Saline County Standard, 1 August 1890, published in Friend, NE.

Published every Friday by W. H. STOUT

LOCAL SIFTINGS, page 3

Wait for the Friend fair, August 27th to 29th.

Considerable sickness is reported in this vicinity

J. PALMER went to Wilber Monday on legal business.

Dogs are not so plentiful as they were two weeks ago.

Esquire ELLSWORTH tried a case at Cordova last Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. JUSTICE have gone to housekeeping.

Miss Ella WOLF contemplates making a western visit soon.

Mrs. JOHNSON has been reported on the sick list this week.

W. O. SOUTHWICK started yesterday for an outing in 
Wisconsin.

Rain prospects all vanish much to the disappointment of every 
body.

Mrs. M. J. WALKER has been somewhat under the weather this week.

Miss Julia JOHNSON, sister of J. R. JOHNSON, Crete, died
On Saturday last.

A.E. MOELER has sold $15,000 real estate in this place and 
Lincoln this week.

Miss Sarah TRUMBLE, of Lincoln, was visiting friends in 
our city this week.

J.D. POPE is in Wyoming this week visiting friends.

Mr. O. WEEKS, of Lincoln visited the CROWLEY family at 
This place this week.

Miss L. AMEY has been at Beaver Crossing several days
Visiting friends.

Bro. WHITCOMB went out to Hastings Wednesday to
Take in the convention.

A large amount of damage has been done near Grant 
this week by prarie fire.

The sidewalk west of D. GILMORE’s property has been 
Raised and put in good condition.

We had the pleasure of sampleing some fine
Fruit that W. H. GRAVES got in this week.

John JACK and wife, of Lincoln precinct, were in our city
Tuesday doing some trading.

The social given at the Congregational church Tuesday 
evening was quite well attended.

Mr. Fred GREEN was called to Chicago by telegram Monday to 
visit the sick bed of his mother.

The new cigar factory is located south of ARNOLD’s meat market 
and will soon be in full blast.

Hugh HITCHCOCK, live stock commission merchant of South Omaha 
was in our city last Saturday.

A large number of old soldiers are sending their pension 
applications in under the new act of congress.

It is said that the champion liar ALLEY took an active part 
in the Alliance convention the other day.

Job HATHAWAY of Hemingford Neb. And a staunch republican, 
was on the east bound train Tuesday noon.

Hugh McLEAN who left these parts some time time ago for 
Scotland has returned for a visit with old friends.

J.A. WILD, of the Wilber “Republican,” and wife spent Sunday 
last in our city visiting the family of ye editor.

The “Free Press” stated last week that it was going to change 
hands.  We have not learned of a sale taking place.

H.T. CLARK has purchased the Omaha Republican and will pay 
Mr. WILCOX, debts out of the purchase money.

W.C. FAULKNER writes from Illinois to have the STANDARD sent 
to his address, knowing that we print the news.

The hot winds which have been blowing for the past few days 
have been very damaging to crops in this vicinity.

James SMITH and Donald AKIN went to Hastings Monday as delegates 
to the peoples congressional convention.

Found:--On the street in Friend, a lap robe, which the owner can 
have by calling at this office and paying for this notice.

Dr. BEGHTOL, T.C. CALLAHAM, Wm. WHITCOMB, and A.J. JUSTICE were 
delegates to the Hastings convention Wednesday.

L.L.GAHOGEN has sold his farm, crop and stock and has bought 
a stock of drugs in Lincoln.  F. OMINBY is to be his pharmacist.

Some of the alliance men think this a good year to go into politics, 
as crops are short and they will have but little to do at home.

John TALLEY came to town Thursday with 117 bushel of flax on one 
wagon and drawn by two horses.  The load was a monster.

Eddie STEWART an orphan boy who has been in Friend for some time 
left Tuesday for Ill. Where his sister lives, he leaves hosts of friends.

John BURKE, who resides a few miles south of town was severely 
kicked by a horse this week.  We understand he is recovering rapidly.

The passengers on one of the F.E.&M. V. trains were robbed near 
Valentine Tuesday, by two men who went through the train with cocked 
revolvers.

The following is the Friend grain and stock market at the time of going 
to press:  Wheat, 65 cts; corn, 32cts; oats, 25cts; flax, $.10; 
hogs, $3.10; cattle, $3.50.

