The Columbus journal., 1881-09-14

with him. Luther is expected here
during the fair next month.
Friday night heavy rain visit
ed this section, putting the ground
in tolerably AR shape for fall plow-
ing. Some who have finished their
hay harvest are gathering corn.
M. Kramer was passenger last
Wednesday on the r. |. that collid-
cd with a freight, an accoun: of
which is given elsewhere. From
him we learn that none on his train
were injured.
Tuesday, Sept. 9th, at Post
Vile Juo. Elliott will have a large
sale of cattle, horses, hogs, farm i'm
plements, etc. Dealers and others
will find il TO their interest to ex-
anime the bills.
Mrs. Page, with her pupils, as
sisted by the Meunerchor, gave a
most excellent musical entertain
ment last Saturday evening at the
Mannerchor hall. TO large and ap-
preciative audience.
There was a report current
Monday morning that the L. L. had
reduced the fare from this point to
Omaha and back, to $l.00 during the
fair, instead of 1915, but there was
no truth in the report.
Those who care TO be posted on
the cause and possible extent of the
cattle disease, the dreaded anthrax,
which has made its appearance near
Lincoln, will find an interesting ar
ticle in the Omaha Bee of the Sth.
B. f. Hill and Bro. of New
Jersey who have been visiting A. j..
Wright of Boone and Ed. Hoare of
this county, started for home RIA
Lincoln Monday morning. They
were well pleased with Nebraska.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Levi jenkins, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. jenkins, sccompa-
MED by Miss Mary Turner started
Monday for Omaha Overland" in
tending to visit friends at Omaha
and see the greatest fair in the his
tory of the state.
The Columbus Lumber aud
Grain Co. are erecting long line of
buildings on north side Eleventh st
for the storing of their lumber.
They will reach from. the Oehirich
crossing to within ten feet of Speice
and North's office.
j. +. MOncrief took a new top
buggy home with him Saturday
night. A good man deserves to
ride in a good buggy especially
when he is exposed so much as Ed.
will be in visiting the Platte county
schools this winter.
Five of Chas. Diedrick's paint
ings are OH exhibition at the State
Fair--three portraits and two land
scspes. Ii Chas. progresses for a
few years to come at the same speed
be has for the past year, he will
stand in the front ranks.
The only motive that should
actuate newspaper rivals is emula-
tion,--"a desire of superiority, with
an effort To attain it''--"an attempt
to equal or excel others in that
which is praiseworthy, without the
desire of depressing others"
Charles Morse showed us a sam
pie of corn one day last week taken
from 40 acre field that for size
excels any thing we ever saw. He
had some forty or fifty ears which
he will send to the State Fair.
Charley values his crop at $1,000.
ID. Anderson is prepared to let
out three and four year old steers to
be corn fed and will pay seven cents
per ID. for all weight put on. Will
let farmers have from one car load
to ten, and will furnish hogs if de-
sired to run with them. 20-w-l.
Fancy needle work is taught to
the girls at the Catholic school, and
we are requested to state that there
is no need for parents to send their
children away TO school, while such
a one as this is in our midst. The
Sisters are very faithful aad attentive
to duty.
Robert Uhlig and wife, and
Arnold Oehlrich returned from Eu-
rope last week, all in good health
and spirits. Besides other things
brought with him, Robert has two
very ancient silver coins that would
be of considerable value to anti
quarians.
Jacob Gregorius returned Friday
morning from Laramie, where he
has been sojourning. He goes back
and will be accompanied by his fam
lily. He purposes to retain his
pecunisry interest in Columbus,
however, and after a few years of
western life, to return.
Everything goes to show that
the State Fair at Omaha will be a
grand success, and the best ever
held in Nebraska. Certainly prep