The Columbus journal., 1903-01-21
NEBR ASKA IN GENERAL


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BRIEF NOTES.
The total number Of deeds flled n
Gage county for the year 1902 Was
.237, the consideration stated therein
being $1,341. .5o5.
The fourth annual banquet Of the
Dempster Mill Manufacturing company
was held in Nichob' hall. Beatrice.
Saturday evening.
The Ord Independent Telephone
company has 40 phones now in op-
Grafton, as against eighteen Of the Ne
braska Telephone company.
Robert J. Shankland. . prominent
and wealthy farmer Of Superior, is
dead Of appendicitis. The body has
been taken to Red Oak, L., for in
terment.
The Nebraska Park and Forestry A.
sociati0n will meet In Lincoln January
13 at 7:S0 p. m. The meeting win be
held In the room Of Prof. Bessey ut the
State university.
The Nebraska City branch Of the
U. n Association Of Postomce Clerks
has elected the following officers:
Clyde e. Mccormack. president: H.
Clifford Leigh, secretary: Melvin
Thompson. treasurer.
Fremont ice dealers have over half
Of the crop put up and II the weather
continues a. It IL win have all they
want. The second crop Of ice is now
six inches thick and perfectly clear.
F. NJ. Feigler, . druggist at Denver.
who is In Beatrice on q visit, sustained
an ugly scalp wound and other injur-
les by falling on the slippery sidewalk.
He is under the care of q physician.
The school house at Wolbach has
been destroyed by fire. The IRE was
Of unknown origin. The insurance pol
icy Of $3.50 expired about thirty days
ago. and consequently the building is
a total loss to the district.
The only coal in Sidney is q few
cars in the Union Pacific yards. There
Is not an ounce in the yards of any
Of the dealers. The situation Is be-
coming desperate. and the coal in the
railroad yards will be seized unless
there is speedy relief from some 9TH
er source.
Mr.. Baggee, Swede farmer 65 years
old, living thirteen miles northwest
of Cozad. has been killed by a vicious
bull. He went to the field to drive
up the cattle when the animal at
tackled him. He walked to the house,
about quarter Of a mile. and died
soon after.
The damages from the heavy wind
at Fremont are much greater than at
first reported. A great many wind
mills were put out of use, and prob
ably as many more blown down or
broken. In Saunders county. south Of
the Platte. twenty-six mills were de-
molished.
A list of improvements made in
Ashland and vicinity during 1902 has
just been compiled. It shows over
$4,000 expended by Ashland citizens
for new houses, barns, additions to
and buildings of similar de-
sign. The largest item is Railsback
Bros elevator, costing $4,000.
Beatrice volunteer hose company
has elected officers for the coming year
as follows: Ed Maxwell. president:
Ira Lock, vice president; w. d. Moore,
secretary; Patrick Quinn. steward;
John Plebuch. foreman: E. A. Gordan.
first assistant: G. Kuhn, second as
sistant; A. p. Sage, treasurer.
The cattle stealing case against
'Four-Spot" Hurlburt was dismissed
after the evidence disclosed the fact
that the brand of the complaining
witness was not recorded with the
state brand commission. Mrs. Haynes,
q well known ranchwOman southwest
Of Alliance, was the complaining wit
ness. f-
At a meeting of sugar beet grow
ers in Hershey, Mr.. Leavitt Of the
Standard Beet Sugar company Of Ames
stated he would erect at that place a
modern factory If 5000 acres Of beets
could be raised, and that he would
erect and maintain a testing and
station this year for 500
acres. The prospects for q factory
there in 1904 are gooe.
Several bad cases of cattle being Dol.
soned by eating hay which contained
ergot have come to light at Fremont.
One herd of cattle northwest of Ere
mont is in an especially bad condi.
tion. nearly all of the $50 head show.
ing some symptoms of 1t, and q mum.
Der were ordered shot by the veter-
mary. The disease affects the hind
feet, which swell up and in some cases
rot and fall of before the
animal dies.
The following dates have been given
out for holding district court in the
Fourteenth judicial district: Frontier,
February 3. September z: Furnas,
March 2. September %; Red Willow,
March 16. October II; Hitchcock,
March 30. November 3; Gosper, April
5. November Is: Dundy, April IA, No
vember %; Hayes, April 20, Septem-