Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-15

went home wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Hall
man and family a safe and pleasant Voy-
age.
PLATTSMOUTH-Mrs r. r. Carter, a
daughter of DIR. Schidknecht of this city,
died at her home I'm Blair Friday evening
A husband and two children survive her
YORK-As Gardner White was leading a
horse past the home of Hon. NJ. Howell
the horse stepped on live wire and was
instantly killed. This makes the second
horse killed by a broken live wire within
the past six months.
YORK-Commodore n. Beaver has gone
Lincoln to superintend some of the sur
veys that are being made by the Independ-
ent Telephone company toll lines extending
south ofILincoln, in which company of
York men are interested.
YORK-James Bell of David City came to
York to purchase fine driving team of
Frank HentOn. The horses are fine
team of matched blacks. York county
farmers are raising as fine draft and
driving horses as any in the state.
BEATRICE-The farmers living a few
miles northeast of Diller have organized
pany. Work will soon be started with a
view to supplying the farmers in that
vicinity with a good telephone service.
TECUMSEH-During last night there was
very perceptible change in the atmos-
phere here, the thermometer falling to
dangerous point for the oncoming vegeta-
ton Cloudy weather prevented a frost,
which would have been very damaging
CLAY CENTER--A school entertain
Re3t was given al {ne n ian all euf t6e
grades. The church was crowded not
withstanding the inclemency OF the
weather The exercises well merited the
appreciation of the audience
BEATRICE-The funeral of F. II. Elmer
son was held at his home in Diller yester-
Quoted by Rev II. T. Huntington OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Emerson
was a member of the Ancient Order OF
] United Workmen, which order had charge
/ Of the services.
BEATRICE-specia Agent Kelly of the
| postoffice department was here Saturday
| to investigate a complaint made against
| former Postmaster Edgar relative to vio-
| lating the postal regulations in allowing
/ the Beatrice Daily Express to send out
| special editions about year ago. The
matter will be taken up by the department,
! BEATRICE-At a meeting of the Diller
| Farmers Grain company THURSDAY eve
ming the directors were authorized TO pur-
| chase the Ewart-Wilkinson elevator for
| 5000 and one acre Of ground, but as the
! directors are DESTROYS OF selling few more
| shares Of stock the deal has not yet been
| closed for the purchase of the property.
CLAY CENTER-H. b. Sherman Of In
diana, national organizer of the American
Society of Equity, lectured to a fair-sized
audience in the court room Friday after
noon union OF nitee nf members iga sst Eas
This is the NTH union organized in this
! county
WEST POINT-Miss Anna walIa ant
/ Charles Marek were united in marriage by
| County Judge Dewald at his office In Yves
Point. The bride Is the daughter OF
! RANK W dllds d wen hubNu IeslueuL o.
Elkhorn township, and the groom is
resident of the new town of Uehling
where the young couple will begin theil
married life
BEATRICE-The regular quarterly meet
ing Of the Pickreu Farmers Elevator
company was held at Pickrell Saturday
The meeting was largely attended and the
business OF the past three months wa
found to be entirely satisfactory. II wa
decided to make extensive Improvement
on the plant TO accommodate the increas
ing business.
PLATTSMoUTH-Th farm OF Mrs. L
III. Critchheld, the mOther-in-laW OF Georg
NJ. Porter, located southwest of Platts
mouth, was consumed BY fire, which 4
supposed to have started from a defectiv,
fiue. Only a small portion of the house
hold goods were saved. The loss is es
| timated at $4,000, with only $1,000 in
| surance on the building.
HUMBoLDT-Relati here were mott
ned yesterday OF the death OF Mrs. Roxi
Usher which occurred In the morning a
her home in Gosper county. Deceased wa
about twenty-five years Of age and leave
a husband, 70 whom she was married abou
a year ago. She was raised In this vicinit