Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-29
News of Nebraska.

! OsCEOLA-NTrs. Joanna johnson, aged S5
years, died at her home in Shelby yester-
WOOD RIvER-M. Diefenderfer has Just
received a speedy and beautiful automo
sEwARD-The Seward cereal mills have
| been leased to the American Cereal com
pany.
BEATRICE-sheriff Trude took Sadie
| Woods to the asylum yesterday. She was
sent up for three years on an inebriate
| charge.
BEATRICE-The residence of James
| Klerbeck was robbed this afternoon. The
| robbers secured So in cash, some silverware
| and jewelry
| sTROMSBURG-The new Young Mems
Christian association building will be ded-
| icated August q, the exercises continuing
| over Sunday.
WOOD RIVER-w. F. Thompson, state
| food commissioner, has just returned from
! visit in various parts of the state on
official business.
! YoRK-Dr. Julius sedgewick, wife and
1r siaSr hSVe retprneu from Berlin, where
| medical college.
WOOD RIVER-Miss sabra Abbott, a
popular young. woman of this place, has
| accepted position as principal of the pub
| lie schools at Chadron, Neb.
| TECUMSEH-Commen Friday, Sep
| tember l, the carriers from the Tecumseh
office will leave to cover their respective
routes at 745 a. m. instead of II 80 a. m,
| as at present.
YORK-In the death of UIr'~h Wochner
York county loses pioneer a highly re-
| spected citizen. The funeral was held from
the Catholic church. The deceased was
| born in Germany.
! BEATRICE-Youthf robbers are work
| ing in Beatrice, and within the last week
a number of houses have been entered. Tho
| oncers have not yet succeeded in locating
| the guilty parties.
| TECUMSEH-The Johnson county fair
will be held here on September r. 13, IA and
| and agricultural exhibits will be the fea-
lures of the meeting.
BEATRICE-Mrs. Nancy Palmerton, an
| old resident Of this city, who was released
! from the asylum two months ago, has been
| ordered taken back for treatment by the
| Insanity Board of Commissioners.
| TABLE ROCK-The articles of incorpora-
! tion of the Table Rock Lumber company
have been filed with the secretary of state.
| The new lumber company has capital
stock Of $4,000. the paid up capital being
$4,000.
GENEvA-Canon r. c. Talbot was sum-
moned to South Omaha one day last week.
| the message stating that his wife, who
was at her daughters Mrs. Fred Getty,
was dangerously i'll. He has not yet re-
| turned.
SCHUYLER-The old settlers Of CoIfax
| county will hold their fourth annual
picnic on SATURDAY September .. The
for dinner, of which all present will re-
| ceive a slice.
DAKOTA ITY-Burglars entered the
saloon OF Henry krumwiede Saturday night
by saving out hole in the front door large
| enough for man to enter. A slot machine
U o
liquor were taken.
! YORK-The management Of the York col
| lege believes there will be a larger attend
ance this year than in years past. The
tional institution of Nebraska and is fast
! coming to the front
| BEATRICE-The Grand Army of the Re
public and the Woman's Relief corps held
| an open meeting Saturday night at which
an interesting program was given. The
members OF the corps served refreshments
at the close OF the program
3iSAI BibSATRISEnsherin JSl3,s; 9 Bauman OF Fremont
tnSotitsSd sheriff erin, Trude BY wire that he
wanted hOrsethief, under arrest there but
it proved TO be a false alarm. The last
heard OF Baker he was at Gretna.
| YORK-The republicans have called a
county convention to be held at the court
house at York on September 2, at which
| time nominations will be made for county
| treasurer, county clerk, county fudge
superintendent coroner and surveyor.
sCHUYLER-The city council has or
ward park. The money for the fountain
was derived from the freak ball games
played by the Irish" and the Dutch and
the city council and Board of Education
| YoRK--Miss Bertha Shidlar, daughter of
DR.. Shidlor Of this city, and Miss c. Haines
left this week for Leland Stanford uni
versity Before entering the school the
young women will see the fair at Portland
STRoMsBURG-The newly elected re-
publican county central committee has
elected r. G. Douglass of Osceola, chair
man, and A. B. Hedbloom of Stromsburg
secretary. The organization is in shape 10
do good work and expects to elect every
candidate on the republican ticket.
sEWARD-A telegram was received last
night conveying the intelligence of the
death OF Miss Minnie Cole at Kansas City,
where she was visiting. Miss Cole was
one of the city teachers IN the schosls
here. Her death was due to heart failure.
The funeral will occur from her late home
in Seward.
ELK CITY-Hiram Culp, proprietor of
the Culp hotel, died today at the age of 81
years. The deceased was a veteran OF the
civil war, being member of Company b.
| Ninety-eightn Ohio infantry. He received
a severe wound at the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, from which he has been a con-
| tnuous sufferer
| DAKOTA CITY-Mrs. Frank Miller, col
| ored, Of South Sioux City, has placed her
l6-year-old son, Oscar, in charge of Sheriff
H. c, Hansen, who has him in jail and he
will be sent to the reform school on COM
plant OF his mother. Mrs. Miller claims
she has lost all control over him and that
he Is incorrigible.
WOOD RlVER-While working In the ha y
held Monday, Joe stone received a severe