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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

Z The run on Confederate. bonds is evidently
without substantial foundation, and when it
becomes known that they are of no prospective
value. the holders will be left in . sad plight.
The bonds few weeks ago sold at $3.50 per
$1,000, but we see by the dispatches that In
some portions of the country they are selling
at $40 and s11 per $1,000. This can not nor
will not last long. On this subject the Pail
Mall Gazette, an excellent authority, says |:
"There is no truth whatever in the statement
that there is q large amount Of money in the
Bank of England deposited to the credit Of the
Confedera e Government and available for the
payment of Confederate bonds. We believe it
does not hold single penny, and doubt
whether there is any such money in any bank
in this country. The whole story is gross
fabrication, and the fitting product Of a specu-
lation that has no substantial foundations"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

The suit brought by Campbell to annul Cam
mons pretended certificate of naturalization
has been decided at Salt Lake, Utah, by Chief
Justice Hunter. The Judge held that on the
statements of the complainant and the admis-
sion of defendant, the certificate of Cannon
was void on its face. The pretended naturali-
zation was a nutility. Thus the court in which
Cannon pretends to have been naturalized
twenty-five years ago decides that he is an
alien, and therefore that Governor Murray was
right in refusing to certify that he had been
duly elected to Congress.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Mirt.ter Poster R@,Irns.


Minister Foster has resigned his post at st.
Petersburg.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
A Matter OF No Consequence.

If we are to believe our own senses, the mat
ter of stealing thousands of dollars from the
vaults of the Mechanics National Bank, of
Newark, N.J,. has been thing of little or no
consequence. 1t has just transpired that two
years ago Henry B. Marchbank, then corre-
spending clerk of this bank, stole $50, 900 from
its funds, and a punishment, he was dis
charged from the banks employ. How terri
BILE Mr.. Marchbank must have felt over the dis
grace and nothing to console him but $50, O0O
Thie discovery was made few days since in
the course Of an investigation which the bank
examiners are making. Mr.. Baldwin, the de-
faulting cashier, was asked about the matter,
and he said "Yes, Mr.. Marchbank stole the
$4,000, and in consequence was discharged" !"
1t certainly was bad grace in Mr.. Baldwin to
permit his fellow in crime to be discharged.
But the bank couldn't bear up under the drain
of two "embezzlers," and so Mr.. Marchbank
had to go. Mr.. Marchbank has been arrested,
and will probably be asked to make good the
amount.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10
A Prosperou. Bank Wrecked.

The Mechanics National Bank, of Newark,
New Jersey, though defalcations of Mr.. Bald
win its cashier, is a total wreck, financia1ly.
The amount for which it has failed, or which
Baldwin confesses to have taken, is 81, 000, 900.
Fearing visit from the National Bank Ex-'
azniner, last Sunday Baldwin called meeting
OF the Bank Directors, and within the sound
and while the bell Of The Trinity Episcopal
Church was ringing, Of which heis leading
member, he was 'confessing to the Directors
that he had appropriated and msused o., O00,-
600 of their funds, thus totally wrecking the
Institution. Baldwin was at once arrested by .
United States Marshal and released on bond,
and is now confined to his bed with sickness.
The city and county had each about $40, 900
on deposit, the Water-works Board $780,
600, and tho Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company, between 100000 and $1, AGO.
600, besides smaller sums Of other insti-
tutions. Baldwin states that about the year
1873, he began to make loans TO O. Nugent
Co., morocco manufacturers, without security
or sanction of the Directors. Having begun, he
was in the power OF Nugent d Co., and con-
tinued the Recommendations, sometimes looming
them ESQ, 600 in one month, till the total In
creased TO ruinous amount. Nugent assured
him that he had large properly snd capital IN
the business which would make all loans good.
Nugent was well aware that he (Daldwin)
was using the banks money, and always
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

OF rwo women, choose the one that
will have you. 20 @e snaa
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

Tiffin, Ohio, last week, was the scene Of one
Of those terrible tragedies wherein one person
loves and the other one does not, and the one
that does gets mad and shoots the head off the
one that don't. Charles Madden, the shootist,
is native of Stark County, Ohio. Two years
ago he entered Heidelberg College, at Tifin, to
study for the ministry. It seems that while en-
gagged on the problems of the soul, Miss Phoebe
Bernard, in whose home he was boarding, un-
known to herself, was stealing his soul away.
He got to loving her desperately, and she
well, she couldn't think Of it, and told him 80.
He met her in the street one day, and with
deadly glare in his eye, asked her to be his
She scorned him. He drew his revolver and
shot, killing the girl instantly. Fearing mob,
he fed incontinently to board yard, where he
passed the night with the horrors of an eternal
Judgment staring him in the face. At day
light, still dreading the possibility of mob
collecting to light him across the dark and
stormy waters to the shining shore beyond,
he sought the ,jailer and begged to be locked
MP. The taller accommodated him,
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

