The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-10-09
NEBRASKA.

STO AuUCOteNuCcos afr
Work is progressing OH a $4,000 school
building at Columbus,
Charlie Anderson, aged 8 years, has been
missing from his home in Omaha since last
Friday.
Near LaPorte, few days since, Miss Julia
Thompson had leg broken by the overturnine
OF q buggy in which she was riding.
A new Catholic church in the northwestern
part OF Dodge county, about five miles from
clean postoft1ce, was dedicated last Sunday.
Holt county has county seat war on hand
The citizens OF Atkinson are going to make
an attempt to wrest the courthouse from
O'Neil.
On Saturday night Tangerman's large mill
at Ialmadge, was consumed by fire. 1t is MOI
known how the fire originated. Loss, $4,000
insurance, 5000.
Maxey Cobb, the horse which trotted al
Providence the other day in 2:131(, which i.
the fastest stallion time Oh record, was former
" owned in Lincoln.
The Woman's Christian Temperance unions
OF the state are going to secure a mammoth
petition to present to the next Legislature
asking for prohibition.
In the army shooting matches at Lcayen
worth, CAPT. Merriam, stationed at Omaha
carried of the honors. He led lis uear.s
competitor seven points.
There will be u bicycle tournament in Oma
ha on the 18th, at which valuable prizes will be
awarded. The affair is under the management,
Of the Omaha Wheel club.
What Is known a. the Robertson ranch in
Nance county, containing $500 acres, has beer
purchased for $4,000 by Messrs. Horton
Wood and Smith, Of Pawnee county.
Fremont has an old cemetery which is more
centrally located than is desirable, and there
is a proposition to sell it to the city for pub
lie park. The price asked is $1,000.
Gee. Hill, cashier for the Sioux City and
Pacific company at Sioux City, is missing His
books show a shortage of $780, Whisky
women and faro, arc said to have been the
cause.
The Lincoln Journal says the Omaha Bee
it say: ''In spite Of all adverse influences OF
the Union Pacific Omaha has grown and pros.
pered.'
A special train OF twenty-five cars of corr
left Fremont for Chicago on Saturday, and
expected to make the run in twexty-eight
hours. Corn is king these last days of Sep
trmber.
The little daughter of J. B. Moore, nea,
Lyons, got hold of bottle of carbolic acid
drank portion OF the contents. The child
after four days Of great suffering, died on the
Goth ult.
A grader was found dead on Monday twelve
miles west of Valentine. He is supposed tc
have been murdered for his money. An in
quest and examination was held BY the au
thorities
The story Is In circulation at Omaha that $
Des Moines newspaper man who had been Wis
iting in that city for about week, lost s45t
bucking the tiger on the 2d He fortunately
had pass home.
Edward Carberrv, Nemala blacksmith, was
run over bv the cars at Brownsville, on the eth
but being drunk was not killed, and is likely tc
get we'll with no greater loss than his right
arm, which was cut off.
Near Crowell last week the 5-year-ola daugh
ter of Robert Moody got in the way OF NOV
ing machine, and being unnoticed by the drive,
was run over. One of her legs was 80 mangied
that it had to be amputatcd.
Under the constitution of Netraska ever,
male person Of the age of 81 years and upwards
who shall have resided in the state six mouths
in the county forty days and in the precinct
township or ward ten days, shall have the right
to VOTE
Suit has been commenced in the United
States csurt by Robert Percival, of Council
Bluffs, against Otoe county to recover upor
railroad bonds the sum of $4,000, with inter
ost. Stow & Hammond, of Omaha, and Rob
ert Percival are counsel for plaintiff.
August Weight, German locksmith, at
tempted suicide at Lincoln on the I'd by tax
ing strychnine, and at last accounts was in {
pcrilous condition, with little chances Of re-
covery. Weight f. widowcr. Wine anf
women are at the bottom of his rash act.
Lyons Mirror, 2: A. H. Crosby, of Wake
field, accident:y and fatally shot himself O.,
Wednesday of last week, while on a hunt with
friends. The gun slipped through q hol,
in the bottom of the wagon bed, the hammer
striking some hard object causing it to 20 off
The entire charge entered under his left arm
lodging in his shoulder. He died Saturda,
morning and was buried Sunday by the A. O
U. w., of which he was an esteemed member
A painter named Crosby died few days agt
at Wakefield, from the effects OF gunsho
wound received last Wednesday, He was will
some friends hunting. In getting into bugg,
he set his gun down, the butt falling through
hole in the bottom of the box, and exploding
the cap. The charge of one barrel lodged il
his shoulder. Modification set In and deati
came to his relief after three days. suffering
His brother, who had come from Topeka, Kan.
in response to a telegram, was with him whc,
he died.
VIM G'llcn, jr., working on farm neal
Jackson, was found on Thursday forenoon
with bullet wound in his head. His Smith &
Wesson IS calibre revolver had one empty
SA"uAoci, anu Tic ln(llCHilOnS were that the
wound was self inflicted, though no one could
tell why. The injured man was taken to the
Valley house at Ponca, and search made 70,
the bullet. The bullet had passed through the
right temporal bone, but probing failed to find
1t. 1t was not thought safe to cut for the ball.
The young man lies in very critical con.
dition.
Omaha Herald. %: Maj Newell, who /.
under indictment TO, cmbezzling the funds OF
the Consolidated Tank Line company. has
disappeared, leaving behind him his watch
and note stating he intended to commit
suicide. There are but few people in Omaha.
however, who believe that the major has
gone to the great beyond. The impression
IS that he has struck out for a new section OF
the country where he can have a chance to
live down the errors of the past, and make an
honorable living, and to this there il a loud
"Amcn."
SATURDAYS MARKETS.
Tho New York Stock Market Active, and
Prices strong and Much HIGHER