The Columbus journal., 1892-08-10
malls It Omahx

-Ao 04f1. ina 011llots near OuoO8T,
and two little girls were starting homo
from town in q road cart the harness
broke. which caused the horse % run
away. throwing the occupants from
the cart cutting . very bad cash II
the forehead OF one Of the little girls
and bruising them up considerable. $
"A second large elevator, the ma
chinery Of which will be propelled by
Raa 10 now undergoing erection by .
Milwaukee firm At Coleridge. A Pres
byterian church. q brick bank and Ma
sonic hall and twenty or moro other
buildings are now in progress Of erec-
tion. or have been built recently in the
same place.
Tho report for eighteen counties in
the state for June show that the
amount of farm mortgages held
amounted to $3IS. COG. while the re-
leases fignre up $40. 897. leaving .
difference of 1862 292 in favor Of the
farmers in those counties Butler
county coming in with $l4 J07. debts
taken from her farms.
After many long years of patient
waiting Omaha has come into the pos
session of city hall. The structure
however is not completed. out the
work has reached point where the
contractor. John +. COOts. has turned
the keys over 10 the superintendent Of
the building. and most of the city ofiic-
iais are at hnme in the new structure.
-rn~-e sons Of John Eniors. three
Of W. IL. ii i,cOx and TWO of j. H.
Cole ii.iny about two miles south of
Ponca and ranging in age from IL 70
Is years fingered iOr several days last
week between life and death. They
went in swimming several Of those
recent hot days. when they were over
heated. staying in the water an hour
at a time. The reaction was too great
ami they came near losing their lives.
Last Thursday Peter Reimers' wife
anu two little boys Of Cherry county
were riding on Il load Of nay and fell
ntI The wagon wheel run over the
y"unge-! boy years OLD. kiliin. him.
.n,: injuring the other BOY. who is IL
years ola.
A worid fair exhibit will be made
by Scots Bluff county. Such was the
decision of q large meeting of business
men and farmers held last week. which
was addressed by w. W.,,Cox. the SUI
perinten6enr Of the agricultural exhibit
for Nebraska. 4 strong local organ.
ization was effected for the purpose of
collecting samples of the irrigated
crops. which were never better.
The governor last week received
q check for $ll.j2 from the county
judge of Buffalo county. This amount
was left out Of the estate of William
Warnicker after payment of debts and
expenses of administration. The de-
ceased having no surviving relatives
or others who claimed the money. it
escdeaied to the state, and has been
turned into the permanent school fund.
Chancellor Creighton of the
Wesleyan Methodist university of
Lincoln has commenced suit in the
district court against Revs. George A.
Smith and Hiram Burch. asking for
$50. 900 damages from cath for defa-
nation of character. The suits grow
out of the recent action of the two
gentlemen in making damaging char
ges against the character of the chan
cellor.
"A Grand Island dispatch says that
it has been discovered that an un-
known worm has been among Nebras-
ka sugar beets. Prof Maxwell OF the
Schuyler experiment station was in
Grand Island last week and examined
some of the fields. 1t is stated that
the worm has again disappeared, and
that there is scarcely any damage done
TO the crop. Prof. Maxwell will make
an official report on the subject in q
few weeks.
The Eclectic Medical association
of the State of Nebraska has been in
The preamble and arti.
cles as fled with the secretary Of
state declare the object of the associa-
ton TO De ..the protection Of the in |
forests of its members. the advance
ment Of scientific reform and liberal
views in medicine, the promotion OF |
good will and harmony in the profes-
sion. and to aid its members in attain
ing the highest degree of professional
skill"
Last week while the 1880 train |
was returning with excursionists from
Beatrice going to Marysville. Kas..
the Union Pacific depot at Blue Springs
was broken into and an attempt made,
At blowing open the safe. The men
lirst entered blacksmith's sohp and
with the tools taken from there
broke into the depot Then they At
tached large fuse to the safe but only
succeeded in breaking off the outer
1oor; the money box. which contained
$50. was not entered as the train was
,een coming back.