The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-04-07
MesaAskA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
William Havel and wife were both
adjudged insane by the insanity board
Of Pawnee county.
The effort to organize company Of
the Nebraska National guard in Grand
Island has been abandoned.
Elmwod viii vote at the spring cleo.
ton on the proposition Of issuing
bonds for q $4,000 school building.
Gov. Shallenberger has pard0ned
Mildred Bowles. who was serving 9
term Of one year in the penitentiary
Tor sh0pli:tins.
The Methodist church at Eckley, Z
country place ten miles northwest Of
Guide Rock, burned down Sunday
night after service.
Mrs. Caroline Dafoe and sons have
bought three business properties in
Tecumseh. They will establish q
hank In that city within the next 30
days.
A new county Jail is being urged
upon the Saunders county commits
sioners. A special tax levy of ~
mills is'being urged which would bring
in about $751; 900 for this purpose.
The United Brethren congregation
at Crab Orchard has decided to erect
a commodious and modern church
building. The old church building
was destroyed by fire recently.
After a two-year legal fight the Nor.
folk city council annexed considerable
territory lying outside the city limits.
This gives Norfolk 5,341 population.
as against 4.S43.
The village board of trustees of Ia
bic Rock propose submitting propo-
sition to the legal voters at the COM
ing municipal election to vote bonds
to build city hall.
Two prisoners confined in the cOun.
ty Jail at Geneva started a fire, sup.
posedly by accident, and one was
found dead from suffocation and the
other in serious condition.
Louis Mcneil, aged SIS. was found
dead at the home of his mother in
Utica by his sister, who tried to call
him for breakfast. He had been dead
for several hours from heart disease.
Davis Thomas of Platte county
about a year ago bought 312 acres of
land at referees sale and paid $21.918
for it. He sold the land to Fred
Luckey the other day for $26.52O.
Adjt. Gen. Hartigan, who inspected
Company B of the local National
guard at Stanton. expressed himself
as being much pleased with the show
ing the company made.
An agricultural club has been or
ganized at the Peru normal with an
enrolment of 100 members. Mr..
Weeks. who is the head of the agri-
cultural department, is the advisor of
this club
The two horse thieves that tried to
steal the big bunch of horses from
near Merriman couple of weeks ago
had their preliminary in Valentine be-
fore Judge Quigley and were bound
over to the district court.
The coroner's jury which investigat-
ed the death of Mrs. Charles STEELE of
Hall county. found her death to have
been caused by excitement, caused by
the running away of the team when
William r. Walters dashed by in an
automobile.
The preliminary hearing of George
Criser and BENJAMIN HeddendOrf, who
were charged with killing W. C. Dill
Ion near Stamford. was held at Alma.
and the boys were bound over to the
district court without bail by County
Judg, Shelburn.
o.. of the oldest persons in How
ard ,unty died at Farwell and was
burie in the Catholic cemetery at st.
Paul. 1t was Mrs. Mary Blaszczyk.
who elieved herself to be more than
100 cars old, belief that was shared
by 'me of her friends.
Tie women of Hastings have organ
lied 1 civic league to work for better
COVE nment and a cleaner city. Three
huni led women have pledged their
acti e support to the movement and
are holding mass meetings in prepare
ton for greater efforts.
Mrs. Dora Harstick of st. Charles
township, Cunning county, reached her
Tooth year last Friday. being born in
the province of Hanover. Germany.
March Is, 1909. She is without doubt
the Oldest living person in northern
Nebraska. She has been a resident
OF. Cunning county nearly fifty years.
Judge William Hayward, wife and
son. returned to Nebraska City from
Washington. where they have been for
some time. Judge Hayward refused
to accept any position that would take
him away from Nebraska. He was
rendered several positions while in
Washington.
About thirty minutes after young
Miller of Tekamah had paid his fine OF
500 and costs for bootlegging. Deputy
United States Marshal Sides arrived
and arrested him for selling liquor
without q government license. Miller
will be held there until the return OF
United States Commissioner Singhaus.
when he will be arraigned.
Ferdinand Brandt of Beatrice re-
ceived word from Rushville stating
that his brother. Gus Brandt, former
Beatrice resident. had been trampled
to death by a team of horses which |
he had started to harness in the barn. |
One of the horses kicked him and he
fell under their feet In such a way
that he was trampled to death before |
arrived.