Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-14
Nebrnslsa News Notes.

AUBURN-Judge John s. Stull Is danger
ously Ill at his home here. His two daugh-
ters from Idaho have been summoned and
have arrived.
UTICA-The Ancient Order Of the United
Workmen of this city Initiated twenty
two candidates into the mysteries of the
order. This lodge is in thriving condition,
UTICA-Mrs. Elizabeth Searle, aged 95
years, died at the home of her son, Q: w,
Cole, Sunday night. The funeral will be
Tuesday at 9 o'clock Rev. Albertson will
preach the sermon.
UTICA-The funeral of Mrs. Gus Won
Minden, who died of paralysis last Sun
day, will be held at the German Lutheran
church, Tuesday at o'clock. Rev. Wun-
derlich will deliver the sermon. She was
10 pears OF age.
HOLDREGE-Local Burlington officials
have received orders to have the right-of-
way of the present depot cleared to make
room for the erection of the new mod
ern structure, on which work Will begin
in the new future.
HOLDREGE-Rev. J. S. Bayne, who only
recently returned from Washington, where
he had been on a months visit has re-
signed from the pastorate of the local Con-
gregational church, and accepted call
! from the First church at kearney
| DESHLER-Deshler is preparing to have
the largest Fourth of July celebration in
| its history being the only town in Thayer
| county to celebrate. Colonel w. +. Cramb
of Fairbury will be orator of the day and
an unusually attractive program is being
| prepared.
BENKELMAN-C. w. Wilson of this city
| has purchased from Mrs. Mary Scott a
| tract of twelve acres lying half a mile
west of town on the rlver bottom, paying
therefor 500 per acre. The land is unim,
proved and Is the highest price ever paid
| for land in this county.
| GIBBON - Gibbon will celebrate. A
Fourth of July meeting was held last night
in the town hall, which was we'll attended
Officers were elected, committees APP
pointed. Wide open for good old Fourth
| is the motto. r. C--Bell, secretary, is now
trying to get merry-go-round.
FREMONT-In the district court yester-
day Isaac II. Shriver was ordered to pay
temporary alimony and suit money to his
wife, Frances. She is about forty-fve
years yonger than the defendant, who has
been thrice married and has had more or
less experience in the divorce courts.
| PLATTSMOUTH-The members of the A.
o. u. w. lodges in this city. Nos. s. 81 and
observed Workmen Memorial day Sunday
and decorated the graves of their departed
comrades. They were accompanied to the
cemetery by the Plattsmouth cornet band
KELMAN-Conditions for small
grain in Dundy county promise the best
crop in the history of the county, early
spring wheat especially being fine. The
/ weather has been most too cool for corr
to make much progress, but farmers say
the yield will be unusually great, notwith
standing.
REPUBLICAN CITY-The rains we havt
, been having in this section lately have pu
the ground in extra good shape and tn,
prospects for wheat. oats and potatoes
} were never better at this time of year
First cutting of alfalfa is good and nearl.
all in stack. Corn is a good stand, but
little backward on account of the COLI
backward spring.
PLATTSMOUTH - EX- Congressman Err
I nest NJ. Pollard was in this city Saturda!
evening from his farm home near Ne
hawka, looking after the Plattsmoutl
: he expected to depart for Cuba this week
but would return in time to take hanC
in the fall campaign. His family will re
main in their home in this county.
PAPILLION-State Game Warden Kin
f and Special Warden Alden succeeded 4
: landing an old-tme fisherman Sunda
n morning from an island in the Plat
. south of Papillion. He had been on tn
: island the last month and had been dom
1 a large business. He gave his name a
: Robert Hill and the river as his homt
They secured twelve large hoop nets.
DORCHESTER-At a meeting of the EI
worth league last evening the followin
q officers were elected: President, Miss Eth,
3 Kenyon; first vice president, Miss Ed
Thomas Frew; third vice president, Mis-
= Helen Frew; fourth vice president, Russo
e Freidell; secretary and treasurer, Mis-
a Pearle Jack; choirmaster, Mr.. James KrN
der; Organlst, Miss Nellye Byers.
: GIBBON-F. w. Ferguson has sold h
N store to Randall a. Son, and #. r. WallaC
'r has sold his business TO Carson & Webste
II. +. Flint has also sold his stock
Randall & Son. The Ferguson and Fill
stocks are consolidated in the Fergusc
It store. Mr., Carson is from Kearney. NJ
4 Webster is with the Gibbon mills, NJ
Randall was manager of the Farmers d
J. partment store at Gothenburg. while h
If son was in charge of Flints stock at Gil
IN bon.
d AUBURN-The crop condition in this Y
, entity has greatly improved during the la
y three weeks. The cool, wet weather HI
rs greatly improved the small grain. Mar
st farmers have had to repant their col
: crop, but the last few warm days al
bringing this out greatly. The apple Gre
lie over the county is good, while peache
he cherries and other small fruit were ge
orally frozen out yet in few sectloI
Of the county there will be a fair CIR,
Of peaches.
"a HOLDREGE-The first gun in the dem
Al cratic campaign In this district will
, fired Saturday, June Is, when the Phel
y County Democratic and Peoples Indepen
A. ent parties win hold their county conve
e, ton IN this city Richard l.. Metcalfe
H. Lincoln has been invited to be present al
!, speak, and r. ID. Sutherland of Nels,
p and c. Il. Hartman of this city, both co
gressional candidates will also be on 4
program. 1t Is probable that several 9th
men prominent in the party, including Go
We ernor Shallenberger, viii be here on tn
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