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LKBANON LODGE No. M.A.F.4A.M.
UsKBlar BMMiaffii 2d Wednesday in each
month. All brethren invited to attend
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W1LDEY LODGE No. M.I.O.O.F.,
K-meetH Tuesday evening of eacn
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atreet. Viaitimc brethrea cordially
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COr-UMHIA CAMP No. 25. WOODMEN OF
the World, meet everj- tiecond and fourth
TtiurrtdajH of the month, 7:W p. in., at Oehlrich'n
Hall, Tliirteenth street. Itegular attendance is
. very desirable, and all visitinc brethren are cor
dially invited to meet with ns. jan2S.K
REORGANIZED CHURCH OF LATTER-DAY
Hainbt hold rexnlar eervices every Sunday
at i v. m.. prajer meeting on wejinenoay evening
at their chapel, corner of North wtreet and Pacific
Avenue. All are cordially invited.
ISiultW Elder H. J. Hcdsox. President.
EVANO. PROT. CHURCH, (Germ. Reform.)
Service every Sunday at 10:30 a. in. Rap.
tisms, Diarriaces and funeral sermons are ron
durtml by the Pastor in the German and English
language. Renidence, Washington Ave. and
Eleventh streets.
Unov-'PI E. Dk Geller. Pastor.
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JL . Herrick for picture frames. 4t
Dr. Naumann, dentist, Tliirteenth
J street, tf
. O. L. Baker is still afflicted with la
grippe.
' - Two inches of snow fell during Mon
day night.
' .. Call.and see our now picture niould
. ings. Herrick. 3t
Dr. T. R. Clark, Olive street. In
"office at nights.
'; House-keepers are beginning to
." " flihoke their bacon.
Ha
at Hfffick's?
--John Ba-Jer started for Cripple Creek,
Colorado, Monday.
Thursday was a stormy day, for sure,
with plenty of dust.
Dr. K. C. Voss, Homeopathic physi
cian, Columbus, Nebr.
arb wigffcAiao haaLis day
jhe
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j Hi ii CaflMin fifteenth st
Supervisor Wiggins went
up to
Grand Island lost Wednesday.
Wm. Bloedoru of Platte Center was
-in the city Monday on business.
Several of Mr. Tomlin's family aro
." confined to the house by sickness.
The B. & M. railroad bridge over
the Platte wac finished last week.
f UTrettuiiYmcjfclifofyMew
Y llsT CarfffseaireluTHa&fck. 2t
Drs. Martyn, Evans .t Geer, office
three doors north of Priedhof's store, tf
- -Mrs. Rev. Moore gave a party Sat
urday afternoon to the Junior league.
F
Martin Postle is putting up a dwell
ing house on his eighty acre farm near
Shell creek
Exj
no
Wiggins Ar Lewis shipied two loads
of stock to the South Omaha market last
Wednesday.
tr
iple
Dr. Arnold, who has been seriously
'agaJil evruHnaaBjltbfSjd
Djro6An anuBaniraanqfi uirar
prh streX ( XT
-Vaw; StMRMh aciMlasticyJire tbn
V " - ilmdfcirtbe&rx me Jngo. Sar safi
W-L ' lyftElevAinstre W
", 111 with typhoid fever, is now gaining
' in strength rapidly.
. Dr. Hampton of Alliance, formerly.
." -gV-i resident of Humphrey, was in the cityJ
s' -on business last week.
Misses Lora Becher and Georgie
-- -Post are giving dancing lessons, and
' have now three classes.
, ' James Peareall has the contract forhgame
; . -building G. B. Speice's residence on
" :. west Fourteenth street.
. Preaching by Rev. Moore at the Ives
. . school-bouse next Sabbath, March 8th,
'. . ' '1896, at 2:30 o'clock p. m.
-' She "Poor fellow! Only one eye,
bow came yon to lose the other!" Tramp
uA-loolring for work, mum!"
Breakfast bacon is nowon sale in the
grocery stores, being put np in small
pasteboard boxes with oiled paper, etc.
The change of weather that struck
us Saturday reminded that we may have
some snow yet before June roses blow.
John Becher has a Shetland pony
for his children. The little horse ar
rived here Friday evening from Seward.
A" marriage license was issued by
Judge Kilian to Maurice Nelson and
Miss Mary Jenson, both of Platte
county.
pie onEleventh
Mrs. W. B. Thorpe of David City
''died Monday of last week from the
.effects of a surgical operation she had
-oadetgone six days before.
If the mm of Cbiumhw could Mas
ter as maay food musiriaas as are to fee
found amoug the ladies, what a city this
would be for eong!
The Ladies' Guild will have a busi
ness meettug Friday afternoon at 3,
at Grace church. All communicants
are invited to attend.
About thirty schoolmates of Lida
Turner gave her a genuine surprise Fri
day evening at her home. It was fun
alive for several hours.
Mrs. J. C. Fillman started Monday
for Chicago, where she will spend some
time in the interest of her store. She
was accompanied by Miss Lembach.
Baptist church. Special evangelistic
services, conducted by Miss Martha
Johnson of Platte Center. Services
every evening at 7:30. Public cordially
invited.
