The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-30
nebraSka Notes

Fender has six resident physicians,
and stil the town 10 reported 70 be
healthy.
The Lundgren farm, near Maple
creek In Dodge county, has Just been
sold for tS2 an acre.
Tho Hartford q Waitermine Furni-
turs company OF Ashland h0 incor-
with . capital stock Of 5000.
George Peterson. for many years .
resident Of the Holmesville vicinity.
wa adtudssd insane and ordered taken
70 the aayium.
The Butler Dry Goods company Of
Ashland has nled articles Of incorpora-
ton with the secretary Of state. The
capital stock - 5000.
The Bank Of Benson. with . paid up
capital Of SIC, 900, has been incorpor-
ated and granted q charter by the
state banking board.
]. L. svoboda has resigned as post
master at Howells and will he sue
ceeded by Thomas Walker. Mr.. svo-
boda will GO into the banking business
at Able, Butler county.
Nebraska has a special exhibit OF
popcorn in the palace Of agriculture at
the worlds fair. Nebraska stands at
the head Of the states In the yield Of
popcorn. All Of last years crop has
been bought by . worlds fair conces.
sion.
George Bugbee, aged ninety years,
died at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
M. L. Arnold. Az South Seventh street,
Beatrice. Death was due To old age,
Mr.. Bugbee had been q resident OF Bea.
trice for I'VE years, coming from Con.
necticut.
Tom SafYei has grown the champion
sunnower head Of the neishborhOod OF
Tilden. The center Of the flower is q
compact mass OF seeds-the petals hav.
ing all shed-measures thirteen inches
IN diameter and weighs four pounds
I've ounces.
o. M. Wade Of Blaine township. An
telope county, recently threshed the
fall wheat from a tweEty-acre lot and
received an average OF thtrty-twc
bushels of first quality wheat to the
acre, or 1890 bushels from the forty
acres. Figured at 80 cents per bushel.
this makes the tidy sum Of S1.02l
from forty acres OF Antelope county's
soil.
The Hastings Independent Telephone
company In making preparations 10
erect q $4,000 brick building. II is
understood that q site has been Sc
lected on Third street and Denver av.
enue. Just south Of the court house,
and that the work of e%xcavating will
be started within q few weeks. The
building will be erected expressly for
the Independent Telephone company.
News from the eastern portion OF
Nebraska is that corr Is not doina
we'll. The central portion OF the state
has been more fortunate. the sandy
loan taking better care OF the excess
Of moisture than the heavier soil OF
the eastern counties. As a matter OF
fact, Buffalo county will come mighty
near carrying the banner this year
for all kinds of agricultural products
both as TO yield and quality.
An application has been filed with
the state board OF irrigation by A. A,
Carlson and N. Rasmussen. OF Craw-
ford, Neb.. to appropriate thirty cubic
feet Of water per second from Sand
creek for irrigation and storage pur-
poses. The plan Is to consolidate two
bitches In Dawes county and to irri-
gate 5000 acres of land. The bitches
and reservoir to be constructed will
necessitate In outlay Of $1,000.
A q result Of the explosion Of a
gasoline tank in the Graham store
room at Avoca. the building was De.
stroyed and the stock Of goods dam
aged to the extent OF about $500. The
FIRE was caused by a lantern. which
was accidentally overturned. Roy Ora.
ham. who had gone into the room to
draw some gasoline from the tank. had
q close call from being burned to death
while trying to prevent the spread Of
the flames.
The paramount issue at Pender II
hitching posts. The business men wan
them in front Of their stores. but the
city council has ordered them out.
d. IAntzeer, OF Aurora, drew No
1872 and went up to Rosebud to select
his quarter section, but on looking
over the land he came home without
Ming. He says that the land is barrier
and sandy and that the rainfall is moi
sufficient to make crops. The soil 1.
poor and unfruitful and he did not oar
for a farm even as q gift. He statei
that few filings are being made ant
that a large number OF acres will nevel
be taken UP.
While the family OF J. A. Walker
was absent from their home near Muir
ray, some unknown party entered tn,
place and carried on a solid gold watch
valued at Sl6a. The owner did not re
port the theft TO the oficers, a. h,
thought such a thing would be useless
The watch. however. came back to him
much to his surprise. The missina
'time-piece had In the meantime beer
found behind some bill-boards II
Plattsmouth by John Friesel, a work
man, who learned through one OF tn,
local jewelers. that II was the propert!
of Mr.. Walker, and II was at once re
turned TO the owner. 1t Is though
the thief feared detection and threw
tbs watch away.
Persons are seeking information re
garding the Whereabouts Of Alex Hick
ey, who was city marshal at Nebrask,
City for years. He left there and wen