Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-24

News OF Nebraska.
PLATTSMOUTH-Th rain has been
falling in this vicinity nearly all day.
PLATTsMOUTH-Frankie, the son Of
Mr. and Mrs. y. j. Reynolds. died at their
home IN this city yesterday.
BEATRICE--A. c. Shallenberger, demo-
cratic candidate for governor, will deliver
an address in this city next Friday even
ing.
PLATTsMOUTH-J. p. Falter has sold
to j. @. Messenger and Philip Thierof "A
section of land near Huron, S. D.. for
$4,000.
BEATRIOE-G Government Observer Wax
ham, at this point reports that the rain
fan Of Sunday and Monday amounted to
KENNARD-The Washington County
Teachers association will meet at Blair
il the high. school assembly room Satur.
PLATTsMOUTH-wh playing with a
revolver, Carl, son Of John Leesley, acct
dentaly shot himself through the palm
BEATRICE-District court will convene
next Monday with Judge Kelligar on the
bench. There are 1PS cases on the docket,
ten of which are criminal.
BEATRICE-The county candidates Of
! the republican party held largely at
| tended meeting at Finley last evening,
! which was addressed by H. e. Sackett,
s. D. Killen and others
! BEATRICEl-Fred RObare, who has been
making the Kansas racing circuit for the
/ last few weeks with Fred II, 2;l5, and
number of other horses, returned home yes
terday. He reports fairly good success on
\ the trip.
EATRICE-Contractor Doolng. who
/ has just finished Job of grading at
Stromsburg for the Union Pacific, passed
through the city today en- route to Texas
with a large force of men and about 100
/ head Of mules and horses.
| BEATRICE-Through neglect and some
mlsHnderstandlng the proper otneeTS Iall ssi
! the prohibition party in Gage county. hence
! their names will not appear upon the bal
/ lot at the coming election.
! KENNARD-James Christensen brought
! some SAMPLE ears Of corn to town. All
the ears are well filled out and one ear
sen says he has a field which will yield
| eighty bushels to the acre.
PERU-The funeral services of Bill
| Kingsley Roberts, one of the old settlers,
were held at the Methodist Episcopal
! church today. Mr.. Roberts was past IS
years of age and had spent the last forty
| years of his life in Nebraska.
/ AUBURN-Rain started in here Sunday
morning and it has been raining nearly
constantly every since The roads are
report that their crops were badly in need
| of rain and are now in the pink of con-
dition.
BEATRICE-A c. Shay. for the last
few years manager Of Swift and Company,.s
plant at this point, has resigned his posi-
ton and today went to WORK n,,,t Tor come Ine
pany He is succeeded by Samuel Moore
of. Sabbetha, Kan.
AUBURN-Hon. Ernest j. Pollard and
Hon. 4. j. Doyle are both in town cir
culating among the voters. Mr. Pollard
was i'm Peru last evening, where he and
the local candidates addressed the voters,
and a good meeting is reported. Mr..
Doyle spoke last night at Nemaha.
HUMBOLDT-Jacob Gutknecht, a we'll
known, retired farmer, die6 at an early
hour this morning, aged 81 years. He
was a native of Germany, but had lived
in the United States a long time. He
leaves a wife and number of grown
! children. residents of this CitV and st.
Joseph.
GENEVA-S Saturday night the homes of
Captain Ralph Bringiman and j. Freeman
were entered by burglars and articles of
furniture thrown about, evidently in search
Of money, which, fortunately was not
found. Sheriff Page had visit from
Peeping Tom, taking observations through
the window,
ALBION-Raln began falling here Sat
urday evening and continued during the
night. Yesterday morning the thermo-
meter reached the freezing point, from
which it has not varied more than de-
gree for the past twenty-four hours. A
drizzling rain is now falling, with no
prospects of change soon
HUMBOLDT-The, local committee is
arranging for the WoGlen's Christian TEN
opens at the Christian church in this
Il city on Thursday for two days ses-
zion. A large number of delegates are
program has been prepared.
NEBRASKA CITY-Sherin John Dono-
Ven went TO Burr tnis morning TO dNldCH
the property of e. H. Holden. grain
dealer of that place. Attachments have
been entered in the county court amount
ing to $500. Holden has been operating
an elevator at Burr for a number of years
and it is charged that he specialized in
| grain ard lost.
PERU-The body of william Garde Ct
Auburn was brought here for interment
| in Mount Vernon cemetery today. Mr..
| Garde spent most Of his early boyhood
| in Peru and had been connected with
! several of the most imDOrtant business
houses during his later life. Services
were held at he grave by the Masonic
lodge of this place.
KENNARD--A special harvest meeting
was held in the Danish Lutheran church
Sunday. The church was nicely decorated
with the harvest emblems of the season
| elder Anderson of Blair the chief
student preachers from Dana college
| Blair. A collection was taken for the
benefit of a sanitarium in Colorado.
FREMONT-Corn huskers will be in great
demand in this county as soon as the rsiI
stops The usual price paid is around
cents a bushel and board. Huskers will
earn from $3.50 to $3.50 per day and some
some ONE Of the last planted viii be soft The
rain which has continued all day today
: will leave the ground in good shape foI
winter.
| FREMONT-The funeral of Mrs. Martha
Kuntzman was held from the Lutheran
church this afternoon and was very largely
attended Notwithstanding the rain. She
was q native of Hamburg. Germany, and
had lived in Fremont for tWenty-six years
For the most of that time she had con-
Quoted an extensive bakery business on
lower Main street and had displayed
marked business ability.
BEATRICE-The board OF directors OF
the Chautauqua association met last night
and organized for the year by electing
the following officers: A. w. Nickel
president; S. Rinaker. vice president; F.
A. McGlasson, secretary; c. l.. Reed
treasurer. July 10 to 80 were the dates
fixed for the 1907 assembly and the di.
rectors are determined to make the conf
ing session the best yet held.
NEBRASKA CITY-F. W. Cleveland
jr., of the firm of F. w Cleveland e. Son
and Miss MalVina Sichl, daughter of ia
cob Sichl, went to Auburn today, where
they were united in marriage. The mar
D riage was quite a surprise to theil
friends. It was the young people whC
, wanted to add a little romance to thcil
wedding. as no objections to the marriage