Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-08
Nebraska News Notes.

Nebraska News Notes.
McCOOK-Red Willow county has just
buried her oldest citizen. Il. d. Mccarthy.
| aged % years.
! vALENTINE-The Junior state Normal
opened here today with large at
tendance of teachers, sixty-five beng en-
rolled already.
BEATRlCE-Dr. c. p. Fall and DR.. ]. l.
| McGirr left yesterday for st. Louis 10 at
| tend the annual meeting or the American
| Medical society.
CHADRIoN-In the sigh school the
scholarships were awarded, Frank Rochek
| jr., receiving the first, and Roy Bow
man the second. The juniors united with
! the seniors in banquet at the Blaine
| hotel.
Neutrality-suspicious. Klein of Gage
county has announced his candidacy Tor
state senator on the democratic ticket TO
succeed himself and has filed as can
didate for the office.
| VALENTINE-Th alumni of the Valen-
| tine high school gave reception to the
six. new graduates of this years class,
and after initiating them into the alumni
| the hall was cleared and a social dance
was enjoyed by all.
| ALMA-At the opening Of the Junior Nor
NAL school here Monday morning, the en-
rolment was enghty-two students This Is
| considered big attendance for the first
| day. The attendance is expected to reach
! 800 before the last of the week.
BEATRICE-Rose Hattie Pennery wife
of Walter Pennery, an old resident of
aged 81 years. She had been resident of
Beatrice for thirtytwo years and leaves
a husband and two daughters.
u CAMBRIDGE-The Cambridge Sewer
company, new enterprise, has just been
j, organized comprising a number of business
men of this city. A number of carloads OF
+, begun with large force of men digging
n the trenches
KEARNEY-The county judge Of Buffalo
I county married Benjamin c. Slater and
I Mra Olga Baldwin Monday afternoon. The
groom was "a years old and the bride was
/ but 20. Mr.. slater is well known farmer
in the county having lived near Buda for
a number of years.
SHAFER-E. u. Overman of Red Cloud,
who tried for the nomination on the repub-
llcan ticket for district judge three years
ago is being mentioned In his vicinity
a candidate for the same office year
hence as he only lost the nomination the
last time by four votes.
| KEARNEY-The summer school at the
state normal school here, opened Monday
morning with rush for registrations that
: promises to surpass the numbee OF any
r other term OF summer school The initial
D enrolment continued all day Monday.
Fourteen hundred students are expected at
this term of school.
, ALMOArThe prominent democratic politi-
! clans in the county are talking of nomlnat-
3 ing b. M. Simms, and old pioneer OF Alma
: and Harlan county for representative on
the democratic ticket. He Is opposed to
: county option and strong advocate OF the
Slocumb law as are majority OF the
LEXINGTON-Severa contractors away
from Lexington have been getting the plans
, md specifications OF the new high school
: building for the purpose of securing the
contract for the same The contract will
be let on the 18th of June, II is hoped
s that the new building will be ready for
4 occupancy by the second semester of the
a coming school year.
CAMBRIDGE--Whil working in ditch
. ten feet deep yesterday afternoon, Ralph
Dean and John Vanmeter were caught by
the bank caving off. Mr.. Dean was buried
a depth of three feet. but quick work on
e the part of those who were jpresent saved
+ his life. Vanmeter was bruised, but his
head remained above the ground so that
! he did not suffer from suffocation.
vALENTINE-A crazy man by the
t name of Smith, was brought into town
: yesterday by Sheriff Rosseter. The man
a has been having spells in which he says
that he must kill somebody and he is
afraid that he will kill some OF his family,
Ha has felt for over a year that he was
going crazy He has a wife and six
small children on farm north OF here.
e ALMA-C. II. Woodruff died Monday
e morning at his home Just east of Alma
: He was we'll known farmer and breeder
3 Of Shorthorn cattle. his oldest son being
% in Kansas City with a car Of cattle at the
time OF his fathers death. Neuralgia of the
heart was the cause OF death, although
he had been in poor health for some time
and the doctor was at his bedside when he
: expired.
n BEATRICE-At the weekly MONDAY
= luncheon of the Beatrice Commercial club
luton was passed calling upon the city
/ council to employ traction engine and
It grader for the purpose OF improving the
, the efforts of the Beatrice Coursing cut
d to obtain the national meet for Beatrice
l. next October.
e McCooK-The physicians of Red Willow
II county have completed county organiza-
ton with the following officers President
T. Dr. W. p MeDiyitt; vice president. Mrs
DR.. c. l.. Fanhnestock; chairman board OF
: censors, Dr. J. A. loren. The local doctors
. tain the Republican, Valley association,
= June 80 in this city.
. BEATRICE-The board sof education
I, held its regular monthly meeting last
! coming year. NJ ID. Banner and Miss
u Ruth Davis, city teachers. resigned. and
n their designations were accepted. The fol
- lowing new teachers We're elected: Mis-.
II Hawkins of Eagle, Neb; Miss Beuat
d Blass and Miss Clara Frolick Of Bea.
~ II was decided 10 establish domestic
science and manual training in the higt
W school the coming year and Miss Heller
s. elected as science teacher.
; BEATRICE-The Fitzpatrick hose com.
IS pany held It's annual meeting last even.
y patrick, president; A. ID. White frs
o vice president: c. N. Austin, second vice
n president; Henry SPAIN. jr., secretary
toreman; Henry Doerck. first assistant
e foreman Jacob Nachtigan, second as
J. sistant foreman; H GroneWald steward
: A ten-dollar badge was awarded to Fred
y Rub for pulling the hose cart out to the
q greatest number of fires during the year
and badge to William Swan for ans
best attendance at fires during the year
BAIRD CITY A good share OF tine
e citizens Of Bellwood. Neb., were present
II In Judge Coufafs court Yesterday on an
: election contest case over some OF the
. village trustees. IL was claimed by the
u contestants that illegal votes were casf
y at the election and that votes were counted
e for one party that should have been
), counted for the other side. The recent
village election in Bellwood was between
Q the vets and the drys. The claim OF
Il illegal voting arose over the question as
e to whether or not certain territory really
! belonged to the village OF Bellwood or
not. After hearing the evidence Judge
cailfAl continued the matter for argument.