Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-23
STATE AND TERRIToRY.
Nebraslx a Jottings.

The new Presbyterian church at Re-
publican City was dedicated last Sunday.
North Loup saloons are closed up, but
the druggists keep an extra supply Of
winks.
Scotia is in the vortex of a speculative
whirlpool. Town lots are sold on lot
terry plan.
The Pythians of Beatrice are gong to
organize Il uniform division and display
their shape.
The Chadron Democrat is the lemon
peel of the northwest. Land Office lucrc
agrees with its Blood.
The Bay State Cattle company has
commenced shipping their cattle in for
feeding at the big barns at Amcs, Dodge
county.
The iircman'S tournament opens in
| Fremont tomorrow and will continue
four days, About 81 400 are offered in
| prizes and the fire boys will have Il lively
time.
Mr.. Miller, n biscuit moder IN Hold
rege, ran off with Miss Nevada Ruby last
| week, and married her ut Minden. The
new setting, it is kneadless to say, agrees
with her.
The boomers of Papillon held another
creamery and cheese factory meeting
| Saturday evening The town blood has
| been stirred mp by the musical voice of
| the lot auctioncer outside Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs IL. G.. Ritchie, of Platts-
| mouth, have a nght-bloomng ccrcus,
which is now in bloom. The flower was
as large as ones hand, with pure white,
| waX-like leaves and Il crown in the center.
"Will she let the opportunity slp?"
| writes II Nebraska reporter. That depends.
| If she knows the exact size of his bank
| account, it is probable she will cling to
l,n ,it l, ,ly,, Il ia,
| leading democrat.
w. S. Wilson, the Tug" of Sutton,
slapped II pistol to his breast and sent
| his soul aloft. The unfortunate was
married on the 18th of this month. No
| other cause is assigned for the rash act.
| He was % years of age.
Bring on your watcrmclons, friends;
| bring them large and small; our inside
| pages are athirst; roll in the luscious
| ball" So shouts the border editor,
mouth stretched like cave of winds, "a
years subscription for the biggest one,
but please don't plug the ends
G.. l.. Brown of North Bend harbored
Bill Shubcrt and his wife for q number of
weeks and sums up the cost as follows:
A team of ponies, II lumber wagon. Il
| buggy, II COW and his daughter, Ella
Brown, all of which according to pub
| lie notice, "the said Shubcrts drove of. :"
| Mr.. Brown will give $50 for IN interview
| with Shubcrt
George Eastward of Adams county in
| truded in the pasture of II businesslike
bull. The animal elevated his fly brush,
| lowered his head and charged. A wi!d
| commotion cnsucd. Mr.. Il, remembers
! flying through the air at a speed that al
most took his breath, and landed in a
soft mud puddle, where he wisely re-
maincd Till assistance came. One rib and
a leg were broken.
| The Northwest Nebraska editors will
start for the Black Hills on the
18th of October. II is feared
that this excursion will not conducc
to the harmony and personal beauty
bility of n scrap after crossing the
border 1t is proposed to place the ONcii!
members in separate steel wire compart-
ments and feed them on mlsiy paste.
Union Pacific surveying corps are cx-
amining tho lay of the country in north
east Nebraska and tho interested resi-
dents are building, in their minds, broad
gauge roads over hill and valley. Even
1ankton extracts comfort from these
| souri, bridgcd mt that point. The Tele-
gram says: THAT bridge will come as
sure as the water in the Missouri runs
downward, and come soon. And within
few years Yankton will be the uprivcr
rival of Omaha. lankton will have
$4,000 people now sooner than our fac
tion-torn neighbors of Sioux City reach
that number. Hoop 'em up
| Iowa Items
Tie cash in the state treasury amounts
TO S2SS, S3l "a.
A cucumber four feet long Is on cxhibi-
| tlon at Waterloo.
The population of Ottumwa consumes
about 100000 gallons of water per day,
The contract has been let to put in Il
| $4,000 system OF water works at Nashua
The seventh annual fair of the Shenan-
| doah association will be held September
21-25.
Five elevators with 10000 bushels of
| grain and two warehouses were destroyed
| by fire at Ida Grove last week
| The ST. Paul Lutheran society at Fort
| Dod25a is building a new church building
AZ by 0G feet, at 4 cost OF $4,000
In digging out the new Wheel pit for
| the water works at Ottumwa, the WORK
| men struck Il two-foot VEN of fine coal.
A. s. Davis, of Des Moines, failed in
| his attempt to enjoin the city from inn
| proving the streets until there is money
| to meet the bills.
|
molish II fortysx pound watermelon one
| day recently, but gave it up after dipos-
| ing of twenty-five pounds, An cmctic
saved his life.
For the past year some very bold steal
ing has been going on down in Scott
county, and recently the authorities de-
termined to capture the perpetrators. A
diligent search discovered regular rob
bers' den on an island in the Mississippi
river, and IN it were stored most of the
missing articles Two OF the thieves
were captured.
George Koener, of Keok uk, was found
dead hanging in an inner doorway at
his cigar factory, on the morning of the
18th inst The night previous, after hav-
ing shamefully maltreated his wife and
children, who lived in two small rooms
back of the shop, and then drove out
man who was in the shop, closed up his
house and this was the last seen of him
alive.
Suit was brought against the Chicago,
Burlington d Quincy railroad by Al fred
Ganey for the sum of S25, 600 damages,
claimed to have been sustained while in
the employ of that company as brakeman
in its yard at Creston. The claim is
based upon negligence on the part of the
company and its employees, whereby the
plaintiff caught his foot between pro-
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