The Columbus journal., 1909-04-21
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
ltems Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
For the first time in its history VOL
bach. Greeley county, has gone dry
BY q majority Of fifteen votes.
The large farm house on the farm
Of George Smith, six miles southwest
of Stella burned, the loss being 1000.
Mrs. Augusta Erickson. six miles
south Of Holstein, suicided by drink
ing carbOlic acid. No cause 10 given.
Hundreds of acres Of alfalfa will be
grown in the vicinity OF Sutherland
the coming year. -F
A. D. Burr, deputy clerk of the dis
trict court Of Lancaster county. died
from ptomaine poisoning, caused by
eating cheese.
Frank Rowland. who. two years ago.
forged checks in Tecumseh. has been
apprehended at Falls City and viii be
taken back to answer before the courts.
The farm Of 16O acres owned by the
Cloud estate and located three miles
northeast of Beatrice. was sold last
week to John Barnard for $112.50 an
acre.
Thieves stole thirteen horses in
Holt county and sold them at Ord.
The animals were replevied, but the
thieves got away.
William Ladd Is suing the Lincoln
Traction company for $4,000 dam
ages for injuries sustained. being
struck by q street car of the defend
ant.
For the first time in eleven years
Kearney will submit to a liquor drouth
as a result of the recent election. The
temperance people are jubilant over
the outcome.
Miss Lucille Bates, daughter of
Colonel NJ. A. Bates and wife in Platts-
mouth. has been appointed by the gov
ernor to a position with $1,000 a
year salary.
One thousand trees have been
planted along the Union Pacific track
between Kearney and the cotton mill
west of town. Elm and bull pine are
the varieties used.
Frank Riechow. a farmer living
southeast of Norfolk is in Jail at Stan
ton for shooting his neighbor. Otto
Bernstrong. Bernstrong received two
shots in the face, though they did not
penetrate deeply.
w. H. Wilcott of Sutherland, aged
"A, was taken to Omaha for amputa-
ton of one of his legs. Over fifty
years ago a running sore started as
a result of burn, and he has suffered
greatly down through the years.
NJ. w. Burger has inaugurated a
movement to organize a farmers ele-
vator company at Crab Orchard, in
Johnson county. The object is to buy
or build a farmers elevator at that
point.
Peter Backes, an inmate of st. 10
seph's Home for the Aged at West
Point. died of senile debility in that
institution. The deceased was for
many years a respected citizen of
West Point.
The property, franchise and every
thing belonging to the Citizens Gas
of Nebraska City were sold
by special master in chancery to |
Frank r. Grover and Christy C. Loser
Of Chicago. who represented the bond |
holders. The price paid was $4,000.
Polk county is on the water wagon. !
Saloons we're knocked out at Shelby.
Osceola and Strombarg. and Osceola |
went the others one better, for pool |
and billiard halls are banned. Osce-
plans will have to travel sixteen miles
70 Central City to get q drink.
The faculty and students of the
Peru Normal are very much pleased
,ver the $4,000 appropriation for an
building. To show
heir appreciation to the legislature
hey decided to hold a jollification.
New towns along the North Platte
ire springing up like mushrooms along
he new Union Pacific extension to
lorthport. The Union Pacific has re-
'umed track laying along this route
md the rails will soon be down as
ar rs Northport.
The body Of G. T. Stains. one of the
arly residents of Humboldt and vi
Unity, was brought from Salt Lake
lily, where he died, and interment
made at the cemetery near Morrill,,
Las., just across the Nebraska line.
where his wife was buried nine years
go.
The dates have been fixed for the
ext annual convention of the Ne
raska Travellers association for Aug.
and Z in Grand Island. On the 9TH
he local u. c. T. will have its annual
icnic at Schimmer's lake. as a fea-
ire of the entertainment exercises.
Mrs. Dick Steinbeck Of Hall county.
'idow of a farmer who passed away
bout year ago in a temporary aber-
alton of mind, wandered away from
he home of relatives during the night