The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-10
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injured by lightning the last two weeks
In Nebraska alone.
The Happy Jap Chewing Gum com
pany of David City has fled articles
OF incorporation with the secretary OF
state. providing for an authorized cap
ital stock OF SIS, 900.
The anti-cigarette law is 10 be strict
ly enforced In Plattsmouth. Mayor
Gering instructed the chief Of police to
notify the dealers in tobacco OF the fu-
ture enforcement OF the law.
Edward Wright of Mason City, Neb..
stopped with his right eye the hoof OF
a colt. The injury was serious enough
to cause fears for the sight OF the OPP
tic. The young nan is under treat
ment.
The Odell Independent Telephone Co.
filed articles of incorporation with the
county clerk of Gage county recently.
The capital stock OF the company Is
placed at &c. 900 and the incorporators
are John Il. Murphy, Thomas ". STAN
oschek, Frank J. Truax, j. B. Renard,
Arthur Williamson and James Col
grove.
n kTttl utdi VI tut bWttt 'oIh DlubN
ed in the vicinity of Fremont to sup
ply the canning factory has had to be
replanted. A very decided advantage
of canning ORR over almost any other
crop Is the lateness with which 1t can
be planted, ever up to the first Of July.
It has the advantage over field cor Of
not having to mature.
Sol Wilcox, a fireman on the Rock
Island, was knocked from his engine
while near Scandal, Kan, and badly
hurt. He was leaning out from the
engine and hit an obstruction at the
end Of a bridge. He was brought to
Fairbury for treatment by the company
surgeon. Wilcox's people I've at Heb
ron, Neb., his former home.
The library board has elected Miss
Florence Smith as librarian at the free
public library of Beatrice, to succeed
Miss Joanna Hagey, who rendered her
resignation several weeks ago to ac-
cept n similar position at Lincoln. Miss
Smith, who was formerly a teacher in
the Beatrice public schools, is attend
ing college at Champaign, III.
The death of Warren Brown of Ger
mantown, Seward county. occurred at
his home In that village. Deceased was
born in New York in 1886, was long
time a resident Of Seward county, hav-
ing com to Seward in 1866. He lived
on a farm until ten years ago, when,
after amassing a competency, he moved
to Germantown. The cause Of his
death was apoplexy.
A. A. Young and wife of Osceola,
were taken violently i'll recently. The
doctor was called and he thought they
were suffering from poison from some
thing they had eaten. Their condition
has been such since that 1t has been
impossible to find out anything about
1t. and the doctors, with their neigh
boring friends. are doing everything
possible to relieve and pull them
through.
Arthur inflow, a boy about ten years
old, came nea drowning in the Nema-
ha river. He In company with a gen.
Element named Saum, visiting at Eth
Creek, went to the river to fish. inflow
dropped his pole into the stream and
in trying to recover 1t he fell in. His
cries attracted the attention of Mr.
Saum. who fastened to his aid and sue.
ceeded In extracting him from the wa
ter as he was about to sink for the
third time.
William Wolf, king OF the Bohe.
mians" In Clay county. died very sud
denly Of heart failure. Mr.. Wolf cam,
to Fairfield from his native country
some twenty-five years ago, PRACTICAL,
without q dollar. At the time Of hi
death he was probably owner OF a,
much land as any single individual IL
Clay county, and without any debts
whatever. He left a wife and a larg,
family OF grown-up children, all o
whom are successful farmers an,
farmers wives.
Numerous new residences of the bet
ter class, costing from $1,000 to $4,000
are being erected at West Point. I'm
provements of the business buildings O
the town, new fronts and rear extern
sions, are also being rapidly pushed I
completion. Inc erection of the ney
depot OF the Chicago & Northwestern
railway Is now commenced and tn
auditorium contemplated by the Yves
Point Liederkranz will be finished 4
three months. This growth, while cX
tensive. Is not speculative, but repre-
sents the natural development of tn
city.
Frank Fox OF Papillion attempted
commite suicide at Fort Crook b
slashing at his throat with a razor, an
then attempted to cut his heart GU
but the blade glanced on his ribs. Sc,
eral ugly gashes were made before III
groans OF the man attracted attentio
and he was disarmed. Fox was take
to the hospital at the fort where h.
Injuries were attended to and later h
was taken to the county Jail, in whic
place he will be confined until take
to the insane asylum. Fox has bee
In the asylum several times before. II
drst time he was sent there was aft,
he had attempted to take his own Iii
and then ran amuck, shooting at ever,
n In sight.
u. Il. Archer. near Waco, and daugl
ters, starter from their home to go
Seward when the team became frigh
ened and ran away, throwing them GU
Miss Maude Archer sustained a broke
leg. the bone being badly spIfntere