The Columbus journal., 1909-11-03
MEsn.skA NEWS AND NOTES.
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and There Over the State.
Franklin's new opera house mas
been opened for business.
Mrs. Alexander Hunter accidentally
shot herself with q rife at their
home near Murray. the ball entering
between two ribs on the left side. Her
case is serious.
Nebraska City is suffering from q
| cement famine and many of the large
contractors have been compelled to
lay all of their help of on that ac-
| count.
Mrs. Frank B. Spear of Diller was
instantly killed two miles north OF
Pickrell, being thrown from an auto
mobile. She struck on her head.
breaking her neck.
John NJ. Phipps, who claims to be
over SO years of age, was In Nebraska
City, enroute to Farragut, Iowa, on
visit with his son. He has been max.
ing his home with daughter in
Richardson county.
James Hartshorn of Havelock. 100
years old, died last week at his home.
He was born in England August 4.
1909. Until a few months ago he was
In perfect health and then began to
fail, though his death was unexpected.
The general store of Wilson & Ost-
bloom at Marquette was entered by
burglars and quite an amount OF
goods, including cutlery, silverware
and other valuables taken. The safe
was not molested.
While crossing Rose creek bridge.
in the southeast corner of Thayer
county, NJ. NJ. Bass, who was running
a threshing machine over the high.
way without first planking the bridge
lost his life. The engine went down
and Bass neck was broken by the
fall.
The York county corn contest prom
ises to be one of the big events and
commences November % and ending
November %. No business house or
| building could be secured that was
large enough to hold the displays and
an effort will be made to secure the
| court house.
The 16O-acre farm of L. w. Colby
of Gage county sold to John Conner
of Hamburg, Ia, for $4,000, or 5000
per acre. The land is finely improved
and has been used for several years
! as a dairy farm. This price is the
highest paid for land in that part of
the state.
The Fremont Stock Yards company
is having a big run of sheep at its
feed yards in South Fremont this sea-
son. more shippers stopping of to
| feed there than for some seasons. One
day the books showed 10000 in the
yards for feed, which is about the
average so far this season.
In the great collection at the Ma
| tional Corn show in Omaha will be
seen why of the seven billion five
hundred million dollars worth Of plant
and animal products, produced by the
United States each year, more than
one billion dollars worth of this sum
can be credited to agricultural
science. Reproduction is truly the
basis of wealth.
BY the explosion of a gasoline stove
on which he was cooking his dinner.
Charles w. Goldsberry, so years Of
age, of Lincoln, was so severely
burned that his recovery is very
doubtful.
]. E. Kelby, on behalf of the Bur-
lington, challenged the constitution
atty of the Barton act, passed by the
last legislature. This measure pro-
vides for telephone service in depots
and express Offices. He filed brief
with the railway commission, assert
ing that the scope of the act was
broader than its title.
The site for the tuberculosis sani-
tarium has been chosen by the state
board, which has been in session at
Broken Bow and the institution will
be located about two and a half miles
from that town. The city had agreed
to donate 100 acres, but the board
thought this entirely too small, and
decided that it would need at least
1000 acres This will be secured.
The work of surveying the Nemaha
river territory through johnson county
for the proposed drainage ditch was
commenced by the government en-
cheering and surveying force. last
week. The crew includes three sur
veyOrs and four helpers and the work
was commenced on the county line,
northwest of Sterling. 1t is not known
how long it will take the men to COM
plete the work.
A double tragedy, accepted by the
authorities as a murder and suicide,
was disclosed when a farmer four
miles from Clay Center found the
dead bodies of Leroy Foster and Miss
Inez Cox in buggy near the roadway
adjoining his farm. Apparently they
had been dead q number of hours.
Both were shot in the region of the
heart, and near the man lay a re-
volver. 1t is presumed he killed the
girl, then himself.
Anton Horalik was arrested at Gen.
trail City on the charge of stealing
team of horses from Robert J. Griffin,
a farmer living near North Bend. He
waived preliminary examination in
justice court at Fremont, and was
bound over to the district court. She
riff Bauman took him directly to the
court room, where he pleaed guilty
and was sentenced to two years In
the penitentiary. less than twelve
hours after his arrest.
One of the worst prairie fires of the
season ragged about three hours about