Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-05
Nebraska News Note..

EMERSON-O. H.. Barrett left today for
Ames, Ia to attend the funeral of his
sTANTON-Mrs. William Finkhans.
mother of Mrs. John Nye died at her
daughters home OF old age. Her age being
81 years.
BEATRICE-Fred Bergman and Miss
Bertha West. both OF wymore, were mar
ried here yesterday by county Judge
Stafford.
BEATRICE-The Wymore city council
last evening voted to submit the question
OF license or no license to the voters of
that city this spring.
BMERsoN-Paul J. Ackler has purchased
the millinery business here Of Mrs. Rose
Suffer. He took possession yesterday. Mrs.
Suffer will go to Idaho.
STANTON-This afternoon occurred the
funeral of Mrs. II. X. Aaberg, who died
Of consumption. She leaves ten children
to mourn her loss. She was only q years
HAsTINGs-The people OF the First Ger
gin the erection of their new church about
May !. The structure will cost about
5000.
MCOOK-G. W. Smith. late general fore
man of the Burlington shops here, has gone
into business In this city. having this week
purchased the flour and feed business OF
n. S. Godfrey & Co.
AINsWORTH-v. r. Beebe, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church. has been
holding a protracted meeting here for the
last two weeks and has added thirty new
converts to his church.
M'COOK-The first examination of tho
civil service board of this city for rural
in McCook. Saturday afternoon next, with
several applicants on file.
HASTINGS-Mlss Bdith Mead and Will
liam Mace were united In marriage by Rev.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mead, at
. O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
NEBRASKA CITY-The home of Roy
Schrene, situate in the eastern part of the
CITY. was burned last evening with all Of
its contents. There was no Insurance and
the cause of the fire is unknown.
BEATRICE-Ernest Muller and Miss
Louise Brinkmeyer, two young people of
the We Witt neighborhood were married
Yesterday afternoon at the BRIDES home.
They viii make their home on a farm near
EMERsoN-The stockholders Of the
Emerson Merchandise Company held their
annual, meeting yesterday. W. G: Merlin
president and secretary. and John NJ.
Turner, treasurer.
STANTON-The high water of the Elk
horn and ice caused sixty feet of the bridge
south OF town TO wash away last night.
Chunks of ice, some OF which were forty
feet SQUARE, caused the trouble. Dynamite
had been used further up the river to break
gorges thpt had formed.
FAIRBURY-The city council last even
Ing granted a petition for a new lateral
sanitary sewer between G and D streets,
being an extension of sewer district No. Z.
At the same meeting an ordinance was
passed, creating sewer district No. 80.
embracing territory between 9Th and 7th
streets.
BEATRICE-The marriage of Bud l..
Weiser and Miss McCarter was solemnized
parents near Pickrell. Rev. F. A. Rauch
officiating. The groom is employed with
the government as rural mail carrier out of
Pickrell. where the young couple will make
their home.
NEBRASKA CITY-Miss Darke. one OF
the faculty OF the high school, has re-
Frank Cole of Iowa was elected in her
place. According to the monthly report OF
Principal G.; e. Martin there are Isl pupils
al the present time.
HASTINGS-Nicholas Consbruck, who at
tempted to commit suicide by cutting his
brother, Joe Consbruck. four miles south
of Hastings, last\week, has been com
mitted to the state hospital for insane at
from the self-inflicted wound.
FAIRBURY-The contract for building
new highway bridges for Jefferson county
ing year was awarded TO the STANDARD
Bridge company OF Omaha, by the county
commissioners The price for the work
average about the same as for last year,
steel work a little cheaper. but lumber
per thousand feet 81 higher.
/ HASTINGS-Miss Verna O'DonneI Of
Hamilton county and Raymond W. Phelps
OF Clay county were married by Judge
Button at the county court yesterday morn
ms. The groom met his bride here on her
arrival from Aurora and they went al
once 10 the county judges office to nave
the nuptial knot tied The ceremony was
a complete surprise 10 the friends Of the
young couple. They viii live in Clay
county.
BEATRICE-The Beatrice Fire denart-
ment held its annual meeting last evening
and with two exceptions all the old officers
were reelected. The officers are as fol-
lows: J. r. Ellis. president; Ira Lock, first
vice president; John Stroh. second vice
president; Harry A. Leech. secretary; L. A.
Gamble, assistant secretary: G. o. Gudtner
treasurer; J. S. Walker. recorder, Rudolph
r. Woelke. chief; Walter Kors. first as
sistant chief: g. D.. Kuhn, second assistant
chief. Both President Ellis and Secretary
Leech are entering upon their fifth wear.
while Treasurer Gudtner has served for
ten years.