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Jrpl T","S r--3 svwjmr " --?.'- 7T t :ssr -t"V - v. I-; ; ''; oimnhxxs gcnirttal : ' WElNtt3IAY. JANUARY 13. 1SW. B. Jt M. TIME TABLK. I.titrirfa. Omaha. Cairaco. St. Joaepfc, .Kaakaa City, St.Loul. and all poiaU eal 4d oath. Beaver, Helena, Batte. Halt Lake City, Portlaad. Saa FraaelMO sad all pclats wMt. TEAIK8 DEPABT. "No. 22 Vatcafxr, daily except Bandar. 6:00 a. m ,J. 32 Accommodation, daily except bunday 4:15 p. m TRAINS ARHIVK. No. 2Ll'ajnwr, daily except Sanday. 9:15 p. m N. 31 Accommodation, daily except Sunday 1:30 p. m TIME TABLE U. P. R. R KA8T BOUND. ICC, Fst Mail a t 4"M QKr h ... ...... ... Kn.iifht WEST BOUND. 1, l'asm-UKor ., .4 No N.. No No No. No .... 1:05 p. m. 2:11 p. m. .... 4:12 a. in. 3:15 p in. IMC a. m. ....10.-00p. m. Nti N. N.i No No 1122 a. m. 7:03 p in 2:18 a hi. 8:35 p. in. 7:00 a. m. aA VlIX.ta KOUFOI.E bHINCIl. R2, I'aMMnRer .. 4i, 31IX&.1 .................... Depart 7:15 p. m. 8:00 a. in. Arrive 12 JO p. in. 11:09 p. m. No No Ct. 1'iutaeuKur.. ol. riutaenKur "it, MixmI N AJ.BIOK AND CKDAU It A FIDS IlUASCII. Depart 2:15 p. ni. G.lSa. m. Arrive 1-OOp. m. J.-00p. m. St '. I'anriunKer. .......... No.3. Mixed . 7i. l'liHsenser Nt. 71, Mixed ltly rpt Sunday. Train. 7 and 8 run between OoluinlitiH and t'ounril It'.iirTii only. Tirki-ls on talu for all (tointa in the United Htntc-, und Canada, llnxguge checked to tltwti n nt ion. ('. K. Jov. A;ent, oaetg Matties. l7All uotici-H tiudur tl.ii bnading will lie ehhiU'xl At thn rat of 2 h year. A I .KHAN .rW- licgular iiioiith. :HANON LOlXlK No. 58, A. V. A A. M. ular ineotinK ai vyinfiay in eacn i. All briiUirvn invneu io uiiena W. H. Fox. W. M. J. lUsMiiSMEX. S-c'y. iWjnly .tfMsv. Wll.DKV U1K;ENo.44.I.O.O.F.. 'TQw- mwtH Tutwdny evening of each 5Sr"w,H'k ut "'ir " on ThirtM'iitli -? - tnH.t. Vimting brethren conlially invii.J. W. A. Way. N. (i. V. It. NiTiwrEi.8ec'y. ajanai-if c Ol.UUlttAN CAMI'No.35. WdODMKN OF ! tlr..l.l m.tu jm ..vat u.vkVtll fllllll Mlltrln "" (III ICtllll. UlTin T1-J c-rM .. TliurMUjH of tin month, 7:30 p. xn., at 1. 0. O. K. 11.11 ltl1I-f .... l. if-u.r lmntup lilfimilllfirA IH 11.111, ( I41IM-JIIW r-l"- axaua -- mmj - very Ji-nirultht. ami all initini brethren are cor dially invited to met with n. jau23-"5 R KUiaSANlKIX'HUitCH OF LATTKK-DAY n.iliHH iiiiiii regular niticw ever nuuuoj HI . l. 111., llfftltI llltwllllK ! iiwuwwij v.w.tfi at th-ir chaiM-1, corner of North strt-4-t and Pacific Ht Ateuui. All are ronuaiiy iuviiwi. niutfiy Elder If. J. Hudson. Preeident. .aEKMAN ItEFOItMED C.IIUltCH.-8anday VX Sclio.il nt ViSU a. ru. Church every Sunday ut I0:Sil a. in. Ctiribtian Endeavor nt 7 JO p. m. I Jidiiw" Aid Sooii-ty evwry rinit Thnreilay in tle umuth nt thurhorch. 14nov-W GROCERIES ! Hardware, Wire Fence, Binding Twine, Rock Salt, Linseed Oil Cake Ground, AT Oehlricli - Bros. 13jul2in COLUMBUS MARKETS. Wheat, -15? bushel .r2 IMru. oar e? bushel . . .. - -. 24 Ct rn, sljollod j? bushel . . . '25 J Onts - bushel 22)4 Jtyo- f' bushel -5 Hotf9-jf cwL 3 10 S 15 Fat c:ittle-? cwt 3 00 -1 10 Potatoes "y bushel 45 Bnttor-c) tb 1215 Etr8 -c? dozen 15 Markets correcte! every Tuesday afternoon. .,. aatfaaaaaaaaaawJalaa aSSSaaaaBhaWl law 'Deep breathiiiR is a sign of Rood health." Dr. Nauuiann, dentist. Thirteenth J street, tf Hawley Smith tonight, Tuesday. lien Brodreuhror was taken with tfrip. Monday. Try Foster Sr Smith Lumber Co. for hard and soft coal. Dr. L. C. Voss, Homeopathic physi . Ac! mi, Columbus, Neb. W can get for yon any newspaper ; or juasaziuo you may wish. i 1IAWLEY SMITH T0 ?" SIGHT, TUESDAY. '; - Fancy New York apples by the barrel or bushel at Oehlrich Bros. . The. Teachors' meeting Saturday at the High School was well attended. Masquerade ball at Monroe, January , :2&, by the Social Hour Dancing club. Dra. Martyn, Evans &. Geer, office ''"three doors north of Friedhors store, tf Chicago Inter Ocean and Columbus JouBnai one jear, in advance 81.75. tf HAWLEY SMITH J. TONIGHT, TUESDAY. Just received, by Foster Jt Smith Lumber Co. fourteen cars hard and soft coal. Do not fail to see our 8-foot galvan- -. " ized steel mill for $25.0a A. Dnseell & " Son. tf The illustrated article prepared for iv " this week's Jotjbnax. goes over to the -"' ..next issue. :.- John Huber & Son are moving to - the Simmons place, which they have ' rented for a year. . f It is expected that the new High . School bntlding may be ready for oc cupancy by March 1. :'.. Somebody entered Frank McCone'a 'barn Friday night and cut close the hair .' "on the tall of one of his horses. E. B. Dean, esq., of David City was here Monday on business, and gave Tax JovKfAL anotmrn pleasant call WANTED! One thousand bnshels of new millet seed, for which we will pay the highest market price. HERMAN OEHLRICH & BRO. Hawley Smith tonight, Tuesday. Bring your orders for job-work to i this office. Satisfaction guaranteed, and i i ., , , ut promptly uooe, am Bgreea upon. Ed. Hoppen, who has for some time been working for Schwarz & Easton, has severed his connection with the firm. David City has a pnblic library ac cessible to residents of Bntler county, who comply with its reasonable terms. Wm. Schilz makes boots and shoes in the best styles, and uses only the very beet stock that can be procured in the market, tf The Lincoln Journal notes that John C. Morrissey of that city has applied for relief from indebtedness under the bank