T r-- .- X?. -i -: " f -7"- ! -v-- xi . vr"?' E X' J 5 : I 51 t. i ; " . i. J" . 1 1 I - i . .: . . "-. . . - t ft . . . j t ' Columbus grants!. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 23, IS16. A. AN. TIME TABLE. Pass. I Freight. leaver Columbus "iMlwoo.1 DaridCiq V Reward ArriTeaai Lincoln 7 .00 a.m. 7:20 " 7:41 ". 8:4S " P:M,a. m. 230p.m. 3:20 " 4:15 p.m. 7-4i 10:50 " .. .The iaener Wves Lincoln at 8:35 p. in., and ' t.rriveh at Columbus 8.25 p. in; the freight leaves p. in; the ireiKht leaves I arrives at Colnmbus at I.in-oIn at n-Zm. in., and arrive 4:00 p. ai. UNION PAC1FICTIME-TABLK. .- OOISflKST. -. Col. Local 6:10 a. m t Ai In'itir Ex.. 7 05 a. m Or. Is. Local 9.04 a. m Nr.Pl. Local 1:00 P. m Fast Mail .... 20 p. m OOINO WEST. Local Frt .. fi 4 a. m Limited lOA'ia.m Nr.Pl. Local. 1.10 p. m Fast Mail .... f.Op.m Or. Is. Local. 8-Kip.m No'. 2, Fnst Mail, carrie iaifvnKers for throuch points. Goinc went at 803 p. in., ar- rives at Denier ?:40.i. m. No. 2. Fast Mail car. ri iMiHwiisfr to Fremont. Valley and Omaha (joins eiwt at 2fW p. in. No. SI, frrifclit, carries . paacnffcTd. Roe wofct ':4r. n. in. . '. Tho 1 reilit train leaving hero at 4:10 p. m. car ; riea paf.eniiers from here to Valley. OI.tmiilTK AM) NOIIFOLK. atHeiiKerurrieri from Sioux City 12:20 p. ui leaves for Sionx City Oil) p. m Mixed lea vi- for Sioux City 7-S0n. ni Mix,il arrives..... 11. O) p. m roU ALKION AND UKDAU HAVIDS. .. . .Mixed leaves . . "Mixed arrive P.iHaPni'r l-ave. ' " arrives fi.00 a. m Su'Op. m 1:20 p. m 12:10 p. m Sorietij Motices. t-All not:VH under t!ii healinK Trill lie clinrxiil at the rute of S2 a -ar. A LEBANON LODGE No. M. A. F.& A. M. lleKiilar meeting 2d Wedneixlay in each iK month. All brethren invitcnl to ntti nd ' x .1. !. Stikes, W. M. V. K. Notkstkin. S-o'y. aojuly u'M.nr.v I ill if: K Vd. it. I.O.O.F.. JX met TtSewlay ev'nin( of eieh 'week ut their hall on Thirteenth t.tns-t. Vimtiuif brethren conliall) inite.l. V. A. '.. N. L W. U. NnTETi:t.N-.SeeV. 27jauVl-tf COLUMBIA CAMP No. 3. WOODMEN OF the World, meett everj second and fourth Tluirsd:ih of the month, 7iW p. in., at 0'hlrich'H Hall. Thirteenth Mreet. KeRular atteniiamv i ' ver ilenirable. anil all initin brethren are eor diail) tuviteil to meet with ii j:in2U''.0 EOKtSANl.KDCHUKCU OF LATlElt-DAY HaintM hold rejjular verriinii very Sunday at 2 p. m.. prajer ineetiiiK on WilnLij evening at theii r!iH!Hl, corner of North street and Pacific Aeinie. All areeonlially initel. ISiuI-i) Elder H. J. Hudson. President. EVANt!. I'UOr. CIIUKCH. (tlerm. Uefonn.) Seri-e eierj rititl.iy at 10itr. K. m. I!:ij. Uf iiif. inarriap and funeral sermons are con iiurtiHl liV the Pa-tor in the German and l'ni;lir.li liaiKmii'e. Iici.lonce, iitliintoii Ae. ami Eltiteuth street-, llnoi-'lii 1!. DKtlri.LFii, Pastor. - - Ilaydon lins., Dry Goo-ls, Omaha. Mrs. H. P. Coolidgo is imiirovinK in . heullh. . .Dr. Xaumnnn, dtMitist, Thirteenth etrtct. tf Dr. T. K. Clark, Olive street. In office j;t nights. Mis. MeCann was reported danger onsly ill last weelr. '"Blessed are tho tnerciftd for they shall obtain merry." J. II. Frevert made a business trip to Valley Saturday. Born, Sunday morning to Mrs. J. II. Frevert. a daughter. Return envelopes at this office for " ..-5U cents per hundred. , . Dr. Ii. C. Voss, Homeopathic phyei- cian, Columbus, Nebr. .All the children of D. M. Doty are aitiioled with la grippe. 'Principle, or the absolute, confers all when once it is seen." Mrs. Sarah Million has been danger ously ill with erysipelas. Miss Lyda MeMahon is attending St. Catharine school in Omaha. Dr. E.T. bowers, veterinary surgeon, ' will be found at Abts' barn hereafter, tf Dra. Marlyn, Evans .v Qer, office three doors north of Friedhof's store, tf Chicago Inter Ocean and Columbus Joi'ksai., one year, in advance 1.7.". tf - -Kersenbrock A Mack commenced filling their large ice houses Monday . morning. Charles Evans went up to Monroe Monthly to help Dr. Humphreys in his drng ator?. Carl Rhode is to return to Columbus ". from Illinois, where ho has been for some months past. ":.;" Giib. Sohroeder, jr., went to Iowa .Monday, where he has a contract to put in un electric light plant. H. J. Arnold, M. D., physician and '"- eurgeou. Two doors north of Brod- fuehrer's jewelry store, tf The Ladies Guild will meet with . , Mrs. Dr. Martyn Wednesday afternoon. . . A full attendance is desired. Walter Galley, who has been ailing for the past two weeks, threatened with ' typhoid fever, is now improving. Quarterly meeting next Sunday night at the Methodist church. Busi ness meeting Monday morning. '-inio Twelfth annual encampment of ' the Nebraska Sons of Veterans will be held at Albion, February 18, 19 and 20. Baker & Wells commenced filling the U. P. ico house Tuesday morning. .They are hauling the ice from Stevens' lake. Both the editors of Monroe, E. A. ' Gerrard of the Looking Glass and R. G. ' Strother of Uie Republican, were in tho city Monday. Louis Weaver's family have had a hard time with la grippe: five of the .family were confined to their beds at the same time. - D. B. Hines, who has been having a bad spell of la grippe forabont ten days, is mnch better and took his engine out Monday evening. Wanted, a man to handle money. A fat snap for the right party. A hint to the -wise is sufficient. K. Chisholm, Overton, Virginia. 