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m y.i : - .1 :" FBi- J Tr V jmmttmmmmnmmwmnmwmmmtk: xummiiiiJiimiiiiiimuimitiiimiiiM OVERCOATS. Miimtmimminiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiijiiix m Having made preparations for an extensive December trade, we are prepared to show the trade the most extensive line of - fine tailor-made Clothing ever shown under one roof in central jf- Nebraska, and at prices that cannot help meeting the approval 5- of all who want to purchase Good Honest Clothing. g Our Men's suits in Single and Double Diagonals, Vicunas, Clay's Worsted, Black and Fancy Worsteds, Cheviots, Serges jg and Oswego's, in Cutaways, Frock, Single and Double-breasted 5 Sacks. - OVERCOATS in Chinchilla, Veruuiba ami Germania Beavers, Kiug and other Kerseys, Melton's iSli Irish Friezes, in Blacks and Grays, all of which go to make up an interesting December sale. a In Youths' and Boys' Suits we have a large and elegant line. Our Two and Three-piece School a Suits attract the attention of all who seo them. Such Clothing for the prices asked, is now to the people a of Platte County.. In Boots and Shoes we carry the best makes; perfect lit, and wear guaranteed, and prices the lowest. a - Our line of Underwear consists of Natural and Australian Wools in Natural and Fancy Colors, White and Colored Merinos and heavy Fleece-lined. 4B Tii Hats and Caps we have everything. 4B This week we havo received the largest invoice of Gloves and Mittens ever seen in Columbus. B m thing in the Glove or Mitt line you can find with us. 5 The One-Price Cash House of I John Flynn & C9. P. J. HART, Resident Partner. " EiiiiiuiimmimiimiiiMiiiimiiiiimiJiiN xiimiiuiiiiiiiiitiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiujiEi 2 Boots & ShOOSi !"""""""'"""""" MIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIE r444444U444444444444444444444444444444444444444444U44U Columbus Sournal. WhifMSSDAV. DKChMHHK !i. lb'JI. KgB& A. AN. 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R I.KHANON LOlKiK No. ., A. Y. A A. .'I. Ki-Kiilnr ni.x-tin.". 'J.1 WYdtn-jlas in tach XT monlli. All l.ntlnvn invitnl to iitt.aii. fr ic 11. Hi vMitKUt, V. M. Jr;. ii HhviiKii.Sfo'j. '-I'jub ti'n ni. i iii)i:i,'' ii i.o.O.R. flnr mti'ts 'l'nt-.liiy feuiiiK-J of ; F'fewti'W ut their lmll on Thirtntli WT ftnt't. Viiitinc lin-tliron conlinlly jm it.il li-1'- NKWSIAN. N. i. W. 1 1. N otvs. rnx, Sti . 27jan'.'l-tf REOllHANIZKDl'lIUHCH OF IATTK1UUY Saintr lioUl n-nlar tvrxicwt o.t hunilaj at i. ml, pnij.-r xnivtinR on WrtliitfMlay VfniiiK Bt tli.-iroliajw.lfooruiTof North Miwt anil Taoibc Av.'uue. AllnTonliallyinitL I3ulrt Elder H. J. Hcmms. 1'nvulent. TT XC. l'UOr. ('liriU'H. KJ.rm. H.-form.) j J- Serii-o .'v.-rj rniia in iuh, i. u. ihi tisni" murriair.- ami funt-nil wriniim nroon-iliu-t.il l the Pa-tor iu the Herman antl Kugliih laniiafteh. Kei-ileue.-. Wa-hincton Ae. anil l'letflitli t-tn-etp. ... ... lluut-IU - 1K..I.LKU, Paor. -Toys -Pry goods -All bargains K. D. Fitzpatrick's Folhw the crowd. See Fitzpatrick's show window. - "Now vou skip." E. von Bergen. - Glean old newspapers for sale at this office. Fine joh work done at The Joi'ksal otlhv. -Dr. Xauinann, dentist. Thirteenth street, tf - Dr. T. U. Clark, Olive street. In office at nights. - Watch our store for novelties for the holidays. Fred W. llerrick. A more perfect day than was Mon day would b. difficult to imagine. We have some line music cabinets on the road. Fred W. llerrick. - lorn, Friday November 30, to Mrs. Fred. Gottschalk, jr.. a daughter. Choice table butter 1? ets. a pound at Oehlrich Bro's. There was no school Thursday and Friday, on account of Thanksgiving. Mrs. A. Henry, mother of It. H., is improving, after a prolonged illness. A 14-year-old daughter of Herman Plugge is su.Tering with rheumatism. Clark Gray is recovering from a eevere spell of sickness with pleurisy. C. F. Gleason lost by death Wed nesday night his valuable sorrel horse. .Farm loans at lowest rates and lest -terms. Money on hand, no delav. Becher, Jaeggi & Co. If you want a good orchard, contract with John Tannahill. He will do the work and run all risks. H. J. Arnold, M. D., physician and eurgeon. Two doors north or Brod f uehrer's jewelry store, tf Mrs. Anna Warren is prepared to give-lessons iu voice culture on Fridays, "Saturdays and Mondays. tf Mrs. Abbot Olney started Wednesday- for St. James, Mo., where her hus band bu moved their household goods, ffJTVi --!52!f;,llBwwwk