ruptcy law. Will Mitchell fell on Friday evening while at work at the coal chutes, and injured his back, which will lay him np for several days. FARMERS, ATTENTION. You cau get an 8-foot Freeport Galvanized steel windmill from A. Dussell & Son for only $25.00. tf Baptist church, J. D. Pulis, Pastor. Services Jan. 22, 11 a. m. 7:30, p. m. Morning, "Our household dead." Even ing, "The New Birth." G. W. Miller of Creston, Nebraska, was in the city yesterday, on his return to the Third Nebraska at Havana, after a thirty days' furlough. D. F. Davis, formerly proprietor of the Telegram, and later postmaster, arrived in the city Wednesday evening laBt from Chattanooga, Tennessee. There will be a social in the Presby terian church, Friday evening, January 20. A good time expected. Refresh ments 10 cents. Everybody invited. Superintendent Williams was at Norfolk Saturday helping formulate the program, for the North Nebraska Teach ers' association, of which ho is president. Dr. Baker, physician and surgeon. Residence, Seventeenth and Quincy. Office, Olive st, first door north of Brod fuehrer Telephone: Office 20; resi dence 46. tf A number of people gathered at the home of L. Gerrard's Wednesday even ing, to organize a Shakespeare club. The society will first take up the study of Macbeth. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Oehlrich have the sympathy of their acquaintance in the loss by death January C of their in fant daughter and only child, born De cember 2Cth. Washington's birthday, Feb. 22, is the dnto for the twenty-fifth annual masquerade ball of Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1. Lots of fun ahead for those who attend. T. II. Williams daughter, who was wounded.some days ago by a ball shot from a target gun, is getting along very nicely. It is supposed that the ball passed out through the mouth. While Gus Plath was in Schuyler Monday, he found hidden away a box of bits which he thought belonged to Schwarz & Easton, but on bringing them here they did not claim ownership. Dodge county's treasurer prints the statement of that county's finances. Total disbursements for the year 1898 were 8198,057.05. Total receipts were 8227,050.91 balance on hand 8126,454.45. In some places before accused people are put into prison, they are compelled to shed their clothing and put on a suit provided for them, and are thoroughly deprived of weapons or means of defence. Coughs and colds come uninvited, but you can quickly get rid of them with a few doses of BALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP. Price 25 and 50 cents. Dr. A. Heintz and Pollock & Co. A large delegation of Columbus fire mon went yesterday to attend the an nual convention, held this year at Be atrice. They expect to be gone till Fri day, and will doubtless have a pleasant time. Columbus has organized the Platte Valley Gold Mining company with Henry Ragatz, president; L. Hohl, vice presi dent; Mr. Whitehead, 6econd vice presi dent; Ole Johnson, secretary; W. A. Way, treasurer. From C. P. R. Williams deputy col lector of internal revenue, at Albion, Nebraska, we are in receipt of circulars concerning the stamp taxes. There are 31 items of the law itself, and 180 para graphs of rulings. A large crowd of Columbusites cong regated in the U. P. yards Saturday afternoon to view the two wrecked en gines in the accident near Sidney last week. They were badly used up and on their way to Omaha for repairs. Wo publish in today's Journal the statement of the Columbus Lumber company, also that of the Columbus Building & Loan association two indi cations of business in the city that will be of interest to Journal readers. We have received a copy of the Natrona Tribune of Casper, Wyoming, edited by A. J. Mokler, formerly of the Platte Center Signal. From the looks of the paper, we judge Mr. Mokler to be doing splendidly in his western home. Some joker got a pipe placed yes terday near the U. P. track, with holes in it and small pipes issuing therefrom, plugged by nuts "a bomb!" "a bomb!!" But it was finally decided by nearly ev erybody to be one of Fatty Curtis' jokes. Prof. Trimmer gave his concert at Greeham last Saturday evening. The chorus was composed, of about fifty voices and no doubt the concert was fine. Mrs. Warren went down to take the solo parts and we are sure in this the people of that city had a treat. Fred. Meedel was in the city Monday on business, and notwithstanding that he had been afflicted with the. grip for two weeks, you wouldn't have known it from his looks. Monday was the first day since his sickness began that he enjoyed his meals. Charlie Easton, in invoicing the other day at the hardware store of Schwarz & Easton, came upon some of the old-fashioned barbs for wire fence quite a relic these times. It is a piece of steel two inches long and sharpened at both ends, twisted onto smooth wire by a pair of pliers. There is progress in all things. TABLER'8 BUCKEYE PILE OESTMENT is the only remedy for blind, bleeding or protruding piles, in dorsed by physicians; cures the most obstinate cases. Price 50 cents in bot tles. Tubes, 75 cents. Dr. A. Heintz and Pollock & Co. Mrs. Catherine Bixby died on the 10th at the home of her son at Garrison, Neb., after an illness of four months. She was eighty years old. Three of a family of nine children survive A. L. Bixby of Lincoln, formerly of this city, R. A. Bixby of Garrison, and J. F. Bixby of