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The deceas ed boy had not been robust for years but during the past year, complained but little and was able to do considerable work in the field having his own time on not being compelled to work only as he felt disposed. About a month ago he began to complain but was not dan gerously ill. Saturday morning early as the father fat by his bed he suddenly grew worse and suffered excrutiatlng pain until death relieved him. HOWKLI.S From the Journal. Dan Stephens and a number of other prominent Fremont people, who have placed under tile a large number of acres of Platte and Elkhorn valley land, have, after a two years' trial, proven the value of tiling. On the Stephens farm fifty-four bushels of corn was raised to the acre where, had it not been for drain age the tiling afforded, the crop would have been drowned out entirely1. With as much low land as they have in Dodge county, a complete system of tiling will mean a large increase in the production of staple crops. One writer has said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one has grown before is a benefactor to bis race, and the same praise is due him who turns swamp and pond into productive fields. Some of the Platte valley lands in this county could be tiled to advantage. LEIGH. From the World. Mrs. Carl Klug and children left " Wednesday to join Mr. Klug in Colum , bus where they will establish their fut ure home. We wish them happiness and prosperity. An Indiana women whose maiden name wan Partridge has had husbands named Robin, Sparrow and Quale. This wbmam evidently has no use for a man Franz SHOES CLOTHING Gents9 Furnishing .Goods 125 RELIABLE BIGHT -,r 405 11th Street, ERISCHHOLZ iiKArQ- .i. t j -j. jTAvrMx mr.- ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CUPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES unless he is something of a bird. While Ed Wurdeman was attempting to light the new gas stove in his home last Saturday, a miniature explosion oc curred, and as a result of which Ed wears only the fractional part of a moustache these days. Gus and Louis Hahn. Frank Price and John Brock made a trip to Columbus in the former's auto Wednesday. Mr. Brock went to consult a physician in re gard to rheumatism from which he has been suffering for several weeks. FCI.I.BBTON. From the News-Journal. Dan Lord came in from Colorado one day last week with a shipment of 1300 Iambs which he brought to his ranch across the river. The lambs were un loaded at Central City and driven over land to the ranch. Excessive snow in Colorado made it necessary for Dan to get them out of there. Michael Ryan, sr . died Saturday Dec 12th at the home of his son M. J., in Greeley county,, aged 80 years. Mr. Ryan was well known to many of our readers, he having lived on the Boone county line in aa early day, and secured some Nance county land when it first came into the market. His sons M. J., Tim, Dan of Kearney and Mrs. 'O'Brien of Oregon were present for the funeral. Last Monday Nelson Barber while try ing to sell some well-to-do people some phonograph records, played a selection sung by a well known grand opera tenor. "Rotten!" declared the listeners, and Nelson stopped the machine. "Why, that's from one of the finest grand oper as, and sung by the highest priced tenor in the world!" "Oh." they sighed, and asked him to play it over. He did and they bought it. SILVER CREEK. From the Sand , Miss Maude O'Connor returned on Sunday evening from a visit to relatives in Columbus. Mrs. H. J. Brian came up from Colum bus Sunday evening for a short visit with relatives and friends. Wm. Watt of near North Bend, who recently purchased the Bump and Yates farms near here,, had the misfortune to fall from a hay loft in his barn about ten days ago and break one of his legs. He is said to be doing well. John W. Orr of Polk county, near Beulab, lies at home with a broken collar bone and seriously injured. One of bis horses was badly cut ap and a90buggy is only fit for the scrap heap. From what ire can learn, Friday night of last' n GOODS AT PRICES. t Columbus. 