Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-10

bEAIhlCE-Ine cage county leaCneTS
institute will be held in this city during
the week of August n.
WOOD RIvER-Dr. W. o. spieth of War
rem o., is spending his summer vacation
and Mrs B. Spieth.
BEATRICE-M Michael Falk, ST., resident
of West Beatrice, tripped on wire, while
tanned disocated shoulder.
BEATRICE--Clem Mccall, who was ar
rested several days ago on the charge of
sale of cannon firecrackers, pleaded guilty
In police court Saturday and was fined
WOOD RIVER-The sugar beets in this
vicinity are especially fine this year and II
the weather is favorable, the crop Will be
a very large one, This, condition applies to
the territory controlled by the sugar fac
tory at Grand Island.
TABLE ROCK-Edgar Wood, a prominent
farmer living three miles southwest of here,
caught the index finger of his right hand in
the machinery OF windmill Friday after
noon. 1t was so badly mashed that 1t had
to be amputated at the knuckle joint.
ECUMSEH-Tecumseh will probably
have no billiard halls this year, although
two petitions had been flied with the city
council for Licenses the c9Im nsi t,0 on
OF the council reported the matter in
definitely postponed
WOOD RIVER-Extensive repairs and
| improvements have been made on the large
Catholic church OF this placer Some ele-
giant new stained glass windows have been
placed IN the some VI ltlSSt
windows are quite costly. The building
has also been shingled. Il
WOOD RIVER-H. II. Stedman. proni-
nent farmer residing In Jackson township,
this county, has recently purchased lS,UyO
head Of sheep in oregon, which he Will
raise on his ranch in kimball county, and
then bring them to his farm here this fall
for fattening purposes.
BEATRICE-A pre-nuptial shower was
given Saturday evening to Miss Emma
Neidhsrt by her friends az the home OF OF
/ be united in marriage next Thursday even
| ing to william Allen Arnold Of Lead, s. D.,
was the recipient OF many nice presents.
WOOD RlVER-rhe large dwelling OF T.
]. Dunn is being rapidly completed and it
will be a very handsome structure when
| finished. The new home of A. c. Wallace
| is also nearing completion. w. A. Colwell
| has a handsome residence in the course of
| erection, while Thomas Smount Is getting
| the material ready for building large
| house.
PIERCE-During a thunderstorm Satur-
day evening hail fell northeast of town
and did considerable damage to the crops
wheat crop was lost and August Korth
reports his corn badly damaged, but thinks
with the right kind Of weather It will come
| out all right They say that the hail
| streak was about one mile In width.
ATRICE-Excursion trains were run
| to this city Sunday on the Burlington,
Rock Island and Union Pacific roads, and
| is estimated at 1000 The program con-
| sisted of humorous lecture at 2:SO p. m.
Nat M NJ. Bingham in the evening, including
! concerts by Roney's boys and the Beatrice
Military band.
TABLE RoCK-The wheat harvest in
this section has been completed and the
| first job of thfashing has been done and
the grain marketed, the yield being as fol-
raised on the farm Of Charles j. Wood by
| Graham & Warner yielded thirty bushels
| TO the acre. The cat harvest has begun
| nd fair WELD. The outlook is
| for fine crop Of corn.
| DAKOTA CITY-A hailstorm, accom-
panied with strong wind, slightly resem-
| bling a tornado, passed about four miles
| south and southwest of this place about
6 o'clock Friday evening, totally demol-
ishing all crops within an area about two
| In length from the Missouri river west.
| Waist high corn was completely stripped
| again and make somewhat Of a crop. Small
grain was beheaded and completely driven
into the ground.
| TECUMSEH-Ths new sidetracks at the
Burlington depot In Tecumseh are now IN
use though considerable ballast work re-
mains undone. To the north Of the depot a
almost COO feet long. To the south OF the
depot a passing track has been provided
w tss ste Iwgr on the Nema6a line I bas
| commenced its fourth week OF work and Is
removing thousands, Of yards of dirt from
the cuts which had caused some trouble
by caving In on to the track.
| TBCUMSEH-The .Tecumseh City Library
board, has been reorganized for the current
year by the selection OF the following ON
GERS: President, Mrs. c.. c. Corbn; vice
president, DR.. +. M. Cramb; secretary
MIS-, si,tAn drSp, NJ Mrs' ,;
Mrs. L. NJ. Ingersoll. who had been
librarian for many years, resigned the
position and has moved to Lincoln, hence
the selection OF a new librarian Many
new books have been added TO the library
during the past year and the enterprise is
we'll patronized.
FAIRBURY-The Adelphians concluded
their engagement az the Fairbury Chau-
tauqua on Friday night and were sue.
ceeded by the Williams Jubilee singers The
principal feature OF yesterday was an elO
quent lecture by DR.. Thomas f. Green or
THE Key TO the Twentieth Century" anc
in the evening the jubilee singers and Mr.
Sivas entertained the audience; the eXer-
cises closing With an exhibit OF Frank b
ROberson's Norway pictures Thomas W
Lawson wired the Chautauqua managers
that he will be glad 10 answer any ques-
lions that may be propounded to him Wher
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