Nebraska advertiser., 1878-10-31
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

Since John B. Finch, the great
temperance lecturer, commenced his
work in Omaha-about two months
ago., 900 persons in that city have
taken the pledge to drink no more in
toxicating liquors.
Mrs. Van Pe!t. G. w. G. T., re-
Gently organized new lodges of Good
Templars at Ord. North Loup, Scotia,
and Coatsfield. New Lodges are also
being Instituted in Omaha and vi
cinity.
A prairie fire by 25 miles. in
Butler county this fall destroyed
property estimated at $150.00 A fire
in the west part of Johnson county
last week, destroyed for l.. II Latin
his stables and 80 tons of hay.
- Mr.. Jacob Groves, farmer near
Firth, had one of his hands torn off
last week by the premature discharge
of shotgun.
One day last week $50 immi-
grant wagons passed through Ster-
ling, Johnson county.
The western portion of the State
is having a terrible experience with
prairie fires this fall. Whole counties
nearly have been swept over by the
destroying flames, ami the loss of
property is immense to the new set
tiers.
- The Office of the Chicago Lum-
Der Co. at Sterling. was broken into
oD Monday night of last week, the
safe broken open and $3.50 in money
taken. The burglars made good their
escape.
Our esteemed old friend, R. Tier
ney, of the Sherman House. Tecum
eeb, is the green back candidate for
Senator In the counties of Johnson
and Pawnee. Tierney has a host Of
friends, and will doubtless run his
competitor, Mr.. Dorsey, pretty close
race.
And now the thrilling intelli-
gence from Lincoln that the capitol Is
unsafe and that a part Of the struct-
ure. including its chief ornament, will
have to be taken down and recon-
structed. We are sorry about the Gu
pola, for they can hardly get another
one go attractive. Of course the leg
islature wouldn't think of going into
the capitol when that cupola might
tumble any minute smashing three
hundred statesmen who don't propose
to die for their country's good In any
such way and the governor will is-
sue his proclamation instructing the
lawmakers to come with tents, blank
cts, and sheet iron stoves, prepared
to camp out.
Henry Waters, near kearney,
this year raised go acres of broom corn,
and bad good yield. He has been
offered for it, at home, S35 per ton.
which he refused and has gone east
to find purchaser.
Last week in Lincoln little
daughter of Jas. Williams, stone
mason, while playing with matches,
set the bedding on fire and was her
self fatally burned.
Kearney Press: A load OF wheat
was hauled to market to-day by
buffalo and an OK yoked together.
A report of architects on the con-
dition of the Lincoln capitol say they
are surprised the thing has stood as
long as it has; but think that $4,000
properly expended will make it toll
erably safe.
On Tuesday, last week, an old
gentleman named Bronson, residing
on the bottom between Nebrask City,
and Peru, while fighting a prairie fire
was overcome by heat and over exer-
tion and suddenly dropped dead.
"A widow named burn and her
Wayne County, were re-
Gently burned to death in a prairie
fire.
Calhoun, Democratic candidate
for Attorney General, made a speech
at Hastings. recently, which is sharp
ly criticised by the Ne6raskan. He
made some fearful blunders, aud DEM
onstrated that he is ignorant as mule
of the revenue laws of his own State.
Kesrney Press: Sold again is A.
L. Wigton of the Hastings Journal.
The innocent youth devotes the main
part of his paper-that is of the part
printed at Hastings-to an attempt to |
prove that Hon. AIbinus Nance was
not born in Greece. Next week he
will present a dissertation showing |
hat the COW never jumped over the
moon, that Mary never had lamb,
and that Whisky. not ignorance,
closed the red ribbon reading room at
Hastings.
A young man named John Ben
ION and a young lady named Maria
Jrozier. of Nuckolls county, recently
Yhile riding over the prairie in bug
~ were overtaken by prairie fire.
rhe lady was burned to death and
Benson was so badly burned that his
lis eyesight was destroyed, and bis
ife is despaired of.
The argus says the railroad is
Iearly completed to Red Cloud, that
he whistle of the construction train
} heard in the city.
= Wall. of Lincoln, charged with &
,ixing arsenic in Armstrong; bottle
whisky +, has been indicted for mur-
er.
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