Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-20

News of Nebraska.
SEwARD-The Board of Supervisors now |
In session refused a saloon license for the |
town of Goehner, this county
PLATTsMOUTH-Harr E. Weidman |
and Miss Mabel Swearingen, both of this |
city, were married in Chicago Wednesday |
afternoon.
PLATTSMOUTH-Har F. Newman and |
Miss Susie Kroehler were united in mar
riage last evening at the home of the |
brides mother
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cold weather has |
prevailed during the past week and, while !
cloudy with rain and storm Indications, but |
little rain has fallen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. afternoon in
3t yo d Ngs Ia sd al
both of SwantOn, Neb.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice public schools
will observe Friday, October 20. as library
day Speakers have been selected for the
different schools on that day.
TECUMSEH-The third annual ball of the
Tecumseh Fire Department, held at the
opera house last evening was largely at
tended and was an occasion of much pleas
ure.
BEATRICE-H. f. worthem of Seward
who has the contract for building the
foundation for the new Burlington depot,
began work yesterday with large force
of men.
BEATRICE-The Loyal Mystic Legion of
America held an open meeting last night,
which was largely attended. Following a
musical and literary program banquet
was held
NORFOLK-Mrs. NJ. Turely has been
appointed by Governor Mickey to the po-
slton of matron in the Nebraska insane
hospital here and arrived TO begin her
work today
BEATRICE-In fast game of foot ball
played here yesterday afternoon between
| the Beatrice High school and Northwestern
Business college teams the former won by
a score of 20 to 0.
NORFOLKLM b. Huffman, for years
| mayor of Neigh, has been nominated to
succeed N. D. Jackson as state representa-
| tive. Mr.. Jackson is now supreme court
commissioner and resigned.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Tw specials from New
York passed through this city today over
the Burlington for California with white
! ribbon delegates to the Woman's Christian
! Temperance union convention. rrr s,.".
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chapman and wife
celebrated their golden wedding anniver-
| older people of the vicinity were present
They have lived here about twenty-five
| years.
| PLATTSMOUTH-At hig noon wednes-
| day a pretty wedding service united in
marriage Jacob Phillipson Of Chicago and
| Miss Mary Z. Sullivan, daughter of Mr..
| and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, south of Platts-
] mouth.
BEATRICE-The funeral of Marie Cox,
who died of typhoid fever Tuesday the
the late Henry Cox, was held yesterday:
The services were largely attended and
MADISON-The remains of Mrs. John
Wells arrived here last night from Omaha,
where she died in one of the hospitals on
Wednesday after undergoing an operation,
The funeral took place at p. m. today
from the Methodist Episcopal church.
MCOOK-Robert e. French, grand Gus
todian, closed a three days school of in
struction for the Masons of McCook and
this section tonight. The school has been
well attended and active interest has been
grandly exemplihed by the peerless Gus
todian.
BEATRICE-The woman's Relief Corps
! hold lffaTnnnn
Post Post hall Mrs. Newell, department in
spector. was present and inspected the
corps and addressed the meeting: The
members of the corps served refreshments
at the close of the meeting.
HARVARD-Mrs. Douse died early Tues
day morning at the home of her daughter,
Mrs Harry Ticker Mr.. and Mrs. Douse
were early homesteaders of Clay county,
locating on a claim seven miles south from
own till the death of Mrs. Douse.
TECUMSEH-The big dispersion sale Of
live stock of William Ernst & Sons is on at
Wolf Creek Stock Farm, near this city.
Stockmen from all over this section and
from nearby states are in attendance. To-
! day the Hereford and Shorthorn cattle We're
sold and tomorrow the Percheron horses
. and Duroc-Jersey swine will be offered.
MCOOK-The enrolment Of the McCook
: public schools this week reached high water
: mark, the total being 1885, This indicates
McCook's population to be in the neighbour
hood of 1900. There is not vacant house
: in the city, with demand for rental prop
I critics and applications to buy residence
properties every day.
BEATRICE-Last evening at o'clock, at
the home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. W. Stevens occurred the marriage
Of their daughter, Miss Euradecia Stevens,
City, Rev. w. a. Mulligan officiating.
only relatives and a few friends of the
NORFOLK. Nightpipe an Indian
from the Rosebud reservation, passed
through Fairfax, S. D., en- route TO Yank-
ton agency, in South Dakota, where he
goes to recover three stolen horses, al
legged to have been found in the possession
OF another Indian, Robert Spotted Eagle.
Spotted Eagle is in jail and the horses
are being held.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice volunteer fire
department held a meeting last night and
| made necessary arrangements for the
meeting 10 be held Sunday afternoon at
| o'clock, at which DR.. G. w. Crofts viii
give a farewell talk to the fremen. Mat
| tiers pertaining TO the minstrel entertain
| meEt to be given here soon by the hremeT
! We're also disposed Of
PAPILLION-In district court this morn
ing the jury in the case of the State OF
Nebraska against Ben f. Johnson found
the defendant guilty. Mr.. Johnson wai
charged with keeping the windows of his
saloon screened from the observation o
those passing by. The criminal cases wert
all dismissed on motion of the county at
torney, except Charles Mitchell of Crool
| City for selling liquor TO inebriates.
MCOOK-W. NJ. Weidenhamer the new
trainmaster on the west end of the McCool
division of the Burlington, is now duly in
stalled in offce. He comes from Gales
burg Ill, and is an old Burlington employ
and a brother of Fred Weidenhamer, tn
BurlingtOn's chief OF transportation Omaha
MCOOK-Fear is expressed in some quar-
tiers that railway man service viii be dis
continued on the McCook-Imperial branc
OF the Burlington, and that the same vii
be entirely supplied by star route service
MCOOK-The McCook Commercial Clubs
railroad committee is preparing to max
a campaign for more adequate facilitie
at MeCook for handling the big freigh
large transfer freight business done here
AS at present freight is inevitably held I
| the annoyance of the business men of tn
city, and they find Il quite difcult to dis
patch freight TO neighboring customer
| promptly. The committee hopes TO brinl
this matter 50 clearly and urgently befor
the head Burlington officials that they vii
\ move promptly In the matter.