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A- 4 N. TIME TABLE. Fue. tae Colurtu IMlwood David City tfcward arritafit Lincoln 7300 a.m. 7:20 7:41 8S iidSa.m.

2J0p.aa. 8:20 4:15 p.m. 7.45 to-so rreiant. sLU'tlia Ttoawmatar leaves I Jacoln at 8-55 p. aad t-nifaa at Colambas p.

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IflOp.m Fastfaul :5p.m Pant MaU 2:15 p. Or. I. Local. 8:35 p.m No.

Fart Mail, carries i8seneni for throoxh point. Going wt lit M5 tj. arrive at Denver 7:10 a. m. No.

2. Fast Mail carries pasaeaicers to Fremont. Valley and Omaha Kola cast at 2:15 n. m. The freight train leaving here at 450 p.

m. car-riea paaseaeem from here to Valley. COLUMBUS AMD HORFOLK. PMaeriicer arrives from Sioux City 1230 p. lfiiYes for gioar City 30p.

leaved for Sioax City Mixed IMMp. ai roa ausoh axo okdar bapids. Mixed loaves Mixen smvas PaSAeaffer MaV0. arrives 64)0 a. 8:20 p.

130 p. .12:40 p. an goriefg gttins. notices nnder this heading will be charged at the rate of ft a year. a LEBANON LODGE No.

58. A. F. A A. M.

Ja, Regular meetinga 2d Wednesday in each XJ month. All brethren invited to attend j. n. stibes, w. m.

W. K. Notes rus. Bec'y. 20july WILDEY LODUK No.

44, LO. O. -meets Tuesday evenings of each tliAir hall on Thirteenth fMTft- Ktnwt Visitinir brethren cordially Invito. W.A.WAY.N.O. W.

It. Notbmtcim. Soc'y. 27jan9l-tf COLUMBIA CAMP No. S3.

WOODMEN OF the World. meeU ovory second and fourth ThurHdays of tho month, 730 p. at Oehlnch a Hali.Thirteonth stn-et. Regular attendance is very desirable, and all visiting brethren are cordially invited to meet with ns. jan23-tG EORGANIZED CHURCH OF LATTEIUDAY Saints hold rtnlar services every Sunday at 2 p.

prnjer meeting on Wednesday evening at Uwir clianel, corner of North street and Pacific Avenue. All are cordially invited. 13iulw9 Elder H. J. Hnosox.

President. VANG. PROT. CHURCH. (Germ.

Reform.) Service every Sunday at 10:30 a. in. Baptisms, marriages and funeral sermons are conducted by the Pastor in the German and English languages. Residence, Washington Ave. and Eleventh streets.

llnov-111 E. Da Gexueh, Pastor. Everything growa now. Fine job work done at The Journal office. John Kelley is attending court as a juror.

Dr. Nanmann, dentist, Thirteenth street, it Dr. T. R. Clark, Olive street.

In office at nights. II. O. Cross had business at Platte Center Monday. Attorney Phelps of Schuyler was in our city Monday.

Gns G. Becher made a business trip Omaha Monday. J. X. Heater is making a sojourn at home of several days.

Bora, Friday morning, to Mrs. W. W. Whlttaker, a son. F.

B. Ugrim Mart trip tqLiapala Saturday on business. Attorney W. E. Reed of Madison was in the city Monday.

Mrs. McCanu will move to her Col- fax county farm this week. The Cecilian club will meet with Miss Speice Monday evening. Dr. Oeer is taking a vacation of a few weeks, visiting in Chicago.

Wanted, a housekeeper. Inquire of Jokn lloagland, Richland, Nebr. 2t Charles Zeigler went up to Monroe Monday to stay for several days. Judge Kilian is making some repairs to his Olive street residence. Josiah McFarland is back again from Genoa, to remain permanently.

Drs. Martyn, Evans Geer, office hree doors nnith of Friedhofa store, tf Dr. L. C. Voss and C.

F. O. Miessler, V. Homeopathic Clean, pure Canada seed oats, 20 cents a bushel. Inquire of Pat Murray.

The collection taken at the Catholic church on Easter Sunday amounted to $82. Hagel Stevenson are adding machinery to their separator north of the city. Some farmers report all small grain in, and early wheat and rye as looking fine. A lively interest in the dairy busi-neea will bring the price of cows up again. H.

H. Hudson was one of the village trustees elected in Silver Creek at the recent election. G. Kramer, brother of our townsman, Carl Kramer, was elected mayor of 8t. Paul.

Nebraska. Envelopes with your return card printed on them, for 50 cents a hundred at The Journal office. D. A. Hale of Humphrey was in the ritv Mondav.

Dave says he drove 65 miles in the rain Sunday. O. Steinbaugh of Monroe has moved his family into the city. He is working at L. Held's blacksmith shop.

