The Red Cloud chief., 1909-03-25
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Po'it'
icai and other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

building boom for 1909.
A mo Saloon party" has been or.
ganized at Syracuse.
Congressman Pollard has returned
to his farm In Cass county.
The wife of John Shriner, of Hast.
ings, has left his bed and board, TAX.
ing a man with her.
Little Jimmy Payne at Ponca had
his skull crushed by the kick Of a
colt. There is a possible chance of
recovery.
Harry Hamlin. a South Omaha boy,
who escaped from the Kearney indus
trial institute, gave himself up and
asked to be returned.
Upon the recommendation of Con.
gresham Henshaw, DR.. ]. M. Wood.
ard has been appointed pension exam.
lining u yeon at Aurora, vice DR.. d. s..
Woodland, resigned.
Michael Kueckel, an aged resident
OF West Point, was instantly killed
at the railroad crossing on Grove
street. He was rs years old and quite
feeble.
A middle-aged man, William Dillon,
who lived three miles south of Oxford,
was found murdered in his cabin. Dill
lon, who was supposed to have con-
siderable money about him, lived
alone.
1t is believed at Hastings that work
will be started early in the summer
on the building of the short line of
railroad from Hastings to Kearney or
to some point on the Union Pacific a
short distance east Of hat place.
G. A. Fowler of Dewitt has filed
with the State Railway commission a
complaint against the Chicago. Bur.
lington & Quincy railroad because of
its work in diminishing the size of the
outlets for the flood waters of Tur-
key creek I'm Lancaster county.
In a fire at Omaha twenty fine
horses, belonging to the Sunderland
| Coal company, were burned to death.
The conflagration was set by a mar
whom, the day before, had been dis.
charged from the company's service.
A memorandum book indicates the
name of the man found cut to pieces
in Antelope county, was Tobias Jasek
Of Pierce county, Wisconsin. The coro,
ner's jury places blame on the rail.
road for his death.
General L. w. Colby and wife are
making plans to erect an armory in
Beatrice for the exclusive use of Com
pany C., provided the present session
of the state legislature fails to pass
an appropriation bill for the building
of headquarters in the larger cities oil
the state.
At Holdrege E. o. Reed and f. ]
McEvoy were arrested by Sheriff Gus
tus on a charge Of dipsomania. Their
hearings we're held before the in
sanity commission. Both were found
guilty and sentenced to two years a
the hospital for dipsomaniacs at Lin
coin, OF to remain there until sucl
time as they were cured to the extern
of being responsible for their actions
The house, in the committee of the
whole, cut out of the deficiency claims
bill an item for $500 for the State
Board of Education, which had beer
spent for printing required by Law
and for other purposes, including 81!
for travelling expenses of members o
the board.
Several teamsters of Omaha have
joined the temperance workers anC
proceed In a novel way to inform tn,
public what a hazardous thing 1t is t,
indulge in golden wasser. Stroud &
Co. make a little red wagon which cir
culates quite freely among workmen
as it Is used by contractors for exca
walton. Working on n of the exca
vations In the business sections o
Omaha, one Of these wagons, painted
bright red. has this injunction painted
on the back I'm large white letters
CUT OUT THE BOOZE"
r. f. Shelley, for many years a res
ident of Gage county, died at his hom'
in University Place after a short III
ness of paralysis. He was born nea
Plover, Wis, Jan. 6, 1860. and came t
Beatrice with his parents in the earl,
Cos. He worked on his fathers farr
and later entered the service of tn
Union Pacific as telegraph operator
He also engaged in business, and TO
several years was postmaster @
Holmesville.
Doane Colleg won over Bellevue Co
lege in the triangular debate In whic
Cotner, Bellevue and Doane en- gagged
The question debated was, Shall tn
United States Government Pass a M
tional Income Tax Lawn The loca
team argued in its favor. The debat
was held before a large audience b
Hamar J.. Adcock, l.. II. Carey an
James d. Phelps, while Doan's color
were upheld by Earl A. Talheim, Al
thur Hill and Perry c. Swift.
Mayor Cotton of York has been r,
nominated by the republicans for al
other term.
An epidemic OF sickness has struc
Bellevue college and many OF tn
( pupils are confined to their rooms.
The Standard Bridge company Ina
the contract for six new structures |
Dodge county.
The religious revival In Cook Is {
such intensity that business has largi
ly been suspended and attendant