The Red Cloud chief., 1911-12-14
sR,eF NEWS OF NesRAskA.

occupied before the holidays.
Nine marriage licenses were issued
at Nebraska City In one day.
Marquette Is considering voting
bonds for water and lighting plant
r. 8. Burdick Is the new physician
director of the Hastings Y. NJ. C. A..
Ashland has ordered out the slot
machines and other devices Of that
| nature.
The month Of November. just closed.
Is said to have been the coldest on
record In Nebraska.
The Nebraska Automobile and Good
Roads association will hold its next
session at Lincoln.
Burt Van Horn got his hand caught
In corn shelter at Guide Rock, and
will probably lose It.
The Otoe county pet stock and
poultry shown will be held at Ne.
braska City this week.
The Otoe county historical associa.
tion has been organized. It is a
branch OF the state society.
1t is estimated that 1900 sheepmen
at Omaha December 1916.
A family at Aurora was very III
from ptomaine poisoning resulting
from eating oysters one day last week.
The river at Nebraska City Is
blocked with ice and dealers in that
article are already stalking out their
fields.
At the Methodist bazaar held at
Shubert nearly $50 was raised which
will be applied toward the minister's
salary.
+. NJ. McClaren. a brakeman, was
injured so badly by falling from a car
at Linwood that his leg had to be
amputated.
An association Of the alumni Of the
state university Is to be organized in
Otoc county. There will be about
forty members to join.
A fire at Decatur almost wiped out
the business portion of the town, caus-
ing loss OF $4,000. Only two bust
ness houses escaped destruction.
The David City Steam laundry,
caught fire through an explosion Of
gasoline ironer and was completely
burned to the ground Wednesday.
Miss May Wyatt, a teacher in dis
trict No. %. near Tekamah. had a
recOrd-breaking basket social recent
ly. forty.three baskets having sold for
$161.
Henry Albin. living near Shubert,
has lost nearly seventy-five hogs. val.
ued at $500. from cholera. Others are
reporting minor losses from the same
| disease.
N. C. Prince Of Surprise was struck
In the eye by a small piece of wire
and may lose his sight. He was help
ing unpack goods in store when the
accident occurred
The nine.year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Reedy of Blue Springs
was seriously injured by being tram.
pied by COW which he attempted to
lead into the lot.
Margaret Burke. aged years.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Burke. residing near Arbor, fell from
q buggy and fractured her left arm
In three places.
Rev. w. T. Galley Of the First Meth.
odist Episcopal church Of Cambridge
will 60 to Steamboat Springs, Colo.
as pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
church Of that city.
The unusually large sum Of $142..
900 will be distributed this month by
the Modern Woodmen and the Ancient
Order Of United Workmen to the heirs
OF deceased members.
Fred 'Stretton, who has been mem.
Der Of the Lincoln fire department for
twenty-eight years, has requested to
be placed on the retired list under
the state law. He sure, seems to
have qualified.
A solemn ceremony marked the
formal raising Of the bell to the
spire Of the new Catholic cathedral at
Lincoln Tuesday morning. The serv'
ice was conducted by the Rt. Rev
Bishop ]. Henry Then assisted by
the Catholic priests of the city
The man who ran the first Bur
lington train into Lincoln. Michael
Donnelly. a veteran locomotive en-
gineer, died at his home there Thurs
day Mr.. Donnelly began service with
the road when It extended but q
few miles In the state. early in the
year 1871.
The Nebraska state fair will be
held September 2 to inclusive next
year. according to c. H. Rudge. who
with three other members of the
state fair board attended the ma
Etfonalfair association gathering al
Chicago The dates were set in &C
cordance with dates -of fairs Of near
by states.
| Congressman Mcguire OF Lincoln
looks forward to the coming session
OF congress as one of the busiest and
most important of recent congresses
Mrs. Angela Roach, who sued Ions
Pine saloonkeepers for $4,000 for be
Ing instrumental in the death OF hei