Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-21
Nrbrnska News Notes.


Saturday.
William Baker Of York county has been
adjudged insane.
Chester Garner of Oakdale lost three fin
gers In a corn shelter.
w. a. Stuckey OF Grafton is buying feeders
in Colorado to consume Nebraska grain.
Farmers with land along the bluffs below
Plattsmouth will utilize many acres this
year Cor farms.
Mrs G. II. Warren Of Grafton gave a
leap year party Wednesday evening to a
large number Of young folks.
Plattsmouth people assert that man
representing himself to be ]. C. Roman of
Omaha has swinded them of small sums.
Miss Mary Dutton and c. A. Richey OF
Plattsmouth were married in that city
Wednesday. The affair was quite elaborate.
Mrs. E. E. Hilton of Plattsmouth who
was crazed through the study of Christian
science, was confined In the Asylum for the
Insane at Lincoln Thursday.
Rev. s. f. Sharpless of Norfolk, pastor at
large for the Niobrara presbytery, is holding
series Of meetings at Oakdale and is at
tracing large congregations.
]. N. Cox, an Exeter merchant, purchased
a lot of stolen fowls from York county
thieves and is now forced to defend him
self against the charge Of receiving stolen
property.
well attended. George Il. Ford, grand
chancellor, and Vice Chancellor G. Norberg
were present A banquet was given at the
Commercial hotel.
The mercury dropped to zero Thursday
morning at Fremont and the ice dealers
were correspondngly elated. They are en-
ploying large gangs OF men and pushing the
work of putting up ice as rapidly as possible.
NJ r. Norton OF La Platte sold seventy
large beef cattle Wednesday at good prices.
thousand head Of cattle are being fed in
that part of Sarpy county and farmers are
finding this a profitable way to dispose of
their corn.
chicken thieves, came upon wagon loaded
with stolen fowls at a farm near Geneva.
The driver was absent. The farmers left
to look for him When they returned the
wagon and fowls were gone. .,e,t
At meeting of the Valley County
Agricultural society at Ord 1t was decided to
hold the county fair on September 22 23
and "a. Superintendents of the various de-
partments were appointed and committee
to review the premium list. President w.
l.. McNutt is chairman.
A new populist paper. to be called the
Norfolk Independent will make it's ap-
pearance here this week There are only
a handful Of populists in Norfolk, but 1t is
stated that this new papers mission will be
to unite the various populist and free sill
yer elements in the Third congressional
district. .. No.
Frank Otis of McCool Junction sold his
farm last winter and went to Missouri to
look up location He returned and wishes
he had not scld. Yesterday he had sale of
personal property. advertising 1t to be sold for
cash only 1t was surprising how high nearly
everything went Hogs sold for more than
market price. a..4. f.. .....r.l -. ,...
Frank Cherry Of Fremont has. received
word that his brother, John Cherry, who
| until recently! resided in Dodge county, in
! company with four other men, is on his way
to Cuba to join the insurgent forces. The
party will go to New ORLEANS and probably
sail from there Two of the party are
veteran soldiers and have Travelled extern
sively in Cuba and South America.
| The second annual ball of the Order of
Railway Conductors, No. 1863, was given at
| Norfolk Wednesday night, and proved a
| great social success. The railroad men are
| popular with the Norfolk people and the
| latter turned out in numbers to assist in
making their annual ball an enjoyable oc-
casion. The hall was elaborately decorated
and the reception committee presented each
guest with handsome bouquet of cut flowers.
Supper was served in the banquet room ad-
| joining the hall.