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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
HOW ELLIS

From the Journal.
A sad party consisting OF q mother
and two sons. one Q lad of tweve and the
other four years of age, arrived here on
Monday evenings passenger direct from
Bohemia. They left their native land q
little more than two weeks ago, bound
for free America, where they expected to
make their home and hoped to prosper Is
so many Of their countrymen have done.
There were four in the party when they
left Bohemia, but few days after the
start was made tho husband and father
sickened and IN mid ocean he died, and
the following day the remains were low
cred into the deep, leaving the bereaved
wife and children 20 continue their long
journey to Q strange land alone. Tho
deceased was q half brother of Anton
Fillipi, who farms ono Of the Bazata
places Q few miles northeast of here, and
was coming to help conduct the farm
Upon the arrival OF the grief stricken
party they we're taken in charge by Anton
Mestl who cared for them ct his home I'M
til the following day when word was sent
to Mr.. Fillipi who came in for them.
The poor wife bore up nobly under her
burden OF sorrow and surely strength and
comfort will be given her from on high to
sustain her in her grief and loneliness.
1t is indeed . sad welcoming to . strange
land, but she has come among good
hearted, sympathetic people who will do
all in their power to cheer and assist her.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
LEIGH.

From the World.
While returning home last Saturday
evening Otto Obrest. an employee at the
Jenny Bros. farm, met with distressing
accident few miles south of town by
falling off OF the wagon and breaking his
jaw, as he says by being kicked by one
OF the horses. The man was in an in
toxicated condition to which no doubt
the accident was due. He was brought
to town and an examination showed .
compound fracture with the bone badly
splintered. Drs. Ely and COppersmith
reset the fracture and on Sunday the
patient was taken to Colun bus for furth-
or treatment.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
BELLwOOD.

From the Gazette.
Charley Allies pulled up at Bellwood
Saturday evening last from Canada.
He reports the Carpenters, Rochons and
Simms families. formerly Of Bellwood.
ell in good health and doing we'll.
While Peter Bodson was trying to put
q halter on Q COW Wednesday evening OF
lest week the animal poked him in the
abdomen With one of her horns. Next
day he was compelled to summon medi-
cal aid and suffered considerable until
Saturday when he commenced to feel
better.
One OF Bellwood's budding young gal
lspts called on . maiden few nights ago
and valiantly offered to brave the dark
nees oft back yard to bring bucket
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Octopus At the Font.

A couple in .. country village took
their baby to be christened, and on
the clergyman asking what name they
had chosen the happy father replied:
Octopus, siB!" WHAT" calculated
the astonished divine, but you can
not call child BY 90 extraordinary q
name"
Yes, sir, II you please" was the
reply, you see itS our eighth child
and We want It called Octopus -
|(SentleWoman.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
Loves Fathers Memory.

Miss Helen Gould seems to have .
great deal of sentiment where the
memory OF her father 10 concerned
She. practically has never taken Oh
mourning, although sfe wears srays
and white when the occasion seems to
demand that she weH. something else
than black. Her favoSite house is at
Roxbury, NJ T.. and II, is the house
where her father. the. late Jay Gould
was born. She has had Il enlarged
and very much beautified this sum-
mef.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
CRESTON.

FROM the St8teSnau.
Mn. Earl s. Weaver and little daugh-
ter Lois came up from Columbus on Sat-
urday last for couple OF weeks visit
with her mother, Ms. L. A. Harbert,
and other relatives and friends.
j A. Wilson received word this week
that Mr.. John Riesen, former resident
OF this community, had died, and was
buried at Wankomis, Oklahoma Al
though he had been i'll for number of
years, death came sudden and unexpect-
cd. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Agatha Ries-
en-. (nee Mics Agatha FromholzO and
several children to mourn the loss of Q
kind husband and father.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
ITEMS OF
INTEREST
ST. EDWARD

