Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-13
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News of Nebraska.
YORK-The Free Methodlsts are holding
Ing. s'''" anu '"s attendance Is in'F'sA-
BLUE HILL-Farmers in this vicinity
have finished husking corn Corn averaged
forty bushels to the acre.
BENEDICT-winter wheat in York
couny Is coming along finely and promises
to be another bumper crop.
! GENEVA-The immense crop Of corn is
being husked and gathered In at a rapid
pace, the weather being 30 fine.
! BEATRlCE-Alex Sells, a son Of Mrs
Lizzie Sells OF this city, was pronounced
insane yesterday by the insanity board Of
commissioners and ordered taken to the
! BEATRICE-Mrs. Peter Stewart, a resi-
! dent of South Beatrice, thrown from
her buggy In a runaway accident last even
and body.
| LEIGH-Mrs o. S. wisherd Of this place
stepped out OF the house and the walk be-
| ing slippery fell and broke one OF her ribs.
eral days.
ALBION-Kochenderfe & Gansko, who
| nave Tor several years managed the Albion
| house, are now making preparations to
/ leave here and take charge of a hotel at
/ Bloomfield.
YORK-The many York friends Of Victor
| Seymour, a former York boy, were pleased
] 70 learn that at a meeting OF the Young
/ Men Republican club of Lincoln he was
| elected president.
TABLE ROCK-The restaurant OF Mrs.
l.. y Hasness of this place has been sold
/ to Nemechek Brothers Of this place The
stock has been invoiced and the new pro-
/ prietors are already in possession.
| HERMAN-Dealers have received two
cars of hard coal in the past few days and
this will supply Herman for several weeks.
| They are still pricing 1t at S9.75 per ton
regardless of the Omaha Coal trust.
/ BEATRICE-Palmer & company yester-
| day purchased the stock Of cigars Of A. p.
| Wyatt, who has been in business in the
Clemmer block for some time. Mr.. Wyatt
/ and family may locate in Nebraska City.
! BLUE HILL-At the meeting OF the Blue
/ Hill Commercial club last evening a COM
mittee Of three was appointed to see the
/ town board in regard to an electric light
! system. The citizens Of Blue Hill are work
/ ing hard for this enterprise
! YORk-York county farmers are not feed
! time. Old hogs have nearly all been shipped
| out and part of the spring crop OF young
hogs has been sold. making a shortage in
! the number Of hogs in York county.
NORTH PLATTE-George Schatz has
| been given the Union Pacific shop foreman
| ship at Rawlins Wyo., which position was
made vacant by the transfer of j. J. Keli-
! her to this place as foreman. Mr.. Schatz
left for Rawlins the latter part Of last
J BEATRICE-A complaint was filed in
the district court yesterday against Mrs.
Amelia A. Osborn, an old resident of this
city and wife of c. A. Osborn, the barber,
charging her with insanity. Her case will
missioners-
L
a stranger who boarded a train for Beat
| rice at Cortland after being exposed to the
smallpox. When the train reached Pick
rell the fellow left the train and has not
been seen since. II apprehended he will be
Quarantined.
GENEVA-Last night about forty friends
of Mr.. and Mrs j. E. Westcott surpT ised
the latter person, II being his list birthday.
A very enjoyable evening was spent and
| Mr.. Westcott was presented with hand
SONG emblematic ring, Independent Order
| of odd Fellows
BEATRICE-The new electric light plant
at Wymore will be ready for business
soon, Poles between this city and Wymore
are being placed in position, and as soon
as the wires are strung the plant will be,
| gin business. The current vii be furnished
by the Beatrice Electric Company's plant
| BEATRICE-Mina Rebekah lodge No. 49,
Independent Order of odd Fellows, met last
night and elected these officers for the
coming year: Mrs. Mary E. Jackson, noble
grand; Mrs. Maggie Utter, vice grand; ;
Brenker, treasurer; Mrs. Carrie Robbins,
Mrs c. A. Garnder, Mrs. l.. A. Bates
/ trustees.
NORTH PLATTH-A complaint has been
nled by T. c. Hunt against Henry c.
Frickey, charging him with stealing a
horse belonging to II: c. Hect. The pre-
continued for thirty days He was placed
! under 500 bonds, in default of which he
vas placed in jail. Frickey's home is at
Juniata, Neb.
BEATRICE-O. F. Jaynes, who was en-
gagged In business in Nebraska thirty years
o.
in company with his wife. Mr. Jaynes is
located on ranch near Gregory, 8: D.,
and says that coal is selling for 81 per
ton Many settlers, he says. are burning
corn for fuel, believing 1t cheaper than coal
| at the present price.
HERMAN-Corn has been coming In to
the elevators at this place rapidly the past
three or four days. All three elevators
are doing a good business. The new Rob
Of the corn and they had to run all day
last Sunday to keep up with the farmers
hauling grain. They have had no trouble
I getting cars so far this year.
| FREMONT-C. Z. Whitenack of this city
died last week at keaTney, Okl, where he
had gone for his health, after b.ief ILL
and had lived here for many years, spend
ing his winters in the south. His body
was taken direct to Earlham, Ia, his
former home, for burial. He leaves a widow
and two sons and two daughters. residing
here
purchased a brick machine, which they
will operate in this city next season. The
machine has capacity OF 1000 bricks per
day, and the bricks, which are made under
a pressure of 1000 pounds, are said 10 be
impervious to water. They hope TO secure
"A contract for all the material Of this kind
necessary for the buildings to be erected
by the Masons and odd Fellows.
ALBION-The adjourned October term Of
the district court convened this morning
with Judge Paul presiding The jury work
will probably last from a week to ten days.
There il no case Of great importance. The
state against Mike Burns, charged with
killing James Crimson on July OF this
year. The charge is that OF manslaughter,
as the act was done without malice or in
tent to commit murder.
BEATRlCE-Third City lodge No 81, De-
gree OF Honor, elected these officers last
night: Mrs. Polly Schlosser, chief of honor;
Mrs, Deadly, lady of honor Mrs. Mary
Bealer, chief OF ceremonies; Mrs. LOrena
Davis, recorder; Mrs, Susan T.. Gould,
fnancier; Mrs. Grace Bumgardner, treas
urer; Mrs, ID. B. Penrod usher; Mrs ID; G.
outside watch; Miss Pearl Oden, musician;
c. p. FAN, A. IL. Felsh, J. X. Boswell,
| physicians.
BURWELLs-Mr. and Mrs Kirby McGrew,
two OF the Oldest settlers of BuTwell cele-
brated their golden wedding at the Meth
Odist church this afternoon. son, two
daughters and two grandchildren were preE-
ent, besides about sixty friends. Rev. f.
II. Kiefer, pastor Of the Methodist church.
performed the ceremony and number OF
toasts were responded to. One Of the
unique features OF The occasion was tina
the bridal table was spread with a table
cloth that was woven over siXty-hve years
ago by the mother OF Mrs. McGrew,
| NORTH PIAATTE-A movement is on foo