his farm , putting a great deal of money in improvements , all of which be made en the farm , as it took all his cash to pay for his land. Ho followed farming in Wisconsin and did very well but he nays Nebraska is much the best farming country in many respects. respects.A A JV Others. Oeorge Berney come to Platte county in the 'OJs with uoLhiug but u team uud WOROII. Hi ) uow owns a section of valuable land about six miles south of Columbus , bus it handsomely improved , is worth about f2Tj.- 000 , nn'd made every dollar of it on the farm- Dan Holloran owns and farms 1,000 acres of land on Shell creek , In the northwest part ol Platte county. Ho settled there in IhTl , poor us a Sundnv Hchool rodeut , and has grown to be worth at least . ' 10,000 , all made on tbo farm. He feuds cattle aud 1 ogs , und raises horses and keeps steadily buying more land. land.Engelue Engelue Buss is another Shell crnek farmer , tun miles north of Columbus He xvciit there Iu 'OU without money enough to secure a homestead He today bus a section of land well stocked und mouey in the bank. Lawroncy Q > uovia rame lo Platte county In 1S7J , uxtrouioiy poor , Uud auout S"J. > in money and nothing else. Ho owns a bulf section of land , well improved , stocked with cattle uud horses , uud uny of the Columbus bautcs would take tils note for any ' ninourt he might desire. Throe nr four o'f his countrymen cume witn him , all poor uhUo and all now lunepuudoul. Lust -.vmter it > uo- VIB gave ? r > OD to the church , wbicb sum would huvo bought out a dozen such nutiiis us the whole crowd \vhun they ilm came , liilniumi Culture . There is un effort being made to introduce the culture of tobacco -into Plallo and ud- joining couutics It has IIL-UU discovered bv experiment thui the suil and climate is tvi-ll adapted lo the production of the tobacco plant , uud prominent inuu have takeu up the mutter and are assisting the farmers to pro cure snod and information with regard to ilio successful cultivation of the plant. A. An- der.-.ou , president of the First National bunk of Culumbus , bus taueu the lean iu the mut ter uud at tno expense of his bank bus st cured u quantity of s od at (1 per ounce , which tin is distrioutmg among the farmers free of cnarge This seed was saved from u crop of touuci'o wbiun sold for " 5 rents a pound It IK ui the best variety and to in sure something line a fair trim Mr. Ander son furnishes with cacti package uf beeil u copy of u bulletin published by the Uuitod States Agnculturu ! departineM , compiled by Juhu M E les , special uguLi fur the tobacco exhibit at thu Columbian ex position Alruudj u list of 110 farmers have prumistid un aggregate acreage of 51 acres to be planted tt-i i cur. It is thoutitthut tobacco raising will prove to ho an ituparlunt and urotliuble branch of agriculture ia thu pear future Migar Jlrrl Culture. Tbe farmer * of Platte rounty cie fchowinj tbmrfuub in siignr boots bv preparing to ruit-c a large ucrouge Uus season. Most of them will begin ou u smull siule , but the aggri'gulc arrtiage wi.l be lur u. A fnv. , however , nre preparing to p'ant rxietiMvely. . The Jitwell Bros will cultivate UOJ ucrii this 1 season There u ill ha uot loss than l.O1) . ) I urrt raitfd iu thi county Tue product will go to Norfolk Nearly all agree that tbe soil I of Plutte county is paouliuriy nEJiipind lothu product ! ou ofsuar UjJt. a id also to'Ji-jjo . LCAVKVVMIUTU , 1C , June IS ' 3D Dr. 3 a. Moore : Mv Dear fair-1 hnve been sul ject to sick heudncbo all my Ufa Over two year * ago I began using ' 'Moore's Tree of Life" for It and never had u case of sice headache siuce , except when the medicine wait ut ono and uf tbe road and I at the otner It Is