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21
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WILDEY LODGK No. 44, LO. O. IFj,
week at their aallpn TttrtjesUh
treat. Tiaitiac kntaraa wdially
invited. H.C.NxwAif.H.;
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REOBG ANIZED CHUMCH OF LATTHUDAY
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Dry Oooils.
FmrniskiBr; Goois,
For Laiies ami Ckilirea.
9ee Fitzpatrick'a new stock of dry
" Dr.
Dr. T. B. Ulark, unre streeu in
Mice at nights.
Wilann Tlina nf (VHnruAa. m viaitinv
his parents near the city.
Tt V. TT Nanmin'i 1xMital nmrlnra
Kr North block, 13th street. tf
W. A. Way has been sick several
daya with inflammatory rheumatism.
The Maennerchor young folks had a
dance in their hall Saturday evening.
Frank Cannon returned Monday
from a week's hunting near Cedar
Rapids.
W. H. Lewis has had several boys
arrested on a charge of stealing garden
vegetables.
Ontonian, owned by Bill Bowman
of Fullerton, made a mile at Lyons the
other day in 2:07
Richardson county bays coal for her
poor-house and court house use at $6.35
a ton delivered in the bins.
Mons Knudson has been appointed
post-master at Newman Grove, vioe
Mary B. Hoffman, removed.
George McKelvey of Fullerton rode
down Sunday on his bicycle, going back
the same day quite a distance.
Frank North has commenced the
study of law in the o&ceof Mnnger A
Courtright. Fremont Tribune.
Herman Oehlrich is putting up a
nsw fence around his dwelling premises
and making other improvements.
Miss Belle St Clair has had charge
of the teachera' institute at Madison, in
in the absence of Sopt Mossman.
"Boss" Tschudy of Humphrey, was
in the city Sunday. He now has a posi
tion in Henry Kerschs's cigar factory.
I When in need of an auctioneer, call
rTlave Smith. He will act for you
pith promptness, safety and dispatch, tf
v-Alcohol and wflhky by the jaV at
AtVioe at, Paul Hofffor the nlkt
liiiiitijfc' M1 ai! promptly
fiUed. '5t '
Mrs. George Alexander, died Fri
day, after an illness of nineweeks. Her
remains were buried at CKay cemetery
Sunday.
Mrs. J. A. Price has been for some
days staying in Columbus. She is un
der the doctort care at that place. Al
bion News.
The wsgon bridge over the Platte
river at Schuyler is not yet complete;
they expect to have it ready for travel
in a few weeks.
a setting of fifteen eggs. H. P. Coolidge,
Columbus, Nebraska. tf
Charley Hayes, the former owner of
the towneite of Platte Center, is con
templating a trip to the state of Wash
ington in the near future.
A supper Ibis, Wednesday, evening
by the ladies of the M. E. church. Ice
cream and chicken pie are among the del
icacies. Everybody invited.
Word comes that J. C. Caldwell, ex
sheriff of this county, has been appoint
ed receiver of public moneys at the
Kingfisher, Oklahoma, land oHoe.
H.J. Hendryx A Co. have a large
field of celery growing on land that a
few years ago was considered nearly
worthless. The quality is very fine.
Mrs. M. A. BasssU has gone to Chi
cago, and will doubtless unite business
with pleasure, in sseiag the great fair
and laying in a supply of goods.
John Plumb's (eats have the thanks
of Tars Jonaiux.' force for one of the
most splendid water melons that ever
melted in the months of the recipients.
Carl Reinke returned home Monday
of last week after about three weeks' ab
sence at the Hot Springs, & D. He
thought be was considerably improved
in health.
KMeTaggart has bought of George
Lehman the two lots north from a L.
McCoy's dwelliag-house, consideration
9600. He will erect a rssidaaoa in the
future.
ChiMrenCryfer
PltoHr, Catterf j
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The Pssaoacet says .that Mike
Weber, asar Hnaahrey,asid'his bam
struck by lightaiag Angast 17th, kflluag
two horsss and toially dsstroyins; the
bara.
Born, August 99th, to Mm John L.
8taron, a daughter. All sre doiag
finely and John is jost rscovsnug him
self from a caw of thresteasd typhoid
fever.
N. Fodraa, editor of the Cedar
Rapids Commercial, was in the city
several days the past week on business,
He is a very genial and intelligent geo-
Those ia search of a pisceof valua
buNolambas property should not over
look Che offer of John Tannahill, as
found in another column of Tarn
JOtBVAXk tf
Jasass Burrows of Platte Center
was in the city Monday. He tells as
that W. E. Kent, who has been sick two
weeks, is now recovering under Dr.
