Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 8, 1881, Page 6

| i b An Interesting Lfter About an Interssting Town, Its Remarkable Grow!h Since the First Settlement— Fine Imvprove- ments, Rich Soil and Enterprising Agri- turalists About the Village. born on or The South , an offshoot of was its progen- event of im- at fight, gained a Harvard, about the the B. & M. railr itor. The first historica portance was the county and while Harvard neve point in that contest, yot it is said that the expectation of seccuring it did this town a great deal of good and benefitted it far more than it has Clay Center, the place that finally se- cured it, At present this town contains at least a thousand inhabitants, and has tributary to it a circuit of ten miles of surrounding country, of which nearly one-half is under cultivation. THE S0IL is a black loam, with a clay subsoil. There is no admixture of sand, and the productive surface is from eigh- teen inches to two and one-half feet deep Under such favorable circum- stance good crops invariably follow decent cultivation and a fair season, THE CROP this year, in spite of the late spring, drouthy summer and scorching winds, isa profitable one to the farmer, for, owing to good prices, the yield in dollars and cents to the acro cultivated will this year exceed that of any since the first farm was opened on this divide. THE ORIGINAL FARM of Clay county was first cultivated in 1873 and the first grain shipment was made in 1874, This year over A THOUSAND CARS OF WHEAT will be shipped from Harvard. The stock shipments will amount to from fifty to seventy-five cars this year, These are, however, mostly hogs and when the farmers make their cattle and sheep shipments to equal or ex- ceed the porker business this country will save dollars whore cents are put away at present, Yet the country is NOW prosperous, BUSINESS MEN are doing well enough to suit any one who is not hoggish in disposition, and the farmers are making comfortalle homes, leaving to the gophers their sod houses and building substantial, and in many cases, ornamental ones; breaking up every yearmore and more of the virgin prairie. In fact, the tendency to make big farms is a dam- ing one to the country, as it too often hugetu poor farming, and that is responsible for fully two-thirds of all unfavorable reports in regard to Ne- braska. While the state has thousands of as noble patrons of husbandry as the country can show, yet, it must in truth be said, that ‘‘free homes” have brought to us a large per centage of those who are fond of getting every- thing easy, and tn.lu'ng life easy, und such men, although often excellent, Jolly feliowl, are unfortunately the men who complain most bitterly of the poor crops they lhave raised and write to friends in'the east o send them out some money or pro- visions with an account of the countr that is not always exactly truthful, In nine cases out of ten the fault lies with the complainant. There are here many live public spirited citizons and to such Harvard is indebted for thc]:np ogress she has made, : r. O, K. Morrill representing all the B. & M. farming lands, is ono of those that fills most ably the position he occupies and never fails to put forth every effort that will tend to tho building up of his district, Besides his_extensive business in real-estate he has the only apiary in Clay county and has made it both profitable and i:l‘e:nnt. Each year the increase been about 200 per cent. Mr. Morrill also owns a dry goods store and does an extensive news and subscription business, . Tar Weekuy BEE is under obliga- tions to him for about seventy-five subscribers and Tug DarLy Bee must acknowledge his helping hand, for all day yesterdny he wilofi with me to obtain for the best daily in the west a good list of Harvard subscribers, Of course Mr. Morrill wanted a good word for his town and county but I could say nothing less under any cir- cumstances, IMPROVEMENTS, An elevator that will compare with any in this country has been erected this season. Tt is, fitted with all the Iats mproveménts and is doing a splendid business, The patent process has been intro- duced into the Harvard flouring mill this season. The Grand Central hotel was com- pleted in time for dedication on or about the Fourth of July, ODDS AND ENDS, The public schools of Harvard have the very best