The Columbus journal., 1908-08-26
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.


tanee Over the Stats.
Brown county has q political orator
in the person of a thirteen-year-old
girl. -
A pioneers association for Cunning
county has been organized at that
point.
The Fullertca chautauqua this year
was the most successful over held
there.
The chautauqua tent at Pawnee
City was wrecked by storm. The loss
is $3.50.
The Cass County old settlers picnic
was largely attended. Gov. Sheldon
made an address.
Fred France of York county was
badly gored by vicious COW. He
was nearly exhausted when rescued.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Yockey. pioneer
residents Of Gage county. celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
A young man named Bryan was ar
rested at Arcadia for bootlegging. He
will be tried at the next term of court.
The Seventh Day Adventists in Ne
braska will hold their annual camp
meeting at Hastings, commencing
August ~.
James Martin (colored). a trusted
employee, swindled q Nebraska City
firm out of 5000. He paid back $500
and left the town.
F.. L. Ziegler, a travelling man out OF
Lincoln, attempted suicide at Hold
rege by taking laudanum. Physicians
saved him by heroic work.
Fred H, the Beatrice horse driven
by Fred Rabare, won first place IN
the 2:10 pace at Coffeyville. kas.
The race was for $1,000 purse.
Charles Hagen, who was killed by
a freight train on the Omaha railroad
about three miles south Of Blair was
Al years old and baker by trade.
The state railway commission has
compiled set of figures, giving as it's
guess that railroad legislation has re-
suited in a saving to the state OF over
$6,0OO.OOO.
The management of the Gage coun-
ty agricultural society is making ex-
tensive preparations for the fair. to
be held at the driving park Septem-
ber 21 to &c.
A final quietus has been put to the
proposition to have Merrick county
build a big drainage canal at Clarks,
the County Board of Supervisors hav-
ing refused to make any appropriation
for carrying on the work.
The 114-year-old daughter of John
Mecher living ten miles northeast of
Lindsay, drank the contents of a bot
tie of fly killer which had been
knocked to the floor in the wash room
and died few hours later
The Otoe Canning company has be-
gun packing corn. The pack this year
does not promise as large as that Of
last year. because of the high water
during the month of June and the
cold weather in the spring.
The Morton -Gregson Packing COM
pany at Nebraska City has closed
down it's plant for repairs and Govern
ments Inspectors Hugh E. Hervey and
NJ. johnson have been transferred to
Kansas City, and DR.. B. o. Hull to st.
Louis.
During q thunder storm at Prague
the barn of v. ]. Fuian. containing
three horses, was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. The same
storm killed six head of cattle belong
ing to Frank Koranda and destroyed
some stacks Of wheat.
The Merrick County Agricultural So
ciety was given substantial encourage
ment when the County Board of Su-
pervisors met and voted an apprOpri-
alton of $3.50 for the annual county
Clarks in September.
John H. Reed, who was arrested at
Wymore and bound over to the dis
trict court on a charge of bootlegging.
escaped from the officers. He asked
to see his family before being taken
to Jail. and while the officers waited
at the front door of his home, Reed
escaped through the back door.
An ordinary life policy in the Mid
west Life CT Lincoln. Nebraska. for
one Is years of age would cost $20.91
for the first year and $16.40 a year
thereafter. Payments after the first
year could be paid every quarter at
a cost of $4.35 a quarter. The Mid
west Life is an old line company and
is furnishing safe and sound insur-
ance. good for all time at rate which
is within the reach of all. Agents
wanted. Write fer particulars.
Joseph Currier, tramp, who in
company with L. E. Truscott, was
stealing a ride on a Rock Island box
car loaded with iron tubing, was badly
crushed in the yards at Beatrice. In
switching the engine struck the car
pushing the tubing to the end in
which the men were riding. Currier
was SO badly injured internally that he
may not survive.
Thomas F. Costello, ex-Union Pacific
has filed suit at Grand
Island for damages in the sum of $780,
900. making the Union Pacific the de-
and alleges that he was per-
injured by rearend COLI !
sion in Omaha, in 1904. While his
train was pulling into that city on the
down grade another freight crashed /
into the rear of his train.
When the rural mail carrier drove !
to the water tank of Alex Farris, |
near, Murray. in Cass county, to Wa
ter his team, he was surprised to find |