The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, March 10, 1905, Image 1
- e - - _ . . ' _ . ' " " , , , . . _ _ ' , " " ' _ ' " . , _ , n _ ' , . ' ' , ' " . _ . " . " , " . . . < " . arht jj alln otity ribttnt. : ' " . _ . . . . . _ . - - . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . Vol. II. No. 10 FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRI DAY , MARCH ' 10 , 1905. \\Thole . . . No. . 62 L - - ' - - - - - _ _ - _ - - _ _ - _ - m - - - - . , . . . . Married. - Herman Kloepfel and i\Iiss Gertie Close were married at the ' , - home of the bride north of Rule Wednesday afternoon. 1'hey will go to housekeeping on the Kloep- fcl farm at once Miss Close is ' . " " one of Ft , Ha el's popular girl - ' ' and Mr. Kloepfel is a Richardson county teacher of promincl1ce. We extend congratulations. - - - - - Slot flachines Reilloved. 'l'hc religious zeal incident to the revival mcptings resulted in the removal of all slot machines Tuesday morning. The order was sweeping and all the peanut gum and cigar contrivances were also removed.Ve still insist that thc tail g-o with the hide and see that the News obeys the order. . . . .y- Glennyn Kenneth Crook. Glen nyu Kenneth Crook , infant . . . . . 'Jon of i\Ir. and Mrs. John \V. I Crook , born July 12 , 1904 and . I. died March 5 , PJ05 aged 7 months , and 23 days. The little one was a suffercl of pneumonia and its illness covered a period of three \ \ eeks. Every thing was lone and all medical skill could rut save its life. The sorrow that has come to this , young father and mother is . ' a ; hared by their many friends and - there arc no words to express the depths or sincerity of sympathy that goes out tu them. The funeral service was held _ fr9m thc residence 3 miles south. east of this city at 2 pm.i\Ionday March G , 1905. Rev. Cline oflici- ating. Four young ladies were pall bearcrs. The interment took place in Steele cemctcry. - - - - - - High Price for Land. The old Evans eighty situated : " ' two miles out of Verdon was sold : to Christ Fisher this week for $100.50 an acre. The reniarkable thing about Otis price is , that thc farm is n..k- . cd land not even being fully fenc- ir. cd. If there is another county in the state that can beat this wc would be glad to hear from it. . At the Gehling. The Stain of Guilt as presented - ed at the Gehling on Wednesday evening of this week was as bill- . ed , very scnational and of start- ling climax. ' ' " ' ' 'l'hc next attraction 'l'he ) Hoosier Girl" will appear on the f local boards \Vedncsday evening , March 22nd. Sphinx Club. The Imperial Saxophonc Juin- ( tcttc as the sixth number of the entertainments given by thc pop- ular Sphinx club was another musical treat for those present last Monday evcning. Every number was enthusiastically en- cored , being rendered in thc mas- terful manner of musical ability. Owing to thc illness of Father Nugent , and all his engagements being canceled , the club will not be able to present him once more to the Falls City public , there- fore th'c Monday night number will be the last of the cntertain- 111 cn ts. \Ye feel the people of Falls CIty to bc indcbted to the Sphinx club boys for their high class and interesting lecture course presented - sented this season. Seving'Party. . In as much as it pleased an all wise Providence to bless the home of Mr and : \ 1 rs. Andrew Cameron - on by the gift of two little girls this week , the friends of thc lat- , ter gathered \Vedncsday Ilt thc home of \Irs. ! J. C. Martin to as- sist in thc preparation for the unexpected - expected little onc. Those pres- ent were Mesdames Will and George Holt , Bert SimantonJohn Null , Will \Vighton. Harry Cus- ter , Lama Spear , John Oswald , Harry Pence , sc Morton and Misses Nellie Shock , Helen Martin - tin , J.illian and Anna Donng- ton. Besides accomplishing a great deal for thc comfort and convenience of the little girl , a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. At the Court House. County assessor Jorn and Clerk J.C. Tanner are busy getting out the assessors books. The meet- iug' of all county assessors will beheld held at the court house onIarch 31st for the purpose of conferring together and securing their books and blanks for the spring assess- mcnt. A number of cimattl mortgages - gages are being r ( leased prepara- tory for thc assessor's visit. In the County 'l'reasurer's office things arc very Cluiet. Outside of incurring the wrath of the lelin- qucnt by serving distress warr- ants Mr. Zook may be considered as living the simple lifc. Aside from routine work and an occasional marriage by way of variety , Judge 'Vilhite is taking things casy. Recorder Rieger and his force arc working hard catching up with the spring's record of trans- fers. fers.No No new cases have been filed in the oflicc of the clerk of the COUl.t. Chas. Loree being there- fore employed principally in his large abstracting business. George Goolsby Injured. George Goolsby who lives north east of this city was chopping down a tree Monday , which , in falling broke the limb from all adjacent tree , striking him on the head. 