Martya's ears.
Dr. Evans will be one of a hunting
party to start in a few days for the Big
Horn saomatains ia Montana .Several
from Genoa and. other plaoss will go
with the party.
The batcher' and the miller don't
saske very much over aad above ex
panses, and so their retail prices hold
the same right along, whether wheat and
hogs sad oattle are high or not.
At' tha Lutheran "church, Loseke
creek, they have added eighteen f est to
the length of the haildiag, erected atow
er 65 1 est, and asjrahassi- twa balk, one
weighing 1850, the other 775 pounds.
One of the good "women of the house"
who was wakened by the bells so early
Monday morning remarked that she
didntknowwhyitwas that the priests
wanted their people so early to prayers.
Totty Shannon, an sightjreartold
daughter of Ota Shannon fell Wednes
day week from a board fanes ou?whish
she was standing, astride of one of the
boards hurting herself no littls inter
nally. MraChspiB moved her household
goods to OolambM the" first of the week,
where she will reside daring the next
year. Her daughter, Miss Kittie, has
been engaged to teach the Monroe school.
Crsston News.
Ahsppy crowd of young folka took
possession of the residence of Mr.
Geitzeninthe western part of the city,
Monday afternoon, the oocssion being
a surprise on Miss Anna in honor, of her
sixteenth birthday.
An objection has been filed by C. A.
Mast to the confirmation of the sheriff's
sale of the Meridian hotel because some
93,000 supposed to be in the hands of
the receiver was not accounted in mak
ing the appraisement.
A little more than the usual interest
is being taken in school matters at
Grand Island, three prominent citizens
having been selected by the board of
education to. exanunethe teachers pf
the public schools there.
The Farmers club met last 'time at
Frank Moray's, and the next, Friday,
August 25th, will be a picnic at A. W.
Clark's grove. The subjects appointed
for the Isst day ware discussed quite
freely and Mr. and Mrs. Olney ware re
ceived as new members. ,
a young man living ten miles west from
Ord,met with a frightful death, being
taken into a threshing machine, head
foremost, his head being torn from his
body. He wss single, but leaves a fath
er, mother, brother and sister to mourn
his loss.
Larry Byrnes tells of n democrat
who was shearing his sheep, beginning
with the tail. A neighbor wished to
know why thus. Oh, be says, I always
did beffin on their heads before, but I
voted for Cleveland this time, end I wss
actually too much ashamed to look that
sheep in the face.
j Gold Watch Lost. At the Bap
LlWhurch, this city, Sunday afternoon
I lasts sold watch. "E. T." engraven on
I the case; lady'a chain attached, with a
charm, a canteen, set with blue stones.
A suitable reward will be paid for the
return of the watch to Wm. Loot's.
Mrs. Elixa Thomas, tf
The expectation is that the state of
Texas, with her vast sshool fund now on
hand, amounting, aeeording to their
official reports, to over 9000,000, with
23,000,000 seres of school land yet to sell,
will gladly famish all the aaoney needed,
for the north and south railroad from
North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico.
The prohibition nominations are:
Isaiah Lightaer for county judge; Frank
B. Knspp for sheriff; John M. Kelly for
coroner; H. J. Hockenberger for Treas
urer; C J. Hickoek county clerk; W. K.
Lay surveyor. No nomination has been
made for county superintendent. A
parse of 93&50 wss raised for expenses.
Mrs. L. Phillips, mother of Mrs. L
Gluck, underwent a painful operation
Thursday morning at the hospital, of
having n cancer removed from her right
bresst. This is the second time she hss
had it removed, the first being two and
a half years sgo, aad bearing both
operations heroically. She is getting
along as well as could be expected.
The ladies of the Methodist "meet-ing-housen
will have an 8 sapper this
evening, August 23d. The supper sched
ule will be samptaous, superb, and satis
fying, consisting of snbstsntisls, sun
dries, eeraphiesweet-cskes, sweetmeats;
sweetened, solidified strawberry sylla
bub, with sentiment souvenirs suitably
selected. At Fitapatriok's hall from 6
to 10 p. m.
The Omaha World-Herald says:
"Mrs. Guillemot, though only in the bm
siness n short time, is the best woman
thief the Omaha polios have ever caught.
Over $1,000 worth of jewelry that she
stole while employed at different houses,
has been recovered and returned to its
owners by the detective foros. Bat ad
well did she eondaet herself that none
of the people whom she robbed ever sus
pected her."
