Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska ,Jottinrs.

The Masons Of Columbus are discussing
ways and means 10 erect n S20,0O0 buildi ng.
The undertakers' convention and 5000, 900
hotel cast a melancholy shadow In Lincoln.
Now comes Fremont with claim that she
IN doing all the business OF North Nebraska
and the Black HIS.
Sheridan county, with only q few years.
growth, reports ash school children. Ne
braska soil and ar are simply unapproaoh-
able.
The Brown county agricultural society has
already perfected plans for its seventh an
nual fair, to be held at Long Pine, Septem'
ber "a to %.
G. L. Mayne, the boomer Of Omaha, has
taken up his residence in Fremont. This ac'
counts for the dust kicked up in that section
during the past few DAYS.
Ashland elevated the liquor license to such
height that only one saloon man could
reach IL. Twelve hundred dollars year
gives him monopoly of the business.
Benkleman is enjoying a season Of prohi-
bition. A few technical errors in the appli-
cations for license knocked the collar of the
beer and plugged the kegs for week.
Jack Lauham, of Crete, proposes to insert
his pick under the fifth RIB of the Omaha ice
trust. Three Thousand tons of fluid cakes
will be shipped in and sold at low rates.
The Norfolk base ball club is ready to tan
the hide of any amateur nine which chal-
lenges its right to the title of state cham
ponships. Now let Genoa turn loose the
Indian club.
The movement among the railroads to sus-
pend Sunday work as much as possible, Is
likely to be put into force At several
points in the state switching was suspended
last Sunday.
A conservative estimate places Hastings
improvements for the year at 500, 900. The
buildings now under way will cost about
5000, 900. The big Third possesses lots Of
grit, and the goods TO back IT.
With the advent of hot weather. symp-
toms Of hydrophobia appear in town and
country. There Is growing and whole
some desire to reduce the canine race to a
peace footing by scuttling every collarless
bark.
Pattsmouth's future Is secure, in the
Imagination OF the Herald Next year will
come court house, two electric light plants,
motor railway and pontoon bridge, in
volvlng total cost of $780, 900. Where Is
the new depot.
A Fremont paper utters consumptive
wall against the burial case trust. There Is
no cause for alarm. AT distance Of forty
miles, the jottinger is confident that the
F'lails contems. will cheerfully pay funeral
penses II 1t croaks promptly.
There will be great, good time in Be
atrice Friday night. The travelling men Will
dedicate the new Paddock hotel and pro-
nounce upon the cuisine in critical way.
Delegations will attend from surrounding
melody IN frequent doses.
Tho Cha1ron Democrat sings merrily of
the progress and prosperity of the town. II
is only three and half years since the town
site was laid out, and 1t now contains 1000
inhabitants, with handsome and costly busi
ness blocks, a s35, 900 court house, a $4,000
school, a S25, 900 hotel, an $4,000 Touring
mill and S35, 900 system of waterworks.
"Our columns this week." cheerily shouts
the Chradon journal, "bear evidence that
tho good old democratic tines have passed
away. A notice of final proof is the first one
to grace these headquarters since 1885. and a
notice for proposals to furnish army supplies
shows that yellow is no longer a popular
color on which to print the official paper of
the war department. )"
Grand Island must look to its beet sugar
laurels. The premium authorized py the
legislature is an inducement which foreign
capital will not be slow to take advantage of.
A strong English syndicate proposes to
found great beet sugar factory at Well
fleet, a new town IL. Lincoln county, and un-
less Grand Island gets a sacharine move
pretty soon, she will be forced to take SEQ
ond pace.