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The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

We are indebted TO the State
Journal for the information that
Gov. Nance has issued his procla-
nation organizing the county of
Nance, and commissioned o. E.
Stesrns, George McChesney and j.
w. Whitney special County Com
missioners, and ID. Eager as special
County Clerk; these appointments
have been made for the purpose of
effecting a temporary organization
OF that county. The governor has
designated the northeast quarter of
section IA, town l6, range 6 west, as
the temporary county seat. This
county was erected by the Legisla-
ture last winter out of the Pawnee
Reservation aud contains thousands
of acres of excellent lands.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
St. Edwards.

ED. JOURNAL They call it Crow
K, and it is prevailing to an alarm
ing extent in this neighborhood
lately; with that exception, the ma
tives are generally enjoying a fair
share of mental and physical health
fulness.
We understand that the State pays
bounty for the scalps of wolves
and other dangerous animals that
prey on the farming community !;
does that include lightning-rod ped
dlers, and solicitors for eastern nur-
series? If so, we have daily oppor-
tunities, and heart gushing over
with a patriotic desire to kill few
of them. They are thick up here
this summer.
Mrs. l.. III. Baldwin, S. S. Case, P.
Coyle, Joseph Rittell, j. McFayden
and their respective families can
luxuriate on fruit of their own
raising this summer, proving that
all fruit adapted to this latitude can
be as successfully grown here as
further east.
Jim. Mcdonald of Platte, and Jim
O'Donnell of Boone county started
for Wheeler county on an exploring
expedition. A cattle range is what
they are looking for.
The question that aggravates the
minds of a few of US grangers is
which horse has the most to draw,
the horse that bsbitually draws be-
hind three inches on the dOubletrees,
or his mate drawing three inches
ahead.
We saw q large eel that was
caught below the mill dam yester-
day. How is that?
So Anderson exhibits his acrobats
and wild animals at Columbus the
25th. Anderson of this place had
his circus about two weeks ago, but
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

The fancy men of England have
prided themselves on rowing, walk
ing and fast horses, but young
America in each of these matters
has not only got away with them,
but has also relieved them of good
deal of their "filthy lucre." Ameri-
can horses have won some Of their
best races. Cornell University has
beaten their University crews. Han
Ion has out-rowed their best boat
man and Weston has eclipsed their
best pedestrian.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

A RECENT dispatch from Capetown
states that Prince Louis Napoleon,
who went out to fight the Zulus, was
killed on the battlefield OF Mealee.
His body was recovered. The death
Of young Napoleon will quiet the
fears OF many statesmen in regard
to the designs he had against the
Republic of France.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
has quit the business,--cause, the
Broncho passed in his checks.

has quit the business,-cause, the
Broncho passed in his checks.
The 4th of July will be duly cele-
brated in the grove about a mile
above town. The spread eagle bus
iness is all provided for; brigade
of ragamuffians, horse racing, match
games of base ball and croquet foot
racing and catching a creased pig
will be among the amusing features
of the day.
By the JOURNAL, | see that Platte
county came out with flying colors
in her battle against oppression and
grinding monopoly, and has secured
first-class railroad with all the ad-
vantages of competition, but tina: is
not all. Columbus will, in the near
future, take the position she is en-
titled to by her superior location in
the centre of the best agricultural
section in the west; at the intersec.
ton of the great Loup valley with
the Platte, and being the natural
outlet of the valleys of the Beaver,
Cedar, Shell Creek and several
smaller valleys coming in from the
west and north, she is destined to
be the great railroad center of Cen
tral Nebraska. VIDETTE.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

The judicial bill which recently
passed congress, it is claimed, will
certainly be vetoed by the President.
Others claim that he will sign not
only the judicial-expenses bill, but
also the army and legislative bills.
and bring this congress to a close.
We are anxious TO know on import
ant subjects what is probable to be
done as well as what has really
transnired.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

