Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-14
Nebraska

away. lie sold, he said, because &c was
impossible to get efficient help.
Y1NTON - Mrs. Mary Downs, aged Is
years. who llyes near here, has just dis
tibuted 8A6W among her children, who
i've IN all parts OF the country. The
money was obtained from the sale OF a
farm and Mrs. Downs says her children
need the money and she does not.
CARRObL-Hund .eds Of farmers are IN
their fields at pres mt husling corn which
they could not AXE cate Of last fall on
account Of pad wAather. None OF the J,rn
Will grade, but here lie \ ready market
tor IL and that whiSn wintered on tLe
last fall and winter.
SEWARD-The games of basket ball be-
tween the team OF the Lincoln Young
Mems Christian association and the Seward
~ to 10 for the Young Mems Christian as
sociatlon. The same between tho Seward
and Wahoo High schools resulted in a
score OF Is to II for the seward girls.
! PERU-G. N. Titus, Appointment nursery
mar OF this part Of the state, is authority
Tor the statement that many OF the rose
bushes wcre destroyed by the abrupt ar
rival Of freezing weather after a wei No
vember. He says that they will grow
again from the same root, but that the
bushes will v TO be cut away at the
GRINNELL-Prof. II. s. Conard of the
chair OF botany Of Grinnell college, Is the
only professor from the west who has been
h%onored. by being selected as one Of the
- LA'NA AtNtA9 at NhN AAaA AAC Il uAAA0
logical laboratory Of the Brooklyn Insti-
tute Of Arts and Sciences at Cold Springs
Her6or' N. \, during the coming summer
CARROLL-The March transfers Of farm
property in Carroll county, from figures
glvon out by the banks and real estate
offices for the last ten days, have in
VOWED from 5000, 700 to $1,000 O9. In the
first three days Of March one bank alone
cleared nearly $1,000 coo vi this sort Of bust
ness. Such activity rs without precedent
in this county.
pERU-The fixtures for the vault of the
new bank have arrived and the brick work
VIII be completed In a few days. The
meat market is now being moved to its
new quarters, and as soon as the rooms
thus vacated can be gotten ready the
pcstoffice will be moved into them. The
present postoffice building Will then be
used by the new banking corporation.
S1IELTON-The Shelton High school
declamatory contest took place in the
opera house Saturday. Eleven young
K IN tss 6 Saf Gns S SSsns m msn v, tSok adams RaTt,
won and In the dramatic class Gladys
Adams humorous, Catherine Hackman.
schools at the county contest at Kearney.
.WATBRLoO-The jury in Judge Ran
sier's court, now in session here, today at
II awarded John G.. Payne $1,000 damages
against the W; G; F. & N Street Railway
feet some time. ago. he brought suit
against the company for $50, 1000. h jury
Ndb out elBnteen ana One-nan hours, InO
case will probably I've appealed to the
higher courts. -,
SHELTON-In a runaway Saturday, II.
G. Hansen, who was driving a team hltched
to the %unning gears Of a wagon, near the
depot, Mr.. Hansen was dragged some dis
lance and finally one wheel of the wagon
struck him on the head, almost scalping
him. hiT. Hansen is one OF the most prom
inent business men and last season closed
out his store and took up stock feeding,
and at the time Of the accident was un-
loading material to build a large elevator
on his feeding ranch. "A boy in Hansen's
employ and on the wagon. with him was
thrown off and. his nose broken.
GRAND ISLAND-A proposition has
been made to the city to purchase twenty
five acres of the Koehler property, imme-
south OF the city, for park pur-
poses and II is expected that the same,
accepted by the city council at Its meet
ing next Wednesday evening, The offer
artificial lakes covering nine
fish, as also a small grove. The Ross
company makes the offer, hav-
ing bought the entire yKoehler tract and
the plating OF the remainder
and adding It to the city's assessable prop
erty.
BROKEN Bow-A citizens mass meet
ing will be held atr6he opera. house Mon
day night for the purpose Of placing in
to the nominations 20 number Of weighty
will be taken up and talked
over. The extension of water mains to
outlying districts, the question Of sewer
age, e~nlarging the corporation and taking
In additional resident parts of the city
and building of a ne wcity hall Will all
be discussed and acted upon In some way.
the municipal election on April 5 the
proposition Of voting $4,000 bonds for the
of a city hail and jail and to equip
q portion OF the same for a fire department
Will be one of the principal features.