2 The Cecilian club will meet with the Misses Tnrner Monday evening. A special program will be given from 'Beethoven and Mozart. -Ja society for the prevention of cruelty to animals would now be in order in this neighborhood one that would be active in its operations. Grace Episcopal church, - Sunday Feb. 2. Morning prayer, sermon and holy communion, (communicants urged to be present.) No evening Bervice. The remains of the two-year-old son of F. W. Bincker a former conductor on the fast mail, was taken through here Monday to North Platte for burial. H. M. Winslow shipped four cars of cattle to Chicago Saturday night. Twenty-ears of stock were shipped from this point last week. Charles Stonesifer is, we learn, locat ed at Cripple Creek, tho famous mining camp. Mrs. W. M. Cornelius, who has been quite ill for two weeks, is reported much better. We notice that cholera is sweeping off the hogs pretty rapidly around Stromsbnrg. In the semi-annual statement of Boone county's treasurer, the bank inter est is set forth as $833.77. Doc. McAllister, we notice by the Fitzgerald (Georgia) Leader, is a practic ing physician at that place. The marriage of Tony Vogel and Miss Maggie Schmidt was announced at the Catholic church Sunday. Mrs. Olcottr mother of Mrs. I. H. Britell, was dangerously low with erysip elas last week, but is now improving. Thomas McTeggart is recovering from his accident as rapidly as could be expected under all tho circumstances. Engineer Jeffries, who was hurt in tho B. & M. railroad accident at Seward several weeks since, is improving rapidly. Five years ago Monday we had a heavy fall of snow, which was followed bv a number of heavy snows in Febru ary. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose lost their infant child by death Sunday. The body was taken to Silver Creek Monday for burial. O. Nelson of Richland was up Mon day to see Dr. Martyn for a bad case of sciatic rheumatism with which he is afflicted. . Frank Hollenbeck of tho U. P. force received tho sad news Sunday of his father's death at Omaha. He took the train Monday morning. The Omaha World-Herald sayB that J. A. Foley succeeds R. R. Sutherland as superintendent of the Union Pacific, the latter becoming chief train dispatcher. Tho wife of David Carrig, 6r., near Platte Center, died last Wednesday of old age and general debility, and was buried in the cemetery near Gleason's, on Shell Creek. Marriage licenses were issued by County Judge Kilian to George Engel and Miss Emma Erb of this county, and Magnus Olson and Miss Mattie Larson of Madison county. A farmer in Shell creek valley was plowing tho other day and turned up some parsnips unfrozen. It certainly has leen a wonderful winter thus far, for springliko weather. Mrs. John Connelly died Tuesday morning of last week, tho funeral taking place Wednesday. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her depar ture into the spirit land. Knowledge is always better than ignorance on the samo plane of good actions. It is folly to know many things that are going on in tho world in the way of wrong-doing. In the S. of V. camp Saturday night a committee was appointed to confer with members of Baker Post to make arrangements for observing Lincoln's 87th birthday anniversary, Feb. 12. Col. Hoagland, tho traveling friend of the waifs, was in the city Sunday and delivered an address in the afternoon at tho Methodist church. Monday he spoke in Mr. Britell's room a few minutes. The average prices paid for livestock at the Steineman sale, on Mrs. Erb's farm last week were: Horses 830.20, cowa 20.87, yearlings 14, sucking calves 7.05, hogs S4.90 per hundred pounds. Misses Annie Klaus and Edith Williams were baptized at tho Baptist church at the Sunday evening service, Rev. Pulis administering tho rito in accordance with the belief of that church. A committee of six county snierin tendents has been appointed to confer with the state superintendent at Lin coln in revising tho old and compiling a new course of study for county schools. Hugh Hughes received a letter Thursday informing him of the death of his ohlest brother, John, at Rhyl, Wales, January 10. His age was f8 years, and ho had leen nttlicted with asthma for twenty years. There is considerable more corn in this neighborhood than will be fed out, and the farmers are holding on to it, hoping to get 20 cents, which is only about first cost of raising it. None, is being used for fuel. James Waldron, son-in-law of David McDnffy, was visiting friends hero the first of tho week. He had been down in the southern country, and was on his way back to Pocatella, Idaho, where he has a position on the railroad. Quito a number of dogs are being shot and poisoned, and owners are swearing vengeance. Most of them are in the north part of the city. The ques tion is being asked, is it tho night prowler who doesn't like the dogs? John Borowiak will have a public sale at the farm of F. Henning, ten miles southwest of this city, Monday, Feb. 3, at 10 o'clock, oE cattle, hogs, horses, farm machinery, hay, etc. Free lunch. Col. Huber will do the yelling. A hypnotist at an exhibition re cently in David City, placed a boy named Will Davis on two chairs, tho body