Dr. Van Es of Columbus performed
a very neat operation upon Robert Mo
Ferren, one of the horsss being trained
by Mr. Kennedy. On account of some
diftcmltyinhiathroatitis hard tor him
to breathe when working hard. The Dr.
cut a hole in his throat through the wind
pipe sad iassrted there
which allows him to
through bis neok as ha did before the
troabUmhmthrosi,-StEdwsrdSaa.
Bott, who wss a yeung
twenty-three yesrs.sgo, stopped eff
about two hours .Saturday eyeniagcoa
toDsnvsr. Hs hss. been doing
isrXew York otty, coodaotiag.
arsstaaraai snd bakery, and has nude
uaoosjr enough to sell om. and retire ton
fine residence property in the. city, of
New Haven. William telle us that his
brother Henry hss been living in New
Mexioo.. He wss going to Denver where
he expected to meet his brother,;togetii-
er to return this way and stop to nsit
old Columbus friends. Mr. JBott m. a
portly, strong looking man, as. though
he had never had a day's sioknsDB in.his
life. - :
The white folks who went along
with the Indians from the Genoa school
Wednesday laat were Mr. - and Mrs.
Backus, Mr. and Mrs. .Tannahill, Mrs.
Clother and son George,- Miss Wells, J.
A. Turner and Jack Welch. ' Tannahill
took with him hia.nbw, famous ear of
corn, the largest any of na. ever saw, of
Yellow Dent variety "thirty two rows,
eighteen inches in length.eleven inches
in .oircumferenoe; weight two pounds
and- twelve ounces, and has on it three
thousand and sixty:four 'kernels. Mr.
.Tannahill has left witiBJ two' pictures
of the ear; and it ia an immense one.- -v
A nest of thieves was discovered in
the suburbs of David City last week.
Two families had rented a tea asre lot!
adjoining the city on the north, aadl
whil nrUndia to farm, on a ssaalli
scale made -nightly raids on the, tewnlceived an application last week from the
and swrrounding country.'-" They were T
ftnally suspected of being thieves, and a
raid by the officers disclosed the fact
that thsy had been industrious in their
predatory excursions, and all kinds of
stuff was found stored away in the
barn and..house. , Thsy were, promptly
arrested and given quarters in jail.
-Seward Blade.
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The Bellwood Gazette says that:
Allen Vincent hadahorse -badly-cut by
barb wire Wednesday ' afternoon in
Mate's pasture; Mr. and -Mrs.- C. W.
Derby visited Columbus Wednesday anS
spent the day visiting with Mr- i(d Mrs.
R. H. Henry; M. A. Chamberlain-of Ge
noa was in Bellwood Thursday
for stolen harness, Hewi
by another gentleman. It aar said thai a
tough looking outfit is' makingis tour of
the oountry stealingevery thing they nan
get their fingers on,.and-afterwarda sel
ling their plunder for whatever they can
get. - - - -. ---v ..
The Ladies Foreign Missionary So
ciety will give a Missionary .Tea at-the
M. E. Church, Tuesday evening, August
29rom 5 to 630 p. inland from 8 to 1090
p.m. An excellent literary ana mu
aical program will be renders at 9
o'clock. Carriages will call for the old
people of the church and congregation
at 5 o'clock. Mite boxes will be provid
ed and all may have the privilege of giv
ing freely as the Lord hath -prospered
them. You sre very cordially- invited,
as this will be one of the rare' treats of
the summer season.
The Fair Association have seoured
the celebrated Doubt family, orchestra
and band players, for one of the attrac
tions of the fair, next month.. They
have been playing at Chautauqua
grounds-'and Burlington Beach at Lin
coln daring the annuaer, sadaJS.highlf
spoken of. There is nothing like music
to draw a crowd, and the association
have secured a treat -for the people in
getting thin family. A balloon ascen
sion by a lady aeronaut ia one of the at
tractions. It took a Nebraska man, our' own
Buffalo Bill,' to show the World's fair 1
managers true generosity. WhenMsyor
Harrison, of Chicago, asked them to al
low the poor children of the city in one
day free and they refused, Bill took 15,-
000 of them into his Wild West-show.
It will be a dsy long to be remembered
by the waifs. May -Buffalo Bill's
shadow never grow less and, his show
grow bigger. Schuyler Sun.
