The Columbus journal., 1879-03-12
WIN. Becker sells machinery.


closed on last Friday.
The channel of the Loup river
10 clear Of ice.
Thunder storm on Friday night,
but very little rain.
The wild duck has come to
gladden. the heart of the sportsman.
&C. Ill. Lee and wife of Silver
Greek were in the city the first Of
the week, visiting friends.
Fresh French prepared mustard,
by the quart or gallon, rery cheap,
at Henry Bros.
John Barrow lost a valuable
horse Saturday last, one Of farm
team he had lately purchased.
If you want the best plow in the
market, go TO Becker's and get the
old established Moline.
Stock, grain and farm imple-
ments sold at Benz. Keller's sale last
week, in Polk County, at high
prices.
Becker keeps the largest stock
of Agricultural Implements in CO.
lumbus, aud sells them at BED
Rock" prices.
Last Friday night Columbus
was visited with lightning, thunder
and rain. An unusual occurrence
that is season Of the year.
Joe Camp, a typo of the Friend
Vile Telegraph, is here on a visit
with bis parents, who live a short
distance east of the city.
The County Commissioners, at
their meeting on Tuesday of last
week, appointed Chas. Wake Of this
place assessor of Nance county.
Byron Millet's new hat
is not exactly the latest style of
gents alpine" and we have con-
cluded it must be "Bowery," and
will now accept the cigars.
F. Gerber on 1lth street, two
doors east of Heiutz's drug store,
is ready TO supply you with any
piece OF furniture you may need.
Call and examine his goods.
Lincoln Journal: The capable
frOntiersman and scholar, Major
Frank North, has been commission
ed by Gov. Nance, Captain of Com
pany ID, Second Regiment Nebraska
Mounted Infantry.
j. 4. Tasker and Bro. can afford
to sell sewing machines cheaper than
any other agents, because they do
not take them into the country, thus
saving expense and time. Call soon
if you wish a good bargain.
Teachers, pupils and others oc-
casionally need blank news paper.
We will furnish il in sheets the size
of the JOURNAL, 25x3S inches, four
sheets for 5 cents, eight for 10, one
quir- for % cents, and cut to suit.
NJ X. TrRHER & Co.
Saturday night aud Sunday the
prairie north and northwest of the
city was burned Off without doing
any damage, so far as We have
heard, except 10 destroy few hay
and straw stacks. 1t is not known
where the fire originated.
We have blank note books, for
sale, in books of 100 each, suitable
for thresEers, mechanics and others
for work and labor; also the COM
mon form, and the note payable at
Columbus State Bank" Also re-
ceipts In book form. NJ. X. TUR
NER & Go.
There are very few western
towns the size of Columbus that
can boast of an undertaking es-
adjustment equal to Henry Gass's
on lIih st. We could very sincere
ly hope that none of our readers
would ever need his services, if,
We did not know that the reverse
will be the inevitable fact.
--Mr.'Fred Giddings, Chief En-
gineer of the A. & n. r. Il. Co.,
arrived in town with his force of
surveyors on Wednesday last.
Their object here was to mud the
very best line from the table lands
in Butler 10 the city of Columbus,
including, of course, the very i'm
pOrtant matter of bridging the
Platte.
Thursday last there were two
horse races i'm the FLATS" south of
the city-the first between a pony
from Polk Co., called "Little Dsr-
key," and owned by A. S. McNeill,
and Gross Bros pony, Silver. Won
by Little Darkey. In the second
race for a shake purse, GROSS pony
came out ahead of Kellogg's and
Mclntyre's.
The demand for "local" adver
tising has been so great with us that
We have been compelled to CRAFTY
il, and that, too, somewhat at the
expense of the appearance of the
JOURNAL. We endeavor, however,
to limit the amount appearing with
reading matter by raising the price.
Intelligent readers have no trouble