Thomas County cat., 1890-07-31


ding and school house
Long continued drouth excites Rreat
fears Tor tho corn crop in Otoe county
i A branch of the American baildine
and loan association has been formed a
Pierce.
i Norfolk has been furnished with q
supply Of new street cars Of the bot
variety.
DR.. D. A. Waldin of Beatrice Is can
didate for state senator to succeed Sen
ator Funck.
Twenty-four warriors bold OF the reg
iment ct Fort Sidney have deserted dur
ing the past six months.
The Norfolk Waterworks company
will remodel and make extensive i'm
provements in its plant.
Eleven resident women freeholders oi
Tilden, Madison county, recently
signed petition for saloon.
The creamery at Talmage is in sue.
cessful operation and is manufacturing
1,2OO pounds of butter each day.
There are 400 people living in the new
county of McP cPherson, embracing ter.
ritory twenty-four by thirty-slx miles.
The officers of several Holt and Ante
lope county alliances, are on for Paris
B. Hyatt, for congress from the third
district.
A reward Of 800 is offered for the ar
rest and conviction of the thieves who
robbed the express messenger at Norfolk
of $1,000.
The appearance of q mad dog caused
the mayor of Norfolk to issue procls-
nation against unmuzzled dogs, to be
in force for a period of fifteen days.
The Sidney Telegraph gives it out
cold that no applications for filings as a
result of the arid land act have been
made at the land Office at that place.
George E. Mcdonald, an architect,
was arrested at Fairbury. charged with
bribing two of the county commission
ers who are also under arrest with him.
Jacob Sides, prosperous farmer
living near Dakota City, borrowed a
gun while intoxicated and accidentally
shot himself. His recovery is q matter
of doubt.
The grounds around the Kearney's
cotton mill, by order of the directors,
will be fenced to keep out interlopers
and to prevent them carrying of bolts
of muslin.
The Dakota City Eagle warns those
who have cattle on the Indian ieserva-
tion to be on the alert, as it is reported
that cattle stealing is becoming quite
common.
Item in the Seward Blade: The early
riser has good opportunity to see
good deal of Stewards best society these
warm mornings, while going down town
for his early drink.
Thomas Dawson, of Lyons ordered his
fourteen yesr-old SEE to stop abusing
his team, whereupon the young fellow
left the horses standing in the f:ld and
has not been heard from since.
A huge petrifed bone, supposed to
have belonged to some portion of the an
atomy of mastadon, was found in the
sands of the Platte river the other day,
and is now on exhibition at Fremont.
Eight hundred Colorado cattle un-
loaded at Hubbell were stampeded by
the sight of water in a creek and ran
over each other and mired deep in the
mud, many being killed and maimed.
The committee appointed to examine
the books Of the Ogalalla building and
loan association. discovered q shortage
Of 81 ,O23. The guilt has been placed up
on one of two former Off GERS of the as
soc,ation.
The calamity orators of the state have
reached the point where they refer to
our tramp or ragrant law to show that
the penalty Of this statute threatens
every honest son of toll who may be poor
and needy.
An artificial lake to cover an area OF |
many acres will he dug at Hinton's
park near Falls City. Besides other
Improvements, railroad track will be |
extended to the grounds, and it is pro-
posed to bring the mythical inter-
state Chautauqua of Falls City into a |
living fact.
e. F. Graham was arrested at Ere
mont on he charge of passing counter
felt money, considerable of which was
found in his possession. He was taken |
to Omaha and locked up in default of
s1,OOJ bail. Graham has been sending |
out circulars for some time advertising |
the stuff, which it is supposed he OBJ
tanned in New York.
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