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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1908)
1 11 iiMnjMwwwm wwmw PfT" ( TO HER FATHER'S HOME lit the Fullness of a Good Life, Mrs. Emily S. Butler Passes Away. On last Tuc9ilav, after eighty-three years pilgrimage through life, Mrs. Emily S. Butler, a pioneer of Alliance, closed her eyes in perpetual sleep, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.W. Norton, whero bIio spent the declin ing daya of hnr life. Eighty-three vcars means much to the human mind. It is a long journey that has for its history many events of happiness and borrow, as is the natural destiny of every life, and this good old lady passed many years in n spirit of cheerfulness even to the day when the Giver of Life in His:mystcrious manner called her forth to His mansion in heaven. She went with a smile that bespoke the con fidence of a better life, even the old, shriveled shell of clay that held the precious soul, expressed tho happiness of its former tenant. Surely there must be worth in tho expression, "Blessed are they who die in tho Lord." Mrs. Emily S. Butler, whose maiden namo was Emily Schooley, was born near Salem, Columbus county, Ohio, December 7, 1825, whero she was mar ried to Moses V. Butler on May 15, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Butler resided in Ohio until the fall of 184C, when they moved to Cedar county, Iowa, where tho most of her life was spent, until the spring of 1890, when her husband died and oho came to this city to make her homo with her daughter, Mrs. Emma B. Norton. Deceased leaves two sons and two daughters namely, D. VV. But ler and Mrs' Emma B. Norton of this place, D. M. Butler of Lincoln, and Mrs. Mary B. Cross of White Lake, S. D. All of whom were in attendance at the funeral. Mrs. Butler was a faithful, devoted Christian, wherein lies tho secret of her good and happy life. A mother over a blessed household of gleeful children, she in turn had the pleasure of spending her second childhood among them and the fancies of bygone days, as they appeared to thd bid mother, delighted her children. Is not that the rounding out of a perfect life? All the wealth and distinction of human creation is as nothing in comparison to the path through life selected by Grandma Butler. Yet in its simple mode and commonplace manner, it docs not require the wisdom of a philosopher to deter mine the result. The funeral took place this afternoon from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Rev. J. L. Vallow of the M, E, church officiating. The attendance was large aud the popularity of the deceased was expressed even to the grave in Greenwood cemetery, where Grandma Butler's remains will rest till the day of final summons. Will Organize a Militia Company. A number of young men of Alliance are engaged in securing names for tho organization of a state militia here. Wo are told that they have the names of more than thirty eligible recruits who will make good timber for a 'mil itary company. They can have the use of the city hall tor meetings and headquarters and there is no reason why Alliance should not be among the leading cities of the state in military affairs as well as in everything else worthy of pursuit. The company will find great pleasure in drills and marches and the state encampments will ho a feature to look forward to with enthusi asm. "Johnny, gel your gun" and let the militia boys organize. Ex-Grand Knight Honored by Members J. B. Kennedy, who has acted as grand knight of Alliance council No. 975. Knights of Columbus, for several years aud whose efforts in behalf of this order has won tho admiration of his brother knights, was the recipient of a beautiful uold watch last evening at the council chamber following the legular business of the council. The piccious gift came as a surprise to Mr. Kennedy. He was present at the meeting but entirely ignorant of the fact that his associates had arranged to spring a surprise on him on that oc casion. Father McNamara was del egated to make the presentation speech, and it was cleverly arranged. Ho ac cused Brother Kennedy of tardiness to meetings and other appointments on various occasion, and suggested that it was because of his poor time-piece. He came near having the gentleman on the floor in defense of his reputation in this respect, when he was called to the center of the room and in behalf of the members of the council presented with this token of esteem. To say that