STATE BANK I CLOSES BEAL BECOME OWNERS OF ACCOUNTS, NOTES, SECURITIES ETC. The Farmers State Bank of Pres, ton, Nebraska. Has Quit Business Because of unfavorable conditions «win r to move tho bank building to Fulls City, the stockholders of the Farmers State Rank of l’reston de cided to discontinue business. Sat nrdny night papers were signwd whereby the Falla City State Bank became owners of the accounts, notes and securities or the Preston bank j The Suite Bank will honor all • hecks drawn against accounts of do-1 tvisitors in the Preston Bank. also all notes anil certificates of deposit. Idr Clyde Thacker of the Prreaton hank will he with tile State hank for a time to assist in handling the increased business. Ur Clyde Thacker of the Preston volume of the Stale bank's growing bnsiie ■ and will bo to the udvan togo of Falls City. Rulo Merchants Organize Tlic Hulo Merchants association I was perfected Imre Friday night by Field So< rotary Cumnock of the Stub Federation. The following of ficers wiic elected Thomas Winter bolt out, president; Frank Von Vol heiiluirg. vice pres ; James Tangnev secretary; (Jeorge K. Ward, legists Mir committee over the organization ■ ml believe s great benefit will lie derived from same J Baseball Season Soon to Open New York. Mnrih 27 Next Tuns day will witness the start of the Util season of professional baseball games anil hofore the diamonds are abandoned next fall, nearly 20,000 reg uJar league contests will have been gkiveil The Pacific Cost league Is tfce first to begin to play anil the last to close. COURT HOUSE NEWS ,S P. Lee i ante down from Dawosn this morning to pay his taxes at the office of llie county treasurer, ■ ... Joseph Ogle of Dawson was a vis ! itor at the county treasurer's office. | Peter LuglnliHI of Humboldt paid a1 visit to the offlie of the county 1 reasnicr this morning. Joseph it. Heim ctitne down from j Daw sin to pay his taxes today. A case for tin foreclosure of a | mortgage on the Verdon Milling property was filed before Charles Lo i i this morning. The Verdon State Punk \s Lean >r Johnson, Sarah T. Johnson, Will s»ui II Griffith. K. D Dutton and W A. Watkins. In Police Court \ inoiijile of high minded gents *r rvnl in our city yesterday and in • ’ in tlio free use of city water t; i V foot. They liandie be ti On j i •; 1 e Mr Spragins, and w »-e , ix da ■ on the street. 1 Mr* •• 11 o r. v ill ' . . . . 27 Vers . ;r> :: .".i.ib- 't . . .20 Tills license vns i . t ed Match 2.4I but Ua. not published caiiier a; tin v<'Sing ( outle was not desirous of llulr file nils knowing the fait un til after the wedding, which occurred Sunday. William T. Brulin, Verdmt.. ..2 Ida Bauer. Kalis City.24 t'any B. Bronson, Verdon. . ..28 Hais.v 1>. Arnold, Verdon.30 — l>r. M. Beininger of Chicago and! Bis brother were in the city at the office of the county treasurer where | ’he doctor paid taxes on some Hum boldt property. Samuel Bisi of Humboldt paid a visit to the county treasurers office Blur morning. Frank Snetheu and Ralph llununel «,r Humboldt had business at the * ourt house this morning. John Buthy of Table Rock visited Charles Loree at the court house to day. Conference Meets at Stella Stella, March 27—The annual Ne braska City district conference aud missionary convention of the Metho dist church will be held at Stella. April 10 to 13. A good program is being prepared. There will be about seventy-five delegates in at tendance. Planning Athletic Tournament Heat rice, March 27--Cluy Rathbun, .hysienl director of the Y. M. C. A., . planning an a 111 tie tournament i be participated in by the high .clients of In atrioe and surrounding .win , to lie held probably on April th As nearly as possible tho No >raskn high school regulations will e complied with, A similar tourna mill was held last year with great ueccss. Frank Erdman Sentenced Omaha, March 25— Frank Krdman, was sentenced this afternoon to fifteen years in the state peniten tiary Krdman was convicted of placing a suit case filled with dyna mite on the porch or Tom Dennison, last May. Krdman's attorneys made a motion for a new trial which was overruled by .Judge Estelle. Boy Run Over By Auto York, March 26— Yesterday after noon Wilson Heaver, was run over by an automobile near the opera house on Seventh St., without being very seriously injured. He and other children were roller skating ucross the street and failed to get out of ttio way of tho uuio, which was not going very fast. Both side wheels ran over bis body. No blame was attached to the driver, wlui was a young lady, as she did not know how to put on the brakes. A Pleasant Surprise A well planned surprise was given by the three Mosiman boys in honor of their mother, Mrs. Mary Mosiman. at their home in the northeast part of town. The surprise was so complete that it was some time be fore she recovered. Nearly all the young people of the Evangeli nl church were present. Cake and ice cream were served at a late hour and all went home feeling in debted to the young men for so pleasant an evening. INITIATION Elks Add Twelve New Members To Their Membership The Elks met in re:, Jar session last night, he following candidates were in waiting, and were prop'Tlv initiated into the mysteries of the 1* I’ O. E : M (ihinnlni. Mr. tireene. Harry Miller, Min Powell, Harry Jones, Herman Peachy. Will Me Motipal. (lid Whitaker, Fred Farring loti. I,. Knickerbocker. Fred Knicker bocker and P. (!. Pa. .ikos. Tile usu ! fc , and good time was enjoyed ly all. ENTERTAINMENT A SUCCESS l arge Crowd present And The Pro gam Very Good—Every One Well Pleased — The two act farce comedy given by the High H.