A woman by the name of lbs. Brown
came rushing out of a window- of the
Grand Pacific hotel the other day yel
ling bloody murder as though a half;
dozen fiends were after her, but, we have
not heard that there wss any blood
shed. The proprietor of the house, Mr.
Mshood, said he was away from -home at
the time, and didn't seem to know much
about the parties concerned,-having
leased the two rooms in the house. -
On Thursday night someone proke
into G. Schubert's' gun shop, making
their entrance at the rear door, cutting
out one of the panels of the door, so that
they coold reach up and remove an iron
bar that rested aoross the middle of the
door. Entering the store, they took
eight' or nine pistols, cartridges, meer
schaum pipes and cigar holders, etc., al
together about a hundred dollars' worth
of goods.
While Morabead k Hamilton were
boring a well at Genoa the first of the
week, they struck, at a depth of three
hundred and fifteen feet, a soft black
soil which yielded a quantity Of crude
oil of some kind. The boys are old
bands at the well business but they
never ran across anything like it before
and there is considerable speculation as
to what it is. Albion News.
Dr. Geer has united withDra,Mar
tynA Evans as physicis-' We learn
that for the past three years the Doctor
has been sojourning at Chicago. Prior
to that, he had been at Leigh, and bad
gained a very enviable reputation, as a
physician. Those who wish as good a
combination of talent as is contained ia
this section would do well to call on
these practitioners.
The . management of the Platte
County Agricultural Society will en
deavor to secure more extensive displays
in every department than at any 'pre
vious exhibition, aad hold strictly a
first clsss fair. In the speed program ari
effort has been made to secure horses
owned in the county or near home, to
afford amassment to both' old. and
Jon
To any of oar leaders who. wish a
Chicago paper, we stake the foUowug
offsr: Tarn Go&UMaoa Jouniuxv he
Semi-weekly Lincoln Journal (published
Tuesdays and Fridaysof each weeXsnd
the Inter Ocean, all one year, when paid
in advance, for 92,70. Call and sea as;
wa aaa start your sabseriptioa at any
w "lr
The SswacdBlade.aays: The teach.
smployed by the school board to
tsaeh in oar city schools will be requir
ed to pass an examination along with
the other teachers of the county at the
close of the Institute. This edict
has a tendency -to make some of them a
I-little nervous, but it4 is a good move on
tne part of the board.- Teachers in our
citj, schools get good pay, and should be
required to come up to the proper stan
dard We -have sometimes .wondered
how it wss that we had a teacher .in the
city .who taught school without, having
a certificate to teach, one of the things
which we supposed was entirely contra
ry to law. We don't blame the town
teachers for absenting themselves from
the - sessions, of the institute (such of
them as do so,) but it looks as though
there was an aristocracy of teachers.
To-be sure, we know that the nine
months' term is long and arduous, and
.tests the strength of all -concerned, but
it- would, seem .that, there ought to be
some equality between the two classes
of teachers the county contingent and
thftcity. fores, and the Seward school
board seems to bave.strnck a good work
ing method, . .;. .
We notice that at South Omaha the
board of education held an adjourned
meeting for the special., purpose of
opjBningbids on coal to be used during
the ensaing year. Four firms had in
bids and the bid of one was accepted,
the figures being 99.95 for hard coal and
9U60 tor lowa'lump. The Journal re-
committee of the board here on pnnt-
ing,a. matter of seven dollars, and on
aIuch we.were informed that one of our
contemporaries wss successful in se
curing.the. jobs t twenty-five -cents less
than our bid, two thousand cards of
large size, snd five hundred impressions
on light paper. We speak of this small
matter because it would seem that there
is a purpose on- the psrt of the school
board to apply the principle of contract
ing -to something besides a few dollars'
worth of printing once or twice a year,
and make the economy tell in scores or
fifties of "dollars in the purchase of coal,
forinstance. --We have several dealers
ddfhg business in this article, who
wtmld doubtless be' pleased to place bids
wivh the school board.
. We find the Omaha railroad men
had.no little trouble trying to secure
tbejiauling of, the Indians to Chicago.
We find tlje following reference in the
Bee; "During, one of Tiia forays upon
Superintendent Backus and the Indian
school at Genoa, Dave Aldridge con
ceived the idea of giving all the wards
of the nation 'stationed at the school a
ride on a merry-go-round that had
pitched its tent in the village. Armed
with fifty 'nickels he marshaled the
school in solid phalanx snd marched
upon the' wooden lions, tigers, horses and
wild kangaroos "that were part of the
carousal The boys and girls of the
tribes' never had so much enjoyment in
ure adopted Mr. Aldridge formally into
the tribe,' giving him the pretty Indian
name "of ' Chief-Not-Afraid-of-a-Nickel.
