Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

i QEo.I FosTEn. one OF Bcone's olde
residents, died last week at the aps Of
years. % =
OF INTEREST TO NEBRASKANS.
| State Mortgages.
The board for the settlement OF sta
mortgages, consisting Of t}ov. Thaye
Auditor Benton and Treasurer Hill, b,
completed its labors. The matter und,
considcration was certain mortgage give
BY ). NJ. Young and wife to the state De
cemoer y, 1870. on certain lots in the cit
OF Lincoln aud land located near the ci /,
Ihe interest was paid to December N
1919 leaving interest due from that tim
70 the present amounting to S7,977.77
which, added to the original amonnt :
the loan, makes total Of 4l2,977, ~ du
the state. Through tax titles and nui
claims the property came into the hands q
N. >. Harwood and r. G. Oakley, of Lin
coin. In order to quiet the title to tn
property they made proposition to thu
boarl to deed to them, clear Of all incum
brances, the land, in lieu of which th,
state shouldre lease the mortgage on the lott
The appraisement OF the land shows the
same to be worth $13, $40, and deeminp 4
70 be Tor the best interests of the state
the board accepted the proposition aud In .
structed the treasurer to release the mort
gage. This is one Of the old permaneni
school fund loans. and in the transaction
the permanent school fund secures another
valuable tract OF land. The land ia To-
Gated in Lancaster county.
Leases Opinion ON "Branch Bauks. Meet.
Opposition.
AtforrAv Co~n..v
branch banks is provoking serious dis
cnssion, especially among savings banks
and banks dependent for life upon So
called parent institutions, and the stste
banking department In therefore in auy
thing but tranquil water. It now appenrs
that when the opinion was submitted the
board as . whole did not take kindly to il.
Auditor Benton thought it needed nodi.
fication since then the idea has gone out
that there has been some bitterness be.
tween some of the members of the board.
but this 10 denied BY both the auditor and
state treasurer. Officials Of the class ~
banks affected by the opinion alternate Of
Asba sast EesA taAiE nleess @ ef business and
the law Of the bankins e.naon vAs nade
understood that meeting 10 contsmpIat Cd
by the board, to take place in a day OF two,
for the purpose of determining what can
be done in the matter. The attorney gen.
eral has not expressed himself a. to the
change desired. 1t is said that Treasurer
Hill will not be averse to modification.
Interstate Prohibition Convention.
The prohibition convention, composed
Of delegates from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska
and the two Dakotas, will meet In Omaha
December IL and l9, at z p. m. One and
one-third fare can be obtained by parties
the convention over the follow
ing roads: Santa Fe, Burlington and
Missouri, Rock Island, Chicago, st. Paul,
and Omaha, Fremont, Elk.
horn and Missouri Valley, Kansas City,
Fort Scott AMI Memphis, st. Joseph and
Grand Island, st. Louis and San Francis
co, Missouri Pacific aud Union Pacific.
Persons buying tickets should get receipts
of their ticket agents where the tickets are
purchased. On presentation of these re.
ceipts at the convention. certificate will
be furnished by which return tickets can
be bad at the one third rate. These GER
tifcates can only be obtained by present.
ing the receipts. Reduced rates can be
obtained at the hotels in Omaha By dele
gates to the convention.
state Ins,itation Reports.
Superintendent Knapp, of the Lincoln
asylum for the insane, reports 800 patients
at the institution he represents December
1. OF these 157 are males and 152 females.
He also furnishes the clinical history Of
Sarah Shattuck, patient from Adams
county who died during the month.
Superintendent Msllalieu, Of the state
industrial hool, Kearney, reports - fol.
lows: Family A. girls, II; family B, boys,
43; family c, boys, A; family E, boys, A,
and family F, boys, A.. Committed dur
making the total attendance December l,
249.
Minor Happsninss.
FRED Policy, Of Naponee, was acci-
dentally shot while out cunning for quail.
The shot was fred By his brother, who was
about thirty yards distant. One side 0f
his body was completely peppsrsd with
..-t hui. owing to the distance and small
feared.
WALTER PEck, ls-ysar- old boy liv.
ing near St: Paul. was thse.. srnm =
ceeded in stopping the team ana drove to
Scotia, where the fracture was reduced.
Two snR,nse were almost completely
demolished and ono fireman badly bruised
BY q collision Of freight trains at Hum
failure OF an engineer to obey orders.
L. NJ. MARSH, Of Spaulding, has sold
the patent which he recently obtained ON
An angular bit TO an eastern 6rm for
$l3, 900. This brace will enable mechanics
TO bore hole at any angle desired.
THE merchants OF Stratton have organ