Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-01
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska JOttings

The assessed valuation Of Butler county is
s2,6l5,3l5.
The output of the North Platte creamery
is ! 100 pounds daily.
Madison county is assessed this year on
property valued at 81, 1,9f2, $50. 55.
NJ. b. Griffin, Valparaiso's new postmaster,
has taken possession of the Office.
Rev. j. V. Dimon, pastor of the Wymore
Congregational church, has resigned.
Wayne received fifty-six cars of cattle
during June and shipped forty-six cars.
Smith e. Seely have succeeded w. W.
Brooks as proprletors of the Fairbury DEM
ocrat.
Prof K. H. Watson, principal of the Val
paraiso school for two years, has been re.
elected.
Hans Vease, u asixty-year-oldP Pierce county
farmer hanged himself to step-ladder one
day last week.
Newport expects to have the best butter
and cheese factory in the state If S2, 300 in
stock is subscribed.
The contract has been let for building the
Lutheran college at Wayne, the structure to
be finished in ninety days.
The merchants of Fairmont have organ
| lied u branch of the Retail Merchants as5o-
| citation of Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.
Horse thieves are operating in Custer
| county, two farmers near Galloway losing
| valuable animals on the same night last
week.
A gang of burglars, composed of three
| men and two women, has been discovered at
! Rosebud. Adams county, and the members
| placed under arrest.
lightning struck the residence of Mrs. r.
| A. King, four miles from Wallace, instantly
| killing a thrteen-yea boy and so severely
| shocking Miss King rs to render her deaf
| and speechless.
| The Beatrice Express has sent cards tc
| many of the state press inviting them To
alyn ita rfn tl,n,v
| stopping place during the assembly. THE
| BEE acknowledges the courtesy.
Wellfeet, Lincoln county, had its first SER
| mon Sunday week, in new store building
before 200 people. DR.. Frederick Tomkins,
barrister-at-law of London, was the preacher.
| An Episcopal church will be built
Berry Bros. & Co. have their diamond
| drill down sixty feet in the search for coal al
| Fairbury. Tue contract calls for 500 feet,
| and in case a twenty-six inch vein of coal is
| found, 81, 900, which has been raised by sub
| scription, will be paid for the discovery.
]. w. Stratton, of Wahoo, has purchased
| tho unfinished opera house at Valparaiso
| and is now finishing it up IN accordance witt
| the old plan. The A. L. and A. NJ. and /. o.
| o. Il. lodges will occupy the upper room,
| while the lower room will be fitted up for a
| hall.
The Fairbury Driving association has
made great prepar ations for the 4th and 9TH
| inst Company ID will aid in the entertain
ment by drilling in It's new 81, 800 uniforms.
and Il corps of twenty young ladies, under
command of Captain Bills, Will be Il most at
| tractive feature.
| Patrick buddy, u Holt county farmer, paid
| an insurance note on his cattle one day last
week, and the next morning two OF mis- cows
were struck by lightning. AL Donaldson,
| one of Duddy's neighbors also paid his IN
surance the same day and had horse killed
| by lightning during the same storm.
| Henry Lohofer "a farmer living near Ar
| cadia, was robbed of $3.50 last week. the pro-
ceeds of the sale of u load of hogs. The
money was left with Mrs. Lohofer at the
house and the rest of the family went out to
work. Late in the afternoon a man came in
| dressed in woman's clothes and chloroformed
| Mrs. Lohofer, ransacked the house, took the
$3.50 ana that was the last OF him.
| iowa Items.
| Tramps are treated with ball and chain
| at Sibley.
| Onawa is sure of having a creamery and
| cheese factory.
| o. c. Scott has been elected president oi
| the alnlnni association Of the state uni
| verslty.
| There have been ample rains all over Iowa
during the past week to make sure crops OF
| everything.
1t is claimed that the undertakers are the
| only business men in Ottumwa that complain
| of poor trade
| " CDuHly OHtFS Cd u Ton lOr cOa
| mined IN that county, in order TO encourage
| the development of her resources.
| Sac City will endeavor TO secure the indus
trial home for the blind, which the le9isla
| ture proposes TO establish next winter.
Work is progressing rapidly on the now
| court house at Sac City, and the corner
stone will be laid with Masonic ceremonies
Warden Crossley, of the Fort Madison
penitentiary, has paid $500 into the state
treasury of surplus funds. He paid II
sl0,5 in the same manner during the yeal
| 1883.
An automatic bartender is now in use in
| Dyersville, which has 5, 10 ana 25 cent slots
| by dropping the amount in one of the open
Ings, chosen beverage Immediately ap-
| pears.
An cnterprising young man of Fort Dodge
| is preparing for publication in book form
history of the 'cow question: in that city.
| II will contain everything written or said in
| reference to the subject, and many illustra
! tIons will be presented.
Mine Inspector Glldroy says the coal bust
| ness is improving somewhat at What Cheer
| that there is great deal OF prospecting
| going on around that city, and the result is /