Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-10
Nebraska News Notes.

Pleasant Hill boasts of woman pugilist.
The Norfolk candy factory gives employ
ment to ten people.
Albion citizens will meet tonight to or
ganize a Nebraska club.
Work will be commenced on Norfolk S new
Methodist church at once.
The question of electric lights is again
being agitated at Wayne.
A. Il. Wells and C. A. Trmborn have
started a bank at Oakland.
One of Grand Islands building and loan
associations has 2120 members.
Sixty-three thousand aead of sheep are
being fattened on Dodge county corn.
In four weeks revival fifty-one sinners
of Nemaha Joined the Methodist church.
Neigh sports covered territory of 144
square miles and captured seven wolves.
Broken Bow has organized a hook and lad
der company, with twenty-one members.
A flow of artesian water has been struck
at West Point. 200 feet from the surface.
The railroads paid over $4,000 into the
Dodge county treasury enc day last weak.
Dr. F. Simon has been appointed local
surgeon to the c., st. p, NJ. & o. railroad.
Mrs Langdon. a Norfolk woman so years
old, fell from her chair and broke her leg.
A Columbus man has invented a new beet
seed drill, which plants four rows at once.
The Ponca Journal has commenced its
twenty-fourth year Of continuous publication.
Somebody robbed the Sterling postoffice of
S15 while the postmaster was away at dinner.
NJ. X. Turner has published the Columbus
journal twenty-five years without missing an
issue.
julius Lmburg seven miles east of Emer-
son, committed suicide, leaving six orphan
children.
So many children in Speiser have the
whooping cough that ,ne public schools had
to close.
T. #. Grogan Is under arrest at Fairbury,
charged with removing mortgagcd property
to Kansas.
The Racket store at Auburn has been closed
by creditors to satisfy claims amounting to
about $4,000.
mitted 1000 bushels of wheat to spread all
over the township.
The insurance companies have paid S13,0 ,050
on the Alliance Touring MILL which burned
a few weeks since.
Rev. MIR, Jordan Of Grand Island has gone
east to try and raise an endowment Of $50, 900
for the Baptist college.
Kearney's street commissioner now officIatea
as policeman and the building inspector acts
as janior Of the city halt.
son Of Charles StarmeT living near How
ellis, was so badly scalded that his left leg
will have to be amputated.
l.. ID. Troxcil of Nemaha took a blushing
DIlue " tue dllSf iAIGe htthS ago anu sue
has already deserted him.
Bert Frazier, an incorrigible German lad,
burgarized house and VIII go TO the state
industrial school to reform.
The b. g. M, paid sl1 S59 worth of taxes in
Webster county the other day and county
warrants have gons up TO par.
Mrs. A. =. Wilson of Wymore was suddenly
stricken with paralysis and has entirely lost
the use of her right arm and hand
Norfolk paDitalistg have Organized a
pany and will tear up the rocks in Gilpin
county, Colorado, In search OF gold.
The Craig Grain and Implement company
Nhich suffered such a loss by fire about two
months ago. will again go into business,
George Knapp Of Wauneta has received
big wad Of back pension money from Uncle
Sam and monthly allowance for the future.
ID. J. Meyers and Robert T. Parker are the
newly elected president and secretary. re-
spectiye!y, OF the Red Cloud commercial
club.
The treasurer OF Saline county recelpted for
$40. 600 In one day. Farmers of that county
seem to have the stun with which to pay their
taxes