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The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

Hum bugs.

The american AgricultmiSt makes
a speciality of exposing the numer-
Gus frauds and humbugs that are
practiced upon the unwary, and
among its list for December is the
Seminole Gold and Silver Mining
Go. j. NJ. Pattee, the notorious
lottery man, is said to be at the
bottom of this swindle. These
"mines," il is pretended, are located
at Ra Wins; it is said that certain
parties dag hole in the ground,
some forty miles from there, suffi-
ciently deep to conform to the ter
ritorial mining law, then organized
a stock company, and have since
been selling the stock i'm the Eastern
and Middle States. The Laramie
Sentinel says: "We are frequently
receiving letters asking for informa-
tiOn about the Seminole Gold and
Silver Mining Co. We can't answer
these letters-there are too many of
them. But we will state in the
most public manner possible that
the Seminole Gold and Silver Min
Co., j. r. Brown, president, with
headquarters at Rawlins, w. T., is a
pure fraud, sUiRdle and steal. j. NJ.
Pattee, of lottery fame, is at the
bottom of it. There is no mine, no
mill, no machinery there, and never
will be, and every man who pur-
chases stock in it, is merely con-
trfbuting to lot Of dishonest dead
beats, cho are making Her Icing
by CALLING the public"
We know Of one man in this
county who was gulled to the
amount of 81 by this or q similar
swindle, and all he has TO show for
it, is a very nicely prepared certi-
ficate of stock i'm the concern. OF
course the time-tried and fool-proof
method of obtaining the money was
resorted to i'm this case. 1t is only
necessary to tell some people that
they can receive something for
nothing, or a great deal for a little,
to excite their curiosity and cupidi-
ty, aad induce them TO spend money
that should go TO paying their debts,
or supplying the necessaries Of life
to their families.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

DIR. MARY WALKER was arrested
the other day in New York city while
walking the streets dressed in pam
falcons, and taken before the proper
officer who expended the law in this
wise: As her pants were not worn
for the purpose of disguise in order
to commit a felony, he ruled that
her wearing them did not come
within the Statute prohibiting wo-
men from attiring themselves as
though they were men. So she was
discharged, and the officer warned
not TO arrest her again. She threat
ened the officer with prosecution
for illegal arrest.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

News from London under date
of the 10th states that it is being
reported that Jellalabad has been
evacuated, but Gen. Roberts having
"hutted" part of his force, Piewar
is feeling his way cautiously for fear
of an ambuscade, in the direction OF
the Shutergarden Pass. The noun
tains are now snow-capped, and
winter is settling down in the val
leys. The British troops are NOV.
ing around and the Afghans flying
i'm disorder.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

In an other column mention is
made of the arrest of the supposed
murderers of Stevens, and now
comes the sad intelligence that while
The sheriff and a posse of men were
taking the prisoners, Ketchum and
Mitchell to the county seat for trial
the party was overpowered by a
mob of about twenty-five men, who
were all masked and well armed.
They took the prieoners away from
the officers, tied them to a tree, and
burned them to death. Murderers
and cattle thieves are meeting with
terrible punishment at the hands of
judge lynch in this State. II is most
certainly not the best condition of
society, as it takes too many risks
that some of its victims may be in
nocent, which a proper legal trial
would fully establish to the entire
satisfaction of the community.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
Two Nlen Fled TO a Tree and
Burned.

