The Columbus journal., 1881-03-16

pected home Saturday OF this week.
Mr.. Ransdell of the firm of
Ransdell Il Shotwell, returned from
the west Wednesday last.
For the next 30 days we will
sell at greatly reduced prices to save
cost of moving. j. b. Delsman u Co.
x-Miss Amelis Stenger who has
been visiting in Switzerland for
some two years past returned to her
home at this place Sunday.
-Chas. Fisher. the day operator
at the u. p. depot, has q leave of
absence for q time. His place will
be filled by Mr.. M. E. Quigly.
Joe. c. Tiffany is making CAL
culstions to 60 to the Indian Ter
ritory the coming summer to engage
extensively in the cattle business.
Lutte North came down from the
ranch Thursday: He left the stock
doing as well as could be expected
considering the severity of the
winter.
Yesterday was the day set for
the convening of the district court
ia Platte county. The Judge did
not put in an appearance in time to
convene at that time, however.
d. ID. Wadsworth exhibits a
very neat model of the rachel prin-
ciple applied to tighten a bur on q
bolt. Ths rachel is placed with the
bur, and grooves cut along the bolt.
To the Captain has fallen a good
share of the inventive genius.
We saw a very neatly printed
certificate Monday which entities
our chief of police to membership in
the U. S. Police Association of
Syracuse, n. Y. By such member
ship our police force are entitled to
do considerable outside work which
otherwise they could not handle.
The journal job department
has recently turned out three briefs
for w. S. Geer, Esq, who is having
quite a practice before the Supreme
Court Of the State. There is no
doubt but the Judge is fully aware
when he has good grip upon law
point, and he is not apt to let 60 of
it, either.
The letter press at the Z. p. de-
pot Office with the bed or platform
OF half-inch solid iron well braced,
literally broken through both bed
and braces, by the pressure put on
at the wheel, would seem TO indi-
cate that q cheap" ofmuscle not out
wardly perceptible must be covered
by the clothes of some Of the boys.
John Huber was keeping close
watch of 8 fellow last Wednesday,
simply because a horse had recently
been stolen in Colfsx county, which
answered pretty well the descrip-
tion of that on which the stranger
rode, and besides, his actions wore
a very suspicious face for an entirely
innocent granger boy. When John
pounces he generally knows his
"bird."
Clarence Newman who was
elected last fall to the supposed Office
of Clerk of the District Court, in
forms us thst~he wishes everybody
to distinctly understand that their
Clerk, he will not, he cannot be, be-
cause the Supreme Court of the State
have decided that the Office cannot
be filled till 1883. There was a
friendly test case submitted to the
Court.
Another snow storm set in Mon
day morning about 3 o'clock, the
wind being in the southeast, an un-
precedented thing, so far as we are
able to learn. Our rains in the spring
are generally from that direction,
but the coldness of our atmosphere
on account of the great amount of
snow is probably the cause of turn
ing this moisture into snow. Any
how il is here as we write (Monday)
after as fine day and as blue sky
as one wishes to see.
The high waters of the past
week resulted i'm making the con-
nections of railroad trains very un-
certain, causing no little inconven-
fence to travellers and shippers and
general unpleasant and vexatious
results in the delay of mails. No
trains came down from the west
Saturday and from the east connec'
tions were stopped for time, owing
to water on the track between Amet
and Fremont which prevented the
running Of engines. On Monday
= the express was again making con-
. nections, though considerably be-
, hind, transportation across the food
$ ed country to the east being made
= by teams and wagons. No train'
have been able to reach this poin
from Lincoln over the A. & n. sine,
Friday, the Platte bridge having
partly washed away. 1t is expected
;. that trouble from this source has bu
{ barely begun.
e 1t will be remembered that sew
e eral years ago case of horse steal
ing occurred in Platte county, r. G
: Applegarth, living near Genoa, los
e ing a couple of horses. Two bro