Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-06
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska n JOttings.

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ment Of ls7 pupils.
The social evil Is greatly perploxing the
authorities at Hastings.
The Presbyterian synod of Nebraska meets
| at Madison, October II.
The flax crop in Cheyenne county will real
| ize from - to Sl2 an acre.
The Seward Reporter has begun the
| eighteenth year of its existence.
Plattsmouth teachers were obliged to dis
| miss school Wednesday on account of the
cold.
number of cases of diphtheria have de-
veloped at Seward and the houses have been
| quarantined.
The cogs of horse power robbed F.. H.
Hebberd, OF Seward, of all but the heel of
| one foot last week.
William Il. Irons has retired from the ed
itorshlp of the Ravenna News and is sue
ceeded by c. B. Cass.
| Harry ID. Bacon was convicted Of forgery
at Madison Wednesday and sentenced To one
| year in the penitcntiary.
| Tho Weeping Water Lime and Stone com
| pany one day last week turned out forty-sx
car loads of crushed stone in ten hours from
one crusher.
| Fire destroyed large barn on the farm of
| ID. p. Sherwood, large amount of grain and
! farm implements being consumed. The loss
| is over $1,000.
A boat was brought to Nebraska City from
|
| souri, -Four young men will make the voy-
| age to New Orleans in the craft.
| stuart Livingston, a nephew OF the late
| DR.. X. II. Livingston, of Plattsmouth, was
| killed in railroad wreck near Pueblo, Colo.
| He resided at Plattsmouth for a number of
| years.
| John Thomas, a fifteen year-old Platts-
| mouth boy, who was supposed to have been
| drowned while skating three years ago, re-
| turned home the other day. He had run
! "a tta nd fba ,,,ntr
| bootblack ever since. He boasts Of having
been in all the big cities of the coun,'v, and
| OF having been back to plattsmouth before
The dwelling house of Frank Sherman, a
| Ilxon county farmer, was destroyed by fire
| Thursday morning and little two-yearo old
child was burned to death. Mr.. and Mrs
| Sherman were at work in the barn at the
| time and did not discover the flames until
too late to save anything. There were
| three children in the house, but the two
| older ones escaped.
The Dakota county, Nebraska, people, says
| the Sioux City Journal feel highly elated,
| as well they may, over their success in carry
| ing off the first premium on corn. Dakota
| county-there is none better in the United
| States-and its interests have been well
| looked after in the presentation of it's pro-
ducts which has carried off the highest
prize. To Atlee Hart and A. f. Hasse, of
| Dakota City, Is largely due the credit of this
achievement. These oer*lemen have given
| their time ava purse for making this result
possible. Dakota county is winner.
| Iowa.
The Universalists of Eldora have organ
| lied a church.
Colfax is booming with half dozen brick
| buildings in course of erection.
The Iowa Anti Horse Thief association
| held an interesting session at Des Moines.
The Hawkeye Insurance company of Des
hpp, 1n,, ti,f,, ,.,f
ration, extending the existence Of the COM
4 pany twenty years.
The Burlington city council has adopted an
| ordinance requiring all freight wagons which
| carry load of 5000 pounds or over to have
tires three inches broad. 1t goes INTO effect
! October 10.
William Lynch, OF Atlanta, was loading
| his revolver the other day and tried to push
acartridge into the cylinder with knife.
| The cartridge exploded and the shell of 1t
carried away the tip end of Williams nose.
A state convention will be held at Cedar
Rapids November 2l-23 for the purpose of
| organizing the Iowa Sabbath association, the
| design of which will be to labor unremittinply
| for a better observance Of the Sabbath by
| petitionng the civil authorities and railway
| corporations to desSt from all unnecessary
| work on this day.
| 1t was stated yesterday, says the Des
| Moines Leader that one Of the west side
| druggists, who had been successful in plead
| ing his case before Judge Given, felt so
| elated over it tnat he sent a dozen bottles Of
| champagne and box of cigars to his best
customers and it is also stated that they had
| big time over 1t.
| Dakota.
S. A. Kean & Co., of Chicago, purchased
| SO, 600 Sturgis City bonds for 95 cents on the
dollar.
A youthful horsethief named Harry Smith
! has been bound over for trial at Faulkton
| He is fifteen years of age, but does not look
| to be over twelve.
| resident of Faukton. who went to the Pacific
| coast last spring, has not written to his
| friends since leaving, and fears are enter
| tanned that he has met with foul play.
The Dakota plumber is even more auto
| cratic than his brethren of the states The
| followers of the trade in Fargo have refused
| to touch pipe or a sewer in the city for any
money until the municipal council repeals an
| offensive ordinance.
A gentleman of means who has been in
| Rapid City for some time past has become
| deeply interested IN the tin resources of the
| Hills, and is now having estimates made of
| the cost of plant to reduce the ore and pro-
| duce tin for market
| ID. C.. Davies, of the Dakota Produce COM
| pany purchased few DAYS ago 800 bushels
| of potatoes of farmer living IN the vicinity
| of Warner, the smallest of which, according
to Mr.. Davies, weighed pound. The pota-
| toes were shipped to New York and sold at
| fabulous prices.
A number of scholars in the primary de-
| partment of the ward school at Aberdeen were
| recently detected in stealing apples from
| merchant The teachers instructed the kids
| to pay for the stolen fruit but as the owner
| refused to accept the pay the money was used
| to buy pictures for the schoolroom.
| A reward of $3.50 has been offered for evil
| dence which will lead to the arrest and con-
| yictlon of the man who killed George Full
| James in prize fight September 3, in Grand
| FORKS. The county commissioners have also
| petitioned Governor Church to give $500 ad-
| ditionai. A strong effort will be made to un-
| earth the murderer. A big crowd was pres
ant at the fight, ana it is probable some one
| will squeal.
The Great Northwest
There were sixty three deaths in Salt Lake
| City in September.
Shoplifters are plying their trade with
| great success in Chenenne, Wyo.
| One thousand men are now engaged in
| threshing grain in Gallatn county, Montana.
| There are still 27,526 square miles Of land
| open TO settlement in Montana, or E,616,o40
| acres.