EiiiuHtiiiiimnmiintiiniiHimii; JOHN FLYNN & COS. Miss Kittio Way took last week for a vacation from her school north of the city. Mar! in Fostle has gono to Holt county to look after real estate interests there. Charles Stevens of Leigh is studying medicine in the office of Martyn, Evans A- Geer. J. D. Brewer was at Madison Mon day. He reports Win. Bickley as im proving. - -A daughter of .1. Poo is in the hos pital under tlio caro of Dr. Geer for rheumatism. All who visited the Y.M. C. A. rooms Thursday evening were treated to apples and gospel music. Mrs. Gus G. Becher was numbered among tho diphtheria patients, begin ning with Thursday. -Watch out for our new chairs and rockers; they are coming and aro beau ties. Fred W. llerrick. - -Bev. Dr. Davis of Omaha will preach at tho Presbyterian church every even ing this week. All invited. John Clark lias started a cigar fac tory iu the city, and, wo' learn, is picking up quite a bit of business. - Tho Good Templars lodge gave a freo entertainment Saturday evening in their hall, a large crowd being present. The announcement comes from Cerro Blanco, State of Sonora, Mexico, that on Nov. !, to Mrs. C. C. Miller, was born a son. A. D. Weir returned Wednesday from Chadron, whore ho visited friends. Tom Hasty acted as V. secretary in his absence. J. M. Curtis and G. W. Turner drove up to Leo Beatty's Saturday and re turned the first of tho week with a good string of quail. Mrs. S. A. Weddell has opened a dress-making establishment in looms over Barber's store. She solicits the patronage of the public. Ut. Wo have added to our already large stock some enameled and brass bed steads, something nice. Call and see them. Fred. V. Herrick. 2t Mr. and Mrs. J. Greisen returned Sunday from their wedding tour, and Jacob has been busy so far selling goods and distributing cigars to his friends. Friday morning snow storms were reported in Wyoming and South Dako ta. It felt here as though it was snow ing a little some where in the neighbor hood. Becher, Jaeggi A- Co. insure build ings and personal property against fire, lightning and cyclones, in .good and reliable companies at lowest current rates, tf Otto Koen and Roy Stires, aged re spectively 10 and S years, made the trip to Oconeo and return on their bicycles one day last week; coining down, it took them just one hour. E. S. Daniel, painter and paper hanger. All work promptly attended to, and satisfaction guaranteed. Paper hanging a specialty. Leave orders at Stillnian's drug store, tf William Craun's child, a little girl nearly 2 years old, was taken sick last week with scarlet fever. She was report ed better Sunday. The family lives five miles north of the city. - -The fS7th anniversary of the Swiss republic will be celebrated this (Wednes day) evening at the Maennerchor hall, having been postponed on account of the illness of Rev. DeGeller. The sad death of Edward Higgins removes one of the most promising young men of the state. His life was an example to his companions, and his every act a kind one.- (Omaha Republic. C. H. Thompson, who burglarized the Platto Center post office some weeks since has plead not guilty to the charge and will have his trial in the U. S. court. Attorney Baldridge acting as his counsel. Allen Gerrard of the Monroe Look ing Glass proposes to swap libel suits with Judge Parks of the Telegram, say ing: "if he will pay us the five thousand difference, cash, between his suit and ours, we will take both off his hands and save the blnshes and shock to his modesty that would ensue were he com pelled to defend as." xiwniniiiiiiiiirimiiiiumjiiuiiinig CLOTHING, MIMIIIlllllilUllinilllSIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIuI UNDERWEAR. Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinx Mr. Ross, from the Indian Territory has been sent to Genoa, as the new superintendent of the Indian school. The Leader says only about 123 pupils are left out of the SOOSup't Backus had. George McFarland returned home Thursday from Washington, where he had been for some weeks past. Ho goes to Genoa to help Mr. Berger on a broom contract which he has for the govern ment. The day before Thanksgiving, school children at Nebraska city brought, each a potato, as a donation to the poor. The contributions aggregated twenty-five bushels, which the ladies helping-hand society distributed. Mr. Patchen, the music teacher, is preparing for a piano and violin concert to bo given in December in Pence's