Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
News of Nebraska.


BEATRICE-The Lang Canning companv
VIII start for the season on the corn pack
bbeHt tuesday August S, with 100 or more
BEATRICE-The 3-year-old daughter Of
William Wolfe OF West Beatrice drank
concentrated I've by mistake this afternoon
=, WYMORE-B Battery A gave a dance at
the Armory last night which was well at
Tended in spite Of the heat. Miss Maude
baumgardner furnished music
AIN WORTH-Yesterday Charles Cbapen
was kicked by horse and had three ribs
broken and was otherwise hurt but at 3 o.
expected 'u ''
BEATRICE-The Gage County Old Set
IIers association has engaged Judge S p
Davidson of Tecumseh to deliver an ad-
August "A. S''
WEST POINT-w. H. spillner. lately in
me me gram business, has purchased the
Jrahos Ice plant and will continue the
business of the Elkhorn Ice company al
this place.
BEATRICE-Wor is progressing ranidIv
on the new Young Mems CHRISTIAN asspciay
tlon building, and 1t Is the intention of the
oulIdlng committee to have the structure
completed next month.
BEATRICE-Mrs c. E. Stewart of this
city and Mr.. E. c. Campbell Of Scammon.
kan, were united in marriage at Columbus
Kan, the other day. They arrived i'm re
atrice yesterday to make their future home
LOUSY IL4LE-Wh filling a gasoline
tank in the engine house of the Burling-
| section foreman, was so badly oyercome
| by gas that he was unconscious for a half
hour.
WOOD RIVER.-Workmen started vester-
| day on the new Union Pacific depot al this
| place: The building will be an up-to-date
! one IN every respect sidetrack
| of town
| WEST POINT-Willam Wagner, vet
| eran OF the Spanish war and "A longtime
| resident in the Philippines, has been APP
| pointed rural mail carrier on route No Z
/ ana has sold his barber business to Messrs.
! Dunkel and Risor
| HARVARD - Large delegations from
| Harvard are attending the Epworth and
! Christian church conventions IN Lincoln.
Many Will go from here next week to San
| francisco, Cal, to the international CON
Nentiun of Christian churches.
BEATRICE-Mannett Harkins, II years
old, stepped on a piece of glass yesterday,
| winch cut an artery in her foot. IL was
| thought she would bleed to death before
medical assistance could be secured She
fnent. ''''''' '0''i ioi treat
PLATTSMOUTH-E r. Todd, a farmer
residing near this city, has a curiosity on
his premises in the form of an oak tree
| which was almost reduced to splinters by
! a bolt of lightning. Mr.. Todd expects Ia
| nave a photograph taken of this freak OF
| the elements.
BEATRICE-The new wagon bridge
across the Blue at Barneston has been com
pleted TO the extent that teams are allowed
to travel over the structure thus givinS
the farmers who have so long been cut OF
from the west side of the river a chance
to market their grain.
FULIERTON-Fir seriously damaged
the creamery building in the north par
of the city. The building was used by
c. J. Arnold as a storeroom for a carload
of new wagons which he had Just re,
ceiyed to place upon the market. Bott
building and contents were fully covered
by Insurance.
AUBURN-Hiram Lysanias Campbell dice
at his residence. aged 49, Besides a widow
and son he leaves TWO brothers, Dr. Jane.
Kay of Nemaha and Isaac Kay of Spring
field, o. Short services were held at TN
residence this morning, conducted by Rev
w. Dihenbach. and interment was at IN,
! Nemaha cemetery.
| WOOD RIVER.-Attorney Thomson an,
Photographer Leschinsky of Grand IslanC
were in Wood River yesterday taking
views OF the place where Robert Boyl
was killed last winter by the Union Pa
citic train. 1t Is understood that there hal
been some disagreement in the settlement
offered by the company.
= COLUMBUS-A district convention of tn
81 Royal Highlanders IS being held in thi
city this afternoon at Knights OF Pythial
nail. Delegates are here from Boone, Mad
ison, Butler, Platte and COlfaX counties
Representatives will be chosen at this meet
ing for the national convention to be he'll
at Denver in September,
PIERCE-The republican county centra
: committee has called the county cOnVentlo
TO meet at Pierce on Friday, September
eight delegates in the convention III
primaries Will be held not later than Ser
| TEMPER 2 lnOfndS lnllNerS is chairman Q
= the county central committee
D ASHLAND.-Fathe c. 2. Hackney, tn
! oldest Mason in the state, will celebrat
i his END birthday next Friday. Fathe
s Hackney became a Mason in lS4l and r,
e I Gently was presented with a gold med
| and pension OF IS a month by the gran
| lodge. He is still active and walks frol
= his home 10 the postoffice every day.
+ BEATRICE-Word was received here vel
p terday from Evanston, Ill, announcing n
. ! death Of Elmer j. Benson, a former res
- dent OF Beatrice. The remains will
y brought here Sunday for interment in HigI
4. land cemetery. He was a member of II
) | Woodmen OF the World, which order wi
have charge OF the funeral services.
WEST POINT-The West Point Nations
bank has taken the necessary steps
!, increase its circulation from 81 500 TO So
- COO This has necessltated the purchase
4 &37, 500 more Of government bonds. The n
crease dates from August / and now CIV,
q that bank the largest circulation in n
II ElkhOrn valley.
a FULLERTON - The chautauqua ma
i. ayers have the grounds ready for the six
y annual meeting which will open next III
&c day. II will be the largest chautauql
Is ever held IN the state. The grounds a
> on fhe south bank OF the Cedar river,
| F>uIier's park, one mile from the cent
"a Of the city, the high bluffs bounding the