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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 18, 1904.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.738
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FATHa'raiaEALD KA.utu Fnrst.
LODGES.
TASHTl DAUGHTERS OF "REBEKAHL No.
lOiM hs in tWd Fellows hall, second and
foona Wedn 'lay of ech months .Mr. Jlaa.1
DtcmOL noble srand; Mrs. FairchiliL cr-try.
THUSNELDA No. 12. O- D. E. S. nwo. th
second and f.xirili Mondsy oreu-h montli in h
f P. hall- Aloi Maier, prttsuienr and 4 H.
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SUPERVISORS MEET
Citizens Appear Mefwc tie
Wit Maltifiufeu
ylsiets.
Jane 2.. The petition of August
Ecettcher and others to establish a
public read 40 feet wide, commenc
ing at the so cor of the ne cor of the
ms of sec l." IS 1, thence north,
terminating at the se cor of ne -4 se r4
10 IS 1. Referred to committee on
rends and bridges.
Petition of John Zejlun et al to lo
cate a public road commencing at the
sw cor of nw -4 sec 2217 3, and
running thence north one-half mile
on section line, terminating at the
' ( nv cor of nr T. sec 22 IT C. Re-
ferre,i to committee on roads and
hridires
Petition of Steve Molzyk et al for
' , locating a public road commencing at
the se cor of sec 17 192, running
I thence west on section line one mile,
I terminating at the sw cor or said sec
171922. Referred to committee on
reads and bridges.
, Petition of Walter H Jones et al
for locating a public road 40 feet
) wide, commencing at the ne cor of
I ?oc 12 VJ?t and running south on
section line one mile to the ss cor of
' Mic 12. thence dne west on section line
one mile and terminating at the sw
cor of sec 12--19:!. Referred to corn-
niittee on roads and bridges.
Petition of Chas. A. Kosiba ec al
far locating a public road commenc
ing at the nw cor sec 34 117 2 and
running thence south on section line
t-xo miles and terminating at the nw
I cor pec 10 n; 2. Referred to com
I niittee on roads and bridals.
I Petition of Gerrard and Zeigler et
i al for opening a public read commenc
ing at the se cor of the ne of the
1 e ' 4. sec 4 172 and running thence
! north, on section ilne one and three
fcurths miles and terminating at the
nc ccr sec 35 IS 2. Referred to
i Luuuiiiicc uu iuwu iuiu uiwca.
June 13. County Clerk Graf re-
'.'. izz p. ml ported that on March 9, 04, Joseph Za
... 5:25 p. m. incjja et: al filed a petition for the lo-
c3111011 an,l vacation of the
following
public reads:
Commencing at station
2 of "2Irs. Murphy's road", running
i thence in a north-westerly direction
and terminating
at a point 33 feet
east and 20
feet north of the sw cor
of the sw sec 31 19 1 a roatl be lo-
cated. And fhatr all that portion of
I"3175 - orpaj's road" lying between
station 2 oca 4 be vacates. On March
J, Edmond Kiggins was appointed
special commissioner to view and re-
I uort on the expediency of locating and
vacating said roads. 21b objections be-
1 ing filed before May 21, the date fixed
to limit the filing of objections, the
prayer of the petition was granted and
j the county surveyor was directed to
make the necessary survey.
June 13. County Cleric Graf report
ed that en Jan. 7. 04, Sheldon Clark
and others filed a petition for the va
cation of a read commencing at the
na cor of sec 30 19 i and running
thence vst one mile and terminating
at the Boone mnty line. On Jan. 7
Henry Crcsier was appointed a special
commissioner to report on the expedi
ency of vacating said read, reporting
orably on same on Jan .29- On
Alar. ., J. . Palme et al tiled
, j. v. r-aime ec at iiieu a re-
( monstrance to this petition. The mat
, ter was referred to the committee on
roads and bridges.
