Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

been called to SCOTS Bluff county by the
Illness of her mother, who was suffering
from typhoid fever.
NEBRASKA CITY-The 10-year-old son
Of the late Elmer Thompson accidentally
hot himself in the hand yesterday. Part
of the hand had to be amputated. His
father fell from a bridge here last summer
and broke his neck while intoxicated and
the mother brought suit against the saloon
keepers, who she claimed sold him the
liquor, and compromised the case for
several thousand dollars.
KEARNEY-Early Friday morning Eu-
gene Palmer made a break for liberty at
the industrial school and succeeded in CIV
ing his pursuers the slip. A party is now
Palmer made a quick getaway. The war
den In charge of him turned his back to
close a door and upon turning noticed
Palmer's absence, which was like unto him
being swallowed by the earth.
TECUMSEH-Louis Grosjean, q barber
of this city, has received word from his
sister living at Oakland, Cal, that Joseph
King, who lived here several years ago, at
which time he was married to Miss Gros-
Jean, had been found dead in a snowbank
not far from Nome, Alaska, Mr.. King
north and the particulars attending his
untimely death are not known.
NEBRASKA CITY-A new time table
goes into effect here Sunday. which will
cause the Falls City train on the Burling-
ton to leave at 7:10 instead of $50 each
afternoon and the Lincoln train will reach
mere Forty minutes later than at present.
An effort is to be made by the Commercial
club to have the train which comes here
In the afternoon from Red Oak to run to
Lincoln instead of stopping here and re-
turn the next morning ana go on to Red
Oak.
NEBRASKA CITY-At a meeting Of the
directors of the Nebraska City Commercial
club held last evening the following Off
GERS were elected: President, w. r. Sar-
geant; vice president, o. c.. Norton; secre-
tary, L. F. Jackson; treasurer, f. j. Ho-
meyer. The report of the officers for the
last year showed receipts to be $S,0S9.4 and
expenditures 1885,. 95. The corn show re-
comfy held showed that the expenses were
s551.13 and receipts $269. IS, which left quite
a deficit, The stock show was not a sue
cess, as the expense were A,314.S4 and the
receipts 1896. As, which left a deficit Of
$31S.3S. All Of this shortage is to be made
good by the Commercial club.
NEBRASKA CITY-The articles Of in
corporation of the r. A. Duff Engineering
company have been filed with the county
clerk. The incorporators are r. A. Duff,
Harry Rofe and Clarence Armstrong and
the cash capital Is to be $25, 900. The COM
which has been recently patented by Mr.,
Duff, and to do this will erect a factory
in the eastern part OF the city. At the
same time they will make the factory suf-
ficiently large to enable them to manu-
facture other parts of automobiles, which
Mr.. Duff has also patented. and they ex-
autos next year at this factory.
BROKEN BOW-Actlng under Sheriff
Kennedy's direction, Marshal Penny of
Galloway succeeded in making a capture
yesterday that will probably turn out t
be OF some Importance. A stranger II
Galloway had disposed Of a superior make
OF shotgun worth at least $40 for s., and
later in the day sold a fine horse and sad
die for $35. A phone message from
Sheriff Miltenberger Of North Platt'
warned him to be on the lookout for on'
Henry Gibson, whom, II is alleged, dis
appeared from there with a fine horse ant
saddle, shotgun and other things. The de
scription of Gibson and the stolen prop
erty tailed exactly with Marshal Penny
Informed by Sheriff Kennedy that h.
thought his man was in safe hands. Sheriff
Miltenberger will go after his prisoner TO
day.
BROKEN BOW-The school of agTicul
ture and domestic science that has been Il
session during the week, met with success
the attendance being large and the course
particularly instructive, The domesti
science department seems to attract NOR
than usual attention, there being abou
100 women enrolled as members, besidl
100 girls from the sixth, seventh and eight
grades. The girls are only present in tn
afternoons, but their interest is eve
greater than that OF the older member
This department was under the able direc
ton OF Miss Rowen, Mrs. Blair and Mis-
Sabin. Thursday night the members o
the Girls club cooked a supper and hai
Farm club. The young men did full justic
TO the excellence OF the meal and de
clared the girls were right there with IN
goods. The Farmers Institute was he'll
yesterday and a large number OF peopl
attended.