worth more than money to me. 1 heartily rocnrnniBiid It to ull sufferers of r' 't headauue. Very trulv your * , W B. Lux Pastor Flint 3opti i Churc.h. For sale by all druggists. < t T ABOUT YOUR LOT 4.50 The Great Special Sale $ 6.50 AT THE S 7.50 j Western Blotting Go , , $ 8.50 ' ' 1317-1319 St - Douglas ! , $12.50 Popular Pricesfor ElegantTail- $15.00 i or Made Suits and Overcoats that will Appeal to Every $18.50 J Sensible Reliable Wearer Clothing. of Free , with every purchase of a Suit or Overcoat , a fine derby hai or a silk umbrella * There is no earthty use in paying tailors three times over for suits and overcoats which we sell at $8.50 , 1:2.50 , $15.00 and $18.50 ; as we guarantee our's to be equal and In most cases beter in fit and detail of finish. Our suits include swell English worsteds , cheviots , twills , homespuns , etc. , etc. , in sacks , frocks and Prince Alberts. Special drive in Men's Fine Trousers , from 1.98 , $2.25 , $2.50 , $2.75 , 53 , $3.50 to § 4.50. Mothers will find our stock * of Boys' and Children's Cloth ing more complete of any in the cit3r , at extremelT low prices , from 690 a suit to $3 a suit. Tell your friends and neighbors of this. They will appreciate it. Don t forget to secure a ha' or umbrella gratis wit/i a > ery suit. m . . i < BK. VJ LJLA tj.V > t 1317 and 1319 DoUolas St. J. Bamberger , Proprietor ABSOLUTELY PURE. JUST TRY IT. PAXTON & GALLAGHER , OmaliaNeb differs from inferior whiskies and those dis tilled from corn. Inown as Bourbons , in that it is highlr nutritious , plea snt tc the taste and doubly matured It's purity is guaranteed. Von may known bv its smooth ness and delicious bouquet ( ahothc propri etary bottle ) Because of these qualities physicians recommend it to invalids and for sideboard use. Call for "Cuam Pure fif" and take no other For sale at all first-class drinl.mp places and drug stores. 9 DALLEMANP i TO Chiwco FINE 8PECTBCLES und BUB Glasses. ur tllC inrrurtlon uf ull dt'lm-t. c.f rlsltm Solid Cold Spectacles I'roni . , .UJ upward Fine Steel Spectacles I rum ( I 09 upward rotet-t anl imp-ove yj jr eyBO.J.U. . "our v to iai iraa ba pra tl.cj O tinan. ViAX MEYER & BRO. CO i l.HtatiliKtum IsiHi 1 Alts All uud liltti III' WOOD'S PENETRATING J/ ; / " in . .yjvauce of or- dlimrj-ioniu | pla . w orih luUuiK truubli. & " < * bUL.lt EV IHMT.CIBTS 1 M KVU1I1 I I. N V IJOJ..H , vi William St | Tl 1 hive t ii.r i Tcr'nui''jljr tie Bborvii 'file l > y lt > use i mo'.auib if cuai of Uic w > nt U-id : sad ul Lint fin it t afw lMMn caruj. IsdiHid mftmnju my faltb iniT.r - t. lire. . .T I i . ir-.t ; mlb a VaLVASLC Ttl ATI"E oat id mt < > iirr ul f rorvbov .kcuJmntUurrj T ; nil' U uddraiK , T. A. BIi.rom. III. C. . 1'.3 I't-arl f t. . N. V. Jl ( JS. want ' * * * * it now IDEA IN jUldr r. ! ' i n. > "fL , Oniahn i. .V 1' . t.i f \J \ = ' } 1 Cent i ' , ' ) 1 Cent v j1 Cent ( Tl R I .J All 1A110QIU A flPC ! U 1 UUod UIJU d 0 AVorth of rare , valuable information suut to mo nddiesb FOR POUR (4) ( ) CENTS This -wealth of knowlt-dpe , this poldcn trcaiuro of heljis to health is contained m a new , nbly written nnd handsomely illus trated BOOK OF 120 PAGES which hits just b en issued for the lienofit ol hUuVrmi : liaiiuiuit * , bj tlmsc eminently Buccussful and jpoiiuiur i-li siuatib and Btirgeonb.those JUN Gb OY Sl'iX i ALlbTs , Drs. Belts & Beits TVitli the aid of this ralunblo end inter- i&titiK work , tuiiitlt'J "Know Tbjwslf , " its riiiiilui > nre onubu-d to adopt UitilKuit , Hnfefit und Kurt : t mtlhod > for tli" jirc8nr 'iition of h ir hualth : or , in onse the > artutllnlid , ihi'y are fully informed a to the naiuro and fcyiniituiuB of ovui j disuast Thtsj nun ut oiice clucide what iiixrtiuular form of Nervous , Gironic or rnvatf Msease I their malady ) ms nsBuiimd , whether it 1 > a i ai/i/iiliti / , O'cnorr/iorn / , ittwt , S'llctwi , IJiidronlc , Varlcnoc-f. I'tlet , , HUmd or Skin iJixta't b. Llw , h'J'Iiicj/ Urliuiry 'Inmlili.Hi nuy ol tlie thousand illh of u kni'lrud ' nature. IZvcn iniiii and evurj woman < > hould r > d Ihu iHiulvhicli ; lo tlw. ufHinlwl in vMiriii UN u.