The Columbus journal., 1904-05-25
NEBR ASKA STATE NEWS


News lN 0aiGF.
| Rev. Haskins. vim preach The memo
rial sermon at Fails Citv.
The Round Grove Telephone com
pany. to operate in Sherman and Gus
ter coQnties. has been Organized ii
LitchAeld.
The remains q Brakeman George
r. Snyder. who va killed In the
McCook yards, were takea 10 Lincoln
for interment.
State Fish Commissioner O'Brien
has placed 100000 pike. 1900 channel
cat and 500 crappies in Crystal lake.
Dakota county.
Amos T. CAN'T Of Falls City says
he heard Sir Henry NJ Stanley pro
pose marriage to IN Omaha actress
while . resilient Of that city.
Contrary to frst expectations. Jack
Monroe. who attempted suicide At
North Platte. h improving and the
physicians now express the opinion
that he win recover.
When G. Ffanzen Of PlattsmOuth
visited his tailoring establishment the
other morning he discovered that four
suit patterns. two pants patterns and
q new suit Of clothes had been taken.
At Columbus the jury in the case
Of the state against Carl Smith re-
turned . verdict Of guilty after being
out less than an hour. Smith was
convicted Of stealing . team and bug
gy belonging to r. J. Seine3. March
Is. He Was arrested about . month
later at Exeter. Neb.
Robert Davis Of Beatrice has re-
turned from Oregon. bringing with
him two bear cubs about seven weeks
old. which he captured thirty-flve
miles west Of Albany. He was at-
tackled by the mother bear and after
q desperate encounter with the ami
NAL he succeeded in killing IL with
an N.
Frank Rowe. . man Of IS years Of
age. was arraigned before County
Judge Louis Deward 1t West Point
on the charge Of statutory assault on
the person of the 13-year-Old daughter
Of Fred Eggert. q farmer living three
miles east Of that city. The defend
ant offered NO defense and was bound
over to the district court
Judge lessen has issued . peremp-
tory writ Of mandamus against the
members Of the board oe trustees Of
the village Of Greenwood. requiring
them to convene In special session
and forthwith revoke the saloon II
cense granted to Peter A. Smith. The
order also requires them To close the
saloon until the matter can be de-
c!ded at the next term Of court.
St Patrick's Catholic church Of Nc.
Cook was formally dedicated. Rt. Rev
Thomas BOnacum Of Lincoln O1nciat
ing. assisted by Rev. d. Fitzgerald Of
Grafton. Rev. l. w. Winzell Of Hern-
don, Kas.: Rev. ]. w. Glenn Of At.
wood. Kas.. and Rev. J. J. LOughran:
the local pastor. Bishop BOnacum
also preached the sermon on the &C
casion and Father Fitzgerald conduct
ed high mass.
John King and George Svears
pleaded guilty to the charge Of grand
larceny in district court at Beatrice
and will be sentenced soon. They
have been in the county Jail for eight
months awaiting trial on the charge
of r0bbing w. T. b. Simpson. . trav
cling salesman for the Morton Gregg
son Packing company Of Nebraska
City. at the Burlington depot In Beat.
rice on September Is. 1903.
DIR. E. w. Bullard. an old settler in
Pawnee county. WAS buried last week.
the services being conducted by the
MasOns, Of which he was an hOnOred
member. He was IN army surgeon
during the rebellion. and soon after
being discharged he located in the
southeast part of Pawnee county. and
has spent most Of his subsequent life
In that vicinity, living. however.
part of the time In Des MOines. Ia,
and Topeka. Kas.
Falls City now has . pavilion for
stock sales.
Crist Thomas. q resident Of Saun-
ders county across the river from
Fremont. was made the victim Of an
assault by two tramps. He was doing
some work in field and left his lunch
ind water jug under . tree. When he
returned he saw the two strangers
rating AMI dring from his bottle. In
response to demand to know what
they were doing ON his farm. one Of
the tramDs made an insulting remark.
A fight resulted and Thomas was bad
" wOrsted.
Expert T. C. Cannon. who has been
employed by the county board Of SUI
persisOrc of Washington county to
check up the county omcers, has
handed In his report On the county
treasurer covering the past four years.
lie finds that the ex-treasurer still
owes the county 1886. and also finds
! number Of alleged Irregularities for
he et.ention Of the county board.
among them being . case where the
e.. st. p. N. 4 O. railroad paid in
nearly 1900 Of the taxes on the 18th
1f January. 1902. and On the books
he money was credited as coming
IN during the fiscal year 1901.
, J. d. Hansen Of John Hall won in
he academy preliminary debate and
hey will represent the Crete academy
Il Franklin In q debate with Franklin
academy. The judges were Profess
,rs Brown. Bennett and Jillson.
Two populist conventions were de-
.ides. on by the populist central com
nil.ce. The delegate convention will
De held In Fremont On the second
Tuesday in June and national dele