Mr. Easton says that south of Silver Creek Thursday night they had a very big rain almost a waterspout. Bert Coolidge has gone into the vegetable business near Spearfisb, South Dakota, and expects to do well. W. B.

Backus has been unanimously re-elected principal of the public schools at Florence, for the coming year. Bring your orders for job-work to this oatae. Satisfaction guaranteed, and work promptly done, as agreed upon. Friday was a very warm day for the first of April. Some straw hats and a few parasols were seen on the streets.

Next Saturday the democratic pri-Baaries, and April 20, 2 o'clock, the eoanty convention at the court house. REMEMBER! E. T. Bowers, t- eriaary surgeon, will be in Columbus the first week of each month, to answer calls. tf Editor Parks of the Telegram stated when he heard of the nominations on the city ticket that Wiggins was no good aad easy to beat bat the election proved aim to be vary badly mistaken.

Aboat twenty-seven friends of Earl McCoy gave him a amrpriss Saturday evening. A delightful time was had by all present. Mesdames Nautnan and Tomlin will entertain the Mystery elub at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nauman next Satur day evening.

buy a hout g- Page. Wilhelm and builder, Corner of I and Eighth streets, is ready at all times to taut Business or ao wora, as necessity calls. D. M. Gorman was here the first of the week attending to a big delivery of nursery stock for the Fields Bryant nursery of Fremont.

Another corps of surveyors are at work north of town in the interest of the Great Eastern ditch. John Truman of Genoa is with them. Charles Evans had the misfortune to drop a keg of paint on his right foot atr Monroe Thursday. He is here now but has to use crutches. The seed oats ad lodhlbl ada variety years.

It is peneVMikclean. 1 Snp't Williams made a half day's visit to the Schuyler schools Thursday afternoon last Schuyler has a new school building costing $21,000. Married, in this city, Wednesday, April 8th, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Albert B.

Cramer, by Elder H. J. Hudson, John F. Blessen and Miss Minnie Meyer. John A.

Asche, six miles south and two miles west of Leigh committed suicide Monday morning by hanging himself in a cattle shed; cause, despondency. Mayor-elect Speice is having the same experience as other mayors-elect in Nebraska this spring, viz: About 80 applications for all the positions to be filled. Baptist church, J. D. Pulis, pastor.

Services 11 a. 7:30 p. m. Subjects for April 19th: morning, 'Daniel's Fifth Kingdom;" evening, "A Mistake of Moses." Edna Wiley found the pocketbook advertised in last week's Jochnaii and belonging to Mrs. J.

Condon-Walker, and brought it in yesterday. It pays to advertise. Gates Bros, have a grader and are at work on the canal. O. Nelson also has one and will go to work.

Contracts havo been let for several hundred thousand yards. E. II. Funk, the auctioneer, will open up for business in the Rickly building on Olive street. He will put in a stock of goods.

You will hear from mm clam him later. We have the nicest line of common amber suits we ever carried and the prices are away, away down. Mice carved suits at one-half former prices. Herrick. 3t rV-fig4T8 of Everlasting Layers, olr- wise aiiawn as stiver spangaaa nanv bnrgs, purefcasd, first prenr $1.00 per 8ittin3C15.

East FourfeWth street. E. W.B01 Adjutant-General P. H. Barry will be here some time this week or first of next to inspect the new militia company; regular drill nights Thursday and tarapnt Neat Wednesday evening, April 22, at is the hour of meeting for the republican convention at Norfolk to select two delegates and two alternates to the presidential convention at St.

Louis. Editors Casper of the David City Press, and Barber of the Fullerton Journal, were visitors at The Journal office a portion of last Wednesday. They are old-time friends, and always welcome. The last meeting of the Farmers' club was well attended, and an interesting time spent in listening to some well prepared papers. The next meeting will be held at A.

W. Clark's the first Friday in May. The Telegram says it was a "signal victory" for the democracy. Another such and they will be clear down into the ditch. From about 125 majority down to one is "signal" enough to be mentioned.

The Telegram styles Wiggins' supporters in the late campaign "republicans, pops, socialists, anarchists and political mavericks." This is a mixture of the cowboy and southern fire-eater style of rhetoric Patrick Finnegan of Colfax county, near Schuyler killed his wife Monday morning, and then committed suicide. He had often threatened to kill his wife, and about three years ago attempted suicide by poison. The Monroe prospect well is now down 300 feet, and it is said there are strong indications of coal; also that for the last 100 feet there has been oil in the water all the time, forced up with the slate and stone. The supper and fair of the German Reformed church last Wednesday evening brought out a very large crowd of people. Some four hundred tickets were sold for the fair alone.

