Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-11


with a piece OF cloth wound around 1t, SC
fixed that 1t could be used as slung shot
The plan, as near as can be determined
was when Whrnka came In Sunday morning
to let the prisoners into the corridor fol-
| their daily exercise to lay him out with the
gas pipe, open the inner corridor with his
key, make the same signal at the outer
door as he Is in the habit OF making, and
| when the door was opened make break
| for liberty. The prisoners have all been
placed in separate cells and will be closely
watched 1t is thought that some Of
| Wheeer's or Milledge's family smuggled In
the gas pipe.
Nebraska News Notes.
Mrs. J. b. Scott of Minden was severely
scalded Sunday.
Friday evening the Grafton cornet band
gave an entertainment to large house
rendering pleasing program.
BARLEY citizens gave Ora Clark a sur.
prise party last week together with token
! of their esteem in the form of a handsome
rocker
| Charles Altschuer of Tekamah rode his
| wheel to Omaha in four hours and half
just to prove that Nebraska's winter weather
| beats the world.
farmer near Talmage lost his residence
one day and received his insurance money.
$780, the next. He belonged to county
! mutual company.
Otto Pope ripped up an old sidewalk in
| front Of the Red Cloud skating rink and
found a wallet containing $50 in gold and
! several pieces of jewelry.
The Lexington Mill and Elevator company,
one Of the largest concerns of the kind in
| Nebraska will soon commence operations to
| double the capacity of its plant
During the month of January farm mort
cages were filed in Webster county to the
| amount of $11,734. The releases for the
same period amounted to $1,000.
The Young Women's Christian associa-
ton Of Bellevue college. Bellevue, gave an
at home at Elwina hall to the young ladies'
of the college and town Saturday,
Nebras,a b.,, 95s oos children of scboo,
oga Accordine to tho w,v soma neonIa 40
mre ~ th;s n,nn,d r,nto tIe Toto, nonmlation
rha Iov.rr,or oi+,, oo,,roi, h,. oas,od On
ne el.y Hou'iLi ~, nas pa an
lron,ciau VI 'uinahce Giosins all business nouses
oh Su.iuas. my oau.haIce 's, was 'ne Iesui' Vi
NJ 80. , " 80, -,
the freight receipts OF the Union Paeihc
at Lexington ior tue month ol January SNOW
an increase OF SE,VVo over me corresponding
month OF 1880 TICKET sales also are larger
A creamery, to be operated on the CO.
operative plan VIII soon be established In
wayne. The promoters are FRANK M. Nor
throp, w. U. Gamble, A. Is. Chards and II.
Lessman
A great many farmers in Dawson county
have been plowng during the past week.
There s great deal Of moisture in the
soil and prospects, for the coming season
are very promising.
Two Garfield county constables attempted
to take mortgaged property, but the wife of
the farmer VITO had given the mortgage
welded a mop stick so effectively that the
officers beat hasty retreat.
There are in Dawson county, completed
and under construction, thirteen irrigation
canals which, with their main laterals. ex-
tend a distance Of $50 miles and cover 210,-
700 acres. at a. cost of S79S, 800
Fran,, nolan 81 Reaver civ nut prnnowder
in the stove in his grocery store in order to
kindle the fire more, quickly and start blaze
He was emineptiy successful. Carpenters are
still at work repairing the building.
Arranpementsn have been COMPLETED for
wolf hunt in "the comfy south of Waynp
ON the nth Inst which will be partici-
pated in by about 800 or more of the citi-
zens of Wayne and Wayne county.
Wymore spectators have sent 500 pounds
of what they call gold bearing quartz rock to
the st. Louis Gold Refining company. The
rock was abstracted from a Gage county
farm, and it's owners think they have a
Cripple Greek Bonanza.
The Stanton Register has suspended pub
lication owing to too strong competition
and an inability to make sufficient money
to satisfy its editors. The Register was
the oldest paper in the county, having been
established fourteen years ago, when the
town was new
A great number of the Grand Army of