The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Il. Gluck has in his yard an apple

ed this spring and to all appearances
was dying. Last Friday several bios,
SONS were noticed. The tree has nc
leaves whatever. This is a new kink in
the fruit business.
Visitors from this county to the
Fremont Normal school commencement
exercises Tuesday and Friday and wEo
were former pupils we're Miss Alice Wise
Columbus, MI. Fellows and Mr.. Nellor
Platte Center, Prof. P. w. Hess gradu.
ated from the scientific class.
Solemn requiem high mass was
sung at the Catholic church Monday
morning for Louie Flynn, who died
Saturday. The Guardian Angel society
of which he was a member attended in a
body. The funeral sermon will be
preached Sunday morning at half-past
eight.
The Maennerchor have chartered a
train Of the Union Pacific company for
next Sunday, between Omaha and Co
lumbus, to furnish as many coaches as
may be needed. Round trip tickets
between Omaha and this place will be
sold at 81 each; Fremont 75c; Schny-
Ter SOC.
Every once in a while there is talk
of John M. Thurston for some import
ant Office and there is little doubt but if
he had not been in the employ Of a rail-
road company he would have been
selected long before this for some high
position commensurate with his great
abilities.
Just as everybody was sitting down
to dinner Sunday the fire alarm was Civ
Ell. The boys turned out promptly to
find no fire and returned to their dinner.
Someone had borrowed a hose cart, hose
and all, and the foreman who made the
discovery, turned in the alarm, and the
hose was promptly returned.
One fare for the round trip. The
Union Pacific will sell tickets to the
10th annual reunion to be held at Grand
Island at the rate of one fare for the
round trip from all points in Nebraska,
Aug. 25 to % inclusive, also from points
within one hundred miles of Grand
Island Aug. 26 to Sept. l, inclusive. =
The 10th annual state G. A. r. re-
union will be held at Grand Island Aug.
q to Sept. l, 1894. One fare for the
round trip via the Union Pacific.
Tickets on sale from all points in Ne
braska Aug. % to Aug. % inclusive, and
Grand Island Aug. % to Sept. l, in
elusive. 2
W. A. Mc.Allister and j. q. Reeder
returned Saturday from their trip to
Texas, having gone as far south as Gal
weston. Nc. says that there was plenty
of rain, and that crops are good. 1t is a
great country for farming. and yet very
little farming done. New corn is selling
at 63cts., considerable having been husk-
ed, shelled and marketed.
-NOinuer or reunion. When is it?
Aug. y to Sept. l. Where is it? Grand
Island, Neb. What is it? 10th annual
state G. A. r. reunion. The Union Pa
cific will sell tickets at one fare for the
round trip from all Nebraska points on
Aug. % to % inclusive, and from points
within one hundred miles of Grand
Island Aug. 26 to Sept. l. inclusive. =
Two .'hobos'' who were peddling
jewelry Saturday were arrested Monday
and brought before Judge Hudson who
fined them s. and five days at work on
the streets. They tried to work the
sympathy act pretending to be com
PEELED to sell their ring. when it was
discovered they had a satchel full.
Rings worth $40 they tried to sell for
81. A watch valued at S35 they offered
for 81.
Alfred Clark, well known as a jour-
nalist, died at his home in EnglewoOd,
ILL.,, Sunday week. He had landed in
terests in Nebraska, at one time owned
a portion of the town site of Madison,
and for years has been an ardent worker
for Nebraska interests. He had been an
editorial writer for the Omaha Bee,
Chicago Express and Western Rural.
He died, after an illness OF ten days,
aged GA years.
Genoa Banner: The small child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wagner has recently
suffered some Inconvenience from a
small red pimple which appeared on its
chest. DIR. Vaughan was called Tuesday
and after inspecting the spot made an
incision from which he extracted a CON-
mon sewing needle. 1t is supposed that
the child swallowed the needle some
time in the past and it thus worked
itself to the surface.
A friend of agriculture suggests
that if our state university would take
boys there and train them as specialists
in taking charge Of diaries; of ranches
devoted to raising live stock, also to the
management of the ordinary farm, the
state institution would be doing a much
needed service, and show the young men
that the farmer should be as learned as
any man in those lines which involve
the business he follows.
Patrick Murray predicts a winter in
which We are to have five feet depth of
snow on the level all over the country.
Mr.. Murray has had considerable expe-
rience of the weather in Nebraska, but
what reason he has for forecasting mat
tiers to this depth, vi are not able to
say. Certainly, much nov the coming
winter would be good for crops next
season, and perhaps the wish is father to
the thought with Mr.. Murray.
1T is highly proper that the people
take more interest in the conduct of city
and county matters and there soems q