The Columbus journal., 1903-06-17
Matters in Nebraska.

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Mewsv STATE sRIeFs.
Sterling has decided not to celebrate
On July this year.
Salaries OF all the school teachers
OF Stromburg have been raised.
The republican state convention will
Be held at Lincoln. August Is.
There were 81 graduates at the Lin
coin high school commencement.
Farmers about Taylor are cutting
the nrst crop Of alfalfa. 1t is excep-
tsonally heavy.
Smallpox has again made its appear
aace In Beatrice in q mild form. Three
cases are reported.
A daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bagg.
living in the west part OF Nelson. was
terribly burned by an explosion OF
kasoline and her life is in grave dan
ger:
Fire at Greenwood destroyed the
buildings and the entire stock OF lum-
ber. line. coal. cement and other ma
terials belonging to NJ. ID. Kern. The
loss will be from $4,000 to $4,000.
Lightning struck the steeple OF the
Catholic church at Fairmont. BY the
exertion Of the fire department. aided
by the citizens. the fire was extin-
Euished with the loss Of the steeple.
The twentieth annual commencement
OF the York High school had the larg-
est number Of graduates in the history
Of the school. There were twelve
young women and sixteen young men.
Deputy Game Warden Raney and
Marshall Kane arrested Herman
Berche. he having brought into Nor
folk. it is charged. fifty-four fish. twice
rs many NJ the law allows for q sin
gle days catch.
The entertainment given at Beatrice
for the benefit Of the food sufferers
was largely attended. About $175 was
realized and that amount will be
promptly turned over to the propee
committees to aid In buying food and
clothing.
The body OF an unidentified man was
discovered by some boys alongside the
Union Pacific tracks about three miles
east Of Ames He was lying with his
head near the rail and the top of his
head was fractured. There were no
other bruises upon him.
Eddie England. . seventeen-year-old
boy employed at the Depot hotel. Nor
folk. whose parents live In Omaha. was
drowned IN the Elkhorn river south of
Norfolk. With two companions. 1t was
proposed to swim across the river. but
the current Overcame England and he
sank
The German Telephone company filed
articles of incorporation with the
county clerk at Beatrice. The paid up
capital of the company Is $1,000. with
the privilege Of increasing the amount
at any time. and the place Of doing
business is In Logan township. that
county.
The report Of Warden Beemer of the
state penitentiary for May shows there
are now 279 convicts. During the
month ten have been discharged and
one parOled. Nine convicts were re-
ceived during the month. one returned
from the insane asylum and one re-
turned from parole.
Michael Lamb Of Greeley county was
sentenced to nine years in the peniten-
tiary by the refusal of the supreme
court to reverse the decision of the
district court of Greeley county. The
crime was committed August %. 1902.
A car of cattle was stolen from the
range of the Rooney Cattle company
and driven to Cedar Rapids. Neb., and
shipped.
Shelby A. Fowler, who has been two
years in the Transvaal as . soldier in
the British army, has just returned
to his parents home in Ashland. He
states that he saw service and enjoyed
his experience. On his way home he
made a trip into Canada to take up a
land claim on a British soldiers war
rant.
Two men were killed and one dan
kerously injured near the railroad
bridge across Beaver creek q half mile
west OF Genoa on the Cedar Rapids
branch of the Union Pacific railroad
BY . collision between a stock train
and the handcar of the Genoa section
crew. There were five men upon the
handcar. Three Of them saved their
lives by jumping.
From December to June I the num-
ber of inmates OF the Hastings insane
asylum has decreased from 9l5 to S73,
according to the statement Of the sup
erintendent. w. B. Kerns. During the
six months forty-one patients have
died. one escaped and two were dis
charged as having regained their
minds. Only ten persons were admit
ted during this time.
State Superintendent Fowler has is-
sued a pamphlet containing the date
and places of holding the various cOun-
ty institutes and the state examina-
tions. These latter will be held at
Lincoln. Norfolk. Alliance. North
Platte. Holdrege. McCook and Valen-
tine on August 6. and 3. In Douglas
county the institute will be held in
Omaha. beginning August - and con-
tinue one week.