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WEDNE8DAY. DECEMBEB X. 181.
. . B. & 5L TIME TABLE.
TEAINS DEPABT.
No. a Paseewrcr 7:10 a. m
Mo. C Freight and Accommodation. 4:15 p. m
Daily except Sunday.
Daily except Haturday.
TRAINS ARBIVE.
No. 21 'Passenger 9:25 p.
no. SI ireiht and Accommodation.. 1:00 p.
' Daily except Sunday.'
UNION PACIFICTIME-TABLE.
MOlXi) SAST.
OOINHWEST.
- Col.LocrJ. . Ma. m
Atlantic Lx.. 7 0". m
lir. I. Local 12. 1' p. m
Fast Mail.. . 2:15 p. tn
Liu.i'wl 105 a. m
Fast Mail 6:15 p.xn
Gr. Is. Local. 8:44 p. m
- No. 3, Vast Mail, carries passengers for
through point, floing west at 6:15 p. m., ar
rives at Denver 7:10 a. m. No. 2. Fast Mail car.
ries paMengorB to Schuyler. Fremont. Valley
. and Omaha going east at 2:15 p. m.
The f night train leaving here at 8:35 p. m. car-
' ries passengers from here to Valley.
COLUMBUS AXD KORFOLK.
PisenKernrTJTB9 from Sionx City ....1220 p. m
' leaves for Sionx City 6:15 p. m
Mized laveH for Sioux City aH0a.m
' Mixed arrives UAJp. m
FOR ALBION AND CEDAR RAPIDS.
Mixed lf-ajed
.Mixed nrriTe ..........
Vaktraner leavf
. arrives
600 a.m
8:20 p. m
1-J0p.m
12:20 p. m
0 fiefs Notices.
rjT"All noticoa under this hnading will to
charged at the rate of $'2 a jear.
A LEBANON LODGE No. M, A. F. & A. M.
-Am, Itottular m.tinKS 2.1 Wednesday in each
JSjK month. All brUirvn invited to attend
rV j. d. Stiues W. M.
V. It. Notestfi.v. Sec'y. 20july
wi i nvv i nrwjK Mn u. I.O. O. F
9Srnu.b- t ti...ii- hull nn Thirteenth
fcrV, ....t 'INliM.iliiV HCfMinM at Mien
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COLUMBIAN CAMP No. ST.. WOODMEN OF
the World, meet ?rery ncond and fourth
'Ihiirwlttvsof tho month, 7:30 p. in., at K. of P.
flail. Elewnlh etix?t. Itojular attendance is
very dtirahle. and all visiting l.rethren are cor
dially invitl ti met with m. jan2S-W5
EOHUANIZEDCHUUCH OF LA1TE1UDAV
Saint hold rorfular Hervicea evory Sunday
ht 2 p. m., prayer m.-tintf on Wednewlay evening
t tbwir clini.fl. corner of North street and Pacific
Aveuni. All ant cordially invited.
UiuteU Elder 11. J. Hudson. President.
HUMAN HEFOKMED CHUUC1I. -Sunday
School :tt HiJOu. in. Church etery Sunday
at 10.30 a m. Christian Endeavor at 730 p. m.
l.-ulifa" Aid Society ever' find Thursday in the
month at the church. llnov-W
Holiday Goods !
CHINA,
CROCKERY
and
6USSWME
A COMl'LETE LINE OF
Library Lamps
AT
mm mm & seq's.
essa
What wonderful weather!
Go to Strauss for tho best photos.
The county supervisors are in ses
eion. Fine job work done at The Joursal
. office.
Dr. Xaumann, dentist, Thirteenth
street, tf
Dr. T. 1L Clark, Olive street In
office at nights.
Q. W. Phillips is recovering from a
spell of la grippe.
All kinds of goods for sale at the
second-hand store, tf
If you want a photo that will do you
justice go to Strauss. 2 tf
We have a lot of nice pictures fram
ed at half price at Herrick's.
Milton, young son of Walter Phil
lips, has been on the sick list.
Dre. Martyn, Evans & Geer, office
three doors north of Friedhof 's store, tf
Fancy New York apples per barrel
or bushel at Herman Oehlrich & Bro's.
Rev. Brown will hold Episcopal ser
vices at Silver Creek Thursday evening.
Dr. L. C. Voss and C. F. O. Miessler,
Homeopathic physicians,Columbus, Neb.
Capt, A. Haight was reported as
very much improved Tuesday morning.
. The Cecilian club will meet with
Miss Pearl Mosgrove next Monday
evening.
Tuesday morning was the mistiest
Mrs !ve had for some time spring-like
for warmth.
Have you noticed those new roahog
ony marquette rockers, the very latest,
at Herrick's?
