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. . 1- I- -X If ;.- J-: : .J . . : .. It T L "" ' gr.v v .ialumbu5 Journal. WEDNESDAY. JULY 9. 1890. &SE&&$& A. AN. TIME TABLE. Freight. ' Leave? C.dumbus S:J a. m. 7:01p.m. IMlmod 8:Vi " 4:05 " David City 5:ia " 1:30 p.m. S-wanl 1022 " 8:13 " Arrives.it Lincoln 1 1133 p. m. 11:43 Tin pssscngpr leaves Lincoln at liS) p. m., and arritr fit Cnlnmbas 7:M p. in; the freight leaves Lincoln at 7:13 it. m., and arrives at Columbus at :13p,m. UNION l'AC 1 IT ( ' TIM EATABLE. IIOINOKIKT. flOIXftWIMT. Atlantic Ex. SMtf n. t" ' (i. I. Ical .. 7:00 a. in Col' LochI . 70 a. m , Pacific Ex.. .lia) p. m i. L Loral 4:10 a. m . Denver Ex. UiO p. m Kiist Mail "JUS p. nt ' Limited . Sss". p. in Chicago Ks. l.-oop. m Iocal Ex. . . S.13 p. m Limited tUS p. i" ' Eat Mail .. iHX) p. hi t.l WOI..S, ol.l'Mllt'M AM Mlollx CITV. iVmeiigar arrives fiom Sioux City lWp. m 11:13 p. m " ,-r,Climlus for l.iuc'n l!3p. m rt:13 j. in miived tr4m Lincoln Sad p. in 11:13 p. in lent e for Sioux Oil) n:10 p. in ... 9:10 a. in M?xl lVrtt f.ifla.ni Mixed arrive llHWp.m Toll LRio:v ASP OFDAIl KAMI'S. I'USSelltftjr leale Miled leaver .. Passenger arrives .Mixed uirnw .. 2-13 p. in. tfiSi a. ui. 12:13 p. in. 8:30 p. in. Socittn Moticts. ajr-.Ul notice; iiud.-r this iiMtding will ! charged at the rate f $'i a car. A LEBANON LODGE N.. S3. A. F. A A. M. N2ltetfiiUr iiiretiws 2.1 Wtoesila in ettoh jj mouth. All l.rethit-u invited to alt-nil. AL 11. Whitk, &-. -OJ" KOltOANlZEDCHUItCH OF LATTKK-DAY Saints hol.t regular services ever Suuda at 2 p. ii.. pntjur meeting on Wodmwlai evening at their chii-d, coiner of North street and 1'acitie Avenue. All :,rpcordiall invited. lSjulxU Elder H. J. llL'WStft'. President. -C?tl Mill er is :it Jraner, Wyo. kiSSri -Oltl newspapers by the lmmlre.1, 2-" rents :it ihe.lontNAi. oillre. (. I Merrill lias hail an examina tion for an increase of pension. Dr. T. It. Clarl;. sucvessor to Dr. ttflino;, Olive st. In ollice at nifilits. U. Stamleifs team ran olTSsnulay, west on 14th strt'ft. No ptTSiiu hurt. Never saw the cirn grow so rapidly im it tliil last week. It was simply won derful. - Ahottt thirty people eatue down from Silver Creek to eelehrate the 4th of July. - The county supervisors meet today, to make the annual levy, on the l."ith in regular session. The sociable jivon !.v Ho Presbyte rians at M. liriwcer's Saturday evening, was well attended. -A voting son of 3Ir. Anthony's, who had Ieen siek but a very few days, died Monday afternoon. - One man sujjestr, a sod cabin to le made for the. World's fair, as an exhibi tion from Nebraska. F. O. Kdtferomh of the York News Union was in the oily Wednesday in the interest of his house. Over 17H tickets were sold at Schuy ler Tor Columbus the 4th, and a jjreat niant came up in carriages. - PaL (iriilin carries a watch that he got as a premium for smoking the Plow boy tobacco, sold by Uagat.. Ooutract your buildings with L. E. Sowers and tirdt-cltiid work is gnaran feed. Shop on Hleventh strtvt. The celebrated Quick-Meal, and Monaich gasoline sUtves, the best in th market. Fiir sale by A. Boettcher. 4tf Webster's dictionary free! Will le I given xvith every $40 worth of cash trade lat Sam'l Gass's furniture establishment. ' Kev. Father Jiyau has some very lino apple trees in hta lot on Tenth street, and they are I tearing excellent fruit. C". W. Phillips, county clerk, went to Lincoln eslerday. Ut have the Lin coln A- Northwestern railway- Itonds registered. Thanks to M. Krb for a number of substantial favors without which the life of a printer would indeed lte "love's labor lost." - Mica Maude Van Alsliue will move the stock of millinery goods she has ljeen selling sit Platte Center, to Co lumbus this week. -We learn from Mel Saerider that George Alexander's son Charles, three years old, died Thursday last of inHaiu mation of the Itowels. - -E. D. Fitzpatrick received a tele gram from Watertown. Wis., announc ing the death Monday of his uncle Terrence F., aged St) years. Stevenson Bro's. creamery is doing - good work. Last Tuesday they made 2125 pounds of butter. They nverage now 1S0O to 1100 pounds daily. The Union Pacific's Grand Island local express going east here at 4:10 a. m., and west at 8:15 p. m. was discon tinued on and after Monday last. For sale, an Empire self-binder, used only six days, is as good as new. Having no use for it. the owner will 6ell very cheap. Call at Joseph Bucher's mill. Abts delivery team ran away from the saloon Monday, circling round to Rev. Farris's where the wagon was over W&fb .M9MShte WaaKSiemV turned. Nobody