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II " Vol. II. No. S - FALLS - CITY , ; ilJR \SK\-I ; \ FRIDAY ; , - FEBRUARY - - :1 : , 1905. _ Whole No. 60
' Forgery.
I' A man about five feet seven
I inches in heiglt , smooth face ailcl
t . .
4 - dark complexioned walked into
- ' thc first National bank of this
may-
city last week and presented a
bill of - - have
j lading purporting \
i been signed by F.V. . Vancc thc
, Mo. PLC. , agent at cn'cKas.
" -t- . for a shipment of 62500 pounds
"
whcat. Hc gave his name as L.
. . 1i
, ' C. Smith , and Grew a sight draft
"
for SOO on thc Hay & Grain Co. ,
of Omaha for the shipument , putt-
I
r bill of - ascol1at-
ing up thc lad1l1gascol1at -
, cra1. The local bank took thc
. draft for collection and Vent tt I on
to Omaha for collection. The
, . draft \\.IS duly taken up br the
Omaha National and ; the money
sent him was duly turned over to
thc fellow representing himself
to bc L. C. Smith. Thc whole
thing now appears to bc a forget
: No wheat was loaded . at Reserve
. . . .
and no bill of lading was signed
by Mr. Vancc.
John Dc Long , : secret service
1 man for thc Mo. Pac. , .vas investigating -
" . ; , " vestigating the mil tter Tuesday ,
but has been able to find I no deli-
I
_ _ , . . . . . ' _ nitc i , clue In as much as both
the first National and the Omaha
'
bank arc mcmbers , of the American -
: can banking 'lssociatiol1 , there is
hope that the criminal may be located -
cated hy the Pinkcrtons who arc
, at work on thc casc.
Washington's h.thday.
. The ladies and gentlemen uf
thc Episcopal church gave a
t George \Vashitgton : social : : at
. Mrs. Margaret -'laddox's home
un Wednesday e\'enil1g- Thc
home was decorated profusely
with flags and bunting while a
cherry tree occupied the center of
t hc ( lining : ta hlc. Hatchets . tied
with ribbon in thc national col-
ors were given as souvcnirs. The
unique feature of hc evening :
- . was that seven men mcmbers of
_ the church served thc refresh-
mcnts while George Dietsch pre-
sicled at the punch bowl. 1'he
ladies were supposed to assist
but the men really did the work ,
while their better halves looked
i' pretty in their costumes and
dealt out hospitality to the large
crowd which attendcd. A , considerable -
siderable 5um was added to thc
, fund 01 thc St. lartlliL's guild by
the cntertainment.
Married.
Wednesday evening at 7:30 :
at thc Baptist parsonage at Stella -
, ) , la , 'l'arsncy HarpcrVinfrey and
lttaIay I Vandcv were united
j
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t
in thc of i
holy bonds matrimony
by Rev. King. .
Immediately after the cerc-
111011y thc worthy young couple
drove to thc home of thc bride
where a number of relatives were
awaiting them and extended
hearty congratulations , also an
elegant wedding supper was par-
taken of
Miss Vanleveer is thc accom-
plishcd daughter ofV. . A. Van-
dc\'ccr and wife and is hig-hh'ire-
sppctcd by all who know hcr.
\Vhilc Harper is the son of \Ir.
and 1\lrs. T. Winfrcy and is a
prosperous lnd energetic young
farmer and posscssps all the
traits of character that it takes
to stake an ideal 11usbanl.
\ Iany valuable presents were
rcceh'ed. 'l'hey will soon hc at
house to their friends 011 a farm
northwest of Stclla.
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Mrs. John W. Wixon.
1\rs. [ John \V. Wixon lied at
tier home in Stella Saturday .
morning- She has been compelled -
ed to sit up in a chair since Christmas -
mas with bronchial trouble com-
plicatccl with hcart disease. Tier
two brothers George and Will
Benson of Geneva and her sons
Sam and \ VillVixon of thc same
place arrived lucre a fcw hours before -
fore her death. She was buried
in thc Stella cemetery Monday ,
the funeral services being held in
the M. g. church at 1 p. m.
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AlIen Gillespie , thc little son
of Mr. [ and 1\1rs. Frank Messier
died un Tuesday night , aged 4
months and seven ( days The lit-
tle boy had never been in robust
health , having been ail mig : almost
fr.Jm his birth. Thc funeral services -
vices conducted uy He\ Cline
was held Thursday aftcrnoon 2:30 :
o'clock at thc home , interment
being in the Steele ccmC'tery.
The Tribune extends to thc bereaved
rcarcd young : parents thc sincere
sympathy of their many friends
and acquaintanccs.
Robbery at Rulo.
Wednesday night thieves
tried to enter thc school house at
Rub , but were frightened away
before gaining entrance. 'l'hey
were more successful at the Cath-
olic church however , as they suc-
cecded in getting in there and securing -
curing numbcr of articles among
them being the priests vestmcnts.
' ' - For-
tl'hc robbers were caught at -
est City , Mo. , early yesterday
morn i nl { .
J. A. Hosmck is visiting t relatives -
tives in Prcston.
In Police Court.
