The Columbus journal., 1903-11-18
%NEWS IN
r a IN Brief.

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Colooel Harris Of Omaha is recon-
meoAed for commander OF tho Sol
diess' home at Grand Island.
Preliminary steps have been taken
toward the organization OF . company
whose object is to put . new national
hank In Humboldt.
II. H. TOLLS, . business man OF Nc
Cool Junction. missed . roll Of bills
amounting to $65. The money VA
carried in his watch pocket.
At NcCool Junction Charles Mark
worth and Ed Galusha became in
VOWED in . heated political argument
which brought on . lstic encounter
In the lsht Markworth's arm was bad
~ cut With a.knife.
While land has been selling very
high in Saunders county the past year.
q record breaker was made one day
last week, when Chapel G. Hasgard
sold eighty acres without improve
me1fs to John Dolezal for $1,000.
The monthly report Of Superintend.
ent Fulmer, which was read at the
meeting Of the board of education at
Beatrice, showed the total enrolment
Of pupils in the public schools mp t.
date to be zoos. This 10 . gain Of
nearly 800 over hast year.
walter Whitcomb 10 lying at the
point OF death At his home I'VE miles
southwest OF Rayenna as the result
e Q murderous attack, evidently
prompted by the motive OF robbery.
while his assailant has fled to parts
unknown. The fugitive II . young
man.
Arrangements Are being perfected
By the city teachers for . series OF
spelling contests to be held in the
Wahoo schools this winter. A c0un-
" contest win be held some time next
month, in which nearly every school
district in the county will be repre-
0ented.
Mn. Charles Depew, who shot Mrs.
Elmer Berry in the left leg at Ere
mont, claiming that the latter was
too friendly with Mrs. Depew's hus-
band, may not be prosecuted. 1t Is
understood that all parties are anx-
ious to drop the matter to avoid fur
Their notoriety.
Consul General Joseph LANCER OF
WILDER, who 10 visiting in Nebraska,
has been appointed . colonel on Gov
ernor Nickey's stan. which appoint
ment carries with 1t the right to wear
the dazzling uniform Of the star upon
every possible pretext and in any
quarter OF the globe.
Charles Bloedorn. . Platte county
boy by birth, 10 home for . few days
1t Columbus. He Is engaged In rails
ing rice and owns . large plantation
In Louisiana, $50 miles west Of New
Orleans. He speaks well OF the south
and says It offers many opportunities
for safe investments.
George F. Houseworth, who has held
the once Of clerk of the district court
in Cass county for eight years, filed
his resignation with the board Of coun-
ty commissioners. the same to take
effect on December 1. He will re-
move to Seattle. WASH. and engage
In the real estate business.
State Food Commissioners Thompson
has decided to enforce the law which
prohibits the use OF oleomargarine in
hotels and restaurants unless Q sign
on the wall opposite each table in
forms the eating public that 1t is being
served with spurious butter. A hotel
keeper 1t Kearney was selected a the
ilrst victim and was fined SIS ind
costs. the minimum penalty.
The people Of Papillion beheld a
brilliant celestial phenomenon. A ball
OF fire Of quite large size appeared
high in the sky to the northeast Of
tho town.
Governor Mickey issued . statement
through his private secretary that A.
v. Cole. commandant of the Soldiers
home 1t Grand Island. had resigned
because of the Ill health Of his wife.
There was NO friction 1t all between
~" said the governor. Mrs. Cole
was in i'll health and Mr.. Cole decided
that . change OF climate would do her
good. and that is the reason he re-
signed"
A smooth appearing. well dressed
man giving his name n Walter Dress
q surrendered himself to Sheriff
Bauman OF Dodge county and told him
that he was IN escaped convict from
the Iowa penitentiary At Anamosa and
had two more years to serve Of q i've
year sentence for criminal assault.
He said he had become tired Of evad-
ing ofncers and wanted to go book
and finish his time. The Iowa author
titles e notified Of the case.
The case Of Minerva wilkins y I.
william wilkins WAS settled in the
county court ut York. The defendant
Wa held On two counts. One vas for
abandonment Of his wife and one for
abandoning his child. aged eight
years. wilkins married . widow
With seven children some time ago
and from the evidence the family was
too large for him to support. and he
lett them to get along % best they
could. He vas bound over to the Dis
tr3ct court for abandoning his own
child.
John willis of Iilcoln. foreman NJ