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

FRIEND WEEKLY TELEGRAPH, E. WHITCOMB, Editor and Pro., 
Friend, Nebraska, June 8, 1888, Part Two

Page 3

CITY TALK

MR. W.F. DOUDNA has thanks for cash on subscription.

C*IT MITCHELL started on a business trip to Colorado Monday.

MR. FRED BUCK, of Exeter, was visiting in Friend, Saturday.

MR. W.S. COVEY took a turn down to the capitol Wednesday.

MR. JAMES LONG has thanks for subscription to this religious sheet.

H.C. TULLIS will make you a 6 per cent loan for a small cash commission.

We have a fine residence property for rent cheap. 
Inquire at this office.

MR. C.W. BRIGGS reports new potatoes of his own raising on 
his table last Sunday.

Eggs will be taken at highest market price in exchange for 
goods at D.B. BURLEIGH'S.

MR. D.P. BURLEY, who has been up to his timber claim, reports 
having a fine stand of trees.

MR. AND MRS. LEWIS WOOLY were made happy by the arrival of a 
brand new baby girl on the 5th instant.

A party of Exeter graduates was in Friend Friday getting their pictures 
taken. The work was done at BRIGGS.

MR. FRAZIER, of the Fairmont CHRONICLE, was in the city yesterday 
and favored this office with a short call during our absence.

Several of the A.O.U.W. boys were at Beaver Crossing Friday evening 
attending a festival given by the boys of the order at that place.

MARSHAL COVEY desires to state that fast driving in the public streets will 
hereafter be prohibited, and that kids with fire crackers will be taken in on sight.

A gay and festive drummer at Tobias, .................

...........................Buy your bee hives at this office. A colony of bees in a 
standard hive from which one can divide or transfer are worth a couple of 
dollars more than if they are placed in some make-shift of an affair. Supplies 
of all kinds kept on hand at prices of eastern dealers. We handle Dadant's 
foundation at prices less than it can be bought for at the factory. For large 
lots see us before purchasing and save money.

MARSHAL COVEY took PAT DOYLE to Wilber Saturday and turned him over to 
SHERIFF BARTON. It was not SHERIFF BARTON'S intention to take him to jail, 
but some kind and loving friend loaded PAT with a bottle and he became drunk 
again and was taken straightway to jail, where he will have an opportunity to 
sober up. Parties who think that PAT is being made a scape goat of in this 
matter had better not try his experiment; for we understand that MARSHAL 
COVEY is no respecter of person.

The law suit between RIDGLEY and STEINHOFF came off at Beaver Crossing on 
Thursday of last week and resulted in the complete acquittal of young STEINHOFF 
on the charges. This whole matter has gotten up not a little bad blood between a 
couple of neighbors and we hope that this will be the end of the whole affair. It 
matters not who is to blame in this matter, the whole proceedings are wrong, 
coming from neighbors, and each party should strive, to as much as possible, 
heal the old wounds and be friends again.

You can buy a nice fancy colored shirt with collar and cuff, for 50 cents, 
worth $1.00 at MITCHELL'S.

Oil barrels for sale at HEWITS.

Look out for a wedding next week.

MRS. McDOUGALL went to Wilber Tuesday.

MR. AND MRS. L.E. SOUTHWICK are visiting in Kansas.

A new crate of choice Lustre Brand ware at FISHER'S.

J.W. and F.L. PHILLIPS shipped their household goods to Alliance Monday.

POSTMASTER WOLFE is in Lincoln being treated by the Turkish bath treatment.

MR. JANICS DOYLE has thanks for cash on subscription. 
And 'tis thus that the subscriptions come tumbling in.

Books, notions, stationary &c., give HEWIT a call for what you want. 
He keeps it or will get it for you if on the market.

Our devil asks: What is the difference between a Dromedary and a drunkard? 
A dromedary will work several days without drinking, while a drunkard will 
drink several years without working.

MR. IRVIN G. CHAPIN, on of Friend's old boys, now of Utica, Nebraska, was 
in town Saturday looking over the scenes of other days. He found that most 
of the boys had gone, and expressed surprise at the crowd upon our streets.

Some time ago REV. LICH lost his satchel north of town and advertised his loss 
in the TELEGRAPH. This week he came in to say that the lost grip had been returned 
through the advertisement. The TELEGRAPH may be a little slow but is gets there 
all the same.

Friday evening MARSHAL COVEY picked up one of the men who is charged with 
robbing a jewelry store at Seward, who was returned for preliminary trial. MARSHAL 
COVEY is getting to the front in pretty good style, and thieves, tramps and law-breakers 
will do well not to monkey with his buz saw.

Friend had a big crowd Saturday, and our merchants report that cash sales have 
increased since saloons were closed in Friend. We are certain that there is a little 
balance somewhere to put into ...........................

................................... department. He agrees to admit this year's graduates 
without examination to the third or last year of their preparatory work and also 
to admit the pupil having the best record free of tuition, which would amount to 
over $100 for the entire course. WILLIAM WOLFE, JR has the honor of being the 
pupil entitled to the free tuition.

A sister of MR. WILLIAM DREHR arrived from Pennsylvania Friday and is visiting 
near town. The lady is not used to traveling and was shipped via Kansas City to 
Lincoln, where she says a conductor informed her that there was no train out to 
Friend till next day, this being in the morning, and she believing what this official 
told her, was detained at Lincoln about 28 hours. This is not the first instance 
where ladies traveling alone are reported to have been thus deceived by railroad 
officials, and this practice appears to demand being broken up by the company 
and the retirement of that class of officials to some congenial avocation more 
in keeping with their common level.

