The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-22
unier NEWS OF NEBRASKA

corn IN the vicinity OF Fremont ID
being damaged by a green bug that
resembles the Hessian fly.
Rev. Floyd Blessing of Auburn has
been formally called to the pastorate
Of the Lutheran church at Wayne.
A stock company has been organ.
ICED at Tecumseh for the purpose Of
building new amphitheatre at the
fair grounds.
The thirty.first annual reunion Of
pioneers and old settlers of Dakota
county Is to be held at Dakota City,
Thursday, August 20.
Marie Van Kleck, thirteen years Of
age, was burned to death when she at.
tempted to pour kerosene on q lighted
fire at her home in Lincoln.
Marie Hurley, the ten.year-old
daughter Of George Hurley, at Auburn
was severely burned last Monday by
an explosion Of wood alcohol.
q. J. Crook, a prominent resident oi
Falls City and a widely known politi.
clan, was burned to death at his home
in that place by gasoline explosion.
William Davis holds the record for
the best yield of wheat in Nemaha
county. He had four acres which made
an average Of fifty bushels to the acre.
A special election is to be held at
SCOTS Bluff, August ~. to determine
a question Of issuing $4,000 in bonds
for betterments on the water system.
Ernest Gigex Of Creston and Otto
1.Osak Of Creston were both injured
when an automobile they were driving
turned turtle between Ames and North
Bend.
Plans are being made by the pub
licity bureau Of the commercial club
for an Omaha day at the state fair.
1t is proposed to send down a delega.
tion from the metropolis.
The reconstruction OF the Fremont
Carriage company plant. which was
destroyed by fire several weeks ago,
is progressing rapidly and It will be
ready for operation by September I.
At a recent meeting Of the Belvi-
dere business men 1t was decided to
celebrate the fall carnival Of Yt-Nuoc-
Re Yaht on August 22. 20 and "a.
This Is the big celebration Of Thayer.
county.
This is one of Deuel. county's ban.
ner years. Yields Of small grain are
far better than expected. Wheat
shows from twenty-five to thirty-flve
bushels an acre and oats from fifty to
ninety bushels.
A threshing engine blew up on the
Fred Klattenberg farm, four miles
northwest of Beatrice. badly injuring
outfit, and Hanson Day, who was
working with him.
Overcome by the fumes Of gasoline,
Glare Bunt, twenty one years of age,
son Of Rev. p. o. Bunt, q Methodist
minister at Alexandria, 8. d., died
while at work in the Burlington stor-
age pit at Fremont.
Willie, four-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Dietrich of Lincoln, was
scalded to death Friday afternoon
when a younger brother, with whom
he was playing, pushed him over
backwards into tub OF boiling water.
r. l.. Jones, q Rock Island brake.
man Of Fairbury, Is confined to his
home by injuries received when he
was knocked from box car at Hal
lam. He suffered severe internal in.
juries, the extent Of which Is not yet
known.
Otto Kluenge lies at his home near
St. Libory. badly bruised up. as the
result Of head-on collision in broad
daylight. and on a country road, with
Mr.. Grace, the former on motor
cycle. going at high speed, and the
latter In an automobile.
Political speeches. horse races and
q ball game furnished entertainment
for 5000 people at the annual Joint
picnic Of the Nebraska Territorial
Pioneers association and the Old Set.
tiers association of southern Lancas-
ter county, held at Hickman, Neb.
Land prices In Saunders county con-
tinue to 60 up. The John Andrew
farm Of 240 acres. four miles north
OF Wahoo. sold at referees sale .
quarter section bringing $3.50 per
acre. an Sghty going at $127.25 per
acre. There were q dozen or more
active bidders for each piece of land.
w. b. Mellor, In q talk at Omaha.
said: Everything points to one of the
best fairs that Nebraska has ever
held. In point Of attractions, It will
certainly eclipse any former fair. We
expect to have the Cheyenne Wild
West show, and have completed ar
rangements for monoplane exhibi-
tion daily. From the outlook. the ag.
ricultural display will be one Of the
best that we have had. The stock
show is always as good as we can
make 1t and doubtless cannot be i'm
proved on"
The east wall of the Fremont Car
riage company's plant. which is being
reconstructed, was blown to the
ground. causing further delay in
building.
Fire at the w. II. Fraser farm, west