Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-15

largest single deal IN land that has ever
been consummated In Cunning county. The
deal transferred LOO acres Of the finest
Speaker Cannon. who bought II at a nom.
mai price at an early day. The amount
paid by the purchaser. Ferdinand Novsk.
was $4,000. the lands are located on the
Logan bottoms and are very valuable
farms.
HAsTINGs-U. s. Rohrer. president Of
the Civic Federation. has begun a campaign
with a view to electing a council in April
that will decline to issue liquor licenses.
Tn council row Is evenly divided on the
prot tbition question, but the mayor, who
has the deciding vote. stands with the high
license element II is announced that Mr..
Rohrer will q q series Of prosecu-
tons for violation of liquor laws. Three
cases for alleged unlicensed sale of liquor
have already been started.
sCHUYLER-The teact ers Of the south
ern district of ColfaN county held another
of a series Of meetings in the high school
building. Addresses were made on "Els-
ments of Literature and Composition by
Fifth Year Reading" by Alice Chase.
Third. Fourth and Fifth Year Language
by Bertha Smith; Supplementary Lam
guage Work. by Mrs. Schroeder; Third,
Fourth and Fifth Year Arithmetic" by
Miss Wormwood: Eighth Grade Gradu-
ate" by Superintendent Arnot.
WEST POINT-Marriage licenses were
issued during the week by County Judge
- NaAa " NhoA1NN LEIAbN aAAh MISS DpA q
Jahnke of Bancroft, o +. Petersen and
Miss Hilma A. Arson of Cunning township,
Henry Strattmann and Miss Catherine
Uhlng OF Alloys, Albert Steel and Miss
Mabel Boyd of Bonesteel, William A. Risor
and Miss Blanche Wells of Norfolk, George
A. Kendall of Norfolk and Miss Lettie
Readinger of West Point, Louis Woermann
and Miss Anna ~Bettenhausen of this county
and John II. Brass of Scribner and Miss
Anna H. Afrank Of Cunning township.
0RD-The Frederick will case was dc
cided the first OF the week by the state
supreme court, the decision of the lower
courts being upheld. This case has created
more popular interest than any other in
the history OF this county. Mr.. Frederick
was in the Soldiers Home at Grand Island
at the time of his death and wiled his
farm and about 1880 in cash to Miss Edith
Robbins. The will was contested by the
family on the grounds Of undue Influence
being used and a plea of insanity was also
entered. The supreme court in giving its
decision considered the old gentleman In
sane and therefore the will was set aside,
A new hearing will be asked for.
wBsToN-The teachers of Section Five
OF the Saunders county association met
todey in the high school of this place. The
fc lie wing papers were read end discussed:
Value of Preparation for the Recitation"
s.. d. Mauck; vital Points in the Manage
ment of a Rural School," Theodore Farmer;
"The Teachers Time out Of School" Abbie
Cole. The meeting passed resolutions OPP
pc sing the repeal of the present high school
law and petitions were sent to each repre-
sentative and also the senator from Saund-
ers county. TIL meeting opened with a
clarinet solo by II. Pacal and a piano duet
by Mrs. w. G.. Putney and Miss Gertrude
Hakel. The next meeting will be held in
Valparaiso.
ORD-Word was received here Friday of
the death OF Mrs. Carry F. Loofbourrow,
the message stating that she died that
morning of pneumonia. Carry +. Jones
was born in Illinois and moved with her
parents to Valley county, Nebraska, about
1895. She was married in the summer of
1900 to c. B. Loofbourrow. In 1906 they
moved to North Loup and In the fall of
1907 to Milton, Wis, where they resided at
the time of her death. She was % years
of age at the time of her death and leaves
four children. the oldest a girl of Z, the
youngest a baby boy of about s months.
Mr.. Loofbourrow is on the way here with
the body and the funeral will take place
fIom the s.. d. b. church in North Loup
Wednesday.