Best S3 cabinet photos at Notestem's
until Jan. 1st, OT, for 82 per dozen. All
work warranted. 2
A marriage license has been issned
by Judge Kilian to Kilian Breneis and
Mias Mary Wilde.
Misses Alice and Lizzie Watkins are
attending a Sunday school convention
of the Latter Day Saints.
J. G. Maher of Chadron, son of M.
Maher of Platte Center, was in the city
Monday on his way to Lincoln.
Try a pound of my 30c coffee. It
will please you.
tf A. B. Cramer.
Bring your orders for job-work to
this office. Satisfaction guaranteed, and
work promptly done, as agreed upon.
Always on hand, Bell Conrad &
CoJ's fresh-roasted coffees.
tf A. B. Cramer.
Mrs. Winterbotham was reported
yesterday morning as very low. She
has been on the sick list for several
weeks.
Grace Episcopal church, Sunday,
Jasuard 3d, litany and holy communion
11 a. m.; sermon, "Witnessing for Christ"
Service for Eastern Star lodge 730 p. m.
Charley Ayers, who has been visit
ing friends here the past two weeks,
returns today (Wednesday) to Gales
barg, Illinois, where he has a position
witk a railroad company.
ible
rdeasair:
, Kaowtbem'aa world of beantr
Above toe world or care.
Go to von Bergen's for footwear and
furnishings. 2t
Have you seen those saddle-seat pol
ished rockers, something fine, at Her
rick's? 2
MikeCassin has returned from the
Hot Springs, S. D., much improved in
health.
If this beautiful warm weather con
tinues, the spring poets will be rushing
in their copy.
The History club have a New Year's
party among themselves and a few
friends at the residence of L. Gerrard.
Bargains in tinware and notions, at
von Bergen's. 2t
Highest market price paid for but
ter and eggs.
tf A. B. Cramer.
Eighteen days thus far in December
with not wind enough for mills to pump
water very unusual for a winter month.
The Episcopal Sunday school had a
treat at Fitzpatrick hall Monday even
ing, after a program had been rendered.
Mrs. Charles Pollock has been some
what afflicted with erysipelas since
Thursday. She was reported better
Monday.
Subscribe for The Journal any
day. Fifty cents will get you the paper
for the next three months, $1.5X1 for the
next year.
Left at von Bergen's store one day
last week three small packages. Owner
please call, prove property and pay for
this notice.
von Bergen Bros, for holiday goods,
toys, albums. 2t
Paul Jones of the vicinity of Cedar
Rapids, was in the city Monday. His
bi other James is now living at San
Diego, California.
Walter Tschudin of Woodburn, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Tschudin went to
Fremont Monday to attend the Normal
school at that place.
Frank Brant of Omaha is visiting the
Zinnecker family. Saturday evening
Miss Tena gave a reception to acquain
tances of the young man.
W. F. Beckett was in the city Mon
day. He is traveling for an Omaha
wholesale house, and reports business
in Nebraska as very good.
Mr. Beerbower had a letter from his
wife recently, from a town near Phila
delphia, and she says that corn is selling
there at 40 cents a bushel.
E. W. Borders secured the first pre
mium on a Hamburg Cockerel at the
Western Iowa poultry exhibition, re
cently held at Council Bluffs.
For sale, two thoroughbred Berk
shire boars. Will sell at reasonable
prices. Call on Joseph Hauser, half
mile east of Clear Creek Roller Mills. 2
- This office enjoyed several very-
pleasant visits from Roy W. Rhone,
editor of the Kearney New Era-Standard,
during his stay in the city last week.
Baptist church, J. D. Pulis, pastor.
Services Jan. 3d, 11 a. m., 7:30 p. m.
Morning, "A Thought for the New
Year;" evening, "The New Departure."
Charles Pearsall has just completed
for the printers, copy for the State
Dairymen's convention recently held at
Lincoln, which he reported in short
hand.
We received too late for Christmas,
some nice parlor cabinets, music cabi
nets and China closets. Will sell them
cheap besides other pieces. Fred. W.
Herrick. 2
A business meeting of the Woman's
club will be held at the home of Mrs.
Clinton C. Gray on Saturday, Jan. 2d,
1807, at 3 p. m. All members are urged
to be present.
The Monroe Republican says: N. S.
Hyatt moved his family to Lincoln this
week, where he will make his home for
the purpose of giving his children better
school facilities.
Rev. and Mrs. Mickel have invited
the young people of the Methodist con
gregation to the parsonage Thursday
evening to watch the old year out and
the New Year in.
Dr. Smith, a resident of Fullerton
the past year and a half, and who had
acquired 'considerable practice, died
Monday, at Omaha, of asthma. He was
about 35. years old.
