The Columbus journal., 1909-03-24
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items Of Interest Taken From Here
and There Over the State.
York is moving in the matter OF
getting :: $4,000 hotel.
The farm house of William Mos
lander, near Crab Orchard, was
burned.
Will Brandt, a Beatrice boy, lost
three fingers while feeding . roller
mill
Greeks OF South Omaha want $780,
900 damages for property destroyed
by rioters.
Odd Fellows of Hastings have de-
cided to erect a building that will cost
upwards of $4,000.
j. II. Adams has returned to Platts'
mouth from Las Vegas. n. NJ, where
he purchased ago acres Of land.
G. b. Palmer, former superfntend-
eat of school 1t Beatrice. died recent
Rev. Luther p. Mathews. an aged
Congregational minister. retired, dleo
At Crete q few days ago.
Cook is in the midst Of great re
ltgious revival, business being sus'
pended to give attention to spiritual
things.
Fishermen near BrOwnwell caught
two catfish in the Missouri river
weighing, one 80 and the other u
pounds.
The horse, cattle and hog breeders
of York county are enjoying . great
demand for pure bred stock. Farmers
and breeders come from nearly every
part of Nebraska to secure the best.
John Masterson Of Adams county
entered a plea Of guilty to the charge
of selling mortgaged property. before
the district court, and was fined 500
and costs.
Lying prone across a cook stove, his
face pressed down tight on the hot
lids, Fred WIeis, perhaps the Oldest
merchant in Fremont, was found dead
He was so years old and lived alone.
A reward OF $500 has been offered
by Gov Shallenberger for the arrest
and conviction of the parties who
murdered old man Brown at Valpa
raise on the night of the 18th inst.
c. w. Fagg of Arlington will seek
TO have the marriage Of his daughter
Alta Fagg and John Sink annulled by
the courts. as the bride is only II
years old.
VIII Hather of Valley county thinks
he has been MIXED" He purchased
fine Toulouse gander. paying a big
price but the other day it was caught
laying an egg. No gander would d.
such a thing as that.
Joseph Brooks of Brainerd commit
ted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. Trouble with {
son-in-law and financial difficulties o
some sort are said to have caused The
deed.
A phone message to Valentine
stated that about forty head of horses
had been stolen from near Merriman
There has been a gang of hors'
thieves operating in the west end o
the county for some time. and SO IA
hey have eluded the authorities.
Twelve kegs of beer and sixteel
cases OF whisky and wine wer'
poured into the sewer by Sheriff Nc
Celery and L. S. Rohrer of the Civil
Federation at Hastings. The liquo
was found on the premises OF Gert
Harms.
Col. Bea Miller & Son of Tecumsel
are probably the most extensive hors'
dealers in Nebraska. ii not in Thu
part Of the country. During thu
months Of January and February the.
bought and sold over 100 head o
horses.
Stopoyers a. Omaha will be granted
on ali tourists tickets to the ives
this summer on the return portion o
the ticket. In view of this, the stat
metropolis is expecting to entertain
many distinguished travellers in tn
good old summer time"
Thirty-four thousand and fOrty-tw
votes were cast in the ElkhOrn drain
age district election, of which Pill
were for the proposed district an
1880 against. One hundred an
sixty-eigh, out of a possible 200 prof.
erty owners voted.
Chris. Biesemeier and W. A. Buef
Ter of Johnson county will co-operat
with the government in some corr
growing experiments this year. Tn
government will furnish the seed an
the Nebraska men will cultivate tn
grain under direction of the nations
department of agriculture.
The child of Mr.. and Mrs. Phil She
rell. residing two miles north OF Ca
iawxy. swallowed a safety pin. tn
same sticking in the throat of tn
child The mother of the ciild a
tempted to remove the pin, but
stuck in such a way that she coul
not do SO. A physician was Gale
and removed the pin.
An unidentified man was myster
ousiy murdered and his body place
across the Burlington railroad track
AT Copenhagen, a siding in Antelop
county. The passenger train ran owe
the body, cutting it to bits. The el
gineer failed to see the body till to
late TO stop the train. footprints an
blood in the snow along the rigkt-o
way tell the story of the murder.
Judge William Hayward and wit
of Nebraska City have gone to VAS
ington to see about accepting the p
sition Of assistant postmaster geners
rendered the judge and which he hi
not fully made up his mind rs to VII.
he is going to do. He says that B
does not want to leave the state. b
cause he was born and reared hel
and loves Nebraska and her people.