County Clerk Graf reported that on
Dec. 1. 03 W. D .Wilson et al filed a
petition for locating and vacating the
following roads: Commencing at the
nw cor of the ne T4 of sw of sec
71 171 and running thence south
easterly ro the east line of section 7,
beinc all that part of the "River
mad" between the east line of section
7 and station 7 thereof to be vacated.
And commencing at the nw cor of ne
x4 of sw J4 of sec 7 171. running
thence east en one-half section line
se-4 and terminating at ne corner of
sec 7 17 I. Ga Dec 1. C3. FT s
j Elliott was appointed special commis
sioner to report on the expediency of
granting said petition, reporting fav
orably on Dec 9. On Feb. s a claim
for damages was filed in accordance
wita notice pablisneiL by Carl Hill
and en March 3, a claim for damages,
by Lcander Gerrard. Oa March 7.
F. T. Walker, E. S. Elliott and E.
E. Chambers were appointed apprais
ers, reporting April 2. The whole
matter referred to committee.
Ccuury Clerk Graf reported as fol
lows that Tlics. Jones etal filed a
petition en Augi 19, 02 for the vaca
tion of the road commencing at the
se cor of sec 24193 and rnnniing
thence north on section and township
line about 60 rods and tremiTmtiwg
at station 1 of the roa-i designated as
-Parrell road". On August 19. 02,
Ccnaty-eierk G. W. Phillipps appoint
el P. EL Albers a special commission
er, but said commissioner failed to
report On Feb. 13. 04, Ed Rossiter
was therefore appointed and oat Feb.
IS, he made a favorable report. Notice
was published for the filing of objec
tions before Apr. 30, 04. Befrered to
committee on roads aad bridges
A communication was received from
the Bank of Monroe rehearsing -that
the .Board of Supervisors had rejected
on March .1. 04 their application and
bond to make the Bank of JCoame a
depository for the coaaty faada for
the reason that the sarsty
whose sutaatare was attacked to
the bond had. not complied with the
statafces. A
AadrCor Waatca
that said saxety rnmpaai had tally
eoaaalied. with- the
fan the bank asked a
of' their applieatisav TJ
their applicatioa wac gxaated.
May 17. Caamnaicmtioa was re
ceived from Jacob Tsckadim add;
thee the Board reimbusa him vfor
taxes which he allege he paid twice
ob the aw cattle, being aanawd on
them both in Batler and im Loap
township. Referred to committee oa
claims.
Jane 6 Commmnicatioa from Peter
Ternea. askiag to have a gate reawv
ed obstructing the road established
Oct. 20, 93, commencing at the center
of sec 17171 and rsanins; somth on
the half sectioa line oae-half mile, ter
minating at the se ccr of the sw -4 of
sec 17. Referred to committee oa
roads and bridges.
J. D. Stires offered to pay just and
reasonable raxes on lots 1 to (J, block
1C. Colnmbas, from 1901 to 1903. He
alleges that the taxes paid oa said lot
for mid years was iavalid for the
reason that the lots were assessed to
gether. Ho also says that taxes paid
for said years was unreasonably high
having been assessed for more than
improved lots adjacent to them. Ha
offers to pay taxes oa the basis of a
valno of $100 on the lots. Referred to
committee on claims.
Patrick Hurray filed a communi
cation with the Board asking them to
refund to him taxes paid by him
amounting to 1737.21 from 1S79 to 1903
on lots 7 and 11 in se 1-4 of sec 13 17
2. purchased from the Union Pacific
Railroad in 1374. The railroad, it is
alleged, had no title in said laad to
convey, the same vesting in the gor
erament daring said period. It is
claimed therefore that said land was
not aabjecc to tax
(Continued next week.)
Attempti Suicide.
Last Friday morning an attempt at
suicide was made by Mrs. W. K. Lay
at the home of her brother, F. X.
Stevenson in the western part of the
city. She used a revolver, the bullet
passing through the left lung. For a
time it was thought that the wound
was mortal, but now she is improving.
Unless other complications set in Mrs.
