Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-13

Mrs. Robinson had been an invalid for the
last few years.
PHILBY--saturday an election was held
for the construction OF n water system and
the bonds were defeated.
WEST POINT-Newton Hill. a young
railroad man who was born and reared
in West Point has been appointed station
agent OF the Northwestern road at Wisner.
SCHUYLER-W. HEIDI of this city died
at his home late Sunday evening of
paralysis of the heart MT. HEIDI was So
years old and had lived here for the last
twenty-four years.
PAPILLIoN-Mrs. slothower wife OF
Prof Slothower, principal of the Papillion
High school, died this morning, aged ~
years, and will be buried tomorrow from
the Episcopal church.
SCHUYLER-The regular term OF dis
trict court, under Judge Hollenbeck opened
here this morning. The most important
case is the one of the engineer and con-
ductor of the train that killed Mrs. Wacha
last fall
SCHUYLER-The most successful fair
held here in the last few years was the
Manufacturers fair given by the women
of the Methodist Episcopal church. The
total amount cleared will be about $3.50.
which will be turned into the organ fund.
SCHUYLER-Mr. Wade commenced to
put up ice here Monday. The ice is OF a
line quality, although it runs only eight
and nine inches thick. The pond will not
furnish enough ice and Mr.. Wade is forced
to haul from Proxies lake, one mile and a
half south of town.
WEST POINT-The new town of Uehling,
which is being rapidly built on the Great
Northern railroad, is in a fair way to be-
come a place of some Importance. The
town is already connected with the Bell
telephone system and buildings are occu-
| pied in all lines of business
YORK-That the winter is open and that
beet growers and railroad company have
no fears of freezing weather ~ evidenced
! by the large shipments of sugar beets In
/ open fiat cars that are sdetracKed at York
waiting for sugar beet factories to accept
Every week from one to ten cars of beets
have been on the sidetracks here.
SCHUYLER-The architect who will draw
| plans for the second story 20 be added tC
| the odd Fellows block was here Monday
! is in the center of the city, will be the
| largest also when completed. The story
! to be added will consist of lodge room and
! offices. 1t is expected that the building
will be ready about July l.
| OSCEOLA-The special evangelistic ser.
vices that have been held at the First
| Methodist Episcopal church here for the
| past five weeks closed last evening, but
| there Will be few extra meetings during
verts started right in their new life. Al
| the services yesterday morning there were
| thirty-nine names added to the church roll
! WEST POINT-News has been received
! of the death at Anoka, Boyd county, of K
a. Knievel former resident of Cunning
county, who died at that place of cancer
of the stomach last week The deceased
was 62 years of age and was well known
as Il pioneer settler of Cunning county
whence he moved to Boyd county. The
remains were Inferred in the Catholic Gem
| etery at Spencer.
| FREMONT-There was considerable ex
| element around town this morning ovel
| a rumor that two men had been arrested
| charged with completely in the murder d
| the man found dead at the Booth farm II
| Saunders county in December last. Sheriff'
| Bauman of Fremont and Daley of WahoC
both positively denied there was anything
to it. jeff Porter. one of the firm of Por
ter Bros. contractors, who did the gradin.
on the Great Northern, informed the sheriff
today that his time books showed that
man named Mowrer, who had been WORKING
for them at Yutan, quit the last week il
| December and had never called for th'
balance due him or got his tools and cloth
ing. The underwear worn by the murdered
man was marked Mowrer, which is prett!
good evidence that he was the man killed
| at the Booth farm.