The Columbus journal., 1896-02-05
Snf 4eistbers:

Schuyler Quill: A. B. Boyd was in the
city on Monday buying horses. He
bought sixteen, paying from So to SEQ
therefor, and took twelve of James Gov
entry's on commission to sell. Many
horses were brought in, but the price
offered was generally not satisfactory.
Schuyler Herald: The man who rep
resents COlfax county i'm the next legis-
lature will have to stand pledged to a
repeal Of the sugar bounty. Some Of the
citizens OF this county have had expert
ence enough with the Oxnards to make
them everlastingly opposed TO any
further bounty in their interest.
Fremont Herald: The young son Of
Peter Wolfe, who lives just south Of the
Platte river. hear the brick yard, was
holding a stick for his sister to chop,
and as a result, is minus three fingers on
the right hand. She raised the Ak, and
not being true in her aim, brought it
down across his hand. The fingers were
severed slick and clean.
Osceola Record: j. NJ. Seward of
Beulah, in all probability, has been in
the bee-keeping business in Polk county
longer than any other resident. He
brought seven stands to the county
nineteen years ago and has been at it
ever since. He now has thirty five stands.
Last year they made him about 500
pounds Of choice honey. He usually
gets from 800 to 500 pounds with practi-
cally no expense.
David City News: An old lady was
brought up from Linwood yesterday to
appear in the county court on the charge
of practicing medicine without permit.
The information was filed by DR.. Fitz-
simmons of that place. From what We
can learn the lady has attended many
cases of child birth. as she did in this
case. without any thought of disobeying
the law. and that her services in such
cases are by many preferred to those of
a regular practicing physician. A resi-
dent of Linwood who was i'll this city
says the people down there were almost
mad enough to mob the DIR. when they
learned of the course he had taken The
is set for next Tuesday.
Madison Chronicles: Officer Spauld-
ing, of Norfolk, was in the city Tuesday
with VIM. Christian. boy about Is
years old who had stolen $3.50 from A.
Denkinger, an employe of Glissman. the
Norfolk butcher. The parents of the lad
were also here and followed the officer
and boy up town, the old couple seem
ingly much excited. Occasionally the
old man would shake his fist at the back
Of the officer, and the old lady would pat
the old man on the back, evidently for
his ''valorous" disposition. The boy was
taken before Judge Foster, who after
hearing the testimony sentenced young
Christian to the reform school All the
night, and yesterday Officer Spaulding
passed through here with the kid for
kearney.
Bellwood Gazette: Matt Miller has
been thinking lately. Real hard think
ing is thing some people never do. In
a conversation the other day. the David
City Press quotes Matt as talking to the
editor in this way: DO you know that
it takes a bushel Of oats to buy two
CIGARS" OF course, being attached to
our corn cob pipe through force Of neces-
sity, We had not thought of the matter
in that light. Matt has lot OF horses
and has been wondering what to do with |
them, until he accidentally ran up
against the fact that he had been smok- |
ing about seven cigars a day. Taking
MS view Of it. he has been smoking up |
three bushels and half of oats day. |
the horses were eating them. |
He threatens to reform, not because he |
lepepds on raising oats for his cigar
money, but because OF the principle.
Fremont Tribune: An old gentleman,
who was shipped to Fremont from Gen.
raj City yesterday, was promptly for
Tarded to Missouri Valley by Super
'isor Mead. He was on his way to Min
lesota and during his stop in Fremont
vas the victim of two kinds Of fits -.
The tax agents Of the Elkhorn and Union
Pacific roads were in the city and paid
Upwards Of twenty-three thousand dol
ars into the county treasury which will
20 a long way towards redeeming the
warrants that are now outstanding, and
will be greatly appreciated by those
lolding warrants. H. L. Whitney, rep
esenting the Elkhorn road. paid in for
he F. e. & NJ. v, SS,S76.34, and for the
}. G. & p. S2,465.Sl. A. w. Scribner. tax
Of the Union Pacific paid
q 2l2,l7032. >. .Sixty-three thousand
'ead of sheep are being fattened ON
Dodge county corn this winter. Makes
good home market and is one of the
important factors that has increased the
nice paid for corn, advancing it mate
ially above the price paid for shipment.
lodge county farmers have been fortu.
ate in this respect for many years. ],