Columbus is the best corn market
in the state so far as we know, Colum
bus dealers paying two to three and
even four cents a bushel more than
many other markets. v-
F. E. Scofield returned Friday from
Walla Walla, Washington. -He says the
mud out there is two feet'deep, and they
told him it had been raining' ever since
the day before electioB."
Now is the time to subscribe for The
Columbus Journal ''and .the Lincoln
Journal, semi-weekly;fjoQkfor-f2.15 a
year. Three papers a-wslt;at.a cost of
less than 4 cents a '-week.
Among those who are attending the
State Association of teachers at Lincoln
are, Supt Rothleitner, Supt Williams,
Mrs. C. A. Brindley, Misses Chat tie Rice,
Alice Luth and Laura Ward.
The musicians who are expected to
take part Thursday in the Firemen's
parade are requested to meet this (Tues
day) and also Wednesday evening, at
the Firemen's hall, for practice.
Misses Rose and Emma Kinsle have
opened a dress-making establishment in
rooms over Boettcher's bardware store,
and respectfully ask the patronage of
the ladies of the city. Prices reasonable.
Miss Frances Will (daughter of Wm.
Will, who resides near Oconee), died De
cember 25th at the hospital in this city,
and was buried December 26th, in the
Catholic cemetery. Funeral services
were held at the church.
Mr. Scott of Osceola, who has a
large store there, and also a branch at
Platte Center, has, we learn, rented the
room lately occupied by J. A. Barber &
Co. We have not learned further par
ticulars, but presume that a general
merchandise stock will be put in.
Union meetings will be held each
evening during the week of prayer, as
follows: Churches in order beginning
Monday with the Methodist; Tuesday,
German Reformed; Wednesday, Episco
pal; Thursday, Baptist; Friday, Congre
gational; Saturday, Presbyterian. The
opening addresses will be of fifteen min
utes, the remainder of the service being
occupied with prayer and testimony.
.All welcome.
"Let sot raratrcac faith
MorTMldtotekdsnN
CoL Wbitmoyar of Oolambas
transacting legal business in the district
court of Nance county Monday. The
Colonel is one of the most able, precise,
and exact attorneys in Nebraska. (Ful
lerton News.
Parties having timber can have it
sawed and split in short order by making
arrangements with the undersigned.
Also those wanting to purchase wood for
fuel, whether for cook or heating stove,
call on me and I will save you money.
A. W. Armstrong. 4
Burglars entered several residences
in David City Saturday night the home
of W. F. Downing and a gold watch and
several pieces of silverware disappeared;
silverware was taken from Jesse Risings;
at Wm. Taylor's, John Townsend's and
T. R. Gilmore's nothing was missed.
D. Schupbach is here for a few weeks'
sojourn from Great Falls, Montana,
where he is now located and engaged in
the lumber business. He is very much
taken with that country and says that
prices are about the same as here, except
rents are higher, also butter and eggs.
The Swiss American band will have
a benefit concert and dance at the Union
Pacific depot in Duncan, tomorrow even
ing, December 31st Admission 50 cents,
lsdies free. Let everybody who can
dance or who enjoys seeing others dance,
attend and help along with a public
enterprise.
To the business men of Platte coun
ty and central Nebraska: The very best
materials, the neatest work and the
promptest attention given to all orders
for job printing. Don't imagine for a
moment that The Journal cannot please
you in goods, work or price. See us
before placing your orders.
Many an item recommends itself to
the editor because of its suggestiveness
of good to some class of our readers,
either by way of premonition, admoni
tion, appreciation or future usefulness of
some sort It is the bits of information.
just as it is the scraps of time, that often
hold for us the decisive matters of our
life.
Willie Schoen and James Campbell,
two boys of Valley, were drowned last
Friday afternoon while skating near the
Schoen farm. The boys were close
together, and although they struggled
desperately when the ioe broke under
them, they went down and were swept
under the ice. But one body was re
covered. January 1, is a legal holiday in all
the states except Arkansas, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ne
vada, New Hampshire and Rhode Islaud.
January 8 anniversary of the battle of
New Orleans is a holiday in Louisiana.
January 19 Lee's birthday is a holiday
in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and
Virginia.
W. E. Fee, who was one of the
attendants here at the Epworth League
convention last summer, passed through
the city Saturday. He was married at
Rochester, New York, December 23, to
Miss Alice Hoy t Mr. Fee is now super
intendent of the Chadron schools, but he
and his wife were to visit his parents at
Fullerton before going to Chadron.
A number of young men had firearms
at a charivari at Ogallala last Friday,
and fired them several times. It is not
supposed the shooting was done mali
ciously, or with intent to injure, but all
the same a boy named James C. Evans
was struck in the abdomen by a bullet
and lived but a short time, despite the
efforts of physicians. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict that Evans came to
his death by a bullet from the gun of
Frank Ybcum.
