The Columbus journal., 1896-08-05

We eEs taksn to tax Cor saying ia
last weeks JouRKAL that . certain rair
had thoroughly sosked the ground, bat
it appears that We were mistaken, the
ground being thoroughly soaked only
few inches. About how many feet down
would We be allowed to say the rains o.
the past week have gone? Friday at 3
~ We write the streets arc all muddy
water 10 standing several inches deep In
the gutters; the rain pours down ever,
few minutes, then lets mp, sprinkles
quits and the sun shines, and soon tn,
rain comes down again, and this hal
been the record, With slight variation
all day long.
-Treasurer Busch OF Colfax county
publishes the semi-annusl statement a
required by Law. The taxpayers Of that
county can readily . by this statement
the amounts in their various funds
school : district, road district, county
road, ETC., items that are Of vital inter
est to those who foot the bills. The
total receipts for the six months ending
July l, 1886 we're, on county funds, $780,.
9l648; disbursements. $4S.7S5.O9; on
state funds, $lOys39.34; disbursements
$7.636.4l; for the sixty.three school dis.
tricts, receipts S2l 1855; disbursements,
l 5,799.69. For particulars We refer
COlfax county JOURNAL readers to the
Schuyler Sun Of July 3O-the statement
occupies two columns of space.
George Lawrence is back again from
Scotts Bluffs county where he has been
looking after his canal interests. He
still retains q fractional interest in q
canal that he built, even miles in
length and having two reservoirs, NJ OF
them having . surface area OF 400 acres,
the other 200 acres. One OF these, @
feet deep at the deepest place, is the
largest reservoir in Nebraska. The out
let pipes are set in solid masonry. and
riprspping done with rock. Mr.. Law
renee tells US that in SCOTS Bluffs and
Cheyenne counties there are $4,000
acres under the ditch, and 10000 under
cultivation. Seven and q half tons to
the acre Of alfalfa, for the entire crop Of
the season, four cuttings is not an un-
usual yield. He thinks that would be a
good place for cattle men to strike this
winter for feed.
The Norfolk News of July 30 con-
tanned the following: Last night about
6 o'clock some person, unknown, fred a
bullet from q twenty-five rifle into the
residence of Steve Overton. The ball
passed through the window of Arthur's
bedroom, about eighteen inches above
his bed and imbedded itself in the oppo-
site wall to the depth Of an inch; the
pane of glass through which it passed
was not ever splintered and shows that
whoever did the shooting must have
been at close quarters. Mr.. Overton
does not care so much for the damage
done as he does for the careless manner
in which some people handle fire arms.
Had the hour been a little later the ac-
cident might have proved a fatality, or
serious injury to some members of the
The old adage about children,
fools and edged tools would apply very
we'll to loaded guns"
Among the proceedings OF the city
council at their last meeting we find a
submitted by the city attor-
ney to the effect that Plaintiff Albert in
the meter case against the city had
to submit the case on appeal to
the supreme court upon a stipulation of
all the evidence and the questions of
law in the case, and the further agree
ment that the plaintiff stipulate that
said cause might be advanced in the
supreme court, the city to pay all costs
made in the district court, whatever the
result of the case, including all briefs.
Newman and Echols of the committee
on finance recommended the payment of
Clerk g. B. SPECIES bill in the
case, and CASTS, bill of N. H. Parks for
printing briefs. A. Heintz monthly for
street lighting was Sll6.O5, the q. P.
on coal was $7S, and John E.
Hoffman for oil got $3.50!
As the result of solicitations by
Charles B. jackson OF Lincoln, secretary
and treasurer of the State association, q
number of wheelmen assembled
in the parlors Of the Clother House
evening to organize a local
Link Of the Western Wheelmen's Secur-
ity Society Of Lincoln, Nebraska, com
a fraternal association and wheel
club. The following officers were Sc
w. W., L. E. Sisson; V. W. W.,
Geo. H. Winslow; F. r. W., VIM. lin
necker; r. W., II. H. Dawson; S. r. W.,
c. O. johnson; C. w, Miss Martha Tur-
ner, Miss Anna Stauffer, Messrs. A. X.
Page and Louie Schonlau. After rid
ing the goat" the meeting adjourned,
to the call OF the w. W. The
JOURNAL is moved to say a good word
Tor the association. We do not doubt
but it will be Of great benefit to the
members in a hundred different ways.
"A business man here vent out by
mail q number Of circulars Offering bar
gains in lands in eastern Nebraska.