Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-04

! leased, valued at $39. 499 On town and
village az -, property fourteen filed Of the value
! SI13l IA This is the lghtest month during
! the last pear.
| BEATRICE-The board of managers Of
| the Beatrice Driving club held a meeting
Monday and elected the following officers
| j. L. Schiek, president II. l.. Harper,
| vice president; Elwood Bigler treasurer;
/ II. V. Riesen, secretary. The races will
| be held here on June H. Is and l6.
Vol X - Ex-County Superintendent
| Charles Q. Stewart spent weeks vaca-
ton visiting friends and relatives and has
! returned to take up his work at Iowa uni
versity, where he is professor of languages.
! At the close IF school, Prof. Stewart will
leave Cor Europe, to be gone nearly a
year.
NEBRASKA CITY-Admiral Urie Sebree
of the United States navy, is here on a
visit, with his cousin, Robert Payne, and
service, he has been placed on the retired
list and this is the first time that he and
Mr.. Payne have met in thirty-two years
! lie Will remain several days.
| NEBRASKA CITY - The 11-year-old
daughter of County Commissioner and Mrs
James White, died Sunday at their home
cal operation for appendicitis. The funeral
will be held at Palmyra, Wednesday morn
= ing. The Board OF County Commissioners
adjourned until the 18th out of respect to
/ the memory of the young miss
| VALENTINE-Mr n. r. Field and Mr.
! H. H. Gilfry have arrived here to look
after the work of constructing the new
water works and electric light plant that
/ the city has contracted for and work
| Is to start at once, and will be
qshe4 t9rSusn wth largrce of
while Mr.. Field will act as Nupervisins
engineer for the city.
| BEATRICE-The BoaEd of Education met
| Tuesday night and organized for the wear
! by electng these officers: NJ i, Kors
| president J. T. Harden, vice president
Miss Grace Liddicott, secretary. The re-
ports submitted showed the schools to be
| in excellent condition. President Kors, in
his annual report, recommended the use of
the cap and gown for the graduates The
total enrolment of the schools was 1850
HOLDREGE-The county jail has been
completely dismanted and remodeled for
| the occupation of the county officers. They
have now practically finished moving into
the rooms, which will serve them until the
completion of the new court house. Men
are already at work preparing to move the
old court house from its present site to
the country, where ii will be taken by
Gene Snow, a farmer, who purchased it
last week.
NEBRASKA CITY-Robert Walker,
colored man, convicted Of beating up
| a colored woman, named Mrs. Belts and
Wreckng her home and who drew q fine
and a sentence Of thirty days IN the county
Jail, but which was suspended On condition
that he leave the city and remain away,
has returned and has been placed in Jail
TO serve out the full sentence and when
he has concluded, another complaint IS TO
l be filed against him.
SHELTON-Last week G.. A. Steven, the
manager Of the Home Telephone connany,
circulated a subscription for the purpose
of installing an electric light plant and i'm
/ a few hours almost $4,000 was secured
/ and pledged to the enterprise. Several
citizens offering to pledge $500 and now ali
that remains TO complete the preiminarles
viii be securing charter and election of
officers. This will be done at once and
a plant such as no small town in Nebraska
Ihas will be I'm operation.
! GTTTTON-I,a biD Ameg uhOsa daatb 90
CURED at noon Friday, was buried from
/ the Methodist chuch Sunday afternoon
/ Rev. John Calvert the pastor, and Rev
Hawk of the Congregational church offic-
lated. Mr.. Ames was born in Maine in
! 1912, and at an early age removed with his
4 parents to Wisconsin. At the breaking out
Of tho war, he enlisted and served for
I fogr years With his family he came to
Nebraska In the early '7Os, where he has
since resided. he leaves widow one
/ daughter and four sons.
| SHELTON-More new homes are being
| built in Shelton and the vicinity this spring
| than for number OF years and every