Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-11
News of Nebraska.


BEATRICE-An extra force Of graders
has been put to work in the Burlington
yards here in order to facilitate work on
the new depot grounds
ATRICE-Yesterday at a scavenger
tax sale the Blakely hotel property at the
corner of Fifth and Ella streets was sold
to E. V. Cowles of Fairbury for 1920.
BEATRICE-The marriage of Mr. Jesse
Jasper and Miss Jennie Mcfarland, both
of Blue Springs, was solemniZed in the
county court yesterday Judge Bourne Of
YORKER. w. Baker, a we'll known band
director and composer of band music
| formerly of Pueblo, Colo has been EN-
| ployed by the York Commercial club band
to direct IL.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice Military band
| gave "A promenade concert in the a1mory
last evening. There was a large attendance
and delightful evening was passed by
| those In attendance
BEATRICE--Word was received here of
| the death of Mrs. John Vanier, mother of
Mrs. II. c. BrenlSer of this city, which
| occurred yesterday at her home at Du
Bois, Pawnee county.
| L1NWOoD-The Transmississippi Grain
company has sold it's elevator at this place
| to the Dawson Grain company and has
given Immediate possession. w. ]. Blair
VIII be manager for the new company.
| YORK-Mr George Pickens OF Hastings,
who has been manager of the Farmers
Elevator company OF York for the past
\ on the road for Otis Smith, a grain COM
| mission firm of this city.
| PENDER-Ex-Senat Allen and Con-
! gresham Mccarthy were here TODAY ar
| guing case before Judge Graves in a
\ damage suit of William OConnor against
II. c. Fields and others brought over from
] Dakota county for change of venue.
! OAKLAND-Mr John Lindahl of this city
was married to Emilia Erickson, also Of
] this place, at Omaha, last Monday after
1 noon, surprising all their friends They
will reside at Allen, Neb., where Mr.. Lin.
dahl is in charge of a branch store of the
Lindahl Brothers at that place.
| FAIRBURY-The city election yesterday
! on the proposed issue of $4,000 for the
| purpose of building sanitary sewer sys-
| tenn resulted adversely to issuance of
bonds, there being a majority of thirty
against the proposition. A light vote was
polled, only about two-thirds of the vote
| last Tuesday.
BEATRICE-At a meeting Of the Board
! OF Supervisors today bids for constructing
! bridges were rejected upon advice from
the county attorney for the reason that the
! according to law. The matter of consider
ing bids will not he taken until the next
meeting in December.
! TABLE ROCK-Mrs. Rock wife of John
| +. ROCK, prosperous German farmer
> living four miles west of here died yes
! terday morning after a lingering illness
/ America at an early age and the family
I are Nebraska pioneers having lived on this
| farm for nearly forty years.
| BEATRICE-W II. Bachle, young
| farmer living west of the city, was bound
| over to the district court on the charge OF
statutory assault, preferred by j. w. Kuhn
! on behalf of his daughter, a girl Is years
| of age Bachle gave bond in the sum OF
| $1,000 and was released. The Mcconnell
assault case went to the jury this evening
| PLATTSMOUTH-Mrs John Robbins
| aged GA years, was found dead I'm bed this
| morning by her daughter, Emma, who was
! sleeping with her. Heart failure was the
cause. Three daughters, Mrs. Will Rich.
| ardson, South Omaha; Mrs. James Pat.
terson, Los Angeles. Cal, and Miss Emma
of this city, and two sons, Rush Robbins
l Denver. Colo RObDing
| Chicago, ILL., survive her. Mr.. and Mrs
| Robbins came from Ohio to Plattsmouth
| about twenty-five years ago.
| NORFOLK-Norfolk is coming up in the
| world. A sewerage system, TO cost $50 900
| and an anti-spitting ordinance, are two
moves now in contemplation. The anti.
splitting ordinance, patterned after that OF
| Lincoln, Omaha and Sioux City, has passed
its second reading in the council and will
next week be made a law; the sewerage
proposition was advanced at a mass meet
ing held last night. Andrew Rosewater
| city engineer of Omaha, has mapped ou
| the plans.