Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22

tinue in Humboldt, and promise to keep up
during the greater part of the winter UNI
der favorable weather conditions. Ihe new
$4,000 Methodist church is well under way
and the contractors hope to ave 1t com
pleted before severe weather hsets IN. IN
addition there are numerous residences un-
der way in various parts of the city and
more are planned, so many in fact that 1t
is impossible to secure mechanics to keep
all the work moving, The local brick ysrd
by local contractors.
|. GRAND ISLAND-Considerable excite
ment reigned at Wood River today. over
ing were destroyed and the fire is believed
to nave been Of incendiary origin. The
owner and the renter had, on the day
previous had a quarrel. Dogs were put on
the scent about the building and led to a
place where a man had entered a buggy In
the roadway and then come through a
ficient evidence to warrant a tiHsd sus-
picion against anyone or arrest. The loss
to the owner, Mr.. Dunn, is covered by in
surance. That of the renter, j. l..
Schweltzer. is without insurance.
GRAND ISLAND-At a meeting Of the
city council II developed that a tentative
proposition is again before the city to pur-
Since the city has established a success
fully operated lighting plant for street and
commercial purposes, the competition has
been keen and the owners of the private
company have indicated a readiness to sell
to the city, in order that the business, not
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the one. The city's plant is run in con-
nection with the water plant, also owned
by the city. The private company would
gladly purchase the city's plant but, though
the taxpayers have maintained and OPP
Grated the plant for twenty years, no one
thinks of letting 1t get into private hands,
NORTH PLATTE-General Superintend-
ent Park of the Union Pacific spent today
in this city making an inspection Of the
company's transportation property here. He
examined the new stock yards and ice lake
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r%ection. The stock yards is one of the most
modern of the railroad, with electric lights,
telephone connections and very thorough
sanitary conditions. The ice lake will fur
nish 10000 tons of ice at one cutting and
because of the extensive requirements for
ice to fill the icing plant here, Mr.. Park
announces that IL is tic intention of the
railroad to double the size of the ice lake
during the coming year. In all, the Union
Pacific has spent $4,000 for the building of
the stock yards and ice lake.
BEATRICE-Divorced, remarked and APP
pearing as plaintiff I'm n case brought to
have the marriage annulled Is tho remark
able matrimonial record of Mrs. Florence
Whitcomb Hoover of this city, In the dis
trict court yesterday the case of Mrs.
Florence Hoover against Elmer a. Hoover
was tried and submitted to Judge Penn
berton. who took the case under advise
ment. The plaintiff seeks to have her
marriage to the defendant set aside. A
waiver of summons and voluntary appear
ancc was entered by the defendant. Plain
tiff alleges that she secured a divorce from
Charles Mcdaniel June % 1908. and soon
afterwards married Elmer Hoover at Coun-
ell Bluffs. la. The couple then returned
to Beatrice 10 live. Mrs. Hoover alleges
that when the marriage was performed de-
PENDANT informed her that he had secured
legal advice to the effect that a marriage
performed in the state of Iowa under such
conditions would also be legal in the state
OF Nebraska. The Barneston saloon in
junction case was submitted on the evil
dence and affidavits presented at the hear
ing to dissolve the temporary injunction
and the case was taken under advisement