Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13

attend in a body and take with them the
Merchants band. 1t will be a monster
affair.
BEATRICE-Yesterday H.. T. Weston let
the machinery contract for his new corn
mill to Nordyke q Marmon company OF
indianapolis, ind. The mill will be erected
In the south part OF town. and work on
the structure will be started In a short
time.
BEATRtCE-Mayor Reed and other city
officials were given a cruise up the Blue
river Friday evening on the olympia by
Commodore Garrett. There were about
twenty In the party, which included a num-
Der OF newspaper men. A pleasant time
is reported.
NEBRASKA CGTY-Last evening about
10 OF the klks OF this city, accompanied
by the Merchants band, went to Nehawka
TO attend the fair given at that place. They
We're accompanied by a number OF proml-
nent speakers and were given a rOya re-
ception by the people Of that place.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Eagles of this
city have completed arrangements with the
Omaha league team to play a game Of
ball here with them on the list. TIL Eagles
are one OF the best amateur teams OF TINS
part Of the country and have a good rec
ord for the last season.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. O'Brien, the
superintendent OF the state fisheries. and
Master Lawson Sheldon, son of the gov
eruor, were In this city today and were
seinlng the ponds in this vicinity for fish,
which are to be placed in the ponds at
Louisville and Cedar Greek.
PLATTSMOUTH-A pretty wedding oc-
Cured at the farm home OF MIR. and Mrs.
Joseph Tubbs, at which their daughter,
Miss Bessie, was united in marriage to
Edward p. Wilson by Rev. F. w. Brink,
pastor of the United Brethren church.
Their home will be near Alva, Wyo.
NEBRASKA CITY-Frank Miller. Jr, the
an aged old settler, on last Sunday, was
arrested on the charge OF speeding his
and he was taken before the county Judge,
where he pleaded guilty and was fined j.
and costs.
wYMORE-Clover Chase, on his farm
I four miles south of the city, was thrown
from a horse and dislocated his shoulder
and broke his collarbone. He had gone to
the pasture for his horses and was riding
one bareback. In going through a small
swale the horse stepped In a hole and threw
Mr.. Chase to the ground.
PLATTSMOCTH-About seventy of the
Plattsmouth merchants and clerks held
their first banquet in the Hotel Riley last
evening, which proved to be a grand sue
cess in every way. E. H Wescott was
Jennie Walker, financier; Mrs. Ford. pre-
the Des Moines Trade Journal, made the
principal address, which was highly appre-
ciRted by all.
NEBRASKA CITY - The Elks Initiated
some twenty new members on Thursday
evening. most. of them being from SYRIA
cuse and adjoining towns After the laoors
a banquet was served. Last evening the
Eagles held a big meeting and installed a
number of new members and they were
assisted by the Eagles from Dunbar and
Other places IN the county.
OAkDALE - The pioneers of Antelope
county have arranged to hold a picnic at
Oakdale on Tuesday, September 10, to cele-
bIate the fortieth anniversary OF the set
been sent to all who were here prior to
1873, and a general invitation to others has
been given through the newspapers. A
grand good time is expected.
WYMORE-One of the big water mains
near the Touzaline hotel sprung a leak
Friday and it was found necessary to stop
the main drain before repairs could be
made. A horse was kept in readiness all
afternoon, while the water was off, so that
in case of fire a run could be made to the
~standpipe to let the water on.
NEBRASKA CITY 49, The Latter Day
Saints are holding a campmeeting in the
week. Elder w. n. Kelly of Lamont, Ia,
was present last evening and a large crowd
was present to hear the interesting ad-
dress. The meeting, which has been on
for the last two weeks, closes on Sunday
evening.
PLATTSMCUTH-During the dry hot
weather in July. \. s.. viii, a wealthy and
prosperous farmer in this county, stated
that he thought his corn would not yield
twenty bushels to the acre, but today he
brought to town two ears of corn that were
twelve inches in length and contained 945
kernels each, and stated that the yield
would not be less than eighty bushels to
the acre.
BEATRICE-The Knights and Ladies Of
Security met last night and elected these
officers: T. v. Rhodes. president: NJ. NJ.
officers; T. Rhodes, president; N. NJ.
Harsh, second vice president; Mrs. Mary
Campbell, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Jennie Wake, financier; Mrs. Ford, pre-
late; Miss Augusta Schwartz, conductor;
Roy Wilcox, inside guard; George Wilcox,
sentinel; Miss Emma Kahnen, pianist.
BEATRICE-Yesterday was the last day
for the filing of election expenses by the
candidates in Gage county, the total
amount being s9l5.99. NJ. w. Terry, demo-
cratic candidate for attorney general, spent
Sl44.SO. and ]. Fl. Alden, republican candi-
date for auditor. the whole amount of SLIGO
II. L. Sackett. republican candidate for
state senator, expended 500, and Adam Nc
Mullen, the successful contestant for the
office, spent $3.50
WYMORE-WiIiam Theye was badly in
jured at the home of his father, Lewis
Theye, eight miles southwest of here, Fri
day morning, by running a pitchfork han
die into his body. The young man had
been working on a strawstack. and finish
ing. started to slide down. He let so OF
the pitchfork he had been using and 1t
reached the ground first, and remained up
right against the stack. The young man
fell on il. the handle entering the rectum
and tearing the bowels. DR.. Fall of Bea-
tgice, DR.. Yoder and DR.. Gafford of this
city performed an operation early in the
morning. The injured man is in a serious
condition, and has but a small chance tc
recover.