hurt, making another escape. For Harrison wagons and Courtland spring wagons and buggies, call on J. A. "vl Gutzmer, opposite Dowty's drug store. jk He is sure to satisfy you in prices and Xquality. tf I O. F. Merrill has sold his house and lots on Seventh street to O. Johnson, the Pacific express agent, for SS00. Mr. M. and family will remove to their house on Fourteenth street. Many of our readers will be inter ested to know that Miss Belle Dougher- " tv, a teacher in this county for a number of vears. was married lately in Kansas City to Warren Nichols. Miss Mary Brownlow, who has been one of Platte county's successful teach ers for several years, starts tomorrow for Seholtn, Washington, where she expects to remain for some time. In the storm of Wednesday night, ' the lightning was very close to the earth hereabouts. The lights of the city were knocked out by the storm, but were started up again" in a few minutes. We give the following as an approx imate estimate of the expenses incurred for the celebration: decoration $105, ad vertising 875, Columbus Band 5100, Fullerton Band $100, fireworks $130, races $100. - Mayor Henry has lately been in the southern and also in the western part of the state, but nowhere, he says,-has he seen better crops than in this section of country. West of Kearney, the country is very dry. Those who have an interest in the congressional nomination should make their canvass in the selection of dele gates to the county convention, as this, when it assembles, will doubtless do the work of the campaign. If representative republicans of good judgment are selected as delegates to the county convention, there will proba bly be no objection to the convention's selecting delegates to the Moat, senato rial and congressional conventions. W. O. Pugsley, chairman of the county lioard of supervisors, came down Saturday to attach his signature to the Lincoln A' Northwestern funding bonds recently ordered, amounting to $87,000. The work required his signature ',f7 times. Twenty-four cars went out from here Saturday on the U. P's Sioux City route, and sixty more were altout ready to go. The increase of business on the branch lines has been a matter of sur prise as well as gratification to the U. P. management. Patrick Farley, one of the intelli gent old soldiers of this community, stood guard at Gen. Winfield Scott's headquarters in Washington city t wenty nine years ago last Friday. He says it was feared the rebels would try to cap ture the old commander. - A farewell banquet was tendered to Thomas O'Brien nt his rooms last Thurs day evening. Music, toasts and good things to eat were the order of the oc casion. Mr. O'Brien leaves for Wis consin next week, where he will engage in the dry goods business. - -We have received a number of prop ositions to sell the cheap edition of Webster's old dictionary at less than $2 a copy, in order to club with The JorKXAr. If a man has use for an un abridged dictionary, he cannot afford to purchase any but the very ltest. - Following are the new cases filed in the district court since our last issue: John Fitzpatrick vs. Patrick Murray, apjteal from county court; J. M. Bates vs. M. D. Haddox and J. J. Martin, peti tion filed claiming debt of $1000.00; Ola W. Ohlson vs. Godfrey and Annie Samuelson. During the bicycle race the Fourth, Earl Pearsall lost control of his wheel and was thrown to the ground in front of Henry Ziunecker, who was uneble to turn out. and was also thrown from his bicycle. Zinnecker was somewhat bruis ed on his side and arm, but Pearsall mounted his wheel and went to the end of the line. - - Concordia, Kansas, is a city of six thousand people. Mr. Hagaman tells us that the drug-stores under prohibition are doing a very large business coining money. He says Itoys of 12 to 20 send off and get beer, take it to some resort and make a night of it. Twenty to thirty cases of beer are received in the town daily. There is considerable query as to how it happened that the Omaha Repub lican had pronounced in favor of the prohibitory amendment. An Omaha gentleman who claims to know says that a joint Block company was recently formed to- purchase the paper, that a majority of the stock is held by prohibi tionists, hence the change in the con duct of the paper. A jolly crowd was at the depot Thursday waiting for the branch trains: Brad. Slaughter, U. S. marshal, was going home to Fullerton; J. H. Peters, U. S. revenue collector, was going home to Albion to enjoy the Fourth; Hon. A. E. Cady and A. P. Brink were bound for Cedar Rapids, were Cady was booked for the speech on the Fourth, while