The Bellwood Gazette from Bellwood, Nebraska • 1

BELLWOOD BUTLER COUNTY NEBRASKA FRIDAY MARCH 5 1897 VOL XI fttblished Friday Afternoon BT Wl McGAFFIH JR AT BELLWOOD SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per year $150 gix Months 75 Entered at the Host office at Bellwood Butler county as second class mall matter Plenty of money to loan on farms by Doty and Knight David City Mrs Jacob Hiller visited with her daughter Maggie at York last week I Hewit is agent for the New Home Sewing Machine advertised in this paper Mrs Bacon sister to Frank Beard returned to her home at Kansas City Monday Louie Henfling and wife Rev Smith and Alliss were David City visitors Monday Easter does not come this year until April 18th Mrs Peter Kurt was a David City visitor yesterday I I Km Wm Barklow Is dishing out pills at Rittenhouse drug store this week 1 j' 4 Mrs Hj McGaffin of Seward is visiting her old friends in and around Bellwood this week Farmers are not renting so readily this year as usual The truth is that rent is too high considering the Mrs Burch was a David City visitor yesterday Geo Runyon and Miss Belle Evans both of David City were married yesterday Court opened Monday morning at David City There was but little jury work on hand this term so the jurymen were dismissed Butler county Association will meet in' the office of the County Superintendent on Saturday March 13 at 2 sharp ALEXIS ITEMS Prof Thompson made Lincoln a business visit in search of a on Saturday During bis absence his brother Prof Thompson of David City came down to pay him a visit but was disappointed Casper and wife are rejoicing over the arrival at their home of a ten pound daughter Jake trade her for ex-president new girl The pupils of Dist 13 rendered a ST0BY OF A POTATO J1 i I LLE AOLAB a milliner by trade was sitting one fine Sunday morning by the open window peeling potatoes The window was on the fifth floor and looked out on the Rue Lepic Suddenly of the po-tatoes slipped through her Ungers dropped over the When MUe Aglae dropped her potato into th street she wbb overcome with fear She hurriedly shut the window so that in case there had been an aeeident no one would suspect her Then she sat and quietly waited the turn of events Wha( then was her terror when she heard steps coming up her stairs the eteps of men of two men heavy and loud she thought and at the thought her little heart began to beat moife- quickly while cjld perspiration broke out on her pretty i shoulders But Just when she expected to hear edge of the window sill and disappeared Into space It fell with a bang upon a gentleman who was passing deep dent In bis beneath and made a Reports still come in that stock of all kinds bring good prices at the sales being held in the country especially cattle and hogs Oscar Roehon and John West accompanied by their best girls took in the dance at David City Monday night Di I Hewit sole agent will re fund your money if not satisfied after using 1 bottle of Dr famous medicine Cloyde Grisinger who is holding down a job at Waverly Neb is in the city this week on a visit with his parents Mrs Wm Warren of Milwaukee Wis returned home Wednesday after a few weeks visit with Mr and Mrs Frank Beard The red-breasted robins are quite plentiful around Bellwood which is sufficient evidence that spring will soon be here Editor McGaffin came up from Seward Monday evening to attend the banquet given by the Ai and of lodges David City seint six race horses to the turf at Red Oak Iowa last week of them belonged to Aldrich and two to Dr Lester The men are talking about hard times the boys about the social world and their and the young ladies about what the spring styles will be and the world moves on price of prcducts jr-mH iiL 11 j- I-- -j The farmer who will pay attention to his dairy his hen house and his hogs will win lengths ahead of him who buys all these essentials and raises only corn Mr Diadorus Spencer a pioneer of this county and well known to all the older residents of this city died at his home in Sherwood Mich Thursday Feb 26th at the advanced age of 98 1 A man down in Kansas ortgaged his farm to buy his wife a pair of diamond ear rings The wife took in washing to pay the interest on the mortgage but the first job she did she lost one of the sparklers in the suds and tried to hang herself in the barn but the rope broke and she fell on a Jersey cow worth $150 breaking its baex The husband then undertook too shoot the cow and end its misery but the gun went off and destroyed his eyes and his wife ran away with a lightning rod peddler The mortgage is the only thing left intact People out in the vicinity of Hastings Kearney and Minken have for some time past seen a mysterious light in the gky