About two hundred dollars was cleared. The rain of last Wednesday was seemingly one of the beet that ever fell in this country. Those who have had occasion to work in the soil since then have found Chat the moisture penetrated to every particle of the cultivated land. District court is in session with Judge Marshall on the bench. On Mon day the case of the First National Bank Gerhold et al, was heard, and yester day State, Koch was to be heard.

There is quite a quantity of business ahead. The State convention Ancient Order Hibernians "will meet here April 24; these conventions are held once in two years, the last being at Tecumseh, at which there were present one hundred delegates, and an equal number are expected' this time. tWask Goods, White Goods, ess Goods, the latest for spriag amd simmer, 1896. Follow the crowd to E. D.

Fitipatrick's, the White Fromt Dry Goods Store. tf Now is the time to subscribe for The Columbus Journal and the Lincoln Journal, semi-weekly, both for $2.00 a year. Three papers a week at a cost of teas than 4 cents a week. This very liberal offer will only hut until May 5th, when the rates will be raised. BmVBnl I A raster who cairmaffordm jBfed fencenaa well tovamtonwft anv nntil he cavaaione wdHhkiiaTiD aartised usjanptber Nfetrick MnrrlWu of thSbn- aad in use hereealv two GeT.aA-aWtoa7W aoa aftafejoosas now dMpied by itst once aad Saturday, property, tables, John Peters of Boone county and Ed.

Hoare of Platte county, seem to be the prominent statesmen of the two bailiwicks if we are to judge by the fact that they are delegates to both congressional and state' conventions from their respective counties. Unfortunately for George Willis, who has the contract for the Cassin building on Thirteenth street, the water and loose dirt settled against the foundation on south end so solidly as to spring the wall which will have to be taken down and relaid. The Getbsemane Commandery No. 21 elected the following officers last week: J. D.

Stires, E. Charles E. Pollock, F. H. Geer, C.

C. J. Gar-low, pilot; William Fox, S. J. G.

Pollock, J. A. Anderson, treasurer; J. Rasmussen, recorder. Conductor Steve Overton brought a car from Norfolk Friday belonging to a traveling minstrel company, and which was in bad shape, as to the boxes.

The car was an old one and had hot boxes on either side. Steve was heard to remark that he was lucky to get it off his bands. The troupe went west. While Chauncey Depew andVan-derbilt were in the city Thursday on their New York Central car quite a large crowd gathered at the rear end of the train. Depew asked what the city was noted for, and one of the crowd spoke up and said it was noted for the large number of McKinley men it contained.

Quite a number of laboring men left here yesterday to work on the roadbed at North Bend. The U. P. are going to ballast the road from Omaha to Cheyenne, with the red gravel from Sherman, Wyo. The work is to be done this summer and will give employment to suite a number of laboring men.

well anowakcbaracterid favor of thekerlasting Spangled Hamburg fowls jrly maWrity, non-sittilaatPot beautiful, the tfinaavof their ecus meat the best, and inWery best of egg producers. Only $1.00 pefcaitttng of 15.. E. W. Borders, east Fourteenth street.

The prospect hole is down over 320 feet. The different substances passed through are as follows: Dirt, 16 feet; gravel, 56 feet; hard blue clay, 10 feet; soft stone, 4 feet; shale, mixed with iron pyrites, 126 feet; hard rock, 17 inches; gravel with water, strong vein, 8 inches; gray and black shale, 116 feet. Monroe Republican. Quarterly meeting at the Methodist church next Saturday and Sunday morning. Quarterly conference Saturday at 3 o'clock p.

m. Preaching by Dr. Tin-dall at 8 p. m. Snnday, love feast at 10 a.

preaching and sacrament at 10:45" a. m. by Elder TindalL Preaching and sacrament at Ives school house, Sunday at 3 p. m. by the pastor.

We call the attention of the board of supervisors in the matter of eleotion ballots for the next fall's election, so that they may be on their guard, for a little line left out, intentionally or oth-1 Ise susy cause the -expense of a aew 4 election. In the case of the city election last week, the powers that be, seemed determined to elect all democratic coan-cilmen at all hazards. You young fellows of 75 and 80 years, take courage from Dr. De Bossy, Dean of the French physicians, who is hale and hearty as ever, and still in the practice of his profession at Havre, France, and is 103 years old. He says: "The secret of longevity is consideration in all things, cleanliness and a pure life, and I believe it is in the power of every one to become a centenarian." Every day is adding to our list of subscribers, but there is yet plenty of room for more.

We give yon now. The Journal and the Lincoln Semi-weekly Journal, both, one year, when paid in advance, for $2.00. Subscription can begin at any time. Now is the time to subscribe. The Lincoln Journal is issued Tuesdays and Fridays, and will give you a mass of news that you cannot hope to equal anywhere for the money.

