The Red Cloud chief., 1912-05-02
BRIEF NEWS or NEBRASKA


"Nim" Norris. popular l.incoln
travelling man, was found dead In Beg
at Gothenburg. Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank Wilson Of Beatrice fell
dead from heart disease as she was
feeding the chickens In the barnyard
The stakes were driven at Syracuse
Tuesday afternoon for tho Eagles
home. that will cost between $4,000
and $1,000.
Farmers Of tho Bancroft vicinity are
very busy In the fields plowing for
corn. as the seeding Of small grain has
been completed.
NJ l.. Barnette. a prominent retired
farmer OF Holbrool. died Monday as
a result Of injuries received In a run
away the day before.
The Elks fair at Alliance netted
nearly $4,000. which will be applied to
the building fund of tho new $2b,OO0
home for that order
Crete Ncb.. has been chosen as the
place for the annual encampment OF
the state university cadet regiment,
to be held May Ia to IS.
Editor Rogers of the Giltncr Gazette
was seriously injured when hot ball
struck him on the head during tho
progress of game recently.
Six.ycarold John Ubbcn, at Howe,
was badly bruised up when he
stepped in the way OF the maui his
father was using making rails.
Mrs. Sarah McCarl who fell down
cellar at her home at McCook. and
whose skull was fractured as a result,
died before regaining consciousness,
J. II. Overman has been reappointed
postmaster at Stella for q term Of
four years Mr.. Overman has served
In that capacity for over fourteen
years.
Samuel u. Hughes. prominent
farmer near Howe, was picked up by
small tornado last week. carried sew.
eral rods and dropped in field I'M.
scathed.
Butchers say tiat the price of beef
is higher this spring than for several
years They claim that this Is due to
the high price of feed and the scarcity
of cattle.
Miss Mary Emerson died at tho
Jones hotel in Tecumseh, Sunday
morning. death being at her own
hand. Dependency Is supposed to be
the cause.
Michael Bauer, for years we'll
known figure In Lincoln politics. died
Thursday evening. April IS. on the
eve Of his certain nomination as a
candidate for the state legislature.
A large number Of the district
schools in Jefferson county have
closed for the summer and the teach.
ers are preparing to enter the state
normal at Peru for summers course
Tom Fahey Of Fremont was serious
ly injured when he fell twenty feet
striking on his back on q branch he
had Just cut of tree. The branch In
falling knocked ladder out from un
der him.
Prompt work of the Weeping Water
fire department saved the public
school building from destruction
when It caught fire in the basement
near the furnace Just % school had
been dismissed.
Andrew Fihney. janitor Of the Hol-
brook school. was stricken with apo.
plexy and fell down the basement
stairs. He lay in an unconscious con.
dition more than an hour before he
was discovered.
John NJ. Cotton. county attorney.
and late editor and publisher of the
Ainsworth Star.Journal. has bought
the law practice. library and Office FIX
lures Of p. d. McAndrew. the Oldest
lawyer In Brown county.
The little son Of J. H. Davis, living
In Glenover, q suburb Of Beatrice. was
attacked and bitten on the leg by q
mad dog. Wednesday. A cash about
three inches long was inflicted In the
leg Just above the knee.
The county commissioners of Ne.
maha. at Auburn. have given permis
sion to the school board to hold school
In the district court room so that the
old high school can be turned over to
the contractors for dismantling sc
that work may proceed ON the new
building.
While force Of men engaged In
road work were plowing up the road
opposite the gate to cemetery near
Auburn. they pIowed up the skeleton
Of a human being. The bones were
found under three feet of soil. 1t Ia
thought they were the remains OF an
Indian who had been buried there
many years ago.
Joe Lemke, working for Theodore
Sohutte. near Lawrence. was in
stantly killed Saturday morning when
q team he was driving became fright
ened and ran away. upsetting a heavy
manure spreader on him.
The Church Of the Holy Trinity at
Lincoln was crowded Sunday morning
for the confirmation service conducted
by the Rt. Rev. A. L. Williams OF
Omaha. A class Of twenty-six per,
sons were presented to the bishop