Ed. Hoare, who had been at the meeting of the central committee, was going to his home at. Genoa. Select, delegates to the county con vention with special reference to all the political action that is to be taken, nom ination of county attorney, representa tive, both county and Hoat, state senator and congressman, as well as the state ticket. The probability is that there will not be a second set of delegates chosen to a second county convention, but that the one now called may adjourn to a later date to complete any work not now attended to. G. L. Jacobs of Council Blnffs, Ia well known to many of our Ohio readers, met with a misfortune July 4th, in the destruction of his residence by fire, loss about $14200, partially insured. Most of the furniture on the first floor was saved, but several hundred dollars worth of furniture and books in the second story were destroyed. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs (and they are a great multi tude) will sincerely sympathise with them in their loss. Miss Elaine Goodale, the poetess, niece of Rev. Goodale of this city, is now a government supervisor of education among the Sioux. An exchange says: "She lives in camp on the reservation in the most primitive way, traveling from one Indian village to another on horse back or in a prairie schooner. She de liberately prefers this life to the social success which a woman of her talent and culture might command. - -Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Baker went to Beatrice Saturday morning to attend the Chautauqua assembly Saturday and Sunday. Trains from all over the state were run for the Sunday services. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage spoke to about 14,000 people in the afternoon. The crowd was so large all eatables were sold by one o'clock, and the mayor of the city ordered the grocery 6tores to open up so people could have something to eat before returning home. D. Anderson of South Omaha passed the Fourth in this city. He is some what under the weather at present, suf fering considerably on account of heat. He is more impressed every time he comes to Columbus with the solid pros perity of the city, and can see that a goodly share of it is due to the fact that it is one of the radiating points of the Union Pacific railway system, which in a hundred ways helps to build up the city and continue its prosperity. TEESOXAL. Sup't Scott has returned from Custer county. J. S. Wells returned Friday from his trip west. Rev. Worley and family spent the 4th at Lincoln. Holland Bain of Leigh, spent Friday in the city. Emil Von Bergen spent Saturday in Humphrey. A. T. Urban of Platte Center spent the 4th in this city. The family of W. F. Slater have ar rived in the city. W. II. Winterbotham and family spent the 4th in this city. Sup't Backus of the Indian school at Genoa was in town Friday. Geo. L. McKelvey and family visited friends in the city last week. M. A. Mayer, the Glolte clot her. has gone to Chicago on business. Pat. Hays and P. F. Doody of Plat I e Center were in town Thursday. F. E Crandall went to Des Moines, la., to attend the funeral of a sister. Miss Maggie Fagan of Omaha is visit ing her sister, Mrs. Vincent Macken. Miss Lillie Landaman of St. Edward is visiting Miss Whitney in this city. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Henrich went to Denver Thursday for a few weeks' visit. Miss Katie Hays and Miss Walker of Humphrey spent the 4th in Columbus. Miss Lizzie Brugger of Xeboville vis ited her sister Mr9. A. Stenger, last week. Paul Hoppen, jr., has lteen quite sick the past week; lung trouble is the cause. Mrs. McVieker, nee Virgie Shannon, is visiting relatives and friends in this city. Mr. Halsley was one of the many citi zens of Colfax county in the city on the 4th. Sheriff Williams and Win. Vizzard of Boone county were in town on the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tanner of the Fullerton Post, spent the Fourth in this city. Mrs. Dr. Long, nee Miss Julia Thomp son, of Sioux City, is visiting Mrs. J. C. Mnrdock. Mrs. Ramsey, nee Lihhie Crites, and her mother Mrs. Crites, are visiting Mrs. M. Brugger. Charles Pearsall left Monday for Mil waukee, thence to Ontario, Canada, for a summer visiL Mamie and Charlie, children of Frank Morey, are just recovering from a severe attack of whooping cough. Misses Maggie Deneen and Mary Keogh were among the Platte Center folks in the city on the 4th. John Welch, who has been foreman of the Telegram office, goes today to Beatrice, where his parents live. Mrs. R. O. Simpson went to Oconee, Platte county, yesterday, to visit with H. Shoafs family.