Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-12
STATE AND ~TMRRIToRY.
Nebraska lettings.

Butler county voted in favor of township
organization.
The German paper in Hastings has been
SO zed by creditors.
The democrats scooped in the public crib
in hGya Paha county.
= attsimouth has q school enrolment of 9s9,
and the attendance is 1bS.
A herd of 5000 Montana sheep are to be
wIntGrcd IN Antelope county.
FremOnterS are agitattng the packing house
question again, Will Dexter prospects OF sue
CtSS.
The republican ticket, with the exception
of superintendent, WITS elected i'll Cherry
county,
Fred Schmitt, a Wilher druggist, is missing.
DittO two watches and some money DclOns-
ing 10 his employer.
Lucky, the tony tOnsorial swab, of Grand
Island, mas shaved hS friends OUT OF 500 and
skippGd the town. Next!
The notorious case of the Widow Beers
against tile mcioIlOuS Sang IL coming vi
again IN the DoIsc county courts,
\ capitalist from pacilc junction is about
to start in PlHttSmOuth a factory for polishing
and pointing SECONDHAND tvOtnp,chS.
Tug Stuart, the ascending S%crihner iner-
chant, VINO recently hurried OF toward the
queen y dominion OF crooks, was trlppeu up
IA lizard, III, and brought DdCk.
a Webster county man has Il clock which
has been running without inttrrupt,O on Tor
sixty years. 1t Is an old faLIhy ,heIrioom.
The movement is made out OF wood.
The Dodge county judge is doing a lively
business IN marriage licenses. Couplings
ar unuSuaIly brisk, and the consequent fees
gladden. the judicial ami ministerial pocket
Docks.
The Clcland hose company, of Fremont, is
making preparations 10 attend the national
hose tournament IN New Orleans next
March. The ritz5Cra.ds of Lincoln will alSo
attend.
Mrs. William Oxtoby, of North Bend, who
was injured IN the railway collision AZ BLAIR
September !, has auIIttlcnDy recovered to Dc
removed IRON Blair 10 her home. Her lnII-
r!CS altcct the spine.
The editor OF the Arlington Defender is
wratny because on HaIUw cen might the
boys tunS Il peer key to me lr0nt door OF his
olnce. hat appears 10 trouble min the most
is the fact that tue keg was empty.
Tno pile bridge at Nebraska City is not an
unIn Xch blessing by any means, 1t Is
CHARGED thaJ 1t costs So to get a team OF
horses ana II wagon over the river now,
against ol IN the days OF the terryOoit.
Returns have been received in this Office
from SlXty-nlne counties and three preCiuCtS
IN rHiS STATE that me smOEe OF battle has
cleared away" There is q hopefu! prospect
thai tie remainder Viii cTlwl OUT of the uark
wilderness before the next campaign.
An attempt was made on the might of tte2d
10 destroy the building containing the county
records Of Hitchcock county. IL is impOssi-
bic to say exactly what the object was, DuJ 1t.
was undoubtedly SGT on nra because a large
bunch OF rags saturated with coal oil was
found where the are started in tine rear of the
building. Had the rre been burning ten
minutes longer butOrciis discovery, ne power
could have saved the building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus T.. Cornelius.Of Grand
Island, celebrated their golden wedding last
Saturday, The event was pleasantly observed
by the relatives and friends Of the fortunate
couple, Their three sons, Christ, George
and William, together with their daughter,
Mrs. Hass. from Davenport, Iowa, and about
forty other relatives were present TO enjoy
the occasion with them. Mr.. Cornelius is
now in his 10Th year and Mrs. Cornelius 70
years of age.
The republican papers which have grown
fat on public printing now gaze glOonllly at
their diminished patronage, and satisfy the
cravings with an ancient, wOrm-eaten chest
nut, to this effect: A editor, vino in his
life time had been f~earfully wicked, diel,
and was assigned a front seat in the pit,
Casting his eyes upward in his torment he
bclrld his hated contemporary seated in
a celestial bog and beaming blandly at him.
Forgetting everything but his anguish, he be-
sought him for q few drops Of su 'tainer.
Remember was the calm reply, 'that you,
in your life time had tho delinquent tax list
and til" land office notices, which [ had not.
Remember this and be satisfied