Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-27
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News of Nebraska.
PLATTsMoUTH-A heavy rain fell in
this vicinity Wednesday evening.
WOOD RIVER-Dr. w. ]. Redheld of this
place has purchased large touring car.
SEWARD-The members Of the Congre-
gational church will picnic at the fair
COLUMBUS-Mary the s-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. w II. Benham, Is dead
as result of Bright's disease.
NEWPORT-A case of smallpox is re-
ported here. Vaccination is general and
the situation will be controlled.
PLATTSMOUTH-Com August
in ne the SsoF Evening, except Saturdays Ess o
SEWARD-Wheat goes from thirty-six to
! forty-five bushels per acre in various local
tiles and tests as high as sixty-three pounds
per bushel.
ALBION-Judge Paul convenes the dis
trict court today to near appeal
a saloon license granted by the city coun-
| Gil last week.
BEATRICE-This section was visited by
a heavy rain and electrical storm last
night. The moisture will be of inestimable
value to crops and especially corn.
PLATTSMOUTH-Cou Judge Travis
! issued a marriage license to William V.
Chapman Of Omaha and Miss Maud Davis
| of Cedar Creek, each aged 80 years.
RULO-The Missouri river is unusually
| low for this time of year. Old timers say
they never saw it so low this early. II
| is as low now as II usually gets in Sep
TENDER or October.
osCEoLA-A pretty wedding took place
at the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. d. Morse, last evening, when
Miss Mildred May and Mr.. ]. Lindlie Head
were united in marriage.
NORTH PLATTE-Dr. Twinem of this
city lost his second bicycle Saturday. Some
one stole 1t from the foot of the stairway
! leading to his office. The former wheel
was stolen less than year ago.
BEATRICE-Judge Spafford performed
two marriage ceremonies, the contracting
parties being Samuel Mcclure and Theresa
+: Mateski and James B. Lille and Maud
SEWARD. w. Daily of Germantown
is having a new bank building put up at
Malcolm, and Mr.; Louis Westerhofr. who
| bank. will be cashier OF the new bank.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Son, who recently
came here to prospect for oil and gas,
! yesterday ordered their machinery shipped
! from Fredonia, Kan, and expect to begin
operations within the next few days.
YORK-word has Just been received of
| that all railroads entering York have made
rate of one and one-third fare to the
York Chautauqua, commencing August 10.
| SEWARD-The Germantown school board
has appointed Prof. j. Moler of Fremont
as principal, Miss Lulu Mitchell of Ger
mantown as intermediate teacher and Miss
| Nell Green Of Seward as primary teacher.
! RUIO-The third crop Of alfalfa is now
being cut. 1t is heavy. The prospects are
excellent for two more crops yet this
season. Corn prospects are excellent and
old corn is being put on the market rap
idly.
WOOD RIvER-An immense amount Of
grain Is being marketed here at present
the elevators running far into the night
in order to take care OF it. Most of the
farmers are threshing their wheat from the
shock.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Th warden Of the Col
orado state penitentiary has informed
Sheriff Quinton that he can have $50 II
he will return w. Johnson, who escaped
from that Institution the 10th of this
month.
NORTH PLATTE-A. H. Davis. former
attorney and county attorney of this
county. who moved away from North
Platte to Grand Junction, Colo, about two
years ago, was recently married at that
place to Miss Anna Pope Hart.
COLUMBUS-The body of Robert Conn,
who was a bridge inspector of the Union
Pacific railroad, and who was instantly
killed by the Los Angeles Limited, east
bound, yesterday was brought to Column
bus. Conn leaves a wife and one child.
BEATRICE-About dozen of the visit
ing sheriffs from various counties in the
state. who arrived in town last evening
TO attend the annual state meeting OF
SHERIFF., were entertained last night at
city. ''''
; YoRK-Otto Stout, a young man well
known here and an employe of the Bur
ington, fell this morning from freight
train which was switching N the yards
near the depot. He was Unconscious for
nearly two hours and his injuries are seri-
Gus.
NORTH PIAATTE-CarTie l. -McMurray,
through her attorneys, HOagland & Hoag-
land, has hleq a claim for $4,000 against
the city Of North Platte for injuries alleged
to have been received from a fall upon a
defective sidewalk in this city on April %,
1906.
oAKLAND-Ed. o. Peterson, eldest son
! Of Rev. and Mrs. John A. Peterson OF
this city, was married Wednesday after
noon TO Miss Anna Westphal daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. John Westphal, at their
, home three miles northeast of town. They
will reside on the Peterson homestead,
west OF town
BEATRICE. d. Thornburg. who lives
east of the city a few miles, last fall
plowed up six acres of clover sod and
sOwed in wheat. Yesterday he threshed
forty-tWo and one-half bushels 10 the
acre. He sold the grain yesterday for
81 cents per busheL
.a ALBIoN,H, c, Young, who formerly
but lately has been engaged in the same
, business at ST. Edward, was this morning
sbra ms aS OSR sent Tef ~ ~. In
This is the first person sent from this
county under the statute.
RULO-Peaches are ripening rapidly The
markets are OverstOcked and many or
chards contain wasting peaches that can
not be sold or given away. M. c. Brine
gar has at least 900 baskets Of them
wasting as he could ind no place TO sell
! or conslgn them In Kansas City. ST. Jostl,h
: Lincoln. Omaha or Denver.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice Cereal mills
yesterday shipped three carloads of its
products 10 outside points. One OF tn
cars was consigned to Washington, one
! TO Mississippi and the third to Wisconsin
three cars a day 70 various points in the
United States and Europe.
/ ALTOONA democratic caucus was held
; here last night and delegates to the
Gratis hold their convention two days be-
fore the pops. Il looks as though IL any
endorsing were done II will be Necessary