of teachers and a large attendance, ¢ principal, Prof F. Foreman, was at one time an A l.xlnatdli?! coftin t)utl is né:n to :u very fine and costing less n the wooden ones is nvfio, ere by Mr. ‘W. H. Hammond. material is zine and the process of construction is very ingenious, a patent has been ap- plied for, There is an excellent opening here for a homeopathic physician as there will be none in the »{m a8 soon as Mus, G. W, Howard, M. D., can dis- me of her home and office, her hus- and being how a resident of Pawnee Qity and henee there i tendency to- wards a removal on the part of Mrs, Howard, G FOLITICALLY. This country is anti-moncpoly as fiuunhfim by the Lst J"iu'. A meeting of the Farmer's Alliance was held iy and delegates ap- HARVARD'S PROSPERITY. vointed to attend the convention a Limuh‘.'-]r C. Garey is a understood to be on the track for sheriff, the ey is an old time a good man, and will b ninated. review see Hih page. RaNGER, from. G for our s elected if For business A Duel to the Denth (Ala.) Gazette, . Carpenter, a Choctaw Chiof, Price, &' prominent ci involved in a qu Creck Indian Ageney. were present at a that the first they knew of the quarre the Chief and Col, Price were stand- ing a short distance from the crowd, when the Chief exclaimed: s yours when you are man enough to tuke it,” exclaimed the Colonel, stepping back and as suming a threatening attitude. “*Not now,” said the Chi when the crowd rushed to the scene. “‘A brave man does not shed b'ood in the face of a mob, Moet me on this spot to-morrow morning, "’ ‘At what time?' “When the sun ghines through the top of that tree,” pointing to a tall oak, “‘stand here, and when the sun reaches the top, when the shade falls at your feet, look around and you will see me.” The two men separated, and the spectators wondered why two of the most talented men of the Nation had quarreled, but no one dared investi- gate, lest he beconsidered an intruder, On_the following morning a large crowd gathered to witness a contest which every oneknew must terminate fatally. The Colonel arrived, stepped upon the exact spot where he had stood the previous day, and looked at the sun. He looked again and then looked down. Again he looked at the sun, and then surveyed the field. The Chief was seen advancing, When within a distance of thirty feet of the Colonel he stopped and drew a revol- ver., The Colonel drew his pistol and straightened hinself like a man that suddenly experiences a feeling of pride. Not a word was spoken. The two men raised their weapons, They fired al- most simultaneously. The Chief reel- ed. Again they fired. The Colonel fell de: The crowdrushed forward. The Chief fell to the ground. The Colonel’s bullet had entered hisbreast. Blood flowd from his mouth, The Colonel was shot through the heart. The ( still lives, but withouthope of recovery. A BRITISH MODEL, How the BStreets of London are Cleaned. . Refuse Turned to o Gold Mine in ‘Which the Workers are the Small Boys and Able- Bodied Poaupors. The street-cleaning arrangements in the British capital might be worthily imitated by the municipal authorities of our cities, The contracts for clean- ing the London streots are sold by the metropolitan board of works for a large sum every year, and in more than one instance genereus fortunes have been realized by the contractors, The father of the present Sir William Brassey is said tohave made the whole of the enormous fortune which has enabled his son to enter the ranks of the aristocracy out of dust and ashes, and he is, no doubt, the original of the Golden Dustman in Dickens'sto- ry, Our Mutoal Friend. The right of removing the manure from the streets is leased to a company, and the share- holders are paid a liberal percentage for the money. THE YOUTHFUL SCAVENGERS, Visitors to London have probably noticed the square red pillurs about four feet high, which line many of the streots, a distance perhaps of 100 yards between each, These are often mistaken for letter-boxes by tho cas- ual observers; in faot, letters are fre- quently dropped in them through in- advertence. In reality, however, they are receptacles for the horse ma- nure gathered by a brigade of small boys who are in the pay of the con- tractor. They are dressed in neat uniforms of bluo, with leathern aprons and broad-brimmed hats, and oy dart in and out of the horses’ logs like rats and' gather up the ma- nure into the short shovels with which each boy is provided, A short hand-broom is likewise a portion of the urchins' equipment and are a great aid in their work, From time to time one of theso active younsters will make a rush for the nearest box and empty his laden shovel in a sliding opening at the top, and presently a cart comes along, which stops a moment or two at each receptacle, and a man walking alongside the vehicle lifts a trap at the base of the manure-box and .shovels the contents into a cart, In wet and muddy weather the scavenger boys do not works, but their place is taken by a large body of men, gen- erally able bodied paupers hired from the work houses, Their employment consists, firstly, in sweeping every inch of roadway with brooms and hoes, and, secondly, in piling the filth and mud in " little heaps along the gutters, Carts follow in the wake of the sweepers—deep cistorn- like wagons, with two men in attend- ance, one with a big broom and the other with a wide hollow shovel ~and the mud and filth disappear like mag- ie. During the day the latter work is somewhat impeded by the traflic on the principal streets, but at night the ang of sweepers is quadrupled, In t, mud seldom reposes a second day on the soil of the great city, The contents of the mud-carts are also utilized as fertilizers, and the contract- ors always make a handsome profit, 1t in, howeverdthe dustman who is the most familiur scavenger in Lon- don, He is not seen so much in the busy streets in the heart of the city, but in the quiet thoroughfares of private residences, of which s0 many exist in modern Babyle At any time of the day the dustman’s modest turnout can be encountered in such neighborhoods; it consists of o substantially-built box-cart, drawn by s strong horse, and hanging down Ign pide is a short ladder and two baskets. The dustman and his val are large, fat men, looking very much other candidates I have mnot heard | like browers' men who have been well | rolled in ashes, Their attire consists | prineipally of a huge u hat with a lon v back, and ever an their mouths a open and fort} os the stentori cry, “Dust-hole THE GOLUEN DU N'S DIRGE. 1t is astonishin effect thed man's ery has on the surrou houses. Pert little feminine crowned with diminutive lace ¢ of servant-maidism rite bewildered with the multitude of jobs hand. How- ever, they tackle to the work, which is to empty the dust and ashes from a stone-built closet which will y be found in the front y private residence in towns. In these clos deposit all the refuse and particularly the open-grate fires cu land, and th n that th at intervals of ¢ men do not ta the ladder is cart and one other empt his shoulders themonthe part long over the job; 1 by the f the 1 loads ) payment is d £ thelor it is customary to ¢ the men of beer, or the money to pur that be o with, 8o dustmen pass a | fair portion of their time in wiping | their mouths, Tn order to draw the| attentiom of dustmen to the houses | where dustholes, aro {mnimyu ly oy to place an immens floor window, and heneo the dust dirge, which is supposed to have given a hint to the illustrious author of Pin- afore: \ V ey are e 2 it isusual re dustmen old, e dustmen bold, As you can plainly see. And we takes our sw And our mouths we w 8 But vir-tu-ous are we; For we curves wild, Like any other child, But we stops at a big, ) When the carts are filled with the ashes and soforth they are driven to a certain locality in the suburbs and there they are emptied, and many hundred women and children are daily employed in sorting out the various ingredients of the mountains of refuse matter. The small pieces of coal are put in one heap, the cinders in an- other, the rags, pa are found for evi a prizo in the spoon, and even art 3 of jev are from time to time discovers the heterogeneous m ything, while many manufatories, Nashville has ¢ 5 ,has o new forty- Augsti SHTEY Milch cow, murrain, ink Shins is the name of a Hardin county, Ky., girl of Sholby county, Ala,, is ac in Chattanooga of er navigation at Chattanooga re- mains at a stand still, One pound mangoes are exhibited at Manated, Florida, Three quarts of shrimp for ten cents in St. Augustine, Fla, Never has Virginia had such adrought s the present one, A large vein of iron has been found in Roane county, Tenn, A fishing