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\/.01. II. No. I FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , JANUARY 6 , 1905. Whole No. 53 ; '
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Died. ,
_ George Bowker died at his
residence in Rub , Saturday , Dec.
31st , 1904.
_ . . It is a sad duty for a newspaper -
- er to record the death of any
, , - citiz n. but when that citizen
,
, combines so many qualities of
gentleness and usefulness as did
\It. Bowkcr , it becomes thc an-
\
. ' ' . i . . . nounccmcnt of a public calamity
. . ' to write ; he is gonc.
. 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
_ .
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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. . .
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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.