Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-24


Jonathan lodge, No. 225 will install their
officers the first Friday night In January.
Mrs. William Gould and daughter spent
| a couple Of days at Blair visiting relatives.
Master Nye from Decatur, Neb:. is here
| spending the holidays with his uncle,
| Charles Brewer
William Eler returned from Bancroft
| Tuesday. where he had been for the past
week, visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Weber. jr., will spend their
Christmas with Mrs. Weber's parents, MIR.
and Mrs. John Bondessen.
w. L. Brooks will spend the holidays
| with relatives and friends at Mountain
Grove Mo-, his former home.
Each one OF the churches will give a
Christmas tree. Subscriptions are being
| taken to assist in the expense.
Mr.. and Mrs j. f. Kelby have moved
| to Omaha for the winter after having spent
the summer on their farm north OF town
Thomas Miller who has been in Mexico
for the past four mouths, Is yisltlng ms
sister Mrs. w. r. Wall, for few days.
George Gould left Monday for Neosho,
Mo- where he will spend the holidays with
relatives, returning home about January 0.
Miss Lillian Bondessen of Omaha is Wis
She is employed In the Omaha public
schools.
Mrs l.. n Walker of Covington, Ky; Is
here spending the holidays visiting her
and her sister, Mrs. j. Weber, jr.
Dr. H. c. Smith is here for a few days
from his ranch near Long Pine: Most OF
his time is now taken up with looking
after his business interests on the ranch,
and he does not spend much time here.
Frank T. Parker returned home satur-
day from a two months visit with rela-
tives at Clarks and Schuyler. Neb. HIS
cousin, Albert Muelich of Schuyler, accom-
panied him and will spend the holidaEs
here
Mr.. and Mrs w. c. Lewis and family
will spend the holidays with relatives at
Western, Neb. Mr. Lewis has been en-
plpNtd in the local freight office OF the
Burlington at Omaha for the last six
months.
So far the ice men have had nothing to
do Generally at this time of the year
they can figure on having one cutting OF
| ice up. but 1t has not started to freeze
| yet, the river still being open and the
water running.
Arthur Estill has his new residence on
Bluff street well under way. The house Is
! being built of artificial concrete blocks
which make fine. substantial building.
/ Thomas Estil has Just completed mousse
| of the same material
The bridge men Of the Omaha line have
| been here the past week working on the
| two trestle bridges north and south of
| town, getting them ready for the winter,
putting water barrels on each bridge hlled
| with water and a solution that does not
! freeze.
| Clarence Wall is now a full fedged con-
ductor on the Omaha street railway, hav-
ing been turned in Wednesday night.
! ductor Roberts on the South Omaha line
and also few days on the Hanscom
Park line
Andrew Anderson, Mrs w. c. Lewis and
! Miss Edna Price were witnesses at Omaha
| the past week In the case of the PoWeH
! Automobile company versus the Omaha
Street Railway company. Last summer al
automobile of the Powell Automobile COM
pany and the street car on the Florence
| line colided at. Redick avenue on the north
! side of Miller park.
| The Modern Woodmen elected officers for
| Florence camp No. 4l05, Thursday night,
electing F. s. Tucker '. c.; w. r. Taylor
w. a.; Frank n. Leach. banker, and w
I X Wall, clerk The camp has largo MEM
! bership and the attendance at the meeting
had a good representation of the members
a committee was appointed to furnish re-
freshments and something to eat on the
, night of installation which will be the last
| Thursday night In January. The meeting
nights were changed from the first and
| third Thursdays TO the second and fourth
Thursday night. a lease was made iol
! another year with w. r. Wall for the lodge
hall
The old river line was torn up this week
and the rails taken away. This was one oi
the pioneer lines of Nebraska and was put
down in 1863 from Omaha to Tekamah
In 1885 cutoff was put up through Flor
once and the old line abandoned for regu
lar trains, but the, old track has been useC
more or less for hauling material for the
Omaha Water company and other switch
ing up to the past year. Ever since the
| cutoff has been built there has beer
claiming the original line aDutting thei
reservoirs was i'm the river. and that thu
railway company had encroached on thei
| land by moving their track farther from
the river than the original survey and lay
ing of the track In the past ten year,
considerable of the land has gone into ~,
river near this point. The Omaha North
through the town between the river anC
the old river line, but it is not likely /
will be built.