Lay is epxectod to recover. The caase
of the act was despondency, probably
started by anxiety over business mat
ters, and greatly aggravated by the
receipt, on the day before, of a mes
sage announcing the death of her
mother. The shot was fired early in
the morning, and though the noise of
the discharge was heard by the family
they did not appreciate what it was.
Several minutes elapsed before anyone
appeared in the room. Mrs. Lay was
conscious from the first, and declared
that she did not waat to live, even
attempting to hinder the sargeoaa in
their work of saving her life. Latter
she became calmer and asked if she
might recover, without expressing
any wish one way or the other.
In conversation with some of her
friends Sunday she merely said she
felt as though she had to kill herself.
She had appeared to be in her usual
spirits up to the time of the attempt
ed tragedy.and it is supposed that the
deed was done in a moment of tempor
ary aberraetion. Mrs. Lay ia 42 years
of age, and formerly lived in Colum
bus. More recently her husband has
been engaged in the grocery business
in Omaha, but is now in Norfolk.
The course of the bullet is described
by Dr. Geer as entering the left breast
pausing through the left lung and
narrowly missing the heart ; then it
was deflected upward and was taken
ont on the third day between the
shoulders. Mr. and Mrs. Lay have
one daughter, 12 years old. Their
manv friends hope that Mrs. Lay may
be restored to health and happiness
again, as the ' unbalancing of het
reason is believed to have been only
momentary.
martin Baamgaxtaer.
We received the following special
correspondence from San Bernardino.
Calif.: On June 9, 1904. occarred
the death of Martin Baamgarcner, son
of Martin Banmaartner of EngL Can
ton Glarus. Switzerland, president of
the Swiss legislature and residing in
Zurich. Switzerland. The deceased was
in the fifty-seventh year of his age
when he passed away after a short
illness.. He was acquainted with the
German. French, Italian and English
languages and received a complete
business education in his native coun
try. He began his basiaess career in
Milan. Italy, as a wholesale silk mer
chant, winch business he carried ob
successfully until his death. Mr.
rJaamgartaer visited his relatives in
America ia 1S79 aad is well remem
bered by many of the old settlers of
Platte county. After his return to
Switzerland he married Faaay Muller.
daughter of a wholesale aterchaat ia
Zurich. His wife and only son. thir
teen vears of age. samve hiss. In
accordance with the expressed wish
of Mr. Bawgartaar. his body was
cremated. His brothers aad sisters in
this coantry are : Mrs. Adam Seamid.
Columbus, Nee. ; Mrs. Carl Haffiaaa.
Oakland, GaL ; Mrs. Joseph Backer,
Saa. Beraardian, GaLr aad Conrad
Bernardino, CaL
Banmgartaer, Saa
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StateCaaUPtte.
The reaimaatioa of H. F. Lehrof I Imii.
Albkm aa caairmna ef ta republican
staae central committee is regretted
by all awaar of the mmmittaw aad igaatioa
the rsfmbiicaa laaiiinstoa Mr. Lear tear her was
sjaaiaara ia the state. Tk protracted
ilTanas nf bin wiia eaaBBaued kiera- the
re-asanaaezassaB fmafek haaHn fiiHi m k ! bv tw m w .
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HITTER IN THE TOILS
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.Bitter.
to Knr Terk to Amtr to
Charge f Fergary.
Monday evening a detective from
Sew York, accompanied by Major
Furay, a well known secret service
Tnn of Omaha, arrived in the city
and arrested J. A. Ritter who has been
coadncring a shining parlor ami cigar
stand by Brodfuebrer's jewelry store
since last falL Ritter has been going
under the name of Robinson here, bnt
after bis arrest he admitted that his
real name is Ritter and that he is the
man named in the warrant. The
charge oa which he was arrested is
the forgery of the name of A. P. Ord
way Ss Co. of New York City to a
check for $104. After being taken in
to custody Ritter was lodged im the
Columbus jail whilo the officers went
to Lincoln for extradition papers
which would enable them to take their
prisoner to New York. The detectives
were as dumb as oysters on the sub
ject of the arrest, and no amount of
questioning would induce them to talk
about the case. However, when seen
in the jail by a Journal representa
tive, Ritter talked freely and declared
that he would soon establish his in
nocence when he got to New York.