WESTON will bring back to this
country the championship belt,
having on the 18th from 2toS O'Clock
travelled at the rate of five miles an
hour, beating every thing on record,
by finishing his 550th mile with
five minutes to spare. 1t is stated
that five thousand people were pres
ent to witness his coming in winner.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
SHERIFF'S 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 District Court of the
4th jndicial district of Platte county,
Nebraska, on the 21st day of April, 1879,
February term adjourned to April, in
favor of Philo Camfield as Plaintiff and
against Ceruak WOlfel as Defendant,
for the sum of $6S6.50, and costs taxed at
$l6.9S and accTuing costs, / have levied
upon the following real estate taken rs
the property of said defendant, to sat
isfy said order of sale, to wit:
The southwest quarter of section No.
nine (9), in township No. seventeen
(17), north of range No. l (1), east of the
sixth principal meridian in Platte
county, Nebraska, and will offer the
same for sale to the highest bidder, for
cash in hand, on the 10th day of July,
A. D., 1879, in front of Court House in
Columbus, Platte county, Neb., at the
hour of : O'Clock, z. NJ, of said day when
and where due attendance will be given
by the undersigned.
Dated at Columbus, June 9th, 1879.
BENJAMIN SPIELMAN,
4I4-5 Sheriff of said County.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

The Daily State Journal under
date of the Goth, states it as settled
fact that John Fitzg gerald of Lincoln,
has secured the contract for grading
tieing, ironing and bridging the A.
& n. from Lincoln TO Columbus, and
says he will have a large force of
men at work on the road inside of
the next ten days.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

The official vote on the A. & N.
bonds at Lincoln shows 971 votes
for, and "a against-1lLs to l. This
is large vote in favor of The bonds,
and concludes the contest for aid on
the line of the A. Sc N. from Lincoln
to Columbus. 1t is the intention OF
the company to commence work on
the road in a very short time. 1t is
also reported from Line oln that the
contract for grading, tieiDg, bridg-
ing and ironing the road from Lin
coin to Columbus has already been
taken. Doubtless this company
means business.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
Columbus TO Lincoln
Estate Journal

The following congratulatory dis
patch was received by Gen1 Funke
yesterday from Hon. Leander Ger
rard:
COLUMBUS, NEB., June 1s, 1879.
To Otto FUnke, Lincoln, Neb.:
Columbus congratulates Lincoln.--
Come and see US on first train.
LEANDER GERHARD.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

Mrs. ToMLINsoN, of Bridgeport,
CT, having had trouble with her
husband, armed herself with a re-
volver on the 18th, and meeting her
husband shot him, after which she
Immediately shot herself. Neither
dead, but both are probably fatally
wounded.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
HATCH & DAyIDsoN's IL

HATCH Il DAvIDsoN's iewelry
store at Denver, COL, was robbed
on the 2lst, of $4,000 worth of dia-
monds. The robbery was effected
by man in buggy calling a clerk
to the sidewalk to give an order,
while an accomplice slipped in the
back door.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

Mrs. LONG, Geo. Pennington and
p. Allen were arrested at Council
Bluffs on the 17th, charged with the
murder of John Long in Page coun-
ty, Iowa, last winter. Mrs. Long is
the wife of the murdered man. 1t
is claimed that a clear case can be
made against them.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

WORTHY, the leader of an organ
lied band of horse thieves, was
captured by Sheriff Hill, of Butler
county, and taken to Lincoln last
week. The gang has stolen in Sew
ard, Lancaster and Butler counties
in the past six weeks, as many as
forty-three horses.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
Iunp q 1870

Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,
June 8, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing.named settler has filed
notice other intention to make final proof
in support other claim, and secure final
entry thereof at the expiration of thirty
days from the date ofthis notice, viz:
Lois Sisson, widow of Erastus SissOn
Homestead No. 5391, for the west Il
southeast "a and west north east 4
Section 6 Township 10 north of Range 4
witnesses. viz: james O'Donnell OF
Boone Co, Neb., and Phebe NJ. .O'DOnnell
of Boone Co., Neb.
475-5 NJ. b. HOXIE, Register.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

IT is stated that DIR. Alonzo Hull,
of New York city, is strongly sds-
picioned for the murder of his wife,
who was so foully dealt with and
murdered in her bed on the 10th
of June.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

THE Omaha Herald is unduly agi-
tated over the proposed Lincoln &
Northwestern railroad, and says that
it is black eye to the business in
terests of that city, because it is not
to be built by the right parties. This
is hardly logical. 1t makes but lit
tie difference who builds a railroad
providing it remains q competing
line. 1t would be practically i'm
possible for the Lincoln & North
western railroad to begin or end in
Omaha, and as some other towns be-
sides Omaha must Of necessity have
railroads, it is rather childish to
whine when one is built.--Lincoln
Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
The So. 10. Bridge.