hall. Tho violinibt is a gentleman from Col umbus. Further announcement later. Schuyler Herald. Bert McFarland, second son of J. K., and aged 19 years, was taken sick Friday with a light case of scarlet fever. The premises, (which are immediately west of the Second ward school building) were promptly quarantined. Of course Journal readers will not fail to see tho splendid advertisements in today's paper. Look them all over. They invite you to places of business in the city, where no doubt you can get bargains in their several lines. -A. P. Riel, having returned from his visit east, is now located on Thirteenth street, ono square west of Friedhof's store, where ho is prepared to do all kinds of upholstering and mattress mak ing. Work solicited. Prices reasonable. Every parent and every teacher of children should learn and practice cor rect breathing, and teach it to the chil dren. More than most jeoplo imagine, tho healthy action of all the organs of the body depends upon a full supply of pure air. On the margin of The Jouknai., or on the wrapper, following your name you will find tho date to which your sub scription is paid or accounted for. If the date is past, you are respectfully re quested to renew your subscription. See rates elsewhere. The remains of Mrs. J. P. Walker of Humphrey passed through the city Sat urday, accompanied by the heart-broken husband. They were being taken to Dubuque, Iowa. She died Friday at her home in Humphrey, after giving still birth to a child. -Starting with Oct. 15th, 1894, The Columbcs Journal subscription rates are 1.50 a year, if paid in advance, otherwise $2.00 a year. Settlements up to that date must be made on the basis of tho former rate. All premiums now advertised hold good. The 300th anniversary of the birth of Gustave Adolphus will be celebrated iu the Evangelical Protestant church, Dec. 9th by appropriate sermons by Rev. DeGeller. In the morning the sermon will he in German and in the evening in English. All are invited. Mrs. Luna B. Gates returned the ICth ult. from an extended visit with relatives in Rochester and Cassin, Minn. At a family reunion there were six sisters together from New York, Michi gan, Chicago and Minnesota, their ages ranging from 64 to 78 years. Judge Sullivan delivered a mild lec ture at the opening of court this morning to the bar of Dodge county for not being ready with cases when they are called and keeping the court and jury on ex pense at a cost to the county. The ad vice was timely. Fremont Tribune. The friends of Hans S. Elliott of Joliet township are beginning to mention him as a possible candidate for the office of county treasurer, subject, it is presum ed, to the action of a democratic conven tion. Or is it a rash presumption to think there will be democrats enough in old Platto next fall to hold a convention? Mrs. Wetgen, living twelve miles north of the city, on Friday last broke her right arm just above the wrist. Dr. Yoss was called in and dressed the arm. We also learn from the Dr. that Otto Schaad's little girl has the scarlet fever; their home is south of the river. The Dr. was at Humphrey Monday and Mon day night oo professional bufinees. Eugene Bacon, the man of artesian well fame who has just completed a new well for the Clother house, claims it is the best in town Mrs. S. W. Wilson and Mrs. R W. Perkinson of Columbus were visiting friends and relatives in this burg the first part of the week. Platte Center Signal. One of a party who left here some weeks ago to sojourn in Missouri, but returned after a short time, says that they were charged a dollar for ferry service over the Missouri, but returning, the same ferryman asked them only twenty-five cents for the like service, doubtless acting on the theory of charg ing all that the traffic will bear. Owing to tho fact that we must pay spot cash for our coal, we are compelled to notify our customers that from and after this date wo will make no book accounts. Please bear this in mind and do not ask for credit. Dated Novemlwr 8, 1894. C. A. Speice & Co., Wat fe Bouton, 14nov-4 C. E. Harrington & Son. It is an open secret that Baker Post GVA. R, adjourned to the third Saturday of the month at half-past seven p. m., to complete the regular work of the first meeting, among which is the election of officers for the ensuing year. Quite a number of the old boys were out at the first regular day-meeting of the Post, and it is hoped that they may continue thus to come at least once amonth. