Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-03


TABLE ROCK-Frank Fencel died at his
residence last night at midnight aged Sc
years. He leaves wife, three sons and
a daughter.
WEST POINT-At the new town of Far
ley, on the Great Northern Ashland extern
sion northwest of the city, a we'll has been
sunk 400 feet without finding water.
ALBION-Tomorrow occurs the munich
pal election and. while license or no license
is the main issue, there are two tickets
in the field and 1t promises to be pretty
hot contest.
WEST POINT-Attorney General Norris
Brown has accepted the invitation of F1nni-
cum post of the Grand Army of the Re
public at Wisner to deliver the Memorial
day address.
BEEMER-The German Lutheran church
has called Rev J. II. Tegeler of Austin,
Tex. as a regular pastor; Rev Tegeler
preached his first sermon in Beemer yes
terday to a large audience.
ALBION-M B. Thompson. president of
the Albion National bank of this place,
who was stricken with paralysis several
weeks ago is yet alive and his condition
has not materially changed for the past
two weeks.
WEST POINT-Rev. ]. scherbacher, pas
tor of the German Evangelical church Of
West Point, has been reappointed to this
mission. The appointment gives great
nomination. with whom Mr.. Scherbacher is
very popular.
ALBION-John Drake, an old resident
of this county, died at his home in this
Mr. Drake came to this county in early
day and had accumulated considerable
property. He was the father of c. e.
Drake. who is engaged in the mercantile
business here.
AsHLAND-Although search for the
body OF Charles Hull the young man who
was drowned last week by going over Salt
creek dam in a boat has continued for the
last six days, no trace of IL has been
found. A wire netting has been placed
bridge in lower Salt creek in the hope
that the body will lodge against It.
TABLE ROCK-John Wilson, an old sol
der who Is past 20 years of age, met with
peculiar accident Friday and lies at the
point of death at his home, some FIVE
miles northwest of town. He was milking
a COW when she kicked and in so doing
fell over across him, and in her struggles
to get up he had two ribs broken and
torn loose and suffered other internal in
turies of a serious nature.
WEST POINT-The oldest woman in
Cunning county Mrs. Susan Miller of West
Point, was "a years old last week A
largely attended birthday party was given
by her friends and neighbOrs in her honor
and handsome reclining chair was pre-
sented to her. Mrs; Miller, in spite of her
advanced age. is cheerful and lively and
shows every evidence Of living TO the CEN
fury limit.
WEST PoINT-The country roads OF
than they have been for many years past.
In some localities 1t is absolutely impossi-
BILE to drive an empty wagon. Rural Mail
route struck a particularly bad piece of
road. His horse dropped and he was alb
solutely unable 10 make it arise. The
animal sunk deeper and deeper into the
mud and water until II actually suffocated
and drowned Such an occurrence Is al
most without parallel.
PLATTSMOUTH-TwO young men, who
gave their names as j. n. Beaver and
Jack Chamberlain, broke into a Burlington
paint car In OreapOlis last evening and
stole some clothing belonging to r. r.
ToWle of York, who had charge OF the
car. Mr.. Towle secured a gun and a re-
Yolver and secreted himself in the brush
by the Platte river bridge. After waiting
about thirty minutes he saw the two men
approaching with the goods in their pos
session on their way 20 South Omaha but
they changed their minds suddenly and
accompanied Mr.. ToWle TO this city, where
they were placed in the county jail. This
afternoon In Justice Archer's court the
prisoners waived examination and were
bound over TO the district court, their bond
being fixed at $500 each, which they were
unable to furnish.