Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-05

BEATRIcE-The old settlers Of Barnes
ton will hold their annual picnic August IS.
PLATTSMOUTH-Canon H. B.. BURGESS
united in the holy bonds Of matrimony
Perry H. Fields of Omaha and Miss Freds
Herold Of this city.
BEATRCE-The farm and city property
owned by the late H. F. Cook was sold
yesterday at referees sale for S32, $50. With
the exception Of one lot the estate was pur-
chased by the heirs.
PLATTSMOUTH-Frank p. Sheldon has
purchased a fifty horse power four-cylinder
Oldsmobile in Omaha and many Of the
other farmers in this county have been
purchasing good automobiles.
BEATRlCE-The various candidates for
office to be voted on at the primaries Au-
gust II have been requested by the Personal
Rights league TO state their position on the
liquor question before August 10.
FALLS CITY-Sheriff Minnin of South
Dakota came after the man. Lewis. that
Sheriff Fenton arrested near ArKo last
week and has taken him back to Dakota,
where he Is wanted or several charges,
one for shooting a man and one for mort
to a bank.
FALLS C~ITY-Sheriff Fenton and Deputv
Mcfarland arrested a man named JAKE
Erwin Saturday, who is wanted across the
and a barber shop. He had some of the
stolen goods with him when arrested. He
was taken across the river in a boat and
turned over to the Missouri authorities.
bII4 Il1E-i ne New Home TGleDhOna
company will soon extend it's rural lines TO
all parts OF the county from the Reatrice
e~Schange. Besides these improvements II
cults with Barneston, Liberty, Wymore
Pawnee City, Tecumseh and Fairbury.
Ihese improvement will cost in the neigh
borhood of $25 ZOO.
MADISON-Rasmus Nelson Of Norfolk
has commenced suit against his wife, Eliz-
abeth Mary Nelson. for divorce. alleging
undutifulness and refusal to live with him
ne hNG IA T. UnuH- L. a. - 49,.
she has wrongfully accused him OF being
intimate with other women. They have
four children. all Of whom are full grown
and self-supporting.
FALLS CITY-The large dredRe is rails
ing old logs and stumps out Of the bed OF
the Nemaha river. The evidence Is plain
that the channel is not as clear nor as
deep when this country was first settled.
Instead OF securing deeper II has been
tlling up. Getting some OF the drifts out
is slow work, but 1t Is expected that this
section OF the river will be cleaned out
NORTH PLATTE-CiviT service amin
lions will be held at North Platte on the
18th and 26th OF this month to secure ELI
giples for appointment OF a translator in
the United States patent office and in
spector OF electric light plants. These will
be the-first civil service examinations held
placed North Platte on the list OF places
for holding Of civil service examinations.
NORTH PLATTE-Mrs. John Singleton of
this city has just received a pocketbook
containing S5 In money from the matron
Of the Union depot at Omaha. A year ago
she found this pocketbook In the Union
depot and turned it over TO the mStron OF
the depot and was advised that II the
owner was not found within a year II
would be returned 10 the finder. The owner
was not found and the matron kept her
word.
BEATRICE-At a meeting Of the Board
81 Education Monday night Miss kathryn
Gibson Of Weeping Water. Neb., was
elected German teacher in the high school.
Miss Movers OF Seward was elected as
teacher in the sixth grade in Central school
The contract for grading the new high
school grounds was let to ]. s. Ruther-
ford. The work of installing automatic
clocks in the new building Is 10 be started
al once. School begins September 6
NEBRASKA CITY-The city council has
passed a new health ordinance which COW
ers everything under the state law ant