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The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
ALBION.

From the News.
Prospects for q corn crop ont in Plum
Greek precinct southeast of here. are de-
cidedly poor. Some Of the farmers
have given up all hopes of crop and
are preparing to cut their corn. This is
one section of the county which has had
scarcely any rain during the entire
spring and summer.
Five of our progressive farmers are
going to install silos this summer.
They are Chas. Culver, T. Il. Bowman.
John Clipston, ID. J. Gates and T..
Swails. In the east and especially in
the dairy sections Of the country, the
silo has been in use for years, but west
ern farmers have been inclined to look
upon it as a gold brick proposition. The
introduction of these five silos in this
county will mean more OF them every
year from now on, because they are q
paying proposition.
j. II. Parker and family took their
departure Tuesday morning for their
new home at Columbus. Mr.. Parker
sold his residence property to his brother
James, who expects to look after their
business at this point. Mr.. and Mrs.
Parker have resided here for number
OF years and their many friends regret to
see them leave. Mr.. Parker's business
however, has grown so that it becomes
almost necessary for them to establish
themselves in larger and more central
point. Their friends here wish them the
best of success in their new home.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
LEIGH.

From the World.
John Eggli had his wheat threshed
Tuesday and the yield WAS IS bushels
per acre The hest We have heard OF
yet SO far.
Edward, the six year old son of Henry
Loseke, died last Thurday evening short
ly after an operation for appendicitis.
His death was unexpected as he seemed
to be doing SO we'll. The funeral was
held Sunday and was largely attended
Ed HOLMAN threshed his grain Thurs
day of last week and feels pretty we'll
over the yield for this year, the oats
making 81 bushels and the wheat which
he thought in the spring he better plOw
up made Is bushels per acre, and all of
first quality.
j. Il. Jenny has shipped away lot
OF his stock cattle because of shortage OF
pasture and he thinks he ought to dis
pose of all but his cows. lie also show
ell us views he Just received from Switzer-
land picturing the great damage done
there by the continuous rains during he
entire spring and summer. How We
would appreciate little of their surplus
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
PLATTE CENTER

From the Signal.
The contractors who have the Job of
digging the Carrig- Jewell drainage ditch
south Of town are now at the work. The
machinery WAS unloaded at Oconee and
moved from there to the outlet Of the
ditch, on L. J. Gleason farm, where the
work was started. This is certainly a
very OppOrtune time for digging this
ditch.
In reporting the death last week Of
Rev. q. L. Luschei. of Grand Prairie,
the Signal stated that the immediate
cause OF his death was An overdose of
morphine. Since then members OF the
family have called at the Signal Office
and assured us that the statement was
not correct, that deceased took no NOR
phine, but that his death WAS from ma
tursl causes
Monday evening Henry Stems auto.
in which, besides Mr.. Stems, Frank and
Louis Bruckner and Will Greisen we're
riding, WAS upset about five miles this
side OF Columbus. The boys were re-
turning from Columbus, where they had
been to witness ball game. Frank
Bruckner WAS driving. and this was his
first effort. On a grade he allowed the
machine to leave the track. and Henry,
who WAS watching closely, grabbed the
wheel to bring it back to the road, and
he turned it so suddenly as to upset it,
All except Frank were thrown clear and
escaped with few scratches and bruises.
Frank WAS caught under the machine
but escaped with q cut on one foot and
bumped shoulder. The auto was some
what disigured but not SO badly but
that it carried the boys back to Colum
bus, where it was left for repairs. The
boys came home in another machine.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
GENOA.

From the Times.
Rev. F. r. WEDGE formerly oe Monro,
but for the last few months gagged u
alum work in San Francisco. has sooept
ed call from the Presbyterian church
OF Genoa and will arrive hare about
September lot to begin his pastosate.
When eggs were selling for 80 cents q
dozen in Nebraska there We general
protest against the price BY those Who
had to buy. How would you like to
keep family and . carriage horse in
Alaska where the price of egg 10 q .
dozen and hay costs from go To 900 =
ton?
ID. L. Roberts. Who recently returned
from Colorado. reports that Q prolonged
drouth has prevailed in that state this
summer. The snow in the mountains
in March. melted early, and later, when
the crops in the irrigated districts 70
quired moisture, . sufficient supply Of
water was not available. In the dry
farming districts crops ars . failure. and
many Of the farmers ore trying to dispose
of their land.
A Norfolk railroad man. ssys the
Daily News. has . way Of deriving the
best OF sport in the fishing game. This
railroad man proposes to purchase about
q dozen gallon jugs, which will be we'll
corked and alright. To each handle be
will TIE baited hook and place them in
quiet waters. When tho fish bites. the |
Jug turns around and the man. provided |
With boat, makes his way towards the |
Jug on which the fish has been busy.
The plan has been tried out by him and
he assures friends that it not only pro-
Vides good and easy fishing, but often
gives an exciting time. Sometimes On !
81 extraordinarily large 6sh IL caught. run. !
ming away faster than the fisherman can
prOpel boat. Often three or four jugs |
are floating away ct . rapid pace stimuli |
Eaneously. and it keeps the fisherman |
busy catching them. The plan can Be
satisfactorily worked with quart bottles,
he says.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
SCHUYLER.

