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For Rent.

A large brick store building on
Nebraska Avenue. For terms, &C.,
apply to A. Z. PINKNEY,
446-x Over State Bank.
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For Sale.

A farm of l59 acres, 125 broken.
One mile west of Barnum's. Please
call on A. Haight on the Big Island.
Terms easy. 36l-x
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Meat Market.

Shotwell & Randall having pur-
chased the meat market lately owned
by Frank Gillett, is prepared to fur
nish, beef, pork, &C., &c, equal to
the best aud at prices to suit the
times. 437X.
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II 8.

Monday morning, Decem-
ber 9th, TO Mrs. William Becker, Il son,
weight, eleven pounds.
BRODFEUHRER--S night, De-
cember, Sth, to Mrs. +. Brodfeuhrer, a
son.
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VI. Kramer has opened branch
Store at Silver Creek and will sell
goods there at the same low prices
that he does here. 43S.
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THE JOURNAL.

Communications, 20 insure insertion
in the next issue. should be in hand on
Mondays; if lengthy, on Thursdays
preceding issue-day. Advertisements,
Of whatever class, should be in hand by
noon, Tuesdays.
Advertisements under this head Is
cts. n line first insertion, 10 cts. line
each subsequent insertion.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Advertisements under this head i've
cents line, first insertion, three cents
a line each subsequent Insertion
ErFOR BORED WELLS leave or
ders at Ryan's HOtel.-McDermOt & Co.
442-y.
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~GUYoT's GEOGRAPHY is on the
State list and is therefore the only
Geography that can legally be used i7
our schools. This book and all other
school books for sale at e. l.. HILLS
Book Store. 43s-X
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Regular stock Dealer.

All kinds of horned stock bought
and sold; also fat and stock hogs.
37g-y ID. ANDERSON.
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To Leaders Of a mai feur EBa ads
and Oghers.

For sale, a full set of Brass In
struments for I2 performers. For price
and further particulars, apply to
III. G. CAREW, Columbus, Neb.,
4t Sec'y Columbus COTnet Band.
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GOOD CHEAP BRICK

ATMY RESIDENCE. on Shell Greek,
N three miles east Of Matthis's bridge,
| have
10000 good. hard-burnt brick
for sale,
which will be sold in lots TO suit pur-
chasers.
44S-tf GEORGE HE\GGLER.
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COLUMBUS MARKETS.

Our quotations Of the markets are OBJ
tanned Tuesday afternoon,and are correct
and reliable at the time.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
The Brave Southern HoWards.

We want our readers to stop just for
one moment and look at this matter.
These nurses who have gone out of the
pure air of their homes to plague-strick-
en- towns, to handle and tenderly care for
dead and dying men, who are utter
strangers to them, need higher courage
than any soldier marching into the thick
of: battles. They gain nothing, neither
pay nor glory. Their victories are not
watched by a proud country, for those
honors they give their lives. If they die
no weeping nation will, year. by year,
hang laurels on their graves. The How
ard nurse is only mentioned in the pa
pers as lone of twenty five ; arriving on
such date, or tone OF twenty" who are
dead. His name nobody knows. If he
falls, his friends only learn of it because
he fails to return. There is no battle-crv
or martial music to cheer his soul in its
last struggle with death; in the future
there is to be no roll call of victorious
army, with the proud answer to his rames
''Dead upon the field Of honor" He gives,
his life for some poor plague-shicken;
wretch, probably of less value to the
world than himself, in the poisoned air
Of solitary chamber, where there is none
but God to know. He ID buried hastily
in q nameless grave, with shuddering
and fear, and quicklime is thrown upon
his body. This sacrifice he makes out of
pure love to God and humanity. and this
sacrifice Is now making, not by one man,
but by every one of the hundreds of
nurses sent out by the Howard Associa-
ton. Every one Of them carries his life
IN his hand as he goes.-N. y. Tribune
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
Dexter1ty Of q Goat.

