Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-05

Instructors to be had has been secured. and
everything Is ready for the opening day.
ATLANTIC-Fhe fund for the purchase oil
q horse hose team by the firemen is slowly
but surely creeping onward, and the citi-
gems hope that by winter the needed
amount may have been secured. Several
donations AIDED III the last few days has
brought it up to S707.45.
CRESrON-John KEGS, one of the oldes;
merchants in this city, has sold his drug
business to Allan +. Beck of Fort Dodge,
Mr.. Beck is a graduate of the Highland
Park pharmacy, Des Moines. Mr.. KEGS has
been In business in this city for the last
twenty years and is among the pioneer
business men of the city.
CORNING-Quite a largo delegation OF
Corning men and women went to NodaWay
Wednesday to the Modern Woodmen OF
America picnic, Corning getting first prize
for the largest delegation. In the line OF
sports there were two base ball games
The Merchants of Omaha was defeated BY
the Nodaway team, 4 to 0, and stanton de-
feated Brooks. 7 to 5,
WEBSTER CITY-The State Railway
commission has ordered the Illinois Cen
trail and Northwestern railroad companies
crossing in Webster City intersected by
them, In compliance with this order
gongs will be Installed, The work will be-
gin soon and the Central will have a gang
Of men here within a few days.
MARsHALLTowN-The lows Central
railroad has begun the excavation for q
reservoir which will hold 22,00o'WO gallons
Of water at Oskaloosa, a division point on
the line, The reservoir Is to he used for
storing water for the use of the company
at that place. 1t Is expected that It will be
completed early In the winter. The con-
stFuetion will be entirely OF concrete.
CRDsToN-Ed Heath, a former engineer
on the Burlington, has been sent to the in
sane asylum. Ill health has kept him from
e responsible position on the road for sew
eral years and now that his mind has be-
, come deranged II has been thought best
TO send him where he could be better cared
for. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers have had his case In hand, but
have been compelled to give 1t up.
MARSHALLTOWN-Dr. c. II. Barthel, a
practicing physician OF P~ocahontas, Is now
on the thirty-first day OF a fast, which he
entered as a cure for a stomach disorder
that has been troubling him for a long
time. For the last thirty days he has ate
no food Of any kind, and his sole drink has
been water. DIR. Barthel does not seem 20
have lost any strength, for he is able TO
NOW his lawn and do other work about
his home, in addition to answering the SICK
calls Of his practice.
CRESTON-A meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Creston Chautauqua assembly was
held last evening, at which the secretary ,
and treasurer's reports were received anu
cOrding to the treasurer's report the total
receipts were SO. 240.S0 and the expenditures
amounted to $S.OS9.T7, leaving a balance IN
the treasury of S2el. Officers for the en-
EuAllk NGaI aA6s NGAdNhA AAhhH - - 49,
we'll; vice president, w. n. Patti secretary,
J. f. Bryan; treasurer, s.. w. richardson
directors, ID. Davenport, w. II. Brady, 10.
A. Aldrich, Scott Skinner, ed Keith
Charles Emerson and w. G., Robb.
IOWA FALLS-Major Robert Emmett
DowAell, a former well known resident Of
this place, will begin a whiTlwind cam
paign for congress September 10. Mr.. Dow
dell Is a we'll known South Dakota news
paperman and now lives at Artesian In
that state. He IL the democratic nominee
a.. 800 aud N RalaNlUag haFa aK-
presses himself confident Of success this
fall. He bases his hopes OF success on the
dfssension in the republican party ranks,
He will continue his campaign without
cessation until November 3. He VIII base
his claims 10 election on the grounds that
the lawyers OF his state have represented
the people In congress Ions enough, and n
is now time that the farmers and stookmen
favored an agriculturist. In addition to his
Journalistic p~Iopensities. he poses as a
farmer.