The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-14
NEBRASKA NEWS AND korEa.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
ltemS> Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
Ten thousand people celebrated at
Creighton on the Fourth.
There were many enthusiastic cele
brations in Nebraska on the Fourth.
Grand Island had no formal celebrar
ton. but on the ID and 5th horse-rac.
ing was on the progrsm.
Fire, starting from some unknown
cause, caused about $500 worth of
damage to one Of the new barracks at
Fort Robinson.
York county farmers have reason
to rejoice over the great prospects
Of another bumper crop, making the
thirteenth big crop in succession.
The Republican City bank. which
has been run for the last twenty-three
years by J. 9. Clifford, was sold last
week to the Commercial State bank Of
hat place.
The western part of Merrick county
is reviving from q smallpox scare.
Several families were quarantined in
the extreme west end, and for several
Sundays the churches at Palmer were
closed. The disease was the genuine
article, but did not appear in the az.
gravated form.
Clarence Cain, who has given the
police in Beatrice considerable trouble
is confined In the county Jail, having
seen arrested after he stabbed Edward
johnson, relative, in the breast with
. knife.
Miss Nettie Jacques of Springfield,
WHO is attending the college at Ere
NJ nt. sustained a broken limb while
attempting to move a steam radiator.
Her right limb was fractured between
the knee and ankle.
Mary johnson of Shelton, the 49,
year-Old daughter of ]. r. johnson,
who was burned by the explosion of
a can of kerosene. when her sister Eva
was burned to death, died after twelve
hours of intense suffering.
The department store of Ryerson
Bros. at Broken Bow suffered a severe
loss by fire and water. 1t is not
known positively how the fire started.
as it is supposed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion.
City Electrician J. B. Cassie of Ere
mont barely escaped death in that
place. sustaining a shock of electricity
of 1900 volts. and but for some waste
that he held in his hand, he would
have undoubtedly been killed.
was broken for the Burlington & Mis-
souri, railway in Nebraska. 1t was at
IL o'clock in the morning of July 5th.
1869, that the first shovelful of dirt
was thrown at Plattsmouth.
Dodge Dlargy, of Blue Hill. boy of
IL years. will probably die as the re-
suit of Fourth of July accident. He
had his right hand torn of as the re-
suit of premature explosion of sky
rocket. 1t is said he cannot live.
AS the result of a long feud, involv.
ing a divorce suit and the marriage
of the wife to the other man, Thomas
L. Graf1us was shot and seriously
Wounded at Shelton by Andy Treat,
and Lut for his own quickness might
have been killed.
When Earl Handy, negro. slashed
S. Crawford of Deadwood, S. D. across
the face with a razor at Wahoo, a
crowd threatened to lynch him. The
negro was hurried to the county Jail |
before the gathering had a chance to
harm him.
James Golf, who was injured by be-
ing caught in an elevator at the Nor |
ton-Gregson packing plant in Nebraska |
City scne six weeks ago and badly |
crushed about the head, has brought !
suit against the packing company for |
10000.
A fire at Belden in the dry goods
store of Westrope & Harper wiped out
an entire block of the town. The post
Office burned, Martins jewelry store,
pool hall. a saloon, hardware store
and a milk depot were entirely con-
sumed. The loss will amount to So. 900.
The community in and about Stroms-
burg is considerably alarmed over an
epidemic of spinal meningitis, over
twenty cases having been reported to
the physicians within few days. The
patients are altogether among the chill.
dren and only milder symptoms of the
have so far been manifested.
About six feet more of the mammoth
tusk discovered at Indianola a few
days ago, was taken out at Indianola
q few days ago, was taken out last
week by workmen. About twelve feet
Of the tusk has been unearthed. The
larger end is nine inches in diameter.
Several other small bones were found
but no indications of a skeleton has
been discovered.
The Nebraska Experiment station
has just issued Bulletin No. 40 with
4 report on the Nebraska Seed Labora.
.ory. The bulletin may be had free
Of cost by residents of Nebraska on
application to the Agricultural Expert.
nent station. Lincoln, Nebr. This bull
etin contains large amount of infor-
nation concerning agricultural seeds,
ogether with descriptions and illustra-
ions of the more common weed seeds.
George Elliott, who killed man in
Omaha a number of years ago. was
released from the state prison on
Fourth of July pardon. Jacob Frahm.
allied to score. Frahm is the oldest
prisoner in the penitentiary. He was
cent there for the murder of his wife
t is said that he does not want tC ;
cave the prison. He is now over 20 | :