Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-27
Nebraska News Notes.

CREIGHTON-The Creighton High School
team defeated the Harrington bali team at
the field meet at Randolph by the follow
ing score: Creighton, 10; Harrington, 6.
Batteries: Creighton, Strain and Ham:
Harrington, Scozille and Nelson.
BEATRICE-William Drake was fined
$50 and costs yesterday in police court for
being drunk and dsorderly The fine was
reduced to 81 and costs upon the promise
OF the defendant and his wife that they
would leave town at once, which they did.
CREIGHTON-The crack high school
team defeated the Regulars here wednes-
day by the following score: Regulars, s;
High School, 8. Batteries: Strain and
Ham; Thiesen and Kane. The high school
Will make tour Of the different towns
around here.
OAKLAND-Oakland lodge, No. o. An
Gent Free and Accepted Masons elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
w. e. MINER, worshipful master; Andrew
Holt, senior warden George Foote, junior
warden; A p. Hedman, secretary; A. L.
Gull, treasurer.
CREIGHToN-The graduating exercises of
the Creighton High school will be held in
| Green's opera house Friday, May. q. A
class of ten will graduate this year. This
class is the first class ever graduating
from the Creighton schools with thirty-tw
university credits.
CAMBRIDGE-The crop conditions in this
part of the state are excellent Over an
inch of rain fell here during last week.
Small grain is in fine condition and the
corn is about planted. Much of the alfalfa
crop will be ready to harvest during the
first week of June.
| BEATRICE-Callie d. Gore, who is Dos
ing as the common law wife of Walter T.
| Gore, the Liberty, Neb., stockman yester-
day scored the first point in the district
court when Judge Raper allowed her $3.50
| for suit money. Mrs. Gore asked for
! $1,000 and temporary alimony for this pur-
| pose.
| CRAIG-The barn on the farm of Mrs.
Samuel Slack. eight miles north of here
| hNT H.
| gin of the fire is unknown. The barn was
| insured in the Burt County Farmers Mu-
! tual Insurance company and lumber was
| hauled yesterday by neighbors to replace
| the barn.
| CAMBRIDGE-The regular annual ma
sonic election of officers of Cambridge
| Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Ma
sons was held May "a, when the following
! Officers were elected. BENJAMIN F. Butler
master; Frederic T. DAILY, senior warden;
| Harley j. Porter, Junior warden; William
| H. Falling, treasurer; Chester A. Perry
| secretary.
| MILFORD-The summer season opened
| last Friday with the arrival of the cadets
| of the Nebraska Military academy. This
distance of seventeen miles, arriving at
camp at p. m, and played a game of
base ball soon after stacking arms. Colonel
B. d. Hayward and Mrs. Hayward appear
] to have good discipline and are celebrating
the close of successful year.
! BROKEN BOW-A number of Custer
| county democrats have filed the name OF
! Robert w. Fleming for land commissioner,
! names are signed to the petition, including
| those belonging to some of the high
saehems Of the party; w B Eastman Of
| democrats here insist that Fleming is their
| representative.
| LYONS-The farmers are much per
| turbed here on account of having to re-
plant corn. Many reports are coming in to
| the effect that corn, after all the trouble
! taken to test the seed before planting is
not growing as it should. quite a number
| hold to the opinion that full one third
| of the whole crop will be replanted but
| others place it at a much less area. Seed
! from last years crop is growing better
| than the 'old corn"
| GENEVA-Next Sunday memorial sery-
/ ices will be observed in the Methodist
| Episcopal church, Rev. j. w. Embree Off
| ciating. On Monday morning the members
| OF the Grand Army of the Republic and
| Woman's Relief corps will go to the ceme-
| terry where the soldiers of the Philippines
! with Company g, Nebraska National guard,
will assist in the decoration services. In
| the afternoon an address wll be made by
| Rev. Charles Gilmore of Lincoln.
| CENTRAL CITY-After a long and some
what bitter campaign with which both
sides entered with considerable zeal, the
project of building bridge across the
Platte river at Ravens has been Temporal. ly
laid on the shelf The end came rather
| suddenly yesterday when at a meeting Of
the Merrick County Board of Supervisors
in this city together with the bridge COM
mittee OF the Polk County supervisors, the
fact developed that Polk county had no
money in its bridge fund and hence could
enter into no contract for its share of the
| bridge
WYMORE-City council met in special
session Tuesday and granted five saloon
| licenses, as follows: ID. O'Donnell in the
old opera house block Fred Borand, in
the Rawlings building; Frank Walsh in
the Anheuser- Busch building; James Pisar,
IN his own building, and Charles Snow in
the Tousalin hotel The last named was
demonstrated against by G. M. Murdoch,
who, after the remonstrance was read
withdrew IT, c. Hulshizer, who petitioned
| the council TO grant him a license TO oper-
ate a saloon in the Second ward, was re-
monstrated against by Adam McMuIlen,
and withdrew his petition. All five saloons
opened Wednesday afternoon.
| OAKLAND-A H. Myers superintendent
OF the schools here, has been elected sup
erintendent of the Blair schools for the
coming year. AS yet his successor here
has not been elected The other teachers
elected for next year are Miss Nina NJ.
| Maudlin, Ladara, Ia, principal; Miss Rein
hard. West Point. Neb., German and
| science; Miss Dorsey, KeRrney, Neh
music and English; Miss Ida NJ. SalIander
| Oakland Neb., grammar room; Miss An
mis- johnson, West Point. Neb.. second in
termediate; Miss LYDIA Hin. Oakland, Neb..
first intermediate Miss Bertha Swanson
| Oakland, Neb., second primary; Miss Grace
Berry, Tekamah. Neb., first primary.