The Columbus journal., 1910-05-11
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Notes IN Condensed
FORM.

Miss Marie Hrobanek. a young lad
residing at Odell. was adjudged In
sane.
Gordon Bowie. q resident of Schuy
Ter. was killed In a runaway acciden
at Schuyler.
Mayor Burrell Of Fremont issued ,
formal proclamation calling on Ere
mont to observe May as Mothers
day.
Arthur Page Of Norfolk. an inmate
OF the institution for feeble minded
youth at Beatrice. died Of typhoid
fever.
The new German Lutheran church
eight and onehalf miles southwest Of
Tecumseh. will be dedicated on Sun
day. May 8.
The city. cooperating with the Ere
mont fire department. will build new
cement hose houses In the four wards
Of Fremont.
Mr.. Kirk Of Auburn. who was a sol
der in the sixties. is at present dying
after many months Of failing health
He Is one old soldier who never got q
cent of pension.
David ]. Schuman. the ten-year-old
son of c. E. Shuman Of Cedar Creek,
was run over and killed in the Cedar
Creek yards Tuesday morning by Bur.
lington train No. g.
The petition in bankruptcy OF
Thomas J. O'Neill Of Hayes Center
vas heard at McCook before Referee
Gus Norberg of Holdrege c. A. Ready
Of Hayes Center was made trustee.
Fire destroyed a box car on the Bur.
lington repair tracks at Wymore.
Other cars near were damaged some
what. Sparks from the switch engine
were supposed to have started the
blaze.
The Elkhorn valley association Of
Congregational churches held the
twenty-sixth annual meeting in Aims.
worth. There are twenty-nine churches
In the association and most Of them
were represented.
The body Of the late Horace A.
Greenwood. who died two years ago.
which has been In receiving vaults In
Beatrice since. was taken to Wymore
and placed in the family tomb in the
WymOre cemetery.
II Is planned to spend $1,000 Of the
money which will come to the city
from saloon license fees at Wymore
to build new city hall. which is bad.
" needed. As yet no opposition to
the proposition has appeared.
A bronze medal. said to have been
given by the state Of Nebraska to
Capt. J. L. McDonaugh. Second regi-
ment. Nebraska national guard. for
service in the Wounded Knee Indian
war of 1891. has been found In Illinois.
Temporary repairs have been made
to the Burlington bridge over the
Platte, which was partially destroyed
by fire Sunday evening. and the COM
pany is again able to use its own
tracks between Aurora and Grand
Island.
Martin Srouf. while at work on .
concrete bridge near Johnson. made .
misstep and fell upon the pieces OF
rock eighteen feet below. His head
and shoulders were badly bruised and
his left arm was broken below the
elbow.
Mayor Rutherford of Beatrice has
served notice upon Night Officer John
Murray that his services will not be
needed after April 80. This will leave
the city with but one night officer.
characterization Is reported to be the
cause for the removal of Murray.
Statewide prohibition and woman's
suffrage and ways by which they can
better fight for these two issues were
discussed by officers Of the w. C. T.
U. in Nebraska. who held their annual
convention in Fremont There were
about seventy-five state and county
officers of the W. C. T. u. present at
the meeting.
Asher Grandstaf. the four-year-old
son of William Grandstaff of Alliance.
was run over and killed by sand
wagon Wednesday. The child was
child was climbing up the rear wheel
Of the wagon when Driver F. Ander.
son started and could not stop before
tho heart and lungs were SO badly
crushed that the boy died within
few minutes.
Frank e. Coffman Of Lincoln proved
his friendship for A. w. Weatherly
Of that place by submitting to an op-
Grafton and giving about two square
feet Of his skin to be grated on the
body OF Weatherly. The operation
was performed Monday morning by
for the Burlington. Wealth |
erly was suffering from the effects OF
a burn and grating was finally de-
cided as necessary to save his life.
The democrats OF the Fifth district |
are planning to have a big banquet at
Beaver City the evening OF May 16.
Governor Shallenberger. d. R. Suther |
land and a number OF other prominent
democrats OF the district and state
will be present to give their views
of the coming campaign. 1t is expect.
ed by those in charge OF arrangements
that this will be one Of the most mo-
mentous gatherings to be held In the
Fifth previous to the formal opening
OF the fall campaign.
Owing to the fact that Superintend.
ent Woodward of the state asylum
has refused to take any more insane
people from Gage county at the pres
ent time, the county commissioners