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The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
A Family cum
SHERMAN, July Is, 1881,

SHERMAN, July Is, 1881.
DEAR JOURNAL: A household err
rand calling me to the residence of
u kind neighbor, Mr.. j. Davis, on
Sabbath morning, | was agreeably
surprised by witnessing a large fam
lily gathering of four generations,
from the venerable, though by no
means infirm, great grandfather of
more than four score years, down to
the tiny darling of three months.
The great grand mamma hasting
about, as straight as a young poplar,
jealous in welcoming and caring for
those she so loved. Grandma dis
putting with her daughters for the
honors of young matronhood; the
young and girlish wife, fitting with
her brothers from spot to spot, from
barn to house, from bush to tree,
helping gather the good cheer to
furnish forth a feast, the aromas of
which already filled every corner of
that roomy house. 1t was SO pleas
ing to notice one bright young
mother decking her beautiful pets.
lest a sisters little ones should out
vie them, while the sister more Sc
dately was stealing time from her
infant to re-arrange her already
faultlessly bedecked offspring, the
whites in the yard beside the trees
grandpa stood foremost amongst the
group of his sons-in-law, all hold
ing "high carnival" over some new
and complicated piece of farm ma
chinery. AS | reverently bent me
before the snow white head of that
patriarch who presided there that
day L thought of the lapse of yea
bringing wisdom and experience to
him, and of the kind and gentle ex-
preston his aged features wore:
telling so plainly of a lifetime full
of lessons and of that a which
now s~ustains him, and | knew that
ere long, when he had been sum-
moned up higher, that then all those
there present, would look back along
the paths they might not r~etrace,
and long in vain for opportunities
to again occur in which they might
garner from his rich storehouse of
observation and experience, wisdom
to guide them Alright over some
rough spots in life's thorny path and
L abruptly took my departure nv
errand forgotten, lest I should short
en- these opportunities, and as I took
my homeward way I wove for nv.
self q beautiful idyl of the delights
of the hereafter, where we shall
gather in one grand family and
Gods love shall unite us there.
VOLUNTEER"
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
Marrying for Love.

The man who marries for love has
generally the vital temperamcnt-is
combative, sagacious, and indepen-
dent, and takes a general view OF
everything.
A lite of Incidence and stagnstion
has no charms for one whose blood
is warm and whose hopes are high ;
he likes 10 be in the thickest of the
fight, giving blows and taking them /;
watching for the turn of events with
GOODNESS and foresight; pleased at
his own independence and struggles ;
eager to show the world what he
can achieve ; and the contest rouses
all the strength and manliness OF
his nature.
He wins the respect of his fellows
by his own worth. He often brings
home pleasant surprises for his wife
and children. You may recognize
him in trains loaded with parcels,
which he goodnaturedly carries with
perfect unconcern of what others
thinS-a new bonnet, music, books,
a set of furs for his wife; while in
another parcel the wheels of a cart,
a jack-in-the-box, a doll or skipping
rope %protrude through the paper
and suggest the nursery.
He never forgets the dear ones at
home; the humanizing influence of
that darling red-cheeked little fell
low who calls him father brings a
glow of rapture of the purest pleas
ure earth holds; for the man who
has never felt a tiny hand clasp his
will always lack something-he will
be less human, less blessed than
others.
This is the noble, the honest, the
only form Of life that imparts real
contentment and joy, that will make
a death bed glorious, and love see
peace through its tears. 1t is so
purely unselfish, so tenderly true,
it satisfies the highest instincts, it
stimulates men to the best deeds
they are capable of.
BY studying how TO live we best
know how to die ; and the finest life
is that which ministers to others
needs and increases the joys ofthose
dependent on us, whom we love,
and who look TO us for support, So
lace, and light even as the earth is
revivified by the sun /; for feeling is
life ; the pulsation of delicious SYM
pathy, the spring in a desert, the
mamma from the skies.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The Lincoln Journal has quite u
lengthy item on our big bone, but
| must have received erroneous infor-
nation as To what sort of an animal
it ono belonged to, as the writer OF
the item speculates on what Il "big
bird" il must have once been part
of, etc. It's all very good, Mr.. Jour
nal, but then you see it wasn't a
bird West Point Republican.
Well, we won't be particular about
whether it was a bird or an animal.
Suppose it was a rabbit. 1t was
about the size of an eighty-ton hay
stack with legs and ears in proper
ton. What a beautiful sight il was
in those good old days to have seer
this magnificent specimen Of a rab-
bit go bounding over the prairie, a
half mile to the leap, with a half
score or so of grey hounds of pro-
portionate size and speed, with a
dozen or so of the boys of the prime
val aye, on ponies as big as the B. &
NJ. depot, w%hooping, yelling so they
could be heard fifty miles. 1t is not
impossible that the grand chase be-
gan at the foot of the Rocky noun
tains at Z O'Clock in the morning, and
ended in an hour in the capture of
the poor, hunted rabbit on the very
spot where West Point now stands.
State Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

