The Columbus journal., 1909-10-13
NEBRASKA MEws AND NOTES.
1loms of Interest Taken From Here
end There Over the 8tato.
the MIDWEST LIFE

the MIDWEST LIFE
N. z. Smell. ll..........,..... President
Dr.. b. b. Davis. Omaha. .Vice-Pres.
A. ]. Sawyer. Secretary
H. s. Freeman. n............. Treasures
Dr. n. H. Everett. Medical Director
G. r. Easterday. .Actuary
J. H. Mockett, Jr. .Supk Of Agents
Insurance In Force.
December 81. 1906. $4,000
December 81. 1907. 1.152.25O
December 81. 1s0S.> ....... 1.453.2lS
September 30. 1909. ......... 1.S15.S35
Local Agents Wanted
In every town in Nebraska Liberal
commissions are paid. Write the
The Box Butte county fair this year
was q great success.
Richard Sheath. aged Is years. son
Of Robert Sheath. a prosperous far
mer living west Of Pender. was acci-
dentally killed by the discharge Of
. shotgun. The top Of his head was
blown of.
The grading for the Union Pacific's
double track from Kearney to North
Platte is nearly completed. Ties are
being laid from North Platte and the
bridge work is being pushed as hard
as possible.
Governor Shallenberser has ap-
pointed as delegates to . good roads
convention at Columbus. O.. October
26 to -. Dan Stephens Of, Fremont.
Mr.. Longworthy Of Seward and ]. J.
Deright Of Omaha.
II you want to sell life Insurance
for an active old line Nebraska COM
pany write to the Midwest Life at
Lincoln.
A. r. Fisher, travelling salesman
tor L. J. Kinney 4 Co.. cigar manu-
facturers Of Hastings. dropped dead
in front of an undertaker's establish
ment on the main street Apoplexy
was the cause. Mr.. Fisher Was IS
years old and lived here.
Samuel Spies. . young farmer. COM
mitted suicide in Dodge county under
dramatic circumstances. Spies be-
lieved his wife had drowned herself
In the Elkhorn river. which flows .
few rods from the house occupied By
the couple. and in . 1T Of remorse
blew out his brains with . 3s-caliber
pistol.
President Crabtree delivered tho
opening address Of the Peru Normal
school year. In closing he spoke
especially on the school policy" He
spoke In part AZ follows: "As I sec
it our school policy 10 not to tear
down. but to build up. It is not to
discourage any worthy student enter
prise. but to encourage and develop"
N. p. Miller, . prominsnt farmer
living seveA miles west Of Adams,
has Aysteriously disappeared and
searching parties which have been
looking for him have failed to find
any trace Of him. Mr.. Miller vas .
well known political leader In that 10
cality and his friends are unable to
explain his absence. Foul play 10
feared.
David e. Allen Of Otoe county ec3e-
brated his 80th birth anniversary By
each Of his three daush-
tiers with $500 In gold. Mr.. Allen
came TO Nebraska City In 1857 and
has since made II his home. He
owns eighty acres oe land, which 10
nearly in the heart Of the city and
which he has always fought to pro
vent 1t being made . part Of the city
and has succeeded % far.
Charles Johnson Of Greeley vas
killed while returning home from
He fell from Q load Of
we'll tubing under the team hs was
driving. One Of the horses became
and kicked him In the
head. The team then ran into . wire
fence and became entangled In the
wire. The body Of the dead man was
found there . few hours later BY
neighbors.
The state railway commission has
Issued IN order that the Missouri Pa-
cific Railway company be directed to
maintain An agent at the station of |
Glen Rock until January /. 1910. at |
which. time. In the absence Of any
increase in business. and on
proper showing being made. the rail-
way company will be given authority
to discontinue the service Of the said |
agent at Glen Rock. The company
had asked leave Ia. close the station. |
At Dalton. eighteen miles north Of |
Sidney, about dark an extra freight |
train going north on the Burlington
railroad ran into the rear end of the |
regular freight train. A travelling
salesman was fortunately notified in
time and proceeded to jump from
The train just in time to avoid being
hit HIS grip. upon which his head
had been resting. was literally torn to
The caboose and two freight
:ars Of the regular freight were
to kindling.
In the district court of Dodge coun-
y Judge Hollenbeok handed down a
decision sustaining the judgment Of
he county court in the matter of the
tax on the Davenport
state. The principal question in
7olved was whether contracts for the
'sle of lacds In Nebraska which were
n the possession Of the decendent
It his home In New York state were
axable In Nebraska. The county
:ourt held they were not and Judge
dollenbeck affirmed the judgment.
Louis Br0mmeir, the farmer of Sy-
acuse who was kicked in the stom-
lch by one Of his horses and who
vas taken to an Omaha hospital. died
here from his injuries.