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- "- "5C v v . t- - t - I 1 1 g Iumlros JimrnaL tlNU ZfolNF .is WXDHHD4T. FEBRUABY 28. 1W7. K. C STROTHER. F. K. STROTHER. .....Editor .JUuser ear aaaar. wwar aaewa as warn uai iiliiillllna iaa&T Ita Jaa aha amaaVkis seaa laeaiiwi ap to Jan. 1 BilAi HBnlnia. Waaa na V datB.wajaa a M a laoaipt, . ... ir-M 1 iini. I an aodlaibj letter to diaeontiaaa. taanM.it joaaoaot aafaraaataar rear af- for has antra, m aaomld raato Li New York City the Thaw mur der trial was delayed several days last week by the sickness and death of the wife of one of the jurors. Itnow looks as though District Attorney Jerome has made up his mind to either con vict Thaw of murder or send him to an iaeaae asylum, as he has changed front regarding admitting evidence, he' heretofore objected to. Down in Texas the Bailey investi gation goes merrily on. It gets quite iateresting at times and the word "liar" is passed, but without any sen oaa results. When the smoke clears away Senator Bailey will still be the United States senator from the Lone Star state, which will go to show that be thoroughly understood local condi tions when he secured a re-election in advance of an investigation. Mr. Koosevelt faces an embarrass ing challenge. That Chicago third terat league, becoming aggressive, says that Mwe challenge his right to refuse to accent the presidency of the United States for a third term in the mce of the people's demand." May the league never become so belliger ent as to call Mr. Roosevelt a "weak ling" for not toeing the third term scratch. But its blood is up, and there's no forecasting the consequences. Springfield Republican. Wnen the soliciting committee for the new Young Men's Christian asso ciation building call on our citizens, let every one give according to his circumstances, and as much as they feel they can afford to give. Dona tions should come out of the surplus. Moneys that are needed to pay honest debts or for the necessaries of life are not for donations. The young men of the city who are earning a fair salary should be willing to give a small amount for a good Y. M. C. A. build ing, as it will be a great benefit to There has never lived in Omaha or Nebraska a man who has done as much for humanity and Omaha as the late John A. Creighton. He did not wait until he was dead, and do it by his last will and testament, either. Several Columbus men, who are for tunate enough to have more of this world's goods than they or their fami lies will need, now have a fine oppor tunity to stand up for Columbus, for humanity and good morals. They may not be able to do as much as Mr. Creighton did it is not expected that they will, but let us all remember that when the time comes that we must leave this mortal world, we cannot take anything with us. So be liberal, awn of Columbus, and help to build and equipp a fine Young Men's Chris tian association building that will be a credit to Columbus and a monument to yourselves, and be of immeasurable benefit to our rising young men and hoys. It looks as though the present legis lature is going to pass a state wide primary law. This seems to be de manded by the wave of reform that is irrisistibly going over the land. Such a law will mean that we virtually have two elections, where we now have one, aad the extra expense ie to be borne by each county. It will also mean that every man who wants to be a candidate for any elective office must first submit to an election within his ewn party, and then again before the whole people. In this county, where the republican party is in the minor ity, it is hard enough now to induce a good man to run for office, and it will he still harder to get good men to run for nomination and also election. Now, what are to be the benefits of a wide primary law? We have heard any mentioned, except that under such a law everybody will have a vote in saying who shall be nomiaaffd, as though now under the present law anybody is so prevented. We cannot say that under the pro posed new law corporations still have an Baach or more power than now. Everybody baa a guess coming as to that. A state wide primary law may be a good thing for large cities like Omaha aad Iincoln, but it is a delu tea aadasaare for small cities and Wfm. W ilMMH CMAXGE IHADDRa8-W ortorfaa akaaaw am aha eMma, aabaariaan aaoald be aan ta ajii Ifcafa iiH at ttiM it " " DOBM BETOID THE C001TT UIE Whoa it &mm to dee sting or wMtf lands tor most my tiring ronsoashle oar sister town Schuyler certainly is right in line. The Sun published at that plate says: "We believe that Schuyler is one of the best towns in the state when it eosaes to raisiag fan ds for a truly worthy cause. Note for example the amount raised for the tabernacle and revival services last fall, asd the sang sum the Methodist people' raised for their pipe organ, and just this weeh two Presbyterian ladies started out to raise funds for repsiriug their church, and in less than two days