Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-24
Nebraska News Notes.

BEATRICE-The s-year-old son Of John
Barnhart, living near Rockford sustained
a broken collar bone In runaway.
BEATR1CE-Winifiel Breese and Miss
Matilda Jacobowski, were married by Judge
La Selle. They both reside in this city.
BEATRICE-Gilbert l. Cole, a pioneer Of
this section, is lying critically i'll at his
farm here. lie crossed the plains in lS49
onroute TO the gold fields Of California
NEBRASKA CITY-The Watson hotel
was sold yesterday at an administrator y
sale for $4,000 to the heirs of the late
Jacob Sichl, they bidding it in rather than
see 1t 20 at that price.
BEATRICE-G. H. Jones, q pioneer resi-
dent Of Highland township, north OF this
city, died yesterday of cancer Of the sto-
mach, aged 50 years. He is survived by a
widow and four children.
BEATRICE-The Stanberry Construction
company of Stanberry, Mo-, has been
awarded the contract for erecting the new
Mennonite hospital here to cost $4,000.
Work will be started on the structure at
once.
MINDEN-Corn will make a short crop,
but there will be more than was at first
anticipated A corn crop Is needed very
| much to carry through the live stock an
other year. Hay is very scarce and is
selling for SIS per ton
| NEBRASKA CITY - Grasshoppers are
doing considerable damage to the corn
in this vicinity. one field has been strip
ped as clean as IL visited by hailstorm.
The farmers are trying to destroy the pests
| but as yet have found no means.
Observation-Disclosures Beam, a colored
woman about % years of age, wanted at
ICoffeyVille, Kan, on charge of adultery,
was arrested here yesterday by Chief OF
| Police Dillow and will be held until the
marshall of that place comes after her.
| NEBRASKA CITY-The funeral of the
late c. N. Karstens was held Monday
| afternoon under the auspices of the Sons
OF Hermann, odd Fellows and g. A. r.
post of which orders he was charter
member. Rev. B. NJ. Sission of the M E
church conducted the services.
| FREMONT-Rev. ]. A. Van Anda, a pio-
neer minister of Fremont, died recently al
Alameda, Cal, word Of his death being re-
| ceived by Fremont friends yesterday. Rev
| Mr. Van Anda was pastor of the First
| Methodist church from 1868 to 1870, 1t being
| through his efforts that the first church
| building of that denomination was built
| in Fremont.
| NEBRASKA CITY-Fred B. Smith and
wife of Terre Haute, Ind, who have beer
here on visit to their parents, started
| home in their automobile and narrowly
| escaped being run down by an engine al
| IMillard, near Omaha, Sunday evening
The machine was wrecked by being steered
into deep ditch to escape the train. AL
| of the occupants of the machine escaped
| injury. Mr.. Smith is one of the owners
of the large distlleries at Terre Haute
| and the machine wrecked was big $500
| car. ''t 't'i' 80
| BEATRICE-Walter s. Bivens, an EN-.
ploye of the JONI Auto company, was
| badly burned about the hands and face
yesterday by a gasoline explosion. He
went to the engine room to start fire
poured what he supposed was kerosene or
the kindling but 1t proved to be gasoline
An explosion occurred and his arms wer'
almost literally cooked from the tips Of
his fingers to the elbows. His face wa
also badly burned and his hair singed
While his condition Is not regarded a.
serious, 1t will be a long time before he Il
able to work.