Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-13

the class Of cities entitled to free de-
livery July / and the people Of the city
are anxious tor the system to be ests6-
PoNCA-rhe reception given the teachers
last night vas q brilliant affair. The
music BY the Wood sisters orchsstrs o.
Grace Greves rendered two solos, and brief
addresses were made by Prof n. II Hahn
OF Blair and Prof. T. s. Purdue OF Madi-
son. The institute promises to be one OF
the best ever held in Dixon county.
MINDEN-Mr. and Mrs. John Grom Of
Cosmo township. celebrated their golden
wedding on Monday afternoon and evening.
Several hundred Of their n~eighbors and
friends called and paid their respects 10
spe e'q b.skItb oou RRmoRE the many out Out Of
town guests were one daughter from
Omaha and one from Denver. Mr.. and Mrs
Grom are among the oldest settlers In this
county.
/. LoP CITY-A special session Of the dis
trict court was in session here today and
Mulick and T. Henry Elsner coming up
for hearing on an appeal from the aeuon
Of the city council in granting them
licenses for the present year, Judge Hos
teller overruled the contentious OF the
| A~nti-Saloon league in each case. IT Is
understood the cases may be appealed to
NEBRASKA CITY-The chautauqua
which is being held here this week has
proved a big success and Tire attendance
a Long dTe~ a lar1 crowd Yesterday
and the Dunbars last evening. and today
Rev. L. B. wickersham was greeted by a
! monster crowd and was ably assisted by
the famous Dunbars, who hold forth un-
til tomorrow evening. Governor Hanly
of Ohio is the attraction for Friday. and
there promises to be a large crowd here
then.
BEATRICE-At a meeting of the city
council last night Councilman Bser Of the
light committee reported that the gas
company refused to remove any OF its
lamps from Court street on the ground
that that the s1so company Tb nas committees T9httss' ON %i' park
was instructed to complete the arrange
ments for the purchase Of the ground Sc
Treasurer Jones report for the month OF
July showed collections amounting c
balance on hand SO, T40.50.
CENTRAL CITY-The preliminary hear
ing OF Frank Smith and James Burke. who
are being held in connection with q roo
been set for Thursday morning. The sun
Of S65 was stolen from a stand operated by
two watches also we're taken. Burke and
Smith were suspected and arrested WINE
they were trying to leave town on a frelghl
train. Sheriff Tier followed the train in ar
automobile, overtakinR Il and inducing this
engineer to stop until he and his assistant.
was found in their possession. but nd
watches.
BEATRICE-The democrats of this city
met last night and organized what is I!
l De KNOWN a. lis bFaNA ~ Ii III -
constitution was adopted. one section Of
which stipulates that the Beatrice Bryan
club shall be supported solely by, populSl
subscription and no Donations shalI o'
accepted from corporations or In ARG
amounts. These officers were elected
Virgil McGirr. president n n. Schroeder
vice president: E. J. Shinn; secretsry: !
w. McKissick, treasurer. w. F. .CIamo
editor OF the Fairbury Journal and demo
cratic candidate for congressman from IN
Fourth district. was present and addressed
the meeting.
ST. PAUL-The Howard County Teach
ers' institute began its annual session
Monday morning at the high school build
ing. under the direction of County super
~intendent Vogt, and will remain in ses
sion all this week Ihere Is alresoy 81
Der will probably reach loo. A popula
and effective corps Of Instructors ma
been procured. being Dean Fordyce Of IN,
~pedagogy: Miss I. Laiiy of the Peru Nor
NAL in charge Of the primary work an
music. and Miss Carrie Jensen; who con
ducts the work in several branches. MOI
day evening a nice reception and enter
tainment was given to the teachers at tn
Presbyterian church.
CAIRO-Threshing has been in progres
here for SOM time and some fair yield
have been received on ootn "heat an
large farm owned by John Dergans, a re
? tired farmer of this place, raised an
threshed out 81, $50 worth OF wheat an
oats from one quarter section OF iant
there also being a few acres taken out b
a grove. This quarter Of land was oouEh
a few years ago by Mr., Derganz 70
! $4,000. Otsher people are doing eqpaI,
well. though few ave so large q poo
Of grain together. The rains, Of the las
: week or ten days. while light nave bee
. Of great benefit { othe corn and prosJecl
AaItoFether the armer are having a yer
: profitable year.