Omaha daily bee., 1891-12-11

The Wilcox Sun is for sale at n bargain.
G. n. Polhemus has retired from the Nell
son Herald.
The Pawnee Republican is "a years old,
but shows no sign OF ago.
The Grand island journal Is one year old
and has no cause for complaint,
1t Is rumored that the Lincoln Journal is
about to start an evening edition.
The Harbine Rustler Is a new paper. with
William II. Ferris as proprietor. 1t IS little,
but bright.
w. a, Thompson, formerly of the Crete
GLOBE, Is likely to try newspaper life in Sa-
line county again.
Miss NJ. a. p. Spencer, who formerly con-
Quoted q paper in Brayton, Greeley county,
Is NOW publishing the Kicker at Edgcmont,
S. ID.
Reese Mayes, who disappeared from Ne
oraska newspaper circles some time ago, has
returned and will take charge of the Blair
Republican Office.
The defunct Ord Independent has been re.
suscltatod, and under the title of the Peoples
Advocate will be conducted by Dennis Mart2,
q talented young attorney.
Judge Parks of the Greeley Herald has Of
ficiallv announced that he has quit writing
poetry for this year. The judge would do
well to keep it up at least twelve months
more.
haywood has lost two papers In the last
year, but a new one has settled down in that
community ana adopted the name Of the
Eagle. 1t proposes to roost there perma-
nently.
Ex-Chaplain of the Senate Gearhart tried
his hand at the newspaper business in Frank
lin, but made u failure of it. His plant has
been taken possession of under a mortgage.
lie VIII return to preaching.
Editor Sprecher of tue Schuyler Quill has
united his fortunes with Miss Woods. Mr..
Sprecher is a rabid independent aud is OPP
posed 10 political fusion, but his views
change radically when it comes to home life.
Captain Eric johnson, clerk of the late
state house of representatives, has a new
wife in. the person of n Marshailtown lady,
and VIII start another paper Of independent
procllvlties at Stromsburg about January /.
The Grand Island Times is nineteen years
old. During its varied career it has some
times played in pretty hard luck, but under
the management of Mr.. G.. p. Il. Williams il
is regaining its prestige and is better than
ever.
Plans are nearly perfected whereby a
monthly paper will be established at Coluul-
bus, which will be published entirely In tho
lnterestof the Knights Of Pythias. Colonel w.
B. Dale, Carl Kramer, ID. Frank Davis and
others are prominent movers in the matter.
The people of Ponder got it into their
heads that when Mark Murray Of the Times
went away he was going TO return with a
bride, so they decorated his pew in church
and prepared several other nice little sur
prises. But Mark fooled them and came
back single.
The Madison Chronicle has started on its
nineteenth year. For ten years Car. Il. Seeley
has been connected with the paper as com
positOr, foreman, editor and proprietor, and
though he admits that at times it has been
hard work to keep the old craft sailing, still
hi IS not kicking.
There has been a great fight on for months
in the independent newspaper ranks at kear-
ney between Editor Holden of the State Lib
erty Bell and A. Edgerton, a brother of the
late lamented candidate for the supreme
court, who has been running the Peoples
Sentinel. Harmony has at last been restored
by both men retiring, and the two papers
will be consolidated with an imported editor.
The program fopthe next annual session of
the Nebraska Press association, which meets
in Fremont January 81 and -, has been COM
pleted by the president and secretary. 1t is
as follows: First day, 2 O'Clock D. M, ad-
dress of the president; report Of the secretary
and treasurer; report of delegation to the ma
tional association by Major j. d. Kleutsch
of the Lincoln Free Press. Evening ses-
response, e. M. Correll, Hebron journal;
poem, A. l.. Bixby Of the Columbus Senti-
mel; historical paper, Ed A. Fry OF the Mo
brara Pioneer; Grafton, M. A. Brown of the
Kearney Hub. Second day, Ga. m: Paper,
"Buslness Methods, " e. O.. Edgecomo of the
Falls City Journal; paper, Legal Advertise
ing,' w. N. Huse OF the Norfolk News;
paper, 'Independent Journalism,' Seth p.
Mobley of the Grand Island Independent.
Afternoon: County Correspondence
Atlee Hart of the Dakota City Eagle; paper,
Local News George p. Marvin of the
Beatrice Democrat; election Of officers.