Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-10
Ner. Of Nrhrn.IIn.

PAPlLLlON-The Old Settlers associa-
ton OF Sarpy county will meet at Papillion
August II FOR their annual picnic.
BEATRICE-W. p Norcross. a capitalist
OF this city, has purchased 400 acres Of
s.. So -"'''' 'OO''' an 'O' "'i'" Tie p''O
YORK-CharIes H. Reed and Miss Ella
Flynn were married at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. J. V. Hyder, Rev. A Colony
oficiating.
YoRK-The Gas Construction company
complains that It is unable to get enough
men to work on the construction Of York's
new gas plant
YORK-Charles Pendell was married this
week at Auburn, Neb., to Miss Mayme
Bryant The wedding took place at the
home OF the brides parents.
BRADSHAW-Colonel Dey OF the Brad
shaw Republican has notified the repub
lican committee that he will not support
any candidate who drinks a glass Of beer
or any intoX Qcating liquor
BEATRlCE-The wTecking crew has sue
eeeded in clearing up the wreckage on the
Rock Island at Rockford. The work OF
repairing the depot and platform, which
were badly damaged, is now In progress.
BEATRICE-Some farmers in this 10
cslity resumed threshing yesterday after
being forced to suspend work for several
days on account Of wet weather. There
are some reports Of wheat and oats rusting
in shock
PAPILLION-The Board Of County Com
missioners of Sarpy county have made the
following levies for 1906: General ~ mills,
bridge, mills; road, mills. Total valua-
tion Is t3,34S. .SI.62, will yield revenue of
S46.3Ol.SS.
TABLE RoCK-Mrs. C. s. Wood died
at her home this morning at 1890 An hour
and half later Mr.. Wood arrived. coming
on a special from Lincoln. procured for
the purpose of getting him there before
her death.
BEATRICE - The Nebraska Telephone
company has large force of men at work
repairing its lines in this city and vicinity,
which were put out OF business tempo
rarily by the heavy electrical storm Satur-
day night.
osCEoLA-The fifteenth anniversary of
the marriage day OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. F.
evening was observed at their home in
South, OsceOlas where more than sixty peo-
pie gathered.
PLATTSMOUTH-Cou Attorney Rawls
has filed a complaint in Justice Archers
court against W. II. Belts charging him
with assaultlng Miss Mary larson. Both
the complaining witness and defendant are
residents Of the western part Of the county.
MCOOK-The State Board of Health Of
Nebraska has appointed City Clerk w A.
Middleton OF this city local local register for
vital statistics His appointment carries
with 1t authority to appoint subregisters
TECUMSEH-The remains Of Miss Bes
sic Williams reached Tecumseh from Lin
coin at 1:3O o'clock this afternoon. After
q brief service at the grave, conducted
by Rev f. NJ. Sturdevant of the Baptist
church, burial was made in the Tecumseh
cemetery.
MCOOK-One of the many attractions Of
MCCOOK 3 street talr ana carnival august
2s, September 2, will be Travelling Mems
day, Friday, September l. Invitations have
been sent out to more than 100 knights Of
the road. and goodly share Of them will
be present
PAPILLION-The Board Of County Com
missioners of Sarpy county, sitting as a
Board of Equalization, yesterday lowered
the assessed valuation of the Western
Union to $3,5S7.46, having previously raised
| its valuation five times the amount as
returned by the company.
rnT A rI,FTzcsH FfNT 90 -.
| republican county central committee to-
| day II was decided to hold the county
convention at Weeping Water on Septem-
| ber 9. The representation Will be one del
| egate for every twelve votes cast for Pres
ident Roosevelt at the last general cleo
| tiOn.
| PLATTsMOUTH-Th store of e. Sturze-
| negger at South Bend, in which the post
| office is located, was entered by burglars
last night. The safe was rified. but only
| the postofice cash drawer. A package
containing stamps to the value of 500 was
clue to the guilty parties.
| BEATRICE-The Four BIS Mining COM
pany held its annual meeting here yes
! terday. These officers were elected: w.
| w Bosworth, presidents Il. H. Norcross,
| vice pI, s!dent; Louie Graf, secretary; L.
NJ. Gashaw, treasurer; F; d. KEGS, gen
| eral manager. Board of directors, w. w.
| Bosworth II. H, Norcross, Louie Graf, IL.
! Fshback, H. ]. Chase. F. d. KEGS, E. NJ.
| Gnshaw
standsttll since the heavy rains of Friday
and Sunday. The shocks were drenched
and blown about, SO that little has been
| sold before was of first class quality and
| brought SO cents per bushel. Through the
| county the yield was from sixteen to TWEEN
| ty-five bushels per acre, though here and
| there would be a field yielding as low as
nine bushels that had been hurt with hail
| Corn is fine prospects never better.
i CAMBRIDGE-All arrangements are now
complete for the annual southwest Ne
bra5ka district Grand Army Of the Re-
public reunion which is to be held hero
| in Mckinley park August IA to 10. The
park has been remodeled, "A new ball park
added. Good ball games, fine list OF
| week. A large sum of money has been
| allowed for free attractions this year. The
ground is in fine shape for camping. This
braska. This year a larger attendance
than usual Is expected.
COLUMBUS - Deputy Game warder
Carter filed a complaint with County Judge
| Ratterman yesterday charging Ton
Czarnick with having fifteen wild ducks
the birds by the warden. They were al
young ones. Czarnick is IT years old and
lives near Duncan, in the western part OF
the county. When Carter went to the
lads home he was Threatened and driver
OF the premises. He then returned here
got a warrant and the sheriff. Young Gar
nick is an unruly lad. A year ago he sho
a bull belonging to a neighbor. The penalty
500. So '0n'i'u0n can HA'0'' DC less '"''
TECUMsEH-A special train Of one call
and an engine passed through Tecumsef
at o'clock this morning. Mr.. c. S. Wood
who had been in Dakota for some time
was fastening TO the bedside of his wife
who at that time was reported as dying
Mr.. Wood reached Lincoln last night toe
late to get home that day., and conse
quently chartered the special The dis
tance from Lincoln to Table Rock Is jus
siXty-four miles and the special, which wal
over the Burlington, made the run In eX
actly one hour. From Tecupseh to Table
Rock distance of fifteen miles, was GOV
cred In twelve minutes
| FALLS CITY-RichaTdson county hal
had one of the best wheat crops this yea
that the county has harvested In gooC
many years. The farmers planted abou
the usual acreage Of wheat and the crol
averages all over the county between
thirty and thirty-hve bushels to the acr'
OF No. hard wheat There has beer
considerable grain marketed, but none o
It was sold under so cents and lots bSugh
| Richardson county do not have to fell
| crop as soon II Is gathered ae tn,
! most of them are holding the wheat 70
| a higher market. The oats crop is light
but very fine quality Of grain, but th
acreage is small and there will not b.
much placed on the market as the pro
| ducers will hold the grain for their owl
feeding There has not been for gOOt
many years as good prospects Tor
| monster corn crop as there Is this year
| some of the seed rot and necessitated
| great deal of replanting, but In spite o
that the corn has done well and Richard
| son county will have monster crop. Their
over a small strip OF territory north o
Falls City that destroyed some few field
! | OF corn but not many and not enough I
reduce the total crop much.