Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05

enforce the mayors orders regarding this
some time ago, but found there was no
ordinance covering the offense, hence the
council took up the matter and passed one.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mayor Jackson has
appointed board of public works consist
ing OF N: d. Marnell, chairman, g. M. Aid
| rich and r. J. Van Gillern. They have
taken up the bids on sanitary sewers and
awarded the contract to G. A. Dunlap of
Teoumseh for sS2426o. The sewers are to
be completed within six months. There were
| seven bidders for the work. The engineers s
estimate was S097S.
| MINDEN-It has just been learned that
Jens p. Peterson has sold his eighty acre
| farm one mile north of iMnden, which has
| fair improvements for Sl2250 per acre. This
Is the highest known price paid for Kear-
ney county farm land. No land is selling
| the best for less than 500 per acre,
| whether improved or not,
! CHAPPELL-Chappell has made healthy
l growth this year. The odd Fellows have
l erected a hall and several other good busl-
ness buildings have been put up and about
| twenty-five new dwellings. A cement block
factory and a complete telephone system
/ have been installed There are several lines
/ OF business not represented here and there
fore the coming year promises to be one Of
continual growth and activity.
! MILFORD-The Chicago, Burlington &
! Quincy railroad has suffered another big
! landslide on the Culver farm east of town.
Some eighty. feet. beginning at the track
| on the south side made a run for the
generals alfalfa field and deposited the
/ poorest clay soil on the rich, black
| aluvial land. The work trains are working
industriously to fill up the cavity.
| TECUMSEH-Carl Wilcox son of Lewis
! Wilcox who lives near Crab Orchard, met
! with serious accident while riding a
| morse nome from a country dance. The
| horse lost his footing and fell, with the
| rider under him. The animal rolled upon
| Mr. WilcoX's arm and broke 1t in three
| places. II was found to be necessary to am
putate the member at the shoulder
FREMONT-The police department has
man on hand that they would like to
! nave some one look after, He was run in
! q few days ago for prowling around the
/ residence part OF town as suspicious
| character. He has developed symptoms
Of appedieitis and may have to remain a
| city charge for some time. He gave his
meme as Sam Weaver and is past middle
age.
! FREMONT-The Elkhorn drainage dis
| trict proposition is not meeting with the
favor among property owners affected
/ asked for the and taken by some of them
! are resarded as extremely high. The OBJ
! Jectors have employed lawyers and ar
ranged for fight TO a finish, both on the
amounts Of their damages and the law
itself
PoNCA-John Halstead, son Of E. E.
! Halstead of Ponca- was brought from
Omaha to Sioux City and was unable to
J travel farther. He was taken to st. Jo-
| Sephs hospital and arrangements made
! for an operation for appendicitis, but he
refused to be operated on until his father
| Mrs Halstead left for Sioux City this
morning.
! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Hugh McGlnnis.
n young man from this place have received
news of his marriage TO Miss Anna Clark,
young English woman, at NOkomls,