-! Schuyler Quill. Will Murdock left Saturday for Cal ifornia, where he will spend the winter, returning with his family, in the spring. Mrs. M J. Thomas left for South Bend, Indiana, yesterday where she will make her future home. The Journal will go with her. WT. H. Selsor of Humphrey and John Wise of Sherman were in attendance at the meeting of the central committee Thursday. A. Haight and Louis Zinnecker leave today for Colorado, then to Wyoming, possibly to Montana, a hunting and pleasure trip. Samuel Galley and family of Creighton came down on the 'id to visit several weeks, excepting Mr. G. who has already returned home. Miss Mary Cooncy, came down from Fullerton Friday to speud the Fourth, and remained iu the city over Sunday visiting friends. Allen Jillson of David City was a Co lumbus visitor Thursday. In the old times Mr. Jillson came to Columbus ev ery few days -now it is years. Alpiu MeDougall will not go to Wash ington as he intended doing, but will go to Columbus where he has secured a position on the Daily Telegram of that city J. A. Snow, of Columbus, was in the city Saturday visiting relatives. Schuyler Herald. F. J. North and his sister, Miss Mae, returned home last Friday from Nor walk, O,, where Miss Mae had been vis iting, since her attendance at the Chica go Musical college. She has been away from home quite a while, has been closely attentive to her studies, and has reaped the natural reward, honors at school, and added accomplishments. John Slaven, a farmer living north west of the city, has parts of nine crops of corn stowed away on lus farm, much of it without roof and rot ting. Of the crop of "81 he had some five or six thousand bushels, which was then worth GO cents a bushel. It is gen erally understood in the neighborhood that he has has at least a portion of every crop since "81. A stack of good wheat raised several years ago stands rotting; he has also two or three crops of hay in stack. This year he is not raising any crop, as he lost a horse dur ing the winter, and has not been able to buy another at what he considered to be a fair price, so his farm is growing up to weeds this summer. Those who know Mr. Slaven say he is rational and reasonable on other matters, but on this he seems to have had intimations from a higher power to provide against a famine. The prohibition central committee for the Thin! congressional district was called to order at the Grand Pacific hotel July 1, by chairman E. A. Gerrard. On motion, the chairman and secretary were instructed to call a prohibition convention for the Third congressional district for the same time and place as the people's independent convention for the said Third district is called. The various county committees are ordered to elect delegates to the said Third con gressional convention at the same time as delegates are elected to the prohibi tion .state convention. The representa tion shall be the same as shall be appor tioned to the several counties by the state prohibition central committee for the state convention. Provision will be made for obtaining reduced rates from the different railroads of this congres sional district. THE FOURTH IN COLUMBUS. The Kirat Day U Oltlirated by a (treat Crowd. To begin with, the weather was de lightful, and could not well have been improved upon. This was a matter of universal remark, it being in contrast with most former days of celebration here of the nation's natal day. Of course, the boom of the anvil chorus issued in the day, and the ven erated John Adams of Revolutionary fame would have been intensely delight ed with the noisy demonstrations throughout, as a fulfillment of his prophecy in regard to the manner in which the posterity of the Revolutionary sires would celebrate the day, could he have heard the doings .of Friday. During all the forenoon people from every direction came flocking into the city, many of them old-time Columbus visitors who now seldom get to the city. Among the arrivals on the branch trains was the Fullerton Ladies' Cornet Band, who were escorted to the Grand Pacific by the Columbus Cornet Band and the traveling men. All through the day and to the lteginning of' the banquet in the evening, the bands did faithful duty, discoursing excellent music. What would such occasions lie without the assistance of a good band? At nearly 2 o'clock the procession started from Frankfort Square, headed by the Columbus Cornet Bund and under the charge of Chief Marshal Geo. Lehman, and assistants J. C. Caldwell, A. J. Campbell, John Huber and C. M. Taylor. The order of