Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01


PIATTSMoUTH-Wat night services
were held in the Methodist Episcopal
church in this city tonight
CHADRON-Mrs. Anna Kelly-Llngcor,
aged Sc years. wife OF Elmer Ions cor, a
large building contractor of this city, is
dead
CHADRoN-Bertha. Tyree was I'd to
Ernest Dougherty Of Spokane WASH, at
the residence of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
William Tyree.
PLATTsMOUTH-D George I. Wright
arrived from Nebraska City and conducted
the quarterly conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
BEATRICE,-C. A. Young of Ann Arbor.
Mich, has been appointed travelling sales
man through this territory for CudGhy g.
Co to succeed the late II. A. Hubbard.
PLATTSMOUTH- Epworth league
will give a New Years reception at the
home of G. E. WesCOtt Monday evening,
and Attorneys c, y. Rawls and g. S. Polk
and Mrs, l.. A. Moore will participate il,
the program.
BEATRICE.-V. r, Johnston, who has
been extra agent here for the Adams EX-
press company for some time, has been APP
pointed agent for the company at Hastings.
tie left for that place Sunday to assume
his new duties.
TABLE ROCK.-A reception was ten
dered TO Rev. Eugenia +. ST John the
noted apostle of temperance, at The par
lors of Mrs. +. c. Norris on Friday, last
/ ing from to p. m, at which Mrs. St.
John gave a short talk to those present.
TABLE ROCK.-The FIVE country lines OF
telephone upon winch the telephone COM
pany has been at work for some time have
been completed and connection made with
the central office in town. This adds quite
a group Of prominent farmers to our tele-
! phone system.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is the mortgage
| report for Gage county for the month OF
December; Number of farm mortgages
| filed, Is; amount, SIS, 49,; number OF farm
mortgages released, 80; amount, so OJ4
number of city mortgages hled, 10, amount
/ Sl4,2'4; number Of city mortgages released,
| 10; amount, &sSs.
| GRAND ISLAND.-The fire department
| has. within the past two weeks, been called
| out three times TO cNtinguish prairie fires
! coming into the limits of the city. The
/ long season of dry weather has put the
dead grass in such condition that II burns
| like powder. Last night another large fire
! ragged north Of the city.
| GRAND ISLAND.-The public library
] LOard has finally accepted the Carnegie IL
! Drdry building and expects 10 occupy the
! same In the near future some Of the furni'
! ture being already installed. Ground fOI
! the building was broken over TWO years
! ago, President Roosevelt, upon his visit
! here, digging up the first spadeful Of sol
! FOR the excavation.
| CHADRON-David Harris, Dawes
county young man, son Of prominent
ranchman, ". G, Harris, was one Of IN;
| grooms at a double wedding that occurred
at Gillette, Wyo- this week The marriage
ceremony was performed at the reSld nc,
Of the brides parents, Mr. and Mrs. WI
| liam Brakeman. David Harris and Mimi,
Brakeman, George Howard Hurlbert anJ
| Mary Anne Brakeman, We're united BY IA,
Rev. A. A. Dubois Of this city.
BLAlR.-The twenty-eighth annual bal
! and banquet of the Blair volunteer hre de
! partment was held In tlg opera mouse Sat
! urday night, and Us .E-Cess in dnancia
/ way was beyond citations. SeVeTa
years ago the orsai. ion started y build
ing fund for the purpose of erecting a citl
/ hail, and the profits OF tnCir annual halls I
| placed in this fund and, together with otEc
receipts, donations. etc. the sum nov
amounts To nearly $500. The total receipts
OF the ball was SD