Omaha daily bee., 1893-06-12
Nebraska and Nebrnskans.

brate the Fourth
Burt county bicycle riders will be given a
opportunity to contest for $50 purse al tn
coming county fair.
Western Otoe county old settlers hel,
their annual picnic at PALMYRA Tbursdn,
and enjoyed first-class reunion.
An 1l-year-old boy named Warner in jail n
Nellgh for robbery, broke out of the count
effort. 'o' AVN
good many Hastings people are mourn
ing the sudden and unexpected departure o
| w, M. Ayers, who was running the Com
| merCial hotel
| Inc barn and granary of Charles Bcrsc
| hank OF Beemer, with 200 bushels of oat,
| ana a quantity of farm machinery. wer,
estroyed by fire.
! pIymouth, Jefferson county, founded in the
ran OF lSE2, now has l25 inhabitants and a
newspaper the Enterprise, of which 7 A
| wild is the publisher
| -. Denver officer swooped down on Atlanta
the othcr Gay and carried off F. Richardson
| on the charge of having done some crooked
work while in the Rocky Mountain city.
Whlle boy was driving team belonging
10 August Bomhall near Louisville. the
horses became frightened and ran away
WIN the harrow, killing both horses A
tooth OF the harrow ran through the neck of
one OF the horses, killing it Instantly and
Sne other was 80 badly cut that it bled to
death. The team was valued at 5000 The
Doywas not hurt.
lhe most curious crop ever planted in this
county, says the David City Tribhnb has
peeh the work of James Bell of this CITY. He
mas planted farm of 100 acres near Brain
ard to mustard. MIR Bell informs us that
he has found market for his crop and h6
expects fair return for his investment and
laoor. Farmers will no doubt watch the re-
suit OF MIR, Bells experiment with interest,
me Fremont Chautauqua managers have
ueG'ueu 10 keep the gates open on Sunday,
ana whlle no tickets will be sold and admis.
sion VIII be free, a collection will be taken
up a6 ulVlne services, and those present will
DO expected TO contribute The manage
ment believe the public will not abuse their
confidence. The responsibility il tbroyn
bath y 'ao-
henry Beebe, farmer living near Pawnee
CITY, while engaged in building a fence had
the misfortune to have his left hand terribly
il,asheG. mas re was holding the post and two
men with thirtecn-pound slcdges were uriv
ing them down. Mr.. Beebe told them To
stop, and placing his hand on top of the post
began TO drive staple, when one of the men
not nearing him. brought the hammer down
on Ihe left hand mashing all four fingers.
number of Haigler men called on Frank
beasiey at that place the other night and
demanded an explanation for his beating his
Wlle ana driving his Oldest daughter from
home at IL o'clock at night 1t was an nm
expected call upon the part OF Beasley,
and he kindly submitted to their reouosts
never to do the like again. The next night
John Hill, man who never worked and
probably never will, received notice through
the postothce that unless he got to work
within twenty four hours a special commit.
tee would wait upon him.
Says the Lexington Pioneer. Jacob Ma
ley, south side farmer, has litter or nuns
that are Il cross between n female covote
and shaggy cur dog. There are five of the
ANIMALS In the litter three of them being
black in color and somewhat resembIinga y
dog, while two are gray aud resemble n ,veIf
l ne mother of the pups was captured bv MIR
Nlsley about two years ago when but a few
Gays old and has been kept in captivity ever |
since She Is somewhat domesticated. but |
Is a dead shot on poultry whenever oppor-
tunity offers. Orr''
While James Brown was enroute from, |
Deadwood to Norfolk riding on top of an |
Elkhorn passenger car TO save paying fare |
ne turned over in his sleep and fell from his |
perlIous position just after the train had |
passed Hay Springs and lay unconscious for
several nours. He was discovered at day-
light by farmer passing, who came to town
ans reported the accident. A party was i'm
@ @leulately sent out and brought the injured
nan nan to town physician was called and
ild everything possible to relieve the sufferer
NO bones were broken, but it is thought he
las sustained serious internal injuries.
Says the Wakefield Republican,: Prof
'atroW informs us that while engaged in the |
iruuous LABOR OF digging well on the farm
u Mr Gus johnson last week, at the depth
u thlrty-clght feet from the surface of tha
'arth, he then and there, having reached the
'al&zolc and secondary strata of the tertiary
epoch, came suddenly upon the bones of
'lsantic pleslosaurus, which he thinks ia
most probably of the miocene or the plelsto-
enc period The professor brought to town
ne thlSh bone of the mustodon which indi
ateS distance of about fourteen feet no
Weeh joints and consequent height of
LDout seventy-Sevcn feet in his stocking feet
Vnen this awe-inspiring animal stalked the
arth some millions of years in the unknown
previously heretofore. This prehistoric crea-
ure II alive today, could from his grazing
ROUNDS III The Logan valley look over the
lIe OF SIOUX Guy or see the towers of the
New York Life building in Omaha, He could |
ook INTO the supreme court room al Lincoln |
no possibly discover why 1t takes that |
earned body so long to pronounce sentence
pom the lmpeached state officials. It would
% the merest play for HIM to gaze over the
ckoone or Dixon county and into the FIRST
,aIiohai oank OF Ponca, and pensively as he
heWeu MS cud contemplate the big hole left
the cash OF that institution and Cashier
dorsey embarking for the classic shades of
.ikhart, Ind 1t is with such reflections as
leSe that Prof Garrow relieved his labors
ME digging up the bones of the u.astodon
lofSSalu we expect to have it mounted
nj set up on vacant lot as a reminder 10
10 present generation of the transitory con-
ltons OF life, and the glories of an enSch in
he prlmeval history of this country which {
the process of evolution has become the
iradlse OF the home seeker and the haven
the oppressed of other lands
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