Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-03

inside sentinel; Mrs. Frank Smith, outside
sentinel; Mrs. A. Prentice, board of man
ayers.
BEATRICE-The annual mortgage report
for Gage county for 1905 Is as follows
amount Ss57.O7I. 40; number Of farm mort
CAGES released 432; amount, SllS35f.E.
Number of city mortgages filed, 2S5;
cages released s52 amount. S257, Gill.
HARVARD-The friends of Dan Nettle-
ton, who have known him for the last
thirty-four years are much pleased that he
has been chosen speaker Of the house and
feel confident that the interest OF the peo-
pie generally will be carefully considered.
and that undue influence Of corporations
will receive little announcement and a de-
served setback.
BEATRICE-Hose company No. 3 held
its annual meeting last evening and elected
these officers: Jesse Johnson, PRESIDENT
clinton Morrison, vice president; j. F.
Pethoud, secretary; Frank Bowman, treas
Conner. foreman; Earl Whey, first assistant
foremani Martin Schidlowski, second as
sistant foreman.
Institute will be held in Beatrice on Janu>
airy "a and Is. Among those who will APP
pear on the program are Prof: Bruner;
feeder of all the agricultural colleger;
Profs. Montgomery, Asburn and Atkinson,
Ex-Governor Poynter and Miss Rosa Bouton
of domestic science fame.
HARVARDs-New Year passed dull and
stormy, as rain and snow began falling
during the last night of the old year and
continued until late in the afternoon, Civ
ing a fine fall of water. New Year greet
ings with friends and social dinners were
about all that marked yesterday diff
ferent from other days, and the new year
starts out with little change from the old.
MCOoK-George Monroe. who was re-
Gently placed in the county jail for securing
money under false pretenses-passing -spuri-
Gus paper money-has escaped the vigil
lance of the sheriff's force and left the
country During the absence of the sheriff
at Geneva the in whose he left
the prisoner left the Jail door open and
OF course the prisoner needed no invitation
joke
FREMONT-The inheritance tax law is
hereafter to be strictly enforced in Dodge
county. The appraisers appointed by Judge
Stinson on the estates OF H. c. Mahanna
and V. b. Stoddard have submitted their
reports Dodge county will, receive from
fund and Nance and Howard counties will
receive in the aggregate about $1,000 1t
Is the intention OF County Attorney Ora
estate In excess of the amount escapes the
tax.
MCoOK-At a meeting of representa-
| ttves of the several lodges of this part of
| the state the Southwestern Nebraska Log
Rolling association elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: President
secretary, J. Raymond McCarl of McCook
treasurer, G. Herbert Watkins, assistant
cashier of the Citizens bank of McCook
The next annual log rolling will occur in
McCook early next fall. 1t will be one Of
the occasions of the year In this section
| of Nebraska.
! FREMONT-The appointment of T. B.
Hutchinson as humane officer is already
doing good. The son of a wealthy Wash
ington county farmer was the first to be
| brought up. The humane officer put his
! horse, which had been left hitched on
the street a couple Of hours YESTERDAY
! livery stable. The young man felt much
Inundated over it, but admitted that it
driven lame, decrepit pony around town
for several months was also notified that
he could not drive the horse any longer.
A trip to blacksmith shop brought the
| pony out all right. All he needed was
proper shoeing. Public sentiment is back
of the officer. ..,-4s
over the remains of Mrs. Perry Walker
were held in her late residence in this city
this afternoon by DIR. j. T. Baird, assisted
body was placed to rest beside her husband
in Potsdam. N. Y. February s, 1s41. and
was united in marriage to Perry Walker
in Norfolk, N. Y, November "a, 1861. They
came to Plattsmouth in 1864. where they
have since resided. The children surviving
Neb.; Miss Hattie Walker of Cleveland, o.
Rhece A Walker of El Paso, Tex Mrs.
| Grace Walker johnson of St. Augustine,
Fla; Mrs. Clara Walker Phillips of Mar
quette, Neb., and Miss Cora Walker of
Plattsmouth.
/ BEATRlCH-Inlru City iOuBe NOA Oh lJe'
tgree of Honor, and Beatrice lodge No. 1856
EAncient Order United Workmen, held joint
Installation of officers. last might Mrs
Anna Horner acted as installing officer for
1.-THE Degree of Honor and o. X. Reedy
that of the Workmen. The Degree officers
installed are: Grace Bumgardner. chief OF
honor; Mury j. Reel, lady of honor, Mary
Bealer, chief Of ceremonies; Lorena Davis
recorder; Susan Gould, financier; Elda
Treadwell, receivers; Selma Penrod, usher
Mrs. d. c. Jenkins inside watch; William
Hemphill outside watch. These Workmer
officers were installed: j. T. Moore, mas
ter workman; w. p. Dole foreman; j. A
McCallum. financier; A. H. Felch, receiver
~. w. Ashenfelter, guide; Charley johnson
| Thomas Irvine Fecorder At the ClOsa al