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The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

A FIRE broke out at Reno last
Sunday morning, and i'm three
hours all the business part of the
town was in ashes, the only houses
escaping being the Masonic building
with Hagerman & SchooIing's gro
cery store on the first floor, and
John Larcombes. Two or three
Central Pacific trains, including the
lightning train, were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at 81, 100000
with about $3.50, 900 insurance.
Five persons lost their lives-Mrs.
John Peck, John Riley, and three
tramps.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

The above exhibit shows that Ne
braska is not the excessively dry
country which has been generally
supposed; nor yet so windy as our
Legislators would have us believe,
from the proposition to plant wind
breaks on every section of land.
Again l make the assertion, and
this without fear of contradiction,
that Central Nebraska, and particu-
larly the valley of the Loup, though
not clear of storms, yet is remarka-
bly, free from the violence of them !;
that taking one year with another,
at least four fifths of the storm GEN.
ters, pass either north or south of
this belt of country, and for this
reason, although hail falls in this
valley occasionally, it is rarely very
destructive. If any one wishes to
satisfy themselves more fully on this
question of storms, they can easily
do so by reference to any of the
signal service storm maps, for the
past four years.
The relations of this subject to
Agriculture, leave to abler hands,
but would remark in closing, that
situated as we are upon the same
parallel of temperature with south
ern New York, and northern Ohio,
any crops or fruits which can be
raised with success i'm those posi-
tions, may be raised in this country
without fear of failure ; the superior
dryness of our winters, enabling
fruit trees to withstand a greater
amount of cold without injury, than
in an atmosphere charged with a
large amount of moisture; and the
quality of our fruits has been sus-
tanned an erery case where they have
come in competition with those OF
our sister states.
GEO. S. TRUMAN.
Genoa, 3, 27, 1879.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

The great storm of Monday was
very severe in the interior of Italy,
striking Pudgganival near Liera, a
church was blown down while the
people were at mass, killing the
two priests at the altar and three
other persons, and wounding twen-
ty-four others. At Onatura, where
the vault of a church yielded to the
force of the storm and killed a
priest while celebrating mass, and
injured a number of the congrega-
tion. At Rome all the windows of
Monastery of Monti ALE Croces
were destroyed and a portion of
the base of Michael Angeles statue
of David was swept off.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05
The New Laws.

The following bills are on record
and signed by Governor Nance, and
deposited in the Office of Secretary
of State.
A bill to prevent damages by Ger.
tain domestic animals in the night
time, i'm the State, in organized
counties in the State where no law
is in force.
A bill extending the contract for
the leasing of the penitentiary
grounds and convict labor to w. IL.
Il. Stout upon certain conditions.
A bill to amend Section 81, of
Chapter II, of the General Statutes.
A bill to authorize any school dis
trict in any city of the first class to
issue bonds in certain cases.
A bill TO authorize the lessee of
the State Penitentiary and grounds
to receive and retain the custody of
prisoners sentenced to confinement
by the Courts of the United States
and of Territories of the United
States.
A bill appropriating money for
the payment of bounties for the de-
struclion of wild animals in the
State of Nebraska.
A bill to appropriate money to
pay the expenses OF David Anderson
and Simon G. Aver, incurred in
pursuing and capturing Samuel ID.
Richards, and bringing him to JUS
!ice.
A bill creating a board of Fish
Commissioners.
A bill to provide for the collection
of public funds and moneys.
A bill to provide for the erection
of a wing to a Capitol building, at
the city of Lincoln, and appropriat-
ing funds therefor.
A bill to provide for the payment
of the officers and members OF the
Fifteenth session.
A bill to provide for the payment
of the incidental expenses incurred
during the Fifteenth session.
A bill to provide for the payment
of salaries due S:enographic Re-
porters of the District Courts.
A bill, memorial, and joint resolu-
ton, "relative to swamp and over
flowed lands"
A bill to define the boundaries of
Nance County.
A bill to appropriate money and
apply the same IN paying the ex-
penses of and carrying on the pro-
secution Of desperate criminal
cases.
A bill for the relief of Harriet
CAN'T.
A bill, memorial, and joint reso-
luton relative to 5 per cent on sale
of public lands.
A bill for the government, sup
port and maintenance of the State
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

Nor one in five hundred who
speed away to gold mines on every
report of great richness of ores, ever
succeed in accumulating wealth.
Such we fear will be the result of
the present rush to Leadville, Col,
as it is stated great numbers arc
flocking to that point, and the cry is
"still they come" Doubtless it is
strictly true that the mines are con-
stantly developing richer deposits,
and bid fair to pay large profits to
men who have the capital to push
mining on a large scale.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05
Meteorological Companions of
Central Nebraska.


