Transcribed by Bonnie Fletcher Eggert The Telegraph, 8 Feb 1889 Published in Friend, NE by Edward A. Whitcomb Page 2 Denver people are living fat this winter upon Nebraska poultry. The groundhog evidently saw his shadow and saw it pretty distinctly. The State Board expects to make the next state fair the best ever held in the state. Bills are before the legislature to establish some forty additional Normal Schools. We will trade The Free Press a half an interest in a spring poet for the half of his last weeks postal card that contained his local news, if he had any. Don't be backward, BRUNDAGE. Stand up and tell us all about it. Two of the boilers that furnish heat and light at Lincoln Hospital for the Insane exploded with fearful effect on Tuesday total demolishing the engine houses and scattering debris in every direction. Three persons were killed as follows: W. H HUNTLEY a patient from this county, T. K. SANDERS a patient from Pawnee county and Jacob NOIRN head engineer.... Costly Hash Thirty-three members in the State Senate employ ninety-four employees or nearly an average of three to each Senator. Our own and only Senator POPE received $5. a day for his valuable service and the tax payers pay $9. per day to furnish employees to wait on him making an outlay of $14. per day for each Senator. It is reported that the school building danced around under the gale of wind at a fearful rate and that several children were kept home from school on that account. The matter ought to be investigated and if the building is not safe measures should be taken to strengthen the walls. (Same edition, page 3 with local news and people next - BE) ======== Transcribed by Bonnie Fletcher Eggert The Telegraph, 8 Feb 1889 Published in Friend, NE by Edward A. Whitcomb Page 3, part 1 Friend's Latest Market Wheat /bushel..........75 to 80c Corn/bushel.............20 to 21c Oats/bushel.............17 to 18c Barley/bushel..........20 to 32c Rye/bushel.......................32c Flax..................................90c Hogs/cwt...........$4.80 to $5.00 Butter/lb...........................20c Eggs/dozen.......................20c City Talk Charlie FRIEND pays cash for live poultry, and eggs. Keep your feet warm! Mens' woolen socks, 15c a pair at KRAMER's. The mercury reached 5 below zero Wednesday morning the coldest morning yet this winter. W. T. MORSE does the square thing on repairing. If you have a good watch go to him with it and he will do you good. Mr. L. B. SAGE lost a valuable horse last Saturday with Rabbies (sic) the horse having been bitten with a mad dog some two weeks before. Mrs Ed. FADER came no (sic - s/b home?) from Lincoln yesterday. We regret that Miss Maud KING is on the sick list. Irwin PAGE has been helping this office out this week. Born - Feb. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Ed OWENS a daughter. Report from Friend Colo is to the effect that Frank WATTS had a box of things stolen. If there was another paper in Friend we should be compelled to increase our working force. Mr. R. R. SCHICK, of Seward, is visiting in this city and taking in the G.A.R. Fair this week. The live stock commission have killed the glandered horses at J. W. McCAULEYs near Beaver Crossing. Mr. SCHICK informs us that sleighing is pretty good in Seward. There is not much to speak of here. H. W. HEWIT has the largest stock of wall paper in the city. We bought early and therefore got a fine selected line. Remember HEWIT keeps the completest (sic) line of patent medicines, stationery, school books and everything that is kept in a first class Drug store. Itch, Mange, and Scratches of every kind on humans or animals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Sold by Dr. DORWART, Druggist, Friend. Now tax books at S.S. STORY's. Best line of Cigars at W. H. GRAVES Go to HANER for your baby milk. Big bargains at BURLEIGH's Boot and Shoe Store. Charles WEATHERLY visited the great Nebraska capitol on Saturday. A suit between T. A. MOORE and VANALLER was aired before Esq. STORY on Monday. The story that F. H. KRETZSCHMAR had drawn $4000 in a German Lottery was all a hoax. Go to FISHER's and get one of those five gallon (?) (?) filled with the best grade of oil. Mr. B. A. WASH of Cordova died yesterday at the Sisters of Charity Hospital Grand Island. Ray SANDERS will give a birthday party to his little play mates one week from next Saturday. === Transcribed by Bonnie Fletcher Eggert The Telegraph, 8 Feb 1889 Published in Friend, NE by Edward A. Whitcomb Page 3, part 2 Married Feb. 7th 1889 at the brides parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. STEPHENS by Rev. J. A. BARKER Mr. Win CAIN and Miss Vona STEPHENS all of Friend Neb. We were unable to get a list of the presents this week. The Telegraph extends congratulation to the happy couple. A. HENDRIX has thanks for cash on subscription. A. D. CALKINS has thanks for subscription to this religious sheet. Archie VAUGHN visited his Grand Father in Ofoe Co. Friday. J. M. SPENSE dropped a years subscription in the box on Friday. Mrs. H. P. KING expects to start this week for a visit in Wisconsin. George HAVENS had a valuable mare injured in the barbed wire last week. Wm. ANDREW and C. H. HOLT visited Dorchester Post G.A.R. on Saturday. A German girl 15 years old desires a place to work in a family where she can learn to speak English. BRUNDAGE must have told a terrible circulation whopper from the section of plastering that fell in that office Saturday night. The friends of Uncle C. P. COTTON will rejoice to learn that he is rapidly recovering from his injury and will soon be as hale and hearty as ever. The Ground Hog had no trouble in finding his shadow last Saturday. And if we are to have six weeks more of winter we may congratulate ourselves on the fact that we haven't had any yet. The towering form of ye heavy weight of the Democrat and inventor of lazy backs for editors and compositors could be plainly seen presiding over a sparring match which took place in CALLAHAN's back yard on Saturday. Several gentlemen in town have been heard to remark that if Dr. HEWIT, Joshua WARREN, E. I. FERGUSON and H. A. JOHNSON attend any more tea parties arrayed in war paint that they propose to induce their wives to remain at home while they attend alone in the future. In this move for the sanctity of the home, we fully concur of in the language of Josh Bellings "Thems our sentiments tew." Monthly Report of Dist. No. 59 for the month ending Feb. 1st, 1889. Names of those neither absent or tardy during the month, Leo GAVIN, Mary McFARLINE (sic), Ida PIERSON, Lucy PIERSON, Marion PIERSON, Isaac PIERSON, Wallace PIERSON, John SMITH, Willie SMITH. Names of those perfect in deportment, Ida PIERSON, Lucy PIERSON, Pluma PLESSON, Bertha ROSS, Bertha SMITH, Mary McFARLANE (sic), Almeda RITCHIE, Anna RITCHIE. ----Anna FARQUHARSON, Teacher An attempt to do Stanley LARSON, of Tobias up to the tune of one thousand dollars was discovered last week. The facts as near as we could gather them was as follows: About two years ago Abe VAN PATTEN placed $1000 in LARSON's bank to be loaned on shares taking therefore a certificate of deposit. The money not being put out as rapidly as VAN PATTEN desired he concluded to draw it out and make other investments with it and as he had not the certificate with him Mr. LARSON in order to accomodate (sic) him gave him a draft for the money with the understanding that the certificate would be forthcoming. Matters ran on in this manner until the transaction had been almost entirely forgotten when a few days ago VAN PATTEN presented the certificate at the bank and was again paid the money by LARSON. The matter has been thoroughly looked up during the past week and we understand the money has been returned to Mr. LARSON. ======== Copyright © 2006 Bonnie Fletcher Eggert Permission to Saline Co., NEGenWeb Project