Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-11

ter had three of his ribs broken. The
others were badly shaken up, but not
seriously hurt.
WYMORE-At noon occurred the wedding
Of Miss s. M Tau Miller f aRd b ME MoG%
Mrs. c. H. Miller, in this city, Rev e. f.
Gates Of the Methodist church officiating.
The couple left on an afternoon train FOR
ST. Louis and southern points. They Will
make their home In this city.
SEwARD-Lewis G. Castle died at his
in 1S71 He was a member Of the Sixty
fourth Wisconsin volunteer infantry during
the civil war. He elaves widow and one
fraternity frat the Woodmen of the World
and the Grand Army of the Republic.
PLATTsMoUTH-while George. Eaton
and family were absent from their home IN
the residence and carried away $3.50 in
| trade checks and 1915 in silver. Ihree
strangers made the town that day solicit
| ing food from house to house and de-
parted on an afternoon train for Omaha
RED CLOUD-The city council decided
last night to advertise for bids for the ex-
tension of the present water works sSs-
| lions of DIR. Condra Of the state university.
| The water problem has been serious
| matter here for twenty years, but people
generally believe that it has at last been
| solved.
HOLDREGE-Ex-sena w. G. Alex
ander of Hastings will be one OF the judges
|
! city today and tomorrow, under the ans
pices of the Commercial Club band. A large
number of cowboys are here from Colo
| rado Montana, Wyoming and this state,
and have brought with them bunch OF
wild horses and steers for the events.
MADISON--The citizens of Madison will
make an effort to secure q Carnegie library:
The city now has library of upward of
| commended levy more than ample to meet
the required 10 per cent of the donation.
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maintenance. The city also owns the old
| city hall site, which II set apart for
library site would meet the Carnegie dona-
| ton conditions
STROMSBURG-This city is Preparing
to have one of the biggest celebrations
on the Fourth of July 1t has ever had in
| its history. The towns of Polk and Snelby
do not intend to celebrate and Stromsburg
| expects to draw largely from those places:
deliver the address. A large Industrial and
| automobile parade will take place In the
forenoon and two ball games have been
| arranged for by some of the best teams in
| this section o fthe country.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Phi Cornelious, an
! inmate of the eKarney reform school out
| on parole, has been working in the Ledger
office in Union. He appropriated the over
| coat of Editor Graves and leaving board
bill unpaid decamped, but later returned,
expecting his father to arrive from from
| lincoln and liquidate financially, but G. B.
| Manuel, the superintendent OF the REFORM
school arrived n and 160R 1 WbeTe he Wi
remain until he arrives at the age OF u
years.
BoLDRDGE-Mrs p. H. Erickson OF this
! city has Just received the news that her
| brother, Axel Sandell, had been killed at
| Russell Gulch in the Topoaka mine, SCUM
of Central City, Colo. Sandell was one OF
| the contractors who were sinking the smart
at the mine, and had just completed the
work with the exception OF cleaning up at
the bottom. Sandell and two other men,
| Nels Nelson and F. Ballard were at the
bottom, when SandeH turned to one of
them to make some remark when the go
| devip' dropped from about 200 feet above
| them and struck him on the head' Killing
! him at once,
| CENTRAL CITY-At the regular monthly
meeting of the school board last evening
the bid OF Miss Algie Robinson for taking
| the school census was adJudged as the
| lowest and best and the duty was as
! signed to her The news was received that
Miss Ezalia Thompson of Arcadia, who
| had been elected as instructor for the
| Eighth grade in the city schools, had not
| signed contract and has instead accepted
a position in Tennessee, thus leaving one
cants at this time no election was made.
| The treasurer's fund showed balance of
$500 An estimate OK school expense noS tor
increase Of 81 200 in the teachers salaries
for the year necessitating the increased
| levy.
sTROMsBURG-The occupation tax that
was levied by ordinance by the city council,
| is being collected and the business men
TS SSnf net sSs c 20 SboI
$500, which will be used In permanent i'm
| provements, and a committee from tho
Commercial club has already begun to
spend some OF the money for walks and
| otherwise improving and identifying the
city park. The Stromsburg band has been
engaged to give concert every week In
the park. The city police, Peterson. has
employed Ernest Headman, better known
as Dixie" TO collect the dog tax Dixie
money As not Forthcoming he expects to
pick the dogs right up and take them to
| the elecrtic light furnace for crematihg
purposes.
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