From the Advance.
Miss Nellie Kennedy left for Oconee
Tuesday evening to join Mrs. J. O. Dsw-
son in trip to Omaha for few days at
the National Corn exposition.
Mn. Amos Stevens fell yesterday fore
noon and sustained Q broken hip. She
was going out to meet the morning milk
man and slipped IN the frosty sidewalk.
The fracture has been reduced, but ,e-
covery will be very slow.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Of water. He reached the yard, set the
bucket down and turned . crank vigor-
ously for several minutes. HE efforts
met with failure. and he returned to the
house with the statement that the pump
was out Of fix. On inspection it wss
found that he set the bucket down by
. wash tub, and had been busy turning
the clothes wrinRer
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
PLATTE CENTRE

From The Signal.
Mr.. and Mn. William Nay came up
from Columbus Saturday evening for Q
brief visit with their son Robert and
family.
It 10 reported that lady from Colum-
bus will shortly start restaurant in the
Scheidel building, in the rooms where
tho Heniece restaurant va.
Miss Sarah Mylet, Who is employed in
the Independent telephone Office in Co.
lumbus, came up Saturday for Q visit
with her brother Will and family over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Ma Gustav Berndt. Of Osceola
ore rejoicing over the arrival Of . dsush-
ter at their homo December 3rd. Mrs
Berndt was formerly Miss Theresa Grei.
Gen. daughter OF Mr.. and Mn. Henry
Greisen. of Burrows township.
George Siebler and Miss Anna Hilmer
we're married ct the German Lutheran
church in Columbus Wednesday. Geo.
hes been patching for year on tho Steve
Gleason farm, and it 10 there he and bis
bride will make their home. All friends
and scquaintances congratulate.
We saw John J. Burke drive through
our streets yesterday. 1t 10 strange
what change few months Of city life
will make in an honest farmer. When
John lived on . farm near here be used
to delight to come to town wearing pat
ches on bis pants, hsyseed in his hail
and barnyard soil on his boots. But q
short residence in Columbus and be
comes up here driving an elegant team
wearing kid gloves and with Q polish or
his shoes that would make mirror env,
Gus It beats all how swift ono can e
when they get good start.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
PILES. PILES! PILES!

williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. 1t absoFhs
the tumors. sllays itching 1t once. scts q poal-
tioe, gives instant relief. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment 10 prepared for Piles snd itching Of the
private parts. Sold BY druggists, mail Soc and
Sl.00. williams M'fg. Co.. Props. Cleveland. O.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16
MEN ARE HELPLESS AS Chill
DREN.

When Taken Suddenly III Here is a
Commom-Sense Safeguard.
Big. strong man. 10 as helpless infant
when he is suddenly i'll.
The sturdiest chap in town usually
loses bis self control, and is utterly un-
able to regard his condition with the
common seuse that cbarsclerizes his
every. day actions. -.. ,.--
For example: He comes home tired.
eats heavy dinner and sits down to
read and smoke awsy n quie; evening.
Suddenly he notices weight On his
stomach; then sharp pains around HE
heart. and q feeling Of saffo alton.
Thoughts of "hssEt disease" rush over
him. and in his agony be fears tho worst.
His trouble wss ,acuts indigestion,
brought on by overlooking his tired
stomach.
A couple OF Rexsll Dyspepsia Tablets
would have given him instant relief
would have saved him hou,s of suffering.
Carry package of Rexal Dysprpsi.
Tablets in your vest pocket or keep them
in yourroom. Tahe onesfter each henvy
meal. and indigestion can never bother
You. 80
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets oure s'om-
ach troubles by supplying the one ele-
ment, the sbeesce of.whicn 10 the gastric
juices, causes indigestion and dy-pepsis.
They enable the stomach to digest oil
kinds Of food and to quickly convert it
into rich red blood. ..-..
We know what Rexsll Dyspepsia
Tablets arc and what they will do. We
guarantee them to cure indigestion and
dyspepsis. II they fail, we will refund
your money.
Price, Is cents per full package. Sold
only ct our store. Pollock & Go. the
druggists on the corner.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

While the tonnage Of the feet Of the
Great Lakes Is increasing. the num-
Der of craft IL decreasing. owing to
the greater capacity Of the newer
boats.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-16

