Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

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about forty men on the ice and also fifty
teams and men hauling the ice up the
chute.
NEBRASKA CITY-Carr Brothers. Of
Tecumseh. have been awarded the contract
for the building of the new race. track, at
the new city park here, and Will begin at
once. The ground is very rough and II
will take them ninety days to complete
the work and before doing II they VIII have
to change the course OF the creek, which
runs through the park.
PLATTSMOUTH-Jscob Volk died in
Pekin, Ill, and the body arrived in this
city saturday end Nil De int w I IN hro MtSSeq-
in-law of NJ. l.. Friedrich and Jacob Tritsch
Of this city. William, his only son; resid-
ing at Louisville, survives him, his wife
having died several years ago.
GRAND ISLAND-While one OF the pro-
p~rietors Of Alleman & STAIRS book store
was moving some follower Fourth of
July goods, some of the noise-making
goods dropped to the floor, exploded and
set fire to surrounding combustible mate
rial. A fire alarm was sounded, but a few
Buckets of water prevented any material
loss.
NEBRASKA CITY-Bishop Bennett was
here yesterday and completed the prelimi-
nary arrangements for the building or a
plans have all been prepared and. the con-
tract for the erection of the building Will
for 1e ie ocu nn S" september !. 1t viii be one
OF the largest Catholic schools in the state
when completed.
GRAND ISLAND-News came through
from California today OF the marriage OF
August Bartz, a veteran soldier formerly
of Hamilton county, and Mrs. Anna Toll
stead. The groom is "a years OF age and
the bride AZ. The announcement is quite
a surprise to the friends Of the couple. Mr..
Bartz has been a widower for only a few
months. The California dispatches describe
it as an elopement.
ZyrzD- A T. A Crurxr w NJ rIsIlar- yrht1,
working on the river cutting ice yesterday
broke through while over the deep channel
and went down twice before his com.
panions reached him and hooked him Out
with a pike pole. He had gone down
under a big field of ice when the man
with the pole caught his clothing ant
rescued him. He was bruised by the fal
and unable to help himself.
HUMBOLDT-Mrs. Thomas Maxwell, wife
Of a we'll known farmer two miles soutl
of this city, suffered a peculiar and painful
work. She was engaged in milking wher
the COW kicked her, knocking her ovel
against the side of the barn, from whlci
protruded a large spike This spike struck
the victim on the breast, cutting an ugly
cash and penetrating quite a distance.
NEBRASKA CITY-A rearend collision
occurred on the Missouri Pncitlc at Jullal
yesterday afternoon, in which the secont
freight ran into the rear of the tlrst one
which was trying to make a siding. tn
engineer and fireman jumped and save,
from the top OF the car and badly bruised
The caboose, two cars OF grain and IN
engine were wrecked. The track wa
cleared last evening.
TECUMSEH-A special meeting OF tn
Teeumseh Commercial club was held a
the club headquarters last evening TO TAX
/ up matters relative to the proposed sewer
age system for Tecumseh and the count
, fair proposition. A company asks a twenty
/ year sewerage franchise from the city
Several of the members of the club dis
cussed the proposition, and finally a me
ton was made, which prevailed unanim
ously, that the club favors the city counc
granting q restrictive franchise. In regar
to the county fair matters most of the clu
members did not favor the idea of tn
grounds being sold to private parties, The
seemed to think they should go into tn
, hands Of the city or Of a society tina
would keep them for use of the public,