Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-29
Nebrnskn Now. Note.

M'COOK-The first game OF the Red
C~loud-McCook series in this city was won
today by McCook by the score of 2 to q.
BEATRICE-The Dutch ball team Of this
city defeated the Plymouth nine at Ply
mouth Sunday afternoon by the score of
NEBRASKA CITY-w. b. Sloan and wife
suffered from ptomaine poison from eating
some canned tongue. They were quite
sick, but will recover.
BE~ATRICE-ln the City Sunday School
Base Ball league last evening the United
Brethren won from the Bereans of the
Christian church, IL to 8.
YORK-The new Elks $50, 900 building,
which is being built by the p. j. Cree
don company of Omaha, will be. one of
the largest and finest club buildings in
the west
YORK-The York fire department has
decided at this late date to send a run
ing to be held the first week at North
Platte, this state.
BEATRICE-George Floyd. a former
near Cortland. He was an old resident
Of Gage county. Interment was in the
Dunkard cemetery.
LUSHTON-Work on the high school
building is being pushed in hopes that 1t
will. be completed in time to use in Sep
nicely arranged and a credit to the town.
BEATRICE-The board of directors of
the Beatrice Chautauqua association held
T Th @e redeibts last of night fhis ag yaaF PiioW assem 9ilis;
showed that the association lost about
$l,1OO.
BEATRICE-while leaping from a
swing into the Blue river Casimir Won
Rowalski dislocated his shoulder. He fell
in about eight feet of water and came
near browning before his companions
could rescue him.
M'COOK-Dr. f. r. O'Nelll of the United
States Animal Industry bureau, who has
been located at McCook for several years
past, has been transferred this week to
Kansas City and will operate in the south
west for the bureau.
Il JenSen. the ha rhar |
who tried suicide by the laudanum route,
is coming out all right. His wife, VINO
states that he has been temporarily de-
ranged at times during their short mat
rimonial experience.
NEBRASKA CITY-Frank Mitchell Of
his city and a graduate of the State uni
versity, has received an appointment as
one Of the surveyors placed at North Yak
ina, Wash, to look after the lands under
the reclamation service of the govern
ment at that point.
dry salt meat belonging to the Norton
Gregson Packing company was broken
qGBP sToo @nq 4em a Verge RP RRFtiP Poli Se f foflo SSRfep t6s
trail of salt some distance into the south
ern part Of the city, but lost it.
MCOOK-County Treasurer MAIDEN paid
off the last cent owing by North Valley,
this county, on the famous irrigation and
power canal bonds, voted by the precinct,
many years ago. The amount paid today
was $4,000. Three thousand dollars has
been previously paid on these bonds.
M JUN T. LarlTnOre, the well known
Benkelman horseman, has brought his fine
string of race horses to McCook and will
train other horses as well as his own from
now until the fall meet of the McCook
Driving Park association. McCook is rap
idlyidly becoming the fast horse center of
western Nebraska.
YORK-York will soon have an $50, 900
postoffice building that will be strictly
up to date and one of the latest and most
in the west. The building is faced with
BedfoEd Ind; white polished Sstope.
contract for the entire building.
Observation-Disclosures encampment No.
l6, Independent Order odd Fellows, in
w. Hoover, chief patriarch; Byron Law
ton, senior warden; George Williams, Ju-
Nor warden Y, R uTriPpt high priest; !;
sentinel; d. c. Rambo. outside sentinel.
YoRK-While raking hay George
Funk, a Wei known young farmer Twins
rake and one of the steel rake teeth en-
tered the left leg, tearing the tendons and
causing a fracture of the bone. Attending
physicians believe they viii have TO am
putate the limb. Mr.. Funk was raised
in ColfaX county.
ern Railroad company began work this
morning on a new steel bridge, which will
replace the old wooden one across the
Platte, about four miles west of this
city. Running of trains will not be in
(, terruPted during the construction of the
new bridge, which Will be finished be-
fore cold weather,
GRAND IsLAND-In the vicinity of
Chapman, once in the heart OF the Great
American desert, A. II. Anthony, known
locally as the alfalfa king, is interested in
p a drainage ditch proposition which is pro-
, land that have become wampy. 1t is de-
I signed to secure a government survey and
to vote bonds for the district.
ELSIE-This section OF the county re-
ceiyed a half inch of rainfall last night.
. Corn is growing very rapidly, and Is gem
5 the midst of fan wheat harvest, and this
week will about see IL all in stack or
and Of fair duality The harvesting Of
spring grain will be delayed from one to
two weeks yet
d World held memorial services here sun
. day afternoon in Evergreen Home ceme-
a terry, where the monuments OF the late
win and Lott Walter were unveiled. DR.,
Schleh of Omaha and II. w. l.. Jackson
. were the speakers; In the evening OF the
{ Christian church DR.. Schleh delivered the
e memorial address.
( FREMONT-Myrtle walkup, who COM
h mitted suicide in Colorado Springs, as
reported in The Bee, had lived with ner
> parents in Saunders county on the farm,
where she was born; She had been in
ponded regularly with her parents and
there was nothing in her letters indicat-
d ing mental or other trouble.
BEATRICE7A farewell service was held
G. a. F1imeT. who will vi leave Beatric a' in
a few days for University place, where
~ Wesleyan EsIsSfr UNI Tniv sSsp%e ~ there qe'' ws. as sp esaI
{ music for the occasion and addresses were
d delivered by Rev. u G Brown and J. T.
BENEDICT-The Farmers Independ-
u ent Lumber company, the only independ-
+ ent lumber company in York county, not
= them BY the other lumber yards. have
" declared a 10 DER cent dividend. Tine diff