From the Sun.
John Shanks OF Baggs. Wyo.. arrived
here Monday morning and was a pleas
ant caller ut this Office. He will make
his relatives and friends an extended
visit. He was formerly q resident of
this county, leaving here some ten years
ago. He says everything is burned up
ont in Wyoming and times look very
favorable for hard winter. He is re-
newing acquaintance with his old school
mates and neighbOrs.
Last Monday forenoon a threshing
outfit belonging to Henry Peitzmeir of
Dodge broke through bridge twelve
miles northeast Of town and was COM
pletely demolished. The facts of Just
exactly how the accident occurred can.
not be stated positively as 50 many
stories at variance are being told. But
it seems that they had finished threshinR
north of Maple Creek and were on their
way to the Killian farm south OF the
creek. Approaching the bridge from the
north the road curves slightly, as the
bridge is built squarely across the creek.
In order to get the whole outfit. which
consisted OF an engine, tender and the
threshing machine, on the bridge they
had to drive the engine close to one side.
They took the precaution Of planking the
bridge and proceeded to pull over All
went we'll until the front wheels Of the
machine struck the bridge where they
contemplated uncouplinR from it and
running the engine across and then
drawing the machine across with cable
which is usual thing for threshers to
do. After viewing the situation they
concluded it was better to 90 ahead far
enough to get the front wheels OF the
machine on the bridge. The start was
made and at the same instant almost the
bridge gave way and slued to one side
throwing the whole outfit into the creek
twenty-five feet below, carrying with it
three men who operate it. Henry PETIT.
meir the owner, was standing on the
bridge in front of the engine and was
dashed into the water and caught be-
tween the smoke-stsck and the boiler
breaking his right leg just above the
ankle. John Marek and another man
we're on the engine. Marek suffered a
broken nose, badly cut on tho side Of the
jaw and head, and was badly injured in
the back and probably internally injur-
ell. The other man was cut on the scalp
and chin and injured in the chest.
Latest reports from Dodge where they
we're taken is that they are getting along
as we'll as could be expected.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
ST. EDWARD

From the Advance.
Grandma Koeber received a broken
rib and severe bruises yesterday from a
fell into cave. She WAS al the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. Carl Werner, when
the accident occurred.
Frank McFayden who had been a
patient at st. Mary's hospital, Columbus,
for the last two weeks, was brought
home yesterday. He is reported as re-
covering nicely from the surgical opera
ton to which he submitted.
A Mr.. Seymour who is tending separ-
stur for Wes Long at Genoa WAS caught
In the feeder OF The machine yesterday
afternoon while threshing on the Ken
nedy farm one mile south OF Genoa. HIS
left hand WAS badly mangled.
B. Carter received fractured right
ankle last Sunday MS a result of An IN
nocent practical Joke He WAS with a
pleasure party which had gone to the
Beaver early Sunday morning to spend
the day camping. He WAS standing in
shallow water and q. A. Gibson who
WAS standing by him gave him little
pash with the object of seeing Joe make
a little dive. This would have all been
very we'll, but Joe's feet were held in a
vice in the quick sand, and in falling
the right ankle Was broken.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
ills Wise Child.