Yesterday, while couple of street car
mules were standing in the stable, just
after heavy pull, the red mule looked
over his stall and remarked to a black
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-10

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The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

A London paper heard Of a case
where a droll fellow named Scrubs
got into a iirst-claSs railway car
riage, before smoking carriages
were invented. In the carriage was
seated sour looking old gentleman
After the train had started Scrubbs
took out his pipe.
You mustn't smoke here, at once
said the old gentleman
Il know that replied Scrubs.
He then calmly filed his pipe.
Did | not tell you, said the o. @.
again, that you can't smoke here p
Il know that gloomily replied
Scrubbs, taking out his fusee box
lie lit fusee, but now the wrath of
the o. g. was dreadful.
You shan't smoke here, sir!' he
shrieked.
Il know that added Scrubs, al
lowing the fusee to exhaust itself,
when he lit another, and another !;
the stencil was awful, and the smoke
sutfocating.
The o. g. coughing and splutter-
ing, struggled for words. You'd
better smoke said he.
1 know that replied Scrubs, ap-
plying the blazing fusee to the ex-
pectant pipe.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
What Angels Amt In the
Habit Of Doing.

"Mrs. TopnoOdy," sadly remarked
Mr.. t., after an agitated scene, "you
are not what | thought you were in
the happy days of youth"
"Oh, amt, amt II"
"No, you are not. | thought you
were an angel, and now and now"
"And now" broke in Mrs. T., "and
now you find that you're fool, and
that angels amt in the habit of sling
ing pots and dish-rags around, and
spanking babies, and sewing on but
tons, and wrestling kitchen stoves,
and making muslin plasters for hus-
bands with the collie, aud bossing
hired girls, and doing the cooking
for a big family, besides going to
church being married to Top
moody, all the time. No, TopnOody,
angels amt in the habit of doing
such things, and it is a nigh good
thing they amt or the angel bust
ness wouldn't last till the middle of
next week"
Topnoody didn't pursue the con-
versation further, but put on his hat
and went down street to wonder
how many women were angels.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
In Memory Of Edy ard Josie,
our Lost Lilies.

Once more the flowers spring side by
side.
Called forth by April rain:
Two blossoms in the winter died,
That will not come again.
The days bring on from morn till night,
The tasks we always bore;
But they which used to make them
bright
Will make them so no more.
The fairest of our fireside flowers,
Cut down BY wintry wind,
Fell of, and now in Eden's bowers
A surer shelter find.
In vain the mother urged her love
Deaths mission knew no stay.
I'm take your children" he said, "abOve
To show yourself the way"
Aud shall not this when earthly cares
Press heavy on our hearts),
Come like an answer to our prayers
They have the better party
Our souls may toss with doubts and
fears,
But theirs are ever calm:
We sometimes weep despairing tears,
They sing the endless psalm.
Oh, joy to think all ties of love
That death has power to sever,
Shall be restored to us above
UnbrOken there, forever. NJ. H..
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

After mature deliberation, close
figuring and advice with our busi-
ness men the Commissioners let the
contract for the new bridge across
the Platte at this point to Messrs.
HobsOn, Reese Il Sawyer, of Savan-
nah, Missouri. The new bridge will
be located just below the old one
and be 2,l00 feet long. Ii will be a
truss bridge, built ten feet above the
water. Six of the spans will be 60
feet in length, while the balance will
be As feet, with fourteen foot road
way. The piles are to be of white
or burr oak, IA inches in diameter
at the top and tapering to inches
at the other end, and to be driven to
a firm bearing. This will require
the piles to be at least 40 feet. The
piers for the long spans are to be
double s and 10 piles. All the
piers are to be furnished with ice
breaks. The structure is TO have
the capacity of one ton per foot.
The work is all to be completed on
or before August 9TH, 1881. The
cost of the bridge will approximate
Sl4, 600, and it is thought it will be
the best ever built on the river, even
better than the one built at North
Bend last winter.--Fremont Trio.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
hound 10 he Last.

