The Columbus journal., 1903-10-07
Matters IN Nebraska.
n STATE IN BRIEF.


THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Near Steinauer, Grandma" Spiel
was thrown from q wagon In q run
away and severely hurt.
The general store of Kline &
Fletcher Of Brunswick was broken
into by robbers, and goods worth $500
were stolen.
At Nebraska City Mrs. Mary Com.
erford was struck by q Burlington
switch engine and seriously injured.
Owing to her advanced age her re.
covery is doubtful.
A fire occurred at st. Bernard in
the postofice and grocery store own.
ed by b. Schultz. due to the explosion
of q lamp. The building and con.
tents were completely destroyed.
Loss, about $500.
The boycott which the farmers of
western Cass county inaugurated
against the town of Murdoch some
weeks ago on account of q refusal of
the Rock Island authorities to grant
q site for q farmers cooperative
grain elevator at that point has fallen
through.
Marx & Berens' Touring mills at
Spencer was destroyed by fire. The
fire is supposed to have been caused
by a spark from a railroad engine.
which went by q short time before
the fire vas discovered. Loss. &c.
600: insurance, 5000. They will re-
build at once.
Two loads of cattle shipped to the
South Omaha markets q few days
ago by L. C. Todd of Cass county.
topped the market in regard to the
price paid for them, which was $5.75
per hundred pounds. This was the
highest price paid for cattle at that
market this eason
Custodian L. L. Lindsey has receiv-
ed the plans for Lincoln's new fed
eral building which AZ to be erected
on the northwest corner of the pres
ent government square, and which
will face on Tenth street. The build
ing will be 15Sx9O feet, outside meas
urement. and four stories high.
Kansas City dispatch: George
Haysel, formerly of Lincoln, Neb.,
committed suicide by blowing the top
of his head off with a shotgun in a
rooming house. From a rambling let
ter left by Haysel it is supposed he
was insane because of some wrong he
had done to his wife and family.
Members of the Beatrice Driving
association closed the business of the
year. The financial results although
not great, showed that the first sea-
sons expenditures in putting the
track In shape, constructing the nee
essary box stalls and making other
improvements were not In excess of
the receipts.
A case involving many very nsa
tfonal features was tried in the dis
trict court at West Point. F. w.
unlike, a widower residing there and
an old business man. was sued by
Eric Swanson, a blacksmith, for the
alienation of the affections of Swan
sons wife. Damages were laid at
$1,000. Plaintiff recovered $500 and
costs.
Patrons of the Shelton postOffice
are much pleased over the opening
by Postmaster Reed of q new Office
outfit. Ever since last March, when
the whole outfit was burned. much
inconvenience has been endured by
the temporary boxes, and now a set
of fixtures has been put in the new
room which are a credit to any town
of much more patronage.
Contagious diseases r quite pre-
valent in Beatrice.
A lad fell into the hands of Deputy
Rainey at Norfolk with three quails
in his possession. It cost him fifteen
dollars.
Peter Gabriel, the young man of
Tecumseh who has caused the officers
much trouble in the past. is again in
Jail. He was at work as porter in
the Arcade hotel and one day recent
ly he entered the room occupied by
members of the landlords family and
took $31 in money from a pocket
book, which contained over $50. He
left for Lincoln on the first train,
where he was apprehended.
Somebody poisoned Sheriff W. H.
Cummings blood hounds at Tecum-
sch. The dogs we're locked in the
barn and as late as IL O'Clock the
night Waterman heard them bark.
When Sheriff Cummins went out to
feed them in the morning both were
Oeao. An autopsy the TACT
that they had been given poisoned
bread. They were a valuable pair of
trailers.
A peculiar accident happened to
George Ritcheson at Hastings, which
will lay him up for some time. A
horse fell down in the stable and got
its front feet tangled in the manager
SO that it could not get up. Mr..
Ritcheson came to the animals as
sistance and succeeded in releasing
him. The animal arose violently sc
that the man was thrown under the
manager and in turn was unable to
arise. The horse trampled upon Mr..
RitchesOn's legs injuring him Sc
verely.