The Columbus journal., 1909-03-17
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.

NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items Of Interest Taken From Her
/ and There Over the State.
A case of smallpox was last weel
| reported near Wood River.
| Hans Jensen, aged &c, vas shot and
instantly killed by his hunting mate
F! Walter Brandenburg, near Plainview
while shooting ducks.
Miss Marie Douglas and Ben Wind
ham will represent Plattsmouth in the
East Central Nebraska oratorial con
test to be held at South Omaha On
the evening of March 81.
The new. State Bank of Cook II
Cook, johnson county, is now ready
for business, having just opened in
its new building with complete new
equipment.
Preparations are being made by the
Mannerchor der Cemethlichkeit of
Hastings for the annual sangerfest of
the Nebraska sangerbund, which will
be held there next September.
In the district court at Kearney
Carl S. Carson was sentenced to one
year in the state penitentiary for
stealing hogs. Joe Fielding was also
sentenced for a like period for the
same crime.
Roy Benfer, aged 10 years, is con-
fined in the county Jail at PlattsmOutb
awaiting the arrival of an officer to
take him back to Deadwood, S. d.,
where he is wanted for a statutory
Offense
Miss Margaret Peery has been
elected to fill the vacancy In the
Bloomington High school, caused by
the resignation of Miss Torrance, who
was forced by falling eyesight to give
up her work.
At Tekamah the jury that went out
to deliberate on verdict In the case
of Nicholas Farrens, who was charged
With the death of Lester Ball at De-
catur last December could not agree
and were discharged.
While hunting ducks from a boat
in the river, near Peru, Joseph Sharp
was drowned and John Sheet of Peru
and Rich Agimer of Auburn had mar
row escapes from the same fate. The
boat overturned.
Several of the hunters from Teka-
NAH went to Lyons to kill a few ducks
on the Logan, but returned without
firing shot. After that three of the
boys went out east of Tekaham a few
hours and bagsed 1O2.
Gus Childs, DOC" Tribbets, Jerome
Tribbets and George Gamble, four of
the men arrested at Beatrice pleaded
guilty to the charge of gambling and
were fined $40 and $25 respectively
and costs.
The Seick & Co. general merchan-
dising store at Huntley was entered
by burglars. Three boys, all about
the age of 10 years, did the work and
will be given terms in the state re-
form school,
Sheriff Fischer of Otoe county re-
turned from Council Bluffs with Geo
Clark and Frank Dickson. charged
with robbing the store of L. F.. Teide
of Berlin. Part of the stolen goods
was found on the men and they
pleaded guilty.
The Cass county mortgage record
for February shows that there were
eight farm mortgages filed, amount
ing to $50 900; released, nine, amount,
$29 ,555; city mortgages filed, seven,
1852; released, four, amount,
$2.36S.
The Board of Home Trustees of the
Odd Fellows decided to accept the
of York for the location of
the Odd Fellows home at that city.
They purchased a tract Of 160 acres
Of land overlooking the city and the
valley of the Blue river for the sum of
5000, of which $4,000 was donated
by the business men of that town.
There is an eleven-room house on the
land with fine outbu;ldingS and shade |
trees.
Statesmen representing mail order |
express liquor houses soliciting per-
sonal orders from consignees in York |
are given a warm reception. Owing |
20 the many arrests a number never |
stop in York, but pass on through.
City Engineer Watson has been in |
structed by the supervising architect |
Of the Treasury department to estab- |
ish the grades of the site for the gov
building in Fa:rbury, so that
plans for the same can be made and |
he contract for building awarded as
soon as possible.
Jesse Blount of Stromsburg, died
rom tuberculosis of the stomach
after an illness of about two months !
Mr.. BlOunt was % years old and
caves a widow. having been married
My about year. He was in the en-
,loye of the Council Bluffs Remedy
company, and it is supposed that he
contracted the disease from dissect-
ng dead cholera stricken hogs, which
lie frequently carved up for the pur-
,ose OF demonstrating the benefits Of
he remedy which he sold.
A week recently closed was
'ecord breaker at the county clerks
,ffice in Fairbury in point of number
If instruments filed for record. The
ilingS for the week amounted to 1S5.
IF these 11S were warranty deeds and
mortgages. The balance were quit
lain deeds, releases. cemetery deeds,
.tc There was a total Of sixty-three
ieds recorded, representing 3 valua.
ion of deeds filed of $54S.170. and the
arm mortgages $lS1,525. making a
otal representation of cash transac
ions for the week of S729.795.