raised 9351 They wish to raise $500, and we haven't toe slightest doubt but that they will have that amount before another week is gone. Surely the people of Schuyler are no laggards when it comes to con tributing to a worthy cause." In speaking of the death of a pioneer citizen of Colfax county the Howells Journal says the following high tribute: The death of John Prase, on Satur day evening last, deserves more than 'penning notice as he was one of the pioneers of northern Ootyx county, a man highly respected in the community in which he has made his home so many years. He was an old fashioned, Chris tian gentleman, quiet and retiring by nature, and the news of his sudden death was a shock although it has been evi dent for months -that his footsteps were becoming more and more faltering aa be wandered along the pathway of life that led him nearer and nearer to the river that flows between this life and the here after. The deceased was born in Bo hemia eighty-seven years ago. . At the age of 48 years, in 1868, he came to America with his wife and family and located at Omaha. In 1871 he took up his residence in Colfax county on a home stead in this precinct, where the family made their home for. almost twenty years, and in 1890 he and his aged wife moved to town where they have since resided. Four children were born to them, but only one child, Mrs. Anton Seda, is living to mourn with her mother the death of the loved one. The other children who preceded him- to higher life were Joseph, at one time a promin ent business man of this place, who died in 1889, Anton, who departed this life a few years later, and Mrs. Mary Schmidt, who passed away at Omaha' four yean ago. The funeral was held Tuesday morning, when a brief service at the family residence preceded the aolemn service held at the church at Tabor, where the family worshiped for many years, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining the church, Rev. Drbal of Henn having officiated. The sympathy of iheir friends is extended to the sorrowing relatives. To fight the battle of Shiloh again. Wife King of Newman Grove has re ceived word fromNationalheadqaarters of the Battle of Shiloh survivors that the association will hold a meeting on the battlefield of Shiloh on April 6 and 7, being the forty-fifth anniversary of the battle. Mr. King is' one of the survivors of this noted battle, having been taken prisoner there, and is con templating making the trip to the cold battle ground. A demented man with shot gun near Central City Bboois city Marshal and causes terror to the citizens for a while. The "Record" baa tbe following account: About 10 o'clock Monday, forenoon Wo. May received a telephone message from the north part of the city -stating that George Rogers, who had been living with bis parents in that part of town, had be come mentally deranged and was threatening violence to members of the family. City Marshal Ernest Clark was notified and proceeded at onoe to Mr. Roger's residence. He learned that George had taken a shot gun and gone into a cornfield just north of tbe house. In company with Dennis Bath- nlomew, a near neighbor of the Rogers' he proceeded to Eearch tire field. Tbe demented man seems to have been lying so close to the ground that they passed by his hiding place without seeing him and were very much surprised when two shots were fired at them from one aide and considerably to their rear. Both, charges of shot took effect in Mr.' Clark, one in tbe neck and face and the other in his arm and back. Mr. Batholomew also received one or two shots but was not seriously hurt. Walter Drege,wbo happened to be in the vicinity with Roes, Dye & Cowgils' delivery wagon, was signaled, and the injured man was driven as quickly as possible to the office of Drs. Benton & Benton. Examination revailed that while he was pretty well loaded down with led, none of the ahot had gone deep enough to endanger his life, blood poisoning or something of that nature being the only complica tion about whichapprehensionmight.be felt After being made aa comfortable as possible Ernest repaired to his home, where he has since been receving the mingled condolences and congratula tions of his many friends. He will be very sore and lame for a longtime, but no permanent disabilities will result from thehooting. Upon hearing of tbe trouble Sheriff Hollister and Deputy Porter drove out to the place where the shooting had occurred. Men were placed around the outer edge of the field and tbe officers then went in abd took tbe unfortunate man into custody. He will be taken to Norfolk as soon aa arrange ments can be made for his accomodation. The many friends of the yoangs man's parents sympathiza deeply with them in this their, latest misfortune. The long drawn out sickness first of Mrs. and then Mr. Rogers, taken in connection with this sad event, seems to iUastrate the old adage that "It never rains hut it pours.' Advertise ia the Journal flsr qaaak A