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THE SIGN which good housekeepers watch for
U ti3 It is to the effect that prices for FINE
CROCKERY, are down away down. Our
annual stock taking is at hand. We want to reduce
our holdings as much as possible. So we throw prof
its to the winds to induce you to buy liberally. There
are some tremendous bargains for early shoppers.
HENRY RAGATZ & CO.
THIRTEENTH ST, COLUMBUS, NEB.
KEIGHBORHQOD HEWS MOTES.
LINDSAY.
From the OptaioB.
Eli Mock slipped and fell striking
on a broken bottle Tuesday ami cut
his hand quite badly.
Mat Heck, while hauling ice Wed
nesday, fell off of the wagon when
making a sharp turn and struck on
his face, bruisiug it quite badly.
Frank Johns of St Bernard sold an
acre of laud with improvements last
week to Edward Seiler, consideration
$1,100. The property was close to the
Catholic church.
Elon Swanson was over from Genoa
Sunday anil Monday parking his
household gds, and sent two loads
over Monday. Elon has bought out
a tartar sho't in Genoa uud has
already taken possession. We wish
him success in his new location.
Now that we have such an excel
lent electric light system, the next
public improvement Lindsay should
have is a waterworks system. Let a
public meeting be called to discuss the
question and see if something cannot
lie doue to decide the matter one way
or the other. We believe our village
board is favorably inclined toward the
idea. Let us not wait until a fire
causes a loas of two or three times the
cost of a waterworks system, before
something is done. Now is the time
to talk waterworks and keep at it
until our efforts are realized.
HUMPHREY
From Urn Democrat.
Miss Katie Rollman of this place
was taken to Columbus this week
where in St- Mary's hospital she sub
mitted to a surgical operation on
Wednesday.
Jos. Bender and family have moved
to town, and until P. E. McKillip
moves out of the Hale residence, which
Mr. Beuder jMirchased some time ago,
the family will live with Mr. Bender's
father.
H. P. Wettengel, of Tarnov, was in
town last Friday attending to business.
The bank at Tarnov of which Mr.
Wettengel has been cashier since it
started two or three years ago, has
surrendered its charter and ceased to
do business. Mr. Wettengel is mak
ing aa effort to interest local capital
to organize a new bank and continue
the business.
The restaurant stock of Tony Stroe
bel was attacked this week to satisfy
his creditors, aad the stock is now in
T. G.' WALKER
LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER
NEWMAN GEOVE, NEB.
I give special attention to all kinds of Auction Sales. Have
asade sales in eight different states. I'am also booked for some of the
best thorobred sales to be held in the United States this season. Am
thoroughly posted on Pedigrees and the value of live stock and farm
property. All kinds of taoroaghbred cattle bought and sold on com
mission, I also solicit orders for atockers aad feeders. Can give best
of reference as to say work. Tenas and dates can be had at my of
fice, first door north of the Fret National bank. I have the Monroe
aad long distance.Bell phones.
in
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the hands of a constable awaiting set
tlement It appears that Mr. Strocbel
left Humphrey a few days ago and it
was understood he did not intend to
return. He left his mother in charge
of the stock and the Democrat is told
that the lady was making an effort to
dispose of the stock. The creditors in
some way got wind of what was going
on so an attachment was immediately
sworn out We failed to learn partic
ulars as to the amount of liabilities
and assets.
Last Monday morning at 9 o'clock
in St Francis church occurred the
marriage of Miss May Simon and
Frank Haverland, Ilev. Father Kur
zer officiating. After the ceremony a
reception was tendered the young
couple at the home of the bride's pai
euLs southwest of town, at which a
large liumtar of friends and relatives
were present to help celebrate the
event The bride is the only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Auton Simon, promi
nent and inf ueutial farmers livingnear
Humphrey. She has lived here since
childhood and her acquaintances are
tuanyaud her friends arc no less. The
groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Haverland, sr., of this place. He is
one of the rising .young farmers of this
section and is a young man of good
habits and sterling worth. The Dem
ocrat joins in extending congratula
tions. Mr. and Mrs. Haverland left
on Wednesday for Iowa to spend their
honeymoon with old friends and rel
atives. CBKSTOX.
From The Statesman.
The child of Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Gammel is seriously ill.
Earl Ludwick returned to Omaha
on Tuesday, to resume his work at the
dental college.
The ice men are busy this week har
vesting their crop of ice. The ice is
from 10 to 12 inches thick.
