Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
NEBRASKA

FALLS CITY, Neb., Dec. 26.--No trace
has yet been found of the person or per-
sons who robbed one of the rooms at tho
Lindell hotel. The room was occupied by
two Of the men on the telephone gang
and all of their clothes but what they
were wearing were taken.
LONG PINE-Roena. the little 4-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Daugherty, died after a years illness with
diabetes. The little one was a patient
suffered and withstood her sufferings
as well as much older person could have
done.
NEBRASKA CITY-An effort is being
mace to have number of Mongolian
pheasants brought to this county and
turned loose. The gun club has taken
hold of the scheme and already five pairs
have been subscribed for. In the years to
come sportsmen expect some good shoot
ing.
BEATRICE-At the preliminary held to
select a debating team to go to Lincoln
February q the following were chosen:
Walter Vasey, Clifford Phillips, Clifford
Butler. with Miss Mabel Mumford as al
ternate.
HARvARD-One of the early landmarks
is now being taken down. 1t is one of the
first store buildings erected in this city
by Wagner & Pontious for drug store,
since used for various other purposes.
PAPILLION-At a meeting of the viii
lage board an ordinance was passed
granting the Bell Telephone company
franchise to operate a toll line in the vii
lage for period Of ten years.
OSCEOLA-The county offioers-elect are
coming into the court house and spending
some time studying the duties which they
will soon be called upon to assume. The
incoming and new officials are ]. W. Fill
man. clerk of court; Miss Lille M. Cole.
county superintendent; Charles New
conner, assessor, and F. j. Hahn, COM
missioner.
LOUISVILLE-Noble Masters boy II
years old, accidentally shot his second
finger off with 22-caliber rifle.
PERU, Neb.. Dec. 26.-Father Daugh-
erty of Dubuque, Iowa, addressed the
students of the normal under the aus
pices of the Normal Catholic association.
His subject was THE Confession" The
association is planning to erect a Cath
olic chapel in order to accommodate the
Catholic students who attend school at
Peru.
WEST POINT-The Wisner Athletic
association Is the latest organization to
commence business in Cunning county.
Thirty-five members are now enrolled.
The following were chosen officers: M.
Weidman, president; C. S. Deily, treas
urer, and Miss Anna Waller, secretary;
board of directors. M. Weidman, w. T.
Stockdale, Miss Emma Marquardt and
c. S. Deily.
O'NEILL-Judge Harrington rendered a
decision in favor of George A. Miles,
who asked that he be tried in Holt.
county at the expense of the taxpayers
on the charge of criminal libel against
Judge Barnes of Norfolk. who made the
original complaint in Madison county.
1t is understood that an appeal will be
taken to the supreme court by Barnes
attorney.
ATKINSON-H. w Transue, an old
soldier, Odd Fellow and highly respected
citizen of Atkinson, committed suicide,
ending his life with a revolver bullet
through his breast. Dependency was
the cause of the tragedy. Transue has
been in poor health for the last two
months. Recently he seemed to have
fully recovered his physical health, but
continued to be very Respondent. Tran
sue was not only an Odd Fellow and an
old soldier, but was highly respected in
Atkinson as man and citizen. He was
we'll to do financially.
BLAIR-The election of officers of the
Women's Relief corps of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Blair was held
on Saturday afternoon as follows: Pres
ident, Mrs. Maybe; vice president, Mrs.
CLAIR; Junior vice president, Mrs. Sell
den; treasurer. Mrs. Williams; chaplain,
Mrs. Mead; conductor. Mrs. Stewart;
guard, Mrs. Ward; first delegate, Mrs.
Mangold; second delegate, Mrs Bovee;
first alternate delegate Mrs. Jones; sec
ond alternate delegate. Mrs. Winchel
The above delegates were elected to the
Women's Relief corps convention to be
held at Hastings.