Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-26
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES,

The G-Hn4 T.nhna 7 ". Or - ~
meets in Lincoln January 18th.
The City Council of Plattsmouth
has resolved that all doors of public
buildings must be so hung as to COM
ply with the law-to open outward,
! for better egress in case of fire. Every
city council should do the same.
- The Governor has offered the
usual 5000 reward for the parties who
burned Mitchell and Ketchum to
death in Custer county.
Twenty-Five families of Tar
heeIs" arrived in Lincoln few days
ago, where they will remain till
''crap" time.
Nebraska City Ne,ps: To Hon.
]. G. Watson, the District Attorney
elect of Otoe county, belongs the
credit for the planning of the way, in
which the confession was gotten out
of Jackson. Mr.. Watson, while be-
ing one of the best criminal lawyers
in the State, is in no way behind
when the services of a shrewd and
sharp detective are needed.
Deer are very plentiful on the
tributaries of the Loupe, where the
grass has not been burned. A settler
recently killed seven one evening
within sight of his house.
- Tecumseh Chieftain I: Sue Finn,
a girl about ten years old, who fell
from the mail train on the A. & N,
at Iowa Point, October Z, 1877, sues
the company for SIS, 900.
Syracuse Journal: It will be re-
membered by old settlers of the eoun-
ty that one Jasper Dircks was hung
by the citizens of Nebraska City in the
summer of 1866, for the murder of
herd boy. The execution was in
broad daylight and undisguised. The
leading citizens participated in the
same.
- The Stats Zeittmg, Lincoln, is
to be sold, soon at Sheriff's sale.
The stalk-field cattle plague ra-
ges in southern Nebraska.
The temporary bridge at Platts
mouth will soon be finished. There
ID one at BrownvilIe already finished,
is doing big business. and is free to
all, as the water that flows beneath it.
- The Legislature cOnvenes on
Tuesday, the eth of January, at u
o'clock M.
A paper devoted to the advocacy
of temperance has been started at
Kearney. It's name is True Citizen,
A. C. Edwards, Editor.
- A daughter of Hon Silas Strick-
land is candidate for a clerkship in
the coming Legislature.
- Falls City is just now favoring
the following resolution
ReSOLUed, That the Senators and
Representatives in the Legislature of
Nebraska. from Richardson county,
be requested to use all honorable
means, to procure at the next meet
ing of the Legislature, the passage of
an act making it a crime, punishable
by fine or imprisonment, or both, for
one person to treat another to intoxi-
eating drinks.
- The Record is the name of fine
appearing Republican paper just star
ted at Wilbur, Saline county, by w.
S. Chambers and Il. G.. McBreen.
- Hon. G. M. Lambertson. of Lin
coin, has been appointed, and con-
firmed by the Senate, U. S. District
Attorney for Nebraska. An excel
lent appointment.
Notwithstanding the Red and
Blue Ribbon movements, Fred
Funke's business has increased over
that of last year $50, ,000." - State
Journal.
Fred Funke's business is that Of
wholesale dealer in intox icating Iiq-
uors. Fred, if he tells the truth, ought
10 be q strong advocate of the tenn
peTance movement in the State. for as
per his logic, the more rapid the ad-
vance of the cause, and the more who
cease to drink, the more his business
increases. At the rate that men have
espoused the temperance principles
and practices, and that Fred's exche-
quer has increased in consequence
thereof be will soon be so well heel
ed that he can retire and go into some
decent business.
- Spirit Of the Hour: Mrs. Ada
Van Pelt, the efficient G.. w. G. L. of
the l. o. G. t.. has labored faithfully
and successfully in her official capac-
ity, for the past two years, and is now
engaged In compiling the results of
the years lahors. She has secured a
host of friends throughout the State,
and has been a hostIn the temperance
cause.
The city council of Grand Island
has enacted an ordinance forbidding,
under severe penalty. saloon keepers
furnishing liquor to "habitual drunk
ards"
- Miss Alice Cowman. aged IL, of
Pawnee county, is under arrest for
causing the death of her illegitimate
child. She gave it birth without as
sistance, and to conceal her shame
and protect herself from the reproach-
es and kicks of society modelled un-
der christian regime, she threw her
babe into the vault of privy. The
The dread of the scorn of christian