Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-02

ing. is on the rapid road to recovery.
PLATTSMOUTH-E Bienell. superinten-
dent OF this division for the Burlington.
has gone to Mexico. where he will enjoy
a few weeks vacation.
B~EATRICE-A bowling contest was held
here last evening between the Nureery
the former winning by the score OF 2oS0
to 2G3s.
TRUMBULL-The first cold snap this
winter arrived Monday. the thermomstar
very rough and no hauling can be done
ior several days. There Is lots OF corn Ii
BEATRICE-The Union Pacific and Mis-
souri, Pacific railroads paid their personal
taxes in Gage county yesterday. The
Union Pacific turned over S3, ran and the
Missouri Pacific, 1875.
PONCA-The grain men have shipped
tWenty-seven carloads OF new corn from
this place this fall. Frank Putnam is
Smelling from Sam Bittenbender's cribs 1900
bushels to fill present orders.
BEATRICE-Mrs. A. II. Coon Of ST.
Louis. who recently arranged TO lease the
Paddock hotel. has arrived In the city and
has so far failed TO close a deal with
the kentner Hotel company for the place.
The place was to have changed hands
December /.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice Ministerial as
sOciation gave a dinner yesterday at the
Young Mems Christian association build
Ing In honor Of Revs. J. a. Lowe and A
]. M~arquardt, who are soon to leave the
city. Mr.. Lowe goes to WILDER and Mr..
Marquardt to Ellinwood. Kan.
PLATTSMOUTH-Cass county claims the
Bryan mule. In 1904 Roosevelt received a
majority Of 1,2t6 votes, while this year
Taft only received 80 majority. Roosevelt
received 15 majority in Plattsmouth. while
BTyRn's majority over Taft this year was
20, a gain of about 80 per cent.
BEATRICE-Beatrice lodge No. ls7. In
dependent order OF Odd Fellows, met last
night and elected these officers: s. H.
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grand; F. T. McMahan. secretary; w. =
Pease. treasurer; J. r c. Field. V. E. Nc
Cir and J. w. McKissick, trustees.
PLATTsMOUTH-Judge Travis held a
brief session OF district court and listened
70 the arguments in regard to a new trial
in the 10000 damage case Of Henry Herold
against W. w. Coates. The jury gave
and his son departed for Nebraska City.
where they Will hold court this week.
BEATRlCE-R. c. Davis. for forty years
a resident Of Beatrice, suffered a stroke
OF paralysis Sunday morning and his re-
covery Is doubtful. Mr.. Davis is % years
OF age, and his father, DR.. Mark Davis.
is probably the oldest man In this section
OF the state. having recently celebrated his
9Oth birthday.
BEATRICE-Following is the mortgage
report for Gage county for the month OF
November: Number of farm mortgages
uled u, amount s42.l1O: number Of farm
mortgages released 2. amount So. 43S: mum
Ter of city mortgages filed u. amount
$50: number OF city mortgages reIea SEQ
g. amount 1884.
BEATRICE-In the district court yester-
DAY George Monkers was given ten days
TO file a petition Of Intervention in the
injunction case Of Paul w. Horbach ct al
against Eugene J. Sullivan ct al. The
parties TO the suit are residents OF Omaha
and are the principal owners of the Bea-
trice Electric company.
PERU-Dr. f. T. Mathes. president Of the
Normal school at B~ellingham. Wash. is
I visiting fna - ara Nnrpna1 1ahAzl 49,. II
gave an illustrated lecture on Washington
last saturday evening. which was highly
entertaining and very instructive. H.
praises the work that Is being lone in the
Peru normal very highly.
BEATRICE-David Boswell. a dairymar
WINS east Of the city, has a COW that
mas produced l54o pounds OF milk in
and one-eighth pound the weight Of d
quart OF milk, gives rs quarts, or an aver
age Of almost five gallons. David is
anXiously awaiting a report from somebody
who can beat this record.
BEATRICE-The Gray, Benzing & Mile
Cigar company yesterday filed articles oil
Incorporation with the county clerk. TIL
company is capitalized for $500. Officers
were elected last evening as follows: \
c. Miller. president; Ralph Gray. secretary
Frank BenZing, treasurer. The principa.
place of doing business is at Beatrice.
PLATTSMOUTH-while James A. Love
a brakeman. was climbing down on tn,
side OF a car in Wabash he was strucI
by a projecting rod from the signal arm
attached 10 the depot building and knocked
70 the ground. where he was picked ur
unconscious. He had his lantern on his
arm and was looking back when the &C
cident occurred.
BEATRICE-Articles OF incorporation q
the Odell Lumber company were filed yes
terday with the county clerk. The com
pany is capitalized for $1,000 and tn
incorporators are; Dr.. 1. \. Pickett Adam
) Germorath, T. W. Stsnoshek, A. o. Bur
kett. Frank Shalla. F. P. Moseley, Thomsa
r Conner and c. ]. Hiatt. The compan!
commenced business November 3, 1905.
f, sCHUYLER-NIonday night Pallss lodg
NJ no Knights Of Pythtas elected tn
; following officers: George c. Birken, chan
70 cellor commander; Joseph Tvrdik, vic
chancellor: F. r, Moore. prelste; Han
> keeper Of records and seals and master 0
france; NJ F. shonka, master OF ex
. Albert KaasCh. inner guard; Joseph MohI
. outer guard.
u LlNWOOD-It rained nearly all day Sur
: Gay and was foggy and showed a little Sur
= day night. Monday the wind turned TO tn
= northwest and blew a gale. getting coIde
ana colder, and last night was the coldes
Of the season. so far the thermometer gel
. ing down 20 s above zero, a drop OF fift
10 degrees in eighteen hours. Farmers ar
all prepared for cold weather. consequent
there will be no suffering among the stool
OSCEOLA-Corn shows are all the go /
a couple OF days this week. There are
large humpeT OF entries and OF as fine CIR
as was ever raised in the county. Tn
u exhibits will be taken 10 the National Cor
show AT Omaha and then in the westeT
u part Of the county. where there viii be
farmers institute and corn show on IN
d 18th. Good prizes are also offered for TIL
show.
PERU-The large fox squirrels on n
siNty-acre normal campus have become
numerous as 10 cause those Interested
l. fear that they will destroy the birds nest
Prof. II. B. DunCanson of the deparrmel
IN Of biology after continued investigate
7 says that they do not damage the mes
. other than what little damage may resu
y incident 10 their skipping about over q
x trees, Students who conn from section
= Of the state where there are no squire
Of this type are very fond of watchir
& them, as they are very tame and will alio
n one TO come within a few feet OF them.