Some weeks since a man by the
name of Stephens was killed under
circumstances, which, we believe.
are substantially given below. A.
w. Ketchum and Luther Mitchell
were arrested on a charge Of mur-
der, and taken TO Kearnev for i'm
prisonment. Mitchell was an old
man, sixty-three years of age, and
was one of the first settlers i'm the
Loup country. While on the way
TO Custer county, in charge of an
officer a mob of twenty-five maske d
men took the prisoners, lied them to
tree and burned them. A late
Omaha Herald has the following:
ga conversation last evening with
stock man who is familiar with the
circumstances out Of which this mat
ter has grown, says that last summer
well-known stock man came up
from Texas with 5000 or 5000 cattle
and selected a rancho. The man
Stephens was his foreman, and, it is
stated on excellent authority, was
also his brother, passing for some
reason by an assumed name. Our
informant Darrates several incidents
which 60 to show that Stephens was
an unprincipled desperate, who
scrupled at nothing, and says that he
was universally unpopular with the
stock men. He states also that
Mitchell was an elderly man and
generally respected, and that the
affair which resulted i'm Stephens's
death really occurred as follows:
Stephens employer (or brother)
had for a long time only a "road
brand' on his cattle, and has been
i'm constant trouble on that account.
1t was growing out of some trouble
Of this kind that Stephens and some
of the Texan herders on the ranch
went to Mitchell's to arrest Mitchell
and ketchum, young man who was
stopping there. Stephens rode up
10 Ketchum and told him he had
come TO arrest him, and the latter
not instantly giving up his arms
without question, Stephens began
firing at him, wounding Ketchum in
the elbow before the latter returned
the fire. He then fired on Stephens,
MORALLY wounding him as stated.
The gentleman also states that none
of the stock men, unless it were the
Texas herders OH the ranch, where
Stevens was employed as foreman,
had any desire to trouble Mitchell
or Ketchum. He says that this
event, if il has occurred as stated, is
the work of Stevens brother and of
the Texas herders in his employ,and
that such an outrage can only result
in prompt action on the part of the
stock men to bring the demons to
justice; that it is the last of several
troubles with the same men, and
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
Butler County.

EDITOR journal: Our Rising
City is still growing, some forty
buildings now completed, and more
to be erected. 1t hardly yet looks
natural to see the iron horse speed
its way, as l can from my window,
and a thriving business centre
spring into existence as if by magic,
on a section of land, when a few
years back a neighbor and myself
got lost coming home from Schuy-
Ter; but so it is. As our merchants
get ready to display their merchan-
disc OF all kinds, heavy trade will
be done at this point. During the
first eight days of buying, earns &
Co., and Morrissey Bros. shipped
forty car loads of grain. We now
have another buyer, Folkery & Co,
and all three buyers are busy. j.
Paxton from Summit was the first
merchant to have his store complet-
ed; his stock is groceries and shelf
hardware, he is also our accommo-
dating post master. We now have
the following business houses either
already doing business, or will be in
few days: earns & Co. grain, coal
and hogs; Morrissey Bros, grain,
they also expect to engage in gen.
eral merchandise; Folken & Co.,
grain, and hogs; Paxton, as above !;
Hurd & Cash, groceries, clothing
and dry goods; Angel & Cook, gen.
eral merchandise; J. B. Delsman,
groceries ; j. j. Fox, furniture DIR.
ngleharde, drugs, etc.; Burgess &
Barmorc, a large livery and feed
stable; Maloy & French, lumber,
lime and mixed paints; Woodman,
lumber; Halves & Smith, harness
makers; j. III. Comes, shoe shop !;
and last but not least, A. P. Day
proprietor of the Commercial hotel.
All the carpenters are busy, from
the "boss" contractor to the one who
can merely lay shingle, or nail on
a board. We need, and very badly
too, first-class hardware store, we
see by your last issue that Krause
Il Son were out to spy the land, and
if they will give us a good one, their
trade will be heavy. So we grow,
dear JOURNAL, and soon we NAV
expect TO sec all the land now va
cant, cultivated and also pour its
wealth of produce into our busy,
busy, little city.
We see by your last issue that
many farmers in your county are
losing stock, supposed cause of
death, eating smut OIL corn-stalks.
We would suggest to J. II. Reed
and others that they forward per
express, to the Veterinary DR.. Det-
mers, editor of the Chicago Tribune.
a manifold through a subscriber of
that paper as we believe from his
large knowledge and practice as a
Veterinarian, valuable knowledge
might be received. One farmer In /
this county has lost fifteen head.
WHY Nor.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
Our NeighbOrs.

