Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
Nebraska

was to have held a special term OF the
district court In this city yesterday, but
wired from Denver. that he was sim feeling
anything but well and adjourned the court
until March Z when the regular term will
be held.
YORK-Chapter A, the first chapter or
ganized In Nebraska Of the p. ". o. or
sanitation, celebrated the twenty-fifth an
niyersary of Its organization at the home
Of Mrs. j. A. Dieffenbacker. TIL local
chapter is one OF the largest organizations
In the state.
FALLS CITY-Editor f. F. sharts. for
several years manager OF the Falls City
Tribune, has disposed Of his interests In
the paper and Is making preparations to
move to a farm purchased several months
ago in southern Missouri
GoTHDNBURG-Mrs. Arthur Chambers
In on the way to Gothenburg from Mega,
Ariz., with the body of her husband, who
met death by electrocutiOn about October
] last. Services will be held Tuesday at
$3.50 p. m. and the remains will be laid
to rest in the Gothenburg cemetery,
GoTHENBURG The Gothenburg
Farmers institute will be held in Gothen-
Kingsley OF Hastings and Mrs. Thomas
Shaw of Ontario, Can, are on the pro-
gram. Premiums will be awarded for
first, second and third best ears of corn,
YORK-News OF the death of Miss Grace
Getter, who for several years was a
teacher at the Mothers Jewel home, was
received here from Denver, where n few
months ago Miss Getter went in hope a
change OF climate would be beneficial.
Miss Getter left a small legacy to the
home.
NEBRASKA CrTY-John Barnum, aged
70, died at the county infirmary and was
brought to this city and Inferred today.
He has been a resident Of this city for
many years, but met with, an accident that
compelled him to be placed in the county
infirmary where he died. He has no rela-
tives in this part of the country.
NEBRASKA CITY-Fifteen farmers, with
their families, all residing near Percival,
Ia, have chartered a special train and will
leave for Canada on March 10, with their
stock and farm implements. They all pur-
chased lands up there and will go to farm
Ing. This Is the largest colony that has
left this section at one time in years for
Canada
GRAND IsLAND-The city council has
instructed the city attorney, in %conjunc-
ton with the committee on ordinances, to
draft an ordinance for the regulation of
Of Councilman Birk, adopted without dis
sent, Is complied With 1t Will soon be un-
lawful for anyone, to drive an automo-
bile unless he shall first have passed an
examination showing the necessary quail
ficatlons,
GRAND ISLAND-The Home Savings
bank of this city, organized less than six
month ago, has already such a number of
accounts that the success of the under
taking Is assured and the stockholders con-
template erecting their own building in
choice lot in the business district. 1t
Will be one of the business block addi-
Luis LOI 1SlV'
YORK-In the two weeks eviva meet
ings conducted by DR.. Herbert YeuelL the
Christian evangelist, large, packed audi
ennces filled the garage building and over
percentage Joined the Christian church.
The Methodist church made the next
largest gain. 1t Is estimated that at the
last lecture over 1900 people were in at
tendance and at least 900 were unable to
gain admittance.
GRAND Observation-Disclosures the
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five miles of additional mains lave been
laid out OF the general receipts of the
municipality owned and operated lighting
plant, thus forming a permanent invest
ment of so much profit, the requests for
further extensions are such that a small
bond issue is in contemplation by the
city for the enlargement of the plant. both
as to mains and as to pumping capacity.
NEBRASKA CITY-For the last two days
the case of Sites against Wilson and
shreve has been on trial in the county
which the owner valued at $35, and the
man who took 1t from the pasture with
some OF his cattle valued IL at $50 and Of
fered to settle for that sum, but they have
gone to law over the matter and before
they get through 1t will cost them several
hundred dollars, because both talk of car,
rying the case to the supreme court.
| YORK-A mass meeting was held at the
York Commercial club rooms by citizens
from West York for the purpose OF or
through that part of the city that is q
menace to health and greatly depreciates
the value Of all property near 1t. This
district will straighten, tile and fill the
ditch and as soon as the cost OF the same
the same.
KEARNEY-A congestion of traffic or
the Union Pacific took place Friday morn.
ing when seven freight trains We're in tho
section between Kearney and Watson'i
ranch, two miles distant, Passenger
trains were delayed in getting through
track and get the service back to normal
The cause of this i~rregularity is heavy
traffic, and this, will all be avoided whei
North Platte is completed.
GRAND ISLAND-At a meeting OF
seventy-ftye laymen Of the different
churches the Layman's Missionary move,
| ment, which contemplates two meetings
in this state, one at Lincoln on the 18TH
Of March and one at. Omaha a few days
Batten and Mrs. Jones of Lincoln ant
Layman L. o.. Jones of the capital city
with the view of interesting the loca.
churchmen to attend the Lincoln meet
( ing, that city making a great effort tc
have the best convention of the kind ir
:, Nebraska.
NEBRASKA CITY-Word has been re-
ceived from Salt Lake City, Utah, thai 10,
: H. Johnson, a former Nebraska City boy
' has been elected president of the Com
mercial club of that city; JOY was th'
only son Of a poor shoemaker and secured
/ his education through his own efforts anc
: assisted by his mother, who did sewing II
her spare hours to secure the money re
qulred to aid in clothing and sending hin
to school. He is now one of the foremos
business men of Salt Lake City and al
through his own efforts and frugal man,
pers, His mother and one sister make thii
city their home.
NEBRASKA CITY-A large party Of sur
veyors are surveying north and west o.
this city and have been at work for sew,
eral days, They came in from the vicinit,
Of Ashland. They ran their line dowr
through the western part of the city and
went south. 1t Is thought they are sur,
veying for a new line Of railroad, but the,
refuse to give out any Information. A linz
down through Cass and Otoe county from
} near Omaha, has been projected for a mum
Der of years, and this time the surveyor.
are setting many stakes, both as to linz
and the grade. They have gone about theil
work in a very quiet manner.