The Cecilian club will meet with the
Misses Morse Monday evening. At the
meeting with Miss Pohl Monday evening
the club were favored with a vocal solo
by E. Pohl.
Frank Baird of Woodville township
returned Friday from a several months'
visit to friends in southern Ohio. He
had a nice time, and of course is glad to
get back home.
Conrad Baumgartner, herder, one
day last week, was knocked down by a
bnll and- so badly bruised, and hurt in
ternally, that he is now very low and his
life despaired of.
i-Fred Reitz has a boot and shoe
shepNon Eleventh street two doors east
of I Journal office. He makes and re
pairs shoes. Good work.- Living prices.
Call and see him. 4t
The question amlo what kifli of
fmcwaliise is one thatas puzzled Ahe
k. aua.
humanmce since Xoaufoft the ark.
See Page suMkia. EleventnTUjpaet. It
solves the question.
Miss Johnson, the evangelist, who
has been holding interesting meetings at
Platte Center, is announced to preach
every evening this week at the Baptist
church in this city.
Quite a number of G. A. R. mem
bers, also Sons of Veterans met Saturday
morning to attend the Luchsinger fun
eral. In view of the threatening weather
the trip was not undertaken.
The Epworth League hereby ex
tends theif'gratitude to those who took
part so ably in the program, at the con
cert given in the Methodist church on
the evening of February 2Cth.
Mike Casein has the plans ready for
a new brick business building east of
-where he is now located on Thirteenth
street, and west of, Mrs. Walter's mil
linery store. Good for Mike.
Prof. E. B. Geer and family, of Nor
folk College, will give a musical recital
for the benefit of the Congregational
church, the evening of March 16th. The
program will appear next week.
Daniel Schram returned Friday from
Colorado, accompanied by his brother
George who had been sick. George
stood the journey very well and is doing
nicely, and is now at Mrs. J. P. Becker's.
Fried-
residencehand Chas. laatthew's
black
e
tthews oMit Friedhofs
--George Bat num started Wednesday
afternoon for St. Louis to see his father.
Before leaving he had received a lengthy
letter from there detailing his father's
personal affairs since ho left here some
days ago.
J. G. Pollock as mortgagee adver
tises to sell, on March 21, under a chat
tel mortgage, on which there is due $480,
all the fixtures and stock of wines and
liquors in the Meridian hotel building,
known as McDaniel & Campbell's saloon.
ask Goods, White Goods,
Goods, the latest for
; and summer, 1896.
v the crowd to E. B.
Fitzpatrick's, the White Front
Dry Goods Store. tf
An item is going the rounds of the
local papers hereabouts detailing partic
ulars of a dog fight recently near Brain-
ard one of the dogs alleged to bo owned
by Albert Pinney of Columbus. There
is no such man here, and probably no
such dog.
All our progress is an unfolding like
the vegetable bud. Yon have first an
instinct, then an opinion, then a kuowl-
edget
frui'r;
thoito
the plant has root, bud and
'rust the instinct to the end,
you can render no reason.
lelmereon.
The government has entered suit
against the Union Pacific Railway Com-.,
Loet, btereen lbe cbrTlfci
hHV
resideve, a ladbtack silk nm
Tno Uifltar Ul plel leave the em
with Mrsat
store. 2
Kre
pri
Foil
pany and those holding land undec4lf the precious metal.
several of these having received subpoe
nas, to appear before the Circuit court of
the United States at Omaha, April 6, '96.
The printed list of names makes a fear
ful array.
"The Roentgen camera will do away
with one profitable industry. It will
destroy the game of faro. But then we
suppose our readers know nothing about
So says friend Parks of the
Telegram. The supposition is that
Brother Parks knows more about it than
his readers.
The next session of the North Ne
braska Teachers' Association will be held
at Fremont April 2, 3 and 4. We notice
that Sup't Williams is on the program
to lead in the discussion of a paper by
Dean of Norfolk, the subject being "The
Relation of the Superintendent to the
People."
The Orpheus club with the aid of
their wives have papered and painted
Fitzpatrick's hall, hung it around with
pictures, and made it look like a parlor.
They are improving rapidly in their
music, under the leadership of Frank
Gores. The organization of an orches
tra, sixteen pieces, is contemplated in
the near future.
C. J. Garlow, of Columbus, is can
didate as delegate to the national re
publican convention at St. Louis. Mr.
Garlow is a gentleman of thorough in
tegrity, a life-long republican, and
while he has never asked anything at
the hands of the party has always been
a hustler in its behalf. The Sun wonld
Ioe pieaeeu u see uim eeieciea oy we
state convention. Schuyler Sun.
At
might
held. Our iaJbnnaut talk us the the
difference a intmn UtwwWthe'Bub:
cock method ad the Faman' orgauin
tion, ia years, ea 1st) acres, would be
tlMO in favor of the farmers. Seethe
notice elsewhere.
At a special meeting of the school
-board Wednesday, on recommendation of
chairman Hockenbergerof the commit,
tee on inance, 1800 was ordered tranaV
ferred from county treasury to the teach
ere' fund; $150 from the city coUeotor to
the teachers' fund, and $150 from the
city collector to the general fund.
v
A general meeting of the Woman's
dnb is to be held at Fitzpatriok'e hall.
