The Red Cloud chief., 1908-07-10
STATE NEWS AND NOTES IN CON.
pENsEp FORM.
1HEpRESS,PUlPT ANDPuBL|C
What Is Going on Here and There
That is Of Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout Nebraska.


Gen. Colby. the consideration being
$150.00O.
The Red Willow county court had a
narrow escape from fire, which orig.
mated in the our room and partially
destroyed the second floor.
The Nebraska state band is plan
ming to hold a large convention of
bands in Creighton some time In the
near future and expects about six to
ten bands from the state TO partic!-
pate.
Little Emma. the ~two.year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Hub
bard, who live seventeen miles south
of Rushville, wandered away from
home and her body was found two
hours later in the Niobrara river.
where she had fallen in and drowned.
A man, giving the name Charles
Murphy, who is a hostler and roust.
about with one of ,he race horses
there, was arrested at Tecumseh on 4
serious charge. Murphy had been
treating little girls during the day and
it is said he attempted to assault the
~G.year.old daughter of Emil Pfeifer.
George McAuliffe. son of Mr.. anG
Mrs. John McAuliffe, the family home
being near 81. Mary, in Johnson
county. attempted suicide. In a fit OF
dependency he took a razor and cut
a cash in his throat almost from ear
to ear. 1t "a not deep enough to
sever the iugular vein. McAuliffe is
aged about 80 years and has "A wife
and child. He had lost his crop in the
flood along the Nemaha river.
Clinton II. Lee of the Lee Broom
and buster company. Lincoln. sub
mittod an amended proposal for con.
yict labor to the state board of pub.
lie lands and buildings. He offers to
pay about $2,400 per annum, plus the
cost of light. This Is in addition TO
his offer of 80 cents a day for On
Wet labor. The state board has in
sisted On 20 cents Il day. When the
members made this demand Lee
turned the convicts of and they have
been idle ever since.
Farmers who were in Fairbury told
of the havoc wrought by the storm of
Saturday night in various parts of the
county. In many section the wind
seemed 10 assume the form of a
cyclone and great damage was done,
buildings being blown down, and many
movable things carried for consider
able distances before the force of the
wind. j. +. Lasicur says the path of
the storm in his neighborhood was
several rods wide and that everything
in the path of the storm was wrecked.
The qualifying examination for the
Rhodes scholars to be elected for 1910
will be held toward the end of October,
1909. instead of in the month OF jan
uary as heretofore. IL Is believed
that an examination held in October
will interfere less than IN held in
January with the regular work of
American university students, and
that the earlier election will give bet
ter opportunity for the selected schol-
ars 10 direct their work on lines most
advantageous for their course at OK
ford.
The Jenkins mill at Steele City was
NOUlDtlltu W Silut uoWn VII dNtouliN Va
high water. The shutting down of
this mill closes one of the historical
business enterprises of that section OF
Nebraska, which has been identified
with the growth of the country from a
time dating back to the advent of civ.
ilization into Nebraska. jenkins mill
was one OF the supply stations on tho
old overland trail, and all the early
pioneers who travelled that route in
the search of new homes and for.
tunes secured their supplies for the
continuance of the trip at that place.
The mill has been in constant opera
ton from that time until 1t was closed
down after the recent food.
The weekly crop report says: The
week averaged. for the state as a
whole, just about normal for tempera
ture, rainfall and cloudiness. The
daily mean temperature was between
20 and "a degrees in the central and
eastern counties, which is just about
the seasonal average. II was between
CT to 90 degrees in the western coun
ties, which is about three degrees be
low the normal. Monday and Satur
day were generally the warmest days
with a maximum temperature neal 90
degrees. The rainfall was above nor
NAL in most of the state. 1t exceeded
one inch in most of the central and
eastern sections, except in some north
eastern counties, where 1t was abou'
one-half an inch.
Mrs. John Lenners, living six mile!
north of Beatrice, gave birth TO trip
lets, one boy and two girls, One O
the girl babies died soon after birth
but the other two are strong ant
healthy.
A telegram received by DR.. S. w
Dodge OF Fairbury, stated that his son
DR.. G.. l.. Dodge had been accidentally
shot at his home in Basin, Wyo., AM
was not expected to live. The Fair
bury man started at once for the bed
side of his son, he having been gon'
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