Omaha daily bee., 1886-11-01
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska Jottingr.

Fremont has secured soft snap. A
cushion factory has been started in the
city.
The town of Grant boasts of an air
well. Ii gives the town a breezy appear
ance,
The Union Pacinc shops at North
Platte are running up to the full ca
pacity.
Preparations arc being made for active
work on the waterworks system of Ne
braska City.
The town lot sale in South Sioux City,
on the Nebraska side of the river,
amounted to 100000.
Frank Bcnish, II farmer living four
miles from ONeill, tumbled off load of
wood and broke his neck
Beatrice papers report Il Northwestern
surveying corpse in that vicinity, but the
coroner has neglected to sit on it.
Hastings feels reasonably certain of
securing the Chicago IL Northwestern,
provided friendly purse can be made up.
The church dedicated at Colercdge re-
Gently was n Methodist Episcopal, not II
Catholic church rs stated in the iot-
tings.
The people of Plainview are con.
siderably excited over the late survey
through the town for the Sioux City "
Denver road.
A destructive prairie fire swept over
the Platte bottoms near North Platte
last week. Over thousand tons of hay
were consumed.
The lurid gliding of political candi-
dates by the country press does not
weaken the Macedonian cry, Corn
taken on subscription"
The report is current in York that the
Northwestern road has decided to ac-
cont tho nrnnnsitinn of Shn 1ln II, bond
to build to that town. The surveyors
are now in Butler county.
Nlobrara snatches the wreath from
Fremont's hairless crown by claiming to
have the prettiest town site, the best
hotels, the best court house, the finest
school houses. and the pretuest girls in
north Nebraska.
The pair of Washington insurance
frauds, who were hunted down by G..
McMencmy, were sent to the state peni
Tertiary last week--Paul Newman for
eight years and f. b. Bradley for ten.
The savings bank feature of the Nc
Cook schools promise to be successful.
The deposits made by the children,
though small, are increasing weekly.
The deposits of the first three weeks show
a total of $3.50.
Two slick toughs who were given the
freedom of the corridor of the PlattS-
mouth jail disappeared Friday evening.
One was Il crude cOunterfeiter and the
other low down thief. They are twelve
hours ahead of the sheriff.
John Kirkman, an Indanola barber
with a rotten tongue and the breath of
an ancient sewer, was escorted out of
town and gwen a farewell salute of loud
eggs. He had insulted ladies OF the town
and heroic remedies were necessary.
The girls of Plattsmouth will flirt with
the railroad boys, even at the risk of ruf.
fling the graceful rounding of the bustles
or Strengthening the kinks of bang
One day last week Il young woman waved
n sweet farewell to the hind brakeman.
The latter waved a violent response, and
the woman smiled sweetly and waved
her cambria. The next thing she knew
she was ierked off the track by yardman
Just in time TO escape backing train.
She will squat on the h,lltops hereafter to
unfuri her sweet adieus.
l., The B. K NJ. company is building vast
amount OF political railroads these sere
and yellow days. Surveying corps and
grading gangs are busly engaged run
ming lines in close counties and shovel
ing votes where they will do the most
good. These gangs are camped in Otoe
and Nemaha counties, in the First districts
in Saline they are mapping mugwump,
anti-Nan Wyck votes in every direction,
and in Adams county they are engaged
in distributing and explaining a bogus
record of the senior senator The
center and northern end of Hall county
is well supplied with this brand of col
onized voters, while another expedition
is heading for Dodge county from the
the forenoon in Saunders county and
the afternoon in Dodge county. Resi-
dent voters should closely watch the
movements of these imported gangs.
Iowa Items.
Footpads are harvesting n vast amount
of jewelry and some cash IN Crcston.
The Foster block, in Des Moines. was
sold on Monday for the sum of $50, 900.
Des Moines has decided to issue $225,-
900 in bonds, to meet maturing warrants,
Mondamin is offering Il bonus of 81, 900
for Touring mill with improved ma
chinery.
Des Moines is to have new 5000, 600
hotel. 1t will be called the New Savery,
and Frank Risley Is to be its manager.
A post mortcm held on a Mt. Pleasant
cow showed that she had deposited in
her liver n handful of small brass wash
ers, eight shingle nails and one two-inch
brad.
The Chicago, Milwaukee IL ST. Panl
boys on the Council Bluils and Ottumwa
division presented Mr., l.. b. Beardey,
their superintendent, with a magnificent
diamond stud W orth in the neighborhood
of $500.
An old fellow recently came into the
police court in Marshalltown in II terribly
inebriated condition. In explanation to
the Judge he said IL met one OF the
candidates for sheriff and he had a bot
tie. | shall vote for that man, judge"
In looking over the records IN the state
auditors office, Bookeeper Rehkept had
occasion TO foot up the appropriations
and warrants which had been occasioned
by the state fish Matching industry. Since
the law WAS first enacted in 1874 there
have been appropriated and expended in
salaries the sum OF SIG, $50, and for the
purpose OF propagation of fish, s30, $50,
making u total of $47, 400. Of this
amount there remains III the treasury
S17lS9 uneXpended.
The annual report Of Dubuque County
Superintendent of Schools Boyes to the
state superintendent of public Instruction
shows that there are IN tie county llG
graded schools, ana OF the 50 rooms in
the graded schools 90 are in the city of
Dubuque. The average pay of the II
male teachers is SiO.46 per month, and of