Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-16

publican convention win convene IN this
city July a.
TABLE RocK--A senatorial convention
for the First senatorial district has been
called to meet at Humboldt. August ..
RuSHVILLE-The republican county
central committee met Saturday ana set
the date Of the county convention for Sat
ARL1NGToN-Corn blowing IN this part
Of the county Is almost fnisnec. Corn and
small grain never looked better. Threshing
Will commence at once.
CHADRON-A horse being driven by
Mrs. Mary Smith-Hayward ran over the
4-year-old son Of John Tscharner, fractur-
ing the bones Of his leg just below the
knee.
RUsHvILLE-After two weeks OF dry,
dusty weather Rushville has been visited
by several nice showers and all immediate
1t is still cloudy.
WEST PoINT-Henry LANCE, an old and
| highly respected citizen of this county,
home Of his son-in-law, Alvah Webb, on
| Friday morning. Deceased was S. years
Of age.
CHADRON-The first week of the season
without rain has been this last one. Rye.
barley and alfalfa are all stacked and
last night and today there Is pour-down.
Weather to order for northwest Nebraska
this year.
PLATTsMoUTH-The Cas- county demo.
cratic convention convened In this city
Saturday afternoon and named delega ties
which is to be held In Lincoln on Wednes-
day, August 10.
NEHAwKA-Friday night the citizens of
Nehawka completed an organization for an
agricultural and stock fair September e
and s9, About $500 has been raised by prl-
waite subscription and 1t i believed 800
more can be raised.
TABLE ROCK. c. bort, chairman and
d. w. Neill, secretary of the Pawnee
county republican central committee, have
| issued a call for the meeting Of the Pawnee
county republican convention to be held at
Pawnee City, August I.
NEHAWKA-The first fields Of winter
| wheat to be threshed here have yielded
over thirty bushels per acre The quality
is very fine and the test is sixty-one pounds
| to the bushel The average yield will fall
a little under thirty bushels per acre.
GRAND ISLAND-John Kinding, resid-
| Ing near Doniphan, has threshed his wheat
and found that II yielded hfty-two bushels
70, the acre He had expected a heavy crop,
| all conditions having been favorable, but
was himself surprised at the remarkable
| showing.
CoLUMBUs-For the last ten years Co
the G Farmers mel " ana Merchants elevator. i
start and the last week the building and
s sSS The price paid by Mr. h'f'ns was
F'REMoNT-Threshing has begun on this
Wheat crop and the yield and quality are r
| the county. Turner Brothers had q helc
! Of over thirty acres that ran forty-sever
| bushels to the acre. This is said to be the
largest yield for field OF any size in this
! county.
GRAND IsLAND-The FIRE department
has appointed its various committees fol
| the carnival to be held here OF which The
fremen are to be the benefciaries to th'
| extent Of 10 per cent OF the receipts. Tit
request to close Third street for the weel
was granted by the council
WEST PoINT-Herman Graunke Of Elk
horn township had a narrow escape from
waiting corn, and little before noon !
storm came up While unhitching hill
frG the " 't so
man and horses escaped without injury
which seems almost miraculous.
GRAND IsLAND-The nrst actual steI
ing Of a petition signed by all the propert,
owners along one Of the principal alley
IN the city and the Tor ,sv viii ,, be t nIaeT
simply the small beginning OF what will
naturally develop into strong demand TO
the paving Of the entire business section
ARr.INGToN-At a special meeting tn,
Rebekahs Of this city installed the t2lloT,
ing officers Noble grand, Mrs. W n
rotary. Mrs, /, F; enpyi 3. 8. N, g. Il 4
W, Marshall; I: s; n g., Mrs; Q; g. ROB
R MS s e. H elSy g wsrd 1tslf Mrs Et1
Fink: conductor Mrs II. r. Gilpyi chap
lain, Miss May Gllpy; inner guard Mis-
Blanche Roberts; outer guard, w. +
| GiIpy.
BLAIR-The ministerial association 0
this city, composed Of the ministers iron
six OF the churches has been instrumental
in securing the services OF Evangelist NIL
ford II. Lyon, who, with his singer, j. w
Patterson, will begin a series OF unio
building 9sxiO0 will be erected on
lot near the center of the city for whiel
500 has already been raised. This Will b
the largest evangelistic effort ever under
taken in this city.
| GRAND ISLAND-George Harris, one 0
the employees of the pump department 9
Upperrnan & Leiser, was almost completed
buried by a cave-in while digging q pun
pit! He had dug down. about fifteen fee
without supporting the sides and then sud
denly they gave way With me exeePtlo
and 1t required about an hours digging
release him from the pressure Of the so
about him. Aside from slight injury re
sulting from a spade. while he was bein
released he was unintured.
son Of former County Treasurer Chris v
Alderman, met death by drowning In tn
Elkhorn river at the headgates OF the dan
He had been bathing In the river and
emerging he climbed the timbers OF th
back into the water. His companions mad
every EFFORT to rescue him, but wtthou
avail The deceased was 10 years OF ae
and was a young man of great promisi
He had Just graduated from the Nortt
services were held today under the auspics
| of the Grace Lutheran church, Rev. d.
Lipe, pastor officiating.
SELF-DEFENSE FOR THE JEW
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