Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-25
Nebraska News Notes.

LYONS-Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavett is
billed to speak in Lyons on December Z.
BEATRICE-N. Macken yesterday sold
the Beatrice Book store to Butler Sisters
Of this city.
LINDsAY-The Storz Brewing company
Of Omaha has commenced work on a new
storehouse in Lindsay.
LINDSAY-Math Hemmer Of Cornlea and
Miss Katie Korth were married at the
Catholic church here today.
GRAND I~SLAND-The Elks of this city
are holding a fair this week, the proceeds
Of which are being added to the building
fund.
GENEVA-There are probably more resi-
dences in course of construction at this
time than ever before, and much real es-
tate changing hands at good prices.
FALLS CITY-Driftwood has been piled
up against some of the bridges on the
Nemaha by the late high water so as to
endanger the structures, as the bridges
we're built too low.
GRAND ISLAND-The York Independent
Telephone company has purchased a con-
trolling interest in the Grand Island Tele-
phone company, but will, at least for the
present, retain the same management.
SARGENTt-Cattle are still dying in the
cornstalks. Several horses nave died and
IN one instance a team that was only in
the field with a husking wagon died. In
some cases the cattle were only in the
field a few hours.
Observation-Disclosures services will be
held at the Presbyterian church in Lyons
Thursday evening. Rev. F. B. Pearson
will preach the sermon. 1t Is to be a
union service, in which all the churches
Of tho town viii participate.
FALLS CITY-The Falls City girls bas-
ket ball team won from the Sabetha girls
team by a score OF 30 to Il. The Falls City
boys team won fran the Hi-Wa team Of
Hiawatha, Kan, by a. score of Sc to 10.
The games were reported as very exciting.
L~YoNs-Henry Meyers, jr, and Miss
St Johns church In the German Lutheran
neighborhood southeast of here, Rev. j. p.
Buehnert officiating. They are well known
young people and tan high in the COM
n:unity in which they live.
DUNBAR-The second number of the
Dunbar lecture course was given here last
svening, at the opera house by Strickland
Dunbar is composed OF DR.. J. B. Lichten-
wallner, Thomas Murray, w. S. Ashton,
F. r. Roos and H. S. Westbrook.
BEATRICE-The officers and commit
mer under the name Of illinois club" met
last evening and changed the name of the
organization to The Sons and Daughters
Of. Illinois" The club plans to give enter
tainments here the coming winter
TECUMSEH-Fred Snyder, a prominent
young farmer and stock raiser Of Johnson
county, died at his home five and one-haIf
miles southwest of Tecumseh, last night
at 1920 O'Clock. Several weeks ago he
was stricken with typhoid fever and a
complication followed the fever. He was
IS years Of sge.
BEATRICE-Mina Rebekah lodge No. I3.
Independent Order odd Fellows, elected
these officers last evening: Grace Hutch
ms, noble grand; Agnes Freeman. vice
Irene Norris, treasurer; Mrs. Libbie
Lescher, Mrs. w. H. Robbins and Mrs. r.
Laymon, trustees.
GRAND ISLAND-WilIiam O'Mallev a
well known farmer residing near Aida,
died suddenly yesterday Of a stomach mai,
ady; He leaves, besides his wife, six sons
here with the exception of Edward, a resi-
dent Of HRvelock, and Peter, a resident OF
the state Of Washington.
GENEVA-LRst night over 100 of the citi-
Of the Palm theater and reorganized the
Geneva Commercial club, about seventy
five signing. The newly elected Officers
dent, w. H. Sisler; secretary, ]. X. War
ing; treasurer, Lloyd Eckley.
NEBRASKA ~CITY-Joseph Burr, a brick
mason, had q narrow escape from heinz
killed. A brick fell from the second storSS
OF the building on which he was workIne
and struck him o nthe head, cutting a deer
gash and rendering him unconscious foT
several hours. Had he not been a wearing
killed.
NEBRASKA CTTY-The stockholders q,
the Nebraska Citl Fair and Speed associa-
ton met last evening and elected the fol.
lowing directors for the ensuing year: G..
w. Leidigh. v. 4. Forbes, J. W. Stein
49, ANCelluAl L. W. hOQenDrOCk,
Abe Billings. f. A. Duff. L. p. jackson
and F. w. ROttmann. The directors will
meet in a few days and elect the officers.
GRAND IsLANDAOf such a degree Of
efficiency is the lately improved fire de-
partment that contractors building fires
in uncompleted structures to prevent ce-
ment work from freezing are having some
ditficulty. Last night a late pedestrian
passing the new federal building saw a fire
IN the same, ran TO police headquarters
near by turned in an alarm and the night
Waterman was compelled to use language
unprintable In polite newspapers before
chemical apparatus.