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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1904)
16 TI1K ILLTTRTKATKD BEE. July &, 1301, People and Things M AUK I NO tln irii(,'ri' of its jx'ople In tin' way uf in.itiTl.il prosperity, S.hiii.Iitm )'. 1 11 1 y Is IrululK'h'K la a ih.'W court hiiiiMi . Thirty-two Wars iiiro tlit i hi ncrBtoiii itf tha temple t.f JuMtli'f ut Wahou was laid, and the pinners tlioiiKht they wiTr building well. Lmif service dlj the 1-ulhllriK Ktve. the affairs uf the count j bclni? triuiMiiuUxl within Mm walls until iultc recently, whun tncreim in lni.sln, ss und tlio natural dvr Of th fruiuw liiillilliiK dcniuiuliil that more adeqiiHtu an.l impropriate hi'iitlijuiirtrrs be furnished, cm June 2 tlu cornerstone of the proponed new building wns luld with approprhito ceremonies, the county com missioners tun-In the mutter In harjj. The day w.u Hindu tt holiday at Wahoo, and was K n-rally observed by tlio poopla Of the county. When done the new build In will be o credit to the enterprislnjr citizens of one of the most progressive and ; prosjxrous counties of Nebraska. ' Mr. und Mrs. (T 1'hllHps of Ooltimhiis celebrated their trolden weddln anniversary at the home of Mrs. Thomas Wilkinson, a ' Meter of Mrs. l'hlllips, at ltlalr, Neb. , Nearly a hundred friends of the family from OolunibiiH, Fremont, IJlk City, Omaha and UlaJr wore In attendaiiee. A ceremony was performed at hlh noon by Hev. Mr. Marsh of the Kplseopal church nt Hlair. George 1. l'hlllips and Julia A. Jarkson 1 were married May 3, IsM, In UiUc county, Illinois. Ten years later thry removed to Nebraska, und were unions pome of the pioneers of Douglas eounty, loc-utlnK on a fsrm twenty-two miles west of Omaha, near the old town of Klk City, on the mili tary road. They resided there continuously until about six years aco, when they moved to Columbus to make their home with their son, J Ion. (i. Phillips. On May 1, lSftl, they stepped off a steamboat at Omaha. Woman Shot Wildcat KIGJIT for life with a hunTy wildcat from the southern liilli of Colorado, the sure shot of a nervy woman and the rescue of a loy from a terrl'de denth nvm the essentia features of a suburban trag edy which occurred five miles south of I'ueblo ono right last week at the home of George J. Warden, a prominent contractor of Pueblo. Mr. Warden was away. During: the night young Adam Warden, his brother, heard peculiar noises at the barn. Ho threw on his clothes and ran out to see what was the matter. As he unlocked the barn door his atten tion was held by a deep, hoarse mewing, accompanied by the stamping of horses' feet and the whinny of alarm. Still un suspecting, ho entered, to feel at once the pricking of a score of cruel cuts on his back and shoulders, the weight of a heavy animal on him and to hear tho angry growl of the wild beast In his ear. He Jumped aside with a cry of fright Then came a pistol shot and a sudden re lief from his burden. The cat had spiting over his head at someone beyond. Again came the sound of a shot, followed by a heavy thud to the floor. Then his sister-in-law rushed up, asking If he was hurt. It was all over In a moment Fainting from his loss of blood, the boy stumbled Into the house, where his wounds were dressed. It was Mrs. Warden who had followed Mm from the house, armed with a .S8 Smith & Wesson, Intent upon discovering the cause of tho noise, which had also awakened her. Bhe saw tho oat spring upon the boy and immediately brought the gun Into play. Although she ran a great risk of hitting htm. Instead of the beast, she felt confident in the steadiness of her nerve. Maddened with pain, the cat sprang from the shoulders of the boy direct for the now danger, claws outspread, spitting and growling. Mrs. Warden's nerve did not waver. Bhe caught the beast tn midair, oomtng directly for her, with a bullet through the heart It rolled over dead at her feet. Then she helped her Must rated brother Into the bouse and dressed his wounds. Toung Warden is little the worse lor his experience. Ills back is covered With deep pishee and scratches, but none Of them penetrated sufficiently deep to be come serious. Mrs. Warden baa a local reputation as a crack shot Bhe haa a target in the back yard at which she practices every day. Bhe la an accomplished equestrienne and also a Pueblo club woman of considerable prom inence. Thl la by no means her first thrilling ex perience. Sha once killed a black bear hi Iowa while out camping with a party of friend Housed In a big tent on the aide of a hill, she waa the finrt to hear a rus plclous noise breaking the night's still nee. With a .44 Winchester she stole oat on a tour of Investigation. In the moonlight he saw a bear arproachlng. Bhe Bred and wounded It The animal ran for her at oooe. She feared to shoot again becaase of the danger that she would not be able to reload tn time, and waited calmly until ahe could be sure of herself. When the big. skulkmg body of the bear waa within Ave feet of hsW - f o&-'"i V a.. . . a i W W m . 7 . w. ., k , : k-r-V vt- ' 1 ;; f- .'. i .--r.- -rm - eafHWrC? 1 - .': V' a I "TV!,,. IAYINU THE COiiNKKSTONB OF TUB NEW SAUNDERS COUNTY COURT HO USE AT WAHOO. Neb., ON JITNE 2, 19J4- I'hoto by Anderson, Wuhoo, her and he bad sprung Into the air, aha fired, hitUiig him in a vital spot and bring ing him to the ground at her feet. Bhe is only -T years of age, pretty, slight and feminine In appearance. Denver I'ost One of Twain's Jokes I'.eforo Mark Twain made hl3 name fa mous in his tirst produc tion of "The Inno cenl.s Abroad" he was attached to tha etalT of the old Alia California. It waa while tin re that ho perpetrated one of bis Jokes, whhh at that time had no mora Bltftihieancc than tliat of an, ordinary wavg who enjoyed a Utile fun. at another's ex pensc. Hut since Mark has made his nam known to the reading world the Joke will bear repeating. j It was one of those hot summer d&l that occasionally visit San Francisco thfa Mr. Woodward, one of the proprietora t the Alta, stepped Into the editorial roaift and there found Clemens drawing on the end of a brier root pipe. Woodward mopped his brow and when he cooled down he began to deliver hlmclf forcible. "I'm disgusted," snid Woodward, "at What I Just saw on the street as I passed by the carriageway leading Into Wells, Fargo & Co.'s yard down at California and Montgomery. Sitting on a chicken coop, cither drunk or knocked out by the heat of the sun. Is a police officer fast asleep." "Iet us take a look at the animal," said Clemens, getting up from his desk and walking out. On his way down to the comer he stepped Into the California market and, going up to a vegetable stall, he plucked a large leaf from a head of cabbage. When he ar rived at the place where the big, fat poll.e man was fast asleep the humorist pro ceeded to fan him with the cabbage leaf. This amusing Fcene soon attracted a crowd, which Inside of ten minutes had swelled Into hundreds, and California street waa blocked to traffic. To add to the excitement someone had run to the old city h ill and Inform, d Cap tain Pouglass that there had been a rob bery at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s, as the place was surrounded by armed men. DongTaw summoned every available cop on his fo-ee, which nt the time counted lees than a dozen, and rushed to the place designated. After brushing the crowd to one side ha entered the gateway and there- found Clemens whirling the cabbage 1-af aa thoogh nothing unusual had occurred about him. To say that Captain Douglass was mortified would be but a mild expression. 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