Omaha daily bee., 1880-06-01
sition to build a branch line from York

-Columous talks OF an old fash
Toned Fourth of July barbecue.
The S. G. & P. company is put.
ting in new side tracks at Blair.
The B. & NJ. is making prepare.
tions to build a Depot at Perl.
Superior claims to be a good point
for a pork packing establishment.
The name of the new town at the
mouth of the Medicine, is Cambridge.
Tho B. & NJ. surveying corps has
passedzHumboldt, working eastward.
zShelton is considering the advis,
ability of having a town organization.
Sevon wolf cub were recently cap.
tured by Prof. Millbsrger, of Madison,
An expedition started from SUIT
ton for the Gunnison country last week.
Several bridges near Niobrara
have been swept away by high water.
The B. & M. is running out of
Lincoln about 200 loaded cars per
day.
Twenty six German immigrants
arrived in Crete last Monday morn.
ing.
"A Hastings firm is turning out
from 5000 to 10000 pressed brick
daily.
The 3. & NJ. engineers are sur.
veying two routes through Richardson
county.
"A catfish was caught in the Elk
norm at West Point weighing forty five
pounds.
John T. Spencer has established
an industrial school at Winnebago
agency.
Milford has erected AZ buildings
since the advent Of the railroad to
that town.
The rainfall in central aud west.
ern Nebraska has been quite general,
as far as heard from.
w. p. Allemers, of Dakota coun-
ty, has planted 1900 trees on his
timber claim in Wayne county.
1t is said that The Nebraska City
Sun will be removed to Lincoln
The B. & NJ. railroad company is
building a SOC, 900 railroad depot at
Lincoln.
The A. 6 N. are building around
depot and other build ngs at
Columbus.
The Vanderpool Brothers of Lincoln
have fallen heirs to &c., 900 by the
death of a relation.
The southeastern extension of the
B. & M. is completed several miles
east of Spring Valley.
The quarries south of Beatrice
are now furnishing great quantities of
rock along the b. & M.
The residence Of J. Fl. KaLamp,
Of WILDER, was demolished by a stroke
Of lightning last Tuesday.
Twenty acres of Gambler" sugar.
cane have been planted near West
Point as an experiment.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Republican Valley rail-
road will be held at Hastings June %.
Cedar county voted against the
proposed aid to the Sioux City and
st. Paul railroad a week ago Saturday.
The West Point Manufacturing
company + making extensive i'm
provements and additions to their
"A man by the name of Butter, in
Otos county, is experimenting with a
lying machine of his own manufac-
bure.
Geneva had a grand celebration
last Saturday on the occasion of the
completion of the o. N. & B. 81. rail
road at that point.
"A prairie fire near Orleans, start
ed by small boys, destroyed several
hundred dollars worth of agricultural
last week.
"A valuable team was stolen from
b. Conger, a young farmer living
about six miles southeast of Pawnee
City In Pawnee county last week.
Mr.. Frank DeForest, of Milford,
was struck by lightning last Tuesday
evening. The young man is still
alive, though in a ~precarious condition.
The piling for the new railroad
ross the Elkhorr, between
West Point and Scribner, is done and
the new bridge will be shortly put in.
During the storm at Lincoln on
last Tuesday evening, the lightning
struck the Universalist church, tearing
out the front ON both sides of the
door.
"A meeting was held at Fremont
last Wednesday to consider the pro.
iect of extending the Sioux City & Pa
cifc railroad from hat point to Lin
Lincoln is TO have a variety theatre.
Lightning struck the house of
Rev. Geo. Williams, at Niobrara, last
morning, doing considerable
The wind blew six box cars from
train at Valley Station, and
moved the school house about four
feet on its foundation a week ago last
Sunday.
The grading between Oakland
and Sioux City, to close up the sap
between Omaha and st. Paul will be
all completed ready for the bridges
and iron by the first of July.
The B. & NJ. company have laid
out an addition to the city of Lincoln,
at the foot of Tenth street, the lots
IN which will be sold to their en-
.loyees for houses.
The town of De Witt was visited
by a cyclone on the 23d inst. A mum.
Der of buildings were demolished, but
no one was seriously hurt. The loss
is estimated to be about $4,000.
The 14th of July next is the day
set by Judge Barnes fer the hanging
Of Priest and Thomas Walker, the
TWO Winnebago Indians. The execu-
'ion fwhl take place at Dakota City.
The trial of Frank Lawrence, for
he poisoning of his father, G. 9.
commenced in the district
'ourt at Grand Island Tuesday and is
TIL progressing.
The two Granger brothers,
Who killed one Bowker at Seward last
plead guilty TO manslaughtsr
md were sentenced to ten years i'm
in the ~penitentiary.
1t is estimated that there are not
ess than so. 600 head of cattle now