line factory is one of the in- dustries of New Orleans, The Methodist conference will meet in Danville, Ky., September 7. ) Two large bears were kflledin St. John’s county, Fla,, last w The colored fair of North Carolina will be held in Raleigh, October 81, The Kentucky Bee-keepers’ convention will meet in Lexingtsn on October 6, An Illinois man paid Dr. J. B, Alex- ander of Henderson, Ky., £170 for a dog. ibling at the White Sulphur Springs, Va., is said to be offensively con- spicuons, ole, the Albemarle, 'V race k man horse, has been sold to o New 4, 600. The tobacc in parts of V ising, A 8,000-acre farm near Norfolk, Virgin- in, has been sold to a New York man for $60,000, Vast quantities of grapes have heen shipped from Prince William county, Va., this season. The Barbour county, Ala., farmers will have no corn to buy and will have no cot- ton to sell, Buildings are being erected in Nashville os fast as material and workmen can be supplied, The scarcity of water in Richmond, Va., is in many instances proving the cause of sore distress, A large fleet of steamships have been chartered to parties in .iorfolk to carry cotton to Liverpool, The largest North Carolina watermelon heard from this season was from Wake county, and weighed 60 pounds, About 75,000 pounds of grapes have been shipped from Charlottesville, Va., to northern markets this season, & sugar crop is now about heads — not one amount consumed in the country Most of the plantations owned by the late John Burnsic New Orleans were worth from $40,000 to $70,000 each. The fr the Washir for crop of North Carolina, also ginia, isanything but piom- ity, listory. sale and distribution of Jefferson in' “Rise and Fall of the confs ate ernment” has been slower In the south than in the north and west, Giov, Roberts of Texas, is sixty years old, has gray hair, beard and mustache ond dark eyebrows, He dresses in a worn- out suit of black, and smokes a cob pipe. except by personal the anguish of body and mind ufferers from dy psia, in. nstipation and other diseases ch, Burdock Blood Bitters ve for this dire 1,00, trial i wre i poaitivo diseases, 1'ri Almost Crpzy. How often do we see the hardwork- ing father straining every nerve and muscle, and doing his utmost to sup- port his faiil Tmagine his feelings when roturning home from a hard day's labor, to find his family prostrate with disease, conscious of 1d dog- tors’ bills and debts on ry hand. It must be enough to drive one almost erazy, All his unhappiness could be avoided by using “uclric Bitters, which expel every discase from the uf'lwm, bringing joy and happiness to thousands, h‘ufil at fifty cents a bot- tle by Ish & McMahon, (8) ind bones in || another, and so on, and various uses |} y. of a lost silver |f THE OMATA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 1881. coBs g TRADE o MARK, l CERMABEEDY RHEUMATISH, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Baclache, Soreness of the Chest, Cout, Quinsy, Soro Throat, Swell- ings and Sprains, Burns and % Scalds, Genoral Badily Pains, ¥aoth, Ear and Headuche, Frosted Feot and Ears, and,all other Pains and Aches. 1¥¢ Preparation on earth eq! Tacoms Ot & b safe, aure, mimpln wl ap Exteroil Bamedy. A trinl entails but the comparatively triding outlay of 650 Cen « mufl Lag with pain can have chieap ud positive o f ita claims, oo Directions In Eleven Languagse v COLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ANDDEALERS IN MEDICINE. 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Lu tho matter of the estate of Ferdinand Thum, deceased: On reading and filing the petition of Emilie Thum, praying that the instrument, this day filed wnd puirporting to b the last will and testa- mentof the sald deceased, may ho proved, ap- proved, allowed, probated’ and recorded ns the fise whi and of said decensed, and that administrat ed to said Emilio ORDERKD, Tha 10 o'elock a. 1 tion, whon all pe may appear at a Coun for said County, and s of petitionors! tice of pe thereof, bo given t matter, by pu OMAMA WEEKL County, for thre day of hearing, sivo weeks, | HOWARD . (A truc copy. X Cour augl7wit Black Diamond Coal Co. J. HARD OR SOFT COAL In car lots or in quantities to suit purchasers, Orders Solicited. Yard, Foot Farnham and Doug- las Sts., Omaha. gepiit. - DexterL, Thomasé&Bro. 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