The Columbus journal., 1881-04-27
"A letter came back to a Colum-

st. Louis, simply because the writer
had failed to sign his name. Toe
much care cannot be exercised in
this respect. The address of the
writer should be given in full, to
avoid delay and vexation.
&C. Lushbaugh of Fullerton was
in town Friday ,and called at JoURN.
AL headquarters on business.-He
had all his small grain sown.-In
coming to Columbus he was CON-
PEELED TO 60 to St. Edwards to find
a crossing for the Beaver. That
stream was having a boom of its
own.
We have received the first num-
Der of the Western Womdn's Jour
n0l, TO be published monthly at Lin
coin by E. NJ. Correll,--price $1.25
a year. 1t is an admirable magizine,
in all respects, and every voter in
Nebraska should become familiar
with its pages before he votes against
impartial suffrage.
-Chas. Rudat came down from
Norfolk. Thursday, walking from
that place to Madison. Sunday
week the Elkhorn river rose, and in
the streets of Norfolk was six feet
deep. The Elkhorn Valley road
from Neigh to Norfolk, thirty miles,
was washed out, and about one
mile of the Niobrars road this side
of Norfolk.
w. W. Burgess, of the Genoa
Leader was in the city Friday last
shaking hands with his many
friends. We are glad to see that the
community where his paper is pub
lished appreciate his efforts to give
them an excellent local paper. Genoa
and the region round about are des-
tined to make their mark in the his
tory of the State.
"A good many dealers i'm Nebras-
ka who have handled hay this long
and hard winter have made a nice
thing ont of their investments, es-
pecially those living near the large
towns and cities. Hay went up
gradually as the demand for the
article increased, starting at So, and
going to $40, $12, &C., and at Omaha
reaching $40 per ton.
"A. w. Doland wishes to sell his
property In Columbus, and will give
a good bargain. Good house and
lot l32xl32, enclosed by good fence !;
a good barn, nearly new, all in good
repair. A good horse and buggy,
harness, robes, etc. Will sell them
at big sacrifice, and give time if
desired. Apply to A. w. Doland
or to Becher IL Price.
If farm machinery were sold for
cash only the manufacturers would
make more money, because they
would dispense with all their collec-
tiOn appliances and have no bad
debts, and farmers would save more
because they would buy only what
was indispensable, and get it at
greatly reduced prices, perhaps one
half the present quotations.
j. G. Paxton of Butler county,
is a very neat advertiser. In the
Independent he says: "In order to
live, l sell goods. In order to sell
goods, | must have customers. In
order to have customers, l must sell
cheap. In order to sell cheap, /
must buy for cash. In order to buy
for cash, | must sell for cash. In
order to sell for cash, must and
will make prices low"
On the outside of to-day's JOUR-
NAL we publish a very interesting
incident of the late food on the Mis-
souri, river--one of the many peri
lous situations and narrow escapes.
On the outside will also be found a
reply to the lawful" article of Prof.
Grimmer's, the reading of which
will show how important it is that
belief on vital subjects should rest
upon very strong testimony.
We saw friend Barnum Satur-
day for the first time in many weeks,
though he says he has been in town
several times since the flood. He
gave us very graphic description
of his last experience hauling hay
twenty-five miles and being upset
near home, at night, in a mudhole
about four feet deep. He wouldn't
lend you any of that hay to save
your life--he prizes it 30 highly.
We learn that our good friend,
Capt. Hammond, objects to our very
modest way of quoting his emphatic
words last week. Get it exactly
right or not at all. The JOURNAL,
if anything, is truthful, bat never
likes to even seem rough or harsh.
This is all the excuse we can render
for not quoting word for word in
this instance. The JOURNAL pre-
fers to leave some things to the i'm
agination of the reader.
Judge Geer goes to Lincoln this
week in attendance on the Supreme