March 7, 4 o'clock. At roll call members
will respond with quotations from
Shakspeare. Papers on various subjects
will be read by Mesdames Post, Brugger,
Sullivan, Brindley, Gerrard and Stiree;
vocal solo, Mrs. Warren; vocal music,
Miss Hurd; instrumental music, Miss
Geitzen.
The Farmers' Mutual Irrigation
Ditch Company has been organized at
Schuyler. The main ditch will start in
the extreme southwestern corner of Col
fax county, a short distance west of the
old Robert McPherson homestead and
will be about eighteen miles long, with
two laterals. The area to be irrigated is
5400 acres, the estimated cost, $1.50 an
acre. So says the Herald.
At the Kunkel sale Friday, over
which Col. John Huber presided, cows
brought $24 to $34; yearlings and nadgr,
$13 each; some horses sold as low as $52,
and a span of large mares, in foal, $82
each; brood sows $13 each; baled millet
bay, $20 a ton. The terms were nine
months' time, without interest, eight per
cent off for cash; if not paid at maturity,
then ten per cent interest from date.
A small lad of about three years,
living on O street, was noticed the other
day carrying straw in a very small
wagon and piling it around a good-sized
tree. He was asked what he was doing
and answered that be was going to cover
up the tree. This reminds of the coat
of arms of a celebrated English family
the picture of a man with a pick work
ing at the foot of a high mountain, and
below, the motto: "Little by Little."
An old saying is, when the births of
boys are numerous in a community it
will be a sign of national disturbance.
In our neighborhood the boy new comers
were handed down by lots within a few
weeks' time. Among soma of the fam
ilies we should be allowed to mention:
Wiggins, Brook, Elston, Schmocker and
others, too numerous to mention. An
other old saying is, don't worry when
God gives boys; "He will give pants."
j. s.
The talented editor of the Cadiz (O.)
Republican in a recent number of his
paper, says: "The foundation of farm
literature should be the Bible, the geo
graphy, the United States history; that
its center of attraction should be the
home, including all the members of the
family, and its special aids the public
school and the Sunday school. Show
me a nation of children reared under
these influences and I will show you the
greatest, wisest, strongest, happiest na
tion in all the world."
Ed. Farmer, a former teacher here
in the Third ward school, went to the
Hawaiian islands three or four years ago
and secured a position as teacher in the
public schools. A recent examination
of all the ambitious teachers on the
islands was held, a gold medal being
offered as a prize for the best scholar.
Mr. Farmer was away ahead, got the
medal, and also the principalship of the
Honolnla schools, the most important
on the islands. He was educated at
Albion and the Nebraska state univer
sity, so says the Albion Argus.
A man of large experience in public
matters, a former official of the county,
says that the tax-payers of Platte would
save very much money' if they would
have their supervisors say to officials
that fees must be paid in advance, and
everything accounted for. As it has been
there is a fearful amount of litigation
based on spite rather than right, and
there are hundreds upon hundreds of
dollars of fees on the books unpaid. To
what extent this goes we do not know,
but it is plainly evident there is truth
enough in it to attract attention.
Herbert E. Scripture of Stanton
county was in the city one day last week
on business. In an interview he said
that the find of gold in that county
seems to be genuine. It is on land own
ed by Gottfried Moritz, who has had
considerable experience in placer mining
in California. One Sunday recently
there were five hundred people from all
directions to see what they could. The
land is rough. Mr. Scripture thinks
that where he lives (south of Stanton)
they have a similar formation of the
under strata, with possibly the same de-
'Owing to the fine weather, base ball
is coming into vogue in different parte of
the state. It does seem rather strange,
but as we write this item, 3:30, Feb. 27,
no fire is needed in the house to keep
warm. C. A. Speice, however, tells us
that the season of 1857-'8 was almost, so
far, like this even to the cold weather in
November and a portion of December.
In February it was so very warm that
there were plenty of mosquitoes, and
after that colder weather with plenty of
ice in the Loup, resulting in a big gorge
later along when the river again broke
up.
Allen Gerrard says he has never had
a loss by fire in his life and has naid
money enough to insurance companies
to build two better houses than he ever
owned, and advises people to get togeth
er upon this issue regardless of religion
or politics and have the assessor timtmn
every building at its actual value, and
the state pay the assessed value to the
owner in case of loss by fire, lightning or
tornado, and the increased valuation will
pay the whole expense without any in
crease of the levy. This, added to gov
ernment ownership of railroads and tel
egraphs, - government postal savings
banks, etc, tends to show where men's
thoughts are drifting, and, under a gen
eralization, means that whenever combi
nations become too much for the. public
welfare, the public must turn them down,
and assume to itself that particular
function. People generally, however, are
content to have their government assume
to do only what k absolutely necessary
for the general welfare.