Dixon, Illinois. The annual election of officers for the Hook and Ladder Co. took place Monday evening with the following re sult: Bert J. Galley, president; Chris. Schmitz, foreman; Ed. Hoppen, assist ant; Peter F. Luchsinger, secretary; George W. Baumgart, treasurer; Gus. W. Yiergutz, Leopold Plath, John Pitt man, trustees. A handsome new silver 81 certificate has just made its appearance. It is pre sumed to be the prettiest bill of a like denomination ever gotten out by the government. The colors are elegantly blended and the seal done in blue instead of the old-time red, the first change of this kind ever made. Likenesses of Lin coln and Grant adorn the note. John Maher is out with a petition to the governor to be appointed oil in spector for this district. This makes four candidates for that position from Platte county. John's petition was signed by nearly every person of the community who is acquainted, and it seems to bo the general wish that he gets the appointment. H ampbrey Democrat. The handsome Army and Navy art calendars got out by the Armour pack ing company, are the finest we have yet seen. The six pages are perfect repro ductionsof splendid water color pictures from a good artist. The soldier boy leaving home, in the hospital, a great treat in the way of a cigar, etc., are all pretty pictures to have before one constantly. The cards are tied together with a silk red, white and blue ribbon. Prospective policemen may well be excused for inquiring into the conditions of the business, and whether, in case they are wounded while doing duty for the city, their expenses for physicians, I . 'II I . 1 !. I etc., win uo paiu, anu meir pay go on until their recovery or death. Or, is tho pay supposed to be sufficient compensa tion for tho ordinary work done, plus the extraordinary hazard in battling with thugs in the dark. Columbus pupils are to prepare for sending a delegate to the North Ne braska oratorical contest. Four pupils from each of four grades are to be se lected, preparing something of their own choosing, either oratorical, comical or dramatic, not over twelve nor less than eight minutes in the delivery the length being a memory test and one of the sixteen, adjudged the best, is to be sent to the North Nebraska contest to com pete with others thus selected elsewhere. The prize is a gold medal, worth, be sides the honor value, 88 in cold cash. Charles E. Magoon, for many years of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly a resi dent of Platte county, has been ap pointed solicitor for the customs and insular division of the war department of which division Mr. Meiklejohn is the head. The Omaha World-Herald's Washington correspondent says: The appointment was named by Senator Thurston. The place is a temporary one and pays between $2,500 and $3,000 a year. Mr. Magoon has been actually at work for about ten days to see how he liked it, but the appointment was not made until yesterday. His duties will not require him to leave Washington. Louis Schwarz, jr., was pleasantly surprised last Thursday by a crowd of his friends coming to celebrate his twelfth birthday. The following are those who were present: Olga Hagel, Tottio Shannon, Mildred Stein, Fay Joy, Lottie Becher, Lulu Plath, Elenor Seg elke, Martha Stanner.RosaKlause, Lena Klause, Emma Luers, Emma Schreiber, Eva Loshbaugh, Elsie Pohl, Will. Galley, Fred. Plath, Paul Jaeggi, Paul Hoppen, Frank Becher, Roy Johnson, Roy Pas chal, Ernst Paschal, Eber Smith, Frank Smith, Ralph Wiggins, John Graff and Louis Schwarz. James Hashberger informs us that he caught two otter at the dam near his place on the slough, on New Year's day. Ho says they were both young but one measured five feet and two inches from his nose to the tip of his tail and the other lacked two inches of being five feet. Mr. H. says there are seven more otter that stay around there and he expects to catch some more of them. He also caught a mink and one or two muskrat the same day. He shipped the pelts to a firm in New York and says that they will bring him about 817. Schuyler Sun. Would-be political bosses are never satisfied with the regular order they put in their lever, whenever and wher ever they find an opening, and thus, at last, they furnish the means of their own undoing. The American people are usually too intent on the business in hand to pay much attention to the po litical boss, who so often is able "to as sume a virtue when ho has it not," but they finally catch him, maybe on the fly, and then they retire him permanently. Honest ends by honest methods is not the boss's way of doing things, but it is the intention of the people, whom the bosses cannot fool all the time. E. L. True, a former very well-known merchant of Schuyler, died of pneu monia Tuesday of last week at his home in Saratoga, Wyoming, where he has resided the past two years. He closed out his business in Schuyler in 1894. The Sun, from which we quote, is posi tive it is not exaggerating it a bit when it says that no man ever lived in Schuy ler who could claim more personal friends than E. L. True. He was al ways jolly and affable without affecta tion, was a genuine friend to all in need, as loyal a citizen as ever lived, a kind and loving husband and father who took special delight in his home and his chil dren, and a devoted friend, whose death will be sincerely mourned by all here who had the pleasure of his acquaint ance for so many