Lawrcncc Shcrbin , otherwise I
known as Heddy Knobc I , one of
thc town toughs and bums , was
up before Judge Cleaver , thc tint
of thc week , charged with mak-
ing' a "rough housc" and picking
a light at'tItc dtnnct hour at the
National Hotc1. Judge Cleaver
imposccl a tine of S5 and cost.
Court House Ne\vs.
'Phing-s arc as quiet [ as the : tomb
about thc court house and the >
. . .
word from each I office is II nOl ltng
'dointr. '
h
The county clerk has been filing -
ing- a large number of claims during -
ing- the past few drrs and has
been somcwhat cngag'cd in tiling
and releasing ; chattel mortgag'cs.
J. C. Janncr has' so far rccover-
tired from his illness as to permit
him to bc at his office a short
time each afternoon.
Sophia Fink has coin menced
an actIOn against Louis it'ink for
rcn t.
Ii'rank } ; Fry rg'hbusc has CO\1l-
mcnced an attachment action
against James 1'rattklimt CIa rk.
J. L. Ganely has filed two suits
against JeromneViltse , one - on , a
note and one for an accounting-
- 'l'rcasurcr hook and his assistance .
ance have been doing nothing
but routin work for several clays.
Mass Meeting.
Thc sewerage question which
has agitated Fails City residents
' scents to bc on thc high road to
i settlclncnL. A mass mecting
; held in thc court house last \ [ omi-
;
day although not very largely
I
attcnded was very enthusiastic
and interesting Mayor Holt acted
in the capacity of chairman nod
presented thc important topic of
scwerag-e. Time question of hoc a-
tion for thc water supply , l1ecs-
sary for thc carrying- out of a
sewerage system was ii iscussd .
MarorHolt appointed ' \V.H.Crook
1. ' . Harlow , A. Crahaui ? Charles
Davis , A. E Gantt and John
f4ichty to report at thc next
I
meeting- Monday evening Feb. l
2i , as to a probable location for a
new water supply and to solicit
property owners. Let every representative -
rescntative property owner bc
present at this nmecting , talc part
in it and help in thc plans to
beautify and to build up this
city. Let C'C1'citj cn hc prcs-
eht and make thc sleeting wor-
thy thc cause.
.
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Fight at Barada.
John Randal of Bt.rada was
looking for thc county attorney
- - -
'I'hlll'sday to lay in a complaint
against Juncs Stephenson for as-
sault Randal claims that 1\11'
Stcphcnson aid his son attacked }
him Monday night and heat him
with a crowbar. andal' , head , '
is orcttr well cut UIuHl : froth his
story . there must have been all I
kinds of a rough house for a few '
\11 i n u tcs.
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RUnH\Vay. w
OttIonha ) ' Joe Steele and
daughters while sleigh riding east
of this city had thc misfortunc to
bc upset in , a snow drift. trltc
high drifts upset the sleight
vim eremmj ou the horse became
frightened and started for the . . . .
city. ' 1'lte occupants rcccivcd no
other injury beyond a severe
shaking up but considcrablc dam-
age was done to thc sleig-h.
Inter . = . High School Debate
'l ' ime high schools of the county ;
will elect in joint debate at time
Gelding" tIt atrc in this city Fri- I
( da\ _ evening , March ; 10. 'rIte
CJ ucstion will he , "I : c ol vcd , 'j'hat
the United States Ge\cl'l1tllcnt I )
should own and control thc rail-
roads. " AffiruisttivcStellaPulo : ,
Vcrdon , Salctll. Negative : Shu-
I bert ua wson , 'allsCity ] , Humho1
i verybocly should attend this debate - , ,
bate and encourage thc spcak rs.
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I 'I'he fifth entcrtainmcnt given
I by the popular Sphinx club at 1
thc Gchling" theatre last rhurs- . I
dy : ! c'cningwas well attcndcd.
'I\hp l\lcistct' -
singers are a superb
organization ha'ingbcautiful ,
harmonious voices and an unlim-
itcd knowlcdgc of music. hers
selection was heartily encorcd by
those fortunate enough to bc
prcscn t.
Sorosis met at thc homc of
\Irs. L. C. llaug"crVcdncsday
afternoon , A very interesting
and instructive program was given -
en , after which thc question of
entertaining the visiting clubs
members at thc district meeting
to he held in March , was'dis-
cussed. Among other social fult-
ctions will hc a reception to the
oflicers at the horde of l\rs. J. oR.
Cain thc evening of March 21. '
\VIty not have the next congressional -
g-ressional con\'ention of thc
\ republican -
publican party held in 1:111sCity ; : ?
Mr. 0 A. Coopct of Humholdt is
a very influential malt on the
committee , which fact , together :
with thc general disposition >
among : the counties to land on
Lincoln good said hard , would
probably insure us convention
if properly nHlnagcd. It isn't too
early to begin if we want it , and
it will probably be worth going
miles to scc-
O. f4. Ban ' . , Humboldt's pop-
ular postmastcr was in the city
'l'hursdayarranging thc preliminaries -
inaries incident to thc bond election -
tion for a new city hall in his
home city.
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