DR.. Clarke relates that when he was
travelling from Jerusalem to. Bethlehem,
his party fell in with an Arab who had q
goat which he led about the country for
exhibition. he had taught his animal,
while he accompanied it with song, to
mount upon little blocks of wood, placed,
successfully on one another, and In shape
resembling the dice boxes Of q back-gam
mon table. In this manner the goat
stood first upon the top of one cylinder,
then upongthe top Of two, and afterwards
Of three, four, Eve and six, until 1t re-
NAMED balanced upon the top of them
all, elevated several feet from the ground
and with his four feet collected on sin
gle point Without throwing down the;
disjointed fabric On which he stood. Dr.
Clarke adds that this feat is very ancient.
It is also noted by Sandys. Nothing can
show more -strikingly the tenacious foot
ing possessed by this Aquadruped upon
thejutting points and crags Of rock, and
the circumstances Of it's ability to remain
thus poised may render this exhibition
less surprising. IT is seen frequently In
mountainous countries standing securely.
though with hardly any place for it, feet
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

81. -. -
Of the 800 persons suddenly submerged
in the river Thames by the Princess Alice
disaster, scarcely dozen saved their lives
by swimming. The reason that at tina
place the river is 4 little better than q
mass Of sewage. Itregularly carries away
the liquid refuse Of the city Of London,
and Of the instant Of the collision there
was being poured into il near the fatal
spot the contents Of two great cesspools.
The Immediate effect Of immersing 8 per-
son in sewage, say the chemists, IS
asphyxia, and the 800 excursionists must
have become numb, and incapable Of any
effort. The bodies when recovered, had
undergone strange changes. Identifies
don was. difficult. Clothing had changed
color, and Decomposition had been swift.
Everything pointed to the action Of some
powerful chemical substance.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
A STOWAwAY'S STORY.
New York Special to Chicago Tim es |

New York Special to chicago lin es
James Donnelly, the stowaway on the
steamship City of Chester, who reached
New York on yesterday nearly starved to
death by eleven days. fasting, had so far re-
covered tonight under the careful nursing
of the Sisters at St. Vincent hospital that he
could tell the outlines of his story. He is q
Scotch lad, 20 years old. His present diet is
confined to brandy and water, with occasion
al sips of tea, and this will not be varied for
several days. He has two aunts and two
uncles living at Marina, r. l., and it was to
get to them that he became stowaway.
He had worked as riveter in the ship
yards on the Clyde, and latterly in the boiler
shops of Liverpool. Finding himself out of
work and money, he got a bottle of whisky,
and the day before the City of Chester sailed
went on board at Berkenhead. The whisky
he gave 10 sailor, and begged the man to
hide him away. The cargo was going in,
and the sailor told him to go below where
the cargo was slowing. The man took the
whisky and afterward threw the bottle down
into the hatchway where Donnelly had stow
ed himself on the orlof deck. This was on
the afternoon of Sept. %. It was perfectly
dark in the hold, and he can tell nothing of
days or time after that event. In cropping
about after the hatch was put on he fell
through the bottom of the hold. Feeling
about he discovered some salt meat, but it
was so tainted that he could not eat q
mouthful. He then climbed to the orlof
deck, where he discovered some loose salt
and ate some. OF course it made him
horribly thirsty. He felt no hunger at any
time to be spoken of in comparison, but to
slake his thirst would have given all the
world. On what he concludes was the
second or third dayout he got hold of bar
rel stave, and managed to work it up be-
tween the hatch and the compings. he
made all the noise he could, and the barking
of dog followed. Then he heard and felt
the dog lay hold of the end Of the stave and
break it off, and heard shouts of laughter of
somebody, evidently amused at the dogs
antics. He shouted and cried till he had no
voice left, and then he fell to the deck and
became unconscious. He knew no more of
anything until he felt water poured upon
him as he lay on the steamers deck ON Fri
day evening, when he had been locked up
eleven days. As soon as he come to, his
first, sensation was great gnawing at the
pit Of the stomach, and then his thirst re-
turned. The chief officer of the steamship
thinks that the supposed sailor was steve
dore connected with one of the gangs at tho
Birkenhead docks. Besides Donnelly, the
City of Chester brought over two other
stowaways who had crawled into one of the
ife-boats, and, from Monday until Friday
lived only upon water, which they sucked by
. paper tube from the reserve beakers., On
Friday hunger compelled them to crawl ont,
and they were set ct work =scrubbing and
sweeping.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

