The Columbus journal., 1898-08-03

Our section bon, E. E. Horner, went
over to the Loup river Monday evening
to sst some fish lines. He took with
him his gun and dog. and shortly after
his arrival on the island his dog freed q
monster Wild cat, which Mr.. HOrner
brought down with his gun. The
animal weighed twenty pounds, wes two
feet in length and eighteen inches high.
Mr.. Homer sent it to David City to
have it preeerved-BellwOod Gazette.
n. f. Donahue. Of Beresford, S. D.,
was in the city day or two ago for the
purpose Of considering Fremont as q
point for locating. He with four other
gentlemen, who recently graduated
from the American School Of OsteOpathy
a: Kirksville, Mo-. are looking for q
desirable place to locate q sanltarium,
for the treatment OF diseases by the
osteopathic system. MIR. Donahue was
very favorably impressed With Fremont
and will probably return about the mid
die Of August for further investigation
of the situat
Under our present system of taxation
il man owns farm and has it mort
gagged for half or two thirds Of its value
he pays taxes just the saEs as though
he owned it unincumbered. but the man
who has money can bring in his in
debtedness as an offset and pay taxes
only on the money which he has above
his indebtedness. This 10 not right. IL
the man who las money has this privil-
ege the man who owns property shOnld
have the same privilege. 50 that he
would only be required to pay taxes on
the comfy which he holds in the prop
erty.-David City Banner
The city authorities have been labor
ing very hard over the water question
during the past week. They have sunk
some experimental wells just west Of the
b. 4 N. track at the foot OF Seward
street, and are much encouraged by the
indications. A man from Lancaster
county has been secured, with q ma
chine that makes we'll three feet in di-
ameter, and commenced work yesterday.
II these wells hold ont equal tn the
small ones, there will be an abundance
of water. 1t appears that the water is
on level with the bed Of the river. and
it is supposed that the water comes
from the river, and fiitering through
some three hundred feet Of sand and
gravel. it is as pure as crystal. and
very much better than the water here
tofore obtained Reporter.
Somebody seems to have it in for
Newt Anstine. A week or ten days ago
somebody took a lot Of bolts and pieces
Of his harvester away and scattered the
twine all over the field during the night
and it took Newt all next day to fix up
his machine beiOre he could. proceed
with his harvesting. And last Satur-
day night somebody attempted to burn
one OF his grain fields, several shocks
being burned. Newt sent to Beatrice
for the blood d-hOunds, and they were
taken out Monday evening and put on
the trail. They followed it to the resi-
dence Of Smith Rodman, near by, going
to the door, and from there to tho we'll,
to the barn, where Mr.. Rodman's hired
man had slept, having come home late
at night. Both dogs, working separate
ly, followed the same trail. When the
crowd assembled there, the young man
found out what was up and he skipped
ont, getting one of Jim Wright's boys
to take him away in buggy. There
were two or three hundred people there
to zee the dogs work, good many of
them from Seward.-Seward Blade.