Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-19
Nebraska

Republic post has decided they will not
go to the cemetery TO decorate the graves
Of their comrades For ten years past
carriages have been provided Tor them
by the citizens.
RISING CITY-A disease which has
puzzled a past state veterinarian and some
present ones has caused the death OF
prise. one owner has lost six in the
course of two weeks.
REATRICE-Arthur p Her and Mrs
! Lucy Metzger both of Hebron, were mar
ried here yesterday by Judge Walden. The
! Judge also offciated at the marriage Of
John Geddes of 81. Louis and Mrs. Flor
ence skinner OF Lincoln
PERU-Cards have been received here
announcing the marriage Of Samuel storms
and Miss Bertha Bailey at Abinlene, Tex.
Mr.. storms formerly lived here and is well
known throughout the county. Mr.. and
Mrs. storms will live at Clinton Okl.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mrs. Carrie Elliott
wife Of william Elliott, died at her home,
south of this city, Tuesday after a brief
band and a 2-year-old daughter. The flu
neral was held Wednesday afternoon.
PLATTSMOUTH-Coun Surveyor Fred
Patterson has brought suit in the district
court against the Board OF County Com
missioners, c. r. Jordan, l.. J. Switzer and
M. l.. Friedrich, to compel them to pur-
chase tools necessary for him to transact
the business of his office.
| .BEATRICE-Mrs Musadors Clark of
saltwater, Okl. died yesterday at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs stephen
of death. She Is surviving by her husband
and three daughters. The remains will
be inferred in Beatrice cemetery Thursday.
YoRK-On Thursday the Fairmont Tri-
State league will play a game with the
York Commercial Club Boosters. The two
teams paper appear evenly matched,
and it is believed that the game will be
closely contested. 1t is the first game
of the year between a league team and the
Boosters.
YORK-Romeo Clithero, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. B. Clithero, one of York's most
popular young business men, was brought
home from Wyoming, accompanied by
physician, and this afternoon died from
paralysis The deceased was born in York
county and for the last eight years has
lived at York and Benedict, Neb.
GENEVA-The graduating exercises of
the Geneva High school will be held in the
auditorium OF the high school building on
reate sermon will be in the Methodist Epis-
copal church on the evening OF May % by
Rev j. NJ. Embree. The class day exer-
cises on Monday, May %, will be held In
the high school auditorium.
ALMA-J. F. Albin, editor of the Orleans
Chronicle, filed Monday for the nomina-
ton as representative on the republican
| ticket. 1t is probable that he will have no
opposition before the primaries in his own
party and Joseph Snyder, the democratic
representative who has represented this
ment Saturday that he was not candidate
| for denomination again.
Observation-Disclosures attempted to get
! into c. II. Riggerts jewelry store Sunday
night. They went through a coal hole
could not raise the inside cellar door and
gave it up. Last night jewelry store was
robbed at Beaver Crossing, this county
| but only few cheap watches were taken.
| The officers here arrested a number of
suspicious characters but they found moth
| ing on them.
| NEBRASKA CITY-A letter received in
this city last evening tells of the death of
| H. N. Shuman in St. Mary's hospital at
Astoria, Ore, where he had been Ill for
was formerly a resident of this city, being
| in the drug business here for over twenty
years. He left here and went to Omaha
and from there to Oregon. He was So
years of age and leaves az widow and two
grown daughters both married.
| YORK-One half of the right foot Of
Ralph Hesler, son of John Hesler, was am
putated caused by hisSfoot getting badly
| crushed by Burlington passenger train No.
| 49, Young Hesler, 3-year-old, was play
| ing near the train and when passenger
waved to him he climbed on the first step
of the passenger coach, and when the train
| started he thrown off between the
cars and rolled some distance. The train
did not stop and no passengers saw the
accident.
NEBRASKA CITY-Some time since Con-
stable George Dughman of Burr, levied on
a trunk of II. A: Aldridge and took the
| property to his home and according to
the complaint which he filed in the county
| court, Aldrege came to the house at night
with an automobile and at the point Of
| revolver took the trunk and compelled him
to assist in loading 1t in the machine, after
| which he drove Off He asks for a warrant
for the arrest Of Aldridge and charges him
with burglary. Sheriff Fischer has been
given the warrant and claims to have To-
Gated the man in the western part of the
state, close to the Colorado line.
M. f. Sumpter went before the county
| judge and filed a complaint against her
husband, charging him with assault and
battery. Judge Wilson heard part of the
case and continued the same for thirty
| days. Yesterday the couple came into
court and at the urgent request of the
| wife the husband pleaded guilty and paid
a fine TO satisfy his wife, who wanted to
give him object lesson, and they in
! formed the judge they were going to live
together again. as If nothing had happened,
! This is the first case of this kind, so Judge
! Wilson says, he has ever heard of was
| ever in this court.
PLATTSMOUTH-Judg H. D. Travis
| convened the May term of district court
in this city Monday and has disposed of
| several minor cases and upon the request
of John NJ. Leyda, attorney for the remon-
strators, he issued an order instructing the
city clerk to file in the district court a
transcript of the proceeding of the city
council in granting druggist permit to
Gerng e. Co., to sell Intoxicating liquors
! in this city. Judge Travis will probably
! dispose OF this liquor case satisfactorily
| and 1t will not be necessary to refer the
matter to Governor Shallenberger, as the
| law will be respected.
| PLATTSMOUTH-Th members of the
First Presbyterian church in this city gave
a reception in the church parlors last even
! ing for their pastor, Rev. l.. w. Gade and
wife of Cincinnati, o. r. b. Windham
delivered the address of welcome. Light
refreshments were served. The new pastor
was duly installed in the church this even
| ing The Rev. Mr. Perry of Nebraska
! City, moderator of the presbytery, pre-
sided and delivered the sermon. Rev.
| Thomas l.. Sexton, ID. D., of Lincoln de-
! liVered the charge to the pastor and Rev