According to his story, the firm of
A. P. Ordway & Co. is a wholesale
drug house for which he worked sev
eral years as a confidential agent in
the matter of adjusting rebates with
cut-rate drug stores. He says that in
this capacity he received money from
his firm which he deposited in his
awn name and then checked it out to
the varoius places where it was due.
He also asserts that he was empower
ed to sign the firm, name to papers of
various kinds, including checks.
Two or three years ago, Ritter says,
he was divorced from his wife, him
self being tho petitioner; then when
he came west he went under the name
of Robinson in order to avoid his
former wife and prevent her from lo
cating him.
Ritter declares that at the time this
check for $104 was signed Ordway,
the head of the firm, was in Europe,
it being same time in the year 1900,
and that he continned to work for the
firm until December, 1903. The ac
cused man professes to believe that
his divorced wife is at the bottom of
the scheme against him which has re
sulted in his arrest, and he also inti
mates that his former employer is in
collusion with the woman in several
wys.
Ritter protests his innocence and de
clares that as soon as he has cleared
himself of the charge against him he
will return to Columbus and continue
his business. However, before being
taken away, he commissioned chief of
Police Schack to sell his eoods, and
the shop is now in other hands.
Though the accused man tells his
story in a plausible way, the officers
hint that there is a much larger sum
involved than the $104 named in the
warrant', amounting to many thous
ands'of dollars. The appearance of
the officers was a complete surprise to
Ritter, and doubtless the detectives
could tell some interesting stories of
the hunt they made befcre locating
their man, but they have been very
careful about giving out information.
They returned this morning from
Lincoln with the necessary papers and
went ease with their prisoner.
Weather Report.
Review of the weather in Western
Platte county for the montli of June.
1904:
Mean temperature for the month,
70; mean temperature for the same
month last year, GG.2C; highest temp
erature on the ISth aad 19th,. S7 ; low
est temDerature on the 3th, 53 : clear
days, 4 ; fair days, 13 ; cloudy days, 13 r
rain fell portions of days, 13 ; inches
of rainfall, 6.14: inches of rainfall
for the same month last year, 1.32;
clear days, 19 ; high wimls, days, 2 ;
prevailing winds from S. to SE;
thunder storms, 1, 14. IS. 22, 23, 24;
heavy fogs. 1, 17. 2S: lunar corona
on 21 ; lunar halo on 25th at this sta
tion ; 29th. halo fell to the-North of
this station to the detriment of crops.
A Business Change.
The grocery and hardware business
of W. A. Mc Williams changed hands
last Saturday, the invoice being com
pleted today. The purchasers are
Wrin & Sons of Farnam. While the
patrons of Mr. Mc Williams will be
sorry to see him leave, it is dne the
new firm to say that they have had
successful experience in a general mer
chandise business at Farnam, and
come well prepared to conduct the
besinesa of their predecessor in a sat
isfactory manner. Mr. Wrin has also
parcaaeed the residence of Mr Mc
Williamsoa; the north side. Mr. Mc
Williama will return to Monroe where
he was formerly engaged in tne hard
ware business.
af sMnratfaa.
The board of education met July
aad 8. At the first meeting the ret
of Miss Vii
accepted aad a ballot
to fill the vacancy. No arrdieaat
receiviag a majority of the votes.
board after approving a small
of bills, passed a resoImtioB
directing John Sckasocker to complete
all children in the
Tme board taea adjoarmed till
The
Mfca asm sailed
amiUiac upiai
attsnti to the ice
which WmrPmai a k
Colnmbas. At that
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caate from Gaaoa.Fallart . Belgrade,
Cedar Rapids. Sasldiag, Hasaakrey.
