Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-12
STATE NEWS AND NOTES.
A. II. GILMORE,
County Treasurer.

- Beatrice mas an Opera House
- Beatrice Courier: The Tecum-
sch Chieftdie is confident that road
will be built from Brownville via. Be-
atrice to the Republican Valley. In
this matter we believe that Brother
Fairbrother is very nearly light.
- Some of the papers of the State
do not publish local market reports.
We presume the reason is that grain
and stock at such points have no COM
mercial value.
"A pile bridge is being built lat
Plattsmouth.
"A new Catholic church is being
built in Lincoln.
- Each knitting machine at the
penitentisry turns out daily thirty six
pair of stockings.-Stdte Journal.
Well, how many machines Why
don't you tell the whole yarn while
you are at it.
A good audience listened to an
execrable performance by white
Browns Black Minstrels, last even
ing. The most artistic piece OF instru-
mental music was the bass drum solo,
and the supreme gush of melody en-
anated from bunch of African sweet
ness which occupied one of the side
seats and was alternately squeezed by
the end man and the manager. She
alone Of all the crowd was happy
Kedrney Press.
Rice is mad because he wasn't bel
end man-that's what's the matter
with Rice.
State Journal The B. & NJ. have
again reduced their rates on grain tc
Chicago. The following rates take
effect to-day: Lincoln to Chicago
wheat, flax, rye, and barley, 80 cent:
per 100 pounds; corn and oats q
cents per 100 pounds. These very
low rates are made on account of the
depressed condition of eastern market:
and to allow dealers to pay a fail
price to the farmers for their grain.
The civil engineers of the B. &
NJ. r. r. Co, are running lines be
tween Tecumseh and Beatrice. State
Journal.
We, honestly, expect to visit TIE.
cumseh on the "Brownville, Fort
Kearney and Pacific RaiIroees,n u be.
fore-well, before Ben. Butler Is elec'
ted President.
Bloomington is soon going to
have a national bank.
The Odd Fellows of Kearney will
have a ball and supper Christmas
night.
Al. Spears, the stage robber and
murderer was sentenced by Chey-
enne court to Imprisonment for life,
and has been incarcerated in the
Lincoln penitentiary.
IN. S. Palmer has sued the city of
Lincoln to recover 81, 900 for injuries
received by him falling through a
sidewalk.
- There are 124 patients in the in
sane hospital at Lincoln.
Enoch Graves, near Beatrice, re-
Gently lost five children, all they had
within a week, by scarlet fever and
dyptheria. The eldest was u and
youngest 2 years.
- Beatrice Express: The latest
dodge of wholesale houses to get trade
is being practiced in this county, and
has been brought 70 our notice. The
wholesale grocery houses of large
cities send wagons into the country
loaded with goods, and thus secure
considerable trade which of right be-
longs to the local merchants. We
don't know exactly how they do 1t,
but they do; and the result is quite
often that the purchaser is humbug-
ged, the local tradesman robbed, and
the itinerant vender goes on his way
with plethoric pocket book
and an undiminished supply of cheek.
The Universalists of Tecumseh
will hold Fair, in the court house,
on the 10Th and Goth of this month.
- Tecumseh Chieftdin A casual
glance at the card of c. G. Cox, the
Lincoln Globe solicitor, will be proof
to any printer that he, G. G. Cox as
represents very ordinary
blacksmith shop. The printing has
the appearance of being done with
com mon tar, and the impression is so
heavy that a blind man could read
the back of the card.
- NJ. ]. Fem, son-in-law of Mr..
Robb, revenue collector, has been ap-
pointed store keeper of the Nebraska
City whisky distillery.
Lincoln Globe: There isn't as
violent, virulent and offensive a rebel
sheet in Nebraska as the Kearney Ga
yette. It's frothings are an outrage up
On decency and respectable journ-
alism.
Lincoln Globe: The grading on
he Republican branch of the B. & M.
.ailway has been carried to Riverton,
out track laying has been discontin-
led for the present, and it is rumored
hat the hands have been or will be
et to work on the road from Tecum-
eh to Brownville.
Kearney, says the Press, "rejoic-
,s In the possession of five genuine
preachers of the gospel besides having
n undivided interest in the pastor of
he Catholic church"
That's well enough, but Nemaha
ounty has preacher who bores him
elf into the church ofa denomination
lot his own, and then makes out
ill for $40 a sermon. He also charges
nEy So for baptising child and $40
Or officiating at funeral. Now,
hen, dead beat that if you can.