As the time approaches for the
emigration wave Of the year TO COM
mence rolling over the country it is
important that correct information
should be disseminated in regard to
the advantages possessed by Central
Nebraska for those desiring to make
homes for themselves or their fami-
lies and, though the meteorological
condition of the country does not
often sufficiently enter into the
judgment arrived at, yet, as many
have given this section the go-by,
on the ground that it was so much
colder than Kansas, 1 have dee med
it right to make a comparison ne
teOrologically of the two States !;
taking for this purpose the Signal
Service Report of 1877, Chat of '7S
not being yet published) of the sta
tons at Omaha and LeavenwOrth in
the eastern, and North Platte and
Dodge City in the western portions
of these states, at the same time
placing notes of Genoa, beside them
as cOmfirmative of the results claim
ed. My first assertion is, that the
mean temperature of Kansas is but
5 degrees above that of Nebraska.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

DIR. DELMARs, government in
spector of cattle at Chicago, has
written a letter to Mr.. Hickson, OF
the Grand Trunk Railway, stating
most positively that there is no trace
or suspicion of pleuro pneumonia in
the western section Of the United
States, and expressing confidence
that no harm whatever could ensue
from granting passage for cattle from
the United States through Canada.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05
RECENT reports represent several

RECENT reports represent several
Indian parties of hostile character
having appeared in the vicinity of
Rapid City, Cheyenne crossing, and
Sulphur Springs, Dakota. Parties
from that region who have recently
come in, report that a general un-
easiness prevails in the whole up
river country. Since the murders
of the 18th at Cheyenne crossing,
freighters and teamsters refuse to
leave Pierre for the Hills.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

SPEAKER MATHEwsoN of Madison
county and Representative Trow-
bridge of Antelope have not given
forty or thirty-nine reasons for vot-
ing an appropriation of $4,000 of
money raised by taxation, during
hard times, to enrich a few jobbers
at Lincoln. Stand mp, and give q
reason for the faith that was i'm you,
and not i'm yOur constituents.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

REPRESENTATIVE ENGLEHARD of
Butler and Representative Clark of
Polk voted against the capitol ap-
preparation bill, but Senator Kim
mel, whose district was comprised
of both the others, voted for it. We
don't remember seeing any explana-
tion of Kimmel's vote, and we feel
very confident that it will not add
anything TO his reputation.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

Two miles outside the city OF
Lynn, the body of young woman
was discovered the other day,
doubled up and thrust down into q
trunk, the arms and legs twisted
about in every conceivable shape,
and her nose cut off. She had been
dead only two or three days, but
could not be identified.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

A SPECIAL dispatch to the Omaha
Bee from San Francisco, Of the Sd,
states that at mass meeting at Hol-
lister, San Renito county, the Presi-
dent was burned in effigy, and at
Fairfield, the county seat of Sonoma
county, the last Chinese shanty in
the town-limits was burned.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05
THE CAPITOL BILL UNCONSTI-
TUTIONAL.
All Honest Men Should Oppose the
Consummstion Of the Steal.
The Jobbers in Their Haste May Lose
Their "Swsg."