Mr. Kennedy was taken by surprise would bo putting it mildly. He was so overcome that ho could not utter a word for several minutes, and whoever knows Jack Kennedy surely could appreciate his embarrassment. But when he came to, tho ex-grand knight expressed his most heartfelt ap picciation for tho act of love and good will extended to him. Tho precious gift would always be to him a memento of the council and its members whom he cherished most warmly. While at times the duties of a grand knight were such as to tax the friendship of brothers, yet, in his heart he ever held a warm spot in his heart for everyone, and hoped that blessing would shower down on the members, of Alliance council. The watch is an elegant, solid gold, hunting case affair, artistically carved, with an emblem of the Knights of' Col umbus neatly designed in the center of the caso. Tho watch was of special order secured by Barnes, tho jeweler, and is valued at fgo.oo. On the Water Wagon. At a special meeting held by the Al liance lodge, No, 623, B. of L. F. and E. at Alliance, Nebraska, March. 21, 1908, it is hereby resolved that we place ourselves on record as being op posed to the maintainancc of saloons in the city of Alliance and wo will use our influence to abolish the same. Com mittee on resolutions. N. C. ALLEN, General Chairman. A. F. BRANTNEU, O. S. SNAVELY, W. J. GRABBEKT. Sell Two Steam Plow Outfits. That steam plowing is meeting with popular favor through the western states is evident from the sale of plows by tho Reeves company, whose machin ery seems to bo in tho lead. Messrs. T. P. Kelsey of Morehead, Mont., and A man and ten Bcnsel of Cambridge, Furnas county, Neb., spent Tuesday Tuesday in Alliance, coming hero for the purpose of investigating the work done by Carr & Lotspeich, who are now plowing" with a Reeves outfit a few miles northeast of Alliance. After a careful examination, these gentlemen decided that the plow was satisfactory and made purchase of two outfits which will be shipped them at once, The company's salesmen who were here Tuesday were S. F, Herber and B. R. Bonney. We understand Messrs. Carr & Lotspeich are unable to do' all the work to be done here this season aud if another plow or two were brought here it would find plenty of work. Nothing would help the country more than to get more land under cultivation and the sooner the better. t Mrs. J. M. Kulin Passes Away. Mrs. Mary Kuhn, wife of John M. Kulin, died yesterday, of cancer of the liver, at her home near Hemingford. Mrs. Kuhn was about fifty years of age and had been in poor health for several months, not be able to leave her bud since having an opera tion performed at a hospital in Council Bluffs last fall. Mrs Kuhn was a woman of flee character, a true christian, devoted to her husband and family and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. She was a pioneer in the county, having lacated with her family near Hemingford over twenty years ago. The funeral will be held Fxiday. The sympathy of a large number of friends is extended to the be reaved family. Temperance Meetings. The following persons will speak in Alliance on the temperance question. All are men of ability, good speakers, and everybody is invited to como and hear them. The meetings will be held in the evenings of the days stated below: Dr. Samuel Z, Batten of Lincoln, Sunday, March 29. J. L. McBrien, State Sup't. of Ne braska Public Schools, Mon., March 30. Rev. Father Murphy of Seward, Wednesday, April 1. Elmer E. Thomas, of Omaha, Thurs day, April 2. Judge H. M. Sullivan, of Broken Bow, Saturday, April 4. Good Vaudeville CompanyJ The Haley Vaudeville company which has played at the Phelau opera house tor several nights, goes to Hemingford today where it will play the rest of the week. This is a good, clean company and has pleased the audience every night. It is not often that such a company visits as small a town as Hemingford and no doubt it will be well patronized by the citizens of that place. ( LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. I Geo. Hcdgccock and wife of Heming ford spent Friday in Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Tully returned last Saturday noon from a visit cast. Frank Nagclschncidcr of Hemingford transacted business in Alliance Friday. Mrs. Patrick Kinsley and daughter wore in the city from Hemingford over Sunday, C. A. Newberry and C. O. Aspen wall made a trip to tho Platto valley Monday. Mrs. W. C. Taylor and mother Mrs. Davidson