There will be several vacant chairs
to fill before the extra session of the
legislature convenes. Among the
members whose seats are vacant are
Montgomery, of Furnas, now Re-
ceiver of the Bloomington Land
Office Haley, of Webster, Consul to
Chemnitz Root, of Cass, Surgeon at
one of the Northerl posts Jackson,
of Pawnee, Clerk at an Indian
Agency in Arizona; Harrington, Of
Gage, who resigned to accept a Land
Office appointment which he only
held a couple of weeks, and proba-
bly, some Others who are expecting
appointments before snow fies.-
Sutton Register.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

Mrs. Donohoe in Erina (whose
husband is yet in Boston, has put in
fifteen acres of corn and potatoes
herself, by hand, and thinks nothing
of it. She is not afraid of being
tanned with the sun. She brought
some splendid ornamental carpets,
or rugs from the east with her of her
own make, which shows that she is
active with the needle as well as the
hoe, east or west, all the same
Greeley Co. Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
Columbus Post Office.

open on Sundays frsm IL A. NJ. to ~ NJ
and from 1870 to 6 p. NJ. Business
hours except Sunday q A. NJ. to s p. NJ
Eastern mails close at IL A. NJ.
Western mails close at AIS pm
Mail leaves Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 7 A. NJ. Arrives at 6 p. NJ.
For Monroe, Genoa, Waterville and AL.
bi0n, daily except Sunday A. NJ. Ar.
rive. anne & p. N.
For PostyiIle, Farral, Oakdale and
Newman's Grove, Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays, q A. NJ. Arrives
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
at 8 p. NJ.
For Shell Greek and CrestOn, on Mon
days and Fridays, : A. NJ, returning
at : p. NJ, same days.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and Saturdays,
Pm Arrives at Il NJ.
For st. Anthony, Prairie Hill and st.
Bernard, Fridays, 9 A. NJ. Arrives
Saturdays, 3 PM.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The envious never rejoice in the
good fortunes of their friends. Di-
rectly a man rises in life, they come
to the front with a story about his
low origin, and wonder that so OBJ
scure an individual should ever have
amounted to anything" The fact
that he has amounted to something,
that he has proved himself a success,
seems to make some of his acquaint-
ances feel that they have been robbed
in a manner, and that by so much
he has risen above them in position
or influence, by so much they are
dwarfed. Men who have CROPPED
blindly to find a fitting place for
their talents find it, and with some
natural appreciation, money, influ-
ence, prosperity. Can their good
fortune aus anything but rejoic-
ing i'm a magnanimous and noble
mind? One thing is certain; the
man or woman who is occupied in
picking to pieces the crown lawfully
won by a successful neighbnr is not
likely ever TO wear one; for the
time thus spent is worse than vast
ed, and the disposition that a find
pleasure in employment so igno-
minious and degrading, can never
find those aspirations, labors and
tolls congenial which bring deserv-
ed reputation, honor and success.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
Colorado.

