Omaha daily bee., 1884-08-11
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The Gage county fair opens September 80
offered in premiums.
The supreme court has granted new trial
to DIR. Richmond who was convicted in
Plattsmouth of an assault on a little girl.
A Tekamah girl Of sensitive nerves had a
row with her sister and failing to have the last
word, attempted suicide. She was pumped
dry.
The Tecumseh Cheftain is willing to con-
| tribute q "copious sum, il il can be borrowed,
to help raise a republican flagstaff in that
town.
The young town Of Holdregeo claims the
title OF the magic city of southwest Nebraska,
Though less than O year old she claims a pop
ulation of 1000.
The Wakefield Presbyterians will commence
work on their new church tuiding about tho
10th of this month, It is to be 32xi8 feet
| with tower and steeple.
The winter wheat crop in Saline county is
turning out we'll. Where the crop was we'll
put in, and not damaged by storms. the yield
is 2S to 30 bushels per acre,
The supreme court made an important rul.
ing last week to the effect that "an employee
| of q railroad company is incompetent to sit as
| a juror in case where the company is apar.
| ty."
The Nebraska CITY distillery Is TO start
again about the middle of September The
lumber for its cattle sheds has been ordered
and the work of preparation will be begun i'm.
| mediately.
card writer who made himself too numer.
GUS in Grand Island was pulled and fined S57
for disturbance OF the peace, 1t is costly
business to fool with the peaceful end Of
Grand Island.
Stout's quarry at Louisville turns out twen-
ty-tive car loads of crushed lime stone each
day. He runs three crushers and over 100
men in the quarry.
"a man who is so mean as to thus sue o
widow woman ought to be kicked to death by
a jackass, said Tecumseh attorney at re-
| cent justice court, "and wish the court would
| appoint me to do it."
The disciples of st. John,in Butler county
call upon all who are ready and willing to
face the fire that ever RACES in the van of true
reform" to gather at David City to shout for
| the temperance ticket.
The little son of Dan Wagner of Red
Cloud is said to have been kidnapped from
his home He has been missing since the
26th of June. A remard of fifty dollars is
offered for his recovery.
1t was estimated this spring that $4,000
would be expended this year in buildings in |
Wayne. Those ready completed and under |
way will cost considerably more than that |
sum- and it will most probably reach $4,000. |
The assessor of York county never misses |
chance to increase the treasury surplus He |
swoopedI town upon aChicago Standardization |
who avoided taxes on their cribs and compelled |
them to pay up before being allowed to ship. |
A man named Brittenburg, loaded with dis. |
titled dynamite, went off the straight and mar |
row path, near Lincoln, last Friday, and laid |
down to rest on the o. 8, r. V. track His |
remain, were gathered up by the train hands |
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error in the murder case of Quinn Bohannon,
sentenced to be hung at Nebraska City Aug
Sth, which will postpone the hanging until |
after the January meeting of the supreme |
court.
A steam thrashiug machine exploded near
kenesaw on the 4th, killing j. A. Smith, the |
farmer on whose place the machine was at |
work. Smith was blown about twenty yards,
his bowels ripped open and his head nearly |
cut off.
The report of ID. III. Wheeler, recenely pub
lished, makes splendid showing for the st tie.
Nearly all the averages are several per cent.
over one hundred, which is based on the crops
of last year. when all kinds of cereals and veg
etables were abundant
The innocent revolver got in its work at
Cherry Creek, Buffalo county, last week.
Mrs. III. M. Porter stood in front of Ellsworth
Murphy while he toyed with his gun and re-
ceived twenty-five cal,ber cartridge in the
chest. The doctors plowed around and found
the lead, and saved Mrs. Porter from being
bottled.
The total number of B. & M. engines
now number liz, and ten more are ordered
and are to arrive this fall Several years ago
the B. h M. had 26 locomotives and other
rolling stock in proportion. and when the new
locomotives arrive the Increase in the number
of new locomotives on the road IN seven years
will be just an even hundred [Plattsmouth
journal.
The Beatrice Gaslight and Coke company
has Incorporated. The amount of authorized
capital stock is $4,000, divided into shares of
500 each. The corporation is to continue for
fifty years. the limit of Indebtedness Is $780,
600. The incorporators are Charles G.. Dor
sey, J. d. Fitzpatrick, Thos. Yule, J. Il.
Smith, Frank Barclay.
The cannon ball train on the b. & M. was
thrown from the track at W ymore, last week,
cars except the rear coach and sleeper were
wrecked and are still lying in the ditch where
they were thrown by the accident. The sleep
er and coach kept the rails. The train was
running slow and no one was hurt.
A sad accident occurred in Nance county,
near Fullerton, on the End inst. The two
SONS of G. III. Chase followed their father into
er one wandered into tall grass, laid down and
fell asleep. The father, returning with load
of grain, drove over the prostrate form of his
sleeping boy, crushing out his life.
Mr.. j. A. Smith, who lived upon the f. M.
Dutton farm, three miles northeast from
Kenesaw, county was instantly killed by
the explosion of threshing machine boiler
on the 4th. He had just commenced to
tbresh with a steam thresher, and just as the
engine was started up the boiler exploded,
blowing Mr.. Smith about twenty yards away,
tearing out his bowles, nearly cutting off his
head aud mangling his legs. Pieces of the
boiler were blown about forty rods.
An old man named Ming at Beatrice, had
a daughter. A young fellow by the name of ,
Odsn persisted in paying his attentions to thN
girl much to the chagrin of the old man, but
yet to the apparent satisfaction of the damsel. |
The young couple were out walking the other
evening when Ming came upon them near the I
opera house with u revolver in his band and
blood in his eyes, threatening to blow hole
through his daughters lover ~ big as a pump
kin. Oden struck the old cOdger and knocked
him down. The girl shrieked and was carried
away while the irate old gentleman was cared
for by the crowd. I
An explosion Of gasoline literally crenated {
Custer county, Friday evening. The gasoline
can was kept in closed cellar, gas from which I
had hled the cellar. Mrs. Scott was going i,
into the cellar with lighted lamp in her
haod, and when the lamp came in contact I
on fire. which were literally burned off. She :
ran up stairs and wrapped herself in the bed !;
aud told her FIVE little chill 'ren to =
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