resting by tho head on one chair and the feet on the other, several per sons standing on the bridge thus formed. Mrs. E. S. Clover and her mother, Mrs. M. B. Erichsen, went up to Colum bus on Tuesday to visit a sister of the latter. The sister is an elderly lady, nearly ninety years of age, and has lived in Columbus for manv vears. Schuyler Quill. We hear a taxpayers' league spoken of again, to look after the disbursement of public moneys, to find where the leakages are and seo to stopping them. Ten good men in each township, banded together for the general interests, could accomplish a considerable amount of good. Oscar Smith, the bank cashier of Grand Island, who was not well for a day and the bank for which he worked was closed the next day, was so worried over the matter that it resulted in ner vous prostration, and an eruption of the heart caused his death. Grow old aloac wttfa aw! The best is yet to be. The last of lite, for which the first was made: Oar times are ia His haad Who saith "A whole I planned, Youth shows bat half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid." Browning. The second game between St Ed ward and Columbus chess clubs resulted in favor of St Edward. Subscribe for Thk Joubxai. any day. Fifty cents will get you the paper for the next three months, SL50 for the next year. Wash Goods, White Goods, Dress Goods, the latest for spring and summer, 1896. Follow the crowd to E. D. Fitzpatrick's, the White Front Dry Goods store. tf The Omaha school board is debating whether they shall ask their city council to make a levy for the schools next, year of four hundred thousand dollars or so, and some Columbus school folks are cogitating over a pay-roll of about $1,000 a month, and whether the thousands will equal the months. We notice that the Colfax County Irrigation company incorporated the other day, in outlining the nature of the business to be transacted, state to construct and maintain a dam across Shell creek, etc. The amount of capital stock is 2,500, the maximum liability $1,000, and the limit of life 99 years. A recent Denver paper gives in a half-column article the particulars of charges against Dr. Bonesteel, formerly of this place, by his second wife, in an action for divorce. The specifications are frightful, of beating, misusing her in giving her morphine, etc., etc. If her allegations are true, the doctor himself must be a victim of the morphine habit Miss Mary O'Leary went yesterday to Chicago, where she expects to make her homo with her father. She has been away from home ten years, her father not knowing where she was. He found her through a sister in Illinois, by the help of an orphans' homo of which she was at one time an inmate. Miss O'Lcary's father lives in Chicago and is well to do. We are in receipt of a letter from John Cramer, dated at Wolf Trap, Hali fax county, Va., Jan. 20. After enclosing a year's subscription to The Jodkxaii ho invites us in these words: "Leave democratic Platte county, and come to republican Halifax county, Virginia, and give us a good republican paper. Our county has gono republican, now for the last two years." H. T. Spoerry of this city is a mem ber of the board of managers of the society which undertakes to place home less children in homes where their best interests will bo looked after. The society has for years been in active operation and has doubtless been the means of rescuing thousands of unfortu nate 1kvs and girls from lives of way wardness, want and woe. We aro in receipt of the program for the first annual meeting of the Northeast Nebraska horticultural so ciety at Schuyler, Feb. 4 and 5. Mar shal and Whiteford of Arlington, An derson of Leigh, Payne and Carver of Schuyler, Tannahill of Columbus, Stevenson of North Bend, Taylor of Lin coln, Day of Tekamab, Tyrrel of Madi son are down for papers on interesting subjects. The celebrated Talmage recently delivered a sermon on the theme "Say so," that will ba read with profit by thousands of people. Many of the mis understandings, the mistakes of life, would never have been made or suffered, if people would have given each other a kindly word of recognition of merit, or shown the least appreciation of what had been done for them. "Casual conver sations have harvested a great host for God." A young lady in this town, a gradu ate from a well known Nebraska semi nary, was walking through the round house at Columbus with a gentleman friend a short time ago. The gentleman was an engineer on the Union Pacific ami was explaining the method of run ning tho engines they were at tho time inspecting. The young lady asked innu merable questions and finally paralyzed her friend by asking, "How do they steer a locomotive, Jim?" Madison Reporter. A union meeting of the Christian Endeavor societies of the city will be held next Sunday evening, 7:30, in the German Reformed church. Four churches unite to observe "Christian Endeavor Day." An interesting pro gram has been prepared, four lay mem lcrs apd four pastors giving addresses on "The Kingdom of Heaven." Solos will be sung. On this evening the Con gregational, Episcopal and Presbyterian churches will be closed. All cordially invited. An editorial writer in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, doubtless