The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, January 18, 1899, Image 3

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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.
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WEST BOUND.
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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
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No
1122 a. m.
7:03 p in
2:18 a hi.
8:35 p. in.
7:00 a. m.
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KOUFOI.E bHINCIl.
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Depart
7:15 p. m.
8:00 a. in.
Arrive
12 JO p. in.
11:09 p. m.
No
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ol. riutaenKur
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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
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'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.
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very Ji-nirultht. ami all initini brethren are cor
dially invited to met with n. jau23-"5
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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.
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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,
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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-
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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.
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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.
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