The dailies of Omaha announce in
their correspondence from Fremont that
Jennie T. -North, on December 26 filed a
petition asking for a divorce from her
husband, Frank J. North, in which she
alleges habitual drunkenness and cruelty,
and asks for alimony and custody of a
daughter, five years old. Mr. North is
court reporter for Judge Sullivan; both
are well known in this city, and their
many friends here could wish for a diff
erent state of affairs.
A grand leap year ball is "on the
carpet" for this (Tuesday) evening at the
Maennerchor hall. The girls have saved
all their pin money for months to ex
pend for this occasion, their friends
went without Christmas gifts, just on
account of this ball. The hall is to be
decorated in cut flowers with holly.
The Italian orchestra of Omaha will
furnish music and the boys will all sit
around the four walls, waiting for the
next invitation to dance.
The Leigh World Creeton corres
pondent says that Miss Scofield will act
as principal of the Creeton high school
until the board can employ another to
take the place of Prof. Ostrander, who
has been at Omaha for some time having
his eyes treated, and who has resigned
his position because he has lost the sight
of one eye and it is feared will lose the
other. Miss Scofield's friends here have
entire confidence in her ability to acquit
herself well in whatever she undertakes
to do.
L A. Fort of North Platte was in the
city Monday and gave Journal head
quarters a call. He is very much inter
ested in co-operative associations for the
development of Nebraska's resources;
co-operation of the farmers themselves
in lines of industry pertaining to their
own interests. He has Columbus in
view for a State convention some time
during the winter to consider a project
that is not only practical but which
promises good results. Announcements
will be made further along.
When it is considered that more
than five-sixths of all the children of the
state spend a considerable portion of the
most impressible period of their lives in
the school house, the geueral condition
of those buildings and their influences
upon the young stand forth, at once, as
topics of prominence and magnitude.
The construction of the school house
connects itself closely with the love of
study, with proficiency, health and
length of life. These are great interests,
and therefore suggest great duties.
Horace Mann.
The Fremont Herald says that the
marriage of Will Scoins and Miss Cora
Huff, which took place in this city, and
was duly noticed in last week's Journal,
was "without the aid, knowledge or con
sent of any of their friends." The Trib
une sayB: "The bride is a young woman
who has many friends, with whom she is
a favorite, by reason of her many lady
like qualities. The bridegroom has for
several years been an employe in the
Tribune job room in which position he
has shown himself a reliable and indus
trious young man."
The Second annual dance given by
theW.Y. Bissel Hose team Christmas
night at the opera house was attended
by a good crowd of fun-loving people.
The Columbus orchestra furnished the
music, the order was so perfect that
there was not an incident to mar the
full enjoyment of the evening, and in
deed it was after 1 o'clock when the
dancers dispersed, but then it was 1130
before they got started. The net pro
ceeds, $25, were turned over to the Fire
department to be used for the benefit of
the state convention to be held here in
January.
The Firemen's masquerade ball, to
be held New Year's eve, Thursday, De
cember 31, at the opera house, promises
to be one of the greatest events of the
kind in the history of the city. The
costumer expects to be here Thursday
morning with costumes, the best of
which can be had for 75 cents. It is
designed also, weather permitting, to
have a street parade, with some of the
masquers in line. Some of the members
of the old cornet band have kindly con
sented to get together and furnish music
for the parade. Everybody, almost, will
wish to see the crowd of masquers, or
engsge with them in the fun.
It is the odd things that are calcu
lated to attract attention, and here is
one of them, from the Seward Blade:
"One of the features of the Fin de Seicle
party at Miss Tishue's last Friday even
ing, was a hat trimming contest by the
young gentlemen present. There was
some artistic work done by some of them,
and the styles are limited only by the
number of artists who performed the
work. The hats have been on exhibition
in the window next door east of Tom
Wake's drug store, and are a great
attraction to all girls who pass that way,
and the envy of the other milliners in
town. Homer Schaaf of Milford, drew
first prize for artistic work."
There are to be two notable lectures
at Lincoln during tha State Teachers'
association this week. This (Wednes
day), evening, the 30th, Dr. Krohn, dean
of the philosophical department of the
Illinois state university, lectures on
"Child Study; Its Relation to the Home
and School." The doctor is one of 'the
leaders in the new psychology and child
study movement in the. United States,
and his lecture will be a notable event
for tho thoughtful Nebraska educators.
Henry Watterson's lecture on Abraham
Lincoln, to be delivered Thursday even
ing, is regarded as one of the very best
addresses on the best public man of
modern times. It is well worth while to
go far to hear Col. Watterson.
There will be two annular eclipses of
the sun in 1897. The one on February 1
will be invisible north of a line drawn
from near Austin, Texas, to Boston.
