The Columbus journal., 1904-03-16
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TAE STATE At LARGE.
Citizens Of Beatrice will ask the
Burlington road to give them . new |
0epot.
The bridge over the Republican riv-
er at Superior was badly damaged BY !
IN Ice gorge.
CIand Carpenter is In Jail ut Beat !,
rice for thirty days for Stealing q !
meerschaum pipe.
Some OF the sheep feeders In Dodge !
county are shearing their sheep and
sending them to market.
The ice and high water In the Platte |
river have taken out most Of the
bridges north Of Kencsaw.
w. H. Platner Of Omaha. . civil war
veteran. dropped dead on the streets
o. that city few days ago.
The county bridge across the rlatts
river, about three miles from COlum-
bus. was washed out by the high vat
Or and Ice.
The Lincoln Implement and Trans
fer company. $4,000 capital stock. has
hled articles Of incorporation with the
secretary Of state.
Cass cOunty's mortgage record
shows the amount Of farm mortgages
fled to be $59.992; released. s., SIG.
City mortgages fled amounted to g.
100: re. eased. $7.OS2.
At . meeting Of the board OF super
vis0rs held In Beatrice J. HI. Sparks OF
st. Joseph was awarded the contract
lor building the bridges In Gage coun-
ty for the coming year.
w. F. Cook Of Cheyenne county. cen
fenced to three years In the peniten-
tiary for obtaining money under false
pretenses. has secured q reversal and
will be given q new trial.
The homo Of John Donner. four
miles northwest Of Elgin. burned to
the ground In the late wind storm.
Nothing was saved. The family hare
ly escaped with their lives.
George Casey. . farm hand employ.
cd by Frank Bartels. near Pcrtal. Sar.
py county. attempted suicide by drink
ing six ounces Of iodine. The doctors
saved his life by pumping him. out.
An ordination service was held In
the Congregational church at IinvOod
before q crowded house, In which Mrs.
M. J. Dickinson. pastor Of the COhgre-
gatiOnal church here, was ordained.
The WOman's club at Fremont has
forwarded to Prof Barbour Of the Uni
versity of Nebraska q number Of In
teresting articles which will be inclId-
ed in the state exhibit at the ST. Louis
exposition.
A prairie fire north Of ElwOOd de-
strOyed ii. o. Haller's house. barn,
horses and all outbuildings; J. s. Tew
ellis barn, all Outbuildings and 500
bushels of wheat; Mrs. COrder's house
and buildings.
Fire destroyed about forty tons Of
hay on the farm Of George Drake. .
farmer living south Of Red Cloud.
Drake swOre out q complaint against
his brOther-in-law, JEFF BeaIchamp, for
setting fire to the hay.
Articles of incorporation Of the Dole
Floral company have been filed in the
Office of the county clerk at Beatrice.
The company Is capitalized for $26..
600 and the principal place Of Going
business is at Beatrice.
The women of the local Relief corps
at Schuyler have set a movement on
foot to secure funds to erect q SOL
diers' monument. They have placed
the amount they desire at $3.50. and
some have signified their willingness
to c0nt:iSute literally.
Secretary Bennett of the state board
Of equalization is confident that the
NOT meet to agree on q basis Of valu-
etiOn. He declared that an agreement
on values would disQualify the Onicials
from holding their positions.
Little Vincent SlOggett, aged s. sun
of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. J. SlOggett Of Ere
mont, was killed by falling downstairs
at his home. The boys death was not
the result Of internal injuries. but
followed the bursting of q blood vessel.
which threw him into commissions.
A scheme Is on foot at Fremont to
hold regular cattle and horse sales.
Two Grand Island dissolute women
from the prescribed district and . man
whose identity the police have not
learned drove horse to death. When
the horse was turned into the barn
its back showed the heavy welts Of the
whip and it could scarcely wabble to
its stall, where 1t died in thirty min
utes.
Forty feet OF the Hamilton Hall
county bridge. owned and maintained
J5:ntly by the two counties, went out
the other day, the result Of IN ice
gorge. and more of It is out OF line.
or has the piling cut from under ii.
The bridge y about . mile long. the
most serious damage being on the Hall
county side.
BY an order of the supreme court. |
based on q decision handed down at
its last sitting, the Union Pacific Rail
road company has just paid out $48.
900, of which sum $35. 900 was for the |
value of q lot which the company tried |
to secure from Mrs. Sarah N. Stan |
wood for $15,1O4. The remainder Of
the amount was for interest and incl
dental expenses. i
George Keller, Thomas Gray, alias |
Thomas Rogers. and Samuel Bradley. |
alias Sam T. Bulls, charged with rob |
bling the bank at Lyons. were bound |
over in the sum of $1,000 each. Keeler |
will be taken to Dodge and Gray and |
Bradley will be taken to the Douglas |
county Jail for safe keeping.
Secretary D0bson of the state board |
Of irrigation sent ont notices to ap- |
plicants for ws:er and irrigation pur-
1na~a IN Ala their .1e0s0fa Af 0nHA m L