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Worteman, who live eight miles southeast of Creston, died last Saturday after being sick about a week. Mr. Wrorteman went to Germany on a visit three weeks ago, and was wired to come back when tho child was first taken sick. He is expected homo tomorrow. We are informed that Mrs. Wbrtemau is also very sick but it is thought nothing seri ous. Creston Record. . - Somo items of interest in regard to the forthcoming income tax will bo found in another place in today's Journal. From 1S03 to 1872 tho government im posed a tax of this kind, exempting at first SCOO, and levying 5 per cent on all incomes above that to $5,000, 7 per cent on those from five to ten thousand, and 10 per cent on all abovo ten thousand. The receipts in 1867 were S27,418,000; in 1S6S, S23,390,000; in 1870, $26,153,000. Guy C. Barnum's name heads the list of members of the Territorial Pio neers' Association of Nebraska, he hav ing made settlement in 1850. There is only one settler who appears to have arrived on the sod at a prior date, and that was Captain Charles Contal of Blair, who is put down for 1826, thirty years before tho settlement of Columbus. H. J. Hudson is tho only other perron of our city who is a member of the asso ciation. On next Saturday evening, at their hall on Eleventh street, Union Camp No. 134, Sons of Veterans will hold their reg ular meeting. The Camp has initiated forty-nine members all told, and it is desired that all be present at the next meeting, as important business is to bo transacted. A new route step is soon to be instituted and matters, we are inform ed, will take a lively- turn.. Nothing like a little good humor or downright fun mixed with the solemnities of life, giving it zest. The Nebraska Farmer advises farm ers to keep an eye on their hogs for present and future use. Give the market a chance to brace up a bit by withhold ing what hogs yon should have for future use. The suggestion is to feed light and thus make provender go as far as it will with the maximum number that you can keep for stock. Good crops another season, cattle and hogs both will be in big demand for feeding and will doubt less bring extra good prices when they are fattened. C. M. Copeland, "Y" secretary from Manitoba, was in the city Friday and Saturday working for the Fifteenth an nual state convention to beheld in Beat rice, Dec. 6 9. In tho program wo notice an hour's Bible study each day; the dis cussion of tho "Y" as a factor in the commercial, social, political and spiritual life of the community; business method, in association work; the need for trained men; the young men of Nebraska; the student in college, during vacation, after graduation. One of our physicians says that the townships of the county should be just as particular in quarantining against the spread of contagious diseases as are the city authorities, and gives it as his opin ion that several of the later cases in the city were brought from the country. Cases could be cited where the spread of disease could be traced to its sources, the victims marking the track of the contagion, as plain as the footprints of a beast of prey. There can be no reasona ble doubt about the benefits of a good and effective quarantine. People are getting so that they don't like to talk of being held up for money; there have been several cases lately that we didn't hear of until Saturday, al though they occurred some time before that. Fred. Gottschalk, sr., though a large man, was a small victim the same night that von Bergen was touched. It was at his pasture gate on Fifteenth street, the man put a pistol into his face and got 35 cents for his trouble, besides Fred's honest opinion of him and his business. If Fred, had been armed he might have plugged his assailant as he moved off, which he did very deliber ately and with his back towards his victim. Two pretty good election stories come from Boone county. During the campaign J. C. Fillman of this place, a very ardent republican, was in Albion, and Tom Stevenson, a noted character of the county, and a long-time kicker on general principles, was riding along on a very diminutive mule, and every once in a while the air was being split with the ye-haws of the animal, when Fillman exclaimed, uEh, Tom, why don't you stop that populistic braying?" The other story is that a few days after the the election there were two men, popu lists on opposite sides of the