1 -(-- -- .amm. .- BROS.! I ta III A I ns " waek Mr. Off, kliiaiail wan going bona im Mr. Orris bnajgy, carrying a lantern. When near Mm. & H. Wkely's, the baggy strack eomsthlag iastbe road earning the lantern to strike against something which frightened the causing- than to .run. The two. iys got oat of the baggy safely, bat Mr. Orr stuck to the lines and endeav ored to stop tberaaawayn. In this he faded and was thrown about'15 feet Into the air, sustaining his injuries in strik ing the ground. He is now under a doctor's care and while badly hnn, it is Br--- - MOXROK. From the Bepeblicaa. -Daniel, Wilson, sr., .who is in the bos pitel at Columbus,-) gradually failing. He is over eighty years of age and no tjppesare entertained, for Tiis recovery. Henry Brandt baa purchased a home in jQgfumbui, located on atreet aad.ez pects to move there in the spring. Leland Matson of Oarleton arrived Wednesday to spend the holidays with iilsgrand Barents, Mr. and-Mra. l;Light ner. (;George Gardner who has been farming the Oscar Anderson farm the last two years, will have a sale shortly after the first of the year and' move to Okla homa. A. L Olines and family arrived Wed nesday afternoon for a visit with Mia, Glihes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clayburn. Mr. Glines lives in Grand Is land and-is -in the employ-ofSt. 'Joseph & Grand Island railroad, having a run between bis home and Hanover, Kas. Ezra Fellers returned Wednesday from his trip to Spring-Valley,' Minn., where he was called on account of the serious illness of his brother. When he left, his brother who is over 80 years of age, was muob better. His illness was caused by. exposure election night, and be being a strong republican wanted to know that his state was right before retiring that night. When Mr. Fellers left'Wisoon sinthere was good sleighing' and 'had been for some time. Monroe Camp 1812, Modern Woodmen of America elected the following officers for the year 1908: Venerable consul, E. L. Van Allen; worthy adviser, John Mortensen; clerk, H. J. Hill; banker, F. B. Kelley; escort, Cbas. Wat ts. watch man, Walter'Sohram; sentry, Tom Huf ser; manager Cbas. Kelley; medical ex aminer. Dr. W.W. Frank. The installa tion will be held the second Saturday in January and some of the members are in favor of a good old public installation and supper. At their meeting Monday evening Pawnee Court No. 84, Tribe of BenHury elected .the following officers for the. com-, ing year: Past chief, W. W.Frank; chief, O. T. Terry: judge, Mrs. D. W. Ziegler, scribe, W. W. Grover; keeper tribute, J. R. Smith; teaoher, Mrs. B. 8. Thurston; captains, C. P. Guiles, Carl Hart; keeper inner gate, H. L. Smith, keeper outer gate, A. C. McDonald. These officers will be installed at the first regular meet ing in January, which will be on the seventh. State Manager Way is expect ed to be present and the. members are anticipating an enjoyable time. The school entertainment held at O'Kay school house on Wednesday eve ning of Isst week was a success in every way in spite of the fact that the night was one of the darkest O'Keyites were ever out. The evening's entertainment began with a Christmas program which was carried out in a -creditable way-by pupils and teacher. This was followed by an arithmetical contest in which 6th grade pupils participated. Mies Verna Geatsch came out winner: The time was then devoted to discussions on vari ous topics interesting to the farmer, -led by Prof. Farrand who, asked the co-operation of parents in caring for trees about the school grounds, whicn will be plant ed in the spring. County Superintend ent Lecron was present and while ke did not want his speech-called flowery,- it was blooming with good points in regard to farm life and full of encouragement for, rural children. The subject of good roads was brought up and discussed by road bosses past and present and others. Superintendent Lecron saying that some of the best, roads in Platte county are found in Monroe township. GENOA. From the Titnea. Mrs. E V. Clark, who was visiting at Anadarko, Oklahoma, returned last -weear and at once commenced packing, her household goods preparatory for removal to that place. An Illinois man ia being sued for di vorce. He set a rat trap in hit troueeie' pocket when be went to bedhang the pantaloons on the bed-post, aid caught his wife before -midnight: ,r ' ..aLaat Saturday, G.