Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-16
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NEBRASKA CITY-The Personal Rights
league, which has a member ship OF over
300 In this county. met e YESTERDAY and Tb ar,
will hold meetings every two weeks and
Will not endorse any candidates who DO
not favor the ideas which they advocate
NEBRASKA CITY-Charles B.. Fisher
and Miss Lillian A. Maupin of Rockport,
Mo, were united in marriage last even
ing in this city by Rev. w. w. Barnes
were some personal friends with the
young couple, who left for their home
after the ceremony.
GRAND ISLAND-W. w Dubbs, one OF
the homesteaders and early settlers OF
-Jack3oh township, this (HalD county,
died of rheumatism at the age of 81 years.
d ae iG to mourn "a naF IFS i tsnn'iS The he f ET1Ma G viii
take place on Wednesday from the farm
home of the deceased.
BEATRICE-The funeral services over
1the late Horace Mitchell, who was killed
in a railroad accident at Atchison. Kan,
were held this morning at 10 o'clock. In
torment was in Evergreen Home cemetery.
The young mans father, John Mitchell who
was employed as an engineer with the
Union Pacific company, was killed at Val
paraiso, Neb., in 1887.
NEBRASKA CITY-This noon, at the
home of the brides parents at Palmyra,
May Graves were united in marriage in
the presence of a large number of rela-
lives anu IIltIuS. 1 ne NOunk HGOHlt Will
make their home in Iowa. The bride is
the daughter of A. j. Graves and one of
the most popular young women of that
part of the county.
driven by a six-horse-power engine, ar
rived at this city from Nebraska city
and brought a woman. two men and q
boy. The woman said that she was look
ing for her daughter, who eloped with a
young man from their home. Being IN
able to gain any trace of her daughter
here the party returned to Nebraska City,
making about twenty miles an hour dow
the Missouri river.
An application for a writ Of habeas cor
pus was granted yesterday by Judge l..
M. Pemberton to Mrs. Mary V. Cunning
ham for her 15-year-old daughter, Ruby
l. Lanham. The application sets forth
by William II. Prime of Pawnee county,
and that said Prime and wife unlawfully
and without authority held her in custody
and prevent her mother from gaining pos
session of her.
BEATRICE-Mabel Alice Watson, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E.. Watson, died
Sunday afternoon, following an operation
for appendicitis from the effects of which
she never rallied. She and her sister,
brma, were taken i'll on the chautauqua
grounds last July, and the latter died after
a brief illness. Mabel fingered until Sun
day, although no hope was held out for
her recovery from the first. She was born
in Kearney, November IA, 1900.
YORK-One of the latest schemes to sepa.
rate prosperous 1Ofk county FARMERS from
their bank roll is to ship a piano to the
depot here and then write the farmer that
they have shipped him a fine plano, eX-
planning that rather than have II shipped
back they will make a great sacrifice in
the price. A Milwaukee firm is working
this scheme on farmers here, shipping
stenciled pianos that can be bought OF YOrI
or Omaha dealers at considerable less thar
they ask.
YORK-Fred Zeig, jr., an employe Of tbs
York County Independent Telephone com
pany, riding a motor bicycle down East
| Sixth street, overlook and collided witt
II. F. Chaplin of the Rogers Lumber conn.,
pany, throwing Mr.. Chaplin violently ontC
! the pavement and wrecking the motor
cycle. A carriage carried Mr.. Chaplin Il
his home, where II is reported his injuries
are serious. Zeig was thrown on the paw
ing in such a manner that he escaped witt
but few scratches.
/ NEBRASKA CITY-Some time since
a suit case containing an Independent Or
der OF Ode Fellows -encampment uniform
il was a tag showing IL to be the prop
erty of Sam Thompson of Murray, Ia
Now the officers OF the Iowa lodge arr
/ trying TO locate the owner of the suit
i he being a member OF that lodge and
has not been heard from for some time
Ii is feared that he has met with fouI
play and his suit case thrown in the
river. The uniform was a new one anC
had never been worn, having all of th'
tags OF the manufacturer on them They
had not been in the river long when founC
] very wet The officers of the local lodge