Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24
Nebraska

TECUMSEH-District court in this
county has been adjourned until June %
me docket is now unusually small. There
VIII be no jury until the regular fall term.
TECUMsEH-At a union meeting held at
the Methodist Episcopal church this even
ing the pastor, Rev. Richard Pearson, de.
livered the address to the class of 1910 of
the Tecumseh High school.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Nebraska City
Base Ball club has filed its articles
of Incorporation with the county clerk.
The incorporators are II. H. Hanks, ]. X.
Bonwell and H. c. Rice. The capital stock
Is 5000, with 5000 paid in.
NEBRASKA CITY-The Board of Educa-
ton has decided to sell all tickets of adj
mission to the graduation exercises, and
they will make the usual charges. The
services are to be held at the Overland
theater on Friday evening.
/ CUMSEH-Tecumseh ministers have
formed ministerial union and will meet
every second Monday The officers of the
new association are Rev. z. c. johnson,
president; Rev. L. c. Miller secretary, and
Rev. Robert Liddell, treasurer.
TBCUMSEH--Mr and Mrs. II. L. Cooper
and daughter, Mabel, are home from a
winters visit in California. The most of
their time was spent at Berkeley, where
Prof. c. c. Danforth, Mr.. and Mrs. Coop
er,s son-in.law, Is an instructor in the
| California State university.
TECUMSEH - Catherine Murphy, the
b-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierre
Murphy. who live west of this city, has
|
| The child was running and fell upon a
stick which entered the eyeball She is
at an Omaha hospital taking treatment
TECUMSEH-John Brun of Elk Creek
found tarantula in a case of eggs in his
grocery store. 1t is presumed the spider
was shipped in a bunch of bananas, fell
out of the same and proceeded to make
| itself at home in the store. Mr.. Brun cap
tured the tarantula and is exhibiting II in
a glass jar.
.GoTHENBURG-w. c.. May has pur-
chased the Alliance telephone plant from
| L. G.. Bauman for a consideration of $4,000.
! This Is one of the best telephone plants in
| the northwest, with modern switchboard
and wiring and S25 city phones and 200
ranch phones, requiring seven operators to
take care of the business at the switch
| board.
! NEBRASKA CITY-The members of
Western Star lodge No. 2, Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons, have elected the fol-
lowing officers: w. M. DIR. J. e. Bloom
ingdale. s, w. Allen b. Wilson; J. w.
| John Cllnkenbeard; secretary, NJ. r.
Thorp; treasurer, ]. w. Butt; S. D.. Henry
| Bourlier; J. D., p. A. Holmes, and tyler,
E. f. Thorp.
| WYMORE-An invitation has been ex-
| tended to the Nebraska State Horticultural
society to hold its summer meeting in this
| city. This invitation was made at the
meeting last summer by Judge A. D. Nc
Candless of this city and was accepted.
However, this matter to be regular must
be decided by the directors. The meeting
will be held in July this year.
| NEBRASKA CIT1-JameS 1rlmDly Oh
/ Syracuse who has been having consider
able trouble with the village board and
| finally was refused license to operate
| pool and billiard hall, has applied to Judge
| Travis for mandamus to compel the
| board to issue the license, claiming that
he had compiled with their ordinances and
was ready to obey the law. The case Is
set for hearing on May 81.
GRAND ISLAND-Miscalculati the dis
lance and presuming he had only the usual
number of cars for a certain stub track
| for tHa nd no npar frai in a
Pacific depot, the engineer showed bag
gage coach into the depot building, the
roof of the depot coming into collision Win Win
one corner off. Fortunately no one was
in the way on the depot platform.
| WYMORE-A committee of citizens, Sat
urday presented to Superintendent L. b.
Lyman of the Wymore division of the
Burlington a petition signed by about one
hundred business men and citizens asking
| the Burlington to build a new passenger
depot here at the foot of Main street. about
a block west of where the present depot
is located. 1t is said the company has
| approved plans for new depot here TO
most $4,000. r.r'.. ... H .H.''f. --
NEBRASKA CITY-Thomas'o Duncan,
who for thirty years resided on farm
| near Dunbar, and a brother of NJ. w. Dun
| can a member of the last legislature, and
who is merchant at Unadilla. writes
from Oklahoma, where he went and pur-
| chased land recently, that he has struck 1T
rich He bored for oil on his land and
struck a well that shoots the oil at least
thirty feet above the top or the derrick
and seems inexhaustible
| NEBRASKA CITY-John o. Cappon of
Holbrook, Neb., and Miss Katherine M.
Welter were united in marriage Monday
morning at the Catholic church. in the
Schmtz settlement, south OF this city.
There were a. host of relatives and friends
| present to witness the ceremony and take
part In the reception, at the home of the
| brides parents, which followed the mar
rage. The young people are to reside on
a farm belonging to the groom, near Hol-
brook.
BEATRICE-The state irrigation law Is
to be tested by G. H, Steinmeyer OF Holmes mes
vile, through his attorneys, Hazzlet q JACK
of this city, on the ground that the state
board has no jurisdiction in granting water
privileges. Messrs. Freshman ana MiIlef OF to
construct a dam few miles southeast OF
Beatrice for the purpose of operating an
electric light plant Mr.. SteiRmeyer also tns
right in the same locality, but as his appli-
cation was filed after the Beatrice parties
had made application the board turned him
down The case will be heard here In dis
trict court soon.
! CONFERENCE.-THE annual meeting OF
. the stockholders of the Platte Valley Cattle
company and the Gothenburg Light and
Power company with their minor Cozad
and Gothenburg irrigation companies was
, held today. The stockholders from dls-
lance in attendance were George A. West
and Mr. Vogle of Milwaukee, Wis, and
S. s. Hadley of Cedar Rapids, Neb. The
| officers reelected as IOllOWS. fISSl-
dent, S. s. Hadley; secretary and treas
urer George A. West. A dtvidend OF per
cent was paid on the Platte Valley Farm
and Canal company stock. The Gothen-
burg Canal company paid expenses ana q
little profit which was lost on the Cozad
Irrigation Canal company, which has al
WAYS been run at an expense to the COM
pany No dividends were declared on the
Irrigation canal stock. The Gothenburg
( Light and Power company has been In
, creaslng the plants capacity the last year
and expanding money in improvements
which has paid well, but all the earnings
} of the company will be put into improve.
ments at the head of the canal In betterlnf
the plant and expensive improvements VII
be made in the construction OF more ice
houses and other general improvements
= needed TO make the plant up to date
, | CAMBRIDGE-The First National opened
, for business in it's new building Saturday
morning. The new building, which has
o been under construction for nearly year
As conceded to be the finest bank building
a in the state outside of Lincoln and Omaha
: The most expensive Pennsylvania pressed
Q brick has been used in this elegant two
Q story and basement banking house, and the
y interior is finished in the finest blue-veined
italian marble. The entry and lobby alsC
, have tiled floors with marble steps. The
I walls are frescoed In gold, with approprl.
$ ate borders TO harmonize. The corner oil
> the building has a mlnaret, which supports
a nlckle- plated staff, and the minaret IL
T constructed of steel frame covered with
: sheet copper, which is covered with gold