Just 1855. $50 cords Of wood veee
used 4n,t1e .Un!te9 cStfteg IN the nan.
ufaetnrs q pallrs Dglp lsst year. twice
q much % VaS used In 1899.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Greatest Wealth Stream
 FloDs Past NeU York Corner

an ocean journey forgets some im- portnat matter until the last final directions. greetings and farewells.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

New York, May Especial )-Max- inc Elliott, the popular actress, who has been in almost every theatre in the United States, from khe one night stands to season on Broadway, Is go- ing to manage a new theatre which Is to be built on Thirty-ninth Street, just east of the Great White Way.
 The new playhouse is to be known as the Elliott Theatre, and is to be un- der the actress's personal supervision. except when she Is on the road, when the Shuberts will be in charge. The new enterprise is being constructed &C., cordinE to Miss Elliott own ideas, and she is going to provide for the fat people of Gotham: for the new seats are to be three inches wider than the regulation theatre seat. The aisles are to be wider and the corridors lar- ger, and above all she intends to have real ventilation throughout.
 But in addition to looking out for the comfort of the public. she plans to pro- vide well for the players. There is to be a big window in every dressing room and a commodious green room in which the actors may lounge when they are not on the stage.
 An important decision was handed down in one of the courts the other day, whereby in cases of children born in a certain religious faith. and through the death of parents left in charge of a person of different belief. 1t is justiiable to take them out of the care of that person and place them in charge of a guardian who will rear them in the faith in which they were horn.
 The children in question were born in the Catholic faith and by the death of their mother, were left in charge of their stepfather. Although the lat ter had provided well for the children and had been a good guardian. the fact that he was a Protestant caused the court to order the children placed in charge of a Catholic until they should reach the age of maturity and be able to decide for themselves the question of religious selection.
 New York already has Night and Day" bank whose doors arc open for bushes every hour of the twenty four. It has proved a great convenience to many A host at a late theatre supper, who when he came to get his bill, found that he did not have enough money in his pocket to settle. He then had onlv to communicate with the Might and Day" bank, who could sat- tsfy the hotel management that his check was good.
 So ponuIar has the bank been, and so great tho volume of nnancial trans action in the wee small hours of the night that it is now proposed to have ni1bt and day banks in all of the lead tns. hotels The New Plaza is the arst to put the idea into practice. The scheme is backed by men of wealth and prominence and 1t IS expected that ts ragarded by the public as only one mora step toward a state of affairs wbicb viii make it unnecessary for a ,,,sitor to New York ev~ to leave his in,, Sor any of the accommodations of life. ..N
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
FEELS CLOG WATER PIPES.
Residents of Brooklyn Complain of
 Invansion by sIimy wriEglers.

Residents of Brooklyn Complain of
 Invsnsion by sIimy wrisglers. New York Herald.
 All Brooklyn is suffering from an invasion of cells. They have found their way into the water mains by the thousands in the last few weeks and there was not section of the borough from which the residents did not appeal yesterday to the Depart ment of Water Supply for relief from the slimy wrigglers. Plumbers reaped a harvest.
 Eels in the Brooklyn water mains have always been a source of annoy ance. but never before have they found their way into the pipes in such num- bers as this year. Not only have they stopped the flow of water In thousands of private homes, but they have also clogged up the pipes in many of the largest manufacturing plants, in churches where the organs are run by water motors and in public schools.
 In one factory building in Williams burg the cells rendered useless the pipes which were installed for fighting fire. and the structure would have been badly damaged had it not been for the prompt arrival of the fire engines. From one school building No 142. at Henery and Rapelye streets -lSO eelS were Ldkcn ITOh tHe ptpes during the last week.
 Investigation at the two largest res ervoirs in Brooklyn-those at Prospect Park and Ridgewood-showed that milloips of the slimy creatures had been matched out in the last three weeks, The cells pass through the screens at the head of the big pipes leading from the reservoir. and from there are carried through the mains and service pipes. As a result the water has acquired pronounced fishy taste
 'we are doing everything we can to get rid of the eels." said William c. Cozier. Deputy Water Commissioner. yesterday. They breed in the mud at the bottom of the reservoirs and float to the top. When they are about two inches long they slip through the screens and once in the pipes they grow rapidly. One of the cells taken from pipe in a factory was seventeen inches long.
 We are trying to rid the mains of the cells by blowing out the hydrants at night. I do not believe there Is any danger of an epidemic of disease. The cells seldom die in the pipes. and 1t is only when they die that illness Is likely to follow with those who drink the city water"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