An official Of the immigration bureau
ut Ellis island told story Of wise
little Immigrant child.
"a little girl came over In the steer
age in search of her father; whose
name she gave US. We sent for the
man, and he came and looked at her.
II can't tell whether this Is Mary
or not said he. 4 haven't seen Mary
since she was a baby about three
months old. How can I tell, then,
whether this is Mary or notf
ut was a question We couldn't an
swer. so we looked from him to the
child and from the child back to him,
remaining silent
FINALLY, when We were all at our
wits end. he looked earnestly at the
child and said plaintively. AMI your
fatherY
And the wise little child answered
quickly, Yes. you are
And SO We made her over to him."
New York Press.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
"Hans on Tight"

When a smoking car 'with thirty-five
passengers Jumped the track. a rail-
road engineer in the car, OF duty. yell
ed to the passengers to hang on
tight" and while the car turned over
no one was hurt.
Hang on tight is good advice In
most upsets- The man who hangs on
light to himself when his temper Is
upset will get through without hurting
either himself or others. The man
who hangs on tight to his earnings
ends with n competence. The man
who hangs on tight" to his place
when business upsets come generally
holds down his job. The man who
hangs on tight" when encouragement
or even disaster upsets others Is q
man to be hopeful about because he
viii keep right side up whatever else
turns over.-Philadelphia Press
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
SILVER CREEK.

FROM the ShIl
Uncle Francis Talon died Tuesday
night. He has been resident of this
neighborhoOd for 26 years and leaves a
host of friends To mourn his loss.
Lightning struck the big cottonwood
at the west side OF Congregational par
sonsge Tuesday night. A piece of bark
went through "A window, but no one WAS
hurt.
While stacking hay last Thursday
Joseph Scott WAS knocked off from the
stack and sustained broken collar
bone Mr.. Scott was unconscious for
30 minutes after his fall and had it not
been for some hay being on the ground
where he struck he would have been
killed instantly.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

Telephone No. !. - Columbus. Neb.
Getting Desperate.


Some of the office buildings in the
large cities are constructed apparently
with the idea that every possible
square foot of space must be utilized
for renting purposes. The corridors
are narrow. the passageways to the
elevator shafts hard to find and the
stairways located in obscure corners.
There may be fire escapes, but they are
equally obscure. and stranger would
not know where to look for them.
The occupants of q room on the sew.
enth floor of q building Of this kind.
devoted to the uses of fire and life
insurance companies agent. were sur
prised one day by the sudden entrance
Of Wild eyed man who seemed to be
laboring under strong excitement.
Say" gasped the intruder. win
some of you fellows please throw me
out of this buildins!'
what fory' asked one of the clerks.
i've been trying for fifteen minutes
to find a way out Of II, and can't"
They did not throw him out. but
pilOted him to the elevators, and he
succeeded at last in making his e.
cape.-Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
CENTRAL CITY.
From the Nonpareil.

From the Nonpareil.
A threshing separator which Gideon
johnson had owned less than week was
destroyed by fire early Sunday morning
and there are strong suspicious that the
fire was of incendiary origin.
Within few rods OF the spot at which
Alex Lyon was killed some months ago,
samuel T. Clayton, Ons OF the best known
citizens OF this community. was killed
yesterday shortly after noon. Mr.. CLAY.
ton had been having moving machine
repaired at the blacksmith shop here in
town yesterday morning and about
twelve o'clock he loaded it on to fiat
hay rack to haul it to his farm sOutesst
Of Town in Hamilton county. He nailed
two-by-fours ut the front and back of
the mower wheels to keep the machine
from rolling of the rack. When he
reached his meadow. which is just this
side of the house on the farm, he drove
into ditch, his plan being to lower the
wheels of the wagon so that the mower
could he unloaded more easily. As the
front wheels of the wagon dropped into
the ditch, however, the mower was
thrown forward over the twO-by-fO
and fell over the front end Of the rack
down behind the team. Mr.. Clayton
Was sitting on the rack in front of the
machine and when it went over he was
carried with it. The team started to
run at once and Mr.. Clayton was dragged
about a hundred feet before his body
was released. 1t is probable that he
was killed almost instantly as his neck
was broken.
A good deal of excitement was created
at Chapman Monday by the mysterious
disappearance Of J. II. Cummings, the
night operator for the Union Pacific.
MIR. Cummings had not been seen since
Sunday noon and early Monday morn
ing. U. =. Detective German came
down from Grand Island to investigate.
He could find no clue and returned to
Grand Island on the noon train. Mars
shall l.. A. Ohiles organized posse i'm
medistedly after noon and q desultory
search was made About two o'clock |
Peter Hedluni discovered the man un-
der tree on the !. NJ. Ogden farm.
He stopped just long enough to learn
that the man was alive, although I'M
conscious, and then hurried back to
town The lost man was soon brought |
to DIR. Triplett's Office and efforts were
made to revive him. Drs. Benton and |
Benton came up from Central City and
the greater part OF the afternoon was
spent in trying to restore him TO con-
sciousness. Tuesday morning he was
not much better and was then taken to
the hospital mt Grand Island. Mr.. Cum
mings has been here but short time
and WAS of quiet and reserved disposi-
ton. No satisfactory explanation for
his straying away has heen given. lie
has been unable to speak since being
found. Cummings figured in a senss-
ton few months ago while agent at
Oconee in Platte county. He was
found in his room in a hotel one morn
ing with his throat cut. After he re-
vived he told a story TO the effect that
some man had tried TO rob him and in
The struggle that ensued he received
the wound. II vas later decided that
he had tried To commit suicide. His
case is peculiar one and puzzled the
Whether he is drug fiend,
an epileptic or is mentally unbalanced
cannot he determined.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
Saved bv a Dream.

