Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-09

TOLEDO-The fifty-nipe animals making
me RES,, AoerSaeen- Angus herd Of Il. L. M.
Tor 5000. The herd is one of the oldest
and best known In the state.
CRESTON-The Board OF Supervisors
here have authorized County Attorney
Arnlitase to appeal from Judge Maxwell's
decision that Cottage hospital is a charit-
able institution, and for that reason
exempt from taxation
NINTON-After being out for eight hours
the jury which has heard the case OF
murder against John Donnelly a well-to-do
stock buyer, today returned verdict OF
not guilty. Donnelly was charged with the
murder of Charles Andrews.
CRBSTON-Iame Warden Bryant, of this
place has received word that a shipment of
forty-eight partridges is on the way here.
They will be cared for until the snow goes
off, WHEN they will be turned loose over
the county, not being given in care of any
persons.
DAvENPoRT-Henry Bandbury.
Davenport negro, who onfessed to having
John Brunk, saloonist, down stairs last
November from which Brunk died from a
broken neck. has been sentenced to
year at Fort Madison penitentiary for man
slaughter.
rABOR-The Southwest Iowa Teachers
association will hold its next meeting al
Red Oak, March 3e-3l and April 1. The Of.
tlcers or the association this year are as
follows: President, Prof w. B. johnson
II Tabor; vice president, Miss Anna Temple
OF Atlantic, secretary and treasurer, Miss
Dryden Of Council Bluffs.
CRESTON-Mrs. Will Brady, wife of one
Of Crestons councimen, and school direc-
tors died at the family home Monday
morning. A family of small children. in
Guiding a two weeks old baby girl is left
motherless by her death. She was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Wise
man, old residents of this place.
MT PLEASANT-Dr. A. w. Buell.. an
eccentric character at Mt Pleasant, is
dead at his home at the age OF s.
years. He was. the founder of the Buell.
home tor aged People. some OF his &c
centricities were having his tombstone
erected on land belonging to him several
years ago and having chosen his own
casket some time ago also. He leaves a
TABOR-Mr and Mrs. p. l. Cummings, re-
siding east of Tabor celebrated the fortieth
anniversary of their wedding Thursday
John Allen Post and OF the Woman's Relief
corps, of which Mr.. and Mrs Cummings
are members drove out to surprise them
and spent most enjoyable afternoon, The
Woman's club of Tabor presented Mrs
Cummings with a beautiful post card album
| CRESTON - A committee OF Good
Roads" enthusiasts met here yesterday ana
| conferred with the Board of Supervisors
| asking that portion OF the one mill tax
| allowed by law, be expended upon the
Blue Grass" river to river road. They
asked, not especially tor this road alone
but for the upbuildIng of all roads lead
ing to this Ioao. The board took the mat
ter under Amusement ana viii report at a
laleT odNe.
REIN bkCK-Fritz strohbeen, who is re-
| puted TO be the richest man of Grumpy
| GOunty, was Saturday declared insane Be
cause he had recently Established his resi-
| uence in South dakota, he was taken sun
Gay to Yankton. MIR. Strohbeen has during
recent years became heavily interested in
| banking property and other businesses in
south Dakota. lie owns 2,SuO acres OF land
| m Grumpy county where the fanny has
| resided for many years.
| MANNING. Fischer, a farmer. has
| been awarded $1,000 verdict in Carroll
county district court for injuries which
| he sustained by being thrown from a
/ load OF oats TO the creek below, while on
a defective county bridge. fischer claimed
| both physical and mental injuries In a
| former trial of the case, the Jury awarded
| Fischer $1,000 but the case was reversed
| by the supreme court on an error in the
| judges Instructions
| ELLIOTT-Mrs. William Peck sr, and
! William Peck, jr., II Elliott were fleeced
| out OF $500 recently Dy d smooth individ-
ual, who claimed relationship With them
| and told them Of an estate that had been
| left to them, which he had been appointed
| close up the affair, as he had expended all
| he had and needed about $500 more to com
plete the legal papers necessary. The
money was handed over to him by his new
found relatives and he took his leave.
| CARROLI4-W lille the parents lay in wall
here to prevent him from securing a H.
! cense, Earl Wilcox of storm Lake quietly
slipped into town during the night, routed
and the next morning, Fastening to Breda
he married Miss Edith Pratt of Auburn
The parents, who were opposed to the
marriage, were informed over the telephone
that the marriage ceremony had been per-
formed. That was the first news they had
had of the event, which for two days they
had sought to prev ent by laying in wait
Tor the groom.