procession, after the band was, the traveling men, two abreast. The Firemen's Band in their new wagon. The Schuyler hose team. The Columbus fire department with their hose carts and hook and ladder trucks handsomely displaying the na tional colors. The Bissel hose team with decorated cart. Thecalithutnpians in mask. On a finely decorated wagon was Columbia and Uncle Sam, with his tall, bell-crowned hat, his long striped pants, the venerable Uncle Samuel of the books; the former Miss Carrie Schonlau, the latter J. E. Elliott, a veteran of the Mexican war. Hngh Hughes's display of lumlter etc., was the best designed and neatest arranged we have ever seen. An old lumlterman remarked that it was a splendid showing. Friedhof & Co., dry goods and cloth ing, every line of the business handsome ly represented. Geo. Lehman, wholesale cigars, can dies and produce, a neat wagon. The Grand Pacific hotel, a decorated omnibus occupied by the Fullerton Ladies' band. E. Pohl, a display of groceries, taste fully arranged. Henry Ragatz & Co., grocers, a nice display. J. B. Delsraan, groceries and dry goods, one of the finest displays in the procession. Sam Gass, furniture, a very tastily ar ranged exhibit of his stock of goods. A. Dussel, phi miter, a float that called marked attention to a business that has grown to considerable proportions in a short time. Maurice A. Mayer, the Globe clot htier, had a barouche in which were seated himself and three other gentlemen, the display being a large canvass globe ap propriately mapped out and elevated on a tin standard; handsome cards were thrown out as mementos. J. A. Barber & Co. were represented by two handsome floats, canopied and very appropriately decorated through outthe dry goods department show ing a number of little girls as clerks, cashier and customers, making a busy scene in a crowded store of fine goods; the other float representing the depart ment of dress making superintended by Mrs. J. Salmon. Young ladies were en gaged in cutting, fitting, sewing and in tyiug up patterns in the national colors and distributing them to the crowd. S. C. & C. C. Gray, had a very hand some display of tinware goods. E. D. Fitzpatrick's float was among the neatest, his chief lines being repre sented by girls at sewing machine and organ, while a number of boys were dis tributing copies of newspapers. J. H. Galley & Co., dry goods, was a neat nnd appropriate display, and had a line of very fine goods, tastefully ar ranged. Abts as agent for the Milwaukee Brewery had a display of original packages. Sloan, Johnson A' Co., wholesale grocers of Omaha, whose traveling sales man, C. A. Martin, is a resident of this city, were represented in the parade by E. Pohl, grocer, who also had a neat separate display of his own. After the parade came the sports. The hose team race, purse of $75, was won by the Bissell of this city, first money $50, Schuyler team second. The Schuylers are good racers, but had not had the experience in coupling that Columbus had 300 yards, Bissell 51, Schuyler 53 seconds. Bicycle race 300 yards, first money $12 by A. H. Griswold, 30 seconds; second $8. by Jesse Becher. The foot race for 100 yards was won as follows: Ross of Council Bluffs $15; Makeever of Osceola $7.50; Julius Phil lips of this city $50. Kerr of Clarks was also in the race, which was witness ed with considerable interest. There was some fun alive with the greased pig and the wheel-barrow races. The drawing of the prize house in Highland Park, elicited considerable in terest, the winner being J. S. Murdock of this city, who held only one chance, having purchased one lot. It was a neat $2,000 day for Murdock and he present ed the committee his check for $100 to help defray the expenses of entertaining the traveling men. As soon as it became dark enough the discharge of the fireworks began. They were sent up from the vacant block east of the pnblic square. The most in teresting spectacle was Columbia, rep resented by Miss Carrie Schonlau, and Uncle Sam, clad in characteristic cos tume, represented by J. S. Hatfield, both standing on a high platform surrounded by colored lights, Columbia waving a large American flag, while Uncle Sam lifted his hat to the crowd. This was the most impressive feature of the even ing and will long be remembered, es pecially by the boys and girls a pa triotic picture well worthy a place in Memory's halls. We have but limited space to mention the banquet which was tendered the traveling men with their wives by the business men of the city. The Thurston dining hall had been elaborately and elegantly decorated by