The Columbus journal., 1903-09-09
THE STATE On A NUTSHELL


company of Filley has filed articles
of incorporation with the county
clerk. The company has . capital ol
$1,000.
Beatrice merchants have been trOa'
bled with shOplifters for some time,
but there does not seem to be any
disposition to prosecute them when
they are caught.
Clyde Hile, the 17-year-old son Of
Q widow living near Cairo. was drawn
ed in . canyon in Dry creek about q
mile northwest. He was taken with
cramps while swimming.
The recorders report for Otoe coun.
~ for August shows farm mortgages
filed amounting to $l4.9SO.5e and $l7.'
355 released; city property filed. S.
S3O: released. $l,755.6e,
General Sigel Lovelady, who secur.
ed . divorce from Emma Lovelady in
Fremont last week, was the seventh
husband Of his erstwhile spouse.
Three of the husbands we're divorced
James Blair celebrated his seventy.
first birthday at Linwood last week,
He squatted on the site Of Lnwood,
Neb., May 10. 1858. He Is now the
oldest settler living in Butler county.
The Nuckolls County Teachers in
stitute that followed = five weeks
summer normal school held in Mel.
son, closed last week. There wer,
20 teachers in attendance and deep
interest manifested.
Two women giving their names a
Mrs. Smith and Miss Tessie White
and Omaha as their home, were lOdg'
ed in jail at Beatrice on 4 charge
of disorderTy conduct. They were
fined SO and costs each.
John Hendricksen of St. Joseph. q
horseman attending the circuit races
held in Beatrice, was relieved of his
surplus cash at q hotel. While in the
company of Mary Joy he missed $50
which was afterward recovered by the
police.
Fred Hans, detective for the North
western railway. who has been incar
ated in the county Jail at Ainsworth
on the indictment Of q grand jury
for the killing of David Luse some
two years since, was liberated by the
filing of an appearance bond to the
October term of court.
Fred Wilkeening Of Nebraska City
vas examined by the board of com
missioners on insanity and they or
dered him taken to the asylum at Lin
coin. He is a young man and aabOrs
under the hallucination that he has
been hypnotized and is compelled to
do the bidding Of some one else.
w. r. Body. the colOred prOprie
tor of a restaurant in Valentine. is
confined in Jail in default of q $4,000
bond for assault with intent to dc
great bodily harm upon Bridget Moi
fit. He hit her on the right side Oi
the head with an Indian club and hel
skull was fractured. She is in q crit
ical condition.
George r. Tucker. a farmer living
south of PapilIion. has brought suit in
the district court against the Chica
60. Rock Island 4 Pacific railway fol
s. $50 damages. It is alleged the
company built . bridge which proved
inadequate to carry of the water in
Buffalo creek. The creek overfloodet
it's hanks, running Mr. fuckers crop.
and doing other damage.
Several large boxes of clothing were
sent from Stella to the Kansas City
flood sufferers, among which were
thirty new comforters made and con
tributed by the women of Stella ant
vicinity.
The superintendent of the institu
tion for feeble minded youth is pre-
pairing to place on exhibition at thu
state fair q collection of fancy worl
done by the girls at the institution
In addition to this will be a bench
tools and all necessary material fol
the manufacture of brushes by tn.
boys. The results of the patients
work will make q creditable showing
More remaining assets" Of the Cap
ital National bank are to be sold Sep
tember %. Receiver J. w. Mcdonald
issued an advertisement for the sale
These remaining assets comprise
ten judgments obtained in the Sher
man county courts in 1889 aggregat
ing $1S.9OO. and all bearing interes
from Z to 10 per cent. and also nin'
judgments running back from nine Il
seventeen years bearing 10 per cen
interest.
William Hillman, for thirty-f
years a farmer living in Saunder'
county. about four miles south o: Ere
mont. moved last week to California
and il was the first time he has beel
on a train of cars since he came Il
Dodge county. though living within
the sound of trains on both the North
western and Union Pacific railroads
He is about SO years of age.
James Galloway of Buffalo count!
was adjudged insane by the commits
sioners of insanity and taken to tn,
Lincoln asylum.
Governor Mickey has issued a requi
sition upon the governor OF Colorado
for the return to thi state Of Henr!
Hyde. who is wanted at Lexington TO
the commission of a statutory Grim,
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