Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Nebra.l.a Ne,rn Note..


firemen's tournament at Newman's Grove
Nebraska News Notes.
! SEWARD-This county has the best crops
OF any part o fthe state. Corn is fine. There
SEWARD Police Judge Gladnish suf-
fered a second slight attack of paralysis
last night. He is over 80 years Of age.
BEATRlCE-Hugh j. Dobbs yesterday
finished harvesting his oats crop. He re-
ports that the grain will yield about fifty
bushels to the acre.
GENEvA-on August the Ancient order
Of United Workmen lodges of the country
will hold a picnic in Geneva and 1t Is ex-
pected to be the event of the summer.
| SEWARD-Mrs. Susanna Parish will cell
citrate her Tooth birthday August 2. She is
| very active and walks about with cane
She has lived In Nebraska fortwenty-six
years.
| BEATRICE Clarence Scoville of DIler
and Miss Lizzie Schroeder Of Harbine were
married at Lincoln the other day. They
VIII live at Diller, where he is proprietor
of hotel.
REPUBLICAN CITY-The city band, or
ganized this summer under the leadersAt3
concert Friday evening on the parsonage
lawn.
sEwARD-George Baner, republican, Of
Gaehner has filed for the nomination before
the primaries for representative. Many I'll
ings win be made before evening, as can
didates arethick.
which was arrested for playing Sunday base
ball here some timo ago, had a hearing
before Judge Gladwish yesterday and the
| case was continued.
! REPUBLICAN CITY-The separator of
f. G. Swayne's new thrashing outfit
caught fire this. afternoon and was com
pletcly destroyed. The cause of the fire
Is unknown. 1t is total loss.
NEBRASKA CITY-The book store Of w.
s. Hyer was closed Friday because of a
suit brought 5 by A. Gard err for 1 s9275 and
for rent of the store room, which they
claimed was due them. ta
CHADRoN--Haroid Olds has been COM
hours from the effects Of sinking. While while
| bathing in the Niobrara river. He has been
sent the Methodist hospital at Omaha His
REPUBLICAN CITY-A meeting OF the
stockholders OF the Commercial State bank
was held Friday. At their meeting in
i capital stock to $4,000 and at their meet
ing Friday this amount was fully paid up.
CLAY COMMUNICATIONS forty automobiles
| from Hastings, constituting the Hastings
Automobile club, made a sociability run to
| this city last night, They were entertained
by the citizens. A. short program was rend-
i cred, and refreshments served upon the
Il court house lawn.
\ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was received
here yesterday of the marriage of Oscar
H. Buchanan, former Beatrice resident.
and Miss Dorothy lngersoll, which oc-
CURED at Fairbury Thursday night. Mr.
Buchanan is employed in the Rock Island
offices at that place.
BEATRICE-Mrs, j. A. Van orsdel enter
tanned large number of the Grand Army
Of the Republic and the Woman's Relief
Icorps OF Blue Springs yesterday afternoon
In. s. Barnur The gathering was a re-
union of old friends.
CAMBRIDGE-Threshin has begun In
this vicinity while in many places large
fields of wheat have yet to be harvested
Wheat Is yielding better than many farm
ers anticipated. Oats will be very light.
Corn is In excellent condition. The secona
crop of alfalfa is being cut this week.
NEBRASKA. CITY-Wniam Coffman,
who was convicted Of breaking into a barn
belonging TO John M. Eiser, cashier OF the
Farmers hank and stealing therefrom
to two years In the pententiary. Coffman
served Jail sentence before for stealing
grain.
CLAY CENTER--An alarm OF fire was
given this morning at O'Clock and proved
to be the house of Mary Il. Thomas, occu-
pied BY w. +. Stone and family. The fore
to furniture was complete, about $500 with
no insurance. The building was q partial
loss. with insurance OF $500
CAMBRIDGE-The fourth annual assem-
bly, of the Southwest Nebraska Chauta19ua
association will be held here from July 30
/ to August 8. Ex-Governor Folk OF Missouri
, 81, and with the many other extraordinary
features of this years program the manage.
: ment anticipates a large attendance.
NEBRASKA CITY-The engagement of
MIR. Rueben b. Beard and Mss Evelyn
Storms, one OF the most popular young
women in this city, has been announced
: and they are to be married in the early
1 fall. The engagement OF Mr. Leo p. Carlin
and Miss Josephine NJ. Shoonhers has also
been announced. They are to be married
In October.
7 season has begun in this section The
r Yield will be far better than last year,
some fields turning out as high as thirty
two bushels per acre. The estimated aver
, age yield by many is at least twenty or
twenty-five bushels per acre. Corn is IN
/ fire shape and the late rains win make
an extra fine third crop of alfalfa.
CAMBRlDGE-DurinG an electrical storm
Wednesday night the dwelling house of
. b. s. Kline was struck and slightly dam
= aged. None of the occupants were injured
) A light rain accompanied with heavy wind
added to the severity OF the storm. C. N
: Barber OF this city while working on a
r barn at Red Willow was blown from the
scaffold and as result Is suffering with
fractured arm and dislOcated elbow.
NEBRASKA CITY-In a lively runaway
here last evening, caused by a heavy team
$ belonging to w. A. Forbes. the horses
dbecoming frightened by an automobile one
of the fine horses was caught on a heavy
! iron hitching post, which ran him through,
buggy belonging To Mr.. UImschneider OF
Paul was badly wrecked and a horse and
buggy belonging to Sheriff Fischer was
saved by the merest scratch.
NEBRASKA CTTY-At Julien Fridav
y levening some men were enjoying a keQ
L of beer and got into a discussion over the
4 Johnson-Jeftries fight and some one re-
: marked that man from Missouri was
9 as good as a negro as long as he be-
IS haved himself" This started the fieht
d and when II over Ernest Chum was
found to be so badly cut that II required
u twenty stitches TO close the wounds Tho
y physicians are inclined 20 the belief he
Will recover,
DAVID cITY-B. c. Perkins. IT,. has be-
gun the erection OF a large brick building
on his lots west of the square, and expects
20 have the same ready for occupancy by
:: the first OF the year. The Butler County
" Press has already entered into a lease for
!. the entlre first floor. The Press AZ present