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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
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George Bowker was born at Petersburg in thc cast of England on the 13th of May,1835. Hc came to the United States locating in the state of Pennsylvania - \'ania at thc age of eighteen , whence he removed to Rule in 1858 where he has since lived. He was identified with the Rule bank for many years. Uc was married to Miss 'Vood- ford in 1896. ; ' , Besides the bereaved widow itt there survives the deceased two t . . . , f . . brothers and two sisters living in I ; ' - . England and one nephew and one ' _ neice , residents of Rulo. ' " 1\1r. Bowker never lost interest in his mother country and while . - . > . unswerv , . . . : jngin his loyalty to his T- , : ' " adopted > lanil < 1 , hc always spoke with tender affection of thc island . , ' " beyond the sca. As hc lay in his l . . , coffin the benign face of Queen . ' Victoria looked down from the wall upon him. I-Ie was a devout membcrof thc Episcopal church in which faith he lived and dicd. - George Bowkcr way agood and useful cithcn. Good to his neighbors , his business associates . _ and his family. Thc loss to his community can not bc measured , it will bc realized - alizcd more and more as the days go by. While he had lived his threescore core and ten , his life was of that character which makes thc years I seem short , and thc end untimcly. ' 1'0 us it appears that his race was not run , his course unfinished - t cd when thc column was brokce. ) But thc last great debt of na- turc had matured , and just as the : world stood expectant un thc ad- } _ . - vent ot the new year , the old \ . year and George Bowkcr stepped \ - together into thc eternity of things past and gonc. The funeral was in charge of , the Mason order of which the deceased - " ceased had been an honored member , Rcv. Bcal of Salem ) officiating. The beautiful and simple service was closed by sing- ing "Shall we gather at thc riv- cr" . And as thc words of the old hymn were ringing in thc . cars of the crowd of friends assembled - semblcd , the ferryman was bearing - ing another soul across the dark watcrs. 'l'hc'oice of the Father had called him-it : was time to go home. But on hc t iilaius > of life love and duty were beckoning thc voice was strongcr - thc wilt of God was a.compJished. : : George Bowker is dcad. Peace to his ashes. Shooting At Rulo. What may prove to hc a murder - er occurcd at Rube Sunday. Bert Ogden a young man of about twenty five years of age and who Jives with his wife and infant child on the Indian reservation - vation south of Rub , drove to Rule in company with compaion Sunday aftcrnoon. After getting their mail they fell into conversation - sation with several men among whom was a young man named John IcClel1an and his father It seems that Odgcn had a quart bottle of whiskey and there was some controversy about giving thc other a drink. While the stories are very con- tradicQry , as near thc facts as can be learned young McClcl1an became somewhat abusi'nd his fat1.er tried tp quiet him. Some of the spectators say that McClel1an had a revolver , while others ( belly this. At any rate lcClcl1an followed Odgcn as he and his companion attcmped to lcavc. Ogden then shot him through the right lung. Ogden J and his companion ran to theii' team and cscaped. i .rhcy were coming to Falls City to surrender themselves when they were alJprchcndC'd by the deputy sheriff of Brown County , Kansas , and lodged in the Hiawatha jail. Ogden con- scnted to be brought to Falls City without requisition papers and was brought here Wednesday morning by Sheriff Hossack. Ogden claims to be quite ready for trial and confident of acquital. At this writing it is very doubt- I ful if McClcllan will live. The accused will bc held pending - ing the result of thc injury. Accidentally Shot. L. L. Aldrich , city marshall was accidentally shot in the hand Sunday. He was cleaning a revolver - volvcr and in some manner it was discharged , the bullet penetrat- ing the first finger of the left hand. No serious results are anticipated , though it is feared that the finger will be stiff. Married. SP ANG I.HH-STU1\IP. At noon on New Years day , at thc home of thc brides parents Mr. and Mrs 14'rancisStump , Mr. Jesse Spangler of Morril , Kan. , and Miss Nct tic Stump were united in marriage , Hcv. E. E. Haskins of the Brethcrn church performing [ thc ccrcmony. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion and a large number of guests were prc- scnt. Professor Norman Spang- ler , a brother of thc groom played the wedding march. After the ceremony a bountiful wedding feast was sen'ed. Among those present were Mr. Spanglcr and son , Norman , of Merrill , Kan. , father and brother of the groom , Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett and son , Ed , Mr. and1Irs.Vcs Stump and family , of Vcrdon , Mr. and \Irs Clem Stump and family , Mr. and Mrs. Shouse and daughters , Ada , . Grace , Mabel and Emma , Mr. and I. ' 7\frs. Hayden Bowers and son , of I _ . - - - - - - - - - Verdon , Mr. amid 1\1rs. Charles Stump , Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shaffer l\lr. and Mrs. John 14ichty , Mr. and Mrs Cluster Stump and childrl'n'a Jcllison , Daisy Rosen berge , of St. Joel\Io.Bcssic Heyde , Greenville , Ill , Otis Wi1- fong , Mr.Keckler , l\lanlcy , Neb " Alonzo Stump. . . - - - - - - A Ripe Old Age. ! iJrandPa Slocum celebrated his /lneteeth birthday Sunday , Janu- 4ry , 1st. Mr. Slocum was born on New Years day in the year of 1815 , and has lived through thc most stirring days of thc rcpub- lic. Hc was born but a few weeks after the battle of Water- lee and about the time the Little Corporal was taken to St. Helena to pass his last l days gazing ; : out upon the sad and thc solemn sca. During his life the battle of New Orleans was won by General Jackson \VclJington's veterans - ans who boasted they did not know thc word defcat. He has lived under twcn ty-onc Presidents and cast his first Presicjental vote for Harrison and Tyler in 1840. He was a staunch whig until the birth of the republican party , ever since which time he has been allied with that organization. Mr. Slocum was forty-tive years . old when Lincoln run for Presi- dent thc first time and was but six years younger than the immortal - mortal common It is , as the lives of men run , a great and unusual thing to have lived ninety ycars. It b a far . greater timings to crowd l those years with honorable and unsel- fish deeds such as has the venerable - able subject of this sketch. The 'l'ribune extends to him , hale and { hearty : S he is , its sincere congratulation - , ' . gratulation upon his years amid \ . . . . " ; their rcsults. , . W. O. W. Installation. . ; The new officers of time \V .0. \V , f' ) were duly installed Monday evening - . . \ ing" and the lodge started out on another year of usefulness and > , acti vi ty. At the conclusion of the impressive - pressive ceremony incidcnt to thc installation , an alarm was hCrl at the door. Investigation prov- \ ed it to bc caused bv members of j the circle , who armed with bask- . ets of good things came to celebrate . brate thc splendid growth ot the ; - lodge , with their worser hah'cs. . i\ [ " 1'0 say that something was doing ' " , is to put it mmii idly. Something was doing when the lights went out at midnight and the ladies carried empty baskets and half carried full husbands back to their houscs. It was a most enjoyable occas- ion. and one that will be long rc- mhcreil hy those fortmn ate enough to have teen presen t. Legislature. The legislature organized 'l'ueslay by thc election of C. L. . Rouse of Hall county speaker : of thc house and Senator J nnings of Thayer County President pro tem of the senate Richardson County rcccivcl one of the plums by the election of that sterling republican H. D. Wcller of Muddy Sargent at arms of the scnatc. 'rhe Tribune extends - tends its sincere congratulations Wc regret that W. H. Morrow of Shubert who was a candidate for assistant clerk of thc house was unsucccssful. Mr. Morrow however made a splendid fight , being defeated by only four votes. V.rs arc also sorry that J. Rock Williamson of Humboldt was defeated - feated for sargcnt at arms for thc house. These gentlemen would have made excellent oilici- also Grand Jury Called. A Grand Jury for this county has been ordered by Judges Bab cock and Ke11igar. to convene January , 30th. It is said to bc the policy of the judges to call a grand jury in cach county once a year. This is as it should bc. Without a grand jury a county attorney may prosecute crimnals or not , just as hc pI cases. If grand juries had been called in this county within the past two years , something in thc way of criminal prosecution might ha\'e rcsultcd.
