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. , . , 4 . . I. . : - - - , . ' . VolII. FALLS CITY , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , MAY 19. 1905. , Wholc o72. ' . " ; , 4fs ( ' He was Honest. t . - t\ I , Itrhe latter part of last week y . . vIrs. Will Uhlig lost a hand bag containing a pocket book in which there was something over ! ten dollars. Shortly after she dropped it , Ed King , who lives , on the Hinton place south of town , found it on the alley cross- . ing just west of Wahl's store. . . ' vIr. King had some purchases to p make in Reavis & Abbey's furni- i ture store , and he inquired there if they knew the owner of the , 1 I . \ pocket book. It was recognized . _ . . . . . d ; ; \ .Jr' by a member of the firm who had ' \ seen it in Mrs. Uhlig's hand that t' . afternoon. It was restored to. . : . her , and she was grateful that a . . man of Mr. King's honesty had ' : been the finder. ,1 , \ . Trouble at Hamlin Kansas. . On Sunday night a store at Hamlin , Kansas was broken into i . and robbed. Tuesday morning Dr. Fulton's blood hounds from Beatrice passed through here on their way , to Hamlin. The hounds , . were immediately started to work " ' . and followed the trail up'to a livery - ery barn where two young men , Ross 'Villards and a fellow by . r the name of leyers were. To ' : w 'J make sure they started the hounds over the trail again , leaving the boys at the barn. The boys took " . a team from the barn and immediately - medi tel y left town. At this " time they have not been caught. Ross \-Villard will be remembered - . . ed by many of our readers as he made this his home for a number \ of years. . A. W. Greenwald Elected. 4 At the session of the Grand I , Lodge A. O. U. W. held in South > , Omaha last week , W . fA. Green- I wall of this city . was elected , . grand receiver. This is one of 1 , . . the highest positions in the or- ) der and for which there were . l many candidater The Grand Receiver has charge of all the funds of the lodg vIr. Green- wald is to be congratulated upon his splendid fight and its result. . ' t ' r Mery Hospital no More. fj' : The Mercy hospital was closed this week. Dr. Houston has " .J labored inces'3ently to make it a 11 } " success , and has expended a large , l - . , - - : . \ \ I sun of money for this purpose. \ ' It seems , however , that Falls " , City is not yet ready for an enter- \ , ; : . . prise of this character. Dr. ( . , ' : Houston returns to his offices over . D. W. Sowlrs confectionary store. . " . \ ( . , .r 1 Died. Chas Jones died at the home of his mother in Stella Saturday morning. He had , clerked in dif- fercnt stores in Stella for the past fifteen years. About six months ago he contracted lung trouble and left for points ; in Colorado : in the hope of regain- ing his health , but he becamc worse and finaly returned home about two months ago , and has been unable to leave his home since his return. The funeral services were from the Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Wm Snyder died at his home in Sabetha , Kansas , Friday morn- ing May , 12 and the funeral was held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Presbyterian church ill that city , with inter- ment at Albany , three miles north. ! Many of our people will remem- ber , him as he lived here in this I community in 1877. He was a relative of David Grush of this city , He was an old soldier. Mr. Snyder was an old friend of John Hossack , who attended the funeral and was one of the pall bearers. The funeral service of Elsie Leipik , the thirteen month old daughter of Joseph and : Mary Leipik , was held from their home 011 Wilson St. Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Elder J. Cronen- berger of the Christian church conducted the' services. She was a sweet little child , cheering and brightening the home for a few short months , and has now gone to be with the Angels. Married John A. Gilliams and Mary Moore both of Craig , Mo. , were married at the court house by Judge Wilhite last Satu.day. Thomas : Murphy of this city and , Margaret E Ryan of Daw- son were married at the Catholic church in Dawson on Tuesday morning , Father Cochron offici-I ating. They will make their home in Shubert. Thomas : Matthews and Miss Myrtle Webb of Tina , Mo. , were united in marriage by Judge Wilhite on Wednesday morning. . Vea.ch Wins Wm Veach who went to Her- ington Kansas the first of the week won the Elliott cup , ninety four to ninety-two. vIr. Veach is certainly hard to beat. His many friends extend hearty con- gra tula tions. - , - - The Palls City Journa claiming ' to have the largest circulation in Palls City , published last week 155 inches of , Palls City matter. The Tribune published 221 inches of Pans City Inatter. More than 25 per cent more than the Journal. - . . Arrested at R.ulo. Some time last winter the Catholic church at. Hula was robbed of vestments and other articles to the amount of about S350. J. J. Lamb was arrested at Rube Friday and brought to this city and placed in the county jail , charged with grand larceny. He , in company with a man named Batten are supposed to be the robbers. Batten was shot by a police at a town in Iowa while in the act ! i of robbing a store , about a week a1o. Lamb has secured an attorney - torney and will be given a preliminary - liminary tomorrow. China Anniversary Mr . and vIrs. G. C. Jennings celebrated their china wedding , Sunday , May 14 , 1905 , having been married twen t , } ears. The house was beautifully decorated with cut flowers , t1nd a most pleasent day was spent. ' An elab- orate dinner was served to about eighteen relatives. Many beau- tiful pieces of china ware were received - ceived by I ' 1rs. Jennings. Those present were11' : . and Mrs. Campbell. of Salem , parents of vIrs. Jennings ; Jess Shrimptons and : Minnie Jennings of Salem ; George Slocum and wife , Esbum , Wheeler and wife , A. J. Bald- win and family , Herbert Bailey and wife of Stella. 11iah Wind , Saturday afternoon during the heavy rain , a small cyclone struck a number af farmers south and east of this city. Pat Murphy had several small , building com- pletely destoyed , W. W. Browns orchard was somewhat torn to pieces , also Chas. Brech large new barn was blown down. The Lake Side school house was damaged - aged to the amount of 625 and the grove was badly demolished , several corn cribs and trees were torn up in that neighorhood. Prepare for Convention. Time Roosevelt club met at the court house Wednesday cvcning' to make preparations for the congressional - gressional convention June 1st. A large number was in attendance - ance and the various committees were appointed and arc now at work. One committee will can- vass the town \ to ascertain how many rooms can be obtained at private houses. Anyone who will consent to entertain guests wlli confer a favor on this com- mittee by leaving - his name with \ P. S. Heacock. In addition to this committee others were organized - ganized on decorations , finance etc. Falls City will meet all ex- perbtiom ; ill caring for the crowd hat viii Jj here Jimmie 1st. ' Falls City will be the center of intereet on June 1. Let's make a success of it. - - - Time fight in Nemaha county is about over and one Thomas lyIajors seems to be decidedly out out of it. Lincoln expects to run a , special train to Falls City convention day with 200 Lancaster county "boosters'7 aboard. . The Otoe county convention passed resolutions condemning the use of railroad : passes on the part of public officials , and com- mending the president's fight on railroad rates. Judge William Hayward , Otoe county's candidate for congress , has engaged headquarters at the National and has asked for accommodations - commodations for his twenty-six , a band and sixty rooters. O. A Cooper not a Candidate O. A. Cooper of Humboldt whose name has been used by several as a candidate from this county for congress , was in the city Wednesday. He announced to a Tribune reporter that he was not a candidate , but that he believed the time was ripe for Richardson county to get the congressman. Mr. Cooper states it as his opinion that there never was a better time than now for this county to win. I Reqisition Granted . Gov. Mickey granted requisi- tion for the return of Perry Meyers from Los Angeles , Cal. This is the case in which Lieu- tenant Governor M.-Gilton re- fused to issue requisition papers a few days ago. We understand that Mr. Mevers ha returned without an officer ,