The Red Cloud chief., 1909-01-08
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES
Items Of Greater or Lesser Inpor
tsnee Over the State.

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ually busy.
Ponca's Presbyterian Sunday school
on Christmas day made a present OF
s67 to the foreign mission fund.
No less than seven business houses
In the main part of Fremont we're en-.
tered by burglars in one night. They
appeared to be after money rather
tnan goods, and did not get rich for
their trouble.
Becoming despondent because OF III
health. Arthur Koepper. tie 2O-year.
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kloep-
per. living two miles southwest of
Clatonia, committed suicide by shoot.
ing.
| Sheriff Kasper Of Colfa1 county,
armed with reQuisition papers, went
to Des Moines to bring back 10 Ne
braska one Donahue who was charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses at Schuyler.
At Webster City. w.iile hurrying
over railroad crossing. Mrs. X. A.
Darlington was struck by an incoming
Northwestern train. She was hurled
nifty feet and received injuries which
will prove fatal.
| The residence OF Mrs. Nicholas Wei
lingstein, about six mies from Ponca,
was burned. The only son who is liv,
ing at home was attending a dance Mt
the opera house when he learned of
the fire. The loss is estimated at
$4,000 and was well insured
| Rev. Mr.. Guy, who has been pastor
OF the Presbyterian churches at Blue
| Hill and at Ong. dividing his time be.
tween these two appointments. has
| resigned his pastorate and will leave
Tor the west soon to make his home.
Charles Sans, until recently EN-.
ployed as farmer at the Feeble Minded
institute, was in Beatrice looking for
mis- wife. who has mysteriously dis
appeared. The couple had trouble
and VIXEN Sans returned home from
work he found his wife gone.
Cambden Carlow, young man liv-
Ing In David City. while riding a frac-
tious horse in front of Halls livery
barn In that city, was thrown off and
severely injured. He struck on his
head. and an examination disclosed
that he had fractured his skull
Judge II. ID. Travis OF Plattsmouth
has named the following dates for
holding district court in the Second
judicial district, for the ensuing year:
Plattsmouti,, January 18 and 25 May
IL and November IS; in Nebraska
City. March ] and s. June IA and Sep
tember 20 and 81.
Because Of the overcrowded condi-
tion OF the Hastings High school build
Ing movement will soon be started to
secure bond issue for an extension
to the present structure. In the four
years that the high school has occu-
pied its present building the enroll. |
ment has increased Sc per cent.
Allen Hickman, young man living |
near Seward was accidentally shot |
while out hunting. His wounds, while |
painful, are not dangerous. A gun in
the hands of Arthur Wietman. a com.
panion, was accidentally discharged,
bullet striking him dicetly over the
heart.
Frank X. Huxtable of Broken Bow.
well known throughout Custer county.
made an attempt to kill himself. pre-
sumably by swallowing an overdose
or chloroform or morphine. HuX-
table had been trying for a reconcilli-
alton with his wife. from whom he was
separated, and il is alleged that
failure to effect this was the cause OF
his despondency.
A social function of more than Or
dinary interest was held in Omaha
when was effected the organization of
the Nebraska Society of the United
States Daughters of 1912, the first Or
ganization OF d state society under
the auspices OF the national society of
this order, and of which Mrs. Herbert
Gates is the state president.
An agricultural and good roads
meeting of great importance was held
at the court house in Tecumseh, the
attendance being good. The meetings
which are being held in each county
OF the first district are under the aus ,
pices or Congressman Il. Vi. Pollard.
George l.. Cooley of the national in
terror department spoke intelligently
upon the subject of good roads and
made some pertinent suggestions.
Colonel Cupid played havoc with
'choolmarms around about the hoE-
lays and as a consequence Buffalo
county needs just an even dozen to
eplace those who have married or {
Who have signified their intentions of |
,etting married. This information was
onveyed to State Superintendent Nc. ,,
'rien through a'letter from the county
superintendent asking for an imme- :
late supply. :
The roundup for the wild animal q
which is running at large south of Cal
away and killing stock almost nightly
ook place as scheduled. Although
bout 100 men and boys with guns and C
ogs took part IN the roundup, nothing o
'as seen OF the animal A large num- c
er of coyotes were caught in the a
ircle, but nothing larger. Reports con- II