Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-03
News of Nebraska.

! SEWARD-Two and sixty-two hundredths
mches OF rain fell last night.
SEWARD-The prohibition county con-
Nentlon VIII meet here at the county court
room on Saturday. August s.
| SEWARD-The Seward volunteer fremen
are trrangtng with carnival company 10
! hold weeks carnival here.
s1O N,blLll-EXcayating is now being done
TOT the new $4,000 hotel One new grain
| started
sEWARD-The 155-acre farm of Mrs.
| monterey was purchased yesterday for
| $lO,S50 by Gerard L. smith. The sales OF
! Sl2O,S75 for July.
| OAl$LAND-The steam shovel in the
| Great Northern's big cut just south Of this
city is now working night and day with
In this vicinity is progressing rapidly
! SEWARD-It the intention of the
| HaVelock shopmen to celebrate their annual
! grounds park next Saturday. but they have
postponed the picnic until some time in
| September.
oAKLAND-Henry Daubert sold his 100
acre farm nine miles south OF this city
| tuesday to John A Wedell of Essex Ia
| The farm is Just across the Burt county
| provements.
O'NEILLr-The crop conditions in Holt
the month of July and the farmers are now
| encouraged at the outlook. The prosperity
Of the county is being manifested in the
| town by many improvements.
| O'NEILI-Hon. Gilbert N. Laws of Lin
| coin is spending a few days in this vicinity
| inspecting land with some prospective east
county has improved during the past few
years beyond his expectations
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES good rain In this
vicinity Tuesday afternoon now insures
a bumper corn crop this fall. Threshing
has begun and grain is threshing out fine,
ranging all the way from 40 to 90 bushels
per acre and is of fine quality.
ST. PAUL-Another heavy rain, accom-
panied usual by thunder and lightning,
visited this pPighbOTbnDd las nipht
cipitation LOS. Farmers are beginning to
pray for dry weather, as the frequent
showers interferes with stacking grain
FREMONT-The largest yield of wheat
and oats so far reported in this vicinity
is reported by A S. Grigereit. The wheat
ran Al bushels to the acre and the oats "A.
The yield is due to high grade seed as we'll
as thorough preparation of the soil Mr..
Grigereit has big field of sugar beets
PLATTSMOUTH-The Commercial club
members of Louisville, Neb were in the
missioners regarding the Platte river wagon
bridge which was damaged by the spring
1 floods. 1t was decided to cooperate with
the Sarpy county officials in the matter
} and have a joint meeting.
SEWARD-The city authorities, headed
, by Mayor Miller, caused the raid of a
hagrantly offensive place Sunday night
Two men ana two women were tined and
Judge Gladwish Mayor Miller has started
a crusade against Sunday base ball and he
also intends to eradicate other offenses.
PLATTSMOUTH-The Cass county mort
, gage record for July shows that clever
, farm mortgages were filed and eleven re-
In t9% Sd PrG9pery thirteen mort
J VOlving the following amounts: Farm
! property, filed, $3.50 released, $50 $50
Town property fled S2l'oO'; released
O'NEILL-E. E. HaIsted of Ponca who re
Gently bought the building in which the
Elkhorn Valley bank was located has an
= nounced that all arrangements are com
' pleted for opening new bank which III
rs establishing here, and also announces
> that he will erect a new brick store build
ing on the vacant lot adjoining the banl
/ building
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the higl
school grounds have begun this week
Peter Palmer has force of men at worl
D laying a cement sidewalk the entire length
= of the west side of the grounds. Gas light
are to be put in the high school room
and upper and lower halls and iron cell
ings are to be put in several rooms befor
school begins.
sEwARD-The third annual celebration
of the anniversary Of the landing OF tn
= October 6, 1858, will be held at the Sewar
o county fair grounds on Thursday, Angus
Q II. President John Weller of the Luth
= eran seminary will be the orator. A stree
Z procession, games and races Will be par
. | of the entertainment.
= FREMONT-Police Judge Joe G. Coo
I and Miss Maud Clark OF this city wer
| married here at noon today by Rev. 4; N
| Sanderson In the presence of the relative
OF the contracting parties; Last eyenin
!, | Mr. Cook gave an informal banquet 70 IN
= members Of the base ball nine on accoun
| of his retirement as ball player and hi
3 intention to again be numbered among IN
5 | married men.
+ COLUMBUS-A carpenter named f
Thayer leaped from low scanold las
evening about quitting time and landed o
l. large nail projecting up through piec
D. | Of wood The nail was forced clear
, | through his foot and penetrated throug
l. the top of his shoe making an ugly an
painful wound. Thayer was removed thi
morning 70 the hospital and physicians sa
u It will take several days to predict an
result