The advantages which electric light
ming possesses over gas are the following
Gas emits fetid odor; the electric light
is without smell. Gas may cause exl'lo-
sions and fire; the repairing Of pipes is
often difficult; great heat is developed
together with the light; the flame IS
always colored even when gas has been
completely purified. In the transmission
Of electric light the pipes are replaced by
wires; the voltaic arc diffuses very little
heat (tne hand may be held with i'm
punity twelve inches above the Lamps,
and the light attained is white, perfectly
compounded Of all the colors in the spec
trum, like sunlight. It is so white that
spinners and dYers can utilize it for
sampling their stuffs. a.-. =,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

upon the sides and by the brink of the
most tremendous precipices. The diam
eter of the upper cylinder, upon which
It's feet ultimately remained until the
Arab had finished his aitty, was only
two inches, ane the length Of each cylin-.
der was six inches. The most curious
part of the performance occurred after
wards, for the Arab, to convince DIR:
Clarke's party of the goats attention to
his tune, interrupted dG capo; as often az
he did this tie goat tottered, appeared
uneasy, and upon his master becoming
suddenly silent in the midst of the song,
fell to the ground.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

It is the determination of the Austrian
Government not to retain even solitary
Mussulman in any Office whatever. In
the service of the Sultan they were gener-
ally oppressive and corrupt, and it is not
expected that they would be different
when commissioned by such "mere
Christian" as an Austrian potentate, whom,
their creed teaches, it is their religious
duty to iniure, betray, and even kill. if
they have the chance. To the Turks, all
Christians, no matter what their nation
atty, are like the ''me1e white trash"
from the Northeastern States, in the gen.
eral opinion of the South before the civil
war.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

/ An affecting occasion There was not
! dry eye in the room,''' said Johnny,
''when the superintendent told us that
some us might Be taken away that very
night, and We saw the sexton dragging
out Sam Jenkins fer putting cayenne pep.
per On the stove. = -Boston Pol.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

American inventors have such repu-
tation for fertility of genius that the
world naturally turns to them when in
need Of labor saving machinery. The cry
for help now comes from South Australia.
That country has this year produced an
enormous crop Of cereals, but there is
difficulty in harvesting, owing to the
scarcity of labor. That the crop may not
go to waste, the Government has Differed
through Sir Arthur Blyth, the Agent
General in London, a reward of $4,000
to the American inventor who shall pro-
duce the best machine for reaping and
cleaning wheat. The Government is the
owner of the telegraphs and railroads,
and transports at the very lowest rates.
This direct appeal to our inventors and
manufacturers of agricultural imple-
ments ought to meet prompt response.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
relief of the yellow fever sufferers at the

relief of the yellow fever sufferers at the
South. ~
Eugene A. Cronin, of Portland, Oregon,
. dead. This is the Cronin that gained so
much notoriety in 1876, in the disputed count
of the Presidential vote. 8:@s :, "a
Alexander Mackenzie and hiscabinet
have formally resigned. The new Governor
General, has intrusted Sir John A. Mcdonald
With a formation ofa Cabinet.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillows, of Mexican
war notoriety and brigadier general in the
regular service, died this morning of conges-
ton, at his place at the mouth of the st. Fran.
cias river, Ark. q
After consultation between the Presi-
dent, secretary of the treasury, and attorney
general, it has been decided that troops can
not now be used by the internal revenue of1ic-
ers in Arkansas in breaking up illicit distill-
eres, as requested by Collector Wheeler at
Little Rock. ' 4 o." - : i...:.',
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

There is already strong opposition to
the electric light on the part of the great
companies in London. They coutemp-
late, with no good will, the probability
of the light being generally available, in
which case, no doubt, Parliament would
grant them the necessary statutory rights.
The gas companies, too, which realize
enormous profits by charging only eighty
cents per thousand feet for the gas, are
taking up, rathera late in bthe day, the
necessity of producing purer supply.
1t is calculated that the health of London
is much deteriorated by the sulphurous
vapors which escape from the gas-works
and gas-pipes into the atmosphere of that
city. Apparently the electric light can
be produced and used without any such
evil consequences.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