speaking from personal experience, says: "One of the best disinfectants in the sick room is a basin of fresh water. Water is a great absorbent of noxious gases. Water that has stood open in the bedroom soon gathers impurities and is unfit to drink. A wide-mouthed' vessel of pure water will often do more to bring refreshing sleep to a nervous patient than will an opiate. This is not a theory, but ex perience." The finance committees of the boards all around the Nebraska sky are approving and certifying to the correct ness of county treasurer's semi-annual statements and having them published, as tho law directs shall ba done. We notice that Butler county has a grand total on hand of $60,917.32, of which $10,037.29 belongs to the state. About twelve thousand of the entire amount belongs to the sinking fund, and we fail to find any showing of interest re ceived from the bank depositories of the county funds. The weekly burglar called at the home of Mrs. dishing west of the Lin dell hotel hist Thursday morning about 2 o'clock. Mrs. Cushiug and daughter Mae were alone in the house and heard a slight noise for quite a while before thinking seriously about it and finally arose and investigated, which frightened the fellow away. They found that the heavy walnut storm window which had two wooden latches, had been cut out then the putty was peeled from around the upper panes of the window. The next time .we hope to record his arrest The following from George Heed of Wellfleet in the Lincoln Journal pre sents an interesting picture: fThe ex perience of Lincoln county is the experi ence of practically every county in west ern Nebraska. Everywhere the gospel of alfalfa is being preached by big 'fields and big stacks of alfalfa. Everywhere wind mills are f urnishingwater for small fields of grains and vegetables. Wherever alfalfa has gained a foothold and wher ever irrigation has been given a fair trial one finds farmers who have no question about the future of their part of the state." In 1888 The Jocrxaz. noticed the death of Fannie, a high-grade Morgan mare owned for twenty-seven years by J. R. Smith. She had attained the age of 30 years and four months, was a great-great-grand dam and stood at the head of 38 of her family. One day last week Mr. Smith lost one of his horses of this strain, fifteen years old, noted for his intelligence, disposition and beauty. He would work as. well without lines as with them, being governed entirely by love, which goes to show the necessity of gen tle and right treatment, and what a power love has over the animal kingdom. Monroe Republican. The Platte County Teachers' Asso ciation met in Platte Center Saturday. It was reported as being an unusually interesting meeting. Prof. Clemmons of the Fremont Normal, and Prof. D. C. O'Connor, superintendent at West Point were present, the latter giving a lecture in the evening. A great many teachers from all over the county were present Those from Columbus were Supt Both leitner, Prof, and Mrs. Williams, Profs. Britell and Leavy, Earl McCoy, Misses Alice Watkins, Birdie Dodds, Lucy Cross, Alice Luth, Alice Turner and Ger trude Schofield. The visitors were roy ally entertained by the ladies of the town, who took them to their homes for dinner and supper. Columbus ladies think they have learned how to entertain the teachers the next time the association meet iu our city. The Fourteenth annual meeting of the Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's Asso ciation which took place last week at Grand Island proved a very interesting one. Among other matters of import ance was a discussion of the law assess ing a tax against every insurance com pany doing business in the state, for the purpose of creating a fund for the bene fit of volunteer firemen injured while on duty. It is understood that a test case will go to the supreme court The State Firemen's Mutual Aid Association en deavored to get the endorsement of the firemen, but failed. In a contest for the location of the next convention Colum bus won against Omaha on a vote of 120 to 52. Chief Kilian and firemen Galley, Stillman, Pearsall, Wurdeman and Segelke wore delegates from this city. Monday night at the council cham ber the fire department held a large and enthusiastic meeting for the election of officers and other important business. At the roll call by secretary, here, was the answer in nearly all' cases, there being very few absent. Election of president was a close contest between C. B. Stillman and Louis Held, Stillman winning by two. Then Held was unan imously elected vice-president Bert Galley was re-elected secretary; A. R. Miller treasurer; Chief Kilian re-elected without opposition; F. A. Hagel assis tant chief; Wm. Becker janitor. A num ber of committees were appointed, one of which was to prepare for the coming meeting of the state association in Jan uary next, in which they should have the co-operation of the whole city. A noticeable fact in the meeting was the crowded room and that the chief was obliged to stand for more than an hour, not having a chair and being a late ar rival. Talking with a prominent and very active democratic politician of Platte county the other day, about local mat ters, he expressed a most decided opinion against conducting a