Bellwood, Valley, Woad Miver aad
OsaUaia. Baahlea this an af town
basiaess, Mr. Fosaek saeailss a
home trade. If this ti
to increase it weald seam to the
Jaaraal that Mr. Posers weald be
warranted in enlarging tk saaaHry
ofhiaice praam factory, ploying
more laser here im Gataamaaav aad
prrwotiag the crsamsry aad. smiry
intereats af Pmtto
mead is aura
Let oar excellent
eriee ran night aad day aad let
infant iadastry like tkiaoaeefMr.
Poeach's be eaooaragad.aad. the farmer
will receive more for kia predact and
the amsimemi mem will be enriched by
the prott oa the manafactared pro
duct which will drift Into circulation
through wages paid to laborers.
TraataesSalt.
Notice is hereby given that by
vtr-
tu of the power im bm vested, a
trustee, of the estate of S. B. London
& Bro. Bankrupts, I will sell the stock
of aserchaadise hslaagiag to said
estate, known as ''The Black Flag"
stock, at peblic aactiaa, aa the 25th
day of Jaly 1904 at 2 o'clock p. au of
said day. at the "Black Flag" store.
oa 13th St. Colambaa, Nebraska.
Said stock has been imveataried at
$7,000 and coaaisss of dry goods, no
tions, hats, caps, boots, shoes, cloth
ing, etc. Stock subject to examiaatioa
at any time before sale. Terms. cash,
Dated Jaly 12tk 1904.
J. D. Stires, Trastee.
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Company!
Company K will elect nom-commis-sioned
officers' oa Thursday night,
July 21. The election will be follow
ed by an informal banquet given by
the boys to their wives and lady
friends. At their meetiag last Thurs
day night, Wm. E. Griffin was en
listed. Captain Wagner is authority
for the statement that ao mora re
cruits can be accepted after Jaly 7 un
til after the state encampment which
will be held Aagast i, either in
Omaha or Lincoln.
Orders have not yet beam issued fix
iag the place of the encampment.
ToticeTo Farmers.
Farmers lose thoasaada of dollars
each year by notstackiag their grain.
Don't leare yonr grain im the shook
before it has has gone through the
"sweat" and then blame the miller or
grain buyer when he doem aot offer
yon the top price for yonr grain. Small
grain should be carefully stacked. It
will cost little more to stack it, aad
the market price will be from three
to tea cents more per hnsael Beside,
the millers caaaot be expected to aaake
good tlaur from masty wheat.
Liksazy Jaaft Maata.
The city library board aet Jaly 9th
and elected officers for the eaaaiag
year as follows: President, J. G.
Reader r vice-president, S. C Gray;
secretary. L H. BritelL Messrs. Read
er aad Bdtell sacceeded theauelves.
The library is ia flourisaiag coaditioa
and great beaefiti are plaaaed for the
citizeaa of Galambaa.
Mis Gertraae Jaaggi lef t today to
Yatan for a three weeks visit with
Miss Margaret MiMer.
aaUssM of ia emam
Sataansar before
Jaaraal ia glad to
saaalamsaaa amassaaak aaaniaaaBjmma,
OIQK1 Win UaaCaraamt-'
v Faaaat Party.
Last Thursday a "aaaaat Barry"
was give by Muses Baaor aad Gatk-
ariaeRascaeiaaeaarof their visit
or. Miss Jo sw phi as Saanett af Cen
tral City. Sixteen neat Miasea at
tended from 2 e'eteck aatil 7, at
wkicktxaae the whale 1 Baspaa j ee
1 nni thnir TittTs frisail totaatraam.
Ia the favarn aad aaaaaa aaaaato were
ia eviajaaaa ia aaaasamaaa with the
waservdat5a'alaak. The girls a&
VISIT BONESTEEL
Easy Vic-
"Eatieies
moXEsTXEEX. BY WAGON
A party coaetstimg of Ed.Niewahner.
Ernest DasselL Will Lehman. Jas.
