The Red Cloud chief., 1910-02-24
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES
Items OF interest Taken From Here
and There over the state.

Mrs. Cleveland. who died at Lyons
last week was 90 years old.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson OF Beatrice
last week celebrated her 9th birth,
day.
Odd Fellows Of Nebraska City are
arranging a rally and class initiation
March l..
February IL was o~bswryed by the
Bartlett state bank Ivy "a btE. reception
and feed" in observance OF the fourth
anniversary Of the institution.
Floyd Saxon, u young farmer east
Of Union, Cass county, had his left
nand badly mutilatcd by the Bursting
of a wood saw.
Some disease much resembling
pinkryC Is affecting the whole herd
Of horses belonging to nr. Mccartney,
Il farmer near Lyons and there IL ap-
prehension that it may spread.
y great many farmers in Johnson
county are holding public sales and
will move to South Dakota, SCOTS
Bluff county and other sections. Land
Is too high priced in that section Of
the state to make II profitable TO rent
and farm.
Hides valued AZ $1,000 were stolen
from the fur house of w. II. Adams in
Fremont by thieves who broke into
the building, by taking out Il window
pane. Most of the hides stolen were
in packages. II is believed the goods
were taken out of town.
The remains OF Miss Maria Hoover,
Who died in New Yorn City. were TAX.
en- to the old home al Brownsville for
burial. Miss Hoover was one Of the
leading members Of "A choir in one of
the leading churches in New York
City at the time of her death.
Engineer George iimherger OF the
Burlington, was severely scalded by
steam near Washington, Kas. The en-
CINE had jumped the track, and it was
while working under his engine that
an exhaust was turned on a~ccidently
striking him on the head and neck.
Clarence Edwards, aged about 80
years, was arrested at Benkelman for
alleged assault on two little children,
n his niece, aged Z years. and the
other a %step-niece, aged q years. He
will be tried at the leg term of court.
Meantime he is admitted to bail on n
5 $4,000 bond.
Many farmers in Buffalo county ar,
now busy picking the last years crop
Of corn, which they We're unable to do
earlier on account of the heavy SHOWS.
Some fields will scarcely be husked
before the stalk.cutter is put ut work
clearing the ground for the crop q \.
pected in 1910.
The matter Of arranging for the
Northeast Nebraska G. A. II. reunion
was taken up by n mass meeting of
the business men OF Lynch. 1t was de.
cided to leave nothing undone that
will insure a great success of the day
as far as Lynch Is concerned. The re-
union will take place in August.
The WOman's Institute association
is the name OF the new woman's or
ganization in Laurel, which starts ont
with fifty members. II is an offshoot
of the Farmers institutes for men
and at its monthly meetings papers
will be read and discussion had upon
topics of interest to the home-maker.
Evansville Und.) dispatch: Rev. II.
ID. Helwig of Fremont. NCb., who, un-
der the name of II. J. Smith is
charged with uttering a forged check
for $50, has made confession of his
guilt and will be sentenced before the
close Of the week. Strong influences
are being brought to secure a suspend
I'd sentence.
Joseph Jensen Of Lowell suffered a
severe injury in Kearnoy when his
horse became frightened at an auto
mobile and made a sudden bolt which
threw Jensen and two lady occupants
out of the carriage, The ladies were
not hurt, but Jensen suffered bad
scalp wounds. He was unconscious
for several hours.
That the corr which has remained
in the fields all winter was damaged
more than was thought is proved by
some of the lately gathered grain that
Is being brought to the grain buyers
in Beatrice. Recently n load was
brought in that was saturated with
water, the ears containing so much
moisture, that they could be bent
easily.
John Head, a farm hand who was
almost disemboweled a few months
ago when he fell through a county
bridge along with n t%hreshing machine,
has filed "A claim for damages with
the county board of Dodge county.
Head did not state the amount he
wanted, but indicated he would be sat
isfied TO leave It for the supervisors
70 determine.
The experiment station of the state
university has designated the eighty
acre tract owned by David ID. Reavis
of Falls City and situated on the Ne
maha bottom, subject to overflow In
the past, through which the new lat
teral drainage ditch has been con.
structnd for a tiIa ayparimanf IN foot