-i ht in fold , mid t > uill to uny B.IJn-Mi for FOriC Cli.S'Ti. . C.iH uiim ( addronb Dr.s. Belts & Betts , 119 South 14lh StN K. Corner 14th I undDou lUj Sts. Omalia , Neb. JRlDE A COCKHORSETO CHICAGO OF COURSE JO GET , S BOSS , ITS MERITS FORCLEANING AND WASHING THE CLOTHES. ASSURE IT A WELCOME WHEREVER IT GOES. FAIRBANKS IS THE BEST FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD USE. ALL GROCERS KEEP IT , /\\PE. , oNLy N.K.FAERBANCHICAGO. CHICAGO. ' "THE RIPANS TABULES regulate the stomaih , liver and bowels , purify the blood , are pleasant to take , safe a .J always effectual. A reliable remedy for Biliousness , Blotches on the Face , Bright's Disease , Catarrh , Colic , Constipation , Chronic Diarrhoea , Chronic Liver Trouble , Diabetes , Disordered Stomach , Dizziness , Dysentery , Dyspepsia , Eczema , Flatulent c. Female Complaints , Foul Lrvath , Headache , Heartburn , Hives , Jaundice , Kidney Complaints Lner Troubles , Loss of Appetite , Menial Depression , Kausra , Kettle Rash , Painful Digestion , I'.m- pics , Rush of Blood to the Head , Sallow Om- plexion , Salt Rheum , Scald Head , Scrofula , Sick Headache , Skin Diseases , Sour Stom- ach , Tired Feeling , Torpid Liver , Ulcers , Water Brash and every other symptom or dis- ease that results from impure blood or a failure in the proper performance of their functions by the stomach , liver and intestines. Persons given to over-eating are benefited by taking one tabule after each meal. A continued use of the Ilipans Tabules is the surest cure for obstinate constipation. The } ' contain nothing that can be injurious to the most delicate. Prict : One gross § 2 , sample bottle 15 cents. For sale by Druggists , or sent by mail postage paid. Address THE RIPANS CHEMICAL COMPANY , New York The UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS that the 3ehr Bros. & Go's. Htm- attained , nntl Ihr hisli prni < r they lm\i > oliclliid from Hie wirlilV MOST HE- 0 > MsJl ] ) AKT1ST5. Irom the j > ro s anil Ironi u public Iwis ; prcjiulluud iu fmor of Idcf iiiiikts , it is sule tu a'-iuniB that th iiiitrumerit inu t be iio si'ssej of UNCOil MO * ATTIUHU'l'ES. ATTIUHU'l'ES.MAX MEYER & BRO. CO. , Sole Agents , Omaha , Nebraska. Estxbhslcd S iBhlnp to IntroOuw our J0AYS CRAYON PORTRAITS nd ut the ttiiujb time us mud our | juninew und xuftKr now riuuomurh wi liuTf ( Iccidud to iiiukp tilth hiH-clul Oiler : bund tin n Cutmiul Picture I'liuin pruiili Tliity | > fAmlr"ir | . ( url > uueroi > I'C of yourHwl * or an * nirmtiur of youi uni livuif nr dead , and ? rre will nmko vnu n CKA1 ON J'OKTItAll ruir < r CIIAHOI proridt'd you oxhllilt it ti your Jrlcntln UB u namiiUi of our Trork r.nd USD ronr tnQncncc ID m-cnrlnc UB luturc orders 1'lncc iiumi nnd uddrciiB on tinct of picturn nud It will lie rotu-nofl m iMTfect order Wo rankc nny clmncu U iilrturt1 you wtaii. not tntcrlcrluR itli Uic littneue i'.i'lcr u in ? ' ' nnnL In ' 'lucnyu Adrtriiw nil nun to THE SSESCSNT CSAYON CO. , Opposite NCT Gcrnaa Theatre , CHirASO , ILL. " b Ut will 1 irlun fllK'Ui to onyonc i > oudinc un iihoto uiid not rpcnlvlns crnyon pictnrp ' up t r l ll onpr I'lilt. ( ifTor In lionn tlrti 1316 Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb. The rnilnont Pimriniia' ii IK M i u ciironn prmt c in ol ekin uud tmntiry cltitnUM A rt