The Columbus journal., 1903-11-25
>&NEWS IN NEBRA ASkA ~



THE STATE m a paUTsHGLI
Tho new Nasoaic hall at Chappolle
- boea dedicated.
TAe new railroad yards at Noeeolk
hayo been completed. and t.alns IRE
now made up there
The teachers in ehe schools oe
WaAoo together With . number Of the
patrons intsrssted in the study Of lit
seat1rs have organised . Browning
club. The club meets regularly every
two weeks and spends the time in .
careful study Of Brownins's shorter
poems.
The pure food commissionse has
Demonstrated that his once u not IN
expense to the stats. but rather . pay
inc investment Since he took charge
Of the omce he has paid into the state
treasury $3.O0s. while the salary for
the entire year win amount to $1,000.
leaving the state just sos ahead Of
the game.
Tho Tecumseh hre department viii
submit plans to half . dozen whole
sale firms for IN additional lot of eQui.
Page. At present the department Is
composed Of two volunteer hose COM
panies. and It 10 proposed to form .
hook and ladder company and to pro-
vide the necessary equipment for the
same.
Little Harry Woodsides was acci-
dentally shot by his mother in York
county. The Woodsides are farmers
living south Of Waco. Just how the
accidental shooting occurred IL not
known. - the grief stricken mother Il
prostrated and can hardly believe she
shot the child. It was done q she
Was handling . gun.
Mrs. Jane Bowers Of McCook. Neb..
has brought suit ut Butte in tho name
Of her child for the estate of her form
or husband. who was killed in q wreck
some time ago. Mrs. Bowers was d.
v0rced from the deceased and does not
claim any share Of the estate for her
SELF Bowers had been married again
after his divorce from the plaintiff.
Cass county land has become 20
valuable that many farmers are dis
posing Of their homes and buying
where land b cheaper. % ~ to pro-
vide homes for their children. Henry,
VIII and George Wenke have sold
their farms for SIS per acre to August
Englekemeief. Henry bought 1e0
acres in Knox county and VIII and
George each bought 1e0 acres in
Pierce county for SIS per acre.
Thieves entered the hardware store
Of L. A. Higgins Z Company Of Har-
ward BY breaking the glass in one Of
the hack doors and reaching through
and removing the bars and opening
the spring lock to the other door.
They took three or four nice guns. and
i've revolvers and . large amount of
silverware. shears, Eazors and other +!
nne hardware, In all amounting to be- |
tween $3.50 and $500.
Smith Whipple, an Indian from the |
santee reservation. lies at the point |
Of death in Norfolk, and another In
dian Is down with . broken rib and |
other serious injuries ~ . result Of . |
quarrel over . game of cards. Moses |
Whipple. who opened IRE with . dou-
ble-barreled shot gun. 10 In prison, and |
will be taken to Omaha for trial.
While Mart Melia was hunting in
the western part Of Sarpy county he
shot genuine gray eagle. 1t meas
uerd seven feet and seven inches from
the tip Of one wing to tho other. These
birds are not often seen hereabouts
and It il said that never before was
one killed In the county. The eagle
was sent to Omaha to be stuffed.
Frank Mason, IN inmate Of the In
stitute for Feeble Minded Youth. 1t
Beatrice, escaped from his apartments
by jumping through the window, clad
only in his night clothes. He was cap
tured.
Frank Brown, . brakeman on the
Missouri Pacific, met with IN accident
at Stella which cost him one foot and
the toes OF the other one. He jumped
OF the engine ~ 1t passed the depot
and collided with . trunk which threw
him under tho train. One foot was
above the ankle and the toes
On the other ono were mashed.
Owing to the low price Of cattle
and other causes It was supposed that
the stock run ON the Northwestern
would not be large this year. While
The high figures Of last year have not
been reached, tho business has been
good. Three hundred and flfty stock
trains have passed through Long Pine
md nearly all have been fed and wat
Bred in that place.
Thirty-flve young women Of Fremont
IRE to give q minstrel show to assist
In raising funds necessary in enter
taining the hremen's convention.
The question Of fuel Is now . serious
Dne for tho residents Of this part of
The state, says . Galloway dispatch.
Although the local dealers laid In .
good supply Of coal during the summer