Both for $2.00. Why couldn't Columbus imitate the enterprise that is projected at O'Neill by eastern parties. "They have purchased 5,000 acres of land in a body south of that place and have constructed an irrigating ditch twelve miles long. They are now cutting scores of miles of small lateral ditches, 200 feet apart. The construction work is being done under direction of expert irrigators from Colorado.

At least 3V500 acres of the big farm ranch will be cultivated this season." Paul Hagel remarked the other day that Nebraska farmers are just beginning to learn something of how valuable cows, hogs and chickens are. Nebraska seems destined to be one of the very best dairy states in the union, and certainly the hogs and the chickens will add to the income to be derived from the cow. It is becoming fashionable now for the farmer who has a number of milch cows to invest in a small separator for himself. They make money by it From the Genoa Populist we learn that J. A.

Krause has been elected one of the village trustees; that W. A. Davis and family will leave on the 20th for their new home in Oregon, Miss Dora remaining in Genoa till she graduates in June; that "four more graders arrived this week, to begin work on the Great Eastern canal. They are making the dirt fly at a rapid rate, and it is their intention to have water running by the first of June. The company is meeting with very little opposition." Malice is not a good ruling principle for an editor to followin the conduct of a newspaper, whether that malice has reference to private individuals or to publio omeers.

We beg leave to be allowed in all kindness to suggest to the editor of the Telegram that he brace up; that he look away from the troubled waters in which his little craft has been floundering for several weeks; that he look beyond the false lights on the shore, up into the everlastingly stars in the heavens, and, as a good seaman does, take his reckoning, and start anew, oahk voyage, aad start right wmetase oat atjtabtie sale on ApRaUS, at 2 psj. all ito caayristofchAf chairs, stoves, carpets, books, oagan, etc. MfaTBIaTD. Olsok IvzBBox At Columbus, April 7, by Judge J. N.

-Kilian, Niels Olson and Miss Sine Iverson. The many friends of the hsppy couple congratulate them on their union. TaasEKTXWF HEmrnfQ On Tuesday, April 7th, at the Lutheran church. Rev. Meisaler officiating, William Tessendorf of Platte Center and Miss Augusta Henning of this city.

Misses Ida Preab and Annie Tessendorf acted as bridemaids, and Messrs. Earl Simmons and Albert Tessendorf as groomsmen. After the ceremony a supper was served at the home of the bride's parents to the guests, forijeight. in number. The evening wsaSMa'in playing games and dandngr'TPascouple will make their home north of.

Platte Center. Their friends extend many congratulations. Sullivan Hioarsa Saturday, April 11th, 5 o'clock p. by Rev. Newton Mann of Unity church, Omaha, at his residence, Florence Sullivan of Chicago, and Miss Bessie Higgins, of Omaha.

Mr. Sullivan is one of the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune. Miss Higgins is a daughter of the late Judge J. G. Higgins of this city.

Since leaving this county she has been mainly engaged in newspaper work, first on the Bee at Omaha, and later on the Chicago papers. The many Columbus friends of the gifted bride, will congratulate her on her marriage. The Bee says that they will reside in Chicago. For the last few days the people in this region have mostly been engaged in letting it rain. The ground is all soaked full and puddles of water are standing hero and there and yonder, in the low places.

There has been nothing just like it for a long, long time, and it does really beat all what a difference it makes on the look of all things in general, and everything in particular. News is that the rain has been generally throughout Nebraska, and even extending into Kansas and Iowa. Please let it rain. The Telegram editor in his review of is last two years' work here tries to throw out the inference that his competitors have played him dirt. He is troubled with a lot of self-inllicted, sore-looking places because he thinks he is about to loose a little more of his pull, and he is endeavoring to create some sympathy for himself on the part of his democratic brethren.

It don't do to pay too high a price, even for democracy of the Parks stripe. It has cost too much already. The racket can't be worked any longer. An exchange makes the following severe suggestion: "In city after city the world's experionce is the same. If you want to drive the tramp away, give him a night's lodging at public expense, but make it a cast iron rule that he shall first take a bath.

Weary Waggles would rather face death than soap and water and the use of a good scrubbing brush. 'Wash says he. 'It would kill And breathing a vast sigh Weary Waggles, moves on. The sure way to tell the decent workingman out of employment from the tramp is that the decent workingman is always not only willing but glad to have a bath." John Wiggins made a grand race for mayoiv considering -that some repuWi cans didn't vote because they thought he "had no more show than a snowball in a red-hot 6tove;" considering that men were allowed to vote and against him of course, who have no residence here; considering the crooked work of some of the clan who make a business of drinking beer and dealing in electioneering yarns; and also considering the apathy of a number of republicans who have always favored Speice, and who are thought to have done so this time; also considering that on the day of election as well as all the night before, there were several free dispensaries of beer, run in opposition to Wiggins. Whether you consider John as a republican or a "maverick," he is a racer.

