The Columbus journal., 1903-07-15
Matters In Nebraska.


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NeWsY STATE BRIEFS.
A three-inch rain visited the vicin'
ity OF Lexington on July I'd.
The people Of Cook. johnson coun-
ty, are asitating for more school room
An ordnance limiting the speed OF
automobiles to eight miles per hour
and requiring them to carry lights ut
niGht has been introduced in the Ere
mont council.
During q strong gust o( wind q
steeple, forty feet In height. was
blown from the large Catholic church
now under construction 1t Touhy, In
Saunders county.
Thirteen young men Of Bradshaw
who are not at all afraid OF the hoo
doc number have Organized . social
club. which is called the Bachelors
club. and have meetings every little
while.
The program Of the third annual
session Of the David City ChautauQua
assembly 10 ready for distribution.
The program is one of the most com.
plete ever gotten up by any assem-
bly,. -.
Peddlers and representatives Of
business houses not established in
York who take orders and sell from
house to house are not coming to York
in the future unless they pay an oc
cupation tax. .,
NJ. Kennedy, IN employe OF the
Northwestern Railroad company n
Norfolk. was struck by the northbound
Bonesteel passenger train 1T the city
station and laid out nat on the plat
form alongside the moving cars. A
dislocated shoulder was the only seri
GUS result.
Work has been commenced on the
new Young Mems Christian associa
ton building at York. When com
p;eted 1t vii be one Of the finest and
best equipped Young Mems Christian
association buildings In the state. Ths
four-story York Times building Il
nearing completion.
Mr.. Conroy, for years . resident o
York county and recently q resfden
OF Geneva. has moved to York ant
purchased property. Mr.. Conroy ha'
brought with him $4,000 worth o
thoroughbred trotters and PAGERS ant
Is training and tracking them on tn
speed track south of York.
Miss Bessie Reynolds. while visit
ing at the home Of her cousin IL
Odessa, was accidentally shot He
cousin, Clarence Nickers0n. twent.
years old, was playing with . revol
yer, and pointing 1t ut his cousin
pulled the trigger, shooting her abov
the right breast. Her condition !
critical.
The board Of public lands and build
ings has entered into contract wit
!: the American Bank Protection CON
pany of Minneapolis to put in q $50
automatic double electrical lining 70
? | the protection of the vault from burt
} lars depredations. Under the col
. tract the vault Is to be lined Wit
. steel calculated to Withstand the ol
. erations Of the cracksmen.
David Mills. . farmer residing abor
three miles east of Wahoo. took
l large dose of carbolic acid by mi
, take from q bottle occupying tn
1 same shelf with some medicines an
+ vas in Q very serious condition fe
{ several hours. A physician was cal
E ed and by the use of stomach pun
!. the patient was relieved and place
D on the road to recovery.
{ Application has been made befo'
o Governor Mickey to authorize the e
q tradition of o. D. Wolf of Butler cou
!. ty to Summit county. Utah. whel
he is charged by the Utah Constru
ton company Of Ogden with obtaf
I. ing money under false pretenses. A
r other complaint lodged against We
l. is that of removing mort9aged pro
c erty from Utah without first satisf
e. ing the debt hanging over It.
Ira Sexton. city clerk OF Ashlan
;. was kicked by . horse over his hea
and rendered unconscious. He vi
close to the animal and did not I
ceive the full force of the blow. I
- is badly injured.
'.I Sixty-eight of the ninety count
|. in the state have reported to Sta
Auditor Weston the total assessmeu
rs disclosed by the assessors b0ol
All but ten of these show an /
crease in the valuation compared vi
last year. the gain amounting to :
- 46S. 900. The net decrease In the t
counties in which there was q falli
ID OF was $529, ,OOO.- Estimating the
u naming twenty-five counties as sho
10 ing the same net ratio as the six
ID eight that have already reported.
nj total assessment of the state Y
stand at $1S5. 5.OOO, 900.
George Eisenbach. q German-R
sian car repairer. was crushed
N death between two freight cars In
n Burlington yards at Lincoln. Els
ks bach was taking o short cut throu
re- the yards and did not notice that
Or. string of cars between which
nd sought to walk was hitched to q swi
,m engine.