The Columbus journal., 1908-05-13
NEsRAskA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items OF Greater or Lesser import
anee Over the state.

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Items OF Greater or Lesser import.
anee Over the State.
Wood River. for the first time in its
history. Is now without saloons.
Plattsmouth board of education re-
elected all the old teachers.
Blair has joined the dry column, and
pool halls also win be required to go.
Samuel Wolfe. the eight-year-old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Wolfe Of Beat
rice. died as result of injuries re-
ceived by falling down stairs.
The barn on the Kinner farm, elev-
en- miles notheast Of Harvard. was
struck by lightning. The barn is q
total loss. Eight horses were killed.
Lightning destroyed the barn of
William Majurns, just north Of Rulo.
and all the stock, hay and grain in
it. Seven horses and five cows were
burned.
The Beatrice fire department IS
making elaborate arrangements for the
street fair to be held the first week
in June. Numerous attractions have
been secured.
H. 0. Fletcher, manager of broker
age Office at Harvard, is dead as the
result of shotgun wound through the
heart. 1t is thought it was self
inflicted. but no, reason is given for
the deed.
The Peru Commercial club has de-
clared itself in favor of city water
system. A committee to report on
the best method of installing such a
system has been appointed and is now
actively at work.
According to the report Of the
county recorder of Otoe county for
the month of April there were eight
cen farm mortgages filed for record
amounting to $40,95O and twenty-five
released, whose value was $46,94014.
The west-bound passenger train ran
into herd of cattle belonging to Mrs.
J. Jansen. just west Of Leigh, and
killed five head. The east-bound
freight pulled out soon after and ran
into the same herd. killing two more
head.
At mass meeting of railway en-
ployes in Grand Island. at which about
seventy-five of the 400 residing there
were present. the Omaha resolutions
against the further reduction of freight
rates by the State Railway commits
sion were passed by unanimous vote.
Word reached Valentine. that Neil
O'COnner, former ranchman of
Cherry county, who had Eoved from
there to New Mexico some time last
fall for his health. had died. He had
suffered from consumption for several
years.
With the exception of acting Cover
nor Saunders no one appeared when
the time came for the first regular
meeting of the state board of equaliza-
ton. Governor Sheldon and a number
of other state officials are on a junket.
Secretary Bennett was i'll.
Petitions are being circulated by
railroad employees of Beatrice asking
the State Railway commission to
leave the freight rates alone. G. H.
Fonda of Omaha. an employ of the
Union Pacific company. was in the
city in the interest of the movement.
On the morning of April 16 Ernest
X. Feister of Hastings sustained
serious injuries while employed a: the
Queen City marble works. Now he has
filed a petition in district court for
$4,000 from the proprietor Of the
establishment, Carl J. Miller.
Victor General Emanuel Hartig. rect
or Of the st. Benedict Catholic church.
Nebraska City, celebrated his 2Sth
He built the church
which he is now in charge of in 1861,
and has been there since. He is the
Oldest priest in the state
THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln
sells life insurance at as low a cost
as the same kind of insurance can be
bought anywhere in the United States.
Patrcnize an old line Nebraska COM
pany and keep the money in this state
to develop our own enterprises and
business interests. Local agents want
ed in every town in Nebraska. Write
for an agency.
Deputy State Superintendent Nc
Kimm has appointed a number of local
inspectors to supervise the dipping of
cattle under the recent quarantine
promulgated by the COVER
nor. He will appoint others from time
to time on the recommendation Of the
inspectors of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry or on the endorsement of stock
men.
During the time that Lieutenant
Roderick Dew of Tecumseh was in the
army service in the Philippine islands
he collected number of curfos. |
Some of the things in the collection
are hundreds of years old and include |
a variety of implements of war. sacred
urns. metal boxes of many descrip-
tons and used for a variety of pur-
poses, shoes and dresses for the ma
tive women, etc.
The reunion of the Spanish war |
veterans to be held in Lincoln Thurs |
day June 4, is primarily to get togeth- |
er the members of the three Nebras-
ka regiments. but an invitation is ex-
tended to all soldiers of the Spanish |
war. The plans of the committee con-
template that during the afternoon of |
the reunion day each regiment will |
meet separately in a camp fire for |
which speakers and other entertain !
ment will be arranged.
Nebraska Weather Bulletin: The |
week was cold and dry. with less than
the normal amount of sunshine. The
daily mean temperature was between