The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-09
BRIEF News OF NesRAskA

The Adventist conference will be
held at Lincoln in January.
Capt. j. 8. Cochran, an old resident
Of kearney. died of old age at that
place Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph l.. Tedrow cele.
brated their golden wedding at Hast
ings last week.
William A. Tussey has been ap.
pointed rural carrier. with Gertrude
Tussey substitute, at Dewitt.
The Presbyterians Of Fairbury have
decided to build new church or re
model the old one with extensions.
Beggars with hard luck stories are
working on the sympathies OF Beat.
rice marks. and reaping q harvest.
The Hastings chamber Of commerce
has opened a free employment bu-
reau to assist the unemployed of Hast
lngs.
1t has cost the city of Lincoln $55S
In wages Of supervisors to take the
registration Of voters this fall, al,
most 10 cents each.
Relatives and friends Of MIR. and
Mrs. George Chessman at York. help.
ed them to celebrate their 47th wed
ding anniversary Tuesday.
While making up his train in the
Sidney yards A. G. Light, a brake
man. was struck by passing locomo-
tive and seriously injured.
The state bakers in session at Ere.
mont elected officers and selected
Grand Island as the next place for
holding their annual meeting.
Corn husking is progressing nicely
In Cunning county and the yield is In
excess OF that looked for. Many feldi
yielded Atty bushels to the acre
Farmers in the vicinity of Lexine
ton are busy hauling their sugar beets
to market, a continual string OF loads
going to the dumps nearly all day
long.
Light cases Of diphtheria are report
ed as having developed in Juniata re,
Gently and as result the primary
grades Of the public schools had to be
closed.
Revival meetings are In progress in
the United Evangelical church in Au.
rora. They are being led by the pas.
tor. the Rev. d. F. Houstedt. Interest
Is growing.
The fair and festival given by the
women Of the st. Benedict Catholic
church at Nebraska City. was most
successful affair and netted them
something like $400
A Godspeed meeting was held at
the Methodist church at Hastings Fri.
day evening for DR.. Emma Robbins.
who shortly will leave as a medical
missionary for China.
Chief Justice Reese of the state su.
preme court was the honored guest
at banquet at Lincoln of the Mystic
Mugs. an organization OF senior law
students OF the university.
Perry Vanscoy. a farmer living be.
tween Ravenna and Rockville. in Sher.
man county, fell from his barn loft
Friday, sustaining injuries from which
he died the following day.
Some unknown and battling disease
has broken out in cattle in the neigh.
borhood Of Howe. Several head have
already died and veterinarians seem
unable to check the disease.
A jewel case. containing about $500
worth Of diamond pins. watches and
necklaces was found in a garbage can
by William Stonem, a Lincoln scaven.
ger. He turned the grip over to the
police.
A lcoroner's Jury exonerated s. r.
Anstine Of Tacoma from all blame in
connection with the death Of Harry
Kaufman at Lincoln, who was playing
marbles in the street when struck by
an automobile.
The Presbyterians of Hastings have
secured the Rev. DR.. Edgar p. Hill,
OF the chair Of homiletics of McCor.
mick Theological seminary, Chicago,
to deliver the dedicatory sermon for
their new church.
Standing before mirror In the bed.
room of his home at Waverly, Thomas
j. Beale, cashier Of the Bank of Wa.
verify, shot himself with q 32.calibre
revolver. He was dead moment lat
or when the body was found by his
wife and son.
Much sympathy was at first express.
ed for George Wright. who had tied
himself to the trucks underneath a
coach at Rawlins. Wyo., and remained
In that condition until he arrived at
Grand Island In a famished and chilled
condition. However, when he was
taken to the police station with the
purpose Of permitting him to recover.
and 1t was found that he had SITS in
gold tucked away about his person,
the sympathy gave way to q charge
of vagrancy. He was fined SO and
costs.
The silver jubilee OF Nebraska
Christian endeavorers, by far the
largest and according to endeavor
leaders the most satisfactory state
convention ever held by the Nebrasks
union. closed at Lincoln Sunday