Thomas County cat., 1890-08-07
NEBRASKA.

The potato crop is reported TO be be-
low the average.
Government wms on the Missouri
river at Rulo is practically completed.
Conmodlous school houses are to be
built at Inland and Spring Rancho.
Charles Morter, of Lyons, aged ninety
five, is the oldest citizen In Burt coun-
ty.
The Odell Enterprise is kicking be-
cause weeds are allowed to grow on the
street.
The Catholics of Rulo have let the
contract for the foundation walls of a
new convent.
The Modern Woodmen Of Burwell
have organized a camp with twenty
charter members.
The Methodists in the vicinity OF
jamestown. will build a new church on
the Adriance farm.
The Rushville Standard mourns be-
cause one of it's delinquent subscribers
was arrested for selling mortgaged prop
erty.
A. F. Stevenson, an engineer OF
Stromsburg has Invented steam en-.
gine and proposes to make a fortune
out Of the patent.
The Kearney gait has taken to GRO
quet. A series OF championship games
has just been played by leaders in social
circles, for silver cup.
Several opera houses on the Elkhorn
railroad have been leased and theatri-
cal circuit formed including the towns
of Chadron, Fort Niobrara, Long Pine
and Norfolk.
A son of Jacob Long. living twenty
miles north of Pawnee City, was struck
with lightning while bringing a horse
from pasture and instantly killed. The
horse was also killed.
About forty citizens of Wisner en-
rolled their names as members of the
Nebraska bankers and bus ness mems
association, for the purpose OF opposing
the prohibitory amendment.
The Long Pine chautauqua coeamen-
ces August 2 and closes on tho 18th.
This institution is growing in =. "a
vor and the programme for the summer
meeting is an excellent one.
The Masons of Gordon last week cele-
brated the granting of their charter by
holding public installation of officers
and entertaining about 900 Of Their
bretheren from Rushville and Chadlon
New hay is being Drought to North
Platte in liberal quantities, the price on
haled being from &C to s. per ton. Con-
siderable will be shipped west, the pres
ent market being Cheyenne and Lara
mie.
Material for the extension 4 the
Short Line on west from O'Neill is be-
ing shipped out from Sioux City. As
soon as the bridge across the Missouri
is completed, regular trains will be put
on.
Geo. w. E. Dorsey recently sent 162
pounds of mail matter through the
North Bend postoffice to his farmer
friends. 1t consisted Of the reports Of
the commissioners of agriculture bound
in book form.
Indications point to warm cam
paign in Nance county. The Genoa
Leader will begin the first inst.llne0t
of an intensely interesting" I,e,lc
serial, which will be continued from
week TO week until finished.
Tightening struck four buildings at
Stan,cn Friday night. The German
Lutheran church was set on fire by the
fluid, and nothing but the organ and
seats were saved. The building is
total loss the insurance having expired
A dirt bank near Blair, in which q
steam shovel was at work, caved down
covering up lot of machinery end
tools. Fortunately the slide occurred
when there no one around except the
watchman who was in place OF safety.
Some "miscreant" boarded the Belle
OF the Blue while the crew was on lard
and opened the valve which allowed 1OO
pounds of steam to escape, and the vast
was therefore disappointed
because the steamer did not run on
time. -~A~-
The corner stone OF the Kearucy cot
ton mill will b laid early in August and
a celebration is being planned. 1t is
to invite the governor, state
prominent men, the editors OF
this state and surrounding states, and
entertain them in royal style.
The Hem:ngford Heddligh. boasts