There inches of snow at Falls City
last Saturday week.
The Greeley Tribune has a good
advertising patronage for SO small a
place as Scotia.
Numerous cases of lung fever are
reported i'm the neighborhood OF
Aspinwall and adjoining parts of
this county; several deaths have
occurred there lately, SO says the
Globe-JOurnal.
The Grand Island Independent
says that j. c. Lee, of the Valley
County Herald, is about TO move
his printing office to Grand Island
and commence the publication Of q
democratic paper.
Butler County Republican: Mr..
Paxton's youngest child was seri-
ously burned the other day. The
chair on which it was sitting was
overturned throwing the child
against the stove and burning its
face terribly.
Schuyler Democrat: A man by
the name of johnson narrowly es-
capped being run over by the train
on Wednesday. He was full of bad
whisky and drove across the track
in the face of the train, the team
started and ran quite a distance, the
man fell under the seat and the last
we saw of him he was asleep in the
wagon and in the custody of the
city marshal.
The Lincoln Journal of the 14th
says: "The snow storm of night
before last and yesterday must have
been the tail end of the snow storm
that visited Kansas City and St.
Joseph Thursday night. Our dis
patches of this morning from Kansas
City speak of it as the heaviest storm
ever known in that locality. At 9
O'Clock the storm had abated, and
the fall of snow was estimated at
nearly three feet, with drifts of
eight feet. At St. Joseph about one
foot of snow had fallen. Many of
the trains due at both places are
fast in snow drifts"
The fire at Schuyler OH the 9Th
destroyed $4,000 worth of property.
Defective flue,-and a pretty high
price to pay for a piece of poor
workmanship. The Sun says: "The
fire, though an expensive experience,
has clearly demonstrated some
things that will prove of incalcula-
bic benefit in the future. We have
learned that however elaborate and
efficient may be the fire extinguish-
ing machinery, it is Of little value
without organized and thoroughly
disciplined companies. 1t was de-
monstrated that the man of muscle
can do much more efficient service
than the man of ideas"
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

AS some interest is felt here in
this company, and the proposed ex-
tension of its lines, the following
from an exchange will not be out
of place:
"A reporter Of the Atchison Globe
has been interviewing Superintend-
ent Towne, of the A. & n. railway
company, in regard to the rumor
that his road was about to fall into
the hands of the Union Pacific rail-
road. Mr.. Towne authorized the
statement that no such arrangement
is contemplated at present, and that
he has heard nothing about ii, but
be thinks that no doubt the A. & n.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
SHERIFFs SALE.

DY VIRTUE of an order of sale di-
ID rected to me from the Clerk Of the
District Court of Platte County. Ne
braska, on a judgment and decree OBJ
tanned before the said District Court at
its December adjourned term, A. D.,
1877, of Platte County, Nebraska, in
favor Of Andrew j. Hodges, as Plaintiff
and against John Witehey and Victoria
G. Witchey as Defendants, for the sum
of four hundred and thirty five dollars
and ninety cents and the further
sum Of fOrry-three dollars and fifty nine
cents, attorneys fees, and costs taxed
at S9.61 and aecruing costs, have levied
upon the following real estate, situate
in said Platte County. taken IS the
property Of said Defendants, TO satisfy
said order OF sale, to wit:
The Island No. four 90. of Section
nine (9), Township No. sixteen 16 }, OF
Range one (D west, in the dist rict of
lands subject to sale at Omaha, Nebras-
ka, containing sixty and forty -one hun =
dredth acres according to the United
states patent of the same also north half
(H) of the nOrthwest quarter "a OF Sec
tiOn four ~, Towhshie No. sixteen 16),
and the south half ~ of the southwest
quarter ~ } of Section thirty-three 1881.
in Township seventeen (17), north of
Range one { y west, ntaining one hun
dred and fifty one and twenty-sCven
hundredth (l51.2I) acres according to
United states patent Of same, and will
offer the same for sale TO the highest
bidder, for cash in hand on the 23G day
of January, A. D., 1872 in front of Court
House, at the hour of o'clock p. m. of
said day, when and where due attend
ance will be given by the. undersigned.
Dated at Columbus. this nth day OF
December, 1875.
BENJAMIN SPIELMAN,
Sheriff of said County.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

AT the announcement on the
morning of the llth inst. that Sem
ator Blaine would speak OH his res
olution relative to the southern
election frauds, a dense crowd of
spectators filled the Senate chamber.
Nearly all the members of the
House were present. Every vacant
place on the floor was occupied by
them. The cloak rooms of the SEN
ate were filled with ladies. The
speech of the great statesman was
brief, candid, firm, and abounded
with strong arguments that some-
thing must be done to prevent a
repetition Of the frauds.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

