The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-01-20
NEsRAskA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Create. or Lesser Impor-
lance Over the State.
Near Ainsworth, John Gustafson
fell from a windmill and was badly
injured.
The ice harvest is now bling gather
ed all over the state. The crop is ex-
cellent.
Christ Sorensen of Valley county,
near Ord, shelled two thousand
bushels Of corn in one day.
Some one competent to do the work
Is about to write history of Ante
lope county.
Jack MCGOWAN a farmer of Dixon
comfy is said to be suffering with
''lumpy jaw"
The residence property of Postmas-
ter John Shoff. Of Grafton, was total
ly destroyed by fire.
It is probable that the johnson
county agricultural society will sell
The fair grounds. ~,
About thirty Johnson county per-
sons took advantage of the excursion
rates south and are now visiting in
Texas and other states.
Sunday school affairs in Cass coun-
ty are shown to be in a very salts
factory condition by proceedings of
the late association meeting.
Nicholas Thurman of Cunning
county has been pronounced of un-
sound mind and ordered to the asy-
lum.
John Kaffer, an ex-convict, bound
over for burglary, and Charles o. An
derson. bound over for forgery, es-
capped from county Jail at Hastings.
The initial steps have been taken
by the city council of Grand Island
for lower fire insurance rate in that
city.
Albert BROKER, a young farmer
living south q Barneston. was gored
by a vicious bull and so badly injured
that his recovery is doubtful.
T. B. Hord of Central City suffered
a paralytic stroke and is in a serious
condition. 1t is thought, however,
that he will recover.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha has re-
ceived word that the famous Liberty
bell will stop in Omaha in June, en-
route to the Seattle exposition, to
allow the people to welcome 1t.
Matt Bozarth, who murdered James
Dyer in Greenwood on October 10, by
thrusting the blade of knife into his
heart, was taken to the penitentiary
to serve a life sentence.
The report of County Recorder
Schneider of Cass county shows that
during the year 1908 there was 1873
farm mortgages filed. amounting to
the sum of $41S,116; released, 213.
amount, $445,117.
FOstotlice receipts being considered
barometer of general business con-
ditions, Arlington makes a good show
ing with an increase in receipts for
1908 over those of 1907 of about 10
per cent.
The Nebraska state checker tourna-
ment will be held at Hastings, COM
mencing on Wednesday, February ),
1909. The Hastings chess and checker
club will furnish a hall free and give
$25.
Lots of light hogs are being hauled
to market at Arlington because of the
presence of cholera northeast Of there
near Dale, Heavy hogs are worth
$3.50, while light hogs bring from
$50 to $500.
Complaints are heard from many
farmers about Arlington to the effect
that wolves are becoming too numer-
GUS and many have been killed re-
Gently in that vicinity. An organized
effort will be made to rid the country
of the beasts.
The creditors and some of the
stockholders Of the Fairbury Iron
Works and Windmill Company have
applied for a receiver for the COM
pany and the judge of the district
court appointed F. L. Rain receiver.
The property is appraised at $4,000.
Chicago dispatch: An unidenti-
fed young man. who was formerly on
the Nebraska university athletic team
and was lately converted, has re-
turned to the Victoria hotel silver
spoon he took while stopping there In
his college days. 1t Games from
Beatrice.
A valuable horse belonging to Gus
Weidberg, a farmer living east Of
Fremont, was found in the pasture
near his house with a gunshot wound
in the shoulder and so badly injured
that it was necessary to kill him. 1t
is supposed that the animal was shot
by some careless hunter.
J. C. Welles. field superintendent
for the Fort Collins (Col) sugar fac
tory. and his wife, we're found dead
in bed at their home, about two miles
from Fl. Collins. Apparently both
had been overcome by coal gas. Be-
fore going to Fort Collins Mr.. Welle
and his wife lived in this state. Both
were about 43 years of age.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Fullerton Elevator
company, was held last week. The
report of the manager last week
showed that the elevator. during the
year 1908, had handled 229.s62
bushels of grain, the cost Of which
amounted to $l71.1O7.33. Also SAT
tons of coal had been handled. The
directors whose terms had expired
were reelected for the ensuing year.
rrho Monnonitoe ~ tho vicinity Of