Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
News of Nebraska.

their implement and harness business TO
o. NJ. Hager.
HUMBoLDT-James Poo. and Amanda
Richardson. two young people of this
county; were married by Judge Gagnon
on farm near Salem.
HUMBOLDT-A series Of special meet
ings opened Sunday night at the Methodist
church in this city; and the pastor Rev
ministers of this section.
YORK-At the annual meeting of the
York County Fair association the follow
president; Doc Bittinger, vice president;
T. f. Bennett secretary; George s. Cook,
treasurer.
YORK; f. Smith. near Utica, captured
golden eagle, which he brought to York
and sold to r. F.. Harris. who has the
eagle in cage on exhibition in his store.
This is one Of the first specimens ever
| captured here.
WEST POINT-A notable revival of re-
| liglon is being conducted at the neighbor-
conversions being reported. This wave of
moral regeneration is under the direction
OF Rev. G. L. Goodell. pastor of the Meth
| odist Episcopal church.
WEST POINT-At a sale of farm stock
| held a few days ago by Colonel Milton
Knight. on the farm of the late Adolph
ROCK 0sRiS Chickens " sod for the sxraordiDary
price of from 81 to So per dozen. the
| highest prices ever known here for poultry.
WEST POINT-Wilfred Marcuson. who
! iishment of r. H. Kerkow. in West Point,
| for the last few years, has purchased
! iewelry store at Petersburg and will COM
mence business for himself. He has al
ready taken possession and moved his fam
| lily to their new home.
| KEARNEY-Ed Schwasiuger. living near
| Pleasanton, was in town on business and
| his horses became frightened and ran
| away. They crossed the bridge at Pleas
| anton and started south and ran a mile.
| When they came to turn they failed
to take 1t and ran over the bank into the
| Loup river. both of them being drowned.
| EXETER-Exeter is still enjoying the
I building and improvement boom. Emory
' Yates. the tailor. is erecting a cosy little
| home on his lots one block north of the
4 r. & NJ. depot. Several other new resi-
dences are waiting for spring to come be-
| fore work on them will commence. Kelly
| Bros. are building large addition to their
| meat market.
| WEST POINT-A change has been made
| in the organization of the firm of the
| Stieren-Jerman company, general mer-
| been taken into the firm in the person of
| T.. NJ. Baumann, who has until recently
filled the position of private secretary to
| Warden Beemer at the penitentiary. The
| firm contemnlates charging its business
materially in the near future. The style
of the new firm is the Stieren-Jerman-
| Baumann company.
| GRAND ISLAND-J. w. Cooper. cement
| and stone workman, is in the city ar
in that line of work in this city in the next
few days-Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Machines will be exhibited and
demonstrations given and samples of var
ious manufacturers will also be shown.
Similar demonstrations have been given
i'm Norfolk and other cities II is the hope
that a state association of cement and con-
crete manufacturers can be organized.
ANSLEY-There is quite little interest
among the school teachers in Custer
county regarding the outcome of the new
school law governing teachers certificates.
Recently the new county superintendent
of Custer county, Harvey NJ. Pinckney,
| no ha working NJ
the new school law would reduce the pres
ent teaching force of Custer county fully
present teaching force is not complete and
the working of the new law means trouble
ahead for' the various county superin-
tendents.
HIrMBOLDT-Mrs. Sarah Orr has been
required to go to Canada for the purpose
of identifying the body of her late hus-
band. Amos Orr. who left this section sud
denly and mysteriously about foTr years
ago and of whose death these dispatches
told few months ago. After leaving here
Mr.. Orr ii seems, took a claim up in Can
ada. but sent no word to his family, who
knew of his whereabouts only when noti-
fed of his death. Now 1t becomes neces-
the fact of her husbands death in order
TO inherit the land for herself and children.
FALLS CITY-The jury in the case where
Mrs. Mary +; Candy sued Jerome c. WitsC
for $1,000 which was on trial last week
came in Friday morning with verdict
ter claim. Friday morning the case of the
State of Nebrasga against Sim Burke for
statutory assault was begun and occupied
| all that day. The court room was crowded
during the entire trial. The jury went
| out Friday night and was out from then
until Saturday night about O'Clock. wher
II was discharged as unable to agree. II
| is reported they stood to 3 for conviction
The case will be tried again next term.
WEST POINT-John Mates, one of the
| oldest pioneer settlers of this section OF
| Nebraska, passed away Wednesday even
| ing. He was well known by all the early
| settlers of this vicinity. He homesteaded
| in the early '6ls between Washington and
| Arlington and his home was for many
| years the stopping place for all settlers
who were compelled to journey to Omaha
for supplies from the upper Elkhorn valley
before the advent of the railroads. Ht
was noted for his old-tine hospitality and
friendliness to all newcomers and Il
mourned very sincerely by all the old time
residents OF Cunning county.
| GRAND ISLAND-Miss Ann Littlefair
sister-in-law of Robert Taylor, the sheep
man. Miss Ada Benser and the littl,
| daughter OF Mr.. Taylor were the victims
of frightful runaway accident yesterdaN
afternoon. They were about to go TO thei
street crossing of the Union Pacific tn,
spirited team they were driving becam,
frightened at a tank car. Miss Littlefaii
held the reins and would no doubt have beer
able TO manage the horses but for the &C
cidental breaking of one OF the fastening
Of the tongue TO the running gear Tn,
tongue dropped and with every step strucl
madly dashing up the street. The vehicI
upturned and threw all the occupants Z,
the ground. Miss Littlefair sustained ,
broken rib and other injuries and the othe