The Red Cloud chief., 1909-12-23
NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS.
State News and Notes in Condensed
Form.

souri, for burial.
Owing to the excessive damp
weather of the last few weeks the
west tunnel OF the Peru coal mine
caved in recently. obstructing the pas.
sageway. The inclement weather has
caused the demand for coal to increase
IN q new tunnel will be commenced
Immediately.
The question OF street paving Is be-
ing agitated at Seward. The city
council, board of supervisors and prop.
erty owners have taken the matter
up and IL Is meeting with popular
favor, SO that when the weather be-
m settled in the spring, 1t Is ex-
pected that work will be commenced
on the main business streets.
A warm fight over the postmaster.
ship in Wymore is slated to come off
in the near future. The present in
cumbent, S. ID. Cole, has held the
place for two consecutive terms and
Is "A candidate for reappointment, with
considerable backing. i. ii. Archard
also aspires to the place and has
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contest may be locked for.
+. II. Kemper was found dead at
his home six miles north of Hebron
on the line between Thayer and Muck.
oils counties Saturday night. about
seven o'clock. No one knows how
long he had been dead. He was found
by his son, sitting before the fire,
with one shoe off and his foot in the
oven. He was a nan about sixty.
three yea!N of age. an old soldier, and
was wellto-do, owning a fine farm.
Miss Blanche Sypherd, aged twenty.
three, and a resident of Wymore, was
a~djudged suffering from tuberculosis
of the respiratory organs in county
court and was ordered sent to "a Lin
coin hospital for treatment. This is
the first case of the kind In Gage
county under the law enacted by the
last legislature which provides that
persons suffering from tuberculosis
may be treated at the expense Of the
state.
A large number of public sales are
being held at this season by Gage
county farmers. A number of these
disposing of their property are pre-.
pairing to locate in other states, while
still others will retire and move to
town. AS In indication Of the pros.
perity existing among the agricultur.
lists of this county, it is stated by auc-
tioneers and clerks that most of those
attending sales and making purchases
pay in cash, but few notes being given.
Mrs. Mary POolman, a widow who
died Tuesday at her home, seven
miles northeast of Crete, is reported
to have left behind her an estate esti.
several years ago and she was living
alone up to the time of her death. She
had reached the & Of seventy-six
years, and had lived in one house for
over twenty-three years. She is sup
posed to have some heirs, but their
Whereabouts are not known at this
time.
The Central Granaries company's ell.
evator at Rockford was destroyed by
fire Thursday evening. The fire Is
supposed to have been caused by
sparks from a passing engine. The
elevator contained $500 bushels of
oats, 500 bushels of corn and some
wheat, which were consumed. A car
load of corn on a sidetrack was also
destroyed by the fire. The loss is
placed at $500, partly covered by in
iran The elevator will probably
be rebuilt.
William Higgins, a well known resi-.
dent OF Schuyler was found in a help.
less and dying condition in a vacant
house within one hundred yards of his
home Friday afternoon and while
there he was stricken with paralysis.
He fell to the floor, where he lay for
two days with the temperature not far
from zero. He was removed to his
home and given medical attention. His
physicians regard his condition as en-
tremely critical and hold out but little
hope for his recovery.
James r. Garfield, former secretary
of the interior, will speak upon Law
and the Public Welfare" at the meet
ing in Omaha Christmas week OF the
Nebraska State Bar Association. Mr..
Garfield Is a lawyer as well as a re-
former and his address is expected to
be vigorous. The official program for
the meeting, which is the tenth an
nual, has been sent out by President
Francis A. Brogan. 1t will extend over
Tuesday and Wednesday, December
2S and 20 and the Commercial club
rooms will be headquarters. The as
sembly room on the second floor OF the
same building will be used for the Of
fetal gatherings. President Brogan
will give his address Tuesday after
moo Justice C.. b. Letton Of the
state supreme court will be heard
next morning and Mr.. Garfield that
afternoon. The annual dinner will.
take place in the evening Of Wednes
day at the Rome. The Omaha Bal
Association will give a smoker at the
Commercial club Tuesday night.
An unknown man was found in an
---..ain,. oonditipp Sunday after.