business office of the people on partisan lines he said nothing of conducting a political office on "business" principles. There is, no doubt, a growing demand along the line of our friend's thinking just now, and it may be that before long this sentiment will hold the balance of power in many places of the country, more especially in purely municipal matters. Some of the cities of the United States are so corrupt in their methods of local misrule that endurance long ago ceased to be a virtue. In places like Columbus our social life is (by comparison, of course), so clean and good that we only know these things from hearsay, but even here there have been efforts made, and there is now still further talk of having those who think alike on city and county matters, get together, and work their will. Certainly something needs be done, not merely talked about. A good looking girl 10 years old, residing on a farm in one of our neigh boring counties, became tired of country life and longed for the excitements of the city. Going to Omaha about three weeks ago she secured a place as domes tic and soon made the acquaintance of a handsome little soldier, since which time she lost her position and the esteem of the family with it, and has been going wrong so fast that she has got into jail. Here is a case for reflection and consid erate action. It is also an instance of the undisputed truth that prevention is very much better than cure. In all cases of wrong-going, it will usually be found that it is a "confidence" game on one side, and ignorant innocence on the other, and this is true no matter what the nature of the wrong-doing is. Wick edness of all kinds is committed under a mental 'cloud. The thief thinks be can have a -"good" time at somebody else's expense, and nobody but himself know of his wrong-going. He is surely mis taken. Thievery is as plain to be seen in his character as the nose on his face is to the eye, and he is not thinking rightly when he imagines that his "secret" is so deep in the well that truth won't find it The debauchee, whose faculties and powers are allowed to come and go at the beck and nod of the animal passions and propensities, is under a dark mental cloud, that will never be dispelled until the enlightened will asserts itself, and light comes, along with the principle, "cease to do evil, learn to do well." Any first duty being done, makes the next more clear. So far as the young folks are concerned, that par ental rule is best which holds good out of sight as well as in, self-control, founded on an enlightened cooacMDoe.- rnsoNAL. Bev. Pulis went to Lincoln Monday to visit a few days. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hudson went up to Central City Saturday. J. E. North came up from Omaha Friday, returning Sanday. Miss Julia Sprague of Silver Creek, ia in the city visiting friends. Mine Mary Henry has returned from a visit to friends in Nebraska City. George N. Hopkins of Platte Center was smiling on his Columbus friends Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. Perkins of Cedar Rapids, came down yesterday to visit relatives. Miss Clara Brown of Cedar Banids came down Wednesday, called by the illness of Mrs. E. G. Brown. Miss Lizzie Sheehan, one of the teachers in the Humphrey schools, vis ited Sunday with her relatives. Miss Dorothy Jordon of David City returned home Wednesday, after a visit to her friend, Mrs. G. J. Garlow. Mrs. Theo. Friedbof and Miss Jennie Land went up to Silver Creek last week, Miss Land returning home Friday. Mrs. A. C Ballou, who has been visit ing in Dakota with relatives, returned to her home in Schuyler last Friday. Schuyler Herald. Tuesday night of last week, John Bennet with his wife and child were at the entertainment at the opera house. While there, John thinks that some one must have entered their house and put poison in their sugar. Wednesday morn ing, at breakfast all three were taken violently sick, but Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, probably getting an overdose of the poison were relieved by nature's sum mary remedy in such cases, and John left the premises to see Dr. Voss, taking with him some of the sugar. The sub stance, not sugar, was easily detected and pronounced strychnine by the doctor. In the meantime, the child had developed alarming symptoms and Mrs. Bennett hurried with it to Dr. Clark's office. The doctor pronounced it a case of poisoning by strychnine, from the symptoms, pur ple spots in the face, etc. Of course all crimes committed have an underlying motive, but what it may have been in this instance has not yet appeared. There are, as usual, suspicions and sur misings, which are not in shape for pub lication, but the would-be murderer did not succeed. There is a misapprehension with a good many people (even business men), as to what advertising in a newspaper really ia For instance, once upon a time, a gentleman in the real estate bus iness, (not now here), said to The Jocb nal reporter: "Such a write-aip as you gave So-andSolast week would be worth $50 to me." The answer of course was: "Step up to the captain's office, and place your order at the regular rates." It cannot be expected' that newspaper space is used for the benefit of other people's business for