The Nebraska underpinning has broken out in a new place, this time in Washington county, two miles northwest of Calhoun, on the farm of Otto Wagner, while digging a well. At a depth of 160 feet the quartz containing the precious metal was found. An assay was made by D. S. Carraway of Omaha and the specimen found to run $16 to the ton.

It is pronounced a very rich find, if it shall prove that it extends very far. The Bee says that a deposit of the value indicated by the assay could be worked to immense advantage at that point, having freight rates favorable to making money. If the specimens are fair samples of the deposit, the find is sufficient to make eastern Nebraska a rival of the richest gold-bearing territory of the United States. The managers of the Omaha Smelting and Refining works say that if the quartz is of general extent it will prove to be one of the richest gold discoveries ever made in the west Numbers of wells are being sunk in Washington county. The fact is that that is a sensible thing to do anywhere in Nebraska no telling what we may find.

Tho concert at the Congregational church Friday night was simply grand, and all who attended should feel grateful to Rev. Rogers for making arrangements to have the Chicago Lady Quartette give an entertainment in our city, as we seldom hear such music The Quartette at the opening took the house by storm and from that time to the end of the entertainment the audience was thoroughly enraptured. The quartette work was extra well done and especially the first piece in the second part of -the program, which was a medley arranged by Mrs. Raymond. The selection included "Annie Laurie" and rendered in such a manner thatone could almost imagine himself in bonnie Scotland.

The solos were all pleasing and each soloist was encored and especially Alice Merrill Raymond, who has a most wonderful voice. Miss Nettie Jackson, as elocutionist, captured the audience with her first piece and one could not but think she had a violin which she was playing for a party to dance the "Money Musk." She was extraordinarily good and received repeated encores. As the crowd were leaving the church it commenced to blow quite hard and the rain was falling in good shape. For a while Easter hats and bonnets were being blown around in the mud, but no one who attended the concert will miss goiag if the i Quartette ever cornea to Columbus again, HAL. J.atect)M ia taeeity Thursday.

J-CLFUhnan FailertoB Mon- day. Earl McCoy. visited Saturday and Suadayathome. mm, J. Laagtree went down to Omaha Tueiaaytoviaitaweek.

MisaDaiay Raakia of St Edward vis-itedXM. BritaUa family last week. MjaV8ad Bows, a teacher of How-elta, visiUd the Tamer family Sunday. Mr. aad Mm Myron Wheeler of Lincoln, visited Mr.

and Mrs. E. H. Cham bers Mr. and Mrs.

Lsmbach of Utica, visited 'relatives here the past week, returning home Tuesday. KepuMteaa Csaveatlea. The delegates elected to the county convention convened at the court house Saturday; last at 2 o'clock, and were calledito-order by Carl Kramer of the central committee. J. JjQlian was elected temporary chairman and Bert Strother temporary secretary, the temporary organization beias afterwards made permanent.

SWpkalagerr Kent and Reeder were appelated committee on credentials and repotted following as entitled to seataln the convention: CUgimbus, First ward Spoerry, A oosley, Early, Cross, Second ward-J Pollock, Stires, J-KiHaa, Jenkins, Hudson. Thirttjrard-C Sheldon, A McAllister, Boeder, Becher, Garlow. Carl Kramer, Frank Mills, Gray, Zinnecker. Columbus township Geo Barnum, John Tannahill, Alexander, Schofield. Burrows Williams, Evans.

Bismark A Weishand, Henry Buss, Fred Godeken, Lenschen. Butler Chris Meedel, Johnson, Owen. Grand Prairie Morrow, William Hoeffelman. Granville GW Clark, Lewis White, Drake, A Iliohan, Fedderson. Humphrey A Stockslager, Ed Per-enod, Will Hlian, Bay.

Monroe A Watts, Charles Kelley, Williams, Alexander, Steinbaugh. Lost Creek Kent, RG Strother, Niemoller, Fennimore, Bob Hilliard, Chapin, Ed Hoare, Frank Kenyon, Will Smith. Woodville Thomas Druss, Cocksy, Apgar, Wm Justice. Loup John Boss, John Rupp, Fred Meedel. Joliet David Thomas, Jones, Kief er.

Shell Creek Hyland, Dan Thayer, Sam Fizzel. Sherman Wurdeman, A Rein-branch. By motion, the last two were included in the list of delegates and were given seats in the convention. On motion of Kramer, delegates present from each township and ward were authorized to cast the full vote of their delegation. On motion of Drake a committee of three was appointed on resolutions.

