The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-03-10
MEsRAskA NEWS AND NOTES.

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and There Over the state.
Two golden weddings were cele'
brated in Hall county last week.
Thirty high school girls In Hum.
boldt put on black faces and gave
minstrel show.
Seven Of the alleged rioters in
South Omaha have been bound over
10 the district court.
Allen b. Curran, an old soldier, and
for many years q resident Of Tecum.
sch, died at the Soldiers home in
Leavenworth, Kas.
The 2-year-old son Of John Suva,
OF Cunning county, got hold Of a bot
tie Of strychnine, partaking Of enough
to cause his death.
The Beaver Crossing high school
has been recognized by the state uni
versity as q full twelve-grade school
accredited to the university.
Arrangements are being made for
the Central Nebraska Teachers asso.
citation and declamatory contest to be
held in the last week in March.
The bill granting an extension to
the Central Railroad & Bridge com.
pany to build q bridge at or near
Omaha has passed both houses of
| congress-.
Sam Story has been arrested at LIE
Grand. Ore, for the murder of Fred
Smith in Cherry county, this state,
some months ago. The murderer
will be brought to Nebraska.
Clyde Bower of Kearney, II years
old. son Of A. g. Bower, had a portion
Of his left hand blown of by the acct
dental discharge of a shotgun while
hunting on the Platte river.
A man was picked up by the Sec
ton men on the Union Pacific rail.
way track about six miles east Of
Schuyler. Sheriff Kaspar had him
removed to Schuyler. where he now
lies in an unconscious state.
Milford people are violently op-
posed to the legislature converting
the Soldiers and Sailors home there
into a dipsomaniac hospital for thu
treatment of the drug and liquor
habit.
l. A. Jewell was killed in a sand
pit two miles southeast of Ansley,
while hauling sand for the Ansley c.
ment company. The sand caved in
on him. crushing his head against
wagon wheel
Fourteen members of the senior
class Of the Beatrice high school
were dismissed for entering the room
wearing red and white stockings and
their trousers rolled up almost to
their knees.
Sheriff Fischer of Otoe county took
Nose Damme. a d:psomaniac, to Kan.
sas City for treatment. He has been
in Nebraska City Jail for some time,
having been brought there from Lor-
ton. where he has resided for many
years.
When Riley O'Keeffe and wife of
Humboldt awakened about o'clock
in the morning they found their f.
monthsold baby lifeless between
them. The child had been suffering
from whooping cough and a compli-
cation of diseases.
The delegates to the state Young
Mems Christian association conven.
tion, which was held at Hastings, re-
port that greater progress in the as
soc:ation work has been made in the
state the past year than ever before
Information has been received in
Hastings from WOODBURY., Ia, by
County Attorney Hartigan that Ben
jamin Marquis. now in the county
jail in Hastings, is wanted in Wood
burn for the negotiation Of a check
for 5000 at Woodburn bank.
Lost in the late storm, Miss Viola
Fellows, a school teacher nine miles
southwest Of Lodge Pole, perished
not more than 200 yards from her
boarding place. Her body was found
where she had fallen after becoming
exhausted.
Luther Bush, who was sentenced
recently to five years in the peniten-
tiary on q charge of robbing a sa-
loon at Arapahoe. escaped from the
county Jail at Beaver City. He re-
cured an iron leg from the radiator
and with It pried open the cell door.
State Treasurer Brian has made
his monthly report to State Auditor
Barton. showing the transactions OF
his Office for the month Of February.
He has cash on hand and cash items,
1928. 141.35; cash on deposit, $611,-
530.61. In the permanent school fund
he has on hand 1896, 4S3.49.
Rev. Hiram B. Harrison, pastor of
the First Congregational church of
Hastings, created a sensation when
he announced from the pulpit that it
was his intention to have a roller
skating rink established in the base.
ment Of the proposed new church edi
flee. which is to cost $4,000.
At Grand Island the case Of Mrs.
A. Maggie Marsh against the Union
Pacific. damages in the sum Of $15..
600 being asked for on account Of the
death Of her husband at the Union
Pacific shops, was settled by agree
nent between the parties at bar, the
company paying $4,000 and COSTS
Johnson county was first in butter
awards at the recent meeting Of the
Nebraska Eairymen's association held
In Lincoln. George 8. Philips, pro-
prietor Of the Guernseydale dairy |
farm, near Tecumseh. received first
premium on dairy print butter and
first premium upon ornamental de-
sign In butter.
F. B. Thurber of Tecumseh has q
bulldog which will climb trees. The
dog is goed-sized. and he goes up a