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The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11
Chicago.

The eighth national convention of
the republican party was called to
order at noon, June Sd.
The hall, constructed within the
walls of the exposition building, had
seating capacity of 1900.
On the speakers stand were a
thousand seats, occupied by persons
of national repute.
Quite q number of U. s. senator's
and representatives we're present,
among them senator Manderson and
congressman Valentine of Nebraska.
The convention was called to order
by Senator Ssbin, chairman of the
national committee. He said Chicago
was known as the convention city.
1t was the field of republican victory;
here it was that the immortal patriot,
Abraham Lincoln, was chosen here
the party chose that great chieftain,
General Grant; here it nominated
that honored soldier - that great
statesman-that representative citi-
zen-James A. Garfield (cheers); ev-
cry action of the party on this historic
ground had been followed by victory.
Having succeeded against its oppo-
nents on all former occasions, it was
about to put its house in order for
another conflict. As . consequence
OF the vote adopted, by tho last con-
yention, the present body was largely
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1t is stated that recently at the
astronomical observatory of Berlin, q
discovery has been made, which
without doubt will cause the greatest
sensation, not only among the adopts
in science, but even among the most
learned. Prof. Blendmann, in that
city, has found, beyond doubt, that
our old friend, the moon, is not q
mere lantern which kindly furnishes
light for the loving youth and gas
companies of our planet, but the
abode Of living, intelligent beings,
for which he is prepared to furnish
proofs most convincing. 1t is claimed
now that beyond a doubt the moon is
inhabited and that towns, villages and
cultivated fields can be plainly seen.
A photograph Of the moon was taken
and placed under q strong micro
scope.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

SENATOR VAN WICK still gives a
share of his attention to the railroads.
Judging from his remarks he has
strong suspicious that some kind of
fraud has entered into their numerous
land grants, and that it must be de-
veloped and corrected. Measures to
detect and correct such errors will at
all times be gratefully received and
approved by the people. Strict JUS
tice now is becoming more popular
in government and political matters,
and we hope to live to sec the time
when rulings shall be universally
governed by such principles.
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patrs's Needle. tCheers. Nominate
him and the millions who are now iO
waiting will rally to swell the col
umns of victory that will sweep on.
In the name of a majority of the
delegates from the Republican states
and their glOriOns constituencies who
must fight this battle. | nominate
James G. Blaine, of Maine. Loud
and long-continued applause.
Blsine's nomination by West was
well seconded by Gov. Davis of
Mimi, Gen. Goodloe of KY, Ex-
Senator Thos. C. Platt of N. Y, and
Galusha A. Grow of Penn.
Townsend of N. Y, nominated
Chester A. Arthur.
On assembling Friday morning, the
convention proceeded to ballot, as
follows:
FIRsr.--Blaine 3341a; Arthur 27s ;
Edmunds 90; Logan 631s; Jno.
Sherman 80; Hawley 13; Lincoln 3;
Gen. Sherman 2.
SEcoND.-Blaine 349; Arthur 276;
Edmunds IS: Logan 81; Jno. Sher-
man %; Hawley 13; Lincoln 4 Gen.
Sherman 2.
THIRD.--Blsine 375; Arthu: 274;
Edmunds So; Logan So; Jno. Sher-
man %; Hswley l3; Lincoln 8; Gen.
Sherman 2.
FoURTH.--Blaine 544; Arthur 267;
Edmunds Al; Hawley Is; Logan Z;
Lincoln 2.
Gen. Jno. A. Logan of Illinois was
then nominated for vice-president,
the vote being unanimous except Z of
N. Y. The nomination was then
made unanimous.
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was insane and without other cause
for killing Williams.

The Butler Co. Press is not alto
gether pleased with the manner in
which the late state convention was
conducted, and closes an editorial on
the subject with this paragraph:
"The time has come whom the peo-
pie can't afford to allow themselves
to be misrepresented in state conven-
tions. If it pays the railroads to
furnish democratic politicians with
passes to manipulate conventions, 1t
pays the people to take more lively
interest"
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

A CATTLE roundup camp on
Frenchmsn creek, near the Nebraska
and Colorado line was destroyed one
day last week by the bursting of q
waterspout, and sending down the
water in such force that it swept
everything in. its path. The names Of
the missing, are Lon Witherbee, J.
Lindsey, Robt. Roddy, R. Fowler
Patrick Lynch, Jno. Smith, l.
Netherton, VIM. Ferguson, VIM. J.
Pelton and C. Hail. The bodies ol
the last four have been recovered.
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FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Mel

