The Red Cloud chief., 1909-07-22
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
state News and Notes in Condensed
Form.

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past few weeks.
George II. Moulton, a we'll known
citizen of Weeping Water, is danger
ously i'll at his home.
The summer meeting of he Nebras-
"a state horticu tural society will be
held at Beatrice, July 81 and %.
The business men OF Adams have
perfected an organization and will
hold carnival August 20 and 81.
A. Upton OF Tobias has associated
himself with the Fairbury planning
mills and is installed as business man.
ager.
The births and deaths for Cunning
county for the month of June are as
follows: Births, thirteen; deaths
three.
The farmers out near McCook are
In urgent needs Of harvet hands and
are offering good inducements to any
one who wants to work.
Irrigated lands continue to attract
tention TO the North Platte valley.
Prospectors are arriving and much
real estate is changing hands.
Prosper Marion, who killed Mr..
Murphy near Valentine in 1884 has
been arrested in Washington state and
will be brought back for trial.
Frank l.. Henry, who murdered his
wife at Omaha, and who had been in
hiding for several days. was captured
at a farm house near Florence.
Walter Dean, brother and Jennie
and Grace Dean, nieces, all OF Minden.
Neb., arc leading heirs OF Harriet Mil
ler's $4,000 estate at Rockford, III.
Joseph F. Pop. Of Weston. died in
st. JOseph's hospital in Omaha, Tues
day night Of tetanus, caused by a
blank cartridge discharged into his
hand, July g.
Laura X. Porter. the South Omaha
negress who was convicted OF killing
James Chenault with Ratchet. has
been sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary by Judge Sutton.
The Pender Commercial club was
organized Monday evening by the cleo
ton of d. c. Waller, president; II. d.
Hancock, vice president; o. y. Aid.
rich. secretary. John Heyner, treas
urer.
Farmers along the Nemaha river
have been having great deal o.;
trouble with the high water and much
damage has been done the farm lands.
George Martin who was arrested
as one OF the suspects wanted for the
robbery of the Missouri Pacific depot
at Julian, was taken to Auburn for
trial
Governor Shallenberger issued an
order that all cattle brought into Ne
braska for dairy and breeding purposes
must bear the tag showing that they
have been inspected and are free from
tuberculosis.
l.. A. Warner and wife of Sterling,
will depart in a day or two for Seat
tie. Wash, TO attend the national edi-
torial association, Mr.. Warner being
an officer of the association. For
twenty years, mp to date, Mr.. Warner
has been in the newspaper business
in Sterling.
On the suggestion Of Eric Morell.
editor of the Independent at Oakland,
it has been decided by officers of the
anti-saloon league to call a prelimin-
airy meeting of all editors favorable To
| county option, to be held on August 6
at o'clock at the Epworth Assembly
grounds in Lincoln.
Afidavits are being executed at the
Office OF the United States marsAal
and the Douglas county Jail to eshlb
| lsh an alibi for j. II. Davis, now serv
| ing a sentence of seven years fol
passing or forging an express money
order in Marietta, la. Davis was
tried and sentenced for the crime
which is alleged to have been commit
ted in Georgia in December, 1908, al
a time while he was a prisoner in the
Douglas county Jail, serving a sen
tence on his plea OF guilty to having
used the United States mails for fraud
ulent purposes.
The Fremont Commercial club, al
It's regular monthly meeting practical
ly decided to run its coming trade eX
cursion up to Albion, making stop
along the Scribner branch of tn,
| Northwestern. Probably two hundred
members of the club will make thl
trip and it is the intention to have 1
large amount of advertising matte
printed for distribution. The clul
will attend the Boone county fair
which will be in progress at Albion a
the time of the excursion.
Edward Fitzgerald, 10 years old, o
Valley. was run over and killed b!
Union Pacific work train mile we\
of Seymour station Monday evening
at 7:30. The train consisted of a ca
boose in front OF the engine. Youni
Fitzgerald was lying with his head oil
a rail, but he was not seen in TIM
TO avert the accident. His head wa
crushed. The body was taken to On
aha and taken in charge by Corone
Heafey. The train was in charge O
Conductor Nelson. w. II. Gardne
and George Nelson were the brake
men.
b. NJ. Derstine of Stella has bee