Omaha daily bee., 1885-06-22


favorite beverage.
Tramps broke into brewery ia Falls City.
stretched their Wristbands with hop juice and
wonnd up the picnic in jail.
The stock roundup 10 tho White river
country is completed, and 1000 head In prime
condition were gathered in.
Reports received by the reunion committee
at Beatrice indicate the largest gathering Of
veterans ever held in the state.
The reorganized church OF the latter day
saints will hold camp meeting at Elmwood
Cass county, beginning July 8.
The base ball tournament prizes hung up
at Hastings might properly bs called shin.
plasters, The amount is $1,000.
A republican editor in the northwest whose
politics varies with the condition of his purse,
has planted two democratic papers contiguous
fat postoffices.
Apostle Montague is pouring cold water
wisdom on the soaks of Fullerton. The har-
vest of pledges amounted to 400 in Columbus,
| q Roodly number for dry town.
Bortroff, the brakeman who sued the Sioux
Gity Pacific railroad company for $40, 900
damages for the loss of two fingers, was
awarded 1929 by a jury at Fremont
The Colby gang of toughs and thieves were
| arraigned before Judge Norvall at Aurora
| last Friday, AMI were sent to the penitentiary
for safe keeping until the next term of court.
| The great storm resulted In terrific hail
storm between Stratton and Culbertson on
Saturday night. Considerable dsmsge in that
localltyis reported to have been caused to the
growing crops.
| DIR. Sitter, of Weeping Water, attempted
to wing bird while driving behind spirited
team. The shot scared the horses, and the
| runaway resulted in o broken collar-bone to
his son, who was riding with him.
The town marshal of Blair ran foul of a
colored tough named Lucas and his chums IN
crime last week and landed them In Jail after
severe struggle. The marshal's upper story
leaked as II cyclone had struck it.
The marshal of Wood River boasts of own
ing the fastest piece of mule flesh In the val
| ley. When not engaged racing with freight
| trains, this accomplished mule buisies himself
by kicking knots out of hitching posts.
The latest swindling device practiced upon
farmers by silk-pated dudes is TO gather sta
tistical information concerning the farm and
have the same verified by the farmers sigma
ture. As ia too common in such cases, q note
against the victim follows.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with the county clerk of Hall county for the
Grand Island & Marysville railroad, with q
capital stock of Sl5, ,OOO 900. This is virtually.
the reorganization Of the St. Joe & Western
under the new management.
A farmer named Welch, living near
O'Neill mortgaged his father in Jaws property
for $50 and when the officers invited HIM to
straighten out this little piece of crookedness,
he ventilated his brains with q pistol ball.
MIR. Welch preferred the mystic beyond to a
government berth in Canada.
Thomas Donshoe. filthy beast. occupies a
strong corner of the Norfolk Jail, for at
tempting to outrage widow in the neighbor-
hood. This is the second offense of this kind
committed in the town within two months,
and public sentiment is strong enough to
guarantee Donahoe q respectable term in the
penitentiary
The returns of the assessors of Hall county
show there are 19, 137 acres of improved land,
and 1OO,67 acres unimproved. The total
valuation of real estate including town lots is
SlO45,2l There are 5,65S horses valued at
Sl1O, 50; 19,2S7 cattle valued at S125,Sl5; 791
mules at S17, ,707; 49, sheep whose value is
placed at 81, al; 90, COS hogs valued at S26,-
l9l.. There are Ia pianos in the county with
a valuation of S4,917 The railroad property
is placed at $3.50, 040 The total valuation of
real estate and personal property Is 81, 5lO,-
5S1. The county has population of about
fifteen thousand.
Probably the largest building ever erected
in Sarpy county" says the Papilion Times,
lis now being butt five miles east of here at
the Sarpv county cattle yards. The structure
is 7OOx275, covering enough ground to sur
prise the natives OF that quiet district. The
walls will be 40 feet high. the first eight of
which is brick. the balance made su ubstantially
of wood, covered with sheetipg and siding
outside. The building is made substantially,
with a raised floor for the purpose of feeding
cattle, and will be completed by July Is. 1t
is understood that another like it will be put
up before fall.
Contracts for grading and bridging 125
miles OF the Northwestern road from White
river west has been let to Sioux City parties.
The present end of the grading at White
river is thirty miles east of the Wyoming line,
60 the new contract will carry the end Of the
grading ninety-hve miles into Wyoming, to q
point some forty miles west of Fort Fetter.
man, at or near the mouth of the Sweetwater.
1t is expected that the track will reach White
river within the next thirty days. With good
luck most OF the new contract could also be
tracked before the winter stopped work. 1t
is possible the track will reach the mouth of
the Sweetwater the present season.
The town of Firth has strange case of skin
coioring. that of Mrs. j. V. Bowlin char ging
from ir a black to white. "Ten years ago.. says
time the fore finger of the right hand began
to change to white color. Gradually this
Transformation has taken place until she is
now two-thirds white. Both her hands are as
fair as any Caucasian, and her face the last
of all to yield to the mysterious change ia
now turning white. The change during the
last four months has developed very fast and
if continued she will be white within years
time. Mrs. Bowlin is now 2S years old, is the
mother of four children, and in splendid
health. One curious feature is that where
white spots develop in her head the hair re-
mains a jet black"