't ' ime injured mttn was rendered unconscious , in which condition hc remained until \Ved- nesda\ when Dr. Houston per- formed the operatIon of trehine- ing. 'rite patient recovered consciousness - sciousness imcdiatcly aftertime opera tion. \Vhilc the injury a very serious one , the present indications - dications point to recovcry. Revival Meetings. 'l'he Revival meetings at the ? \ II. E. church still continuc. Good audiences have attended these serces. . 'l'he program for nex t SUlh } ' , ( , :20 : a. m. prayer meeting - ing- , 10-15 : sermon. 3 p. m. spec- ial serce. . 7:20 : i.111. song service and sermon All are cordially inted.'V. Cline , pastor. - - - - - - flarriage Rec rd. ' ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1'II01l1as lo' . Hyall. Iatt ruu . . . . . .27 Nora n. J 1'auton. Iau wn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:1 : Merman r , . Kiot pfel. Ruin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Gertrude ! Cloo , ( ' . Itu1u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Joschh 1- . Hodallf : ! Ilutttluldl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2" Nellie B. Kec. IIul1Iroldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Charles\\ Atwood , liuniUuldl . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Ettt a\'ls. IIl1l11hollll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 frank " \\"alloll I , 1'al1s City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Emma : < : . Sliulcllhllnr. liarada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1M Council fleets. ! City Council mct in regular session Monday evening March : I 6th. Mayor Holt presided and all members were prcsen t. The minutes of meeting held Feb. Mh wcre lead by Clerk Brown and ap- pr'ed. . Claims wcae allowed to the amount of S1201.02. A committee - tee representing -J'he harmers Mutual Telephone Co. , appeared before thc council and Mcssrs \Vea\'er and Morehead of the Falls City Telephone Co. After consideration of thc matter the admittance of Farmers Mutual was deferred until thc next coun- bll meeting. Contract for a new well at the water works was given - en to J. F. Richarts , work to com- mence at once. Ed Burris was sworn in as councilman from second ward to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Clegg. Council then adjourned to meet on April 3rc1. _ At a special meeting" held 'rues- day evening of the council and tln committee of ci tiiens appoint- ed at a previous mass meeting , thc water supply was dcbated. A few hours were spent in discussing - cussing a probable location for such a supply , some arguing ! to locate within thc city limits and others to have it outside. It was I finally agreed to make three ; tests thc first one near Abbotts I lakes on land belonging to 'V111. : Maddox , the second on time \Vmil. Holt land and he t third to be somewhere on the Nemaha bottom - tom between he t place of George Hinton and George Dorrington. Time work was to bc commenced immediately so a final decision could bc arrived at in about thirty days time. 1\1r. Kurst , who installed our city plant about seventeen years ago will be in Falls City in a fcw days and will bc able to give a few pointers. Several plans were ( discus5e 1 but no other business was transactcd. Jacob Crabill III. Jake Crabill who has been ill with pneumonia for thc past six weeks at Holdrig-e , Neb. , was brought to thc home of . his par- ents in this city Sunday. 'Vc I arc glad hc has improved so far as to he able to be rcmo\'ed to his home and hope that hc will continue to travel toward good hcalth at a rapid rate Mrs. JDh'a Brownlee of Adair , Iowa , a daughter of Spencer Fos- tcr nd.a sister of Mrs. Jno.Crook returned to her home \Vednesday. She was called here by the death of the son of John Crook and wife. wife.A A very pleas ant evening .vas spent by the members of the H. S. i\T. C. last Saturday evening with Miss Florence \Vylie as hostess. W. C. li'eliers of Table Hock was ln the city Tuesday consult- ing- a lawyer with reference to some litigation with the Table Hock brick company in which he is one of the largest stock holders. On Tuesday evening at thc regular meeting of the Highlanders - ers a good time was enjoyed by all. Refreshments were served ; and all enjoyed a most pleasant evening dancing. The High- landers arc sure of a good time every time they meet. 'Vm. Hoppe and family left last week for Bancroft , Ncbr. , which will be their future homc. 1t 1 t