The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-26
mesRAskA NEWS AND norea

I NEsRAskA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the state.
Stanton has decided on proper cele-
bration Of the Fourth Of July.
A new bank is soon to open at Te-
cumseh.
The Union Pacific is building q new
depot at Columbus.
The college at Bellevue was dam
aged to the extent of 800 by hail
storm.
Several mild cases OF smallpox
have appeared at Holdrege.
The railway commission ordered
the Union Pacific to erect q depot at
Madison.
The Farmers Lumber company of
Unadilla has been incorporated with
cash capital Of $25,20O.
After two weeks Of drouth, six Nor
folk saloons reopened. having secured
licenses.
Burglars made a raid on several
houses In Springfield. They, however,
secured but little booty.
John Rupert was fined SIS and
costs in the district court at Columbus
for tse Illegal selling of liquor.
The fire department of Beatrice will
have charge of the Fourth of July
celebration in that city.
Fairbury is highly pleased over tho
selection of that place for the next
state encampment of the G. A. r.
Rev. G. w. Crofts of West Point
died last week. For eight years he
was pastor Of the Congregational
church at Beatrice.
An unknown man was killed a quar-
ter of q mile west of Denton. His
body was dragged forty rods under
the box car of Burlington freight
train, and was terribly mangled.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde. living near Pax
ton. are accused of maltreating 4.
year-old child that they had taken
into the family. They were arrested
and the child taken from them.
o. A. Cooper, who has been engaged
in the milling business in Humboldt
for thirty years, says that he paid last
week, for the first time in his life,
$3.50 per bushel for wheat
The village board of Republic City
has amended the pool hall license. SO
that anyone wishing to open a bust
ness c: that kind will have to pay
$500. $500 occupation tax and 500 to
the school fund.
While engaged in fighting the fire
which destroyed his barn, granary
and corn crib, George Lillich, a farm
er living southwest of Tecumseh, suf-
fered painful burns to his face and
hands.
In Beatrice a man was granted a
divorce on charges that his wife
Struck and knocked him down and
then jumped upon him." The woman
was also charged with intimacy with
several men.
During severe electrical storm the
barn on the E. Bundy farm. about nine
miles southeast of Dickens was struck
by lightning and entirely consumed,
together with some harness, hay, grain
and sheds.
Ed Molloy. en- route from Chicago
to Twin Falls, Idaho. with an emf
grant car, was struck by an engine in
the yards at Sunderland. He was
cut about the head and received other
hurts, but is expected to recover.
At Jansen the baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ. Carsten was probably fatally
hYNrnn6 NV hni1in0 c,,Ac
ing machine. The accident occurred
while its mother was temporarily alb
sent from the room.
In the district court at Kearney
Perry B. Deets was awarded a verdict
Of $1,275 against the Union Pacific
IN account of damages sustained while
sheep at Gibbon. The train
was moved while he was unloading.
The city council of Grand Island
has called a special election of the |
voters for the issuance of $4,000 in |
paving intersection bonds, denomina-
ton 1000; s per cent, optional to the
city after five years.
Mrs. COburn. who sued the Burling- |
ton railway and the American Beet |
Sugar company for $4,000 on &C.
count of the death of her husband,
will get $500. Negotiations were !
begun in the federal court at Lincoln.
It was expected that the suit would
be settled and the case would not 20
10 the jury.
Nebraska enjoys the distinction of
graduating the largest class, from an
advanced course, of any state normal
n the country. The class of 1909 of
he Peru normal numbers ia. the
argest in the institutions history.
The large majority of the class have
,een elected to good positions in the
,est schools of the state
Rich, has been filed by the Union Pa
life in the suit brought by the state
md the newspaper owners who had
Exchanged space for mileage. The
Dad contends that the exchange of
Mileage at the rate of 2 cents per
nile for advertising space in newspa-
'ers at their regular rates is Hot an
of the anti-pass act or
he 2-cent fare act.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Marshall of
Beatrice are distressed over the
TRANCE disappearance of their son,
Iarl. young man 20 years old, who
eft several days ago taking with him
$50 belonging to his father. He left
letter saying that he was going to
It. Louis, with the avowed purpose of
nding his life In the Mississippi
liver. The young man was in poor ,