ces than Norman on whiskies-you can't find them
 with the reasons why make such prices, all you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

empty shell on which we reside. At the head of the scheme is a wealthy New York druggist and the enterprise nas luxuriously fitted up headquarters on f1itn Avenue where the theory that disputes all that geographers and scientists have been teaching is ex- plsined to all who will listen.
 Shares of the hollow -Glob company have not yet been listed on any of the exchanges however. Even the curb brokers who deal in everything from Hot Air Consolidated to Tom Lawsor's copper stocks have not taken 1t up.
 T,ouRacre
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

fore the banquet, and went through the dinner under the impression that they were dining from ehiaa.
 A college graduate who took his de- gree in Cornell University some years ago, advertised for a position recently in all of the leading New York papers. He advertised in the usual way but got no responses.
 Finally he decided to be original. and inserted an advertisement which he headed An Utter Fool" He then proceeded tc describe himself as cof- lege graduate. who had failed at every | thing he had undertaken. He stated that he was totally united fo fill any business position. that ne had no &C.,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
cULBERsoN's HEIRsHIP.
Reported to be Bryan's Legatee Under
 Certain Conditions.
Washington Special to Dallas News.

Washington Special to Dallas News.
 In a dispatch sent two weeks ago 1t was said that Senator Charles A. CuI- person of Texas. was in line to be the heir of Mr. Bryan's strength In the convention at Denver in case the Me- hraskan should find 1t impossible to his own nomination. This information came from close political friends of MT. Bryan. Since 1t was given to the public has had it through the medium of New York papers.
 Today the Democratic expectation seems to be that if the claims of Mir: Lynch, Governor Johnson's friend and prophet, are we'll founded, and the Ne- braskan shall find that his strength is not what he believed II woulG be the vote he will control will be thrown to Mir Culberson. thereby almost certain Iy securing his nomination.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10

complishments that would induce any man In New York to pay him cenfe a week to get him as an employe. Among other things he requested that anyone who desired to communicate with him must first state the color of his eyes and nose. or he wourd not give them the benefit of an interview. He got many answers to this unique "ad," with
 the result that he was offered a posi-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Tom Ha. One NomInation.

WashIngton StaT.
 Evidently Tom Watson is not book ed for the Independence Leagues nomina- tion for President, or his eloquent voice would have been heard at the leagues dinner in New York. MT. Hig- sen was present and spoke, but he is too little known for national leader ship. Mir. Hearst is the proper man. and may be nominated. He is the leag gue and all that in it is. and as its candidate for President would poll It's full strength. What that strength may be is a problem.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Stray Topics From, NelU York

of the fashionable apartment houses just off Firth Avenue, revealed the Iact that there were numerous ocou- | pants in one of the apartments that were not designated in the lease. A splnster occupied one of the apart ments, and when the hremen forced the door, twenty-five dogs rushed out. boys of the neighborhOod had a reg ular 'Wfld West" time of it catching them.
 The spinster had a great fondness for | dogs and had managed to collect the | twenty-five and keep them in her fiat without the neIghbors realizing that | she had such a full kennel. After the | fire was extinguished. the maiden lady decided to take her dogs to the fash ionable Plaza Hotel, but she found that l the management was opposed to talk ing her with all her pets. She was obliged to sleep among the ruins of her apartment until she coula make other arrangements.
 Fashionable Club Row in West For ty-fourth Street has been invaded by the Walters Club. The singers of hash. the dispensers of high-batls and recipients of tips, have opened a club house of their own right in the midst of such exclusive spots as the
 