DESPERATE BATTLE By NAKKY SIHOLAlff. The following story was told as by a stalwart Indian, who, having been among the' French half-breeds a good deal, had received from them the French name of Baptiete. He told as the story aa wo were huddled arousjd a campure on the eastern aide of Lake Winnipeg; from which wo aad our doga had been driven by a bitter, blinding, bllxxard storm. He asid: ' "One summer, long ago, I aa with a large party of Indians. We were making a long journey over the rolling prairies from one place to another. That we might have plenty of meat to eat, two of us were appointed to keep about two days' journey ahead of the company to kill all the game we could. "The reason why we kept so far apart was because we had dogs, and -babies and women In our party, and, you know, they all make much noise, so they would scare the animals far away. "Well, we two hunters had kept far ahead. Some daya we had good lack and killed a great deal, and then other days we did not Kill much. What we got we cached, so that the party could easily find it by the sign we gave them when they came along. We al ways put it near the trail for them. Then we could push on, looking for more. "One day as we had passed several valleys and had aeen nothing that waa worth our while, we came to the top of a pretty largo hill and cautiously looked over. There was a sight that we shall never forget. "Right down before us, within gun shot, was a very large grizzly bear with two big buffalo bulls. Well for us the wind was blowing from them to us. They were very very angry look ing and were preparing for a big fight. The buffalos seemed to know that the bear was an- ugly customer, and he looked as if he did not know how to manage the two of them at once. After a while both of the bulls sud denly lowered their heads, and to gether they charged the bear. As they rushed at him he quickly rose up on his haunches, and as they closed in upon him he seized one of them by the head and neck, and with a sudden jerk so. quickly broke his neck that he fell down as dead as a stone. "The older buffalo, which had charged at the same time, gave the bear a fearful thrust with his sharp horns, one of which pierced him be tween bis ribs, causing an ugly wound, from which the blood soon began to flow. The bear, having killed the other buffalo, tried to seize this one also, but he, having given the bear the ugly wound, quickly sprang back out of his reach. He ran off for a little distance, but as the bear did not follow he came back again. There they stood looking at each other, both very angry, but both very cautious. As they kept moving around it seemed to us as though the buffalo had so come around on the windward side of the bear that he caught the scent of blood from the wound. The smell of blood always excites to fury these animals, and so, lowering his head, he furiously charged at his wounded yet still sav age enemy. The bear rose up on his hind quarters to receive him, and seizing him as he did the other killed him on the spot "We saw him go from one buffalo to another and smell them both, but he did not offer to tear or eat either. We could see that he was very badly wounded from the way he kept twitching Ids side, from which the blood was running. It was an ugly wound, and he was a very sick bear. but he looked so cross that we were not In a hurry to let him know any thing about us. "Imagine, if you can," said Baptists, while his eyes flashed at the recollec tion of this royal battle, "how excited we were as we lay there In the long grass and watched this great battle. "Then we thought: Now If we can only kill that wounded bear we will have plenty of meat for the whole camp enough to last a long while. But although we had our guns, we were none too anxious to begin the battle with such a bear as that one, so we crouched low and watched him. It was very forunate that the wind, which was quite a breeze, blew as it did. He never seemed to suspect that other foes were near. "After a while he went off a little distance and laid down in the long grass, which rose up so high around him that we could not see him. We waited long for him to get up, but as he did not, and we could not stay there all day, we prepared lor a big fight with him. We put our knives where we could instantly draw them, and carefully examined our guns to see that they were an right Then we began to crawl down through the grass. "We got very close to him, although not near enough to see him. Then, hearing no sound, we made a little noise; but be did not stir, so we got up and crept forward, when we found Mm as dead as the buffaloes. Without firing a shot we had a great quantity of meat" The recital of this story has' brought the whole so vividly before Baptlste that he became very much excited, and concluded with: "What would y on not have given to have seen that battle? And what would I not give to tee another like it" One Method of Practlelna Lbw. When Grover Cleveland