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55?- ssrsSiiifc WWW 55 -S ?lZ?&. "Si 1-v' j SiS- ,AV . ?-v 4- -i ";' """ i 1 .5 :f "rl- i t: VOLUME XXV- NUMBER 12. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. WHOLE NUMBER 1,260. -. mmm? 3BSKSl.i.fa: .' -i ... TV ' f. ... t ---- ..t e. ; ." :.' u-.-- . i-- :. . - i t -" r ,.. .-jt" s - rf - .. V - - i J- v v- OP" f -- r- . m Cflkmte lottrnal i--.-. --' -1 . i a -r-.. i i v- fc.X ? -; 1 4 : : . I . .v.. .' K-: -.:"- I'll '":"-v . i.' V-s ! a.-- i . -:' iV . I . . v' I JHkL' m ' "' , NEBRASKA NEWS. Panama is cjoying- a fair-fcucd build ing boom. Hebron is holding a successful sum mer school. Adams county finances are shown tc be In excellent shape. The McCook land oflicc will go intc democratic hands .Inly 1. . - The wife of cx-1'oslmastcr Urcnnon, .of Sidney', died last week. Michael Gentleman, of Platte county, aged, bi years, died last week. Pastors of Wayne churches met ano formed a ministerial association. The Kea trice Chautauqua opened un der very favorable circum-itanccs .The assessed valuation of Ued illow county isS.i,0(;0 less this year than last. KtisMan thistles have been found growing on the banks of the creek west of Indianola. The Grand Army of the Kcpublie will -hold a reunion at Tecumseh August 12 to 17 inclusive. All records were broken in the en rollment at the teachers institute ol Lancaster county. The wife of IIcv. Named, of Madison (vjuiity had her foot badly crushed by a horse stepping on it. The former keeper of the Oxford ho tel at Norfolk is enjoying the fruits ol his robbery in New York. Hilly Miles is wanted at Papillion on the charge of having stolen 45 from the vest of a. former employe A vigorous efFort is being made by Lincoln democrats to secure the state convention for their town. The assessed valuation of Chase coun ty for all kinds of property is $71C,b:t.?."., being 1 lb, 155 less than last year. Mrs. M. .1. Layman died at Table RoL-k, having been stricken with par alysis of the brain. She was (5 years old. A stranger tried to raise a band of Coxeyites at llol brook, but found no one w ho cared to travel in search of trouble. Thirty-two thousand dollars of the S."0,000 required for commencing work on the Columbus canal has been sub sjribed. The assessed valuation of Wayne county as equalized by the commission ers amounts in round numbers to about S.ouii.ouo. John A. Hans, clerk at the Eno house, IVemont, for the past two years, has taken charge of the Northwestern ho tel in Stuart. Lincoln will have a grand blow-out on the Fourth of .Inly, when ihe new viaduct u id be opened with appropri ate cercinoii.es. Irrigation in the Kepublican valley is no longer a myth. Ptaitical workings may be seen near Mclook, where 3,OU0 acres aie irrigated. Hurry Leller of Co.ad is the latest Dawson county victim of thcstringcncy, having made an assignment lor the benefit of ins creditors. Attorney . F. luirley of Omaha has Iwen selected to deliver the principal oration at the opening of the suite uni versity on September -1. John Kurrell of Columbus, charged with criminally assaulting a little Po lish girl, was bound over to the district court in the sum of .rul. The Nebraska City lire department will give a dance on the evening ol July 4, the proceeds to be turned over to the celebration committee. The body of .loo Mayiield, a colored laboter, was found on the track of the Missouri Pacific the other day. It is thought he died from heart disease. The village board of Heaver Crossing has passed an oidinance limiting the number of hogs which a person can own in that corporation to two head. "The Northwestern Stage company has put on two new (.uncord stage fuaches to run on their line between Stuart, Iiulte, Fairfax and Honesteel. Kev. T. . Leard, pastor of the Pres byterian church at Schuyler, has re ceived a call to Maryville, Mo., at a salary much larger than he is receiving. Fakirs traveling with a show that re cently visi'ed Tekamah got away with about sOOt) expended by various fellows vho weie anxious to get their eye teeth cut. While Cashier Frank McUiverin and family of Fremont were out for a drive ihiees entered their residence and took clothing and jewelry amounting to SK.0. The committee on arrangements have -seemed 130 Sac and Fox Indians to join in the parade and give a varied en tertainment of trick riding, shooting, etc, on July A. Fourteen head of horses were killed by a stroke of lightning in Cheyenne comity last week. The animals were standing close together near a barb wire fence when the bolt came. Hen Lbon. a clothier at