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SAN FRANCIsCo MARKET.

FIGURING quote: Best city extra, II 25ta5
medium, So 5094; shipping superlne, = '0go OF
p Dbl
WHEAT-A reported easier feeling ut Liver
pool this morning had softening influence on
The local situation. shippers were not disposed
to pay over 81 4215, while holders We're not III
clined TO sell below 81 %, and some would prob
ably not meet the market even ut the higher
figure.
as follows:
Buyer season, city-l00 tons, 81 46.
Buyer 1851 600 tons, 81 So; 500. 81 chs; 800,
81 6554 ? Gtl.
Afternoon sales were:
BUYER season--600 tons. 81 1901 49,.
Buyer lsS5-S,GcO tons, 81 co. al IS; , / cti.
BARLEN-Therc is more desire to realize, and
buyers are able to purchase to better advantage.
Desirable Feed can be had at Il 25,Whllc Il p .
is the full asking figure for choice article.
Brewing is unchanged, sales being made Al Il
Sales on call at the morning session were a.
follows:
seller 1880 tons, 81 POI; so, 81 POS t, ell.
Sales on the afternoon call We're:
Buyer lSS5-1,l00 tons, u 3zl.@l 30
Seller $500 tons, = 2Jl4e1 ~ q ctl.
scented. We quote as follows: Aspar-
agus, 50d75c z box; Rhubarb, 75ccdSl q box;
Tomatoes. 81 50@2 r box; Green Corn,
25c Z dozen; ArtichOkes, SOC 2 dozen,
Cucumbers, 20@60c q dozen; Carrots 5G@60c;
Turnips 50G60C = ctI Beets, 40@60c = ctl Pars-
nips, 81 p cd Caulifower, 65c p DOZEN Cab
bage, 10c z ctl; Garlic new, sc & 10; Celery, SOC
= dozen: Dried Peppers. l5@1Sc z 10; Green do
9al0c q ID; Green Peas, 50c651 y sack;
string Beans, &c 2 10 for Los Angeles and
safe 2 ID for Nacayille and Winters Dried
Okra, 15625c z 10; Marrowfat Squash, $40 2
tor: Summer Squash, 75cGS1 2 box.
FRUTT-Cherries are in bountliul supply.
Currants are also plentiful at declining rates.
Strawberries come along freely and find good
sale. ApricOts do not find quick demand,
though shipments are good in quality. We quote
Cherries, 25G40c for white ana red, and a5@60c
r box for black; Strawberries. S5a6 torp poor, and
S799 4 chest for good conAgnmcnts; Curants
S3a5 4 chesf; Cherry Plums, 65@ 75c
Z box; Raspberrics. l2@l5c = basket; Goose
berries, 3GGc 2 h; Apricots, 75c@sl q box; APP
pies G5cCaS1 for common, and 81 50d2 p z box
tor good to choice; Lenons-Malaga, 81 90
do Sicily, s6a6 90; do, California, 75ca
81 3 box for ordinary and 81 25@1 80 fol-
sicily seed Mexican Lines. SO jOgn Z box
California Co. 75c@Sl ors1nall boxes and 81 75d
80 for large; Oranges, California, 1@51 % Z
box for common, 81 Sol 50 for Riverside and
s. 50a4 for Navel; Los Angeles Navel. 81 5011 IS
2 box; Tahiti do, Sl2@l2 50 z NJ; Bananas. 81 80
as 2 bunch; Pineapples, 50 508G 4 dozen.
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have taken swift's Specific for blood poison
contracted at a medical college al 4 dissection,
while | was a medical student. ! am grateful
to say that it gave me speedy and
thorough cure after my parents had spent
hundreds of dollars for treatment.
AUGUSTUS NEsDEI., NJ. D.. Newark, \. j.
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am an old man For Is years I suffered with
ulcers on my right leg as the result of typhoid
fever. Amputation was suggested as the only
means of preserving life. The doctors coNld do
nothing for me and thought I must die. For
three years / never had shoe on. Swift's
Specific has made permanent cnre and added
ten years TO my life.
WM. r. REED Hall CO., Ga
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ODORLESS EXcAVATOR..