Faable aad Heary Ryan visited the
Rosebud district the first of the week
and registered im the Grand Lottery
for Uncle Sam's land. Describing
the coantry there, Mr. Niewohner
said that corn and wheat looked just
as good as it does here, but he could
not find 'any alfalfa growing, there.
Oae of the principal difficulties is the
great depth ro which it is necessary to
go im order to get water. He told a
story of a farmer of that section who
was in the habit of hauling his water
two and a half miles, saying that ic
was the same distance as he would
have to go if he should dig for ic and
it was easier traveling on the leveL
Mr. Niewokaer describes the town of
Boaesteel as a country villace of some
500 population, not counting visitors,
aad full of gamblers and fakirs of
every description. But he says the
visiting farmers are very wise and the
gamblers are not auiking expenses.
They have to pay to the town a con
cession fee of $100 besides a high rent
for the ground they operate oa or a
rake-off to the saloons in which they
spread their saares. The most patron
ized gambling scheme was a variation
of a dice game with numbered hexa
gonal teapins. In this game when you
win the gambler pnts up about ten
times the amount you have bee and
yoa are required to copper your orig
inal bet with double the aaiount. If
you win again the same process is re
peated; yon don't take down yonr
winnings, but just keep sweetening
a littlejmd watch it grow.
Then all of a sudden the gambler
wins just once and takes the whole
pot.
Tkere is no rush or jam at the reg
istration offices of which there are
four, only one being at EonetseeL It
take only 2.1 cents and about 1.1 min
ute to perform the operation which
may give you a farm out of Uncle
Sam's domain.
A party consisting of Lee Jenkins.
Mike Schram, Sam Ebrton and Harry
Mowery started for South Dakota
Tuesday morning, making the trip
overland by wagon. They will regis
ter for homesteads at Yankton, then
go north to Watertown. S. D. to work
in the harvest fields. Farmers living
along this route who have- veirotables--ripe
fruits and milk-giving cows have
been notified by the secret service
authorities of the proposed excursion.
Insolations of Respect.
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty
God to call from our rank an Honor
ary member in the person of Abraham
Scott, and in view of the loss we have
sustained by his death, ana a still
heavier loss sutained by thosa who
were nearest and dearest to him, be
it
Resolved, That it is but a just trib
ute to the memory of the departed to
amy that we mourn for one who was
in every way worthy of our respect
and our regard ;
Resolved, That we sincerely condole
trith the familv of . the deceased on
r.rp visitation by which it has pleased
Divine Providence to alllicr. them, and
commend them to him who orders all
thing for the best, and whose chas
tisements are meant in mercy :
Resolved, That this heartfelt testi
monial of our sympathy and sorrow be
forwarded to the family of our de
parted friend and brother tireraan,
and a copy of the same be spread on
a soecial page in the record of the
Columbus Fire Department.
L. F. Gcttscbalk.
F. W. Gerber.
Wm. Eodinson.
Genoa Pesple Locate Town. Site.
The first town site on the Rosebud
reservation has been located by Genoa
people. Ic is situated ten miles west
of Boaesteel and will be called St.
Elmo. The town is loi-ated oa an
India" claim which was purchased by
a syndicate headed by O. E. Green
who recently purchased the claim
from the estate of a deceased Indian.
Associated with Mr. Green are P.
L. McFayden, G. Wilson. A. Cun
ningham, and B. D. Gorman of this
city. W. C. Mcrayden cf at. h.twani
and tkree or four people at Bnnseteel
ny whom i W. B. Backus. No
other town rn be started on the reser
vatioa for two months at least, con
seqaeatly St. Elmo will boom from
the start. Tho town is being laid out
aad lots will e offered for sale as the
first of aext week- The town will be
mid out in a square and a poiofftce
baHdiag ia already being erected in
the center of the square. F. L. Mc
Faydea has been elected president of
tk eompany. Mr. Green informs the
Leader that the demand for lots in the
new town is already great, but that
the lots will be sold to the highest
bidder Genoa Leader
Mia Geraldine Gray entertained six
of her yonag girl friend at a house
party met Friday and Saturday.
were Misses Mamie Gal
ley. Ladlle Beeder. Esther Kocn.
