The Columbus journal., 1881-02-03

the encroachment of the railroad
companies in refusing to ship grain
from that point except through their
own elevators.
The JOURNAL erred last week in
mentioning stock shipments, by say
ing that r. III. Henry shipped a car
load of cattle. Henry Welch
was the man who made the ship
ment, and Frank Gillette, who gave
US the item, says that they were
good ones.
The Genoa Leader says: Mrs.
Polly Young, of this place, and
mother of our townsmsn e.. S.
Young. is about to receive pension,
as q widow of a veteran soldier of
the war Of 1912. She is now in her
S9th year, and this dearly earned
pension will come in very well At
her advanced age.
The paper mill at West Point is
using large quantity of fax straw,
and farmers within hauling distance
are resping benefit. This is what
builds up a community, utilizing that
which otherwise goes to waste /;
finding or making home uses for
home products; developing the nat
ursl resources of the country.
"A horse blanket belonging to A.
W. Doland was stolen from the
precinsts of the Congregational
church Sunday last. Jno. Mcmahon
secured il Monday, in stable near
by. The man who il supposed to
have stolen that and other articles
lately missing, will be watched
hereafter, and will doubtless be
brought into the clutches of the law.
The West Point Progress says: ::
"The Sioux City and Pacific COM
pany is now crossing msterial on its
winter bridge at Blair for POO miles
of track to be put down in northern
Nebraska the coming season. or
this new road twenty five miles will
be between Creighton and Niobrara,
the other l75 will be an extension
of the main line towards the Black
Hills"
AT an adjourned meeting of
Pioneer Hook 4 Ladder Co. No. |,
held Oh the oath the following Off
GERS were elected: President, b.
Millet; Foreman, Jas. Pearsall; lst
Asst. Foreman, ID. n. Miner; %
Asst. Foreman, Dan. Clother; Sec'y.,
w. IL. Lawrence Treas, III. Oehl-
rich; Asst. Sec'y.. A. {. Tigner;
Board OF Directors, B. Millett, Jas.
Pearsoll and III. Oehlrich.
-Messrs. Hulst 4 Price have made
the necessary arrangements, and
will shortly have in operation in this
city a ten-horse power steam feed
mill. The demand for ground and
chopped feed by the many stock
feeders of this place is large, and we
are pleased to note that il is about to
be supplied at home. The enter
prise is a good one, and the invest
ment will no doubt prove paying
one.
The following cure for hog
cholera which we clip from an ex-
change is said to have been tried
and proved to be efficacious: "A
tsblespoonful of fax seed for each
hog, boiled in water three or four
hours and mixed with the food of
the animal. One man reported that
he doubled the dose with good re-
suits. This is very simple remedy,
and farmers will do we'll to remem-
Der it when the necessity arises"
M. V. Olney of Butler county,
has a COW five years old that has had
six calves, in four years, the last two
years bringing two sets of tw ins.
The beauty about the business is
that the cow is owned by Mr.. o.
ney's son, having been purchased as
q present for him, and he will not
dispose of her. Ii her progeny con-
tinue to increase at the same rate
Mr.. Olney will be compelled to re-
tire, aud leave the son to his own
devices.
We heard it remarked that last
Tuesday the business aspect, life and
activity displayed in the vicinity of
Anderson's ck-ysrds resembled,
on q small scale, that at the Union
Stock Yards of Chicago. More than
twenty teams were unloading their
freight of hogs, corn and hay at one
time. Certainly Anderson lie to be
commended for his untiring energy,
activity and business capacity. and
il is these qualities that build m q
community, and bring business from
afar.
Mr.. Geo. J. Anderson, the the.
strical gentleman who, aided by
home talent gave a Columbus aud
fence the drama of "The Octoroon"
three nights of last week, went to
Seward Saturday, where we under
stand he will undertake similar en-
terprise. The writer of this could