Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-22
News OF Nebraska.

shipped eleven car loads of lat cattle to
Chicago on Saturday night.
SEWARD-Six hundred men participa ted
In the wolf hunt at Germantown this
week. Three big wolves were captured.
EKAMAH-Diphtheria scare is prac-
and all pstents ar S Sase ar s,on TepGrtsd
PLATTSMOUTH-The contract for build
ing the bridges in Cass county for the
coming year was awarded to Shelley & Co.
at $3.50 per level foot.
| PLATTSMOUTH-The first case tried be-
| fore a jury this term of court was that of
| Waldron against Mcbride and was decided
| In favor of the defendant.
| COOK-Several cases of smallpox have
| been reported north OF town. but as every
precaution Is being taken there is not
much danger of Its spreading.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Joe Lloyd, who has
| been engaged In the service of the Bur-
| lington for twenty-five years, has ten
| dered his resignation as engineer.
| BEATRICE-Mrs. T. p. Ossman living
four miles west of the city. died yesterday
morning of heart failure, aged IS years
She leaves a husband and four children.
WEST PoINT-In the game of basket
| ball between Lyons and West Point. last
| Friday evening. the local team was sue
| cessful in defeating the visitors by score
| of 80 to s.
PLATTsMoUTH-Fred G. ohienhausen
and Miss Lottie May Goth were united
| in marriage in the parsonage % the pastor
| OF the German Evangelical church by Rev.
f. j. Danghorst
TEKAMAH-The funeral OF Captain s.
| T. Leaning will be held at Decatur. the
services being conducted by the Masonic
| fraternity of this city, of which Mr.. Learn
| ing was member.
| SEWARD-The marriage of Mr.. Thomas
| Anderson ana Miss Margaret Ashton oc-
CURED at p. m. at the home of the
| brides parents ia Seward today. Rev.
| Father Murphy OBLIGATED.
| SEWARD-Dean Marshall had his collar
| bone broken while hanging on bobsled
| during the recent snow The process was
| to render the necessary aid.
| BEATRICE-A. F. Swart, for the past
| year proprietor of the City hotel, yester-
day vacated the building and stored his
personal effects; c. J. Hall of Lincoln
| will reopen the hotel March 1.
| HARVARD-Revival meetings are being
! held at the Methodist church by the pas
tor, Charles Burns. assisted by Evangelist
| Campbell of University Place. that prom
| Uses no small results for good.
WEST POINT--Carl johnson of Garfield
| township yesterday purchased the half
| section of land comprising the farm OF
Hans Jurgenson. in Cunning township pay
| ing therefor the sum of $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures Burkmeyer. a po-
neer resident of Gage county, died yester-
day at his home near Clatonia, aged eighty
four years. He is survived by four child
rem. three sons and one daughter.
WEST POINT - Schinstock Brothers
shipped two car loads of horses to st.
Louis Monday night. These animals are
extremely choice stock and were pur-
chased from the farmers In this vicinity.
BEATRICE-Word was received here yes
terday of the marriage of Miss Alice Cal
which occurred at Chicago Tuesday The
young couple will make their home at
Lacombe, Alberta Canada.
wILsoNVILLE-Th farmers OF this
neighborhood met here yesterday and de-
cided to build an elevator, at this place.
Stock was f1oated and nearly seventy-hve
per cent of the necessary funds sub
scribed for during the day.
WEST POINT-Herman A Willgohs of
Snyder, and Miss Mary Gerry of Howell,
were married in the latter place on Friday
son of the late Rudolph Willgohs, for
mer business man of West Point.
WEST POINT-The petition presented
the Board of Supervisors by citizens of
the village of Bancroft to have that incor-
porated village set apart from the road
district in accordance with the statute
regulating the matter, was granted.
neutrality-suspicious. Hunt, baritone
soloist of Kansas City, gave n recital in
! the Presbyterian church last night. The
recital was given under the auspices of the
Matinee Music club of Beatrice. and proved
to be the musical event of the season.
sEWARD-Prof. H. w. Caldwell of the
Crts ST OF Ne6raST be T s I'VE an an
AN People on the evening of Me- IN
. .e high school auditorium under ,le
az np.ces of the sophomo.es of the high
sEWARD-A delegation OF citizens at
tended the meeting of the council last
evening and asked that the question of
license or no license be submitted to the
voters at the spring municipal election;
The council deferred its decision until
next Friday night.
BEATRICE-Rev. NJ. NJ. MerkI of st.
Joseph's Catholic church received tele-
gram last evening announcing the death
Of his mother Mrs. Anna Merltl' which oc-
years of age Mr.. Merkl left today for
Kelso to attend the funeral.
TEKAMAH-Jeep Brothers. formerly of
! NalN
chandise stock of Smith Brothers OF this
city. Messrs. Jeep took possession ye-
terday Smith Brothers have been in the
mercantile business in this city almost
continuously for the past thirty years.
WEST POINT-The responses to roll call
at the last meeting OF the Woman's club
some very apt ideas on the subject were
| elected, one being the planting Of trees
along the sidewalks OF unoc0upied lots
and another for the removal of unused
HUMBOLDT-W. O. Babcock and Mrs.
Flora Beard of this city drove to Sen
the county judge, returning at once TO this
| city where they are at home temper
arily. They expect to depart soon for
| South Dakota, where the groom recently
| took a claim.
HUMBOLDT-The fire bell has been
hoisted into place at the top OF the new
| seVenty-foot tower and can be heard much
more plainly in the remote parts of the
| city. An automatic ringing attachment
/ will be provided whereby alarms may be
sounded from the central telephone office
| by simply touching a button, or from the
| front of the city hall.
| TEKAMAH-Dr. Raver was out again
| yesterday and bagged three more large
Canada geese. This makes seventeen In
| the past two weeks. bunch of about
| 500 came over the doctor in easy range,
and he proceeded to land them. but his
| Automatic" went wrong; however he
succeeded in liking It and getting two
| birds before they could get away.
| WEST POINT-The Chicago Record-Her-
| aid of yesterday announces the appoint
ment of Edward j. Padden to be chief
clerk in the office OF the city clerk of
| Chicago. Mr.. Padden is well known in
| Nebraska, and has been critic teacher
| in the Chicago Normal schools. lie was
| in West Point a few months ago, the
| guest of his relatives, the family Of John
! Hickey.
| GENEVA-Thursday the new high school
/ building will be formally opened and ded-
| Gated. An unusually fine exhibition of
4 school work Will be on view and a program
| for the entire day is arranged to Which
| the public is invited. The Grand Army
of the Republic will take part In the eX-
| ercises and State Superintendent McBrien
| will be here.
| FREMONT-The Omaha passenger train
on the Northwestern jumped the track ow-
| ing to the spreading of the rails near Ar
lington station yesterday afternoon. The
engine and three cars left the track. The
train was moving slowly at the time and
no one was injured. 1t was nearly mid
night before the train was back in place
again. Other trains passed on side tracks
and were not delayed.