The Columbus journal., 1908-11-04
MEsRAskA NEWS AND MoTea.

| NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
ltems Of oreatss a. Lesser lmpor.
lance Over the Stats.
Burglars visited Julian. getting be-
sides goods $125 IN cash.
Douglas county will build $1,000
600 court house and an $4,000 jail.
Ben NcManigal Of Blair. one OF the
railroad gang. fell from . trestle at
IT. Calhoun and broke IN arm.
Any and all danger Of prairie fires
In Deuel. county has been checked BY
nve inches Of rain.
A commercial club has been organ
ICED at Sutherland with q membership
of over twenty-five.
James w. Shelley, pioneer of Gage
county, passed away last week in his
Goth year.
Arthur w. Linton of Albion has
been awarded the Stearnes fellowship
In pharmaceutical chemistry at the
Michigan university.
The general merchandise store OF
NJ. L. Bruce at Monroe was destroyed
by fire. The building and stock were
q total loss.
Workmen who dismantled and tore
away the old Schurman building In
Fremont estimate that while working
on the building they killed close to
500 rats.
Three Fairbury merchants were
victims of forgeries. They were
caught for amounts ranging from $35
to $3.50. The man who worked the
forgeries was known by the name of
Charles Miller.
Frank Kolouck. a Bohemian who
lives north of Sargent, was brought
tc Broken Bow and taken before the
insanity board. The board ordered
him to be taken to the Hastings asy-
lun.
While John Murray was cleaning
his rifle in his home in Plattsmouth
the gun was accidentally discharged
and the ball entered the head of his
two-year-old son, killing him almost
instantly.
/! Farmers should all have telephones.
Write to us and learn how to get the
best service for the least money. Ne
ibraska Telephone Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. Use the
Bell"
] J. ]. Fee. the man who tried to
exact a large sum of money from
Banker Drake of Omaha last spring,
died at the penitentiary last week.
He was found dead in his cell. He
twas 4S years of age and was received
at the penitentiary May %.
Articles of incorporation of the Ne
braska Corn Produce company were
filed with the county clerk at Beat
rice. This company is capitalized for
100000 and will manufacture all
kinds of cereals and other kinds of
food cereal products.
The mystery surrounding the muir
der and robbery when the body of a
man was found in the Niobrara river
near Valentine is still as deep as ever.
Although several people who have
some relatives missing have looked
ut the body, no one has yet been able
to identify the murdered man.
Nine Fremont people won out in
the Trip county drawing for lands.
j. ]. Mater got No. 80 and ]. H. Win
tersteen No. So. Three others also
came under 700. The last on the list
is X. X. Hicks. the Northwestern
agent, whose number was up in the
6.0OO's.
The oldest person attending the
York Sunset social, in which only
those 20 years and older are eligible,
was Mrs. Mary Wildman. aged 80,
and the next oldest was J. w. Pope,
a retired Methodist minister, aged sc.
There were ninety-nine attending, all
over 20 years.
The Nebraska Library association.
which closed its fourteenth annual
convention at Hastings. elected the
following officers: President. Miss
Templeton, Lincoln; first vice presi-
dent, Miss Smith, Beatrice; second
vice president, Miss Newlan, Hast
ings; treasurer, Miss O'Brien, Omaha;
oCCICloAys uAoS 0RCuCCi, SAty'
AS a sequel to the divorce pro-
ceedings started at Beatrice several
days ago by Eliza NJ. Erb against the
Rev. Edmund Erb. the latter comes
back with a $4,000 damage suit
filed against Laura McMaster and her
husband, A. NJ. McMaster. Mrs. Nc
Master is a daughter of Mrs. Erb and
the reverend gentleman charges that
the defendants have alienated his
wife's affections and SO poisoned her
mind that she has driven him from
his happy home.
Rev. J. w. Jenkins. rector of the
First Episcopal church in Chadron for
several years. was surprised by being
asked to accept the appointment OF
chaplain of the state industrial school
for boys at Kearney. The appointment
was announced to him while in Kear-
icy last week attending the state
Episcopal conference. He has not yet
reached q decision.
DR.. George E. Henton and family
and ]. H. Ball and family Of Friend
have returned from a five weeks out
ing in northwestern Colorado. also
visiting Salt Lake City and Ogden.
They spent three weeks on a hunt
ing trip with Homer Goff. famous
guide Of Meeker. Colo, and shot
large cinnamon bear, several wild
cats and two deer.
A gruesome find. in the shape of
a human leg, was turned over to Cor