May 23d, 1884.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the Judge
of the District Court at Columbus, Ne
braska, on the 18th day of July, 1884, viz
John Flakus, Homestead No. SO9S, for
the N. E. 4, of n. E; u, Section 20,
Township II, north, of Range west. He
names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cul-
tivation of. said land, viz: George
BorOwisk, V. Losek, John Treba, Sobas-
tyan Formanski, all of Duncan P.O.,
Platte Co., Neb.
5-6 C.. HOSTETTER, Register.
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A MOST horrible accident occurred
the other day to w. H. Scoville, of
Chicago, who fell into q vat of boiling
sosp, and when his remains were re-
covered, they were found cooked to
the bone.
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Republican State Convention

Has been called to meet at Omaha, We'd
nesday, August 9th, 1884, at 10 O'CLOCK
a. M, to nominate five candidates foI
presidential electors. Also, for Govern.
or. Lieutenant Governor, Secretary OF
State, State Treasurer, Auditor Of Public
Accounts, Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings, Superintendent Of Public
instruction and Attorney General.
Platte county is entitled to seven DEL
egates.
GIVE. DORSEY, Chairman.
S. B. COLsON, Secretary.
Nav D. 1884.
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AUSTIN SHELDON, the famous old
hermit of Pike Co., Pa, who had
lived in bis cave in the rocks for
forty-three years, left q few months
ago to 60 to Connecticut to live with
relatives who would take care of him,
returned the other day to his den in
the rocks near Bingmsn's Ferry, Pa,
where he expects soon to die in the
solitude of the place, away from the
frivolity and the worldliness of life
among men, at the good old age of So
years.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

VIOLENT shock of an earthq uake in
May was not reported in London
until the Sd of June, on the island
Kishm, near the mouth of the Persian
gulf Twelve villages were de-
stroyed and 200 persons killed and
many wounded.
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FINAL PROOF.
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,l

Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,l
May 8, 1884.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing. named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support Of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Judge of the District
Court at Columbus, Neb., on the 2Sth
day Of June, 1884, viz:
S166, frr the s. E. n, $. II, in Township
-, north Range 3 west. He names the
following witnesses to prove his contin =
uous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz: John Deegan, Henry
McCabe, Thomas McPhillips, Hans.
Elliott, all Of Postville, Platte County
Nebraska.
SO G. HOSTETTER, Register.
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The Madison Chronicle has this to
say of an affair mentioned elsewhere
in to-dsy's JOURNAL "A man named
Riley, living one mile south of the
village of Pierce, in Pierce county.
pounded his 1S-y ear-old son with a
club, breaking two ribs, one leg, aud
fracturing' his skull. This occurred
last Friday afternoon, and the in
human father left the boy laying out
over night until he was found by a
neighbor Saturday noon. The boy
died Monday.
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FINAL PROOF.

u. s. Land Office, Grand Island, Neb.l
March Sd, 1884.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol.
IN lowing named settler has filed notice
Of his intention TO make final proof in sup
port Of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before Clerk Of District Court
for Platte county, at Columbus, Neb., on
June 18th, 1884, viz:
Hugh McCarvel, Homestead No. 1924,
for the E. n Of 8. W. n and w. n Of s. T..
4 Section q, Township 20, Range 3 west.
He names the following Witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: Henry Nc
Cabe, Thomas McPhillips, Martin Maher
and Michael Clark, all Of Postville, Neb.
2G &. HOSTETTER, Register.
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The Omaha Herald suggests the
following list from which the demo-
Gratis of the Third district may draw
Q candidate for congress: Munger,
Higgins, Zentmeyer, Green, Glover,
North. Chsrd and Hinman.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

MRS. j. L. WILSON and Mrs. L. NJ.
Latham have undertaken the MANAGE
ment Of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
Transcript, and are said to be making
an excellent local paper of it. Prom.
inence is given to news and move.
ments in which women are specially
interested.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

EVERY boy should be given trade.
1t will cost him nothing to keep it if,
in manhood, opportunities are offered
him to engage in other and more
profitable (but not more respectable)
employment. A good deed once done,
says an old proverb, is done forever.
and we know of nothing that would
more forcibly illustrate the truth OF
this sentiment than the adoption and
practical use of it by our boys.-Sid.
ney Telegraph.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

The house committee on elections
g to has decided to report in
favor of seating Chalmers in the case
of Chalmers vs. Manning, OF Missis-
sippi. In the case of Massey VS.. Wise
of Virginia, the committee agreed
Z to ITO report in favor of Wise.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

BYRON DRUM, the nine-year-old
son of Postmaster Drum, of Beatrice,
Neb., accidentally shot himself
through the heart the other day,
killing himself instantly. He was .
smart bright bow,
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