nothing. Space in a newspaper is rented just the same as the real estate agent has lots or tracts of land to rent for himself or for other people. The proper rule should be that every line connected with a man's busi ness should be paid for at current rates, and it a lengthy write-up is asked for, the extra time of the editor is worth a little something, once in a while. Take, for an example: one column of The Jour nal's local page contains 108 lines; at do a line the use of this space for one time would be $8.40. If any business man wants to try the value of advertising, let him prepare one such advertisement, takingly written, say once a month, and he will soon be convinced, as many other successful business men have been, that, at the least, as much should be invested in advertising as there is in rent. Frank Bresnahan, a Platte county boy, left home ten years ago, going f rem the quiet life in the valley of the Elm, into the "wild and woolly west" He kept going, by easy stages, working his way until he reached Portland, Oregon, where he fished for awhile and became so fond of the water that he determined to try a life on the salt sea waves. Think of the absurdity of a boy, born and bred on a prairie in the middle of the continent, shipping himself as an able-bodied seaman, an expert sailor, but that was exactly what he did, and his ruse was not suspected until after the merchantman got out to sea and it was too late for him to walk the plank ashore. He was unmercifully guyed of course, but he was so strong and able bodied, so good-humored and hearty, so ready to do any duty and so quick to learn that at the end of the voyage they were glad to take him again, and so he has kept on until he has seen a goodly part of the world although he is now but 27. He has had a most varied expe rience, and Dick Bossiter tells us that the story of his life would make an in tensely interesting tale. He has deter mined to make his home on the waves, and his latest venture is for a term of three years' service on a United States war ship. Sunday, as he passed through the city on his way to San Francisco, although he was bnt twelve miles from his old home and his mother, Mrs. Timony, he did not have the time at his disposal, to make a visit Last week there were a number of rumors afloat in regard to a horse hav ing had its tongue pulled out. We traced the rumors until we found the man who was the reputed owner of the horse. So soon as we began to question him, he said that he preferred not to have anything published in regard to it We told him that these things were pub lished anyway without his or our wish in the matter. He still persisted in say ing nothing further except that he would see us later, and that he had no doubt but the affair was an accident One of the rumors is that this horse with another was being used in the Un ion Pacific coal yards, at night, a heavy load of coal stolen from the cars, having been put on the wagon, when the horse in question, either could not or would not help pull the load, and his tongue was tied to the neck-yoke, and in the subsequent scramble, the tongue was pulled out One other version of it ia that when the horse refused to pull, a rope waa tied around his tongue and to the other horse somehow, so as to urge him forward, but that instead of the horse coming forward the tongue was pulled out by the roots. The horse, it seems, ia not to be seen, and probably has been killed and the body disposed ot Crime, or intentional wrong-doing, ia apt always to include in its poasibiU ties the action of the whole brood of vicious propensities, the evil passions being hurried from one degree of de pravity to another. Thk Jovhxai, would like to believe that there was no truth at all in these rumors, but cannot, and so gives them as such as a part of the local record. More About Irrigation. EorroK Jocbnai.: The manner in which irrigation canal companies have been organized in Colorado, Utah, Cali fornia and the western part of th's state where the greatest good has been felt by the producer and public is worthy inves tigation. The greatest development of the section irrigated with most satisfac tory results in every respect, is where the landholders formed themselves into an organization and constructed the canals themselves. The amount of work to construct canals when done by farmers is usually greater than when built by construction companies, who are experienced in band ling large forces ot men and teams. The farmer is generally inexperienced at work of that kind, and often do consid erable work that is not needed and has to do some of his work twice over. But for all the disadvantages of inexperience he more than makes up for by living near the work, and already having' near ly everything to work with. He has nothing to buy except scrapers and a few ploughs. Every farmer who irrigates his land needs from one to a half dozen scrapers, to fix laterals, level off pieces ot ground, etc. So he is really at little more expense for tools by constructing his own canal, than he would be if some one constructed the main canal for him. When he constructs and owns the canal he becomes more interested in having the water used and seeing that the very best use is made of the water. He is also