The Red Cloud chief., 1912-10-17
sn,sr NEWS OF NEsRAskA

Tor RELIEF.
The City National bank of York has
increased Its capital stock by the sum
Of $4,000.
Claus Mvmm Of Bloomfield, 60 years
of age. died in Chicago hospital fol-
lowing an operation for cancer.
Twenty.six greyhounds from Ne
braska have been entered In the
coursing meet at st. Joseph. Mo.
York will again have Sunday deliv.
cry Of mails, Postmaster ,Shicek
claiming the public demands It.
Alliance wants new courthouse
and will probably hold special elec.
ton to raise $4,000 to build one.
A big touring car, belonging to DR..
Coppersmith Of Omaha, exploded
while climbing a steep hill near Ash.
land. .
German day at Lincoln was a grand
success, thousands of visitors being
attracted to the city to witness the
parades.
| William SELL farmer near Lincoln.
got caught in an ensilage Gu ter ard
had his arm torn off before the engine
could be stopped.
| John r. Dowty, former member
Of the legislature. eighty.three years
old, was killed by the Missouri Pacific
fast train at Straussville.
Farmers of Gage county have been
hard hit during the past two months.
The horse disease is practically
stamped out and now hog cholera has
broken out
The horse show at Auburn had to
be postponed for one week because
of the rain. Over fifty entries had
been made for premiums before the
rains set in.
There have been no new cases Of
the horse disease reported around
Garrison for several days, but hog
cholera Is fast cleaning out q large
number Of herds.
According to word received by Mrs.
Paul Clark OF the Womans Progress.
sive league at Lincoln, Miss Jane Ad-
dams will be in that place the even.
Ing of October %.
DR.. Schmela's automobile struck a
dog In the main street of Hooper and
was overturned. The machine was
bodily damaged, but DR.. Schmela
escaped without injury.
Jules Lumbard, formerly Of Omaha,
whose remarkable singing of THE
Battle Hymn of the Republic" sent
thousands of men and boys into the
union army during tho civil war, Is
dead at Chicago.
Henry Collett, who apparently went
suddenly insane at Thayer and who
was taken to York for safe keeping,
woke up after healthy sleep in his
right mind. He cannot account for
his temporary alteration.
Superintendent Fisher has an.
announced that the Aurora schools
will be closed from November 6 to 8
SO that the teachers may attend the
state meeting in Omaha. All of the
teachers of Aurora will attend.
F. ID. Head, former professor at the
university state farm. has been ap.
pointed to the position of pathologist
In the Pennsylvania chestnut tree
blight commission, which is connected
with the University OF Pennsylvania.
Il. H. Spicer, formerly cashier Of the
Sheldon National bank. Tuesday
pleaded guilty before Federal Judge
Munger. at Lincoln. to charge Of en-
bezzlement and was sentenced to
serve five years in the federal prison
at Leavenworth. Kas.
The A. o. U. w. OF Nebraska is
planning a general celebration OF the
forty-fourth anniversary Of Its found
! ing on October %. The order which
has now over $4,000 members. is plan
ming to increase the number to 10000
by the time that the grand lodge
meets next May at Hastings.
The annual state convention of the
young people societies, to be held in
Kearney on October "a to q. prom
states meets. More than 700 dele
gates have given promise to be on
hand, at least two delegates repre-
senting each county in the state.
Assurance has reached the county
board that the new bridge across the
} Platte river south Of Fremont will
/. be gotten under way at once. The
bridge has been out since the flood In
March. but farmers have been able to
cross by means of ford.
Peter Smith. who resides near Ar.
! lington, brought to that place mum.
; Der Of pipe-shaped gourds. Mr.. Smith
says he makes business Of raising
gourds which an eastern firm con.
verts into pipes sold as "Calibash
pipes" for high price. under repre-.
sentation that they are imported
from Africa"
Fire destroyed Frank Werner's big
barn near Tecumseh, together with
three horses, wagons, harness, and
fifteen tons of hay.
George Johnson OF Dorchester sold
his 160acre farm. lying two miles
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