Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-23
News of Nebraskn.

DAY exercises
were held in the schools today and the
banks and county offices were closed
COLUMBUS-Doctor L. C. Voss has been
appointed city physician, DR.. Charles H.
Plaatz having resigned and moved away.
PLATTSMOUTH-Jud Archer united
in marriage George Philpot and Miss
Myrtle Lammert, both from Custer county,
Nebraska,
years, a retired farmer OF this place, was
found dead in bed Sunday morning. He
leaves three sons and two daughters.
COLUMBUS-Platte county farmers are
through sowing oats and are putting in
all their time blowing for corn. The snow
has all melted and the blowing is fine.
TEKAMAH-The funeral of John A.
Goodwill held here yesterday afternoon,
The odd Fellows had charge of the SER
vices.
sTELLA-Jake johnson. living a few
miles west Of town, was helping a neigh
Dor unload some large timber for a barn
when one of the pieces fell on his leg,
breaking It,
PI.ATTSMOUTH-Mrs William Brown of
Lincoln was visiting her mother in this
Sunday. Her mother, Mrs. Peterson, was
quite IN when she arrived to care for her.
TEKAMAH-The prospects for ball
team this year are looking good; the high
school team having fixed up the old ball
park, where the first game OF the year
was played this afternoon between the
team.
SILVER CREEK-The Silver Creek
school board elected teachers as follows:
o. A, Earhardt late principal Of the Green.
wood, Neb., schools, principal; Miss Pearl
Simmons, assistant principal; G. w.
Kiefer, intermediate, and Miss Julia Terry,
primary.
COMMUNICATIONS the storm the other
here was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground with all its contents, in
Guiding wheat, corn and hay. The insur-
ance on the barn will not cover more than
a quarter Of the loss.
PLATTSMOUTH-Wh the cold weather
killed the early cherries, apricots and
out the blossoms in abundance on the late
peach trees, and II we have no more freeE-
ing weather there will be an abundant
peach crop In this vicinity.
COLUMBUS-People in the northern part
Of Platte county are talking over the
matter OF voting $4,000 to the Midland
Central railroad. They claim that It will
shorten the distance to South Omaha forty
five miles, and, being a competing road,
will lower the rates on grain.
AUBURN-The body OF John Wright, who
operation, arrived here this noon and was
taken In charge by the Royal Highlanders
lodge OF this place and escorted to his
home near Howe, where the services will
be held. Mr.. Wright was about Is years
child
ated from the high school May 81, and Sat
urday evening the class served ice cream
and cake, from which they realized $50,
which will go toward securing the Morning
We're held for the benefit OF the class Sun
day evening at the Methodist Episcopal
church.
sTELI.A-Wil Cox Of this place, who
has been working on the scale gang OF the
Missouri Pacific for several months, was
thrown under the wheels at LeavenwOrth,
NH Inc on n NVaA a.,
His feet slipped, throwing him under the
wheels and his left leg was taken on
below the knee. He Is in the railroad hos
pital at LeaVenWorth.
ANSLlEY- Superintendent Harvey NJ
Pickering OF Broken Bow announced at
the Ansley High school this morning that
arrangements were completed whereby one
OF the junior normal schools would be
located at Broken Bow and probably would
commence June 10 ana continue six weeks
after which the county teachers institute
would hold for one week.
NELSON-The several churches OF this
place held a union meeting at the opera
house last night in the interest Of Chinese
sufferers. The principal address was made
siOnaTy, who spoke OF some OF the rea-
sons for suffering IN heather lands and OF
the necessity OF educating these people
At the conclusion OF the meeting some
thing over slCO vss raised for the relief
fund.
TABLE ROCK-Mylum l. Purcell, who
Is an emplOye Of the Table Rock Telephone
company az Central City, had a narrow
escape yesterday from death by accidental
poisoning. He lives one and a half miles
north OF town and was all hitched VI
ready 20 drive to town al 10 a. m. wher
he took a dose OF what he supposed TO be
a harmless medicine, but through mistake
got hold of a bottle containing belladona
a deadly poison, OF which he took tea
spoonful. Accompanied by his wife h,
| got into the buggy and hurriedly drove q
| town and by vigorous work on the par
OF friends and physicians his life wal
! saved.