Mrs. Mary Wagner has been quite
sick this week with congestion of the
lungs, but is some better at this writing.
Qeata.
(From cae umaee. i
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Patterson re
turned from California, where they
went last fall. The trip seems to have
agreed with both Mr. and Mrs. Pat
terson. Miss Fry of the Indian school has
taken charge of the editorial depart
ment of Indian News and the Leader
predicts that the News will hum from
now on.
C. W. Landers departed Monday
a m a
Bight for Norfolk to take charge of the
depot at that place. The new agent's
awe is Biers aad he caflae froai
Papillioa.
Milch cows sold at Root C. Ander
son's big sale Monday Iron $40 to SGO
per head. Buyers were present from
all over the country. About twenty
of the cows were purchased by Norfolk
parties.
Everett McWilliams received news
the last of the week announcing the
death of a brother ia California, ;who
died from the effects of an accidental
gun-shot wound. He belonged to the
army.
We are glad to be able to announce
that Mrs. F. H. Young, who has been
very sick the past three weeks, k im
proving rapidly, and. if nothing else
complicates it is hoped that she will
soon be up and'around.
Rev. A. J. McMurtry, acting pastor
of the Congregational and Presbyte
rian churches, has tendered his resig
natirn to take effect the first of Feb
ruary. A meeting will be held Sun
day morning to take action on same.
Nearly every citizen seen on our
streets the past two wreks has been
carrying a can of. some sort, but it was
a milk can they were rushing. Here
after, however, if you see Wilber,
Smith Many, or any other prohibition
ists with a ean, watch 'em. There is
no more milk at the restaurant
From the Til
The vicinity of Genoa is not the only
locality where the price of farm land
is advancing. The M. B. Thompson
farm near Albion was sold last week
for $103 an acre.
Frank Clark purchased the Jess
Long farm, one mile south of town a
few weeks ago, paying $70 an acre for
the tract The otherday he refused an
offer of $80. He expects to sow the
greater portion of the farm to alfalfa,
using the balance for feed yards.
Herman Schwerat of Cheektowaga,
New York, heard of the Indian school
here and came to Genoa last Friday
to visit the institution. He was sur
prised to learn of the extent the In
dian is' capable of adopting the civil
ization of the white man. He, like
thousands of other eastern people, had
a poor opinion of the western Indian,
but will return home with advanced
ideas as to the capabilities of the
Noble Redman.
BKLI.WOOD
From I lie Gazette:
Prof. Wilson and wife are feeling
happy over the arrival of a new baby
girl at their home this week.
On the 7th of this month a young
banker pulled up at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Bell, and now father
and mother are feeling happy.
About thirty young men from Bell
wood went out to the T. Loveless res
idence Wednesday evening and ten
dered the bride and groom a serenade.
On their return they favored the
Gazette family with some of J their
choicest songs. Thanks. .
Mr. Virgil Graves and Miss &ucy
Loveless were united in marriage
Wednesday at high noon at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Love
less, the bride's parents. The cere
mony was conducted by Rev. H. Zin
necker, pastor of the M. E. church.
The bride is one of our most estimable
young ladies. The new groom is from
Iowa and is said to be highly respect
ed. In a few days he expects, to take
his new bride to Iowa, where they will
make their home.
PLATTE CKXTEB
Frees The Signal.
Alfred Jossi was operated on for
hernia at St .Mary's hospital, Colum
bus, last Saturday. The operation
was successful and the patient is re
covering rapidly.
Dave Malloy, who has been in St
Mary's hospital at Columbus for the
past three months, went to the Sol
diers' Home at Grand Island, Wed
nesday, he being an old soldier.
Beginning with the new year our
barbers stopped opening their shops
for work on Sunday. This is all right,
six days in a week is enough for a
barber or any one else to work.
Oscar Nay went to Columbus Mon
day, where he remained with his pa
rents for a day or two and then he
left for the Pacific -coast He seems
to think that about the only place fit
to live ia.
Zingg completed putting in some
three hundred tons of ice in his ice
house last Friday evening. A slight
rain towards evening made the roads
JIM'S PLACE
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.ATTORNEY AT LAW
Columbus, - - Nebraska.
C. N. McELFKESII
ATTORNEY AT JLAW.
Zinnecker Bld'g
Columbus,
Nebraska.
very slippery" and the work sloppy, so
that the finishing of the job was post
poned until a more favorable time.