street, one being John Bixby, a newspaper man, and the other fellow said to Bixby, "Where- is the pop. party now, John?" "Gone to hell" was the very brief but decided answer. As it happened, Rev. Worley was just in front of Bixby and he imme diately turned round and said "Gone home, eh I" Brother Parks of the Telegram was in Valley county last week and had an opportunity of inspecting the irrigation canal just completed there. This is what he says: "The ditch is about twelve miles long and will irrigate about 10,000 acres of land. It is all ready for operation, and there is no doubt as to its success. Tho ditch cost less than $30,000. The town ships through which the ditch or canal passes assisted in its construction un voting bonds, but the canal is owned by a stock company. Since the success of the undertaking was assured land under the ditch has increased in value from 50 to 100 per cent, and it is estimated that the total appreciation in value of the improved land is not less than $150,000." Rev. Dr. Pulis of the Baptist church preached the Thanksgiving sermon at the Union services in the M. E. church, delivering a very able discourse, his theme America, as a christian nation, his text, "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." "Righteousness exalteth a nation. He emphasized the principle that in this nation, not only is it God's right to rule, but he does actually gov ern; that among ns, as a people, it is not public opinion that is the sovereign, but "the God who is the Lord." The Dr. read his discourse, and the thoughts were so closely compressed and yet clear that it was an intellectual feast pointing out some of the more palpable evidences of God's presence in national affairs. The editor is in receipt of a letter from Wm. Burgess of 941, Howard street, San Francisco, from which we learn that he still has a warm place in his heart for his old friends here. He tells us that his boys (except Watson, who is engaged on the "Four Corners," a newspaper at Wheatland), with their families, make San Francisco their home when not traveling, and that his daughter contin ues at the Carlisle school in Pennsylva nia. He extends his personal sympathy to Judge Hensley and to E. A. Gerrard, "in meeting the great loss of the respec tive positions to which they aspired, but if they were merely put up for shooting marks the cannot regret that they got hit so squarely that they will have no wish to risk a contest." The Bellwood Gazotteof last Friday gives a half-column account of how two young Columbus men shot and killed a number of dogs at various farm houses in that vicinity, and says that if they ever come back into the neighborhood they will meet a warm reception. The article closes with: "It is no wonder that so many of our farmers have taken steps to prohibit hunting on their lands. Such fellows as mentioned above are not safe on any man's farm and would shoot a hog or any other animal that happened to come in their way. The sooner such fellows are taught better, the safer it will be for our community." There is cer tainly no excuse for the kind of conduct spoken of by the Gazette, but is it not mistaken as to the person mentioned? Trial by jury is regarded as ono of the chief bulwarks of our civil and re ligious liberty, and it undoubtedly is when ideal juries can be furnished, and men can have their honest differences fairly submitted to twelve men of like or somewhat Iiko circumstances as them selves, and of average intelligence, but there are times when a man's faith in the trial by jury is very sadly shaken, and this is very apt to be the case when the man of average good intentions and intelligence, sits for tho first time on a jury that is not up to the average of either intelligence or good intentions. In such case, disgust is intermingled with indignation, shame and anger al ternating in their control of the mind to such an extent as to make life weari some. One man thus situated in giving his experience a week after his trials said that it seemed to him as though a man when he had gone wrong would get the sharpest lawyer he could find, and do his best to select the biggest fool jury he was allowed to have. And it is too truo that such is too often the case. Wm. Hoeffelman of Grand Prairie was in the city Friday and renewed his subscription to The Journal. He lately made a trip, by wagon, across a corner of Dakota into Minnesota to visit rela tives. He says that we here have no idea