The st. 10. Herald of the 18th
after giving list of the new direc-
tory (mostly U. P. oficials) re.
marks:
This places the bridge and the st.
Joseph and Western railroad under
the immediate control of the Union
Pacific management, and there is
every reason 10 believe that at an
early day Jay Gould's great scheme,
to have adirect through line between
the two oceans, will be consumma.
ted, and the first regular trains from
New York to San Francisco will
pass through st. Joseph over its
iron bridge.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

Miss NEALLY STEVENS, the well
known pianist of Council Bluffs,
will sail this week from New York
for Europe to finish her studies un-
der the instructions of an eminent
German musician.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

A WAGON load of women and chill
dren backed off a thirty foot en-
bankment at Omaha the other day,
and, strange to say, not one of them
was hurt,-excepting the wagon.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

c. A. MooRE's hotel at Sidney
caught fire on the 18th. BY prompt
and vigorous action of the fire de-
partment the fire was extinguished,
and the damage will not exceed $400.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

THE Herald has nothing to say
about the black eye Omaha is to get
this fall when the u. p. finishes the
rainbow from Hastings to Grand
Island.-Omdhd Bee.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

The Philadelphia Press says that
whatever rights the States may have,
which the national government is
bound to respect, the stuffing of bal
lOt-boxes is not one of them.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,l I
luna 18th 1870

Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,l
June 10th, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make nal
proof in support Of his claim, and secure
final entry thereof at the expiration of
thirty days from the date Of this no.
tice, viz:
John Boss, Homestead No. 3O15, for
the L. \, n. w. a, Section "a, Town
ship Il north, Range west, and names
the following as witnesses. viz: Christ
ian Boss, of Platte county, Neb., and
John Jaisli, of Platte county, Neb.
416-5 NJ. b. HOMIE, Register.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Grand Island, Neb., I
June 8, 1879.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing-named settler has fled
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and secure
final entry thereof at the expiration of
thirty days from the date of this notice,
viz:
Michael Finnan, Homestead No.. 3719
for the north n north west a Section "a
Township 10 north Range 1 west, and
names the following as his witnesses,
viz: David Carrig, jr., of Platte Co.,
Neb., and Robert Butler Of Platte Co.,
Neb.
475-5 NJ. b. HOXIE, Register.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
COLUMBUS MARKETS.

Our quotations of the markets are OBJ
tanned Tuesday afternoon, ,and are correct
and reliable at the time.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25

FIVE villages in Sicily were de-
stroyed on the 18th by earthquake.
1t is stated that the inhabitants are
fleeing.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25
COLUMBUS FINANCIAL xAsEE- sEPosr.
corrected by Columbus State Bank

! Canada currency, 2 per cent. discount.
| Silver change in large amounts, l per
cent. discount.
| Mexican dollars, 70 cents.
! Silver dollars. par.
The Columbus journal., 1879-06-25


can
be
II
stock of FIRST CLASS MACHINES
wanted hand will
Moline Breaking and Moline
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
aSta.

There must be, of necessity, a percent
ago OF loss in all the material transac-
tions of every day life, whether these be
carried ON in the workshop, the count
lng-room, the kitchen, or the laboratory
but this inevitable waste can be SO far
reduced by good management that it
amounts to but little in the course of a
year. Observation has convinced us
that the loss in large workshops must
be considerable, for in great majority
OF cases we have seen materials living
about under foot-bolts, nuts, washers,
kicking around in the mud out in the
yard, new work exposed to injury from
the elements, tools misplaced, essential
articles, or tools necessary to tho per-
lection Of certain parts of the work, at
great distances from each other, and sn
infinite number of abuses which. al
though small of themselves, when sum-
med up make grand total loss at the
end Of the year. As the thirty. second
part of an inch too little on one piece
of a steam engine, a sixty-fourth on an
other, and as much on still another will
result in great arrangement of the
functions of the machine, so infnitesi-
NAL waste, continually occurring, is the
representative of hundreds of dollars
for which there has been no return. No
matter what the nature of the trade or
manufacture, it is very certain that "a
material reduction Of the expenses of
every department can be made by care
full attention to the minor matters, and
these remarks are made with the hope
that all interested will give them atten-
ton.
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ALL SORTS.