TO TRADE

We have several very desirable village residences which we will trade for adjacent 
farms or western lands. Parties who have land either near Friend or in the west 
which they desire to trade for desirable residence property can learn something 
to their advantage by calling at this office.

MR. H.F. MOELLER has thanks for cash on subscription.

MR. AND MRS. F.L. PHILLIPS went to their new home at Alliance Wednesday.

Teams have been busy this week hauling brick from LUKE McGLUES new kiln.

This spring may be a little backward, but summer will be apt 
to get there all the same.

MR. AND MRS. S.T. PHILLIPS, who have been up from Kansas 
visiting, returned Wednesday.

SCHMIDT & CONE'S new block doesn't appear to have grown 
as rapidly this week as heretofore.

Home grown strawberries are beginning to show up. 
There will be pretty fair crop this year.

Our fire company is getting pretty well organized and in case of a 
fire there is apt to be some water flying.

The gentle rain that fell Wednesday morning made farmers laugh as 
they saw everything growing like *un.

The G.A.R. post of this place received three new members this week. 
Matters begin to look as though the old soldiers were waking up a little.

The Modern Woodmen received nearly a score of recruits to that order 
this week and it bids fair to become one of the strong orders of our city.

No. 31 going west Wednesday morning left a conductor and brakeman at 
this place, and pulled on to Exeter. An engine was afterwards sent back for them.

MR. AND MRS. EDWARD PRICE of Aurora, Illinois, father and mother of 
MRS. JAMES MILTON and MRS. A.A. FAXON, arrived Wednesday, and are 
visiting in this vicinity.

Complaints are coming in of several very dirty cellars in different parts of 
the town. It would be better to thoroughly cleanse them before some one 
is poisoned by the foul gases.

MR. COVEY informs us that he has worked 51 poll taxes this spring, and 
that out of the whole lot Orlando is the only man who has refused to work 
when required to come out.

Now is the time to make arrangements to attend the Chautauqua. 
If you wait till the grief begins you will be sorry, as the whole time is to 
be filled up with attractions that no one can afford to miss.

If our friends will call and report any items of news that may occur in their 
neighborhoods we opine that it would aid us very materially in making the 
TELEGRAPH more desirable, not only to themselves but their neighbors.

Why don't the fellows who see so many drunk men in town bring them around 
and let someone else see them, or by way of a change take the marshal around 
and let him see them? Most anybody would be willing to take MARSHAL COVEY'S 
word for the number of drunk men upon the street any day.

Report of District No. 20 (29?), Seward County, for the month ending June 1: 
Number enrolled 41. Average daily attendance 29. Names of those not absent 
during the month: CHAUNCY FOSTER. Names of those not tardy during the month: 
CHAUNCY FOSTER, GRACIE FOSTER, ROSA HANSEN. - J.C. CARLISLY, Teacher.

Since the saloon has gone from Friend the town has not gone to pieces as was 
predicted, neither has the grass grown upon our streets as was predicted by many 
who had a mistaken idea that a drunken man gave an air of business to a town, but 
on the other hand there are a great majority of our business men who frankly admit 
that trade is better now than it was for a corresponding period of last year or the year 
before. As to what has caused this change at a time when times are as hard as any 
one desires to see them, we leave our readers to draw their own conclusion, knowing 
that the result is nearly opposite to that pledged by the friends of the saloon.

Report of Saline County Teachers Association held in the High School building at 
DeWitt, June 2, 1888: Meeting was opened by president, followed by singing and prayer. 
The program for the day consisted of reading, The Scapegoat, by MISS IDA JONES, Crete; 
paper, Sunshine in School, by MISS ANNA MAXWELL, Western; paper, Some good Methods 
in Arithmetic, by MRS. PHEBE RICE, Wilber. Time for discussion on the above topics was 
given and taken part in by MESSRS. PEARSE, SKINNER, JENNINGS, MORRISON and FRENCH. 
Meeting then adjourned for dinner. Association assembled at half past 1 o'clock and the 
program was resumed as follows: Paper, Literature, by PROF. A.B. SHOW, Crete. Song. 
A class Exercise in Writing, by J.L. MORRISON and pupils; talk, Grading Country Schools, 
by W.H. SKINNER, Crete. The subject of procuring a tent to be used by the teachers at 
the Chautauqua Assembly was brought up and a motion was carried to retain the 
present committee of the building fund, to procure means and purchase a tent. 
MESSRS. GRAHAM, HULL, MORRISON and MISS PROUDFIT were appointed by the 
chair to assist the committee. Meeting adjourned until the time of the summer 
institute. - LULU HUGHES, Secretary

Ought not Friend to organize a rousing republican club?

Ten piece bedroom set for sale very cheap at FISHERS.

MR. E.D. LEONARD has purchased the PHILLIPS property of MR. McLEAN.

A grading machine is at work widening and deepening 
a ditch northeast of town.

JACK HOLLAND has been in attendance upon the U.S. court at 
Omaha where he has a civil case.

DIED - May 4th, 1888 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Iowa, 
MRS. LAURA BUNNELL, in her 70th year.

JOHN EISENHARDT had the misfortune to have his leg broken 
Wednesday, while on the road home from Milligan.

MARRIED - At Crete, Nebraska, June 6th, 1888, by REV. JONES, 
MR. A.E. KEELER, of this city and MISS IDA MILLER, of Crete.

MR. W.W. NOBLE of Lincoln, has been spending nearly a week in our 
city looking up the interest of the camp of Modern Woodman in this city.

It has been reported that the late W.S. DRAKE left a will, but such is not 
the case, and an administrator will doubtless be appointed in due time.

BERT KEELER has deserted the bachelors ranks and notice is hereby given 
that his name must be taken from the list of unmarried men as ball players.

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