and have taken it for some biblical warning fortelling the destruction of the world by fire as related in the book of John But Billy Weidner the popular traveling drug salesman tells a York Times reporter that the station agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad at Juniata a small town west of Hastings is the responsible party This man is termed by his neighbors as a and is the habit of making all descriptions of kites and flying them at Dights attaching a lighted antern to them and it was probably is light that the superstitious people of those cities seen the cruel fists knocking at the door of her little room her face suddenly resumed its calm and peaceful expression Still she was afraid to move for some time fearing with logical mind that when the policemen found that the tenants next door wore Innocent they would come in and apeuse her After some moments however she gained enough courage to conceal the basket of potatoes which must otherwise have appeared so much against her ani forced herself to put op an Innocent expression with which to meet the police After waiting a little longer and hearing no nois of stepa but only the bassoon she became completely reassured In order to makb asrurance doubly sure she opened her cupboard and taking out the milk jar opened the doorf quietly and crept down the stairs to get four sous worth of milk from the dairy at the corner In this way she hoped to make an alibi and her case would be too strong for the slightest suspicion Besides she wanted some milk to boil her potatoes Ip and it was her intention to put in a cauliflower as well So she bought hor four worth of milk and ptarted on the return Journey with her spirit at rest and her milk bottle carefully held in front of heh Suddenly she felt a violent blow on her fingers and at the same moment hef hands her bare arms her corsage facp hair and mouth were covered with milk! It was the potato that had slipped from hand and had landed with remarkable precision right In the mouth of the milk jar "Oh cried Aglae in despair "what has happened? I Who baa done And she ram up the staircase only to run plump into the hands of Anatole 1 Anatole' as a matter of fact when he saw the potato flying downward remembered the police ordinance against throwing things but of the window after 10 a and decided to leave Molesquin as soon as It was at ome polite and possible He shook Edgar who had fallen asleep and after promising Molesquin to return next day and take lessors from him and hurried helter-skelter out of the door the bassoonist accompanying him as far cs tha door 'i At the moment when the door opened Aglae was coming up the stairs four steps at a time Aglae and Anatole found each other face to face Aglae with her face and hair running with milk and Anatole with his silk hat all smashed in on his head They stopped (hey looked! at each neat little program Saturday evening in the honor and memory of the poet Longfellow whose occurred Friday In the absence of the teacher Mr Thompson the exercises were creditably conducted by Lewis Kreizmger and Miss Katie Reichwein Homer Earle of Rising City is visiting with his brother Arthur Earle of the Hoshor farm Geo Jacobs started for his home in Iowa last week His departure is regretted by his many friends here John Schmit will soon leave to work on a farm north of Columbus A part of the farm formerly worked by the Schmit Bros has been rented by a Mr Ohristopher hence the remainder will be atcended to without John I SCHOOL REPORT Report of school in Dist 71 Butler county for month ending Feb 26 1897: PRIMARY Total enrollment 51 average daily attendance 38 number tardy 16 minutes lost 264 names of pupils not absent or tardjr Ivmg Wyand Avan Warren and Menta Drawbaugh Louise Stork Teacher INTERMEDIATE Total enrollment 36 average daily attendance 30 number tardy 2 minutes lost 55 names of pupils not absent or tardy Marguerite Derby Carrie Drawbaugh Lizzie Besch Jessie Meyer Mabel Beard Josie Harper Mamie Bock Pearl! Curtis Clyde Brewer Walter Mench Charlie Alliss and Frank Rose Mary Friend Teacher Ml i I GRAMMAR AND HIGH SCHOOL Total enrollment 47average daily attendance 42 number tardy 20 minutes lost 380 names of pupils not absent or tardy Mabel Drawbaugh Evalena and Barbara Belsley Maude Grisinger Joella Derby Sadie Hill Melvin Alliss Jesse Belsley Irvin Belsley Cad Pace Shea Teacher COMING McKinley has taken his seat and prosperity will set in in dead earnest and as a result I will be at Bellwood about the middle of this month prepared to hang paper paint and kalso-mine at confidence prices Yes Major McKinley has mounted his throne To quell all contention and strife And ex Grover Cleveland has gone to his home To shoot buzzards the