Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-12
GOSSIP FROM THE STATE HOUSE.
Affairs of the Hayes County Banking
C0mpMny to De Mnnnl up.

Company to De Wound Up.
LINCOLN, Feb 11.-(Special.) 1.-The State
Banking board has given permission t.
Messrs. Braugh and Orr to apply to the
district court of Hayes county for receiver
for the Hayes County Banking company
On the goth of March, 1895, the company
fell into financial straits and the Banking
board proposed to take possession of the in
stttution and wind it up. The two largest
stockholders were Braugh and Orr, and on
petition cf the other stockholders they We're
given permission to close up the banks busi-
ness. This they did not succeed in doing
satisfactorily, and now receiver will have
to step in and wind up affairs. The total
indebtedness was about $4,000 and the men
who undertook to pay out only reduced this
few hundred dollars. Jacob Dambach was
president and George Gowing cashier.
Requisiticn papers were issued today from
the governors office for William Lyons
He is wanted in Knox county for grand lar
eeny, committed August 3, 1888 On Septem-
Der 2, the same year, Lyons fled from the
state and has only just been located and ar
rested in Nemaha county, Kansas. SheriH
Crockett of Knox county has been appointe
agent or the state to convey the requisite!
papers to Governor Morrill,. The prisoner
Lyons is said to be one Of an old-time gan
Of cattle thieves which operated in til
vicinity of Knox county several years sine
There is county reward of $3.50 for Lyon
but the county is not, just now, in financi
condition to pay it, and Sheriff Crockett e:
poets some difficulty with the Kansas a
thorities over this reward, which they wa
paid now in cash.
Sheriff Mcdonald of Douglas county
brought James c. Ish from Omaha today
and lodged him in the penitentiary His
sentence is fer two years. Young Smith,
the patient who went out of the Hospital fol-
the Insane last Sunday to dine with his
mother and escaped, was captured in Omaha
yesterday and was today returned to the
asylum.
By special order No. G. issued today from
the adjutant generals office. Second Leuten
ant Christ, company G, First regiment, Ne
braska National Guards, stationed at Geneva
was granted three months leave of alb
sence. Colonel c. j. Bills was granted a
furlough until March I, 1896.
The claim of David j, Osborn of Frontier
county for appropriation of water was today
disallowed for the reason that he had not
complied with the law in posting notices.
Shonld he proceed to perfect his claim within
ten days from receipt Of notice his appropri-
alton will be dated from July 3, 1895.
At the examination for life grade teachers
tendent Corbett, January 81, there were
ffty-three applicants, although many of
them sought only special certificates in Ger
tain grades Those who were granted life
Barber, North Platte; w. II. Bartz, Ravenna;
a: Bollenbach, Lincoln, c. o. Brown, Hardy;
w. A. Bundy, Humphrey; Catherine Davies,
Fremont; Christine Fosser, Lincoln; e.
Fauquet, Lincoln; Carrie Lindey, Harvard;
Anna p Purnton, Lincoln: w. NJ. Sheppard,
Grafton; e. d. Stewart Utica, G. W. Rice,
Hermann H. E. Funk; Doniphan; A.
Rudy, Omaha; Ellen Ware, Nebraska City.
Mr. James Whitehead Of Galloway was in
the city today. He announced that he had
formally accepted the position of purchasing
agent of the penitentary, to which he had
recently been appointed by the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings. He says he did
not learn of the appointment until he reached
Kearney on his way to Lincoln.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lndel-
r. E. Sunderland, p. B. Doddridge, f. e.
Coulter, Mrs Tosterman, e. p. Fitch At
the CapItal-John d. Moore. AT the Lincoln
C. Offutt, Il. w. Breckenridge, Andrew
Miles.