were passengers for Denver Saturday. Mrs. Richards and Miss Maggie Kil ltcn of Hemingford were Alliance visi tors last Friday. D. C. Regan of Lead spent Friday at tho home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Regan. Mrs. Klecman of Hough, Dawes county, is in the city visiting her friend Mrs. L. Bueschscnstcin. Cnrl Hoist of Chicago, representing tho Girard Fire Insurance company, was in the city over Sunday. Luke Phillips, A. S. Enyeart and Luther Nceland were Hcmingforditcs in our city Saturday and Sunday. G. H. Stanton has resumed work at tho Newberry store after being off a week with a hard siege of the grippe. Liveryman C. C. Smith shipped eight head of horses to Fort Robinson yester day which ho expects to sell to Uncle Sam. Miss Parkyn camo down from Hem ingford Friday evening and visited until Sunday with her sister, Mrs. D. W. Hayes. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wills are rejoic ing over thr arrival of a bright baby girl, who made her appearance Monday morning. Ira and Leo Roland, two substantial young farmers from near Hemingford, attended the horse sale at Alliance last Saturday. Miss Anna Beaumont, one of the efficient teachers in our city schools, spent Sunday with her parents in Hemingford. Mrs. Thomas of Aurora, who is visit ing her son. J. O. Thomas and wife, of this city, visited relatives at Heming ford Tuesday. "Scotty" Henderson, the well known rancher from the west part of the coun ty, attended the horse sale in this city last Saturday. Mrs. A. J. Faulk will go to Alliance this evening for a visit with Mrs. Anna Glensdale who used to reside here. Mitchell Index. Joseph McNamara, brother of Father McNamara. arrived here this week from Beemer, Neb., and will now make Al liance his home. R. J. Lawrence went to Denver this morning to spend a couple of days on business concerning the electric light plant of this city. Mrs. John A. Lore returned the fore part of the week from a trip in the east ern part of the state, where she accom panied her sister a few weeks ago. Ed Sweezey and Arthur Hubbell, stockmen from the country southwest, were in the city Saturday, the latter buying a stallion at the Stream sale. The Herald states that on account of a number of Oshkosh residents being color blind, there was a diversion of colors displayed there on St Patrick's day. Dr. S. '.. Batten of Lincoln, Nebr., will preach in the Baptist church next Sunday mornihg, and will address the union temperance mass meeting in the evening. Charles Mitchell returned from his trip through the west last week. He had been running a train out of Reno, Nevada, until the laying off of men caught him. Miss Beitha Mohr, who has been en gaged in type setting in the offices of this city for some time during the past year, left last Saturday for her home in Rushville. Miss Mayme McCawley enjoyed a visit last Sunday with her friend, Miss Carrie Johnson of Custer. S. D., who was on her way to Lincoln, where she is attending business college. Mrs. Win, Bignell and son, Joe, re turned Friday from a trip to Georgia and other southern points where they had been visiting. On their return, they stopped in Illinois to visit relatives. Geo. A. Mitchell and wife, arrived Tuesday from Denver for a week's visit with Mr. Mitchell's folks. Mr. Mitchell is an old-time pi inter and for many years past has held a position as a lino type operator on the Denver Pobt. He is an expert on a machine and knows the printing business from "A to Z." C. F. Dutton, who has been located at Grand Island as postoffico inspector for this district, will bo transferred to this city with tho creation of a new district comprising ten counties. H. G. Tyler left last Friday night for his homo in Rcddick III., after spend ing three weeks' with his aunt, Mrs. L. Sampy, of Nonpareil precinct. Mr. and Mrs. B. U. Shepherd accompanied Mr. Tyler to Alliance. State Superintendent McBrien ar rived in the city today and will attend the teachers' association meeting at Bridgeport Friday and Saturday, Mr. McBrien will speak in Alliance on the temperance question next Monday evening. The Stanley & Eaton millinery establishment has been sold to a Mrs. G. L. McDowell of Sheridan county who will remove the stock to some town in that county. Mcsdames Stanley and Eaton will remain in the city a week or more before removing elsewhere. 