Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-15


one OF the jurymen Is a relative Of the Nc
Cone family that was drowned In the
freshet and the case has been adjourned
until after the funeral OF the family W Wien
will be held at MannerchOr hall on FRIDAY
morning.
HAsTfNGs-John NJ. Raglan, jr,. OF this
city and Miss Arta Devinney OF Elwo0d
were married Thursday at the home OF the
hridegroom's parents. Rev Lee Young OF
the Episcopal church oficiated. The couple
departed ON the afternoon train TOT SteueI'
Alberta, Canada, where they viii reside.
ASHLAND The commissioner OF the
state fish hatchery which Is located ate Zoe oS,
Burkett the national bureau Of fisheries
Is Forwarding a consignment Of 1900 rain
bow trout eggs to the Nebraska fisheries.
PI4ATTSMOUTH-yames y. Thompsonl
aged 80 years, passed away at the nome OF
mis- son. The family came to this county
in 1855 His wife died seven years ago.
Seven children survive them. The body
was taken to Geneva, where funeral serv,
ices were held in the Baptist church, ana
inferred beside his wife.
BEATRICE-Pearl Awtry, a young drug
gist attempted suicide Thursday afternoon
at SUITS Red Cross pharmacy, by, taking
thirty grains of morphine. Medical assist
ance was promptly secured and he was
finally resuscitated. Family trouble ana
are assigned as the causes.
FALLS CITY-A mass meeting of citi-
zens has accepted a proposition on 10y MT
in Falls City this summer A committee
consisting of John w Powell, Norman
Musselman, George E. Hall, w. w. JENNIE,
DIR. w. II. Kerr, T. J. Whitaker and John
Lichty was appointed to secure pledges.
TECUMSEH-Mr. George Bryson, son of
and Miss Bertha Tanquary were married
at the home of the brides brother, Ed
Tanquary, at Sparland, Ill, at high noon
being performed by Rev. Mr.. st. John,
pastor of the Sparland Methodist church.
BEATRIcE--Henry Harvey, pioneer
resident of this section, died yesterday
morning at his home eleven miles west OF
Beatrice, aged 70 years. He removed from
Wisconsin to Nebraska thlrty-eight years
ago and settled on a farm In Jefferson
county where he has since resided. He
is survived by three sons and five daugh-
ters.
UPLAND-The town board has dlscov-
cred that none of its ordinances are legal.
It is claimed that a great many towns
throughout the state are in the same NIX.
At the last meeting II was decided to have
an attorney draw UP a complete new set
of ordinances and have them legally
passed and published in pamphlet form as
soon as possible.
FALLS CITY-The house just south of
| the Lutheran church in the east part or
| town burned early Thursday morning. The
alarm was given and everything possible
was done to save the building, but the fire
| had too much Roadway. 1t was completely
Quilted, although the walls are still stand
| ing. The house was vacant at the time.
| There was no insurance.
| GREELEY CENTER-A prisoner held on
the charge of being drunk and disorderly
set fire to the Jail about Z o'clock Thurs
| day morning Frantic yells attracted the
attention of the people and the fire depart
ment promptly put out the fire. The Jail
lserious damage might have resulted had
| he set his fire few hours earlier
| BEATRICE-A meeting was held yester-
| day ct Ellis to formulate plans for the
| establishing of bank at that place. The
| Beatrice parties interested in the moves
ment were unable to be present. and the
l meeting nOStnOnPd 10 next Monday.
| About fifteen substantial farmers living
| near Ellis have slgnihed their willingness
| to take stock in the new company.
ST. PAUL-Sometime during last night
| the Storz Brewing company's beer vault
| located near the Burlington depot In this
looted Of a large quantity Of beer, esti-
| mated to be about 500 worth. The doors
| of the vault were secured by heavy pad
| locks but these had been forcibly wrenched
| asunder There Is as vet no definite clue
to the perpetrators of the robbery.
NEBRASKA CITY-Cecil Smith of Au-
burn was arrested yesterday on war
| rant sworn out by Chief of Police Yates,
charged with assault and disturbing the
peace. Last Monday evening Miss Minta
Whited was accosted on her way home,
| but succeeded in breaking away from her
assailant and ran into nearby house.
Smith was. accused of the offense and at
once plead guilty. A fine of $50 and
| costs was imposed.
| OAKIAAND-At the annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the Farmers Grain
| house here Monday afternoon, the follow
ing officers were reelected for the ensuing
vice president; S. L. Wallcrstedt, secre-
tary; Mons N. Nelson, treasurer; c.. e.
Ohisen, manager. The institution is in a
the reports OF the secretary and treasurer
YORK-Frfday evening stockholders of
the York County Fair association will meet
with the Commercial club to decide whether
or not, they will sell the forty acres OF
ground owned by the fair association. AS
S %bSh wUrS sSus Int at @
OF the stockholders have voted to sell
Business men and members of the Com
mercial club have taken steps to sell more
stock to assist in making the county fair
a success.
OXFORD. r. Clark. freight brake
man residing here, had a narrow escape
from instant death this morning. While
attempting to adjust a fallen drawbar,
he was caught between 1t and the bump
ers between two cars, carried short dis
lance by the moving train ana so severely
squeezed as to fracture his left shoulder
blade. Only the prompt action Of by
stander in signalling the train to stop
averted a fatality His injuries will dis
able him for some time.
BANCROFT-The following bidders OF
lands in the big pasture" in Oklahoma
have been notified by the secretary of the
interior that they had been awarded land
Hon; F. c. Nielsen, ex-state senator; DR.
F. L. Gallagher, banker at Rosalie; ]. o
Gopple. y J. Gopple, 1. B; Renner, r. g
Gunderson and Joseph Tessmer.. Fifteer
bids were sent from here and eleven Out
, of the fifteen have been successful.
CENTRAL CITY-At the Commercial
clubs annual banquet plates were laid fol
Us. @. II. Gray was POSTMASTER. Severa
, speakers who had accepted invitations
were unable to be present N M. Bush.
nell detained by sickness Mr.. Victor
Rosewater got as far as Columbus, bu
owing to the high water was unable e
I'LL his engagement. Carl Kramer of Co
lumbus and e o. Garrett of Fremont, who
arrived on earlier trains, were welcome
visitors and made happy responses.
POLK-On Monday a steam shovel waf
put into operation between Hordville and
! Central city on the Stromsburg-Centra
City extension of the Union Pacific t.
secure dirt for surfacing the remainder
of the road The work of surfacing Is
! already finished between Stromsburg and
I Polk and 1t will require about ten days
, / to complete the road to Central City
The elevators in Polk are now in opera.
J tion and the first cars of grain to be-
shipped from here were loaded last week
, YORK-Directors of the Commercial clul
at their last session had under considera,
ton a proposition made by a windmill
manufacturer to organize a stock com
, pany at York. The manufacturer claims
that his windmill can be manufactured a
! less cost and placed on the market at less
expense than most first-class mile TIL,
Commercial club has a proposition to or
ganize a company here with a capital Of
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