Omaha daily bee., 1890-03-07
STATE JOTTINGs.
Nebraska.
Scotia is to have a new hotel.

Scotia IS to have a new hotel.
The Brownville News has been sold by p.
III. Dreunan to Fred A. and Frank j. Ap-
thorp.
Mr. Gadd is in Jail at Pawnee City in de-
fault of 81 900 bonds, charged with being an
elnbezzler.
A windmill factory and foundry will To-
cate at Broken Bow IL proper inducements
are guaranteed.
G. L. Davis. prosperous farmer Of Paw
nee county, has been declared insane and
sent to the Lincoln asylum.
The Greeley county agricultural society
has Incorporated and will erect new build
ings in time for the fair next fall.
The report that White Caps assaulted MIR.
Stlnkemier near Grand Island for abusing
his neice is denied by the gentleman.
The Nebraska National bank has sue
ceeded Mead's State bank at York, and the
capital has been increased to S25O.0OO.
An effort is being made to form district
fair association at Blanche, to comprise the
counties of Chase, Hayes and Perkins.
The members of the Emmanuel Baptist
church at Grand Island raised s., 900 in few
minutes the other evening to pay the debt
and finish the church building.
A Pawnee county firm of sweet potato
growers last fall put l, 400 bushels of the veg
etables in the cellar and now have on hand
200 bushels for eating purposes and 800 bush
els of seed potatoes.
A Custer county farmer sued neighbor
for selling him hogs with the cholera. The
case was tried before justice of the peace
and verdict given in favor of the defend
ant, but an appeal was taken.
A young girl who was recently releas ed
from the reform school has fallen by the
waysIde, and an officer is hunting for her at
Hastings. III found, she will be taken back
to Kearney and another effort made to re-
form her.
Name and Kersch, two Humphrey saloon
keepers, have been found guilty in the dis
trict court of selling liquor without IL
cense, but sentence was deferred The men
had been Illegally granted license by the
village authorities, and they will sue for
damages.
A suggestive story comes to the Fremont
Tribune through very reliable authority, too,
that when Charles Shepherd was born lit
tie over twenty-one years ago, that it was
the man he murdered, Carl Pusfer, wlr
summoned the physician who assisted him
into the world. The young man Pulsifer lit
tie thought at that time that the baby boy,
just opening his eyes to the world would
grow up to be his (Pulsifer's) assassin.
Iowa Items.
Black Hawk is the banner cheese county
of the state.
The Cedar Rapids Knights of Pythias pro-
pose to erect a S7b, 600 temple.
raised funds to build parsonage.
An Animosa veterinary surgeon lost
thumb in the mouth of a horse which he
was treating.
A Gilman veteran gives a big ball each
year on the anniversary of his release from
Andersonv lille.
Larkin Wright, president of the Marion
County National Bank, and resident of
Iowa since 1854, died recently in California.
Hardin cOunfv mazda new ia,l In tho
past six years s., 600 has been paid out for
boarding prisoners in the town of Eldora
alone to say nothing of the amount paid
Hamton and Marshalltown.
DR.. Van Epps of Shelton was wounded in
the leg on a southern battlefield in 1863 He
has been troubled with the limb ever since,
and last week had to have 1t amputated at
the hip in order to save his life.
a movement Is on foot to establish horse
exchange throughout the blue grass region
at The principal cities, says the Corning Ga
zette. In all tine counties that are now in
the league the plan is to set a day every two
weeks in each town, and IN this way be of
benefit to horse raisers estab-
lish an excellent market, attracting buyers
to this part Of the country, and in that way
an excellent scheme may be perfected for
advertising this already famous region. The
different associations, boards of trade ETC.,
now members of the league, are interesting
in the matter.
A tramp was brought up before Mayor
Ames of Marshalltown the other morning on
a charge of vagrancy. The officer in charge
was sent on an errand by the mayor and his
was left alone with his honor TO
await the return of the officer. The tramp
asked the mayor for chew of tobacco and
was informed that his honor was just out of
the weed. He then said he would 20 down
stairs and get some, but the mayer would not
consent to parting company with his pris-
oner. The tramp sized his honor up and CON
cluded that he would go anyway. He made
a break for the door with the mayor after
him. Then ensued a struggle which was finally
ended by the mayor knocking his prisoner
down and sitting on him until the return of
the policeman, when he sentenced him TO
fifteen days on the stone pile TO Timber up
his muscles. Mayor Ames is a small man
and an invalid, while the tramp is big.
husky individual.
The Two DakOtaS,