Ex-SHERIFF BANKsToN of Arkansas
City, tried recently for bigamy and
discharged, had an affrsy with a
lawyer by the name of Coats, who
had prosecuted him. Coats is dead
and Bankston is mortally wounded.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

The Geneva, Neb., Driving Asso-
cistion have decided on July 4th and
5th as the dates for their first annual
meeting. The Association claims one
of the best tracks in the state, and
over $500 in cash purses,
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

WESLEY JOHNSON was hanged one
day last week at Napoleon, Ohio. He
declared sit was just and right he
should hang" He murdered Geo.
Williams and his wife. Williams had
been his employe. Robbery was the
motive. The murder was an
atrociOus one.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

ALBERT Mitchell was arrested the
other day in Omaha by Sheriff
Seaton, of Linn county, Iowa, charged
with the murder of q man BY the
name of Thumb, assisted by Geo.
Pollins, q constable, in making the
arrest. The officers started with
their prisoner for Iowa.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

FRANCES E. WILLARD says the
chivalry of the nineteenth century ia
not that of knights and troubadours.
but the chivalry of. justice, which
gives women . fair chance to be all
that God gave them power to be.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

PINE trees in some portions of
North Carolina are said to be dying
in large numbers from injuries in
fllcted by the "bore worm which
played havoc with the pines in that
state about thirty years ago. The ir
ravages are not confined to the old
trees, the young ones dying just as
rapidly and numerously.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

COLLECTIONS of internal revenue
for the ten months of the fiscal year,
$s9, ,l64, ,745; decrease, SIS, ,9OS, S,627 CON-
pared with the corresponding period
of the previous year. The principal
decrease is on tobacco. There was
an increase of $l2, ACC, ,564 from spirits.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

A WOMAN and three children we're
found the other day not far from
Kansas City, Mo-, brutally murdered.
The girls skull had been crushed in
with an axe and the boys throat cut
from ear to ear. The affair still re-
mains q mystery.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

GENERAL o. G. BABcocK, engineer
of the 9th light house district, Levi
p. Dockey, his clerk and B. p. Suter,
of Washington, were drowned on
Saturday in Mosquito inlet, off the
coast of Florida, while superintend-
ing on the light house, being erected
at this point. The body Of Babcock
only was recovered.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

Miss ADA READ was nominated for
Justice of the Peace by the voters OF
Livermoreborough, Westmoreland,
Pa, as a joke. Now they are dis.
mayed to discover that, having the
requisite number of votes, instead OF
taking the joke, she takes the oath
of Office, and perhaps will perform
xll the duties.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

NINETY-FIvE measures were bro't
up in the senate on the I'd, of which
forty were passed. This is the
greatest days work of the session,
and very few days in past sessions
show q larger record. Among the
senators present were Edmunds,
Sherman, Logan, Hawley and Allison.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11
Land Office at Grand Island, Neb.,I
Nav 10Th lSSl

May 18th, 1884.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN following-named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof
in support Of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Judge OF
the District Court, at Columbus, Nebras-
ka, on the 18th day Of June, 1884, viz:
John Hosner Homestead No. 1923, for
the s. Il, N. E. Il, Section 30, Township
II, north, Of Range west. He names the
following witnesses to prove his con-
tinuous residence upon. and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Peter Zibach, John
Bredeho6, John Gerber, John Born, all
Of Duncan p. o., Platte Co., Neb.
- G, HOSTETTER, Register.
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RAY HENDERSON, . boy about
twelve years old, engaged in herding
cattle near Elm creek, not far from
Kearney, Neb., dismounted his pony
the other day to pick prairie beans,
and while thus engaged he tied to his
ankle the rope halter around the
pony's neck, and the pony, becoming
frightened, dragged the boy to death.
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

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The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

