The Columbus journal., 1881-06-15

! CldllOn l. u DC utIu VI Otldud, y I'll y
ID and ith. Ii is said that il will be
the greatest celebration Omaha has
ever witnessed. Horse racing. bal
/ loon ascension, Indian war-dance,
I bicicle race, base ball aud foot ball
are among the amusements of the
/ day.
The subjects to be discussed at
the evening meetings at the tent
during the remainder of the week
are: Wednesday,-The Seven Last
Plaques of Rev. xvi, When Will
They be Poured Out? Thursday
! The Mark of the Beast of Rev. xiv.
What Is 1t? Friday,-The Proph-
ecies concerning the position taken
by ministers on the Sabbath Ques-
ton. Saturday,-The Memorials of
God. Suuday,-The Millennium or
Day of God.
Some children (among them
girls of thirteen years. claim TO have
seen a wild or crazy man on section
81, north OF Clsrk's aud Griffen's, on
Saturday last. They were only a
few rods from him, and hOOt at the
idea that they had mistaken 4 dog
for a man. We are strongly in-
clined TO believe that there is some
hallucination about the mstter. He
is described as having something
bright aud SHINING liz. q sword,
on one side of his body, aud run
ming round and round, beating the
grass with long stick.
We understand that VIM. Jones
Young man well known to many
OF our citizens, and who, though he
seemed naturally kind hearted, was
always freBzied by drink, got into
trouble in Omaha the other day and
was struck 10y policeman acting in
self defence. His mother received
a telegram that if she wished to see
him alive she must come imme-
diately. She went to Omaha on
Monday. 1t is understood here that
the blow fractured hi4 skull. We
write this on Monday evening.
More msy be learned before we 90
to press.
We hesr of new lumber yard
TO be started in town, making the
fourth. If the public shall be able
TO buy their lumber cheaper, they
will, OF course, be glad of it. Com
petition is said to be the life of trade.
Since writing the above we have
learned that J. n. Taylor and Ger
hard Schultz are the new firm, and
that their place of business will be
near j. p. Becker's. These gentle
men are very well known in this
community, and need no commen-
datiOn from Us. II is sufficient To
say that they have decided 10 re-
main in Columbus.
We give the following summary
of the proceedings Of the Celebration
Monday morning. The
Columbus Cornet Band were engag-
ed, and Capt. John Hammond was
a. ready to furnish his
wagon for their use. j. W. Early |
was appointed chief marshal of the |
day, with Julius Rasmussen and z. |
Griffin assistants. Alf Burgess, Ed. |
and Gus. Lockner, ap- !
pointed as committee to wait upon |
citizens and see who will enter the |
procession. Judge J. e.. Higgins |
was selected To deliver the address |
of welcome. One thousand pro- |
grammes were ordered printed for
The verdict of the jury in the |
case Of Lewis, charged with burgl ar |
izing the Co. Treasurer's safe was the |
exciting topic of conversation Sat
urday. The testimony of Wilson,
one of the burglars was the main
reliance of the prosecution in the |
of Lewis. The jury (nOr
any one, for that matter did not
seem to doubt that Lewis was guilty,
but claimed, it seems, that Wilson's
testimony was not TO be believed. |
Dne OF the jurymen is reported as
saying, since the trial, that he didn't
know but that Wilson, Lewis and
Clark were all on trial, and he be-
ieved they were all guilty, but if
Wilson (who turned states evil
lence) was TO 90 free, and Clark
also, who had run off, he didn't
.hink it was fair to send Lewis to
the penitentiary. Another of the
ury argues in this way: No con-
7iction could be had If Wilson had
sworn that he and Lewis were in
locent of the crime charged; if he
lad so sworn, no one would have
him: why, then, believe
him at all, especially when be was
o be free by swearing as he did?
Some one suggests that "33" be
,aricatured in the procession to-
morrow, because no indictments
we're found against gamblers. There
5 an old adage that may possibly
pply in this case, as it does in many
'thers, He laughs best who laughs
ast, and those who break the law,
whether il be by gambling in a small