The chair appointed Drake, McAllister and Stires. The work of the convention went right along while the committee on resolutions were cogitating. It was determined to proceed to elect delegates to the Omaha convention by ballot those eleven receiving the highest votes to be declared the delegates. At first there were thirteen put in nomination, but Carl Kramer and Fred Meedel withdrawing their names, the remainder were declared the unanimous choice of the convention, viva voce: Becher, II Hudson, Ernst, Gray, Williams, Drako, Ed Hoare, Chris Meedel, Illian, Thomas, Niemoller. The convention then proceeded to elect twelve delegates to the convention at Norfolk, the same to be by ballot, the twelve having the highest vote to be declared the delegates.

Twenty were put in nomination, three of them withdrawing their names, and on the ballot being taken, the following were declared chosen: John Tannahill, Ed Early, Clark, Williams, Charles Kelley, Henry Ragatz, Jenkins, Owen, A Watts, Ed Hoare, Morrow, Bert Galley. The resolutions were then read by Drake, chairman of the committee, and were adopted without discussion and without dissent, and are as follows: Resolved, That wo recognize with pride and satisfaction the spirit of growing Americanism, and in William McKinley we recognize the incarnation of that spirit, the defender of the American home, the protector of American industries and labor; the embodiment of the republicanism of Washington, the father, of Lincoln, the savior, and of Grant, the defender of the republic. Representing the republicans of Platte county, we voice a public demand in hereby instructing the delegates to the congressional and state conventions, chosen by us, to vote and use all honorable means to secure delegates to the republican national convention who will use all just means to secure his nomination to the presidency of the United States. The convention then adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. School Beard.

The board met Monday at 4, in adjourned session, all present On recommendation of Chairman Hock-enberger of the committee on finance, the following transfers were made from the license fund (reported as having in it to the teachers' fund to the general fund $250; to the textbook fund $100. There was some informal talk indulged in as to the receipts for the coming year, the amounts being roughly estimated at $6,500 from licenses; $1,400 from state apportionment and $4,100 from the levy on the basis of last year. The board are confronted with the fact that the coming year, additional room must be provided for pupils, necessitating also an addition to the teaching force. On motion the appointment of a committee of one to draft resolutions expressive of the sentiment of the board in the Poet-Martin case was reconsidered, and the motion indefinitely postponed. "A- contract was entered into with the Central School Supply Co.

of Chicago for 3 sets of relief maps, 21 maps for $300, contract to be dated 1 Sept 96, payments 04 $100 each, 1 Sept. CT, 1 March 'OS and 1 Sept '96, without interest, freight prepaid by company. Turner voted against the purchase, thinking that the price of the maps was about twice what it ought to be. CKyCeaacU. The usual resolattoa was passed com mending the courtesy and fairness of retiring Mayor Phillips a well-deserved 1 commendation in this case.

CoL M. Whitmoyer was selected as president of the new council. Liosasas to sell liquors at retail were granted to Wm. Bucher, V. A.

Macken, Paul Happen, John Wagner, S. J. Ryan, Carl Rhode, Samuel Gass, L. J. Lee, J.

P. Abu; at wholesale, to J. H. Kersen- brock and J. P.

Abta. Druggists' permits were granted to Gabler Sc Wilson, C.L. Stillman, C. E. Pollock Co.

and A. Heintz. License ordered issued to Henry Lub-ker as plumber. An effort of C. A.

Newman to have the Telegram declared the official paper of the council did not succeed, the matter being laid on the table indefinitely. Hew It Wtat. Eettor Journal: Some of your readers may wish to know what took place at the council meeting Thursday evening last and here' it is, in part. The friends of John Wiggins were there in the interest of the republican party asking for a re-count of the ballots for the office of mayor. While the majority for Speice on the face of the returns was only bare one and some of the canvassing boards did their work in a rather loose and hurried manner, the republican committee thought it.

would be nothing more than fair for Speice to submit to a re-count, but it would appear plaialy to one who attended the meeting that Speice had been gives' orders by superior officers in the party counsels and hence declined to make any concessions to the republicans. C. J. Garlow stated the case for the side of Wiggins in a clear and candid manner, using but a very little of the council's time. He was followed by ex-Judge Hensley on behalf of the pure 'democracy of the city of Columbus who claimed that Wiggins and his followers were entering into child's piny to attempt any such thing.

He went on to tell how sacred the votes were while locked in the ballot boxes, but ho did not seem to feel such concern on the day of election about the sacredness of the ballot so long as democratic votes were being cast. He claimed that the request was contrary to law, when he knows there is a provision in the statute which says plainly that such steps may be taken. Galley made a few remarks, the balance of the council were mum. The city attorney got up and passed on the question and admitted his ignorance re garding section 15 of an ordinance pro viding for the election of city officers. The request of the republicans was rejected, which was what the committee expected, for from the facts in the case it was generally admitted that there was a doubt about the election, hence to down the powers, a long-drawn-out contest would have to be gone through with, and the game was not worth tho powder.