The following letter, written from
Silver Cliff, Col, May 9th, by Al.
Sampson, TO the Csdiz, o., RepubLi-
can, we copy as giving a picture OF
life west of us:
DEAR REPUBLICAN: But a few
years since, this country was con.
sidered 30 remote from the East that
but few could muster courage to
cross the "Grest American Desert
TO see il. Those who did venture
flung their banner from the mast.
head of their prairie schooners, bear
ing the inscription spikes Peak or
bus" and after weeks of hard work,
Of privation and great danger they
reached this land of Alladin won
ders, only to endure greater hard
ships than they had ever dreamed
OF, IL their bones were not left by
the merciless Indians to bleach on
the plains. Time brought wonder
full changes, and instead of the OK
team the adventures of to-day have
the choice of three routes of a little
over thirty hours ride in a palace
sleeper. On their arrival here they
find towns and cities, gulches and
mountain peaks inhabited by as live,
active and energetic people as the
q to-day shines upon, many of
them numbering their wealth by
hundreds of thousands, or millions,
of dollars, living in palaces of hous-
es, and doing business in stores
rarely equaled in Eastern States. To
what are all these changes, these
successes attributable?
THE MINES.
One of the most important of all
the causes has been the success in
the development of the mines of
this country. At first but a few
hundred thousand dollars were rea-
lized, and that at the sacrifice of
many lives. Gradually il increased
until the millions were reached,
while the output for the last year
was over $20,000,0O0, placing Colo
RADIO o. the first of all the gold and
silver-producing States of the Un-
ion. Her increase in population,
too, has been remarkable, increasing
in the last decade from a few thou
sand to over two hundred thousand.
One of her cities, Denver, the city
Of the plains, shows the greatest per
cent. of increase of any city in the
United States, going up from a few
hundred to 10000 inhabitants, an
increase of over 600 per cent.
SILVER CLIFF.
This has been one of the wonder
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The editor of a newspaper that
has in part adopted phonetic spelling
received a postal card from an old
subscriber in the country which
read as follows: 81 hev TUX your
paper for eleven years, but il you
kant spell emmy better than you hev
been doin for the last tive munth
you may jes stoppit."
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

Mistook his calling. A Texas pol
itician who went to Washington to
accept a foreign mission several
months ago has been heard from.
He writes that he wonld have writ
ten sooner but he could not lay up
money enough to buy a postal card.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
Written for he Journal.
APosTRopHE TO THE PLATTE
RIVER.
FRATERNALLY INSCRIBED TO J. O.. HIG-
GINS, ESQ.

GINS, ESQ.
OH rushing, mysterious. crystalline
river
Winding thro' channels where dropping
boughs CULVER
Onto the sea from mountains forever,
Mountains clad in SHOWS no sunlight
can sever.
Stop in thy mad career, Oh! swift river
flowing
Where valleys and hills their green
meadows growing,
Upon the white SANDS leave a trace Of
the story
That mountain crsgs hold in their
grandeur and glory.
And the calm wave and flow
OftEe long, long ago
Ripples down with q shimm'ring motion,
And the silyery tide
Past the lilies beside
Sweeps on TO its refuge, the pecan.
A low o n is heard from the gliding
waves stealing,
The innermost heart Of earth forms re-
vealing;
"vsst ages Of aeons have fed since the
dawning
Thro' limitless changes to life's early
morning.
The creative sun but 8 spark from the
distance
OF systems unseen and their forces in.
sistence
Tuning measures harmonic to morning
stars anthem
While planets and moons thro' eterni.
ties chant them.
And the rivers pale strand
Is rejecting the hand
Whose infinite spheres light the gloam-
ing
Where mysteries old
Meath the azure and gold
Shall be rent where the lost stars are
roaming.
Earth bonn of the sun and Graded in
regions
Where endless worlds roll in number
less legions,
Their glowing drops filling immensity's
ocean
Electric with life and radiant. with
Flung afar into space, a bright bubble
burning
Its molten mass cooled and wrought in
the turning,
Creating new from its volcanic foun-
tains
The gray, rocky towers of s-now-covered
mountains.
On the waters white shore
Hear the dull surge and roar
The hersids that sung of Creation,
Ere Time was begun
Or this child Of the sun
Had been rocked from its parent foun-
dation.'
Thus echoed the pillows whose crystal
waves shining
Wake musical murmurs ever repining,
Where lowing herds meet and wavelets
are glistening,
Where Summer birds sing with Sum-
mer winds listening,
Where tall grasses wave and swaying
so gracefully
Trill with sweet voices there chanting
so peacefully,
With Natures own hsrp-strings breath
ing their benson
Tanning the wild passions, chording in
unison.
By the low stranded isle
Whose shadows beguile
The mother bird in from her straying
lie q deep monotone
Where the wind and waves moan
Each calling to each Of their saying.
The soft FLASHING flow adown the
strange river
Whose secret is whispered where elfn
shades culver,
Sweeping atoms of mountains hurled
from foundations,
Creating the valleys in its newer for
nations,
The mountain chain reared from the
earthquakes dread thunder
Evolving thro' tempests the hidden
world under,
And spreads at our feet this valley
strewn river
A gift from the mountains crumbling
forever.
Oh! majestic bold stream
How weird is the dream
And the tale you have told At my woOing;
Shall the goal you nave won
Revert 20 the sun
And return i'm the dim futures doing:
ANTELOPE, Nebr. Mary b. Finch.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

