Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-26

lows is a missionary college in Dublin.
ireland. which during the past fifty years
has supplied large numbers OF learned and
Jealous missionary priests In all parfs OF
the English speaking world
BEATRli B-The marriage of Curtis
semntzed al the home Of the brides mother.
Mrs. Hoyle OF Piclrrell last evening In
the presence of about twenty-five guests
Rev. Mr.. Mills officiating. A wedding sup
Der was served at the close OF the cere-
mony.
WOOD RIvER-The funeral OF the late
Joel z. Parkhurst was held this after
noon at the Mt. Carmel church and was
attended by q large number Of people. Mr.
Parkhurst was an OLD settler ana an old
soldier and for The past few months was
confined in the Soldiers Home hospital at
Grand Island.
FREMONT-There was big crowd At
the roller skating rink last evening, in
Guiding many from Cedar Blufs, who came
there 10 see the original Thad Browning.
who WAS supposed TO have been killed just
across the river about a month ago. Thad
was not there The management claimed
that II WAS not their fault and that he
rad probably not yet received the money
they sent him with which 10 pay his car
fare from Winfield. Ia, 10 Fremont and
return. They insist, however, that he 10
positively coming.
1YONS-The work on the Great North
ern railway has come to a standstill al
this place Assistant Engineer Hobart hay
ing finished his work has left, leaving
, everything in readiness for the track lay"
ing machine, which will come In from the
south. The track has been laid TO within
about nine miles north OF Lyons. stopping
at the big cut the largest on the new road
and which has not yet been finished Ths
Chicago, St Paul Minneapolis a. Omaha
railroad depot, which will be the finest
between Omaha and Sioux City, IL fast
nearing completion.
NORFOLK-E Piper. a far INLAND from
Madison, and T. o. Bottecher, an ice
chopper from that place. were arrested here
and sent back TO Madison today the
charge of stealing $3.50 from Philip Knapp
3 d.
mitted his guilt He said that he drove TO
Madison with load Of hogs received q
check for $3.50. approached Bottecher ana,
after dividing the money, they started TO
walk 10 Norfolk. Piper had been in the
employ Of knapp for tve years hno vas
Their than that, ne had So coming 70 him
in wages al the time. The amount taken
makes the crime grand larceny.
@ EDGAR-A. Zimmerman. well known
and highly respected citizen OF Edgar, died
last night after a lingering illness of over
two months Mr.. Zimmerman WAS born
in New York state IN town about four
miles from New York City. where he re-
ceived his education and where he was
married. After teaching school for a few
terms he moved TO Illinois, where he again
taught school until he decided 10 try his
/ fortunes in Nebraska. He came here some
teacher in one Of the Clay county dis
tricts. Later he purchased farm ana
has been one of Nebrasks's successful
farmers until about "A year ago, when he
decided 10 quit farming and move 10 town.
! BEATKICE-At the meeting OF the
Board Of Supervisors yesterday MessrE,
Salisbury and Pratt, representing The Ne
braska Telephone company, protested orally
10 the action of the board ir nraer.:.- e;
/ the Bell phones al the court house and
Z contracting with the home company. They
asked that the matter be reconsidered- The
. chairman informed the gentlemen that II
3 they had protest 10 make they should
reduce IL 10 writing Tins they did not
DO. hence no action was taken. A ";
Nickel appeared before the board and
/ asked for an appropriation OF SO in aid
( Of the farmers institute recently held
here. The request was not granted for
the reason that The statute provides for
I an appropriation OF f1OO for institute pur-
poses ana, as several institutes are 10 he
held, the board proposes 10 divide that
( amount equally among them all. The action
l ordering the clerk 10 advertise for bios
FOR coal was rescinded, and Louie Gran
was ordered 10 furnish coal for the county
under the existing contract.