Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-02
Nebraska New. Notes.

FREMONT-The warm weather of the
last Few days is melting the Ice In the
Platte The river is very low and water
is running over the ice towards the north
side No trouble is anticipated.
VALENTINE-The sixth and eighth
grades at the city schools have had to be
dismissed for few days on account OF no
teacher, the regular teacher having re-
signed and the professors wife has been
teaching temporarily, but as she took sick
1t leaves these grades without teacher.
observation-disclosures court convened
yesterday, but not much has been done.
The first day was taken up trying to get
jury for the Briley murder trial. which
Is expected to occupy the court for the
rest Of the week. There are over thirty wit
nesses to be examined. Judge Westover Is
presiding
VALENTINE-Mr Len Bivens and Mr..
Shinn of this city, while out hunting coons
with their dogs last night, freed a young
bob cat and Mr.. Bivens shot It with his
revolver. 1t is young one as IL only
weighs about fifteen pounds They did not
get any coons. but are well satisfied with
the hunt.
RUSHVILLE-Guy Martin. a telephone
,ineman who has not long been located
here, fell from the top of telephone post
upon which he was working and was picked
up unconscious and bleeding. Medical aid
was summoned and an examination showed
several Commissions of the face and he is
suffering from conclusion of the brain.
NALENTINE-Mr Salmon, a retired ser
gesnt from Cincinnati, o., has been ordered
mere take the place of Major Shockley
Fort NIUbrara. Mr.. Salmon's married
daughter will keep house for him while her
husband who Is an officer, is on duty In
the Philippines.
WEST POINT-The marriage Of Joseph
Oswald and Miss Anna Oswald, two we'll
known and popular young people OF Logan
township, was solemnized at the Men
monte church, Rev. J; D: Birky pastor
people Will make their home on a farm In
the neighborhood OF their former home.
WEST PCINT-The following persons
were admitted to full United States citizen
snip at the session of the district court
on Monday: Peter Mairius Sorenson, 9
native Of Denmark; Axel Stark, Sweden
c 6Iea Hoss' Germany; George 0uth2rdt
many; August Westran, Sweden, and
Thomas Peterson, Germany.
VALENTINE-O Church is remodelinE
hotel and expects to have it running by
March ]. The hotel will have twenty -four
guest rooms above the first floor The
building VIII be steam heated. and when
completed is to be veneered with cement
blocks, making a fine looking building as
we'll as a modern well arranged hotel.
MoRRILLs-Last week Morrill, camp No
9Sl3. Modern Woodmen of America, hello
public installation and installed the follow
ing officials for 1911: Harris Morris, ven
cradle consul; o. c.. Andrews, adviser
John Boatsman, banker; G. N. Fleenor
stoll, Waterman. After the installation ,
| banquet was held and addresses wert
\ made by A. A. Kearney e. G. Crawford
I and others.
LYONS-The Lyons Creamery compan,
has submitted a counter proposition to sci
| to the Atlantic Creamery company o
/ Omaha. ]. j, Noel, acting for the Oman,
company met the stockholders here toda,
and offered TO buys the plant with M
view of enlarging It's scope of work b,
putting four routes in to gather milk an
| cream from the surrounding country, thu
! increasing It's utility to the stockholders
The offer was rejected, but the following
| counter proposition was made and left ope
| for acceptance for a period of one week
The Lyons Creamery stock to be sold 4
the Atlantic company at 80 cents on tn
dollar, payable in preferred stock in tn
latter concern, bearing per cent interest.