The Columbus journal., 1909-04-28
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Interest Taken From Her
and There Over the state.
Hemingford recently voted waite
bonds that will soon be put on tn
market.
! The Smith Bros circus of Norfoll
formerly the Lemon Bros. circus. ha
been sold to parties in Sioux City.
! Master Perry, the 4-year-old son o
Riley O'Keefee. is laid up at his hom
in Humboldt as the result of beini
bitten by q pet monkey.
The whistle on the old Nebrask,
starch works is now heard again, afte
five years. The building is now uset
as an alfalfa plant.
i Ira Rigsby pleaded guilty in tn,
district court at Beatrice to the charg,
OF criminally assaulting Mabel Myers
Is years OH, and was sentenced to >,
days in Jail by Judge Pemberton.
Relatives of ePter Miller, who wa.
fatally injured by falling from a Unior
Pacific train near Havana February
"a. 1908, have just been paid $1,000
damages by the railroad
The Misses Mary and Barbara Cor
acke. who left johnson county severa.
years ago to join the Benedictine ordei
of nuns. have taken the final vows OF
the order at Atchison, Kas.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Parker of Ken
nard. aged SO and Is respectively
passed their 59th wedding anniver.
sary. Both are cheerful and enjoy.
ing quite good health.
John Dale, who has been in jail
in Pawnee City for robbery, having
stolen clothing from the Hotel Muir
ply in Table Rock. pleaded guilty and
was sentenced by Judge Raper to the
penitentiary for eighteen months.
The supreme court of the state has
affirmed the judgment of the district
court in which Carrie Baynard was
awarded $4,000 damages against the
city Of Franklin for an injury.
Rufus Crowell died at his home
southwest of Guide Rock. He was &C.
cidentally shot by his brother while
hunting April 4. He leaves a wife
and six children.
BY working three shifts on the pile
1river the Burlington succeeded in
getting temporary structure over
the place where ten spans in Platte
county were burned and traffic was re-
sumed.
Edith Lopez. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Lopez Of Guide Rock swal-
lowed about an ounce of carbolic acid
and is in critical condition. 1t is
not known whether the girl took the
aciS by accident or not. She is about
16 years old.
Ernest F.. Wright. wanted in Me-
Cook for several forgeries, was ap-
pretended at Oxford and brought to
McCook by Deputy Sheriff Ernest U.s.
burn. 1t is quite probable that Wright
will have the charge of robbery to an
swer for.
The board of public lands and build
.ngs went over the plans for the stock
Judging AUDITORIUM for the fair
grounds. approved them and decided
to advertise for bids. the last day
FOR receiving them being set for May
IL.
The man who was struck by a Bur-
ingtOn train and killed between Louis
Vile and Cedar Creek was believed
% be Lou Walker of Council Bluffs.
William Miller. the injured man, is
'eported as resting easy at Cedar
Creek, and hopes are entertained for
ais recovery.
Fighting the prairie fire that de-
'astated portion of Cherry county
around Merriman, Mrs. Henry GanOw,
alone, except with the aid of her four
children, saved her house by making
4 firebreak with a pair of oxen and a
wooden pillow. The fire split at Peter
Madsen's. a mile southeast.
Mrs. Shallenberger is coming in for
some of the praise the governor is re-
ceiving for signing the 8 o'clock clos
ing law. Last week she received a
gold pin with the inscription, IS p.
n" engraved in monogram. Written
on a card was the following: This lit |
tie souvenir represents the sentiment |
of four-fifths of northwest Nebraska.
No higher honor can come to the gov
ernor of the state"
Rev. Thomas Warden. rector of st. |
Andrews Catholic church of Te-
has q fine mare which gave
birth to standardized colt. Before
the colt was a day old it had been
sold to Col. Ben Miller & Son of that
city for $3.50. The colt is a male and
comes from the bluest blood OF trot-
ting lines. His sire, Constantine,
owned by Col. John Doniphan of st.
Joseph. Mo-. sold for $4,000.
The mystery of the systematic thiev-
ing and robbing of stores in the
of Greenwood during the
asst three months was cleared by the
arrest there of Andrew Bloom, who
confessed. Among the
articles Bloom confessed to stealing
vas trunkfull of valuable Irish linen
ace, worth $4,000, belonging to Miss
of Lincoln. The lace and
large amount of other stolen prop
,rty was found in Blooms house.
Leroy Roby of Tilden, aged II. sent
! bullet into his right temple rather
han submit to punishment at the
lands of his father for michievi0us
The lad was the only cn,id {
4 Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Roby. The
atner had told the boy to go home q
nd had forwarned him of punishment
o be administered little latter. The I
Oy went directly home and fatally
hot himself.
The First Congregational and the
|erman Congregational churches of