years, and knew him as one of nature's true noblemen, a man "with his heart in his hand." The mourning relatives will have the deep sympathy of every acquaintance of the deceased in Colfax county. The body, which will be brought here for burial, is expected today and the funeral will take place tomorrow morning, services to be held at the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock. Persons who lead a life of exposure are subject to rheumatism, neuralgia and lumbago, will find a valuable reme dy in BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT; it will banish pains and subdue inflam mation. Price 25 and 50 cents. Dr. A. Heintz and Pollock & Co. We fail to 6ee why our farmers do not try sheep raising. If each farmer had a small flock of good sheep they would find that their income would be materially increased without any ex pense to speak of. The great amount of rough foed that is not used on farms decreases the earning capacity of land and sheep are just what are needed. Those who know tell us that the wool clip will more than pay the expense of keeping sheep and the increase would be clear profit. Prices are good when one sells and as a weed destroyer a sheep is just tho article needed on a farm. Stanton Register. The question of advertising is one of the important ones which the business man must consider now for the coming year. How much advertising will he do and in what form. The first and best way to advertise is to go to the news paper and contract with it for a certain amount of space to be used during the coming year. Tho newspaper office is able and willing to holp yon in the judi cious use of your space if you give them a chance and at the end of a year you will find every dollar spent in advertis ing has returned a nico profit. Try it once. This is the month to make con tracts. Falls City Journal. No country can ever hope to reach a satisfactory state of civilization until the people in city and country have homes of their own. It is a howling disgrace to this country that nine-tenths of the people in tho four largest cities live in rented houses. It is a shame and a curse that in the country the proportion of renters to farm owners is rapidly increas ing all oyer the nation. No satisfactory state of society can ever be built up in a community where the people do not own their homes. In such neighborhoods good schools and churches are impossi ble, and where good schools and churches are impossible all social progress stops. Cedar Rapids Outlook. They havo their troubles down at Lincoln, too. The water commissioner purposed to make a water-user buy a meter, by shutting off the city water from his premises. Tho water-user inserts an invitation in the Lincoln Journal, asking his fellow citizens to come to his place and see how he has provided, and then goes on to tell how. He put an under-ground force-pump where the hydrant had been, connects with the house piping; erects a good- sized tank in an upper bath-room, and says he can pump water enough in ten minutes to last him two days, and, well and all, costs less than the meter and six months' water rent would, saying nothing about the after cost Charles ManiBley, while driving to Bloomington, Nebraska, the other day, shot and killed a large wolf 200 yards away with a 38-calibre revolver. The question comes: Would it be advisable for the ordinary farmer coming to town to carry a revolver that he may be in readiness to shoot to death any big or little wolf that may happen to come that way. The writer formerly made a drive, morning and evening, of about three miles, and in years saw but one wolf along the road, but he was very saucy, and seemed to have some way of know ing that there was no danger to him. There seems to be an unusual number of wolves in the Btate this winter. It seems that the Greater America exposition folkB have given up tho no tion of getting any money from the general government, but only such aid as is mentioned in the following para graph: "What we expect to get through is a joint resolution recognizing the ex position, and providing that the govern ment will have its representatives in the colonies get together exhibits and have the government transports bring them to the ports in this country, either via San Francisco, New York or New Or leans. Mr. T. W. Blackburn went to Washington solely on our business, and we shall keep him there for a while to push the matter along in any way that ho can. Mr. Hayden, who went east, ie now headed for Washington, and will get there either today or tomorrow. Mr. Her is in New York, and he will also go to Washington in a day or two." Bixby in the Lincoln Journal is rather severe on the new judge appoint ed by the new governor: "From Mar shall to Grimison is a long 6tep down grade, and "Grim's" appointment to fill the vacancy on the bench in the Sixth judicial district cannot be construed as a wise selection. It rather places a premium upon mediocrity. But Grimi son is a pop, and he has been popping for a job of this kind for several years. In 1891 he managed to secure the nom ination on the populist ticket, but the great common peoplo were not favorably impressed with his appearance nnd Judge Marshall succeeded himself by a flattering plurality. It is a mistake to place on the bench a man of narrow mind and strong prejudices when the district contains better timber that is equally available. Stand up for Ne