GESSrOOLS AND VAULTS CLEANED
Y ehesp ard free from all offensive odors
Orders left ct Carpenters Hood and Coal Yard,
so K street: or at Pacific Market 725 ] street,
viii be promptly attended 70.
ap16-4pSm !. Z. CAMPBELL & CS.
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WHEAT-At $3.50 =. NJ, Wheat Offering freely
Western Winter No selling at IS l0d and West
ern Spring No. 2at Is ID. California spot lots,
IS to IS Sd: of coast. 36s I'd; just shipped, SIS
sd; nearly due, Cos cd Cargoes OH coast and on
passage rather easier. Mark Lane Wheat and
Maize, very dull; English ana french country
markets, quieter; Wheat and Flour in Paris
rather easier
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Over 10000 gallons of whisky passed up
the upper Columbia in bateauX during the
past twelve months.
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BRITISH COLOMBIA.

Exemption Sought Brother of Louis
Riel-No Arrests.
VICTORIA, May 13th-A deputation OF
Qf the lumber trade OF The
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Ny wife from early girlhood has been suffer
ing from rheumatism. She has tried many
remedies, and I must frankly say he's derived
more benefit from Swiits Specific than from all
the others after long and faithful trial.
REV. JAS. l.. PIERCE Oxford, Ga.
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MEDICAL,
To the Unfortunate.
DR.. GIBBONS DISPENSARY.
sss Kearny Street. San Francisco.

Established in 1854.
for the treatment o!
Sexual and Seminal
Diseases, such as Con.
orrhea, elect. Structures
Syphilis in allit- folme-
Seminal Weakness, Ia
potency, Skin Diseases
etc, permanently curet
or no charge.
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EASTERN AND FOREIGN MARKETS.

NEW YORK, May 18th.
81 06gl oG12 foI august, and 81 O7ls for Sep
tember
FLOUR-Qniet
for tail bury, ard l2@iSc for clean fall; spring
bury. l0@l5c; clean spring. I5@25c; pulled,
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swift's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treatise
on Blood and skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawers, Atlanta, Ga,
or I59 W. sd Ny. fef-ly&w1y
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It's thousands Of cures are the best adj
vertiscment for DR.. Sage Catarrh Remedy
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THE GREBT BNGITSH RBNEDY

Is g never-fai,ing cure
for Nervous Debility,
e Exhausted Vitality,
s c min8l Weakness,
SpeTmGJOrrhGG, Lost
Manhood, ImpOtency,
Paralysis, and all the
terrible effects Of self
abuse, youthful fOllies
and excuses in mature
yearS-Such rs Loss OF
NJ c m DRY, EHSs'tude
NpptI1r1rcl kN1liSSt.11r
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COOpERhGE

No. 80 Front street, Sacramento.
OUTER RKINS. BEER, WINE AND
. Liquor r. y and Barrels always on hand.
Orders from the interior promptly attended to.
sD23-tf {; SCHAFFFR
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Seminal Weakness.
Seminal Emissions

S%sssl s.Ii IlzgE E%SSs he consequence ofselt
SSSSSSS$SSsSSS%SS&S%N 5ice or deprayed sex
uGl indulgence Is pr,scnced by the youth OF botE
sexes to an almost unlimited extent, producing
with unerring certainty the following train Of
morbid symptoms, unless combated b? scientific
medical measures, viz: Saliow couutenance
dark spots under the eyes. pain in the lead
ringing in the ears, noise like the rustling o.
leaves and rafting of chariots, uneaslneSs shout
the loins, weakness of the limbs, confused Wis
ion, blunted intellect, loss OF confidence, din
Gence IL approaching strangers, dislike TO foEIi
new acCuaip tsnces, disposition to shun society
loss OF memory hectic Pushes, pimples and 70
rious erupgiCns about the face, furred tonight
fetid breath, coughs, consumption, night sweat5
DonomauiG ana frequently insanity
CURED Al HDhIE.
Persons at a distance may be cured at homeby
addressing letter to DR.. GIBBON, stating case
symptoms length of time the disease has con
tiEued, and have medicines prom pity forwarded
free from damage and curiosity, TO any part OF
The country, with full and plain directions. By
incosiGg ten dollars in registered letter, through
the iosJOfiice, OF through Wells, Fargo d Co, :
package of medicine Will BE forwarded to any
part of the Union. The Doctor cures when 0ghelE
Tail. Try him, Mention the RECoRD-UNIoS
Address DR.. ]. F. GIDEON,
js24-ipH Box 1857, SGp FraGGiscG
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DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTEERSHIP

