Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-09

MULLEN-Citizens of this community
met and erected barn for j. w. Hicken-
bottom, who is in an Omaha hospital with
appendicitis.
WYMOR1-Mrs. NJ f. Parker and Miss
Anna Long have purchased the Brunswick
cafe OF Mrs M Saunders who has located
in Lincoln.
WYMORE-Wiliam E. Coke sold his pool
hall and cigar store to Tony and HERB
SChliedler, formerly farmers south of the
city, MIR. Coke will devote his time to his
cigar factory
PERU-On Thursday deal was consum-
mated by which c. r. Weldon became the
owner of thirty-five acres of the ID. G.
Cole farm, lying just west Of town, for
$50 an acre, and intends planting it in
fruit.
.PERU-H. r. Wiley received news of the
death of his father, j. N. Wiley, at his
home in Denver on Tuesday. The body
was taken to Topeka for burial and Mr..
Wiley left on Wednesday for the funeral
which was TO be held on Thursday.
RED CLoUD-Webster county encamp-
ment, Independent order Of odd Fellows,
met last night and installed the newly
elected officers for the year. After the
installation and initiation the officers and
members sat down and enjoyed a very eN-
cellent midnight supper.
FRANKLIN-Tuesday the county COM
missioners of FEanRlin county were or
gained. At the meeting of the old board,
held Wednesday, James Grant, chairman,
was presented with an odd Fellows gold
emblem locket by the members of the board
IN appreciation of his services while in the
chair.
which r. F. Neal dispOses of his hand
some residence on Normal avenue to Ed
Parriott, the consideration being 5000. In
the deal Mr.. Neal gets Mr. Parriott' :
house. consisting of seven rooms and four
/ lots in the west part of town, valued at
S2,4OO and the difference in cash.
| RED CLOUD - The Red Cloud Roller
mills installed a twenty-five-horse power
Il al Tor tVfh do nd mill 80
with the city electric light works. Inc
/ city has recently added new boilers and
stokers and will furnish all the current
| for power that can be used Gasoline en-
| gines will soon be thing of the past in
| this city.
| WYMORE-At a meeting of the fire de-
Rartment to reconsider the action TO send
delegate to the state convention at Alt
ance, William r. Wright Is the regular and
/ V. r.. Holmes, alternate. 1t rs intended, Il
possible, to locate the next convention IN
| the eastern part OF the state A commit.
tee was appointed to rent room in which
to hold the monthly department meetings
the city hall being too small.
! PERIIAFdrm property in this vicinity
seems to be n demand at present fol
! fruit farms This week Prof, c. f. Beck
! and T.. e. Good purchased the HawSin,
| iarm of eighty acres lying southeast OF
| town, for 5000 and, they expect to max,
! this place commercial orchard, settnl
| Il out with apples, pears and grapes, be
| lieving this is destined to become a pay
| ing industry in this vicinity
! MISREPRESENTATION depot talk ha,
! been revived IL is said blue prints anC
plans have been accepted and an appropra
| tion made for building a two-story bricl
| building for a depot and division offices a
| the foot of Main street The present depo
, street and used as a freight house Tn,
present freight house is TO be moved [,
4 me store yards and made part of thu
RED f0LOUD-Fire broke out in Franz
| Henderson's secondhand store FRIDAY
night at 1880 and consumed all his goods
There was no insurance either on I'M
| stock or the building The fire depart
ment arrived promptly on the scene anC
succeeded in keeping the fire from spread
ing to other buildings. The unusual calm
saved disastrous fire in that portion
of the city
| CENTRAL CIrY-A report of an Instance
when two members OF a family wer,
I stricken with appendicitis at the sam,
time and were forced to undergo an onera
ton. one after the other, In the sam
operating room, comes up from Sive
Creek George Rose and his daughter
Juanita both of that place were strickeI
recently and both were taken to the hos
pital at Columbus for treatment Bot
are reported to be improving.
CENTRAL CITY-County Judge Peter
son has finished compiling his record o
fines for the last three years, and find
that in that time he has assessed fine
amounting 10 S2'OoS. which has been turne
into the school fund of the county. II
addition to these sums collected directl
through the county court, there has bee
enough collected from cases bound owe
from the county to the district court 4
bring the total well up past the 500
/ mark.
FRANK LlN-Francis l.. Cross. born 4
CASANOVA, ~ Y September Il. 1898 die
here MoAday. lie was one of FranklI
countys Oldest settlers, having come ber
In 1873 and demonstrating a quarter nea
Riveuon. He lived here until 1894 whe
he removed 10 Geneva, where he lived Ia
Few years, and returning to this count
located in Franklin, and for three wear
served as steward at the academy II
was veteran odd Fellow, having been
member Of the order here for thirty-fy
/ years.