"Hints conveyed by dreams are &C.
casionally worth needing" says the
London Chronicle. The late Lord
Dunerin when in Paris dreamed that
he was in hearse on the way to the
cemetery. A few days later: as he was
about to enter the elevator Of a Ger
tain hotel, he was startled to find that
the attendant was a double Of the
driver of the hearse in his dream. He
thereupon promptly left the elevator
and walked upstairs. The car ascend
ed without him. but as It neared the
top something in the mechanism gave
way. and the passengers met their
death Had they also. one wonders.
been forevarned in a dream?'
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
Nearly q School Scandal.

What might have been q terrible SEN
sation. calling for public Investigation
and much newspaperiety, was avefted
by the visit Of q shocked mamma to
one Of our public primary schools. A
friend Of the mother was calling at the
house and asked the little daughter.
'How do you like your teacher?
''Oh. my teacher Is NICE" answered
Tot. but she is always asking rs for q
cigarette"
"What?' cried the lady and the
mamma In Mortified tones, seeing con-
Elimination Of the morals of Tot,undee
the teachings of q modern bachelor Of
the feminine gender.
Eyes, mamma. She says. Cigarette.
cigarette
The next day mamma visited the
school. As she entered the class room
the teacher was calling first to one
child and then to another, "Sit erect.
sit erectw while Tot flashed q glance
Of intelligence and Didn't I tell you
so?' ut her mother.-Wasp.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
A voraeious Monster.

The most vOracious Of all marine
beasts Of prey is the orca, or killer
whale. 1t reaches length Of twenty
five feet, and its jaws bristle with
teeth from four to six inches long and
as sharp rs a dirk knife. Its digestive
power IS proportioned to the tremen-
dous efficacy Of its jaws. 1t seems also
to be an atrocious gIutton. as one spec.
linen examined contained in its stom-
ach thirteen PROPOSES and fourteen
seals.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 500 to
$50 monthly. Extra commission and ollics e.
penses. Representative must have soficisnt
cash to carry stock to supply the demand Great
ell by New Laws and other coalitions. sind
references. Position permanent. Rapid 3D.
vancement to good man. Address Sturgis
Thayer. Sales Director. 100 National Bank CON-
merce Building. Minneapolis. MINI.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
Full Penalty.

Mrs. Peckem-Henry. what punish
ment should be melted out to q man
who proposes to q woman and then
refuses to marry her? Peckem-He
should be compelled to marry her,
Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
Chooeino Him IN.

Cheering Him Up.
New Boarder-HOw's the fare here:
Old Boarller-Well. We have chicken
every morning.
That's flrst rate. How Is Il served:'
In the she'll"
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
His QuaStlon.

Edgar. aged six. was recently sent to
school for the first time. and upon bis
return home he asked. Papa, whs
taught Adam the alphabet:''
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
MONROE.

