The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-03
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items Of Greater or Lesser lmpor.
tance over the State.

DIR. and Mrs. Keeling of Nemaha
celebrated their golden wedding. They
have lived in Nemaha county fifty
years.
Before the railway commission O.
II. Allen made Il formal complaint
against the closing of the depot at
Wabash.
The Broken Bow C%haulauqua will
open July % and continues for nine
days. The program is exceptionally
well selected.
The Nebraska National bank Of
Norfolk has taken possession OF the
business Of the Faucett-Carny candy
factory of that city.
Frederick Brummond, a. well known
farmer of Cunning county, was SEN
fenced In county court to thirty days
In jail for wife beating.
Lincoln was unanimously chosen as
the next meeting place of the Nebras-
ka Postmasters' association, which
closed It's sixth annual convention last
week.
Over thirty bridges in Gage county
were damaged by the high water of
the past month, many of them be-
ing unsafe for travel. They are to
be repaired at once.
A farmers cooperative creamery IL
being organized at Chapman, and at
the rate stock is being subscribed for
IL II Is probable that 1t will be capt.
talized at about $4,000.
Warren. the 9.year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Sheckler of Ne
braska City, while fooling with a toy
pistol was shot in the right hand and
perhaps fatally wounded.
In a fight over a difference OF opin.
stabbed six times. in the back and
arm by Raymond Woods. One of the
wounds may prove serious.
The death Is announced of Dcmet-
rius Maynard, who died on his home
stead south of West Point at an ad.
vanced age. He was one OF the first
settlers OF southern Cunning county.
The board of supervisors raised the
valuation of about 500 pieces of prop
erty In Fremont and issued notices
to the owners to appear and show
cause why the valuations should not
be made absolute.
Peter Jensen fell Off a barge at the
Burlington bridge in Fremont and
was drowned. He was working with
n bridge gang and while lifting lost
his balance and fell overheard in a
swift current twenty-five feet deep.
The cherry crop is larger this year
In the section about Nebraska City
than ever before, but many of the
cherries will have to remain on the
trees because it Is impossible to get
sufficient men and boys to gather
them.
A milk inspector was in Nebraska
City and secured some sixty samples
of milk and cream There has been
considerable complaint regarding the
quality Of the milk and cream and an
inspector was instructed to look into
the matter.
was arrested some time ago on the
charge of not sending his children to
school regularly, went before the
county court and pleaded guilty and
was fined. He promised to send the
children to school regularly.
The board of directors on the Nc.
Cook Masonic Temple craft awarded
Carl Boiler, the well known theater
architect OF Kansas City, the contract
for preparing the plans and specifica-
tons, of the Masonic Temple opera
house to be built in that city.
| Bank stock is worth what the assets
and liabilities make II worth, declares
Attorney General Thompson in reply
to County Attorney Brown of Saline
county, who asked concerning the
proper assessment Of stocks. Value
of the capital stock should be de.
Quoted from the real estate which has
been separately assessed.
A Yankton Is. d. dispatch says:
Just across the river in Nebraska,
near Herrick, land is being rapidly nc.
CURED by lease on an oil find, and
now 5000 acres are In the hands of a
hastily formed company, which Is after
| 1000 acres more, which 1t wants before
boring commences. The men at the
head of the project are completely
satisfied they have control of an oil
field and great interest Is naturally be-
ing taken in every movement made
by an expert oil man, who is directing
everything"
While engaged in stacking, Mr.. Ar
thur n. Corby, living north of Neigh,
was struck by the stacker and thrown
from the stack with the fork in his
hand and the tines penetrated his
breast. He was loaded into the wagon
and taken to his home, where he
walked into the house with the assist
ance of his son. He sat down upon q
chair and said. Il am dying, goodbye"
and leaned on his head and expired.
he leaves a wife and two young sons
to MOURN his loss. His father and
mothe live in Neigh.
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