Bro. WHITCOMB was at the state convention (on the outside) with a 
dagger drawn at Hastings.  As a wager, Ed is quite a wag, but his 
dagger didn’t dag.—“Vidette.”

The barb wire company have not done much in the past week as they 
are waiting for their engine to arrive when they will commence business 
with four machines.

The republican central committee is called to meet at the Willard 
hotel Omaha, Aug 5th, for the purpose of completing the organization 
before entering upon the campaign.

Jerry WILLIAMS is again at work at his trade.  He is now located one 
door north of Ed. LEONARD’s office, and he has an entire new set of 
tools.  He invites all his old customers to call.

CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. R.D. WALKER desire to extend their thanks to neighbors 
and friends for assistance rendered during the sickness of their 
little Dolores.

James GAVEN started Wednesday for Washington, where he will probably 
make his future home.  At Hastings he met John McDONALD and family 
who accompanied him to his new home.  

The little child that Mr. and Mrs. R.D. WALKER took a few months ago 
to raise, died on Monday of summer complaint.  All that loving hands 
could do was done for the little one but it was called, and had to go.

Prof. J.D. FRENCH commenced moving his household property to Tobias 
Wednesday.  Mr. FRENCH has been a resident of Friend for some eight 
years and his many friends here dislike to have himself and family 
leave our city.

Morgan HURLBERTSON who has had considerable domestic trouble of late 
came to town Monday, and as his wife, accompanied by her two children, 
was going to the depot to take the train, HURLBERTSON rushed up, took 
the children and placing them in a wagon drove out of town.  What the 
outcome of this family row will be is hard to conjecture.  The general 
opinion seems to be that both parties are to blame.

At the farmers’ alliance convention held last Saturday, the following 
ticket was nominated, Ed. TURNER, of Brush Creek, State Senator.  
James SMITH, of Friend and S.J. HERMAN, of Wilber, representatives.  
M.A. BOGGS, of DeWitt, County Commissioner.  W.G. HASTINGS, of Wilber, 
County Attorney.

Trelot is a mathematical game to be played with men on a checker board.  
It is a happy combination of amusement and instruction.  While it is 
fascinating as a game, it begets skill in calculation which long and 
persistent school room drill often fails to supply.

The independent congressional convention for the first district was held 
in Lincoln immediately after the state convention adjourned and 
C.H. VAN WYCK was nominated for congress.  The poor old political 
hack must have an office, and if he can’t be governor he will take anything 
he can get.

Farmers who have been holding their hogs for a better market, have given 
up all hope of a raise and now the hogs must go.  Mr. JUSTICE sold a fine 
lot on Monday, and yesterday George HAVENS shipped one hundred and fifty 
head to Omaha, himself and George DE LONG going with the stock.

The SAUNDERMAN Undertakers played the return game with the Cordova’s Monday, 
resulting in a score of 13 to 14 in favor of the undertakers.  Quite a number 
of our citizens went over to witness the game and all pronounce it the best 
of the season.  Everything passed off quietly and the boys are happy.

ATTENTION, FARMERS
If you want to borrow any money on your land, apply to me direct, in person.  
I will save you a commission.  In other words, give you the advantage of all 
that the local Agents might make.  I will make a 6 per cent rate for the next 
thirty days.
F.I. FOSS, Crete, Nebr.

Uncle Joe WIDICK saw our request in the STANDARD for vegetables and on Wednesday 
brought us one car of corn.  It was field corn and a very large ear, it being 
enough for our entire family of seven a mess.  The corn is from the field that 
COWPERTHWAITE tried to make the people believe had been taken by the weeds.  
When farmers can raise such corn in dry times what is the use of an alliance.

Mr. A.J. JUSTICE, one of the substantial farmers of this vicinity, sold his hogs 
Tuesday to J. COWPERTHWAIT and the buyer acknowledge this as being the finest 
lot he has bought of any one man this year.  The number was 36 at $3.25 per 
hundred average 333?.  And amount received $391.30.  Mr. JUSTICE still has 100 
pigs and 35 sows, from which he will probably realize one year hence as much 
cash as a great many farmers will from their entire crop of corn.
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