Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-05
News of Nchrn.I,n.

HARvARD-It has rained at intervals
all day and promises to continue tonight,
the amount of rainfall since Saturday
morning being close to two inches of
water Wheat is ready to cut, but cannot
till the storm and water dries away
O'NEILL-Unusual as IL may seem, It is
a fact. however. that this county has been
getting entirely too much rain this sea-
son and the farmers have been unable
ing their corn crops While grass and hay
are good and what small grain that was
put In has done well so far. still the only
redeeming feature is that stock Of all kinds
looks well
O'NEILI-The Holt County Fair and
Speed association was organized last week
coming a successful organization. A new
half-mie track, which is said to be one
Of the best In the state, is being con-
templated In time to hold a county fair
In September, when number of good races
are booked.
O'NEILL-The voters of Grattan town
ship at a meeting called for that purpose
selected committee to collect in the
shortage of Former Treasurer Patrick
Handley, who was found to be short in his
accounts about 81, 400, or nearly So per cent
of the money he received. They have re-
covered so far about 5000 and a quarter
section of land but expect to recover all
the shortage.
OSCEOLA-The record OF mortgages filed
and released in Polk county shown for
the month of June were: Eleven farm
mortgages filed, amounting to SIS, ABB; re-
leased, fourteen mortgages, amounting to
$l7q2; city mortgages filed one, amounting
to $780, released, two mortgages, amounting
to 1850; Chattcl mortgages filed, forty one,
amounting to aI33L5O; released, fourteen
mortgages. amounting to 5Ii6.@.
STROMSBCRG-A Sunday school rally
was held at Swede Plain Methodist Epis-
copal church, eight miles west OF this city
last Sunday by the Sunday schools of
Stromsburg and Pleasant Home precincts.
An all day session was planned, but owing
to the heavy rain in the morning the fore
noon session was not held. large crowd
Wilson, vice president of the County
Sunday School association, presided
FREMONT-The Board of Education last
evening had before it a proposition from
Miss Ossie Abbot to establish course
of drawing In the public schools The
board did not favor the, plan at the pres
ent time and 1t was laid over. The report
of the school census showed 2,78 persons
of school age in the city. The board ap-
proved the sale of two lots on South Main
Is q higher price than lots. in that section
have been selling for.
O'NEILIr-D. Il. Cronin, as proprietor OF
The Frontier, yesterday filed an applica-
ton in the district court asking that thf
county treasurer be commanded to give
him the scavenger tax list for publication
as per designation some time ago by the
county commissioners Mr. Cronin asserts
that the county commissioners adopted
The Frontier as the legal paper in which to
publish the scavenger tax list and that the
county treasurer disregarded the designa-
ton made by the county commissioners
and gave the list to The Independent con-
trary to law,
STROMSBURG-Chapl James Mailley,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church
of this place, has just received telegram
from his son, Charles, who is now at An
napolis, saying that he has successfully
passed both his mental and physical ex,
aminations for entrance to the United
States naval academy and will soon enter
upon bis duties as a midshipman. Charles
has made his home here for the past three
| years and graduated from the Stromsburg
High school last year. He is but little
more than II years old, bit In his mentS!
| examination for entrance to the naval
| academy he stood near the head of a class
of 1856 He is one of the most popular young
men in Stromsburg and carries with him
| the warmest good wishes of a large circle
| OF friends He is the younger son OF James
/ Mailley, who was chaplain of the First
| Nebraska regiment during the Spanish
! American war.