Baeche, Jasec McAllister
Florence Gondring. The Gray
with th fine lawn aud
the theater where this all
performed their numerous
I had a lovely time,. They
aa aggregatioa possessing varied
1 treated some of
favored asighbors to an
rkick was highly
Distinguished Visitors.
fA delegation of distinguished Eng
lishmen., composed of the highest
officers of the Great Priory of England
aad Wales, will attend the Triennial
Conclave of the Grand Ccmmaudery
of the United States, meeting in San
Francisco next September. They
como on an official- visit, representing
tho Great Priory of England and
Wales, of the United Order of Great
Britain and of Ireland, and as per
sonal representatives of King Edward
VII of England, and the JJaka of
Consaughc. It is the first time in the
history of Templarism thac such dis
tinction has been conferred upon tho
Grand Encampment of the United
States by so distinguished a delegation.
The honor is doably appreciated be
cause the visitors cross an ocean and
a continent to attend the Templar
Conclave, showing a desire to Ijring
the two saprema bodies into closer
relation. Tho party will bo headed
by the Most Eminent and Supreme
Grand Master of the Great Priory of
England and Wales, the Right Hon
orable the Earl cf Enston. Grand
Cross Templar: Sir Charles F. Mac
ier, the Great Yice-Chancellor and
Grand Cress Templar ; Sir Charles E.
L. Eight, Past Great Prelate; Sir
Abraham Woodiwis3. Knight Com
mander of tho Templar; Sir Alfred
James Thomas and Sir Thomas Fraser,
Knights Temple of hish degree.
They will be received with all honors
dne their station and rank, and will
be the guests of the Grand Command
ery of California during their- sojourn
in San Francisco. Three largo par
lors and fourteen suites have been re
served for them. Their rpception and
living rooms will be decorated and
arranged with a lavish display of Cal
ifornia's choice flowers, so abundant
at all seasons, and the decorations
will bo changed each day with fresh
flowers coming from different parts of
th3 state. Tho guests will bo assigned
the place cf honor in the great pnr
ade, which is to be one of the most
iinporing spectacles ever witnessed in
the United States. A bananut and
reception will be given in their hon
or.and they will be escorted on excur
sions to places of interest in the in
terior and up and down the coast.
During their stay tho California
fraters will endeavar to show them
as much of California and of the Pa
cific Slope and tho many natural won
ders in which that section abounds, as
possible, and will impress the visitors
with the resources of California. Ore
gon, Washington and the Pacific
states. nd at the same time give
them a taste of true Western life hos
pitality. No opportunity will be
wasted! or lest to cenvinctrthu mem
bers of the party of the possibilities
offered on the Pacific slope.
HUGE DUCK FARMS.
Tiior. An. to ll.- !f.n on All tiie
VTa-
t'riraj"H of Cliina.
Enormous Hocks of tam ducks, num
bering many thousands, .ire to be swn
on all the waterways of China. Thee.
am carefully herded by the duck
farmer ami his sons and uidd by
them to suitable feeding ;rrminls. A
recent writer speaks of seeins them
on the Yangtse in midstream. Uoatins
down in compact raassi-s with the rac
ing current and surrounded by their
guardians in tnb. who. armed with
long bamboos, smartly whacked any
birds that happened to stray.
These ducks always appear to he of
the same age. a curious fact that is ex
plained by te Chinese ir-v of incuba
tors on a large scale. They are very
chary about revealing th'tails. bnt( it
wonld appear that these incubators are
either made cf manure and lime in tiie
opn air or in rooms Seated by char
coal fires, the eggs in this case being
placed in baskets covered with straw
or cotton woW.
