The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-11-17
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Notes in Condensed
f0rm.

A pipe organ, costing about $500.
will be placed in the Congregational
church at Weeping Water this month
Earl NJ. Marvin. editor Of the Bea-
trice Sun, was thrown from a horse
Thursday morning. sustaining painful.
though not serious, injuries.
| Wayne Zumwalt of the Clay Center
high school was awarded first place
in the recent state contest at Omaha
for the best temperance essay. He
had won in the county contest.
J. p. Farrell. aged sixty-three, resi-
dent of Hastings for twenty-five years.
died at his home Monday night. Four
years ago Mr.. Farrell received para
lytic stroke, but was in fair health at
the time of his death.
Mrs. Ellen Applebee, for forty years
a resident of Gage county. died at the
home of her son. John Applebee. seven
miles southeast of Pickerel. the cause
of her death being paralysis. The de-
ceased was eighty-one years o fage.
A barn on the farm CT L. p. Whit
ing, eight miles northeast OF Beatrice,
was destroyed by fire Thursday even
ing. The farm is occupied BY E. G.
Ingraham, a son-in-law of Mr.. Whiting.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss was $500 and was partly in
sured.
| Henry Sass, young farmer living
three miles south of Louisville, was
run over by load Of corn. His team
was frightened by the shooting of a
gun, and started to run away. Mr..
Sass stumbled and fell under the
wagon. His left side was badly
crushed. The attending physician
says it is uncertain whether he will
recover.
A savings bank is in the process of
organization in Grand Island, thirty
stockholders. all local, having sub
scribed to $500 in stock each and con-
templating organization at the end of
the week. The institution will be op-
Grated in the building of the CONNER
cial State bank, but under separate d.
rectors and stockholders. 1t is cap
italized at $4,000.
| The annual convocation of the die
cese of Nebraska of the Episcopal
| church will be held in st. Luke's
church in Wymore. November Is to 10,
inclusive. November Is in the TWEEN
ty-first anniversary of the opening Of
st. Luke's church, and Rev. John Will
liams of Omaha, who preached the
first sermon in the church, will give
an address on that day. A large num-
Der of ciergymen have signified their
| intention of attending the convocation.
The Union Pacific crusher east of
Wymore is now running full force.
with sixty men employed. OF these
only thirty are Americans. Wages
have been raised from s1.75 to 50 a
day. About ten carloads of crushed
rock and ballast material are put out
every day. The product is being used
to ballast the Union Pacific line be-
tween Beatrice and Lincoln.
Angered because they had been re-
fused admittance to the county Jail
at Beatrice to visit Bertucca, the
young man confined there awaiting
trial on a charge of numbering little
Wymore boy. four Italians became
troublesome Sunday evening and were
only persuaded to leave by the display
of a revolver in the hands of Sheriff
Trude.
James Mcclure. after several years
Of service, has resigned his position
as cashier of the First National bank
OF Wymore. and will be succeeded by
L. E. Pough, late of North Loup. Neb.
The stock in the bank held by c. B.
Roers CT Kingstown. Tex, has been
taken by E. N. Kaufman. who will act
as director. Mr. Mcclure will remain
in the city, handling real estate and
farm loans.
In a small brook with less than a
foot of water, the C.teen-months-ol
child of Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith
was drowned near the county home
near Palmyra Monday. The little one
had strayed from the home and was
attempting to cross the stream on a
foot bridge when it lost its balance
and fell into the water. When it was
discovered by it's mother shortly after
wards it was dead.
The lifeless body of Dexter Russell,
an old man of seventy-eight years. was
found Monday evening at the homo
of his daughter. Mrs. NJ. Anderson.
near Beaver City. with whom he had
lived. The family had been absent
at neighbor's during the afternoon
and on their return in the evening
the body was lying on a bed dressed.
Death had evidently occurred from
natural causes and the cOroner's in
quest returned a verdict to that effect.
The new United Brethren church at
Crab Orchard will be dedicated on
Sunday, November ii. Bishop w. NJ.
Weekley of Kansas City will conduct
the services and the presiding elder.
Rev. w. S. Lynde. will assist. The
dedicatory services will be held at II
o'clock a. H., and it is expected the
attendance will be laT e. Tie church
is substantial structure. credit 10
the congregation and to tie IowI, and
was erected by Contractor Z. w. Cook
of Tecumseh.
The members of Heckathorn post.
G. A. R., of Tecumseh, have caused
the new metal flagstaff to be erected
near the big cannon, in the court
house square. The staff is to bear the
LARGO flag nreSentod IN the DOSf nv the