The Red Cloud chief., 1911-08-31
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.

bile accident Wednesday.
The Methodsts at Lexington have
just installed a large pipe organ ir
their new $4,000 church.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Baker OF
Table Rock celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary Tuesday.
FILLMORE county is preparing an ex
hiDit Tor the state fair. and will make
a tryout for one or more of the big
premiums.
Nearly three hundred students re-
ceived diplomas at Fremont college
when the commencement exercises
were held.
| while cleaning out we'll at Valen.
tine. Perry Bryant was hlt on the head
by rock, causing his death almost
Immediately.
Statistics compiled at the univer.
sity show that students earned large
sums while working their way through
school last year.
When a Lincoln street car con.
ductor stopped to let of a passenger
he found his fare dead, presumably
from heart trouble.
Wind accompanying the storm Wed.
| nesday wrecked barn on the farm Of
w. NJ. Stewart. south OF the peniten.
tiary. and killed thirteen head OF cat.
| tie.
A total OF $13,100 offered in purses
at the Nebraska state fair races has
brought out the largest list OF entries
ever recorded In the history OF the
| fair.
Jason Reed. a 15.year.old boy. was
terribly mangled when he fell of a
car and was run over by a switch en-.
gine at Wymore, and lived but short
while.
BY an order just issued by Post.
master General Hitchcock, Fairbury.
Neb.. is to be given a new railway
mail service. connecting with st. 10.
seph. Mo.
A campaign to prevent. II possible,
the holding Of the coursing meets at
Sutton. Neb.. this fall Is contem.
plated by the Lancaster County Hu.
mane society.
At the beginning Of the forenoon
performance OF his wild west show,
Col. w. F. Cody was presented with a
loving cup, a gift of his fellow citizens
at North Platte.
Geneva people are planning
booster trip over the county for the
Fillmore county fair The fair follows
the state fair and the prospects are
good for the best ever.
Clarence Morrison. aged twenty.
three. whose home Is in Watson, Mo-.
and John Brown. .aged seventy. were
drowned northeast of Stockville while
crossing a swollen stream.
c. A. Whitaker. for many years a
business man OF Holdrege, was found
dead in bed from heart failure super.
induced by excitement over fire in
the neighborhood Of his home.
Harold Il. Johnson, a fifteen.year-old
boy living in Sidney. was instantly
killed Saturday morning when a
wagon in which he was riding struck
sman bridge. throwing him out.
As Mr.. Korber and his mother
Of Sutton returned to their home
they found Mr. Korber's stepfather,
John Ortbalm, lying in the front room
of the house dead. He had hung him
self from a .doorknob.
Company G. n. n. G., celebrated the
thirteenth anniversary OF the fall of
Manila. Monday night. The old Span
ish cannon captured by the company
on the island of Luzon in 1898 was
used in the demonstration.
A. d. Cline of Fremont, while sharp
ening a scythe on a gasoline engine
driven emery wheel. was caught by
the belt and thrown twenty feet. with
the result that he sustained painful
bruises that may prove fatal.
It has been found necessary to
change the dates OF Deshler's corn
show and horse fair to September 10
and 20. A tent seating 800 has been
| secured in which to give the lectures
| on corn culture and horse breeding.
Fire originating in the car building
and repair shops Of the Cudahy Pack.
ing company's plant at South Omaha
caused a loss OF $15O0OO to the Cud-
ahy property and $1,000 to the Union
stock yards. The loss is fully GOV.
| cred by insurance.
Benjamin Mothersead. a Lincoln
man, had his pocket picked July 10,
$50 in bills and note for $3.50 being
among the articles lost. A few days
ago the note was returned him. hav.
ing been found in pile Of rubbish at
| street corner
william Bloom, an employe OF the
Great Western type foundry, died at
Omaha as the result OF running a
rusty nail in his foot a week ago.
Professor Albrecht, who for some
time has been the head of the German
Lutheran parochial school in West
Point. has accepted a position az
teacher in Kansas.
| The stork made his second visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Bryan. jr., Sunday
afternoon. a daughter being born at
Fairview. Mrs. Bryan was Miss Helen
| Berger, the daughter OF a millionairs