The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-31


house being taken.
Considerable prepare
ton is being made by the business
men and the Creighton Improvement
club to give the members of the
Sioux City jobbers' excursion, which is
scheduled to arrive here at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow, warm welcome.
Several committees have been ap-
pointed to see that the visitors have
every attention. Carriages will be In
waiting at the depot to escort the dele
CATION up town. Nj. C. Won Rhoden
will act as marshal and see that the
visitors are royalty entertained during
the short stop here.
Tecumseh-This is commencement
week with the Tecumseh high school,
Last evening occurred the class day
exercises, the opera house being filled
to the doors with friends Of the class
AS the class is unusually large this
year less than half Of the members
we're able to appear on the program,
and these were selected by a vote OF
the class. The music was by the Te-
cumseh Mandolin orchestra, and play
ers from the class, and good pro-
gram was carried out. Tonight the
commencement program occurred, and
the speaker was Phil Baird, ID. d., OF
Iowa, His subject was steps to the
Hill of Fame"
Papilrion-The recent rains have
put everything in fine condition. Inc
strawberry crop will be immense.
PapiIIfon ). Kelly was killed by
| lightning near Forest City, Sarpy
county. He was Is years old, and
came from Geneva, Neb. No inquest
was held
| Beatrice Beatrice Daily Cour-
| Ter is the name of a new democratic
paper which will make its appearance
here this week. Ed Roberts, an ON.
aha printer, is to be editor-in-chief.
| Beatrice-Walt Mason, who recently
received word from Washington that
his monthly magazine had been re
| fused admittance to the mails, was
| yesterday notified by Postmaster
| Hollingsworth that the officials al
| Washington had reconsidered the mat
ter and admitted his paper as legal
publication.
Beatrice-Farmers In Gage county
! have finished planting corn. and IN
some fields the grain is coming III
with the appearance of a good stand
Wheat and oats look fine, but farmers
report that a good soaking rain wouit
! be beneficial to crops of all kinds, al
the ground is becoming very dry.
/ Fremoni-The Standard Oil com
pany is going to have some opposi
ton in this vicinity. The Nationa
Oil company, an Ohio Independent
concern, has bought some property IL
Cloverly addition near the brewery
where it proposes to erect tanks ant
warehouse and do jobbing bust
i ness. The Standard has previousl.
| had a monopoly of the oil trade Q
this section
i Grand Island-At a regular ad
i journed session of the Board OF Edu
cation deliberated over the plans o
several architects for the construction
of the new high school building, ant
F. A. Henninger was given the con
tract. The committee on building
recommended, in a report, that TIT
: price Of the building, including heat
; ing and plumbing, be fixed at $4,000
this giving the board the remaining
$4,000 of the bond issue for furniture
: and fixtures.
Fremont-There was severe thun
} der storm accompanied by heavy rail
J here yesterday afternoon, between
and o'clock. Lightning struck tn
:, chimney of H. J. Lees hardware
!, store, throwing it down and Shaking