The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
sa,sr NEWS or MesaAskA.

Inc STATE Ve&Cnere uUoOCioSAOA
meets at Omaha on November 8,
and 10.
Nebraska's football team went down
to defeat at Minneapolis by Q score
Of Il to 3.
The postofice at Kelley, Sioux coun.
ty. has been discontinued. Mall Will
20 to Mitchell.
Eighteen thousand bushels Of pota-
toes. thirty carloads. have been ship
ped from Long Pine.
Steps have been taken to organize
a company and install an electric
light plant at Beaver City.
The postoffice at Ashland was brok.
en- into Sunday night and about 500
in stamps and cash taken.
The Baptist state convention pledg.
ed $1,000 to complete the endowment
Of 100000 for the Grand Island col
lege.
DR.. Wright Newman Of Aurora was
wounded by hunters who were shoot.
ing at decoys. He may lose his eye
sight.
Postal saving banks will be estab-
lished at Bridgeport, Havelock. North
Bend, Oakland, Overton and Stroms-
burg
The new municipal water plant at
Kenesaw is about completed and It is
expected will be ready for use by
November /.
w. r. Switzer OF Broken Bow was
shot and seriously wounded by the
accidental discharge Of . shotgun,
while out hunting.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for dedication services OF the
$50, 900 Catholic church at Alliance to
bo held November Is.
w. J. Waite. an editor Of Exeter.
has q poultry plant with q six thou.
sand egg incubator, to be increased
later to $4,000 egg capacity.
In compliance with an edict issued
by Pope Plus X. door collections at
the Catholic churches in the Lincoln
diocese have been abolished.
A new recruiting station for the
United States n.vy will be opened at
Hastings. This will make three re-
cruiting stations In this state.
While playing marbles in the street,
Harry Kaufman Of Lincoln. q two.
year-old boy, was struck by an auto.
mobile. The boy lived only three
hours.
The new water works plant at Bla.
den IL being pushed to completion.
The mains are all laid. the tank COM
pleted and the engine house nearly
finished.
The nine-monthsold SON Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chester Perkins ut Lincoln, fell
head foremost into q gallon pail Of
water Monday afternoon and was
drowned.
On account Of the depredations OF
chicken thieves poultry raisers' pro
tective association has been organ.
ICED at David City by poultry raisers
Of the community.
Secretary G. A. Disbrow Of the Hast
ings chamber Of commerce, has tend.
cred his resignation. which was &C.
cepted at a special meeting Of the
board Of directors.
An epidemic of hog cholera has
broken out In the neighborhood OF
Kenesaw and Q number Of valuable
hogs have been lost by farmers resid.
ing In that section.
The main building OF the st. Fran.
cis' mission at the Rosebud Indian
agency was destroyed by fire Satur.
day, entailing loss OF $4,000. The
building was totally destroyed.
James Boggs, an old resident Of FIJI.
ley. has been appointed postmaster at
that place 40 q successor to J. NJ.
Linscott. who has resigned and gone
with his family to the state Of Wash.
ington.
As WILDER Jump was going home
from Sterling his team became fright
ened and ran away. throwing Mr..
Jump from the buggy in such . way
a. to break both his legs just above
the ankle.
Clarence Austin. = Burlington brake
man. slipped on q cinder at Sutton
while making . coupling and fell un.
der the wheels Of . car. As result
he will lose his right leg above the
knee and his left arm at the elbow.
Alma's new station is almost com.
pleted. 1t is of brick and will cost
$4,000. The Burlington road will con.
meet this with the old station. which
will be used for freight When I'm.
ished the new station WIN be the
handsomest between st. Joseph and
Denver.
J. u. Girton of Lincoln picked his
second crop of strawberries from q
small patch In his back yard one day
last week.
Tho three-year-old SON Of William
Quick at Long Pine. died Sunday
morning from the effects OF eating the
heads of matches.
| Work on the deep well at Nebraska
City continues. and they are now
down to the depth Of 2.703 feet and
expect to strike dow Of natural gas,