Friend S. has q son who is not
precisely studious and working
boy. The list of grades which he
brings home daily tells of a deplora-
BILE apathy on his part. Fifteen days
ago he came home No. 81. "Then
you are 9th in your division ?" says
his father. Eyes" "And how many
are you in ALL" "Twenty-seven." F"
THAT is, you are last? 2" A week
later the list made him No. 80.
"NOw," said the father, "this is too
much. How can you be the 29th
when there are only PIP" "It's very
easy" said the boy, "twO new ones
have come"
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

parenthesis, why it is that white
beans are considered the ultima
HUIe of agriculture? We intend
sometime TO start out on tour OF
observation, a voyage of discovery
so to speak, to see if we can ascer-
tain where those same sand hills are
situated. for we have heard of them
as being in this or that part Of the
State for the past ten years. We
have seen no better wheat in this or
any other State than we saw in that
misnamed strip in Boone.
Rae valley was the next in order.
Several wealthy Russians, owners
of large sheep farms, live here and
have great houses that look from a
distance like hotels, and splendid
barns, wind-mills and other COM
forts and conveniences that the
provident farmer can afford. One
man near there had tried keeping
sheep on the let-alone system (no
feed nor shelter) and lost his entire
flock. A store of general merchand-
Use, also a post office was located at
the northern outlet of the valley,
and all the surroundings bore evi-
dence of thrift aud prosperity. But
how different was another place
near. Not living thing TO make
an oasis in that desert of home,
but two forlOrn looking children
who stood with their arms around
each other as we passed! I'm our
hearts we thanked the little waits
for having affection left them in
their destitution and misery. What
could have made the difference in
these two homes? We are afraid
it was the "little brown jug
Next in succession was Taylor
valley, which unrolled its panoram-
ic scenery TO our admiring gaze.
Well cultivated fields reached down
from the hills into the valleys be-
low, making an agreeable contrast
to the green and russet brown Of
the prairies.
As we reached the valley of the
ElEhOrn, great herds of cattle were
seen, which outnumbered all those
encountered since leaving The Laup.
Here, as elsewhere, the herds that
were furnished W ith feed and shell
ter came through the winter without
more than the usual loss.
The spirit of Improvement was
seen 10 pervade the town of Neigh,
as well as the surrounding country.
New houses are appearing as if by
magic. Farmers are busy and con-
sequently happy.
Mrs. MARY B. Finch.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

The newspapers now abusing eX-
Senator Conkling are little too
unanimous. Not many weeks ago
more than half'of them spoke OF
Robertson's nomination as mis-
take. At Washington the Presi-
dents best friends, and those who
are still his best friends. pronounced
it mistake. When the whole story
is told it will be known that Presi-
dent Garfield himself did not regard
it as a wise move. I'm regard to the
feeling then prevailing, the Burling
ton HdTkeye says:
The editor of the Hdpkeye was in
Washington when the appointment
of Judge Robertson to be Collector
of the Port of New York was made,
and he knows it was the almost
unanimous expression of the Re-
publicans in Washington, including
the two Senators in Iowa, that the
President had made mistake. Even
the close friends of the President
felt and admitted il to be a mistake.
and regretted that it had been made.
The fact that Republican Senators
so generally looked upon it as likely
TO work great harm to the party,
and put forth such strenuous efforts
TO have breach avoided. is evidence
that they fOresaw results which
might have and ought to have been
averted.
This is not treason to the party.
A wish that harmony should pre-.
vail in a party is not a crime, and
the forcible expression Of such a
wish is not a declaration of war on
the President or on the administra-
ton. Certain it is that two months
ago all the party leaders gathered at
Washington cOunseled a course that
would have prevented the present
trouble. These cOuusellOrs will, in
good time, be called to the witness
stand, and when the loud takers
and blatant demagOgues have, in
their excess of joy over a quarrel
that threatens the existence of the
party, hal their say, the reaction
will come, and people in sober sec
Ond thought will sit in judgment. -
ChicdgO ter-Ocedn.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

Ii costs three cents TO carry a
bushel of grain by water from St.
Louis to New Orleans, a distance OF
nineteen hundred miles. For more
than four years it has cost Nebraska
three cents per bushel to transport
the same amount of wheat across the
U. p. bridge, a distance of three
miles. This may be anti-Omaha
deviltry in the eyes of the U. p. Or
gan grinders, but it is true never
theiess.-Bee.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
As refunder of the public debt

