Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-01
News of Nebraska.

died last night.
MINDENIThe Nelson Drug company
has sold an interest in the store to Fred
Berndt. young man OF this city.
PLATTSMOUTH-Miss Julia, daughter
Of Frank McElroy, passed away Wednes-
day after a lingering Illness with lung
fever.
PLATTSMOUTH-Th Plattsmouth Tele
phone company are distributing new direc-
tories containing the names of 1900 sub
scribers.
CoLUMBUS-One Of the old settlers of
Columbus named Cover had very bad fall
on the icy sidewalk on Twelfth street this
morning.
NEBRASKA CITY-Judge Wilson We'd
nesday afternoon united in marriage r. B;
Maxwell and Miss Mary Wylie. both of
Bartlett, Ia.
BLUE HILL-The district Sunday school
convention will be held at the Christian
church Sunday, March 10. fine program
will be given.
MINDEN-District Judge AdamslNas been
holding court here this week, TBfre were
only two jury cases on the dochf and 1t
was soon cleared
Burbank was held today from tho Metho
dist church at Filley. Intermen9 was in
the Ftlley cemetery.
CoLuMBUs-s. E. Knower pf Silver
residence property. Mr.. Mlllard rs now
pastor at South Omaha.
COLUMBUS-Hon. Gus B. Spiece is rep
resenting the Columbus Commercial club
having at New York City.
LINWOOD-Some parties broke into the
Dawson Grain company's office and tried
to open the safe, but were not successful
They carried of some tools.
NEHAWKA-F +. Brick has sold the
plant Of the Nehewka Register to l. j.
O'Day a practical newspaper man, who
will take possession this week.
NEBRASKA CITY-News has been re-
ceived here of the death of Nrs. Frank
Runyon at Topeka, Kan. She was resi-
dent OF this city for many yeafs.
PAPILLION-A large gang Of surveyors
has gone into camp little 3outheast of
an extension of the Great Western.
TECUMSEH-Ludlow & Son have sold
their candy kitchen and ice cream paIlor
to Arthur Richards of PittsburtT, Kan. The
new proI rietor will soon take charge.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Thomas Nj. Mat
tiers, who last fall movedr19 Omaha, is
now removing his large library to that
| city with view OF concentrating his busi-
"1 BEEN SgxS: and Mrs. d. Il Francies have
issued invitations to the marriage of their
\ daughter Bessie, to oscar Koch The
ceremony will be at the brides home next
! Wednesday.
LYONS-Miss Jennie Nav, daughter OF
| ]. Il. Nav of Lyons, was united in mar
riage to Nes Jensen, also of Lyons, at the
| Methodist Episcopal parsonage, by Rev. j.
| NJ. Mcdonald.
| PLATTSMOUTH-A number of Platts-
mouth people went to Auburn today TO
| attend a missionary convention of the Ne
| braska City district of the Methodist Epis-
copal church
GRAF-A. Somberg, for eighteen years iu
| the general merchandise business here, mas
! sold his store and moved his family Ia
| Omaha. Mr.. Somberg will open a pawn
| shop in Omaha.
BEATRICE-Last evening, at $50, at
| the home of the brides sister, Mrs. Clark
was solemnized the marriage of John VIII
| liams and Mrs. Martha Waggoner, Rev. F,
E. p LATE SiliS51rf. cp vanHorn and
Mrs. Louise M. v. Gibson, both residents
Of Plattsmouth, were united in marriage
tian church. Wednesday.
LYONS Miss Alvina Boehling. Oldest
united in marriage to John Languish Of
Hooper at the German Lutheran church
by Rev. J. p. Kuehnert
| BLUE HILL - Frank Baker and Ton
there while Mr.. Tobin will return and take
charge of the business here.
EUSTlS-Mrs. Louis Voss has received
a telegram from Hastings notifying her OF
the death of her husband. who was an In
mate OF the asylum at Ingleside. The body
will be brought here for interment
BEATRICE-E. H. McCreary has re
| signed his position as manager OF the
Western Weighing association at this point
and viii leave for Omaha next Friday t.
which place his family recently moved,
RULO-Frank Burgett and Miss Netti'
Cunningham were united In marriage b!
1
Both young people were born and raiseS
here and are wen and favorably known.
BEATRlCE-Dr. spalding of Omaha,
member of the State Board of Health
visited the city yesterday and investigates
an alleged case OF smallpox in the Peel
family. He diagnosed the case as chicken
poX.
BEATRICE-The public sale held at tn
farm Of Henry Wicks yesterday, west o
the city, was fairly well attended. Stool
of ali kinds sold well. Cows averages
from $35 to s46, and horses from 500 L
MINDEN-wednesday about u oclocl
people were surprised to hear II thunde
and see lightning flash. II was showing
| at the same time and continued for NOR
than an hour. At times the lightning wa
very sharp.
| NEBRASKA CITY-Seyeral years ag
> Dawson Collins left this city for Englan
to care for his mother during her Declining
ea aha Sous Hst be been viii soOS
turn TO this city.
> EUsTIS-All elevators are full. Graz
= men are receiving grain faster than the
can dispose of II and for lack of room ar
storing great piles on the ground. The ca
: shortage is severely felt along this branc
Of the Burlington.
MINDEN-The Farmers Grain and ShiI
ping company has shipped eighteen car
of stock to st. Joseph and its business
growing all the time Mr.. Trough ha
Jones manager Of elevator.
| COLUMBUS-The subscription for IN
Young Mems Christian Association build
: ing is growing at the rate OF nearly
thousand dollars a day, and the thermom
etor stood very near the $4,000 mark a
the close of business last evening.
BEATRICE-John NJ Snyder, who wa
drowned a few days ago in the Platt
river at North Bend. Neb., by falling froI
Rock Island bridge, was a son OF NJ
and Mrs. Charles Snyder OF Dewitt III
body has not yet been recovered.
{ BEATRICE-Word was received here an
Eouncing the death OF Mrs Jansen. moths
OF Ole Jansen, veteran engineer on n
Union Pacific road. who formerly live
{ Beatrice, which occurred at her home q
Scandal, Kan, yesterday morning.
NEHAWKA-Unioh services have bee
held by the United Brethren and Methods
churches here for three weeks Rev. w.
Smith OF Kansas ami Rev. H. G. Davis
| Cambridge. Neb., both evangelists, are col
Quoting the meetings and II Is hoped niue
good may result.
HARVARD-A double wedding took plaS
at the home Of Jacob Hamburger, "