-N. Brooks finished delivering to" Fonda Brothers 1400 bush-. els of cents. wheat forwbioh' he-received . 90 Previous to this he sold Fonda i . Brothers 1700 bushels at 82 cents, -and 1000 bushels to another Genoa Ararat 80 cents. c i Anna, wife of .Nek Olson, died at her family home hfoaday morning. Decern- berjsi. 1908, at. p'olook, .aged 43 years, 7 months and 11 days, after an illness of several, months. -Last winter-four ohil- dren were stricken with scarlet fever and for several -weeka-thehoae was under quarantine.- The watchfal care of Mra Olson over her. .little ones during their. sickBeasovertaxedkeretraagth and her hesltt commenced to faiL She went to the Columbus haapitalfortreatmentbut obtained only .temporary . relief. Two months ago it-was realised-that her condition -was serious aad i he anaoanee meat ef her death was not unexpected by the friends of tee family. Funeral services were held'artbVhome Tuesday afternoon, the Revr Wimberly -conducting the service. Interment was ia the Genoa eemetery.- Mas. Olson leaves, r be sides her husband, nine ohOdren, the yohngeat two 'years old and the' oldest aboatl& r - . dlKTRaitcrir. f real the KeapareU. ' With all aerchildren for the hi fifteen yean, it is no wonder Mm. A. P.JBajud enjoyed! tbeoelebratiooof her aaveny-sacoBd birthday last 8unday. 8he prepared Ike sumptuous dinner which they and Uncle Andy ate with re lish and satisfaction, anditaeamedibat Father Time had turned back the heads ef the clock for a few years ao that the .united family, might enjoy the pleasures of another's company under the whole some inspiration of mother cooking. All of the ebildrem'hava been home at fre quent tatervakrdurJBg the. fifteen years but it is the first time they have all been together at the same time in that period. A blossoming.romsnoe wai nipped in the bud by Sheriff Her and a brother of the groom'to-be -last 'Saturday. Miss Ethel Bush, aged twenty -two; and AdoJ ph Kruger. aged seventeen, residing south of Polk; came to-Central, City Thursday last, remained at the Belmont hotel over night and the next morning went on to Cheyenne. Friday a brother of Kroger .came to Central City oh the trail of the young Lochinvar and his fair one. With Sheriff Ber's-assistance be found that they bad gone to Cheyeeni and he set out for that place on the first train. Arriving there 'he found, -the young couple and was pleased to discover that they had not yet been married They were brought back and young Kruger -is .probably oogitating on the difficulties that attend the elopment of a minor. . SCHUYLER. From the San. J. S. Dyche, of Clarke who has been living with a broken neck for three mon ths, died last week, Mr. Dyche was working on a haystack when he was struck by, a fork of the stacker and knocked off. His neck was broken and his spinal oolumn injured which caused him to be a helpless invalid ever since. Mrs. Fannie Taskey commenced an ac tion in the district court Monday, in which she' seeks' a divorce from her hus band, Edward Taskey.