The murderers Of Charles Slocum,
at Nebraska City, Henry Jackson
and Henry Martin (both colored)
had been tried and found guilty of
murder in the second degree, were
on the morning of the 10th inst.
taken from the Jail by
citizens and hung to a tree where
the bodies were found in the morn
ing. 1t is stated that they both
died protesting their innocence.
The citizens were orderly and de-
termined. They overpowered the
jailor, battered down the Jail doors,
and broke into an iron cage where
the prisoners were confined. VIM.
Given, the other prisoner and upon
whose testimony Jackson and Mar
tin were convicted, was taken on
the same day by strong guard to
the penitentiary.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

will become feeder to some great
line of railway. Whether it will be
the Missouri Pacific, the Pacific, or
the c. B. & Q. cannot now be fore
shadowed. All of these roads have
an eye to the Importance of the A.
& n. and the connections it would
offer, but none have yet entered
into negotiations.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

MITCHELL & KETCHUM, charged
with shooting Henry A. Stevens, of
Custer county, Neb., were recently
arrested, and great doubts express
ed by certain parties whether they
did the shooting that killed Stevens.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

Hon. III. p. GAGE, of Findley, O.,
ex-president of the Hancock savings
bank, shot himself in the right tenn
pie on the night of the 10th Inst, on
account, it is believed, of bank
troubles. There is little chance of
his recovery,
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

OK the 10Th Gov. Hampton's leg
was amputated. His condition is
not thought to be dangerous. On
the same day he was elected by the
legislature United States Senator.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

The First National Bank at Sara.
toga suspended on the 18th inst,
owing to the defalcation of Mr..
Wright, County Treasurer. A run
was also made On the Commercial
bank, and the doors closed.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

will fall heavily on them. To those
who know the prompt and desper-
ate action which the stock-men find
necessary in such cases, the predic-
ton has deal of meaning, provided
the circumstances are all as stated"
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

OK the 10th inst. navigation was
reported closed at Keokuk, Iowa,
on the upper river, and that the
government canal around the rapids
was also closed for the season.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

A RESOLUTION passed the House
on the 10th inst, to pay the widow
of the late congressman Welch, Of
Nebraska, the pay of a member to
the close of this congress.
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.

L. S. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.,l
Dec. 9Th, 1873.
COMPLAINT having been entered at
~ this office by Robert Linn against
John c. Rogers for abandoning his
Homestead Entry, No. 1511, dated
April 4th, 1873, upon the south \
of northwest 4. Section 26, Township 20
north of Range l west, in Platte county,
Nebraska, with a view to the cancella-
tion of said entry: the said parties are
hereby summoned to appear at this Office
on the 10Th day Of January. 1879. at 10
o'clock Il. m, to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged aban-
dOnment. Dispositions to be used in
said case will be taken January sth,
1879, at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the office of
Speice g. North. Columbus. Neb.
VI. B. HOXIE. Register.
ASA WN. ANYAS, Receiver,
The Columbus journal., 1878-12-18

JAMES McCREARY committed sui
eide on the train last week coming
east from San Francisco, by cutting
his throat.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10

luminous document. The report condemns
" the absence of regulation system and meth
cd T. in the bureaus administration also the
suppression of charges against agents and con-
tractors; the carrying on of semi official cor
respondence by subordinates without author
ity; the careless disposal OF records; the relin-
quishment of authority By responsible officers;
the loss or disappearance of important papers,
and the factious opposition by clerks and others
to the Board of Indian Commissioners. Ii
also refers in terms Of disgust to the "unfit-
ness Of the Chief Clerk. the Corresponding
Clerk, the Annuity Clerk, and others: the in
competency displayed in the accounts division:
the inefficiency Of the land division; the habit
ual lack of circumspection in the finance divi-
sion; the uselessness of the civilization divi-
eion and the decentralization of the bureau
throughout
McGarrahan's big suit against the New Idria
Mining Company, which involves the title to
quicksilver mining property of vast value and
which has been fought in the courts and in
Congress for abont fifteen years, has at last
been decided against him in tbs United States
Supreme Court.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
A Long Trann.

