Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-02
STATE AND TERRITORY.
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O'Neill business have subscribed s5 900 TO-
ward q 500, 900 hotel.
Two noted crooks Gagged in Falls City
sawed their way out OF Jail and disappeared.
Lincoln is still waiting for the undertakers'
convention There is a dearth of home talent
to lead the procession.
Nebraska is all right. Herbert Powers of
Schuyler, is the happy and hilarious father
of triplets-two boys aud girl More
Powers TO you.
The Belle City Leader is the journalistic
anarchist of the state. 1t is a crimson sheet
in color and contents. The object of its ex-
istence is painful mystery.
Norfolk is moving for a packing house 10
cost 100000. A New York capitalist will
put up S15, 900, and the city comes down with
S25, 900. Work on the building will begin
this month.
The contract for grading the first 100 miles
of the Pacific Short Line has been approved
by the directors, and the work will begin
without further delay. h. Il. Reynolds &
Co. are the contractors.
II, S. Oberfelder has planted 10000 mount
am trout in the creek which percolates
through his ranch at Lodge Pole. lie pro-
poses to prove that the country can raise
something better than COW boys and hades.
Joseph l.. Weber wandered around the
country for fifteen years in search of uuiet
peaceful retreat, but finally gave up and re-
turned to Fremont. Scores of acquaintances
WIZ OOBtLutE Wltu
sll 900 will be glad TO know that his latch
string hangs out at the city Jail.
Jack Wilkinson, of Plattsmouth, invaded
the Iowa bottoms, with few companions, in
search of game. Becoming separated in the
Jungle, Jacks reckless Imagination saw a
huge animal crouching for a spring. He
blaaed away, and n wild yell rose above the
smoke. The shot riddled the foot of a COM
pauon.
AT the last meeting of the Avondale Pro.
tective and Relief society. composed of prom
inent farmers of Otoe, Cass and Lancaster
counties, a resolution was adopted "that we
will use our selfrakes and headers and
stack our grain loose before we will pay the
twine trust more than fifteen cents a pound
for manila twine.h
Lawrence Wolf of Laramie, hurried to
Sidney in obedience TO a summons that his
mother was dying. Finding the old lady
Convalescing he rejoced exceedingly and
spiritually. Becoming too familiar with the
back door of a peaceful domicile he collided
with a sharp instrument, and lost an eye in
the melee, He returned to Laramie with
his face plastered as literally as claim stakes
in Oklahoma-land.
Among the many bright and bristling
weeklies on THE BEES exchange list none
surpasseS the Alliance Argus. 1T is a typo
graphical daisy, clear and vigorous in editor
ial, and crisp and entertaining in Its news
columns. 1t is an epitome of the business aud
social life of the city and county, warm
advocate OF tnelr interests ana a leader In
all movements tending to improve the gen
erai prosperity. 1t could not be less than "A
| journalistic model with that veteran printer.
publisher and editor, J. ID. Calhoun, at the
helm.
No department of human activity exempli.
fies the growth and development of the coun-
try equal to the press. The leading news
papers of one hundred years did not ap
| proach the provincial dailies of today. In
| fact the latter display wealth of imagina-
| tion and pictorial previousness which compels
| admiration. Tuesday afternoon papers in a
number of Nebraska towns gave pictures of
| President Harrison's reverential pose in St.
| Paufs church, and General Schoields salute
| to the multitude when the procession started
| These incidents occurred l,500 miles away
| few hours before publication. The enter
| prise of the publisher in stopping the press
| to give Photographic fac simi,es of historic
| scenes is astounding when one considers that
| they were shipped by express in boxes. But
| time and distance is no barrier to the light
| ming imagination of the printer plate artists
of to-dav.