The Columbus journal., 1881-06-22

city. Norfolk looked with'pcCuiar
pride upon Columbus because OF
early associations and business re-
lations, her first citizens getting here
all their supplies of lumber, goods,
&c., and their Intercourse always
being marked with the utmost good
will. He predicted that the event
we celebrate will give new impe-
tus to the vigorous growth of Co.
lumbus; new industries will spring
mp, manufactures will arise, and the
known energy, enterprise and wealth
of your citizens will make here a
great city to which we shall all be
more or less tributary; to which we
shall all look up; of which we shall
all be proud. AS we look forward
we can hope for the day when the
old longing of Columbus, and the
aspirations of her earliest citizens
will be verified, by some lofty spire
or magnificent dome saying, here is
the Capitol of Nebraska, and here it
shall ever remain.
W. NJ. ROBERTSON
of Madison said we are here to-day
to rejoice with the people of Colum-
bus. Madison comes to Columbus
as a child would come to its fathers
roof. The first settler in Union VAL
ley was an old citizen of Columbus,
and helped to build up this town.
He extolled the energy, thrift and
intelligence which were making
Nebraska one of the grandest states
in the Union, and there was no rea-
son why Columbus should not now
continue to be one of the best cities
of Nebraska.
Less than two years ago Madison
man had to come here in a buggy,
a lumber wagon or, il strapped, foot
il in, but now we can get our break
fast as usual, step aboard the cars,
come to Columbus, transact our bus.
iness with you, and return home the
same day. We like it better and we
know that the change will be mutu-
ally profitable.
.HoN. b. X. SMITH
Of St. Edwards spoke very briefly in
pOrtraying the mutual advantages of
the new road, and hoped that the
pleasant business relations of the
olden time would continue.
E.V. CLARK
of Genoa made rattling speech,
saying among other things that the
county of Nance which he represent
ed, had more handsome girls and
better lands than any other. Natur-
ally the scenes of to-day carry the
memory back to the times gone by.
Only ten years ago he had gone to
Boone county where there was bat
one house, and now it is thickly
settled. and churches and schools and
happy homes appear on every hand.
What has done all this? The pluck,
the energy, the wealth Of that cOrpo-
ration (pointing to the U. p. rOad)
has had very largely to do with it,
and she will do yet more. She will
push these stretching arms further
and further, until with one hand she
will lay hold of the pineries of Min
nesota and with the other the min-
eral wealth of the mountains. The
mule team and the oxen have given
place 10 the iron horse, and the eight
days journey of the distant home
steader of few years ago can now
be made in few hours. Columbus
is destined to be one of the richest
marts in the State if she but works
together with that corporation in
developing the country tributary.
The exercises were enlivened by
music from the Albion band, also by
vocal music of very superior order
from the Arian Quartette, Messrs.
Psrr, Bowman, Cornelius and Par
sons, who rendered, in their happi-
est mood. The March, Come where
the Lilies Bloom, The Pledge, The
Gay Pilgrim and The Holly Waltz.
The parade in the afternoon under
the marshalship of j. w. Early,
assisted by j. Rasmussen and Z. S.
Griffin, was a novel feature for CO.
!umbus and very creditable to the
business men who thus added to the
enjoyment of the day while they ad-
vertised their goods, as well as to
the Calithumpians who displayed
their ingenuity in Disgusting them
selves. We have not space to de-
scribe the various fantastic devices,
but leave the imagination of our
readers to conjecture how the butch
er, the stock-dealer and the hard
ware merchant represented their
trades, and how the dry-goods store,
the music store and the foundry, &c,
appeared on wheels. The following
was the order of procession: Mar
shal and assistants, Columbus Band,
Mayor and City Council, Police
mounted, Foundry, Fitzpatrick, Ra.
gatz, Marble Works, Lawrence, Wig
gins's hardware, Heitkemper's cigars,
Fosters hardware Oh Hsnna's wag-