TINE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE EN-
isting between MYERS IL BARBER is this
dag dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.. MYERS
retiring. Either party is allowed to collect out
standing debts,
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Referring to the above upon retiring from
the firm OF MYERS Il BARBER, l desire to
thank my friends for their liberal patronage
extended to the firm dunug its existence, and
ask q continuance of their trade be extended
to the new firm of BARBER II WISE, who will
continue the business at the old stand. north
east corner and Eleventh streets, Sacra-
mcutO f0pl6-5tThl f. I. MYERS
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SNEEZE!

SNEEZE, until your
head seems ready to
ny of; until your
nose and eyes dis
c h argc excessive
q II autities of
t h in, irritating,
watery fluid; until
your head aches,
mouth and throat
parclled and blood
at fever heat. This
is an Acute Ca
tlrrh. and is in
stantly relieved by
n single dose, and
permanently cured
RADICAL CURE FOR
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PACIFIC SLOPE.
APPOINTMENT OF SUPREME COURT
COMMISSIONERS.
A Six-Mule Team Fioored by Light..
ning-Wife Murderer ARRESTED.
Gen. Sberidan's Bruises.
CALIFORNIA.

Especial DISPATCHES TO THE RsooRD-uSloN.l
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SAWPIE HOTTLE TREF

VIII DC sent to any one applying by letter, stat
ing symptoms, sex and age. Strict seer ~
regard to all business transactions.
DR.. EISTIE'S KIDNEY REMEDY, NE
PHREIICUEI. cures all kinds of Kidney and
Bladder Complaints, Gonorrhaa, elect, leucor-
rhHa. For sale by oil Druggists 81 g bottle six
bottles for So.
DIR. EIINTEE'S DAEDELIOS Pills are
the best and cheapest DYSPEPSIA and
BILIOUS cure in the market. Fol- sS.e by all
Druggists.
KIRK, GEARY & CO., sacramento, Wholesale
Agents mv9+pl Vosn3vlv
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HIDES California are quiet and steady at 22c
SI-l.A n--l'1rill fnI,fri fll,-nl . Il

CHICAGO May 18th.
WHEAT-SSlI c for May, 90hc for June, sks1c
for JulV and ql5Lc for August
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Aversion 70 Society. DimnesS OF Vision. Noigea
III the Head the vital fluid passing unoOserved
in the urine, and many other diseases that lead
to insanity and death.
DIR. MINTJE. who Is o regular physician
(gI 9duate of the University OF Pennsylvania, viii
agree to forfeit Five Hundred Dollars for
case Of this kind the VITAL RESTORATIVE
(under his special advice and treatment) will
not cure, or for anything impure or Injurious
found in it. DIR MINTIE treats all Private
Diseases successfully without mercury. Con-
sultation Free. Thorough examination and
advice, including analysis OF urine, 81. Price
OF Vital Restorative, 81 so Il bottle, or four
times the quantity, So; sent TO any address
upon receipt of price, or G. o. D., secured from
and in private name if desired, by
4. y. NIISTEE, NJ. D., No. l. KearDy
RtreRf- San EI.anciscn. Cal.
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One bottle Radical Cure, one box Catarrhal
Solvent, andone improved Inhaler, in one pack
age, may now be had of all druggists for 81. Ask
for SANFoED'S RADICAL CURE.
The only absolute specific we know of -
Ned. Tines - The best We have found in q life
time Of suffering. "-Rcr. Or. UTggia Boston
" Attera long struggle with Catarrh, the RADICAL
CURE has conquered '-Eeu. 5. ", Monroe, Le1cis
burg Pa. "a have not found case that ii did
not relieve ut once. .4Hdrep Ice Manchester,
Mass.
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Large Saw aud Planning Min burned.

