The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
L, NEBRASKA NOTES.

Franklin will soon have It's tele-
phone exchange in working order.
The railroads suffered washouts in
various parts Of the state last week.
The Ravenna creamery is shipping q
carload OF butter to Boston each week.
The farmers are harvesting on the
installment plan. They work between
rains.
A windstorm twisted the home Of
Otto King, near Blue Hill, of It's foun-
dalton.
B%elvidere reports wheat and oats
practically ruined. The bottom land
being under water.
At Blair. Miss Edna Kelly and Miss
Della Cochran died in the same hour.
both from consumption.
Professor ID. X. Luthy. OF Superior.
has been elected superintendent OF the
Weeping Water high school.
The officers of the Nebraska Retail
Dealers association have filed a notice
of dissolution with the secretary OF
state.
Albert Nye, who lost his hand last
November in a corn shredder. died at
his home in Lexington last week OF
blood poison.
A portion OF the dam Of the Ben
nington roller mills has gone out be-
cause of high water. and IL Is feared
the whole dam will be destroyed.
The western portion of Lincoln was
pretty well flooded last week. and
many OF the occupants could get to
town only by boats sent by friends.
There is n belief that oil exists In
southwest Nebraska and a company
has been organized and is 10Y drilling
for that product south of Danbury.
Because he made remarks about her
not strictly proper. Frank SwUinser,
an Omaha barber. felt the lash of a
horsewhip welded by Mrs. Alice Moler.
The Central City Touring mill is be-
ing o%verhauled preparatory to the fall
run and new machinery added which
will increase It's capacity eighty-five
barrels per day.
The city of Grand Island has made
an ordinance effective authorizing the
city treasurer to pay one and a half
per cent premium for 10000 of the
bonds OF the city, and the bonds have
Deen Calleu III.
Vernon King. the youngest son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George King of Firth.
was accidentally shot between the eyes
while playing with a pistol. The shot
entered the brain, and the boys
chances for recovery are slim.
The Fremont Commercial club has
passed a resolution favoring the clos
ing of G, ID and + streets, where they
cross the railroad tracks. to give the
additional to construct the union
depot which the Elkhorn and Union
Pacific roads have in contemplation.
John SchroT. the eleven-year-old
son of Charles Schroif, died suddenly
at Alma. He with companions was
playing under an elevator and he was
missed and they returned and found
him dead. He was subject to fits and
In falling II Is thought he broke his
neck.
Thieves broke into the home OF Geo.
Ramold at Nebraska City. Thursday
night of last week. broke open the
smoke-house and took therefrom all of
the supplies that he had. among which
was something ove 800 pounds of
cured hams and bacon. At the price
fresh meat is, this is a pretty serious
loss.
: r. c. Mckinney and +. l.. Owen, of
Washington. ID. c., and NJ. A. Steele,
Marion, Ind, United States geological
surveyors. commenced the work last
week for making a thirty-minute sheet
which Is one-fourth degree of Longitude
and latitude. After getting the eleva,
ttnp ~ Tho hItSpnnri riupr at NahrapL.
City they commenced the survey at d
point six miles west and the map vii
include a portion Of Cass. Otoc ant
Lancaster counties. The Typographical
map is being made under the direction
all the streams.
The large barn belonging to th'
Abrams Bros. near Heartwell. burned
last week. The fire started in the ha,
loft and IL is thought a tramp wa
sleeping there. The horses were al
In the pasture which saved them, a |
was impossible to get anything out o
the barn. II was one of the larges
barns in Kearney county,
The little stone church on the cor
ner of | and Elm streets, which ha
served the M. Il. people of Weeping
Water for owe thirty years as a plac
Of meeting. Is to be partially tor
down and remodeled into "A fine struC
ture to be used as a place of WORSHIP
When finished the Methodist peopl
will have a place for worship they ma
be proud of. They will expend $4,40
on the improvements,
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