The Columbus journal., 1903-06-24
Matters in Nebraska.
NEwsv STATE BRIEFS.

York is preparing to pave some Of
its principal streets.
Osceola has decided not to celebrate
the Fourth this year.
Fire in SCOTS Bluff destroyed
three freme buildings.
The dam at Crete..,aken out by the
high water is to be rebuilt.
Saunders county has in view the
building Of 4 new court house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rieser of Rich.
ardson county last week celebrated
their golden wedding.
By the falling of q heavy derrick
Charles Grier was instantly killed In
the U. p. shops ct Omaha.
Old settlers of Saline and adjoinirs 9
counties are arranging for :he:r' an.
nual ricnic, to be held in Angus.
Rev. F. ". Leavitt, pastor of the
Congregational church of West Point
for the last four years, has resiened
his pastorate.
The reports from state banks that
are coming into the banking DEPART
ment show IN improvement over those
OF thee months ago.
J. H. Murray, an aged resident of
Beatrice, and David Cleek were :njur.
ed In q runaway accident. The for
mer's injuries may prove fatal.
Black Bros Touring mill at Beat.
rice. which was forced to close down
on account of the floods, has resumed
operations with full force of hands.
The Richards county assessors re-
turns have been tabulated. Total val
uation of the county is $3.50, ,762. 81.
This is about $500 higher than last
year. Total personal property is ST.
1S1.217.s1.
Eddie. the three-year-old son of ].
J. Thompson of Humboldt, got his
hand in the cogs of a wringer while
the family washing was being done.
and suffered the loss of the ends of
three fingers.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Monroe Independent Telephone
company the capital stock was in
creased to $4,000. This is the result
OF extensions that the company is
making arrangements for.
The German Independent Telephore
company. which will have its princi.
pal place Of business at the German
school house in Logan township, Gage
county, has fled articles of incorpor.
alton with the secretary of state.
A number of improvements are be-
ing made in the Argo Starch works at
Nebraska City, with a vsew to doub-
ling its capacity. The plant belongs
to the starch trust and they are max
ing 1t furnish all of the starch for
the middle west.
A peculiar accident happened at
Roseland. While a woman with two
little children were driving through
q pond In water not over three feet
deep. the horse became entanRled in
the harness and fell. 1t was unable
to arise and before it could be re.
leased was drowned.
oil inspector Church has completed
his report for the month of May. Al.
though May is one of the poorest
months in the year so far as oil in.
s9Hst'or fees go. he reports u surplus
OF $4OS. 40 to turn into the state treas.
ury. The receipts were 81 .3S3. .3G and
the expenditures s974.S2.
The board of purchase and supplies
has bought furniture for the peniten.
tfary. The contracts have been let
and 1t is expected the goods will be de.
lfvered at once. The Baker Furniture
company of Omaha got a contract for
$7O2.55 and the remainder of the
$2.O35 went to Lincoln dealers.
Fate Davis, a stock buyer who has
been operating in Memphis. Saunders
county. for several years, has disap.
peared. 1t is stated that he borrowed
5000 on a crib of corn as security,
which proved to be q myth. It is also
told that ne bought one lot of cattle
of one party for $500 and 81 200 worth
OF another party, giving them checks
on a bank in Ashland with which he
had been doing business. He shipped
the cattle to South Omaha immediate
ly. sold them and disappeared.
The semi7annual report of the COM
mandant of the Soldiers and Sailors
home at Grand Island, just made to
the governor. shows that the cost of
maintaining the inmates of the insti.
tuition for the last six months was
$S3.71 per capita, as compared with
IN average of $S9.19 for the half year
ending November 30, 1902. The daily
average during the past six months
has been 347 inmates. as compared
with an average of $50 for the year
ending December 1. 1902.
As soon as Hinton & Minnick's ice
houses at Falls City, with 1000 tons
Of ice. were swept away by the flood
a few weeks ago, they set to work
making arrangements to install an ar
tifcial ice plant. A contract has
been let for q plant of twelve tons
capacity per day. besides the cold
storage room. at q cost of about $15,-
600, to be completed and in operation
in two months.
Rev. Cobb preached his farewell
sermon at Humboldt and will soon
leave for Indian Territory.
People At Table Rock and vicinity
were treated to a genuine surprise in
the separation of Frank Dobrovolny
and his wife, Martha Dobrovolny,
wealthy Bohemians. living q short dis
t0nCe east Of town Tho hneh.u6