entered the follow
iag. eases oahis
LindeagrlBtate Bank vs. Thomas Wil
liamayf.B. Williams and G. 1L Williams;
Ctthtene'Baak of Ulysses ve. W. Tjaden,
John H. KersMbtoek, Ge. Mack and
Chas. Tjaden; John H. Wurdemaa va,
William CShults; First National Bank
va, W. J. Snodgraas, J. & Snodgrass aad
8. H. Snodgrass; John H. Geedekeu vs.
Henry Peters and D. Brankenf-First
National Bank vs. Joseph Sobuft; and
Walenty Spis; Greisen Bros. vs. John
Haney. J
Quite a number of Nebraska com
munities are advocating what ia called
the "curfew" system of not allowing
young folks under sixteen (some places
eighteen) to be on the streets after 9
o'clock at night, without a parent or
guardian. Such an ordinance might do
good in some communities where they
would be enforced in the spirit which
would induce their enactment. In Lin
coln the hour is fixed at 8 o'clock and
there is a lively demand for copies of
the ordinance by authorities in other
cities ofithe state.
The entertainment given Wednesday
evening by the Epworth League at the
Methodist church was a pronounced suc
cess, bnt The Journal insists that
entertainments of this character are not
appreciated to the extent they should be
by the general public. Instead of what
we suppose was the net procoaihyMjs
ten or twelve dollars, it should be at
least three or four times as much. We
have no comments to make on the diff
erent numbers of the program Wednes
day evening, except to say that all were
good and highly enjoyed by the audience.
George Barnum returned Friday
night from St. Louis, whither he went
to see his father, Hon. Guy C. Barnum,
who had been reported as violently in
sane. He found him in a hospital, where
he is having the best of treatment possi
ble. In George's opinion he is not now,
nor has been insane. There is no doubt
but he was angry, fearfully so, and that
he has not yet recovered from it entirely,
but he laughs and jokes and talks as
rationally as any one, and as is usual
with him. Wo see no reason, from what
George says of his condition to change
our opinion of the reports' concerning
him.
The cathode rays of the sun, which
have been found to penetrate substances
heretofore cousidered impenetrable by
light, are being put to practical use in
surgery for the location of bullets, pins
and needles, foreign to the normal me
chanism of the human frame and yet
lodged where it had been (before this
discovery) almost impossible to locate.
These subtle powers of light suggest
that mankind is now but beginning to
learn the first principles of the elements
in which we live, move and have our
being, and which seem to pervade every
fibre of our makeup. The X rays are
certainly suggestive.
Master Otto Roen celebrated his
12th birthday anniversary Saturday even
ing by having nearly fifty of his friends
at his home. Otto has not been so for
tunate as many of us in having a birth
day anniversary every year, he bos only
had three in all his life and will not have
another for eight years. This is on
account of leap year, and February hav
ing 29 days, and also that 1900 will not
be a leap year, not being, divisible-by
400. The natural year is really 365 days
5 hours 48 minutes and say 50 seconds,
and in the manner suggested, the differ
ence between the natural and the civil
will not amount to a day in 5,000 years.
Hagel & Stevenson, who have been
paying a rental of $70.a month for the
use of the Columbus creamery plant,
have not been able to renew the lease or
to buy the plant on such terms as they
thought justifiable, and so on Thursday
lost they quit operations here on that
lino of their business, and Frank Fugard
with his family, removed Monday to
Genoa, where he will take charge of the
Genoa creamery, recently purchased by
Hagel & Stevenson. Mr. Fugard can
well be commended to the community
there as thoroughly capable, trustworthy
and accommodating. The firm of Hagel
6 Stevenson is so well known through
out this entire section that The Journal
need add nothing further. They are all
right.
The city of Columbus, Nebraska, is
one of the noted cities in this state at
least, for the starting of newspapers,
and now there are rumors of another by
Messra Mokler of the Piatto Center
Signal and W. B. Dale, one of our well
known citizens. Of course, the "long
felt want" is never supplied, and there
is always room for one more on the top
of the omnibus; we can admire the
pluck of men who start in, in a town of
this size (where there are already four
established newspapers), whatever we
may think of their judgment. If
neither one or all of these, however, do
not fill the bill, let ns have one or two
or a dozen more. A merry dance is
better than a sad one at any time.
At the Farmers' institute in Fremont
they bad quite a display of products,
among them being syrup made from corn
cobs; Japanese bnckwheat; Dodge coun
ty peaches canned by the way The Joub
naii editor's table has had an occasional
supply of the same sort raised on the
bluffs north of Columbus. Another
feature was that one-half day's session
was conducted exclusively by the ladies,
on various topics of general interest
The Jouhnai. would suggest the selec
tion of an executive committee now to
prepare for next year's institute here. A
display of certain classes of farm prod
ucts could be provided, but to do justice
to that and many other line requires
work long before the institute opens.
The Sons of Veterans were out with
the drum corps one" night last week to
serenade James Kinnear, wto presented
the boys with a fine silk flag at David
City about four years "ago When the
boys finished their playingMr. Kinnear
invited them into the CI6ther House
where they were enterBjpfed for a short
time, when they were surprised by being
presented with a very fine coat of arms
done in Chinese silk, by Japanese at
Yokahoma. It is a piece of artistic skill
eighteen by twenty inches, and very
highly prized by all the members of the
camp, who now consider themselves
doubly indebted to their kind patron.
