Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-15

city looking for a young man named Hsrr
DeSoto. The young man formerly WORKED
to town with load Of wheat, and after
leaving the team at a livery stable, poCk-
eted the proceeds of the wheat and left for
other parts. No trace OF the fugitive was
found here.
NORFoLK-Jack Weston a former slave
and for fifteen years well known char
aCter in Norfolk was found dead on the
floor OF an old building where he had lived
this morning He lay face downward. He
came to Nortolk when the sugar factory
started with carload Of other beet weed
ers from Omaha. Burial expenses, for the
sake Of saving him from the medical col
lege. were betrayed by public subscription
PLATTSMOUTH-S years ago
young man named James G.. Nernatten
came to Nebraska from Ohio and when
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| become known that he is the heir to con-
siderable real estate at Portsmouth O., and
search for him. No Information as to his
| present Whereabouts has thus far been OBJ
| tanned.
dent befell the little 2-year-old daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand WisCh OF Elkhorn
township yesterday afternoon. The child
| the harvest field and the men were stacking
| grain Suddenly they were startled by the
| shrieks of the child and rushing to the
| spot found that the dog had attacked the
| child and had already mangled its upper
| lip and cheek in a horrible manner The
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| and its wounds were dressed by a physi-
| clan. No cause can be assigned for the oc-
| currence, for the dog was always re-
garded as a quiet friendly animal. Ii man
I ifested no signs of rabies.
| WOOD RIVER-The fourteenth annual
| convention of the Christian Endeavor So
| Ciety of the Seventh district of Nebra SKA
! closed last evening after three days sue
| cessful meeting. The convention opened
Andrews of Aida. Other addresses were
made by Rev. b. A. Shively of shelton Rev
! @. f. Williams Of Lexington, and the sing
/ Ing was in charge of Rev. II. o. Parrish of
| Sumner Sunday night about $50 of the En-
] deavorers paraded the principal street,
singing and inviting the people to attend
| the big open air meeting. Rev NJ. b.
Kelley, pastor of the Baptist church at
& North Loup, preached the CLOSING, sermon.
| large number of visitors.
| FULLERTON-Yester morning the
| two excursion trains brought hundreds of
people to attend the chautauqua 1t was
| estimated that there were more than 5000
| on the grounds in the afternoon and many
more in the evening, Each one present
| felt amply repaid in the excellent program
rendered, At $3.50 a. IN. Sunday school was
conducted, followed by sacred melodies by
the Nightingale quartet. Upon special re-
guest the director sang a sacred solo. DR..
| Vincent gave the morning sermon and in
the afternoon gave his. lecture "The Man
| Garrett of Fremont rendered that beauti-
full soprano solo Face to Face" Mr.. w.
/. Nolan read selection by Rudyard Kip
ling, after which the Nightingales gave
| cital,
WEST POINT - The joint institute for
| Cunning and Burt counties convened this
! morning with a large attendance of teach
ers running into hundreds. The respective
superintendents, Brooltings of Burt county
and Stahl Of Cunning, are in charge OF
the affair. Prof. w. NJ. Davidson, superin.
tendent of the Omaha city schools, will in.
struct the teachers in history and didactics
4 Prof. Hoenschel of Des Moines will take
the departments of music, arithmetic anC
grammar. Superintendent Crumm will in
struct in the higher branches and courses
of study. Miss Graves, primary reading
busy work and primary numbers, and Mis-
Redfeld of the Omaha city schools in ad
vanced grade reading, grade language anC
advanced rural reading Governor Folk o
Missouri and Father Nugent of Des Moine
Will lecture to the teachers Iduring thu
week. No efforts have been spared by tn
management to make this the largest an,
most instructive institute ever held ii
| northeastern Nebraska.