New style pocket handkerchiefs
have the day of the week embroid-
cred on them. This is to prevent a
lazy man from carrying the same
handkerchief the week through.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

Van Wyck has rewarded one of
his friends handsomely. Webster
Eaton, of the Lincoln Globe, has got
ten the contract CD to remove the
Otoe Indians from this state to the
Indian Territory, for 100000
Norfolk Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

ful Developments, brought about by
the finding of a new mineral carnp.
From being the home OF the prairie
dog and coyote, in two years from
the time the first house was built il
was a live city of five thousand in
habitants. Soon after this it's streets
were graded, Holly water works
put in at a cost of nearly 100000
the youngest town in the world TO
establish a system of water works,
three organized fire companies,
eight smelters and stamp mills, &c.
One of these stamp mills cost abOut
$4,000, and is one of the best stamp
mills ever built. Ii was only CON-
pleted two months ago, but it is q
perfect success, and insures the early
building of others of a similar con-
struction. About twelve years ago
a German colony come to this mag
nificent "wet mountain valley" six
miles wide and thirty miles long, to
subdue il to cultivation. They suf-
fered great privations, many times
being unable to secure the necessa-
ries of life, but they held on to their
ranches and continued TO cultivate
them. They were rewarded, how
ever, with poor returns, as they were
so remote from market that they
realized but little from the product
of their ranches.
Time has brought her changes
here too, and now they have a home
market for all they can produce.
Eggs are sold at % to so cents a
dozen, batter 80 to 60 cents a pound,
potatoes from ? to 80 cents a pound,
hay, their staple, from $40 to $40 per
ton, for which they could not get
more than So to SIS a few years
since. Now they have a railroad to
this city only completed ten days
ago, bringing all kinds of merchand-
Use almost to their doors. 1t is
impossible to give a full history of
the wonderful changes and develop
ments of this country. Your entire
columns for several issues could not
contain them all.
CLIMATE.
Our gold and silver have been
wonderfully aided in their devel-
opments by our h%ealthful, invigorat-
ing climate. Many find relief here
after years of suffering in the East.
Those who come here for their
health are not driven back by the
many diseases to which other Sec
tons are subjected. Orr clear Ital-
ian skies, mild winters, and delight
full summers are charming. While
you have had weeks and months of
cold weather and sleighing the past
winter, we have not had over two
weeks of sleighing all winter, and
no great degree of cold. At this
date we have not experienced such
a great degree of heat as you may
presume. The days are comforta-
BILE while the nights are cool and
give refreshing sleep. Icannot bet
ter describe it than by saying | sleep
under a sheet, five wooden blankets
and a heavy comforter every night,
and every evening and morning
need a little fire. At Denver it is
much warmer than here. Strange
as it may seem radishes, lettuce, on
ions, &c, are growing nicely and a
great many in the market. There is
so little frost and moisture i'm the
atmosphere that the cold nights do
not hurt them.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The road to home happiness lies
owe small stepping-stOnes. Slight
circumstances are the stumbling
blocks of families.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

Say nothing respecting yourself,
either good, bad or indifferent
nothing good, for it is vanity /; moth
bad, for that is aflectation ; nothing
indifferent, for that IS silly.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
Restoring the Dead.