The boys are having the piece framed
and it will make a splendid ornament for
their camp room. Mr. Kinnear is ma
chinist on the gunboat Baltimore of the
U. S. naval service, and is here on a
three montha' furlough.
A WELL-TO-DO FARMER TIRED OF
- MORTAL EXISTENCE.
FraV LaefcaiBfcer Departs tmbi Life Va4cr
-Seek CffeauMlaaeea as te Create Saspfclea
f Sdr-Dcetnettea.
' Fred Luchsinger lived on section ten,
town nineteen, range one west in Grand
Prairie, and was a well-to-do farmer,
having 480 acres of land, a herd of 60
head of cattle, eight horses, $1850 in
bank, $80 in cash, and about $500 be
sides in securities, and no debts.
It had been noticed by acquaintances
that since the death of his wife about
three years ago, Mr. Luchsinger had
been in depressed spirits.
Wednesday last he had beenin Platte
Center, returning home about 8 o'clock
in the evening. It was remembered af
terwards by one of the children that
when he took his cup of coffee he
emptied something out of a small vial
into the coffee before drinking. It would
seem that he regretted his act imme
diately, and called for milk, a doctor
being sent for to Humphrey, seven miles
away, but before his arrival, the unfor
tunate man was dead, breathing his last
just before 10 o'clock, about an hour
and a half -.after drinking the coffee.
The vial had feWn thrown by him into
the box for cobs, slant the kitchen stove,
and was found in the ashes. Having
passed through the fire, there was no
label on it, but it is supposed to have
been strychnine that the man put into
his coffee, i
Mr. Laohsinger was about 52 years
old, was born in Switzerland, but had
lived'' in this country since his early
youth. He was a soldier' ring the
War of the Rebellion, enlfcting'in Octo
Iwr, 18(11, in Co. K, Second Wisconsin
Infantry, of the old Iron Brigade; trans
ferred to the Sixth Wisconsin, in June,
'64, and serving through the war as color
bearer sergeant.
He leaves seven children, the oldest
aged 20, the two youngest (twins) 8
years old.
The funeral Saturday was attended
by a large number of people, consider
ing the severity of the weather. S. E.
Marty and H. T. Spoerry were present
from this city.
School Board.
The board met in regular session at
the office of I. Gluck Monday afternoon
at 4 o'clock,Vpresent, members Becher,
Gluck, Hookeaberger snd Turner, Pres
ident Galley presiding.
.Sup't Williams' report for the month
of February showed: Times teacher
tardy 1; minutes lost by' tardiness of
teacher 5; times' pupils tardy 69; min
utes lost by tardiness of pupils 494; en
rolled' since yeaf4.began 742; belonging
this month 637; average daily attend
ance 599.68; average per cent of attend
ance' 95.75; suspended 1; restored 1;
visits by superintendent 41; visits by
board 2; visits by others 105; cases of
corporal punishment 4; half days lost by
teacher 0; 'non-resident pupils 3.
The superintendent recommended
that parents examine carefully the cards
of report of the teacher showing the
class standing, the deportment and the
application of the pupil .during the
month.
Ia MlssWtkinV scnool, during the
past fifteen months, there is the remark
able record of only two cases of tardi
ness. Our child in the room names the
pupils who were tardy and excuses them
by saying they didn't hear the bell.J
The cases of corporal punishment were
all in one room.
The superintendent was , authorized
to employ an elocutionist at a compen
sation no greater than $5 a day to train
the graduating class. It was thought
five days would be sufficient.
Seven pupils in Mrs. Brindley's de
partment, ripe for promotion, were di
rected promoted to the next grade.
The petition of "Class of TO," asking
for afternoons at home, having finished
their most burdensome studies, was laid
on the table.
The usual spring vacation was dir
ected of one week beginniug Monday,
March 30.
The following claims were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn:
American Book Co. $19 44
C. A. Speice & Co 37 15
" ". " 33 40
Becher, Jaeggi & Co. 7 50
Gabler&Co 125
John Schmoker made application for
appointment as enumerator of children
of school age this year. Placed on file.
The applications of Miss Alice Lnth
for a position as teacher, when avail
able, also that of Miss Minnie Powers
for a position in intermediate or pri
mary .department, were placed on file.
The treasurer's report (which was read
and referred to the committee on finance),
showed the following amount on hand:
Teachers' fund, $214.18; general fund,
$92.80; library fund, $49.60; text book,
$8.45; total on hand, $365.03; license
fund, $3.00.
Forward March!
The following have petitioned to Gov
ernor Holcomb to commission them as a
militia company:
J.N. Kilian,
L. G. Zinnecker,
A. L. Conway,
August Mertz,
Arthur Pohl.
Chas. 8eglk,
Ed. LaPache.
Geo. M. Hyland,
Frank Wnrdeman,
Geo. Schram,
Joe J. Ryan,
J. B. Hubcr.
Wm, Bloom,
John Geer,
W. B. Henrj,
A. LJ Rolling,
GasB-Preab,
ThoA. Wilson,
Lonis F. Phiftipfl,
H. C. Beerfaower,
Ernest J. Scott,
L. E. Siseon,
Fred. Coffee.