rest of his- life The birds and the flowers and trees with their shade Will again bless our beautiful land And go to Bellwood to work at my trade So meet me with torchlight and hand Yours for the next four years Crozier Painter LUXENBURG ITEMS Grover Albert Kunkee of Octavia has moved on his farm formerly occupied by Theodore Lukisou Mr Lukison has purchased the Wonderly farm west of David City Pete Reisdorf who has been confined to his bed for some time with lung fever is now rapidly recovering Nick Schmidt baled hay last week Farmers bale your hay and save it for a rainy day for you know not what the future may bring forth Cleveland- can go duck hunting next week if he wants to Dist No 9 is taking a weeks vacation Jake Hiller has been hauling lumber from David City this week Jake says he saves $250 per thousand feet Will our Bellwood man please explain this? Hon Peter Brown all-around-sport of Savannah will plow corn for Nick Schmidt this summer It is rumored around that Robert Watkee will trot in double-harness before corn planting Matt Besch sports 8 new cutter these winter days if I :7 Two of young sports tried to paint David City red one day la9t week ji Subscriber of Octavia mast be strictly with Hon Loomis? Oh consistancy thoo art a jewel ad mired by many but must have got lost in the shuffle at Lincoln Tiddly Winks Burlington Ruute BELLWOOD NEB Trains Leave as Follows: No 22 Passenger daily except Sunday Lincoln Omaha Chicago St Louis Kansas City St Joe Denver and all points east south and west 7:31 am No 32 Accomodation daily except Saturday Lincoln and intermediate stations 4:55 pm No 21 Passngr daily except Sunday for Columbus 9:02 pm No 31 Accm daily except Sun forColumbus 35 pm Sleeping dining and chair cars (seats free) on through trains Tickets sold and I ggage checked to any point in the Ui ted States or Canada For informatu maps time tab les and tickets call on or write to Garwood Agent or Francis Gen Passenger Agent Omaha Nebr ar ketJReport MaVkets corrected every Friday Wheat bushel 55 Corn ear busnel 10 ora bushel 9 bushel 8 to 10 bushel 26 Hogs cwt 3 10 cwt 2 50 pjmshel 30 Eggs dozen 8 Butter lb 9 LAST DANCE OF THE SEASON A Dance will be given at opera house on the evening of March 17th (St Day) Good music good order and a good tune Ever body invited Oscar Roehon Manager Jas McKillip shipped a car of hos to Omaha Monday Louis Henfling purchased the 80-acre farm belonging to Peter Powers onday Dick Deford of Monroe Neb is here visiting his old friends in and around town Mr and Mrs Ed Hotchkiss and two children were David City visitors Wednesday Doty and Knight will furnish all the money you want on first class farm loans Farm loans at lowest rates Plenty of money Doty Knight David City I Lowest rates on farm loans money furnished promptly Doty and Knight David City 5lop and think whether or not your subscription has expired? If it has come in and renew Gene Loomis went to Lincoln Tuesday to see if Gov Holcomb had any left for a retired editor He will visit friends at Cordovia and Beaver Crossing before returning The Burlington has commenced work on their new depot at Omaha It will be a large and imposing structure and will be used by the Union Pacific Rock Island Milwaukee and Wabash roads The Butler county Educational convention will be held at David City on April 9 and 10 instead of March 12 and 13 An excellent literary and musical program is being prepared Chancellor Geo McLean Rev Mail ley Prof A Beattie Prof Saylor State Supt Jack-son and other prominent leading men will be present Thos Welsh is another of the lucky pops of Butler county to capture state plum he having been appointed deputy warden of the state penitentiary ust what salary Thomas will get we have not learned but we believe it pays something near $1000 per year We are glad to know ol! his good luck and we believe the state will find him a faithful servant and one who will do his duty as it should be done David City News Report of school in Dist No 7 Butler for month ending Feb 26 Total enrollment 33 aver age daily attendance 30 number tardy 3 minutes lost 15 names pupils not absent or tardy Nella Guy Arthur and Jessie Bouton Lucy Loveless Floyd and Merle Bressler visitors Bressler David Marti Will A Bouton Wilber Beringer Ernest Pace Ben Smith and Misses Jennie and Leona Hager Ina Bouton and Cora McKKellips This month closes six months school The regular monthly examinations were held and much interest is being manifested in the different branches Roy Kellogg Teacher elegant silk hat It took kina but two the landing on the second floor when a door suddenly opened and a person rushed out in a great hurry and fell heavily Into his arms The two men eyed each other for a moment