WArsoSvnLE, May 18th. - About
O'Clock this morning the large saw and
planning mill, six miles above Ap;os, be-
longing to the Iona Prieta Lumber Com
pany, caught fire and burned down. The
night Waterman, as is his usual custom,
had gone to call the fireman, who slept but
a short distance from the mill. During his
absence the FIRE started, and before he could
return the mill was u mass of flames. Two
flat and one box car, belonging to the rail
road company, were also burned. The loss
on the mill alone is $4,000 which will be
greatly increased by the delay caused by
buiIding another mill. The cause OF the
fire il unknown. There was no insurance.
Two hundred men are thrown ont Of en-
ployment.
General sherldan's Injuries-Wise Muir
derer Captured-saiIor Drowned.
Los ANGELES, May 13th.-The injuries
received BY General Sheridan by the upset
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04
Hog Cholera Cure.
WILSON. Colfax County, Neb., }
November Sd, 1885. {

NOVemper ID, 1850.
A remedy is found at last for the
prevention of hog cholera, and cure
in its first stages. have purchased
of R. A. Wilson, the pstentes, the
right of territory of Colfax, Plat; e
and Madison counties, and am now
prepared to furnish recipes for the
medicine, an application to me, for
the sum of five dollars l will send by
mail to applicants. 1 will say to you,
my fellow farmers, this is no humbug,
but it has been tried by our ablest
and best farmers in the state and
given the best satisfaction. Don't
wait and say it is q humbug, until
your hogs are all sick or dead, but
send at once and get the receipt ;
there are only two ingredients neces-
sary to purchase in the drug store,
the rest you have on every farm.
have paid large sum Of money for
the right, and I know there is no
farmer but is willing to risk five
dollars to destroy the ravsges of hog
cholera. Our lives and our prosper.
ity and the lives of our families de-
pend on it. The pressing necessity
demands that advertise this at once
as it is the only means of reaching all
farmers. l am q farmer myself and
have the interest of others at heart.
Address as below.
Yours truly,
DR.. w. HARDY,
Wilson, Colfsx County, Neb.
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04
Shell Creek IteAs.

Threehing 10 going on pretty
briskly. The yield is . good one.
Mr.. p. Ericsson threshed Al bushels of
barley from the acre.
Miss Nellie Potter is going to teach
the Postville school. Miss Nellie has
good record as q teacher and will no
doubt give general satisfaction.
Corn-husking has commenced; the
yield promises to be immense. The
writer on . recent journey has not
seen such good corn in Kansas and
Missouri.
Mrs. Evan Davis, formerly Mrs.
John Williams, intends to make q
visit to Wales. She has been for
some time almost blind and then
paralyzed, but is improving.
Quite q number of neighbors had
their houses plsstere d. Mr.. H. Ed
wards, DR.. Armstrong, Mr.. Williams,
T. Wolf and others and our young
plasterer, boss Frank Scholles has all
and more than he can do.
Platte county is beginning to turn
the tables. Men wanting good breed
ing stock thought they must 60 east,
but Mr.. Heinrich at Bloomingdale
stock farm has shipped pigs to Saun-
ders county, east of here for breeding
purposes.
Mr.. Lorenzo Josephs has lost one
of bis little twin daughters by sum-
mer complaint. Also little baby of
Mr.. Thomas Jones died of whooping
cough. In both cases of bereavement
a good deal of sympathy was shown
by the whole neighborhood, as is
usually the case in this vicinity.
X. Y. q.
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04

Alvina Heiden is sick with q cold.
T. NJ. Wilson finished husking corn
on the 23d.
Four of Mr.. Hills children are
sick with whooping.cough.
The town meeting was held at Bis
mark school house on the 2Sth, but
adjourned until the 3lst.
A red calf one year old strayed
from Peter Greisen's, a German far
mer residing seven miles northeast
of Columbus, on the 9th.
When will the end of improvements
Gomez is q question which ia often
asked, but which none can answer.
Judging from appearances 1 should
cay the end of improvement will not
come until the end Of the world, as
Mr.. McGill is erecting a horse barn,
Frederick Miller, a large dwelling
house, and Jacob Schwsnk, treasurer
of district No. 10, has erected horse
barn, enlarged his cellar, walled it up
with stone and put q rock TO undstion
under his house.
That terrible scourge of hogs, hog
cholera, is still raging in some parts.
I learn that Mr.. Luckeye has lost fifty
head. Mr.. McGill says that to put
tar around the hog pen so that they
will rub against it and get it on them,
so that they will smell nothing but
tar, that they will net catch the dis
ease. Otto Mueller has followed ont
the above instructions and none OF
his hogs are sick yet, but if the hogs
catch the disease, this remedy is of no
avail. l advise all farmers to try it,
as preventive.
Cd. WILSON,
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04

