Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-25
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska.

All arrangements have been completed for
Gork's coming celebration.
Tekamah is feeling jubilant over the pros
poets of having an early "reviving BOOM"
Arlington promises to celebrate the Fourth
in a manner that will do credit to the town.
The village board at Hardy, have begun to
levy a tax of ten mills on all asscsSable prop
erty.
The strawberry crop in Ainsworth is one
of the largest that town has known of in
years.
The democrats of Loup City have organ
lied themselves into a Cleveland and Thur
man club,
The citizens of Blair feel elated over the
fact that a Chinaman has opened a laundry
at that place.
Owing to the excessive hot weather the
schools of Blair closed for the summer term
on the 23d INST.
The Franklin county teachers institute
will be held at Bloomington from August Ii
to % inclusive.
The teachers institute, which will be held
at Scotia next month, will be one of the larg-
est held in years.
One of the leading enterprises of Oakland,
is a creamery which turns out nearly five
hundred pounds of butter daily.
The numerous burglaries which lave been
committed at Wahoo had the desired effect
of increasing the present police force.
The republicans Of Beatrice nave decided
to hold a ratification meeting next Thursday
to ratify the coming Chicago nominees.
The commissioners of Wayne have been in
session during the past week correcting the
errors of the county assessors books.
1t has been decided to hold the coming
Fourth of July races at Benkelman on the
sand bed formerly used as a skating rink.
The board of supervisors at Fullerton have
appropriated 81, 500 for the purchase of a new
prison, which the county is badly in need of.
Al n1l Fagl,n,Al la,l,An,,a ,,,tl ln tl4 ~
traction at Stuart on independence day, ar
engagements to that effect having all been per-
fected.
Broken Bow finds that it is wealthier than
it first supposed, since the last census shows
that it has taxable property to the amount of
1884, 945.
Hastings promises to do her share in max
ing the coming Chutauqua at Crete a success
so next year such courtesies may be re-
ciprocated.
Mrs. Deborah King of Lincoln will be the
orator at the Fourth of characterization at
Gresham, the matter being in charge of the
w. q. II. u.
Cat a town in the northern portion of the
state the district court adjourned over one of
its regular days in order to allow the Judge
and jury to attend a circus which was TO eX-
hibit.
At a recent prohibition meeting held at
Blue Ridge there were present besides the
speaker his two children and a 1 neighbours
dog. Prohibition don't make much Roadway
in that direction.
The dog "fiend' is making his rounds az
Oregon with the usual supply of poison, mum.
bers of chickens having suddenly ended their
existence by running in contact with the
poisonous powder.
The midsummer meeting of the Nebraska
Press association will be held at the Crete
Chautauqua assembly grounds Thursday,
| July 5, 1883, at the Press association build
ing on the grounds.
Fremont is trying TO console herself over
the manner in which she let the "Pathfinder''
leave Omaha without having invited General
John {. Fremont within her borders to show
him how much his efforts in the past have
been appreciated.
A young lady of Ord, a few nights since,
noticed II burglar under her bed; instead of
following the old method of screaming out,
she quietly undressed and went to bed, ut
the same time reaching for Il pistol under the
pillow, and in a stern voice ordered the
culprit TO depart. He departed.
1t is more than probable that ice cream
will not be such Il favorite dish in Boone
county this summer, since thirteen We're
poisoned a few days ago. The young men of
Albion always have tried to avoid the saloons
when out walking with their best girl, and
the latter can now be very thankful for their
th0ughtfulness.