Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-12

PAPILLION-Farmers are complaining
Of the lack of rain; Wheat and oats are
heading out very short and light.
WEST POINT-The County Board OF
Equalization will meet on next Tuesday
and remain in session for three days
PAPIIDION-The Masonic lodge of
Papilion will install officers on the evening
Of st. Johns day, June 20. as the Twenty
fourth comes on Sunday.
WEST POINT-Professor W. T. Stock
dale of the Wlsner public schools left today
for Valentine instructor in the Junior
Normal school for the next ten weeks.
MINDEN--Mr Anderson living near
Norman, Neb., this county. had team OF
about O'clock sheriff Wyatt is on the
trail of the thief.
AIsMA-The people in Alma are united
enough to have a first-class system of
water works and electric lights, and that
the same will be put in this season.
WEST POINT-The report of the registrar
Point for the month of June show the
births in Cunning county to be thirteen and
the deaths four during the month of June.
ALMA-The bonds for water works and
electric lights voted last summer were
declared illegal. and the city council has
called a. new election to vote 5000 for
electric lights and $4,000 for water works.
EDGAR-Parkins Brothers have sold their
interest in the livery business and all their
stock to j. w. Clack and his son George.
Possession has been given and the business
will be run in future in the name of Clack
& Son.
WEST PoINT-Professor Kris. Fesen-
beck, principal of the high school OF West
Point, left for his home in Danbury, Ia,
on Thursday afternoon, He has resigned
his position and will enter a law school in
the fall
lamp destroyed the poultry house belong
ing to l.. q. Wood, killing $50 little chicks
and destroying two incubators. The fire
company responded promptly and saved
the surrounding buildings
WOOD RIVER-The town is making
preparations to celebrate and will do the
thing on a large scale. The business men
are very enthusiastic about IL. A large
number of attractions will be secured, and
it is very probable that a large crowd
will be present.
LEIGH-Chidren's day was appropriately
observed at the Congregational church here
Yesterday In the morning the pastor, Rev.
children and In the evening the children
rendered program. The house was
crowded to over flowing
WOOD RIVER-The many friends of
II. II. Stedman, a we'll known stock raiser
and ranchman in the western part of this
county, are urging him to go into the race
for the republican nomination Of represen-
tative. Mr. Stedman has much property
here as we'll as large ranch in the western
part of the state.
WOOD RIVER-George l.. Rouse Of this
county is feeling highly elated over the
reports coming from every parts of the
state. regarding his candidacy for the
VI buNtInOTs ne people OF lnlb
county are very enthusiastic in his sup
| port and are gratihed to hear the fiattering
reports concerning success.
WEST PoINT-The annual conference Of
the German Lutheran church for this dis
| trict will meet at the Rock Creek church
In Bismark township and remain in session
! from next Thursday until the Tuesday fol-
! lowing. A mission feast will be held en-
/ Sunday under the direction of Rev. Otto
| Won Gemmingen. pastor OF the church.
| WOOD RIVER-The Presbyterian and
Methodist church rendered p1aa Chill
| dren's day exercises Sunday morning. in
| which the children took the greater part
/ of the program. The churches were very
| prettily decorated with great masses OF
| home grown roses filling the pulpits. Large
crowds were in attendance at both churches.
| WEST POINT-The committees appointed
| by the Commercial club to conduct the
| Fourth of July celebration at West Point
| have accomplished an immense amount of
4 work and the prospects are that the town
will celebrate the national holiday in a
| royal manner, No pains or expense has
been spared to make this the most success
| full celebration ever held here,
! ALMA-Arrangements are being made by
| Thomas MuiVan to erect an opera house,
! 90Xll0 feet on lots recently purchased from
be used for general merchandise, while
the opera house will occupy the entire
| second floor This building when COM
one of the most substantial buildings in
| the republican valley.
! ALMA-The contract TO build a $1,000
| school house at this place was let TO r. n
Liberty. He has sublet the brick work "a
| Mr.. Ennis of this place. The contract
for heating the school house was let Il
| Mr.. Young. the plumber, who recently
| came to Alma and has located here. The
p, building will have eight rooms, besides
the basement, and will be built out OF
press brick, and heated by steam.
| TEKAMAH-while Abe Reyman wal
| crossing the new bridge over the Com
I bination. one and one-hah miles east OF
town yesterday afternoon with thirty
four head Of fat cattle, the bridge gave
away and precipitated twenty-three OF
them into the ditch. With the assistanc,
OF two teams and twenty-five men they
wre dragged out one at a time. The &C
cident happened about 4 O'Clock and II was
$50 when the last one was taken out.
WOOD RIVER-Farmers are begtnninJ
| 10 cnmnlain ON account Of the eTcesalv,