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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1904)
. . A AI I 24 . i I j ] 'J/I : I Qt + , . . / ( J , + . t . 'qi ' h : , , PAGES tl a. Jj l t fl nut. PAGES. 24 > 1,11'0. . I . . . , . _ _ _ _ _ . . _ _ . . ; > 11 > VOLUME \ ' I FALLS ! CITY , NEBRASKA , ' FRIDAY , JUNE 10 , 190q. NUMBER 23 P1 - - - . : . , I" . . . The City Council. . ' . . ' . : The regular meeting of . : hc : t ' ' ity council was held 011 Mottday' : " ) : , . ! . : ' ( vening' . . The matter of needed ' . . . . . . repairs on the standpipe was t11s- discussed ' ' -t' cussed at ' ' . - : . ' - . lcngth. The standpipe . .n I . is scaling ! off on thc inside ' and . , . . ,1 will soon be uscless. 'l'ltc cost of " 't/ ' 'makil1g necessary repairs will be , . . .j ; r. ' , ctns ? lIerablc. Some towiis ill thc / state are using a direct pressure l system which does way with a rI standpipc. Such systems are in I. use both at \Vahoo and Hastings , ' " and Councilmen Reagcn , Powell . . : " anel Holt were appoin tcd' on a ' . . committee to \ 'isit'thesc cities , examinc thc system and report on } . . the advisability of installing sudl " ' ; . a system hcre. City Attorney ) . . ' ' 'Gan t t and Engineer Lapp were E . invited to the . .1 , . accompany C0111- iitittee 011 its trip. A petition " . \ vas.iilcfJ ) , ask ng for .l bridge across the ravine on East Twelfth I ' . street and a committee was appointed ; - pointed . to investigate the mattcr. - - - - - . ' E. S. Towlc , ' \V. El. Grccnwald b . . : ' ; and J. E. Leyda were reappointed - . { . ed members of thc library board . . . ) " , ' ' to succeed themsclvcs. The usual . , , . : . al ' . number of bills were allowcd. \ . . . . . . ' A.committee was also appoint- t , M " : " ed to investigate the cost thc . /q . ' city will be put to in the event of- < .1 < \ 4d . - , ' , ' : paving Stone strcet. It was thc . " . . : opinion of thc councilmen that a ' . , / , \cwerag-e ' system ought to be pro- ; vided before any paving is done. , ' " . . ' , ' ' School H''Sunday neeting. . Time ninth annual convention \ " < . . " . " ? ' "of the Richardson county 811n- { , day school association will be ( . . . n Ic1cat thc Christian church in .t : .i. . this city on June 20 , 21 and 22. . . ' . . . . . . .1. : .i fine program has been prepar - j d and 1 a large attendance is cx- t , . iected 1 . Subjects of great : intcr- . , 'est to Sunday school workers .r ' . will be discussed and ( a great deal \ ' , of important business will be transacted. , ; \ 1- - Arrested for Bootlegging. ' : 1 ' , A dispatch from Humboldt \ say : "G. R. Martin came down 1'/ . ' from Pawnee City this afternoon and placed under arrest Nick , Bcutlcr , a well known Humboldt . "to. . .1 r , ' young man on a charge 01 boot " \ legging at Table Rock sonic , f months ago. The warrant was ; issued from thc court of Justicc ; ; 't ' \ \ 1 . Marble shortly after the offcnsc , ( . . . . " t -is alleged to have been committed , but in some manner thc offense i sums to have been given a tip s r . and made himself scarce. Hc is i , .tIlought . - to have . been in Missour % r.ti . but on Sunday afternoon driftcd " ' . -4 , . . , , . . I . . . . - . - . . ' . . . . . ( IU. ; : _ .I ) : : : :1' : d : " ' . . .t r4 , .l - - - , . - - - intoo town and was able to stay here but slightly over twcnty-four hours when Pawnee county ofii- ' cials were notified and the officer came down He 111 tyoung Duct- lcr on the street and placed limn under arrest before thc young man ' was ware of his . presence on that mission Died. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ' \V ea Vet : died at thc family home in Stuart , Neh. , yes- terday morning and the remains will be brought t to b.is city tomorrow - morrow for buriaL Time little one was but a month olel. The many Falls , City friends of Mr. and [ rs.Vca'cr unite in cxt ud- lug sympathy The Holland Case. The case of John I-IqllatH1 vs Della Holland to secure custody of a minor child was dismissed on , motion of the plaintiff. Mrs Holland was given thc custody of - the child. It was the aforesaid custody of thc aforesaid child 1 that causcd l\Irs. Hollan to take five shots at her husband. - - - Bus : Line Changes. Wallace & Hal1lk ceased to op- . < : .ratc , thc Union Bus Line this week. A part of their outfit was purchased by Campbell Minnick , who will begin running a bus line in thc near future Mr. Minnick formerly conducted a bus line here. Hc recently , returned - turned from Auburn where he has been living for some timc. . . The Uarnum Circus. Mayor Marten is in receipt of a a letter from the Barnum & Bailer circus asking whether the citi zees : : of Palls City will donate grounds , license and water if i f thc show will come here instead of going to Nebraska City , The expense would be about two hundred - Bred dollars and an effort is being - ing' made to raise thc money among the business mcn. Was Nearly Killed. IIRed" Knobe was nearly killed at thc Burlington depot Monday night. He was helping Gcorgc Wallace haul a piano to thc sta- tion and was sitting on top of thc box containing the instrument 'rhe wheels struck a deep rut and 1 the box fell out of the wagon and Red fen with it. 