with angry and astonished looks ready to abuse each other when both simultaneously uttered an exclamation of surprise Anatole Baudruche and Edgar Brlch-et on were two old college chums They had not met since the day when they took their bachelor of arts degree together twelve years before In spite of this long Interval In their Intercourse they found on the occasion of this sudden meeting that they had very little ready change of conversation Edgar was the first to speak: your hat looks very he said not speak of it It has Just served for a target for a potato that fell from the fifth now you are going upstairs to restore the potato to Its owner That very nice of "Not by any means! going to charge the clumsy dervil with his crime to make him pay for a new "Well scr far as that is concerned you might as well tackle a corpse" "And why If you "Because old Bidoche is an old hedgehog who will kick you downstairs even If he opens the door for you at "Old "Yes the man you can be no other thai ants In the building trouble with him he made a point of able to everyone as do you live In this but an aunt of mine does and scarcely a day passes without her having a scrap with old Bidoche If you will allow me I will go up with you two heads are better than one in a matter like So Edgar and Aanatole went up three flights together and stopped outside a door through which came softly the sounds of a melodious musical instrument "This Is the said Edgar practicing ion his With these words he pulled the bell And the bassoon suddenly ceased Then the shuffling of feet was heard along "MONSIEUR YOI ARE A the floor the door opened and there framed In the doorway stood a little old man with benevolent smiling face ne'v and a large-sized bassoon resting across one arm do the gentlemen asked the little old man 4 replied Edgar "Yes the wretched added Anatole shaking his ruined hat in one hand and with the other placing the potato on the top of the nose (replied the old man politely "I do not know him I'ever heard of -It I that? cried Edgar "Are you trying to deceive at answered the old man quietly "There must be some mistake somewhere My name is Molesquin I am the sole basso in the orchestra of the Theater des Gobelins and I moved in this continued Anatole are not the man who threw this potato on my only eat green answered Molesquin "Nevertheless If the gentlemen will come in for a short while I will play them my part in the de There are some interesting passages in Anatole and Edgar did not like to refuse and went into the old room Molesquin gave them a seat and some cigarettes and then going up to the stand he played through for their benefit the whole of the first bassoon part In the de Edgar made a brave face over it while Anatole sat in the window with his potato in his hand scarcely able to contain his patience Suddenly the musician struck a false note It increased impatience so much that he gave a jump and in doing so allowed the potato to slip from his fingers It rolled over the window sill and with a hop disappeared in the street below Miss Jessie Diefendorf the popu lar young lady who holds a position in the county office at David City was the guest of Miss Daisy Taylor Saturday and Sunday I want to buy 50 young steers and heifers Will pav from $3 to $350 per hundred for steers and to $3 for heifers also stock hogs I have a fine milch cow and calf for sale A Spelts They say that Emmons Yates has twenty-on years That means he has cooked 22995 meals and made his own bed 7665 times No wonder he got tired trotting in single harness This living single is not what its cracked up to be Died March 2d 1897 Irvin Alonzo son of Mr and Mrs John Wilson who reside 9 miles southwest of Bellwood aged 7 months and day of ung fever after a sickness of two weeks The funeral services were leld at the home at 11 March conducted by Rev Smith of bellwood after which the remains were taken to the David City cemetery or burial The family have the sympathy of the entire community Married at the residence of Mr and Mrs Frank Yates Wednesday evening Mr Emmons Yates Sarah Flake Rev officiating The bride is a March 3 at seven and Mrs Smith woman of splendid attainments aud highly accomplished and is veay popular in social and church circles Mr: Yate? the groom is known in and around GeHwood as being a sober and industrious young man and liked! by all who come in contact with him Mr and Mrs Yates have the congratulations of many friends who wish them a happy marital journey Judge Sullivan haoded down a decision in the district court fit Col-j umbus Mond iy which will doubtless interest many county officers throughout the state Clerk of the Court Speice in preparing his bills for the last quarter of 1896 had among others