David Anderson, the Columbus
stock dealer, arrived on the train one
evening last week, aud by eight
o'clock next morning had secured l5O
head of cattle of o. E. Stearns, Ran.
dali Fuller and others of our farmers
and stock raisers. Mr.. Anderson ia
. rustler in the cattle business, and
makes it . point to pay top prices.
He is square man to deal with.
We clip the above from the Nance
County Journal, and are glad to know
that Mr.. Anderson is 90 we'll known
and 80 fully appreciated away from
home, as he is and always has been
here in Columbus. 1
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04

Miss Zimmerman is visiting her
brother David.
F. Brodfeuhrer made q business
trip to Humphrey, last week.
Jonn Hoffman is recovering nlceiJ )
from an attack of sickness, bordering
on typhoid fever.
S. D. Window of Townsend. w..
is visiting his cousin II. NJ. and thinks
well of Nebraska.
P. W. Heinrich goes to the home
Office of his company at Omahs-a
well deserved promotion.
Judge Higgins of the Grand Island
land-ofice Was in town Monday,
looking hale and hearty. He 10 well
pleased with bis new position.
w. C. Thurston has been in the Re-
publican Valley country tho past five
or six weeks. He has about recover
ed from his very severe illness.
Mrs. j. r. Meagher returned Friday
from Denver, ria Lincoln, being &C.
compsnied home by her brother, j.
McConnif. Supt. Of the B. & NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Wescott left
this week to visit friends at their old
home in Msrssilles, Ill. Mr.. Wescott
has not visited his old home for seven
years.
Mr.. Blsckmsr's family arrived
Saturday from Glenwood, Iowa, and
they have taken charge of the Denver
House. Mr.. Leach, late proprietor
has moved to Kansas.
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04