The Other Side. In last week's issue of The Journal a reference to the fact that the bondsmen of ex-Sup't Backus had received notice from the government in regard to accounts of his amounting to $25,448.20. We aimed to state briefly what was claimed by the government, and stated in addition that "it is presumed Mr. Backus can make his accounts clear; indeed that he had long ago done so to the proper official representatives of the general government." We are in receipt of the following communication from Mr. Backus, and we take great pleasure in laying it before our readers: Tho notice does not say that I am short in my accounts, neither does it state that the accounts are wrong or that the money or property has been misappropriated or stolen.

The notice reads "he was found indebted to the United States in the sum of $25,448.20 for moneys and property not satisfactorily accounted for." That he was given a notice "to immediately file such explanations and corrections as he desired to be made." Thie means that the examining officials have excepted to certain items in tho accounts and desire information regarding certnin things or calls the disbursing officers' attention to errors in cash accounts or in the disposition of property. Exceptions are as common to government officials as the air they breathe. An exception does not mean that the property or money was stolen, it simply means "information." Let the flame bnrn and reason with me for a moment $25,448.20 is the amount. $25,44830 minus $19,515.91 equals Now for the $19,515.91. Up to 1892, vouchers were signed in triplicate, a government check or cash, given in pay, and vouchers sent to Washington and passed.

After 1892, aad when I had been out of the service nearly a year and a resident of the state of Washington, I received "exceptions" to $29,575.91 worth of these vouchers that are straight as God mado them; that said vouchers must not only be receipted for on the voucher where the receipt is printed but. the maker of the bill must also place his name on the bill at the top of the voucher and even if the bill is written or printed on the voucher, the name must be on or under the bill and also on the printed receipt on the voucher, that is two receipts for one bill. These bills or vouchers, numbering 252 and amounting to $19,515.91, from 1892 to the close of my term November, 1893. A copy of these bills is in the hands of Carl Kramer and the gentlemen who desire information can ask the parties whether or not they got the money. How do I rid the exceptions taken to these $19,515.91 worth of bills? Simply make out bills in triplicate, send the same to the proper parties for signature, forward them to the department and the work is done.

That settles The following will give you an idea of some of these exceptions: Voucher 24, 1st quarter, 1892, suspended $250.00. This was money paid Jay Merrill for a team. O. L. Baker knows all about this.

Voucher 61, 1st quarter, 1892, James Pearsall, $100.00. Voucher 18, 1st quarter, James Pearsall, lumber $63.80. Voucher 50, 2d quarter, 1893, A. Dussel, lead $9.12. Second quarter, 1892, M.

K. Turner cards and cardboard, $6.75. Now, gentlemen, you got your money, didn't you? You signed three vouchers? Yes, but Backus is held to the. treasury department for the full amount simply because you did not put your name at the top of the voucher and on the bill as required, after he had left the service. Is Backus short that money? Is he short the $19,515.91 paid just the same way? Look over the list at Carl Kramer's and see where I am charged up with money you honestly earned and received.

How are these vouchers paid? In cash or by government checks on the U. S. National bank. Omaha. Very few of my vouchers were paid in cash, none that I can now remember.

A voucher was signed by the party receiving the money, check given to him, and the check cashed in the Omaha bank and forwarded to Washington. The superintendent swore to the correctness of the voucher, attached his authority for mm mm oql I Staple and. I Fancy Groceries, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE CLAMPS. Eleventh Street, We invite you to come and see us. We regard the interests of our patrons as mutual with our own, so far as our dealings are concerned our part of the obligation being to provide and offer Good Goods at Fair Prices.

-EVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found in a first-class, up-to-date grocery store. buying tho articles named, took up the property on the voucher and the transaction was complete. I said minus $19,515.91 equals $5,932.29. I have now accounted for the $19,515.91. Now $5,932.29 minus $1,939.76 equals $3,946.53.

I will explain the $1,939.76. I find this amount to be exceptions to traveling expense vouchers as follows: John Tannahill, cash spent, $314.64 James Perrigo, 106.05 S. C. Beissingor, 153U W.B. Backus, 71455 MissScisson.

356.65 MissMosher, 190.22 Balance small amounts by various persons but all correct. Captain Tannahill spent the above $314.64 securing Indian children for the school. His vouchers were held up and are charged to me Bimply because he didn't tell "why he hired a team," "why ho drove forty miles," "how far he drove," "why he hired an interpreter," "why was BIuo Beard" and many other small exceptions. But the $314.64 spent for actual expenses by a man whose honesty cannot be questioned is charged to me on a technicality. Did I get that money The government don say so; it simply questions certain expenditures and calls for explanations, but charges tno rail amount, if a question is asked about one cent of any line.