a small bill for postage used in he uecessarv correspondence of the office and also a bill for preparing the court docket Both of these bills were rejected by the board of supervisors Clerk of the Court Speice appealed from the decision of the board and Judge Sullivan took the matter under advisement Monday he sustained the action of the board and in his decision he claimed that under the statutes no county officer could be allowed a claim for postage that the county could not be held for a claim of that nature In the matter of preparing the trial dockets the judge held that it was a duty which devolved upon the clerk of the court but there was no provision any fee for the services Last Monday Judge Bates granted Stephen Davidson a divorce from Isabel Davidson non-resident When called to testify Mr Davidson was asked by Judge Bates where he resided and how long he had lived theie He answered by saying that he formerly resided at Quincy 111 and about July 1st he came to Omaha and from O-naba he came to Bellwood arriving at Bellwood July 6 He also said that he boarded with Jud Carpenter then running the hotel He also stated that he stayed with Mr Carpenter until Mr Carpenter moved out on the farm when he went over to Peter restaurant Now to tell the truth in the matter this man Davidson never saw Bell wood only when he passed through on the tram He and his brother the only witness that he had jumped off the train Monday morning while on their way to David and inquired of Barney Taylor the name of the hotel the proprietors name and also the name of the restaurant keeper Nick Linden who happened to be in the court room at the time and beard him testify as to living in Bellwood was somewhat surprised He wondered where the fellow had kept himself all these months When Nick went to the depot to come home he met the fellow and went up to him and said name is Peter Kurt and 1 would like to have my board This knocked the fellow clear off his pegs He told Nick that he was dead broke now but would manage to do something for him later on If Judge Bates would look this matter up there is not the least doubt in our mind but he would find some very crooked work being done by this man The case Will bear investigation Rev aged 75 years Blackman of Garrison died last Wednesday 3e was the father of Charley Blackman who resides four and a half miles west of Bellwood The widow of the late gins of Columbus wonja suit ng 2000 insurance On the life of ler husband against the A at Omaha last week The lodge contested the payment becaiise at the time ot Judge death there was an unpaid assessment Mrs Anna Banting of David City has been appointed Temple Superintendent of all states and territories west of the Mississippi river exoept'Towa Minnesota and Louisiana Her duties arfe to see that Temple Superintendent state district county and local are appointed in her district to collect funds and have the general direction of Temple work in Le west Speaking upon the question of sugar beet culture in Nebraska Prof Nicholson of the Nebraska State University has said in a public lecture: I believe Nebraska is destined through the sugar industry to be one of the richest and besjfc states in the union It has been demonstrated and we it upon the authority of the German government experts themselves that much of Nebraska is admirably adapted to bdet I MI I 7 Already the farmers seriously discussing in groups as they meet in town what shall be their crops for the ming year There is one thing it seems certain to us and that is if they would make the most of their farms they must cease to confine themselves to a single crop corn More attention to pasturage and thus to keeping cows and selling milk would always pay Some oats some spring wheat plenty of rye sown in the fail for pasture all would give diversity and profit We ought not to expend all our keensightedness in discovering our little faults By some strange perverseness in human nature we have far keener eyes for flaws and blemishes in others than for the lovely things that are in them Not many of us go about our good points and praising the lovely things in him Not a few of us however can tell an indefinite number of faults in many of our neighbors Would it not be well to change this and begin gossiping about the good and beautiful things in others? i Mj A good story was told us last week on Bro Betzer of the David City News it is to good to keep so we will have to let out on him One evening recently he attended a social given at a private residence in David City auc daring the evening the ladies inaug-j urated a hugging bee the proceeds to go to the church Prices were graded according to the person to be hugged For instance for hugging a young