Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-16

dress. after which Senator jackson pre-
sented Mr.. Carre with a watch fob and
charm and pair OF gold speetacles as
slight token OF esteem from his brothers
in the lodge. musical program was
rendered, refreshments served and a very
enjoyable evening passed.
OSCEOLA-There are 50 many musicians
among the young men OF Osceola, and no
chance for them in the Second regiment
the boys are getting ready TO organize
band OF their own to be named the
Osceola band. They have been led to think
OF this on account Of there being no music
here for the last ten days on account
Of the regimental band being absent at
Kearney.
BLUE HII.I,-Rudolph Kreigsmann of
Blue Hill while boat riding on the Blue
with two boys very narrowly escaped
the boat and the board slipped out OF the
bottom and the boat sank. Two Of the
boys were good swimmers and with hard
labor succeeded in bringing the other lad
to shore. They worked with him for full
fifteen minutes before he regained con-
sciousness.
CHUYLER-Attorney Thomas appeared
before the Board Of County Commissioners
yesterday and requested that the assess
ments Of NJ. T. Bohman and Joseph Dobry
in the Ehrnberger ditch be cut down. After
fully considering the matter the board dp-
proved the assessment as made by the sur
veyor without any change whatever. Al Al
places the ditch in good position to be
dug at once.
sCHUYLER-Mr. John c. Ehrnberger
and Miss Emma Ballon were married here
last night. County Judge Wells perform
ing the ceremony. Only the immediate
relatives of the contracting parties were
present The groom is well known in Col
fax county, having been deputy county
clerk for the past three years Previous
Schuyler National bank. The bride is the
daughter of James Bsllon and well and
favorably known here.
ATRICE-Nehemiah w. NJ Kitchen
died at his home in this city Sunday even
ing, aged 20 years. He was native of
Canada and served during the civil war in
Company b, Fortieth regiment, Iowa Vol
unteer infantry. He was taken prisoner
at Shiloh and sent to Andersonville prison
survived by a widow and four children,
two sons and two daughters. The funeral
was held yesterday afternoon at $3.50 from
the family home. Interment in Ever
green Home cemetery.
FREMONT-The heavy rains Of Satur-
day night and Sunday have greatly bene-
was beginning to show the effects of the
dry weather The prospects for a big
crop in this county were never better;
Considerable threshing has been done and
small grain Is turning out exceptionally
well. Some fields of wheat have threshed
out 40 bushels to the acre and the average
yield It is believed will be around %
bushels. The quality is also exceptional.
The oat crop is also bumper one.
FREMONT-Lenhart Lederle was ar
raigned in police court this morning on the
charge of bootlegging. The evidence showed
| that Ledere had been supplying John
| Jeber, who is on the black list" with
| booze, selling him whisky for 80 cents a
| half pint. Lebcr was arrested Feiday for
drunkenness and at first declined to tell
! where he got his liquor, but after spending
! two days in the hole was willing to tell
what ne knew His evidence was corrobor-
| ated by another witness. Lederle couldn
| give bail and was committed to the county
| Jail.
| OSCEOLA-There is not the usual amount
Of grain being sold by the farmers at
| this season of the year, as the farmers are
| too busy to bring 1t to market. The
| local market reports as given out from
| the three grain markets of the county are
as follows: Shelby, wheat $50 cents, corn
| corn Al, oats 20, barley 20, rye 81; Osceola,
wheat 69L cents, oats 20 corn Az. Wheat
| that has been threshed has been from
| about fifteen bushels, where badly hurt by
| hail, to forty bushels per acre; oats, an
| average yield of former years except where
| damaged in the shock by rains. The corn
| crop is assured and never better. The
| quality of wheat has never been eNcelled
in the county.
! BEATRICE-Yesterd the trunks be-
! longing to Lamy Bros, acrobats with the
! Lone Star Amusement company, were at
| tached by George Street, one of the pro-
| prietors OF the company, to satisfy a
| claim for $36. Street was proprietor of the
| Worlds Fair Midway company, which
came from Denver several days ago and
| ton at Friend, Neb. He claims he ad-
vanced money for railroad fare for the
| acrobats from Colorado to Friend and that
they agreed to stay with the company and
! work The attachment papers were served
at the Burlington depot Just as the Lamys
wards settled with Mr.. Street and their
| trunks were releas sed! -..f