The Columbus journal., 1903-01-14

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TnE Nebrasks state poultry assoeia-
ton will hold its annual meeting and
exhibit in Lincoln during tho week OF
January 1924.
The board OF education OF Fremont
have already about completed arrange
ments for the engagement Of Rev. Cum
saulus OF Chicago, to deliver The High
school commencement oration In Tho
spring.
JANUARY 18th in the items OF history y
oneof importance. On that date in 1913
Dr.. John Boyse died, ono Of tho most
noted among the translatoesoe Tho Bible
into English. In 1854 American con-
Rress ratified the Paris treaty Of peace
with Great Britain. Tho same date in
1888 occurred the revolution in Hawaii,
when Queen Liliuokalani was sdeposed.
NEBRASKA and surrounding states
have experienced some pretty cold
weather tho past few day4 % we'll %
southern and eastern states. In cities
where coal is scarce, great suffering i
reported. In Chicago . few deaths
have occurred from free9ing; ono old
lady w,s found huddled near . stove,
dead, for want OF fuel to keep up the
fire.
MONDAY afternoon, Q joint committee
representing the Union Pacific boiler
makers and machinists district lodges
and the local blaclsmiths' unions, acting
jointly, went to Union Pacific bead
Quarters to meet President Burt 10 aSk
for arranging . conference at later day
mutually agreeable. This = in accord
ance with the agreement made in New
York.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is responsi-
bic for this one: In tho public sch0ol
ut Durant, Miss, the teacher asked tho
definition OF words the children spelled.
Succeed" came to little boy Who was
1t . loss for it's meaning. Think, VIII
lie" the teacher said. DO you know
anyone in school who succeeds?" ~John-
mic Gray sucks eggs" he answered. II
never saw him suck seeds"
JANUARY l9, General Lees birthday 10
observed as . public holiday in Florida,
Georgia, North and South Carolina, Vir-
ginia and Alabama. January 6, the
anniversary Of the battle Of Now Orleans,
u . public holiday in Louisiana. Jan
nary I, New Years day, Is public holi-
day in all the states, including tho Die
trict Of Columbia, Arizona and Nov
Mexico, except Massachusetts,, Missis'
sippi and New Hampshire.
A BILL probably will b introduced al
this session OF the legislature for . Ian
prohibiting the playing OF football d
any OF the public educational institu
tions OF the state. Tho argument il
favor OF tho bill is that football u ,
menace to life, limb and health and thai
it is not necessarily tho best amusement
for developing the mind OF the student
along lines fitting him to follow the or
dinary peaceful pursuits OF life.
Ar meeting OF sugar beet growers al
Hershey Friday Mr.. Leavitt OF th'
Standard Beet Sugar company OF Amel
stated he would erect ut that place .
modern factory il 5000 acres Of beet'
could be raised and that he would erec'
and maintain . testing and weighing
station this year for 500 acres. They IN
sure OF this from either tho American
Beet Sugar company or the Standard
Tho prospects, for q factory in 190l
are good.
A DIsPATcH from Sydney, G. b., o.
Last Friday says: "Marooni viii leave
hsre Monday for Cape Cod to give attea
ton to the completion Of the wireless
Ttans-Atlantic station ut that point
He took advantage OF Thursday night
snow storm to test the behavior OF th>
wireless system under adverse Weathe,
conditions. Messages were sent to Eng
land successfully. There was . severs
storm also on tho English coast at th<
time, but tho messages Went acrosl