Phittsmouth. rewarded young Wallace Thrasher I y giving the boy a splendid new suit o clothc-s ordered especially from Chicago. Wallace's bravery in saving the cloth iers bov last week lrom drowning merited reward. If Nebra-kans would adopt the motto "Patronize Home Industry," theic . would be plenty of work for idle men, and a good home market for raw ma terials. A large number of dealers have already adopted it U hen you buy enquire for the following brands of Nebraska made goods: Farreil .Vr Co-"s brand of syrups, jellies, preserves and mince meat: Morse-Coe boots and shoes for men. women and children; American Kiscuit A Manu facturing Co., Omaha. Secretary O. C. Holmes, in behalf of the Manufacturers' and Consumers as sociation, has made arrangements to have a grand banquet in Nebraska City in the interest of Nebraska products oil ."July 13. Extensive arrangements a. e '.in preparation to make the event a suc cess ,No business failure has ever occurred in llcatricc which caused the surprise occasioned last week when the door of Thomas Liddicott's shoe store wcro i closed Mr. Liudicott ran his store en- ; "tirely by the help of his family and has j always apparently been doinga healthy I "Lusincs1. He estimates his stock will J invoice at S,000 at a low figure- ' , While in the act of filling the end of a cane with melted lead. John a Peter . son of Wakefield, lost the sight of one . of his eyes and seriously impaired the sighLof the other. He was pounding the hot metal into the end of the cane, which was somewhat damp, when the metal splashed into his eyes. Itinaynotbc generally known that there is a yearling colt at Seward, owned by 1). 15. Palmer, that is a world wonder. He has shown a 2:10 pacing gait for one-eighth of a mile. The Sew ard driving park club has made ar rangements with Mr. Palmer to exhibit the speed of this colt at the meeting July 4. The Hurlington has adopted the pop ular scheme of allowing 4-a child to eat "-as cheap as a man" on its dining cars between Chicago and Omaha and Oma "ha and Denver. In other words you -pay for what you eat and yon are not compelled to pay a dollar for a meal unlejs'you 6o desire. During a storm Dennis O'Brien was drowned at Courtland Peach, Omaha. Chris lirusk, the man who, while working on a section the other day it Hall county, was knocked oil the track liy a locomotive, died from his injuries. He was single and a native of Den mark. Cotner university at Lincoln, has a new chancellor in the person of Presi dent Dungan, Mr. Jennings, the for mer chancellor, having retired to travel among the churches in the interest ol the institution. The lluffalo county teachers' insti tute will be held at Kearney July '. tc 21. A very able corps of instructors has been secured and it promises to be one of the most profitable institutes ever held in that county. Crop reports at Clay Center show that the wheat crop will not be quite as short as it was feared. The late rains have given the wheat new life, and although the straw is short, the heads are filled elear out In North Platte the Farmers and Merchants canal company has been in corporated, and engineers are already in the field perfecting surveys for ditches that will irrigate 40,000 acres lying west and south of that place. A son of "Samuel l'lackstone, living southwest of Supcridr, met with a queer accident last wcckT He was sleeping near a window and during the night, in turning over, he pushed his foot through the glass, severely cutting his leg. At a mass meeting held at Atkinson it was decided to hold a county division convention at Atkinson July 17 at 7 p. in. to nominate candidates pledged first, last and all the time to repeal the three-fifths law now upou the statute books. The government authorities have re fused to forward to the State university the appropriation known as the Morrill fund, which goes to agricultural col leges and universities having agricul tural departments. The maximum amount of the fund isS-'3,000. The Epworth League, in session in Grand Island, elected officers as fol lows: President, (J. W. Pergc of Lin coln: corresponding secretary, Uev. F. W. Prass, Columbus; recording secre tary. Miss Anna Randall, Fairfield; treasurer, U. M. Laverty, Ord. A Sarpy county family by the name of Snide about two years ago were pre sented with lovely twin daughters, and, in order that the girls might have proper protectors through life, Mrs. Snide last week piesented her hus band with a pair of bright, robust boys. A Washington dispatch savs that Keprcsentive Mercer has succeeded in reporting from the committee on pub