Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-20
NebrasIxn News Notes.

There is a scarcity of dwelling houses in
Clay Center.
The Auburn Post has started in on its
twenty-first year.
Bloomfield is agitating the question of
building a town hall.
Kelby Richardson of Plymouth shot his
thumb of while cleaning his gun.
1t is the intention to have the Ogalalla
creamery in operation by April /.
Complaint is made at Burchard that there
is too much petty thieving going on.
e. j. Weir of O'Neill has been arrested,
charged with tampering with a jury in a case
involving a calf.
s. II. Graves of Kimball says he has lost
less than fifty head of sheep from his band
of 1000, but he has fed a large amount of
hay and corn.
Roy A.. Richmond, formerly of the Bloom
field Monitor, has bought the Enterprise
Herald of Wausa and will take charge of the
same on April 1 next.
There Is a rumor aloat that the Missouri
Pacific railroad intends to extend its line
from Prosser to Wood River some time this
summer and that a survey will be made in
two or three weeks.
Trainload after trainload of people and
their effects are pouring into Nebraska to
locate permanently and Dixon county, whose
resources and inducements are second to
none, is getting its full share.
The executive committee of the North
east Nebraska Bankers association had a
meeting in Wayne recently to arrange for
the associations annual blowout, which
comes off in that city on Arbor day.
A petition has been sent to the railroad
commission asking for the location of a new
town on the Harrington branch of the Chi
cago, st. Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha rail-
road etween Wakefield and Concord.
General Lloyd Wheaton, who is command
ing the United States forces In the front of
Manila, is an old acquaintance of the Green
wood Recorder editor, General Wheaton be-
ing captain in the regiment in which the
Record man served as first lieutenant.
A novel way of providing for the liquida-
ton Of church debts has just been inaugu-
rated by a Ladies' Aid society of Stuart, by
which the women have leased a farm near
the city and propose to receive donations OF
seed, grain and work, hoping that Provi-
dence may bring forth a crop that will place
the church upon a sound financial basis.
The only loss of stock reported at Gordon
since the last blizzard is that of Bonnie
Roberts. A bunch of 2-year-old steers
drifted on to the railroad west Of Irwin
Tuesday night and twenty-seven head OF
them were killed by the snow plow Wednes-
day morning.
AS an indication of the settlement of Gar
field county in the last two years 1t may be
mentioned that where, a year ago, there
was almost unlimited range, it is now diff
cult to find suitable range for a large
bunch of cattle. This Is brought about by
the settlement of the range country by resi-
dent stock growers and is a happy state OF
affairs.
Agent C.. P. Mathewson of the Omaha and
Winnebago agency started for Washington
Tuesday evening In response to a telegram
from the Interior department to proceed
thither to confer on matters pertaining to
the agency and reservation matters. 1t is
likely that the long desired allotment OF
lands to the Omahas and Strengthening out
the allotments Of the Winnebagoes and other
important matters will be decided on and on
his return the will Of the department car
ried out.