Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-18
STATE JOTTINGS.
Nebraska.

Nebraska.
The Bohemian oat swindlers are still at
large. -
Lumber thieves are gathering in the lucre
at Nebraska City.
The Crete assembly will be the event of
the year in Nebraska.
The festive chipch bug is gathering q won
derful harvest in Thayer county.
The York brass band is practicing, much to
the annoyance OF many citizens.
The Chadron base ball club has challenged
the earth to meet IT on the diamond.
limo county proposes to furnish all the
corn necessary for Omaha's grain palace.
The assessors report shows the total
amount of taxable property in Hay Springs
precinct to be SIS, 362.
The Lincoln Democrat Is raising money by
subscription to build a Y. M. c.. A. building
in Lincoln, John Clarke subscribing &c., OO.
The state apportionment of the school fund
received by Otoe county is S6,23S.5 so as
it has 1902 pupils residing within her
borders.
The Norfolk Weekly Herald is to make it's
appearance on Wednesday, June 20, under
the editorial and business management of f.
M. Claffin.
The races to be given by the Gage County
Driving association at Beatrice on July 3 and
4, bids fair to be among the most interesting
trotting expositions of the west.
The Blair people now claim that they did
not ask for $50, 600 in bonds at first. and that
1t was the county supervisors who worked
for that amount in order to defeat the meas
ure at the polls.
Governor Thayer has appointed Charles E..
Root, Of the State Journal editorial staff,
delegate from Nebraska to the meeting of the
national prison association and prison con-
gress, which convenes in Boston July IA.
The national anniversary will be celebrated
generally throughout jefferson county this
pnNrtp1lu StAn1n TitK- n;11n, na,,1,;,
Fairbury and other points will we with
each other in keeping alive the memories of
that day.
South Sioux City may be a little slow at
times but like the wingless insect immortal
lied in song, "She gets there Just the same.n
Not until Thursday evening was any definite
action taken in the matter of a Fourth of
of July celebration, but everybody went en-
Enthusiastically to work and $500 was sub
Scrlbed III an hour.
Mrs. Mckee, of Tecumseh, last week took
to the home of the friendless an unfortunate
fourteen-year-old girl who has been wander
ing from place to place. She has no home
and does not know where her father is. Her
name, she says, is Cora Prator, and thinks
her father is in Missouri, may be in Grundy
county. Should any one seeing this article
know of such a man, please inform Mrs. Nc
Kee, Tecumseh, Neb.
The Mead Advocate furnishes this society
item: Had the widest Sioux that ever
gave the war-WhoOp dropped into Mead on
last Saturday night he would have shed tears
of regret and exclaimed that las a barbarian
he was a fallure!n When men lose respect
for themselves IL is bad when they lose re-
| spect for their fellows it is criminal. When
men initiate the tend by bowling and yelling
through the streets, frightening women and
children; filling the air with oaths and OBJ
scene language, ii is time for the law to as
sert its majesty. Under such circumstances
no wonder law-ablding citizens exclaim
where is the marshall Where is the Gala
booselu