was prac ticing law at Buffalo, says the Sun day Magazine, among his associates was a young lawyer, who, though a Dflgnt fellow, waa rather Inclined to isiinees. He was forever bothering Cleveland about points of law rather than look them up hlmselt At last Cleveland became tired of It, and .the next time the young man sauntered In Cleveland knew what he wanted -and, getting up, pointed to his bookcase aad said. "There are nay hooka. Ton are welcome to them; you can read up your own case." The fellow waa caught, but he rose to the occasion. "See here. Graver he said, M I want you to I don't read law. I me. ties entirely by ar, aad you aad your OCEAN IS HAUNTrDlyfWWW ghosts often. seen at sea, says a sailor. y,te visit, ana Net to Do Harm Their Appear ance Leaked Upon aa a Warning. "An oM sailor told me that ghosts are common enough at sea," saya a writer ia the Manchester Guardian. "He says that some parte of the ocean are full of spirits, and that others have none. "They are not often aeea Only common ghosts are seen, according to the old sailor. He saya that they often come aboard ships, but not to do harm; that the early morning la the best time to see them, a little hefore turn-to timcC before the ship's cook haa the coffee ready. "There la an old story of a ship which carried aa extra hand who had never aigned articles. The crew dis covered, when thejr were In blue wa ter, that one watch had a man too many. "I once knew a sailor who had ailed la a haunted passenger steam er. She waa one of the ships plying between the Plate and Liverpool, but I cannot mention her name, aa ahe la still afloat She has one peculiarity, a poop as big as the poop of aa East "This poop is haunted. The sailor who told me of the ghosts waa one of the ahlp'a quartermasters. On one passage, when the ship was in the tropics, he had the middle watch be low. The fo'c'ale (which happened to be aft under the6 poop) waa so hot that he could not sleep. "At last he turned out of his hunk, took a blanket and a pillow and went on deck to sleep. He made up his bed on the poop to leeward of one of the boats, and settled down to rest at about three In the morning, just aa the dawn had begun to change the color of the sky. "He did not know how long he slept; but he woke up with a start to see a line of men brooming down the poop toward him with a boatswain in front of them, swilling buckets of water on to the deck as they worked aft He saw them aa plainly as I see my dinner on my plate, some three or four yards away, all working hard. They were so near that he sprang to his feet at once, grabbing up his gear lest It should be wet "He had hardly taken his gear In his hand when he thought with a shock that he had overslept himself at least an hour and a' half; that it waa now half past five, since they were washing decks; that he hadn't been to muster and that he would get a bee In his ear, if nothing worse, for going on deck to sleep without leav ing word where he could be found. Aa he got up he saw that the boat swain and the hands took no notice of him, though one of the sweepers looked In his direction. "'He was a red-headed fellow,' said the quartermaster, 'and he'd got a scar across one. cheek like he'd been hit by a club; an ugly looking lad he was. So I knew at once he wasn't one of our crowd. " 'And I saw him as plain as I stand here, and he looked at me; and I saw the boatswain aa plain, too; I saw him tell the red-headed fellow to heave 'round on his broom and not go dreaming like a God send Sunday fel low. No, I didn't hear him say that I only seen him. "'And the fellow, he went on brooming down directly I seen him get told. I felt queer all over; It waa so natural. I wasn't dreaming. I waa awake all right It waa a vision. Or if It wasn't a vision I'll tell you what it waa It waa sent "Tt waa sent aa a warning. That red-headed fellow waa a warning. Some time I shall meet that red headed fellow, and you mark my words, he'll give me a queer push, sure. " 'So I shall stand from under when I come alongside of him. I'd know him again if " I saw him, all right Some day I shall see him.' "The vision or warning, or what ever it was, kept him awake for the rest of the watch. He went below to the fo'c's'le, having had enough of the poop, and found that he had been asleep hardly more than 20 minutes. "There is something wrong with that poop. It Is not a canny place. "I know of another queer thing which happened there, and of a man who started up from his sleep beside a boat to prophesy of what should happen to him in a year's time. The prophecy seemed to every one the most crack-brained nonsense; but It was fulfilled exactly, almost to a day, certainly within a week of the time predicted."' mm a critic. Sir Henry Irving, the English act or, once wanted a white horse to use in one of his scenes, but no white horse that waa suitable could be got At last, the London Globe tells the story, a stage hand advised him to apply to a certain