Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-23
STATE JOTTINGs.

River will also locate q part Of its shops In
the town. Altoghether IL will make things
quite lively for the little city.
The Pawpee City Republican has an
item headed : How we live" and then says
that the following named persons have
paid their subscriptions since the last re.
port. As this statement Is not followe |
by q solitary name IL is naturally presumed
that the editor mus. have pretty hard
scratching to exist on such a mythical sub.
scription list.
A young man named Ell Farrell, an en-.
ploye Of the b. 4 M. railroad at Platts-
mouth, shot himself last Sunday through
the breast. He claims that It was acct.
dental, but other persons, who pretend to
know more about the matter than he does
himself, insist that II was done purposely,
with the intention OF suicide. 1t Is very
likely that the unfortunate young man
will diJ.
There Is q man In David City who Is one
Of ten living brothers and sisters, the sex
equally u .ided, whose ages aggregate SO
years. He Is postmaster, o member of the
school board and several other ~orgauiza.
tions. His name Is A. +. Coon, and he Is
said to have not only the remarkable in.
stinct Of that animal but also to poss ess q
high degree Of human wit.
Last Monday the st. Paul and Omaha
and 5. O., Il p. roads commenced running
q through coach from Omaha to Norfolk
via Blair daily. for the accommodation of
through travel This obviates the vexa.
tions incident to q change of cars at thi,
place and will be appreciated by the
travelling public.
A. j. Ftay end Fremont Smith, two
residents of Springfield, Nebra ks, have
Just sold their mining interest In the
Black Hills for $40. 900. The two men
left Nebraska only three years ago and
have in this short time made q life time
competency.
One day last week FIVE females met In n
Brownville shoe store and it was learned
that not one of them weighed less than
$50. The local paper says IL Is o good
country and advises eastern girls to come
west and grow up.
A company of forty ladies OF Juniats,
handsomely uniformed and armed with
brooms, will appear at the state reunion
at Hastings next September, where they
will give an exhibition of the drill of the
broom brigade.
Some local novelist is writing q con.
tinued story for the Creighton Pioneer.
1t Ia intensely utter as will be seen by the
following extract: "My God can it be
you, Wileby Stemwick?' eyes, Carl
Neilser, I am"
The Sioux City & Pacific railroad hs,
arranged to put on . fast passenger train
between Missouri Valley and Long Pine.
The train will be called the Cannon Ball
and will commence running the LIST Of next
month.
The Fremont Tribune attempts tn criti.
else the performance Of the Baker & Far.
ron combination which played there re.
Gently. It says the company needs Q sober
v~iolinist and o play with o plot to It
Light comedy Is thrown away on such
critics.
A new postofice has been established In
the New England settlement called
FLETCHER" with Foxwell Fletcher as
postmaster. This will be q great conven.
fence to many people in that peighbor.
hood.
Two spans of the bridge across the
Platte at Schuyler have gone out and the
taxpayers of the county are very mad.
The bridge has long been the most prolific
source of expense Colfax county has had
Certain parties are travelling through
LUX Countf, UNDERSTANDING tnellselVes III
being connected with the pension bureau,
q fee for it. The men are swindlers.
On last Saturday evening George w,
Showalter, a young man living four milet
northwest from Hastings met with q fata
accident. A team be was driving ran away
and he was thrown out on his head.
Some Fremont citizens are discussing
the question of erecting o storage ware
house, with q capacity of $50. 600 or 800, =
600 bushels, for the purpose of handling
the products of the Elkhorn valley.
An attempt was made to burn Euo'
hotel in Fremont one night last week
which by the efforts of the fire company
proved unsuccessful. The motive or tn,
incendiary have not been learned.
The reward fund for the capture of tn,
murderers of Cash Millett, at Hastings
, consisting of 1921. has been equally di
vided between w. H. Stock and +. II
Streeting, who captured them.
A fire at Nelson, last week, consumed
livery stable, three horses and a meat mar
ket. The village men and women turne,
out and did good work. The loss wa
something over $1,000.
A petition Is being circulated at Araps
hoe for the purpose of getting the count,
commissioners to bond the county TO
SO, 600, and build q new school hous
which is badly needed.
The B. & M. railrord people have dc
cided to build q depot on the farm of job
bumped ct Crab Orchard and make 1t
station. The place designated is fftee
miles from Tecumseh.
The amount Of local travel through tn
state this spring Is very heavy. At th
Fremont depot Of the Union Pacific fc
the week ending April 4th, the ticket sale
amounted to $1,000.
The fourth pier Of the Blair bride
across the Missouri reached bedrock 8
feet below low water mark on last Frida
night. All the piers will be completed |
two or three weeks.
Within the past week there has been q
immense number Of trees set out In Dodg
county. One man, j. w. Love, has alon
set out 10000 Of naples, willows, DO
elders and catalpas.
On May 3rd next an excursion will stal
from Blair to st. Louis. About thirt
persons have already decided to 20, and
Is likely that more will make up the
minds to 60 along.
luo INbubcliCal 1lubuOEhu CuuECu
Hardy has bought q new lot Of psws and
fine organ, and the members win otherwil
improve the appearance Of their worship
ping place.
The citizens Of Plattsmouth are clamo
ing for q new depot. They say the B.
M. should have sense enough to give Il
town q decent building for public accom-
mediation.
The committee OF Falls City selected
locate the new fair grounds at that plac
have concluded to choose 40 acres belon
ing to Judge Dundy, about four miles fro
the town.
The pupils of the Kearney schools q
} practicing q fire drill. The principal rim
an alarm bell and the scholars practice {
getting out Of the building as rapidly
possible.
\, Last Saturday night o lodge of Knigh
Of Pythias was organized at Blair. The
J $40 tuant,, Eua oharta. nna,oba.. o.I Al