AS a refunder of the public debt
Secretary Window has shown him
self greater man than Sherman.
He finds no difficulty in exch angling
three and one-half per cent. bonds
for five and six per cents. Hereto
fore il has been thought that a syn
dicate was necessary in order to
effect refnnding at a low rate Of in
terest. But Mr.. Window saves mil
lions of dollars by dispensing with
middlemen and transacting his own
business. Garfield did not make a
mistake in giving him the treasury
portfolio. His appointment and that
of Mr.. James to the pOst-ofiice de-
partment are meeting with the
hearty approval OF all without ref
erence to party.-Gdzette-JOuTn0L
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

DEs MONIES. Iowa, May lS.-Will
you be good enough to give your
thousands of readers in this State a
fair and impartial history, political
ly, of the Mr.. Robertson to secure
whose confirmation as Collector of
the Port of New York our worthy
President was willing to disrupt the
great Republican party of the ceup-
try? Having already lost by this
act the political control of the Sem
ate, with a reasonable show for
losing that of the next House, we
are pardonably anxious to learn how
much we have gained i'm saving
Robertson. It may show a lament
able state of ignorance on our part
to confess il, but, after all, we are
compelled to admit that we cannot
now recall any such giant in the
political field last fall as Robertson
must have been. Robertson-Rob-
ertson! Doubtless perfect Bayard
in politics; but who is he, any how !?
Please let us know all about him.
Iowa.
Mr.. Robertson is known as the
representative of the New York
Central Railroad i'm the Senate of
that State. lie has distinguished
himself in but two ways-one as the
unblushing tool of New York cor
poratioEs, and the other as a man
who deemed il honorable to 90 back
upon sacred promise, and betray
the people who trusted him as
delegate to the Chicago convention.
What the Independents themselves
think of him may be imagined from
the statement boastingly m ade 10
yesterdays dispatches from Albany,
that Robertson, as Collector of the
Port of New York, with a thousand
commissions in his pocket, will be
more than a match for Conkling.
He is evidently considered the kind
of a man who will pay for political
service with the Offices that belong
TO the public. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
COlum b Us Post Office.

pen on sundays trsm ii A. M to 12 NJ
and from 1870 to p. NJ, Business
hours except Sunday q A. NJ. to x p. NJ
Eastern mails close at IL Am.
Western mails close at 4 4:l5P Pm.
Nail leaves Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, A. NJ. Arrives at q p. NJ.
For Monroe, Genoa. Wateryille and AL
bion, daily except Sunday A. NJ. Ar
rive, same, u PM
For Postville, Fsrral, Oakdale and
Sewman's Grove, Mondays, Wedne> :
days and Fridays, AM. Arrives
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
at JPN.
For Shell Greek, CrestOn and stanton,
on Mondays and Fridays at q A. NJ.
Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
6P. M.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and Saturdays,
Jpn Arrives at I'm.
For st. A nthony, Prairie Hill and st.
Bernard. Fridays, 3 A. NJ. Arrives
Saturdays, BPM.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

Some days ago, a pretty, bright
little juvenile friend, some five years
of age, named Rosa, was teased a
good deal by gentleman who visits
the family, and he finally wound up
by saying, 81 don't love you" "Ah,
but you've got to love me-" said the
child. GLOW sO?" asked the tor
mentor. why" said Rosa, "the
Bible says that you must love them
that hate you, and I'm sure | hate
You"
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

The many friends of Mr.. Gere,
will be glad to know that he is en-
joying himself at the famous hot
springs of Las Vegas, New Mexico,
and that he is rapidly regaining his
health. When he gets through
bathing at the springs, he will ac-
company Gov. Lew Wallace, Sur
veyor General Atkinson and other
distinguished citizens of New Mex
leo, to one of the many rich mines
of that territory, distant from Sante
Fe, about ninety miles.-Linc0ln
Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

In Kansas there is much to emu
late by other states. Husband and
wife have the same property rights.
Fathers and mothers the same right
in their children. The teachers in
the city schools of Lawrence, Kan
sas, are paid according to the length
of service, from s35 TO $50 per month,
women receiving the same as men
for equal service.-Ez.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
What ia Mrs. Hayes going to n

What is Mrs. Hayes going TO do
with the pair of curtains presented
to her by the Ladies' Temperance
League of Ottawa? They are made
OF ivory silk sheeting, embroidered
with sunfiowers and pomegranates.
A band of brown plush crosses each,
and they are lined with pale blue
silk. Now, where are they going
in the house at Fremont? is the
question.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01

