Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
STATE JOTrINGS.

Bill Temple and Mrs. Lee had a quarrel
Ct words at Blair. Bill vent to her house
and dared her to come out and get licked.
She accepted. and, armed with stovewood,
drove Bill of, He had her arrested for
assault and battery, but q jury Of six 40
quilted her and ave her honorable men,
zion.
e. K. Thompson, An Aida school teacher,
WAS tried ut Grand Island m the 18th, ou
the charge Of over eating q pupil, but the
Jury disagreed. Mr.. Thompson was dis.
charged by the district, bu. was immedi.
ately hired to teach in an adjoining one.
The little Higgins boy, of Blair. whose
father and stepmoth r abusedhim 90 shame.
fully, was taken to the poor house last week
that being the only way to protect him, It
il evident an effort will be made to run
Higgins and wife out of Blair.
Gohot Dickmau and Amelia Schultz, Of
Hall county, determined to marry, and
Gchot went to Grand leland for the II.
cense, but while he was gone another lover
persuaded Amelia to run fl to Hamilton
county and marry him.
The breakup Of the ice in the Repub-
lican did not carry of any bridge, as
the warm rain had rotted It. The Red
Cloud bridge was taken up and the NOV.
ing ice broke oG some of the piles.
Married at the residence of the brides
father In Harvard, on February Goth, 1888
by Rev. Wilkinson, Mr.. William ID. Cook
Of Mayville, Dakota, to Miss Mary d..
Robinson, of Harvard.
The father of Amelia Church. the Msdi.
son county teacher who disappeared q few
| weeks ago, arrived last week from New
| York state AVID has begun q close search
tor his daughter.
Alma had q narrow escape from a seri'
GUS fire On the 10Th. Or. Sadler's drug
| store caught in an unscc 1untable manner
and burned some time before 1t Wac dis
covered.
Messrs. Baldipg & Blenett, of Ere
mont, will soon begin shipping their ! 7,O0t
sheep to the east, from whence the b lstOn
psrties who bought them will ship Il
Europe.
The largest man in Nebraska recently
.tood up and was counted at Tecumseh,
His name Ia Isbmsel Hickey, he Is q farm
or and he weighed q little over 500 pounds
The Y. M. g. A. of Weeping Water
csnvassed the town recently and founC
there we're 118 adults who never attended
church, of whom 20 we're males.
w. s. Sawyer, of Lincoln, offers an uu
bridged dictionary to the pupil of 9 Ne
brsska school making the greatest i'm
provement In penmanship.
Dick Ridgely (coiored) attempted rap
twice on o white woman at Marquette
week before last, and got away, but officer
are looking tor him.
A mink goa into . Wakefield hen hous
one uight recently and killed 81 hens an
n l..L Than tha nUpar aat n tran an,
caught the animal.
Ell Scull jumped from o moving trail
st Grand Island, last Tuesday morning
to be amputated.
A YOUNG woman In Arizona, Burt ooun
ty, got up In her sleep recently and took
walk, during which she froEe her hand
and feet.
Burglars went through the safe
Clark's mill at Waterloo on the 10th
They got very little money and ruined th
. safe.
: The Stromsburg school was closed wee
| before last, nearly all the scholars bein
. sick, as a kind of cough is epidemic there
An italian is going about the state sci
ing stationary made of Colorado soal
? stone. Some of the articles are unique,
Q A Merrick county man has presente
a the finest young COW in his flock to ii
Methodist church of Central City.
! John Hansistanscrspeneiter, of Ne
: Albuquerque, New Mexico, was on oil
? streets Monday. Fairfield News.
The stovepips in the NJ. L. church
: Crete fell down on the morning of Il
18th, aud put q stop to services.
e A spelling match at the Rock Gre,
Lancaster county, school house last We
b nesday developed in a free fight.
a Crete Is discussing the Availability
\ running her streets under the railroad ira,
where crossings are necessary.
The business men Of Crete Of all class
: have formed q strong Organization
mutual progress and profit.
8 A Waterloo man offers to take ~, 900
!, stock and furnish the milk of 100 COWS II
creamery Is started there.
Al A 10, 900 edition description Of HI
county will shortly be issued.
A couple Of Columbus men have start