South of that line a very small partial
eclipse on the sun's southern limb will
be visible a short time before sunset, and
on the Atlantic coast from Charleston,
South Carolina, to Boston the sun will
set with the eclipse on it. The annular
phase will be seen in Colombia and Ven
ezuela, ending at the Island of Trinidad.
The eclipse of July 29, the partial phase,
will be visible in the morning in all parts
of the United States except Alaska; also
in the southern part of British America
and in nearly all of South America. The
central or annular phase passes across
Mexico, and Cuba at Havana, and the
eastern extremity of Brazil.
The Newman Grove Herald tells
about Thomas Ostergard having recent
ly put a heating apparatus in his resi
dence that comprises both hot water and
hot air, the plans for which were made
by Mr. Ostergard and executed by local
mechanics. One fire energizes both
heating mediums. The editor of The
Journal can testify to the efficiency of a
home-made, hot-air furnace, and his
entire belief in a plan like Mr. Oster
gard's, because all there is to do, after
perfecting the hot-air system, is to add
near the fire-box, coils of tubing, where
the water can be heated, and whence by
proper tubing, reservoir, etc., it can be
carried to any part of the house, and
returned by gravity to be heated and
again make the round, thus about doub
ling the usefulness of the fuel in fur
nishing heat for a building.
A Platte county Teachers' meeting
will be held at Lindsay high school,
Friday and Saturday, January 8 and 9.
The session Friday will be in the even
ing, beginning at 8 o'clock, and, besides
music, there will be a lecture by Presi
dent W. H. Clemmons of the Fremont
Normal "Manly Men and Womanly
Women." The Saturday morning ses
sion, beginning at 10, will be devoted to
"Penmanship in the Public Schools." by
Mr. M. H. Buck discussion by W. H.
Clemmons; "True Aim of the Public
Schools," by Miss Nora Johnson dis
cussion, from bankers' standpoint, by E.
A. Brodball: from a merchants' stand
point, by Martin Mogan; from farmers'
standpoint by John Gibbon. The after
noon session beginning at 1:30 will be
given to "Primary Reading" by Miss
Jennie Gietzen discussion by Miss
Anna Mylet; "Oral Arithmetic," by Miss
Gertrude Scofield discussion by Mr. W
J. Deegan; "School Punishments," by
Miss Phoebe Wills discussion by Mr.
Max Frink; "Fact v. Scholarship," by
Supt F. S. Perdue-rdiscussion by Prin
cipal E. H. Gerhart Teachers will be
entertained by'citizenB. A warm invita
tion is extended to all frionds of edu
cation. If it is a question of dollars and
cents merely, a good many people there
are, living remote from market and hav
ing plenty of corn, will be loth to take
the trouble to load it up, hanl it away,
sell it buy coal with the proceeds, haul
it home, burn it, and get much less ben
efit from it than by the burning of the
corn in the first place. It ought not so
to be. We will all agree to that The
great American people should provide a
way for getting their coal hauled at a
mnch lower rate than they do. In the
meantime, here is a sample instance of
figuring, which we get from the Howells
Journal: "A great many Clarkson peo
ple are trying the experiment of burning
corn and they are pleased with the re
sult A couple of the business men
made a test of the cheapness of corn and
coal as a fuel lately and the result was
gratifying to the corn burners. Both
buildings had west entrances and were
nearly of the same size. The time was
during the ten days of our past cold
snap. The man who used corn for fuel
burned $2.43 during the time, while the
man who burned coal used almost $6
worth of the black diamonds. Corn is
being burned in nearly all the buildings
there and the school house stove is filled
with the same material."
Couiab, Nov. 17, 1896.
Editor Journal: Damp and rainy
dsys are very frequent here, especially
this time of the year, and today being a
lovely day we took advantage ef it to
make a little excursion. Leaving the
fine boulevard that forms a semi circle
around the city on the southwest we
follow a somewhat -narrow road and a
few steps suffice to take us amongst the
gardens and truck patches, that take up
every foot of land in this vicinity. On
one side of the road stands a solid stone
wsll that is certainly not an ornament,
but completely obstructs the view of the
inclosed property; a picket fence oppo
site gives us a chance to see the tidy
gardens that are planted to shrubbery,
grape vines and fruit trees, and which
makes a very fine appearance. As we go
a little further, in place of the stonewall
we have a creek some thirty feet wide
and a few feet deep. Only about a foot
lower than the adjoining lands, the
waters of this stream are not only used
for irrigation purposes, but provide also
cheap transportation for vegetables of
all kinds grown here; even fertilizing
material is hauled on the flat boats that
are seen here and there. These boats
are about thirty feet long, three feet
wide and one foot deep; the ends are
not pointed, but bent up so as to be
some twelve or fifteen inches from the
surface of the water when not loaded.