J. A. Barber, whose work had been supplemented by ornamentations by boquets of flowers, etc. The spread was the best ever placed before guests in the city, and full justice was done to Mr. Pollock's assortment of the good things of life. Mayor Henry presided, and J. N. Heater officiated as toast master. G. G. Bow man delivered the address of welcome in his usual brilliant manner, which was responded to by A. M. Lyneman of Mil waukee. "Columbus, the Meridian City, and its special advantages as the home of the traveling men." was responded to by Judge A. M. Post, in one of his pleasantest veins. "Columbus as a wholesale and distributing jtoint." by Dr. C. B. Stillman. was a theme worthy of the Doctor, who has Iteen a party in interest since the first. "Our educa tional interests" suffered no deterioration ut the hands of 1). Schuphach, who sen sibly set them forth. "The traveling men s wives and best girls" were very eloquently entertained for twenty min utesbyJ. J. Sullivan. "The traveling men" expressed their feelings on the oc casion through L. H. Jackman of In dianapolis. "The Press" by D. F. Davis of the Telegram and "The future of Co lumbus" by A. L. Bixby of the Sentinel, were ably treated, after which resolu tions of thanks were tendered by the traveling men for their "cordial, hearty and friendly reception and entertain ment." After the banquet there was a social dauce at the Fleming uiven by the proprietor. Thanks to "Billy" Jones for a copy of The Union Volunteer, published at Louisville, Ky., July 10. ISt. ft gives the particulars of the surrender of Vicksburg and the battle of Gettysburg. It certainly was glorious news, and the lmys in blue who printed the Volunteer, knew well how to make their papershow up. A dark, red and blue border sur rounds the first page, with two crossed flags, brilliantly colored, as a center piece, surmounted by the words Gettys burg Vicksburg and the couplet, "Ami the alar rfi'Hiigltil hanni-r in triumph bhall watv, OYrthc laiui oftlm free :m.l tin homo of thi brave." After giving the generals their meed of praise, the Volunteer says of the com mon soldier: "The whole world will ad mire their patriotic valor and self-sacrificing devotion. They are the true heroes, and deserve to wear the brilliant laurels they have so gallantly won. Those who survive the jterils they so manfully encounter will have their re ward nt the hands of their grateful countrymen. Those who have fallen gave up their lives in a sacred cause, and their noble deeds will be long cherished by a people that loves to honor the true and tho brave. The pulsations of the loyal heart of the nation are in earnest, generous sympathy with tho boys in blue. Honored forever be the patriots living and the martyred dead." Fit sentiments now, twenty-seven years after the famous victories that determined the issue of the rebellion. Ural Estate Ileal. For tho week ending July 5th, 1S00. All deeds warranty unless otherwiso shown. Jens Jensen and wife to Jon Neilson, eij neU SI-'.'O-Sw $ ColumhiiR Land A Investment Co. to S. 1. Vickera, lot 7, hlk 14, Highland Parlt Same to " JV. V'ekers, lot 8," Idle 11, Highland Park Hinrirh (iroteliiMohen to Henry llillen, out lot 8 of UraperV out lot add.... U. 1'. Ity Co. to John Conley, final re ceipt, nwU '.2M8-1H J. C. Caldwell, nherirl'. to W. A. McAl lister and V. AL Cornelius, hheritl's deed, lots 1, 'J, 3, 4 nnd S, hlk 1.72 . . . CowenT. Kennedy to E. II. Chambers, lot 7, hlk It). Stevens add Christian Buhl ami wife to Kan pee IVd erson, eli nwl-i 1 liMw U. P. Ky Co. to .1. F. IlellbiiHch. nw'4 aw1 7-l-le Columbus laud A lutestmeut Co. 10 Anna L. Moor., Iota II and I'J, hlk II, HiRhland Park Ellen P. Merrill and husband to Olof Johnson, lot 1, 1 and 8, hlk 1M.1 (!. (i. livelier, treasurer, to Antoui .la reeki. tax deed, lots ''. ami 4, blk !" Columbus Ijiind A Investment Co. to Theo. 1'riedhof, lot tl. bikJ, Highland Park Same to H. C. A C. C. tlray. lot 2, blk II. Highland Park Israel (lliu-k and wife to Michael Mos. tek, se4 sw1, .11-lU-lw Coluinbus I .and A Investment Co. to C. W. Pearsall, lot 1, blk .t. Highland Park ("has. W. IVarsall toT. O. '.'. Harrison, lot 1. blk ::, Highland Park Columbus ljiiud A Investment Co. to 1. Mihbcrnseu and 11. W. Phillips, lot 1, blk'.', HiKhlaud Park .',0ml 00 iJOOO 10 ou 18.