Omaha daily bee., 1888-02-07
purposes, and the fact that she Is likely soon
to have her wants supplied in this regard is
matter of congratulation.
STATE AND TERRITORY.
JOttings


| swelled by fifty Indians, but their room
| is preferable to their company.
James Ledwich, n Broken Bow law
| yer, is about to move to Omaha to re-
side, and enter the legal ranks in this
city.
The Nemaha county Herald, square,
toed democratic paper, has appeared at
| Auburn. j. w. Barnhart Will supply
the powder and take in the provender.
| The O'Neil Tribune fathers thus:
"Thcre is girl in Omaha six feet six
inches tall, and when her lover stands
on his tiptoes and pleads for u kiss she
stoops to concur"
| The Valentine Republican drops the
following index highgalorum: ''If you
want to be way up official, considered
| exceedingly sleek commune with the
church on Sunday and the coon dive
during the week."
No trace has been found of H. G. Mil
Ter, who left O'Neill City several weeks
ago for Stanton. His goods were shipped
| to Stanton and are still there waiting
for him to turn up. and his friends there
fear foul play has been the cause of his
mysterious disappearance.
The death OF Miss Eta Shattuck will
be sincerely mourned by the people of
the state. Even with the loss of her
limbs it was hoped she would survive
and enjoy with her aged parents the
liberal gifts and high regard of II gem
erous people. But heaven willed other
wise. Peace to her brave spirit.
Father Martin, the literary jubjub of
Dakota City, has pulled score of giant.
like characters through thousand
chapters of 1.-The Conquest" without
any of them getting away. His spirit
has preserved its complacency through
all the wild, wicked and woful scenes
unraveled, and admirers are panied to
notice that the end is near. The tender
threads that bound the fraternity to the
e. o. m. were rudely sundered last week
by the shocking, blood spilling accusa-
tion that contemporary was "a liar,
and you are so low down in your in
stincts that you think it smart to lie."
Iowa Items.
Sioux City is negotiating for barb
wire factory.
The state legislature has passedIa bill
to punish peddlers of Bohemian and
other grades of bogus oats.
1t remained for an Iowa minister to
refuse to marry couple on the ground
that the eXpectant groom was u liquor
dealer.
Prophet Foster declares that the great
storm of February will strike the coun-
try about the 18th, followed by a severe
cold spell.
The Dubuque boat club, organized
last summer, will erect fine club
house near the new high bridge. About
81 800 have been subscribed, and vt will
cost $3, 600 to finish the structure.
Two young ladies of Dubuque, the
Times says, both after the same dude,
got into u quarrel about his photograph
at the home of one of the fair ones on
Iowa street, the other evening. One
tried to get it away from the other, but
the one who had possession crammed
the 'photo" into her mouth, chewed it
up, and then blew it into the other girl 3
face.
The attorney general has decided
that the state board of health has absO-
lutte power to make such rules as they
think best in controlling diseases. order
ing 'Quarantines, etc., but they have
power to enforce their rules only as the
local boards see fit to act. Now the
state board is trying to get the legisla-
ture to pass law to give the board
power to enforce their decisions, so they
can take action to prevent the spread of
contagious diseases where the local
health officers neglect to act as promptly
as they should.
Dakota.
Dakota has 800 banking institutions.
The roller mills at Casselton are shut
down for the want Of wheat to grind.
According to recent compilation
Dakota has 325 newspapers-25 dailies,
314 weeklies, 13 quarterlies, monthlies
and semi-monthlies.
The cash receipts of the Deadwood
land Office for January amounted tC
$5,973. There were II ,069 acres of new
land taken, and final entry made on
5,l43 acres.
"There is "a high-toned cuss on Sher-
man street, of sOcialistic tendencies, y
says the DeadwOod Times, ''who prac.
tices his political teachings. He has nc
wood, but poor woman in the neigh
borhood has. She worked and earned
it and he divides with her, but he al
ways waits until he thinks she has gone
to bed before he makes the divvy, and
carries his part home. We will give
,, his name if he don't quit"
Colorado.
Fort Collins is short of coal.
A female ghost is making herself
promiscuous on Battle mountain.
Tho Denver Times is rolling in plush
covered libel suit, damages $4,000.
Samuel Berry, lawyer, is plaintiff.
Five hundred men and sixty teams
are at work on an extension of the RiC
Grande road from Glenwood Springs tC
the coal mines on Thompson's s creek
The coal makes first quality coke, and
| 200 coke ovens will be built there.