Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-28

STELIA-F. c. Schultz of Atkinson has
leased the Florence hotel.
BEATRICE-Perry Hawkins and Miss
Flora White, both of this city were mar
ried here today.
BEATRICE-At a meeting of the city
council last evening It was voted to donate
800 to the firemen's monument fund.
BFATRICE-The new electric light plant
at Wymore will soon be in operation. The
power will be supplied from the plant at
Beatrice.
Miller was thrown out of her buggy, re-
ceiving a cash on her head. Her horse
was scared by an automobile.
EDISON-Successful revival meetings are
being held I'm the Christian and Methodist
churches. Twenty-Five persons were bap-
tized and taken into the Christian church
ten days ago.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mont Robo has been
appointed one of the stewards at the hos
pital at Norfolk. This is one Of the first
recognitione Otoe county has had under
the new ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL CITY-Excavations are being
made for the new postoffice building, which
is to be completed July l. /. s. TyndaI
commission has arrived and he will take
charge of the postof1ce next week.
BEATRICE-Mrs. NJ. A. Steele died yes
terday morning at the home Of her son,
w. s. Bourne, after a brief illness, She
was born in Steuben county New York,
November 2S 1929, and had lived in Beatrice
since 1882
BEATRICE-Four race horses were re-
ceiyed here last, evening by Fred RCb9re'
braska circuit the coming season. One of
them is Joe McGregor, a PAGER with mark
of 2:21h, owned by Harry Thompson OF
Salt Lake City.
GENEVA-In the annual high school con-
test there were five contestants, Helen
Clark, Esther Mcdonald, Letha McNeese,
Clarence Fry and Carmen Fisher. carmen
Fisher took first, with Letha McNeese sec
ond John Curtiss will represent Geneva
High school in debate.
HERMAN-A woman came from Omaha
Tuesday and inquired for Lee Burton tell
ing the people here she was BurtOns wife
and that he had deserted her and run on
from Omaha. The woman found Burton
on the street and he fixed things up with
her to leave the county together.
EDISON-This place has Just been in
A. Levie, A. NJ. Conser, G. v Miner, A.
Mccain and 1. F. Doing. Nominees for
trustees the coming year are: r. Leyie'
A. NJ. Conser, A. McCannl DIT, C.; W.
Miller and George Bodeker.
TABLE ROCK-Wilbur ID. Perry, an old
soldier, died at Hot Springs. 8. D., Tues
day in his 74th year He left here Friday
last for Hot Springs, where he was to be
operated on for a cancer just below hts
right eye, which had been causing him
uneasiness for several months. The funeral
will be held here Thursday afternoon.
MCOOK'-Grand Master J. f. Morrison Of
Nebraska Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows was in the city this week, arranging
be held IN McCoOk, April %. 1t is proposed
10 interest lodges all over southwestern
Nebraska IN this gathering and thus slim
ulnte the work OF the order over this sec
tiCn OF the state.
BEATRICE-The Barneston Mutual Tele-
phone company yesterday filed with the
county clerk Its amended articles OF incor-
poration, increasing the capital TO N,OOe
divided into shares Of S35 each. The di-
Tectors OF the company are @. T. Mitchell
Jacob Blaker, j. ]. Brownell, A. f. Fred
erickson. p. Rawley, John Gerdes, W. c.
Bruckner, Thomas Oates, Dr. 7. J. Woods