Saline Snippets: Newspaper Transcriptions 
from Saline County, Nebraska.
Transcribed by Vicki Conklin

FRIEND WEEKLY TELEGRAPH, E. WHITCOMB, Editor and 
Proprietor, Friend, Nebraska, September 28, 1888

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The different railroad corporations of the state should be prohibited by law 
from changing their schedule of running trains without giving at least one 
week's notice thereof to the general public. On Sunday the 1*th, inst. a 
new time table went into effect on the B. & M. and many people at every 
station along the whole line have been left on account of such changes. 
These companies are common carries and have no right to damage the 
general public or the business by thus changing its time tables without notice.
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ANTI-MONOPOLY
Saline is without doubt largely anti-monopoly. Her farmers are and have been 
feeling for some time that they have been bearing a burden of oppression from 
railroad corporations in this state which has taken nearly if not quite one half 
of their hard earnings, and a large portion of that remaining has gone to pay 
high rates on coal and lumber until there is in Friend precinct today but 14 
quarter sections not already under a mortgage. What is true of Friend precinct 
is more or less true of other precincts in the county. There is little hope for 
escape from this state of affairs except through healthy legislation, and to this 
end it is proposed to hold a mass convention at Pleasant Hill next Saturday, in 
order to put up a ticket whom the farmers of this county can support with a 
view to this end, of lifting the mortgage off the farm sometime in the future.

THEY WILL REAP THE WHIRLWIND
The blinded bigots in the republican party at Friend, in this state, will have a 
whirlwind to harvest in exchange for their recent action. A communication from 
that place brings the information that at a meeting of the republican club there it 
passed resolutions denouncing E. WHITCOMB, editor of the Friend TELEGRAPH, as 
not a republican and his utterances as unrepublican, and ordered his name stricken 
from the rolls of the club.
    
The republicans recently nominated a ticket in that county, a ticket that was 
intensely distasteful to many of them. The nominee for the senate seems to 
be particularly distasteful. The CRETE GLOBE has denounced this particular candidate. 
A prominent lawyer of Crete and an uncompromising republican stated in this city 
that this particular nominee would be snowed under, and one of the strongest men 
in politics in that county expressed an opinion that the ticket would have to be 
rebuilt if the republicans had a fighting chance in Saline. In the light of these facts 
MR. WHITCOMB is the best republican in the republican club at Friend. He has the 
courage of his convictions. He refuses to bow down to the crown that in the name 
of republicanism attempts to rule or ruin, with no hope but ruin staring them in the face. 
The republican party is greater than any man or set of men who, branded by party, attempt 
to thrust themselves down the throats of a disgusted community. 

But the gist of the action against Mr. WHITCOMB is found in the following statement 
in the resolutions passed:
"That his attitude toward the work of the republican party for the past four years is 
unworthy the name of republicanism." Mr. WHITCOMB has for some time waged an 
honest and aggressive war against the railroad corporations and their attempted ownership 
and direction of republican politics in this state. He has made the dead beats, and tools, and 
corporation hirelings in his locality feel the lash as they needed it. And for these reasons he 
is to be denounced as not a good republican and his utterances as unrepublican.

The time has not yet come in Nebraska when a man, because he stands for the 
common people, for justice and right as against the practiced robbery of railroads 
and their indecent interference in politics, can be tabooed and disfranchised as not 
a good party man. The time will speedily come, however, when the dirty tools of 
the roads, who attempt to throttle the expressions of a paper that is fearless in 
exposing rottenness, will be carted to the political bone yard. Mr. Whitcomb has 
been a republican for years. He has been a stalwart republican. The party has 
honored him as a government official. He wears the badge of the Grand Army 
of the Republic, won by honorable service for his county.

Because, forsooth, he now will not be led blindfold, like a chattel at the heels of 
the crowd that he honestly believes misrepresents the people, he is denounced. 
But the parties engaged in that business will reap their just deserts in a whirlwind 
of popular indignation. - Lincoln CALL

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CITY TALK
School books at HEWIT'S drug and book store.

Mens and boys shirts and underwear in good variety at KRAMER'S.

The finest line of heating stoves to be found in the county at B. & S.

Mrs. A.S. McKAY returned from her visit over in Canada Wednesday.

All goods are marked in plain figures. G. KRAMER

Call and get prices on hardware of all kinds. We are here to stay 
and are starting out at the bottom. B. & S.

Mr. H.F. MOELIER went to Harvard Wednesday to attend the 
Blue Valley Congregational association in session at that place.

The talk of Mr. BRADIE in the Methodist church last Sabbath morning 
was very interesting indeed, and was listened to with a great deal of interest.

Miss EDITH TROMBLA was visiting friends in town last week.

Overcoats! Overcoats! Overcoats! for large or small at KRAMER'S.

Suits and overcoats, the best at the most reasonable 
low prices at KRAMER'S.

Mrs. J.A. COOVER, of this place, has been visiting 
her sister at Alliance.

