The Columbus journal., 1911-06-28
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
News Notes Of lnterest from Various
Seetions.I

News Notes Of Interest from variou
Sections
Wofk on the new postonhce build
ing at Franklin has begun.
Prof. s. s. Wolf, of . Lincoln bust
ness college. goes to Aurora July
; to assume the presidency Of Auror'
college.
George Geisler. of Burt county. 1:
years old. was killed by being thrown
into a barbed wire fence by a pom,
he was riding.
Neigh votel bonds in the sum o.
$4,000 for sewerage. Strong opposi
ton was In evidence. but the prop0
sition carried by ten majority.
Former County Treasurer Fred
Thietje of Cunning county with hil
daughters. Erna and Laverne. left
West Point for Germany for foul
months visit. Mr.. Thietje IS a native
Of Schleswig-Holstein and will spend
the summer visiting the scenes Of his
boyhood days.
A big crop of corn is expected this
year near Albion. Neb, according to
F. N. Weitzel. banker of that city.
Wheat is as good as usual while oats
is q little below the average. Much
is expected Of the corn crop provided
conditions are as good from now on
as they were during the late spring
and fore part of June
The brick house on the Mooney
farm west Of Rulo. long a landmark
in that part of the country. was en-
tirely destroyed by fire. and the loss
is fully $1,000. James Mooney. jr..
and his sister Maggie were in Rulo to
attend circus. Their mother started
a fire in the oil stove and went out Of
doors. Upon her return she found the
kitchen in flames.
Boone county has appealed to the
! supreme court from a judgment OBJ
tanned by four towns in the county for
the return of half the road tax col.
lected on city property since 1889.
The city Of Albion obtained judg-
ment for $5.466.53. Petersburg got
judgment for $S2l.25. Cedar Rapids
had judgment for $2.265SO and st.
Edwards obtained judgment for ST..
5S125.
The executive board of Centenary
N. E. church of Beatrice has unani.
mously decided to ask the general
conference to return Rev. U. g.
Brown to the pastorate for another
year. Rev. Brown has been in charge
of the local church for five years. and
his church and with the community
1T large.
The prospect well which a number
of Mason City and Litchfield farmers
are now drilling east of Mason City is
going down at fair rate. The money.
$4,000. was raised several weeks ago.
s. r. Martin of Broken Bow assisting
in the financing. When r. Keller.
the driller, placed his machinery on
the ground he discovered it made
quate to drill the we'll and sent for
other machinery. which arrived and
has been put to work. The promoters
expect to strike gas
J. p. Whittingill. tax ferret living |
at Owensboro. Ky, desires to get c
job from the state of Nebraska hunt |
ing down delinquent taxpayers and
uncoverins properly that has escaped
taxation. He has written a letter to |
Secretary Henry Seymour of the state
board of assessment asking for work
and promises that he will not make
angry one man in a thousand. and
that the state will be surprised to see
how much property that is unassessed
which he will uncover
The Broken Bow junior normal lays
claim to having the oldest student en-
rolled of any of the state junior nor
mails. or normal schools. in the person
Of J. NJ. Mccormick. aged 81. who also
has a daughter enrolled in the same
Mr.. Mccormick is and has
been for years teacher in the
schools of Custer county. He doesn't
have to attend the normal but was
then to brush up his teaching methods
and keep as up-todate as the younger
teachers. Il
County Assessor H. A. Edwards Of
Hall county. is the second county as
SCISSOR to file an abstract of equaliza- I
ion. His report shows that the total
value of all property in Hall
county has increased from $6.S14.O44
Is returned last year, to $685. 21 as
this year. The personal
was assessed at $2.622.114
asst year and $2.665.222 this year.
.ands and Improvements were as
essed at $2.9S4.137 last year and ST.
1894 this year. {
Douglas county veterans will hold T
heir reunion again this year at Flor $
nee. the dates being August Is to 10. Z
Seven men recently paid fines for c
i0lating the game laws of Nebraska. o
III were arrested by Chief Game War. q
en- Miller during a trip to northern =
'ebraska. A total of $25 and costs q
'as assessed against three Syrian Ia .
orers who shot prairie chicken on =
he railroad tracks nine miles east
Valentine. in Cherry county. In =
ntelope county Frank Fisher. H. H. .
radford. Fritz Hoenscheit and Clar- u
nee Hanson were arrested for con-
tructing a fish trap of gunny sacks .
nd chasing the fish into 1t. They
aid SO and costs each.
The new Christian church at Brad 'e