The Columbus journal., 1895-07-03

"A letter from W. I. Allen, Who (ao
companisd BY his daughter, NM Kun
mer) is At Pleasant Hill, No, informs
friends here that; his sister, who hal
beer. sick, Is failidg very rapidly ant
cannot long survive.-He says tho crop
there arc fine; corn growing Justify, and
fruit Of all kinds in abundance. Pient.
Of rain also.
AT a practice game Of ball at tn
park the other evening Captain Backul
was after the ball which was . grounds
and went into q prairie dog hole. Moth
ing daunted Bruce followed in, after i
and the last seen OF him was his fee
which stuck at the ground level. W
are told that his friends secured spsdel
and dug him ont before he lost hi
breath.
w. D. Wilson Of Oconee was In the
city Thursday and called at JOURNAL
headquarters on business. He has lately
furnished Mr.. Potter of his neighbor
hood with q second Perkins wind mill t.
be used for irrieating. MI. Potter haf
made quite q success irrigating for gar
den stuffs, and has been eating home
grown, new potatoes the past three
weeks.
kRasapssen makes tn afst run Of
bread todAGlpne 81. at the ew place
two doors wed Of the. Merid On, and
besides bread, Nsafes, pies and Ryery-
thing of that sorj will keep calers.
smoking aQd chewing <Qbacco, candiee
nuts, fresh fruits in TIL r season, lem
onade. pop, <wilk on ID Everybody
will be pleased With their treatment at
this bakery.
Judge Marshall held a session OF the
district court on Wednesday and re-
versed the judgment Of the board Of
insanity in the Lay case, holding that
they had no right to make the finding
which they did, that Lay was morally
ETC., but that if a subject is adj
insane, he must be sent to the
for treatment. The case was re-
handed for new trial.
Creighton college (Omahs) COM
mencement last. Wednesday was q sort
Of Fourth of July celebration, all the
themes being patriotic. each speaker re-
to different phases Of the ma
tional life. In the awarding Of prizes,
of gold medals, We notice
the Cudahy medal for the best
poet was captured by John H. Lamb. a
Columbus lad.
Grace Episcopal church, Sunday,
July Z, morning service IL, topic Of or
The Redemption Of the Body"
of the holy communion,
communicates reminded), 8 p. m. pa
service; evening prayer chorally
rendered; solo, duet, trio, ETC., by Mes
lanes Evans and Chambers and Mr..
Schroeder; sermon 1.-THE American
Church and 1776." All cordially invited.l
Several years ago in q town in Penn
a few young men offered q prize
the one in the crowd who should
before two hours had passed, report the
worst grammatical error he had heard
tho time. Jack Martin, now of
was the winner. He was in a
tore and a woman came in for a pair of
she had had repaired. She
to a pair that she supposed be-
onged to her and said "Is them it,"
The prize was Immediately given to
Martin.
Misses Gertrude and Florence Whit
noyer gave a party Saturday evening
rom 5 to 9 O'Clock in honor of Misses
Mabel and Blanche Patrick Of Blair.
and other games were the
'musements enjoyed and dainty refresh
nents we're served. Those present were:
Kisses Anna Taylor, Lucy Martyr, Ma
ME Gluck, Anna Gietzen, Stella Elliott,
florence Elliott, Tena Zinnecker, Mabel
Clara Hohl, Anna Rasmussen,
IIadge Gushing, Alberta Post, Helen
Jerome, Matte Post, Ruby Rickly,
Blanche Patrick, Jessie Williams, Gene
and Leila Stillman.
AT the fair grounds last Wednesday
here was some sport, in the shape of
lorse and bicycle races. The first was
race between George Brodfuehrer,
iussie Becher and Sammy Friedhof,
ieorge taking first money; the run was
'ne.half mile on their wheels. The
lorse race between v. A. Macken's bay
'orse and a roam horse owned by James
FILLER Of Independence, Iowa. The
horse was too fast and took the
money. The last was a race between
wO horses belonging to Miller, q close
lash Of a quarter mile but was not fast.
There was quite a crowd out.
A wrestling match took place Sat |
lrday night at the Maennerchor hall, /
'etween Scott Seals OF Grand Island
md James Miller of Independence, Ia, !
or q purse Of $50 and the gate receipts, |
which were $50. By those present it
5 said to have been a good contest.
threw Miller first, and then Mil
threw Seals in quick succession
hree times. He then turned q somer- |
ault backwards, and to Seals question
Who are you, any way?" He ans
Vered that he was the champion 200
'ound man of the world and that this
vas the best gleen wrestler he had ever
lad q hold of.
Columbus has q new, volunteer fire
composed of the very young
nen. The alarm station is located on
hummer street, which is the a why |