Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-15

p. m. He took a bay pony weighing
about 700 pounds, road cart and harness
heaVyset boy, about 16 years old, has brown
hair, which he parts in the middle.
8 NEBRASKA CITY-Sunday, May u, was
the forty-seVenth anniversary of the de-
stroying by fire of this city and, strange
to say, there was an extreme hot and
strong wind from the south Sunday such
nearly all the business portion of the town
was destroyed, forty-two buildings being
burned.
BEATRICE-The funeral services for the
late Mrs. J. N. McGill were held yesterday
at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic
church, Rev. Mr.. Petrasch officiating. Six
uncles of the deceased acted as pallbearers.
They were j. F. Kline and Joseph Meehan
of Friend, Neb., Eugene Mullen Of Lin
coin, James ONeill of Wymore, Charles
and p. Meehan of Cortland.
BEATRICE-The Board of Education met
last night and elected teachers for the
coming year. The list numbers forty
new teachers elected are Mary Liggitt,
Grace Dillon, Winnifred Nef' Matilda
Poeverlih Ethel Nation, May Tennyson,
Katherine Hepperlen, Winworth Williams.
A small general Increase In salaries was
made.
IIARVARD-A. r. Weaver, who for sew
eraI years has been engaged in the jewelry
business in this city, has sold his stock
to Mr. l. Soper, from Bladen. Neb., and
has bought a stock in Hastings, to which
city he will soon remove his family. Mr..
Scott who has been with Mr.. Weaver for
the last two years Will open new Stock
having rented space with the L. moore q
Co. drug firm.
WILCOX-The funeral of Edward Slkiles
who dropped dead Sunday afternoon while
playing a game of ball, was held at Mo-
line this afternoon. In game between
Ash Grove and the Zeebarth teams the
young fellow was pitching and II seems
that his heart was overworked and when
he took his position at bat he struck at
one ball and Immediately fell upon his
| face and expired.
! YORK-The juniors of the high school
had what they called a skip day and
about thirty of them absented themselves
! from school without excuses and picnieked
| on the Blue They kidnapped two Of the
/ teachers. Misses Rowan and Craig. and
held them prisoners the entire day. Two
or three times the teachers escaped, but
| the students managed to overtake them
and bring them back.
! NEBRASKA CITY The liquor license
! fight at Dunbar, this county, promises 70
] develop. into one OF the most bitter con,
! has hired ID. w Livingston 10 look after
| It's interests. The applicant, Bernard Carl,
| has j. G.. Watson, while the remonstra tors
have Wolfenbarger stearns & Wilson. The
case will be heard Wednesday. Carl has
| notified his attorney to sue for SANDER
| FAIRBURY-Isaiah Bonham Of Mahaska,
| Kan, has bought lot at the corner of ID
and Fifth streets, on which he Will erect
a two-story, building, the lower story OF
| which he will occupy with a banking house.
This will make the fourth bank In Fairbury
| outside Of the Savings bank. The work OF
the new hotel building is completed, and
the excavation for basement of the new
| building Of the Boone Hotel company will
/ be commenced at once. The site covers an
area OF S2x14z feet and will be three stories
, IN height.
| wife OF Rev, A. G. Allison, died yesterday
at her residence in Table Rock after q
! weeks illness with pneumonia, in her list
| year. Mrs. Allison, whose maiden name
| was LeonOra A. Barrows, was born No
! vember "A, 1886, at Bridgeport VT On Sep
| catur. Ill., to Rev. Adam c. Allison, where
! they resided until the fall OF 1883, wher
| they removed TO Table Rock, Neb. Sin
/ children were born 20 this union, i've OF
whom, with the aged husband, are left &C
mourn her loss. The surviving children
are Mrs. John Fulton, Table Rock; Frank
| Il. Allison, Pittston, Pa; Walter w. ALI
| son, Walthill Neb; Burt Allison, Good
hope, Mo-; Mrs. John Endleman, Wymore
I Neb.
BEATRICE-At the Gage county Sunday
school convention a paper on The Posi-
bilties OF the Teacher" was giveH by Rev
r. e. Dark, Miss Mamie Haines OF lincoln
state superintendent OF primary work spoke
on the subject OF primary work. In the
! evening Miss Haines gave an account OF the
international Sunday school convention held
In Toronto, Canada, last summer. Rev
Charles H. Lewis. pastor OF the English
| Lutheran church OF WILDER, attending al
| a substitute for Prof. Steidley the field
secretary. addressed the convention on THE
/ Value of the Boy and the Girl" These
officers were elected: r. A. McGlassOn
/ president; q, w. Beckwith, vice president
urer. Delegates chosen to the state con
Vention at Hastings, TO be held June II
70 DO are the president, vice president and
the secretary -tTeaS1reFs -.--