Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-26
home, this time surprising his mother, that

home, this time surprising his mother, that
! being her birthday.
| SEwARD-Phil Murphy. of the firm of
Fallen & Murphy, druggists, had the mis-
the store last Friday night and seriously
cut his knee. blood vessel was ruptured
and the bone injured. Blood poisoning set
! In and he is very i'll.
! .A1NswORTH-Th insanity board. con-
sistlng OF DR.. E. o. Berry, Attorney A. w
passed on the case Of Mrs. Idella Rogers Of
Ainsworth. The board pronounced her in
sane and the sherlff win take her to Nor
tolk tomorrow morning.
| BEATRICE-Beatrice camp No27O. Mod
! ern Woodmen of America. held a largely
attended meeting last evening and initiated
! elk candidates. 1t was decided to con-
/ solidate the Pickrell camps, comprising IF
/ teen members, with the local camp. This
i5S Beatrice camp membership of over
EUsT1s-The .Eustis camp of Modern
Woedmeu has installed James Bennett
worthy. adviser; james Haynes, banker;
+. 8; Taylor, clerk; Sam Haynes, inside
guard, Charles Jay, outside guard; Henry
years.
BLUE HILL-A wolf hunt, in which
about 100 people participated, was held east
Z of town Thursday. good-sized tract of
country was thoroughly covered and sew
eral wolves were stirred up, but in the final
few rabbits. Many wolves have been seen
in this vicinity.
HERMAN-The past two days have been
! the coolest of the season. Ice is in good
condition for storing, and everyone that
uses ice has been very busy putting 1t up.
again. and if some does not come soon
there is good many people who will have
to burn soft coal.
EUSTIS-Chris Meyers lost valuable
yearling colt III peculiar manner. While
running down hill the animal slipped and
fell and gould not get up; dying few hours
missed the colt died of heart failure. The
animal pedigreed and valued at sew
eral hundred dollars.
from st. Joseph, where he marketed ship
ment of cattle among which was COW
the st. Joseph stock yards. The anima
was high grade Durham and weighed
1850 pounds and sold for $3.50 per hundred
weight and netted Mr.. Mitchell $40.
HARVARD-The pleasant farm home of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Frank was the scene
of a pretty wedding when their daughter
I Ltey w Sy R Rte b. Shirley of the First
Christian church. over 100 guests were
present. The young couple will at once
begin home life on farm four miles north
from Giltner.
PAPILLIoN-The new firm Of Richer g.
Houck is going into the business of slaugh-
house that will hold several hundred tons
of ice is being built. gang OF men Is
putting up zee n Ten AM nS Sn ,ron S wason
Friday and broke two ribs, which will lay
him up for some time.
SEWARD-The Seward County Agricul-
| tural society has arranged for stock
judging contest for boys under 20 years of
age, to be under the management OF DR..
N b. Cummins at the county fair next
fall. Prof. II. r. Smith, superintendent of
husbandry Of the state farm, has promised
TO assist in every way. Liberal prizes VIII
| be given for the successful judges OF stock.
COLUMBUS-Clarence Smith died sud
denly Wednesday evening. The young man
| came here to spend the winter ana go TO
He lived here with his relatives. Judge
and Mrs James g. Reeder. Death was
caused by pneumonia. The body was sent
| grandson Of Samuel c. Smith, who spent
many years in this city and now lives in
| California.
COLUMBUS-Wed licenses have been
issued to M. p. Peterson and Martha z
Christensen, John Hasselbach and MARY
Lawrence, John X. Patsiek and Anna
Mosteg, Carl Doerscherd and FTeid
Rademasher, Charles A. Bierman and
Judge Ratterman has Issued nifty licenses
to persons who were nonresidents OF
Platte county.
.HERMAN-Train No. s, due at Herman
at D. m. was two hours late last night
on account Of freight train ahead OF
them breaking down and blocking the maiI
track about one mile north OF Lyons. The
freight tram was running about twenty
Ave miles per hour when the front trucH
OF a car heavily loaded with grain broke
IL was a lucky accident, as the wrecked
car did not turn over, and was lacked az
and dragged into Lyons with very LITTLE
trouble.
SEWARD-Mrs. Mary A. Bond, one Of
the most highly respected and oldtimI
residents of this town, died at her hom'
here Tuesday after illness Of six week
from heart trouble She was born seventy
three years ago at Devonshire, England
She Is the mother Of Mrs. ii. +. Daily o.
Omaha and Albert Totten OF Seward
Short funeral serv ces were conducted from
her late home today at 1880 o'clock, con
Quoted by Rev. George Williams, pastor %
the First Presbyterian church. and the re
mains were taken 10 Warren, H.. for in
! terment.
FREMONT-The levee along the Platt
| river west OF this city has been finished
1t is thought II will be suh1cient 10 turI
| the current should the stream overflow
| this spring. The levee extends from tn
sand ridge west Of town south TO a poin
south OF the city limits and Is eight fee
| high. The cost Of construction was me
BY appropriations from the county AM
| city and from private subscription. Tn
river is now frozen over from bank TO bank
ana there large wavellke ridges o
solidi6ed slush ice in places hve and Ell
feet thick.