Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-28

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NEBRASKA CTTY-The Overland Coun-
try club met last evening and elected the
following officers for the following year:
President. A p Stafford; first vice presi-
dent. Frank Mccartney; second vice presi-
dent. G. L. Hochstatler; secretary, Otto
Schneider; treasurer. II. d. Wilson.
LINDsAY-Miss Mayme Sweeney aud
Pat Ducey were married at the Holy
officiating. They gave a dance in the
village hall in the evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
groom's farm two miles south Of here.
McCOOK-An effort is being made in
McCook for a militia company, Alvin r
Scott. who was In the Philippine service,
being at the head OF the movement The
movement is receiving much favorable
consideration. This entire part OF the
state is not represented in the state mi
litia-
PAPILLION-Frank Myrtle, an old resi-
dent Of the west part of the county, who
has been dealing in old junk, was arrested
last evening on complaint OF the Bell
Telephone Co.. charged with petit larceny
In stealing q lot Of copper wire and dis
posing of it to a Junk dealer in South
Omaha.
GRAND STANDARDIZATION have been
made by the Grand Army post OF this city
and the Commercial club for a public meet
ing on the afternoon of February IL, in
honor of Lincoln's Tooth birthday ami
the speaker. 1t is expected that all places
OF business will be closed from l to 4
o'clock.
MINDEN-Land ls selling anywhere
within ten miles OF Minden for 800 per
acre. Joe Nelson has sold his 30 acres
seven miles from town for $4,000. Several
eighties have been sold for that price. The
purchase Of automobiles by the farmers
are almost of daily occurrence. Every Sat
urday the court house square is lined with
farmers automobiles.
NEBRASKA CITY-John Coffiled last
evening had a narrow escape from being
Killed He was driving near the river with
a heavy wagon, I'm which he was hauling
ice, when it turned over and caught him
under 1t, breaking one foot and badly
bruising his body. He was under the heavy
wagon for some time before being found
and taken to his home.
BEATRICE-At the annual meeting OF
Local No. 1856, Carpenters and Joiners of
America, these officers were elected: G.
c. Slyhoff, president; oliver Sample, vice
president; William Steller, recording sec
rotary; Thomas Hill, treasurer; George
Gilbert, conductor; +. ". Doyle, warden;
Charles Thompson. Henry Robinson and
G. c. Slyhoff, trustees.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Grain-Alfalfa
Milling company has been incorporated,
corporators are II, II. Hanka, Walter Nc
Namara, Gilbert Wanke, John Johnson
that purchased the starch works building
and has ordered the new machinery for its
plant which 1t expects to be in operation
within the next sixty days.
BEATRICE-WiIliam Lombard of Wy
more was in the city yesterday searching
for his wife whom he claims left home
Monday. He sought the aid of the off
GERS In looking for the woman, but they
failed to locate her. The couple has been
having trouble lately, lombard being ar
rested last week at Wymore for threaten
ing his wifeis life. AS she failed to APP
pear against him he was released.
GRAND ISLAND-A. NJ. Hargis. owner
Of the business college in this city. has
brought suit against the county for the
recovery Of S20 taxes paid under protest,
on the building owned and used by him as
a business college. Part of the building
Is coupled by the Lyric heater and Mr..
Hargis claims the assessment of the whole
or 1t was without warrant OF law, the
greater portion Of it being used for edu-
~cational purposes.
PLATTSMOUTH-The case Of the state
against William Riley and three others,
charged with breaking into a Burlington
freight car in this city and stealing cloth
ing belonging to William Baird, general
superintendent of the Burlington shops
here, occupied the attention of the district
court in this city Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday morning. After being out all
night. the jury returned a verdict of petit
larceny and fixed the value of the goods
taken at SIS.
NEBRASKA CITY-James Hand, who
was arrested here some time ago on the
charge of living with a negro woman whom
he claimed to be his wife, is again in the
limelight. 1t is charged he induced a poor
woman to loan him 800 with which to
ASiN Ai' NdCt anu iIldliN secured lis re-
lease. Now he and his colored wife have
left the city and shipped their holdings,
and the officers have been appealed to by.
the poor woman to overtake them and Sc
cure the return of her ill-timed loan.
BROKEN OW- j. Shaw, superin-
tendent of the electric light plant at
Aurora, has been in the city this week
looking the ground over with a view to
receiving proposals from the city to estab-
fish a plant here. At an informal talk with
the mayor and part of the city council
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Mr.. Shaw which he will take under con-
sideration for two weeks. At me end of
that time he will return a definite prop
ositicn OF his own for the council to pass
NEBRASKA CITY-The officers were
called to go to the homo of John Hart, ten
miles southeast of this city last evening
TO care for him, as he was running amuck
and all of the neighbors had barricaded
themselves In their homes and were afraid
to leave. Mr.. Hart was insane and was
abroad with a shotgun threatening to kill
all who came in his way. He has been in
the asylum before. The officers subdued
him after a hard fight and he is now in
the county jail and will be returned to the
asylum.
BEATRICE mass meeting of the
citizens OF Wymore was held last evening
with a large attendance, at which the
water problem was discussed. The Markle-
Houston company made a proposition to
sink test wells, and after the matter was
discussed at length a motion was put
a committee to investigate the proposition.
The committee comprises Julius
Fred Latin. Jesse Newton. l. II. Arch
ard, DR., Gafford. George Coulter and Lou
Caldwell.
PLATTSMOUTH-The Plattsmouth Com
mercial club has appointed a
consisting of Judge II. d. Travis, r. B.
Windham and c. c. Psrmele to confer with
G.. W. Wattles, president OF the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Street Railway company,
in regard to the building OF an electric
interurban line from Bellevue or Fort
Crook to Plattsmouth. In case nothing can
be accomplished along that line Il Is under
stood that a company will be organized In
this city and a line win be built this sum-
mer from this city direct TO Omaha, pass
ing through Bellevue.