Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-16
huenoe. He will have a strong following
from Gage county.


at this place.
BEATRICE--Thompson wilkinson who
was recently injured by a severe fall at
his home, is in a serious condition. He is
" years Of age.
COLUMBUs-Mrs Charles Dack has gone
to Clarinda- Ia, to attend the wedding OF
her sister, Miss Minnie, to Thomas Newton
Randall OF Chicago.
BEATRICE-A splendid rain visited this
section last night. The rainfall is esti-
mated at about an inch and will be Of un-
told benefit to growing crops.
FALLS CITY-John Allenbaugh, an in
mate OF the county farm, died there last
afternoon. He was a man about 81 years
old.
BEATRICE-The new Christian church
building. corner of Seventh and Ella streets
on which work was started yesterday, will
be pushed to completion as fast as possible.
The structure Is to cost $4,000.
OAKLAND-Abraham Lincoln Gull, cash
Ter OF the First National bank OF this city
and eN-president of the Northeast Bankers
association, wears a smile this morning on
account of the arrival Of young son at
his home Monday.
ADAMS-The funeral Of Chris Fretz who
died Saturday afternoon, was held Tuesday
at 10 o'clock. Mr. Fretz was popular with
the young people and a very active repub-
He was an active member Of the Wood
men.
of d. b. Cropsey at E and Ninth streets.
was destroyed by fire at an early hour
this morning. Loss about $500. The
cause of the fire is unknown. BY good
work the firemen saved the adjacent build
ings without damage
OAKLAND-The surfacing gang on the
Great Northern has reached here and will
work south from here to Cehling. 1t is
thought they will be in this vicinity for
about three weeks. An inspection engine
was here last night with several officers
and inspectors aboard.
COLUMBUS-The people of Humphrey
will formally dedicate the Saint Fi~S is
Parochial school on Thursday of ,nis
The Union Pacific has agreed to put a
coach on the morning freight to accommo-
date the people Of Columbus.
BEATRICE-The stockholders of the
State bank of Adams have elected these
officers: l.. B. Howey. president; ]. W..
McKibben, vice president; F. B. Draper,
cashier; II. J. Merrick r. E. Moore, w. Z.
Bryson, w. w Farmhouse, directors The
paid up capital stock was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
BEATRICE-The funeral of Judge Jacob
A. Callison was held today at 10 o'clock
from the Presbyterian church under the
auspices of the Masonic order, of which
deceased was member. The services
which were conducted by Rev. w H.
kearns, were largely attended. InteTment
was in Evergreen Home cemetery.
BEATRICE-The Queen City band. which
was recently organized here under the lead
regularly and will soon be ready to fill en-
gagements. The officers are Joseph Wood
president; Albert Gage, secretary; viii
Woodring, treasurer; Charles Horn' libra
rian.
PAPILLION-This morning about ?
o'clock a prowler was seen by Neel Roberts
near Richfield walking around near Mr.
Roberts barn Mr.. Roberts got his shot
tried the stable door Mr.. Roberts fired At
him and filled his legs with fine bird shot.
Mr. Roberts came to Papillion this morn,
ing and took out a dog which he will
chain near the stable.
BROKEN BOW-The Broken Bow High
school club and the Anselmo Colts hal
a smuggling match which they tried to
disguise under the name of ball game"
Umpire Thorpe cut the game of at the
sixth inning, with the caustic remark
that the game might be continued after
is somewhat mixed, but II is generally
conceded it stood % to II in favor of
Anselmo.
FALLS CITY-Joseph Baker of Omaha,
who purchased the Hinton ice plant under
mortgage last Friday morning, now has
a large force of men at work there clean
machinery with view to operating the
plant in this city. 1t was located in
Falls City three years ago by Mr.. George
few months and since then has been
standing idle.
COLUMBUS-A great tabernacle meet
and his singer, ]. w. Patterson, and the
pastors of all the churches. The meetings
have been a great inspiration from the
beginning, and up to the present time
there have been more than 200 who have
signifed their desire to lead a gOdly life
Arrangements have been made for n mid
week Sabbath on Thursday, services to
be held that day three times, first in the
morning at each of the churches, and in
nacle. 1t is expected that the schools,
the stores, the banks and the business
houses will close during the afternoon
service, and the day will be given up TO
the service of God.
BROKEN BOW-One of the most int
portant events of last week was the an
test, that took place Saturday night at the
court house Three towns were repre-
scented in an able manner by several par
| ticularly bright young women. Sargent,
and Alison Vandenberg: Merna, by Mary
Reade, Vera Atkinson and Vera Eddy;
Broken Bow, by Mary Dumbbell and Alma
Sullivan. Miss Stokes of Sargent. car
ried of the prize with a percentage Of
"a p, against an even per cent of a. held
by the Misses DumbbelL Eddy and
Fenstermaeher. Postmaster Jewett pre-
sented the cup and highly complimensed
all on the able showing they had mate.
Miss Stokes won second prize last year.
FALLS CITY-The school board met on
Monday evening with all members present
and elected teachers for the next school
history and English, Miss Kate Thomas
of Omaha: English and business, Miss
Grace Woods of Lincoln; language. Miss
Mary Davies, Falls City. Seventh and
eighth grades, Miss Bridges of Sterling;
fifth and sixth grades, Floy Grinstead Of
Clara Gagnon of Falls City. The teachers
az the Harlem street school are: Miss
Sue Ceiling, Kindergarten; Miss Clara
Boose, assistant, and Miss Myrtle Pit
took second grade. They are all from
this city. At the Central building they
elected Miss Iva Beck of Edgar, Neb.,
principals Miss Laura Cobb of Kansas
City, firth grade; Miss Maude Mohler,
sixth grade; Miss Elizabeth Brecht, fourth
grade Edna Brown, third grade; Miss
Myrtle Bowere second grade Miss Grace
Saylor, FIRST grade; Minnie Mcdonald, kim