Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-16
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from insurance companies than ii was turn
ing over to the firerinen, ana Charles Nudge
vestlgate the matter. IL
NORTH PLATTE-Dr.' McCabe of this
city was called upon last Saturday to fumi-
gate a car and the passengers in II on train
No. g. A case of smallpox developed on the
tourist car and the patient was taken on
taken 10 prevent others from taking the
disease.
BEATRICE-The ruction in the camp of
the Barneston Mutual Telephone company
was settled yesterday when the directors
decided to engage the services OF a tele-
phone lineman from Beatrice for the pur-
, pose of connecting UP its lines, which were
cut when the ex-secretary carried the
switchboard from the central station and
placed it on the town water tank; The
working order by tomorrow.
SEWARD-A union temperance meeting
Grating and the public invited was held at
the Presbyterian church on "Wednesday
! night. The good nature of Seward audi,
ence was shown when the lecturer, Edward
Amherst OFT, failed TO arrive at p. m. on
account of having missed the train In Lin
came in an automobile from Lincoln. 1t
| leased
NORTH PLATTE-Deputy Sheriff Lowell
last Saturday returned from Omaha with
Helen Watson, who has been tried In the
county court here since on the charge Of
| the theft OF SIS and some jewelry which
she stole from employees at the Pacific hotel
| in this city, where she employed. She
pleaded guilty to the charge and stated
that she became homesick and not having
| enough money to pay her fare to Chicago
s stole the money. with the intention Of re-
| AURORA-The farmers institute for
| Hamilton county closed an extremely inter
or tS sesso ast o 0wg beS
but the complete program for Wednesday
was carried out in the courthouse with a
! large audience in attendance. The institute
elected the following officers: President.
! Hon. F. c. Putnam vice president b. F.
Wooderd; directors, Hon. Z. Won Forrell,
| Hon. F. NJ. Howard j. ID. Keer, NJ. d.
| Wright and j. w. Stokesbury.
| NORTH PLATTE-The members of the
high school OF this city nave had consider
| able excitement and pleasure out of the de-
batting teams which they have had. DD-
| to Ord and Central City and have been VIC
| torious in each instance. The coming Fri
day evening the team will again meet the
Ord team in this city in the high school
auditorium The question to be debated is
whether trusts are inimical to public well
Visitors denying In the future North
Platte team will meet a like debating team
from the Sidney schools.
| YORK-There has been considerable oppo-
stion to giving the County Fair association
an appropriation owing to the heretofore
| of money. Recently the association reor-
| ganized and elected new officers. who give
promise Of prom at1nT , successful county
was decided to hold a fair and speed meet
ing September IS to q, inclusive. At each
institute meeting held by the farmers In
this county parties have been selected to
address the meetings and solicit farmers to
interest themselves in making the York
county fair and speed meeting a great sue
cess.
NORTH PLATTE-Harry E. Judd was
given his preliminary hearing Monday on
the charges of forging check and OF ut
| tering forged check in the county court.
On the evidence produced by the state he
was bound over to the district court, which
meets here March s. 1906 The evidence of
the state was to the effect that Judd en-
tered the clothing store OF Weingand &
Mcdonald In this city on the morning OF
gave for IL a check for the same signed by
]. c. Gordin and drawn upon the Citizen s
bank of McCook, and received the balance
s29.A. in change. Later Claude Weingand
of the firm became suspicious and caused
the arrest OF Judd, who meantime had gone
north in a rig to look at homestead lands