AtfrThe Tost the business. But that is
another' story, if Kipling is to be be
lieved: Chief ' W. L. Howell, Young-
Man'-NdtAfraid-of-Cbicago, represent
ing the. Milwaukee, carried off the
maidens.' k. -
i-This morning the little five year old
soft of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pojer, resid
ing a few miles south-east of town, met
with a serious accident which has crip
pled Jum. for life. His brother, aged
twelve, was seated on a mowing machine
engaged in cutting hay and asked for a
whip.' His little brother came to bis
assistance with the required article and
as handing it to him when it frighten-
ecTthe horses who suddenly started up;
the child wss, of course, standing close
to the machine and his foot was caught
by the sickle and almost severed the
limb just sbove the ankle. The little
sufferer was at once taken to Dodge and
placed tinder the doctors' care, it was
decided that nothing could be done to
save the foot and it was deemed neces
sary to amputate it Howells Journal.
The Argus says that "in Platte, as
in. yearly every . other county, office-
holding is hereditary, that is, a man goes
or rather is forced out of office, is suc
ceeded by his deputy or some member
of a family who have for many years
been directly 'or indirectly connected
with the-public crib." Well, why not
elect a republican ticket, all along the
litfe this fall? ' We' could furnish a good
man for every place, with some left over
fov-'deputies: -Or, if this does hot just
exactly suit, why not all go together out-slde-the
pale of the Platte county de
mocracy and' name the men who shall
fill the offices? If we don't do this, we
shall' have about the same old crowd
again.
YKenry.Luth leaves us a copy ot the
Thayer (Missouri) Tribune. Oregon
county, is ..away ahead at the World's
fai;in the. peach line. One peach, off a
'two-year-old.txee, measured 11 inches in
circumference, o. W. Uilbert calls on
his!ellow-eitizen8 to gather up every
variety of apple, pear, quince, grapes, etc.,
to.send .them to the exposition. It is
work of. that kind that tells, along with
the soil, and climate for the raising of
fruit. Mr.-Luth hss lived in this region
of Missouri and was very much pleased
Wiethe locality, even that feature of it
tha.t ihduceathem to get along without
BSgroee.-
..-.
'-When in heed of any kind of job
work, celling cards, letter heads, envel
opes, bill heads, statements, dodgers,
posters, auction bills, receipts, notes,
bank check books, scales books, pamph
leta briefs, circulars, or specialty work
of any kind in the printing line, bring
yourorders to The Journal and be
pleased, both as to quality of goods and
work, and ralso- price and promptness.
Orders by mail receive careful attention.
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the middle and' western United States,
the Chicago Inter Ocean, as a paper for
tbebonw, is the best, because, it can be
enjoyed by every member of the house
hold, and .the paper has not only struck
Hs'gaiVbut . bettering it every week.
We have made arrangements so thst we
can furnish yon this paper along with
your other literature. Come and see us
about it, or drop us a line.
- r-Briag.-your orders for job-work to
tlnsoaVa. .Satisfaction guaranteed, and
work promptly done, as agreed upon,
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Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Underwear
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While banks and business houses in some parts of the country are
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is lumbus, in accumulating a large and varied selection of everything that pertains to the comfort and good rj
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Thirteenth St., Columbus, Nebraska. e
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ANOTHER BIG FIRE.
It Might Easily Have Been a Very
Deatracti-re Blase.
A Calm Night Helped to Save.
Last Monday morning at 3 o'clock,
citizens of Columbus were aronsed by
the fire alarm, and it was plainly evi
dent to all who were wakened out of
their slumbers thus early that some
thing more than the usual fire was rag
ing, for the morning was calm and clear,
and the blazing Humes flashed high,
showing far and wide.
It was but a short time until the fire
department were at hand, ready with
hose and ladders to do duty; the pres
sure of the engine upon the hose was
never better, so it is said, making the
men sore in manipulating the swaying
currents.
Had there been a high wind the prob
ability is that a clean swath would have
been swept south, clearing away the
Bucher barn, saloon and opera house;
or, if the wind had been blowing from
the west, the Schroeder mill might have
been lost in the flames. As it was, even
a few feet across a narrow alley, a small
stable was not burned, although it is
said by some that the fire originated
near that part.
Besides all the volnablo machinery be
longing to the planing mill, accumulated
by Huntemann Bros, in the course of
their three years business, were various
frames, sashes, etc., ready to deliver to
carpenters. The work of the establish
ment has been on the increase right
along from the start of business three
years ago.
