The Columbus journal., 1881-12-14
-Donayin's Original Tennessee

and were greeted by a full house
All their music was excellent; theil
rendition of the old plantation songs
was splendid, and received by the
large audience, with rounds of ap.
plause.
About two hundred of our cit.
izens were present at the Packing
House Monday afternoon as inter.
ested spectators of the first killing.
Next week we wish 10 give the full
particulars. in q condensed form. oi
an enterprise which the JOURNAL
believes marks a very important era
in the history OF Columbus.
Rev. Ford of Kearney. delivered
before the Woman's Temperance
Association at the Congregational
church Sabbath evening, a very able
argument against the license system
and in favor of an amendment fthe
state constitution prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors altogeth-
er, except for medicinal and mechan.
ical purposes.
Happening in at Justice Mil
let's Office Saturday, we were con-
siderably amused by the efforts OF
the proposed jurymen to get out OF
the meshes of the legal web. We
didn't wait to see who slipped
through. The jury is serious affair
to the business man who is called
away from his work, but it is very
important part of the duty OF good
citizens TO help in the just execution
of the laws.
"A Colfax county farmer stated
to us on Friday last that our dealers
were paying five cents bushel more
for corn than those of Schuyler,
while hogs were selling here at
$5.35 a hundred. and there at $50.
Whatever the comparative prices
may have been on Friday last. it
cannot but be admitted that num-
Der of intelligent, Colfax county
farmers have been marketing here
their hogs the past week.
The Columbus Fire Department
ought to have a substantial benefit
from the city. Their number is
mostly composed of young men. who
are not large property owners, and
who literally gice their time for the
public benefit. Subject to call and
duty at any moment, day or night,
their services should have that sub
stantial, and business-like recogni-
ton that they deserve. We hope an
occasion may soon offer to tender il.
AT a recent meeting of the city
board of education some important
changes were made in the schools.
The board decided in favor of a
high school department which open
ed Monday in the old Congregation
al church placing Prof. L. j. Cramer
at its head. He is a most excellent
teacher, and the school under his
charge will flourish admirably. Mrs.
Annie Coolidge, Miss Annie Gilbert
and Miss Wood were chosen as ad-
ditiopal teachers,
One night recently a fire was
noticed alongside of DIR. HoeheR's
barn, evidently just kindled, and,
from all appearances, by an incen-
diary. 1t was very fortunac, for
that evening at least, that member
of the household, with her compan-
ion, returned home late from b all,
and just in time 20 prevent what
might have proved fearful fire. In
our opinion no punishment would
be too severe for such crime, be-
cause with the destruction of prop
erty, there is always possibility OF
the loss OF lie.
Mrs. F. J. Stetson gave one of
her delightful entertainments at the
Congregational church Saturday
evening, to a very sppreciative au-
dience. She has rare ability as a
dramatic reader, as lie evidenced by
the fact that her hearers retain their
interest, from first to last, of a two
hours entertainment. Considering
that intellectual enjoyments are
helpful of all that is good, this tai
ented lady, i'm the exercise of her
genius, may well be congratulated
upon the life of great usefulness that
lies before her.
S. G. Smith, Esq, reports land
business lively the past week. Some
of the transactions at his Office were
the purchase of land in T. 19, r. 3
west, by VIM. Yates of Du Page
I'LL. land, in the same neigh
borhood, by James Leggett Of the
same place; in the same neighbor-
hood, by VIM. P. Gordon of Chau-
tauque county, New York; Lewis
f. Jones, Jonathan Devore and L.
G. Taylor of Milford, Iroq uois coun-
ty, Illinois, each bought farms In
Creston precinct, this county, while
Chauncey L. Bailey of ILL.,, purchas-
ed in Butler county.
j. G. Elliott wac in the city
several days last week. He has re-
Gently been in Chicago and St.Louis,
to establish himself in
business at Omaha. A few years
ago he began in Columbus, on q
small scale, and by his integrity,
strict attention to business, and
knowledge of all the de-