'Gene Hall returned Sunday morning from Excelsior Springs, Mo., where, in company with Dr. Knight, he enjoyed the purging qualities of this well known watering place. Dr. Knight will re main a few days longer, and is enjoy ing excellent health as a result of his visit to tho springs. On last Sunday little Johnny Carey with several companions was playing on the grounds of the Catholic church when one of the little fellows fell against him in such a manner as to cause John ny to fall and break his arm. At this writing he is resting easily and will soon be up and around. Mrs. Nellie Hillier, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Cooper, and baby boy, arrived from Sheridan last Mon day night on 44. Mrs. Hillier has been at Sheridan for several months and they say that she was loath to part from her grandson, so mother and son ac companied grandma to this city for a visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jordon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jordon and little daughter, came over from Gordon Sunday, in their automobile. The party left home at 7:30, took breakfast at Rushville, made a short stop at Hay Springs 'and arrived here at 11:45. They were, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Barnett Sunday afternoon. j The handsome new mahogany fixtures hnxe been installed in the First Nation al bank and are a credit to that institu tion as well as the city. The fixtures are the work of the Fort Dodge, Iowa, Manufacturing company and were erected bv a representative of the com pany from that city, a Mr. C. W. Ackerman. The spring-like atmosphere last Sun day caused many Allianceites to roam about. Some spent the day in the country, riding, while others took the train in tho afternoon to visit friends in the neighboring towns. Among the latter were M. S. Hargraves and Dr. T. Allen who went to Marsland, and Tom Beal who called on friends at Crawford. It is currently rumored that the Nate Hart building is to be converted into a vaudeville theatre. However, Mr. Hart is not in the city, and it cannot be posi tively stated that we are soon to have the opportunity of hearing the black face artist, the singer of popular songs, the various musical and one act stunts, in fact, everything that goes to make up the usual vaudeville performance. Cal Vinsel is enjoying a visit with his old mother who came some time ago from Russell, Iowa. Mrs. Vinsel, ac companied by her daughter-in-law, went to Hemingford last Saturday for a visit with relatives. There's no use talking, after all a boy is happiest when he has the company of mother. Es pecially after an absence which the poet says, "Makes the heart grow fonder." lioy Beckwith passed another mile stone in life last Tuesday aud in the evening friends to the number of twcnt five gathered uncermoniously at his home to celebrate the occasion. Roy was not "wise" to tho proceedings and of course it was some time before he could regain his speech. However it was well that his friends did come, for they enjoyed a most pleasant evening and to set mark on this milestone, the visitsrs presented Mr. Beckwith a fine carving set. F. W. Feidler of David City is spending the week with friends in the country. Mr. Feidler recently sold his harness business at David, where he has been engaged in business for sever al years, and expects to again locate in this county where he has laud interests. Mr. Feidler was an early settler here, a good citizen, and his friends are glad to see him back. Well, they all come back, sooner or later, don't you know. II RavM lMgi5J Mh&i d ;n;nn?vC&,'t .-1 rffiWiPFfoUwii .IE Made to Walk on Exclusive Patterns Look at them they'll please you Hake your selections early Quality makes them attractive price makes them sell A thought for your comfort a consideration for your cash GEO. D. DARLING HOUSEFURNISHER Alliance. Nebraska E. H. Scott, the popular representa tive of the Baldwin Piano works, "took his departure" from Alliance last Mon day morning, bound for Sidney and other points, The last heard from Mr. Scott he still had his "departure" with him. G. D. Carrington, Jr., of Auburn, Neb,, is in the city today. Mr. Car rington is a candidate for state superin tendent on the republican ticket. He is a young man of ability, a pleasing personality, and will doubtless com mand strong support in his party for the nomination. Mr. Carrington, in company witli Chas. Wcthcrall, who is an old-time acquaintance, made The Herald a call. Ralph Beal was at Belmont last week looking after the produce trade. Beal Brotliers have done an extensive busi ness