Pearline makes washing easy. For sale at 
GRAVES & VOORHEES Cash Store.

Mr. and Mrs. PETER GREEN returned from their 
visit in Canada Wednesday.

Mr. ROBERT RYAN, a prominent attorney of Lincoln 
was in the city on business Friday.

Mr. ARCHIE McKILLOP, a prominent business man of Tobias, 
was in this city on business Wednesday.

Hon. GEORGE H. HASTINGS, of Crete, republican candidate 
for county attorney, was in the city on legal business Friday.

Fur caps, plush caps, cloth caps, knit caps, large variety, low 
prices and the latest for men and boys at KRAMER'S.

Mrs. J.D. FRENCH'S father and mother arrived from the east on 
Wednesday's excursion and are visiting their daughter.

We need a little rain. Yes, and we need some thunder and 
lightning to purify the air during these warm political times.

Mrs. CASS has been attending the state convention of the 
W.C.T.U. at Hastings as a representative of the W.C.T.U. 
of this city.

There will be a fire meeting held in the room over FRANTZ'S 
store on next Tuesday evening to reorganize the fire company. 
Let all turn out and attend.

Mr. and Mrs. LARCH started for their home in New York yesterday.  
Mrs. L. has been in very poor health, which has not improved during 
her stay here.

A first-class farmer desires a farm to rent. Satisfaction given. 
For further particulars address JOHN SLAMA, Friend, Nebraska.

Mr. M.R. STANLEY, who was called to Toledo, Iowa last week by 
the severe illness of his mother, returned Wednesday. He reports 
her much better but not out of danger.

J.C. DOANE, G.F. SAWYER, WILLIAM MULDEN, W.S. GRAFTON, J.G. McCLEVE, 
JAMES SWAN and T.J. CHIDESTER, gentlemen from Western, were in the city 
Wednesday visiting the Masonic lodge of this place.

Mr. JOSEPH CRONE made this office a friendly call Saturday, and informs 
us that his son who was injured some time ago by jumping upon a fork, has 
nearly recovered. He speaks in the highest terms of the care and attention 
Dr. E.G. WATSON gave that case.

The Masonic fraternity of this city occupied their new lodge room in 
SCHMIDT & CONE'S new block last Wednesday evening for the first time. 
They have fitted up a very fine lodge room and were visited by members 
of the fraternity from Dorchester and Western, who aided in important 
work then in hand.

MARRIED - At Grand Island, Nebraska, September 26th, by Rev. Father 
WOLF, Mr. JOSEPH SONDERMANN, of Friend, Nebraska and Miss MARY C. 
BUCHHEIT, of Grand Island, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. SONDERMANN will begin 
housekeeping next week in the residence of Hon. M.F. FRANTZ, where they 
will be at home to their many friends.

Mrs. H.W. HEWIT is visiting at Crete this week.

Mr. WILLIAM C. THOMPSON has thanks for cash on subscription.

Sketching canvas in both the finest quality and quantity at HEWIT'S.

Dr. H.W. HEWIT went to Sutton Tuesday to visit a brother 
who is up from Kansas.

FOR SALE: - A single harness at half price. 
Used only a few times. Call at this office.

Hosiery and gloves, neckwear and suspenders, complete 
line at good value for everybody. G. KRAMER

Mrs. CORA RUMLEY, a sister of Mrs. H. P. KING, who has been 
visiting here for some time, returned to her home at Cadott, Wisconsin, 
on Tuesday.

In the boys department of clothing I can show a good line of 
suits, overcoats, extra pants, shirt waists, etc. G. KRAMER

Mr. WULICK received some young German Carp, which he has put into 
an artificial pond on his farm. Many farmers are turning their attention 
more toward fish culture as the years roll by.
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Fresh candies at the Cash Store of GRAVES & VOORHEES.

Mrs. W.H. SHUFELDT started Tuesday for a visit over in Iowa.

CHARLIE FRIEND pays cash for live poultry and eggs.

MEHURON & DUDGEON have two good mares for sale call for prices.

Prof. FAIRCHILD, of Crete, spent a few hours in this city on Tuesday.

Mr. S. CARTER called Monday and ordered a copy of this religious 
sheet sent to a relative in Illinois.

Mr. HEAD, of wicked Missouri, a friend of JOSIAH and A.F. CREGG, 
has been visiting them for the past few days.

Sunday evening last Dr. HEWIT was called to council with 
Dr. ROOT, of Exeter in the case of HENRY YORK ----------- misfortune -------

Emigrant railroad fare from Philadelphia to Friend, Nebraska is off $10.15, 
tickets good for 90 days. Parties desiring to send for friends in the old country 
can save this amount by calling at this office and shipping their friends by the 
popular American Line.

On Saturday last the B & M flyer going into Lincoln ran down a team 
and killed a boy at the brickyard crossing. A large majority of the evidence 
was to the effect that the whistle was not blown or bell rang, yet the company 
were able to fully exonerate themselves from any blame in the matter.

