The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
NEBRA RASKA IN GENERAL

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Sunday closing b to b enforced q
Crete.
A bank ID about to be established st
Sterling.
An ice making plant II to b estab-
lished at York.
Crete's new lighting plant has bssa
put in operation.
A series Of religious meetings are
being held at wymore.
A war II On between the telephone
companies Of Fremont
The postmaster at the village VI
Smartville has resigned.
At Broken Bow. Pink" Brown was
killed by the kick Of horse.
The Burlington road will put In .
new passenger station at York.
A brick factory at Hastings Vas
damaged BY IRE to the extent Of 81 200.
The new Methodist church 1t
Geneva will soon be ready for occu-
pancy.
DIR. Covert Of Pawnee was thrown
from his horse. sustaining . broken
collar bone
The saloon Of Jacob Thomas Of
Wahoo was robbed Of 500 cigars and
few bottles Of wine.
Dogs are dying on fast In Fremont.
all classes Of the CANNES suffering
IRON some unknown disease.
George H. Thomas. . colored barber
and an old resident Of Wauneta. was
found dead In bed at Wauneta-
There are six divorce cases to BE-
disposed Of by the district court Of
York county at the December term.
Peter McDermott. for a long time
an engineer on the Burlington. run
ming out from Alliance. fell dead In
Salt Lake.
An unusually large amount OF wheat
has been sown in Gage county this
season and farmers report that it IL in
splendid condition.
Mrs. Myattway. wife Of thQnpastor
Of the Baptist church at Falls q. In
taking a dose Of medicine gd tho
wrong bottle and took arnica. al.
most proved fatal.
At Valentine John and Harry Jun SCd
were sentenced to five years in tn
penitentiary for stealing about 6.OO0>
pounds Of wire from David A. Han
cock. q large ranchman.
DIR. Alma Chapman. second assist
ant physician at the Hastings asylum
f0T the incurable insane. has handed
in her resignation to the governor and
the same has. been accepted.
The Alfred COwnie farm Of go
acres. near Beatrice. was sold for
$3.50 per acre. the top price so far
paid for Gage county land. The pur-
chaser was Charles Hentges, who the
same day sold his farm in Hanover
township to William Pardee for $50
per acre.
William p Redifer. who mas made
his home in Fremont for some time.
was arrested at st. Joseph. Mo-. on a
warrant issued for him here. charging
his with dispOsing of some horses and
other property after first obtaining all
that he could get from them on a
chattel mortgage.
Chester Brown. alias John Finn. is
under arrest at Wayne charged with
stealing a team Of horses from a citi-
zen there some time ago and later
leaving two citizens of Fremont in the
lurch by departing from that city with
three horses on which they held chat
tel mortgages. He was captured after
being traced to Platte. S. d.
Halle. the 2O-year-old daughter Of
John Rathbun. a merchant of Shelby.
had her life hanging by a thread for
several hours. She arose to build a
fire and was discovered later In a
chair. partly dressed. unconscious and
her body quite cold. Through mis-
take she had taken carbOlic acid, mis-
taking it for a cough remedy.
Proofs were offered to the governor
by Frank I.asse. f. w. Cullen. David
Leary and Perry Boram of Winside.
in support of their claim Of the 800
offered by the governor for the appre-
hension of Gottlieb Niegenfind. the
Pierce county murderer. In order that
there might be no mistake about IL
the certificates were made out so that
each one of the four is entitled to $50
and payment will be made in that
way
The report Of the officers o; the
Fremont Sugar Beet company shows
that the crop Of 1902 yielded a profit
CT 30 per cent. a dividend Of 25 per
cent being declared and 5 per cent
added to the surplus fund. The syndi-
cate raised 1.749 tons. Out of the
total disbursements of $5.s6l. the sum
OF $4.352.1S was expended for labor.
The company has rented $50 acres Of
land near Fremont for a term of four
years and will rotate beets with other
crops.
A pension Of SIP per month. with
1858 back pay, has just been granted
to Joseph Grothe. the father of Cum
ing county boy who was killed in the
charge at FL Caney. Cuba. Two young
men OF Cunning county lost their lives
in the Cuban war.
William Gates, local agent for the
Beatrice Creamery company. broke
through the ice while on haywood
lake and would have been drowned
but for the courage Of Clyde Platner.
who skated two hundred yards over
thin ice and dragged him ashore.
Charles Russell. the boy convicted
in Dawes county OF killing Alois F.