Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-17

Toohey was elected county clerk of Gree
ley county last fall and had been married
a little over a year.
BBATRICE-Hon. Samuel Rinaker and
Fulton Jack, both of this city, will address
a republican meeting at Blue Springs, Sat
urday evening, October II.
BEATRICE-Claude Drew has leased the
barber shop of Carl Stevens in the base
ment of the Drake block and will con-
duct the business in the future.
BEATRICE-Winter wheat in this sec
ton is suffering for want of moisture. The
ground is dry, and a good, soaking rain
would greatly improve crop conditions.
BEATRICE-The little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. II. Damn of Highmore, S. d, who
has been visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Dobbs, died here yesterday,
ELWOOD-The school board let the con-
tract for the erection of a new $l2,OOO
school building at Seward, Thursday. The
contract went to Peterson Bros. of Hast
ings.
PERU-Prof. ]. w. Searson will be in
Lincoln next Saturday. He goes there as
chairman, to meet the committee on lit
~erature and English for the State Teachers
association.
! BEATRICE-A. C. Shallenberger, demo-
cratic candidate for governor, will deliver
an address in Beatrice on the evening of
October Is. He will speak at Wymore in the
afternoon on the same day.
FA~IRBURY-The foundation and tank
house of the new gas works plant is COM
pleted and the ~bricklayers are busy on
the walls of the main building. The five
miles of pipe mains contracted for will be
laid by the last of this week.
FAIRBURY-The footings for the Car
negie library are in and the foundation
walls will be completed by next week, so
that work on the superstructure can be
finished before freezing weather.
FALLS CITY-Congressman Scott of Kan
sas, chairman of the committee on agri,
culture, spoke here the first of the week.
He gave an able and instructive talk on the
issues of the campaign, giving particular
attention to the tariff question.
BEATRICE-Jacob williams and Miss
Stella Swarts, both of Virginia, were mar
ried at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage
at Filley yesterday, Rev. A. A. King Off
ciating. They will make their home on a
farm near Virginia, this county.
ELWOOD-There is trouble with the new
water works system. The plant had just
been completed and the standpipe pumped
full when the well played out. In at
and as yet IT cannot be moved. The well
is S35 feet deep.
FAIRBURY-The fire department wa:
called out twice during last night TO eN
ttnsuish fires set out by passing trains OF
the st. Joseph & Grand Island railroad
near the stock yards. There is a very ranl
growth OF grass and weeds along the tract
and as the weather is very dry and wind!
fire is set out very easily.
HERMAN-Some of the farmers arounC
AfN ~ NAANAA vi
and cribbing II, but most of them report 1
Just a little bit green yet, but by scatter
ing 1t in their cribs they will be able Il
keep at work. There is also a good manN
fine potatoes coming TO town.
PERU-Mr. c.. Il. Moore, who will b,
remembered as having been elected editor
in-chief Of the Normalite, was elected las
night as president OF the senior class. MI
Moore has rendered his resignation a
editor-in-chief of the Normalite, as h
does not believe that one person shoul,
hold two offices of so much Importance.
SUTHERLAND - Another considerabl
loss of hay by prairie fire occurred a fey
miles west of here. II is supposed tn
fire was started by sparks from a train
The fire burned over a tract OF hay Ian
between the Union Pacific railroad and tn
South Platte river several miles long, de
stroying about seventy-five stacks Of hay
BEATRICE-A number Of farmers in thu
locality have begun gathering their cor
: crop. In some localities the grain is yield
5 ing from twelve to fifteen bushels to IN
: acre, while In others II runs as high a
~ twenty and twenty-five bushRlsL Tha mar