Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

were present. MI. Somers daughter, Mar
garet, was brought back from Colorado,
and is in a critical condition from blood
poisoning.
GRAND ISLAND-A meeting of the rail-
way employees of the city was called last
evening to perfect the organization and
elect the officers whose election was post
poned at a former meeting. However, but
few OF the men appeared and the meeting
was again postponed.
TECUMSEH-Harry P. Lawrence of
Cniontown, Pa, is in Tecumseh, the guest
of his parents, Judge and Mrs. J. A. Law
renee. Mr.. Lawrence Is city editor of
the Daily News-standard of Uniontown,
having ben connected with the publication
for a number Of years.
TECUMSEH-Herman ~Steinkuhler, the
Sterlng s~aIoonkeeper, charged with sell
ing two Pint bottles of alcohol, not prop
eriy labelled, which is a violation of the
new pure food law, has been given a con-
tinuance of thirty days for a hearing In
the justice court OF J. A. Lawrence in
WEST POINT-The Cunning County
Teachers institute is scheduled to take
August, The county board has appropri-
ated 500 for that purpose. The county
superintendent, Miss Emma Miller, will be
in charge OF the work of the institute and
will be ably assisted.
BEATRICE-E, J. Shinn OF this city,
state agent for the Bookwalters' interests,
has just returned from a trip to Bookwal-
ter and vicinity. He reports that corn has
made great progress the last few weeks
and promises a good yield. Wheat on the
Bookwalter farms is averaging all the way
from twenty-five to thirty bushels per
acre.
WEST POINT-The quarterly report Of
the births and deaths in Cunning county for
the quarter ending June 80, as complied by
the State Board of Health, contains the
gratifying information that the births eX-
ceeded the deaths by siXty-siX. The num-
Der of births was eighty-nine, and the
deaths in the same period were twenty
three.
TECUMsEH-J. w. Paine, who has been
the editor and proprietor Of the Pawnee
Press, at Pawnee City, for the last few
! months, has sold the paper to Albert II.
Hammond, a we'll known newspaper man
of F~airbury. Mr.. Hammond Is now in
charge. In politics the Press has been in
dependent, and 1t Is understood there will
lie no change.
,TECuMsEH-sam V. Mccoy. once OF
this city, but who has been in the news
paper business in Lincoln and other Ne
braska cities, has sold the Barneston
Herald to Edward Tressier of Table Rock,
and the new manager is now in charge.
turn TO Washington, d. c., and again 20
to work in the government printing office.
BEATRICE-E. r. Harnly Of Lincoln, a
representative of the State Pure Food com
mission, was in town yesterday, and col
lected samples of the headache tablets on
sale in the drug stores Of the city. In a
number of the stores the deputy found tab
let's that do not conform TO the require
ments OF the pure food and drug law. A
fine Will probably be assessed against the
delinquent dealers.
BEATRICE-The German Personal Lib
erty league held a meeting last night, which
was addressed by Jacob Hauck OF Omaha,
= representing the state organization. The
speaker stated the purpose of the organiZa
ton, which is to oppose any movement to
curtail the personal rights OF citizens. The
league decided to hold a mass meeting
next Thursday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock.
The local organization now numbers $50.
FREMONT-A remonstrance with seventy
signers has been filed with the county
board against Issuing a saloon license "a
Hans Jensen, who wants to go into the
business at Nickerson. The remonstrants
alege that they have no police protection
and they belive the saloon will be an injury
instead OF a help to the town. There are
only the minimum number OF signers to the
petition. Nickerson has never had a sa-
loon.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Missouri Pacific
railway has brought here fifty cars OF
Webb city ballast, which will be used Ia
put the tracks in shape in and about thu
rails between this city and Auburn and
anotheI VIII be put to work here Mon
day Gt. The he present force is laying about
followed up by a large force which is put.
ting In ballast and leveling up the road.
FREMONT-L d. Wright, city water anC
electric light commissioner. was badly
scalded last night. He was at work fixinS
a refractory boiler. which is in temporary
use while the new plant Is being built. and
a Jet OF steam struck him in the neck and
chest, also burr ing his face badly. His
Injuries are painful. but fortunately his
eyes are not permanently injured, though
Il may DC a few days before he can use
them.
NEBRASKA CIrY-some time ago IN,
city officials notified the Western Union
telegraph company TO remove their teie-
graph poles and lines off Of Central Ave,