The Columbus journal., 1910-05-25
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ieaI and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.

The new water works plant at Mel.
son is being hurried with all possible
speed.
Mrs. H. S. Ashby Of Beaver City
died recently in Colorado. where she
was visiting.
Arrangements are being perfected
to open the new bank in Sutherland.
1t will be called the Farmers bank.
The large peach orchard on ]. T.
SWANS farm in Nemeha county was
winter-killed and the trees were cut
down and cut into wood.
An organization of the I. o. o. F.
lodge was effected at Bancroft. adopt
ing thirty-five new members as well
as assembling a number of old mem.
bers residing there.
A city baseball league has been
organized at Wymore and a schedule
mapped out for the coming season.
when games will be played with sur.
rounding towns.
One of the big improvements that
Is being made in David City is the
erection of church building by St.
Mary's parish of the Cathode church.
It will cost. when finished and fur.
nished. about $4,000.
c. e. French, a stranger forty-five
years Of age or more. who has been
confined in a Fremont hospital for a
week. died without being able to tell
his attendants anything about him
self.
Sheriff Dunkel of Hall county has
returned from Denver with Mrs. Rosa
Wilcox and Paul lessen. both Of Cairo.
nineteen miles west Of Grand Island
In his custody. They were accom-
panied by Mr.. Wilcox. husband Of the
erring woman. Wilcox is prominent
and wealthy farmer. lessen is a cat
tie buyer and has had many dealings
with Wilcox. often being his home.
thus being given opportunity to alien
ate the affections of his wife.
A wireless station is to be located
at Sidney and another at Cheyenne
by the Union Pacific for wireless mes
sages on railway business. These are
The first two stations west of Omaha.
Clarence Waite. a Fremont boy who
has been arrested at Cedar Rapids,
Ia. is wanted on the charge Of dispos-
Ing of $40 worth of household goods
which belonged to his brother. He
will be brought back to answer for
his transgression. ..
At Beaver City. Earl Roberts, an
amateur chauffeur, overturned a new
car which he was running at speed
Of fifty miles an hour and he and a
compnion escaped with slight injuries.
The machine was being tried out for
the first time and Roberts lost con-
troll of the same.
The Missouri Pacific has unloaded
twenty cars of material for its new
steel bridge across the Platte south Of
Springfield. The present wooden struc-
ture will be replaced by steel across
the channel. or north half Of the
river. a distance of 1900 feet.
Some excitement was caused at
Broken Bow, when C. II. Wilson. q
chiropractic adjuster vino has been
conducting operations there for some
time past. was arrested on a COM
plant issued from the county attor-
ney's Office. charging him with lille
gal practice of medicine. His case
will be heard by the courts.
Governor and Mrs. ShallenbergeP
will celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of their marriage on the evening
of May q. by a public reception to
which no cards will be necessary.
They will keep open house at the ex-
ecutive mansion all evening. begin
ming at o'clock.
Rev. Chas. G.. Williams Of Denver
has notified the board of the Presby.
terrain church at Central City that
he will accept the call to their pas
torate extended to him by tie con-
gregation and that he will be ready
to take up his residence and duties
about the first Of June.
Adjutant General Hartigan has 10
sued an order approved by the gov
ernor permitting the automobile gun
detachment of the Illinois National
Guard to proceed through Nebraska
fully armed and equipped for war be-
tween June Is and August l. The Ma
tional Guard Is experimenting with
guns mounted on automobiles and the
trim will extend down into Texas.
Young man. "a years Of age. was acci-
dentally killed. Seeing some wolves
near his barn he rushed to the house
20 get a gun to shoot them. While
passing outdoors again he stumbled
and fell from the high sidewalk sur
rounding the porch. striking the butt
of the gun on the ground, discharg-
ing the heavy load Of buckshot into
his face. killing him instantly.
In the presence Of Judge L. c.
Barr, who laid it October 10. 1884. the
cornerstone of the old Phelps county
court house was taken out and the
contents given to County Clerk He'd
lund. to later be placed in the cor
nerstone of the new 100000 court
house, on which work will begin
shortly.
The new $4,000 Union Pacific de-
not at Central City Is now completed
and is ready to be turned over to the
company by the contractors. and in
celebration of that event the local
Commercial club held big public
reception in the depot.
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