II usually happens that when any
nnmoer of men combine TO do a
wrong, in their haste they overlook
some important fact or principle
which almost invariably defeats the
wrong intended to be consummated.
IL looks thus to a man who believes
that Legislators should act justly in
all cases where the mass of the peo-
pie are to be affected by their legis-
lation. We believe that a signal in
stance of this kind has occurred
with the majority in the Nebraska
legislature in the passage of the
capitol appropriation bill.
In their great anxiety to pass the
bill which they must have known
was against the will and wishes of
the great body Of the people of the
state, they overlooked a provision
in the constitution, which, when ap-
piled to their capitol appropriation
bill, will unquestionably defeat the
wrong intended to be fastened upon
the people by wastefully appro-
priating $4,000 of their money.
The bill proposed in the house pro-
vided for levy of q of a mill,
which limited the amount to be
raised to 100000. The bill was
amended i'm the Senate limiting the
amount to $4,000 and appropriate
ing the amount from a fund already
on hand, thus abolishing the levy
item of the bill and in effect making
it new bill appropriating money
for that purpose. Although promi-
nent lawyers were engaged in per-
fecting this "job" against the will of
the people, yet, in their haste to
carry an unjust measure, they over
looked plain provision ofthe con-
stitation and passed a law that
never can be executed against the
plain provisions of that instrument,
aud thus the unjust measure falls to
the ground. The constitution is
very plain upon this subject and
reads: "Any bill may originate in
either house of the legislature, er-
cept bills oppropriating money,
which shall originate only in the
house of representatives, and all
bills passed by one house may be
amended by the other"
The bill as first introduced i'm the
house provided for the erection of
a wing to a capitol building, 5y the
lery Of a ta1, and had none of the
features of an appropriation. In
the Senate, under the cover of
amendment, the nature of the bill
was entirely changed, and instead of
making provision whereby q sum
OF money might be leried and COL
lected for a certain purpose, it
was so altered as to make it an
appropriation bill. The JOURNAL
submits that such bills can only or
iginate in the House, and that, un-
der cover of an amendment, the
constitutional prerogative of the
house cannot be transferred to the
senate.
We call upon the legal fraternity
Of those portions of the state op-
posed to the "capitol steal" to ex-
anime the bill thoroughly, and push
shut every door IN tho Troos,r,,
that now stands wide open for the
entrance of "jobbers."
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

PRESIDENT HAYES on the LIST inst,
interposed his veto to the Bill re-
stricting Chinese immigration to the
United States, in a message of some
length embracing as we believe un-
answerable reasons that set forth
that the bill would a violation OF
our treaty obligations with China.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

MAJOR A. N. HUTCHINs and Thos.
McNatt, living near Iuka, Miss,
were both murdered on the 18th ult.
Hutchins it was known had received
that day from the express Office ST.
700 in gold, and 1t is supposed that
the y were wayla;d and both MUIR
dered for the money.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

EVERY man who voted for that
capitol robbery is either an irre-
clsimable idiot or a bought rascal,
and we are not at all particular on
which horn of the dilemma every
man who voted for this gigantic
steal chooses to hang himself
Omaha Herald.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

The United States District Cour t
of Des Moines has ordered a writ of
ejectment TO issue against B. F. AL
len to oust him from his $l50,00O
homestead for the benefit OF his
credit ors, which the court decided
he forfeit ed by voting as a citizen of
Chicago.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

SHIPMENT of slaughtered beef
from New York for England is
rapidly on the increase. 1t is proba-
bic that all steamship lines will fit
up their vessels with refrigerating
compartments for carrying fresh
beef
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

THE house of j. M. Lunsford, OF
Nelsonville, Ohio, burned on the
night of the 2Sth, and Mr.. Luns-
ford and six of his children who
were asleep, were smOthered and
burned TO death. His wife and one
child escaped.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

The fallen Angel was taken to
the Joliet penitentiary on the 2Slh
ult. Mr.. Pullman held a long in
terview with him the evening be-
fore he left.
The Columbus journal., 1879-03-05

THE Mayor of Sheffield, England
says that i'm one district of that town
there are 1000 persons destitute,
400 families actually starving. and
that the relief fund, except f 800, has
been expen ded.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26
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DAKOTA
Tuesday Evening, August 2s, 1879.
TINE soss AmemcAN.