how the Russian thistle is playing havoc where it has had a footing for some time. In places along the way the wagon track ran between thistle-thickets on both sides. The pest grows where no grass will grow, and in fields where wheat and oats had been cut, the stub ble could not readily be seen through the thistles. Farmers put grain sacks on their horses' legs to keep them from getting hurt by the thorns, and often "turn out" for an unusually big speci men. Mr. Hoeffelman asked a farmer if they didn't have a law against allowing them to grow. He. replied that there was such a law, but no one wished to proceed against his neighbor, and so the law was a dead letter. Mr, Hoeffelman gives it as his opinion that, unless a very stringent law is passed and enforced iu Nebraska, we shall be overrun by this pest, and lands become practically worthless. The departure of Rev. Charles Stan ley Brown from Brooklyn, his former place of work, for his field in this city, was tho occasion to the friends of him self and wife, of an expression of good will towards them, so hearty and so free that they cannot but remember it with gratitude. Addresses were made by old friends expressive of the faithful and untiring zeal with which Rev. Brown had performed his duties; the warm com mendations of the resolutions passed by the society, show the sincere regret held by them "in view of his departure, and the deep sense of loss of a faithful friend, the appreciation of his services, the last ing impressions of his kindly words, and high esteem for the true manhood out lined iu his honest work and Christian conduct." From St. Peter's Record, pub lished in Brooklyn, which gives a lengthy account of the farewell meeting, we notice that a purse was given to Mr. Brown, and a beautiful basket of flowers to Mrs. Brown. The new rector of Grace Episcopal church is a man of 32 years, thirteen years in the service in which he is engaged, six years ordained, and he comes to his charge here under very favoring auspices in many respects, and doubtless be will find ample field for his talents, and already we hear very kindly expressions from his parishioners in regard to the work he is doing. Begin ning with the next year, it is expected that special attention will be given to the musical services, the first Sunday evening of the months, the services to be chorally rendered. Thursday evenings will be devoted to bible instruction, a class to be organized. Bishop Wbrth ington has, at his own expense, had the rectory repapered and painted, and has in other ways evidenced the substantial interest which he feels in the parish, and Grace church, one of the very oldest organizations in the city, may well con gratulate themselves on the preeent ituation of their affairs. iitniiUHiniiiiimiuiimuintaHauHiruHiiuiimiHiuHUHiiiiintiiHHiuiiiuiHuiuuiiiiiuiiiuutiiiiiuinHiHHtiuiiiitHmHHMM Cloak & Clothing Stock. N"ot a word of Complaint XJp Everybody is pleased with the splendid showing of our stock of Fall and winter Goods. No matter how critical a judge of values you may be, our stock makes you its Firm Friend! Because of Honest Quality, Perfect Assortment and Low Prices. If you want the satisfaction of having the latest style and best quality the money affords you, you certainly want to see our line of Ladies' CLOAKS and JACKETS', Men's and Boys' CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS and Gents' FURNISHING GOODS.. REMEMBER: and JACKETS at reduced and prices they got ot us in the season ot 185J-J. D0XT WAIT lor winter to bring vou in, but come in CLOAKS and CLOTHING before the "HOLIDAY RUSH! buy a GOOD SUIT CHEAPER than you can get it of us today. J. XX. E I 505 Eleventh St.. MIIIIIllllllIIIIIIIIIlIllllllllIllUIIIIIIIIlllilltllllIlllIlllHILIlIllllIlllIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIIlllllI!IlllIIIIIIIIIILlllllIIIllltlIilIIItItrilttlllllllC PERSONAL. Mrs. J. R. Meagher visited in Madison last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Martin of Clarks were in the city last week. Mr. and Mrs. Coon spent Thanksgiving with friends in David City. D. H. Harrington of Duncan was in town yesterday on business. N. A. Plank of Omaha was a guest of A. D. Weir a few days last week. Mrs. G. H. Krause went to Genoa Wednesday to visit with her son. Miss Lena Costello spent Thanksgiv ing at her home near Platte Center. Will Lehman came np Wednesday from the state university at Lincoln. Editor Mokler of Platte Center, was in