The Red Cloud chief., 1910-11-03

Campbell Bros. circus will go into
winter quarters at New Orleans in
stead Of at Fairbury as heretofore.
The first meeting of the Frontier
county teachers association will be
held N Alton Saturday, November 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wickman OF Boelus
celebrated their diamond wedding re.
Gently. They are over ninety years
old.
Shelton Is in a fever of excitement
over the finding Of oil in the well that
has been drilled there during the sum,
mor.
Application was made for saloon
license at Pleasanton. but the citi
zens are making II fight against such
q procedure.
The Blue river at Beatrice has beet
stocked with frogs. channel cat and
black bass by the fish and game com
m!ssioners.
Burglars gained entrance to the
p~ostofice at Talmage and escaped
with $50 worth Of stamps and Il small
amount of money.
Erwin Leach. a student at Lincoln,
was thrown under a street car. He
saved mis- lie by clinging to the fen
der. escaping with a few bruises.
jeanette. the little daughter of Mrs.
Nettie Harrell of Doniphan. was found
dead with her head in "A tub only
parity filed with water. the child hav.
ing gone to the tub unseen.
A farewell reception was rendered
Rev. J. w. Jones of Grace NJ. T..
church az Lincoln on the eve OF his
departure for Bloomington. Ind,
where he will assume a passionate.
There are but three cases of diph.
theria in Cortland at present, and
rome have been reported for several
weeks. With strict quarantine regu.
lations it Is thought the disease can
be entirely eradicated in a few days.
The ceremony of blessing the now
cross recently erected in ,he Catholic
cemetery of York was held Sunday
afternoon in the presence OF a large
rumber Of the Catholic congregation
and others who came to witness the
ceremony.
The session of the state federation
OF woman's clubs, held at Tecumseh,
was largely attended and was marked
with a high degree of enthusiasm. The
attendance of delegates was larger
than had been anticipated, the total
reaching nearly 200.
Rural schools of Dodge county will
observe fire day along with the city
schools and those of the state in gen.
eral. The program outlined by Assis-
tant Fire Warden Johnson will be
followed in the rural schools Of the
county and will include a fire drill.
At a meeting at the Presbyterian
church of Plattsmouth three patrols
consisting Of eighty boys each Of boy
scouts were organized and now the
boys are hard at work try to quail
fy to meet the tests imposed upon all
candidates before they "a become
f%ull.fedged scouts.
The eight.year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Klein of Auburn was severe.
ly injured by being run owe by a
wagon loaded with corn. The boy
was trying to climb on the wagon
and fell in front OF the hind wheel.
which passed over his body.
Out Of twenty-one applicants be-
fore the naval recruiting station at
Lincoln, not one was accepted. An
extraordinary feature was the number
of persons who were found to be color
blind. Eight were rejected for this
defect.
Prof. w. H. Smith, science teacher
in the Beatrice high school, has ten
dered his resignation to take effect
as soon as his successor is elected.
The board of county commission
ers of Pawnee county have called a
special election for November 8 to vote
on the proposition of issuing bonds
for a new court house at Pawnee City.
George Cox, a Jefferson county
farmer, living six miles north of Fair
bury, marketed ei~ghty.seven fat hogs
which averaged 400 pounds apiece.
1t required two stock cars to take the
shipment to st. Joseph, Nc.