Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-07
Nebraska

average attendance for the last year wa,
2,125. the largest in the history Of the city
schools.
BBATRICE-The city council met las
night and granted a license to Mrs. A. II
Coon and her son. Leo. to operate a billiard
ana pool hall in the Paddock block. TheN
recently took the management Of the Pad,
dock hotel.
BEATRICE-A. s. Parrish. the veteran
railroad man who was injured n few days
ago by. falling from a chute at the GOA
mouse IN the Burlington yards, Is slowly
improving. and the attending physician Is
of the opinion that he will recover.
BEATRICESWord was received here YES.
terday announcing the marriage OF Ever
lit Gessell and Miss Regenia Pulver. for.
mer residents of this city, which took place
at Lincoln Sunday afternoon. They will
make their home i'm the capital city. where
the groom Is employed with Granger Bros
ALTOONA very substantial huIIdipp
boom Is now under way at Albion. sons
of the larger operations being. a citv hail
a city gas plant, a telephone exchange
me remodelng on an extensive scale Of
the First National bank building and the
large and modern residence of Robert
Hutchison.
kEARNEY-E. J. Woolworth,a local reai
estate man, had his hand badly torn and
lacerated In an alfalfa grinder, Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. Woolworth owns an alfalfa
meal mill and while attempting to extract
some material from the cogs on the side
OF the machine his hand caught. The
ampntaton OF two or three fingers will
be necessary.
GUIDE ROCK-A temperance rally wa.
held here Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. ST
John lectured Saturday evening adm Sun.
DAY morning at the Baptist church and
a mi the opera house sunday night. She met
union at Mrs: Frank Bailey's Saturday
afternoon and at 2:@ Sunday Afternoon
there was a rally OF the Sunday schools
of the town.
GENEVA The body of William II
Burnett was brought home today for bur
ial. He died yesterday at 8 p. m. at the
asylum at Hastings where he had been for
several years. A committee of Odd Eel
lows went up TO bring the body home and
the members OF the I. o. o. F. have
charge or arrangements. The funeral will
be tomorrow.
BEATRICE-Miss Clara Smith, a former
resident of Omaha. died at a local hos
pital last evening OF Bright's disease, aged
y years. She was formerly employed as
a teacher at the Feeble Minded institute
mere, and was working in a similar ca
pacity at South Canyon, Colo, when taken
w and brought to Beatrice for treatment,
The body will be taken to Omaha wednes-
day morning for interment.
PLATTsMOUTH-In district court in
Aurora, Judge Corcoran fined Virgil Nc
Farland, a registered druggist, who was
arrested two weeks ago on the charge OF
having violated the provisions of the Slo-
F - ~ AAAt6o odAt VI iluuuI Ill
his drug store I'm Hordville, the sum OF
$50 and costs. Mcfarland formerly resided
In this city and was married to Miss Olga,
a daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. A. p. Camp
bell.
FALLS ~CITY-James Mcdowell dropped
dead at his home in the east part OF this
city Sunday evening. Mr.. Mcdowell had
been quite i'll In the winter and had COM
planned of not feeling well on Wednesday
OF last week. but was able to be down
town Saturday. Mr.. Mcdowell was a re-
tired farmer and was well known in this
city, lie was one Of the leading members
post He would have been 81 years old
hEARNEY-A contract has been let nv
the Union Pacific Railroad company to
n. c. Dunlap. manager Of the Watson
raEch, for parking the rIght-of-way 200 feet
back from the track. This seasons work
VIII comprise a strip two miles long, ex-
teTding from the city outskirts TO Watson's
ranch. Alfalfa will be sown and the road
now on the north side Of the track win
be changed TO the south side.
HARVARD-A district Sunday school
convention was held in this city yester-
day. II was well attended and much in
terest shown. In the evening all the
churches Joined in the service at the
church, where interesting ad-
man on Qualification of the superin-
tendent,' DR.. A. ]. Jenison, "The Teacher"
aud superintendent A. V. Clark on
Temperance Following these addresses a
set OF resolutions was unanimously adopted
Governor S~hallenberger to sign the
daylight saloon closing bill.
BEATRICE-A petition TO have Frog
Pond school house moved from the line
running between Gage and Pawne coun-
lies back into Gage county, about one mile,
pe~riHaendent yesterday. There was also