The Columbus journal., 1881-02-03

the city Thursday Oh business.
Gross Bros. shipped car load
of fat hogs to Omaha Saturday.
When you want apples dom
forget to go to Marshall Smiths.
Julius Rasmussen has erected q
warehouse in the rear of his grocery
Go to Mrs. NJ. :. brakes fol
millinery, fancy goods, anu Psrker''
patent notices.
Capt. A. f. Coon. the new post.
master at David City, has taken
cnarge of the Office.
H. III. Ames has returned to
Columbus from Schuyler, having
sold his interest there.
The Pioneer Hook i Ladder Co.
will give q grand ball on Washing
tons birthday, Feb. 22d.
Quarterly meeting will be held
in this city at the NJ. E. church two
weeks from last Saturday and Sun
day.
S. J. Msrmoy advertises him
self as prepared to furnish the
medicine that he says cured him OF
cancer.
Rev. Bristol will continue his
religious meetings at the nj. f.
church esch evening during the
present week.
&C. W. Hulst met with bad ac-
cideut Thursday evening by slipping
and falling on the side walk and
breaking his leg.
WIN. Lamb and wife left the
city Friday for Chicago. Mrs. Lamb
is still in bad health, and goes to
Chicago TO seek relief.
Eddie Ksvanaugh, who visited
Columbus last summer, we see has
been appointed one of the pages in
the Wisconsin legislature.
Grant Prairie post-office, Platte
county, has been discontinued. j..
b. Cain has been appointed post
master at Leigh. Colfax county.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. o. L. Baker died at Omaha on
the 10Th ult. The remains were
brought to this city and inferred.
%. :. Bridges has disposed of
his stock of fruits, confectionery.
etc, to Robert Stewart who will
continue the business at the old
stand.
A. n Burgess i Go. were en-
gagged Saturday in moving their
printing material to the room owned
by w. c. Sutton, one door north Of
Arnold's jewelry store.
We are informed that arrange
meuts are soon to be made by some
of our business men, TO grind feed
aud keep il on sale. Ii strikes us
that the enterprise would pay.
MIR. ROen. of the banking firm
of Anderson & Roen, arrived i'm the
city Monday from Decors, Iowa.
We understand that he intends max
ing this place his future home.
We neglected to mention the
weight Party" held some time ago
at St. Edwards. Ed. Dwyer, our old
friend. drew Miss Emma Psrdee,
lao powuds. What's up now, Ed?
The interest of A. f. Verify i'm
the Nance County JOaYnGl, publish
ed at Fullerton, has been purchased
by Mr., John Bixby, of Genoa, at one
time sn employe of the Era Office in
this city.
Information has been received
that Genoa has won the suit in re-
gard to the location of the county
seat OF Nance county, and the change
from Fullerton is expected soon to
be made.
We learn that S. c. Longshore
has taken an interest with Mr.. Hsr-
ris in his patent rope machine. We
believe it is an excellent invention,
and we hope that they may make ii
q success financially.
Henry Bean and Mr.. England,
latter gentleman in his eightieth
year, walked TO town Saturday, q
distance of five miles, in an hour and
quarter. Four miles an hour is
not bad for an octogenarisn.
Quite an animated argument
was carried on the other day in one
OF our public places, on the question
of which would weigh the most
cube of seven feet of coarse hay or
the same amount of fine hay.
Col. Geo. w. Woodford. the
gentleman who lectured 10 this city
net long since on the subject of tenn
perance and prohibition, commenced
a ten-dsy's engagement at Lincoln
last Monday to speak on the same
subjects.
ID. Cunningham, Esq, an sc-
qusintsnce, and very competent man
for the position, has been elected
president of the Harrison National
Bank located at Cadiz, Ohio, to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of c. p. Dewey.