Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07

while the haymakers are idle. Much of the
corn is out of the way Of frost which can
be expected at any time.
BEATRICE-It has been oficially an
nounced here that L. S. Sage of Alliance
is to succeed w. L. Weed as agent of the
Burlington. Mr. Weed is to be transferred
to Geneva, Neb., at which place he was
station agent before coming to Beatrice.
NORFOLK-A threshing machine val
ued at $500 was totally destroyed by fire
In Pierce county at an early hour today
machine was on the farm of Fred HllEert
Straw that had been placed under the
chine belonged to parties in Iowa and was
touring Pierce county in its work.
Notwithstanding to the published bank
Of York County .2S op It IS @f estimatsd TshsS
that A,5O0,QO0 of the deposits belong to
farmers. This amount Of deposits makes
est county in the state, excepting Ian
caster and three counties in which are
larger cities along the Missouri river
BEATRlCE-Morris Throm, boy 10
years old, was seriously injured yesterday
by being struck in the face by ball bat,
which slipped from players hands dur
Ing the game between Lincoln and Beatrice
yesterday at the chautauqua grounds. He
was unconscious for some time after the
accident, but at last reports he was slowly
recovering from the effects of the blow.
FREMONT-An unidentified man, who
gave his name as Henry Bowman. passed
a forged check of $14.5O on Haubensack &
OSltIBdTu monday AFTERNOON. HaubensaCk
gave him 81 worth of meat and $3.50 cash.
The check purported to be signed by Con
Donahue, a contractor an the Sioux City &
Western railroad. The forgery was not
discovered until last evening and there is
no clue to the forger's whereabouts.
ALBION-The September term of the dis
trict court convened yesterday with Judge
j. r. Hanna presiding. A challenge to the
array of the jury was interposed by the
defendant In the case of the State against
Danner, for the reason that the jury had
N ra aIyT1 nral
of the county as required by law. The
court sustained the challenge and the jury
notified not to attend, This leaves the
PLATTSMOUTH- - Miss Ethel Downing,
daughter OF S. l., Downing, farmer who
resides just across the river in Mills county.
OF strychnine supposed to have been taken
with suicidal intent. Several weeks ago
Miller. The mother traced the couple across
the river to the Nebraska side and finally
succeeded in locating them on the streets
in this city while a street fair was in
progress. Miss Downing was induced to
return home upon promise that no effort
would be made to prosecute Miller. She
mistake. but her parents believe that she
became melancholy over her love affairs
and took the poison with suicidal intent.
FREMONT-The Board of Supervisors is
having all sorts of trouble in trying to
make arrangements with the Saunders
county board for the repairs of the Platte
river bridge Some time ago County At
torney Graham formally notified the Saun-
ders county commissioners, according to
the statute, to meet with the Dodge county
board to fix up the bridge matter Yester-
board was ready, but the Saunders county
fathers did not show up. An adjournment
ders county officers appeared and IL looks
very much as though Dodge county would
have to go into court again to reap some
fruits of the decision Of the supreme court
in Its favor the bridge question.