The Columbus journal., 1909-06-30
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.

NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Nstes In Condensed
Form.
Hebron IL in the midst of . high
carnival this week. as 4 street fair
is in progress. There are about a
dozen attractions.
Bids viii be opened June % for
the construction of a new Catholic
church in Kearney. Architectural
plans illustrate IN elaborate edi1ice.
Andrew Holt was elected second
lieutenant of company G at Geneva
Thursday evening to I'LL the vacancy
made by the resignation Of Professor
Eaton.
A gain Of $1,os3. 900 over last year
Is shown by the returned list of the
assessment Of Adams county. The
entire amount this year Is shown tc
be slightly over $4,000, 900.
Syracuse will celebrate the. Fourth
July 3. Judge J. L. Root Of Lincoln
will be the speaker Of the day. A
baseball game, races and other sports
will be features of the celebration.
The Hastings Woman's club is Of
fering prizes for the best flower beds.
porch boxes and back yards. Up
wards Of score Of citizens have en-
tered for one or more of the prizes.
Charles d. Densmore. formerly of
Wymore, died Sunday at his home in
Oketo, Kan. Mr.. Densmore was one
of the Oldest residents of Wymore.
He was at one time employed as a
fireman on the Burlington.
The Beatrice fire department has
closed contract with the Lachman
company hippodrome shows to hold a
carnival in Beatrice the week of July
IL. The proceeds will be applied to
the building fund of the department.
Josef Musil, a young Bohemian
farmer living south of Ravenna, took
carbo!ic acid, presumably with suicidal
intent. He died early Friday morn
ing. He had been i'll for several
weeks and had grown respondent
The Catholic church of Kenesaw
was dedicated last Sunday with i'm
pressive services. Bishop Bonacum
was present and preached the sermon
A dinner was served by the members
of the parish. A large crowd attend
ed the services.
Two men named Thacker and Noah
got into an alteration at the packing
house in Nebraska City and both hav-
ing knives in their hands began slash
ing at each other Noah nearly had
his right arm severed by a slash
of his opponents knife.
Mrs. William Carol, of Nehawka.
seventy-four years old, who died at
her home Saturday. was buried Mon
day. She lived in Cass county for
about forty years. She is survived
by her husband and ten grown chill
dren, five sons and five daughters.
The farmers in the vicinity of Paul
met and formed a company and will
erect an elevator of their own. Sim
liar meetings are to be called at other
places in the county and companies
formed by farmers who will handle
all their own grain.
Burlington railroad officials are
planning either to enlarge or rebuild
the depot at Seward. The business
men circulated a petition asking that
a new and commodious structure be
built at Seward in keeping with the
spirit of improvement that prevails
in the city.
The Hall countil authorities have
decided to release from custody
Claude Perkins, Doc" Hess and Bert
Axtell. so far as the suspicion against
them being implicated in the Cairo
bank robbery is concerned. No evil
dence has beer obtained and it is
now believed that they were not
implicated in the affair.
For more than four weeks Mrs.
Thomas Mccoy of Tecumseh has been
suffering from the effects of squir-
rel bite on each OF her hands, but it
is not thought rabies will result as
the time has long since gone by for
such a termination of the injuries.
The wounds have caused Mrs. Mccoy
much suffering and worry.
George A. Murphy, well known in
Nebraska and former resident of Be-
atrice, but now of Muscogee, Okl., is
being prominently mentioned as avail
able timber of the republican nOmina-
ton of governor of Oklahoma. Mr..
Murphy located in Oklahoma about
seven years ago. He has taken an &C.
tive interest in republican politics in
the new state. He was at one time the
republican nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor of Nebraska.
Sarpy county is moving to get that
$4,000 or so which will accrue in the
inheritance taxes from the Guy c.
Barton estate. County Judge J. T.
Begley has appointed an appraiser
for the property. naming H. z. Wedge
wood. His action is taken on the adj
vice of County Attorney E. r. Ringo.
The Catholics of Saunders county
are planning to establish a school at
Wahoo. Father Dor has charge of
the subscription fund and is active
ly engaged in obtaining money with
which to commence the building. Fiji
teen thousand dollars are to be raised.
The first five names on the subscrip-