Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-01


Nebraska National Guard. has been secured
to give a sham battle Friday.
Nebraska News Notes.
FAIRFIELD-An B. & NJ. trains were
from two to five hours late owing TO the Il
floods in Lincoln and vicinity.
YORK-Nes Rosenof died yesterday,
aged Is years. He was tailor by occupa-
ton and had been a resident OF YORK Tor
twenty-six years.
FAIRFIELD-while kindllng the fire
with Kerosene an explosion occurred ana
Mrs; John Spear was badly burned about
the hands and face.
| BBATRICE-Mrs. Leonadis Pethoud was |
called TO Toledo o. yesterday by the death
| of her mother, Mrs. Ida Trusler, former |
| resident of this city.
| BEATRICE-walter Gillette of this city
sustained broken leg and was severely
bruised about the body by stationary en-
| ing In moving the machine
! BEATRICE-C. W. williams. the young
man who secured IS last week from James
| sentenced to ten days in the county Jail
yesterday by Judge Ellis for vagrancy.
BBATRICE-The Board of Supervisors
! Yesterday met and fixed the levy for the
coming year at IL mills, half a mill less
than a year ago The estimate bill for the
coming year is S13l,S0O.
PERU-Present indications are that the
enrolment in the Peru Normal this year
will be one OF the largest IN the history OF
quiries is larger than ever before.
FREMONT-Tre labor unions of this
city have completed arrangements for the
celebration OF Labor day on Monday Sep
TENDER s. A parade, an address by Frank
Delezal and a dance in the evening make
up the program.
YoRK-George schwabel died Monday
lived in York for more than thirty years,
and had been in the butcher business until
compelled to quit few years ago owing
to falling health.
PERU-Miss Myrtle Ferguson, a graduate
of Ames Ia, has accepted the position OF
professor of domestic economy at Peru, and
. Miss Melvia Danielson, formerly one OF the
: Omaha teachers, will supervise music In
the model schools.
BEATRICE. d. Thornburg. living east
OF the city, yesterday received a telegram
announcing the death of his father ]. L..
Thornburg, which occurred at Osborne
i and came west from Ohio in 1864.
\ ALLIANCE-The building which stood on
h the site bought for the Carnegie library has
this week on the basement Of the new A.
brary building, which when completed will
: compare favorably with similar buildings
l, in much larger cities.
. FAIRFIELD-Whlle the st. Joseph &
u Grand Island Railroad company was hand
g ling heavy castings and timbers with a
broken off and fell into a crowd of onlook-
ers. John Croft was struck and an ugly
, cut inflicted across the top of the head.
y PERU-The present Indications are that
j. many of the schools of Nebraska will be
compelled to start this fall with shortage
: Of teachers. Scores of requests have come
d to President Hayes for Peru graduates who
n can fill high school and graded school po-
s sitions, Notwithstanding that all the grad
70 yates have long since accepted positions.
EDGAR-Gardner Bros, the oldest firm
in the city, who have been engaged in the
grocery and drug business here for some
i thing more than thirty years past. have
sold their grocery stock to w, II. jackson
and his son-in-law w. L. Hontner The
: drugs were sold to local druggists. The
ftW.Nn IL. Nnraa
duct the business at the old stand.
YORK-Sunday night there was a rain
\, fall of 4.s5 inches. The only damage to speal
Is of was done those in attendance at the
Seventh Day Adventist camp meeting
More than 100 tents in the city park on thu
banks OF the Beaver were supmergea u
work of the firemen all the campers wer
F., rescued Much bedding floated away.
" BEATRICE-Marshal Fulton of Coffey
is vile, Kan, yesterday secured a requisitiol
le from Governor Shallenberger for the return
,e of Mrs. Florence Beam, colored, to Kan
r morning. She is wanted at that place oil
Id q statutory charge and to testify agains
Is Rev Mr.. Hightower with whom she elope'
and who is in Jail on the charge Of gram
larceny. 81 -. 49, ~ ..-.s ss- 3
FREMONT-Joseph West Of Anthony Ia
- was arrested on a Northwestern train a
le moving a morgaged team from that place
~, West was located at Emerson through
w postmark on a letter addressed TO a frien
y, of his at his former home and traced frol
there to Nickerson, where the team wa
IL, located together with a $45 saddle this
" disappeared at the same time he did.
H. PERU-Friends Of the Peru State Norm'
. school are pleased over the selection
II Prof. w. T. Hoyt as head of the depar
ments OF chemistry and physics. Pro
Hoyt has held the chair of science in II
M Kansas Wesleyan university for the la
nine years. He is one of the most populS
teachers in the Kansas Wesleyan. He WI
be ably assisted by Mr.. SpaffoId, who actC
in that capacity during the summer scho
~ in 1909.
ne BEATRICE-David Non Of Wymore hi
"a filed petition in intervention In the ca!
S. injunction by Judge Pemberton to prevel
In Thomas Hargraves from building HIS sto
" front over the lot line eighteen inches. M
ira Hargrave block, and he seeks to enJo
- Mr.. Hargrave from doing anything th
inc would damage any of the surrounds
ve buildings.
mr. RAGAN-The Franklin Commercial cl,
,u advertising their town and incidentally 4
u" county fair to be held there visited Ragt
md today. About twenty automobiles carrt
,er. the party on their tour of the surroundil
- towns. The Ragan business men in aut
at mobiles accompanied by the Ragan bal
but met the party at Wilcox and escorted the
ia here. A banquet was held here for thel
oiu being prepared by the women OF the Meth
up dist Episcopal church.
nd. ALLIANCE-At a meeting of the boa
Dne OF directors of the Box Butte County Fs
N association held last evening 1t was decid
ere should be termed Odd Fellows day. Sc
aIf TENDER % will be democratic day and
number of prominent democrats will deliv
ana addresses on the fair grounds. 1t has \
ak as yet been settled as to who the speakS
will be. September % will be republic
day, on which occasion Senators Burlx
and Aldrich will deliver addresses, as W
~ as Prof. Campbell. the dry farming expe
SN who will speak on dry farming as appli
to this section of the country.