-hool pupils at the I Christian church was a splendid sue-j css. The house war well filled .ml each chare ter played his or iter! art in a very ci'ditable manner. I side tin come,ly there were several! tin r numbers given, among them a I reading liy Itossm Wilson, that' «as n joy * d by all. About $77. was cali/.ed which will be enough to pay 'lie expenses of the Athletic Asso elation. Royal Arcanum DREDGE SINKS WENT DOWN IN EIGHTEEN FEET OF WATER Spilled Off of Flat Boat While Be ing Ferried Across Stream —Valued at $7,000. — Fremont March 29 A $7,000 dredge owned hv the* Standard Drainage Co. was lost in the Klkhorn river six miles east of Fremont this morning. The* dredge, which was operated by I titc Klkhorn river drainage district, was spilled off a flatboat its it was being taken from the north bank to the smith bank of (lie river. It sank in eighteen feet of water, going c lear out. of sight. During the day it generally lowered in the sand. Whether it can lie gotten out is a question. At the best there will be a delay of several weeks in the work. With The “Kidlets.” We, the Putters, think we can show the Eighth grade Central a] pretty good game of ball the next time we play them. We just won two games from them, and they pose as champions yet. Charles Sperry, Captain, Ervin Kirkpatrick, Richard Wyler, Emmett Prater. We the Putters think there is lets of room for Improvement. The 8th grade does not. WEDEING BELLS RINGING MISS IDA BAUER AND WILLIAM T. BRUHN WED A Beautiful Wedding At The Home Of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer Sunday, March 26th. At the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bauer a very pretty wedding was solemnized when Miss Ida Hauer was united in mar riage to William T. Bruhn, the cere mony being performed by Rev. Schultz. About sevonty-five relatives and friends were present to witness the ceremony. Immediately following the ceremony a wedding feast was served. Tlie bride wore a beautiful white gown and tin- wedding couple were attended by a sister of the groom and a brother of the bride, Miss Ilulda Bruhn and Elbert liauer. The bride is well known to many of our readers, having for years made her home with her parents just noith of (ids city, and is a young lady of refinement, and culture. The groom is a promising young farmer residing near Verdon, He and his bride will make their home on a farm near that place. Wind Did Some Damage The heavy wind at. Salem last night blew down a brick wall and did some damage to the first floor of the building occupied by the Sa 1< m Standard. This was one of (lie buildings damaged by the fire at that place a few months ago. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Louis Peek and little daughter was re turning home after trading in this city and the horse she wa^ driving became frightened and la gan to run. throwing both ladies1 out of tile buggy. They were badly I ightened hut. aside from a few bruise* they eeeaped injury. BUYS HIS OWN TROUSERS Beatrice Merchant Buys A Pair Of Trousers Stolen From His Own Store Heat rice, March 20- Four men w ere arrested here .vest- rday, charged with being members of a gang which has been < arr.ving on a series of thefts in (lie city. The arrest fol lowed an attempt on the part of one of the men to soil a pair of Miring trousers, finally succeeding in disposing of them for $1.00 at one of the clothing stores. After his de parture the merchant who had put chased them made the startling dis covc-ry that they were a pair from - lot he had on sale in his own store and had been stolen from him. The police were notified and they found tli fellow with three companions, all of whom we pine, d under arrest The men will be brought up b eforr pclii e court later. There were all -1rangers in the city. More Postal Saving Banks Washington, March 28 Postmaster (Icin'ru 1 Hitchcock today designated forty-five additional postoffices as postal savings depositories in as man states and territories, mostly at industrial centers whore there are many wage earners. It is Mr Hitchcocks intention to confine the] offices as nearly as possible to in dustrial centers really needing such hanking facilities, particularly giving consideration to geographical loca tion, postal receipts, foreign money order business and general efficiency of post masters. Among the new of file's designated are: Centerville, Iowa; Alliance, Neb., and Devils hake. North Dakota. School House Burned Broken Bow, March 