Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-15

tenant farmers have moved out OF the county
and have not paid the notes. L. w. Smith
has made a good agent for the county. Last
week he resigned and NJ. Sovereign OF York
was appointed. ....st t,u. .-.....t
GOSSIP FROM THE STATE uoUsE
Superintendent jackson Surprises
Some of the Wise Ones ut Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Jan, H.-(Special) )--Quite a
number of the popocratic element were
today astonshed by the announcement that
State Superintendent of Public instruction
William r.. Jackson had appointed 20 a
clerkship in his Office Mrs A. X. Goudy,
wife of the superintendent who made way
for Mr.. Corbett two years ago after having
occupied the Office and enjoyed It's emolu-
ments for four years. Mrs. Goudy succeeds
as clerk Miss Corbott, sister Of the ex-super-
intendent. A. X. Goudy is and always has
heen strong republican, and the popocratic
| element processes to be unable to under
stand the motive of Superintendent Jackson
in making the appointment. 1t is also
severely criticised by some of the repub-
lcanS.
Prof. c. d. Griffin and wife have been
offered and have accepted positions in the
| iearney Industrial School for Boys, under
/ Superintendent Hoxie. Mrs. Griffin will
act as matron and the professor will have
general charge of the inmates and the school.
The state banking department office will
probably be turned over to the new admins
tration tomorrow. Or. Hall, the new chief
clerk of the department, who succeeds r.
II. Townley, was at the department this aft
ornoon making the acquaintance of his new
duties. Mr.. Townleys resignation was
handed in on the Sth inst. Dr. Hall was
requested to have his bond ready, so that
he could enter upon his duties next Monday,
but 1t was ascertained this afternoon that
no bond was required so he will probably
take posses sion in the morning.
The State Board of Transportation will
hold a meeting tomorrow to organize for the
ensuing year and to formally appoint j. w.
Edgerton, G.. l.. Laws and ]. C. Dahlman
secretaries of the board The meeting was to
have been held this afternoon. but owing to
the temporary indisposition of Land Com
missioner Wolfe it was postponed until to-
morrow afternoon.
a. G. Wright who acted as custodian of
legislative supplies during the session two
years ago and who has taken charge of the
stationery left over until the present ses-
sion, turned over his Office to his successor,
L. ID. Stoner this afternoon and this even
ing left for his home in Cass county. Mr..
Wright feels peculiar satisfaction over
the record he has made. Generally in the
past the legislature has managed to exhaust
its supplies at the end of the session and
leave the supply room as bare as the shelves
of Mother Hubb3rd's historic cupboard.
1 IslS Ntthb NilbH TIE CUlulL called upon
Mr.. Wright to check up, it was taken
down to the supply room and shown a pile
of stationery as big as a furniture van.
There were lead pencils by the cord, thirty
five reams of epgrcsslng paper, six reams
of enrolling paper, ten dozen quarts of ink
llS gross Of rubber bands fifty-two gross
Of steel pens, and books, records, files and
odds and ends, the value Of the whole amount
ing to Sl,SOO. These supplies were ordered
by John C. Allen for the legislative ses
sion two years ago. There Is enough to
not only furn .sh the present session all the
stationery it needs, but if properly used
there will be enough for the session two
years hence. The senate showed It's appre-
citation of Mr.. Wright's record today by unan-
imously adopting a resolution of thanks to
him and eX-Secretary OF State Piper for
their watchful care of state property.
Soil Culture Lecture at OgnInIIn.
OGALALLA, Neb. Jan. 14.-(Special)-
Prof. Campbell of Sioux City and superin-
tendent Park Of the Union Pacific paid
this town visit yesterday evening and
Prof. Campbell gave a lecture on the sub
| Ject of soil culture at the school house
lie illustrated his theory by designs On the
| blackboard and gave a very practical and
| profitable talk to the farmers who were
present.
| The Union Pacific company is taking steps
| to put in five experimental farms in western
! Nebraska, and they desire to locate ona
| of them near Ogalalla, to demonstrate to
people living in the dry belt that crops can
be successfully raised in a dry season by
the aid of Mr.. Campbell's plan of soil cul-
ture the two principal points of which are
| packing the subsol and mulchlng the sur
face by frequent light cultivation. lively
| interest was manifested in all that Mr..
| Campbell had to say on the subject, and a
| good many questions were put to him by
| incredulous ones all of which he answered
| satisfactorily.
meeting will be called at an early date
| to take up the matter of the experimental
station and to recommend some good farmer
| to have charge of II.
| PcdIiing GrOcers at Shelby.
| CHET ny Npb Ian 11-(Snppial The