The Columbus journal., 1897-03-10
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Our record begins with August 19
1874. and ends with October q. 1874
Bscksr's elevator u in working order
doing finely.
/. 0luck advertisas his brand new
store and gooda
9. II. Winterbotham 4 Son start 4
branch store ct Oskdals.
Col Fred. Grant and Mias Ida Houors
we're married October 20.
The Thalia society held . picnic Aug
ust 30, at Stsngsr's grove.
Judge NeIson has the contract for put
ting up the new court house 1t Albion.
Mrs. David Anderson visits her old
home In Ohio after an absence OF fifteen
years.
8. 8. Rickly, q prominent citizen ol
Columbus. Ohio, visits his brother John
Rickly.
George W. Stevens engages q teacher
in district No. 9, known u Pat. Murray's
district.
Died, Sept. 5, Jonas Henry, youngest
son Of Jonas and Margaret WEIGH, aged
- months.
Kearney has trouble with cowboys in
charge Of the herds Of cattle driven in
from Texas.
Markets, September 30, 1874,-whsat
60, corn 60, oats 50, butter q, eggs Is,
potatoes lbs.
Charles Pearsall, "a small lad" had his
arm broken by the accidental falling Of
. window sash.
Died, August Is. Walter, youngest
child Of Michael and DOrothea Weaver,
aged 10 months.
Died, October e. Clara Eliza, infant
child Of John and Eliza StanRsr, aged I
year and Is days.
The brick work Of BOuesteal Broa bus
iness house NOV Friedhofs) was CON-
pleted September
Goldsmith Maid, the famous ~trottsF,
eclipsss all past performances, Budd
Doble holding tho reins-2lA
J. johnson erects a building 28x7O ON
Thirteenth street, . short distance west
Of the Columbus elevator, to be used -
q feed stable.
Gold sales by the secretary Of the
treasury week ending September z, vers
81. OOOyOOO at sl.O9; $4,000 in gold vas
shipped to Europe.
Jacob Ernst, Charles Rsinke, Patrick
Murray and George Birnsy started to
Chicago October q, With seven car loads
Of fat cattle for market.
Engine Co. No. 1 have ordered q fire.
alarm bell, forty inches, to weigh seven
hundred and fifty pounds, and which can
be heard . distance Of six miles.
Jonas WEIGH sends the editor . large
catfish caught in the dam at Becker's
mill On Shell creek. Over q hundred
pounds caught there the same day.
TIE JOURNAL Wa continually quoting
Parton's great precept, for the benefit Of
the Era-"the chief business Of an edi-
tor is to keep lies out Of his Journal"
Elk are so thick in the bluffs in this
vicinity that they stop and stare at peo-
pie passing by, With - much impudsncs
a . sewing-machine or ightning-rod
agent-Loup City News
David Anderson, week ending August
%, 1874, collected and shipped about
1000 fat and stock hoRs west for con-
sumption at the mineaL Guy C. Barnum
shipped the same number east
August Is the first run va made at
the foundry Of Wither 4 Schrosdsr.
About . ton of iron was used in casting
sledge hammers, pulleys. aangss and
c~ouptngA weights, ~grsts-bar., etc.
J. ". Witchsy leaves . section Of cot
tenwood tree grown from sssd planted
eleven years before. The thickest &C.
ton Of the tree il q inches in diameter.
and goes TO the Chicago Exposition.
William and Robert Lewis, Robert and
John r Jones, David A. Joseph, CLARK
Cooncey, 81. j. Hudson, Morgan Wat
kins and David Thomas incorporate the
Platte County Coal-Boring company.
William Dykes. George Lehman, Jaa
Mcdonald and Barclay Jones a. building
committee, advertise for bids for csrpen-
ter work for q school house, District No.
q. John n. Kslley's bid was accepted.
Pstalasharo, bead chief Of the Pswnees,
died September p He was much res
pected BY his tribe, and va Q judicious
chief. His last words we're that he vas
. friend to the white man, and he wished
his o to be.
A little son of J. J. and Sarah J. Blod-
gstt, aged nearly two years, while play
ing, Han against . kettle OF hot water,
and overturns it on himself, scaldina
him 20 badly that death follows, after
thirteen hours Of suffering.
The Ninth senatorial district compris-
Cd Platte ColfAx. Butler, Hall, Buffalo,
Davson, Cheyenne, Lincoln. Sherman,
Valley, Gssslsy, Booas and Antslops
J eoaptisa md Guy @ Barton ~ .sai