The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-26
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cluded.
Il. J. Mansfield the other day sold
an SO-acre piece in Butler county at
$50 an acre.
The coming season an $S5, 900 court
house and an $4,000 school house will
be built in Wahoo.
The ice harvest is finished through
out the state. the quality OF the croY
being the best for years.
Send 20 cents to Midwest, Lincoln,
Neb.. and get the magazine one year
and a dress-cutting chart free.
The Leap Year club" organized by
the young ladies OF Norfolk, is report
ed to be doing a land-office business.
The money getters OF the Fremont
power canal scheme have succeeded In
having th~ree-fourths Of the necessary
capital subscribed.
Coal thieves keep busy at Beatrice.
Their ~depredations have been extern
sive, several tons having been taken
from one yard in q single night.
Near Memphis. in Saunders county,
a tramp had possession Of a church
for a week. keeping up a roaring fire
and running things to suit himself.
There IL a law upon the statute
books Of Nebraska prohibiting the
opening OF business houses on Sunday
for tho purpose OF buying and selling.
A sneak thief entered the residence
Of Mrs. Randall, one Of the teachers in
the public schools Of Clay Center, dur
ing her absence and stole $26 in money.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Aherns, living on
the Blue. southeast of Davenport. have
a baby boy that tipped the scales at
~ pounds the day he was nine months
old.
At Omaha a levy OF 3h mills has
been ordered for school purposes, not
w~ithstanding the board will have about
500. 900 to maintain schools for ten
months.
A big wolf hunt Is planned in Platte
county. Several hundred men are ex-
pected to take part. and no end Of
dogs. Shotguns. but no rifles will be
permitted.
The Burlington railroad questions
the validity OF a Lincoln city ordinance
fixing the speed limit of trains at four
miles an hour in the yards within the
city limits.
Handsome art pictures will brighten
the rooms OF Fremont's different
school buildings. A fund OF several
hundred dollars has been provided for
this purpose.
Henry Orrell, Of Nebraska City, who
is charged with the burglary of a store
at Berlin. pleaded guilty to the charge
was sentenced to n year in the
~penitentiary.
Express companies are doing bust
ness on the curb at Fremont. refus-
ing to use the room set apart for them
In h new union depot, for which the
railroad company demands $50 a
month rent. whereas the express COM
panies are willing to pay only 325.
The annual smashing OF short
weights and fraudulent measures con-
fiscated by the city inspector has taken
place at Omaha under supervision Of
members of the council.
Omaha's new federal building will
be completed by the end of February.
In the language of a former chief JUS
tice OF the Nebraska supreme court,
"All things have their end"
The town Of Yutan has adopted an
ordinance making 1t cost $25 for any
one to use, or permit to be used, any
chimney or fiue knowing 1t to be In a
dangerous or unsafe condition.
A very decided sentiment against
the post-bills, free rural delivery and
he like, cropped out at the annual
convention Of the Nebraska retail
hardware dealers association held in
Omaha.
Ed. Branther, Of Plattsmouth, was
seriously injured In a collision be-
tween two engines In the Burlington
yards at Pacific Junction. He was ter
ribly crushed about the abdomen and
left side near the hip.
The arrest Of Geo. Buerstetta. n
or the leading merchants OF Elk Creek,
for the sale Of lottery tickets In the
disposal OF a suit OF clothes by chance,
his pleading guilty to the charge aud
paying q fine, has ELECTED no little
amount OF interest over the state.
A burglar tried to get into the home
OF Mrs. NJ. J.. Heavrin. OF Nebraska
City, by forcing open a window late at
night. The lady heard the noise and
securing a revolver waited until the
man had forced open the window and
was crawling therein when she fred
at him. He fell back out OF the win
dow with a cry Of pain and disap-
peared. A trail of blood that led away
from the window plainly showed that
the man was hit.
The agent at Pine Ridge agency has
received instructions from Washington
TO r%elinquish authority over the ex-
tension known as NO Mans Land
in Sheridan county, and a rush Is on
TO secure choice claims on the extern
sion. Quite a number have already
been located, many OF which are worth
$4,000 to 1900. The squatters are To-
eating mostly along White Clay and
Larabee creeks. which are the two
finest trout streams in Nebraska. The
bottom lands are covered with fine
timber.
The state insurance department has
received word Of the re-arrest of ],
Forrest Marston, OF soliciting fame, at
Humboldt. He Is alleged to have
swindled Humboldt citizens out of