Greeley County, Nebraska
News Articles

Carl Madison

Carl Madison is under arrest at Scotia, Neb., charged with attempting to sever his wife’s jugular vein with a sharp butcher knife.

(Santa Fe Daily New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Published August 5, 1889)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

Cal Madison Acquitted

Scotia, Neb., Feb. 6.—[Special]—Cal Madison, who on the night of the 5th of November, 1889, shot and killed J. L. Pridemore, who had debauched Madison’s wife, was acquitted in the district court of Greeley county today.

(Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, Published 07 Feb 1890)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

Fire at Scotia

Scotia, Neb., Jan. 20.—Fire caused by a defective flue destroyed the residence of L. L. Doane last night. A portion of the household goods were saved. The loss is $5,000, with a partial insurance.

(Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, January 21, 1892)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

Frontier Justice

[By Telegraph To The Herald]
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 28, 1878

A special to the Omaha Herald from Columbus, Neb., says that the mail carrier between Madison and Scotia, just arrived there, found two men dead in North Loup, between Dublin and Scotia, with paper pinned to their clothes stating that they were shot for setting fire to the prairie. A dead team of mules and a wagon were near them. They were strangers in the section.

(New York Herald, Published October 29, 1878)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

James P. Paxton
News Articles

Murder Caused By Jealousy

Scotia, Neb., Nov. 6.—Special Telegram
Last night about 11:30 o’clock J. L. Pordemore* was shot three times by Calvin Madison in front of the latter’s residence, dying in about an hour. Madison was jealous of Poremore.* He is still at large.

[*Note: Name spelled wrong, should have been Pridemore.]

(Inter-Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, Published 07 Nov 1889)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

Mother A Murderess

Scotia, Neb., Sept. 16—As a result of domestic difficulty, Mrs. Erne Phillips forced her two children, aged 1 and 2 years, to take carbolic acid and then swallowed a dose of poison herself. The husband found all three lying on the floor dead when he returned from the field where he had been at work.

(The Evening Times, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Published 16 Sep 1899)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

Reunited At Last

Galesburg, Ill., Feb. 20.—After sixteen years of separation during which Mr. and Mrs. David M. Patton have been searching for each other, they have been happily reunited.

Mr. Patton, while they were living at Scotia, Neb., left for Colorado with some cattle.

He was gone long before his wife, hearing he was dead, returned to Illinois.

He recently heard of her through the pension office.

(The Evening News, San Jose, California, Published February 20, 1901)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

S. Wilcox Fire

Scorch at Scotia

Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.
Scotia, Neb., Feb. 9.—This quiet little village was suddenly surprised by an alarm of fire about 9 p.m. last night.

The general merchandise and grocery store of S. Wilcox was found to be on fire. It is a frame building with two frame buildings on either side. No metropolitan fire company is located here, and the old-time bucket brigade was called.

The citizens died faithful work and finally extinguished the flames, which partly damaged the building. The stock was fully insured.

(Omaha World Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, Published 10 Feb 1895)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

SmallPox Follows Curing of Cancer

Falls Victim of Disease After Spending Months to Cure Another

Omaha, July 9.—After recovering from one of the worst cases of cancer which local physicians have ever seen, and with hopes that he would soon be able to return to his home at Scotia, Neb., A. Standish was taken with smallpox and died at the Emergency hospital.

Standish had been a sufferer from cancer for four years. He underwent a number of operations and treatment of different kinds, and finally one eye was taken out entirely. The cancerous growth still ate into his face. Two months ago he came to Omaha and was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, where he was operated on and a portion of the jaw and cheek bones cut away in an attempt to stop the ravages of the disease.

The operation was successful and two weeks ago Standish was practically a well man. He was on the verge of starting for home when he was taken with smallpox.

Standish traced his ancestry back to Miles Standish, of Puritan fame, being a direct descendant. He was about 70 years of age.

(The Sunday News Tribune, Duluth, Minnesota, Published July 10, 1904)
Submitted by Cathy Danielson

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