The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

-Georgo Willis has . large fund q
information in regard to mines and min.
ing, having had considerable personal
experience. Years ago be had half in
terest in two OF the best mines in Colo.
rado, selling one for $500, tho other fol
$500.
Judge Darrow, formerly OF Sidney,
Nebraska, passed through tho city Fri.
day on his way homo from Alaska. Hi
home is now Montpelier, Indiana, bu,
he thinks Alaska is wonderful coun.
try, and will be returning there in Z
short time.
An old man who had reached the
remarkable age Of 50 years was travelling
tho other day With q number OF movers,
going west 10 locate. We didn't see
him, but Abraham Scott, who 10 himself
. gray haired man, said he was a pretty
lively looking boy.
p. w. Beerbower has disposed oi
eight quarter sections Of improved land
in Nance county the last two weeks, and
goes to Sterling this week to exchange a
section Of land near Belgrade for hard
ware stock and fixtures located at Ster.
ling.
Dan. Jenny 10 supposed to have had
three stacks Of hay lately take fire by
spontaneous combustion. They had
been in stack about two months, and
when opened were charred all through
the middle. Our informant did not
know whether it was hungarian OF
miliet hay.
Schuyler Clark had the middle fin.
ger of his right hand mashed at Fuller.
ton last Thursday while coupling cars.
He had it temporarily dressed there, and
then came down here to the U. P. com.
pany surgeons, Martyr, Evans & Geer,
who dressed it for good. It will be sew.
eral days before it heals.
-Wilkie c. Goodrich of Cedar Rapids,
Nebr., and Miss Stella Phillips OF Ames,
Iowa, we're married Saturday evening at
the home OF the brides sister, Mrs. e. G..
Brown, Rev. Nickel officiating. Mrs.
Goodrich visited here last summer aud
made many acquaintances, who will
wish her much happiness.
From the organization of the county
until Judge Kilian took the Office OF
county judge two years ago, five record
books were completed. During the
past two years seven hooks we're filed
and the eighth begun. The records
have been kept in excellent shape,
nearly every estate being settled up in
regular order.
w. 8. Chadwick is one of those
peculiar men whose fitness for special
duty no man questions. He conducts
an excursion between Minneapolis and
Los Angeles, and goes on all that stretch
of country without a change Of cars,
taking his passengers with him very
cleverly. His address is 413 Nicollet
ave-, Minneapolis.
Nebraska people ought to be exceed.
ingly thankful when they come to think
how fortunate their situation is in life
this year, as q rule. More especially,
while an abundance of good fresh water
comes our way, in many other parts of
the country, people are compelled to
haul this necessary fluid many miles to
furnish to their suffering stock.
Don't fail to read the article headed
"That Mass Convention in Columbus ~
1t will lead you into some of the intrica-
cies Of politics in these days, when it
takes three parties to make one, and II
necessary to carry a point, q populist
can very readily become democrat in
order to come within the sacred precinct
of the party-playing fast and loose.
Marriage licenses we're issued by
Judge Kilian to the following parties:
Milo Jennings and Alma NJ. Goochey;
Wilkie C. Goodrich, Boone county, and
Miss Stella Phillips, Ames, Iowa;
Stephen Korns and Miss Anna Ways;
w. d. Hornbostel and Miss Emma G.
Miller; Peter Cedar and Miss Emma
Hanson; Michael Whitaker. Boone
county and Miss Josephine Swisher.
r. Jaeggi and wife Of Berne, Switz.
erland, arrived here last week. Mr..
Jaeggi is a nephew Of Adolph and Leo
pold of our city, and also of Mrs. John
Horst of Madison. Mr.. and Mrs. Jaeggi
go this week to San Francisco, CAL, and
return in about a month. He is the
owner Of the mill here and is very much
pleased to know that the prosperous
times enable the mill to run twenty -four
hours per day.
The Humphrey Democrat does not
support Phillips, Robson and Byrnes,
the fusion candidates for clerk, Judge
and sheriff. The Democrat hears il
rumored that Dave Hale is to be deputy
sheriff il Byrnes is elected and that a
man named Howey is to be deputy
county Judge in case Of Robison's cleo
tion. 1t is not said who is to be Mr.
Phillips deputy, in case he should by q
possibility be elected.
The senior class of the high school
have been canvassing the town, selling
season tickets for q series OF entertain.
ments to be given during the winter for
the library fund. Hawley Smith and
Eugene May, lecturers, Miss George
Reed, impersonator, and the Wesleyan
Quartet have been secured for the
course. It will be necessary to sell 2OC
tickets to pay expenses, and $50 have
already been sold, at $l.0O for the five
entertainments.
"A man who has no equal in Platte