Professor Fort has presented the
question of premature interments to
the French Academy in a paper on
artificial respiration. One fact he
mentions is, that he was enabled to
restore to life a child 3 years old by
praeticing artificial respiration on il
some four hours commencing three
hours and a half after apparent
death. A similar case is reported
by DIR. FournOl, of Billancourt, who
terminated a nearly drowned per-
son after four hours of artificial
respiration. This person had been
in the water ten minutes, and the
doctor arrived one hour after as
phyXia. Professor Fort advocates
also the utility of artificial respira-
ton in order to eliminate the poison
from the lungs and glands. The
length of time ii is desirable to prac-
tice artificial respiration in any case
OF apparent death from asphyxia
may he said to be several hours
Scientific Amerfcan.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

Jacobs there much difference be-
tween a sea and a saw Yes, the
difference between sea and saw is
i'm tense
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

What is the difference between
the hungry Chinaman and a hungry
trout? One flies to his rice and the
other rises to his fly.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

One hair i'm the hash will cause
more hard feeling than seven mot
toes on the wall can overcome.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The wise editor should sail down
the stream of life because he is a
good clipper.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The man who minds his own bus
mess has a good, steady employment.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

A man who was formerly a night
Waterman refers to it as his late &C.
cupation.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

The man who talks shop has stores
of knowledge to communicate.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
STATE DIRECTORY:

II l. IN
L. J. MAJORS, Rep, Peru.
E. *. VALENTINE, Rep, West Point. b.
STATE DIRECTORY:
ALBISus NANCE, Governor, Lincoln.
J.. Alexander, Secretary OF State.
John WallichS, Auditor, Lincoln.
Il. NJ. Bartlett, Treasurer, Lincoln.
e. }. DilwOrth, Attorney-General.
w. W. W. Jones, Supt. Public Instruc.
Z. J. Nobes, Warden of Pen~itentisry.
" w. N W. a 1TSss' Prison Inspectors.
J.. o. Carter, Prison Physician.
ii. p. MathewsOn, Supt. Insane Asylum,
JUDICIARY:
:. Maxwell. Chief Justice,
George b. Lake,l Associate JudOes.
Amasa Cobb.
FoURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Il. W. Post, Judge, York.
Nj. b. Reese, District Attorney, Wshoo
LAND OFFICERS:
NJ. d. Hoxie, Register, Grand Island.
VIM. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
4. Il. Higgins, County Judge.
John Stautfer, County Clelk.
j. W. Early, Treasurer.
BENZ. Spielman, Sheriff.
Il. l.. ROsssiter, surveyor.
John Wise.
NJ. Maher, CountyCommissioners.
Joseph Rivet,
DR.. A. HeintZ, Coroner.
j. +. Montcreif Supt. of Schools.
q; ID, D Wi9s; Justices ofthePeaee.
Charles Wake, Constable.
CITY DIRECTORY:
j. X. Meagher, Mayor.
ii. j. Hudson, Clerk.
John +. Wermuth. Treasurer.
Geo. g. Bowman, Police Judge.
L.. j. Cramer, Engineer.
COUNCILMEN:
LIST Wdrd-JOhn Rickly.
G.. A. Schroeder.
% Wdrd-Wm. Lamb.
|. Gluck.
Sd Wdrd-J. Rasmussen.
A. A. Smith.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27

A bad temper defeats the skill of
the best cook.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
JOB WORK

OF all kinds neatly and quickly
done, at fair prices. This species
of printing is nearly always want
ed in a hurry, and, knowing this
fact, we have 80 prov ided for il
that we can furnish envelopes, let
ter heads, bill heads, circulars,
posters, etc, etc, on very short
notice, and promptly Oh time rs
we promise.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
u. II. Time Table
Westward Bound,

Every day except Saturday the three
lines leading to Chicago connect with
u =. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
shown blythe following schedule:
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
VERTIS

In its columns always brings its
reward. Business is business, and
those who wish To reach the solid
people of Central Nebraska will
find the columns of the JOURNAL a
splendid medium.
The Columbus journal., 1881-07-27
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.

C.. II. VANWYCK, u. :. senator, Neb-
raska City. r.
ALVIN SAUNDERS, u. ;. senator, Omaha
L. J.. MAJORS, Rep, Peru.
E. K. VALENTINE, Rep, West Point.
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o.. N. N B., II. ROAD.
SOCIETY NOTICES

n-Cards under this heading will be
inserted for So a year.