The Columbus journal., 1908-06-24
nEsaAskA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items q Greater Or Lesser lmper.
lance Over the State.

tanee Over the State.
Rufas Pryor. county commissioners
Of Boone county, died last week.
Mrs. WEIGH and one Of her children
was seriously burned by q gasoline
explosion at Boone.
BENJAMIN Roberts Is under arrest
at Alliance for forging bank checx.
William Kay. who was injured by q
circular saw on the farm Of G. W..
Hagerman. near Filley. died from his
injuries.
We publish a list Of Omaha business
houses in another column. In writing
or calling on them please mention
this paper.
We publish list of Omaha business
houses in another column. In writing
or calling on them please mention
this paper.
The Commercial club OF Chester has
raised $1,000 which 1t Is Offering for
| the erection of an auditorium suited
| to the needs of the town.
The McCook junior state normal
school closed its opening week with
the largest enrolment Of any of the
junior normals In the state, FOG.
Principal ]. o. Lyme Of the Culbert-
| son schools has resigned to accept the
principalship Of the Minden schools,
for which post he has been elected.
McCook now has subscribed $4,000
| of the $4,000 required for its Ma
sonic temple and opera house COM
bined. A building committee has been
selected.
F. H. Abbott. now a regent of the
State university, has announced his
! candidacy for the office Of railway
commissioner. He will oppose J. A.
Williams.
Secretary of State Junkin has Sc
lected the newspapers In which he
will publish the constitutional amend
ments, and the copy will be sent them
about July 1.
Henry Grace and William Ayers.
the two men employed at the kilpat-
rick shops north of Beatrice. who were
badly burned in a gasoline explo-
sion, are improving and it is believed
will recover.
A local body of the Nebraska Rail-
way Protective association was formed
in McCook. The object of the asso-
citation is what it's name implies. for
the protection of the interests of rail-
way employees.
Arrangements are being made to
hold one CT the biggest fairs at Gull
bertson this fall that Hitchcock coun-
ty has ever held. Spring wheat, corn.
sugar beets and potatoes are looking
! fine throughout the county.
A Sioux Indian named Thompson
shot and killed himself on the Rose
bud reservation. The redman had
been accused of horse stealing and
an Indian policeman was after him
with a warrant for his arrest.
DR.. A. T. Gatewood of A-apahoe has
announced his candidacy for the Of
| fee of secretary Of state on the demo
cratic ticket. He sent notice to
the secretary of state. but it was not
in legal form and was not registered.
| George Myers was arrested In wy
! more Friday night as he was climb
ing out of q window in snce store
with sack full Of shoes. He was
given a hearing and bound over to
the district court in the sum of 81 900.
The season for destructive storms
Is at hand. WIND and LIGHTNING
will destroy and damage buildings and
kill and MAIN stock in barns and
pastures. Protect yourself by insur-
ing them in the Nebraska Mutual lrs.
Co., home Office, al South Twelfth
street, Lincoln, Neb. Write us for
particulars.
| Michael Newell CT West Point. ILL.,.
en- route to Lafayette. Colo. wandered
away from the depot at McCook, and
spent the night and forenoon OF the
following day tramping over the coun'
try southeast of this city. A farmer
finally persuaded him to get into his
wagon and brought the old man to
town.
The Sunday school convention held
at Fremont decided to hold its next
annual meeting at Kearney. There
were over a thousand visitors In the
city for the meeting. Closing resolu-
tions were passed just before ad-
journment. BY the adoption of them
| the convention voted to set June Is
aside as anti-cigarette day.
Beautiful and impressive were the
ceremonies which attended the un-
yelling of the soldiers monument at
Greenwood. Despite the mclement
weather and bad roads large crowd
was present to hear the address OF
Congressman e. NJ. Pollard. The
local Grand Army of the Republic post
was assisted in the exercises by rep
resentatives from the posts at AsE-
land. Waverly. Havelcck and L:nco':.
The educational council of Nebraska
Wesleyan university last week closed
its twelfth annual session. Reports
of the years work as given by the
state officers and presidents CT local
counc Is showed a substantial growth
and interest. Due to the fact that
the memorial building has been COM
pIeted, some appropriations during
the year were made for the furnish
ings of the headquarters of the WON
ans Wesleyan educational council
room.
Wind completely destroyed the out
buildings on the ranch of Arthur
Groves, seven miles north of Alliance.
Loss of life was prevented by the