Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-20
Ncbro,kn news Notes,

Ponca hopes to have local telephone ex-
change soon.
All the slot machines have been ordered
out of Clarks.
Thirty carloads of apples have been
shipped from Stella this fall.
The Omaha Brewing association has
erected a cold storage house at st. Paul.
A little son of Rev. c. G.. Murphy of
Holdrege had a finger pinched off by a
door
The board of education of Nebraska City
has decided to open a public kindergarten
December T.
A well digger near Diller struck a piece
of well-preserved wood ninety feet below
the surface.
All the towns in Knox county expect to
be connected by telephone by the middle
of December.
The Krug Brewing company of Omaha is
hguring on putting up a beer vault at Pen
der of two cars capacity.
The corn crop in Boone county Is not
yielding as much per acre was thought
the foreDart of the husking season.
At the meeting of the National Butter
Makers association to be held in Lincoln,
February 10 to %, 1900 about $500 in prizes
will be offered.
The members of the Christian church at
Hastings have just finished paying off the
Indebtedness of their church and parsonage
and have considerable money left.
The best crop of corn reported to date in
Sarpy county is that raised on the Tex
farm near Sarpy. mills. The field yielded
bushels per acre.
The apple packing station at Barada has
been closed. This is the first season that
Barada. and the fruit growers of that sec
tion are much pleased with the result.
A carload of fine walnut logs was shipped
from Verdon via the Missouri Pacific. They
were billed through to Liverpool. England,
where they will be used in ca binet work,
and command a big price on that market.
The Catholic church at Dawson. now al
buildings of it's kind in southeast Nebraska.
1t Is constructed of brick with stone trim
mings. 1t will be ready for occupancy
about the first of the year.
At the next annual meeting of the Ne
braska State Historical society, which will
be held in Lincoln on the evenings of jan
uary 0 and TO- one whole evening will be de-
voted to the subject of the old overland
freighting business, 1S45-1S6S.
The sword which the citizens of Tecumseh
and vicinity will present to Lieutenant
manufacturers this week and is now on ex
hibition in J. S. Harmans show window.
It is most beautiful piece of work. costing
Henry Crellin of Lyons last Friday night
and stole six fur coats, valued at about
S10o Entrance was effected by some one
who had a key to the front door, as there
are no indications of doors or windows be-
ing forced.
A. B. Wood has sold a. half interest in
tHe GerlnS courier 10 Harry WlSner or
Bayard who was at one time local editor
of that paper Mr.. Wood says that in
creasing duties aside from the affairs of the
Courier have led him to take this step
which has been considered for some time.
Either by accident or intention Mrs.
William Foltz of Dakota City took an
overdose of morphine Monday. which
came nearly resulting very serious. The
lady had locked herself in a room and
when called failed to respond. The door
was forced open and she was found in a
Ma1t nj yxynG ant fnr nfnI tor
considerable work she was brought to-
There are several rumors afioat concerning
the affair.
A young man of st. Labon called on his
intended bride the night before his intended
wedding. The intended bride met him with
smile as gracious could be. few
moments later there was knock at the
door and the intended bride answered IT.
There was another young man at the door
and horse and buggy out In the road.
The intended bride stepped into the buggy
drove to Grand Island and Is now a bride
in fact though the man who thought he
intended to marry her is still in single
blessedneSS