Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-29
STATE JOiTINGS.

tuthlbB irOlh LlnCtlu, anu Vnere DelLB no
NJ. L. trains he started for Weeping
Water on foot. When he reached the
house Of q farmer about eight miles dis.
tant, his toes, fingers, ears and nose we're
badly frozen.
Mr.. WILDER, living q few miles out of
Springfield, had a Lex broken the other
day. He was hauling a heavy log on a
sled, when the conveyance Is overturned
and the leg rolled on him. He was una.
BILE e. get loose and remained till the
school teacher passed, who secured 81.
'lsta,te and released the unfortunate
man.
A non in Dry Creek, Thayer county, is
beins Visited ty bis first wife from whom
be separated some years ago, and married
another woman from whom he also tepar-
ated. L. looks now as if the old love would
be revived, and another wedding take
place.
DIR. G w. David, one of Harvard's en-
ergetic farmers, set out several hundred
rods of Usage orang hedge a year ago last
spring, and notwithstanding the dry spell
that followed, he scare ly lost d single
pl nj, and now has a splendid growing live
fence.
James Malloy was found dead under the
railroad bridge near Atkinson On the oath.
He left Atkinson a few days before {
walk to his claim, and it is supposed got
under the bridge to keep warm, and be.
came drowsy and fell asleep and froze.
A republican county convention is to Re
held 10 Colfax to nominate a county judge
to fill the v~scancy-the nominee 10 be
voted for it an election is called, or il not
his name will he recommended to the COM.
missioners to appoint.
A Central City man whose office is con-
nected with his residence by telephone
says that when the weather is just right
he can tell every time what they are do
ing at home by the smell getting din
ner, etc.
A Hastings newspaper man ate q water.
melon last week. An Adams county far
mer KEEP. it over and kept it so well that
the fruit tasted as good ash freshly picked
and stolen.
A St. Louis concern wants all the old
buffalo bones to be fond in Nebraska, and
will pay 1875 a ton. They want to make
fruit jellies out of t~hem-"tlis seasons
fruit
The dwelling Of Fred. Merwin, near
Palmyra, was burned on the I'd. The
family saved much furniture, but lost a
large quantity of provisions stored in the
cellar.
A young man teaching school a few
miles west f Atkinson has not been seen
since the 18th, snd is supposed to have
ptrished in trying to reach a dwelling
house.
Annie Schmidt, q 13. year old Lincoln
girl, developed into a first class thief,
stealing a lot of wearing apparel and jew
elry, and was sent to the reform school.
Gen. o. o. Howard, the commander of
the department the Platte, is delivering
a number of addresses in the state, under
Congre g~atioral auspices.
The granary of Jonas Fox, near Wood
River, was burned on the 22d, with its con.
tents, !, coo bushels of corn and 175 of oats.
An i~ncenoiary did it.
A twenty-five pound catamount wal
killed by a farmers dog up n !Pierce county
last week. The animal was caught in 9
trap set fJr wolveg.
10 insure good weights, the village boa
of Wood River has purchased scales ano
placed u weigher in charge. 1t costs the
patrons nothing.
There is a club of citizens in Pierce or
ganized for the purpose of making fires fol
the schoolma'am, each member taking 9
weeks duty.
A very 8 TX forger succeeded in gettine
q numoer of CHECKS cashed at Fremont
last week, the name forged being w. r
Wilson.
Lew Cro2sey, of Lincoln, ia laid up will
q broken arm, received by falling on the
sidewalk in front of the Commercial q few
days ago.
While the mercury was at 20 below, TIE
cumseh made the discovery that ther;
wasn't a pound Of hard coal on sale in the
town.
On account of sn advance in freight
rates, h I'd coal, in Beat,i cr, shot up a dol
lat q ton, and lumber d dollar q Thousand.
A COW owned by Mr.. Hume, Of Grant
precil ct, Golf * county, ave birth tC
three heller caves OF the 12th.
An O'Neill saloon keeper is selling liquor
TO minors, and their consequent int xics'
ton is causing muCh trouble.
Mrs. Emily b. King, of Jerseyville. Ill.
contributed $50 toward building lhe tres'
byterian church at Wayne.
An effort is being made in Plattsmoutt
to organize "a company to make the phomp'
son patent opera chairs.
Fillmore county has less than S., COO in,
cebtedness, but warrants have to be dis
counted lU@i5 per cent.
Money is being raised by description 81
Freewater. Harlan county, to build
Congregational church.
Two more blacksmith shops have beer
started in Crete in the past few weeks
Crete is growing.
Hon, @ b. Slocumb, progenitor Of Ne
brasEa liquor law, Is said to be dying o
consumption.
A Cong regatiopsl church will undoubt
eddy BE- built at Alma in the spring. Cost
about 5000.
The Union Pacific is about to put il
grazing lands in western Nebraska on tn,
marxeG.
The Springfield ladies gave n Dime
last Friday to raise funds to start q publ
library.
AWymore meat MAJ ket was burglarize,
on the 18th, and A cents and an old razo
taken.
The ladies Of York have organized a re
lief society to care for the destitute in tina
town.
A COS ID. hog raised in Buffalo county
was shipped from kearney last week.
A farmers instituae will be held at Blu
Springs mkt Thursday and Friday.
1t takes almo t half a ton of coal a da
to keep the Kesrney school warm.
r The contract has beer let for buildin
, the Oakdale Presbyterian church.
Central City is holding public meeting
/, to discuss the creamery question,
w. w. Henton, of York county, lost IL
sheep in the recen: cold spell.
; Palmyra hasn't got houses enough t
' aoconmodate.i;s people.
) The Methodist church at Bennett wa
dedicated yesterday.
A county building TO cost 80, ID to b