- 8he also wants the custody of their two children and a reasonable' alimony. She alleges that they were married in. Columbus in Sept ember,l003; that Taskey has deserted her for, more than, two years and refuses to contribute .toward the. support of herself 'and children. iShe also avers that the husband's habits are such that he ia not a fit person to have charge of them. The married life of .the Taskeys was one of sad romances. In returning from Col umbus on their wedding day the train they were riding on ran into and instant ly killed Mrs. Taskey s mother, Mrs. Tom -Drapala, at the mill crossing in this city. The husband deserted the wife and chil dren several years agorand was arrested and brought back to ihis county for wife desertion and abandonment: When re leased from custody he again went west Mrs. Taskey and children live'with her father in the Third ward in this city. PLATTE CENTER From the Signal. Miss Vera "Freeman came up from Co-. lumbus last -Friday and has baen a guest of Miss Effie Wilk this week. Dan and Bob Wilson, have spent the greater part of 'the past week with their father in thenospital at Columbus. The old gentleman is growing weaker day by day and the end is anticipated ateny hour. The three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bobu Wilson has been under the care of a physician for several days, and Wedne day evening symptoma.of,t- diphtheria, having- appeared the house was quaran tined. The ten acre orsnge grove of E. O. Van Allen on Mesa avenue hwa been sold to-A. N. Molen," who recently; came to Pomona from Detroit, Mich..' The coa-" sideration "was $6000. 7 Mr. Van Allen and family will spend a few days in San Diego and after. tba. close of school, will spend several months ' visiting :in the eastern states. They expect to return -to Pomona late in the fall. Pomona (Gal.) Daily Piogreaar-7" There is nothing . better, for a Man f-C in cold weather -.-than-: a nice tor t. coat My line of ?;': fur and fur lined 0 coats . is better -and larger Sixmy V ever. It will pay- youtocomeiand; ? look 4at tli e in: H. RUSSHE v Eleventh Street: i ! We invite all who desire choice i steak, and theveryibest.oateof : all other meats! to call atour: market on Eleveath street. - We . also handle poultry and" fish. aad oysters in eaaton.. - . -. S-ILMABTTACO. ?iH Telephoae rf o, L"- Colnmbaa. Vekc MM ... spates ca&besmade.athe FUR COATS CKLUlstBlrB ':Z. H FIT H Hilt FT Hi .." 3- f i if ' it i -. r.i .v :L T W 3.-C -' Q1 Jn i-r- vr MONfiftY, JANUARY OCn UIT11T Ul UlllifJU V, a4v flNt Etf aVff dLmMmM biHI Urn UnflLnl -Mm Wim-'Wl BlLEllXallJ aBBBBBw mavnw anaamv B-gS aBHaawBnl asnaw ssaw' nal naa B ssawVsl aVnaar asawsnw Bsnl WHnav "Bawnav sssaw aBBasnam snaw' aVsnaV BssV' bbbbf "'.v WiUhave.200rhead pf good marketable .horses and .mules; 40 hgrt ofgo 4 years old,- and;broke. JuitheJcind that will work on the farm and mature into good :ar' kSbable horeParties -X? - T--' t -i-s-V t " L John Torpy:Cayde Scotti Ed.Maher and Ed. Haney who will all have lOaWU; rDesiaenva numoer -t.7 ifii9 Ms Tune on Bankable Pa Crome and help me make. Columbus a (rV G. W. PHILLIPS, XS'- XX FOR AGED PEOPLE. Old Folks Should be Careful in their Selection of Regulative Medicine. With 'advanced age comes inactive bowel movement and .sluggish liver. Nature is.unable.to perform her proper functioas and requires assistance. -Oth erwise, there is constant suffering, from constipation and its attendanfevils. Old folks should never use physic that is harsh and irritating. We have asafe,"dependable and alto gether ideal remedy that is particularly adapted to the .-requirements of aged people and persona of weak-constitutions who suffer from constipation, or. other bowel disorder;-: We areiso certain that it will cure these complaint and Rive absolute satisfactionfin every particular that we offer them -with our-personal guarantee that they phjill.eqst' the user nothing if they fail.tobstantiate our olaima. This remedy is .called Rexall Orderlies. . Bexsll Orderlies have a soothing, heal ing, strengthening, tonic and regulative action upon the dry, relax muscular coat qt the bowel. They produoe a vatnral; successive oontractioa andrelaxation of the muscular fibres of -the! bowel walls, generating a Wave-like motion which forces. their oontoota. onward anu out .ward; thus simnjatiag. nature in perfect bowel movemeat.v .They atad-remove all irritaUon,'"drynea,l.aorenesa-aa4. weak ness. They tone up and streiigthen the nerves and muscles aad'' restore the bowels' and aeeeeiate'organe to: more vigoroae' and ..healthy activity: -They may be taken at any time wiihoutinoon venience, do not. cause aay griping. nausea, .diarrhea, excesrive;locsenees,J flatnlence or other diiagreleable, effect. Try .Rexall Orderlies on. nar.gnaraatee. 