The Columbus journal., 1910-06-08
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes Of Interest From varS
Gus Parts Of State.

| Gus Parts Of State.
Governor Shallenberger delivere
the address to the Alliance Higl
school graduating class.
Miss Morton of Arbor Lodge, DIV
county. sister of the late j. Sterlin,
Morton. is again quite ill. with Ittl,
chance for recovery.
BY an overwhelming majority, MOI
folk voted $4,000 paving bonds ant
will Immediately pave seven block.
Of Norfolk avenue. in the bushes:
portion.
Rev. DR.. Cook Of Franklin died q
few days ago. He had been ailing fol-
some time. but was only seriously i'll
for three days before his death. and
his condition was not considered dan
SerOus until almost the very last.
A telegram was received in Fair.
bury. announcing that +. Pulcher. q
Rock Island brakeman. running be-
tween Phillipsburg and Belleville
kas.. was killed in Agra. Kas.. yards
The proposition to vote $4,000
bonds for a waterworks and electric
light system for Beatrice carried by
vote of 721 for and 233 against.
The bonds carried in every ward ex-
cept the Third.
William Canham of David City is
working on an aeroplane which he be-
lieves to be superior to any yet in
vented. The machine Is well along to-
wards completion and presents a
most businesslike appearance.
State Veterinarian Juckines re-
ported that he had killed some 1.40O
head of cattle in the last eight
months in an effort to stamp out tu-
berculosis. The work is to continue
as long as the money lasts.
corporate limits.
When Fremont officers searched j.
W. Martin at the county Jail. they
found $1,000 in bills carefully sewed
into the lining of his trousers legs.
Martin is the horsetrader who it is
alleged passed a worthless check for
$500 at the Commercial National
bank. and subsequently was caught
at Arlington.
The Wiedman wild west show was
billed for Tekamah on Memorial day.
for an afternoon and evening enter
tainment at the ball park. but the
Grand Army of the Republic post OBJ
jected to the giving OF the perform
ance on Memorial day. The perform
ance was therefore given outside the
Walter Gould. the 10-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. X. Gould. of York.
met with a serious accident. He
started to light the gasoline stove and
some of the gasoline splashed on his
pants. and when he lit the fluid in
the generator the flame caught his
pants leg and burned him in fright
full manner from the hips down.
Following is the mortgage record Of
Gage county for the month of May:
Number of farm mortgages filed. Il;
amount $65.97O. Number of farm
released. II; amount. $4S.-
213. Number of city mortgages filed.
%: amount. $26.233. Number of city
released. 81; amount
$211O3
Omaha Is given population of
1879 by the 1910 city directory.
a gain of 9.155 over the esti-
mate contained in the directory for
1909. in which the population was
placed at 1iS.S0i. The new directory
credits South Omaha with 33.156. CIV
Ing the two Omahas a combined pOpu-
alton of 191.115.
Willard Beasley of Syracuse was
and brought to Nebraska
City to answer to the charge of |
using dynamite in the Little Nemaha |
liver near that place for the purpose |
If killing the fish in that stream,
which he gathered up and sold
l5-year-old niece and they registered |
Is man and wife, at one of the hotels. |
The man is 81 years of age. They
we're arrested and jailed.
Jacob Link of Buffalo county has |
appealed to the supreme court from
he decision of the lower court that
lie pay Anna kast $4,000 damages for
.ssaulting her. Trouble arose over
ome cattle that had wandered from
he Kast farm. The man met the
-oung woman on the road and struck
Ter 1t is claimed that blow on
he head has permanently injured
Ter She sued for $4,000.
State Treasurer Brains report for
he month of May shows S135.567 in
he general fund. an unusual amount
n this fund. and s21i.Gi7 in the per
school fund. The general
und is needed to pay current ex-
lenses which will probably be in ex-
ess of the receipts during the sum
ner months The permanent schoo
und will be needed to pay for bond
chicn the state has contracted for p
n investment.
The plans and specifications f0
he new postoffice building at Plat:
Mouth have arrived. The sealed pre-
osals for the work have to be
not later than June g
he plans call for yellow presseG
rick building trimmed with whit
tone. dimensions so by SO feet. ths
tructure to be erected at the cor
err of Fifth and Vine streets TIL,
stimated cost is $4,000.
At a meeting OF the business mel
T Pierce it was decided to celebrat,
ne Fourth in an appropriate man