Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-09

BEATRlCE-The Dempster ball team
has scheduled three games with the VIII
Der nine, the first game to be played IN
this city July 16.
BEATRICE-The Lang Canning and
Preserving company has started its plant
here for the season and expects TO nave
plenty to do until, next fall.
BEATRICE-Miss Hiva Starr of this city
died yesterday at a sanitarlum al ColleBe
View, Neb. She was % years OF age ana
resident of Beatrice. The remains Will be
brought here for interment.
BEATRICE-At a special meeting OF
the Board of Education last evening the
contract for erecting the new $4,000
high school building was awarded to the
S~tanbury Construction company of stan,
bury, Mo. Work on the structure Will
be started soon.
BEATRICE-W. IL. Bowman, who re-
ported to the officers that sixty head
of his yearling cattle had been stolen,
yesterday discovered in revising the list
that only twenty-six were missing. The
animals are vaiued az $40 each, making
a loss of about $1,000.
BEATRICE-At a meeting of Company
G last evening Captain H"ollingworth an,
%nounced the following 1an
Hilbourn and silver, corporals.
BEATRICE-The 1908 personal %valua-
ton for Gage county as reported by the
deputy assessors shows a big, increase
over that of 1907. In Beatrice a!one
there is an increase in personal valuation
of $4,000 over that Of last year, while
that Of real estate has increased $751;
COS.
MCOOK-Mrs. r. J.. Branscom, an
aged blind woman of this city, who mas
been i'll for the last four or five months,
died at an early hour this morning; A
native of Kentucky, she has long peer
husband and a large family of grown up
daughters and sons.
BEATRICE-The fast mail reaching
this city from Lincoln or Omaha in two
days arrived last evening over the Bur
lington. Trains were all behind time
yesterday from one to five hours on &C
count of the flood and Washouts. Ihe
Union Pacific has not yet opened its line
between this point and Lincoln.
CAIRO-About three inches of water fell
Monday forenoon. a great many bridges
and culverts over the small streams are
out and some damage will result to growing
crops on the lower lands, Harvest OF wintei
days. but will be retarded somewhat by the
heavy rainfall, A good ayerage crop oil
M'COOK "A Earl %pningham anC
Charles Mcfarland, two young men o.
this city, were taken to the state peni
Tertiary at Lincoln this morning t
serve a sentence of eighteen months TO
stealing hogs. Joseph Dack, another
young man who was interested IN IN
and required to make restitution to tn,
Injured party in the sum of $50.
CENTRAL CITY-An interesting spectacle
was presented at the county court room
yesterday when an aged couple presented
themselves before Judge Peterson with tn
request that he perform the which
would make them man and wife. Thel
names were George w. Woodruff and Sadi
II. Higgins. The groom said his home wa
at Clarks and that he was 20 years OF age
The bride came from North Bend and CAV
her age as 20. They will reside on a tarn
near Clarks.
BEATRICE-The Board of Education hell
Il regular monthly meeting last evening an
accepted the resignation of q. f. Randall
as a member OF the board. w. H.. Smith o
in the high school to fill Mr.. Gibson's place
a communication from the state supenin
tendent was read approving the course i
normal training in the high school an
stating that the yearly a"pportionment o
$3.50 would be forwarded at once. Miss Ann
Day, county superintendent, was granite
use Of Central building for the county IN
stitute. to be held beginning August "A.
CENTRAL CITY-W. r. Kerrick, VIII
came here from Shelton with the %lntentio
of starting a club with a pool hall an
sideboard refreshments in accompaniment
departed for his home today. having give
up the project. 1t is impossible 10 secure
license to operate a pool hall in Centrf
CITY, the council being opposed to such
measure. but Kerrick thought that by form
ing a club he could Circumvent the restriC
! lions OF the city officials. However. h
found little encouragement here and afte
operating his tobacco and refreshment stan
- for a week he concluded to quit, and packe
up his goods and departed.