Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-25

forl murder. appeared before the county
judge with his attorney and waived the
district court by Judge Quigley without
bail.
NEBRASKA CITY-The contract for the
building Of bridges in this county for the
II. T. Ward & Co, of Tecumseh. There
were twelve bids filed and they were the
lowest bidders.
GIBBON-About an inch of rain fell here
last night, accompanied by some lightning
and wind, which turned to snow toward
morning, so the ground was white. Wet
weather is just what is needed for winter
wheat, as IL is needed badly.
BEATRICE-Mrs. w. o. Reimund and lit
tie son, who reside west of Beatrice, were
badly injured In a runaway In West Beat
rice yesterday. They were thrown from
the wagon in which they were riding, the
rear wheels passing over them.
NEBRASKA C~ITY-John c. Miller, clerk
Of the county court, had a long cash cut
I'm his forehead by a falling transom last
evening. as he was entering the sheriff's
office. He had a close call from losing his
left eye from the jagged pieces of glass that
stuck into his face.
BEATRICE-Work on Wymore's new
opera house will be started April /. the
contract for erecting the building having
been let to the Markle- Huston company. F.
B. Fulton of Omaha has been given the
contract for putting in the scenery. The
building will cost about $1,000.
STELLA-Herbert. the 12-year-old son OF
George Helmick, living two miles south Of
town, shot himself in the foot with a q
Caliber rifle with which he was playing.
The boy was brought to town and the
wound dressed by a physician and II Is
thought no serious results will follow.
KEARNEY-while attempting to stop a
dog which was barking at his horses as he
drove down Central avenue this afternoon,
William Sheen was thrown from his buggy
and sustained a fractured arm. He was
reaching with his whip to strike the dog
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NEBRASKA CITY-Mr. Kingsburry, the
well known hoTseman of Auburn, has
moved here with his large string of fast
horses and will train them on the new
track. at the city park. A number OF other
horsemen are arranging to come here and
train. because of the accommodations and
the new track.
BEATRICE-The Gage County Sunday
the Lutheran church with a banquet. O
w. Beckwith was POSTMASTER and ad-
dresses were delivered by Revs. L. G.
Brown, l.. D.. Young. NJ. l.. Badger and
others. During the afternoon papers were
read by Mrs. Joseph Mccain, Mrs. o.. l.
Beeson, Miss Anna Day and Mrs. Brown
HARTINGTON-In the presence of 100
guests from outside lodges, the local lodge
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
last night initiated a class of thirty candi-
dates as the result of a months work
: among the members assisted by a deputy.
An elaborate lunch was served about mid
| night. Grand Master Workman Walling of
David City, was to have been here but
failed to arrive.
NEBRASKA CITY-At a citizens meet.
ing, John Mates jT, was nominated
for mayor, Bert Ryder, clerk; Mrs
Anna V. Morgan, treasurer; Maylor
Leidigh, police Judge. Councilmen: First
ward, w. A. Conklin; Second ward
Abe Billings; Third ward, J. D., Hous.
ton, and Fourth ward, n: b., Smalley. Nc
platform was adopted and no members Of
the Board of Education were nominated
The meeting was presided over by ], ID
Houston.
KEARNEY-Edward Herrick, a farmer
living In this vicinity, attended a public sail
Monday and bought a gentle horse. Mr.
Herrick mounted and started on his wal
home. The animal began to buck and threw
Mr.. Herrick off rendering him unconsciouI
and breaking his left leg, driving tn,
broken bones through the flesh, He wa
picked up unconscious by Frank Mot an,
brought to Kearney in an auto and place.
I'm the hospital where he regalned conscius
ness. Latest reports are to the effect tina
he is cnnvalescing rapidly.
GRAND ISLAND-The first Of a serie
OF expected accidents from the use of tn
Mauser rifles recently sold out at bargai
prices occurred yesterday. when a farme
named John Roby took a shot with one {
them at a cat. Her catship had made
2 raid on a brood of chicks and Mr.. Rob
expressed the conviction that her tin
] had come. He seized the rifle, pulled Il
trigger and the cat took a leap, fallin
. dead. Some distance away a colt We
e up. only to see the colt take a similar lea
and fall over dead. The bullet had glance
a from the earth and sped on with a resu
I more costly than had been contemplate
n The rifles are said to shoot more this
a mile and the more careful sportsmt
commented at the time Of the sale here
! the danger of distributing a large numbl
d of the weapons.