Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-28
sTATH JOTTINGS.

STATE JOTTINGS.
An exchange says it is stated az q fact
for farmers that the seed Of the eunflower
is the best remedy ever discovered for TIE
cure Of founder in horses. Immediately
on discovering that young horses are foun.
dered, put about q pint OF the whole seed
into his feed, and it will work a perfect
cure,
II Is rumored that the b. & NJ. railroad
compsny will move their repair shops
from Wymore to Table Rock, and make
| the latter place a division station, It ia
| also understood that the company will
make Beatrice the end of a division on the
Tecumseh route.
Hereafter competitive examinations will
be the rule in West Point for teachers in
the public schools. All applicants have
been notified to this effect. The exsnin-
alton will take place On the 18th and 18th
of July.
ma beaver dam has been discovered on
West Branch, about ak miles west of
Pawnee City. Trees six In. hes in diane.
tor have been cut down and the limbs used
by the beavers in building the dam.
The proprietors of the mills at Milford,
recently burned down, say the mills will
be erected on q more extensive scale than
ever. Masohs are now ct work laying the
foundation walls.
The Red Cloud people are reported as
having raised the required amount, $45,.
coo, which secures building of the O. ntral
Branch Of the u. 2. II. r. through thor
town.
Articles Of incorporation have been iled
with the secretary of state for the Sutton
creamery association with q capital stock
OF $40, 600. and the Sutton building and
improvement company. capital, $1,000.
Nebraska hos one woman minister, one
woman lawyer, six women county SUPER
intendents. and ten woman physicians.
Many women are engaged in editorial
work.
The proposed military company talked
of at Schuyler will have to be deferred for
u while, owing to the lack of the necessary
appropriation on the part of the state,
The Miller farm, ne'r Plattsmouth, con-
tanning 604 acres, was recently sold for
SIS, 5000. Il is said to be the heaviest land
sale in that vicinity for some time past.
The Pratt & Ferris Cattle company and
the Converse Cattle company of Wyom.
ing, have purchased Is, 600 acres of land in
Boone and Platte counties.
The ceremony of laying the corner stone
Of the first building of Hastings college
will take plaza on the first commencement
day, the 2l.t of June.
Farmers are said to be making o great
success Of raising sorghum for fatteping
hogs. Hogs will eat it, stalk and all, in
preference to corn,
Frank P. Ireland, of Nebraska City,
has been reelected vice dictator of the
supreme lodge Of Knights of Honor in the
United States.
The fourth annual fair of the Pawnee
County Agricultural and Mechanical as
ISOLATION viii be held October %, 81, Attn
and sth, 1888.
A workingmen's Benevolent and Relic
association has been organized at Platts-
mouth. 1t has o charter membership of
twenty-five.
The Burtonian advises the council Of
Tekamah to dispose of a portion Of the
park and use the money to build q good
Jail.
An alleged land buyer. who gave the
name OF o. Isham, worked u 49, 900 bogus
draft on the Platte Valley bank of Central
City.
There's q couple Of ladies on the Falls
City school board, and they made one
Of them vice president and the other sec.
rotary.
Grab Orchard is booming. A number OF
business and residence lots have been sold
and . number of building, are going up.
The snti-monopolists of Pawnee county
are organizing and making arrangement
to be heard in future campaigns.
A COW boy shot the sheriff of Keith
| nOnntU at (lUallalQ raNantlu hnt fha
wound is reported not dangerous.
On account of the iuclemeucy of tn.
weather the Jackson races were postponed
until Friday. the Lat day of Jnue.
PlaindeGler. Telegraph: Sidney is prob
ably the only town in the state where the
liquor law Is not enforced.
, The b. & M. railroad paid 81, 1854
taxes in Fraaklin county in 1881 anc
! S12, 755. 40 in 1882.
3 The breed of hsrsas in johnson county
is fast improving. The sam may be saic
l Of hogs and cattle.
: Humboldt has q company whose mair
= object Is to recover stolen articles. The
membership is fifty.
Wolves are reported numerous in the vi
cinity of Grand Island, and are maxim,
, war on the sheep.
Crete takes pride in being l~aw.abiding-
the police judge not having q case in mort
than q month.
One hundred government tents hav,
been secured for the reunion at HastingI
in September.
Ex-Governor Butler has l, 800 cattle on
I his farm in Pawnee county and Is buyin,
moro constantly.
: A company Of fifty national guards bal
been formed at Ponca, and ia to be armec
with muskets.
Wymore celebrated its second a~nniver
: sAry on the goth inst. 1t has apopulatiol
. of !, $50.
Pawnes City takes considerable prid
? In the number and size Of her shade trees
> Stella Il iubilant over the fact that con
: tracts are let for three new brick blocks.
. Boone county has adopted a uniform
) set Of text books for use in the schools.
8Fskmont has discarded saloons sns
3 will support its schools In other ways.
| THE EDITORS.