The Columbus journal., 1898-03-30

s. ". Csy of ChielgD vs bsEs Hn-
dzy and oryan1ed . society a the
American Purity League. Mn Il
Whismoyer u superintendent, and the
aascciaticn here starts out with msm-
bership Of twenty-five The order u
doing great deal OF good IN The eoan-
try, and thsFe Is not = particle of doubt
but there u ample room here for It's
good Offices. Save the girls and boys
A boy about Is years of aee named
Roletx, who lives est Of the q. p depot
~ arrested and taken to Columbus
last Thursday. tor placing IN ohssruc-
ton oc the Union Pacific track The
boy vas IN company With several Of
about the same age, but acknowledged
that he had placed the iron N the frog
Of the switch and when asked Why he
dld %, replied. L have brother m TIE
reform school and / want to 60 where he
s---Piatte Co. Democrat.
Lester Lehman. son of Mr. and Nrz.
George Lehman. died Tuesday evening.
after three DAYS illness. Of scarlet fever.
About SIX years ago he suffered SUM-
stroke. from which he had never fully re-
covered although he had been given the
best OF medical treatment. BE VIII be
remembered as a dufiful. lovahle boy.
and his parents have the sympathy Of all
in their adictun. The funeral v1s held
Thursday afternoon Rev Weed conduct
ing the services.
AT meeting OF the stockholders OF
the West End Sewer Co, Saturday
nixht, the stock was well represented,
organization was effected by eiecting SIX
directors, three for two years and three
for one year. Those for the long term
were O. L Baker. ]. g. Reeder and C.
C. Gray; those for short term. Dr. Nan
man. George Scott and c. j. Carlow
The directors elected the following odic-
ers for the ensuing year: President. c.
C. Gray: secretary and treasurer. c. ].
Carlow.
Married, Monday afternoon at
O'Clock at the residence OF Charles S
Hudson. NJ. Peter NJ Svenson. who
lives two miles north of Richland. aad
Mrs. Anna Carlson of this city, Elder
b. ]. Hudson officiating. A good sup
per vas served by Mrs. Hudson and the
newly welded couple drove down TO
their future home Ii the evening. Mrs.
Carlson Is truly noble woman with all
the qualities To make good home. TIE
JOURNAL. with many friends. extends
best wishes 10 both
On the 18th of April the Hsnggler
family viii have been Ii thus county
forty years. That seems long time to
some of the later settlers The home
stead Is now the farm Joseph HensYier
owns northeast of town on Shell creek
Mr.. Heng2ler. the father Of Joseph.
George and Fred. owned a hotel u
Omaha some time before coming here 10
farm In thcse DAYS Wild game was
more plentiful than Indians. George
tells Us his mother who was good snot.
could go into the yard almost any tinae
of day and shoot game.
Mrs 4 J. Rove of Oakdale. Nebr.
formerly a resident Of ColfaI county,
later Of Ocuree. died az her home N
Oakdale. Wednesday last. Mrs. Rowe
was a woman of rare refinement and all
who knew hsr could lot help feeling her
gentle influence for their good. For
several months she had been suffering
with asthma which caused heart trouble.
but not until about two weeks before
death had friends thought seriously of
her illness. She leaves her husband and
three children. Howard. Sadie and Amy.
TO mourn their loss The family are
known TO many Of our Platte county
readers. who vii sympathize with them
In their bereavement.
About year ago there was consld
erable talk by consumers Of city water
against the ordinance governing the
4 majority of the patrons
we're opposed TO buying the meters.
Most city officials think that the orlii-
nance was a wise measure. as the cost of
the water per year 10 each consumer has
been less than before the meters were
put n Besides they shut OF a great
waste ID many cases where patrons we're
careless Then again II makes It easier
for the pumps 10 keep a good supply N
the stand pipe. N fact II has been full to
running over lately at midday several
times.
The BostonIaus. one Of the largest
opera companies on the road passed
through here Sunday night on the Cn-
iou Pacifc, on flying special train en-
route from Denver to Omaha There
are 6 people N the company and they
have train OF two baggage and three
coaches. They arrived here about 109
2. H. and stopped twenty minutes for
lunch They fairly flooded the ressau-
rants and lunch counters and finally
made out 70 satisfy their hunger until
they should reach their destination. II
the bows Who sell coffee and sandwiches
TO the trains had known they were CON-
ing they could have made a good haul
They were making a fast run; tteE left
Denver at S a II. and arrived at Omaha
az midnight They we're scheduled 70
leave here AZ 1033O and arrive at Gilmore