JOHN GooDING, q farmer living two
miles from Osborn, DeKalb county,
Missouri, was found the other day in
. cyclone cave on his farm beaten to q
jelly and the bloody club with which
the murder had been committed lying
near him. He was supposed to have
money and jeWelry and was doubt.
less killed for plunder. There 10 no
clue to the murderer.
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We learn that B. & NJ. watchman
at Plattsmouth, Neb,, named Bright
murdered man named Williams, one
night last week, while the latter was
asleep, with Q hatchet, and then shot
himself. Both arc dead and no reason
70 known for the terrible deed. The
people belieys heHsypr thst Bright
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used handkerchiefs, hats, umbrellas,
newspapers, coats anything they
could lay hold onto demonstrate
their enthusiasm and satisfaction.
The demonstration exceeded that of
four years ago in favor of Grant by
far. and it was useless to check it. 1t
had to run its course, and that it did
at the end of sixteen :ninutes.
After the applause, which lasted
sixteen minutes, had subsidized Judge
West continued: Gentlemen of the
convention, it has been heard that in
making this nomination every other
consideration should be merged, every
other interest be sacrificed in order
and with q view exclusively to Sc
curing the Republican vote and car
rying the State of New York.
(Cheers. Gentlemen, the Republi-
can party demands of this convention
q nominee whose inspiration and
glorious prestige shall carry the
Presidency with or without New
York. loud cheers that will carry
the Legislatures Of the several states
that shall sweep to the Congressional
districts sufficiently 10 recover the
House of Representatives and restore
it to the Republican party. Three
millions of Republicans believe that
that man, who from the baptism of
blood on the plains of Kansas to the
fall of the msrtyred Garfield, wher-
ever humanity desired succor, wher-
ever freedom called for protection,
wherever country called for de-
fender, or wherever blows fell thick
est and fastest, there in the fore front
of the battle seemed to wave the
white plume of James G. Blaine, our
Henry of Navarro. [Cheers.
Sir, nominate him and the shouts
of the September victory in Maine
will be re-echoed back by the thun-
ders of the October victory in Ohio.
Nominate him and the camp fires and
beacon lights will illuminate the con.
tinsut from the Golden State to Cleo.
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A we'll selected new stock which will be
sold as cheap rs the cheapest.

and all kinds of country produce taken
in trade or bought for cash at the highest
market prices. 1-y
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

OF hentucky anu TO the 6ontlme0t6 Oh
Missouri. have lived in Kentucky
in the day when Henry Clay was
our pride and Crittenden our glory ;
l have lived in Virginia when APP
pomattox' apple tree was sapliHg.
These states have been my home.
come to-day from the state Of Chase,
of Giddings, of Waite and of Corwin,
illustrious men, who, with Garfield,
look down upon us from above.
Gentlemen, the Republican party has
not vet fulfilled its mission. Although
1t has secured the personal liberty of
a race of bondsmen, their political
liberties are not secured, and by the
grace of God the Republican party
must live until the home of Malone
and the home of Bradley and the
home of Lynch shall be fully rep
resented according to their strength.
am ready to raise the standard here.
l am ready. to incorporate in our
platform that we will carry on the
war until the scenes of Danville and
Copiah shall be impossible under the
flag of my country. l hope to God
the day will never come when l shall
be the member of a. convention, the
representation of which shall be de-
termined by the shotgun and the
tissue ballot.
After a few other similar speeches,
Mr.. Bishop withdrew bis motion and
the minority report was dropped.
The committee on permanent Or
ganization reported in favor of Gen.
Henderson of Mo. as permanent chair.
man, who, on taking the chair, made
q brief address.
The usual routine of organization
took place.
Mckinley, of the committee on
resolutions, presented the platform,
which was adopted without debate,
and which very fitly expresses the
sentiments Of the great body Of tho
The Columbus journal., 1884-06-11

/ IulS COutCutlOu Do tuC REPRESENTATIVES, Vi
our grand old party to give them protec-
tion and to vindicate them of their rights
in the South. Now, my friends, standing
| in the midst of this vast assembly Of rep.
resentative citizens of this grand repub-
lie; aye, in the sublime presence Of the
people themselves represented here to.
| night in all their majesty, we offer you
the sagscious and incorruptible states.
| man, the man who though defeated never
| sulked in his tent; We offer you General
John A. Logan, Of Illinois, and ask to
make him your nominee. Cheers.l If
you will give him the nomination he will
and when he shall have taken his posi-
tion as President of this great republic
you may be assured that you will have
an Administration in the interest Of
labor, in the interest of education, in the
interest of commerce, in the interest Of
finance, and in the interest Of peace at
home and peace abroad, and in the inter-
est Of the prosperity of this great people.
Loud and continued applause.]
The blind orator of Ohio, Judge
West, n0minates the Plumed Knight.
Here the clerk read the roll of
states on down to Maine, when amid
the widest applauding, cheering and
waving of hats, umbrellas and hand
kerchiefs which lasted for many
minutes and was repeated again and
again, Mr.. West, of Ohio, arose.
Mr.. West-The most grateful ser.
vice of my life was performed by
voting for the nomination of that in
spired emancipation, the first Repub-
lican President of the United States.
[Applsuse.] Four and twenty years
Of the grsndest history in the annals
of recorded time have distinguished
the ascendency of the Republican
party. The skies have lowered,
reverses have threatened our flag 10
still there, waving above the mansion
of the Presidency, not q stain on Its
fold, not cloud on its glory.
Whether it shall maintain that grand
ascendency depends on the action Of
this great council. With bsted
breath nation awaits the result. On
il are fixed the eyes Of twenty mil
lions Of Republican fresmsn In the
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