Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-17
Nehrnsl.n New. Notes.

BEATRICE-The Beatric Coursing club
was organized here Saturday night and an
effort made to secure the national
meet to be held next October.
| BEATRICE-James Catlin pleaded guilty
| in police court to wife beating and was
| fined $2j and costs by Judge Ellis. The
| his wife.
! NEBRASKA CITY-Alonzo Walker and
Miss Ethel Baker were married in this city
| Saturday evening. Both are Well known
| residents of this city and will make 1t their
| future home.
! BEATRICE-Mrs, ]. w Griges Saturday
| received a message announcing the death
Of her father. Eli Holt, a former Beatrice
! resident, which occurred in Alberta, Can
ada. Mr.. Holt was 81 years of age.
| BEATRICE-The citizens Of Beatrice will
/ hold mass meeting next Friday evening
/ to discuss the bond proposition \ special
election is called for May 80 to vote $4,000
| bonds for new water works plant.
/ BEATRICE-Fire Saturday at Wymore
destroyed the residence of Nj. d. Meyer.
causing a loss of about $500 The fire Is
supposed to have been caused by an over
| heated stove. Most of the contents were
| saved.
REPUBLICAN CCITY-w. n. Clark OF
| Stamford, Neb., has purchased the Gosnell
! elevator in this city. Mr.. Clark is prom
! inent business man of stamford, where he
is engaged in the grain, stock and lumber
\ business.
MASON CPTY-C. a. Olson, who for for
ty-one years had resided his fine farm,
| near Forest City, is dead from a stroke of
paralysis. He was n years old, and a
| pioneer of this section OF the country, and
was man honored by the people.
BEATRICE. A. Ferguson and l..
Agnew. two statesmen for the Jewel Tea
company, were fined 81 and costs each at
Wymore Saturday for peddlng without a
license. They appealed to the district court
and will make a test case out of 1t.
IOWA FALLS-The trial of Charles Mil
let, charged with dispensing ardent liquors
without the formality of law, took place
Saturday In Judge Griffith's court The
court held that the evidence insuffi-
cient and the defendant was discharged.
AUBURN--A representative party of Au-
burns prominent citizens went to Nebraska
City Monday night to attend the meeting
at the Overland theater where William j. |
Bryan will enter the enemy's camp with |
his address on THE Initiative and Refer |
endum.'
AUBURN-After two years of the dry
regime; Auburn has restored the saloon.
Two places have opened in South Auburn.
1t Is expected that six places will be open
ultimately n1 though remonstrance has been
Ilied against j. Harmon, formerly of Stella,
who has filed petition.
DAVID CITY-The Chautauqua associa-
ton perfected its organization Saturday by
adopting articles of Incorporation and elect i
ing a board of seven directors to take
complete charge. The directors are G. W.
Gates; r. c. Roper, l.. 3. Fuller, Anton
PatGek, NJ. J. Bouse, s. j. Hyatt ara c.
CRAWFoRD-Dr. l. F. Roach, pastor Of
st. Paul.s church, Lincoln, win deliver the
gradu5tion address this year His subject
is Education as an Investment" We are
looking for something fine. The high school
graduation exercises will be held Thursday
evening June 2. The eighth grade exer-
cises will be held Friday night, June 3.
REPUBLICAN CITY-The supreme court |
or Nebraska has reduced the residence of |
five years in the penitentiary, which was |
imposed upon Regnar Abel in the district |
court OF Harlan county last falL to two |
years. Abel was convicted of stealing mer- |
chandise from the store of T. NJ Logan |
he NHvae ,nlA
clerk.
high school gave a reception for the seniors |
I'm Odd Fellows temple Saturday evening |
The hall beautifully decorated with |
the high school colors and class colors !
Refreshments were served and during the |
evening members of the Junior class gave
a short comedy. Grams orchestra fur
nished the music
CREsTON-C. II. swick, living north of
barely escaped death. His wife had pre-
pared the I've in cup for the purpose of
cleaning carpets, and left the cup the
table, while she was called from the room.
Mr. Swick came in and not noticing the
cup had anything in it, filled it up with
coffee and drank from it.
REPUBLICAN ITY-Commencement ex-
ercises of Republican City High school will
are four graduates Miss Mildred A Has
kins, Miss Jennie McQuiston, Howard John
son and Earl F.. Camp. Rev. ]. L. Beebe
OF Alma will deliver an address. The
Rev. Haskins at the Methodist church
May Is.
CRAWFORD-Frlday night, May 6, the
! nigh school gave the play, AN American
Citizen at the Syndicate opera house.
| full house greeted the players and $S5 was
realized, most of which went to pay off the
deficit of the lecture course the high school
gave during the winter. Friday, May 10,