braska. An appreciative reporter, probably one who had been raised on a farm, and was glad again to hear "the music of the barnyard," in his write-up of the large exhibit of poultry, horses, cats, etc., at Chicago the other day, has this to say: "Those who enter Tattersall's this morning will be greeted with the com bined music of 100 barnyards. The air is resonant with the clarion of the buff Cochin and the tremolo of the plucky little bantam. Pet pigeons show a brave breast, exchange remarks on the spec tators in pigeon English, or lean their heads and wonder what it is all about Longeared bunnies nibble in their corn ers, and cavies cuddle up in furs ex travagantly rich. The poultry breeders are happiest when the chickens cackle the loudest. They strut through the aisles of the big building as proud as the prize rooster with the aurora borealis top-knot, and this is the song they sing: No bird can aing so sweetly As the ben; No bird can walk so neatly. And again, A part from being beantifol. I know no bird so dntif ol. For she lays an egg discreetly Now and then.' It will be well for the country at large when more people have a better appreci ation of the value of poultry, as one of the best of money makers on a tana. OFFICER SIOT. JAMES NELSON PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED BY A BALL NEAR THE HEART. Saturday night at ten minutes to 12 o'clock, people who were yet awake were startled by three pistol shots in quick succession seemingly near the house of illfame in the southwest portion of the city. Officer Nelson heard the shots, and started in the direction, meeting Sheriff Byrnes and Deputy Smith (Brady). Opposite the Telegram office and near the livery barn, they met the man who had been doing the shooting, endeavored to arrest him, and in the scuffle Nelson was shot, and the man escaped. His namo is Jerry Egan, and he had been working near the city quite a while. Several shots were sent after Egan, and he was seen at several places after that, where he told that he had killed a man, and declared anyone who tried to arrest him would receive the contents of his gun. We learn that he has boasted of having killed two men already, and if Nelson dies, it will be the third. Egan shot without taking his pistol from his pocket, and it is claimed that Byrnes and Smith, who had hold of Egan, thought it was Nelson who had shot Egan, and let go their hold, thus giving him an opportunity to escape. The ball, a 38 calibre, entered Nelson's body a little below the heart, ranging upward and lodging near the spine. At this writing (Tuesday noon), there is said to be some hope of his recovery. He wasi a special, in place of John Brock, who was shot some weeks ago by one of the men who broke jail Saturday evening. He had formerly been on tho forco and is regarded as a good officer. The Lincoln hounds, which had been promptly sent for, arrived on Monday and at 1 o'clock were started. At the restaurant on Twelfth street, where Egan was last seen on Saturday night previous, they were given his hat, and at once struck out on the line of his escape along the Union Pacific track east to ward Schuyler. A few minutes after they started, a message was received from Schuyler saying that Egan was under arrest there. He had come from the north with a farmer, and was rec ognized as tho would-be murderer of Nelson, by tho livery-man in whose sta ble he stopped, from the description he had seen, and the attention of the police was called, and the arrest made. Sheriff Byrnes and others went to Schuyler and identified the man. Ho was gobbled up in a saloon, and broke down, and cried like a baby. He worked here at Alexander's, at Fred. Scofield's, and latterly had been engaged near St. Edward husking corn, return ing here Saturday. He is 22 years old. For safety he was left at Schuyler. The dogs followed the trail to Rich land, at which point they were called because of the message from Schuyler. Broke Jail. Saturday evening last the city was astonished to hear that Martin, Weat, Hayes and Waters, four men confined in the steel cage at the county jail, had escaped, having cut a 10x14 inch hole in the south end of their cage, and then a 12x17 inch one in the brick wall on the east of the jail room at tho court house. We have said that people were aston ished at the news. The cage was sup posed to be proof against men who were known to bo desperadoes, supposed to be members of a gang doing business right along in this country. Proof against men who had been searched and all burglar traps taken away from. And especially strong proof because, from all tho circumstances, il was thought there were extra guards put on, and a very strict watch kept. It seems that out siders (not under pay at all as watchers;, heard suspicions noises at tho jail, and noticed suspicious lights, not beard and not seen by paid watchmen, or, if heard and seen, then unheeded. Whoever is to blame, should receive the censure. If tho cage in any part is not steel, as has lieon supposed, and there is a way of ascertaining that fact, the sooner it is known the better, and the company that furnished it bo made pay damages; if Sheriff Byrnes or any of his subordinates have been slack in their duty, a fair investigation should place the blame. At this writing they are out, and presumably went south. Mr. Plath, it is said, met on the Loup wagon bridgo Saturday night four hatless men going