The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-03-02
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Notes in Condensed
Form.

State News and Notes in Condense
| Form.
The small tenant house on tn
farm Of Edward Howorth. three mile
southeast Of Tecumseh, was burne'
to the ground Wednesday.
Two cases Of diptheria are unde
quarantine at Ashland the last week
the houses Of Clyde Granger and vii
Barbes. Both are mild and no cpl
demic is anticipated.
! The Hummer Construction compan!
OF Marion. o.. has shipped its dredge.
N Talmage ard the ditching ON tn,
work OF drainage Of the Little Nemah;
river. to be made In Nemaha county
will soon commence.
q. n. Ruhaak. at one time cashiel
Of the bank at Hallam. Lancaster coun
~, died Monday at his home in Stock
ton. kas. The deceased was one OF
the pioneer residents of the Hallam
and CORTLAND vicinities.
The Nebraska Experiment Station
has Just issued Bulletin No. 113. on
Oats" The bulletin may be had
free Of cost by residents OF Nebraska
on application to the agricultural ex.
pertinent station. Lincoln. Nebr.
In card written to Beatrice man.
Father Petrasch, pastor of ST. Joseph's
Catholic church. states that he Is now
touring upper Egypt and that he is
rapidly regainiDg his health. He ex-
poets to return home before Faster
The work on the new $4,000 SAM
tary sewers to be laid in Nebraska
City will begin next week and the
work will be pushed as fast as pos
sible. Contractor Dunlap desires to
comr the work before the spring
rains set in.
An explosion of the big 40-ton cop
rer converter at the American Smelt-
ing and Refining company plant at
Omaha resulted in the death of two
men and the probably fatal injury Of
one other
Arthur Anderson. the young negro
who killed Arthur Newell. at Hastings
waived preliminary hearing and was
bound over to the district court with
out bail on a charge of murder in the
first degree.
Contractors and lumber dealers Of
Beatrice state that the prospect for
building in Beatrice this spring was
never better. An unusually large num-
Der of dwelling houses are to be erect
I'd. as we'll as a number OF business
w. J. Nickles. section foreman in
lexington while at Brady Island I'M
cading a carload of switch frogs had
lis ankle badly mashed and will be
aid up for several days. He will be
obliged to walk on crutches and will |
'e unable to work for 81 ~e time.
The third annual convention OF the |
Nebraska state branch of the united |
lational association Of postOffice
Jerks convened Tuesday morning in
civil service examination room in |
he postoffice building at Omaha with
bout fifty members present. The con-
ention was called to order by Presi-
ent W. A. Rowland of Lincoln.
1t develops that Arthur Newell. the
hastings boy who was slain with bill
ard cue a few days ago. was raised
Fremont. Newell was taken from
q orphans asylum in Omaha several
ears ago by a Fremont family and
as raised There. He was known as
rthur Day until he attained the age
eighteen. when he assumed his for.
er name and left.
The Gresham farmers institute was
great success in point of numbers.
and program. The weather |
as very disagreeable. but the farmers
Id townsmen attended regardless.
n Wednesday afternoon the schools ;
ere closed in order that the teach 3,
S and older pupils might receive the
.nefits OF the meeting. This is the ,
cond annual corn contest and farm q
s institute in Gresham. !,
A large barn on the farm O. Emil
slson. northwest If Oakland. caught
e and was totally destroyed We'd
Suoy. Ahc was away
the time. and there is no clue as
how the fire originated. The fire
IS discovered by the neighbors and
their efforts the dwelling house and
her buildings on the place were :,
we'd. Two horses calf and several /
rs Of hay were burned. The loss is c
~ partly covered by insurance.
N1tro NJ larr;snn hoe 1,ronuhs |
ainst Lewan & DrOech. firm OF q
nth Omaha saloon keepers. for S. h
in behalf OF herself and her chill Il
IN. BENJAMIN Harrison and Ida Har-
on. The head OF the family. Loren 2
NJ. Harrison. died February 10 in
hospital following a brawl in the
wan & Droech saloon. II is al. o
ed that both Harrison and his op- Il
nent were intoxicated by liquor
we'd in the saloon. r
scarcity OF teams. both mules and n
rses. is going TO interfere material
with some of the numerous railroad
IS which are planned all over the Il
st this year. Several contractors =
re noted thar never during the last
years have they been asked to bid
so many jobs Of work. Contractors
. seeking out the jobs where ma
merry may be used to advantage as
scarcity Of stock is well known.
e Burlington asked for bids six
eks ago for a big job i'm Colorado
to date has not had big sub
ted.