Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-19
Nebraska

Workmen and Degree Of Honor lodges r
@ simmons Of Seward acted as Installing
officer. After installation a banquet was
served to LOO members.
NEBRASKA CtTY-Henry +. Schspers
las filed a suit In the district court praying
for divorce from his wife. Jennie schep-
ers. The plaintiff IL well known Bur
lington engineer and his wife was for
mer resident OF Lincoln.
wACO-Mrs Earl Browne one OF the
/ best known and highly respected citizens,
! is dead. She leaves three children and
husband. one Of the children is a cripple,
| caused by epidemic Of pOtomyellus that
Z swept through here in 1903
/ GENEvA-Willam songster died at 1850
/ p. m. Monday He was S. years Of az
/ tie had been a resident Of Geneva several
years coming here from Exeter. He was
/ one o fthe old settlers OF this county. lie
leaves a widow and two sons.
/ SEWARD-Under the management Of
| the Seward city schools an art exhibit
! will be held at the Young Mems Christian
/ Association hall. beginning Monday March
/ b. and closing Saturday, March IL. This
/ exhibit contains 30 large subjects.
BENEDICT-Postm John Lett re-
Gently celebrated his twenty-first anniyer-
! sary as postmaster Of the Benedict office.
/ Mr. Lett says that OF all the patrons
twenty-une years ago there are only two
who today receive mail from the same box.
NEBRASKA CITY-Word has been re
ceivcd OF the death OF Mrs Mary Fogarty
| smith at Phoenix. Arlz.. where she had
gone for her health The body win be
brought to her home at Palmyra, where
it will be inferred. She had been Ill for
several years.
SUTTON-Miss Anna Harting Of sheri-
dan and Herman Volkner of Fillmore
county were married at the Catholic
church, Rev. Father Dumphy officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Volkner left on No. u for
a visit with relatives In the southern part
of the state.
BEATRICE-The case against Samuel
p1Nar wit Of
was continued to February Il yesterday
The child of Edward Jones, whose abduc-
ton was the source of the trouble. was
ordered kept by the mother, Plura Jones,
during the tendency Of the action.
SEWARD-The marriage OF Miss Typhena
Binger and Mr.. John Nicholas Killer took
, place at the home OF the bride s grand
, parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Russ
nogle. at Germantown Wednesday. Rev
a. Lemkau, pastor OF the German church
t of Germantown, Officiated Both are
, prominent young people here.
, TECUMSEH-E Edward J.. Wilson, a pio-
. neer settler Of Johnson county and well
known soldier. died at his home in this
: city today. lie was a native of Indiana
, and was aged 20 years Mr. Wilson had
been sick but a few days. lie is survived
by the wife and several grown children
? The funeral arrangements are not yet
e made.
r BEATRGCE-The annual meeting Of the
/ state Savings and Loan association was
held yesterday with a large attendance
The following officers were elected: N. II
- Norcross, president; ID. @. McGaffey, vice
] president; Louie Graft Treasures Or. T. J
, Chichester of Western, a. T.. Weber OF
Geneva and DR.. J. S. McCleery OF Beatrice
. directors
a HOLDREGE-The Board Of supervisors
e of Phelps county awarded the county
cular manner. Two bids n-ere filed, on
by the Holdrege Citizen, ne other by
. local job printer. The bid Of the former
was at least one-fifth less tN3n the ont
tnf ha 1ppal nrintpr GRANTED t1l
contract.
HOLDREGE-Wor has been received
from Washington that the construction o.
s Holdrege's new pOstoffice building Is sooI
c to be begun. The plans and specification
- are now on file with Postmaster w. =
Hall, eX offlcio custodian. Bids for tn
u erection have been received and Will b.
2, opened on February 2.
y SEwARD-C. A. Bemls Of this city ha
8 been awarded the contract for removinl
. 10000 cubic feet of stone from the quar-!
IS a half miles Of the Missouri river bank
e at that place with IL. This is a sub-con
70 tract from the War department, for whicl
! N,JOO,OOO was appropriated for river AM
! narbor Improvements.
s BEATRICE--Alfred Weber, member o
e the Stanbury Construction company
n force of bricklayers employed on the Men
! MONTE hospital here, died yesterday, age
= / So years. He is survived by two brothers
II who live in Sioux City, Ia, and a daugh
e ter living in Mexico. His wife lost her iif
h in the Galveston flood He was a membe
a of local No. 2, Lincoln Bricklayers' union
:, YORK-The Young Women's guild OF tn
y Methodist church served dinner to over 10
10 stockholders of the York County Independ
ent Telephone company. After dinner
statement of the business OF the compan
showed an increase in assets of the com
pany of $4,000 in the last twelve months
an Increase of over 300 subscribers 10
le phones. The local company now has asset
m OF $4,000.
IN COZAD-The Dawes County Medical sc
re- ciety met Friday morning i'm Gothenbur
m and held its annual election of officers a
Z" follows: President Dr. Wade of Lexington
70 vice president Dr. h. c, Stevenson of Goth
v enburg; secretary-treasurer DIR. j.
NJ sayer Of Cozad; censors. DIR. ]. II. Foch
:. man and DR.. e. NJ. Tayman of Cozad an
- Dr. Rosenberg of Lexington. The neS
ed meeting will be held in Cozad next April
re NEBRASKA CITY-At a meeting of III
stockholders of the Nebraska City Buildln
and Loan association the following off
GERS were reelected: President, HenT
a. Festenau; vice president NJ. Seller; treai
uIer II. +. Meyer secretary and attOrne
Oh w. H. Pltzer; auditor f. NJ. Cook; trustee
ell J. w. Stenhart, II. F. Meyer and e.
lie Mueller. The cash capital is $l17,Sl5. wit
as 100000 in loans The company had a su
plus of S6,S374
- HOLDREGE-At the meeting of the Scal
us dinavian Mutual Fire, Lightning and To
ns nado insurance company the following o
Ulcers were elected for the ensuing yea
b. J. Halsberg, president; A. A. Gusta
son. vice president; Oscar Bloom, seer
tdfNt Eu PETERSON, treasurer. rms COmpaI
= has a membership of 1Ol4, and has insu
ed ance in force amounting to 81, 4l9,3S5. I'll
nv company has been in existence more thI
:, twenty-five years.
COZAD-The Commercial club held
~ annual election of officers Monday eve
to Ing, electng the following: President L
j. H. Sayer; vice president, Fred Anderso
secretary, DR.. G. c. Farrell; treasurer
NJ Thornton. The club was organized
get water and light for the town and the
ah Will be completely installed next mont
Oh The club Is now very active in q
good roads movement and will send del
ng gates to the Lincoln convention
ed AUBURN-A smallpox scare is being e
perienCed here. some thirteen or fourte
uN homes are quarantined, affecting sol
OF thirty-ftve or forty people. The disease
by in the lightest possible form many
those who have il not being compelled
ms take to their beds. IL has not seemed ne
81, ! essary as yet to close either schools
10 churches, as those who are under the
40 striCtions are observing them with unusu
consideration for the general welfare.
III SUPERIOR-The Nebraska Portland [
.Ie ment company in prospecting its lands