A considerable numbor of hands were
employed, and some of them were not
aware until this morning that the es
tablishment had been burned down.
Some think that the origin of the fire
was incendiary. There had been no fire
Saturday or Sunday. Thursday night
a tramp had broken into the place and
slept on a bed of shavings on one of the
work benches, bnt no destruction of
property was noted. The north sido of
the planing mill was about six feet from
a side track close to the main line of the
Union Pacific, and it is possible that a
spark may have canght in the building.
A little while before the firo, a man on
horseback ron his horse np Eleventh
street and across the track. One of tlio
ropes of the fire bell, on Eleventn street,
was cut, and the other bell was so nailed
that it could not be rung fast. Some
body has evidently done mischief.
A store house west of the main build
ing, and partially filled with seasoned
lumber, was saved.
The safe in the office was on the edge
ot the fire and was kept so that its con
tents were uninjured by the heat.
The loss was perhaps $6,500, insurance
83,500.
One fireman tells ns that there is a
thing that needs correction and needs it
right away, and that is that there are
not men enough turn ont to haul the
hose carts to tho fires, Monday morn
ing one of the heavy carts having jnst
three boys lugging at it with all their
might, and about dono out, and nmch
the same thing occurred at tho Kurd
fire several days ago.
Dig the Canal.
The election in the city Saturday
passed off very quietly, and for a special
elicited about the standard number that
take an interest on their own account.
Vote by Ward. For. Against.
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The city thus votes all the aid that
she can possibly render under tho law
towards constructing the water-power
canal, and it is to be hoped that the
township will now comploto the good
work. As we go to press early in the
afternoon of Tuesday, we cannot of
course give the vote of the township.
Let us all hope that it is sufficient to
demonstrate not only the willingness of
the taxpayers to do their full duty, but
also their anxiety to enter into the active
work of pushing the canal to comple
tion at the earliest practicable moment
consistent with the peculiar times that
we are passing through just now.
Give us the canal.
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ECONOMY IS Ml
Fine Shoes, Cheap Shoes
GRIFFEN & GRAY-
ARE MAKING hay wliile the sun shines,
and are daily receiving one of the
finest and best assorted stocks of .
brought to Columbus.
Jackets, Overalls,
HENRY RAGATZ & CO.,
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL LINE OP
Staple and Fancy Grocsrics,
ALSO AS FINE AN ASSORTMENT OF
Lamps, Glassware,
Queensware, Etc.,
As Can be Found in This Section of Nebraska.
JBf"fiTlie very highest market price paid in trade for
country produce.TSw
ELEVENTH ST., COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
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EVERYTHING GOES !
TO MAKE ROOBS FOR
ELL STOCK
WE WILL SELL UNTIL SEPTEMBER FIRST
at the following DISCOUNTS:
One-third off on Clothing, Hats, Shirts,
Underwear and all Furnishing Goods.
One-fourth off on Shoes and wool
Dress Goods.
Summer Dress Goods at just one-half
price. All other goods at a proportion
ate reduction.
Come Early
a Groocl
NORTH BLOCK,
Thirteenth Streot.
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Established 1ST0.
BECHER, JGGI & CO.,
REAL - ESTATE - LOANS - INSURANCE,
-.itad. ZE5eal ZEstate.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.
MONEY TO LOAN ON FA1UIS at lowest rates of interest, on hort or long time, ia amotm ty
to snit applicants. . '
BONDED ARSTRACTEKS OF TITLE to all real estate in Piatt county. - -
KepmtPntTIIE LEADING INSURANCE COMPANIES of the World. Onr farm policies are
the most liberal in use. Losh adjusted, and promptly paid at this office.
Notary PnblicalwajB in olfice.
Farm and city property for sale.
Make collections of foreign inheritances and 6ell eteamship ticlcets to and from all par
of Europe. l:iUK91-tf
W.T. RICKLY,
WholMl.ndRaaUDejc 1b
, Ptiltrj. aid Fresk Fist. AH Kills tf Saiisek Specialty.
trVCMk paid for Hito, Pelts, Tallow, nfi'ml ibiiTmI iiiliiinnliUiii Til wMJi. M
OliTt Stmt, twt Dttra Ntrtt- tf tit Fint NatMial Baik.
OF ADVICE !
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AND GENTS9
Furnishings !
Also:
Jeans Pants, Etc.!
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Choice.
F. M. CANNON.
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