Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-11
STATE JOTTING5.

Arnong tne hOneb, tDst IL Wbs auout 10 uilh
to extract as the ordinary large
Is.
At Beatrice, John Marion his heen
found guilty Of murder. The killing &C.
10 1872, and Marion was arrested
recently In Kansas for horse stealing. Two
cases remain to be tried IN the
same court.
Ed. Billik, a partially reformed cowboy
Of Blair, tried to run the town the o.h,-
among other amusemeDts shooting II
hole in the pants Of o policeman. He Ia
10 the CO or in default OF money to pay his
fine.
A subterranean river has be n discov.
cred on the farm Of DIR. LoDgley. three
south of North Platte. 1t Is about
thirty feet below the eurface of the earth,
and has q depth of about nine feet of
water.
It Is said thut not over one.third Of the
amount Of wheat sown in Merrick county
last year will be 10 wn this. Oats are TAX.
ing its place, an immen Q crop OF which
will be raised this year.
Frank Ball, of Sidney, trieI to commit
suicide by taking o dose Of morphine one
day last week, but r~estoratives were APP
piled and he will have a chance to try some
other method.
The cloth peddlers who were selling
goods to Dakota county farmars, taking
for selling without ~liaense, and one was
fined $50 and costs.
Manager Drake, of the Nebraska Tele.
phone company, expresses the opinion that
In less than q year the Nebraska cities will
have direct telephone connection with Chi.
csgo.
Frien DIS Of the Butler county prisoners
are seeking to release them, and the sher-
i'll has made q requisition on the governor
for ammunition with which to defend the
jail.
A colony Of two hundred families have
In Holt county on whaS is known
as the ''unorgsnized strip" lying between
the Niobrara and Keyapsha rivers.
Niobrara is said to be the center of
travel for emigrants going north. Num-
bers Of teams pass through the town daily
on the way to new settlements.
The wool growers OF Franklin county
soon hold o convention for the purpose Of
selecting q sheep inspector to be appointed
by the county commissioners.
lub urbJ HuLuDet VI u u6W paper, Inc
Reporter, has been issued ct Valentine, q
little town ut the present terminus of the
Sioux City & Pacific road.
One hundred and ninety women in the
vicinity Of Springfield have signed q re-
monstrance against granting o license to q
saloon In that town.
The country round about North Platte
Is to be irrigated, q company having been
organized for that purpose. Work will
begin In o few days.
The Aurora Republican says half OF
Hamilton county's lands have changed
hands this spring. Farms bring from 16
to S25 per acre.
The location of the Presbyterian synodi.
cal college has been definitely fixed at
Bellevue. The cost of the college is esti.
mated at $4,000.
From the number of prairie schooners
on the move in various parts of Nebraska.
1t is concluded that immigration is boom.
ing.
The Central City Courier claims the
LOCO by the assessors count.
The corner stone of the new Masonic
temple at Lincoln was laii on the 1st with
imposing ceremonies.
High wind recently moved the front OF
the Glen Rock Catholic church o foot of
tbs foundation.
Upwrrds of 5000. OCO forest trees have
been planted by the people Of Nebrasks
this spring.
An Endicott man recently caught GO
pounds of fish with q hook and Tide in one
evening.
The population of Tbayer county hal
increased nearly III per cent. during thu
past year.
The Cimeron Cattle company has bought
IS, 0O0 acres of land in Madison and Boone
counties.
The Nebraska spring races will begir
at Li"ooln on May 16 and continue fv,
days.
The Missouri Pacific paid 81, 900, IA tax
es for 1882 into the Nemaha county tres
sury.
A drove of antelope was seen grains
near Atkinson, Holt county, q few day
since.
The court house of Gage county ha
been condemned Is unsafe by the gran,
jury.
Senator Van wyck is inAlcting package
Of garden seeds upon the country EDITOR
Grand Island will soon have an cper,
house second only to two In the state.
The dam at West Point has been rebuilt
and the paper mill is running again.
The taxes against the B. & M. road II
Webster county are $11. $3.50.
A new brick block will be built in Cen
trail City during the present season.
The Masons in Norris are talking abou
org anizipg q lodge in thPt city.
Len Hewett, of Blair, aged Is, Is In jai
for ~assaulting q lady with a club.
From FIVE to twenty HON e-seekers go
on the ira at Valentine daily.
A large number of emigrants are said Il
be settling in Wayne county.
The school for Indian pupils at Genoa |
to accommodate 500 children.
There are thirty boysand eleven girls q
the reform school at Kesrney.
Genoa, Nance county, has organized
company to prospect for coal.
Wilbur shows great evidence of pro
gress ana thirst this spring.
Kearney's is On educational boom. Sh'
wants more school houses,
During the past month the state leaseC
%, 100 acres of school lands.
Some fast horses will be in attendance q
the Columbus June races.
Water works and q fire department ar
talked Of In Red Cloud.
The town of Wilbur is out of debt an
has money in the treasury.
Lincoln is yet testing her big drive vel
put in for fire purposes.
Decoration Day preparations are beinI
made all over the scate.
A parsnip 3 feet 4 inches long has bee
dug At Cunning City.
A G. A. X. pos. is to be started at Lib
erty, Gage county.