The Columbus journal., 1879-12-17


become household words in tht
marketS.-PorJoIiO.
+ The Omaha packing houses are
, all running at full blast at present
The weather is all that could be de-
sired, and hogs are coming in quite
freely. James f. Boyd killed last
F year 66,0O0, and this year will reach
100000. Roddis & Thrall, the sec.
ond house in capacity, are now kill
ing $50 per day, and are prepared to
increase their work as fast as they
can get supplies of hogs to work
on.--POrUOiiO.
-Messrs. Roberts and Boston came
from Iowa last week and determin-
ed to start a new banking house and
purchased the property of j. b.
Parrott for that purpose; and on
Monday a meeting was called to
lHhllC MI. EIou Odssliidu W CuttT
the same kind of business which
will make three banking houses in
our city. No one need say that there
is any fear of a monopoly in that
busines..-Schuyler Democrat.
With a vote in 1880 of 100000,
Nebraska will take a seat several
places higher in the National spell
ing class, and begin to carry a little
more weight in Washington than
she has for the past ten years. Some
of the boys at our public schools to-
day will sit in Congress one of these
days with Nebraska delegation of
fifteen to twenty members. "West-
ward the star of Empire takes its
way. y."-LiRcOln Journal.
-MeSsrs. Clarkson have originat-
ed boom of their own. It's the
hay business, and q genuine boom
it is. They average three cars per
day from this place, and about one
and half cars from Richland. They
have four machines at work with a
combined capacity of forty tons per
day. We learn from Mr.. T. S.
Clarkson that hay in the Leadville
market is worth the enormous figure
of $50 per ton. This market they
are prevented from reaching through |
their inability to secure transporta-
tion.-Schuyler Sun.
We are informed by II. ID. Bab-
cock, that the planting of cotton
wood and box alder trees on laEds |
embraced in timber-culture entries
is not a compliance with the act Of
June IA, lS7S,or of which it is amen
datory. In nearly every case in this
county, parties have planted the va
rieties of trees above referred to.
This decision was made by the Sec
retary of the Interior lately, and
parties having 7. G. Entries will do
well to be on their guard, as nearly
every entry under this act is liable
to be contested.-Hdstiags Gazette
We learn from parties just in
from the Republican Valley that the
report prevails in that section, and
is believed to be true, that the B. &.
NJ. surveying party have found a
nine foot vein of coal, equal in quail
ity to the celebrated Wyoming, in
the extreme western part of this
state. The citizens of the valley are
jubilant in consequence, as well they
may be, for if true, it will give them
cheap fuel, as soon as the road 10
complete to where the mine is To-
Gated, and materially reduce the
price in this yicinity.-Horcard Sen
tinel.
This season s'Uncle" Bailey, of
Ord, Valley county, has the pleasure
of eating fruit from his own orchard.
A number of his trees, standard and
bore, which is still
proof of that success
which will attend the labors of any
careful person who interests him.
himself in fruit trees. Mr.. Bailey
Of the opinion that only a careful
study of the nature of our climate,
and of the soil, and the advantage
of that knowledge is necessary to
insure success. He has grove on
three sides of his orchard, and is
now preparing to plant a grove on
the south, to give it that pro lection,
which he considers necessary to in
sure the safety of his trees. The
of those who are success
full is worthy of notice.-Ho,cdrd
90. AdrOc0te.
Col. R. w. Furnas says this
about raising peaches in this State
I'VE are pleased to see a practical ,
Of our theory of G
treating peach trees, besides on our =
grounds. We say our theory. 1t is 9
ours. 1t is an old theory long prac-
iced by most successful peach cul-
Iurists. That is heading back
keeping low head trees. To simply
,nf haclr In narlr Snnfonnh hor Or Lotto i q