The Columbus journal., 1908-09-09
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBHASNA NEWS ANU NOb6S.
Items Of Greater or Lesser Impor.
lance Over the Ststs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Allberry Of
Blair celebrated their golden wedding.
Leigh's new $4,000 school building
IL about ready for occupancy.
Most of the schools In Nebraska
commenced fall and winter operations
September It'll.
Four thousand people participated
In the picnic of the Old Settlers so
ciety Of Cunning county.
The Wayne County Teachers asso-
citation meeting last week was the
most successful ever held. E,
The village of Syracuse held . spe-
cial election on the license question,
and the town went dry by seven
votes. gs 81
Johnson is the only town IN Nemaha
county that now has legal saloon.
the booze shop at Brownville having
been shut out.
The Hastings Frontier Festival as
sociation has been recognized with
the same officers as last year. The
dates are October IA, Is and 16.
The death of Mrs. w. Il. Mansfield
occurred as result of cartolic acid
poisoning, self-administered. She lived
three miles from Wisner.
Jack Riorden. proprietor and man.
ager of the Koehler hotel bar. Grand
Island. was fined $50 and costs for dis
turbing the peace by threatening to
fight, being intoxicated and using pre-
fame and obscene language.
In a rear-end collision on the North
western railroad at Kilgore two men
were killed and one was SO badly hurt
that he will die. Another was seri-
ously injured. All four victims were
stockmen from Norwood, Wyo.
The 14-mcnths-old son of Charles
Porterfield, residing east of Suther.
land, disappeared from home Wednes-
day forenoon. Later the body was
found in the irrigation canal into
which the child had fallen.
Some one stole a sorrel horse and
harness from the stable of Banker
Rix, near the postoffice in Fort Cal
houn. and then took the best buggy
harness and buggy of Mr.. Sibersten.
just west of the park.
The BrCwnville saloon was heard in
the district court at Auburn. The re-
suit is the closing of the saloon on
the ground that two of the petitioners
were not legal freeholders. Johnson
Is new the only town in Nemaha coun-
ty which has legal saloon.
Senator Brown has received press
ing invitation from the chairman of
the Ohio republican state central
committee to make number Of 20
litical speeches in that state. 1t IS
not probable. however, that he will
make any speeches outside CT Ne
braska.
Sheriff Phipps arrested three men
and a woman who were operating &
floating saloon about One-half mile
north of Decatur. The sheriff also
took possession of their stock of wet
goods. which consisted of five full bar
rels. a dozen quart bottles Of booze,
a keg of brandy and one case Of beer.
The game warden. William Francke.
was out south of AinswOrth and came
in contact with four men with twelve
ducks in their buggy and as he was
about to arrest them they resisted and
threw the ducks out and went 10
Johnstown. Warrants were sworn out
later for their arrest.
A smooth attempt was made in the
county Jail at Grand Island to saw a
way out. presumably by prisoner
named Brown, held fer safe keeping
until his trial on a charge Of robbins
the postoffice at Sumner takes place,
and Guy Colby, a local man serving a
forty-day sentence for stealing chick.
ems.
At Wayne William Wallace pleaded
guilty to stealing a horse from Ernest
Pehmer and was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary. He was
caught by Sheriff Eauman at Fro
mont. Wallace is tota! stranger in
these parts. He says that he has lived
in and around Sioux City for the past
six years.
The Otoe County Breeders associa-
ton will hold its annual show and
flower parade on October 81 and %.
Four months age \. 4. Duff Of the
Duff Grain company. Nebraska City.
went to Europe on account of i'll
health. and information comes that
he is a very sick man anc VIII return
home shortly. He is suffering from
Bright's disease.
The Rcck Island Railroad company.
through Attorney D. w. McHugh. an
wered the complaint of Omaha lumber
men who wish to reduce dates from
points in the state to Omaha to a
basis equal to those enjoyed by Lin
coin. The answer states that Lincoln
is entitled to lower rates because of
the fact that it is nearer many OF the
towns than is Omaha.
Considerable excitement was occa-
stoned in Long Pine when cclored
man chased a white man into one Of
the business houses and threw an axe
at him. The only damage done was
to two large paNes OF glass, which
were badly shattered by the axe. The
trouble started over the white man
being caught in the colCred mans
house during the latter's absence from
home.
Per-, is ovneriencing second re-