Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-23
Nebraska

serYed.
BEATRGCE-The annual convention Of
the Gage County sunday school associ-
alton was held Monday at Blue Springs.
Address were delivered by Rev. T.. g.
Brown. Rev. L. d. Young and Rev. J. 70.
Davis,
CENTRAL CITY-The funeral OF Francis
Brannan was held here Monday. The de
ceased was In his SD year. and settled here
IN 1851 He is the father Of Mrs. s. II.
Brannan and Grant and Howard Branuan,
an OF this place and Robert Brannan OF
Fullerton.
BEATRICE. F. Calhoun died suddenly
at his home here after only a brief illness
due to a rupture from which he had been
a sufferer for several years. He had been
engaged In the bicycle and gun repairing
business here for some time. He was 80
years of age and Is survived by a widow
and four children.
CENTRAL CITY-After a partnership ex-
tending over many yelrs, Marshal l..
Hastings and John Hastings have dissolved
partnership, the former purchasing the in
terest Of the latter and continuing in bust
ness under his own name. The business
they conducted was a general jewelry,
music and book store.
SUTTON-Furgison McMillen, who was
born July 4, 1919, died at the home of his
grandson, c. d. McMilen, at He
came to sutton in 1856 and made his home
here continuously until February l. 1910.
lie. was a veteran Of the civil war, having
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and was honorably discharged in 1862.
CENTRAL ~CITY-Monday evening at
about 3 O'Clock the slaughter house of
Charles. Sayers, about a half mile south
west OF town burned to the ground, the
fire evidently starting from the furnace
which had been in use that day. There
was considerable meat in the house at the
lime. The fire entails a loss Of about $500.
there being no Insurance.
CENTRAL CITY-The Merrick County
Board OF supervisors. has appropriated
1900 toward a new bridge across the Platte
river bridge at Havens, and If Polk county
approprtates a like amount the bridge wi
be quilt It Is to cost $1,000; and the
benefited by the bridge have agreed t,
subscribe the remaining $4,000.
BEATRICE-The new Board Of Directors
OF the Commercial club met Monday night
last week and elected officers as follows:
President, r. II. Begole; vice president,
J. A. KEGS; secretary, M. Freshman;
have engaged D. p. Johson Of the high
ways commission to address the farmers
at the club rooms April Z.
TABLE ROCK-The question of wet"
and dry is again coming to the front
In the approaching municipal campaign.
The anti-license people hold a caucus to-
night in the opera house, and the "wets"
meet Wednesday night at the fire house.
There are three candidates to be elected,
tn two hold-overs being dry they need
elect but one to be in the saddle; but the
license people must elect all three to be in
the majority.
SEWARD-Two hundred school children
of the county with their teachers were
in Seward Monday and held a meeting at
the court house to organize a branch Of the
Nebraska Boys and Girls Corn Contest
club. State superintendent c.. C. Bishop
and Mss Gertrude Roman were present.
Horace Nolvn, president of the Seward
county Farmers Institute, was here and
addressed the meeting. Next October the
Farmers Institute will charter a train to
take all Of these children and other con-
t~estants in the corn show, in the county,
to Lincoln to the corn show.