Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-05
Nebraska News Note.

The Royal Highlanders are organizing a
| lodge at Galloway.
| Albion has put new pumping engine in
the water works pump house
YORK Methodists have raised enough money
| to buy pipe organ for the church.
The popuist paper at Red Cloud is rails
| ing fund to build a monument to the late
| Congressman McKeighan.
Mrs. Quimby, who lives near Creighton,
was blown off her feet by a strong wind and,
| In farlJng, broke her arm.
An Illinois woman, Mrs. Anna Peterson of
De kalb, has made the Orphans hame near
Holdrege present of $500.
Many farmers are congratulating them
selves that the hard winter has in large
| measure killed off the potato bugs and other
| insects.
Someone stole horse from A. L. Spear
man of Springfield. He offers s25 reward
for the return of the horse and $3.50 for the
capture of the thief.
Many Nemaha county farmers whose land
is IN the bottoms which overflow, and also
those on the hillsides, are compelled to re-
plant as the result of heavy rains.
The dedication services of the Bethany
Methodist Episcopal church, two miles north
OF Bertha, Burt county, will be held on
sunday morning, June IS, at 1890 o'clock.
The highest price paid for wheat at Goth
to Shostrom Bros. for big bunch of wheat
The price was 56A cents.
John Weyland of Chadron died as the re-
suit OF chicken pecking him on the back
OF the hand The wound was but a mere
scratch, but blood poisoning set in and death
ensued.
Three boys, named Fields, Stevenson and
Schneider, took about $50 belonging to the
stevenson boys mother, and started out to
see the world. They were cought at Os-
mond and brought back home.
d. X. Staples Of Antelope county was
leaning against a barb wire fence when
lightning struck the wire some distance
away He was knocked down and felt lit
tie queer for time, but is now all right.
tornado did considerable damage in
Hayes county. Thursday evening, The res
licences OF Charles Hahn and John Graves
were destroyed and large amount OF dam
age done at other places. Fortunately, no
one was injured,
There is large prairie dog town between
Oxford and Orleans, the only one In Fur
mas county. few years ago there were
hundreds of towns in this county, but they
are fast disappearing. The prairie dag can
not Withstand civilization.
The farmers OF Adams county have set
tied the alfalfa question upon the high di-
vide. The numerous fields of that grass
where the plants are nearly knee high and
40 tilNh 40 Nhey CuH 6IoW upbu lue BTJInu
are proof that alfalfa is good upland grass.
The following amount OF real estate and
chattel mortgages was filed and released in
the county clerks Office of Burt county the
last week: Real estate filed, Sl0,900; re-
leased, SlS,S37.45. Chattel filed $6,736.7l;
released S4,432.7O.
Eight thousand dollars of Seward county
railroad bands have been called in by
County Treasurer Remington and will be
paid at once 1t is also Mr.. Remingtons
intention to pay off the last of the | pre-
cnct railroad bonds in a short time, money
enough having been paid in for that purpose.
Jack Frost OF Leigh suffered a loss by FIRE.
His barn, containing harness, hay, grain and
farming implements, was burned to the
ground and it WAS only by hard work that
the house and corn cribs were saved, The
fire is supposed to have been caused by
sparks from a burning manure pile a few
rods south of his barn.
Sheriff Secord of Clay county discovered
few days ago the whereabouts of Frank
Denton, the burglar of Trumbull fame, who,
with his partner in crime, dug out OF the
jail at Clay Center. Denton Is serving a
seven year term in the state penitentiary
under the name OF Frank Howard for burg
farizing a store in Hebron.
All day Tuesday, that being a legal holi-
day, the ONeill land attorneys were busy
making out applications for filing on res
ervoir tracts, and Wednesday morning there
was a rush for the land Office unprecedented
In Holt nountv's history. Man fran all narts