Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-14

PERU-The piano department students
gave a recital in Music and Expression
hall Wednesday afternoon.
PERU-Dr. H. c. House has been en-
gagged as a lecturer and platform manager
for a chautauqua to be held at Cawker
City, KAN, during the first three weeks in
August.
TECUMSEH-The last week having been
cold and the surface of the ground frozen,
johnson county farmers have been able to
gather lots of corn. The corn is reported
to be in good condition,
TECUMSEH-E, M. Reynolds has farmed
in Johnson county for twenty-one years.
lie has made a competency and will move
his family to University Place., where he
win educate his children.
YORK-The January mortgage record. as
clown on the books of the register of deeds
SHOWS that eleven mortgages, totaling S4G,-
700, were filed for record, and thirteen,
amounting to $20,S10, were released.
TECUMSEH-Miss Ailene Cant of Lin
coin has been employed by the Tecumseh
Board of Education as a teacher in the
High school. Miss Cant takes the place
made vacant by the resignation of Miss
Ellis.
PERU-A mandolin club has been or
ganized at the normal with the following
members: Leader and manager, A. Nj.
Vancei first mandolin. Miss Dunn and Miss
Lansdown; second mandolin, Fred Ebert;
guitar, Miss Martin and Mr.. Rex Truman.
TECUMSEH-The trustees of the Advent
Christian church of Tecumseh announce
that they will sell the old church building
at auction on February 81 The church has
been without a pastor for some time and 1t
Is not known what the plans are for the
future.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General John
O.. Hartigan of Lincoln was in this city
yesterday with a view of organizing a COM
pany of the state militia here. John gradu-
ated from the Plattsmouth High school h
1887. He Is a son of Attorney NJ. A. Harti-
gan, who resided in this city for many
years.
PLATTSMOUTH-In honor of Lincoln's
birthday anniversary the Grand Army Of
the Republi put on the following program
in their hall in this city last evening.
Opening chorus by Woman's Relief Corps;
address, Rev. W L. Austin; solo, Miss MIL
dred Larkin; reading, Miss Ellen Wind
ham; 'Lincoln's Boyhood," Rev. ]. w.
Larkin.
WACO-While engaged in fighting fire
DR.. w. l.. Foster received an injury to HIS
eye that threatened loss of sight. Some of
the chemicals used in extinguishing the
fire were thrown in his face, and his eye
suffered In consequence. Ben Leutje is in
Lincoln receiving treatment and hope has
been given that he will not lose his eye
sight by injury received through a barbed-
wire cut.
KEARNEY-Percy Smith, the 12-year-old
boy who caused the police officers of this
city and the juvenile officers of Omaha so
much trouble a few weeks ago. has been
sentenced to the State Industrial school at
this place. His father and mother. both
mutcSs were at the court mouse ana We're
much worked up over the boys situation.
but both admitted that they were unable to
handle him.
KBARNEY-Joseph Jensen Of Lowell
Eeb, suffered a severe injury In this city
Friday evening when his horse became
frightened at an automobile and made q
sudden bolt, which threw Jensen and two
women occupants out of the carriage, The
women were not hurt. but Jensen suffered
bad scalp wounds. He was unconscious for
several hours and is now In the Women's
Christian Temperance union hospital.
KEARNEY-Two union mass meetings
were held In Kearney Sunday 10 discuss the
liquor question IS " applies IN this citv
At the First Methodist. DR.. Hammons and
DR.. Clark addressed the gathering. At the
Grace Evangelical church Rev. q. r. Steph-
ems was one OF the speakers. The church
people OF Kearney are lining up solid sfor
another dry town this year, while the
business interests TO a certain extent claim
they do not want a dry town unless the
county is dry.