Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-21
WELL SUSTAINED

received word of the death Of her grand
mother in Bentonville, Ark, the message
giving no particulars Of the cause. The
woman was about "a years of age at the
time of her death, and 1t was thought that
she could not recover.
ATLANTIC-In a short time the local
boys of the basket ball team will &c. to
Extra for a game with the boys of that
town. The team is a very strong one this
years and Is planning on wrestling the VIC
tory from the Extra lads.
CREsTON-At an election held the first
OF the week Murray citizens granted a fran
chise for electric lighting to G. NJ. Miles
of st. Louis. The franchise carried by a
vote Of 1877 to q. Work is expected to be.
gin on installing the plant about the 23d OF
this month,
CRESTON-Taylor county newspaper men
won a victory in the district court at Bed
ford recently, when Judge Towner rendered
a decision that the Board of Supervisors
must publish a full statement of the result
OF the official canvass of election returns.
showing the number OF votes cast for each
candidate In each precinct.
CRESTON-Late advices from Charlton
state that the sum of $32S,O0 is to be dis
tributed by Receiver Jameson of the de-
funct Charlton bank, among creditors next
week by the orders OF the comptroller of
the currency, as a 25 per cent dividend.
About 100000 of this amount goes to Lucas
county creditors. The largest amount to
one creditor is $4,000 to the Modern Wood
men of America. The bank in Grand Is
land, Neb., in which g. ]. Stewart & Co.
OF C0dTlIOn are lnleTGSltO, Viii ItCtlNe
81. 800. The Des Moines National gets 5000
and the Derby State bank s., 800. The rest
goes to individuals.
MARSHALLTOWN-A fer-de-lance two
and one-half feet long, an exceedingly VEN
omous serpent common in tropical South
America and the West indies, was dis
covered by a school boy 10 years of age,
coiled in a bunch of bananas In a grocer's
window. The boy was swinging the bunch
of bananas around when he saw the SER
penis head. The bananas had been hang
| la In tho uvtndAuy for fun dn " and Fruit
had been pulled from the stem all about
the poisonous reptile. The bananas had
been in a local commission house for sew
eral days before reaching the grocer.
IOWA FALLS-Sheriff Walsh Of this
county, whose persistent efforts resulted in
the location of Walter l.. Weaver, wanted
in this county on the charge of uttering
forged instruments, states that he Is in re-
ceipt of a letter from the commander OF
the government steamship. the st. Louis,
now stationed at a port on the Puget sound,
that Weaver has confessed his guilt and
that papers have been forwarded to the
War department at Washington asking that
Weaver be released so he can return to this
county and enter his plea at the January
term of the district court, which convenes
January II, with Judge Albrook on the
bench.
IOWA FALLs-Dr. w. l.. Evers of this
city, assistant state veterinarian, reports
several cases of CHAMBERS in Grundy county
and OF the five cases inspected three were
ordered shot and two were placed in quar-
antine and will probably be killed within a
short time. Four OF these cases came from
the vicinity of Stout and Dix and one of
the teams condemned Is estimated as
worth $500. The other case was an isolated
one south of Grundy Center DR.. Evers also
reports the finding OF tuberculosis In a big
stock herd near Austinville. At least, the
suspicion is so strong that an inspection
will soon be made to ascertain just how
extensive the disease is. The attention OF
DIR. Evers was called to 1t by the bureau
of animal industry, which reported that oul
of 17 of the cattle shipped from this herd
to New York City via Chicago, twenty
four were condemned as affected with Tho
disease.