The Columbus journal., 1907-04-10
NEBRASKA MATTERS
tmOooRllAM0oUof OoGWo MOTIFS
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HENS e 8nn INTEREST


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y TAI cemnoaueoseh ASeae.
Lssisvins veaa Dry It Nc late cleo
Hon. ". v. AlDea. 1ssmer senator
fto0 Nebraska. - been secured 70
denver Ne oratioa 1t WisDer on No
nesial day.
At Sterling. careful examination a
ifuit buds reveals the D3easing fact
that nOoo Of The fruit hos been In
jured b. the recent severe frost.
TAs body q Robert Romans. . rssl-
rod enploye. Who has made his hone
In Blair for Afteea years. was brought
from Cheyenne. where he died q
spotted fever.
John ?. Mahoaey hAa sold 40 acres
Of land in the western part Of Otoe
county for $4,000. This - the largest
aAnd sale made In The county within
the past thirty dayA
Fire in the roof Of The West school
building. Fremont, W1s ext1nguished
with little trouble and he damage Win
not exceed go. The eAiDdren marched
out Of the building without much o.
citement.
Rev. Albert e. Kicker. former pastos
Of the First Coa8TaGntiooa1 church.
Aurora. departed for Indianapolis. Ind.
whese he win have his A~eadquarte>s
-. H-->-a-H~-A>- NnA0RAOA-
tional home missionary society for In
diana
While Myer Hansei. . farmer living
north Of Friend, vas a1te0dlAg church
Sunday his resjdeace vas broken into
and thoroughly ransaekeaL About =
In cash. two suits u clothes, . suie
and some other Articles taken
Il vas soon discovered that the prob
able thieves were hiding in some
bushes In his pasture. . They were ar-
rested.
While playing about The house the
little child Of Mr.. and NTs. Silas
breckenridge of Plattsmoath fell and
struck one eye against . nail which
had been driven through . board. The
0Hi;d vas taken to Omaha. but physt
clans could give but little encourage
ment In saving the sight Of the wound
ed member.
The Beatrice Commercial club Is
considering the advisability Of asking
the city council to remove the occupa-
ton tax from insurance companies
doing business in the city. A PROPOSE
ton was recently submitted to the
club by the insurance companies O6er.
ing to deduct I'VE per cent on the in
surance rate In the city providing
the tax II removed.
The story has gone ont that tina
johnson County Fair association has
decided definitely to participate In the
Nebraska Driving associations circuit
this year. When approached upon the
subject. Secretary Charles Wilson OF
the local association said II had not
yet been determined by the officers Of
the fair whether or not Tecumseh
would be in the race circuit.
Miss Sarah Riechers of Humboldt
had a narrow escape from death by
poisoning while sewing at the home
of Mrs. J. f. Buell.. In mistake for a
medicine which she was taking she
got hold Of q bottle containing tincture
of belladonna. and swallowed a spoon
full Of the mixture. Only prompt and
Efficient Medical attention prevented
the dose from proving fatal.
In the new stone quarry which was
opened I Nehawka . freak Of nature
was discovered which win probably
never be witnessed again by any OF
the inhabitants Of that vicinity. IL Is
an old oak and q cherry tTee growing
from the same stump They are per
fectly fused together and to all pur-
poses grew from the same root. 1t
is . matter Of considerable specular
ton how two Of these trees. that are
SO different in habits, came to b
linked together.
A meeting Of the board Of health Of
Grand Island ~ called to tAhe action
upon the recurring inp0rtatjons Of
smallpox. A few weeks ago the Arst
. . made its appearance. A lAboeer
arrived On IN early morning train from
the northwest. where the Burlington Is
having considerable eoassyuesion ~ork
done. He walked through the entire
city. the stage Of the disease being
that In which Il n most c~outaea.sus
and called ut the St Francis hospital
which q take no CONTAGIOUS diseases.
Nebraska City has several bright
stars on the Theatrical stage and the
Indications are that Il win BOON have
another and that will perhaps
shine brighter than the others. Miss
Sue Andreasen va born there, grad
uated in the high school and some
two years ag0 Went to Chicago to
study for the stage. The college she
attends selects two students BY com
petition to be IN understHdy With one
Of the leading theatrical cOmpanies.
Out Of . class Of forty-eight Miss An
~AR 1PQf Nh0oon