Grand Island Independent
Thursday, May 22, 1902

WOOD RIVER NEWS

The wedding bells are soon to ring for two couples

Joseph Campbell is trading in Grand Island this week.

Mrs. Geo. Daggett, of Gibbon, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Geo. Betts.

Quite a number of relatives of Mr. Clemons, from a distance, attended his funeral.

C. W. Mercer's father and mother, of Gibbon, are visiting this week, at their son's home.

Miss Nevada Pulver, of Kearney, is visiting with Miss Maud Bowen and other friends, this week.

The Epworth League gave a social Tuesday evening, which netted the society a neat little sum.

W. T. Spelts has purchased the the Oliver Mead ranch, down on the Wood River, and is fencing the same.

John and Will Mankin and Charles Baugh went to the Island today, to attend the funeral of Frank Mankin.

Patrick Guinan left for Omaha to attend the annual encampment of the G. A. R., accompanied by Mr. Guinan.

John O'Connor is remodeling the old Langan opera house. Mr. Langan will occupy the same as soon as completed.

W. W. Mitchell says shirt waists are all the go now. Bill wears one. Just stop in and he will take your order for a sure fit.

Hy. Barrick is visiting his parents this week, before leaving for the Phillippines. He expects to embark from San Francisco June 1st.

E. S. Leavenworth has just returned from Colorado with several car loads of cattle, and put them on his Middlesex rance, north of Wood River.

N. C. Burkerd and wife left for Clinton, Ill. to visit ralatives. Nick will attend a reunion of his old regiment, the 41st Illinois Infantry, while there.

John H. Laidley stopped off for a few days, while on his way from Iowa to Cheyenne. Mr. Laidley had been attending his father's funeral and settling up the estate.

Grand Island Independent
Thursday, May 22, 1902

A WARM TIME
One Excitement After The Other At Police Court

Officer Phil Koeplin twice gave chase to a man whose arrest he was about to make, and after the second capture landed his man in the city jail. At the headquarters a bystander came near following the man on a contempt of court proceedure by mixing in too freely in the affair and making charges which were unqualifiedly untrue.

The officer was standing near the Glade mill when he looked down the alley and saw a man chasing children and acting strangely, as if to strike them with an iron that he had. The officer recognized the fellow even at this distance as a tramp telephone or telegraph lineman, who had come into town this morning, and whose general appearance was such as to lead the officers to take a second look. When the man, whose name from union cards appears to be Johnson, saw the officer coming, he ran, but Phil gave chase and overtook him at the Dunphy saloon. While the officer was leading the fellow by the Baumann pharmacy corner, the fellow broke away and ran and though drunk, cut it loose at quite a gait. The officer gave chase and order to a number of parties to stop the man, but instead of doing so everybody cleared the track for the fugitive. However at the Kuehlsen corner the man was again caught and the officer brought him to the police headquarters.

Judge Garn happened to be in at the time. Chief McCashland also appeared. The man was searched. Several card were found on his person. They appear to be union cards - showing membership in the electrical linemen's union. After the man was searched and put into jail, a bystander who proved to be Auker Hirst, of Cheyenne, asked whether the man was in goodstanding. The officer's reply was that they didn't know. Hirst wanted them to look. A remark ws passed that it would make no difference whether he was or not. Hirst insisted on seeing the card and the chief had no objection and showed Hirst the card. The card stated that the man was in good standing to June 1st.

No immediate reply was made whereupoon Hirst continued his inquiries and asked if there was not a linemen's union in the city. Mr. Huff, of the Telephone company, who incidentally had hired the man in the morning, replied that there was not and if there was it would not inject itself into a case of this kind, or words to that effect. Hereupon Mr. Hirst became somewhat indignant and stated that it would in other cities. One word then led to the other until Mr. Hirst made the remark that citizens of this city could be in much worse shape and lay around the streets and would not be arrested. Chief McCashland denied the remark when Mr. Hirst charged that worse things had taken place under his chiefship.

Then the thermometer took an other jump. Mr. Hirst was invited to go outside, and the language that followed was more emphatic than elegant. The court had stood all it intended to and informed Mr. Hirst that whether the man was in good standing or not it was cetain that he was now in jail, and ought to be there, and any further remarks would lead to an action by the result of which he might have to go to jail. It was plain that the dander of the court was now up but Mr. Hirst after qualifying that such an incident happened while McCashland was an officer and not the chief, a time which had not yet happened, withdrew and further trouble was avoided.

But for a moment Mr. Iona wasn't in it with the blue vapors that hung around the police court.

Grand Island Independent
Thursday, May 22, 1902

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

The funeral of Frank Mankin took place this afternoon at two o'clock from the house on West Koenig street, interment being made in the cemetery in this city.

Grand Island Independent
Thursday, May 22, 1902

CAMERON CLIPPINGS

Miss Mahoney's term of school will close Friday.

D. G. Afflerbaugh was a Wood River visitor Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Deb [sic] Powers of Cairo were Cameron visitors Sunday.

Harry Slawson and family of Berwick visited G. I. Hauke's Sunday.

Miss Anne McLassen returned from the Island where she visited for two weeks.

W. Senseny had the misfortune to step on a nail resulting in a very painful wound.

R. C. Finley and wife were out Friday soliciting for a new milk and water separator.

Miss Emma Smith has gone to California with an aged couple and expects to take care of them.

Lena McGlassen had the misfortune to run a pitchfork in her ear. She is unable to hear on that side.

There will be a republican primary meeting at G. I. Hauke the 31 of this month to elect delegates for the county convention.

Mrs. Chas. Clanton has gone to Perkins county on a visit with relatives. Charlie's mother, Mrs. Grass is keeping house for him while his wife is gone.

MARRIED: At the Christian church, Sunday May 18th, Joseph Graham of Cameron and Miss Stella Hoagland of Grand Island. The happy couple will live with the former's son Dale, on the farm. Ed Lee, Justice of the Peace, perforned the marriage ceremony. They returned to the Island in the evening. The charlvaries were after them Monday evening but it is not reported that they found them.