The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-24
BRIEF NEWS or NeeRASHA


at Grand Island.
The business men OF Roca have or
ganized q commercial club.
Odell has voted bonds for the cree
tion Of new high school building.
Dixon county old settlers will picnic
at Martinsburg Tuesday. August 49,
c. q. Miller, a Burlington brakeman
fell under the cars near West Lincoln
and was killed.
The Congregational church PEOPLE
at Genoa have commenced work on q
$4,000 parsonage.
September IA and Is are the dates
set for the corn show and live stock
erhibit at Deshler.
Joseph Mclaughlin Of Sutton was
drowned at Ontario, Canada, while vic.
iting friends there.
Prof. ]. w. Crabtree has accepted
the principalship Of q state normal
school in Wisconsin.
The annual pow WOW OF the Santee
Indians took place at Center last week.
Hundreds OF Indians and many whites
attended the celebration.
Rev. David Marquette, one OF the
Oldest ministers In the state, died at
his home In University Place Satur.
day night.
During a severe electrical storm &C.
companied by an inch of rainfall,
lightning struck the Methodist church
at Chappell.
Otis Crouch, aged twenty years, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. d. Crouch OF Bel.
videre, was drowned Friday morning
In the Little Blue river.
Robert Griffin at Nebraska City will
lose foot as the result of an explo.
sion OF melted metal as he was pour.
ing a flask at foundry.
Thomas NordbrOok OF Auburn died
as the result Of suffocation from smok.
ing some kind I herb he was using
In the treatment Of asthma.
Mrs. A. w. Kelso fell down a flight
OF concrete steps at Fairbury and sus-
tanned numerous bruises, but It 10
thought none are serious.
The first shipment OF marble for the
court house at Pawnee City has ar.
rived and several cars Of the same are
already unloaded, and on the ground.
Carl Springer, q Fremont youns
man, was overcome with heat on the
Epworth assembly grounds at Lincoln,
and for time was in critical con.
dition.
Mayor Griffin has issued a procla ma.
ton designating Wednesday, October
4, as the date for holding the eleS tion
on the adoption OF the commission
form Of government for Beatrice.
Thomas Sharp. an 1S.year.oln lad
from Corsicana, Tex, got caught IN
the bumpers while attempting TO crawl
through a train to avert a policeman
at Fairbury and his toes were
mangled.
Several thousand people attended
the ceremonies incident to the unveil.
ing OF the granite shaft commemorate
ing the celebrated Lone Tree OF the
old California trail. two and a half
miles from Central City.
After you have seen the aeroplano
flights, heard Liberati's band and
grand opera singers. the speed con.
tests, ETC., do not forget to visit the
Nebraska library commission head.
quarters at the state fair and look up
the method OF securing a travelling
library for your town or community.
Owing to the fact that OF late mum
Der OF false alarms have been turned
in "just to see the horses make rum
the firemen at Hastings offer reward
of IS to anyone informing them OF the
names Of parties guilty of such an act.
The gala day at Havelock to cele.
brate the opening OF the new NUM-.
cipal water plant will be held on Au.
gust 26. It will be in the nature OF
a street fair with athletic stunts, a
balloon ascension and various other
attractions.
Secretary Mellor announces that the
state fair board has contracted for q
gasoline lighting plant that will fur.
nish 20 arc lights to light the crack
and the grand stand for night races
and entertainments. A feature of the
fair for young people as we'll es older
ones will be day fireworks.
L. O. Jones, who has served rs presi
dent OF the EpwOrth assembly for fit.
teen years, was again reelected to that
Office. The other officers chosen for
the year are: J. w. Embree. University
Place, vice!president; Geo. Il. Tobey,
Lincoln, secretary; c. E. Sanderson.
Lincoln. treasurer; Rev. G. NJ. Shep-
herd. Lincoln. auditor: Mrs. c. L.
Myers. Geneva, junior superintendent;
e. M. Furman, Hebron. missionary
secretary: and Rev. I. F.. Roach, Lin.
coin. secretary OF Christian citizenship.
Lightning struck an old storage barn
belonging to the Lincoln Traction
company Friday night. destroying 1t
and about dozen cars.
Because he wanted to enlist in the
navy, J. v. Miller OF Lincoln sub.
mitted to an operation for straighten.
ing finger which had grown crooked
as a result Of fracture several years