inexperienced girl you had to give np ten cents married women brought 15 cents and widows a quarter Old! maids came in a bunch for 3 cents Well our friend Betzer was blind folded and giving up 15 cents said he would take a married woman After he had hugged 15 cents worth the bandage was removed from his eyes and lo! and behold I he had been hugging his own wife Then he want ed his 15 cents back A joor miserable country editor who is the sole news gatherer and writer for his paper and as a consequence has not the time at his dis posal to defend himself against the lings of an over-exacting public by engthy comment submits the following brief but pointed lecture to his recalcitrant readers you do not get your name in the paper when you 2:0 away or come home from a yisit of have an entertainment at your louse or go out and kill a rabbit or find a $2 bill or some other old thing or do any of the other thousand and one things that you think would look well in print get up on your hind legs and kick about the editor not knowing his business and call the pftper a measly old rag anyhow Come: around and see the editor when you have an item he is harmless always wears a smile has a box of cigars on tap and his mission on earth to put names in the paper but he get all the news and be a on the sort of a guy try the best he may You are many He is rf 1 I- I I For some time past the members of the of have been laying their plans for a surprise on one of their members Mr Ed Hotchkiss and last Monday evening said plans were carried out to perfection About half-past seven the members of said order turned out in full force loaded with baskets of good things and shortly afterwards a committee was appointed to usher Mrs Hotchkiss and husband into their presence The committee found them at home and on being informed what was wanted of them made up their minds that they might as well surrender On arriving at the hall they received a hearty welcome and after a few minutes were spent in showering con gratulations on each other the exer eises was opened by Dr Hewit in neat little address of welcome As there was a large number of the A boys and their wives also present short addresses were made concerning the A and of orders Songs and recitations also formed a part of the program and Fred Morgan who was present from Octavia on being called for a speech sang a song entitled an At the close of the program the of Miss Estella Young on behalf of the of order presented Mrs Hotchkiss with a beautiful lodge pin as a token of love for her faithfu work in said order Mrs Hotchkiss heartily thaiiked the members of the order for the handsome gift The next thing on the program was supper which crowned the event and at about twelve all left for home highly elated over their evening pleasure The Bellwood band which was also present rendered a few their choice selections which were highly appreciated by all present other and they understood it cried Aglae Ifi you are you madamoiselle your fingers are made of blotting replied Anatole are a rude man "And you axe ill bred" 4 "A man who cannot hold a potato In his hand should not undertake to give lessons to advise you to say as little as possible mademoiselle When a girl cannot peel a potato without letting it drop she should take her meals at a "I shall take no instructions from you "None the less) mademoiselle I repeat you should take your meals at a restaurant I know a very nice ose on la Place Pigalle I do indeed "Well go there yourself "Oh! So you think that I would go to a restaurant with my hat smashed in this blen monsieur if your hat Is injured you have only to go to a and get It "I shall take no instructions from you the less monsieur I repeat you should go to a hatter There is my brother who is in the hatter business at Rue des you like very much to bAve me go to breakfast in a restaurant with you? En blen mademoiselle I shall go to your with my hat only on condition that you come with me to a restaurant for "En bien monsieur I shall go with jrou to a restaurant only on condition that you take your hat to my cried Molesquin who had been attfocted by the discussion but who had said nothing I shall never forgive you for having interrupted my studies unless you will accept1 a box tonight for the 'Theater des 7h cried Edgar in his turn Molesquin went back to his room and the three young people went downstairs The brakfast was delicious and the afternoon passed with the rapidity of lightning The for one must have dinner was also very good and the evening was spent pleasantly at tthe Theater des Gobelins After the performance Molesquin Joined the three others and the four went to drink beer at the nearest In a word this story though Par Ian ended In i marriage ft.