Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-08
Nehraska News Notea.

KEARNEY - A marriage license was
to Lester FL, Cool, aged 81, of Big
springs, Neb. and Miss Cynthia Sheperd.
aged 10, Of Kearney. The bride held her
parents consent to the marriage.
KEARNEY-Maude Sydenham has filed
as administrators Of the estate of her late
SON. Vernon, against Benjamin q. Slater
Of Buda, asking the district court for
1850 damages for the death OF her son
in a threshing machine owned by Slater,
KEARNEY-on the last three days Of
next week the first annual cnrysanthemum
show will be held at the city hall. Some
elegant specimens OF this flower will be
seen, as many Kearney people have been
raising this flower during the last season,
There exists a duly organized body in this
city for the purpose OF seeing how per
feet a specimen can be raised.
CENTRAL CITY-C. w. Sutteh resid-
ing northwest of town, suffered quite a
stall of a horse in his barn, when the
animal wheeled, knocking him down. The
horse trampled him., and in the mixup he
sustained a broken arm. He managed to
crawl out OF the stall, but had q very
narrow escape from more serious injury.
FAIRBURY-Yesterday evening a barn.
corn cribs, hog sheds and machine sheds
on the farm Of o. II. Jones, five miles
north Of this city, caught fire and were
burned to the ground. In the barn and
corn cribs were about 100 tons of hay and
totally destroyed. 1t is thought the fire
originated from spontaneous combustion
In the alfalfa. The loss was about 5000,
with $500 insurance,
TECUMSEH, Neb, Nov. Miss Mary
Mourer, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
MouTer of Tecumseh, is suffering with a
broker leg the result Of being thESwn
school near Sterling and had come to
town with Henry Wehmer and his sister
some manner, allowing the bed OF The
buggy to leave the running gear and pre-
cipttated the occupants to the hard road
siderably bruised and shocked, but escaped
more fortunately than did Miss Mourer.
FAIRBURY-Yesterday afternoon as Mr..
and Mrs. David Melcher, who live twelve
miles northwest OF this city, were driving
to FairbCry to do their shopping, their
team became frightened just outside
buggy ana throwing the occuSants out
Mrs. Melchcr received a fracture Of the
left thigh and also one OF the bones in
her left hand Mr.. Melcher was seriously
bruised and cut. his shoulder was disio-
Gated and he received internal injuries,
As they are past Ga years OF age their con
dition Is considered serious.
CENTRAL CITY-Robert Campbell. for
nleTly representative from Merrick county
but lately engaged In various western en-,
terprises. writes that he has bought an
immense tract Of land In New Mexico IN
the section flooded two years ago by the
overflow OF the Colorado river. lie main,
tsins that the country Is destined to be
come famous for fruit raising, and he II
going TO plot the section he has purchased
into a number OF small fruit farms and
settle thereon farmers from the more
crowded parts OF the east He says tina
he Is coming back to run excursions from
here next summer. vat
CENTRAL CITY-SO much truaney hai
been reported OF late among certain fam
lilies, and the truant officer had abOu'
exhausted his patience, asked that he b,
given the aid OF the school board IN en-
forcing the law against the more flagran.
offenders Accordingly President ]. r
Benton OF the school board was ordered I,
file complaints against certain parties hav
ms children within the ages prescribed b,
the law, who were not sending their chill
dren TO school. No action has been taken
parties complained against agreed 70 q,
better In the future. But one party ha.
! defied the school hoard and a. q pr0habll
that a complaint will be filed shortly.