lie buildings anil grounds his bill in creasing by .5800,000 the limit of expen diture in the Omaha public building. This will raise the limit in that case to S- 000, 01)0. Mrs. Kuth Adams, the old colored lady spoken of in these columns last March, says the Norfolk News, has contributed to the relics on display at Morris Mayer's store a dagger presented to her husband by John Drown and a copy of a letter the martyr wrote a few days before his execution. The 20-year-old son, August, of John Paulson of Hebron, is charged with forging his father's name to two notes of S-" each and discounting one at the bank in Carleton and the other at the First National bank of Hebron. He was arrested, waived examination and in default of 1,000 bail was sent to jail. A York breeder reports a hen that hatched out sixteen chickens from eight eggs. The eggs were very large and each one had two yolks. They had noticed a number of the sort and kept enough for a setting, just to try an ex periment About a dozen were put under a hen, but only eight hatched out Those eight, however, proved to Le twins. Jerry Collahan, an employe of the I'nion Pacific shops at Clie3cune, met with an accident which resulted in his death, lie was on a platform endeav oring to throw a belt off a pulley in the blacksmith shop when he fell to the lioor sixteen feet below, sustaining a fracture of the hip and concussion of the spine, from which he died four hours later. The as-cssors of Otoe county have filed their returns with the county clerk and they are very much in the nature of a surprise. Ihe returns show the total valuation of Otoe county prop erty, as shown bv the assessment rolls of 1JI4. to be SI,".VJ,024.2.'i. Last year the valuation was S.",0-4,S17.7i. This makes this year's valuation S23'-,,S-.'3.51 less than that of 1S'.3. An Omaha man named Sheppard has constructed a steam yacht and launch ed it upon tiie Missouri river, anil has started on a journey by water from that city to his old home in Scotland. Shep pard sails from Omaha to t Louis, thence up the Mississippi river to the Illmo's river, through the Hennepin canal to Chicago and across the lakes to the Atlantic ocean. Recreation and a desire to establish a theory of naviga tion upon a safe, economic and speedy plan has prompted him to undertake what is regarded by his friends as a perilous trip. The tlrand Island Mercantile com pany and the 15. & M. road are having an interesting controversy over a car of sugar shipped in from San Francisco. It seems that the car was ordered by the (irand Island house and was to go to Lincoln and from there to (.irand Island, but it was switched out at Aurora and the local rate to Lincoln ami return was charged for its trans portation. The mercantile company tendered the local agent of the Purling lon the rate made in the original rout ing but it was refused. The (irand Island company then replcvined the car through the sheriff and has retain ed Judge Piatt to light the case before the interstate commerce commission and if necessary in the federal court. Twelve convicts were received at the penitentiary last week, seven being from Kichardson county. The delega tion from that county comprises David I 'avis, James Smith, Fred Douglas, George Washington, Jeff Johnson, John Mephens and Charles (ireen. All are one-year convicts except Green, who goes up for eighteen months, and all are in lor larceny except Stephens, who aspired to be a forger. An S-ycar-old son of I. N. Kamer, liv ing at Miller, was bitten on the arm by a rattlesnake last Thursday. For a time the following day the "boy's life was despaired of, but he finally rallied, and now is in a fair way to recover. The degree of D. D. has been confer red upon Kev. J. N. Lenker of Grand Island by his alma mater, Wittenberg college of Springfield. O. The degree was conferred on the historic and liter ary merits of "Lutherans in all Lands," recently published by ltev. Lenker. a German edition of which is now in print Kev. Lenker is the Western secretary of the board of church exten sion of the general synod of Lutherans. A child of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander of the steam laundry in Grand Island swallowed three buttons, and the fam ily physician had a two hours' job be fore he could afford relief to the child from the violent pain which resulted. HOLLOW HORN'S 4TH lUU Hrlecs Tell How It Was Cele brated Blany Year Ago. N RESPONSE TO an invitation from my uncle to come and spend the Fourth of July with him, I sad dled the pony and rode down. I ar rived there on the second, and found the town