Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23
Nebraska News Notes,


Cass county was visited by a good rain
Saturday.
Judge w. F. Norris OF Ponca addressed
Bancroft people Thursday evening.
Rudolph Kune of Grand Island was fined
$25 for robbng merchants cash register.
Platte council No. 276, knights and Ladies
of Security, was organized in that city Fri
day night.
The Hastings Military band will give a
concert in the Kerr opera house next Tues
day evening.
The Warren Live Stock company of Dun
can shipped out six cars of fine sheep to
Chicago Friday.
The police raided the Kearney joints Tues
day night and plUcked seventeen victims.
They were fined s14.70 each.
The woman's edition of the Adams
County Democrat made its appearance Sat
urday. In a literary point of view it was
excellent
Wednesday at Ord Miss Margaret johnson
and Mr.. Louis Peters were married. Rev.
Hardaway Of the Methodist Episcopal church
officiating.
The German Lutheran Orphans home of
Fremont has received legacy of $780, be-
queathed to it by Mrs. Caroline Elholz of
West Point.
Joseph Layton, a farmer living near FAR
mont, has been arrested on the charge of
stealing chickens. stolen fowls being found
in his possession.
The EDworth league at Louisville gave q
social at Mrs. Rosa Vanscoycc's Friday
evening, at which more than eighty young
people were present.
Fred Douglas. the young man who robbed
o store at Eagle. was Tuesday sentenced 20
five years in the penitent,ary bS Judge Ram
sey at p!attsmouth.
Next Wednesday evening the Woman's Re-
lief corps No of Hastings will observe its
anniversary The corps of Ayr, Juniata and
Harvard will be present.
Mrs. Ida +. Cook. deputy supreme oracle
Of the Royal Neighbors of America, has
organized camp of Royal Ne!ghbors in
Amherst with forty charter members
District court at Wahoo was adjourned by
Judge Ledgwick Friday until Monday. Much
routine business has been transacted and
large docket is yet to- be disposed of.
]. j. Tuleye, grand Custodian for the An
cient, Free and Accepted Masons for Ne
braska, will hold schSQl. Of instruction at
Ord, beginning Februaryss7 and continuing
three days. "'p
Thursday evening att Dewitt Rev. A.
Fleschman married John Minter and Miss
Mary Ulrich. The wedding took place at
the farm OF Charles Ulrieh and was at
tended by about 200 invited guests.
A call for a meeting tosorganize Buffalo
county poultry club or association has been
issueu 10 Dc Helu III hedrHey, FEBRUARY ~.
There are quite a large number of chicken
fanciers and breeders n, and around Kearney.
The declamatory contest for the purpose
OF deciding who shall REPRESENT the Kear-
rey High schools in The Central Nebraska
High school contest at Hastings in May will
be held in the High school building there
about March 20. u1T .r
An effort is being made at Plattsmouth to
create a flag fund. to be contributed 10 by
tie various secret societies and by penny
collections from the city schools, with which
to purchase flags for the different school
buildings to be placed thereon on flag day.
At the meeting OF the Board of Supervisors
of Hall county resolution doing away with
the further investigation of the records Of
county officials was passed. The most
important Offices have all been investigated
and reported upon and for some time the
work has not been paying the expenses Of
investigation.
The first lecture OF series of
six 10 be given by the men,
hers OF the faculty of the Hast
ings Presbyterian college will be given Mon
day evening at the Young Mems Christian
Association hall in that city This course
is for the benefit OF the students. Rev. Dr.
Harry Omar Scott will open the course on
the subject. THE Literature Of the Bible"