W. W. Moamve,
G. H, Window,
J. H. Johannes,
FredRollin.
W. J. OaTis.
Chas. Wnrdeman,
C. L. Stillmin.
Earl 8. Peareall,
W. Sehupbach,
& Gaas, jr..
D. C. KaTanaugh,
Ed. Hoppen,
Walter F. Scott,
B. V. Brodfuohrer,
Adolph Saner.
H. D. Dwigfat,
H. K. Bightmire,
H. Flrnn.
K,E-Dodd.
Robert Welch.
FmLLaaz.
D. D. Roberts,
E.H. Tiffany.
H, B.Reed,
C.W.Jens,
G, A. Schroeder,
('baa. Miner,
J.T.Boyd,
Jobs L. Pittman,
J. S. Haney,
A. K. Pace,
Bayard Faller,
C.F. Breed,
Mat Jones,
F.V. Tunis.
St. Catharlae Readiag Circle.
Will meet Wednesday evening, March
4, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. V. A.
Macken.
Roll call, quotations on Flowers.
American history, period 4th, 1761 to
1788.
Discussion on Astronomy.
Current events.
Vocal solo, selected Mrs. V. A.
Macken.
Select reading Wm. Browner.
Music, selected Miss Anna Geitzen.
Paper, "American History" J. C.
Byrnes.
Select reading, "Glimpses of Medieval
Art" Mias Mae Caahing,
;-edwesday afternoon the supervisors
took Up the subject of irrigation as pre
sented Ja the petition of Murdock and
others. "The committee of the board
that had been appelated to consider the
matter and report asked and were given
longer time.
A motion had been filed by C. A.
Woosley asking that the petition be
made more definite in setting forth sec
tion, town and range of land owners;
who of the petitioners are resident free
holders, etc.
Then began the debate, E. A. Gerrard
opening on the part of the petitioners
setting forth that at best the organiza
tion of an irrigation district was a slow
process; they were seeking to comply
with the law in every particular; no man
would be injured in any of his rights it
the petition was granted. He had heatd
of only four in the district that were
opposed to it, and Patrick Murray, he
had understood, was one of these. It
had at first been proposed to include
Columbus within the limits of the dis
trict and then it was thought there
would be added trouble in organizing,
and so that was dropped.
Mr. Woosley made some remarks as to
the proper publication of the notice,
claiming that unless this had not been
done strictly in accordance with law, the
board had no jurisdiction whatever. It
wonld take five years to straighten out
entanglements unless the law was com
plied with in the organization. He said
that in a district about fourteen miles in
length there were only thirty-two farm
ers that had signed the petition, Mr.
Murdock and Mr. Gerrard being two of
the large land owners: He had consid
erable to say about the owners of town
lots in Monroe, whose names, be said, had
been got on to fill out the majority. He
wanted to know why the owners of large
tracts of lands near Columbus, the gar
deners, etc., were not on the petition.
As for Monroe lot-owners, they could
not, he said, get the water to the surface
on their lots, and here all the owners of
lots in Columbus are left out altogether.
It looked to him like a Monroe dodge.
The board are the sole judges of the
proposition, whether it should be sub
mitted to a vote of the people, this year,
in two or three years, or at all. He
closed by suggesting that no water right
had been filed.
John Byrnes wanted to know whom
Attorney Woosley represented, and what
difference it made to Woosley whether
the canal is built or not. Byrnes was
inclined to think that it was the owners
of land in the district, tax-payers, who
are interested in the matter and whoso
wishes should decide. At this juncture,
Chairman Wiggins remarked that he
hoped the subject would be discussed
without personalities it is information
that is wanted, not blood. Mr. Byrnes
proceeded to say that Attorney Woosley
had charged that the land-owners of the
district were not in favor of this organi
zation. Mr. Byrnes declared that nine
tenthaof the farmers, were heart and soul
with it, and now, tomorrow and forever
against putting themselves into the
hands of a corporation opposed to their
interests. It was well understood, he
said, for whom Mr. Woosley was working
and nobody was likely to be deceived by
what he would say when they knew for
whom he was working. Mr. Byrnes
closed by saying that there were several
of his neighbors present who wished to
be taken off the district, and he thought
they ought to have that privilege. Sev
eral, whose land is but a few feet above
water, afterwards availed- themselves of
the opportunity.
Mr. Woosley made an impassioned re
ply to Mr. Byrnes, and said he had, as an
individual, probably invested more
money in endeavoring to obtain irriga
tion that any other man in the room; he
was not opposing irrigation; and he
knew his rights ps an American citizen.
He was glad to see that there were men
who were not afraid to speak out their
mind, in this meeting.
John Galley, J. H. Galley, Wm. New
man and others spoke, mainly of the
location of their lands as to water, there
being no need, with them, for irrigation
their lands being supplied with moist
ure from the underflow of the river. J.
H. Galley opposed the idea of bonds; he
would not consent to mortgaging bis
farm, because that was what the voting
of bonds meant.
E. A. Gerrard then took the floor and
answered quite a number of queries in
regard to the project.
Asa L'lother lajared.