all agog for a celebration. After supper, while strolling along one of the many thoroughfares of Hollow Horn Pend, I was surprised to note the wonderful growth of the place since I first saw it I counted two new store buildings, making four in all, and two of the saloons had been enlarged. Standing in front of one of them was my old partner, Jerky. He was dressed in a blue uniform, red collar and cuffs, brass buttons, and a silver badge as large as a tea saucer, on which was engraved, "City Maksiiai." At sight of ine his mouth began darting across his face as naturally as ever. "Dill, how are you?" he burst forth, graspiug my hand in a way that caused tears to fill my eyes. Jerky was demonstrative in the way of hand-grip. I was pleased to meet him, and happy when he released my hand. "I thought j-ou were in Pennsyl vania," I said. "I was a trille rank for those chaps. You see, I was not used to having ttircc or four men jump on me and be labor me with clubs when I went to arrest one of their gang. They tried that on me, and I shot a couple of them, and marched my man to the lock-up. The people were going to lynch me. I pulled a couple of guns, and was about to open on them, when the mayor heard of it and came down en a run. He made a little speech, telling them they had asked him to get a marshal that could run the town, and he had got one; and. furthermore, he was going to back him. They knew the mayor was determined, and let up on the hanging business; but they would not consent to my being marshal, so I pulled out and got a job out here, where people are civilized. What arc you driving at, Dill?" he asked. "1 am on my uncle's sheep ranch up on Ghost creek for live years." ' Dill, you arc a dead man. You will never live the time out. Men that follow a baud of sheep for live years get like posts, and stand for hours without moving. You will have a sorry expression on vour face, like an imported ape. Yon will lose your self-respect, and dodge behind rocks to avoid meeting strangers. If j-oudo not go era.', you will get shcepy and shy in spite of yourself. I saw a sheep-herder like that once, but they said he was none too bright to begin with. Detter throw it up, Dill; you will become as stupid and stolid as he." argued Jerky. "Thanks for your compliments and interest in my welfare, but I guess I will stay with the sheep." "You ought to know the best course to pursue, but I don't like to sec you throw yourself away. Going to stay till after the Fourth?" "WHOA. JERRY!" "Yes; I camo down to celebrate. Going to have a pood time?" I in quired. "Dill, you will hear a couple of good speeches. The mayor told me he was getting' up a 'dandy' oration, and he is going to spring a surprise on the people. Well. I must make my round. They are trying to kick up a row over to Kelsey's, but I will make it warm for them if they do," he said, walking away. 4&zL (if JiH SsMMf W& vr- On the morning of tl.e glorious Fourth the booming of the black Emith's anvil and the prolonged yells of Young America aroused me from a profound slumber and filled my soul with patriotism. I hurriedly donned my pants and socks and passed through my bed-room wiudowon to the roof of the stoop, the better to see the throng around the anvil. "He must be an officer of some kind, to judge by his uniform." "Wonder if that's the latest style of doing hair?" "Maybe he is going to deliver an ora tion." These remarks were followed by a T'nolc- 1 wondered where the speak ers were, and to whom they had ref erence. Turning my head, I saw four young ladies, dressed for the day's sport, standing on the roof of the stoop of the adjoining house, not twenty feet from me. 1 fell backward through the window, my patriotism all gone. "Who lives next door, aunt?" I asked at breakfast "Daniel Craig. His daughter Susie was over to see me this morning, be fore you came down. She has been away, and only returned last night I will take you over and introduce you," she replied. "We will wait until after dinner," I said, fully determined not to come near the house again until late bed time. When I reached the street Jerky was busily engaged forming the pro cession. The mayor and the orator of the day headed the procession The mayor sat astride of a large, white mule, who occasionally whisked his tail or sarcastically pointed one ear forward when a fire cracker burst with unusual violence in his immedi ate vicinity. Ihe mayor was attired in his Sunday buit, and wore a long, tierce mustache. His signet of office dangled at his hip, a full grown Colt's revolver. The orator of the day was mounted on