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VOLUME - . - - - - I - - . FALLS - CITY . ' NEBRASKA : : , FRIDAY ; . ! ; : ] ILCEMRER e : o.'N ; - - _ . _ 'M 13 ER 1S 1) + ) )
ASSAULTED IN A JOHN'
The Assailt is the lResoJt of a fAua.r = =
re Between two Men \
Cln'istopher Stucke is i the Name of the
, - ' - Un.fortu'1ate r oung l\t an
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- 'HUe May Recover '
Christopher Stuckc a young
farmer residing in thc vicinity oj f
Nuns City a small inland town ]
south of HU1111Joldt : , was strucl ;
and badly injured Sunday even
ing , November 20 , by a billiard
cue in thc hands of Otis Sims ,
another young farmer of that
sectioli. The young man , was
taken to Sabetha , Kan . for an
operation to relieve thc pl'essU1
of a fractured skull on thc brain.
It appears that thc young men
were in one of the two joints now '
rl1l1nimg- full blast in the town ,
and that Stucke was engaged in
laying l > a game of billiards , while
Sims was an onlooker. Sims pas-
sed by thc billiard table and
Stucke. thought he detected him
in thc act of moving one of the
ba11sol1 the tableA dispute
arose over the matter and Sims
drew : a pocket knife with which
, he threatened to carve Stuckc.
Stticke approached Sims and COI11-
pe11ec1 him to shut his knife and
put it inhis poclm t. This did
mot seem to suit Sims , and in a
few minutes when Stucke started
to leave ; the joint he made some
very disparaging remarks which
started it all over agai.n. Sims
eizcd' a billiard cue and dealt
Stuke : a blow upon the head fe1l-
ing" him to the ground and fol-
low4(1 this blow 'up with several
more upon thc chest and abdo
mcn. Stucke lapsed into unc n-
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a ciou"'i1c" ; " , for several days.
, ! . , At trwf I : thc injuries were riot
fiiiii. . , -
Peter B\'rley and wife of A u-
burn \ \ \ ; , ' guests at the Union
SUt1da ; .
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Dr. ( gurney GriOHhs and 1 wife
f Pre ' ' , on were Falls , City visit-
rs Tug s la \ ' .
L. N Chancy of Stolid was a
diusine' , ' ) visitor in this city " the
titter part of last wcek.
, L. L' . Burnctt of Hastings rc-
istered 1 at the Union House Sun-
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: thought to be serious because thc
exalnini. . g surgeon failed to find
evidence of a fractured skull , but
: when hc did not regain ! con-
'sciousness for several days an-
other surgeon was called in and
after a thorough examination , he
revealed the true condition of the
young man. Stuckc is tin tnar-
ricd and lives ! with his parents ;
Sims is a married n1an. Both arc
about 30 years of age.
In the first place wc want
to call thc attention of our read-
ers to the fact that this trouble
. OCCUl"cd on Sunday ) ' ; in the scc-
olle1 place it occnred in one of
two joints running full , blast al-
most under the nose of our county
attorncy.
Nines City is a very ; new place ,
having been in exist once about ,
two years , out it has become notorious -
torious be''oncl ) expression in that
short space of timc.
These Hjoints" arc running
every day in the week , and al-
mast every night all night.
The proprietors were careful to
procure Government License , but
laugh at thc ilea of it being a
proper thing for them to procure
other necessary papers It is
about time for our lethargic
County Attordey to wake u'p. At
least we , think so , don't you ?
Since , writing the above , a re-
port froth Nims City states that
thc injured man has a lighting
chance for a recovcry.
, Ed Hammond has resigned his
position in George Dietsch's gro-
cery store in this city ancl hc with
his family removed on Wednesday -
clay to Stella where Ed has secured -
cured a lucrative position with
tIle general merchandise firm of
Wheeler and Son. 111'Vhceler
is to be congratulated upon secttr-
il1i thc services of as competent
and obliging clerk as Ed , and
Stella upon the addition to her
citizenship of so worthy a fat 1i1y.
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Died
At "his home three miles north
of Salem , SatmtllY. No\'cmbcl'2
Mr. John Crook , one of the oldest
settlers ill this county.
He was horn in Tennessee , No-
vein her 24 , 1833 Iud moved to
. Richardson ' county'in 185 which
place has been his home ever
since At thc tingle of his death
1\11' . crook was,71 years and two
days 01(1. .
