The Columbus journal., 1903-03-25

Tho democratic city oonvention ~
held in thsoouncil chamber Friday even
ing. Following i the lit Of candidates
Aayos, John g. Bechsr; clerk, WIN. Beck
O.: treesurss;W. L 6psiee; engines, r L
Rossiter; councilman, Arst ward. Jacot
Greisen; second. l. W. Wesver; third
]. b 0istzen; member Of school board
u. Bruegsc. Edgar Howard presided q
The coovs0tion and Victor Schober Va
slsotsd secretary.
Tho Crsstoo Statesman says: W.
n. Jacksoa be- bssn granted . pension
of 10 pr month, On socount Of sickness
contracted while in The D. 8. sefvico in
Philippines; that Msssra A. F.,and W.
Plaesmann, Henry 6sipp and the Missss
Lena and Bertha Plaeemanc, Marie
Snyder and Minnie Classing Wsee up
from Columbus Sunday, tho guests ol
Thso. +. Plaesmann, at the homo Of
Nf. and 1n ]. E. johnson.
Tho usual good roads Of Platte
county have been very muddy The pest
two weeks, since tho ground has been
thawing out. All roads into tho city ars
deep In mud. Farmers say that The
ground i in excellent condition for
crops. The appearance Of birds and the
lawns oe green gras With the beautiful
balmy days. make every ono feel that
there u no better country in al the
world than dear old NebraGka.
Tho st. Edward Sun has been pub
liahine some exceedingly interesting arti-
cles from the pen OF n. J. Thompson on
"Reminiscences of Early Daya" Many
of tho Columbus people arc connected
With The early history Of Boone county.
Recently story was told Of John Ham,
mond which 10 arc sure tho many peo-
pie who still remember that gentleman
would have enjoyed reading and would
have recognized a. characteristic OF him.
"A snow blockade was in effect all
day Saturday on the Cheyenne 4 North
ern branch OF tho Colorado & Southern.
All cuts between Cheyenne and Gendo
were filed with snow that was packed 60
hard that in places it resisted the efforts
Of the big snow plow. The Union Pacific
also experienced considerable trouble.
About two inches OF snow fell Saturday
ut Harvard, Nebraska, and here in Co
lumbus light fall OF snow covered the
roads and walks, which melted away
however, before noon.
y. G. Stevens, assistant engineer q.
s. geological survey, vas in tho city . few
days last week taking readings Of tho
water flow ut the stations near here on
the Loup and Platte rivera Mr.. Stevens
has had considerable experience With
water power in Iowa and has given some
attention to the proposed plant here.
There 10 no reason. he says, Why Colum-
bus could not have Q wonderful power
which would b OF inestimsble value to
this city particularly, and to many Of tho
larger cities Of the state.
Ono Of tho Columbus boys Who il
making his mark u Fred Williams. Len
than twenty-five years old, . graduate Of
the Columbus High school and later OF
the State university, with experience %
. teacher, be has recently been elect
ID superintendent Of tho Seward city
schools at salary Of $1,000 The Sew
ard Blade says that "llr. Williams has
been principal Of tho High school tho
pest year, in which position be showed
much ability - an instructor" TIE
JOURNAL is always glad to record tho
OF our citizens.
e Corbin, OF Grand Island, tho vet
eran Union Pacific park gardener, was
in Columbus Monday looking after tho
park here. He tells % that his son E.
n, who several years ago was engaged in
The electric light plant under Charles
Schroeder in this city, has secured .
position within tho past few weeks asex-
perimental electrician for railroad COM
pany at Phoenixville, Pa, at salary OF
$500 Mr.. Corbin, after working in
Columbus, graduated from the electrical
course at the State univer-
sity less than four years ago and has
steadily been rising to positions Of i'm
portance and trust.
-Mrs. Barbara Heinrich, aged 20 years,
lied at the homo OF Mira Sslee in this
,ity, last Wednesday. Mra Heinrich was
The widow Of Rev. A. Heinrich, ono Of tho
,ld settlers Of tho county who spent
many years a. q German Baptist minister
IN Platte Center and in the church east
II that village. Rev. Heinrich died in
Platte Center in 1896, and Mrs. Heinrich
has been living there until tho past few
since when she has been cared
lor by Mrs. Salee Of this city. Mn. Hen.
rich was q native Of Germany. The
remains were taken to Platte Center
shere funeral services were held in the
Baptist church after which the body
was laid to rest in the cemetery west OF
The town.
&C. NJ. Baker Of Chicago, assistant
general superintendent OF the Postal
Telegraph Cable Co., was in tho city Last
Wednesday looking after the interests OF
bis company. Tho Postal company 10
it, line from Omaha to San
Francisco, along tho Union Pacific rail-
'oad q far % Ogden and from that place
llong the Southern Pacific railroad to
San Francisco. Tho company 10 CON-
pslled to get permission from property
,vners along the Union Pacific right OF