The Columbus journal., 1889-08-28

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result is said to be q fair quality o
sugar.
| NEBRASKA NOTES.
In the vicinity of Wahoo one night
last week seven horses were killed BY
lightning.
Grand Island talks Of voting $l5O.OOO
in bonds to pave four OF the principal
streets.
A Burt county farmer was selling ap.
pies of his own raising at Pierce, Pierce
county one day last week.
Wood River is said to have one Of the
handsomest cemeteries in the state. The
ladies Of the city have charge OF it.
The citizens OF Schuyler last week at
special election carried school bonds
for the erection OF o $4,000 school house
Immediately.
g. W. E. Dorsey is reported a. having
received last week deed for IL $40 acres
OF Holt county land. A large deal Tor
one man in real estate.
Colfax county agricultural society
offers premium Of $3.50 for base ball
Four clubs will be allowed to enter, each
being charged an entrance fee Of $25..
It is understood in Omaha that the
case OF Col. Fletcher has been forwarded
to Washington, and the opinion is OK.
pressed that he will be dismissed from
the army.
Henry link, who lives near Hickman,
takes the premium for the largest yield
of oats. From eleven acres he threshed
9A6 bushels, making an average of
eighty-six bushels to the acre.
Congressman Connell is having q tus-
sle with the gas company at Omaha
II any ono can bring them to realizing
sense Of their meanness it is w. j. Be-
ing lawyer, besides, he can work his
own case in the courts.
A short time ago was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Hoover who reside three miles
south OF Omaha on farm, q ten pound
daughter with three developed teeth at
the time of her birth, all Of which are
located in the lower jaw.
Ole Oleson, a well-to-do bachelor oi
Omaha, committed suicide last Sunday
He was q very genial man and had a
great many friends. He left written
request to friend to shoot his dog and
horse. The dog was found in his room
under his bed and the horse in his stable
Nicholi Clausen a boy thirteen years
old, working on q farm near Fremont,
fell from mower one day last week and
had his right arm completely severed
near the shoulder. Drs. Mcdonald and
Brown dressed the wound and other
wise cared for the boy.
At Beatrice last Tuesday Albert
Reedy, the young son of o. X. Reedy,
was accidentally shot in the shoulder by
his brother Charley while playing with
q 22-calibre pistol The wound while
severe is not necessarily dangerous.
The bullet took downward course and
has not yet been extracted.
George w. Turner'S dead body was
found one day last week in the cornfield
of Andrew Gardner, about nine miles
southeast of Scotia. Upon his person
was found about 800 and q number of
papers, one Of which was something like
a will, but it was in such condition as
to be almost impossible to read it. Near
his body was found revolver with one
empty chamber, the contents of which
are supposed to have done the fatal work.
Frank Tucker, a painter, fell from the
inside scaffolding at the new Christian
church building at Lincoln last Tuesday
morning and sustained injuries that
may result fatally. He was engaged in
putting on the finishing touches on
some fresco work, and fell q distance of
twenty-four feet, lighting on his head
and shoulders. He was unconscious
when picked up, and examination re-
vealed the fact that he suffered from con-
cussion of the brain.
The funeral of the late Hon. James
Laird took place at Hastings on the af-
ternoon of the 18th Of August. His
remains were conveyed in q handsome
hearse, drawn by four jet black horses.
Company F. Cuniata) second regiment,
Nebraska National guards, acted as q
body guard, followed by the g. A. r.
posts from western Nebraska. The gov
ernor and staff, state officers, Nebraska
congressional delegation, prominent pol
iticians from all over the state and citi-
zens followed his remains to the grave,
in procession two miles long.
The banking board has held session;
it is revealed that some savings banks
have been violating the law in the mat
ter of securities on loans. The reserve
fund came up. It seems that the law
requires that banks in cities or towns
under population Of $4,000 shall keep
. reserve fund OF fifteen per cent Of the
capital deposited, and twenty per cent
in cities of 5000 or over. It is said that
some bankers seek to interpret the law
a meaning that q reserve fund Of fifteen
per cent shall be kept on hand, or in
cities Of $4,000 or over, but the emphatic
edict went forth that the law means Just
what it says.
A frightful accident occurred at
Stanton last Tuesday, by which the lit