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IIe . leaves behind him to mourn
their loss , nn aged widow , live
sons , one daughter and a 'host of
other relatives uid , fri I1ls.
Time direct cause of his death
was setlilcdecay , having bcen in
a bad condition physically for the
past three 'ears.
Mr. Crook was an old 1 soldier
havilJO" served . ( luring the civil
war in Co. G. 2nd Ncbl'ilslql. The
funeral , one oj the largest ever
held ill Salcm , took place Monday
November 28 and the remains
were laid to rest in the Salem
cc . nctcl'r.
"Thus it is we . arc pa $ sing away
one by one to'that silent ; unexplored -
plorc' 11and , to view thc mysteries
of thc future ' Farc\vcl1 , brothei' .
The bell has tolled thy dcmise ;
and though 1t l we , miss you , wc
know that hearts have been made
glad because of your long stay in
our midst. One by one the men
lnd women who paved thc way
for thc present generation arc
passing to their rewards.
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'l'Ill' Nehra lca SUttc Journal
pubJirhecl : on its front ( page
'l'hanlcg-iving'1I : pOCttt by ; \ linn
D. May. We Ire not surprised
hat the State .To\t1'nal \ 1tduJd
g 1 \'e the pOCIH the most prot11ilieu ( t
place in its i issue uf thahlaTU ,
arc not prepared to say ! ( lint the
pocm is thc bet work Allie 1ta ; : ,
lone hut it h i ; among the best an(1 1
is credit not only to its an thor
but to the paper which pub1isl1C'd
it. I . : . :
IFor
For ' thc benefit of our t't'adcrs
we reproduce the poem which its
author entitles : t
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'J'HANKSG IVJNG I1Yl\IN.
Ours was the toil of those who Sowed
Where furrows scarred ( lie iii iF and
plain ; . ' .
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Ours are the hill now , overflowed ;
But 'l'hille the su11shinc and the I'nill.
OIll'S were the fears whom thl'catcucl
storm
llcmlaced : the earthm with awful wHl ;
. Ours , were thc doubts when clouds
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wouhl form ,
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But Thinc : Oh Lord l"Pclce bc : tli1l. ! "
Olll" - . . are thc kindlyfruitmc : of earth , , , ' ,
Antours the toilers fait'"rcwant ;
Ours itt harvests gcnlal' ; lI1irth. ' "
But 'Chillc the tClllpted willds 0\1 \ 1..ord.
By Natures law , ours is the gain _
That home our loaded wn150J S draw ,
Ours is tIle legacy of grain
That l'hillc thc making of the Law
' 1 ' hinc is , he II1l1sic of the spheres ;
' 1'hillc thc profu1II10 of the
1'1 deep ; .
'r ) its is the song the seraph hear ,
And thullller's crash . whcII light-
lIillg-S leap. .
1'hille is the : song of the' tumpest's ,
might ,
Cllllillg the forest limb front limb ,
And the sweet sonata of tmtooulit night
B\lt \ ours is the hearts 'J'hallcsgivillg- ]
hymll. -Allall 1) . 'oray.
T o JJof Chand6'of ! 1ubert .
- Killed } Jifll Saw Mill Frida.y
' 1' . J. Chandler , an employee
in a saw 111\11 \ seven miles north-
east of Shubert , was killed in a
shocking manner last Friday
aftcrnoon. It appears that 1\11'
Chandler was performing the
task of removing thc dust and
trash from thc front of a large
circular saw , when in sonic unknown -
known manner a board was
thrown from thc saw striking ]
him in thc side of the neck.
Hc fell unconscious and his
fellow workmen rushed to his
side and tenderly carried him
away from thc place where hc
had fa11en. Hc was removed to
his home and a physician hurriedly -
ly sUll1moncd. An examination
revealed thc fact that thc board
in striking him had severed the
jUg'ular'cin ,
All that medical science with
the ' assistance of loving friends
could do proved of no : wail ; Mr.
Chandler passed away Saturday
after suffering untold agony for
t wcn ty-four hours.
Hc was fifty-scven years old .
and was considered 1 one of the
best hands around the mill.
lIc leaves : widow and '
\ a , grown
up family ; also a brother and sis-
ter ,
r.The
Thc funeral services were COll-
ducted Sunday in Antioch Chris-
tarn church of which hc was a
.
member , and thc remains verc
laid to rest in Prairie Union
Ccmctcry. f1"
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