The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-06-16
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.


| vice n. b. cunningham, resigned.
Burlington train No. 50 struck and
instantly killed Frank Praseck. one
mile and a half east Of Crete Sunday.
Abram Eleston. Harlan county pi.
oneer, Is years old. who has been
In rugged health, was the victim of a
paralytic stroke, Affecting all one side
of his body.
Elizabeth A. Sears of Omaha was
elected by reclamation to the Office of
supreme clerk of the WOodmen Circle
in session in. Detroit, Wednesday morn
Ing.
The postofice department announces
that the Offices at O'Neill, Seward. SUI
perior and ,Wahoo are raised from
third to second class. To become ef-
fective July 1.
| J. J. Show has sold his farm of 100
acres south of Beatrice to w. s. Nc
Hugh of Clay Center. a former resi-
dent CT Gage county. The considera-
ton was 1925 an acre, or $4,000.
The committee in charge of the
Fourth of July celebration has just re-
! ceived notice that Charles B. Lands,
! congressman from Indiana. has accept
ed the engagement to give the Fourth
of July speech in Fairbury on July ).
Henry F. W. Borcher. a prosperous
farmer and one of the well known men
OF Scribncv. lost his hfa late Saturday
afternoon by pirlnsins INTO Cunning
creek. 1t is presumed TO be case Of
suicide.
Walter \. Williams veteran hard
ware man ct Hildreth. died Monday.
He was an old settler and homestead
er and had been in business for about
twenty years. He died after a long
illness.
The Hastings board of education met
Tuesday night and canvassed the bal
lots of the school bond election which
was held a flew weeks ago. 1t was
found that the bends had been lost
by 2S2 votes.
MIR. Dysart. living i've miles south
west of Peru. shipped seventy head of
cattle to Chicago last week. which
topped the market. The cattle aver
aged $116.S5 each after the freight and
other expenses were paid.
The Merrick County Farmers Co
Operative association of Central City,
has awarded contract for a large ele-
vatOr to the Hampton Elevator com.
pany. 1t will be located on the Union
Pacific right-of-way and will have
capacity of $4,000 bushels. It is ex-
pected that it will be completed in
about sixty days.
Ernest Spilker. the eight year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Spilker.
who reside northwest of Pickrell. was
bitten by rattlesnake Tuesday after
noon as he was going through a pasture
on his way home. The snake bit the
boy on the toe of his right foot He
was dangerously i'll for a time, but !
will recover.
The corn show committee of seven |
appointed by the Kearney commercial |
club to investigate and make a COM |
plete preliminary report to the club. |
will recommend that show to be |
called the Buffalo County Corn and |
Agricultural exposition be held during |
the second or third week in October.
the show to be open to all counties of |
western Nebraska. and that an initial /
fund of $4,000 be raised for the pur-
pose
A large number OF persons at the
Electrical Show in the Auditorium
building. Omaha. recently witnessed
one of the most remarkable demon
straticns of wireless" energy hereto
fore made in any country-in fact. a
feat not accomplished before in the
worlds history, so far as is known
When DR.. Frederick H. Millener. ex-
perimental electrician. Union. Pacific
railroad company. Omaha. turned on
the lights in the building. the impulse
being sent from the Fort Omaha wire
less tower. six miles distant. This
was made possible
through the courtesy of Colonel Glass
ford. Signal Corps. L. s. A. The wire
less impulse operated on a specially
coherer (which is very
delicate and will receive the faintest
lmpulse) similar in construction to
that used about a year ago on the
controlled Thy ''wireless')
truck in the shop yards of the Union
Pacific a; Omaha. BY means Of a large
solenOid switch. which is closed when
he impulse passes through the coher-
n. seventy-five horse power were
urIed on and the Auditorium lighted. {
BY means Of a similar mechanism the I
power was turned OF and the opera
ion repeated several times-in other
words. the local circuits Of the Audi {
orium were closed by wireless i'm I
,ulse from Fort Omaha. The public is /
'eginning to realize the immensely and 6
Importance Of the work being done by '
he Union Pacific railroad in its efforts I
o safeguard the lives of its passen-
.ers and the property OF shippers. via a
Is lines. and. by reason of the expert r
important factor il is in this country's r
rogresS
The twenty-fif,h anniversary of the
rdination OF Rev Thomas Cullen. pas
or of ST. Joseph's Catholic church of
'ork. TO the priesthood was celebrated il
tuesday. The congregation and many 5
Z the priests of the Lincoln diocese =,
altered in York TO help him observe u,
ne event. !.
Mr.. Tibbeis. eighty-two years old. =
wing fifteen miles northeast of Dick