The Red Cloud chief., 1910-06-02
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
religious. Social, Agricultural, Poilt
'ea' and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.

yea IN nebraska City.
The new Methodist church at Hem.
ingtord will be dedicated June 9Th.
Some portions of Nebraska were
well wet down in the recent rains.
w. X. Mellor, secretary of the state
board of agriculture, is touring Eu.
rope.
w. J. Bryan hirod a hall at Omaha
and made speech favoring county
option.
The new depot Mt Central City was
dedicated with many railroad officials
In attendance.
Governor and Mrs. Shallenberger
celebrated the twenty.rourth anniver.
sary of their marriage.
The project of building and equip.
ping a suitable auditorium at West
Point is again agtating the public
mind
c. Ii. Mayborn. until recently en-
ployed I'm the Union States bank in
Beatrice, has organized state bank
at Chester The institution will open
for business In few days.
l.. G.. Mann. who for twenty years
has been In the ranks of Humboldt
business men, died from stroke of
apopleXy last week.
Governor Shallenberger delivered
the class address to the graduates of
the Stella High school to a large
audience in the opera house.
The Nebraska state Dental associ.
alton, in session at Omaha, elected
officers as follows: President, =. r.
Barber. Omaha; vice president, o. II.
Cressler, North Platte; secretary, J.
III. Wallace, Omaha; treasurer, H. T
King, Fremont. The next meeting will
be held in Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. w. J.. Lisk of Dodge
county have been made defendants in
another police court complaint signed
by County superintendent John Mat.
zen, alleging that they have failed to
send their eight-year-old daughter to
school. Two weeks ago the Lisks
faced similar charge, but were re.
leased on promising to comply with
the law. They have not as yet
done SO.
The unfavorable weather for the
past ten days, says a Howe dispatch,
is very hard cn the newly planted
corn and much of it is rotting in the
ground. John Kleckner, living Just
west OF town, as well as others who
planted early, are obliged to repant
entire fields.
A special election was held at Rush.
Vile. the issue being to vote $4,000
l;,,o
the water system of the town. The
vote stood TO 12 against.
The will of the late John Ross. of
the Crab Orchard vicinity. has been
filed for probate in county court at
Beatrice. The deceased was bachelor
and left an estate valued at nearly
$65,000. which will be divided amons
fourteen nephews and nieces.
Sheriff Quinton of Cass county has
large stock of merchandise in his
possession awaiting an owner. Fred
Blunt and Sampson Karnes informed
him where he would find the goods. 1t
is believed the goods were thrown
from Missouri Pacific cars.
Mr.. and Mrs. David G. Blackburn
celebrated their golden wedding ami.
versary at their home northwest of
Holdredge. Over 100 neighbors and
friends we're present. The Rev. AL
fred Chamberlain on behalf of the
guests presented Mr.. Blackburn with
a gold-headed cane and his wife with
a gold watch.
At the Grand Army encampment at
Fairbury the following officers were
elected: Department commander,
John Diener, Post No. 81, of Syracuse; !;
senior vice commander, J. f. Morgan,
Post No. "a. OF Alma; junior vice com.
mander, o. Fl. Durand, Post No. II, of
Fairbury; chaplain. Y. Nickel, Post
No. 25. of Lincoln; medical director,
Fred Brother, Post No. SO of Beatrice
The widow of Jones Pilkins of
Battle Creek will recover $4,000 from
three saloon-keepers there whom she
charged with selling liquor to her hus.
band after she had warned them
against II. one of the Pilkins' mo-
ments OF over-indulgence happening
to result In his death. He wandered
onto the railroad track at that point
and was struck by q train. being
killed instantly.
Word was received in Nebraska
city by Mrs. Il. H. Tagart of the
death OF her mother. Mrs. s. 8. See
ley at her home in Santa Barbara
Cal. at the age Of SO. after brief Ill.
ness.
The village board of Syracuse has
passed an ordinance levying tax OF
SO ON each dog that Is kept In that
village.
The Tecumseh city council est
mates that 1t will require $l7,350 t.
meet the expenses of the municipalit.
during the coming fiscal year.
Mayor Schulz has been authorized
by a unanimous vote of the council
70 issue proclamation in the near