a clay-colored broncho, who could hardly keep two feet on the ground at a time, so nervous had -she become over so much noise. It required all the rider's attention to keep her in the street So arduous were his efforts that the sweat was dropping from his nose. When Jerky at last gave the word to inarch, a fiend in the crowd threw a bunch of lighted crackers between the mule and the marc. They began ex ploding like a volley of musketry, and the dust began to roll up. The mare, with a terrified snort, llcw across the town site and into the timber, out of view. The mule straightened up. and, turning his head, surveyed the dust and fire, and started in the opposite direction. "Whoa,.Terry!" yelled the mayor; but Jerry did not "whoa,"' and was soon out of sight. The crowd howled and swung their hats. Jerky spurred his horse to the front, and held up his hand. "Fellow-citizens," he proclaimed, "we will not follow the leaders, but keep right up thestreetto the grounds. Music by the glee club. March,' he yelled. There were ladies and gentlemen on horseback, in wagons, and on foot "There he is Sue. and presents quite an improvement over his appearance this morning." "Hush, Clara, he will hear some more of your foolishness." These remarks I heard from some persons close behind me. I did not have to turn my head to know who was talking, bat hurried straight ahead. The mayor rvde in soon after we reached the grounds but it was an hour before the orator of the day came in. with his coat on his arm, and on foot WTien everything was quiet, the mayor arose, and spoke as follows: "Ladies and gentlemen: You all know inc. and know I am off' on speech-making; but when it comes to a shoot. I'm in it You all know what we are here for. I do not suppose there is a person present that is old enough to take a drink, but knows this is the Fourth of July. We are here to celebrate the glorious anniversary of American Independence. The reason why we celebrate this day is because it's a big day in this country. The reason we celebrate the day is because this is the spryest town on this line of road. (Applause.) The name of this town has always been a dead give away. It was named by unlettered men, who never gave its future a single thought They named it after a de funct cowjthat perished with a disease called hollow horn near a bend in the creek on the site of this beautiful city. For the past year I have been working the railroad company to change the name. ' They have consented, and from the date of this great day it will be known on the maps of the world by the name of Smith. (Groaus and hisses ) What ails ycr? Ain't that a good name? It's named after your mayor, and Smith goes in this camp. (Groans) Now the next man that grunts will get something," he said, pulling his gun. "Now, I want every man to give three cheers for Smith and its mayor. Every mother's son of you shout or I will put a forty-live where it will make you shout All ready! Hip. hip, hip, hurrah!" and the mayor swung his gun and the crowd yelled like fiends. "Gentleman, the man 1 am about to introduce to you as orator of the day is a lawyer from Kcd Rock, and he can talk the handle off a Dutch oven He will tell you all about the wars, from the battle of Prandy wine down to the last scrimmage with the Apaches. Fellow-citizens. I will now introduce to you the Hon. Casper M. Jcuks. KSI OF TIIK Ci:i.Kl!RATION. "Cut it as short as you can, and give it to the boys hot and strong. Jenks," he whispered, pulling up his pants and taking a seat At that moment the committee be gan firing a salute dircctlv behind the stand. The mayor had tied his mule to the corner of the stand, which was only large enough for two persons. At the lirst shot old Jerry settled back on his lariat, and at the second shot ran away with one corner of the stand. The mayor and the era tor rolled out and the structure fell on them. .When they got them out the orator had a broken r.rnt. "Friends." said the mayor, "the or ator of the day has burstcd a fluke; and he says if we do not buj- him what we agreed to, he will sue the town and collect damages He can do it, for he has the cinch on us, being the only lawyer around here It will take all we raised, and we will have to send the fireworks back and stop the celebration right whre it is. "Confound that old white mule! If I ever make a strike, I will shoot him the next day." and he pulled up his trousers once more, and walked dis consolately toward his office. So ended the first and the last Inde pendence Day celebration in Hollow Horn Dend. In a year the name was changed to