'rhe force of his contact with the hard earth rendered him unconscious in which condition lie remained for twenty , minutcs. , Time piano was , uninjurcd..JI. , , . . . , . ' , t" , " . ! P.'J' , ; ; ' _ " ' , ; ' . .1 , , ' , , " ' . . ' : " I x : ' .11t , . . .t'.Qoj't : ! ; .rli , ' ' ' . ' . > . I . . ' . . . . . . - - . - - - ' - - - l\'larried. \ ' Ollie Miller mind ; ' Harry P. Cus- tcr. wcrc married yesterday afternoon - noon at thc home of the bride : : : ; sister Mrs. , James McDowell of ' ' ' ' 'l'ccumscl ! Time ceremony \ was performcd by l Blackmore of the Methodist church , only a few friends and relatives were pres- cnt. Mr. and Mrs. Cust0r will return at once to this city. Time bride is a laughter of Ben Miller and for several years has been employed as a teacher in our city schools. She has made many friends who admire her for her high character and womanly qualities . The q groom is the pro- prietor of a job printing cstab- cstablishment in this city : and by the people amol1g whom he has grown up , he is held in highest esteem , coi } umnandiiig 1 : : thc respect and ! confidence 0 fall. The union of these two worthy young people - pIe calls forth the mot ! sincere of congratulations. ' n _ _ The Cigarnlakers. John Smith of Kansas City , secretary of thc industrial coun- cil of thc cigarmakcrs union , was in thc city Monday , and a meet ing of local union No. 190 was . held \Vith a view of settling ex- isting differences between Leyd a t & \Vhctstine and thc union. All attcmpts ; along this line were fruitless and thc situation remains - mains unchangcd. The cigar : makers who walked out and refused - fused to remain il a scab shop will all go to work in Toni Mc- Lanc's factory. Public sympathy is with mc cig-armakcrs. A Musicale. The members of thc vested choir of St. ' ' Thomas church arc arranging for a musicale to be given at thc Jennc opera house on next Thursday cvcning' The musical will bc participated in by such well known ] musicians as Mrs. ' 1' . J. Gist , Emma Keller , Blanche Kerr D.D Reavis , Prof. Harnack anti many others. 'r.hc procccds will bc used to defray thc expenses of the boys annual outing- - Proved his Innocence. James Carter , a young man who had b . . . emi employed at thc National hotel was arrested Sat urday : and taken to Maryvillc , Mo. , the charge against him being - ing the illegal sale of intoxicating - ing signor- Carter was formerly in thc drug business at l\Iaryvillc and it was during that time that the offense was alleged to ha'C . . , . " 'j. , . i . , ' . . : . . _ ' . . : . . . ' . . . . r - . . . . . . , . , _ - - ci w been committed. A telephonc } message from Carter , yesterday ( - , . . : Lnllouncecl that lie hadbccn clear- 1 ed of thc charge and released , ill fact it is said that his arrest was the result of spite work. f - - - - - - - - - - - The Miles Case. ( > 1 The final argument in thc I : Miles will case will take place in the Supreme Court at Lincoln 011 thc 21st of this Mouth and , prom- iscs to be a'cry promr affair. .1. H. Miles , who was , : given most of the estate of his r father under thc provisions of all old will -made at Rube sonic tell years before his father's death , has lately employed two 1irst class lawyers , ' 1' . J. Mahony of Omaha and J.V. . Deweese of Lincoln and a battle royal ( legally - ly speaking ) may be cxpectc ' 'rhe disposition of thc estate depends - pends 011 the question whether thc will madc at Rube in 1888 , and which gave Joe the bulk of tile estate or the one made in St. Louis in 1897 , bout a year and a half before thc testator died , shall in the distributio of it 'l'hc St. Louis will ( which is mysteriously missing ) so far as the contesting heirs have been able \0 ' its prove contents , rc\'ok- ed tie Rule will , and 1)1 ovided for an equitable distribution of the estate among the scventt heirs who by law are entitled to inherit it. Time argument will be conductcd on the part of the contesting heirs by Mr. Webster of Omaha , Mr. Atwood of Leav- cnworth and Frank Reavis of this city ; and on the part of Joe II. Miles , by bir lvlahommy of Omaha , Mr. Dewccsc of Lincoln and , by his local lawyer of this city. \Vc will endeavor to lay before our readers the salient points that will be made and argued by counsel ' - Rcv. Ryan , rector of the Epis- pal church at Hiawatha , accom- . panted by.a number of the mcm- bars of his church canine to this city yesterday to attend thc lawn social last night , at thc home of Dr. 'u chard. Dr. Gaise , the dentist who recently - cC'ntly located here for thc prac- tIcc of his profession , has removed - ed his family front Lincoln to this city antI they arc now occupying - cupping the Burchard dwelling at First and Stone streets H. l\l Shaffcr and wife who were married recently at Ogden , Utah have returned to this city. . . . . .ro , . . . . - . . , . . . . . . . . - . . . . . 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