the city Monday, and gave this office a pleasant call. Mrs. Mary E. Hammond of Grand Island was in the city a few days return ing home Friday. Miss Clara Brown of Cedar Bapids spent Thanksgiving with her brother Ellis of this city. Mrs. Gale of Chicago, arrived in the city last week and is visiting the family of her brother, C. F. Gleason. Miss Alice Turner returned Friday from Holton, Kansas, where she was on an extended visit to friends. Mr. and Mrs. Roy W.Rhone and son of Kearney visited their relatives Mr. and Mrs. Farran, Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Rusche returned Thursday last from their two weeks' visit with friends at Eldorado, Kas. Henry and Misses Lydia and Anna Sturgeon and Jennie Gasser, spent sev eral days last week with relatives near Rising. Judge N. H. Parks, of the Telegram, accompanied by his daughter Miss Car rie, started Monday for New Orleans, expecting to be gone ten days. Edward Itryan IUsini. Last week just as we were going to press, details of the sad death of E. B. Higgins, by the accidental discharge of a pistol, wore received and given in The Journal. There is little to add, except that the pistol was lying on a shelf, muz zle outward, and that when a light was struck he was found with the muzzle of the pistol grasped in his left hand, and that the bullet was lodged at the back part of the skull. He was the oldest son of the late Judge John G. Higgins, who met a sad fate in death in this city just a year within a few minutes before that of his son. Edward was born in this city Septem ber 16, 187C, and had lived here with the family, except tho time of their sojourn in Grand Island and the last six months residence in the city of Omaha. Ho had been a student at tho Baptist College, Grand Island, and a law student in Omaha. He was an exceptionally bright young man, and his loss to his mother, brothers and sistors and to the community will be sincerely mourned. The funeral took place in this city Wednesday last, services having been previously held at the home of Mrs. Hig gins in Omaha, Rev. Williams officiating. The attendants from Omaha were Mrs. Higgins,with her children, Bessie, Frank, Joy and A. J.; Mrs. Elia W. Peatie, Jen nie A. McCann, James H. Brennan, Geo. V. Hines, J. A. Connor, H. E. O'Neil, J. E. North, and Rev. John Williams, rector of St. Barnabas Episcopal church. C. L. S. C. Will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Broes, Saturday evening, Dec. 8, at 7:30. Roll call Quotations from English authors. "The Growth of the English Nation," chapter ii Mrs. W. A. McAllister. "Europe in the Nineteenth Century," chapters ii, iii, iv Mrs. C. A. Brindley. The Question Table "English Histo ry and Literature," "Woman's World," in Oct. Chautauquan Mrs. F. W. Her rick. Music Mrs. Bros3 and Miss Alice Matthews. Taken I'p. At my farm four miles east of the city 30 HEAD OF HOGS. They will average about CO pounds each, are Poland China, and have no distin guishing marks. The owner will prove property, pay damages and charges, and take his hogs, or the law take its course. 5-Dec-5 E. O. Wells. ITEMS OF INTEREST CONCERNING OUR to date L From this date we intend to close out our entire line of LADIES', MISSES and CHILDREN'S CAPES. CLOAKS prices. People are going to talk for COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. HENRY RAGATZ ft CO., Staple and. J Fancy Groceries, CROCKERY, .GLASSWARE Anl LAMPS. Eleventh Street, - We invite you to come and see us. We regard the interest; of our patrons ns mutual with our own, so far as our dealings are concerned our part of the obligation being to provide and olfer Good - Goods - at - Fair - Prices. iSrEVEKYTIIING KEPT that is expected to be found in a first elas3, up-to-date grocery store. Literary. A few years ago the Chnutautpia circle was tho only literary society in our city and tho readers found it difficult to secure new members, but times are changing and our peoplo are moro in terested in educational matters this winter than ever before. Several read ing circles are well attended, besides other clubs or societies which are edu cational in character. Wo have endeav ored to get the names of all and give our readers the result below. The Chautauqua is tho oldest reading circle, the members are: Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Brindley, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mc Allister, Mr. and Mrs. Herrick, Rev. and Mrs. Bross, Dr. and Mrs. Nan in