Omaha daily bee., 1889-03-22
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska .loftinga.

The Broken Bow Athletic club has perma-
nently organized and elected officers.
Measles are prevailing to an alarming ex-
tent among the Indian children at Pine Ridge
agency.
The farmers of York county have sown
their oats and are preparing TO put in their
flax seed.
There are 296 civil and twenty. five criminal
cases on the docket of the Custer county dis
trict court.
The three Custer county murders who
have been confined in the York county Jail
were last week taken to Broken Bow for
trial.
A Plattsmouth saloon keeper named Grave
patronized his own bar to such an extent that
he was laid in his grave the other day after a
fatal attack of jim jams.
Thieves broke into tho hardware store OF
]. p. Thressins at johnson the other night
cracked the safe and secured considerable
sum of money without being detected.
For disturbing a Salvation army meeting
q Beatrice young man was fined 80 and costs,
and as he could not pay he now languishes in
Jail while the Salvatlonists are praying for
his redemption.
The depositors of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of Carleton, which went into
voluntary liquidation recently. have held
meeting and resolved to take steps to reor-
ganize the bank.
"Woman's Dress" noted, dirty, indolent
SCuu', WIN uRuIcu tuc
troubles with the Cheyennes at Fort Robin
son, Is back at his old post as government
scout at Fort Robinson, says the Crawford
Clipper.
Alma has bad another rotten -egging case
and hanging in efigy. Attorney L. j. Fer
guson was accused of consorting with objec
tionable women by the Beacon and was am-
bushed and egged by regulators, later being
hung in effgy TO his Office sign and warned
to leave town within sixty days. The law,
yer, however, proposes to stay in Alma and
fight his enemies, having already filed papers
in the district court against the editor of the
Beacon for criminal libel.
The young people of Niobrara are on the
warpath at present and are after the scalp of
g. Stein. The "Home Dramatic company"
gave a show and dance in STEMS hall the
other night, during the progress of which n
pane of glass was broken. When the young
people were ready to go home they discov-
cred that the owner of the hall had locked
up their wraps and refused to release them
until the broken glass was paid for. This
made the boys mad and they proceeded to Sc
cure other garments for the young ladies
and escorted them home, leaving the goods
in possession of Stein. In the morning re-
plevin papers were issued and Stein was
compelled to give up the clothes. A boycott
has now been declared against the hall
Iowa.
Mary Grincell OF Decorah and Lizzie Cos
tello of De Witt have taken the white veil at
Cedar Rapids.
]. j. Murray of Rock Rapids has been held
for trial in $2, 900 bonds on the charge of Sc
duction preferred by Mary Egan.
The Sioux City survivors of the battle of
Shiloh are arranging to tittlngy celebrate
the anniversary of the battle, on April 6.
Hon. Orson Rice, of Spirit Lake, who has
practiced law for twenty five years in north
western Iowa, has decided to permanently
retire from practice.
1t took seven men to handle Keokuk
Keokuk people don't often get religion, but
| when they do they get it hard.
For the first time in many years the pres
| ent term of the district court in Oskaloosa
| will adjourn without having single criminal
| indictment for trial on the docket
A Des Mones youth wrote out mall-pox
| sign for joke the other day and placed it on
! neighbours house. The latter individual
| didn't see the point and now the Joker Is de-
! fendant in libel suit.
| George w. Craigg, prominent druggist
| at Eagle Grove, recently indicted by the
| Wright county grand jury for selling intoXi-
| eating liquors, has mysteriously disappeared
| and his bondsmen are on the anxious seat.
j. x. Graves, of Dubuque has received a
| letter from Governor Larrabee in which the
| latter, suggested that it would be extremely
| fitting to have an oil portrait of General
| George w. Jones, the first senator from
| Iowa. to be hung in the capitol at Des Moines.
| The governor suggests that a movement be
started with this end in view.