The Red Cloud chief., 1912-09-12
.n,sF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

The grOCers' p1Cn1c at HASTINGS ~u1
attended by over 1900 people.
The crop season of 1912 at AinS
worth had 22.36 inches of rain.
Brakeman G. l.. Ryan was crushed
to death between cars while making
q coupling at Meadow Grove.
There have been more applications
for space at the Geneva fair than In
any previous year in It's history.
An order bringing about general
increase in rural postal carriers sal
aries has been received at the Lincoln
postoffice.
| Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
the building and most Of the stock OF
| the Bennetson Furniture company at
Grand Island.
More than 200 people who had re.
sided in Colfax county over twenty
FIVE years were at the old settlers
picnic at Howells.
Tecumseh Ia facing a water famine
The new well la not giving the sup.
ply that was expected. The city will
have to dig more wells.
The board Of education has pro
noted Prof. Earl Lantz, a Kearney
boy, by electing him to the position Of
principal Of the city schools.
The decorations caught fire when
flash light picture was taken " floral
hall at the Stanton county fair, and
the exhibits were total loss
! The Masonic temple at Havelock Is
nearing completion and will be ready
60, pkD D,,N LOT ,yxnr 4 n
building will cost about $4,000.
Garrett Stock is at a hospital in
Fremont suffering from a severe case
Of blood poisoning resulting from
scratches from raspberry thorns.
A farmers elevator company has
been formed at Creston. and the old
Trans. Mississippi Grain company prop.
erty bought by the new corporation.
Arthur. the sixteen.yearold son of
SIR and Mrs. Louis johnson Of wy.
more, was drowned in Indian creek,
two miles west of that place. while
bathing with companions.
Twenty.six carloads Of Scribner citi.
zens headed by the Dodge band made
run to Dodge county towns through
the mud for the purpose Of advertis-
ing the Scribner stock show.
Paul Witulski was probably fatally
hurt in a runaway near Beatrice. He
was thrown against the sickle bar
OF a moving machine and was terribly
cut about the head and neck.
r. II. Starker who has been phys
ical director for the York Young Mems
Christian association. has accepted q
like position with the Young Mems
Christian association Of Muscatine
Iowa.
Continued dry. windy weather has
been very bad on the late corn and
that which has not been well tended
around Oxford. Fall plowing has beer
delayed because the ground is too dry
to permit plowing.
F.. NJ. Jenkins. OF Kenesaw. 81 years
old. a veteran who saw Abraham Lin
coin nominated in 1860 for the presi
dency of the United States. attended
the unveiling exercises Of the new
$4,000 monument at Lincoln.
Because automobile boosting trade
trips have grown common and Of lit
tlc lHsat oSNouht, thC &c
mont commercial club has decided t.
have no more of them. Instead, the
club will get UP parties who will visi
the stock shows and county fairs a
surrounding towns.
Two small boys, sons respectivel!
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bliven an(
Charles Schuman, both of South Siou,
City. by mistake consumed portion
Of washing powder under the impres
sion that the stuff was sugar. Boil
children were seized with convulsions
but are now said to be out Of danger
After serving twenty.six years al
a member Of the paid Lincoln fire de
partment, Engineer Frederick S
Stretton was retired at midnight Sat
urday on a pension. No fireman II
Lincoln ia better known than Ere,
Stretton. for In season and out h
has been at every important fire 70
over a quarter of century.
The apple crop Of Richardson. Otoe
Nemaha. Johnson and Pawnee coun
ties Ia going to be the heaviest II
years.
The high wind and dashing rain o
Saturday afternoon did some damag
to partly constructed tents and stand
at the state fair grounds. but no ser
Gus damage to permanent structure
or to exhibits.
Colonel ]. w. Flanders OF Lyons ha
discovered remedy for hog choler
and a preventive for the same whic
he proposes to sell to the general GOV
ernment for $4,000 SO 1t can be dii
tributed FREQ to the people.
A little son OF N. p. Trout at Lyon
ran stick with which he was playin
into his mouth. inflicting bad wount
The board OF trustees OF the Franz
lin academy has elected BENJAMIN !
Groves OF Superior to be assistan
principal. He is graduate OF tn