Nebraska advertiser., 1878-11-28
LOCAL PERSONALS.

- Miss Mollie Barads is visiting
friends In Tecumseh.
Col. Tom. Majors left for Wash
ington City last Monday.
- Theodore Hill OF Nemsha City
was in town last Saturday.
"A. G. Gates has purchased the
bak cry of I. b. Nace.
Our young friend o. A. Cecil was
admitted to the bar at the recent term
of the District Court.
"A young man named Filson, re-
Gently express messenger at this place,
died at Humboldt Monday night, we
learn.
Arthur V. Walsh who has been
at Peru for some time plastering the
new Baptist church, has returned to
this city.
- Tecumseh Chieftain: Miss Mol
lie Fairbrother of Joplin. Mo-, and
Miss Dora Fairbrother. of BrownviIle,
are visiting in the city.
Miss Sarah Harmon, daughter of
Geo. Harmon started on Friday, last,
for Des Moines. Iowa, where she will
attend musical school.
The friends of Adelbert. son of G..
E. Bingham, this city will regret to
learn that he is lying at the point of
death. His disease is pneumonia.
- VIM. H, Hoover a few evenings |
ago entering his office in the dark,
and lighting lamp started to anoth-
er part of the office with the lamp in
his hand, when he fell over some
house plrnt Jars that had been set in
the passage way. The lamp was bro
EN- and the glass cut his hand and
wrist so severely that he has to carry it
in sling.
- VIM. Workma residing on the
Bennett farm near this city was
brown from his wagon recently fall
ing or his head and shoulders, injur-
Dg him so badly that his life is des-
paired of Since he received the fall -,
lis body. from Immediately under his {
rms down, and his legs have been
'araIyzed. He is rational, can talk
aud can use his arms.
- Well, the railroad has finally
cen extended down to Nemaha City,
We miles below BrOwnville. We q
Nemaha on this consum-
nation of it's crowning hope, and the
lre fruition of its SOULS chief desire.
here is great credit due to all who n
'ok hold and worked for this result, a
Ut above all should il be accorded to K
evi Johnson, who has. to our per- W
'pal knowledge, been most persis- rt
N for the past two years in his efforts v
persuade the railroad company to W
'utinue their line down to that place W
q has made many visits to Lincoln m
I'd Omaha on this special business G
Id written letters continually. h
hen others had despaired and Civ
up all hope, Levi was importun-
z the Superintendent, never firing
'ver despairing. He showed him
Nv it would pay the com pany, until
lally it was believed, a promise ex-
rted, which has just been complied ~
th to the glory of Nemaha and ev- u
ybody's delight, and to the great Oi
advantage of every one do
3 bnsluOss Or owning Property there. %
iOr to this, town REAL estate had no
80 value, now it has, and the town pl,
placed in a position to grow and Sa
come wealthy. Mr.. johnson could a.
t have spent his time and means to fro
lid up the town through purely ms
fish motives, for he owns very lit eIe
property there. He is poor man
d while his efforts will put thous-
ds of dollars into the pockets of
ne he himself will be little the bet.
off after all. Being disabled by
: loss of one of his arms he cannot
rk as laborer. and if the people OF
maha, and those greatly interested Z"
the town, would give him some 0t
ng to place him in the way of MAX
, good living for himself and fam
, they would but repay generous /
1t. We would at least like to see Gu
q able to repair and fix up his ho-
in good shape. =
'riend Levi knows nothing of this -.
zeal in his behal.-we volunteer it
'lDing what he hes done for Nema- q
and that he deserves all the cred. hot
~ give him, aud that he deserves SAX
we ask for him.