Reported for the JOURNAL for the
week ending last Saturday, by Gus
G.. Becher & Co:
Peter H. Seddersen and wife to
Peter J. Godbernsen, ". d. SIS; part
Nv ne "a, 90. 2w.
Msrgaretts Gottschalk and husband
Frederick to Sam Weddell, ". d.
800; lots 5 and 6, bl III.
VIM. A. Schroeder and wife to C.,
d. Murphy, ". d. $3.50; part lot 3, bl
l, Humphrey.
James Stuart and wife to w. j.
Fitzpatrick, W. d. $ll2O; NV 4, 20, lw'
w. J. Fitzpatrick and wife to Julian
D. Fitzpatrick, ". d. 81; NV 4, 20. lw.
Patrick Galligsn and wife ct al to
John Galligsn, q. c. d. 81; VIZ ne Il
and e x NV u Is. 20, 3w.
Francis II. Baker and wife to Alice
NJ. Geer, ". d. $50; " l.3 lot 3, bl 2.
Charles o. Spong, single, to Trus.
tees School Dist. Is, ". d. 81; part sc
ne Z, 10, 4w.
B&QRR Co to Nels d. Ander.
son, ". d. $54S.O4 sw II, 10, 4w.
&QRR Co to Nels c. Peter
son, ". d. $42l.2S; e13 NV a Is, 10,
4w.
Silas H. and S. c. Tucker to G. w.
and F. w. Kibler, ". d. $500; ne NV
%, 20, le.
Silas H. and s. c. Tucker to G. W.
and F. w. Kibler, ". d. $500; " u
NV q and &c NV %, 20, lie.
Charles 1. Goodman and wife to
Thomas NJ. Martin, ". d. $3.50; " %
#. lot 5, bl IL, Platte Center.
H. s. Lstimer and wife to E. Nc.
Gehee, W. d. $500; " \ NV u 2, 20,
lw.
Israel Gluck and wife to A. L.
Krsuse, ". d. 1925; lot l6, bl &C" Co.
lumbis Square.
Michael Doody and wife to Ellen
Lynch, ". d. 500; part se 4 SO n
II, 49,,
&QRR Co to R. S. Maxwell,
". d. s532; sw u 3, 20, 2w.
jamie Mullen and husband to James
Pesrssll, ". d. $500; ne u ne d NV a
20, 19, lw.
Franz Ollrich and wife to Eva
Schroeder, ". d. $500; ne ne and x
ne d %, 10, lw.
Franz Groeger and wife to John
Wise and Joseph Baumann, ". d. $50 ;
lot 4, bl Z, Otis Sd addition.
John Rickly, single, to Siloie
Krsuse, ". d. SIS; lot 6, bl 2Ol.
Thomas Otis, widower, to Franz
Groeger, W. d. 500; lots 3 and 4, bl
7, Otis addition.
j. G. Stowell and wife, to c. D.
Evans, ". d. $500; lots l and 8, bl Al.
Andres Thomssen, single, to NJ. c.
Thomasen, W. d. $1,000; ne 10, 20, 4w.
Andrew henry and wife to C.
Carrig and j. Lynch, sl26.50; " l-3
lot 6, bl IL, Platte Center.
Ezra Millard and wife Anna to Guy
c. Barnum, ". d. $4OO; lots 9 and L.
81, II, 1e.
U. S. to Ezra Millard, patent; lots
9 and l2,-3l, II, lie.
Byron Millett to Augusta c. MIL
lett, q. c. d.; e9 ne "a e1a sc "a 8,
IL. 1W.
The Columbus journal., 1885-11-04
Needs Of the County.

Ed. JoURNAL:-If the financial
affairs of our county are run on the
suicidal policy talked of in your last
issue in several communications,
therein contained and which bear the
impress of truth. then surely the
people of Platte county should awake
from their lethargy and carelessness
at once and do something to change
this condition Of affairs. 1t is cer-
tainly high time Tor the people to
wake up and see that the financial
condition of the county is improved.
The short-sighted policy that has
been pursued by the county has been
well demonstrated the past two
weeks and the county expenses very
materially augmented by the foolish
policy of cutting good valid claims,
claims that any one should know
could and would be successfully
fought in the courts. This refers to
road damages, and others wholly paid
that showed gross frauds on their
face. Let any man look over the
various elaine (who has one bit of an
idea of valid claims Of the county,
and notice the inconsistency prac-
ticed By the county board, and he
surely will be sstonished. Not that
there are no men composing that
board that do not see and understand
this busi ness, but the fact is that their
opinions and ability are overr;den by
the majority that do not sec the final
results of their actions. 1t 10 said
that in q multitude of council there
is wisdom. So there ia when that
council is conducted in an honest
desire to do good, and stripped OF
selfishness ard personal bigotry. No
man can be q faithful public officer
whose sole ambition is to gain wealth
and political power, because in that
case it must be purchased to the det-
riment of his constituents. Any man
who will look over the liabilities and
expenditures of the county will be
astonished at the result if he has one
spark Of freedom aud Independence
in his competition. The Lard times
aud low prices of produce now ex-
isting, and therefore scarcity OF
money and the Indebtedness of the
average farmer, point to the fact that
the delinquency Of taxes for the pre-
sent levy now due will be greater
than for several years, and no busi-
ness or county can be run long on q
bad and decreasing credit. All these
things are calculated to increase and
multiply the financial troubles in
store for:us. The above is not written
for any selfish or political purpose
other than q general good for the
whole people, although it may come
from q humble source. ask in the
name of sincerity hope and truth
that the people will stop and look at
the facts for themselves, and then act
in accordance with their honest con-
victions. If the condition of our pub
lie affairs is not sufficient to startle
the most careless, if he will look at
them, then there is no hope and the
cautious man is driven to the last
resort, viz: Of shaping his personal
affairs to meet the crisis.
JOHN WISE.