south, and later along they are said to have been seen near Olcott's. It is said that all ia well that ends well, (a poor kind of philosophy, how ever), but if Sheriff Byrnes shall succeed in capturing the men, at his own expense, much of tho censure that is now placed against him, may be withdrawn. In tho meantime The Journal be lieves that since the escape, Mr. Byrnes has been doing his full duty. It is said that the hounds left here at 4 o'clock this, Tuesday morning, for Ball's school-house to get tho scent of the jail-breakers from there. The hounds belong to tho Kennel club of Lincoln. The dogs returned Tuesday noon, not able to take the trail. Those fellows seem to know what acid will go through steel, and also what will kill tho scent for hounds. Obitaary. Mr. Samuel Fox died at 12:40 p. m. Saturday, January 7, 1899, at the resi dence of his daughter, Mrs. A. W. Ladd, in this city. Some seven or eight years ago a creeping paralysis began its slow but sure process of dissolution, and for the past five years he was entirely help less. He suffered very little physically. Notwithstanding nearly every other function of his body was affected, his mind was perfectly clear and active up to within a week of his demise. The deceased was born at Leicester, England, April 2, 1829. In 1850 he was married, and the following year came to America locating first at Cleveland, Ohio. After a few years residence there be removed to Dubuque county, Iowa, where he lived until 1880 when he came to Albion. Mr. Fox was a veteran Free Mason and a past master of that order in which he took a very active interest dur ing his whole life, and by bis request was buried by the order. The funeral was held Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Stoughton officiated at a short service after which the Masons took charge of the body and laid it to rest in Rose Hill cemetery be side his wife who had preceded him seventeen yean. Albion News. fttrsiiral SteirtitH. p - , , -. m Jo Freyert was here from Platte Cen ter Monday. Mr. Burdick of Wayne, was here Snn- l day visiting his sister, Mr. C. J. Scott. Paul Gertsch of O'Kay spent Sunday with his relatives, the von Bergen family. Miss May Lambach of Grand Island arrived in the city Thursday and is vis iting her sister, Mrs. Fillman. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Craig of Lincoln returned home Wednesday last, after a few days' visit with relatives here and at Cedar Rapids. Samuel Galley and wife came down from Creighton this, Tuesday noon, and will visit the former's brother, J. H., for a few days. Misses Emma Wierbien and Laura Hagel, who had been visiting relatives in the city, returned the last of the week to their homes in Plattsmouth. A $200 Blaze. Wednesday morning last the fire alarm was given at 6:30 and the department turned out promptly to the seat of trouble John Hoffman's barn, on the alley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. The chief, Bert. J. Galley, is a thoughtful young man, and evidently took in the situation at a glance, which was about as follows: The wind was blowing from the southeast. Mr. Hoff man's fine residence, on the same quarter of the block was in the direction the wind was blowing, and strongly threat ened because of its nearness. The barn with shed belonging to the A. Henry property touched the Hoffman barn. Ladders were put up at the dwelling and it was saved without damage. No other building than tho one on fire was even touched by the blazo. A hole was mado into the body of the fire, which was the hay in the mow, and the water let play upon it until the fire was under control. Portions of the framework and of the east end of the barn were left Btanding after the two hours' work of the de partment. The barn cost about $350, and was in sured for $200. Mr. Hoffman had some extra work to do and was out with a lantern, which accidentally fell and ex ploded, setting fire to some hay and his own clothing. He yelled an alarm, pulled off his blazing coat, and with the assistance of neighbors, got his cow nnd team of horses, a barrel of oil and his oil-market wagon out of danger, to gether with all harness, except a bridle which is missing. Mr. Hoffman had a close call for himself. Hose was attached to the hydrant at tho residences of O. L. Baker and Dr. Martyn, the pressure at the former be ing more direct from tho engine at the waterworks. Columbus has always had good reason to be proud of her fire department, and has been exceedingly fortunate, especi ally since tho waterworks were erected, in not having any very serious loss by fire. The department consists of seventy-five active members. One little incident is worth relating: Sometime since Mr. Hoffman's little son asked him what he would try to eavo first in case of fire, and he had answered the account 'books, ledgers, etc. With out any special instructions on this oc casion, the little fellow got tho books and carried them over to Mr. Henry's house, HMIHIItWHIinillllllHIIUItHllllUllltlltP IpttD Sears MMHmiiMrmtmiiiimiiiiiiiiuiiiiimiii Our account this week begins with July 12, and ends with Sept. 12, 1876. Crop of small grain was immense. David Ridpath moved to Marengo, HI. "Educate a woman and yon edncate a race." "Keep the greenbacks, and keep them good." Nick Blaser built a frame barn for Henry Loseke. New potatoes sold by the wagon load at 35 cents a bushel. Bad boys plugged watermelons