Washington Capital.
The civil war has not vet wind mn,
patriotlsm from the American heart. N
may lie Numbering and unseen upon our
own shores. but when We strike abroad IL
httul spark IL breathed into fiery existencs
that frishtens ~ il shines. A typical. villa
eagle OF this sort was recentlv met with.
Among z party Of young American tourists
on the comment WA one who would have
proved chief Sschem Of the doubtins
Thomasssl OF the lnnocents Abroad he ~
20 thoroughly patriotic that be could zee nd
sxcellence 10 ANYTHING in the Old World
- compared with his own country. Noun
tains, waterfalls. churches, monuments.
scenery and ali other objects Of interest
were inferior 70 what the United States
could show. Ia: companions became
somewhat tired of bis overweening boast
~fulnees, and determined TO give him one
startling novelty al. any rate, and witness
the fall of his boosting greatness. They
spent last winter in Rome and one night on
q drinking bout they got the enthusiastic
young Yankee under The table, but kent
sober themselves. He got glorious drunk.
intoxication kissed his eyelids down il
sleep. and they carefully carried him into
the catacombs, laid him carefully down.
with a candle within reach, and retired !
short distance out of sight to wait for
Developments. After a while their friend
reused up, having slept offthe first drunken
stupor, and. in Q state ofsome astonishment,
began endeavoring to locate himself, al
the same time fnuttering: "Well-hic-
this's little STANCE. Wonner-hic-where
l am, anyway"
He got out his match, lighted his candle
and began to study his surroundings. On
each side we're shelves piled with grin
ming ekulls, and inches filled with skele
tons. Will call about were piled legs. arms
ribs and vertebre-a ghastly array and alto
gether new to him. He nodded to tn,
skulls on one side with a drunken "Hov
de do -hic?" on the other with How d'y,
feel-hic-anyway?" took a look at hi
watch, and once more at his surroundings
got on his feet, took off his hatland hold
ing it above his head, shrieked, e%leefnll,
and proud: " s all right; 's-'hic-al
right; morning Of the resurrection, b!
-l-hic. First man on the ground -'ral
for the United States-'alers ahead! Raj
for me'specially."
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26
GOOD BOOKS
Ter iM

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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26

The advantages OF these Lines are
point In the entire West and North West. he can
lines and be sure of reaching his destination
BY 1T OR IT'S CONNECTIONS.
2. The greater part Of its lines are laid with
Steel Rails its road bed Is perfect.
3. 1t Is the short line between all important
points.
Z. Its trains are equipped with the .westing-
house Air Brake. Miller's Platform and COupleTs
and the latest improvements for comfort, safety
and convenience
s.. It'll the only Road in the West running the
celebrated Pullman Hotel Cars between Chicago
and Council BLUFFS.
Z. II the only Road running tho Pullman
Palace sleeping Jars either way between
Chicago and s. Paul, Green Bay Frespot. u Crosse
Winona. oue0Qus, McorsSor, Milwaukee.
z, No road offers equal facilities in number
OF through trains. equipped with Pullman Pal.
ace Sleeping Cars.
q 1t makes connections with all lines crossing
A. lntcr1nediate points.
The popularity Of these lines IN steadily In.
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r,aickets over this route are sold by all Coupon
t,s,n Agents In the United States and CanaAw
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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26
WHEN THE BOWELS ARE osoauEREo.

No time should be lost in resor,ing to a
suitable remedy. HostettePs Stomach
Bitte1s is the most reliable and widely
esteemed medicine of its class. 1t removes
the causes of constipation, or of undue
relaxation of the intestines, which are
usually indigestion or a misdirection of the
bile. When it acts as . cathartic, it does
not grippe and violently e~vacuate, but
produces srandual and natural effects, very
unlike those of drastic purgstive and its
power Of assisting digestion %nullifes those
irritating conditions of the mucous mem.
brane Of the stomach and intestinal canal
which produce FIRST dlarrhea, and
eventually dysentery. The medicine is,
moreover, ar agreeable one, aud eminently
pure and wholesome. Appetite and tran
gull nightly slumber are both promoted
by it.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26
New Advertisements

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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-26

The Merchants billiard parlors nave been
moved to a location one door north of Ed
munds s. Wynn's bank.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15

