The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
pENsED FORM.
THEpRESS,pULp|T ANOpuBLIC
What is Going on Here and There
That is OF Interest to the Read
ere Throughout. Nebraska.


will be held in Fairmont beginning
August Z. H.
AS a result of n favorable decision
rendered at an adjourned session of
the district court the saloon at Chap
man has opened for business.
The large barn Of Herman Lubbock
living about five miles southeast from
Alma was blown to the ground by q
storm which passed over that section.
Part Of the barn on the G. T. Newman
farm was also blown I'm during the
storm.
William Aldridge. who was arrest
ed I'm Omaha, charged with stealing
horses, has worked or farm at inter.
walls near Fremont. There have been
a good many horses stolen from that
vicinity this year, n theft being of a
$500 team from Hooper.
AT n special election Fender voted
$1,000 bonds for an electric lighting
plant. This amount, with funds on
hand, will give the board $4,000 to
expend. The question, ELECTRICITY or
gas?' was also voted upon. the former
winning nearly unanimously.
Albert Il. Stalder, n leading farmer
and representative of Richardson
county in the last legislature. commit
ed suicide by drinking carbolic acid at
his home. III health and loss from
flooded farm land are supposed to be
the primary causes of the deed.
Adjutant General Charles +.
Schwartz is negotiating for a f~ive-year
lease with the option of buying a tract
of 100 acres lying along the Platte
river two miles north of Ashland, to
be used as q permanent rife range for
for the National Guard of Nebraska.
Ben Pearson, an aged bachelor. who
has been living alone in Nebraska
City for many years. appealed to
sheriff Fischer for protection, and was
locked up in Jail. He claims that sew
eral women are trying to force him
to marry them. II Is thought he is
mentally unbalanced.
J. NJ. Dunbar of Kansas City says he
Is going to do some business In Ne.
braska, right away. A letter was re.
ceived from him by the secretary of
state saying he Intends to build a rail.
road beginning at Benkelman and then
! running into Kansas and Colorado. He
wants information regarding incorpo-
ration laws.
One of the Nebraska Wesleyan
graduates who received his. degree
last week, Mr.. II. A. Whitehorn, left
tor San Francisco. to sail for the Phil
ippines, where he has n position with
the government in the public school
system. Mr.. Whitehorn was II elias.
steal student having his majors In
Latin and Greek.
In conformity with an order by
Judge w. f. Stewart, permitting the
receiver to levy an assessment against
the policyholders to the amount OF
the unpaid portion of the premium on
each policy. n suit was brought IN the
district court at Lincoln by j. A. Ran
dali, receiver of the refunct Nebras.
la Mercantile Insurance company,
against about 500 policyholders.
Postmasters, In convention at Lin
coin, elected officers as follows; Il. II.
Sizer of Lincoln. president: J. Cook
of Blair, secretary and Il. l.. Howe of
South Omaha. vice president, and the
following vice presidents for the differ.
ent classes: First class, Il. l.. Howe OF
Of South Omaha; second class, T.. NJ,
Wells of Crete: third class, j. II,
Tower of Sutton; fourth class, Miss
Olive =. Tracey of Florence.
Almost at the hour set for the mar
riage OF Miss Mabel Richardson and
Mr.. Clyde Folsom, OF Ashland. David
4. Cowan, grandfather OF the bride,
expired suddenly at the home Of Mrs,
&. Morley, where the ceremonies were
TO occur. Preparations for the wed,
ding We're complete and the guests
were beginning to arrive. when Mr.
Cowan suddenly fell to the ground In
great distress. lie was assisted into
the house, but died just In a short
time.
A severe tornado swept over part OF
Custer county doing a great amour,
of damage. The residence of Fred
Arthur, four miles southwest of Brok
en- Bow, was completely demolished
The family took refuge In a leantc
and escaped serious injury. V. J
Stedry, In the same neighborhood, lost
a big barn and outhouses. On the
farm OF George Pelkey, ten miles
southwest, a new cement block res
idence and fine barn were swept away
the damage at this place amounting
probably to $4,000 of $4,000.
In the case of the demonstrators
against the saloon petitions in Stells
Judge Pemberton in district court de
cided In favor of the saloon petitions
and as the result +. NJ. Hinkle and ID
c. Allen are preparing to open up IL
the near future.
This portion of the state, says {
Galloway dispatch, has been receiv
ing it's share of the moisture which
has been well distributed over tn,
country. From last October until tn,
Sd of last month no moisture fell here
| h.tt h.hrinn thn month ~ AIn.. n..l -.