Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-09

ton OF Miss Margaret Loomis OF lincoln.
who resigned TO accept a position I'm Ha-
wall This fills the corps for the coming
year.
CHADRoN-The First National bank OF
Chadron has changed officers. r c. Harris
retiring from the bank, after having been
Coffee. who owns the ma jority OF the stock.
becoming president and f. w. Clarke Of
Harrison vice president.
BEATRICE-Word was received here yes
terday Of the marriage OF Miss Laura
Thomas, for many years a teacher in the
Beatrice public schools, to Mr.. E. A. Nogh.
Amigo, Wis, Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Vogh
Will make their home there.
GRAND IsLAND-Union Pacific motor
car No. ! arrived In the city last week
from Portland and is at the shops here
for slight repairs. As soon as the car is
fixed up again. which will be the middle
give service on the Galloway branch.
NEBRASKA CITY,. NJ. King. former
Talmage yesterday. Mr.. King was one Of
the original owners Of the King Drill com
pany in, this city and the patentee Of its
principal implements. The body has been
taken to Palmyra, ILL.,, for interment
sCHUYLER-The county commissioners
opened the bids for bridge work for the
bidder his bid being 1886 per foot. He did
the same work last year for S5.95 per foot.
A number Of bidders were in at the be-
ginning, but number OF them withdrew.
NEBRASKA CITY-The members Of
Company c, Second regiment of the Ne
braska National Guard left for the state
encampment at Kearney this morning. The
company was in command Of Captain +. 5.
Shannon and Lieutenants Beason and Nc
Cusick, and consisted Of forty-three en-
listed men.
BEATRICE-The Western weighing and
Inspection bureau has established a sta
ton in Beatrice, with Mr.: De Mitt of
Omaha in charge. 1t will be the duty of
the inspector to examine closely all the
books in the various railroad offices as
ROC raFHq uynf fuh AFr Ia "A nd
will locate in Beatrice
PLATTSMOUTH,-Sh Mcbride has
gone to Cheyenne, Wyo., for Jack Craw.
ford, who is wanted here on the charge OF
forgery. Crawford obtained about S22 worth
of goods at Westcott & Sons store upon a
forged order purporting to have been signed
by r. w Long. a farmer for whom the ac-
cused man formerly worked.
OSCEOLAA-The prohibitionists have just
the the feid. This is their county ticket:
| County clerk, Frank Swanson; county
treasurer, Mickey Van Dorm; county Judge
| Ed Burrtt This is as strong a ticket
as they could have found in the county.
SCHUYLER. F. sicko, a travelling
complaint of John c. sprecher, charged
| with using abusive language with intent
| to provoke assault upon himself from
c. s. f. Payne sicko and Payne had
some trouble over a business deal and
Sicko swore rather loudly on the street.
| SEWARD-John N. Kerr, a brakeman on
| the Burlington, was arrested at Lincoln
| and brought to Seward today to answer to
| the charge of breaking into a car at Sew
| twenty boxes of cigars valued at $35. Mar
| shall limerick brought him to Seward and
| he is confined In the county jail awaiting
| trial.
| SEwARD-Some careless person threw
a match or a lighted cigar stub near the
| outside building belonging to S. c. Oaks.
| gasoline and coal oil. Charles Oaks man
| aged to extinguish the fire in the building
before the flames reached the oil tanks.
| the alley.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mrs. Ollie X. Car
| ricker has filed suit in the district court
| M. A.. Carricker. She alleges cruelty and
| assault as her cause for action. DIR. and
| Mrs, Carricker are well known here, having
made this city their home for many years.
The plaintiff is leader in the Woman 5
suffrage club.
PLATTSMOUTH-Co Clerk Tyson
has been authorized by the State Board of
Equalization to make a number Of changes
! In Cass county's assessment. In the valua-
m9de OF pn0Gs h0seS 90 pe per
| chimes, 40 per cent; sewing machines 10 per
cent A 10 per cent increase is made in the
| valuation of mules
| BEATRICE-At the meeting of the city
council last night the annual appropria-
ton ordinance, which fixes the total
s55, was passed. The total levy for the
city was placed at S5 mills, reduction OF
10 mills from ON the levy of last last year. The
balance on hand of $l9O41.@
BEATRICE-A committee representing
different labor organizations at Lincoln was
here yesterday arranging for a picnic to
be held at the Chautauqua grounds on
Labor day, together with the labor or
able that the event will be pulled Off in
this city, as our citizens seem anxious to
give the move all the encouragement posi-
LEIGH-At a meeting of the Village
board last evening a special election was
called for the purpose OF voting water:
on Tuesday, September II, and the bonds
will be in the sum of 5000. At the same
time the voters will have a chance &c
express their preference as to the kind
of a system desired. The standpipe anC
air pressure each have their advocates.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from fractured
Burns, manager Of the Big City Vaudeville
company, who fell from the rear of thu
below, distance Of twenty feet, is still
alive this evening, having never regaineC
hospital. Mrs. Burns arrived from Lin
coin today and is in attendance at her hus
bands bedside.
FREMONT-The county board met yes
terday to open bids on the Bowman ditcl
north of town, near the blufrs, but n6
bids were presented. This is the ditcl
Owens of Omaha last fall. Owens dice
shortly after commencing work and moth
ing more was done. county Attorney Ora
ham filed claim in behalf of the count,
against his estate in the Douglas count!
court for $500 damages.
FALLS CITY-The reform element II
Falls City is working hard TO get the tow
run in the way they think it should go
and at the meeting Of the city council Mon
day night Rev. e. f. Haskins, pastor o
the United Brethren church, appeared be
fore the city council and asked that he b.
appointed a special policeman to serve with
out pay. His intentions are to rid the tow
of all poker games, fast women, Sunda'
base ball and everything that will affec
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