Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-21

as the wagon upset and escaped with
only few minor bruises.
| WEST POINT-Hon Il. N Sweet of the
Meeker COkl) Herald has been nominated
delegate to the proposed constitutional
| convention of that state. lhirty-siX years
tie West Point Republican, one Of the
/ Oldest papers in the state.
/ BEATRlCE -The trunR line of the Bell
and the Independent Telephone company
OF Filley was completed yesterday From
! the Beatrice exchange a patron can talk
! for 10 cents over the lines of the Finley.
] Hanover and Danish telephone companies,
which have about 800 subscribers.
! WEST POINT-Benjamin Kraft, aged
! inmate of the Home for the Aged at West
, illness. He with his wife, We're the first
inmates of the new home. He leaves an
aged widow and three children. Inter-
! ment was in st. Mchaels cemetery.
/ COLUMBU S-ReV. Dr. A. j. Wescott,
/ the rector of Grace Episcopal church.
! who has been attending meeting 81
! Blair, comes back with further honors.
/ for he has been elected associate editor
/ of the CrOzier, the diocesan magazine
/ YORK-Christian & Lang, breeders and
/ importers of thoroughbred Aberdeen-Angus
/ cattle, met with quite loss in the death
Of an imported Trojan Erica cow, bred in
| King Edward OF England's herd, show
animal that cost them several hundred dol
lars. Death was caused by pneumonia
! YORE-Jasper Waldron, well known
/ farmer living south of York brought in
J that was pronounced better han the aV-
eTage seed corn. He said that south York
county had another bumper crop and that
I corn on his place would go seventy bushels
to the acre and upwards.
NEBRASKA CITY. A. Kcarney, a
! well-known grain dealer of this city, Is
dead of catarrh of the stomach after an
illness of a comparatively short time.
4 The deceased was 50 years of age and
had been a resident of this city for the
past six years A wife and four children
! John, Joseph Richard and Edna-sur-
! WEST POINT-Mrs. John Bjork. wife of
/ the former manager OF the county poor
1 farm, living In the north part of Cunning
county, died suddenly Thursday. The de-
ceased apparently was In her usual health
, up to the time of her death, having visited
/ at the county seat only the day before.
heart disease was the, cause of death. She
leaves a husband and eight children
NORTH PLAT'TE-Ed Murphy of Brady
has leased his ranch near Brady to several
Japanese for "A period of five years at IN
annual rental of 81 900. There are $40 or
more acres, part of which Is hay land and
part FARM land and II Is the intention of
the Japs to raise a big acreage of sugar
beets. Mr. Murphy has made investments
in New Mexico and expects TO locate there
COLUMBUS-It is sad to note the fact
of family being blotted out, but such
is the of the jenkins family, which
came here eighteen years ago. Thcy
came from Kalamazoo, Mich, in lSi2-
Levi jenkins, wife and three children.
The last to pass away was Charles -.
jenkins. His brother. Edward IL. Jen-
kins, died about a month ago, and nov
the last of the family is gone.
NORTH PLATTE-Eleven of the female
teachers Of the city schools left Wednes-
day afternoon for Denver, where they will
remain until Sunday evening They expect
10 visit the schools of Denver and 10 OBJ
serve the dfteTent methods employed, and
expect to receive some benefit thCrefrom,
While this party are seeing Denver. an
other party of eight left for Lincoln and
Omaha Wednesday night, their object be-
ing also TO visit schools
NORTH PLATTE-Mrs. &. T.. Norton
died early Wednesday morning, after suf-
fering for over a year from internal cancer
Gus growth. The funeral services were held
at the Episcopal church yesterday after
noon, and were largely attended ;h-
knights Tempar, Ladies auxiliary of the
brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers the
being present At the grave the brriGl
rites OF the latter two orders were road
YORK-For the first time In many years
the democrats and pOpu.ists have dissolved
partnership ard each have legislative
ticket A local fusion paper has come out
straight this week for the nominees on
the democratic ticket claiming there was
not sufficient notice to get a representa-
ton at the pOpuiist convention that nom
tary had no authority to call a populist
convention. as they did not qualify year
ago.
NEBRASKA CITY-Last "wednesday
night horse was stolen from the Payne
farm across the river. Today Deputy
Sheriff Donovan located the horse al
the camp Of horse tradfr near this city
The trader exchanged horse FOR ths
stolen animal Thursday out was unable