Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-23

Omaha at e:45 p. m, left the track yester-
DAY afternoon as the train was leaving
kaymund, Neh Traffic was blocked foT
i've hours on account Of the accident and
the train did not reach Beatrice until L
O'Clock last night No one was hurt
ATNSWORTH-LHst Saturday night the
MasOns Of Silver Gard lodge No. - An
cient Free and Accepted MRsons, had q
grand time. They issued the third degree
10 j Z Stauffer. After the work was an
over he invited all present to the Aus
burn house, where a banquet was enjoyed
Observation-Disclosures got busy
Monday night in Union. this county. ana
and entered the hardware store Of 1. r
Upton and secured about $50 in cash
knives, forks, spoons. revolvers and other
goods and made good their departure with
out being discovered by any One.
PLATSMOUTH-The Tel Jed Sokol So
Cietv elected these officers for the ensuing
year: President. Vac koioutek; recording
secretary. Lois Jirans financial secretary.
Emil f1Hks treasurer. James Rebel, true-
tees. A kank9' = W Boqkmeyer and Vino
Charles Hsdrobs; ~jsnitcr, A KambR, 81.
BEATRICE@CRptsin A +. HoIinEs-
worth Of Company { yesterday received
eighteen marksmen's medals and one eX-
pert r1fleman's medal for members of
Company c who participated In the BnuuH
ranEe practice held al Ashland last July
The medals were given to the memhers
entitled to them at the meeting held
Tuesday evening.
HEBRON-1n the case Of the state
] 1HGALAH " AAAuAA ID AE0s WIN wa aAHA
in district court last week on q charge Of
assault upon a 6yeBr-old girl, the Jury
brought in q verdict Of Rcuutttal. This case
was Of great interest 10 the people OF
Thayer county as the accused man is an
old soldier who has been a resident Of this
county for twenty years.
HERRON-David Sherwood ex-cuuntv
commissioner Of ThHyer county. was found
dead IN a room IN the Alexandria hotel
Sunday forenoon. He had gone to the room
10 prepare for a trip ano dropped DEAD
Of heart failure. Mr.. Sherwood was one Of
the oldest residents OF the county and was
commissioner two consecutive terms dur
ing the time the S7b,GD court house was
being built.
PERU-The Normal model school gave
a Christmas program in the chapel last
evening. A special feature Of the program
was a number Of stereopticon views Of the
initial Christmas tide. Various members
Of the faculty. who have seen the originals
Of these slides in their travelling abroad,
gave excellent descriptions Of them from on
the canvas. The funds derived from this
entertainment will be used to improve the
model school equipment.
CENTRAL CTTY-AlreRdy the severity
OF the winter In the west and the depth
! Il the snow there has made il necessary
for Ebeenrnen who have herds in the
west TO ship them here for wintering. Dan
Lord Of ROEEin Colo, a former resident
with a shipment Of 100 lambs. which he
took TO his ranch out on the Llup. The
lambs were unloaded here and oriven 10 the
ranch. Excessive snow in the west made
4 impossible to winter the lambs there, SO
Mr.. Lord said.
CENTRAL CTTY-T the decision recently
han ded down by the supreme court is OF
the RcOpe the lawyers here believe Chap
man is likely to be without q saloon shortly
an6 Merrick county will be entirely with
out saloons. save for the one ri Silver
Greek The case, which is that Of citizens
ri Chapman against Lewis Powell. who
was granted a license by the village board
in the spring. and whO has been operating
under Il ever since. raised the question Of
the insufficiency of the number Of signers.
the demonstrators mRintairinE that all the
/ siEners were not bonafide resident free
/ uicers and that some Of them had been
made property holders solely for the pur-
pose Of signing the petition. The decision
directs that the license Of Mr.. Powell be
Cancelled, and 80 II is probable that the
saloon viii be compelled 10 close.
BROKEN BOW-Cuunty Attorney c L.
Gutterson, who sustained serious injuries
by the o-verturntng Of mis- buggy late Sun
day afternoon, was reported somewhat
better today. The almost severed ear has
been stitched in place by DR.. Mullins and
will probably knit together without much
trouble. From later statements II appears
that the two automobiles were not actually
trying to pass Judge Gutterson at the time
Of the accident. but were some distance
away. The horse, seeing their approach.
took fright, made a quick. short turn and
upset the buggy. Mrs. GuttersOn. who was
with her husband. was also hurt, but not
seriously. Judge GuttersOn is one Of the
well known legal lights Of western Ne
braska and the unfortunate accident will
ne generally d~eplOred among member OF
the bar and his numerous friends.