Mr. and Mrs. R.R. SCHICK, of Seward, came down Friday and spent several 
days visiting friends here. Mr. SCHICK contemplates taking up his residence 
and business at Atlanta, Georgia soon. He visited that city some 23 years 
ago, in company with BILLY SHERMAN and is able to note some very radical 
changes during the time that has intervened. Atlanta is said to be one of the 
most beautiful cities of the south. Twenty five years ago or during the siege 
it was quite unhealthy in the suberbs. Mr. SCHICK informs us that the ground 
where SHERMAN'S army lay during the siege, including the battle ground of 
July 22d, is now laid out in city lots and teeming with busy civil life, the swords 
have been beaten into plowshares and pruning hooks, and where only 
reverberated the boom of cannon and the rattle of musketry, naught is heard 
save the sound of the saw and hammer.

CHARTER OAK Is the wagon. Don't forget to see them before you purchase.

NOTICE. All parties having accounts with me will please call and settle by cash 
or note before October 15th, 1888, as I have sold a half interest in the business 
to Mr. SCHMIDT, and all accounts must be settled by that time. 
Settlement made at the store. W.H. BISSELL

Now at a time of year when we are about to put up the winter stoves and 
build fires in the long unused chimneys we should look them carefully over 
to ascertain whether they are defective or not. Most of the fires in dwellings 
are caused from defective flues, and a little care in this direction may save 
you many times the cost of the TELEGRAPH, if not being left homeless just 
at the comm**** of a cold winter.

J.D. POPE is reputed to be rather much of a temperate man in Friend, and he is 
scarcely ever seen to enter a saloon here except it may be after night, yet it is 
reported that while at the Crete fair he, in company with others went to the 
brewer and helped to drink three or four gallons of beer, and while in that city 
a few days since was reported to have went from one saloon to another 
setting 'em up to the boys. Why is this? Are not even saloon keepers able to 
see into a man's motives farther than this?

During the high wind of Wednesday forenoon Mr. J.O. FANTZ'S house was 
discovered to be on fire. The cry aroused the fire engine and hose cart promp***** 
upon the ground, together with a large number of our citizens, fully prepared to 
battle with the flames, but fortunately the fire had been discovered early and a bucket 
of water very easily extinguished the flames. The fire originated from a spark from 
a burning flue, which caught in the cornice near some eave spouting which was soon 
fanned into a blaze by the steady high wind which was then blowing.

The following have been condemned by MARSHALL COVEY as defective chimneys, and 
must be repaired before fires are built in them. PIERCE & JONES, on the old NEWER 
saloon building; H.K. **** & A. JOHNSON, on their old store building; T.H. KELLEY, 
on old saloon; H.P. SCHMIDT, on COGGIN'S confectionary building, D.B. BURLEIGH, 
on shoe store, CHARLES FISHER, on building occupied by GRAVES & VOORHEES; 
on the RICE building two chimneys; GEIS' cigar store; A.J. NELSON, on MARTCH'S 
restaurant; MRS. FLINT on old RADFORD building; OTT COV*** on Oriental 
Hotel, four chimneys.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE
State of Nebraska, Saline County
In the matter of the estate of JOSEPH M. SHEBEL, deceased.
  Notice is hereby given to all person having claims against JOSEPH M. SHEBEL 
late of Saline County, deceased, that the time fixed for filing claims against said 
estate is six months from the 28th day of September, 1888. All such persons are 
required to present their claims with the vouchers to the County Judge of said 
county, at his office therein, on or before the 28th day of March, 1989, and that 
all claims so filed will be heard before said Judge, on the 28th day of March, 1889 
at 3 o'clock p.m. and in case any of said claims shall not be presented within the 
time fixed by this court, the same shall be forever barred. Given under my hand 
and the seal of the county court this 25th day of September, 1888. 
J.W. RHINE, County Judge

THE CLOVEN FOOT
  The cloven foot of the railroad gang here in Friend has been shown by their 
ordering Hon. WILLIAM LEESE'S name dropped from the ticket as put up in the 
FREE PRESS of this city. The Saline County republican convention instructed their 
delegates to support Hon. WILLIAM LEESE, at a time when Saline had a candidate 
for that office. Yet in the face of all that the railroad gang of this city order his name 
stricken from the ticket as hoisted in their organ, and it might as well be known by 
farmers all over the state that railroad or gangs and their strikers everywhere are 
opposing the election of LEESE in every manner possible. This, according to their 
ideas is republicanism, while it is very unrepublican for the TELEGRAPH and its editor 
to refuse to support a two-faced candidate and railroad attorney put upon the county 
ticket for the office of senator. It is certainly passing strange why Saline County 
republicans should so much desire the election of WILLIAM LEESE, and at the same 
time place J.D. POPE, who was then cast upon railroad passes, upon the ticket for 
senator. Oil and water cannot mix, neither can honest farmers and republicans 
vote for J.D. POPE.
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