-. M 10 00 I, Ota) 00 1,4011 (Hi 'Jl-J .o 1.1.1 UI WW Oil Particulars of the $100,000 blaze o buildings burned at Carlton, Wyo., o the 27th ult., are nt hand in the Laramie Times, published by F. W. Ott, formerly of this place. Among those who suf fered losses was O. H. Archer, formerly an attache of this office. We glean from tho Times that only three business places of the city remained standing a butcher shop, a drug store and a saloon; the tire originated in the Scran ton house nnd was doubtless the blunder of a drunken man who was, shortly before the fire, put to bed in room 3; the only water supply at tho time was three car loads brought to tho town by the U. P. railway; O. II. Archer was proprietor of the Scran ton house and his loss is put down at $2,500. The many friends here of Mr. and Mrs. Archer will sympathize with them in their loss. In an account of the graduating ex ercises of the Sacred Heart Academy, the Omaha Bee has the following to say of two Platte county young ladies:" Miss Haney Ottis merited the Christian doc trine medal which the late lamented bishop presented every year as his own gift, to the pupil most proficient in the study of religious dogma and the evi dences of Christianity. Her sister, Miss Nora Ottis, both of Humphrey, Neb., has achieved great excellence in art, and received, besides her graduating honors, tho prize for exemplary conduct, a sumptuous quarto volume, richly ltound and illustrated." Thieves entered David McDuffy's dwelling-house Monday night between midnight and daylight by cutting the screen on the kitchen door. Mr. Mc Duffy found his pants in the front yard in the morning, minus a new pocket book containing $9.35, and John Mc Duffy's best clothes worth probably $25 were also missing. The dog was noticed to growl until midnight, as though some body was around, but soon after that Mr. McDnffy went to sleep. In the morning the dog acted as if chloroformed. Marriage Licente Issued by W. N. Hensley, county judge of Platte county, during the past week: .Vnuie mid Residence. Age. Henry Wetgen, Platte co 28 ( Cath. M. D. Benthack, same 23 j Geo. W. Cieloha, Platte co 23 ( Juetyna Zima, same 21 5 N. A. Hagaman, Cloud co., Kansas. .22 ( Celia Alien, Platte co 18 lr. ( l.'U) .v.ij mi 1;:. ui 1". mi 'jiliN) Alk PronounGed the People naturally would like to know what our guilt is. We were tried by an impartial jury and deeided guilty of rrdueins prieeson Clothing, Hals, Caps and Cents' Furnishing Goods, To the lowest standard. The verdict was by no means unexpected, as everybody else and we, too, know, that. we had erred and we, regardless of prosecution will perpetrate the crime over again, but only on a larger scale. Come and see our cur-grAlxi. We are way down, in fact without coming in close proportion. It pays to trade at the All goods marked in plain Thirteenth Street, Columbus, Nebraska, Win. Mcays had a narrow escajie from death last Friday evening. While driving his team into town the evening of the Fourth, a bunch of tire crackers went off under his horses" feet when op posite the Lindell hotel, frightening the team so they ran ahead into a buggy driven by his son Will, turning both vehicles over and hurting Mr. Meays's side quite badly. He was taken to the oflice of l)rs. Martyn v Kvans at once and is again ready for another Fourth of July. BIRTHS. 1)1KTUK'IIS-Jiin(20ti. at NVw York City, to Mix. August JlM'trichH, n daughter. PKKISS-To .Mr. nnd Mrs. F. J. FivIsh. on Sunday, June 29. I.S"0, a uirl. Mother nnd child nr t!oinc hs well us might ho extiected. l-igh World. MARRIED. CIELOHA ZIMA June 30th, at tin (iernian Catholic church in thin city, (ieorge V. Cieloha uud Minn Juc-tyna Zima, all of Columbus. WKTfiKN-HKSTHACK -July 3d. at the resi dence of the bride's iarteutt, by ICev. A. Henrich of l'l.ttte Center. Mr. Henry Wetgen and Minx C. M. D. Henthack. A very worthy couple. Many relatives, neigh liors and friends honored them by their pre?ence and bill theiu (iodt)eed on their journey of life. HAKAMAN-ALLKN-At the reKidencv of F. C. (ireeu at M o'clock n. in.. July -".tli, by Her. V. M. Worley, N.A. Hagaiiian and MiiwlVIia Allen. MirH Allen bus made many friend in our city who are norry to see her leae. Mr. Hagaman in local editor of the ISIade at Concordia, Kanxa, where they will make their future home. Thk Journal unite:) with their many friend- in viinh ing them all of lifeV happiness. DIED. ASTHONY-July 7th, 4:20 p. in., of rouget tionof the liver, r'nitelie KrniiciN Anthony, non of Mr. Hnd Mm. Wm. Aiilhony, aed VI enr-.. ft inonlh-i and 1 dar. The atllicted family hae the miuvret nyiupt. thy of their friend: and uciiaiut:i!uv. The funeral takes place thi iVediieMluj ! afternoon at 'J::i fr..m the Congregational , church. business otiees. Advertisements under thin head live cent a line each insertion. WM.SCH1L.TZ inaken bonta anil xhneftinthe. bent styles, nnd uses only the very best took that can be procure! in ii mar net. .J-ti COLUMBUS MARKETS. fcgr-Ournuotationsof theinarketcnreobtained Tueda :ifternii,aud nre correct and reliable at t lie lime. OUAIN.rtlO Wheat New corn ... Oats Uje Fiour tiui-k wheat ... Itutter Kggs I'otaUtes .V. i HI :) . 