4. ii. AN W lCk, L. =. senator, NcD-
raska City.
ALVIN SAUNDERS. u. ). Senator, Omaha
/. J. MAJORS, Rep, Peru.
l.. n. VALENTINE, Rep, West Point.
STATE DIRECTORY:
ALBINUs NANCE, Governor, Lincoln.
;. J. Alexander, Secretary of State.
John Wallichs, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. NJ. Bartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
{. }. DilwOrth, Attorney General.
W. W. W. Jones, Supt. Public lnstruc.
Z. j. Nobes, Warden OF Penite ntiary.
y. w. Nv W Gauld,y apSty' Prison Inspectors.
J. d. Carter, Prison Physician.
IL. p. Mathewson, Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
:. Maxwell, Chief Justice,
ATo.s H%asa Cobb. 20 , Associate Judges,
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Il. W. Post, Judge, York.
VI. h. Reese. District Attorney, WahoO.
LAND OFFICERS:
VI. b. Hoxie, Register, Grand Island.
Wm. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
!. q. Higgins, County Judge.
John Stautter, County Clerk.
J. W. Early, Treasurer.
Benz. Spielman, Sheriff.
K. l.. ROSssiter, Surveyor.
John Wise.
VI. Maher, County Commits sioners.
Joseph Rivet,
Or. A. HeintZ, Coroner.
j. r. Mohtcreif Supt. of Schools.
By syrcn "aIh1s aiilsit, Justices Ofthepeaee.
'harles Wake, Constable.
CITY DIRECTORY:
j. II. Meagher, Mayor.
II. }. Hudson, CLERK.
John +. Wermuth Treasurer.
Geo. Il. Bowman, Police Judge.
l.. j. Cramer, Engineer.
COUNCILMEN:
LIST Wdrd-JOhn Rickly.
q. A. Schroeder.
2d WdTd-Wm. Lamb.
|. Gluck.
Sd Ward-J. Rasmussen.
A. A. Smith.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
ADVERTISING

In its columns always brings its
reward. Business il business, and
those who wish to reach the solid
people of Central Nebraska will
find the columns Of the JOURNAL
splendid medium.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
JOB WORK

OF all kinds neatly and quickly
done, at fair prices. This species
Of printin" j. nearly always want
ed in hurry, and, knowing this
fact, We have so provided for il
that We can furnish envelopes, let
ter heads, bill heads, circulars,
posters, etc, etc, on very short
notice, and promptly on time as
We promise.
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
IA k VI r. RS

DE OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the
ID low prices Of your products dis
courage you. but rather limit your ex-
pcnses to your resources. You can DO
80 by stopping at the new home Of your
fellow farmer. where you can lind good
accommodations cheap. For hay fol
team for one night and day, - cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
hunks, in connection with the stable
free. Those wishing can be accOmmJ-
dated At the house Of the undersigned
at the following rates: Meals p cents
beds 10 cents. j. Il. SENEGAL,
"a mile east of Gerrard's Corral
The Columbus journal., 1881-06-01
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

e.. IL. NANWYCK, L. ;. Senator, Neb-
raska city.
ALVIN SAUNDERS, L. ). senator, Omaha
+. J. MAJORS, Rep, Peru.
l.. X. VALENTINE, Rep, West Point.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-01-15
Heat OF the moons surface.

/ One of the latest and most re-
| markabie teachings of astronomical
science is that the moon, when full,
is so intensely hot that no creature
known to us could long endure her
heated surface. The reasoning in
this case is that the surface of the
moon is exposed during the long
lunar day, lasting fortnight in our
terrestrial time, to the rays of sun
as powerful as that which gives rs
our daily heat; and, without an at
mosphere to temper the suns heat
as ours dOes-nOt, indeed, impeding
the passage of the solar rays, but by
bearing aloft the cloud-veil which
the sun raises from our Oceans-the
moons surface must become in
tensely hot long before the middle
of the lunar day. Undoubtedly the
want of an atmosphere causes the
moons heat to be rapidly radiated
away into space. 1t is the earth's
atmosphere which causes Il steady
heat to prevail on the surface; and
at the SUBMITS OF lofty mountains,
where the atmosphere is rare, al
though the midday is intense, yet
so rapidly does il pass away that
SHOWS crown forever the mountain
heights. Yet, although the moons
heat must pass away even more
rapidly, this does not prevent the
heating of the moons actual surface.
Accordingly Hersehel has pointed
out, as far as fact is beyond doubt,
that the moons surface must be
heated Mt Iunar mid-daV-Or rather
at the time of lunar mid-heat,
corresponding to about two O'clock
in the afternoon-to a degree proba-
bly, surprising the heat of boiling
water.