Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-11
Nebrnnkn News Noten.

WEST PoINT-Franois s. Swedhelm, a
wel-known citizen of Bancroft, has been
adjudged a bankrupt.
BLUE HILL@Just recently $4,000 Of the
Doemby railroad bonds were paid, $4,000
railroad bonds still remaining unpaid.
WEST POINT-Bernard Decker. a part.
ner in the firm of Strehle e. Decker, livery.
men, has sold his interest to his partner.
BLUE HILL-The annual meeting OF the
Grain and Stock company OF
Blue Hill will be held at the elevator OF
the company on Monday at 2 p. m.
BLUE H1DL-The Hastings brewery has
put a cold storage house here. Bmo Coos
has arranged with them for artificial ice
TINS summer and will deliver 1t about town
to customers.
WEST P~OINT-George Heilman. who has
for many years been the telegraph operator
at the Northwestern passenger station here
has been promoted to the charge of tho
company's station at Crowell.
BLUE HILL-The dates for district courl
IN Webster county this year are as FOL
lows; March 4, equity; April %, jury; sep.
TENDER 20, equity; November 10, jury. A
grand jury is called for the county April 25
WEST POINT-The case Of Nicholas
passed upon by the commissioners Of in
sanity and Thurman has been found to be
q dipsomaniac and has been placed in the
hospital at Lincoln for treatment.
GRAND ISLAND-James Hart, IN Eng
hshman by birth. for many years the
owner of a ranch near Lockwood, passed
away at the hospital in this city at the age
of s. years. The funeral took place from
the Episcopal church this afternoon.
WEST POINT-A very exciting game OF
basket ball was played last evening in the
West Point High school gymnasium be
tween the Madison High school team and
the high school Of West Point, resulting i'm
a score of 10 to "a in favor of the home
team.
BLUE HILL-The farmers institute will
be held here Thursday and Friday. Janu-
arV II and TX GavaraI nrOminnnf sneakers
will make talks. Exhibits of farm produce,
baking and fancy-work will be arranged IN
the hall and prizes will be awarded to those
having the best exhibits.
NEBRASKA CITY-Wolves rave become
quite Plentiful in the southern part OF this
county and the farmers report they have
ing party is to be formed to kill off as
many as can be found. The date will be
named shortly for holding this hunt and
1t is estimated that not less than 200 men
and boys will take part therein.
WEST POINT-The services Of the expert
scorer, George d. McClaskey of Paplllion.
have been secured by the Farmers Insti-
tute society to judge the exhibits of poultry
and pet stock which will be shown here
Tuesday. This exhibition is the first poul-
try show that has been given In Cunning
county along organized lines and promises
to be a pronounced success.
PERU-H. w. Lowe of the Peru aiming
factory says that all indications point to
a much larger output from his factory next
year than ever before. He has already con-
tracted for 100 acres of tomatoes. He says
that individual growers are taking a larger
acreage than heretofore. The 100 acres con-
tracted for are all taken by twelve people.
Several in this community are making to-
matoes their first crop and are making
other things secondary.
GRAND ISLAND-Ray ~Shamblin, an en-
ploye OF the National Roofing company OF
Omaha, residing at 217 South Twenty-ftfth
street, that city, fell from the roof OF the
boiler house at the Union Pacific shops
while at work repairing the roof He SIP
ped on a piece Of ice and a fellow employe
lost his grip on the rope which held him
as n safeguard. No bones were broken
from the fifteen-foot fall, but there are
indications OF internal injuries, not be-
lieved, however, to be serious.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Farmers Pro
tective association held "A meeting. at the
court house in this city Saturday afternoon
anC elected the following officers; Presl-
dent. John James; treasurer, John Wlrth;
| secretary, Grant Zimmers. 1t was decided
that the legislature would be asked 10 pass
a law forbldding gypsies, horse traders ana
Others from camping on the country roads
for weeks at a time, as they are IN me
habit of doing. The matter was Thoroughly
discussed and all agreed that II was tho
proper thing to do, and that at once, 50 a
committee consisting OF Hon, Iatrlck
Reddy, r.. A. Harris and John Wirth was
appointed to draft a bill and present the
Same to the legislature and ask that 1t be
passed at once.