The Columbus journal., 1893-01-18

The Protestant churches of the city
have been requested to appoint COM
mittees to confer with a committee OF
the A. P. A. for the purpose of erecting
a Protestant hospital in this city. Some
of the committees have already been
appointed, so We learn, and the work
will proceed.
W. 7. McKim of the south side was
in town Saturday, and, like a good many
others, took advantage of u clubbing
arrangements with the Journal Company
of Lincoln, by which We are enabled to
give their semi-weekly and The COLUM-
BUS JOURNAL one whole year for only -.
Let the good work proceed.
Myrtle Beebe, aged II, of David City,
Monday night of last week attempted
suicide by taking morphine. She was
ont late, returning home at l o'clock.
From about 7 o'clock till noon physicians
were in attendance until she was u OF
danger. She refuses to divulge her rea-
sons for trying to kill herself.
-"Grandma's Lullaby" by s. W.
Straub, is a very sweet and charming
song. The words stir the kindliest feel
ings of the heart, while the melody Is
easy and flowing. yet full of tender
pathos. The publishers, s. w. Straub
l. Co., 245 State street, Chicago. will mail
a copy to any address on receipt OF 3Oc.
1t has been going the other way for
some time back. but the tide is turning,
and Nebraska will, before many years,
be regarded as uneXcelled anywhere for
1911 , nrl cfDoly rorc1nn Tho
Rising Independent notes that Edgar
Fox sold Sc bushels and 53 pounds of
clover seed for S3S3.69 for shipment to
Iowa.
The Genoa Indian school under
Supt. Backus is becoming quite an insti-
tuition as a training school for the SER
vice. Five of its employees have been
promoted to superintendent of Indian
schools in the last three years-Dieffen-
bach, Holmes, Perrigs, Kidney and
Taber, the last four within the last five
months. u,,.
Rev. Cassat of Vail, Iowa, has been
assisting in the Presbyterian church the
past week, and yer Sabbath. Up to
signified their desire to start in the
CuTlSJldu lIlc, anu uIOiC w oOSPhy a.
terested. Services are being continued
this week, and everybody is invited TO
attend.
1t surely pays to advertise in The
| JOURNAL. A gentleman lost a bunch OF
KEYS, didn't have his name tagging them,
| didn't know about where he had lost
| them, but he advertised them in The
JOURNAL, five cents a line, and one inser-
| ton was sufficient to bring him
back his keys. OF course the moral is
| plain: advertise in THE JOURNAL.
County Attorney Gondrlng enters
upon the duties of his office like an old
stager. He may be classed as among the
strict cOnstructiOnists. Supervisor kler-
nan. it is evident. desires his law lntor-
nation furnished in full feather. and SO
he can take a look all around it, ut his
leisure. and The JOURNAL is inclined to
think that Jimmy is more than half right.
Claude Wheeler, a ~12-year-Old boy,
had a narrow escape from death by the
cars last week. He was climbing around
them while switching was going on: a
sudden stop landed him sitting on the
track between two cars. A switchman
Just had time to get him out of his Ian
gerous position, but the pants OF one leg
we're caught and torn, and the skin
scratched by the wheels.
Mrs. Rebecca Longshore met with a
serious accident one day last week. She
was driving about the Paradise Santa
rum grounds when her horse took fright
and ran away, throwing her out. result
ing in a fracture to the collar bone. the
xl-nD .rIr n~I othnp InCS
serious injuries. Mrs. LongshOre is re-
ported as on the slow way to recovery
lINational City Cali Record.
Supervisor SPECIES resolution. in
trOduced at the last of the session of the
board, is intended to investigate and see
whether the experts, Messrs. Lynch ant
Murphy. were or were not dereilct IL
their duty. because the statute of limlta
ton for suit against ex-treasurer Early
bOndsmen began to II in 1892, an(
possibly the experts should have advised
the county board of their rights in thu
premises.
The Hook & Ladder company a
their meeting Monday evening, elected
| the following officers: President, }. n
Killian: Foreman, August Setback; As
1 SlSldQU, =. VI. odJlcI lccs oCSlCUsl I. IL
! Johannes; Assistant Secretary, GeOrg
T. Mcfarland; Treasurer, Bert Galley; ID
rectors, l.. Plath, Louis Mayer, d.. II
3 Smith. Preparations are being made TO
1 the annual ball. which promises to exec
all former one
Mr.. and Mrs. b. P. Fifield are will
Q with grief, and have the sympathy of tn
= entire community over the disappearance
of their daughter Hattie, aged Is year.
I The child left Wednesday Afternoon
taking the Sioux City train north, an
g the agonized parents have had notiding
of her since. It is feared that she ha
q been led astray by a railroad man wit
e whom she had become infatuated
.l1DavidC City Press.
A recent decision of the Gener;
a Land office confirms to n John
g Mcbride 100 acres of land in the heal
q ton S:3jO.OOO. and on a mineral valuatiO
100000. Gold is the mineral. NJ
Bride had bought the land in 1889 frOl
twenty-five Tacoma men. His subs
auent fight with the county commission
n ers was hot and sensational. The JOUl
D. NAL hopes that no loss will come to an
- SOlutlDuS pSopic WIZ huPpCh wv
that region.
n The Platte Farmers club will ha,
their next meeting, Friday, January 2
at f. J. Nicholas residence east of IL
,, city three miles. An interesting PR
n gram has been provided, and membel
G are expected at 10 a. m. We have n.
% been advised in regard to all the sui
{; jects. but certainly the following will
III sufficient to occupy the time and attel
ton of members: Winter Wheat by Ca
al Rohde: Best and Cheapest Substitu
for Hay by Robert Stewart; Bee-keepil
b. by r. W. Young.
"a The st. Edward Sun says that L.
Iv ODonnell of Genoa has been up to @
> his father, who had been quite sick +
several days: that in Albion. January
ys Willard Sisson and Miss Mamie Do
of both of st. Edward, we're married
ne Judge Hamilton; that X. +. Williams
lie a candidate for commandant of the 81
0. diers' home at Grand Island; that
OF number of Indians from the Pine Rid