Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-03

officers listened to. A decidedly healthy
showing was made. Preparations are being
made to start third series of stock with
the end of the present official year about
the first of July.
BEATRICE-The Farmers Independent
Telephone company of Clatonia, this
the office Of the county clerk yesterday,
The capital stock is placed at s., 400 and the
incorporators are w. b. sykes. Andrew
Walker George Krauter, jr,, John d. Sage
horn +. n Hoffstedt, Paul c. Grenseman
and ]. e. Karstens.
HASTINGS-The Hastings school district
will begin proceedings in court to prevent
the county from collecting taxes against a
block of ground which is owned by the
district but which has been vacant for the
last ten years. The county authorities
insist that as the property is not used for
school purposes 1t is subject to taxation.
The district claims exemption and If neces-
sary will carry the case to the supreme
court.
HUMBOLDT-The 6-year-old son of VIII
Weird and wife, north of the city, was
kicked in the face by a horse YESTERDAY
fractured, so badly that it required the
services of dentist in addition to the
surgeon who dressed the wound, the former
making a plate for the interior of the
patients mouth to hold the shattered bones
in place while the process of healing is
going on.
CENTRAL CITY - The Central City
Stromsburg cutoff on the Union Pacific
will evidently soon be built, eight right
of-way men being here this week buying
the necessary property for the line. Right
of-way men are also working west from
StrOmsburg and a surveying party is in
the field setting grade stakes. The COM
pany is going to push the construction, as.
weather permitting trains will be running
in ninety days.
EDGAR-Frank Carlson of Ong has pur-
chased the ice plant of NJ. +. Larkin in
Edgar and as soon as the weather gets
cold enough he will commence putting up
ice. Mr.. Larkin has purchased a plant in
ITs.-t srgr1 av,I ha hna hAH Co. h.
week filling his ice house, II having been
much colder there than here. He will move
his family there in the near future and II
it gets cold enough will put up more ice
he says he has not enough to satisfy
him yet
GORDON-The Bachelors club of Gordon
rented the opera house, issued fine invita- e
tions and entertained about forty-five of
their women and male friends in the most
up-to-date manner. Cards and games of
per was served at Rebeck's cafe that
would have done credit to a metropolitan
club house. The bachelors have set a pace
in Gordon that for style and elegance Will
hardly be surpassed by any effort of the
fair sex.
NORFOLK-Little Bessie McComb, the
the schoolgirl here who ran away from
home and was lost from view for nearly
a week, and who was finally located al
Tilden, Neb., near the grave of her dead
at the home Of her parents in this city
and is frantic TO again get away from
3 nome. she declares thdt she Will commit
suicide If she is forced to return to schoo
and her father and crippled mother, fear.
ing that she would end her life, have
agreed TO allow her to remain away until
next fall
YORK-George Brooks is recovering from
"a gunshot wound in the leg a little above
| the knee. The bullet has been removed
and as 1t did not fracture the bone Mr.
Brooks will get along nicely. Harry Ship
man, partner OF Mr.. Brooks, accidentally
shot him. They own a very sick horst
/ and both decided that IL was best TO shoot
! the horse and get it out of misery. II was
after dark and Mr.. Shipman went TO the
| house and got a revolver. While in the
| barn adjusting the revolver 1t was acci
/ del tally discharged and the bullet entered
= Mr.. Brooks leg.
| HUMBOLDT - The farmers institut,
closed two days session at the oper;
house yesterday afternoon, and an inter
esting program was listened 10 by quit
a large delegation OF farmers and thei
! wives at each session. Several speaker
sent out by the State university talke'
on their assigned topics and literary an,
musical numbers were interspersed iron
local talent. The new officers for the en-
suing year were selected as follows:
r. Zook. president; Oscar Leech, vic
president; Don Gridley, secretary; Jane
Holman, treasurer Lulu Hummel. lad
president; Nora Stalder. lady vice presi
dent.
4 BEATRICE-At a special meeting Of tn