The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-25

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Nebraska Notes
A farmers institute is to be held
at Neigh Friday, November q.
Farmer Burns, the famous wrestler
thinks of removing to Omaha and
opening school of wrestling.
Alfred Werner was arrested by the
sheriff Of Keith county for forging
checks.
The diphtheria quarantine at Wy
more, in force for some time, has been
lifted
The Nebraska Moline Pillow com
pany's building at Omaha burned, in
flicting loss of 100000.
Mrs. Mary Leonard of Dodge county
has been adjudged insane and was
consigned to the hospital at Lincoln.
The patient is about 80 years old.
Winslow, one of the new stations
up the Burlington toward Sioux City,
is to have a new cement block fac
tory.
Farmers should all have telephones
Write to us and learn how to get the
best service for the least money. Ne
braska Telephone Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. Use the
Bell"
A young man by the name of c. A.
Anderson who has been employed for
some time with Haynes Bros. in Hast
ings. was arrested after having passed
bogus checks on about a dozen bust
ness men of the city. .-
Mabel, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Sperry Of Falls City.
fell into a tub of water backwards
and was nearly drowned before she
was discovered. After some energetic
work over the child she revived and
has now entirely recovered.
Mrs. C. l.. Barrackman. who at
tempted suicide at Hastings by swal-
lowing carbolic acid, is recovering
satisfactorily. She had been suffering
with tuberculosis and her attempt 20
commit suicide was prompted by de-
spondency on account of her sickness.
1t is understood that Governor Shell.
don will appoint four judges of the
supreme court before he goes out of
ONCE, but whether or not he will an
nounce the names prior to the date Of
the official canvass of the constitu-
tional amendment providing for such
appointments or wait until after the
state bar association meets in Lincoln,
November %. is not known.
Miss Emma Paulus, daughter of Pc
ter Paulus. who took his own life last
spring during a fit of insanity, proba
bly, fatally shot herself at tie farm
home seven miles west of Fairbury.
The young lady had not been right"
for some time prior to her fathers
death.
Word was received in Fremont Of
the death at Denver of Mrs. Velona
Thomas, widow of w. D. Thomas. She
was one of the pioneers of that city
and moved to Denver to live with her
son. William Thomas. about three
years ago. Her remains will be buried
in Nebraska.
The Cass county Sunday school, IN
assembled, unanimously
adopted the following resolution: I'VE,
the members of this convention as
sembled, do hereby desire to 60 on
record as emphatically pledged to
county option and all other good meas
ures looking toward the fastening Of
state and national prohibition, and We
will always support the men whom we
know to be pledged to TIE same"
Rev. H. B. Foskett. formerly pastor
of the Baptist church at Fremont. in
augurated a series of stereopticon bib
lical lectures in the Eden Baptist
church at Stromsburg. few evenings
ago. Rev. Mr.. Foskett gave a similar
series of lectures at Fremont and they
we're very interesting.
Harold Grow, Is years old, son Of
John Grow. a drayman at Brunswick,
county, was accidentally kill.
ed. He was viking alongside of 4
loaded wagon when he fell in such /:
. way that the rear wheel passed
over his head. He was rendered un.
conscious and died within two hours.
A carload of ore is being taken
from the mine located in the western
part of Wymore. and it will be ship
ped either to Omaha or Denver for the
purpose Of having it assayed.
George E. Hotchkin, manager of the |
Model Milling company of Tecumseh,
Is negotiating with the town of John. |
son. in Nemaha county, with a view
Of moving the milling plant of that
company, now in Tecumseh. to John.
son. Tie plant is good one. being |
M to date In the latest machinery, |
and has q daily output of 125 barrels.