distin guished actor-manager, whtf, he asid, had such a horse. Sir Henry visited the owner, In spected the horse,. and the bargain was concluded, but aa an after thought Sir Henry said he trusted the animal waa not fractious. "Not at all, 8tr Henry. I assure you; aa excellent horse In every way. Why, I rode him night after night aad all I had to complain of waa. that he would occasionally yawn when I was on the stage." Indeed.'' said Sir Henry, "a Mt of a critic, then, evidently." Why He Liked It "How do you like our change from matt to large type oa the editorial pager the editor inquired of the who had just bromgnt ia a 1 mce it." replied the patron. "There aint no much of It" runotnsMry In the atom virtue of ; ten ef !! aadtfca graasMj HORSE SALE! BRANIGAN'S SALE BARN, In Columbus, Nebraska, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, '07. U They consist of good marketable horses weighing from 1200 to 1600 pounds. The mules range from 4 to 8 years old and will measure 15 hands high. Come in and bring your marketable horses. I will have buyers here from all the best markets in the country. Parties bringing in horses to sell must get them in by 10 o'clock a. m. in order to let me get them arranged for the sale. We are prepared to hitch and try every horse and all horses must be as represented or no sale. VOFITIC nf QfllO' 8 months time will be given on good bank lullllu Ul utllu.""" able notes bearing 8 per oent interest THOMAS BRANIGAN. W. I. BLAIN. g Auctioneer. Dr. Canon Waa Ready. Dr. Samuel B. Capen, while presi dent of Tufts College, once delivered the diplomas to the grammar school graduates in Maiden, and In his ad dress to the scholars used the word "neither" with the letter T silent but giving some quotations pro nounced the same word with an ap parent accent on the letter "L" A gentleman who was present asked the learned doctor later whether the word waa "nether" or "either." Suspecting a little quizzing from the twinkle in his questioner's eye, the president replied "that query waa an swered long ago In this way: An inexperienced young woman asked aa older matron what she should use for a fruit podding, "Rais ins or dried grapes," and the matron answered quickly, "e-ther or 1-ther.' "By their works ye shall know tbesa. When you went good Job printing, aad book-bindiag call at the Journal onto. New location on Eleventh street. R. a Palmer the tailor, cleans, dyes and repairs Ladie's and Gents' clothing. Hats cleaned and reblocked. Battona made to order. Agent Gsrssaaia Dye Works. Nebraska phoae Wo are prepared to all kinds of real at the lowest bstftr V Chambers. We have let) aores of eheiee land half mile from oity limits for sale ia 10 aere tracts. Ellott, Bpeieo Co. We have a good heating stove and furnace lump coal at t&GO per ton, and all other good cosh. It. W. Weaver ds Son. OUR NEW HOME. The Joaraal i how lo cate ia its aew leeatitw a Eleveath street, te the Mliteff fWMerlv eeeapi e ky FriseMtlx- Bree. A complete plot for maai liac all kiais af priatiag has heea iaata11e laelai lag aew maeaiaery aan the very latest faces ef jet type. Baak art aag-axiaeaiadiBg-aa exveri eaeethteier has charge f this werk. Call aa see samples. law. phaaa ICO. Nek. Bell pheae 201. THE JOTJENAL, 411 Eleventh Street. aV amC mV aKaUKamvsnkavBkw.jaKamkwanva.jk.mn, awa afa amv An. imim ANOTHER AT i m H. A. CLARKE. HABDANH SOFT COAL OBDEBS FILLED PROMPT LY. P. D. SMITH LUMBER CO. POULTRY WANTED-Bring your poultry to us and receive tbe highest ssarket price. 8. E. Marty & Co., Co lumbus, Nebr. tf Typewriters, cash register, sewing machines cleaned and repaired. Carl 8chnbert. Or. D. T. Martyn, jr., office aew is Bcata Bank building. ;- t Fancy Groceries AT KEATING and SCHRAM'S N. If you are mer at our store we asK - - -Ai ui rou 10 ai teasi can ana 4. see our provision coun ters. All goods fresh delicious and quality no better to be bad call on us though you don't buy KEATING asd SGHRAH Eleventh Street Colombiu, Nebneka. H'1'1' aVansaP 1 H Clerk. - NOTICE FOK CONSTRUCTIVC SERYiCK. Sophie E, FamlL defrodaat. will take aeHaa that oa the 25th dajr of Jaaaary. IMff. EvetaK J. Farrell. plaintiff kereia. filed ate petitiaa.iB the district court of Platte eoaatr. Wtilwaafca. ncaiuot Haiti Sophie E- Farrell. the object aad prayer of said petition aeiairtoaacareadlvecee wi p.u uricuijcui, limn IOT VUBBBOC MR1- monj and to have the marriage cuatraet declared null and Toid and of bo farther force aad effect. on the ground that aaid defeadaat willfully iiT.rw-M iuiu uittiBiiu iora Mnoa a& vtt fnsrii Yoa are required to answer aaid netttiea ea or before tbe 18tb day of March. 1907. ETxarrr J. Fat aaix. aatiatigi Ily hie attorney. ;. J. Garlew. Dated Jaa. 28. 1907. jaa-SMt Farms Jar Sale. Improved farms for sale, Platte anal Boone counties. First National Bank not a custo 1 r rural go to p& &rz& . -&z & &"' .,-) '-. . -&:. .. C. ja-aJ?'.. &ftit-&- - jj2. j.'i ., warj vs-.w? t, -... ..-v - i-itetZ. -.- .1 -..