 Yale City. Lambs and St. Nicholas Clubs.
 It Is now possible for the not over prosperous member of a fashionable club, who has gone broke in the stock market to run into waiter. off duty, who an hour before attended slav- ishIy to his wants and received a quar- ter tip from the unprosperous but fash ionable clubman, who now passes him as though he had never seen him In bis life.
 Of course, the Walters Club isn't called the Walters Club That would be too plebian. It Is called the Geneva Association. The walters bought the house. chiefly from the money they re- ceived as tips from their fashionable neighbor club members. They have just expended $20,0o0 in remodellinE the structure.
 A score of Tammany henchmen en- tertained about twenty members of the Philadelphia political ring the other nights at the modest price of SIPS per plate. which was served on the $6O,OOo gold service of the Knickerbocker Ho- tel
 Every mouthfui of the lavish dinner was served on gold plate, gold knives and forks. gold goblets. gold salt eel lars and pepper boxes, gold spoons, gold plates anu Bolu cups anu oaNN spread before the big political bosses and when the list of gold plate was checked up after the banquet, not even a spoon was missing. This Is con aidered by the members of the RepubD- can Club to be unparalleled In the his tory of Tammsny Hall. when there was so much gold within sight of tho Democratic chieftains and not an at tempt was made to take it.
 True there was a detective on hand for every guest, but even at that the Republicans declare that the Tammany- ites must have been hypnottzed ha-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-10
Something Going On.

When six ministers of the Gospel and seven deputy United States mar shals step of of one train at AndaIusia. 1t Is reasonable to suppose that thera will be something doing.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-27
WILL PROTECT THE
INNOCENT Buyer
CNIALL PURCHASERS WILL NOT
BE DISTURBED WHEN LAND
GRANT IS FORFEITED.

Washington-The status of pur-
chasers of granted land In good faith
from the Oregon & California rail-
road company. and their rights under
the law, were set forth in some detail
at the hearings before the House
committe. The provisions OF the
grant prohibit sales except to actual
settlers in limited quantities and at
limited price. BY necessary impli-
cation it permits sales of the kind
mentioned.
This provision of the grant is
condition subsequent for breach OF
which the Cover ment has right OF
forfeiture. However, condition
subsequent is not self-executing.
Upon the breach of the condition title
does not automatically revert to the
grantor. So that until the Govern
ment in some way asserts rights OF
forfeiture, title remains unimpaired
in the railroad company, with full
authority to make sales to actual
settlers ir the manner provided In
the grant. After forfeiture Is claimed
no further sales of any kind can be
made by the railroad company. II
the contention of the Government Is
correct. But ell sales made within
the terms of the grant will be valid
and will be in no way affected either
by the Fulton resolution or by any
suits that will be commenced.
Attorney-General Bonaparte in his
statement said that, where land had
been conveyed in quantities slightly
in excess of 100 acres. to farmers or
fruitgrowers, there was no substan-
tial violation of the real spirit Of the
law and that the Government could
consistently refrain from attacking
purchasers of that class. The I'M
preston was given that purchasers
of this typle will not be disturbed
and will ultimately be confirmed In
their title. The same is true Of
actual settlers who bought small
quantities of Hand and paid more
than $3.50 per acre for it.
/ Two million acres Of land in Cali
fornia and Oregon vested in the
Oregon AID California Railroad
Company, owned by the Central
Pacific, and controlled by E. H. Har-
riman, will be subjected to suits
! for recovery of title by the United
! States, if action taken by the COM
mittee on public lands Is sustained
bv the house.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-03-27
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
SENATOR HALE SAYS OUR BAT
WITHOUT COLLIERIES.
Old Warship Monongahela Eurrs to
the Waters Edge-Fleet to Visit
Japan-Lands Open for EEtry.

The American battleship feet is
to visit Japan. The desire of the
japanese Emperor to play host to
the fleet was laid before Secretary
Root by Baron Takahira, the Japan
csc Ambassador, Mr.. Root was d.
rected by the President to accept the
invitation. 1t is. likely that China
will be the next to bid for look at
the fleet, and should this be the case
the invitation will be accepted.