much more interested in preventing the destruction df the property in any way, and being interested in getting the water where he needs it; is quicker about getting any damage repaired than ho would be if others owned it. There is another thing concerning the operation that has considerable to do with the development. Many farmers would rather do two dollars' worth ot work in maintaining the canal than pay an out sider one dollar in cash to do it for him, as most of the repairing is done when the farmer has little to do. The only just plan of organization to all parties interested is the district plan, to form a district composed of the lands that can be watered by any canal, and each tax-payer pays in proportion to the benefits that can be derived from the water and is entitled to water in pro portion to the amount of taxes he pays. Beal estate is the only taxable property within the district The government and collection of taxes is similar to school districts except there is a special assessor who makes a special assessment, and the equalization ot the assessment is made by the board of directors of the irrigation district There are some ob jections to the above plan at tho present time, although when the United States court passes on the law it may be re moved to some extent. That is the dif ficulty of getting capitalists to buy the bonds. The district law is new in this state although it has been in force in Cali fornia since 1887. Then about fifty million dollars worth of bonds have been sold, but mostly to California local in vestors. Eastern capitalists seem back ward about investing. 'They are prob ably, like many farmers, they have a prejudice against irrigation which has to be overcome before they can be in terested in irrigation or irrigation securities. The beet way to construct a canal, everything considered, is to form a local company composed ot the same men who would form the district to push the work, and at tho same time could be organizing an irrigation dis trict Then, when the district was in shape to do so, they could take tho work off the hands ot the company at the actual cost Bonds might be given in payment for considerable of the work, and enough sold to local parties to pay what cash was really necessary, which should not exceed one-third ot tho total cost of canal. Then, if each land-holder did a proportion of work that would secure him bonds in proportion to the land he owned, his only expense would be for maintenance of the canal, as the interest due on his bonds would pay his taxes. The maintenance could be met in nearly the same way, except the ex pense of superintendent and material needed for repairs. G. H. L. Sraool XotrK. The exercises in Mr. Britell's room on last Friday, consisting of recitations, essays, dialogue, discussion and music were intensely interesting throughout The music rendered by the chorus class was of high grade and showed the re sults of careful practice. Mnch of the proficiency in music in the ninth grade is due to the fact that the class has been carefully trained by Mr. and Mrs. Bri tell at their home, where the class has met weekly since the beginning of the year. All the exercises of the afternoon were carefully prepared and well ren dered. The high school were by invita tion present, and enjoyed the treat There is a general and growing interest in all the grades in this kind of work. The seniors will soon take their final examination in chemistry. The class has done good work in this subject, and the knowledge acquired will be of great service to them, even if they do not pur sue a more advanced course. New libraries have been started dur ing the past week, in Mr. Leavy's room in the Second ward, and in Mr. Weaver's room in the Third ward. There is no subject, perhaps, that is doing more to brighten the wits and cultivate the reasoning powers of pupils in our schools than mental arithmetic. When they come to the subject of alge bra they are frequently able to solve the most difficult problems by arithme tic, problems that legitimately belong to the subject of algebra. The teachers' class in the subject of psychology and pedagogy is now dis cussing the principles of teaching. Teachers in the city or those who design teaching in the future and others, not teachers, who are interested in this sub ject are cordially invited to join the class. The teachers meet every Wed nesday afternoon at "4:15. Bring your orders for job-work to this oSce. Satisfaction guaranteed, and 1 work promptly done, as agreed upon. HMY RAGATZtCO:, Staple and Fancy Groceries, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE CLAMPS. Eleventh Street, - We invite you to come and sec patrons as mutual with our own, so far part of the obligation being to provide Good - Goods - ae-EVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found in a first class, up-to-date grocery store. NEW STOCK ! We have opened a complete line and GENTS' FURNISHINGS. Clothing. Clothing.. Wc carry several of the very best lines of Ready-made CLOTHING ami guarantee style and fit. We purchased our goods at just the right time which enables us to sell you a suit for a very little money. Shoes. We were especially fortunate iu buying this line before the raise in prices and by securing