GEORGE PYLE, a Wilmington Del.)
machinist, claims to have invented a
machine which will turn out two horse
shoes In second.
SOME one has asserted that knowl-
edge is equivalent to force; but the
aphorism will not hold good at night
in bedroom infested by mosquitoes.
The Hungarians are exceedingly
jealous of their identity as distinct
and sovereign people, and carefully
preserve their national usages and Ian
guage.
AS THE entrance fee to Masonic
lodges in Turkey is so high that only
the richest can join the order, the Turk
ish officers in Connecticut have united
with a lodge in the land of steady
habits.
A TOURIST new to the beer-drinking
ways OF the good people of Munich
asked lady presiding at "bier halle
if her customers did not frequently be-
come intoxicated. Santa Maria! sir,
they never get drunk, but they some
times burst!"
THERE is a popular brewery in Mu
Mich called the Neutrality-suspicious.
brewery-in which noble and plebeian
mingle freely, the best of lager, like the
cold hand of death, rendering all equal.
The quantity of beer they imbibe may
be judged from the recent observations
of q visitor, as recorded in German
newspaper. At 10 :35 in the forenoon
two fresh hogsheads were tapped. One
of them was empty at 1O:48 and the
other at 1851. This would be about
1000 glasses sold in sixteen minutes.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-28
a Remarkable. Child.

The child was girl, large and natural.
except the left arm and small part of
one ankle. The left arm, from near the
shoulder joint, down to the wrist, and
almost encroaching upon the hand. pre-
sented all the appearance of dogs leg.
This anomalous arm at birth was covered
with hair, one-halt to three quarters of
an Inch long, over the entire dorsal sur
lace; yet the hair covered the entire arm,
and to all appearance was land vet isl
dogs hair. It's color is dark brown.
The skin is dark, BLUSH color. like un-
to dogs, and is furnished with BLUSH
nasty excresences, scattered here and
there over the inner surface of the arm.
lhere was also an unnatural growth Of
OF the same nature upon one
ankle, the size Of asilver quarter.
ter The whole unnatural condition Of
this arm appears to be an extra growth
or covering, over natural arm.
The line of demarkasion, or the begin
ming and ending Of this strange covering,
Is we'll defined At the shoulder anG
wrist 1t projects very perceptibly above
the natural skin: and on first seeing il,
one would suppose that if the
extra covering could be removed
(slpped of1) as a glove, d natural arm.
skin and ,all would remain. measured
both arms at birth, and fonnd the strange
| one to be three-quarte1s of an inch longer
from the shoulder to the elbow than the
natural arm from the elbow to the wrist
they were near the same length. again
measured the child's arms when one year
! old, and found the upper curve of this
singular one one inch longer than the
other, and the hair hao grown to be fnll
one inch long. The hair looks like dog
| hair and is thickly set on the outer sur
lace OF the arm, SO much so that the skin
is completely hid from view. AS far as I
| can discover the child is in every sother
| respect natural The child is large.
handsome and very intelligent; in the
enjoyment Of good health, and has the
perfect use OF both arms.
1 shall not now give my theory or
views spon the cause of this singular
freak OF nature, as I have been, and shall!
continue to watch the case closely, and
am studying and Investigating the cause
OF this Co all appearance) combination
OF human and dog; and after I have fully
investigated the matter, and exhausted
all the resources of information at nv
command, l expect then to more fully
express my views to my medical brethren
! IN regard to the cause and nature Of this
wonderful being.
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A Birth in India.

In India, before the birth of her first
child, the wife, often not more than 10
or IA years of age, is placed in palan-
quin apd borne in triumph, accompanied
by music, to her fathers house, and at
every street corner she passes in her
progress q cocoanut must be broken
and abandoned to propitiate the ever
present demons. Numerous ceremonies
attend the advent of the infant, which
must be washed, clothed and fed in
peculiar manner. It's ears, nose and
head are pressed and pulled, with view
to improve it's personal appearance and
bring it good luck, and it is laid to
sleep with pen-knife and small coin,
endowed with some highly occult sig
nifcance, under its pillow. The mother
is treated with great care and kindness,
but, as etiquette forbids doctor to be
called until those around her recognize
that her life is in extreme danger, it is
not surprising that he often arrives on
the scene too late to save his patient.
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THE CONSCIENCE AND Flu rUIsE JUDO.
MENT.

