The Columbus journal., 1896-01-22
w. b. Dale went to Lincoln yester.

e. A. and Henry Gerard were in
the city yesterday.
Mrs. DR.. Evans was reported yester-
day noon as very much improved.
Leopold Plath was putting up a
windmill yesterday for Mr.. Ozias, on the
bluffs.
C. A. Newman has been employed
by the supervisors committee as an ex-
pert in the examination OF officials books.
-Marve Elston returned Monday from
Cedar Rapids, where he has been buying
live poultry. He shipped from that Vi
cinity something like 25O0 pounds.
The committee Of supervisors, ap-
pointed to look after the examination of
the books Of the officials, are in the city
-Messrs. Rolph, Lisco and Becher.
Mrs. John Connolly, residing five
miles north OF the city, was reported az
very dangerously i'll with pneumonia,
and on Tuesday morning not expected
to live.
The net proceeds of the Hook 4
Ladder dance, the twenty second annual
mask ball, will he turned over for the
benefit Of the city poor-the needy fire.
men first.
We notice in a program Of the Doug
las county teachers association, for Feb.
1st, that W. b. Backus of Florence is on
the program for the subject 'The
Teacher and the Law"
The Cecilian club will meet with
Misses Grace and Lucy Taylor Monday
evening. At the meeting Monday even
ing Miss Meta Pohl played the big
Four March," composed by her brother
Otto of Fremont.
Bert Galley, Earl Pearsall, E. d.
Brink, Frank Wurdeman and Charles
Stillman went to Grand Island yester-
day as delegates to attend the 14th
annual state firemen's convention. Some
more may 60 up today.
"A Polander boy tried to take his
drunken father home Monday afternoon
against his will and the two got into a
fight which brought about fifteen more
drunken men onto the boy who scratched
and pounded him up pretty badly.
A petition was being circulated Sat-
urday requesting the postal authorities
to order the reduction of post Office box
rents from Csc to 5Oc for the larger boxes,
and 4Oc to bic for the smaller boxes. The
petition had 245 signatures when We
sawit.
1t is a notable fact that on the day
Judge Hensley left the Office in the First
National bank building, the clock which
had been regularly wound just as usual,
stopped at II minutes to II o'clock, and
stands at that, without any apparent
cause.
B. S. Wyatt. formerly agent here for
the Singer machine company, is now
located for the same company at Rock
Island, Illinois. He writes for The
Journal, and remarks that ''times are
not much, if any, better here than in
Nebraska"
The compliments of the supervising
architect Of The JOURNAL to the society
reporter Of the Albion Argus: Query,
shall it he pistols and coffee for two. or
shall We not rather refer the matter for
arbitration to Senator Sprecher OF the
Schuyler Quill:
A man named Otto krum was ar
rested Friday, on information from
Wayne county authorities on q charge
of passing a fraudulent check at Stan
ton. His accounts of himself are con-
Trajectory. He is either simple or
playing ''simplicity," pretty successfully.
BAIL Geitzen, twelve year old lad,
met with painful accident last Friday
when returning from school. He climb
ed on a loaded wagon and in getting of
his right foot was badly crushed. He
will be lame for some time but it is
thought he will lose no part of the foot.
Fred. Hauter and family left yester-
day morning for Peoria, Illinois, where
he has a position with bicycle house as
travelling salesman. NOdoubt but Fred.
will feel somewhat lonesome for while.
but with wife and little ones and busi-
ness cOngenial to his tastes, the new
home will soon be all in all to him.
The new hoard of supervisors have
made an excellent beginning. John
Virgins, the chairman elected, is very
level-headed man, capable Of saying the
right word at the right time. The fact
is that all the members. at the series of
meetings last week, showed commenda-
BILE zeal in looking after the interests Of
the county.
The we'll at George Henggleris still
attracts attention as a storm signal,
blowing outward or sucking inward, as
the weather is. 1t has become one Of the
notable things in Platte county. BY the
way, at one of the springs on his place
George has constructed basin 15Ox4O
feet and feet deep. which he expects to
utilize as a fish pond.
There will be grand Phonograph
concert in the Congregational church on
Wednesday, Jan. q, at 7:3O p. m. This
concert. by the Laing Bros. Concert
Company is everywhere highly spoken
of. The program will give selections by
Sousa's band, Issler's orchestra, ETC., with
solos by eminent singers. Admission,
adults, 25c, children 15c.
The county teachers association
will meet in Platte Center next Satur-
day. We see by the program that Supt
Williams of this city is on the program.