Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-21

planted the trees which furnished the lum-
Der for this barn. He IL an old settler.
News of Nebraska.
BLUE HILI,-The citizens of Blue Hill
will soon have an opportunity to vote bonds
for lighting plant
BEATRICE - Paul Wayham, q boy 10
years of age, was thrown from a horse
and had his left shoulder fractured
NEBRASKA CITY-Ice Is being housed
by local concerns and farmers ranging In
thickness from twelve to eighteen inches
BLUE HILi4-John c. Malick and Miss
Bernice NJ Thompson. south Of this city,
were united in marriage Friday by Judge
BEATRICE-J. w Henley, a travelling
man Of this city, sold his standard bred
6-month-old colt TO Lon Epard, farmer
WEST PoINT-The Farmers institute for
Cunning county is scheduled to meet at
West Point on Thursday and Friday Feb
BBATRTCB-The new Home Telephone
oompany,s exchange at Mymore has ben
UP with the central station
ARLINGTON-Farmers are selling lib
eral amount OF corn which is quoted at
81 cents per bushel There is no rush and
corn can be obtained where wanted.
NEBRASKA CITY-J. J. Olson. for
lington at Mnersvile, died Friday and
was buried Sunday from the family home.
NEBRASKA CITY-JOhn c. Polling died
early Saturday morning after a slight at
tack of indigestion, aged 70 years. Mr..
Polling formerly operated the Cincinnati no
tel.
BEATRICE - Several hundred farmers
held wolf hunt near Barneston, but cap
tured no wolves. Five of them escaped
through the lines. Another hunt will be
held January Is.
YORK-H. s.. Harrison arrived home
from Lincoln last evening, where he has
been attending the annual meeting of the
State Horticultural society and was elected
president of that association.
LA Hamilton has
returned to his home in this city from
Lincoln, where his Buff Orpington chicks
won all of the first prizes, with the eXcep-
ton Of one, at the big poultry show.
BEATRICE-ln case the Union Pacific
builds its new line between Marysvilie ana
Beatrice on the west side of the Blue river
Wymore citizens intend to have that place
made a division station, II possible.
BEATRICE-Mrs. J. j. King received a
telegram yesterday announcing the sudden
death of her brother, Edgar Bruner, which
occurred near O'Neill Neb. The remains
will be buried at West Point this state.
PIAATTSMOUTH-Wi William r. Speery has
brought suit in the district court here to
collect from the Farmers and Merchants
Insurance company the sum of $1,000 dam
ages for the loss Of a dwelling which was
consumed by fire.
rapidly fitting up its home recently pur-
chased and expect to occupy it in "A snort
time. This is the only order having a
club house in the city and the members
feel assured of its success.
BLUE HILL-K. W. Mckenzie was called
to California Friday on account OF the
the body to Canada, the home OF the de-
ceased His brother had visited him on
New Years day, en- route TO California.
NEBRASKA CITY-President steinhart
OF the Commercial club is active In trying
to secure buildings for the use of con-
templated overall factory and business
college. Suitable quarters are difficult to
obtain and new buildings may be neces-
sary.
YORK-The new board of directors OF
the York Telephone company held their
meeting and elected the Following officers
for the current year: President, q. II.
Holdeman; vice president, {. N. Beaver;
secretary and manager, Edwin Bell; treas
urer, II. NJ. Childs. t'
PLATTSMOUTH-Coun Judge Travis
has issued marriage licenses to Edward
He'll and Miss Maggie Hennings, both of
Miss, Nellie DeClair Cunningham Of E!m-
wood; Herman F. Luetchens and Miss
Louise A. schweppe, both Of Wabash.
PLATTSMOUTH--Ro Workman and
/ the Workman home December Is with their
skates, bound for Pawnee creek. Since
that time nothing has been heard from
any information leading to their where
/ abouts.
| EATRICE-Thompson Wilkinson, ar
| morning at the home of his son, Arthur
Wilkinson, five miles northeast of Beat.
rice. He was born in England in 1877, and
] located in Gage county In 1883. He is sur
vived by FAMILY of six children, all
grown.
YoRK-The name of Representative w
| d. Baker appears in the list of joint COM
! mittees to draft bills for the consdera-
| ton of the Legislature covering the reforms
! proposed In the republican platform. he is
a member of several important committees
and will be very busy il he does all the
work laid out for him.
! NEBRASKA CITY-The Grand Hote
company has incorporated for $4,000 fully
paid up. The incorporators are f. ID
! Bartling. f. II. Bartling. f. w. Rottmar
and &. b. Otis. This hotel was formerly
known as the Grand Pacific and has beer
remodeled and refurnished in a modern
way throughout. Mr.. Otis will be il
gang OF men opening tins countys big
| often into the Missouri river. The men
| have to be in the water most of the time
and they have found 1t very hard to secure
4 Saturday night for % cents per hour and
they let them all go, and brought another
! gang up from Omaha Sunday.
! NEBRASKA CITY-A broken rail caused
a Missouri Pacific passenger train to leave
the track in the yards Sunday morning
lhe Lincoln passenger was taking siding
when the accident occurred, causing the
engine, tender and baggaSe car TO leave
from the delaying Of both trains, no dam
age was done.
WEST POINT-The odd Fellows lodge
and the Rebekah degree held a joint in.
! staIlation on Friday evening and Installed
the following officers: Odd Fellows-Noblt
grand, Julius Gardels; vice grand, II
! Thompson; secretary, II, l.. Wells; treas.
| urer M. 70. Kerl. Rebekahs-Noble grand
Miss Pearl Poellot; vice grand, Mrs. Kate
Kerl; secretary. Miss Gertrude Miller
| treasurer, Mrs. II. II. Howarth.
PLATTSMoUTH-The annual report Of
County Treasurer w. d. Wheeler shows
that the total collection from the tax list
not including miscellaneous collections
| during the year amounted to $lS5 $50 SO
The total collections from state schoo
lands was $S304.68; balance on hand in tn,
general fund $20,0Sli0; in the bridge fund
| N,SS.7S; In the district mad fund SIS.
$3.50; In the school fund. SIS, 9ls.O6
| NEBRASKA CITY,. IL. Mcclellan, tn,
carriage builder, was struck by the heavy
! door OF his shop during the Windstorn
| last evening. He was rendered uncon
| scious by a blow on the head and fell
| heavily to the plank flooring at the sam,
/ time having his ankle wedged beneath the
door. owing to his age, his friends Were
! quite alarmed, but he Is now resting easy
and it is thought not seriously injured.
! YORk-The stockholders OF the CITY Ma.
| tional bank held their annual meeting last
week and reelected all the directors The
| report OF the president showed a very
! gratifying business done during the veal
| Just closed. At a meeting OF the directors
the old officers were elected as follows
! President. Harris NJ. Chlds; vice presI,
/ dent ID. 5. Zimmerman; cashier G. H
| Rolling; assistant cashier, l.. w. Childs.
| NEBRASKA CITY-Considerabl coal Il
being uncovered in the vicinity of Brown.