I sat alone with my conscience
In place where time had ceased,
And we talked of my former living
In the land where the years increased:
And felt should have to answer
The question it put to me,
And to face the answer and question
Throughout all eternity.
The ghosts of forgotten actions
Came floating before my sight.
And things thought were dead things
We're alive with a terrible might;
And the vision of all my past life
Was an awful thing to face
Alone with my conscience sitting
:. In that soleInnly silent place.
And thought of q PARKWAY warning,
or sorrow that was to be mine,
In land that then was the future,
And now is the present time.
AndI thought of my former thinking
Of the ludgment-day to be,
But sitting alone with my conscience
Seemed judgment enough for me.
And 1 wondered if there was future
10 this land beyond the grave;
But mono gave me an answer,
And no one came to save.
And felt that the future was present,
And the present would never go by,
For it was but the thought of my past life
Grown into eternity.
Then woke from my timely dreaming,
And the vision passed away,
And knew the far-away warning
Was a warning of yesterday.
And pray that may not forget it,
In this land before the grave,
That may not cry in tie future,
And no one come to save.
And so have learnt a lesson
Which ought to have known before,
And which. though learnt it dreaming.
hope to forget no more.
So sit alone with my conscience,
In the place where the years increase
And try to remember the future,
In the land where time will cease;
And know of the future Judgment,
How dreadful soccer it be,
That to sit alone with my conscience
Will be judgment enough for me.
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Why He Stole.

He had a wife.
His salary was $4,000 per annum.
But she complained.
She wanted better home.
Better clothes.
Nothing fit to go out in
No country cottage.
Nor carriage
Nor front PEI.
Nor society.
She converted 8 place on the ragged
edge of the select five hundred.
She kept it up.
Night and day.
And moaned and
Groaned and
Crowded and
Wept.
He lacked style, also.
As we'll as new clothes every six weeks
and various other things.
He knew how his employer made hun.
dreds daily on the street.
A thousand or so would not be missed
for few hours.
So he took 1t and went upon the street
and won.
She got her seal skin.
He took more and lost
More to get that back and lost
More yet.
Defalcation discovered.
He wears the penitentiary check.
Others are going, too.
Beware.
Better is a modest room up two pair of
back stairs than a cell III the Tombs.
And plain WOODEN Jacket rather than
pair of prison Uniform pants on poor
Charles legs From the New York
Graphic.
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THE TURKEYS LAST REQUEST.

Now, bark ye, merry gentlemen,
And hush your foolish squabbles
And listen to the turkey, when
His last request he gobbles;
The scanty time I have to live
Is spent in observation;
So pray you, gentlemen, forgive
The turkeys dissertation.
90 observe among you all
A selishness surprising;
You're satisfied when others fall,
And envious wh,n they're rising;
This wicked world a barn-yard is,
And, when a corn shower rattles,
Each Graves share that is not his,
And with his neighbor battles.
The jaunty fowl with head in air,
He crows in eXultation;
The rest a look of meekneSs wear,
And fawn in adulaticn:
But let mis- fortune clip his wings,
Ye meet hin. with suspicion.
And every friend the whisper filings
That watts HIM to perdiuon.
o! petty race of greedy men
That kill NE at New Years Eve,
Does CONSCIENCE never prick you when
You see the way you're living?
How many OF you spend your days
In honest, CHEEKY labor:
Whose head upon his pillow lays
At peac. with every neighborp
You're merry wher The skies are fair,
Your se.tshntss pursuing;
Your char ~ is COLI: ana spare,
And left Tor other doing:
That care you for the poo" mans lot,
Or for the widows signing?
The Mournfui SOUND { hear it not
OF orphan children crying.
To-day my coat is old and brown,
My gait an awkward hobble;
'MOng barn-vari fowls | seem clown;
My voice is hut gobble.
But whe;j upon your board lie
In golden yellow glory,
With fragrant incense stcaming high,
Then don't forget my story.
o! petty race of greedy men,
When l have died for others,
Pray think upon your duty then
To all your suffering brothers!
Above your head the skies are fair,
Ger yonder roof they're murhy;
beg you'll send my drumsticks there,
And please the martyred turkey.