The Anacortes (Washington) Ameri
can, of February 20, sent ns by Maynard
Hurd, has this to say of a former resi
dent here, and son of C. D. Clother,
deceased:
An accident which had almost fatal
results occurred at about 10, o'clock
this morning at the Skagit mill, where
Mr. A. J. Clother's left leg was caught
in the belting and was literally torn off
just below the knee. A short time
prior to the dreadful accident the main
saw struck a bolt in the log that was
being cut, and the machinery was shut
down while the bolt was being removed.
After this- had been accomplished, the
usual starting signal was given and the
machinery was again set in motion.
Clother was employed on tlio planer and
took advantage of the shut-down to
tighten a belt From the manner of the
accident it is presumed that he believed
he had shifted the main planer belt to
the dead pulley and that the planer
would not start along with the other
machinery. At all events it does not
seem that he was very quick to take
warning from the signal to start; bnt
finally realizing his dangerous predica
ment, attempted to free himself only
when it was too late. He was caught in
the belting, htB left leg was drawn
around the pulley and tho unfortunate
man was whirled about in a shocking
manner before the mill could be stopped
and assistance rendered. It was then
found that the leg had actually been
torn off. WheaMr. Clother was picked
up it was not thought that he could
survive the shock, but Doctors Butler
and Smith were quickly on the ground
doing all that surgical skill could do,
and at last accounts there were hopes
that the man's life might be saved.
Mr. A. J. Clother is a cousin of Mr.
Harrison Clother, owner of the mill, and
came to Anacortes last fall from Nebras
ka, where his family reside. He is about
61 years of age, bnt is a remarkably well
preserved and vigorous man for his years
and is bearing the intense suffering with
great fortitude and courage.
Male aad Hone.
Dwifi
ish to sell a car load each of good
work mules and work horses have too
many to keep. I will trade them for
mule colts, cattle or bogs, or will sell
them on nine months' time, good banka
ble paper.
Patrick Mcbjut,
Residence 2. miles west of Columbus.
Address Columbus pott-oSce. 4t
henry mm m
Staple and
Fancy Groceries,
CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE
CLAMPS.
Elnam Street, -
We invite you to conic and see us. AVe regard the interests of our
patrons as mutual with our own, so far as our dealings are concerned our
part of the obligation being to provide and offer
Good - Goods - at - Fair - Prices.
wTEVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found in a ant
class, up-to-date grocery store.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Prof. Williams and little daughter
visited in Monroe last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Landers and Al.
Parker of Genoa were in the city last
Tneeday.
Mrs. Cates (nee Laura Leodom) was in
the city Wednesday on Iter way from
Utah to Norfolk, where alio will visit her
parents.
Walter and Leo Niccolls of Leigh vis
ited relatives in this city Wednesday
and Thursday.
Miss Kate Hays returned Sunday to
her home in Platte Center, after visiting
among friends here for several days.
Miss Lana Costello visited Sunday
with her parents near Piatto Center.
Mrs. Prof. Williams was in Platte
Center Sunday, returning home Monday.
Mrs. L. J. Ford has returned to her
homo in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after sev-
eral weeks' visit with her father, L. G. I
Hurd.
-HoBcxt Das."
Monroe Township, Feb. 29, 1896.
Editor Journal: An article appear
ed in the Argus of last week in the shape
of a report, affidavit and communication
combined. The article was signed by D.
C. Kavanangh. I would have given Mr.
Kavanaugh more credit if he had made
the report and stopped there, but he hae
gone so far as to try to "run a bluff" on
the public by informing that "his enemy
had himself employed for the purpose of
doing him an injustice." Row, Mr. Edi
tor, D. C. Kavanaugh cannot run such a
bluff on the people of this county, for
the reason that after the election last
fall, I had a conversation with his so
called ''enemy" and asked him what he
thought about the election. Ho said
that ho had nothing to say, that it was
tho wishes of tho people. Mr. Kavan
augh cannot mako the people in this
section believe that his "enemy" "was
employed for the purpose of doing him
an injustice," and the people up here
who know that committee, know that
they would not employ a man they did
not want. There is another reason that
goes to show that they do not think Mr.
Kavanaugh is sincere in what he says, he
conveys the idea to the public that his
"enemy" has more influence than the
majority of men in this county, ir he
could get himself employed. .
I see by the Columbus Telegram that
"Honest Dan Kavanaugh would not
charge twice for boarding prisoners and
jailor's fees." If, then, he did charge
twice, the Columbus Telegram must not
have ''Honest Dan" nailed to its mast
head. Tho people of this county should
ask the committee not his "enemy" to
explain or show the proof if "Honest
Dan" did charge twice.
A Farmer.
District -14 and Vicinity.
F. O. Jndkins of Fullerton made a
business trip out here last week.
George Corbett has leased a farm near
Rogers, Neb , where he moved hia family
and effects last week.
A new farmer whose name we have
not learned was moving onto Wm.
Bucher's farm last week.
Ben Brodfnehrer and George Drinuin
were duck hunting Sunday, returning
at night nearly frozen, with nary a duck.
Owen McGann had a horse pretty
badly cut on barbed wire last Friday
while playing with other horses over a
fence.
