Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-02

ton at the mine.
Dodge county has been suffer-
ing from horse thieves.
-Staunton and Madison counties
are agitating the railroad question.
West Point wants to be ice
cremated.
-Wisner Is doing a heavy lum-
Der business this season.
The Creteans luxuriate in five
ice-cream saloons.
"A new bank building is being
erected at Seward.
Milford Is building a Methodist
Church.
Neigh City proposes to build q
$1,000 brick school house.
-sappa, Furnas county, wants a
saw-mill.
Ashland lost one vote in favor
Of the Wahoo court house bonds.
Lone Tree is building a new
grist mill.
"A bridge across the Platte river
near Lone Tree is projected.
The Grand Island brass band is
p~racticing for the Fourth of July.
-Loup City is now manufacture
ing her own brick.
Weeping Water Falls contains
about 100 inhabitants.
-Nemaha county census 5000
gain over census of 1S70-700.
The Maple Creek Granger is the
next newspaper project.
The Fremont foundry proves a
pecuniary success.
The old town site of Logan was
sold at Masters sale last week, net
ting from IS to 50 per acre.
The Grand Island & Hastings
railroad bonds were carried at Hast
ings by 81 majority.
About thirty men are employed
by the Union Pacific transfer at
Kearney.
Nebraska City is organizing q
joint stock company for the estab-
lishment of an extensive tannery.
An immense amount of new
prairie is being broken in Seward
county this year.
Grand Island expects to have
a tanning mill factory, also a new
railroad hotel and freight house.
The iron bridge over the Nema-
ha river near BrOwnville is COM
pleted.
There are 2,373 acres planted
i'm wheat i'm one township of COlfax
county.
The new Methodist Church at
Kearney was dedicated by Bishop
Andrews on Sunday.
The first frame house in Ante.
lope county was built June 9TH,
1871.
The bond propositions for a sub
stantial court house at WahoO have
been defeated by a large majority.
The Lone Tree Courier wants
information about the much talked
Of Cozad colony.
A State Normal institute is to be
held at Crete, beginning on July
7th.
The Cunning county court house
has been ornamented with light
ming reds.
The Artesian bore at Beatrice
is still suspended-waiting for tube
ing.
Beatrice is still afflicted with
praying bands of temperance cru
saders.
The Adams county Agricultu-
raj Society propose to hold the COM
ing county fair at Hastings.
The returns of Assessors show a
total population in Otoe county of
1884, of which 1898 are accredited
to Nebraska City.
The business men Of Columbus
are talking up q proposition to con-
struct a small steamboat for nava-
eating the Loup river.
twenty-five homesteads have
already been taken in the south
western portion Of Antelope county
this spring.
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Over $4,000 was deposited I...
the county treasury of Hall county
last week by the Union Pacific to
cover back taxes.
Governor Furnas will deliver
the annual address before the Saline
County Agricultural Society, at their
fair, September 4th.
Lincoln is trying to induce Mr..
Patrick, of Nebraska City, to re-
move his pillow factory to the State
John H. McCleary is talked of
As the most PROBABLE successor of
Uriah Bruner, whose term as Re-
of the Norfolk land office,
mas expired.
An injunction to restrain the
West Point school-district, from is
'uing $1,000 school bonds, was
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