Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-24
STATE JOrTINGS.

Street fights have been enlivening Wood
River quite often lately.
The Lyons school visited the Oakland
school, in q body one day recently.
Grendma Shaw. of Laona, celebrated her
SD birthday on the 10!h She has fifty
six living descendants.
Railroad competition has put soft Goa
do We to IS O ton in Beatrice.
The Fairhury schools were closed up on
the death of Hon. @. B Slocumb.
1t is reported that William Hill, of
Tekamah, died on the 18th from the eff
fscts of vaccination.
The Blair schools began again Monday,
all danger from smallpox being over.
A well on a Harlan county farm is 225
feet deep. 1t took three weeks hard labor
to dig it.
A Valparaiso farmer named Slaughter
raised II, 1000 bushels of corn this season. :
Work has begun on the creamery at
Vslaparaiso.
Aiforty horse hen rancho is to be started
at'Valparaiso, with q capacity for turning
out 600 chickens OF each turn of the crank.
Thousands of bushels of corn await
transportation at Burchard. A scarcity
of cars Is bothering the south Platte ceun.
try generally.
Burchard had its FIRST wedding on the
nth.
The Christian church of Talmage has
raised 81. 800 for q building fund.
The grocors of Fremont have organized
q Merchants association" for mutual
protection.
Eggs are gobbled up by restaurant men
of Lincoln at 80 cents q dozen.
The bulk of the hay baled ct Schuyler
goes to the western ranges, where the cat
tie need It.
-Schuyler's only baker is going away
aud the people fear they will have only
cake to eat when he goes.
Four more elevators will be built q,
Schuyler this spring. Everybody wants
one.
The railroad eating house at Grand
Island has changed hands, Chauncy Wiltse
selling to Guy G. Barton and q Mr.. How
ard.
The marshal of Central City began 9
crusade last week against the minors who
played billiards, and the youths are now
fred out of the halls there.
Central, City is corresponding with Q
view to securing q steam grist mill.
A Danish Lutheran church will be bull
at F alestine, Platte county, this spring.
Osceola is building fire cisterns.
A deaf and dumb book agent worked
Beatrice recently, and on account of tn
novelty had pretty good success.
The 'Fairbury creamery will gathe.
cream on nine routes this season.
A West Point man with FIVE children
has given all of them names of which z Il
the initial.
A Chinese laundry has begun business II
Lincoln.
John Benee, while running a corr
shelter near Shelby, was badly injured re
Gently. His clothing caught on the tumb
' ling rod and he was tossed and whirled
around until he was nearly broken xp.
, A Shelton butcher was fined last month
for selling diseased pork. he paid the fine
and sent some of the meat to Washingtont {
be analysed by the department of agKicul
ture. The analysis proved the meat wai
{ not diseased, and the butcher Is trirm'
/ plant.
A. ID. Richey, Of Seward, narrowly ss.
capped death In q railroad accident nea,
, Ottumwa recently. He saw q collision
dow, through which he jumped, receivins
: severe bruises. Another passenger wa
killed by remaining in the cal.
? On Tuesday of Last week Oh. Arthand
Of Oak Greek, Sherman county, was cut
> ting into stove wood q large tree hat hac
fallen across the creek, when one Of tn,
limbs struck him on the head, knockin.
. him senseless onto the ice. He laid Their,
r for ONE time, and when he recovered con
= seriousness found his right leg was broker
. at the thigh: He managed to crawl to
wards q neighbor's house near enough fo
q his cries to be heard, and was then taker
9 care of.