The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-12-09
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items o. Greater o. Lesser lmpes.
tcnes Over the State.
A late. venture launched in Seward
is :. roller skating rink.
Inc Rock Island road has paid Its
taxes in Gage County, amounting %
| $9.505.95.
Wolves are causing farmers and
sheep men good deal of annoyance
In the vicinity of Clarkson.
The county clerk issued fifty-nine
hunting and fishing licenses in, Cunning
county during the season.
The schools at Spencer were closed
for two weeks on account Of several
cases Of illness among the pupils.
There are some cases of diphtheria
in Schuyler and vigorous efforts are
being put forth to prevent its spread
ing.
The treasurer of Otoe county has
paid into the state the sum of &c.
| 384. taxes from this years November
levy.
Rev. William Axling and wife, who
have been sojourning in the vicinity
Of Gothenburg for a time, have gone
to Japan as missionaries.
The members Of the United Evan
gelfcal church at Blue Springs have
spent over $500 during the year in i'm
proving their church property.
me Bancroft Creamery company has
suspended business for the winter for
the reason mat sufficient cream to run
the plant was not obtainable.
A grain of corn in the windpipe of a
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Conett
of Baker. Boyd county. resulted in the
lads death after several days of in
tense suffering.
Will Gregory. while out hunting with
a party of men from Arcadia, accident
ally shot himself in the right arm just
above the elbow. The wound is not
thought serious.
AS recompense for the crippled
hands she will have during the rest
OF her life, a jury in district court
gave Martha NJ. johnson of Omaha a
verdict for $3.50 against a laundry
company.
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"
Governor Sheldon has reappointcd
Mrs. c. S. Carscadden of York and
Mrs. DR.. Towne of Omaha members
OF the advisory and visiting board IF
the Nebraska Industrial home at Mil
ford.
The tuberculosis exhibit under the
national association for the study and
prevention of tuberculosis. which has
been In Fremont for a week, will be
continued one more and possibly two
more weeks.
Several L ork and Fillmore county
farmers have recently been soaked
and worked by two agents who inter-
est farmers by leaving goods with
them and getting them to sign a re-
ceipt which turns up as a promis-
sorry note in tie hands of innocent
purchasers.
Corn on Dan " Stephens farm near
North Bend on land that was re-
Gently titled is going from thirty-five to
sixty bushels to the acre, the best IN
the country. On this same land the
COWS used to mire down and were
dragged out of the swamp at the enl
of a long rope.
E. d. Wood, who lives in Todd
Creek precinct. Johnson county, set a
number of pheasant eggs under hens
last spring. His success was not the
best. but he succeeded in raising three
male birds. They are very beauti-
full. Mr.. Wood expects to increase his
flock next spring by adding a number
of female BIRDS
As an evidence that farm land in
johnson county, already thought to
be high In price. is steadily going up.
the sale of Paul Huston's farm is Civ
On. Mr.. Huston's place included
eighty acres and is two miles west
of Tecumseh. The improvements are
ordinary. Wallace Faris paid $4,000
for it, or $112.5O per acre.
The corner stone for the $4,000
high school building at Beatrice. was
laid last week
Some of the youthful corn growers
of Dodge county who won prizes in
the recent corn contest will have a
chance to compete for prizes in the
National Corn Show, which is to be
held in Omaha. December 8 to 10.
The Commercial club completed AZ
rangements which insure the i'm
mediate transfer to Fremont and its |
enlargement there of the Hastings |
Pressed Brick company, a branch en-
terprise of the Western Brick and Sup |
ply company of Hastings.
The new Methodist church at Kear-
rey, costing $4,000, has been dedi-
Gated.
Frederick J. Hetzel of Gordon at
tanned his Goth. birthday last week |
and the event was celebrated by a
family reunion and turkey dinner
Grandpa Hetzel came to America
from Baden-Baden. Germany. and set
tied with his parents in Oneida coun-
ty, New York, when he was 9 years
old. He moved from New York to
Hamilton county, Iowa. where he re-