shipping potatoes this spring thioughout the entire east, and their firm name is becoming most common among commission men of the trade centers as a result. There is no dis puting the fact that whoever stays by Box Butte county "spuds" will wear diamonds sooner or later. Mrs. Ole Gilbert came down from Hay Springs Sunday to see her nephew, Stephen Holt, who recently met with an accident by discharge of a gun, mention of which was made in the last issue of The Hurald. Mrs. Gilbert had not been to Alliance for sometime and was surprised to note its rapid growth. Mr. Gilbert's health continues poorly, which his many friends in this county regret to hear. They still own a residence in Alliance and may some time return to make their home here. John J. Fay arrived home yesterday morning from Downs, Kansas, where he and Ralph Worlev went two weeks ago with a car of horses aud farming implements. Mr. Worley is going to farm in that locality the coming year. Mr. Fay visited with Mr. and Mrs. Vol Wright while there It is a fine coun try and Vol has a fine farm in a good locality. It keeps him busy killing off the timber squirrels to prevent them from eating all the young chickens and turkeys. Vol is a good marksman and if he can't shoot them he scares them into the Solomon river and drowns them. Mr. and Mra. Herman Peters return ed Sunday from their extended trip to the Pacific coast, spending part of Sun day in Alliance with Mrs. Rhodes and daughters. They were gone two months and saw most of the coast country ' from Seattle to Los Angeles. At the latter place they visited several former Alliance people who made their stay pleasant. They saw Capt. Corbin and report him to be in rather poor health. He.contemplates taking an ocean trip along the South American coast before returning to Alliance. Mrs. Peters is delighted with southern California but Herman thinks there would be too much danger of him having a desire for leisure to make it their permanent home. In fact he was anxious to get back to the exhilirating atmosphere of western Nebraska where he can rustle around among the sheep on the rancli and run his auto at a forty mile gait. Mr. and Mrs. Peters left for Hay Springs on the afternoon train. First showing Spring Millinery, March 31. Regan's. f RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS t X George Burke spent Sunday in Denver. Mrs. J. C. Ferrell is visiting telatives in Rock Island. Mrs. G. H. Wright is spending a few days in Denver this week. M. Vaughan left on 43 Wednesday for a two weeks visit near O'Neill. Machinist B. H. Freeman has been transferred to Deadwood temporarily. J. L. Berry hill and family spent a tew days in the Black Hills last week. Engineer W. L. Austin has been as signed to the switch engine at Seneca. A. F. Hendergren and family are on an extended visit with relatives in Have lock. J. J. Sann and wife are on an extend ed visit with friends and relatives in Liberty. Mrs. W. J. Connors is on an extended visit with relatives and friends in Omaha. J. W. Dickinson of the mechanical department is spending a few days in Sheridan. Engineer and Mrs. A. H. Robbins are visiting relatives in Grand Island this week. Boilermaker Foreman H. H. Adams and,family are spending a few days in Denver this week. Miss Ethel Nolan has accepted a temporary position as stenographer in master mechanic's office. W. H. Allgeier, of the superinten dent's office, spent Sunday in Denver visiting Stanley Krajicek. Miss Irma Hancock and brother went to Spearfish last week to pay Engineer C. B. Hnncock a brief visit. Engineer W. A. Miller went to Craw ford a fmv days ago to make arrange ments to move his family to Alliance. Miss Inez Hunt returned from Lin coln Monday and has accepted a posi tion as stenographer in the general sup erintendent's office. E. W. Fitt, formerly master me chanic at Alliance and at present fuel inspector at Omaha, was in the city a few days this week on business. Mrs. C. A. Wetheral aud Engineer G. L. Milliken will leave in a few days for Mr. Milliken's lanch near Bayard for an indefinite period. Conductors W. W. Johnson, J. H. Cantlin, E. M. Gregg and W. E. Cotant went to Grand Island Sunday to assist in the installation of an O. R. C. lodge. City Teachers Have Vacation. The Board of Education has given the teachers in the city schools a vaca tion Friday that they may attend the meeting of the Western Nebraska Teachers association, to be held at Bridgeport Friday and Saturday of this we ek.