There is one passing just now, two girls
are pushing and steering it with long
prods that reach to the bottom of the
stream; its load consists of two dogs,
two 4 wheelbarrows, cabbages, carrots,
leach, etc., and on the road comes a boy
with a loaded cart, having as assistant a
dog that is pulling with all his might
Here we see two men pulling cabbage
plants; in several places people are
planting lettuce and cabbage, while
some are busy trimming grape vines.
Economy is not an unknown virtue here,
and the twigs cut from the vines are
neatly tied in bundles and saved up to
make fuel for next summer. A substan
tial bridge with iron railings some three
feet high crosses the stream here. The
road is macadamized and the floor of
the bridge is covered with the same
material. Further on is a place paved
with stone that is used as a station
where vegetables are loaded up and
manure is brought to, to be distributed
over adjacent lands. These stations are
found in different places along the creek
and are an absolute necessity to those
having lands some distance away, to
enable them to get the benefits of water
transportation. Carrots, cabbage, let
tuce, radishes, cauliflower, leach, chonx
deBruacelles, eta, are seen in abundance
on all sides. Here and there we see a
patch of land flooded, but the waters
are apparently receding and the damage
cannot be great
Let me describe to you one of the
gardens seen along this road. It is 60
feet long, some 35 feet wide; it is fenced
in by grape vines tied to some kind of a
lath fence, some 8 feet high, a door in
front fastened to stone pillars; a narrow
path running through the center divides
it into two equal parts and leads to the
tool house at the further end; one of the
lands thus formed contains a lot of
grape vines, three prune trees, seven
dwarf apple and pear trees, rose bushes,
shrubbery and some flowers still in full
bloom; what little space there is left
between trees and vines, etc., is devoted
to vegetables; but I will not enumerate
all there is in here, for fear that you
might doubt my veracity.
A little f orther on the road narrows
down and is only wide enough for one
wagon to pass; a dwelling house stands
some distance from the creek, with noth
ing but a path leading to it; no way of
crossing the creek is provided; apparent
ly the boat, tied to a post with a chain,
answers that purpose; and now the
stream leaves the side of the road and
runs in a serpentine manner through
the truck patches, that, besides growing
vegetables, are planted to grape vines
and furnish a light beverage for the
hard-working people who depend on the
products of these small tracts of land for
their living.
Not only this city of some 20,000 in
habitants is supplied by these people,
but manufacturing cities further south,
parts of Germany and Switzerland get
their supply of vegetables from this
source the year round.
Here is half a car load of cabbage
being piled on a strong wagon for trans
portation. On inquiry we find its des
tination is Mulhouse, some 25 miles
distant; as we go on we strike the track
of the vieux-Brisach railroad that has
been built since the Franco-Prussian
war. A train must be expected for we
see a woman rush out of the house and
close the gates. A penalty would prob
ably be inflicted if we crossed the track
before the gates are opened, and not
wishing to pay a fine, we retrace our
steps. In this part of the world every
railway crossing is guarded by a man
whose family lives in the adjoining
building, put up for that purpose.
Where the crossings are not too far
apart, arrangements are provided to en
able one man to shut the gates of two or
three crossings from the place where he
is stationed.
But we want to get back to the city
before night and taking a northerly
direction we reach the convent of Sainte
Croix from which a near-by village has
taken its name. Nicely located and
surrounded by well kept gardens, this
place is used as a home for old people.
Orphans are also brought up here and
educated by the numerous nuns that
belong to the convent
Here and there we see the results of
excessive rain. In places the water
seems to be oozing out of the ground 'as
we go along; vineyards, orchards and
gardens, some of them fenced in with
stone walls, some with picket fences,
take the place of the truck patches.
Here we see a couple emerging from
one of these gardens; the picket fence
enclosing it looks quite new, and judg
ing from the interest manifested by them
in their property I should say it has
only recently been bought with their
accumulated savings. Gardening, fruit
raising and tending a vineyard are not
only profitable here but also a source of
pleasure to no small number of the in
habitants of this old fashioned city, and
in this manner they spend many a
pleasant hour in the open air and find
themselves greatly benefited by the out
door work.
Albert Stenoer.
Sale bills printed at this office.
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PKKSONAL.
Mrs. L H. Brittell spent Christmas in
8t Edward.
John Tannahill made a flying trip to
Omaha Monday.
Miss Lizzie Sheehan of Humphrey is
home for vacation.
Mrs. Warren and Miss Irene Hurd are
visiting in Lincoln.
Charles Welch is down from Genoa to
spend a short vacation.
Fred. Dougherty now of Lincoln is in
the city visiting friends.
Joe Paschal and family spent Sunday
with friends in Lincoln.
