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[first article]
APPOINTMENT OF J. D. McFARLAND
LAND COMMISSIONER.
Other Changes in the Department.
It is with pleasure to us and satisfaction
to his many friends and acquaintances,
that the announcement is made
public of the appointment of our towns-mand,
J. D. McFarland, to the influential
and responsible position of Land
Commissioner of the Burlington & Missouri
River Railroad Company in Nebraska.

Mr. McFarland has been connected
with the Land Department of the B. &
M. for the past eight years, and has
held the position of Assistant Land Commissioner
for several years past.

It is a just and fitting acknowledgement
of Mr. McFarland's abilities, that
the charge of the Land Department is
placed in his hands. He is the right man
in the right place.

Mr. J. D. McFarland, who has been
elected to the presidency of the First
National bank, is well known all over
Nebraska as a solid, conservative and
unusually succesful business man. He
has been for many years in the service of
the land department of the Burlington,
by sheer ability and force of character
rising from a clerkship to the responsible
position of land commissioner of the road
since coming to Lincoln less than twenty
years ago. Thousands of farmers who
are now well to do were piloted by him
to the rich lands of the south Platte
country when the entered the state as
moneyless homeseekers, and in consequence
he has firm friends among the
farmers in every country in Nebraska
south of the Platte river. The books of
his deparment have been practically
closed, and the people of Lincoln are glad
to know that the energy once given to
the splendid work of the B. & M. land
department in settling Nebraska and
making it known to the world will be
turned to the management of one of our
foremost institutions, the First National
bank. 1890

[second column]
[second article]
Home from an Extended Trip.
Mr. Arthur Stabler and wife, who
left here on January 7th for an extended
trip to California and other points,
returned to their home at Sandy Spring
on last Saturday, after an absence of
nearly six months, greatly improved in
health and delighted with the country
through which it was their pleasure to
pass. Their trip included a visit to
Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Antonia
and El Paso, Texas; Los Angeles, California -
where they spent nearly three
months - portions of Arizona and New
Mexico, Porland, Oregon; Puget
sound, and Victoria, British Columbia.
Their praise was especially bestowed
upon the State of California - her climate,
her resources and the hospitality
of her people. July 1889

[third article]
Mr. Arthur Stabler, of this county, is
named as one of the probable appointees,
under Mr. Marine. Mr. Stabler
has always been a Marine man, and
his appointment would be gratifying to
the "old line Republicans of this section
of the State. He has been a hard
fighter, but has never lost the respect
of his Democratic neighbors. 1890.

[fourth articles]
Mr. Arthur Stabler has, with his family,
moved to Washington for the winter
and taken quarters at the popular
family hotel, "The Fredonla." Mr.
Stabler is agent for the Provident Life
and Trust Company of Philadelphia
and has his office in the Atlantic Building.
His business qualifications and
pleasing address will doubtless win him
many friends and much business. 94

[fifth article]
Stabler - Stearns
At the Hotel Kensington, on Fifth avenue.
New York city, Mr. Jordan Stabler, of Baltimore,
was married yesterday, by Rev.
Maltble D. Babcock, to Mrs. Ellen Walker
Stearns. Only a few relatives and friends of
the couple were present. At night Mr and
Mrs. Stabler left on a three weeks' trip in
the South, after which they will reside in
Baltimore. The bride is the daughter of the
late Rev. Horace Dean Walker, of New York,
amd the widow of ex-Governor Stearns of
Florida. She has lately resided at Pallatine
Bridge, New York State.

[sixth article]
Cashier Arthur Stabler, who retires from
the government services on Friday, has handled
during Mr. Marine's administration as
collector, $14,977,702.45 without an error. He
went into the office March 24, 1890, and to June
30, 1800, the income was $791,340.33; from July
1, 1890, to June 30, 1891. $3,766,922.22; July 1,
1891, to June 30. 1892, $4,178,558.44; July 1, 1893,
to June 30, 1893, $4,629,199.13. and from July
1, 1896, to May 14, 1894, $2,611,682.33. Previous
to his incumbency as cashier, Mr. Stabler
was the Washington agent of the Provident
Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia, of
which Walker & Taylor are the Southern
agents, and it is understoond that Mr. Stabler
has been tendered his old position again, and
that he will accept. Collector Shaw speaks
highly of Mr. Stabler's services, as did Mt.
Marine. 1894

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[seventh article]
A Delighful Home Wedding.
On the third page appears an account
of the McFarland-Brown wedding, buy
the following report has been sent in
to the STATE JOURNAL, giving names
of those who were present and other
particulars:

The wedding of Miss Adelaide D.
Brown, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John N. Brown, to Thomas Franklin
McFranklin, of Mercersburg, Pa.,
was celebrated at nine o'clock
last evening at the home
of the bride's parents on upper Juliana
street. The decorations in the
back parlor where the service was said
were uniquie. They were almost entirely
of green sent from Florida by
Mr. Schnebly, a friend of the bridegroom.
The place where the bridal
party stood was profusely dressed with
holly, a line of green roping being
strung around the arch in graceful
festoons. The lights in the room were
shaded with soft pink.

The marriage ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Dr. Rumer. The
bride looked beautiful in white, her
gown being white mousseline de sole
with trimmings of satin ribbon. The
bouquet she carried was of white roses
fringed with lily of the valley and
maiden hair fern. Her sister, Miss
Louise Brown, dressed in light blue
silk, attended her. Wofford Brown,
brother of the bride, was best man.
The bridal party entered to the strains
of Mendelssohn's wedding march
played by a cousin of the bride, Miss
Ciara T. Deming.

Mr. and Mrs. McFarland left last
night for eastern cities. Their future
home will be at the old MacFarland
homestead, Mt. Delight, near Mercerburg,
Pa.

The marriage certificate was signed
by all present, the custon being a
very old one in the family. Many
beautiful and valuable gifts were
received.