Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-25
News of Nebraska.

BEATRICE-This section was visited by
quite heavy rain yesterday afternoon ana
last evening. Winter wheat VIII be oene-
fitted as a result.
MADISON-Mrs A. V. Brown sustained
severe burns on the hands and face by
n gasoline explosion today while doing the
family washing.
CHADRON-A mission to continue eight
days, opened in the. Roman Cathoiic church
ray of ST. Louis, yesterday.
M'COOK-Grand Custodian r. r. French
temporarily closed his school OF Masonic
instruction here this evening, but Will hold
another session of the school on next Satur-
day.
BEATRICE-Mrs. Tunison, who formerly
lived at Wymore. died in Chicago at the
home of her daughter Mrs. j. c. Burch.
The remains were inferred at Wymore yes
terday.
PLATTsMOUTH-Mrs Melissa Surface.
aged 81 years, passed away at her home In
Union in this county. The funeral service
was held yesterday and was very largely
attended.
BEATRICE-Rev. ]. w. winslow was
quite badly injured in a runaway accident
near Homesville Saturday. He sustained
a fractured shoulder and severe bruises
about the body.
GIBBON-Twelve thousand head of sheep
have been shipped in here from the west
during the past two weeks, and Will be FED
on the Hershie ranch in the north part OF
town.
BEATRICE-The large farm house of
William Remand, four miles west OF Be
Z
with most of its contents. Loss, $780, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Th Cass county bar
docket for the November term of district
court shows twenty-seven equity. nine
criminal and twelve law cases. Judge Paul
lessen is expected to be here to convene
court the 18th.
MCOOK-McCook has the distinction, per-
haps, of having the first conviction under
the Nebraska law prohibiting the sale of
tobacco 10 minors, a merchant of this city
! last week having been fined $40 and costs
| for that offense.
TECUMSEH-Mr John Costello and Miss
Anna Clark, we'll known young people of
this community, were married at the Catho-
| lie church here this morning by Father
Thomas Barden. They. will go to house
keeping on the grooms farm.
BEATRICE-No new cases of typhoid
fever have developed in the city for several
weeks, and there are at present but two
cases of diphtheria. Charles J. Story and
his daughter, who are suffering from the
disease, are considered out of danger.
BEATRICE-A large number of laborers
passed through the city last night over
the Union Pacific en- route from Kansas to
North Platte, Neb., where they will go to
work on the new line TO be built west from
that point by the Union Pacific company.
MCOOK-The famous Nebraska Brigade
band of McCook has been reorganzed under
| the leadership of Colonel II. p. Sutton, who
already has about thirty promising colts in
| again the premier band organization of the
! state of Nebraska.
BEATRICE-The Farmers Elevator COM
pany of Pickrell yesterday closed the deal
for the purchase Of the Nebraska elevator
5000 Joseph White has been elected
manager Of the company, which assumes
/ control of the elevator November /.
! ADMINISTRATIONS Franklin Mossman
| of Vinton, Ia, died here. Deceased came
here in poor health to attend family re-
union at his brothers, A. s. and D. l. Moss
man. Another brother, Henry, from Wash
| ington. d. c., was still here, but a sister,
/ Mrs RabnCea Moon. had returned to her
| home in st. Paul. MINI.
| SHELTON-Last evening at the CONNER
clal hotel occurred the banquet Of the Shell
| ton Volunteer fire department. numbering
| fOrty-five members, the occasion being IN
honor Of the retiring chief, r. 2. Smith
! who will soon leave Shelton. There was
also present members of the village board
| and a few invited guests.
| SHELTON-The beet growers in this vi
| entity have been busy the past two weeks
| harvesting the beet CROP which is one OF
| the best ever grown in this country. MANY
carloads have already. been shipped tC
| Grand Island. Corn husking has also com
| menced and the yield will average thirty.
| hve TO nifty bushels per acre.
EATRICE-Yesterday Judge Bourn,
his once the contracting parties beins
! Mr.. Arthur Brugh and Miss Gertrude Pop,
OF Rockford, Neb.; Mr.. John l. Roger q
| OF Beatrice; Mr.. Ralph Eichhorn OF Beat.
rice and Miss Efhe May Hunley OF Paw
osCEOI.ALThe oficiais OF the First
Methodist Episcopal church OF Osceola
were 50 rejoiced that the annual confer
ence that met at Nebraska City, returned
their pastor, Rev. L. NJ. Grigsby TO them
for another conference year that they raised
the pastors salary $3.50 giving him a
salary Of 8, $50 and parsonage, $40, making
in all 1910,
| TECUMSEH-Judge W. II. Kelligar OF
the district court today granted Mrs
Jennie M. Bilderback a divorce from hel
| husband, Frank Bilderback. The Bilder
| backs came 10 Tecumseh from Hampton