The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-16
BRIEF NEWS or NesRAskA.

George l.ightbody. an implement
dealer at Harline. 45 years old, com.
mitted suicide by shooting.
The York public schools closed so
the teachers could attend the state
teachers meeting In Omaha.
Several branches of tho Nebraska
state Grange have been organized In
the western part Of the state.
An auto turned turtle near Beaver
City Sunday. pinning f. J. Lamb be-
meath il and seriously injuring him.
H. A. Long Of Kansas City has made
a gift of s1.575 to Cotner university
on condition that the university raise
S525 more.
The Christian church at Beatrice
recently celebrated the payment of a
100000 pledge by making n bonfire Of
tho notes.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the dedication of the new
Catholic church at Alliance on No.
vcmber IL.
Frank ID. Reed, editor Of tho Shell
ton Clipper. died Sunday from an at
tack of poritonitis after sickness
covering "A week.
Frontier county farmers have put in
a very large acreage of winter wheat
this fall which looks very fine because
the soil is moist.
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Good of Nema.
ha county, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary a few days ago.
They came to Nebraska In 1856
The Nebraska woman suffrage as.
sociation will hold its thirty.iirst an
nual convention at All Souls church,
Lincoln, on November 81 and 22.
The large $500 pound bell In the new
Catholic church at David City. was
installed and received the blessing of
the bishop in appropriate services on
Wednesday.
Samuel Pence, one OF the pioneers o.
seward county, passed away at his
home In Seward Thursday i'm his six
tyninth year. after an illness lasting
several months.
II. J. Lee of Fremont had narrow
escape when. after a gasoline tank in
his garage had exploded. he was acci.
dcntally locked in with the blaze. His
Injuries are serious.
B. o. Helms. teacher of physics in
the high school at Weeping Water,
was severely burned about the hands
and body by the explosion of an alco.
hol lamp in the school laboratory.
Annie Plisek. tho 4.year.old child of
Stazle Plisek, while alone In the house
on farm near Brainerd. In some man
ner set fire to her clothing and was
seriously burned. She died as a re-
suit
The increase in hog cholera In the
south and southeast portions of Ne
maha county Is causing alarm. Tho
disease is said to be spreading rapidly
and numerous heavy losses have oc.
Cured.
When man at Broken Bow pulled
n handkerchief from his pocket a re.
vOlver in the same pocket was caught
in 1t and 1t dropped to the paving, ex.
ploding and killing Mrs. Maggie
Bangs.
The Odd Fellows home, recently
dedicated in York, Is now open for
the reception of inmates who desire
to make it their home. There are
about twenty applications on file for
admission.
Mrs. Francis Pfeifer celebrated her
seth birth anniversary with family
reunion at Nebraska City. All of her
children. grandchildren and great
grandchildren were at the home and
were entertained and feasted during
the day.
Because of the recent cold spell
some of the owners and others that
purchased fruit on the trees In vari
GUS parts of the state. have lost heav.
lily, rs all Of the apples in many or
chards which they purchased. and
others owned. were frozen.
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church who have Just closed confer
ence in Oklahoma City. voted to ac
cept an invitation to hold their spring
meeting in Lincoln, April 10, 1912. All
OF the Methodist bishops Of the world
are expected to be present.
A detective has been at Nebraska
City for several weeks looking aftel
law violators and more especially VIC
lators Of the Sunday law, regarding
saloons and other things. The evi
dence he has collected has been placed
In the hands Of the county attorney
and It is exected arrests will follow
shortly.
Mrs. Griffeth Cooley was seriously
burned In an explosion OF stove polish
which she used by mistake on warm
stove Sunday at Lincoln.
While putting up a stovepipe in the
Catholic church at Bancroft. Samuel
Boin fell from q scaffold 20 feet high
receiving injuries that will lay him
up for some time.
Postmaster James Beaver OF Serb
nor was probably fatally hurt in the
streets OF that place when run down
by an automobile driven by August