The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-08
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

Alliance is pushing things to secure
q S135,000 federal building.
Dates for the state fair this year are
September to G. inclusive.
Beatrice will organize camp OF
Spanish.American war veterans.
Nebraska hardware dealers will
meet at Lincoln. February 10 to 1e.
Dakota county is for good roads and
has Just bought number Of road
drags.
The Methodist church at Howe will
install a gas lighting system In the
building.
Tho state convention of commercial
clubs is scheduled for Hastings some
time in May.
The Nebraska Retail Hardware
Dealers association will meet at Lin.
coin next week.
The dedication OF the new Carnegie
library at Alliance will take place
some time this month.
Harold Lehr. son OF Superintendent
Lehr of the Pender schools, broke
his leg while coasting.
Thursfon county farmers have or.
ganized an elevator company with
headquarters at Pender.
A number of families in the neigh.
borhood of Dakota City ore under
quarantine for smallpox.
Gage county fruit raisers have
taken steps toward the organization
Of horticultural society.
Doane college at Crete is develop.
Ing great interest among its pupils
along the line Of debating.
j. +. Wilson CT White Cloud, Kas.,
has been called to the pastorate Of
the Christian church at Salem.
Fred Conn. a Bancroft young man,
cot his hand caught in the gearing OF
corn shelter and lost n thumb.
Fred Ratciff has bought the opera
house at Gothenburg and will turn 1t
into a moving picture show house.
Silver cups, farming utensils and
cash are among the prizes to bo
awarded at the Dakota City farmers
institute.
MIR. Gilbert, instructor in science at
Crete high school was severely
burned by an explosion during a chem.
ical experiment.
Wolf hunts are becoming fashion.
able over the state and are means
Of reducing the volume of serious
menace to farmers.
Charles Bachle. a farmer living
near Beatrice, while herding cattle
was thrown from horse and sus.
tained serious injuries.
Jefferson county farmers are ex.
periencing unusual trouble with
wolves this year. The animals are
plentiful and very bold.
The Central Nebraska Poultry asso.
citation has decided to change the
name Of the organization to the Adams
County Poultry association.
Nearly 200 were present at the third
annual banquet OF the Plattsmouth
Commercial club. and many speeches
were listened to with interest.
Harry Condron, a conductor on the
Union Pacific. was struck by q switch
engine in the Fremont yards and
will probably lose his right foot.
The Blue Valley Mercantile com.
pany, wholesale grocers at Beatrice,
held its annual meeting and declared
a dividend Of 5 per cent on common
stock
After a life of hard work, in which
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McKain of Lin.
coin have participated. the couple have
fallen heirs to legacy Of $4,000 left
them by the death Of sister Of Mrs.
McKain.
Mrs. Casper Sands, one OF the old.
est settlers in the eastern part of
the state, died at her home in Ne.
braska City, Sunday. Her funeral
took place from the st. Benedict
Catholic church.
One death. a twenty.year- daugh.
ter. resulted from the trichina poison,
ing In the family Of Fred Nickel. near
Central City. who were stricken about
month ago as the result of eating
poorly cooked pork sausage.
]. r. Beltzer, manager of the Ne.
braska Indian baseball team, has
made arrangements for q three-week
camp training at Crete. Manager
Beltzer said he was expecting re.
cruits from California. Minnesota,
western Nebraska and Oklahoma.
According to Chairman Strader,
who Is in charge of the movement to
secure half million dollar endow.
ment for Wesleyan university, scores
Of responses and words Of encourage.
ment are coming in from all parts OF
the state and he feels quite sanguine
as to its successful result.
Prof. George Martin has rendered
his resignation as superintendent OF
the public schools at Nebraska City to
accept a situation at the state uniyer.
sity.
Another canvass will be undertaken
by the Y. NJ. C.. A. of Fremont, with
the object of raising the sum Of So, 900