The Columbus journal., 1902-12-24
BRIEFLY TOLD.

ty last week celebrated their golden
wedding.
Nebraska City has Of late been shy
on wafer and private wells have been
resorted to.
Train Dispatcher L e. Cam Of Nc
Cook died suddenly In Salt Lake.
whittier he had gone for his health.
Rufus Hook. q farmer living near
Glencoe. had his arm caught In the
cOgs Of . corn shelter and sustained
serious injuries.
Carl Sonderegger Of the German
nurseries In Beatrice will ship one
million black locust trees to be used
for forest purposes in Texas.
John Mawr, living near Elmwood,
was badly injured by becoming caught
In the tumblins rod Of corn shellins
outfit. He may lose his life.
The Fremont and Blair high schools
will debate the question, Resolved.
That labor unions are an injury to the
public Fremont will have the choice
Of sides.
Miss Gertrude EnlOw, q teacher In
the public schools of Beatrice. had her
face and hands badly burned during
school hours by the explosion Of a
coal tsove.
Fourteen head of cattle, the proper
ty of N. Ong of Edgar. were run down
and killed by b. 4 Nj. freight train.
The loss was adjusted. the appraised
value Of the cattle being $i7O.7O.
John Thompson, who lived two
miles southwest Of Blair. was run
owe. by a train and killed. lie was
on his way home from Blair. Thomp-
son was about Is years old and single.
Orders were received in Nebraska
City to get things ready in the starch
works so as to start that monster
plant as soon as possible. This fac
tory belongs to the trust and has been
closed since early last spring.
Nebraska turkeys are evidently in
great demand in Chicago. a prOmi-
nent newspaper Of that city having
instructed it's representatives in Om-
aha to get bids to supply 1000 of the
birds for that papers Christmas work.
The jury in the district court at
Grand island in the case Of Jameson
against the Burlington railroad re-
turned . verdict in favor of the plain
till of 1,22O. Jameson was a brake
man and received injuries on the
road.
Thomas Barr, aged IS years, and
Mrs. William Cooper aged 81 years.
brother and sister. died at their homes
within an hour of each other. Mr..
Barr lived near Dunreath, Mrs. Cooper
at Resoner. The double funeral took
place at Dunreath.
Plaintiffs in libel suits against news
papers have not been prospering late
ly. Half a dozen such suits for dam
ages. ranging from $4,000 to $25.OOG.
have been decided adversely. and the
plaintiffs have been assessed heavily
for costs.
Mayor Barting OF Nebraska City has
taken action to prevent minors from
frcquenting the billiard halls and slot
machines of the city. He issued or
ders to the police to notify the pro-
prietOrs of these establishments that
they must not admit minors.
Unearned wages may be legally as
signed according to a decision of the
appellate court of Cook county. Iii
nOis. handed Gown by Judge Adams.
This holding is contrary to the deci-
siOns that have heretofore been given
by the circuit and superior courts.
The Greeley County Sunday school
convention was held at Greeley De-
cember and Z. All sessions of the
conventions were very well attended.
Prof. ii. NJ. Stiedley. field secretary of
the State Sunday School association.
took very active part in all ses-
sIOns
The sugar beet season just closed
has beca very satisfactory in that part
Of Nebraska about McCOok. Over
600 cal loads have been shipped to
Grand Island frcm MeCook alone The
yield per acre under fair circum-
stances has been from fifteen 10 TWEEN
.y tons. and as high as S5.25 per ton
has been received by farmers.
There is yet n great deal Of corn
in the fields in Johnson county. The
conditions of the weather have re-
tarded the gathering of the grain.
The farmers are paying 3 cents per
bushel ani board for hands and the
average man this year can gather
from eighty to one hundred bushels
per day when the fields are dry.
A. Nj. Harsis. proprietor of the
Grand Island Business college, has
for $l4.OOO and will in tie future oc-
cupy the greater part Of the building
for the college. 1t is a stone front.
erecteo in 1899, at cost of about
$50, 900. II was recently owned by the
Mutual Life Insurance
company.
Willard Williams OF Ashland, who
was at the Mead hotei for a few days,
was surprised the other evening, while
seated at the desk. by his sons. Her
bert aId Albert. whom he had not
seen or heard from for fifteen and
twenty years respectively. The boys.
Or rati;er men, are located in Cuba.
Y. Y, and are prosperous and we'll
o-do residents of that town.
Washington dispatch: The follow
ng pensions have been granted: Ne
Phillips Cook. Ponca,
40; Lewis A. Ganson. Lodgepole, ST;
George w. BabcOck. Ericsson, $40:
Iohn Shay, Hastings. IS; Robert d.