the makes of the best manufactur ers of the country. We cannot lie excelled in style, fit and price. Gents' Furnishings. We have a most complete line of Gents Furnishing Goods. We meet all honest competition in goods and prices. FRISCHHOLZ BROS., Eleventh St., COLUMBUS, NEB. GUS.G.BKOUEK. LEOPOLD J JCOGI. Established 1870. BEGHER, JGGI & GO., REAL -ESTATE -LOANS -INSURANCE, COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. MONEY TO LOAN ON FAKM8 nt lowest rates of intereat, on short or lonK time, in amount to suit applicants. BONDED ABSTRACTERS OF TITLE tonllrealentatein I'latt county. IkpiwentTHE LEADING INSURANCE COMPANIES of theWprl.J. Our farm policies a the nuwt lilttral in uae. LoHtMwailjiisttHi, ami promptly paid at thisoHicct. Notary Public always in office. , Farm and city property foralt. Make collections of foreign inheritances and sell steamship tickets to r.nd from all part of Europe. lan'l-tf MARRIED. McIIexky GtrrnniE January 24, at the residence of the bride's Bister, Mrs. R. A. House, Fnirbury, Illinois, by Rev. E. S. Wilson, pastor of the M. E. church, C. A. McIIenry of Cambridge, Illinois, and Miss Ida Guthrie of this city. DIED. Jennings Saturday morning about 9 o'clock, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Jennings, aged ten days. The funeral took pluce Sunday after noon from tho residence of the family, Rev.. Rogers of the Congregational church officiating. The heartfelt sym pathy of the entire community goes out to the afflicted family, and especially to the father in far-away Georgia, who never saw the face of his child. Kind friends and neighbors did what they could for the stricken ones in their bereavement. Real Estate Traafer. Becher, Jffiggi & Co., real estate agents, report the following real estate transfers filed in the office of the county clerk for the three weeks ending January 11, 189fi: Gerhard Bolz to Alfred Powell, Vi nw !4 7.1Mv,ml SO 00 Peter Weber to Altis Koech, nwi 13- VWf Wtl taW WJ Jamea W Lynch to Edmond Roberta, acres in 17-18-2w, wd 175 W) Jas II Galley to Wm D Benson, lot H bl 182, Columbus, wd 830 00 James W Lynch to C II Sheldon, und ineU8-18-3w.wd 1 00 Mary C Hopkins to Oliver Hine.lot Z bl 14, Platte Center, wd YAH 00 James W Lynch to C II Sheldon, loU 3 and 4. bl 8. w'i lot .'., bl 9, lot 6. bl V. eH lot 7 bl 10. e lot 1 bl 13. lot 1 bl 15. lots 3 and 4 bl 16. lots 1, 2, 3, 4, bl 20 and und bl 2?, all in Platte Cen ter, wd 1 00 Geo W Elston to Jacob Karlin, lots 3 and 4 bl 37, Columbus, wd 375 00 William J Thurston to William Sipple. neUecl0andwinw-.ill-13-3w,wd 4a00 00 Willis Reed and wife to Anna Jacob son, lots 1, 2. 3, 4 bl 2, Robinson's 1st add to Humphrey, wd 1500 00 Union Pacific Ry Co to John Potter, w X noi 25-18-2w, wd 210 00 Geo Thomazin to John R Thomazin, seUseU 5-18jfw,wd 80 00 Charles Stebbins to Blarsey Ceochan, e'J mw and aw' seU M9-2w, wd. .. lCO 00 William A McAllister to Albert Sten uer. nw4 l-20-3w, wd 100 Mary E Justus to Jno S Adami-, bw'i 33-ia.lw, wd. 1300 00 Jno 8 Adams to Ludwix Justus, sw! 3S.19-4w.wd 2000 00 Leonora Van Schoik to A Anderson, a 52 feet lot 3, bl B Becker's sub-dir of out lot 8, Columbus, wd 1K0 00 Mary Soknl to Anton Pinknsh, n'i ne U ami se neX 25-17-2. wd 300 00 Chas Staab to F W Backenhus, sw 4- 19-le, wd 43 00 SuMtee traaafera, total t27,3409 ll . '"til -. COLUMBUS, NEBR. us. We regard the interests of our as our dealings are concerned our and offer at - - Prices. of CLOTHING, BOOTS.SHOES II. V. J. IIOCKENBEKQKR I.8IBBKRN8KN. Program Of general meeting of the Woman's Club, to be held at Mrs. Roen's Feb. 1 1st, at 3 o'clock: Instrumental Mnsio. . . Paper Paper Solo Paper Select Rending Paper Instrumental Music... Mrs. Barber Mrs. Stires Miss Hurd .Mrs. Chambers Mrs. Merrill . . . Mrs. Gerrard .Sirs. Chambers Mrs. Page Onafea, Nth., Fife. 12-13. Tho Union Pacific will sell tickets from points on its lines in Nebraska at rate of one fare for the round trip, tickets on sale February 11th and 12th. See that your tickets read via -The Overland Route." J. R. Meaoiier, Agent, Columbus, Nebr. 2t St. Catharine Krailin-c Circle. Will meet Wednesday evening, Janu ary 29th, at the home of Miss Cushing. Roll call. Quotations from favorite author. Political Economy, chaps, xii and xiii Circle. Supplementary Reading, Fabrolia." chaps, xv and xvi Circle. Music Miss Fitzpatrick. Paper, "Tho New Year and How to Begin It" Miss Geitzen. Music Miss Cushing. Paper, "Gossip and Its Limits" Miss Sbanahan. Current Events Circle. Parlor t'uncert and Sapper. The Ladies Guild of Grace church will give a parlor concert and supper at Mrs. Barber's, Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th, 1890, with the following program: Quartette The Church Choir Piano Solo Miss Pohl Vocal Solo Mrs. Chambers Piano Solo Mrs. Hockenberger Violin and Piano. Misses Cornels and Schroeder Recitation Miss Martin Vocal Solo MraReeder Piano Solo Mrs. Barber Vocal Duet.. . .Misses Wake and Bickly Piano Solo Mrs. Geer Piano Duet. . .Misses Morse and Becker Everyone cordially invited. Admis sion at the door 25c. Within the last week we have made arrangements so that we can furnish to our readers the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and Columbus Journal, when paid in advance, at tl.75. tf