96 Ublets 25c, and ,12 UbUts 10e. . -Pol-look & Co. the. druggwtajon the: corner. ; Animal Nearly .Extinct.,. ,. About 30 .specimens of the siein bok are undrprotecUonjoa; the south era slope of Monte JRosatb'ut,i apart from that, the animal linearly exUnet Unjthe.Alps. It breeds slowly, and the efforts, of the government Jnts behalf, have helped little. Jn two places pri vate herds have lately been estab lished, and It ia hoped thus, to prevent the extinction of the stelabok. teliclteua fer Thsir Nerves. h lost a number of my .sensldve boardem- thla -summer," said, the, mah?. ager of-adog aad cat boarding house. "The owner oTthe preperty7next door put up.:a big apartment house,-and many of my.patrpns toek their high priced peta away jor fear theht nerves would be unstrung by' the noise of building." w - , - - i a Pullman Peril. fGrubberattractr a- areat-.deal -attention when Thtitrayela'-.-f - - ,"How-larthatr?a r - 3H nnraaJ" ,. . 1 - - - -0. - A U m. ? PILES!, PILESff PILES!. --, Wtmmm Iatfaa t:Qiipiwtwar-cait Bfad. Bleedima aad Itebiag Pilea. Itabaorba Uvk aJreaiaat trMif -nTnUiaaa'iUe ktWTg. jDa, fteafc, OkwelaaaX .. v ' I wiU hoM my openiiig;sle;at my COLUMBUS, N EBR Sale commences at 1 :00 o'clock 9M . havin iw or norses nrougnr in ironi: ine country: BKNIAN Clerk LLLLlL:LLrsM'.-.LLLLLD.:W' aisnaassaBSr EVERY MEMBER-OFlTHE should be photographed at regular intervals. The photographs are a pictorial History pf their progress and growth. ' HAVE YOUR FAMILY-PHOTOGRAPHED . here and you will secon the beat -portrait It iapotwible to produce.. Do it now while they are all with you. The dearest poaaessibu in aome hoanehold is a picture takpff of' some loTed one who has jrone away Or beyoad. t, . ., Successor to WntHelwig., DeHART STUDIO. Singers Need, BIq -Room. '-Hany excellent voices are ruined, .according to a communication which Dr. Weiss has made to the French Academie du Medecine; 'by practicing in too 8ma11'a room. -A public- singer must throw 4 every intonation of hia j .Tolce a distance of 30 or 40 yards, he says, but a student-practicing in a amall room is only able to throw it a yard or two, and the .consequence, is that the voice, instead of expanding, becomes telescoped. Not So Particular Then. At the age of 16 a girl figures on 'marrying' a Percival- or a Reginald; but atvtheage of 26 she is willing'-to4 marry a Bill or a' -Tom. ' - .: ! Boon to Homeless Young. -, The Church of England ;Waifs aiid Strayssociety has taken care of 13,476 children in, the 26 years that It has been In operation. WANTED IThe.Tisht: pariy'eaa- ecare an excellent noeitioo. ealanr- or eommimioti for Colnmbo and vl- cioitr.- BYateaam-feraieivpoeBaMloBI BOk 4SS;-XiBcola,'Meb. 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Great Britain" imports about $140, 000,000 worth i of timber, woodland? manufactures thereot yearly. of ;wh!ch: the United States supplies about $22. 00(5.000 worth. is printed for folks who want to keep up. to date on big things. ' , and who don't want to be bored to death while they're at it. So its chinks are filled -with ---rr-good stories good sentiment' -- d good humor. cad the publishersTtalk this lonth, and -you'll see just here.we stand.. ' . I Ft! TIE PITCIWiU CIVU -.. x ., .wi taazAf .zis'izif -1 gzzzbL - -VlV ... . P te .- ii IsssflinBBnlBalnKSrKHsa? t .... r jui 7 1 - T1 n LM 1 at 4 k J a fe--i! tmjfi . M r a 5f t I s i .- j i i i t r1 ia -r f. 'e fg$ S J- $M?J-T. - .A. --k. -TKv-nTWr- .-'. gsfe.-.. X3fe.. . i i 3 ' 3" - cfx . - 3 -. r -- ,,.f.V.V.- .., 25&l!&sy. . jA.'rf'. ' fl kri .