Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-09

Stuart has organized creamery COM
pany.
addition to its public school building.
Webster county had an exhibit of it's
products at the Galesburg Ull0 street fair.
Potatoes are SO plentiful in kearney
county that they are a drug on the mar
The st. Paul & Omaha road has stopped
work for the season at the gravel pit near
Tekamah
to meet at Papillion October l6 and remain
in session two days.
The Hebron school board has served no.
tice on parents that the compulsory edu-
cation law will be strictly enforced.
Madison can boast of a whole menageria
in one block. There are Coons, Lambs,
Wolves. Lyons, Swallows and Hawks.
Saline county has money in its treasury
and pays its bills with checks instead
of warrants, as has been the custom for
years
house on the 2Sd. The Woodward Com com
pany has been engaged for the initial
performance.
A boy named Muhlenburg, who lives
near Winside, fell from a wagon and ran
stick through his cheek, severely lacer-
ating both the check and his tongue.
The Beatrice canning factory had a big
run on corn end tomatoes this summer
and now plans to buy up lot of apples
and pumpkins BY so doing the plant will
be in operation nearly all the year.
The trustees OF the Methodist episcopal
church at BARLEY had a meeting and ar
ranged for the purchase of two lots belong
ing to Rev. Grissell, on which to erect the
new church.
The Nebraska Chicory company of
Schuyler has commenced getting out the
chicory crop. 1t looks well and promises
a good yield but ii Is not known yet how
it will turn out in weight,
c., E. Niccolls, who lives two miles north
of Leigh has about fifteen acres of po-
tatoes that are yielding about 800 bushels
10 will hl1H IINti Gtf.i,,
unless the price advances considerably.
The new Odd Fellows lodge at Wakefield
was Instituted Friday, evening with forty
teen by card. Officers of the grand lodg2
were present and royal good time was
had.
cry at Seward burned. The building was
too far out for the remen to reach 1t
and nothing could be done but to let it
| burn to the ground. There was no ice
in the building.
Word has been received in Sarpy county
of the suicide of a daughter Of Mr.. Lee
Rickett who resided Th o;f near pa5iiIion about
in Houson, Tex, and it is said was brought
| on by disappointment in love affairs
Monday evening between and o'clock
| fire consumed several thousand bushels of
| corn and several tons of hay. together
| with ali the buildings except the house
half miles west of Weeping Water.
Upon the recommendation of Receiver
Doolittle Comptroller Dawes has set Jan
uary /, 1900, as the date for the final set
| Ting up of the North Platte National banl
! trust The assets of the bank which have
not been realized upon Will be offered a
public sale on Saturday, December 30.
| An attempt was made to rob the post
| office at Merna Thursday night. The nigh
police, however, appeared upon the scene II
| time to arrest the burglar. The rObber at
| tempted to make his escape by running, bu
| was brought to "A sudden halt by the police
man taking shot at him, hitting him il
| the leg.
| William Huse, who for almost a quar-
| ter of a century was editor and pro
| prietor of the Ponca journal and with hi!
| son few months ago removed 10 Ash
| land, Ore, and started paper, has lcf
| that place and is now located at klamath
! Falls. ore. The latter place has seYera
! new railroads in course of construction
| and they wanted to be among the boomers
A serious wreck occurred on the Elkhorl
| line between Norfolk and stanton. The dis
| aster was occas.oned by a boiler, which wa
| being shipped to the Harding Creamer
| company at Norfolk, rolling off the fiat ca
| on which ii was carried. II fell in sue
a manner as to get in the way of the car
| freight and one Of stock We're ditched. Al
| though no one was hurt the damage TO IN
! cars ditched was considerable
| The state auditor has notified the county
| clerks over the state that the $4,000 ap
| propriation to pay state wolf bOunties 70
| be exhausted when claims now on Tile ar
! audited and paid, II Will take about nv
| months to audit and pay these claims
| the auditor states, and he advises all In
dividuals to. make claims ana place lhen
| on lille in his office. The claims VIII the
| be placed in proper form before the mex
| legislature. The $4,000 appropriation L
pay deficiency claims is not yet exhausted