The United States stands alone almost
among temperate or semi-torpical coun-
tries for hot nights. During the first
three weeks Of the present month, the
thermometer rarely fell below 6s degrees
OF 70 degrees at midnight. This would be
very unusual in Australia or the Mauriti.
us, where, however hot the days may be,
the nights are cool. Natives of Barba-
does complain very much Of heat here,
and say they have nothing like it, be-
because sthere is always . breeze, and
the nights are COOL" . .1s, ,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17

A Chicago clergyman has written out a
new Lord Prayer for the benefit of
good children who have to undress in
cold rooms. It is only seven words long.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
CASUALTIES.


cured at Fitchburg, Mass, and $27, 900 fire
at Chicago
A Boston telegram says dispatches re-
ceived along the coast continue to report great
loss of property and life on sea and coast.
At Troy, N. Y, on the 18th inst,
Barker's wool warehouse was burned by an
incendiary. Loss $751; 900. Insurance $685.
600.
A freight train ran off the track on the
9Th inst,. at Henderson, Tenn, on the Louis
vile & Nashville railroad, killing the fireman
and engineer.
"A St. Petersburg dispatch says twenty
three wooden houses and seventy warehouses,
valued at 100000 roubles have been burned
in Raizan near Moscow.
A special from Muskegen, says the
schooner Tempest from South Haven, hound
for Muskegen went ashore on the 9th inst.
and is total wreck.
MI. Rhodes, Snowman in Sheffield,
Mass, stuck his finger into box of rattle
snakes to stir them up, and was bitten. He
swallowed quart of whisky and two ounces
of morphine, and recovered.
AtScrantol, Pa, large area of sur
face over the Diamond mine caved in lately
completely closing up many chambers and
passages, and causing damages which will re-
quire many months to repair. Between 800
and 400 men will be thrown out of work. :
A dispatch from Santa Domingo says
NO tdings of the American schooner Jordon
L. Mott, carrying Ex-President Gonzales and
two Of his followers to Curacao, and it is fear
ed they all persisted in the severe hurricane
which swept the south coast of Santa Domin
20, the Sd Of September .- -
Q Nantucket, Mass, telegram says. Sat-
urday's storm was the severest that has &C.
CURED on the Island since the memorable
gale of 1841. Charles Killen, mate, was taken
from the wreck of the schooner Eta A. Stimp-
son, after being dashed to the rigging thirty
six hours. He was the only survivor of the
crew of seven. Il"
During the performance at the Colise-
UNI theatre, Liverpool, on the 10th inst, a
fight occurred under the gallery. The audi
ence hearing, but being unable to see the dis
turbance, became alarmed. A cry of fire vas
raised, when q terrible panic ensued, people
rushing for doors and sliding down the pillars
of the gallery ON the heads of the occupants Of
the pit and impeding exit. Thirty-fve.
men and lads and two women were suffocated
and many persons severely injured. s.@I5 SIS
Sunday morning, Oct. 18th, the town of
Edinburgh, Pa, was nearly destroyed by fire.
The fire broke out in the rear of Wilber'si
livery stable, Main street, and spreading rap
idly soon swept over the entire block. Fire
Int as
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
Robbery OF Black Hills Treasure
CO.ch.

[Deadwood Special to Chicago Tmes.r :
Last week Thursday the treasure coach
ging to the Cheyenne & Black Hills
Stage company, was robbed of about 1927 900
in gold bricks, dust, and jewelry, taken from
what was supposed to be their burglar-proof
SAFE. The report of the robbery and the
death of Hugh o. Campbell, who was pas
senger on the coach, has been telegraphed to
the Times. Early last week the road agents
stopped coach near their regular place be-
tween Cheyenne river and Jenney's stockade
Here they ransacked the mail bags, taking
everything out, opening and destroying all
letters they thought it was possible that
would contain anything of value. While
engaged in their devilish act they asked
about the treasure coach and told the driver
they would "take it i'm in few days.
Their warning was unnecessary, for this
coach j. always guarded by from
6..ssb & ~ THREE 10 FIVE MESSENGERS ~"
who are armed with revolvers and repeating
rifles. Some of these messengers are well
known to the travelling public-Boone May,
Scott Davis, Gale Hill, William Ward, and
last, but not least, Capt. Smith, all of whom
have been under fire several times, and have
shown their metal to be good. The passen-
gers ON the south-bound coach last Wednes-
day met Boone May with his men, following,
as he said, party Of these 'tagents, )" whom
he Thought they would come up with by
night Of the next day at noon. They were
supposed to be but short distance in ad-
vance. It proved, different, however, for the
agents were better mounted than was ex-
pected, and they rode 80 much faster than
their followers that they reached Canon
Springs, about forty-fve miles south of
Deadwood, in time to capture the station,
bind the two herders, and make their plans
for --
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-10-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

