Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-25
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noon at his home in that city
STANDARDIZATION ]. w. Crabtree Of
the Peru Normal will address the Seward
County Teachers association meeting next
Saturday afternoon.
ATRICE-Yesterday the Farmers
Elevator company at Piclrell took in las
wagon loads of corn at it's elevator. A
record breaker for the season.
BEATRICE-The residence of Mrs. n.
Killen at Ames was damaged to the ex-
| tent Of $500 by fire Sunday afternoon
An overheated range caused the blaze
LATTSMOUTH-Judge Paul lessen of
! Nebraska city convened district court in
! this city, but very little business was
! transacted except the calling Of the
docket.
| feated the Gage county Nursery team at
| Hoag yesterday by score of IL to Z.
The nursery team from this city was
! TEKAMAH-The home of Llewellyn
! Stevens, a farmer living about twelve
miles Of this place was DESTROYED by ire
| was all that was saved.
| MINDEN--H Hansen, a farm hand
living in this city, was thrown from a horse
! CURED al about / clock and Hansen was
! still unconscious at o'clock.
BEATRICE-Arbor day was generally
| observed in the public schools. Principal
Mumford delivered an address before the
| high school students on the life of its
| originator, ]. Sterling Morton.
! BEATRICE-Attorney McCandless of
! Wymore. was in the city yesterday and
purchased 500 trees to be planted IN the
/ parks of Wymore. He selected silver
| poplars elms and hackberries.
! HUMBOLDT-A severe dust storm has
/ been raging In this section for two or three
days and farmers are beginning to be anx-
] ious about rain on their cat crop, which
has just been put in the ground.
TEKAMAh-The Mllknaids' Conven-
ton" given by the Christian Endeavor
society of the Presbyterian church last
night was success, especially imam
! cially, the society clearing sos.
TDnTNT-MOnau n the hF
| $500 was collected from citizens and busl-
ness men of West Point Saturday and
| this morning and forwarded for the re-
| lief of the California earthquake sufferers.
OXFORD-IA A. Kimball, who settled in
the state of Washington last year, is back
in oxford, after spending much time and
money in looking for a better home than
south-central Nebraska. He is re-engaged
in the shoe business.
| TEKAMAH-The several members of
the California relief committee met at
the court house last night TO report.
About 5000 was subscribed. besides a
will be shipped tonight
BEATRICE-Frank Pethoud, who has
been on the night police force here for
to take effect May 1. He will have charge
Of Dr. Fulton's pack Of bloodhounds in the
BEATRICE---Remonstra have been
filed by the citizens of Pickrell against
the granting of a druggists permit TO
c. A. Smith and a saloon license to Will
liam Brehm. The matter will be disposed
of by the County board this week.
PLATTSMoUTH-Rev. A. F. Ploetz,
church here for more than ive years,
has accepted a call to the pastorate Of the
First German Presbyterian church in Lex
ington, Neb., and expects to depart for
his new field of labor next Friday.
PLATTSMOUTH-Nine of the Burling-
ton freight cars, which were on a side
track east of the Missouri river opposite
this city, were consumed by fire. The
origin or the fire is believed to have been
| rQNa Qad nv
IL is estimated that the loss Will exceed
the sum of $4,000.
oXFoRD-The Glendale hotel building is
being repaired with a view to occupancy
by a saloon after the beginning Of the
municipal year. There are three applica-
tions for licenses this spring and 1t looks
as though the denizens OF this enterprising
city will have no occasion to go thirsty.
BEATRICE-James Rivett, superinten-
een aprived in nq the city yesterSaS
with force or about forty men, to begin
work on the new Burlington depot The
pushed to completion fast as possible
and will be ready for occupancy about
} SEWARD-The parents of Mrs NJ d.
, Carey came to Seward Sunday from Cali
, fornia. They started from MERGED Cal, al
! 2 a. m. last Wednesday morning and were
nearing Fresno at Sis a. m. when the earth
, quake occurred. The shock was so great
that the train swayed heavily. almost leav-
Ing the track. on reaching the next sta
ton kilograms Informed them OF the dis
aster.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice Military band
. house Sunday afternoon for the benefit
I OF the san Francisco sufferers; The
I gether with S2l.50 subscribed by the
I foundrymen at Dempster's and $40 from
lief committee and be forwarded to Sar
> | Francisco at once.
WEST POINTER Nebraska sta,
America held a special business meeting
in Columbus Saturday, to organize plani
Nebraska TO Secure new members. Sine o
| the adjustment of the assessment rate!
some eighteen months ago, the member
ship OF the state has doubled and a mum
Der OF new branches are ready for in
OXFORD-The Methodist Ministerial as
ISOLATION for the Holdrege district is Il
session here and largely attended by tn
ministers and their wives. DR.. c. c. Wilson
OF Holdrege Is presiding. A feature of TO
morrOws program will be an address b,
Ella NJ. Watson of lincoln, correspondent
secretary Of the NomRn's Foreign Mission
airy society. The association will be q
session three days.
HUMBOLDT-O. w. Davis former Dub
Usher OF the newspaper at Salem. in mi
county, but who later sold out 10 inyes
his wealth in the printing establishment a
Zion City, Of which he took charge In tn
mechanical department. has written 4
relatives in the county, and in commentin
on the situation says: I'VE are hOuseclean
iRE in Zion :o as you 0gt know think every
be some hardships for a time. / have al
ways had plenty and am still on top finan
cially."
OAKLAND-At a meeting of the schoc
board Monday evening the followin
teachers were elected; Principal Mis-
Sarah f. Paine; assistant principa
DOnee Grimth; grammar department
Jeanette Nelson; second Intermediate,
Emma o. Larson; first intermediate, ID
Sallander; second primary. jamie Jacobs
hrst primary, Esther Terry. These wer
all reelected with the exception q
| principal and second intermediate, as III
present teachers OF these did not wish I
be reelected Prof. Myers was re-electe
superintendent at the previous meetin
OF the board.
HUAGBOLDT-Fears are entertained b
his relatives and friends In this sectio
that DR.. George Tucker, who recently LEI
here for California, 10 locate permanent,
may have been victim Of the San Frar
cisco horror. A letter received the latte
part OF last week from his parents Judg
Eugene A. Tucker and wife, az Los angeles
indicates that he left that city with IN
intention Of taking the state dental exam
snatiOn az San Francisco on the nth inst
Just the day before the earthquake. n
word has-since been heard from the youn
man, who, Il Is supposed, would have tell
graphed his parents had he escaped ur