To illustrate the magnitude of these
operat-ons :t may be nsentiined that a
boat on a river will sometimes encoun-
ter a lloanng maj6 01 esuuit. num
bering tens of thousands and coming
from an incubator where decks have
jest been hatched.
READY FREACHER.
Rotable lafitncf of- Prrwnee of
Iiu.l In th Pulpit.
Frederick the Gretit. being informed
of the death of one of his chaplains, a
man of considerable learning and pi
ety, determined to select a successor
with the same qualifications and took
the following method of ascertaining
the merit of one of the numerous can
didates for the appointment: He told
the applicant that he wonld famish
him with a text the following Sun
day, when he was to preach at the
royal chapel. The morning came, and
the chapel was crowded to excess.
The king arrived at the end cf tli
prayers, and on the candidate ascend
ing the pulpit he was presented with
a sealed paper by one of bis majesty's
alds-decamp. The preacher opened
it and found nothing written. He did
not. however, lose his presence of
mind. but. turning the paper on both
sides, he said.
"My brethren, here is nothing, and
there is nothing. Out of nothing- God
created all tilings." And he proceeded
to deliver a most elwjuent discourse on
the wonders of the creation.
Tin- torj- at a. Crnt.
Thpre is a curious tradition concern
ing the almost miraculous preservatJoa
of the life of the first Earl of Kildare,
which explains the origin of the crest
used by the Offaly Geraldines. While
an Infant, so the record rnna. he was
in the castle of Woodstock when an
alarm of fire was raised. In the con
fusion that ensued the child was for
gotten, and on the servants running to
search for him the rcom in which he
lay was fowzd in mins Soon after a
strange voice was, heard in. one of the
towers, and on looking np they saw
an ape. which was usually kept chain
ed, carefully holding- the child ia his
arms. The earl afterward, in grati
tude for his preservation, adopted a
monkey foe his crest. London News.
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WE PLACE
No age limit on onr depositor,
the youngest to the oldest, all an
come to take ont a Bank Book with. a.
The yonnger yoa commence to save,
and deposit, the more you'll have to
credit later in life.
There's cone too old or young to
something weekly.
Make your first deposit to-day or
to your account if you're a
here.
Sfte Columbus
State Bank
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IRRIGATED LANDS
01 JVLY If, 1114,
Vn Will Have aa Excursion to
It will be th only one of the
kind this year in this respectr A
trip of 70 nules FREE OF COST,
covering tht entire irrigation sys
tem, includfmr itd reservoir, the
lariat in the United States, from
which the watr im conducted to
the "Hat." REMEMBER, these
lands are all within a few mile of
a cnod railroad town and a .good
market. Prices and terms within
reach of all. Address for full par- S
Elliott, Sptiet
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- to buy a farai of 120 or 160 1
j acres close to Columbus. He
3 v.-ill allow the present owner to i
-:- retain po.-e2ion thi year. It
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BLsGfiER,
HOGKENBERGER &
Gtf AMBERS.
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NEBRASKA.
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ILiij jiisi rcceiveil
a new tock of
i Fine Walt Paptri
We invite the pub
lic to look the line
over berore buyinjr.
Roprs' Stslnflosr Fin's.
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Sold ia all -h:id-. & najnaliwi
by nay paint or othr Htais.
V rn3Mtnl pharmacist ..will
compound all pncriptfonau
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Sccuets. For Colambua '.
The Schuyler Free Lance has thia to
say about the Columbus band at their
celebration: "Getting the Colnmbaa
band was a fine piece of basiaess aa it
means thac the people of Colambaa
came down with the haad. Evea if
the home band hail beea hired, the
Columbus band should have beea
ployed also. It was a fig haad
yuysu uicenent music aaa was ei
ready and willing to do aa, aot try
ing to see how little they coaht da
and how much they coala get.
ALBERS To Mr. ami
Alber3 of Platte Ceater,
DUGAN To Mr. am
Dngan of Platte Ceater,
4, 1904. a daagatecr
LEGENZA To Mr. aa
lgeBza, Sunday, Jahy
daughter.
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