Mrs. A. a Ballou went to Omaha Fri
day for a few days' visit
Will Rickly came up from South
Omaha to spend Christmas.
Ollie Brittell came up from Lincoln to
spend vacation among friends.
Mrs. Frank Knapp and family started
yesterday for Louisiana, Texas.
Miss Laura Ward is spending her
vacation at home in David City.
Miss Pearl Bussum of Fullerton is
visiting with the Hoppen family.
Miss Alice Watkins went to Council
Bluffs Saturday to spend her vacation.
Lottie Hockenberger is spending her
vacation with friends in Nebraska City.
Mrs. Art Cunningham left Monday
for Kearney on a short visit with friends.
Miss Rose McCann of Kansas City is
spending several days with home people
here.
Misses Agnes and Grace Fitzpatrick
are spending a few days with friends at
Rogers.
Rev. Bross of Cedar Rapids passed
through the city Monday on his way to
Omaha.
Mrs. L. J. Cramer and Miss Clara
Weaver are up from Lincoln spending
the holidays.
Mrs. H. G. Andrews and son of Omaha
came up Saturday and visited a few days
with friends.
Miss Katharine Harris a stenographer
in Chicago is visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Geitzen.
Misses Vera and Florence Kramer
went to Clarks yesterday to visit with
Mrs. Dr. Mitchell.
Milton and Victor Krause of Albion
visited their grandmother, Mrs. G. H.
Krause, over Sunday.
O. Fee of Fullerton stopped in the city
a few hours Thursday on his way homo
from the State University.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Kerr of German -town,
Nebraska, spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Farrand.
J. E. North and son Ed. and daughter
Mae of Omaha were the guests of Dr.
Evans and family Christmas.
Mrs. Murphy and daughter. Miss
Mame, of Wood River are visiting the
family of E. C. Hockenberger.
Miss Lulu Stanley of Chicago will re
turn home today after several weeks'
visit with her cousin, Mrs. A. Anderson.
Miss Mabel Belchin is spending her
vacation with her room-mate Miss Ethel
Galley, who is attending the State uni
versity. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Heater spent their
Christmas in St Edward with Mrs.
Heater's parents, who celebrated their
golden wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rhone and son
Robert, left Sunday evening for their
home in Kearney, after a very pleasant
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Farrand.
Mrs. Robert Saley and children came
up from Columbus Tuesday to spend
Christmas with Mrs. Saley's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Palmer. Fullerton News.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wake and daugh
ter Emma of Seward arrived in the city
Thursday evening, and will visit during
the holidays with relatives and friends.
Mrs. George McKelvey spent Christ
mas with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Matthews, returning home to Nor
folk Sunday, taking her two children for
a few days' visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Beaty and son Guy,
living near Monroe, came to Columbus
to hang up their stockings at the homo
of Mrs. Beaty's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
P. Curtis. They returned home Sunday.
Christatas Festivities.
The Christmas exercises by the differ
ent Sunday schools of the city were
probably more elaborate and better
attended than ever before. The warm
weather tempted everybody to go some
where to hear the children's programs.
At the Presbyterian and Methodist
churches Thursday evening each had
cantatas, Santa Clans and Mother
Goose was given at the Methodist.
The Latter Day Saints school had a
large anchor standing seven feet high,
with the motto, "Hope," across the cen
ter. This anchor was loaded with gifts
and candy.
The Baptists had arranged a very
pretty snow scene, a perfect screen be
ing formed across the end of the church
by cotton strung on threads falling from
the ceiling, with "Merry Christmas"
apparently sinking in snow in front of a
miniature house. After a program, the
usual treat was given the children.
The German Reformed school had
trees loaded with everything good to
eat which were distributed after a pro
gram consisting of recitations, candle
drill, etc.
The German Lutheran church was
crowded until there was not even stand
ing room, and a program was given fol
lowed by distribution of presents and
candy from the trees.
All the above mentioned happened on
Thursday evening.
Friday evening the Congregational
Sunday School gave a cantata, which
had been well prepared by Rev. Rogers
and others. The use of Rev. Rogers'
piano added much to make the music
excellent
At the Catholic church several masses
were held at 5:00, 7:00, 8:30 and 10:00
o'clock. Extra music had been pre
pared with the addition of a mandolin
and harp accompaniments. Friday
afternoon the children of the school
were treated to a tree filled with goodies,
at the convent
Rev. Brown held special services at
the Episcopal church Friday morning.
The music by the choir was a treat to
all music lovers, and the solo "Nazareth"
by Mrs. Brown was beautifully ren
dered. The Maennerchor society with their
families, which in all number about two
hundred persons, had a grand time
among themselves at their hall Satur-
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FRIEDHOF & COMP'Y
Great Ofbring of Special Bargains !
