Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-08
STATE JOTTINGS.

Nebraska City is now legally a f~irst-ratc
city of the second class.
A fire at Unadilla destroyed a residence
and two stores, involving a loss of $4,000.
Nebraska City is blowing her own horn so
loud that Hastings complains of the tooth
ache.
The teachers of Holt county have made a
bold stand for S35 a month and board them
selves.
The first car of new corn shipped out of the
state this year was shipped from Unadllla
last Saturday.
The infant child of l.. @. Hastings. Saun-
ders county, died from the effects of eating
poisoned fly paper.
William Harlock, of Hastings, has received
u pleasant reminder of the late war in the
shape of $500 back pension.
Bert Bell, who was killed in q row with
colored soldiers at StuTgis City, Oak, recently,
was formerly a resident of York.
Burglars cracked the FOllensbee store in
Fremont Monday night and secured a supply
of revOlyers, clothing and watch chains.
Columbus is the flour city of the state.
Two mammoth roller mills are approaching
completion there, which have a capacity of
800 barrels q day. .
'"The Prairie Dog" is a new paper just
started at Grand Island which advocates mo
religion, no politics, no hobbies; but land and
homes for everybody"
The state convention Of the Christian
church at Beatrice closed last Saturday. 1t
was decided to make the general missionary
society an Incorporated body.
The editor of the Syracuse Journal had on
exhibition at tho Ot0e county fair, thirteen
pumpkins, all grown on ono vine, which
weighed in the aggregate FOL pounds, or on
an average OF fifty pounds each.
The agricultural returns compiled by the
census gathererS, show that OtOe takes the
lead as the corn county Of the state, 5,539,l55
bushels being her record for 1854.
T,yanty Kids mara rncniVah frnm &c munV
contractors for the construction of the water
works at Grand Island. The bid of the A.
l.. Strnng company, of this city, to complete
the works for S33,5OO was the lowest.
Clara Ballard, a Grafton child, reached for
4 bottle of strychnine, which per careless
parent left within reach, and in an instant
swallowed a cOpiOus dose of the deadly stuff.
Prompt action and powerful remedies saved
her life.
Rev. Frederick Curtiss, an extensive land
operator along the line of the Union Pacific,
has instituted Il libel suit against j. G. Bush,
editor of the Sidney Telegraph, and w. G.
Reilly, a Sidney attorney, claiming damages
in the sum of $4,000.
The new Congregational church at Cam
bridge, was dedicated Sunday. 1t cost fur
nished 81, 400, is wholly free of debt, and the
church and its pastor have the congratula-
tons of all the people. The town Is growing
rapidly, business houses are multiplying, and
all are full of hope.
A shocking accident occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Cain in FIRE.
mont Monday. Their l0-year-old daughter
Anna, while playing about the stove, set nre
to her clothes, and was severely ii not fatally
burned before the flames We're eXtinguished.
Her face and feet were horribly burned her
suffering Is terrible.
Marsh Sayille, the United States commits
siOner who liberated Mat Zimmerman, the
murderer, on q writ of habeas corpus, has
been arrested ut Kearney on the charge of
unlawfully and tremendously setting thinner
man at liberty. In default of bail he Was
committed to Jail to await his examination,
which takes place to-day.
The first ~aTtesian well In northern Nebras-
ka began TO spout last week on n farm near
st. Helena. Tile contractors made q bar
gain to secure flowing water I u depth not
greater than COO feet for $1,000. Failing in
tlis they We're to receive but seyenty-iye
cents per foot. At a depth of 55 feet they
struck flowing water, and earned the 81 1000.
The Mater rose in the pipe fourteen feet
above the surface.
Hunts Remedy is valuable and its
benefits arc permanent. Cured me Of
kidney disease. "SULLIYAN FENNER,
Providence. X. l.
Hunts Remedy, cures speedily billions
headache, c~Ostiyeness, dyspepsia,
strengthens the stomach, and purities the
blood.