Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-17

be held here September 2O-2
WOOD R1VER-The Ancient order OF
purchased lot and expects to erect lodge
| room.
LEXINGToN-Rev d. W. Crane, a re-
Gently returned missionary from Porto Rico
Utah. where he has secured the pulpit OF
large Methodist church Of that city.
HUMBOLDT-H. M. sterns of the Spring
Creek Stock farm, this week sold five head
| Of fat steers 16 months old for S6l Is per
mead The animals were OF the pure bred
Angus type and had been on light feed.
PLATTsMoUTH-At the earnest soiiclta-
ton of his friends, Jesse l.. Root, ex-county
attorney, has consented to allow his name
! to be presented to the Cass county republi.
can convention for the nomination of state
| PLATTsMoUTH-B w. Masters OF
Omaha was In this city looking for his
wife. who with her two children took
has relatives in this city, but It is not
known II he found any trace of her.
ALExlNGTON-The Lexington FIRE depart
Lexington ball park on Thursday, septem.
per ~; The program begins at 1880 p. m
ana an wi, VIII consist OF sports. including game
school ana the f1re department.
STANT0N-One of the largest land deals
made In Stanton county within recent years
John 8. Billy OF Quitman. Mo, Transferred
to John "A. Wisherd OF this place, 4,s0O acres
on STANTON county land. the consideration
being In round numbers, 10000.
/ TECUMSEH-1he gTecumseh Christian
ehurch has extended a call to the ministry
To- Elder a. p. Hollingsworth a senior at
ieyed he en Wi scSe 5etnTny ana i Is be-
| for Elder Hollingsworth to continue his
studies until spring and TO make his APP
pofntments here regularly also.
/ LEX1NGTONAJ. II. Matsutani. a Japan.
csc OF this city Is making arrangements tc
rent several hundred acres OF land in Daw-
son son county on which he intends to grow
fellow. scountrypen to tend the crop. He
has an interest: n several hundred acres
OF peets grown near Lexington this year.
| LExINGToN-H o. Smith, civil ensinee,
the Gothenburg Northern railway a distanc
SanSy Tbs mss 10 Sas point south q
and developing a rich agricultural section
| The farmers have contributed s25, 900 toward
me new road. also right-of-way most OF
HUMBOLDT-Mrs. Joy Builia- McKie. OF
Manzanillo. Mex arrived in the city last
evening Tor a visit with her mother, Mrs
Mrs. MCKEE has Just returned from spend
ing tue summer at Valparaiso and san.
from the earthquake disaster, havins
started for home only a day or two before
the shake occurred.
HuMBoLDT-Another indication of the
high esteem In which Richardson county
land is held is shown by the purchase this
/ week OF the quarter section nine miles from
leading business man Of this his city, By II
| l.. Bourne, leading farmer, who paid for
the same $50 per acre. The farm had I'm.
productive. T. j. Greed, another farmer
living nearer TO the city. sold his farm fol
! .S1.26 per acre.
TECUMsEH Rev. j. w. Embree, pastor
| church for the past two years, preached his
last sermons to his congregation here to.
tiemsn and his family viii be rendered I q
farewell reception Rev. Mr. Embree is ar
able preacher. and fine man, and the fact
that the conference decided to assign him
work elsewhere was a disappointment to
his many friends. His successor will be
Rev. Richard Pearson of Hastings.
WOOD RIVERA disease has been de
vastating the swine herds for the last TIVE
or three weeks in this community. and con
tinues to rage In undated fury, with tn,
we're losses. The disease is spreading rap
idly and many Of the farmers are disposinl
OF their herds fearing that the disease wi
icine and preparations have been used blu
with very little success. The disease Is al
together different from the ordinary hol
unless something is done at once TO checi
it's spread there will be very few hogs II
this community to eat the big corn croI
now ripening.
GRAND ISLAND-During a heavy wind
storm last night thirty feet OF the higi
| smokestack OF the Grand Island Electric
company fell down, somewhat damasing TIL
building and cutting through many electri,
l The service was cut on for about half al
hour and those depending only on this ligh
were In darkness. The plant has been run
ming at fun blast and 1t is believed that 1
may have to abandon some OF its servic'
50 that even the street lighting may hav
10 be dispensed with. limited as II is. T
city's municipal plant, II IL expected, vii
be in operation by December ]. when tn
| street lighting Will be greatly extende'