The Columbus journal., 1909-12-22

Vtems Of interest Taken From Here
aud There Over the State.
Four hundred birds made noise and
attracted attention when the Dodge
county poultry show opened at Ere
mont
Gen. Easement, who died recently
at Painesville, Ohio, laid the original
rails of the Union Pacific as far west
as Cheyenne. He is well remembered
by many old-timers in Omaha and
throughout the state
Joseph Dukes. who was one Of the
prize winners at the fiddlers' carnival
in Nebraska City captured sixty
three-pound catfish from the Missouri
river, near his home at Minersville,
and brought the captive to the city
alive and put him on exhibition.
Denver dispatch: Hogs sold at a
new record price in the Denver mar
ket, when a carload from Wauneta,
Neb. sold at $S.47k. A carload some
days previous went at $40, the pre-
yious highest price having been
S8271a in February.
Charles Cercl, son OF a Saunders
county farmer, will not be tried on the
charge of being the father of the child
OF Miss Rosie Sanda OF Lancaster
county. The case has been dismissed
and it is understood a marriage be-
tween the complaining witness and
the accused is to follow.
Uncle Sam takes deep interest in
road building and in the government
exhibit at the National Corn exposi-
tion. had quite an extensive exhibit on
roads. There was a large steam roll
ier at work showing Just how to roll
the roads and how to prepare them in
various forms.
The plans and specifications for the
new wing of the Normal building at
Kearney are now ready and bids will
be called for for the construction Of
the building. The plans call for q
fireprOof construction, and the build
ing will add greatly to the conven-
fence of the school and also give 1t .
chance to expand.
Adjutant General Hartigan's ONCE
Ia busy furnishing . tabulation Of the
records made by the Nebraska guards
TO the war derartment. The indivi-
dual score Of each member must be
submitted. Compared with other
states Nebraska will not make a very
good showing. although the record rs
a whole will surpass last years.
Judge H0stetler gave Robert Rad
cliff one year in the penitentiary for
forging q cneck on the Union Pacific
hotel of Kearney last April. Radclin
is the man whom the sheriff of Buff
falo county captured at Des Moines
and had difficulty in getting him from
Iowa. owing to attorneys fighting the
granting Of . reputation for his re-
turn to Nebraska.
Emphasis on the attention that
should be paid to the proper prepare
ton of the younger people of the state
for their part in the agricultural life,
which constitutes the backbone of all
the business of Nebraska was the bur-
den of q speech by w. C. Coupland.
member of the Board of Regents of
the University of Nebraska. delivered
at the National Corn exposition.
Physicians Of Fairbury were sum-
moned to the home of August Theye,
living seven miles west of the city.
to attend a young son of Mr.. Theye.
who met with a very serious accident.
While running with an open pocket
knife in his nand the lad fell in such
a manner that the blade of the knife
penetrated the abdomen. He will
recover.
The supreme court directed manda-
mus to issue to compel the Board of
Regents Of the university to locate
and MAINTAIN two experimental sta
tons in the sand hills, according to
the provisions Of an act of the late
legislature. The law provided that
the money should be paid out of the
university temporary fund. and the re-
gents alleged this money could not be
spent for that purpose.
A series of important experiments
are to be started in Columbus by the
department of agriculture. beginning
early in the new year. for the testing
of corn, as to the moisture contained
and as to its keeping qualities. The
corn to be tested will be placed in
bins which will be electrically wired,
so that the temperature of the corn
in the interior of the bin can be tested
as accurately As that at the edges.
On complaint of his wife John Pat
ton of Buffalo county was arrested for
incest. A full confession was made
and Patton was sentenced to fifteen
years at hard labor in the state peni-
tentiary. Patton Is about 35, and in
dustrious, but ignorant. His wife Is a
rather comely young woman of aver
age intelligence, and they have six
bright children, the oldest Of whom, a
girl of 13, was the victim of her in
human father.
A. Zapp met with a peculiar acci-
dent at Emerson Saturday. He was
working in his planning mill alone
when in some unknown manner he
was caught in the betting of the ma
chinery. Every thread of clothing was
stripped from him and he was thrown
unconscious to the floor, where he lay
for several hours suffering greatly
from the cold While he is bruised
and sore ii is thought he is not dan
gerously hurt
Will NJ. Maupin, head Of the bureau
of labor, is getting out an innovation