Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-19

wagons. People along the route thought
1t was a ciI Gus taking an early start.
A Stella man Ia down 100 feet after coal,
and is In q kind Of 81 tie. When the
weather gets better, he will proceed
deeper.
A two.hesded calf was brought into
Alma last Monday. 1t was dropped
"a Harlan county, but died coon after
birth.
The eighth snnusl sheep shcering festi.
val OF the wool growers Of southern Neh.
raska will be held at Beatrice May 2
and 3.
The Red Cloud creamery has the milk
Of 700 hundred cows pledged for this seas
on and expects to incress the number to
1000.
The brick Presbyterian church at Bloom.
ington, lie approaching completion, and will
ne one of the finest edifices in the valley.
John Scott, of ,ck creek, Saunda' Z
Q unity, has o COW that bore o calf that
weighed 1i5 pounds when two hours old.
A gang Of unprincipled horse traders T.
working the towns along the Union P
cidc. Fremont gave them a hard rub,
The Phelps county immigra tion society
will distribute 5000 pamphlets on the sd-
vantages and resources Of the county.
w. w. Hinton, of York county, lost
200 sheep by scab this winter. The
weather made 1t too cold to dip them.
1t looks as IL the Butler county coal dis.
coverY is q bona file thing, Goal was
struoh OF adepth Of forty-swo feet.
Sarcastic n~eighbors say q sand. paper
mill is to DO established at Long Pine, be.
| ,a,sa thara In an n,,,ch oon1 handy
Fears are entertained that the Schuyler
bridge over the Platte will 60 out with the
Ice. 1t Is said to be getting shaky.
A Ss edish Lutheran seminary ia to be
located in Nebraska, and Stromburg has
pledged about 5000 to secure it.
Timothy Sullivan died at Platte Center
on the 9th, from the accidental discharged
Of q gun. He was 20 years old.
Doane college has received from Col.
Thomas Doane, Of %noston, 81 stuffed trop.
ical and semi.tropical birds.
Fifteen bundled dollars have been raised
at Verdon, Richardson county, to build a
Congregational church.
The merchants of Pawnee City are
| nearly una 4imous in advertising the adop.
ton of the each system.
Nebraska City has increased its police
force by the addition of two off ,ers to be
paid by the merchants.
One of the Red Cloud banks proposes
to put up the finest building in western
Nebraska this season.
The heaviest hog ever shipped from
Crete went out of there last week. II
weighed 7SO pounds.
The trustees of the United Presbyterian
church at Pawnee City have bought q site
for q new church.
A Butler county man who lost 80 hogs
by the cold shipped the oarcsses to Om aha
to be worked up.
The temperance people Of Beatrice have
been prosecuting the liquor dealers who
pay no license.
Lincoln's big we'll was tested on Friday
aud found itself able to supply all TIE
water wanted.
Fire damaged the wagon shop of w. H,
Gould at York on the Och; supposed to be
~incendiary.
A couple of Orleans men expect to bring
30, 900 Colorado sheep into Harlan county
this spring.
McConihe post, of Plattsmouth, had 8
public installation and supper last Tues
day night.
Some Omaha hunters killed two ante.
lope or the Loupe, in Nance county, last
Monday.
Jud. Webb, of Fremont, is to be boss
property man of Barnum's circus thif
season.
The Hibron opera HOUSE. was dedicated
on the 9th, the attraction being . free
show.
As . general thing Hall county farmers
will drop wheat this season and raise more
corn.
Two new school houses will adorn An.
telope precinct, Harlan comfy, this spring.
Rabbits, d~iphtheria. whooping cough,
and quail are numerous in Nance county.
O'Neill had o public meeting on Satur.
day to discuss the creamery question.
The recent snow storm killed o large
number OF sheep in Dawson county.
At a recent Lincoln funeral, every horse
in the procession was of white color.
Waterloo needs a policeman to arrest
drunken disturbers of the peace.
A large two.story school house will be
built at Atkinson in the sprrrg. y
J. B. Lininger, the leading merchant of
Wymore, has failed for $11, 900.
Gage county sports will have q circle
hun with hounds on the 22d.
The Catholics of st Paul will eudeavor
to build a church this spring.
Schuyler's new school house is not large
enough to hold all the pupils.
The merchants of New York propose to
establish q market day for hay and straw
and another for live stock.
Wood River is becoming o lively and
high priced corn market.
There are thirty men in engaged in sheep
raising in Thayer county.
The Schuyler Methodists have decided
to build q 80, 600 church.
They cut 23.inch ice in the Missouri at
Niobrara, and lots of it.
Lincoln had a masquerade on roller
skates last Wednesday.
The First National bsnk Of Norfolk has
gone intoqui hdation.
A hay baling concern is to be put in op.
Grafton Of Waterloo.
A horticultural society has been organ.
lied at Falls City.
Tecumseh wants to be incorporated as
second class city.
Considerable mumps in the vicinity of
Weeping Water.
Wood River has a LAWYER. There is q
good field for one.
Hebron and Belvidere talk of connecting
by telephone.
Another pawn shop has been started in
Lincoln.
Clothes line thieves are troubling Wy
more.
st. Edward. Boone county, wants a
bank.
Butler county is about to buy a poor
farm.
A steam feed mill is talked of at Friend.
vile.