The Columbus journal., 1903-07-08

saened his charge and accepted . cal
in Portland, Oregon
The dates for the fall festival ut
Fremont have been fixed for the week
a AuGust 81 TO September 5. IN
elusive.
The little con OF Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Orahama Of North Bend. who was
badly scalded BY pulling the plug out
oe q washing mschine. died from the
effects of bugns.
At Edgar. Harry Acakley and an
other boy we're playing on the street
throwing smail potatoes at each other
Young AckIey was hit IN the right eye
and the eyebaN Was ruptured.
Seventy-Ave patients were brought
10 Hastings from the Lincoln insane
asyium. They were put in the new
wing q the chronic asylum. The %
tients nov number one thousand.
Two barns. one On the property Of
Henry Beal and the other On that OF
C.. b. Le&ton, were destroyed by nre
at Fairbury. A horse belonging 10
Charles Gilmore perished In the
flames.
Articles Of incorporation have been
Alod by the Farmers Grain and Sup
My company Of Atlanta, with IN au'
thorixed capital Of $4,000. and with
b. Hodges - president and Frank
Oakman - secretary.
While working on . telephone pole
1t Hastings. Percy Morris. Hneman.
was pinned against the pole by .
heavy cable which broke His cries
brought assistance just - he was
about TO fall fainting from the pain.
J. A. Parks. Bruce Meridath. James
Sarver and William Boyer have re-
turned to York from . fishing trip near
Lake Ericsson, in Wheeler county,
where they found bass 90 numerous
that It VAS all they could do to man
ase their lines. They brought home
130 pounds Of bass.
The Red Lion" mill. situated nine
miles south of York On the Blue river.
Was totally destroyed by nre. The
building and machinery were the sole
property of J. H. Beares. who bought
the property of e. o. Wright some
years ago. The loss h about $1,000.
with 81, 600 insurance.
&C. Hurd. representing the Omaha.
Lincoln Z Beatrice Electric Railway
company. WAS in Papillion making ar-
rangements for buying right OF way
for his road. The .lne was surveyed
some time ago and the promoters say
they will push the electric line
through a soon rs right OF way can
be secured.
The State Board OF Pharmacy met
and selected two secretaries TO an
vacancies on the board. w. N. Ton
ner Of Lynch was chosen for the short
term to succeed c. L. StIlman. resign
ed. and Harry L. Harper OF Beatrice
to succeed J. H. Schmidt of Omaha.
whose term expires January 1. Both
of the secretaries chosen will take
their Offices January I.
The seven Meinenger boys. residing
IN Cass county. we're In Plattsn.outh
the other day. Their names. ages and
weight follow: Phillip. aged 50.
weight. lS6 pounds: George. s.. 1881:
Jake. 81. 7lSk: Henry. IS. z401s; Con-
rad. g. 100h: Mike. e5. 2l7: Balls. es.
225. The average weight is I'll
pounds. and they are among Cass
county's best citizens.
A savings hank opened its doors for
business In Plattsmouth on the 1st OF
July.
A case involving Q new construction
of the national homestead Law was
6led in the United States circuit court
1t Omaha The litigants are George
8. Whitaker Of Buffalo county. Ne
braska. plaintiff. and william Kilgore.
Thomas Mcbride. Logan Sammons.
sheriff. and one Evans, defendants.
The petition is for n Injunction re-
straining the defendants from ousting
the Plaintiff from his homestead.
Architect James Tyler. jr.. is busily
engaged on half Q dozen or more Diff
fecent jobs for the state The board
Of public lands and buildings has in
strueted him TO look after repairs that
must be done to protect the buildings
already standing before attempting
plans for new buildings. The most
important structure Is the hospital for
the insane at Norfolk. This is to cost
100000.
From fifteen hundred to two thou.
sand acres Of wheat and q consider
able acreage Of oats were completely
destroyed BY the hail storm in Cherry
county. This 10 considered . con-
sentative estimate. The parties who
have been over the hailed district say
the loss in wheat alone will be from
twenty to thirty thousand dollars.
llrs. c. 8. Bradley Of Beatrice. wife
Of . well known travelling man. was
seriously burned about the face and
hands By the explosion Of q gasoline
stove.
Every year farmefs and truck gal.
deness In York county have increased
their strawberry yields. II. H. Seine
fly sold o6 his patch one day last week
over 500 worth at 10 cents Q quart,
netting Mr.. Schneibly about $l00 after
paying for the labor Of picking.
Coroner Shultz held IN inquest over
1ames p. Mckinney. who was found
dead In the hay loft Of his barn at Har-