Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-27

a residence 70 p. Dickerson for 81 400 Mr..
pickerson will move here from Cripple
| ADAMs--Adans chapter. order Eastern
Star held an interesting meeting In their
| hall Tuesday night after installation. an
Informal reception was given, serving ice
cream and cake.
BEATRICE-wheat and oats are head
/ ing out In many fields In Gage county.
| The stalks Of the grain seem to be
shorter than usual and the farmers at
/ tribute this condition to the dry weather.
ALBIoN-Friday evening. at the opera
! Of the eighth grade Of the city schools.
! The class consisted Of thirty-nine members,
and was one Of the largest and strongest
! vALENTINE-A large audience was pres
ent In Church's opera house Friday night
TO witness the closing exercises Of the high
school. H. s. Savage. the president OF the
board, presented diplomas to eleven girls
and four boys.
BBATR1CE-George watges, a farmer
/ tured three young gray wolves. He shot
| two OF them. but the other he brought to
| the city and received the bounty Of 50 at
| the county clerks ONCE.
| FALLS CITY-The eighth grade pupils
| Of the high school and the central building
held commencement exercises Friday even
| ing class Of forty-one was graduated
| Next Friday evening the high school gradu-
ates will have their exercises.
WEST POINT-Charles Sass, a retired
| farmer Of West Point, met with painful
| accident at the home of his son, Rudolph
Friday He was engaged in shingling a
barn and fell from the roof to the ground
sustaining several severe fractures.
| BEATRICE-The police were called to
| the home of George Huston yesterday to
abusing mis- wife. Before they reached tho
| house Huston made his escape and at last
accounts had not been apprehended.
HoWELL1Joseph Bogner who was a
| OF West Point and was ordained by Bishop
scannell Of Omaha on Friday, WIN ceie-
brate his first mass in the parish church
Of his parents at Howell on Sunday.
BANCRoFT--The, following teachers
have been engaged to teach at Bancroft
the ensuing year: Principal, J. w. Stein
back; assistant principal, Laura Lantry;
grammar, Alice McCracken; first inter-
mediate Elizabeth Bovine; second inter-
| Neutrality-suspicious. day was generally
| observed in the public schools of this city
and each of the veterans who spoke at
the different school buildings instilled pa
triotism into the hearts OF the pupils. Flags
were displayed over all Of the school build
ings
BEATRICE-A fast game of ball was
played yesterday afternoon at Blue Springs
between the Blue Springs team and the
| Beatrice nine, the former winning by a
| score of to 2 Both teams put up SPLEEN
did fielding game, but the batting was
light.
FALLS CITY-The department store Of E.
Bode g. Sons, which has been in the hands
of its creditors for several weeks, was
opened Friday afternoon. The business has
| been purchased by Mr.. Schmidt OF Savan-
nah. Mo-, who will continue to run the
! store.
WEST POINT-Jordan lodge No. 81. of
the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
has elected officers as follows: Worshipful
| Master, Charles Nitz; Senior Warden, J. G.
| Elliott; Junior Warden, John Tharp; Sec
rotary, Fred Lefrert; treasurer. John
Tharp.
WEST POINT-Rev F. w. Kruger, pas
tor OF st. Johns German Lutheran church
OF West Point, has received a call from
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chosenS
| .wAHoo-T. J. Pickett & Co, publishers
OF the Wahoo Wasp, have commenced the
erection of a brick block for their print
ing office. 1t is to be 22x60, Of pressed brick
Of business of this firm made it necessary
for larger quarters
AINSWORTH-Fred ingalls,, who shot
himself at Long Pine last Med aTleisS;
died yesterday afternoon and was brought
here and buried today by the side of HIS
mother and wife. His father was too
feeble to attend the funeral.
| TEKAMAH-The Decatur High School
base ball team won from the Teksmah
score Of to 8. The Tekamah team played
poor game at the start and Decatur sue
eeeded in getting four runs which the
home team failed to overcome.
TABLE ROCK-Wison q. Matthews, who
was at work here with the steel gang
putting down new steel rails, got the left
while at work Saturday. The surgeon put
1t back In place again, but 1t is uncertain
yet as to whether 1t can be saved.
WAHOO-E. G. johnson, son of Captain
Eric johnson of the wahoo New Era,
LETT today for Lindsey, Platte county,
Neb, where he has purchased the Opinion,
a paper published at that point. Mr.. John
son is agood printer and has been connected
with his father in business in Wahoo the
past ten years.
TABLE RoCK-Mrs Ella Davis, wife of
Evan Davis, prominent farmer living
four or fve miles south of here, died after
a lingering illness of dropsy and was buried
Saturday afternoon at the Pawnee City
cemetery. Mrs. Davis whose maiden name
was Ella Stevens, was born 40 years since
at Pennington, Ill.
| FRlEND-Citlzens Of Friend have raised
500 for Fourth of July fund. There will
| be an entertainment in the forenoon and
fireworks in the evening For the races on
to the amount of $500 William Burke is
! president and ]. Liberman secretary. En-
tries Will close June 30
| LOUISVILLE - Commencement exercises
Of the Louisville High school began Thurs
day evening with lecture by Prof. N. w
Brain; New VINE De'i in New Bott f Sn S
closed last evening. County Superintendent
Gamble addressed the graduating class and
presented the diplomas.
, | ADAMS-The b. q NJ Milling company
is running day and night shipping ifty
cars Of mill product to different points thii
month. II also has large order to go tC
Hamburg. Germany. The mill is a grea
, improvement TO Adams; as a grain center
yesterday they took In nearly 100 loads oil
grain at the mill at a good price.
| TEKAMAH-Last nights windstorn die
J | not visit this section OF the country, how
! | ever, the clouds could be seen very plainly
| from this place. The nearest place tina
3 | any damage done was two miles Yves
8 | OF Craig where the lightning struck tn
barn of Mace StapletOn and totally de
| stroyed II, killing two cows and one horse
. BEATRICE-The city council at a spe
. | cial meeting held last evening heard IN,
d | remonstrance against Lewis KaserLUn
$ who recently applied for license to Oper
I ate a saloon in Beatrice. AT the close O
!, the hearing Mr.. Kaserman was granted
: | license. Judge Cobbey, who appeared 70
$ the demonstrators, filed notice of appea
y to the district court.
9 TEkAMAH-The Tekamah Speed asso
. | citation, under the supervision of B. T.
| Latta, Is fixing the race track for the com
ing races. The track Is being widened I,
| such an extent that seven harness horses
carl start in each tier heretofore they
could not start but FIVE and in some race
| they had three tiers making a great handi
| cap for the rear horses.
WEST POIET-A disastrous FIRE occurred
| on the farm occupied by John Sanders il
| Garfield township. Saturday morning
| caused by the explosion of an incubatO
! lamp in the granary. The flames spread
| rapidly and in a short time all OF the out
buildings OF the place were ablaze. Consid
cradle live stock was DESTROYED by fire
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