The Columbus journal., 1906-05-16
OVER THE STATE.

OVER THE STATE.
Mrs. Elizabeth Irwin died at Platts
mouth, last week. aged 80 years.
Work is rapidly progressing on thu
new Burlington depot at Beatrice.
For the first time in the towns his
tory, Oxford is to have three saloons.
A Lincoln man is drawing plans 70,
the Y. NJ. C "A building at Fremont.
The State Liquor Dealers associa
ton will meet in Columbus June 11th
It is said Gov. Mickey has asked fol
the resignation of DR.. Nicholson oi
the Norfolk asylum.
The dead man found floating down
the river at Rulo, was identified as J.
G. Mason of Brownville.
E. E. Bolejack has just established
bank at Barada. The capital stock
Of the new bank will be $500.
A Y. NJ. C. A. building will be put
up at Fairbury. The structure is to
cost $4,000, and the money has all
been raised.
w. H. Mann has time card of the
Burlington for 1881, which shows that
there were but two trains a day be-
tween Plattsmouth and Lincoln.
Mrs. John c. Buess, an aged lady and
one Of the pioneers of Otoe county. fell
down a fight of stairs and broke a
h0vp ~ vfh h0 &C. ~h0 v.,f1o
not recover.
The Harrington city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting bar
ber shops to be open hereafter on Sun
days subject to fine Of $50 for vio-
lation of the ordinance.
At special election in Beaver City.
the proposition to issue bonds for the
erection Of a high school building was
carried by an overwhelming majority,
there being but nine votes cast against.
August Croft, cashier of the State
bank of Goehner. Seward county, re-
ceived SOS in small contributions for
the San Francisco people and sent the
money to Dr. Devine of the Red Cross.
The project to re-establish the
twenty-five cent ferry rate for the ben
eft of farmers of the Iowa side Of the
river is again being pushed by the
members OF the Commercial club of
Plattsmouth.
OF the ninety-five lots set aside by
the state fair board for the implement
section, sixty-three have already been
taken. The rapidity with which the
space is being engaged is a surprise to
Secretary Mellor.
Property of the George Town Roller
mill and -four company situated sew
eral miles south of Broken Bow and
principally owned by Mayor George Of
Broken Bow was totally destroyed by
fire. No insurance.
E. B. Blust will build a new hotel in
Ravenra. 1t will be brick structure
32x60 feet and two stories high. A
new hotel is badly needed in Ravenna
since the burning of the Burlington
hotel and eating house.
Orlando Fish, a former resident Of
Merrick county, died at the Colum-
bus hospital from the effects of gun
shot wound inflicted by James Nichols
Of Nance county. The men had quar-
relied over lease of farm
= John Howell. vice president of the
Bank Of Oxford. will shortly retire
from active participation in the man
agement of that institution and will
be succeeded by his brother, Matthew
Howell a capitalist of Yorh, Neb.
Fremont is to vote upon the PROPOSE
tion of issuing bonds OF $4,000 to-
wards the construction of a new
and water works system. cost
ing $4,000. This was decided at the
close of a long meeting of the city
Coal has been discovered on the
farm of c. E. Morris, three miles south
east Of Diller. and samples brought
to Beatrice show the speciments to be
from one to three inches in thickness.
The vein crops out in a cut made BY
the Burlington company in straighten-
ing its roadbed.
The Vermont Marble company Of
Rutland, VT, has presented Seward
county with a block of white marble
from which a life size statue Of Hon.
Seward. for whom the town
and county were named will be
This statue will be placed on
a pedestal at the north entrance Of the
court house.
Jansen e. Son of Jansen. recently
sold to the commission firm Of Clay.
Robinson & Co., 428 shorn wethers and
yearlings, which averaged ninety-two
pounds and for which they received
$5.45 per 10 pounds. This price is the
top for the season on shorn weathers
and the first and only lot to bring the
figure.
Rev. p. L. johnson. treasurer of Has
tings college. has gone 10 New York
City for the purpose of completing the
s100.000 endowment fund which is be-
ing collected for that institution.
About $4,000 has already been sub
scribed. Andrew Carnegie has of.
fered $4,000 for new building II the
500. 900 is raised.
Sheriff Bauman Of Dodge county,
arrived at Fremont from Jsceola with
Fay Baker. He was charged with the
theft Of team and bugs from George
Heine Of Hopper. Baker had posses
sion of the outfit that was missed from
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