l MONROE.
From the Republican.
Mr.. and Mn. John Keller have been
looking after the ranch ut Albion the
past week.
Nm. Paul Gertsch received Q short
visit from brother who was on bis way
to Canada.
The Hand boys have rented the Alden
farm and Herl Clsyburn has rented the
place now occupied by them.
M. and Mn. Ed Gates Of Council
Bluffs arrived Monday for Q visit with
relatives and friends in Monroe.
Leo Nunnally left for his home in
Tacoma, Wash, Tuesday evening after
spending several weeks with relatives.
Mr.. and Ms. John Smith, formerly Of
Monroe. arrived Tuesday from Kansas
City, and are guests at the T. w. Hill
home.
Miss Anna Klaus returned to her
home in Columbus Monday after an ex-
tended visit with her sister, Nina Vestel |
Moore.
NM. A. Griffin and son james accom-
panied by Miss Ellen Dorr OF West Hill |
left Tuesday for Iowa where they will |
visit relatives.
Prof. J. Il. Alcock arrived Wednesday |
from his trip in the south. and will be
here for . short time, the guest OF his
daughter, Mn. Dave AcWillisms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vestsl Moore left Mon.
day for near Asbeville. North Carolina,
called there by the serious illness Of
Vestel's mother. They will make an
extended stay; as this il Vestel's old
home, and he hes not been there for !
seven years.
BY vote OF 46 to IL District No. 76
Monroe and vicinity, voted
8, geo bonds to build additional school
room. While there was some oppOsi-
ton to the bond issue, it was conceded
that more room must be provided, and
the bond was carried. The board of
held meeting Thursday eve
ming and canvassed the vote, and also
took steps to get the plans for the build
ing under way. Ono problem that con-
fronts the board 10 the question of sd-
and st present the prospect
Df securing this il not very good |
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

We make our fortunes: We call them
fate.-Alroy.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
The Way Of q.
Life Is nm irony

1H0sCHCH0 1sHC u uU 1OOy.
Bocker-Yes. By the time you have
the money for a grand stand seat your
home team no longer wins.-New York
Sun.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10
Didn't Want Trouble,

The Playwright - Honestly. now.
what do you think Of my new play?
The Ctitic-Don't ask me. You're %
much bigger and stronger than I am.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

6. }. { I.
Tine Table

No. "a, Pc. (daily 81. 01nAay) lssvs. .13s u
No 3, Rrt. 4 Ac. 10y o.. S0S1rday) " $50 pm
No. q. Pass. (daily 81. Saldayl arrive. SD p N
No. u. FIT. & A. (d'y q. Sa16ay) y. ..o:l6 N
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

nepartoo.
But why are yOu In mourningT
''Oh. for my sins"
Gee: didn't know you'd lost any,
Cleveland Leader
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

Blessed Il the man who has found
his work. LIT him ask no other bless
edness.-ThOmas Carlyle.
The Columbus journal., 1910-08-10

00hhO W6000m Lott
You didn't tell the barber you were
IN q hurry"
mo. I didn't want him to know It."
-Pittsburg Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-10
THIS MAN is AFRAID.
off Reports of Cyanogen Gas are True
Well All Be Killed"

Berkeley, Calf, Feb. eff the
astronomers are right in their esti-
mates of the amount of cyanogen gas
in the tail of Halley's comet, and if
that body's vapors do envelop the
earth, we may have a chance to feel the
sensations Of the bugs and insects
which are killed by the use of this
deadly gas as an exterminator."
Such is the opinion expressed by
Prof. Edwin Booth of the department
of chemistry at the University of G. j.
fornia and a well-known expert on
spectrum analysis. We'll all be snuffed
out" he said, 'if sufficient quantity
Of this cyanogen gas unites with the
hydrogen of this planets atmosphere
Their union" he continues, would
form the deadly gas known as hydro
cyanic acid, the most deadly poison
known to science and which means
death to all animals"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-10
IDEAS AS TO VALUE
Differ in Hearing on Old Toll Bridge
At Norrideewock.

Norridgewock. Me-, Feb. 9.-The COM
mission appointed by Chief Justice Emery
consisting of Fred Emory Beane. Esq. of
Hallowell John Jones and John Green
leaf of Lewiston. for the purpose of APP
praising the toll bridge which spans the
Kennebec river at this place. which is
about to be taken over by the town. met
yesterday morning at the Grange hall In
this village and listened throughout the
day to the voluminous testimony of the
Bridge Co. Of replacement values in new
work and probable depreciation,
The testimony for the company was
concluded late in the afternoon and al
evening session was held in which the
town presented testimony bearing upor
the present condition Of the bridge ant
what its actual selling value had been 70,
the east 70 years as represented by thu
ahares Of stock transferred.
After all that talk. evidently bein,
somewhat puzzled at the discrepancy o
about $4,000 between the market valu
rs indicated by the selling price of tn
shares and the value claimed by the ex
perts who testified for the company, tn
commissioners viewed the bridge 70
themselves. Their decision will be give
later.
1.-THE attorneys for the town were F. 1
Auss Of 'Noffidgewock and L. L. Walto
of Skowhegan. and for the Bridge G.
were County Attorney Folsom of MOI
rid9sxock And Raryey Eaton of Water