an, Rev. and Mrs. Brown and Miss Matthews. The largest circle is tho St. Catharine reading organized last winter and has a course similar to tho Chautauqua, but is limited to members of tho Catholic church. The members are: Mesdames Geitzen, Walker, O'Brien, Mulvahil and Misses Lena Geitzen, Sarah, Jennie and Agnes Fitzpatrick, Minnie and Lida McMahon, Kate Vogel, Mao Gushing, Alice Quinn, Shannahau and Messrs. Cox, Hart, O'Brien, Burns, Ryan and Browner. The "Tuesday afternoon class" was organized last winter. They are now reading George Eliot's works. The members are: Mesdames Clark Gray, Clinton Gray, Reeder, Post, Page, Kra mer and Misses Nellie Post, Clara Leh man, Grace Taylor and Mary Henry. The "history club" organized this winter is considered by its members to be very beneficial. Those who are stu dying .aro: Mrs. Merril,Miss Ida Martin, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hockenberger and Ed. Hockenbergcr. In the line of educational progress there are several "helps." The Y. M. C. A. has given a great opportunity to many who can not afford to buy literature, their tables being supplied with several dailies and a good lino of magazines, be sides several hundred volumes of books, mostly donated by friends of the asso ciation. The Viking club last winter was very successful and paid out a great deal of money for leading magazines and pa pers; the membership has fallen off but the club still have their rooms over Bar ber's store. The public schools own a library in tne nign scnooi uuuuing mat is en joyed by pupils, and that is valuable for tho reference books. a mgnc scnooi is now in progress, Monday and Friday evenings in the high school building, with I. H. Britel and L. H. Leavy as teachers, and much in terest is manifested. It might be well for the boys of the city who find it nec Ill 3 3 St 2 3 i 3 a long time about the goods AT ONCE and select your You will never in vour life COLUMBUS, NEBR. essary to work during the day to earn their living, to considor whether they cannot take advantago of the night school. An hour and a half from 7:30 to '. is thus taken, and it gives an opportu nity to ambitious boys to gain n working knowledgo of ieninanship, commercial arithmetic and book-keeping. Wo mako this summary to show tho strong tendency towards intellectual culture good literature and irood morals go hand in hand, and the rational faculty is the strong element of tho lifo of any community. The Journal, years ago, advocated a free, public library, and we have a state law that can be applied to tho situation with wonderful effect, if those who feel tho need of such an institution will but combine their efforts in securing it. Very few persons desire to invest hun dreds of dollars in works of referenco that all should have access to. but every self-respecting community nowadays, has a good, freo public library, and Co lumbus should not bo behind hand. A Wi.c Srttlrmeut. Tho mutual friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lawrence of Cleveland, Ohio, for merly of this city, will be pleased to read tho following, dated Now 26: "Friend Turner: I am pleased to be ablo to inform you that Alice and I have settled our differences out of court and that we are living together as man and wife, and that everything is prac tically tho the same as before suit was brought. I consider that it is a wise settlement and probably the best for all parties concerned. We have six children who need tho care of each of U3. Thanking you for the interest and kindness you have taken in our affairs, I remain, Very truly yours, W. II. Lawrence." We Sweep the World. It is an old saying that a "new broom sweeps clean" but when we say "we sweep the world" wo mean that among all tho railways of the world none stands higher in tho estimation of the public, in all especial points, than the Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. It is the only lino west of Chicago which runs electric-lighted, steam-heated and vesti buled trains between Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis, and between Chicago and Omaha. Try it. F.A.Nash, Gen'l. Agent, 1504 Farnam St., Omaha. Wr. S. Howell, Trav. Passenger and Freight Agt. When in need of anything in the line of job work cards, wedding invita tions, dance programs, letter heads, en velopes, sale bills, receipts, notes, scale books, bank checks, shipping tags, blanks of any kind, in short all sorts of printing, give Tmz Joubnal a call.