Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
Nebraskn News Notes,

MoCOOK-The Blue Front livery barn
OF this city has been bought from Charles
Peterka by Steve Wilson.
McCOOK-The firm of Magner & Stokes.
groceries and meat market, has been dis
solved, Magner buying out Stokes and con-
tinuing the business.
McCOOK-Fowler and Gerald Wilcox, the
feeders Of this city, report a gain of ninety
pounds. per head In thirty days in 500
head of hogs they are feeding at this place.
They use self-feeders and feed ground and
mixed corn and alfalfa.
YoRK-Patrick MCGOWAN has so far been
unable. to learn who 1t was that waylaid
him while he was on his way to the Bur
lington depot at Grand Island to take the
train for York. his home, When found he
blood. Some heavy blunt instrument was
used. II is supposed the assailant meant
to rob Mr.. MCGOWAN.
GENEVA-Adjutant General Hartigan
met company g In their hall last night.
HASTINGS-John w. weingart, for many
years. a leading business nan here, died
Tuesday evening. He leaves a wife and
five children. A son is cashier OF a bank
at Crete.
HASTINGS-The Hastings Automatic
Shock Loader company, formed to build a
factory in a central location here. The
company has an abundance of material on
hand with which to begin active operations.
Probably the company will be ready to
place the machine on the market early in
the spring The apparatus is designed to
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ries them to the wagons alongside.
BEATRICE-A barn belonging to L. P.
Whiting on the Dolen homestead seven
miles northwest of town was destroyed by
fire last night with all its contents. Loss,
1850; partially insured. The origin OF the
fire Is unknown.
CENTRAL CITY-News has just reached
here from Los Angeles, Cal, OF the death
by drowning OF Charley Anthony, the 81
year-oid son Of Mr.; and Mrs A. H.; An
many years owner Of the big Anthony
ranch just west Of town. The lad was
riding along the beach on a bicycle, when
he ran too near TO an e~mbankment, when
he toppled over and fell into the water.
He sank from sight and his body was
out to the ocean by the receding tide.
The young man grew up here, and was
well known in and. about Central City.
.HUMPHREY-The farmers about Hum
large crop Of corn. They report a good
yield. Some farmers have been husking
for the last three . weeks and still have
corn enough to keep them busy three or
four weeks more.
HUMPHREY-Dr. w. NJ. Condor has
recently made negotiations for two deer.
He intends 70 keep these deer on his
park in Humphrey The citizens of Hum
phrey consider this an advantage as we'll
as a treat to have brought before them
these specimens of the wilds.
BEATRICE-Mrs.. Ellen Applebee, a pio-
neer resident of Gage county, died yester-
day morning at the home Of her son, John
Applebee, near Pickrell. She was 81 years
Of age and leaves four sons and one
daughter.
BEATRICE-The Kangaroos last evening
defeated the Lightning Bugs in a game
OF basket ball by the score OF SO to SO.
BEATRICE = Children attending the
schools at Wymore have been forbidden
drinking water during school hours as a
precaution against the spread OF spinal
meningitis which recently made its appear
ance in that city.
CENTRAL CITY-F. G. Ratcliff this week
engineered one OF the largest land sales
In the history OF the county in point of
price per acre, whom he SD eighty acres
OF the Ratcliff quarter just west OF town
for tl@ per acre. Another eighty acres Of
this farm was sold by Mr.. Ratcliff for
the same price. ID. G. Smith OF Lone
Tree township, wha recently sold his farm
last tract sold by Mr.. Ratcliff.
BHATRICE-The following witnesses have
been ordered TO appear In the Chamberlain
] banking easA hv Judge Pemberton In the