the more euphonious one of Driggstown and the most pre tentious residence in the place is now occufiicd by Mr. William Driggs and his wife, Susan. A new genera tion has grown up and thc3-oung folks think more about wheels lawn tennis, cricket and the like than them old time celebrations. Actually the folks get ashamed when they hear of Hollow Horn Reud's first celebration, and are glad that the name of the town was changed. Rut I reckon that there was as much patriotism in the old method as in the new one. Wii.mam P.Ktoos, Esq. Fourth nf July. The Fourth of July is almost here, The dnjr that Amotica hold- to d-ar; The- day of flag and cannou and bal's, VNhcu patriotioin in each b east swells; The day of firewotks gorgeous to view; The day of burnt fingers, and facei, too! Ob, Fourth of July Is almost here, And we're thankful it come bat on e a year! The Difference. What does It mean to one little maid? Popcorn and peanuts and pink lemonade. What does it mean to two little boys? Torpedoes and Are-crucier, racket and noise. wmnvrn IIow Willie Kpeat II U Fearth. When Willie was about five years old he spent his Fourth of July in the house. He did not like that at alL lie felt bad all fay, and be was really glad when the Fourth was over. "All the other boys were shooting off fire crackers, but, alas! he was not allowed to have any. Ob, how bard Willie pleaded with mamma to go out into the street! Wouldn't she let him shoot off "just one cracker? ' "No, Willie," said mamma; "yom must wait until the next Fourth; and then you will be old enough to look out for yourself. I am afraid now yon might be burned and badly hurt" Long before the next Fourth of July came, around Willie had made great preparations, lie had saved his pen nies " and there must have been over a dollar in his iron bank. About a week before the Fourth Willie went to his papa and told him what he had been saving his pennies for. "What!" inquired papa, "do you want to spend all that money for fire crackers?" "Yes," said Willie; "take it all." "Oh no!" said papa; "I will buy all the firecrackers you want and you can save jour money for something else." That evening when papa came home he brought packs and packs of fire crackers, done up in red paper and with Chinese letters on the outside. "Here jhu are," said papa. "I bought some fireworks too." The next da) a big box containing Reman candles, sky-rockets, pin wheels, eta, came to the house. There teemed to be no end to Wil lie's joy, and he talked of little el si save the Fourth what a day it would be! And the davs passed quickly un til the third of July came. That night, after Willie had been put to bed, said papa, with a quiet smile, to nrimma: "Don't you think wj ought to have told Willie that the Fourth comes on Sunday this year?" "Yes" aid mamma; "he does not seem to know thrt I am sure he will be very much disappointed." Dright and early on the morning of the Fourth, Willie came running down stairs. "Where an the crackers? Let me set some off before breakfast phase do!" Then papa had to say, "No, not to daj, but to-morrow." First Willie lookc 1 confused, and then the tears came to his eyes. "To-day," said papa again, "is Sun day. No one is allowed to shoot off tire-crackers on the Sabbath." Thep'ior boy was puzzled. He did not, could not, understand why the Fourth should come on Sunday. Later on the bells bgan to ring out all over the city. Willie saw the peo ple going to and coming from church, and he went to Sunday-school himself in the afternoon. Now I have told you how Willie spent the Fourth in the honso. You can imagine how he spent the fifth oi July. A Grand Celebration. Dilly and Nat and the other boy were on their way to the village to buy fireworks for the Fourth when they saw a queer-looking wagen moving to ward them. It looked like a hen -coo j on wheels, but when it came nearer they found it was a huge cage with an eagle in it. The boys surrounded the wagon at once, and fired a perfect volly of ques tions at the driver. "I took that eagle from the nest when it was little," he explained; "and I have just been carrying it to town to sell to the show; but the show is gone, so I must cart him bade" "Why, you ought to let him fly!" cried Dilly. "Don't yon know, to morrow is the Fourth, and I guess George Washington would not have liked very well to see the American eagle cooped up like a chicken!" The man laughed. "Well, now, if you boys feel so, why don't yon buy him and let him loose to-morrow? lie would go up like sky rockets." The boys looked at each other. "That's so!" the)' all cried together. So