Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-03
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska JOtting g.

Talmage proposes to invest in a can
ming factory backed entirely by home
capital.
Plattsmouth has paid over the cash
and wiped out the old score with John
Fitzgerald.
Rev. Joseph Knots, who died in
Council Bluffs few days ago, was the
father of the prOprletors of the Platts-
mouth Herald.
Mrs. Fanny OLinn, who qualified and
swung legal shingle in Dawes county
last fall, had the pleasure of winning
her first case last week.
Ten thousand dollars worth of stock
of the Culbertson Canal and Water Sup
ply company has already been sub
scrlbed by Culbertson parties.
Wymore people are discussing a can
ming factory. George Richmond, of
Council Bluffs, has offered to build and
operate It $4,000 plant for bonus of
5000.
Blue Springs has raised a purse of
$40O to send a missionary to the benign
ted regions of the east to preach the
beauties and blessings OF the Blue valley
and induce immigration.
Tecumseh has prosperous improve
ment in store for the season. A court
house, cannery, waterwOrks and a new
railroad are assured, and several busi-
ness blocks and residences.
''Hurroo for them Gomalis of Aden!"
exclaimed CorkOnian after reading OF
the rout of squad of British soldiers.
"BegOd the Tips can't be bate at home
or abroad. More power to 'em!"
The Burtonian reports that "the
people of Burt county are paying up
their obligations better this season than
they have done for years. Good crops
and fair prices make them happy"
Mrs. Henry Davis, of Pickrell, Gage
county, crazed by sickness, suicided by
cutting her throat with razor last
Tuesday. She was twenty-five years of
age and leaves a husband and four
children.
Elwood is admitted to be a very
''tough" village by the Gosper County
Citizen, and various reasons are cited.
A correspondent in that paper lets in
the light on some of the low places. He
says the saloons are unlicensed, the
town hall is given over to the ungodly
for dances, and at the last church socia-
BILE cards were played.
iowa Items.
Dubuque is preparing to celebrate its
centennial.
The liquor Joints are now burrowing
into the ground toavoid the peelers.
Sixty thousand tons of ice have been
stored in Sioux City for summer cramp.
Transactions in real estate in Sioux
City during January amounted to $247 !
1877.
Dave Colleen, of Creston, is the owner
of a short horn bull which recently fell
into a twenty-foot well. A rope and
windlass were procured and his bullshiT
brought to the surface, when he quietly
walked away with the windlass.
Dakota.
The prohibs of Fargo have put ur
| $4,000 to enforce the law.
Homer James, the defaulting treas
urer of Highmore. has been arrested
He lacks So 900 in assets to make up d
deficit of $l1 900.
The Yankton board OF trade has been
reorganized and George r. Scongal
elected president. A delegation will
start for Omaha next week to boom the
Omaha & Yankton road.
DR.. Kughler, Sharon, Pa, who lost a
son in the blizzard, and placed the
| total number OF victims at | 900, will be
| Immediately classed among the nam
moth liars of the century.
The coal shaft at Huron has now
reached depth of ninety-four feet, and
various obstacles being overcome it is
| thought that the work will progress
more rapidly than in the past.
The cold weather and deep SHOWS
have driven the wolves from their
! usual haunts, and pinched by hunger
they are becoming altogether too ia
miliar with barnyards and hencoops.
The Indian police from Brule agency
have made a haul on the farmers en-
| gagged in hauling wood from the islands
| in the Missouri river opposite this place
and 1t is reported that dozen men with
| their teams were taken into custody and
conveyed to Chamberlain for examina-
| ton.
The Sioux reservation, which con-
gress proposes TO divide and open one
| half to settlement, surpasses in size ten
| of the states. The area is 81 900 square
| miles. Tho total amount expended by
| the government on the Sioux Indians
since the treaty Of 1868 is 800 ,463, SEA-
| Estimated 20 carry out the treaty of 1868
only S., 5000 The bill now before
congress proposes to open about half the
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