1 )'.! H) -) . $1 ot)r. 00 -ti . 2 ;-.&: Hi fl UMS'i Ml fSUOvUMJ . SVt4Ui . 2 .'.OfiS W; ruoitccic. I'llODtCTH. Apples perbbl Honey in comb peril) LIVESTOCK. fat nof?B ................. Fat cows Fat sheep ............ I at Hteero. . .. F eeders .... .... .... .... .... .. .. MKVTH. HamH Shoulders (DliieH ........... lfi U 8 10 10 .$ i.Mr.wj vw 1000 ou 700 WJ rtoo COIL. Iowa ('anon City Hani, Pennsylvania. Hani, Colorado Hock Springs, nut ... Hock Springs, lump . Carbon Colorado GROCERIES! j 1 ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL AND NF.W LINK OF (iKOCEKIES WF.LL SKLKCTKI. FRUITS! CANNED AND DltlKD, OF ALL KINDS U UA1-ANTEKD TO HE OF HEST QUALITY. DRY GOODS ! A GOOD AND WELL SELECTED STOCK AL WAYS AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAP EST. ALSO BOOTS & SHOES ! THAT DEFY COMPETITION, BUTTER AND EGGS And all kinds of country produce taken in trad and all goods delivered free of charge to any part of the city. FLOUR! KEEPONLYTHEBESTOKADKHOF FIX) UK 10-tf J. . IU GLUM A The Jury Agreed, v WJ Sentence we are down so far that we can't go further contact with the cost. Everything else in Globe to the extent of a saving of 25 per cent. figures and strictly one price. MAURICE A. MAYER, The Globe Clothier. et-tt a s h3 p air. i : cd offp i2.5-0 5 H W 4 ft (4 V (fi (4 H ft ft tr 9 $ CD CD 2 CD E; CD e Paa CD CD tS 1 O i CD 0U.1.O. BMCBKB. Kstul-lisKeil C7D rn 00 fc . CO GUS. G. BECHER & CO Farm : and : COLUMBUS, MONKV TO LOAN (IN FAItMSat lowest rates to biiit upplicants. COMWd-riK AHHTKACTH OF TITLK to all Notary l'ublicalwas in ottice. Farm and city proper! for side. Make collect ions of foreign inheritances and of Kurope. SPEICE & General Agents Union Ficilc and Midland I'aciCr It, It, Lands for Mle at from IS.00 to 10.00 per acre for catk or on five or tea years time, in annual pa uieuf.n to salt purchasers. We have also a large and choio lot of other Isads. improved and uumprovcd, for sale at low price and on reasonable tortus. A 1st basinea and residence lots in the cil. We keep a compute abstractor title toaU real esthte li Platte Coantr. rrT.TTHT-RTT8 -m pw, W.T. RICKLY Wholesale sad Retail Dealer in a Gum, Ptiltry, aid Fresh Fish. All Kiids tf Saisage a Specialty. e-rCeeh paid for Hides. Pelts. Tallow. Highest market price paid for fat cattle.----! Olive Street, twe Deers Nerth ef the First Natieial Baik. NOTICE OK SALE. 1 In the matter of the estate of Evan Davis, de- ceaseil. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an nnler of A. M. Post, one of the judges of the J district court of Platte county, Nebraska, made on the lth day of June. 1810, for the I sale of real estate hereinafter described, ' there will lie sold t said premises on the 23th Iay 01 July. 1-j'JU. at one o'clock p. m.. at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, the following lcrihel prem ises, and real estate, to wit: The eat half (EH) of the south-east quarter (SE'ii of section twenty-tive (J3). township nineteen ( 19). north of range three Ctj. west of the sixth principal meridian, in said Platte county. Nebraska. Said sale v. ill remain oien one hour. Dated June ':0th. 1-sVO. Hen 11 Hciiiiks, (uardian for Louisa Davis. By Ceorir O. liowsx .v, 2julyt Attorney for Hngh Hughes. T E. SOWERS, Architect : and : Superintendent. COKRFSPONDENCE SOLICITED, Eighteen years experience. Plans, Specitica-l lions ami estimates furnished on short notice,! and satuiaction guarantee.!. umce, on Eleventh street, Columbus, Nebraska. Mebtty 4&WN-w of Guilty ! IS7IK LmotoLU J Jam 1 1 City : Loans NEBRASKA. of interest, on short or tout; time, in amounts real estate in I'lattecounti. sell hteaumhip tickets to and from alt parts Jijiili3ritf NORTH, for the tale of WRTm A ST A . ft-' w - COLUMBUS Planing Mill. We have Just opened a new mill on M street, oniMjsile SchroMlers tlonring mill anil are nre. , pared to do ALL KINDS OF WOOD WOKK, SUCH lb Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Store Fronts, Counters, .Stairs, Stair Railing, , Bal listers. Scroll Sawing, l Turning, Planing, Etc. c?Hi S p CD ?&&- h2 " ""P CD ! m s o ""3 CD CD M f1-: F- cfgp a 3 " - H OS S Si S M p lg- a ! W S-fc'P ----- --s A Si ' 1 2 co gp z Ob eg. S cr 28 -3 O P Al CD 3- L-"-J J?rv""Al I orders promptly attended to. Call on or address, HUNTEMANN BROS., 2jol2m Columbus, (I