Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-24
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DAVID CITY-K. X. Hicks was granted
divorce last Saturday IN the district from
| Mrs. Kathryn Hicks. Mrs. H'-ss received
alimony In the sum OF $500 and the Gus
tOdy of their daughter.
BEATRICE-The first base ball game Of
the season was played here yesterday De-
tween the high school and business col
lege teams, the former winning by the
score Of IA to 10. The game went twelve
innings.
PLATTsMOUTH-Co j. b. seybolt
residing southwest OF Plattsmouth, killed
/ eight hogs and had them hung In his
! smokehouse. The next morning the build
ing was discovered to be on ire ana the
pork gone.
BEATRICE-spi1l, the famous pacing
horse with a mark Of 2.0S, purchased re-
comfy by 9. n. Dixon Of this city In Can
fornia, was brought here today and Will
! be driven in the Nebraska circuit the
! coming season
BEATRICE-A l7-year-old boy who cs-
capped from the feeble-minded institute
yesterday was picked up at the water
works station last night by officer Ellis,
who turned him over to superintendent
Johnston today.
WEST. POINT-The Bunaloes and Ante
lopes had an interesting blue-rock shoot
at the farm home OF Frank Flores. 1t was
the initial appearance Of the BufalOes In
matched event The score was as fol
lows: AntelOpes, %; Buffaloes Is.
COLUMBUS-The first case Of boots
ever shipped from Columbus to Omaha
went last week. They were manufactured
by NJ. r. Kinney for one OF the Omaha
dealers and we predict that there will be
calls for more Of the same sort
DAVID CITY-Lee Moore OF Surprise,
who was brought before County Judge
Roper last saturday, charged with attempt
to assault Miss Williams, was bound over
&c the district court under bonds OF $500
Failing to give bonds he went to Jail.
WEST POINT-At the declamatory con.
test at the high school Miss Onetat
Krause was declared the winner and wat
presented with the medal offered by the
FACULTY for the best defamation. Numer-
Gus contestants took part in the exercises
clock was the gift of a partshioner and Is
believed to be the only one in the state If
position on a rural church. 1t has three
faces.
NEBRASKA CITY-Michael Sullivan
who has long been In the employ Of tho
street car company and was known tc
almost every one in this city, died Friday
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mccormick
of dropsy. He was Al years old and un-
married.
CAMBRIDGE - The Southwest Ne
braska Teachers association will be
held here Friday and saturday, March
~ and so. Ihts association comprises
thirteen counties and It is estimated there
Will be as many as 25O teachers in at
tendance.
SILVER CREEK-Chester H. Robinson,
son Of DR.. w. c. Robinson of this place
died Saturday morning, aged %. He had
been confined TO bed for about four weeks
suffering t5 intensely he lived in Omaha ~
brought homo.
NORTH PLATTE-A prairie fire burned
over quite section OF country In Mich.
OILS and Human precincts west Of the city
yesterday afternoon. The section gang
was sent west to help fight the fire, but
1T was not put out until it reached on4
of the irrigating bitches.
AURORA-The declamatory contest OF
the Aurora High school was held at the
opera house Friday evening. @. l.. Burr,
son of the editor OF the Register, secured
| first place and Goldie Moore second place
| The winner VIII represent Aurora at York
| when the district contest is held.
| COLUMBUS-The Columbus Commercial
club at its banquet next Thursday evening
will have as guest Of honor Hon. II. e
! Babcock, who Will tell them the why's anL
| that has been agitated here for the las
| nearer.
DAVID CITY-Tuesday evening at the
| brides home Miss Emma Rabb was mar
ried 10 Frank H. Miller On Wednesday
morning Miss Edith Curry was married tC
| Walter Rabb at the brides home. The
newly married couples both left on the
| Union Pacific Wednesday morning FOL
! few days.
COLUMBUS Union Pacific railroad
I had fire Of its own. Between here ant
| Benton one OF the cars on the freigh
| caught fire while the train was making
! good time. The cor was filled with ma.
| chinery, cotton and mixed merchandise anC
| must have caught fire from engine sparks
| 1t was partially destroyed.
| BEATRICE-In the declamatory con.
| test held here yesterday morning Miss
Mabel Mumford was selected to represent
| Beatrice at the annual meeting of the
! southeastern Nebraska Teachers assocla
/ ton, which convenes here next month
a The other contestants were Miss Has
I Underwood and Homer Lewis.
I NEBRASKA CITY-Telegrams received
at Omaha stated that receiver had beer
! fnP ha los HTVVraa nv
| this city, but this a mistake. Tit
| stockholders who are interested in the
company here have asked that a receiv
| ership for other companies be appointed
| but II does not include the company here.
STRoMSBURG-A. b. Hedbloom, secre
| tary Of the Commercial club. is correspond
| ing with some parties that are contem.
plating starting factories here this season
| and with the new railroads I'm here It il
quite an inducement for anything of this
| kind. The Commercial club is very active
along the line Of improvement for the
city.
NEBRASKA CITY-Nicholas Fellen. on,
OF our wealthiest farmers and who ha
been resident of this county for the pas
| forty-fve years, died at his home. twelvi
miles southeast OF this city, from a strok
OF apoplexy. He has been sick for tn,
past two years. He leaves a widow,
family Of grown children and a large es
tate.
PERU-During the past few days tn,
| Normal has been visited by a number o
prominent superintendents OF the state
Among them were Superintendent Caring
| ton Of Nemaha county, graduate of tn
| Normal; Superintendent Rouse of Platts
| mouth, Superintendent Gardner of Ere
mont and Superintendent Simpson Of Au
| burn
RED CLOUD-Jim Owen and Eugen,
| MerTiheld. two Harlan county prisoner
/ who have been confined In jail here To-
| several months, were taken to Alma yes
i terdRy for trial The charge against Over
| is robbery committed while he was nigh
i MaTFiHnln ic hnl fpl
| numbering the landlord OF the farm OF
| which he lived.
| NORTH PLATTE-William Grifiths Of
| Somerset reports that a prairie IRE de.
I stroyed one Of his corn cribs containine
4 TOO bushels of corn, badly damaged one
/ end Of his house and burned over l2OC