Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-26


The McKeighan q monument fund has
reached total of S27S
Camp meeting at Bennett begins next Fri
day and will continue for over a week.
The Salem county old settlers have de-
cided to have picnic on August 23.
Two forty-four and one seventy-three
pound catfish have recently been caught near
Springfield
The Loup river bridge at Burwell went
down with bunch of cattle, but none OF
them were killed.
The 10-year- old son of Tom Scott. living
few miles northeast of Benkelman, fell
from horse, breaking his collar bone.
About every other town in Nebraska is
certain that 1t is going TO have the biggest
and best Fourth of July celebration that
ever happened.
A recent decision of the secretary of the
interior takes from the state several hum
dred acres OF schoor lands in Boyd county
and makes them subject to homestead entry
within one year If in that time no legisla-
tion can be had emitting the state to hold
1t, The lands are In the Ponca reservation
Dr. A. L. Peters, investigator of animal
diseases and instructor of veterinary science
In the School OF Agriculture, was in Rush
vllie Monday to inspect the work being done
by his assistant, BIC. Barber toward the
determination of the prairie dog pest He
nnds that what has already been accom-
plished Will warrant the further expendi-
ture or money and use OF eXterminatio
material TO rid our country of this animal
The Friends annual association meeting
was in session at Central City last week
The meetings during the day were held at
the college and devotional meetings were
held each evening In the church. Among
the visiting ministers and laymen who were
assisting in the work were Rev. William
Angstead Of Tobias, Alfred Neyill of Hia-
watha, Prof. Gibson. instructor in the High
school at Appleton, Wis., Rev. S. A. Wood
New Providence, Ia, Rev. e. p. Elyson
La Grande. Ia, q. l.. Martin. general sup
erintendent, Oskaloosa, Ia, and many others
The 1896 corn cribbed In Sutton Is on The
move. The work of shelling began Monday
morning by the Sutton Lumber company on
the 5000 bushels cribbed In its yards
Wednesday Triber a Hanson, with a steam
shelter, began ON the cribs OF Armour & Co,
| Gilchrist company has also contracted for
the shelling OF about the same amount
Many farmers who have sold their corn nre
disposing OF 1t, swelling the amount away
above 100000 bushels, which will go out
OF Sutton as fast as 1t can be sheled and
! loaded on cars.
The Lincoln Land Company has purchased
| forty acres OF land Of John Helm near the
mouth Of Red Willow creek. Red Willow
| county. and will lay IL out in town lots A
! erected at once and a new grist milf will
/ be built. bridge will be put across the
! Republican river Just south OF the town
site and then Red Willow, which. by the
way. was one OF the first town sites in the
| county, and at one time held the county
| records for a few days, will commence 10
| develop There has been a postofice al
| this point for many years.
Fred Cook, the section foreman at Paxton
was struck by lightning Monday evening
/ while walking down the street. The bolt
badly injured his head, one side and one
foot Several men in nearby buildings
rushed to his aid and restoratyes were i'm,
mediately applied. Although his burns are
very serious he will probably recover A
moment after Cook was struck a tramp who
was a few feet further down the street
was also struck and badly burned on one
side and around the waist. The tramp was
unconscious longer than Cook. but II il
thought that he wilr recover. A store Was
struck the same evening and considerable
| damage done.