The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

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The Adams county old settlers
association has appointed a CON-
mittee to prepare a history of Adams
county from the time of the hrst set
Element. Hastings was chosen for
the next years meeting.
Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to set the
best service for the least money. Ne
braska Telephone Company. 1Stn ana
Douglas streets. Omaha. Use the
Bell
What seems to be kidney disease
has broken out among hogs in the
surrounding country about Stanton.
A number of farmers have lost their
herds. The hog gets sick very SUD
denly and dies soon afterward.- On
opening it up they find the spleen
about three times its normal size and
very brittle, as If rotten, the large in
testines being full of minute worms
scarcely visible to the naked eye.
The junior class of the normal
school at Peru numbers forty-hve
more students than any previous
junior class, the total being now 1877.
The senior class now numbers 161,
four more than any previous class.
This number viii be increased when
later registrations are in as these
figures are from the second days en-
rollment With increased entrance re-
Quirements, this increased attendance
in the upper classes is very crafty
ing.
An explosion of an oil stove caused
considerable damage at the home of
Henry Bean in the east part of Falls
City, Adams county. Mrs. Bean, who
is an invalid, was sitting in an in
valid's chair near the stove at the
time of the explosion and was severe
ly burned, especially about the face.
She was wearing a cellulOid back
comb at the time, SO her hair was al
most completely burned. Mr.. Bean
was badly burned in carrying her to
a place of safety.
Two buildings completely demolish
ed, seven men injured, five buried in
the ruins, one of whom received Seri-
Gus injuries and burns, are the re-
suits of an explosion Os gasoline
tank in the cleaning establishment
conducted by o. c. Mclaughlin, 1921
Cunning street, Omaha, entailing
property loss of approximately $4,000
partially covered by insurance. The
cleaning works damage was $4,000
and the pool halls $1,000.
A horse, buggy and harness be-
longing to d. S. Faulder of Beatrice
were stolen from his barn some time
Hooper was accidentally killed by a
is valued at $3.50. A reward of SIS
is offered for the capture of the
stolen property The officials of this
section of country have been notified
of the robbery. The local officers
have SO far obtained no clue to the
identity of the thieves. They are of
the opinion that gang of horse
thieves are working in southeastern
Nebraska.
Mrs. Graham, of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
who is visiting relatives at Union
near Nebraska City had a most excit-
ing experience. One of her little chill
dren, a son, got out in the hog lot
and was attacked by hogs, thrown
down and his clothing torn from his
body. His mother was attracted to
the place by the screams of the child.
and found that. the hogs were eating
the child alive and she had terrible
fight to chase them away from their
victim. The child was badly bitten
ard is in serious condition.
Four years investigation for heirs
to the estate or Henry Keller. of
Adams county valued at $4,000, has
revealed the information that Helen
Keller. the deaf, dumb and blind
prodigy, may be entitled to a share
in the property. The information
comes from Mrs. A. X. Hendrickson
of Loup City. whose maiden name
was Keller and who is closely related
to Helen Keller. If it is found that
Mrs. Hendrickson has claim to any
of the property it may be that close
enough relationship can be traced to
the famous deaf and blind girl.
A Fairbury dispatch tells this pros
perity story: John Schoenrock living
four miles west of Fairbury, reports
that he has just finished threshing
his wheat and that it made an aver
age of thirty-one and one-haIf bushels
to the acre. He had in fOrty-five
acres of this grain, which gives him o
yield of 1,417. Wheat is worth today.
on the Fairbury market, So cents a
bushel, making Mr.. Schoenrock's crop
from forty-five acres of land worth
$l,212.87. 1t is such reports as these
that account for the steady rise in the
price of Jefferson county land
J. w. Higgins of Oklahoma is on a
visit with his nephew DR.. J. d. Hous-
tin, of Nebraska City. He was a res
ident of that city in 1S47, when it was
known as Fort Kearney and he came
with three companies of soldiers from
st. Louis. Savannah and ST. Charles,
Mo-, to put down an uprising of the
Indians. He assisted in the erection
of the first building erected in Ne
braska City.
At Omaha Charles E. Davis has
been held to the district court on
charge of having shot and killed Dr.
Rustin at his home in that city a few
wekes ago.
I'm an alteration on the street 4:
Greeley T. F. Byrne is alleged to have
shot Peter Refers. wounding him in