that didn't belong to them. Prices at Gottschalk's salo were: Yearlings $14; 2-year-old $22; 3-year-old $2883o. An enterprising Columbus boy sold a pair of prairie bogs to an Eastern gentle man for $5. John Ernst returned from a. trip to California and Oregon too much rain there for him. Hugh Hughes had just completed a 2-story frame building on Shell creek for Henry Carrig. Henry Bros, purchased 2,000 head of cattle and placed them in the country near North Platte. H. L. Small's house, also J. A. Reed's and F. G. Bechers wero burglarized. Nothing much taken. Flour sold in the Black Hills at 814 to $19 a hundred, bacon 30 cents a pound, ham 35, sugar 35 to 40, coffee 40, tea $3. Joseph Bucher's fine new residence and saloon, with his capacious bowling-alley added to the appearance of Eleventh street. How to fall off of a two-story house and spill a bucket of paint without get ting hurt can be learned of Dan. Kav uuuugb. Married, Thursday, August 31, 1876, by Rev. J. A. Hood, E. H. Jenkins of Madi son county and Miss Bettie A. Turner of Columbus. John Scbram returned from a trip east, having spent six days at the Centennial, and visited New York, Washington and other eastern cities. Thomas Welsh died at Mercy hospital, Omaha, August 11, 1876, in the 78th year of his age. Funeral services were con ducted by Rev. Father Ryan. E. A. Brown says that his well on top of the bluffs is 117 feet deep, and that in digging they went through 12 feet of magnesian lime and boulders. Four spliced pieces of Cottonwood formed the Tilden and Hendricks flag pole of 100 feet. Republicans proposed to erect one about 150 feet high. A stockade was built in Cedar valley near the county line dividing Boone and Greeley. It was six by ten rods, and designed as a place of safety in case of an Indian raid. In the summer of 76 there were seven county bridges over Shell creek Lewis's, Brady's, Scully's, Bloedorn's, Gleason's, Matthis' and Ahrens'. There were sev eral private bridges. The Columbus market quotations August 2, 1876 were: Wheat 55, corn and oats 18, barley 38, rye 20, butter 10, eggs 12), potatoes 40, gold 1.10, Platte county warrants 90 and 100. Mnior Frank North received authority Ifrom Gen. Sheridan to enlist 100 Paw- Henry Ragatz & Co., GROCERS JBIHtU'MtMllimiMMHWIHWN LAMPS, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY, g SPICES, CHEESE, S ETABLES. s VEG MJWHIIIIIHtlMtHlrH V I SSaaW -JLjJ&lilaaaaanalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaB ..TELEPHONE NO. 26. Eleventh Street, - 1 COOLNESS IETWEEI LOVERS is soon turned into warmth and cheerful ness when you furnish your parlor with one of our handsome and glowing Radiant Homo heating Btoves. They are a work of art in design, and combine beauty with economy of fuel. Wo have a superb se lection of heating stoves, steel cooking stoves and Stove Furniture. Eleventh St. Columbus, Neb. $ .e nees. Captain Luther II. North left August 22, for tho Indian Territory, where tho Pawnees are located. The report that Allen Gerrard with his large herd of California horses had been captured by Sioux Indians seems to have come in off the prairie some where. We could find no authoritative source for such a story. Speice & North forwarded some Platte county specimen products to the Cen tennial: Flax from John Omelia's farm; wheat from H. P. Coolidge's; prairie grass from Dick Rossiter's 96j inches high; timothy from N. Millet fa. The grasshoppers came down in hordes Thursday, August 10. We have had ex cellent crops of small grain, but late planted corn will not have much show. The grasshoppers took advantage of the north wind August 24, and flew south. "I would'nt be without The Journal for twenty times its cost" is what a Co lumbus citizen said the other day of the paper which be had received in his fam ily during 325 weeks. Thus reads one of the items, and now it is 1497 weeks, and thero aro a few who have had all the numbers, up to date. This paragraph appears in the news columns: It is said now that even tones of the voice can bo transmitted by tele graph, and an ingenious man has found material for the retina to an artificial eye which is said to excite an electric current, and may yet convey pictures to the brain of the blind, who are provided with patent eyes. Froebel was not a poet, but a school master and a philosopher. Ho said the supreme word about play when he called it "the first work of childhood." It is the child's chief business. Use play to serve the ends of education you may, but to do away with it is tho un pardonable sin of the prevalent method of teaching. E. Eggleson. Guy C. Barnum attended the Centen nial and gave the editor an oxtended account of it. The Americans seem to be ahead on firearms, farm machinery and sewing machines; the French on mills; the Chineso and Japanese on carved work and crockery. A grist mill and a paper factory wero in full blast. A huge cannon was exhibited, the grains of powder for use with it, being as large as hickory nuts. More to be learned there in a month than in a year's travel, but tiresome and disagreeable after a few days. He also saw the Niagara Falls, and, always having an eye to the useful, ventured the opinion that the Falls would furnish power enough to run all tho machinery of a hundred worlds like ours. The editor in company with G. W. Brown, took a trip to tho Cedar valley, a day's journey from Columbus, and oc cupied a column to tell