The longest overland tramp recently
recorded is that of Emil lack, who ar
rived at CASTLE Garden on yesterday,
having walked all the way from Brown
wood, Tex. He became disguised with
agricultural pursuits, abandoned his
claim, and, with q few dollars, started
On his long journey. CT slept wherever
I could" he says. Sometimes people
would give me bed, and sometimes
they would not. walked all the way
from Brownwood to Austin, from Aus
tin to New Orleans, and from New Or
leans to New York. People were kind
est to me where they were met with far
apart, in the sparsely-settledp parts of the
country. In Texas and Louisiana I
found a bed every night, and as much as
[ wanted to eat. The further north /
came the worse I was treated. Some
times / had nothing to eat for whole
day, and had to sleep in the open air. I
started from my place in Texas in May.
/ left the farm in the hands of an agent
of the German Emigration Society, to be
sold" He said he sometimes worked
for a few days in order to get o little
money, and, having obtained it, he
would again start on his journey. His
walk was over 1900 miles long.-NeaO
York Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10

A Washington Post representative inter-
viewed the President the other day, and re-
ports him as follows: "He says he has ex-
hausted his powers under the constitution to
pacify the South to avert the war CT races
which seemed impending at one time, and to
withdraw all obstacles to the normal operation
of the principles of local self-government. He
has put an end to Federal interference, and has
called the attention of Congress and the coun-
try in his message to the results of this action.
Having done this, his power to act is exhaust
ed. He deprecates the efforts which are being
made in various quarters to prolong popular
agitation and perpetuate sectional feeling,
not because of its reflection upon him or his
motives, but because it tends to exasperate
the people of both sections, and thus to
prevent that clear understanding be-
tween the North and South which is
essential to the restoration of perfect unity of
patriotic sentiment. He expresses the belief,
however, that the utterances of those who, in
their capacity of managing politicians, are
seeking to stir up strife will not find among the
masses of the Northern people any consider
able response; that when the Congressional
campaign comes on it will be found that the
people are no longer excitable over those
topics, and that the managing politicians, find
ing no material to work upon. will soon aban-
don their anti-Southern programme. AS for
other matters Of public policy, Mr.. Hayes re-
marks that he has seen no cause to reconsider
any action of the past, generally speaking, and
no reason to modify any purposes which he
may have formed or announced at any previous
period of his administration.
A Washington correspondent of New York
journal telegraphs that the Presidents special
message to Congress on civil-seryice reform
promises to set forth practically the same plan
as was proposed by the old Civil-service Com
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-10
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Stanley, the African explorer, has arrived at
Cairo, Egypt, where he was magnidcently en-
tertained by the Khedive.
The Advertiser hears, on reliable authority,
that official information has been received in
St. Petersburg that the Chinese have massacred
$4,000 men, women, and children in the Kash-
garian town of Manas, committing most fright
full atrocities. av
A terrific explosion of gunpowder recently
occurred at Montevideo, S. A., resulting in the
killing and mortal wounding of some sixty or
seventy officers and soldiers.
The uneasiness in France at the prospect
that England would seize upon Egypt was so
great as to lead to diplomatic correspondence
on the subject. A note of inquiry was recently
addressed by the French Government, and in
response the British Minister of Foreign Affairs
gave the most positive assurance that England
had no intention of helping herself to the land
of the Pharaohs.
Gen. Corona, Mexican Minister at Madrid.
has signed q treaty by which the naturalization
of Spanish subjects as Mexican citizens since
1910 lS u0CIdT0d N5AU.
Ex-President Grant arrived at Alexandria,
Egypt, on the 9Th of January, and was re-
oeived by the authorities with princely honors.
The Popes health is improving.
A London dispatch says there is talk in some
quarters of dissolution of Parliament in con-
sequence of the hopeless divisions in the Caui-
net. The anti war agitation throughout the
country is on the increase, but seems confined
pretty closely within party lines.
The King of Italy is seriously ILL.,
City of Mexico items President Diaz pre-
tends to entertain anti-European sentiments.
and is apparently counting a close alliance with
the United States. Outside the capital the I'M
settled condition of the border is hardly dis
cussed. The press is disposed to be cautious
on the subject. Congress, before adjourning,
authorized the construction of railroads from
the City of Mexico to Morelia; from Cetaya to
Palmiias, and from Ometusco to Packuca.
A convoy carrying $50, 900 in silver was robbed
in the District of Mexico, The robbers es-
capped.