Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-07
News of Nebraska.

SEWARD-The Havelock shop men will
hold their annual picnic at the Seward fair
grounds.
OGALALLA-Ogalalla had a good cele-
bration 49, speaking. horse races, chariot
races, band, fireworks and grand ball at
the opera house.
| SEWARD-W. L. Walker, who has been
| the local manager of the Bell Telephone
company for many years, has been trans
YORK-Sherin Brott arrested Isaac Ong
| of McCool, who was charged with selling
| liquor. The sheriff also captured ten cases
| Of beer and three gallons of whisky.
| WOOD RIVER-The cutting of wheat,
! which is ripening fast, has Deen delayed by
| the frequent rains, and in some cases this
is causing the farmers a great deal of
BEATRICE-Mrs. Marie B. Armstrong,
principal at the Institution for Feeble
Minded Youth at this place, left today for
oberlin, o., to spend her summer vaca-
| ton.
BEATRICE-Henry Deyo, charged with
| with a knife, will be given his preliminary
hearing in the county court Monday,
| July 10.
WOOD RIVER-The stream of Wood
| river is out of its banks again and in some
places Is running over the approaches TO
the bridges. The Platte is also very high
! SEWARD-Mrs. Frank Gels of Beaver
! Crossing was so unfortunate as to break
! on a needle in her hand. DR.. Morrow To-
/ Gated II with the X-ray and removed II
I Monday.
! sEwARD-A fellow giving the name of
| Nation, who started fight on the fair
! grounds and who resisted the sheriff and
/ had to be beaten, was brought before Ju6ge
! Gladwish this morning and sentenced 10
ninty days In jail.
! BEATRICE-W NJ. Ingraham yesterday
| in the county court pleaded guilty to The
! charge OF attempting to criminally assault
the little daughter Of William Woolsey of
| months in the county Jail
! neutrality-suspicious. has been
hled in county court against L. Barclay, a
| saloon keeper, charging violation of the
| Slocumb law by selling liquor to James
| Jones, minor. The information in the
case was furnished by the mother of the
BEATRICE-The farmers living in the
| vicinity of Pickrell will meet at Pickrell
pleung the organization OF their elevator
| company. They now have a membership OF
40, but they intend to increase it to 80 II
| YORK.-George Murphy of this city re-
| turned from the celebration at Seward
about O'Clock Wednesday morning very
| badly used up, having been hit with a beer
| bottle in the neck and with brick in the
| back. The ARRAY happened on the depot
platform at Waco.
| BEATRICE-Mrs. Lucy Paine died sud
denly Tuesday morning at the home of her
| son, l.. II, Paine, who lives near Pickrell
She was born in Massachusetts January
| 10, 1895, and located in Gage county twenty
| nve years ago. The remains were inferred
In Beatrice cemetery yesterday.
sEWARD-The Seward County Independ-
| ent Telephone company held It's quarterly
| meeting at Beaver Crossing Monday. ]. A
! Wynes, who has been the manager Of The
| Seward local exchange, was employed for
| a year Ninety new phones have been in
| stalled at the Seward office.
| SEWARD-Because the b. & NJ. has re.
| fused TO pay its 1904 taxes In this county
| the Board of Supervisors want the court
house contractors TO ship all the material
| for the new building over the Northwest
| ern. A resolution 10 that effect was adopted
| at the last meeting OF the county board.
| OAKL4AND-The Commercial club held a
meeting Wednesday evening and discussed
/ different matters pertaining TO the welfare
| OF the city, but took no definite action
| on anything. They decided 10 hold a
| smoker In the opera house on the evening
Of July II for the purpose OF securing more
| members.
| GRAND ISLAND-Somers Z. Grosh OF
| kearncy and Miss Barbara Sadusky OF ST
| Paul were refused a marriage license by
County Judge Millin OF this county owsne
! TO the fact that the girl looked young and
gave conflicting testimony as TO her age
She claimed 70 be Is years OF age. but said