a bargain was struck, and they carried the eagle home in triumpli. That evening the following handbill was oostcd around Mcrryville: "Great sillybration! the Rird of his Country will scream for all." The next day Dilly and Nat and their eagle formed the center of the cele bration at Merryville. They never re gretted having paid the money for it, which they intended for lire-crackers. It was afterwards purchased by the town for SI 00. and is still a feature o the annual celebration. A Double Header. "Which end do you light, anyhow! I'll try both ensls t' ir.'ike suro." ro A iil,i VfrfoN ".. HW,. Gs3k '' m WM s 'v 'srfc---! M w ivt-1 m-zT. jr. i i July 2 nn.l July 4 Even at this late day theie is mon or less dispute as to the proper oa for celebrating the Declaration of In dependence. Contrary oi.es hold the annual celebration should take place on July 2, because on that day the declaration was adopted by congress. It was not until the Fourth of July, however, that the declaration went into effect - ""-4 P-7' SjISsiaal S -sSKl WXsi tap A KENTUCKY MIRACLE. JtiPGE JOHN M. RICE TELLS HOW HE WAS Cl'KED 0E K1IEUM1- TISM. 'Crippled fer Ms Travs With Sciatica to IU Worst Form He Kipecte t " Die, Bat Was Saved la a IZarvdoas Mautr. From the Covington, Ky.. Pot- The Hon. John M. Rice, of Louisa, Lawrence County. Kentucky, has for the past two vcars retired irotn, active life as Criminal, and Circuit' Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial district at Ken tucky. V He has for many years served his na tive county and state in the legislature at Frankiort and at W ashington, and, until his retirement, was a noted lignre in political and judicial circles. Tho Judge is well known throughout the state and po-sesses the best qualities which go to make a Kentucky gentle man honored wherever he is known. About six years ago the bodily troubles which'finally caused his retire ment at a time when his mental facul ties were in the zenith of theirstrength, began their encroachment upon his naturally strong constitution. A fow days ago a Kentucky Dost reporter called upon Judge Rice, who in the fol lowing words related the history of the causes that led to his retirement. "It is just about six years sin -e I had an attack of rheumatism, slight at first, but soon developing into Sciatic rheu matism, which begau first with acute shoo' ing pains in the hips, gradually extending downward to my feet. "My condition became so bad that I eventual y lost all power of my legs, and then the liver, kidueys and bladder and in fact, my whole system became de ranged. 1 tried the treatment of many physicians, but receiving no lasting benefit from them, I had recourse to patent remedies, trying one kind after another until I believe there were none 1 had not sampled. "In 188S, attended by my son John, I went to Hot Springs, Ark. I was not much benefitted by sonic months stay there when I returned home. My liver was actually dead, and a dull persistent pain in its region kept me on the rack all the time. In IS'JO I was reappointed Circuit Judge, but it was impossible for me to give attention to my duties. In 19U1, I went to the Silurian Springs, Wakeshaw, Wis. I stayed there some time, but without improvement. "Again I returned home, this time feeling no hopes of recovery. The mus cles of my limbs were now reduced by atrophy to mere strings. Sciatic pains tortured mo terribly, but it was the dis ordered condition of iny liver that was, I felt, gradually wearing my life away. Doctors gave me up, all kinds of rem edies had been tried without avail, and there was nothing more for me to do but resign myself to fate. "I lingered on in this condition sus tained almost entirely by stimulants until April, lS'.lX One day John saw an account of Dr. Williams Dink Tills for Tale Deople in the Kentucky Post. This was something new, and as one more drug after so many others could not do so much harm, John prevailed upon me to try the Dink Dills. It was, I think, in tho first week in May the pills arrived. I remember I was not expected to live for more than three or four days at the time. The effect of the 1'iils, however, was marvelous, and I could soon eat heartily, a thing I had not done' for years. The liver began almost instantaneously to perform its functions, mid has done so ever since. Without doubt the pills saved iny life and while I do not crave notoriety 1 cannot refuse to testify to their worth. 