The Columbus journal., 1884-06-18

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WIN. Matson and o. Oline were
were in town Friday, and gave Us a
pleasant call. Mr.. Matson's favorite
candidate for president is Blaine: of
course.
Al. Arnold, c. E. Morse, Lutte
North, and Ed. North started last
week for a trip up into Wheeler
county where they expect to locate
cattle rancho.
"A travelling man who left Dakota
about two weeks ago says that corn
planting was the order of the day
among farmers in the northern por-
tion of the territory.
John Elliott attended last week
the camp meeting at Beatrice. He
had pleasant time, and says
Beatrice is a handsome town, located
in beautiful country.
F. A. Smith and family started
yesterday for Denver. Frank expects
10 locate permanently at Lupton, Col.
His many friends here wish him good
success wherever he may be.
Jas. Weatherbee of Lost Creek
accompanies his mother to their old
kentucky home this week, whittier
the JOURNAL will follow TO keep
them posted on Nebraska news.
Stephen Young, father of g. II.
and Clark, has returned from Canada
to make Nebraska his future home.
Some of our. readers will remember
that he lived here several years ago.
You can start from Columbus
I :i5 in the morning and be in st.
Louis "a hours thereafter, via the B.
& NJ. through Lincoln. This is II
hours quicker time than ever before.
The board of supervisors ad-
journed last Saturday having been in
session since June Sd. A summarized
report of their proceedings is pub
lished in this number of the JOURNAL.
The West Point Republican says
that jos. kuchar, a ten-year-old boy
of that place was drowned in the
Elkhorn Saturday week. He ven-
tured against the warning of his play
mates.
Thursday evening was quite
favorable to the demand for the cool
ing delicacies provided by the ladies
of the Episcopal church at their
"family supper" The affair was a
marked success.
-Twenty-eight dollars will pay
your railroad fare from Columbus to
Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo
and return, tickets good to Oct. 3lst.
Individual tickets at excursion rates,
on sale till Sept. 18th.
Geo. Scheidel has left on our
table altogether the best specimen of
corn and potatoes we have seen this
year; the potatoes are the siZe OF
walnuts, and the corn twenty to
twenty-four inches high.
We notify each subscriber, every
week, of just how his account stands
for subscription. If you wish the
paper sent you no later than the date
printed opposite your name, please
drop us postal card so stating. II
"A couple of gentlemen by the
name of Mckee, father and son,
lately from Y ork, this state. are about
to open in the insurance business in
this city, having been here several
days looking over the situation.
Gus. Lockner was up into Ante.
lope county last week, stopping, or
f tho way, at Norfolk. He thinks that
the man who is not pleased with land
in Platte county had better not &C
. into that country for satisfaction.
Capt. Wadsworth met a bani
boy on the street Monday morning
, and passed into his hand a five.dollal
note. The boys with such friends as
the liberal Captain will have nc
trouble in paying for their uniforms
"A. J. Church has ordered hi
JOURNAL sent to Bellwood, becaus,
he cannot get over to Columbus read
lily; thus Bellwood is deriving con
siderable business, for which he
merchants are correspondingly thank
1 ful.
F. w. Reimer is quite successful
as a bee raiser, and takes pride in ;
Q nice little colony of about eightceI
l hives. They are Fred's petted dar
!. lings, but have shot end" for al
, persons not we'll up in the art of be,
conjuring.
Mr.. L. M. Saley, of this city, pre-
, sented us the other day with tn
largest strawberry we believe W,
ever saw, raised in his own garden
| We don't draw on our imagination
when we say it was as large as 8 goo.
= sized peach.
IS. o. Raymond says that grea
l deal of the south Platte trade tha
t naturally comes to Columbus goes t.
i Bellwood whenever our bridges ant
roads in that direction are out o
s order--a fact that all our busines
men are aware of, but can not alway
n remedy.
Charles Sage, conductor on tn
c 3. & NJ. road between this city an,
Atchison, Kan, recently with bi