2S—The Kellcn burger school house, six miles west ot Merna, was totally destroyed by fire Sunday. I .ate r in day a tramp was arrested by the constable at Merna and brought here by Sheriff Kennedy. The tramp admitted that he went into the school house Sat urday night. Men Are Laid Off Omaha, March 29—A spirit of re trenchment unusual at this time of the year has tied up the work on the million dollar freight depot which the Burlington is building in this city. The Union Pacific laid off 150 me at the shops on Saturday owing to the objection against working the full quota of men on shorter hours. The men were taken from the boiler and other shops. Freight handlers ami others have also boon laid oft temporarily where the men could he spared. TWO TEAMS RAN AWAY One Belonging To Ed Coatney And The Other To Mrs. Louis Peck—No one Hurt Tuesday Ed Coatney left liis team standing just north of the Richard son county hank, while he went into Whitaker Brns.'s office. During his stay there they became frightened and started to run. They ran upon the side walk In front of Dr. H. R. Miner’s office and entangled to such an extent that they could go no father. Things were soon straight ened out and no serious damage was done. Reynolds Postmaster in Trouble Fairbury, March 28—R. A. Brauer, a United States inspector of Hast ings, Neb., is at Reynolds in this county, investigating the deficiency in the postoft'iee receipts at that point. Mr. Brauer, while checking ever the postoffice accounts at Rey nolds, found F. A. Corbin, postmas ter, was short about $2,675. He has been postmaster but. a short time having succeeded Mrs. Webster, who lives in this city. Arrested At Beatrice Sheriff John L. Schick of Beatric e today arrested Reuben E Bootli of that place on the charge of being an habitual drunkard, and lodged him in jail awaiting a hearing before tiie board of examiners. The com plaint was sworn out. by a stepson of Booth, who alleged that his father in-law had prevented his mother from olng east to live with her children, though she was in poor health and in no condition to live the life Booth subjected her to. T he couple have been living in a wagon on the west side of town, where Booth was found by the sheriff. tfILMA SHAFFER DIED SUDDENLY DEATH CAME AS A SHOCK TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS She Was In The Bloom Of Youtn With All The Beauties Of Life Before Her Friday morning Mrs, Shaffer and h. r two daughters, Wilma and Blythe started to Falls City In order that the girls might complete their eighth grade examinations they had started the day before. When they had gone about fifty rods from the house Miss Wilma complained of a pain in her head. They went on a little way when she dropped her purse and l.er mother called her attention to it but had no response, and it was then that Mrs. Shaffer discovered the girl was very ill. They returned to i ihe house and immediately called a physician. She talked with them tor it little while then seemed to go into a stage of unconsciousness from which she never rallied. When the doctor arrived he gave the family hope and thought. she would be all right in a few days, but on Saturday she was no better and a specialist from Lincoln ar rived and held consultation with the local physician. They pronounced he suffering from apoplexy, but. her youth was in her favor and there was still hope. During the early part of Saturday night she seemingly rested well but later she suffered a hemorrhage of the brain, and passed away at 2:110 Sunday morning. Lov ing hands and anxious parents did all in their power to relieve Miss Wilma of her suffering and to res tore her to health, but all was in vain. Wilma Shaffer, daughter of Mr. an Mrs. F. M. Shaffer was born in this county Fob. !•. 1895, and died March 26, 1911, being 16 years, 1 month and 15 days old. She was the oldest of a family of five children, four girls and one little boy. She was an unu sually bright and cheerful girl, lov ing and being loved by her many acquaintances. She was a good scholar and took great interest in everything she undertook to do, but was of a nervous disposition and it is thought her studies might have been to much for her and had some thing to do with her sickness. The funeral will be held from the Silwr Creek Church Tuesday March 2Mh at 2:30 p. m.,Rev. Wat son having charge of the services, Interment will be made in the cem etery at that place. Team Sold For $725. « - Fawm e City, March 2S—The horse men of Pawnee City held another of their big horse sales Saturday when 300 head of fine horses and mules were sold. Buyers were here from many states and the animals all sold well. Among the offerings were some of the finest animals seen in a sale for some time. T he highest price paid for a team was $725, and the highest single animal sold brought $450. Funeral of Wilma Shaffer A large crowd from this city at tended the funeral of Miss Wilma Shaffer at Silver Creek church yes-i terday afternoon. The . 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