nl reciiuorod trniduntc Iti niuUcirii uri - tJip oinuc unu rfrnti HU-C M > > w l tttlll tntuiini : wtili fit * pntttosi n i uiurrti Mwrnititirrti ] tc % i mt niKnt ) titimiiitit \\-ttbi iMkb IUSHUH ttnjummry BjrithlliK Bin uc orriiut , nmt't Mire M * n ; rii Ni tin ort ur > . uio JS T -attiiHi.f fur loan of vimt II..HIT Jartio in. t ft % i-n IUH nm\ tie T m e u > liumi i > ) curruipuiuuiici Mo U-'tue - or tiuirutm'iitH bunt l > . muu < ir urui > pit i tuii n n t to iu .uui uti HHIHIIIK or utindtir i in i ( turBunu ! inivrvluw pralitrroti C Inturrtr - * | inii-'i.'t ni.'i lAljtuunus of l.iio euat Iruu OUlcu li untu ) i buuauys iu u seud BIUIDJI Jur DB. j. E , MCGH.EW , THE SPECJAUST , It unsuniussod in i he in Uiumii ( if ull forms of PKiVATK DISEASES , und nil dKuriinrt. nnd dulillltlus ui youth mid inaiilioo I. iTjitur * ' I'XIiPrluiicu Hik tut , inn i-b null f.ic Illtitxt uri liruftii'ully uiillnuUi 1 Tin' T irtxir in ri'foin- inoiiUwl hy the iire-i1. u < l uuihirtifd in tli < - Btronsfht tornib Ijy vlujiuiijilc fur fair trniitV Infill Kill ! lllllll'bt llloft.-l.hllin.il UClvllIl ! Ttlll unit. ! jiowi-ifui riMnudii.'t , Kno it lo iiindurn hcltmrit lor HID t > uouib.ful truulintnt ut the fu low in ; diu'uhci , GOWORRBOfA-JmiuoUlutP ri-llef A ooin- ti flu rnrriiliout thu Ici.i. uf un lunir's ilinu ULKET- Out of ihii must con i > lol uiid nuo- cu < n , rul trt'utiufiitfc fur sltut und n 1 uiniornip tlihcb ir.'i-k fi know n IK ihr niHiticiil jirufu - bum Thu resuitfcure truly jn(1i-rJul STRTCTtJRE ( irn li : t I.IIIIMII remufly for tin 1 1 nut uii'iil of HUiutt.ru w illiinu jiiiin , uul- iinu in cl iHim. . A MIOI.I rmiiuikubli ! ruiniiUv SYPHILIS- ircuttncnt lot thu lorrl'jlt ! i b o.icl cllktiust ) hat t-vur Ittnm more fcu iu : > , ful. ! nor Imfl ktrnMSiir DiidorM'iiitinls In the licht Of inuiliiru bi-iunvo thife dibtiu p U | xu > itlviily curab.o und rit'ry truce of llm puliuu uiitlruly rfiiiuvtitl from tlm liloud. LOST MANHOOD , uud tiuiMttou. uorvous- iiu 4 , tliuldilv. clttkpunduncy uud ull wuuicjMto and dUordurs of youth ur muutiuu * UJitrf obinluud ut oucu. SKIN DISEASES und all ( lisuiibe * nf the Gtuiiiucn , lilodd lUt.r , luunuyv mill liluddur iiru irn.-itud buautt fuly ! with tliu Krtiutunt Uiinw n rtmmdloi. fur Ihuno diktmstib \Vrltv for o rrulur * and ijuuetiun lUt , ( rue Utli nitil J'artmiH t > t . , llmaha , Ab I tmndlo the t'JJII'l'LK < IMJ.K WIMNGSTOfKS , und am 11 i t .lo- { jnijiliic' oi'durfi on hhort tiotue AJy hsi coinjirisus tno following i n.ipi'a . rc ( i htuc-Ut ) Anaconda , Bull Mountain , Cold Kin , Beuna Vista , Blue Bell ; Work. Alamo , Washington. And ull otliLT rulliili v st.icUh. nT tliuii n , lies , at in il IIH many Kloi'Ub uf tlm Loam . , iu Ah- jiun it IK ! Crmtd iu ntm Mum cif tlir I'r M c Citu-L hturkb lii. i. moru th n doubluri wiilnti tliritiniinthB ' 1 nu A.IIU- f ( nifl.i b'opU uold lour month * uzo lit I > cunth. hll'l Ri 1 i- now tot ovcrtl uttr bluiti. ( "ilitn nrvr iiiini'b : iriioi liinp I'Vrry fi' du'b with msl UK tfociu iiro iiMi'ts. A iroiitlriii in < if OuUHKil lllulTa Ir.ni lil homo nf ihlbMouk ut ( > utmth tlm liitliu imn < if Murrh und li.u bllic'U rnfUMCJ fl tot It In- vi-MiiiiiuiiH madi ) ul lou rutui. All uurroijum- Oinifo ( iroiupily unswurud. J. S. CIBSOK , ] U IJiUcb J'otil. Aonuo , Colorado Siifin 'h , - - Colorado N , M , RUDDY , THE ONLY FRACTAL OFIIBIAN lHHiuti , ] Jtli hi I uruuiu bt. Thu lur EYES TESTED PH.EE vlud t < > r < ! nody ull ilcfuut * of uyt > - riu-ui Hjiurtu' lus uf jnmrjntourt yuautj i tl und uu. hulliKiolJ .SjinrU-'M ' un 1 Iye.'ltt ) > ti i , fl bud ujiwuri 'J/i-u Iit i pru . r pi m fjr CluwiUk lliiuJ rorrrati ) butnu ( luy n riU' ' 'f J ABTITIOIAL HIJMAS ZYEj IRoEHTEB