about it. They stopped to see George Lehman's place, H. P. Collidgo's; at the Dresser House, Genoa; Snider'son Plum creek; Ephraim Smith's; the Compton ranch. The col umn closes with this paragraph: Everywhere we went, Columbus is the chief market, about the only one, so far, for grain, which is the chief commodity for sale, and no one traveling over this extensive country and casting his men tal eye into the future of ten years to come, can fail to see tnat uommous win be not only a large town or city, but wealthy in all that goes to make up a a civilized community prosperous. M. Whitmoyor wrote from Phila delphia some suggestions in regard' to the Centennial exhibit, among tnem tnat there be sent good specimens of the grasses, grains in the stalk, vegetables, fruits, timbers of all kinds, minerals, soils from different counties, handsome maps representing streams, increase of population, representative fishes, fowls and all things of interest. A sod house would be a novelty on the grounds, and would inform eastern people, who be lieve that such are little better than potato holes, that it can be made a very cheap and comfortable temporary home. Liet it be built neatly, with a good roof. and well plastered on the inside, and then fill it with specimens of Nebraska's grasses, grains, fruits, timbers, etc., and it would make a very attractive feature of the exhibition. jr' sCr's' ti. ttV. tiV I MMbbbWsbWMMbbsbssWsMsIM Fine Teas, Fresh Coftt, DRIED FRUITS, Floor, Canned Goods, Pre served Fruits. wmmmmmWmtmmWmmmmmmmwwm P 1 $ W cany at all tiaMa a A. ZTTXil XjimD OF STAPLE GOODS, aimiag to please. . . . EVERY CUSTOMER. Buying for Cash, -WTC CAN AT THE LOWEST RATES. COLUMBUS, NEBR. DRIVING A BARGAIN in real'estato is no easy matter now-a-days. If you are not an adept in the business it is always the best plan to consult a reliable, trustworthy and honorable man who makes a business of real estate, and understands values, both present and pro spective. If it is us, we will save you money and insure you future profit. BECHER, JAEGGI & CO., TMrteeatfc It, COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA District 44 and Vicinity. The grip seems to be no respector of person. We've had it. Thomas and Frank Dischner have recently invested in an 8-horse corn sheller. James Haney sold five head of young horses to Peterson & Co. near Richland the first of the week. Thos. Johnson has been moving a large quantity of hay, and stacking same on his new farm, in the valley. Winter wheat that formed a good mat ting upon the ground before the early hard freeze, will make the best crop this year. Thirty young pigs on Home Farm sir" Dec. 1st, all doing as well as the usual May pigs. Who ever saw a finer winter for stock, barring the cold spell in November? Roy Brown of St. Paul, Nebraska, has secured a position with Honry Luckey, a farmer about 8 miles northeast of the city, where he assists in doing chores, and goes to district school. From a letter written at Manila, P. I., we learn that Loren Barnum and Ser geant Haney wero on the Bick list, and were on their way to San Francisco, ere this. They are both of Co. K, First regiment. The new creamery just built and located 4 miles north of the city is finish ed, and had fire under the boilers last week. We are told that they will soon be ready to knock the butter out of new milk in a jiffy. At a stock sale up on the creek Tues day of last week which we attended, 7 cows averaged 837.15; yearling heifers 820, and yearling steers 930 each. Horses seemed to be a drug on the market. Farm implements, ditto. The corn stalk fields do not furnish tho amount of rough feed this winter that they usually do, as many fields are bare of leaves and husks at this time, but there is no danger of a shortage, as there is more straw in the hands of the farmers at present than at any time heretofore for several years. It makes one feel concerned, out here on the hill, to hear it related how the four thugs, confined in the county jail made their escape, and of the other thug shooting Policeman Nelson, the samo Saturday evening in the presence of the sheriff, and all five toughs making their escape. Is thcro not some one responsi ble for the situation of affairs in Co lumbus? Everybody knows Lew, the thorough bred Leweliand pointer dog, and the property of Geo. W. Drinnin of Home Farm. Lew got his foot in a wolf trap that was set at the sheep ranche for wolves, Friday night. Some young men that wero working on the ranche knew the dog, liberated him and tied him in the office until George came in Saturday, when they delivered him to his owner. The New "Creamery. The creamery is located on the Frank Arnie farm, near where Mr. Sheldon had his cattle sheds. The building is nearly completed and will be tested by the con tractors the last of this week or first of next, and if satisfactory will be accepted by the board of directors. -Mr. Seed, who will have the management of the creamery, states that it will begin busi ness about February 1st. The Bismark Creamery Company incorporated and organized last Thursday afternoon, and elected Fred. Stenger, Max Gottberg, D. G. Bartels, W. T. Ernst and H. B. Reed as their board of directors. The board then met and elected the following officers: President, Max Gottberg; vice president, D. G. Bartels; secretary, H. B. Reed; treasurer, Fred. Stenger. ". ,4VV5 wmm mg&jL. m$m 9 -i.5r.i;J-V --3r-' r w f.