. Miss Ilene Kavanaugh of Columbus
was here 'the latter part of last week
and the fore part of this week trying
to get enough of the young people in
terested in dancing to form a class for
instruction. We understand she
abandoned the project and returned
home Wednesday, not enough of the
people being interested to make the
proposition a paying one.
The HlNdeea PrebaMjr Learned the
Art Fraa the Caiaeae.
The Chinese, who invented almost
everything before anybody else heard
of it, claim to be the original discover
ers of the process of sugar making,
and it is said that sugar was used in
China as long ago as 3.000 years. This
la misty, but the fact is well establish
ed that it was manufactured in China
under the Tsin dynasty 200 years at
least before the Christian era began.
India has put forward a claim for
priority of invention, but tUe probabil
ity Is that the Hindoos lea. tied the art
of sugar making from the Chinese and
that through them the knowledge dual
ly spread to the western nations. Xe
archus, when sent by Alexander on an
exploring voyage on the Indus, brought
back reports of "honey" which was
made by the Asiatics from cane with
out the help of bees.
At this time neither the Greeks nor
the Jews nor the Babylonians had any
knowledge of sugar, but later the, art
of making the artificial "honey" be
came known and practiced, though it?
progress and development were ex-,
ceedingly slow. It was prescribed as
a medicine by Galen in A. I. l.0, and
up to the seventeenth century it had
become nothing more than a costly
luxury, to be used only on special occa
sions. Even as late as the tagiiming
of the eighteenth century the annual
consumption of sugar in Great Britain
bad reached only 20,000.000 pounds,
whereas it is now more than 2.000.000.
000 pounds.
Refined sugar was not made in Eng
land till 1G59. The art of refining was
learned by a Venetian merchant from
the Saracens, who sold the secret to
him for 100.000 crowns.
A Chare! Without Service.
There is in London, within a few
yards of the beautiful marble arch in
Hyde park, a church In. which no serv
ices are ever held. This Church of the
Ascension, as it is called, was built by
Mrs. Russell Gurney as a memorial to
her husband, and she expressly stated
that the edifice was to be used for
prayer, rest and meditation solely. A
handsome building it is. with its tessel
lated floors and its numerous fine paint
ings. Over the door is posted this no
tice, explaining the true object of the
church: "Passengers througli the busy
streets of London, enter this sanctuary
for rest and silence and prayer. Let
the pictured walls within speak of the
past yet ever continuing ways of God
with man."
They WeaMat Lay
A bashful young woman from a
backwoods county In Virginia went
Into a local store carrying three chick
ens. She inquired the price of chiefcens
and at the same time put them on the
counter.
"Will they lay there?" asked the
clerk, wbo did not know that the cuick
ens legs were tied.
She bit her handkerchief In embar
rassment a moment and said:
"No, sir; they are roosters., Lippin
cott's. There 'Were Others.
"That cornet player on-the third floor
has remarkable endurance." remarked
the casual visitor.
"He has," agreed the regular board
er, "but it's nothing compared to the
other boarders." Toledo Blade.
Tee t Iateaeadea t.
Lady And you say you have been
brought to this by your wife? Tramp
Yuss. iidy; I got 'er three good Jobs and
er bloomin independence Iorst 'er the
lot Innch. ,
Saving comes too late when you get
to the bottom. Seneca.
If ere Peeltlre.
"Well," said Cadley scornfully, "I'll
bet you didn't do the proposing. It's
a safe bet that your wife asked you
to marry her."
"No," replied Henpeck, "you're
wrong."
"Oh, come now, be : honest"
"No, she didn't ask- me; she told me,
to."-Ph!ladelphia Press.
Grladateaes Wet aa4 Dry.
The strength of a grindstone appears
from tests to vary widely with the de
tree of its wetness or dryness, atones
that are dry showing tensile strengths
of from 146 to 186 pounds a square
Inch, but after soaking, overnight
breaking under stresses of 80 to ,116
pounds a square Inch.
That' What.
A great deal depends upon the dress
ing,' observed the thoughtful thinker.
"Speaking of what?" queried his
Mend.
"Women and aalada," answered the
T. T. Exchange.
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Suits and Overcoats.
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started' the Fall season with the greatest line of clothes ever brought to Columbus. The
selling has been phenomenal naturally this leaves more small lots than ever before.
Our Established Custom 6 to Carry NotkiRt for
But to open each season with a cleanstock of the best clothes possible to obtaiiL Oar pest
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