Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-23
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.


ADAMs--A missionary lecture on China
at the Presbyterian church, was appre-
clsted by the congregation Sunday night. |
| BEATRICE-The Pickrell bail team was
defeated at Pawnee City yesterday by
the score of to 3.
reorganized and leased grounds north OF
| the city. where II will hold regular shoots
during the remainder of the summer.
| ADAMS-The b. a M. Milling company
has completed their large storing room,
i making the building on the track side
| 40 feet long. The store room is 2ox3O
| feet.
DAVID CITY-John vcchak Of Morse
| Bluffs and Mrs. Josie Faytinger of Lin
wood. were united in marriage Tuesday
office.
ADAMs-The fine peach crop. raised on
| VIII Bryson's farm one-half mile from
are as large as California fruit and the
| crop is immense.
ADAMS-The Hayes-Eames Elevator
| company have placed new fifteen horse
power gasoline engine in their elevator.
| which will enable them to handle their
| grain In fine shape.
ing made by the local committee for the
Sld settlers picnie to be held held in the grove
ing used In profusion.
BEATRICE--The butchers and grocers
OF this city played a game Of ball at the
be,ng liSp,tnssssd by largs c InS Ths
butchers won by a score of 16 to H.
| ADAMS-Prices on land in western Ne
number of farmers, who wish to invest
their surplus capital in real estate. Sew
eral parties left today for the extreme
western counties
BEATRICE-w. H Kimberly of Lin
coin. state superintendent OF the AmerI-
can Sunday School union, was in the city
ing Of the missionaries of the union IN
| Beatrice next month.
BEATRICE-The Capitol Beach COM
pany of Lincoln, yesterday purchased The
big launch "Beatrice2 of Charles c. Jones.
Consideration, $1,000. The boat was dated
ahead until August 2S, hence 1t will not
be delivered until August 20.
COLUMBUS-Mrs. II. J. Hudson, one of
the earliest settlers of Platte county, died
this morning; She was about 80 years old
Hudson, who was SO well known through
out the state and who died several years
ago.
BEATRICE-Yesterday Mrs. Lillian
Barnes, who has been an inmate OF tile
Institution for Feeble Minded Youth FOR
and ordered sent to the asylum. She was
taken to Lincoln yesterday afternoon Dy
Deputy Sheriff ]. T. Moore.
for Sidney, Fremont county, Ia, his old
home, where he will attend the county
reunion Of. the Grand Army of the Re
public. The surviving members of the
Twenty Iowa infantry, of which Mr..
Cole was a member, will be In attendance
at the reunion.
BEATRICE-The funeral over the re-
mains of Harry Elwood, who committed
suicide here Monday morning, wa held
/ home. The services were in charge OK
, Rev. T. L. Swan and were largely at
. tended. Interment was in Evergreen GEM
etery.
; BEATRICE-At a special meeting of the
: Board of Education last evening, z. e.
, Temple of Apex, Colo, graduate Of the
souri, State normal was elected science
) teacher in the Beatrice High school. to
succeed H. M. Garrett. who was recently
, elected principal
, TERMINATING horse stolen from the
barn of G. A. Crannell, farmer living
day night, was found this morning in a
pasture three miles east OF Hooper. No
clue to the thief has been obtained. The
the same time are still missing.
DAVID CITY-Ferdinand Huska, better
known the shoemaker. who has been in
was taken to the hospital in Lincoln about
two weeks ago. died. at that place last
morning and brought the remains home
|: in the evening. The funeral was held
Tuesday. o. = a.
MeCOoK-Two records were broken this
week. in McOookfo First, Judge r. g.
Orr of the district cDurt made new
record in the district court of this county
day, under the new law. Secondly. The
McCook postoffice fractured all records
in Its money department by issuing $Z,oOO
s worth of money orders in one day, Of
I whihc $4,000 were international, destined
q for Greece.
:. STROMSBURG-The Polk county fra
I ternal picnic was held here today and was
= largely attended. Hon. George w. Berge
d and Ralph 2 Johnson OF Lincoln were the
speakers The Stronsburg band and the
Second regimental band Of Osceoia fur.
: nished the music. The Hawthorne bell
;, the City park. The bali game by osceoia
a and Stromsburg resulted in a victory fol-
the local team by score of to Z.
i DAVID 'CITY-W. e. Hewitt of this city
received a message Tuesday from Spokane
Wash ANNOUNCING the de death H. Of hi;
l. well known in Butler county. having prac:
= ticed medicine at Bellwood for a good
e wnen he moved. with his family, to tn,
It above named place. He leaves a wife, on,
& son and three daughters to mourn his loss
' braska Grand Army. of the Republic re-
union opened at Wymore yesterday In
park heat Of tho hour
le In the afternoon at o'clock Mayor Arch
= lowed by a concert by the Wymoi Mill
tsry band In the evening Hon; Adam ian
meMHien addressed ne we veterans onc .o
by the band During the reunion ex
Lieutenant Governor c. F. Steele OF Far
bury. George Berge OF Lincoln and Other
. prominent Nebraskans will appear on tbs
program.
BEATRICE-At an early hour yester
day the homes of Charles Engel, Lydi:
Corners and Frank Lenhart on Nortf
Fourth street, were entered almost stimuli
- taneously by robbers, who were frightened
" away before securing anything of value
"a Mr.. Lenhart, upon hearing one of the in
= truders in his home, seized his rifle anC
d commanded the roober to hold Va hh
l. hands. He refused to obey. Jumpe,
h through a window and escaped. Mr.. Len
v | hart pulled the gun to his shoulder an
| 4 aG FOhhAT through
W the window but discovered later that h
lie had failed to load It.. The officers ar
trying to locate the guilty parties.