So it is with the other expenditures by Perrigo, Beissinger, Backus, Scisson, Mosher, et al. These exceptions can be removed by the above parties imparting the information called for, swearing to the same. I sign the statements, send them to. Washington, the exception is removed, and $1939.76 ceases, to be charged to me. The last amount abovo named $3,992.53 minus S2.0C8.28, equals $1,924.25 charged on property accounts.

The $2,068.28 is all charged on clerical errors, such as exception to pay roll because Herbert M. McFayden signed, his name H. M. Mc-Fayden; because services of so and so "has not been reported and approved" and "affidavits should be furnished, etc." Not one of 'these exceptions require money remittance but simply a correction of papers to comply with the department rules. These exceptions can be removed by correction and explanation.

Wo now leave the cashaccounts and come down to the property accounts with its "exceptions," 1,924.25. I find here $219.24 excepted to, this money not being paid by me, but by the department long after I left the service; it was paid to H. Eley, Genoa, for coal furnished, and I hardly got that money. Some young chickens died and were not accounted for satisfactorily, as required by technical rules, and I am charged $9 for these youngsters. Kersey is held up to be explained to the amonnt of $371.11, leather to the amount of $87.08.

These exceptions of property can bo accounted for correctly and exceptions removed. I quoto tho conclusion to the property account by tho examiner: "It is possible some of these articles are receipted for by the special agent under another name, as in the case of tbo leather of which ho takes up a largo excess." The special agent "receipted for an enormous amount of property not required by the returns. So you see the department acknowledges that I am "long" on property. During my administration over one-third of my employes were taken from Genoa; from $12,000 to $15,000 in money outside of salaries paid annually to its merchants; $55,000 worth of improvements were mado at the school, and with the exception of $5,000, all of the money was saved out of the school per capita appropriation, or made on the farm, or in the shops. Thousands of dollars worth of improvements were made and three large handsome brick buildings stand there as monuments of the untiring industry of the employes and pupils.

When tho accounts are balanced and I am allowed my salary duo, and money paid for freight on government goods, and property furnished at my personal expense, you will find that the government owes me thousands of dollars of money I never expect to get. I do not owe the government a cent, and the government in its generosity don't claim I do. There is no issue. I answer the exceptions and I am done. After having been exhonerated of all charges preferred by my political enemies, I resigned my position and in accepting my resignation the present Commissioner of Indian Affairs said: "I am well pleaded with the work you have done at Genoa, and wish you the greatest possible success in business." Yours truly.

W. B. Backus. Weather Kepoi-t. Review of the weather near Genoa for the month of March, 1896.

Mean temperature of the month 30.13 Mean do frame month last ear Highest daily temperature on SOtli 68 Lowest do 15th, below zero 3 Clear days 11 ttt Uu I iiouuy (iayH as High winds days. 7 Calm days 11 Rain or enow fell darin? portions of days 8 Inches of rainfall or melted snow 0.51 Do same mo. last year. 0.92 Inches of snow 6.80 Do same mo, last year 1.30 Prevailing winds S.E. to N.W.

First appearance of robins on 9th. Twelfth, parhelia. Eighteenth, lunar corona. Violent dust storms from N.W. on the 18th, 21st and 28th.

First appearance of larks on 13th; first of killdeers on 30th. Osceola Record: Polk county will be without an open saloon again this year. All three towns went dry again. In Osceola but one ticket was in the field and the saloon question was voted on yes and no. A very light vote was polled, only 134 being vast.

There were 87 against and 46 for saloons. Shelby went dry by a majority of 8, and Stromsburg COLUMBUS, NEBR. by a majority or 20. Leigh World: Qaickeastadt Graves have been conaideriag the matter of forming a farmer's aad merchant's mutual insurance company at this place. The plan in part is to issue policies to ao one but farmers or those living ia the county and to insure against fire lightning and tornado.

There has been nothing done as yet in the way of orgaaiziag. We would like to see such a company as this organized and believe it could be conducted upon a paying basis to the company and satisfaction to the policy holders. Albion News: A small village on wheels passed through Albion last Tuesday. It was composed of two frame structures and one regulation prairie schooner, with a go-cart or so to represent the unincorporated limits. The village was thickly populated with men, women, children, horses and dogs, who, in compliance with Horace Greeley's sensible advice, were going west to grow up with the country Loran Clark writes his brother Luther from Battle Creek, where he is again taking treatment at the sanitarium of that city, that he still entertains hopes of ultimately recovering his health.

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