The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-15
NEBRASKA POINTERS
STATE NEWS. AND NOTES IN. CON.
DENsED FORM.
.1HEPREss, PULPIT ANQPUBl|c
What 10 Going on Here and There
..~ That 10 Of Interest to. the Read.
ers. Throughout Nebraska. !:

l l." i OAAe 40 oa4u 'AIO " NC do SOOu
! as assured. =. = :.
T. Ainsworth is doing great deal Of
building and yet houses for rent are
very, scarce. =; =:
f.. .Gibbon pioneers recently. cele-
brated the tnirty.seventh anniversary
of the coming. Of first. settlers. -:
+ Warren Montgomery. will. go to
the: pen for. eighteen. months for
forgery committed in Dodge: county.
/. Mrs. Andrew HolzmoiL living near
Valentine; suffered injuries from a
runaway that are liable TO prove
| fatal. - -.
There are a number of: vacancies
IN. the teaching force at Blue Hill
which the school: board will be. called
upon to fill: - :;
t, The new electric light plant is now
in working order at Stella. and the
citizens are much pleased with: the
|: illumination: :: =. :.
f.. Train No.. g. ran over Bert White
of Rulo at the depot at Falls City,
cutting off both legs and one arm.
|. Killing him instantly. :: - = :
/ Methodist people OF Peru have:
raised the money. purchased the site:
and will: soon begin the. erection of
a: SO, OOey church building. -.
:. Saloons in Lincoln are only allowed
to do business from 2 a. a., to- z p:
m. Drink dispensers talk of carry.
ing. the matter into court: -;
| = Mrs. Josephine .. :Picha. an aged
woman. living at Reemer, has for the,
third time been committed Ito the
Norfolk hospital. as insane. -.
After becoming parents: of fourteen
children, Andrew and Karolin0 Lin
senmeyer of Gage county are. seek
ing separation through. the: courts.
:. Some cases of small pox have de
yeloped at Hickman: Attempt was
made to ward of contageoh by chris
ton: science; but new cases have APP
:peared. -. -: !
:: No further clue to the :. postohice.
burglars at Valley has been: found.
About $500: in stamps aud money was
taken beside private papers of Post.
" master Johnson:
T.: A three year old child at Grand
Island wandered away; and after
"a diligent search was found at night
in an old building mile away from
the starting point: -:
The Eagles of Omaha are putting
forth efforts to. land the next ma
tional convention in. the Nebraska
metropolis. The requisite amount of
money is being raised for the pur::
pose.
The Home Building and: Loan as
ISOLATION, of Falls City has organized
and its articles of Incorporation have
been approved by the state. banking
board. The authorized capital stock /
is 100000. = go =
Burglars entered the office of the !
Iddings Lumber yards at Sutherland /
by prying open a window and ran
sacked the building The, safe was
opened but nothing was. there but
checks, and these the robbers did not
take. = - -. -.
The. State Railway commission has
issued an order that hereafter no
common carrier operating: freight or
passenger trains in Nebraska shall
discontinue any such train service
until application has been made to
the commission and permission re-
ceiyed., -
=, THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln,
Nebraska, An. old line Nebraska Com
pany wants local agents to. represent.
in in OF Tho
Midwest Life issues all kinds of life
policies and they: are liberal and
along the best lines in life, insur-
ance. Write to the home office at Lin. |
coin for additional information.
:, The Dodge county district court |
has been issuing citizenship papers |
to residents Of other counties. and !
has just learned through : advices
from Washington that it has no right
to do So. As, result several men
in different. counties surrounding I
Dodge believe. themselves to be citi-
zens.; of the United States when they:
are not. Interesting complications |
may develop. - - /
For: several weeks past. says a
Shelton dispatch. the local crops of |
physicians have: been baffled with a /
disease which part of the doctors
have been calling scarlet fever and
others pronounced it German
The State Board of Health I
was appealed to and Doctor Wilson
Of the state board together with all
the doctors of the town ed the Will
age board of health visited a large I
number of cases in town and i sur
country and each and every
one was found to be that of scarlet
fever. :" =.
NJ, X. Holiday, an old citizen, was
hauling lumber from car in Lexing- I
ton.- March 10. when a train scared
the team throwing him under the
wagon loaded with. lumber and
crushing his ribs. He died last week
from HIS injuries. "a: -. l.
Dr. w, L. Cameron the ; Palmyra
physician. who suffered from hydro
phobia by reason of running needle
IN his hand. which had been used on. 1
! hose suffering from the rabies. is
home. from. Chicago. where he took
treatment for two. weeks at the
Pasteur. institute. and is fully re.
covered l.
Charles NJ: Peters of Creston, Ia.
a years of. age. shot himself in, his
'oom: at the Patrick hotel in Pierce.
He. will probably die from his
Peters wife is in the in
zane asylum. and it is said this is
he cause of his act. - /,