The Columbus journal., 1909-09-29

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of the franchise of the local electric
light company.
At Crawford eight men went down
twenty feet by a scaffolding giving
way: One of the men will probably
die from his injuries.
Mrs. Jones of Table Rock last week
celebrated her ninetieth birthday.
there being a large attendance OF
relatives and friends.
George Brewer of Gordon was ar
rested by Sheriff ROsseter and
brought to Valentine and landed in
Jail on a charge of horse stealing.
A gattling section is to be organized
at Beatrice. Adjutant General Harlin
has assigned two gatling guns of the
Nebraska National guard to that city.
The county commissioners Of JEFF
ferson county have just paid the bills
incidental to holding Jefferson's prim-
| airy election and in round numbers
the expense was $500.
j. B. Smith, a dairyman of Beatrice,
took ten first, five second and four
| championship prizes on his herd OF
Jersey cattle at the Kansas state fair
at Topeka.
Los Angeles (Cal) dispatch: The
body of James T. Cleary of Grand Is
land. Neb., who was drowned here re-
Gently, was recovered by the life saw.
ing crew.
The peach and grape crop In the
section about Dorchester is plentiful
The farmers will have thousands OF
bushels of peaches for sale. The ap'
pie crop there is also large.
In the land drawing at Lake View.
Ore. w. R. Stewart of Dorchester
drew an eighty-acre tract and a town
lot. The land lays about seventy-hve
or eighty miles from the town.
U. G. Chapman purchased the J. W.
Roberts quarter section farm four
miles south of Wymore for $3.50 per
acre. This is the top price paid fol-
farm land in that section.
Richard H. Burritt of 272O Norman
die avenue. Los Angeles, CAL, aged
about q years, died on the overland
limited, west bound. just as the train
was pulling into Sidney.
A large shipment of sheep from
western ranges were quarantined in
North Platte and are being held in the
old stock yards. The inspector found
them affected with mouth and hoof
diseases.
Ray Martin, who was arrested in
Belgrade a short time ago, charged
with criminal assault on his 14-year
old niece. had his preliminary trial
and was bound over to the district
court.
The home of Gene Edwards OF
Hastings was burglarized and then set
on fire at o'clock in the morning
The family were not at home during
the night. Every door in the house
was open and everything had the ap
pearance of being ransacked at the
time of the arrival of the firemen.
Deputy Grand Master J. Robinson
of the A. o. u. w. was at YORK for
two weeks and with the assistance OF
members secured nearly fifty applica
tons for membership in the local
lodge. Arrangements will be made to
take in a large class and at the time
Grand Master A. NJ. Walling will be
present.
Miss Ada Castor. Lincoln soprano
who is we'll known throughout the
state, has been married to Gregory
Passover, a nephew of a dean of neid
elburg university. The marriage was
secret and was discovered through &C
cident while the newly married couple
were spending a part of their honey
moon in Denver.
The fifth year of the Kearney Nor
NAL opened with about 300 students
enrolled for the work of the coming
year The main building has been re
decorated and thoroughly renovated
and the dormitory has been carefully
gone over and Improvements in the
way CT paper and varnish applied, sc
that the quarters of the students will
be most comfortable.
The county of Richardson has ap
pealed to the supreme court from 9
judgment for $1S.5OO obtained by
drainage district No. 1, Richardson
county. The judgment was given on
the theory that public highways were
subject to tax within the drainage
district The county alleges that the
roads are not owned or controlled by
the county, but by townships.
Relatives of Will C. Phillips, former
district clerk of Lancaster county
who killed himself in Kansas City re
Gently, have started fight to see who
shall be the executor of the estate
Mrs. Phillips had recently secured q
divorce from her husband and she is
an applicant: for the position, holding
that under the new law the divorce
is not absolute for six months.
In York county there would have
been thousands of bushels of peaches
of the best varieties, but owing to the
dry weather in August and the wet
weather in September peaches did not
ripen as they should and most of the
crop is not marketable by reason OF
the peach breaking open, exposing the
stone and rotting before getting ripe
The state Christian Endeavor con
vention will be held in Fairbury DC
tober 20. 80 and 81. The local com
tmittee held meeting and appointed
subcommittee to arrange the pro
gram and entertainment for the dele
gates while in the city.
Sturgeon (Mo.) dispatch: L. NJ
Strong, aged about q. of Kearney
Neb., was killed by a Wabash trair
| ahout ono mile west of Sfurooon II