Willet Johnson will assist in agitating
the soil on the home farm tho coming
season and Jimmie Hempleman will!
work on the Stenger farm.
Wo do not know of a single case of
swine plague or chicken cholera in this
vicinity. On the other hand, wo never
knew hogs and chickens to do batter
than now.
We give the average prices paid for
stock at the Kunkel sale on Shell Creek
last Friday: Horses $17; cows $31;
two-year-old cattle $21; one-year-old
calves $13.
Harry Hickok, who has been visiting
with his mother on the home farm for
three weeks, took the train Saturday for
El wood, Neb., where he will run a farm
of two sections for Jasper Jndkins.
Many of the farmers were in the fields
last week breaking and cutting stalks,
and a few sowed spring wheat, some of
them getting it covered before the snow
and freeze of Friday night, when all
field work was suspended.
R.
Weather Rrport for Keb. at Co!ambn, b.
Maximum temperatnre, 23th 77'
Minimum " 29th T
Mean maximum temperatnre 46.30
" minimum " liU-HO"
Mean temperature 33.6
uo loSw y. i i
Total precipitation inches. trace
Do last year inches 81
Clear days 13
Partly cloudy days. 10
Cloudy days 6
Prevailing wind N.W.
Dates of sleet 28th.
Ctnraos C, Gbat.
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COLUMBUS, NEIL
I
"A Cincinnati teacher was offered
fifteen dollars in gold to learn the les
sons she set for a 12-year-old girl ia a
given time, and she tried it and failed.
So says an exchange, and the state
ment is not at all beyond credence, bat
back of that teacher probably was oae
of those all-sufficient, autocratic super
intendents of schools, whose only method
of impressing his personality upon the
system which he dominates is that of
castiron directions to teachers as to what
shall be required of pupils, and most of
these object ional things in school affairs
are with reference to cramming the
memory of our little ones and the youth
of the land who attend schools, with
facts, facts in endless array; technical
rules, etc., until the brain seems but a
sorry treadmill, a grind not even so in
teresting as an ordinary merry-go-ronad.
The trnth is that character building is
the first in importance anywhere, not
pting in the school, whether the
'? acuer .r ue PUP consiuerea; bbu
: right thinking not only precedes but
follows right living; development of the
native faculties of mind is the kind of
help usually expected and required of
the teacher. If the pupil during school
years has attained to a love of learning;
to fixed habits of attention, observation,
classification, analysis; to readiness in
speaking, writing and debate, the mass
of facts that cleave to the memory as
filings to the magnet, will do no essen
tial harm to the mental workshop;
otherwise it will be as "sound and fury,
signifying nothing." Tax Jocbhai.
pleads that those in the school business
be admonished to live close to nature
aad nature's normal methods of develop
ment and not nag either superinten
dents, teachers or children into me
chanical, false and faulty methods of
mental training.
eigbnvrt.
David City Banner: Last Thursday,
Dr. Reynolds of Lincoln, aad Dr. Cham
berlain performed an operation on the
six months old child of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nichols, living four miles west of
David City. The child had the misfor
tune to havo a double hair lip. We
understand the Drs. were successful in
their operation, and the child is rapidly
recovering.
David City News: The big wolf bunt
last Saturday north of Rising was a
complete failure so far as capturing any
of the animals was concerned. Parties
from Columbus wore to make np the
north line, but for some reason failed to
do so, and when this was learned by the
east and west lines and they attempted
to push the north ends of their lines
farther north and bring them together,
they were too late, ns all the wolves had
scented the men on the south, the wind
being from that direction, and had made
their escape down onto the valley. So
far as could be learned five were seen to
mako their way out at the north. Had
all lines been formed at just the right
time, there would no doubt have been
great sport for tho hunters, but the break
in the north line spoiled the fun.
is doing
most ex
asmtes-
titled by all
him to
tneir piai
large
ce with
manufactur
well asmhe general
Bros. CoWpf St. Lou
worxeu lorarour years;
had one comprint in all t
work is the vervvheet that can
the, city." "Give!
rfect sati
thranghout the
nily," writes!
M. OnUggs of Bowlin
reen, Missouri.
"All his wWk has
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tory to our
hen,pupinVknd patrons,''
says R. E,
ing, PresideW Pike Col-
lege, Bowlin,
n, Mo. "UMeoC the
best piano tune
and repairersWe ever
had work: on a:
instrument -r us."
write Woodbridg
roe. of Omaha. Out-
of-city work soli
-ddresa W. A.
Van Nice, Columbu
ebr.
agar Beet C
to the clause in o contract
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ry or low sjcaaewaatt we
at beet growers!
have
therwiseduposil
of beets
nt sugar with a
purity
1st, 1896,
provided
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Grand Island,
;, Feb. 25, 1896.
Irrixatioa Notice.
Those interested in organizing a far
mers' company for the purpose of con
structing an irrigation canal are re
quested to meet at the court house on
saiuruay, jHarcn tb, at 1:;xj p. m.,
sharp.
Monroe and other county papers
please copy.
Subscribe for The Jouasuz, any
day. Fifty cents will get you the paper
for the next three mouths, f 1.50 for the
next year.
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