Stocks Complete in sill Dipartinints I
40 inch wide all wool
Flannel suitings, all colors,
at 25c a yd.
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38 inch wide all wool
Serge, all colors, 28c a yd.
38 inch wide figured
Brilliantine 25c a yd.
Saxony Yarns 5c a skein.
German Knitting Yarn 15c
a skein.
Turkey Bed Table Lin
en 19c a yd.
Simpson Mourning Prints,
Turkey Red Prints 5c a
yard.
-THE LARGEST
Men's & Boys' Clothing, Hats & Caps
In Pla.tte Ooxonty.
Give us a call. Respectfully,
FRIEDHOF & CO.
HENRY MGATZ & CO.,
Staple and.
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Fancy Groceries,
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CROCKEBY,
.GLASSWARE
CLAMPS.
Eleventh Street, -
We invite you to come and see us. We 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.
-EVERYTHING KEPT that is expected to be found in a first
class, up-to-date grocery store.
BEGHER
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Farm Loans,
And Insurance..
COLUMBUS,
day evening. A large old-fashioned
windmill standing about fifteen feet
high and eight feet square had been
built, with real arms that tamed round,
and a real Santa Clans, ground out sacks
of candy and presents for old and
young. Santa Clans masked as an old
country miller, announced to the public
that owing to the hard times he had
turned his mill into a candy factory, and
he kept the children very much interes
ted talking to them in German. The
voice sounded very much like that of
Charles Segelke.
Fer Sale.
860 acres of good rice or sugar land,
with timber levees. House with six
rooms. Granary, stables and good wa
ter. Stock on the place, will sell with
or without the same. Only 5 miles from
Eunice, and 2 miles Tribley; both towns
on the branch railroad. For further
particulars, address James Little,
l6declp Crowley, Louisiana, Box 56.
Reduced Holiday Rates.
The Burlington will sell tickets to
points not over two hundred miles apart,
at one fare and a third for the round
trip.
Dates of sale December 24th, 25th, 31st
and January 1st, good to return until
January 4th, 1897. 2t
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BED-ROCK
PRICES !
We quote the following
yard prices on hard and
soft
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Pennsylvania Hard Coals.. 810 00
s Western Hard Coal 8 75 H
Semi-Anthracite 750
Bock Springs Lump 7 00
s Rock Springs Nut 6 25 S
E Canon City. 7 00 5
Maitland 6 25 S
s Hanna COO S
Du Quoin 5 50
Bock Springs Pea 4 50
C. 1 Space 2 k
S Telephone 39. laprt? j
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Colored Outiaf Flaanel
5c a yd.
Soft iaish bleached Mus
lin 5c a yd.
Fine quality Black Set
teem 10c a yd.
Childress' Vests and
Drawers from 10c and up.
Men's Camel's Hair
Shirts and Drawers, special
value, 39c.
Beat quality Ginghaau
5c a yd.
Extra large Grey Blan
kets 55c a pair.
ASSORTMENT OF-
COLUMBUS, NEBR
I k CO.,
Real Estate
Chicago Inter Ocean and Columbus
Journal, one year, in advance $1.75. tf
nsiness tices.
Advertisements under this head fve cents i
line each insertion.
WM.BCHILTZ makes boots and shoes in the
best styles, and uses only the very best
stock that can be procured in the market. 33-tf
COLUMBUS MABKETS.
tVOarqaotationsofthemarketsareobtained
Tuesday afternoon, and are correct and reliable
atthetime.
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Wheat 62
Ear Corn 12
Hhelled Corn 8
Oats 5H
Kou7Yn"566"ibriots...."."..'."...V.."."."."$9 50g 11 w
pboduck.
Butter 10g 15
Erks 15
Potatoes 25
LI TK STOCK.
Fathoffs I2 0OA2 W
Fat cows $2 0062 50
Fatshesp. ................ ............ SISOqSOG
Fat steers 3 25teS M
Feeders $2 73SJ8 00
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Fall and-
WINTER STYLES !
Shoes': Shoes!
This Department received our most
careful attention.
Do not miss seeing our 20th Century
Shoes.
Our School Shoes are good wearers
and fine fitters.
Our 82, $2.50 and 83 ladies' Fine Shoes
are of especial value.
Men's Shoes, all qualities, at lowest
prices.
Clothing ! Clothing !
We have a most complete stock of
Clothing, made by the best manufactur
ers of the country, which means latest
style, and splendid fit. We are enabled
to sell them at the very lowest prices.
We warrant them to give the very best
of satisfaction.
OUR
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CANT BE BEAT. -
IV All our foods are fresh and sew. We have
bo shelTed styles aad old goods to provoks you.
Give as a call aad get prices. Respectfully.
FRI8CHHOLZ BROS.
Oaa daer east of Hear? Bagats Co.
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