Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-11

Widows at Red Cloud-Red Cloud shelters
over fifty widows. Perhaps over half of
them are below the age of forty-fve and
most Of them are well provided for as to
the comforts of life
The Bold Bachelor-Phil Hoffa is erecting
a nice new barn on his farm. He expects
to build house as soon as he gets the
barn completed, Look out girls; these old
bachelors mean business when they get
started.-South End Correspondent ST. Paul
Republican.
Modest Candidates-Last summer at the
Norfolk race meet one galloping event
caused trouble Every time the horses got
under way they would break for the
stable. They refused to go around the
track. In the mayoralty race, it's the
same way. Everybody that the town starts
on the track, makes a wild dash for the
stable.-Norfolk News
Matter Of Detail-A teacher out by Kes-
terson told her pupils the story OF the land
ing of the pilgrims When she had fin
ished. she asked them to try their hand
drawing a picture Of Plymouth Rock One
little boy who had been busy putting beans
down the neck of the girl in front of him,
mum, which do you want. hen or roos-
ter?"-Bairbury Journal.
Friendly CHAR at Mullen-we are told
that the better half Of. the Curlew postof-
fee has given 1t out to frequenters of the
"shebang" that the last weeks Curlew
items were too sensibleAto have been writ
ten by your correspondent Wonder whose
paper she borrowed to find out? 1t comes
with exceptionally poor grace under the
circumstances. as / have learned No Tri-
bune is addressed weekly to the author of
those remarks. Go and subscribe, and 1t
will entitle you to butt in and pass judg-
ment without exciting comment.-Curlew
Correspondent, Mullen Tribune.
Professor Is Excited-Professor Wilkins
taught the pupils Of his room last Monday
morning seven kinds OF Latin and French
that they never heard OF before and scared
all the scholars till they were almost ready
to run, and said he would lick the kid
that stuffed the chimney full of rags, and
at last when the pipes were taken down
it was discovered that a boot owl had
fallen down the chimney and shut on the
draft. The scholars looked puzzled. the
professor looked blank and one little fell
IAN owl, that's all."-Verona Correspon-
dent, Harvard Courier.
Surprise at Arcadia-when we wrote the
item that the Jaques Grain company had
in car load of hard coal we penned Il
in good faith. The car was duly rolled up
10 the BIN and scoop shovels ready to
transfer the black diamonds from car to bin
and the car door was rolled back and 10
and behold IL was load of tobacco. To
make matters worse II was not even chew
ing tobacco so that ore might get up ac-
tion OF the jaws enough to keep warm
nor was It cigars that one might smoke
up with 1t was tobacco that had been
prepared for cigar making and now all
we will have to do 70 set a home cigar
shop is TO ship In a few cigar makers. Mr.
Leininger is figuring on whether Il is bet
ter 70 do or 10 try 10 locate his car Of
hard coal. In the meantime the car is not
unloaded yet and we suppose the railroad
company is charging up demurrage at the
rate OF dollar per day.-Arcadia Cham
pion.
One Steers Long Fast-Some time in the
latter part Of January steer belonging to
Mr. Louis Nelson, southwest OF town, was
lost and no trace OF his whereabouts could
IS discovered. AS a high wind had risen
the same night that the steer was lost,
causing Mr.. Nelson's straw piles to be
blown over Il was thought that possibly it
had been covered up and unable to get out.
therefore Mr.. Nelson, with some assistance,
dug for some time IN the straw pile. but
was unable to discover that the steer had
been entombed. Last Friday evening as
Mr.. Nelson was going out for his cattle
he passed the straw pile and as he heard
a faint below, II occurred 10 him that the
steer must be there. and he ran to the
barn for fork and returned and resumed
work pitching the straw. After some time
he located the animal and IN short time
had him released, the animal seeming none
the worse for it's experience, as IL jumped
a four-foot fence aud ran home to the
/ water tank 10 get a much needed drink, as
| Il was then tweAty-six DAYS Il had been
under the straw.-Wausa Gazette.
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