BLAINE-perhaps you have heard Of
him-will work Off a speech soon on
the bad morals,o of the southern demo-
Gratis who are Continually repudiating
their just debts. lie has collected data
showing the amount they have borrow
ed and begged from northern and Euro
pean capitalists, and then ~dishonored
their debts of honor. Mississippi, Tenn
essee, louisiana, South Carolina and
Virginia figure up over $50, OOO, 900 dis
poliations.g As this is the record Of
that party by states, what would It be
if it had control Of the nation?
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15

The nat ural world Is full of Illusions.
The apparent rising and setting Of the
sun, the gorgeous clouds that prove to
be only dreary mist when you get
caught in them; the mirage, that re-
veals things lying below the horizon,
and shows up ships sailing keel up 10
the abr; the coming together to a-point
of two right lines when seen in perspec-
tive; the mistake of supposing the train
in which we are seated to be In motion
when another train at our side begins
to start; the deceptive ideas that we
have Of distance, as in the instance of
a lofty mountain, which may seem to
be close at hand, when, in fact, 1t is
scores Of miles away; these are consid-
cred illusions, as the world goes, but a
man never fully realizes what consti-
tutes a full-blooded illusion until he at
tempts to eat a rare done egg with n
fork.-[Oil City Derrick.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15
ADVERTISING Dopars.

How often, deceived by n sensational
heading, We think we have found some
thing interesting, and settle ourselves
for quiet enjoyment, when after reading
flew lines, we find that the advertisers
trick has led US astray, and we have
been reading that Compound Eptract
Sarsaparilld, Dandelion and Iodide Of
Potassium puriAes the blood and invig-
e ssls g. t sso t w. hio aaa a tasn asa I e for
yer and Hurlbut Bros, Cheyenne, Wyo.
All, reader, we pity you. We have
Bro Iirer Fills a do cure si the Head.
nothing equals Brotcn's Extract Black
berry and Ginger for curing Diarrhea,
Dysentery, Cholera Morbus. dawft
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15

SPEAKING Of Paroles successes In
England, the Pail Mall Gazette is
moved to say: The fact is that the
Americans have been for some genera
tons preparing a breed of horses to
whip all creation, and il they had moi
taken principally to trotting it Is not
improbable they would have galloped
away with the Britishers' blue-riband
even before starke carried off the Good.
wood cup, which was long before Brown
Prince ran second for the 1000 guineas
and Parole paralyzed the patrons Of
handicaps.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15

Down in Winchester, the other day,
a monument to the confederate dead
was dedicated with great ceremonies.
But many right-minded democrats and
others who witnessed the ceremonies,
had NO occasion to be proud of their
presence. There was a notable absence
of American flags in the procession;
and an extraordinary number of con
federate stars and bars. The rebel yell
was heard repeatedly, the most disloyal
sentiments e expressed; and the old
gray uniform Of the wal ostentatiously
paraded. Scarcely an American flag
was to be seen, while confederate ban
ners were numbered by hundreds. Who
says the spirit Of the okolona States is
a wfld Extravaganza of southern senti-
ment toward the unionp-lDenver
Times. &
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15

Go TO Texas. old man, and grow
gray-with the country For murderers
and debt pliers, that state can't be
beaten. In the matter Of rearing debts,
the state has been eminently success.
full. And the democratic party Of
reform Is in power there, too. This is
what the San Antonio Press has to say:
mo party ever made such complete
shipwreck Of itself in so short a time.
u q imposed a hitherto undreamed Of
burden Of taxation. 1t has ruined the
free schools, robbed the school fund.
and utterly destroyed all prospects Of
immigration. 1t has Frustrated trade
and traffic, and impoverished the whole
people"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-15
A Customer Civ en- Time to Think

! A customer who had within a limit
ed time often called at a certain dry
goods store to look at goods bat in
variably wanted ''time to think, and
would call again. made q recent call
After the usual display, the time to
think was arrived at: The obliging
clerk motioned her to a stool, and as
sured her she could occupy it for the
afternoon, and think, and a v her the
trouble Of calling again. She accepted
this polite favor, and after being scat
ed some five minutes, returned to the
counter, and took a pattern from a two
yard 5 cent remnant calico, and said
'tif it would wash, she would call
again