Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-31
News of Nebraska. J..


FALLS CITY-The Richardson County
Teachers Institute will convene in Falls
City August T. for one week
BEATRICE-Miss Fleta Clancy Of this
city, while visiting friends at Virginia this
county, fell from horse and broke her
arm.
CHADRON-At the residence of Mr. and
Mrs Norman, parents of the bride. Myron
tynald Fisher was married to Laura Ma
belle Norman.
BEATRICE-Robbers visited the home of
Joseph Merrill. who lives a mile east Of
Blue Springs, and stole two suits of clothes
and several pairs Of shoes. There is no
FALLS CITY-At the last meeting of the
odd Fellows the following officers were
installed: Herbert Hedges, n. c.; Frank
r. Grant, secretary.
HUMBOLDT-Miss Rosa Till, who has
Tor the past two years been sufferer from
| consumption, died last evening at the home
of her sister, Mrs NJ. IL. Richards in the
east part of the city.
TABLE ROCK-Miss Margaret Loomis
Of Lincoln, assistant principal of our
schools during the past year, and who had
been retained for the coming year, has sent
I In her resignation, having accepted posi-
FALLS CITY-W. b. Holt of this city is
! getting herd Of his prize winning Berk-
shires in shape to exhibit at the state
| Topeka, Kan, Des Moines Ia, Lincoln,
Neb., and Dallas, Tex.
| CHADRON-rhe Chadron Times, demo-
| the material has been bought by the Jour
nal, the republican paper. Northwest Ne
| braska Is all republican nova days. quite
change from eight years ago.
| BEATRICE - Robert OConnor was
! brought to his home in Beatrice Saturday
night, having fallen from tree at Lincoln
while engaged at work for the Home Tele-
| phone company, breaking his left arm in
two places and severely bruising his body.
| BEATKiCE.alt rs reported that the pur3,
! chase OF the Spellmah grain business and
! elevator by Norcross Bros. is likely to re-
suit In the formation of big grain com
! pany in Beatrice by some OF the leading
/ capitalists, who may get control of a num-
ber of elevators.
! PLATTSI tJUTH-Judge II. ID. Travis and
for discussion of the subject, Revision
| of Our Jury system" to be given at the
old settlers reunion on August Is. This
| will be the seventeenth annual reunion of
| the old settlers of Cass county
! PLATTSMOUTH-Farm along the Mis-
! souri, river are trying to solve the trouble
| some question OF holding the crumbling
| banks of that stream. Inc method to be
| tried is known as the. kellner system OF
! riprapping the invention OF a Nebraska
man which is being successfully used on
/ the Platte river.
| HUMBOLDT-Three cases Of smallpox
are reported at Minis City, small station
/ a few miles to the southwark although II
| is claimed all are in a mild form DR..
! rOwne of the State Board of Health, came
| down a few days since 10 consult with DR..
Burgher with reference to the situation,
ana ordered strict Quarantine established
| and maintained.
| BEATRICE - Union Pacific passenger
| train No. a. northbound, due to leave Bea-
! trice at $40 p. m, came near being wrecked
| Saturday evening three miles north of Bea-
| trice. The train left Beatrice ten minutes
| late and was running at full speed when
the tender left the track and ran along on
| the ties for some distance before Engineer
! Wilkins brought tue train to a stop. The
| train was delayed an hour by the accident
! NOBODY was hurt.
TABLE ROCK-The showers OF the past
have had marvellous effect on the locality
which has now reached the so-called
the stalk is rapid and the tassels and silk
are much in evidence. One Of our most
| reliable farmers claims to have made
recent measurement at the close of a forty
eight hour period, and makes the remarka-
BILE statement that during that period one
| stalk made a growth Of eleven inches.
! GENEVA-The Fillmore County Teachers
Institute, conducted by Henry Vauck,
| county superintendent, closed after sue
and nineteen teachers were enrolled The
teachers gave expression Of their apprecia-
tion of Superintendent Vauok's Efforts anil
the work of instruC - by cOmmendatory
resolutions, and also gave each beautiful
present as a token OF esteem. The earnest
ness and enthusiasm OF this institute be-
| speak successful year for Fillmore county
| schools
CHADRON-The Northwest Soldiers and
Sailors reunion, held on their grounds on
the Bordeaux their seventeenth annual re-
union. This has become settled tnstitu-
tion in this part Of the county, which is
largely attended, and hundreds OF tents are
made the rendezvous for all old and new
settlers for ten days. The grounds are
very picturesque, being on the Bordeaux
at the foot Of the pine hills. The follow
ing officers were elected: Commander,
A. s. Mossman; senior vice commander.
A. N. Sheffner. Junior vice commander,
A. G. Fisher; chaplain Warren Rucker;
quartermaster, j, II. Crowder adJutant, 9.
| Dana Sayers; officer OF the day, A. j.
Slocum, officers for ensuing year for North
west Soldiers and Sailors association.