'ihe reporter called upon Mr. Hughes, the Louis.i druggist, who informed him that Dr. Williams' I'ink Dills hav been very popular since Judge Itie used them with such benefit. lie mentioned several who have found relief in their use. An analysis of Dr. Williams I'ink Dills for Tale People shows that they contain, in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shat tered rterves. 'I hey are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus dan e, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, p Epilation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness, either in ina'c or female, and all disease-, resulting from vitiated hu mors in the blood. Dr. Wiili.ims' Dink Dills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price, (."0 cents a box. or C boxes for S.'-.'O they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y. A Knri Death. A minister was summoned to tlio bed side of a d ing iiiJin. The man who lay, gradually obeying the grave summons, giuq icil and Ti-aned. The minister moved to the bedside and held the hand of the virtim. The wife, wild with grief, Kink to tile l!oi "M") Iriend." said tin minister, "you are a man .hv prosperous condition in this life has .-dlnn-cil you niiieh tinn for devotional exercises. Your dear lit tle children, ymr v.ife informs me, aie visiting relatives. They will not see their father die. How many children have you ?" "Thirteen," gapl the dying man. "I had no idea t'.iat you had noumny. roorliltlaor.es. Your poor wife iokh ns though kIic will die. Judging from your nuinWr of children I should think that rr:t had been manud more than once. Ifow ma:iy wives h:is tho good Lord granted you V" " Fifteen," groj'iiM the man. 'Hisrcly not so ni.my," said the min ister. " Think of this matter seriously. IIow many tiac3 have you been mar ried?" " Fourteen," and the victim foil bock exhausted. "Are you willing to dio?" asked the minister, afb-r a p:Mise. " Move tliTce up, sir don snil eight tothaleft!" " Are you prepared to sdiarc the glo rious territory ol Abraham's booora?" "Movettnup!" " Have von made your peace with vonr Savior?" "Simplest thing in the world move nine down !" "Take your mind from tho confused arithmetic of the world and place it on heaven's holy nlgebr.i. Are you willing to stand befoie the great throne?" " Three." "Can vou go fearlcfi-sly ?" "Eleven." "After life's d"?'ratQ struggle, what fiave you accomplished ?" "Thirteen, lifte'n, fourteen," and the man war dead. Little Hock Gazette. Austin K. Jones hai rung the col lege hull at Harvard for nearly forty years. M'sckicvoirs students tried to mako him break t!i2 record by "remov ing the tongue, but ha got a hammer and at the usual hour, 7:20 a. m.. made more nois: than ever with tho U1L yWE Qf.-fTl B!T.T A11T.T Colnmbus State - Bank J PanIitadnTlieDciit! late Lias Ecal Edatt . non wum em XtvTtrkulJI HHf : 8TEAMSHI : TICOTi. BUYS GOOD NOTES Aai Hahjelte Ciatoawa waaa Tmt Kwd Bala mens urn iuctoMi fJEASDXB GERHARD. PmX B. . HENRY. Tloe Pwrt. JOHN dTACFFKR, CbaaUt M. MUGGER, O.W.HULST. OF COLUMBUS, NEB., HAS AX Authorized Capital of - $500,000 Paid in Capital, - 90,000 m OFFICERS. O.n.SnELDON. 1'reVt. U. P. II. OEIILKICII. Vlco Pros. CLARK UKAY. Cashier. DAM EL SC1IKAM. Ass't Cash DIKECTOnS. IT. M. WlWSLOW, II. P. ll.OEni.mcii. V. A. McAl.LlSTEll, CaklKiknke. (,'. II. Sheldon, Jonas Wklcu. STOCKUOI.DEUS. S. C. GnAY. J. Ilrxiiv Wuiideuak, UEKIIAIUI LOSEKB, llE.NUY LOSEKR. (LAUK OllAY. UEO. W. CAI.I.RT. Daniel Sou a am. A. I. II. Okiilhicii. FttANK UOUEK. J. P. Hr.ClCEll ESTATE, Rebecca Reckeu. Bank of deposit; tntorost allowed on.tlmo deposits; buy and sell exchanso on United States and Europe, and liuy ami sell avalT ablo securities. Wo sliall bo pleased to re ceive your busiuc&i. Wo solicit your pat ronage. THE First National Bank OFFICERS. A. ANDERSON, J. II. C ALLEY. President. Vice I'roVt. O. T. ROEN. Cashier. DIKKCTOItS. O.ADeH80N. P. ANDERSON. JACOB QREISEN. UENBX BAUATZ. , JAMES Q. RKQUER. SUtrneat of the Condition at the Cioso r Business Jalj 12, 18''& HESonncES. Loans and Discount S 2-1I.4G7 5? Real K.statu Furniture and Fix tures Ifl.TSI 9) U. S. Howl.. 15J2X) 0) Duo from oilier banks !77(? 31 Cash on Hand 21.607 X f.O.Ttt W Total... fX,19tS 30 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid In. Surplus Fund Undivided profits Circulation Deposits ...$ co.ono no ... 3),fi00 0) ... 4JKC, 00 ... 13U(M ... 225.11'J 37 Total. a .1333,196 36 HENRY GASS, TJISrDERTAK"ER ! Collins : and : Metallic : Cases ! 13T Repairing of all kinds of Uphol ttery Goods. Ut COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA- THE Columbus Journal IS PREPAKrn TO FiniNISlI ANTTUIXa KEgUlHEO OF A PRINTING OFFICE. -WITII TUE- )TTH- conn. M COUNTRY. v5 . "if V