Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-11
STATE JOTTINGS.

The Grand Island Independent says:
THE u. s.. circuit court for this district,
Judges Miller and Duudy presiding, de-
cides that Attorney fees can be legally
collected In Nebraska when made q part
OF O contract IN q note, and that the pro-
vision for such fees In addition to the law
full interest cannot in any sense be con-
strued to make usury nor can the provis-
ion for such q fee make the note any the
less negotiable. This Is an important de.
cision, inasmuch o. IL was generally sup
posed that an attorney fee could not be
collected since the repeal of the attorney
fee law Of Nebraska"
Lincoln Journal: There Is q man living
just west of town under whose house 1t Is
said thirteen skunks have congregated,
and he Is consequently in considerable
trouble. They will not come out or go
away, and he doesn't dare to ehoot them.
Thirteen of these highly-scented animals
ought to make an interesting grouped sum.
mer pets.
There IL q project on foot to start q pot
terry OF Kennsrd. A resident Of that
town who claims to be posted in the bust.
ness, stys there is an abundance of the
right kind Of clay for making earthen.
ware, in that locality, and proposes to go
into the business.
The annual convention cf The druggists
OF Nebraska will convene IN Lincoln on
Tuesday, June 18th. IT, IL expected that
not less than 125 drug ,st will De in at.
tendance. Extensive rep .~rations have
bee made for their entertainment.
1t is said that lands at the Otoe reserva-
tion sale, on the 30tb, brought at least IS
or 80 Per acre more than fully as good land
can be bought ct private sale 10 the vicinity
OF the reservation, and In that section Of
Nebraska.
Nebraska City business men arc holding
meetings for the purpose of organizing q
company to build a railroad in q south
westerly direction from that city. They
will call 1t the Iowa. Nebraska & Kansas
route.
The postmaster OF Arapahoe Ia in re.
ceipt OF a letter from parties In New Jer.
sey, desiring to know If there IL q locality
where about 100 families can find enough
vacant government land upon which to
locate q colony.
Five Washington county grand jurors
did not believe that the murder of q
newly-born babe was o crime, and there.
fore refused to indict o woman of that
county who wa guilty Of infanticide.
A paper called The Reservation News
has been published at Wymore during the
excitement incident to the sale of the Otoe
lands and distributed free on all trains run.
ming to that section Of county.
There has been considera able talk lately
OF ORGANIZING q company, with a capital
OF W., 600, to run a packing house In SUIT
ton. No definite conclusion has yet been
reached.
Stockholders Of tho holt county cream.
cry company have tied to increase the
capital stoot 10 $40, 600 to $1,000 at once
and the liID't when needed.
A Wayne horse thief stole o horse, was
captured. indicted by the grand jury, and
sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiard, all within 4S hours.
Ten thousand. OF fifteen thouqand dol.
lars required, have been subscribed toward
the erection of a Congregational church at
Lincoln.
James Duncan, of Wood River, vino had
been drinking, took q dose of hydrate of
of chloral to quiet his nerves. and died in
ten minutes.
Now that Decoration Day is past, ex.
tensive preparations to celebrate the
Fourth are being made all over the
state.
Three Burt county saloon keepers must
pay 50, 400 to theiwife of a man who, when
drunk, WINS killed by his team running
away.
1t is said that the condition of Morse,
the man shot at Fremont, is more fayora.
BILE, and his case is becoming more encour.
aging.
A novel feature of the reunion at Hast.
ings this year will be q battalion of young
ladies in uniform, carrying broons.
A switchmsn named Geo. Reeves was
run over end fatally injured at Lincoln
last Wednesday.
A rattle snake large enough to kill an
OK was killed on the railroad at Aurora
last week.
A mare "a years old in Washington
county hos just given birth to her eigh'
teenth colt.
The Sutton creamery expects to be ustDs
the cream from 100 COVE by the middle
of August.
A countorfeiter has been getting in his
work on some unsuspecting parties IL
Fremont.
lnt HFst VI ten W6JlS 10 De BULK ii
Kearney in case of fire was completed las
week.
Three New York men have invested
$50, 900 in o Stanton county stock ranch
The cattle ranches north of Sidney ar,
being fenced. Settlers are warned off.
It Is stated that the Platte river wa
highest last week that was ever known.
North Bend claims to have the fines
f%ourth.class postofice In the state.
Ticket sales at the Fairmout depot las
month amounted to over 81, 200.
A weekly trade journal Is soon to max
its appearance In Lincoln.
Brock has fled papers for incorporation
under the village act.
Many farmers It Cass county are plant
ing corn the third time.
Boone county il the latest to want
creamery.
Jack rabbit hunts are now the order o
the day.