Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-10

WOOD R1VER--Corn IL growing fne.
SEWARD - Attorney General Norris
Brown will speak at Seward on Thursday.
July -, at the court house.
BROKEN BOW-The Board OF County
Commissioners is in special session this
week owing to important roadwork.
SEWARD-Fifty members of the Diers
family in Nebraska are at Seward today
and tomorrow. holding family reunion.
BEATRICE-Wllllam V. Howard of this
city and Miss Bertha B. Slider of Wymore
were united in marriage by Judge walker
BEATRICE-The ball team of this city
has elected Fred Starr manager, J. T.
tain
SEWARD-County Assessor Baker has
submitted his final report to the county
board and i shows the very substantial in
BEATRICE-George Mangus living east
OF town, threshed ten-acre field of wheat
which yielded forty bushels to the acre.
He sold the grain for So cents per bushel.
WOOD RIVER-Two dozen young people
leave in the morning with provisions for
a camping party on the Loup river near
Dannebrog They expect to be gone two
SEWARD-A little son Of Mike Sullivan
of Utica had his right hand nearly shot
TO pieces by large cannon cracker last
close the wound.
AINSWORTH-At o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon wedding was solemnized in the
Parl9r Of the Ainsworth house. Justice
A. J. Warrtck OBLIGATED. John Williams
was married to Miss Mary Kiser.
rBEATR1CE-7A box car, on the Union
Pacific occupied by Greek laborers was
destroyed by fire at $3.50 this morning with
most of its contents. The fire was caused
by gasoline stove exploding. Loss, s., 600.
BEATRlCE-E. J. shinn and wife, who
Neb, have located in Beatrice, where Mr.,
Shinn will have charge of the Bookwalters'
interests, which represent about 1000 acres
of Nebraska land.
Tho ars. ,...t.- 49, .,uso-
services Of the Methodist and Presbyterian
congregations was held in the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening, and, Rev. b.. F.
Pearson delivered an eloquent sermond to
very large congregation.
YORK-York county Is enjoying another
bumper crop. of which nearly all the wheat
Is now harvested The excellent growing
weather for the past two weeks viii make
the oats an excellent quality, although the
straw is little short in places. Corn is
doing nicely.
COLUMBUS-wheat harvest is on in
earnest in Platte county this week. Farm
ers are satisfied with the crop, and the
as any for several years last past. Oats
are little short but pretty well filled out.
Corn is doing fine.
sEWARD-County Treasurer Newton
paid $500 Of F and @ town refunding
bonds, which now leaves but $4,000 out
standing This was part of the old rail-
road bonds voted in aid of the Burling-
ton road, but were refunded last year at a
lower rate of interest.
WOOD RIVER-Wheat cutting has COM
meneed and the yield lie predicted from
twenty to nifty bushels per acre, with the
finest quality ever known to have been
rased here. The acreage is large and al
together the wheat raisers will make good
money on their crop this year.
WOOD RIVER-The gang of Greeks and
Italians who are engaged in laying the
new steel for the Union Pacific railway
are working at this point. The new steel
is much heavier than the old and is laid
with the joins of the rails tapping, so
there is very little jar to the train.
BEATRICE-Word has been received here
Anderson and Miss Hazel Fiske, former
Beatrice residents, which occurred at Kan
sas City few days ago. The young couple
will make their home at Soulsbyvile, Cal
where the groom is engaged in mining
BEATRICE-Miss Alice Mckee, a grad
uate of Berea college and at present as
sistant librarian of the University of
here to succeed Miss Josephine Smith, re-
signed. Miss Smith leaves on July 20 for
Walla Wala, WASH where she has &C
cepted the position of librarian at that
point.
BEATRICE-Mr. insolvency, the Kansas
City man who proposes to put in packing
house at Beatrice. is thoroughly satisfied
with conditions here and has returned TO
Kansas City to make arrangements for
the building of the plant in Beatrice 1t
will take a little time to organize his cor
poration and get to work, but in a few
weeks at the most, ground will be broken
and the erection of the plant will be be-
gun
WOOD RIVER-The public drinking
fountains have been closed, owing to the
cases of CHAMBERS among horses which have