Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-11
News of Nebraska.


! PAPILLION-The Papillon Times Print
| ing company is going to erect brick
| building for It's home office.
ST. PAULINE. Lawrence Sack died at
| his home in this city at 10 o'clock last night
| after a few days Illness. which developed
! into pneumonia.
| NEBRASKA CITY-Eddie Lumsfeld and
! Miss Nettie West, both we'll known young
! people OF Syracuse, came to this city and
were married by Judge Wilson.
| BEATRICE-The barn and corn cribs on
were destroyed by fire yesterday The loss
will reach $500, with no insurance
| UPBAND-The hens in this vicinity have
been doing monstrous business cf late.
| One of the general stores received $3.50
worth of eggs last week and another 1900
worth.
ANsLEY - Representative Clarence c.
Mackey of Ansley and w. r. Jackson have
! purchased the stock of the Comstock State
! bank at Comstock. They took possession
last Saturday.
about all through sowing small grain. A
| large acreage Of wheat is in this year,
owing TO the fact that such large crop
was raised last year.
! AINSWORTH-Ddstr1c court convened
here yesterday with a light docket of equity
cases. with Judge Harrington on the bench.
At o'clock this evening the judge adj
| tourned court sine die.
NEBRASKA CITY-Otoe county has been
experiencing freezing weather, but II is
claimed that the fruit has not been in
Jured. The dry weather is given as the
cause for not injuring the fruit.
BEATRICE = There will be a Sunday
school convention at Ellis Sunday, April
q, with IA picnic dinner at the church Prof.
II. II. Steidley, field secretary, will address
the convention both morning and evening.
ARAPAHOE-Mrs. B. f. Downer, aged So
years, and resident of Gosper county for
| over twenty years, died suddenly at 2
o'clock wednesday morning from apo
plexy, being Ill but a few hours. Her hus-
Dand was away at the time.
BEATRICE-Mr Kfnzta of
Dewitt, probably the oldest couple in this
section of the state, returned home yester-
day, after a visit in Beatrice with friends.
Mr.. Kinzie is % years OF age and Mrs.
lnzie 90 Both are enjoying the best of
health,
UPLAND-ConsiderabI hail fell here ON
Saturday night, followed by nice rain.
The wheat Is looking fine. The heavy
frOsts, however, during the early part Of
the week caught some OF the fruit trees,
and It is feared the peach and apricot crop
will be light
UPLAND-Upland has never had but one
saloon The license is 5000. This year,
however, a second petition Is being circu-
lated, and II a location can be secured
| II looks as though two saloons will be the
result. The town board is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of raising the license to $500,
and by this action frightening the second
applicant out.
NEBRASKA CITY-The body OF Mrs.
brought here today for interment The
| services were conducted by Rev j. w.
Merrill of the Baptist church. Mrs. Gar
row was born and grew to womanhood in
! this county and lived here until she went
| to Omaha to make her home. She leaves
husband and two sons. both grown.
! FAIRBURY-The Boone Hotel company
has bought the lot at the corner Of Fourth
and F streets and will erect hotel
building at cost Of $780, 900. The frontage
on Fourth street is 272 feet, running back
! 142 feet to the alley. The building will be
/ three stories in height and will give the
/ city what 1t has greatly needed-a first
/ class hotel. The location is one block from
the court house and on the direct line be-
tween the railway depots.
| NEBRASKA CITY-Rev. c. A. Mastin of
/ the Methodist church united in marriage
Daniel F.. Farnham and Miss Pearl Grouse.
/ After the ceremony the couple went to
| Missouri on their wedding trip. The bride
/ is the young woman who was shot by her
/ jealous lover at the Morton house and
after he thought he had killed her com
mitted suicide She was shot over the
right eye, but the bullet turned and only
caused a bad flesh wound
! BEATRICE-The towns OF WymOre and
I Blue Springs are again in total darkness,
caused by an accident at the electric light
plant. The brick walls supporting the large
/ boiler al the plant collapsed yesterday,
! causing a temporary suspension of bust
ness. 1t is believed the constant blasting
OF rock at the quaTries east Of Wymore
/ caused the walls TO crack and finally give
way. Lights will be turned on as soon
as the necessary repairs can be made
! REEMER-A cottonwood tree, one of the
/ Oldest landmarks If Cunning county, was
out about forty years ago by Benjamin
! Ewing who Is still living here. Grandpa
| Rhodes who witnessed the planting, also
lives here. This tree marked the south
side Of the United States government road
The tree on the north side. still sands. al
though il is not nearly 80 large as the one
cut down. it being about four feet In diam
eter
FREMONT-The Board of Supervisors
met yesterday and were confronted with