Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-08
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska JOttings.

Wabash now has brick yard, opened last
week.
There is not single inmate of the Howard
county poor farm.
Another roller skating erase has struck
Scotia and the rink is being literally patron.
lied.
Rev. Mr.. Abbott has retired from his
pastorate at Atkinson and will locate in
Iowa.
A creamery has been started at Wabash
and is expected to be wholesale addition to
the town,
The Ledger says that Stuart has taken its
first steps toward prohibition. Atkinson
beer has been introduced into town.
While working in the stone quarries at
Louisville John Gyle had his face and hands
burned to crisp by an explosion of gun
powder and is now being treated at the
county hospital
The ladies cornet band at Fullerton is
making good progress, and although it has
only been organized six months and has
never had an instructor, the members fur
nish excellent music.
A Grand Island man named Bowen, who
was bitten by mad dog, went clear to
Lafayette, Ind, to have mad stone applied
to the wound. The stone adhered to the
wound and Bowen believes that he is effect
ually cured.
The farmers of Bloody Run, says the
Ravenna News, have organized lodge under
charter granted by the grand lodge of the
ready to handle horse thieves as soon as the
association gallows can be erected. The
officers elected are: The grand chief hemp
stretcher, the grand perforator, the funeral
director, grave eXcavator, chaplain and
solicitor of the shekels. The constitution of
the organization provides for the suspension
of any member caught stealing a horse, and
it is said the suspending ceremonies are very
elevating in character.
Iowa.
Swedish citizens of Des Moines county
have organized the Swedish Mutual Fire
association.
The Burlington police court treds l, ,050
cases last year.
Des Moines has ordered $1,000, 600 of paw
ing and scWeriEg.
Rev. H. l.. Stetson has accepted the presi-
dency of the Des Moines university, but will
continue to act as pastor of the First Baptist
church of that city.
Twelve Dubuque men were held at bay in
saloon by Woodchopper armed with an
axe, and it took the whole police force to
capture the belligerent.
A girl baby was born to Mr. and Mrs.
William Despair, of Fairfield, last week. 1t
| is the eighteenth child for the mother and
the twenty-third for the father, and their
ages are fortyeight and tifty-fye respect
lively.
The drawing for the Aborn house at Des
MoiGeS, which had been advertised all over
the country to take place at Helena, Mont,
did not come of, owing to the sudden depar-
ture from Helena of DIR. u. S. Aborn mana
ager of the scheme. The doctor neglected to
leave any address, and the ticketholderS
attached the furniture. The failure of the
scheme is attributed to the fact that, while
Aborn did quite large business, the expen-
ses were very great and receipts were not
enough to justify drawing.
The state pharmacy commissioners report
that in forty-one counties of Iowa, including
| Bremen. Cedar, Clayton, Dubuque, Henry,
Iowa, jackson. johnson, Linn, Madison,
Montgomery Muscatine. Poweshiek, Wash
ington, Winneshiek, there is not single
permit to sell liquors for legal purposes.
Polk county, the pride of prohibition, has
eighteen; Woodbury., l6 Carroll, eleven;
Pottawattamie, nine. In fifteen counties
there is only one permit to each, and twelve
counties have two each.
Ten years ago one of the most eloquent
and powerful Methodist Episcopal clergy
men in the state was Rev. j. M. Hudson, of
Mason City. On account OF severe domestic
difficulty, he left the pulpit, since which
time he has led secluded and worldly life.
He was recently reclaimed and Sunday for
the first time occupied his old pulpit in that
city. He was listneed to by a large congre-
CATION and declared his intention of again
entering into ministerial work
Dakota.
An extensive Catholic school building will
be erected at Sturgis this season.
The Huronite says there has never been q
time when Huron contained any vacant
houses.
The channel OF the Missouri at Yankton
has changed and worked back to its old bed
alongside OF the town.
The Woonsocket money lenders are refus-
ing to make chattel loans on account OF the
penal feature Of the new usury law.
The Herrold editors are at war and one of
them has been bound over to the district
court to the charge of criminal libel, pre-
ferred by his brother editor.
Real estSte is active at Pierre and build
ing boom has been started by the board of
education, which will erect two ward schools
and grand central structure, work to be
commenced inside Of thirty days
There is a revival Of early boating days on
the upper Missouri. The people of Charles
Mex county, having no railroad have organ
lied a stock company for the purpose of OPP
Grating a steamboat line between Chamber
lain and down-river points, and the Benton
transportation company is going to run two
boats, the Helena and Rosebud, between
Chamberlain and up-riyer points.
The Charles Mix county burning bluff con-
tinues to throw off smoke and a gaseous
vapor. The heat is less intense than some
months ago, or il is lower beneath the sur
face. A fund has been raised by popular
subscription to investigate the phenomena
and learn the cause of the combustion. The
result of the investigation Is awaited with
great deal OF interest.