Capital punishment has been abolished
inswitzerland, and the punishment lor
murder ordinary amount Of five or six
years Imprisonment. As a consequence,
the most atrocious crimes have become
quite frequent. One of the latest cases
is that of vagrant italian, who brutally
murdered an unprotected woman in her
husbands absence, in order to get her
money, which amounted to about $18.
A British burglar, who had been doing
quite an extensive business, turned out
to be small boy fifteen years old and
'looking younger" A large amount Of
stolen property and complete eueft of
burglars tools were found in his room,
besides the melting cause of his exploits
"a sensational book about highway
men and robberies." He was "respect-
ably connected" but has already served
two years in reformatory.
>
Gen. Grant, while at Moscow, attended
a fete in park where some acrobats
performed extraordinary feats. One of
them placed four bottles on high table
and on top of these chair, which he bal
anced sideways while he stood on his
head on one one corner of it. &c kept
repeating this, adding one chair at a
time. until be got five on top of each
other, and still showed no signs of stop.
ping;but General Grant got up and
walked away saying he would rather
read the death in the paper than wit
ness it.
"A young man, a candidate for license
as alocal preacher recently preached 8
specimen sermon before the Quarterly
Conference, in which he said that while
the body was material and would perish
the soul was immaterial. One of thu
official brethren objected peremptorily t.
his license for the reason that be ha6
uttered 1.-THE strangest doctrine be eve1
heard from the pulpit" for he had de-
clared "that the soul was immaterial
thing of no value, when the Bible say
it IS worth more than the whole world"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-10-12
A BLOODY FIGHT.

fight occurred yesterday about l O'Clock
in the afternoon in the barroom of the Orms-
by House between Dan Cameron and Tom
Murphy, in which the latter got pretty badly
used up. The parties, between whom there
has been bad blood for sometime past, met
yesterday and after brief wordy war they
came to blows. The statements are contra
dictory as to who struck the first blow, and
in fact it would have been difficult probably to
tell az the parties we're fighting before most of
the bystanders supposed there was any serious
trouble between them. They had it over the
barroom floor for several minutes, Murphy
first being OH top, and then Cameron getting
uppermost. Jim Cameron, brother of Dan,
stood by declaring that no person should in
terfere between the fighters. Officer Doran
made his appearance and separated the men.
A few moments afterward Murphy appeared
with pistol, and was disarmed Later he
went up stairs in the hotel, and was gone but
a few moments, when he came back evidently
armed. Sheriff Swift now stepped up to
arrest Murphy, when the latter grabbed at
the officers throat, but the Sheriff grasped
him firmly, at the same time reaching back
and taking from him a large Remington re-
volver. Dan Cameron at this time stand
ing but few feet from the officer and Muir
ply, and looked like a man ready for almost |
anything to turn up. 1T was doubtless for
tunate that Sheriff Swift arrested and dis
armed Murphy as he did, for Cameron was
undoubtedly armed, and had Murphy got out
on the sidewalk shooting would have follow
ed. The sidewalk in front of the Ormsby |
House was thronged with people at the time,
and had the principals in the difficulty turned |
their pistols loose some bystander might have
received stray shot. Sheriff Swift took
whose face was fertility battered, off
to Jail, and subsequently arrested Dan Cam
eron. Both men were released on bail, and
the case will come up on Monday next for
hearing before Justice Witherell