The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
sn,sF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

The Beatrice fall festival will oo
held the first week In September.
Fairbury IL making experiments
with oil for roads In that vicinity.
The State Adventist campmeeting is
in progress at College View this week.
The business men Of Tilden have
arranged for q harvest festival Sep
tember 3, 4, 6 and 6.
over 100 teachers were IN attend.
ancc at the Furnas county teachers
institute at Beaver City.
The third annual Mcpherson county
fair will be held at Flats three days
beginning September Is.
A produce company at York has
shipped over fifty cars Of eggs from
that place since March /.
Lightning at Papillion struck the
Presbyterian church. almost totally
denolishing the building.
The York County Sunday school as.
sociation will hold its annual picnic
at McCool Junction, August 20.
West Point will vote on a $4,000
bond issue for an extension OF the
sewerage system, September II.
Commencing Labor Day, September
2. Arapahoe will have weeks car.
nival under auspices Of the band.
John Cahill was SO badly injured by
a switch engine at Columbus that he
died in hospital few hours later.
Clarence Kelley was hit by pitched
ball in an amateur game at Syracuse
and his lower jawbone was dislocated.
James Casey, a farmer near Jack.
son, was drowned when his team was
driven of bridge into swollen
creek.
A feature Of this years Auburn
chautauqua was a grand gold medal
contest in which Louis Chard was the
winner.
Gresham. thriving town in the
northeast part OF York county. will
celebrate the twenty.fifth anniversary
OF it's founding.
The firemen's tournament at Har.
ward was attended by one Of the big.
gest crowds ever entertained by the
people Of that place.
The German-American allied soci.
eties at Lincoln are making extensive
preparations for the German celebra.
| ton to be held there October 2S and
20.
The Burlington station Office at
York was robbed OF S4S.50 by one
who appeared to be thoroughly nc.
quainted with the arrangements Of the
Office.
Signor G. B. Lombardo, famous in
musical circles of the United States
and Europe as band leader, has
been engaged to conduct the Aurora
concert band.
Secretary Mellor Of the state fair
board attended the Cheyenne pioneer
days show and pronounces 1t the best
OF it's kind in existence. It will be
at the state fair.
Mrs. Charles Boslough OF York died
very suddenly while doing the family
washing Monday morning. Heart dis.
ease Is supposed to have been the
cause Of her death.
Several new houses are being
erected at Sterling this summer. The
ones being built at present are all
two-story with not less than eight
rooms and modern.
Chief Of Police Cooper has resigned
at Fairbury and Mayor Tincher has
appointed Robert Dodge to succeed
him. Mr.. Dodge formerly held the
position of chief Of police.
The farmers of York county are rap
Idly getting their plowing done for
fall wheat sowing. and the indica.
tions are that there will be . larger
acreage than usual sown this year.
Arthur Baldwin has been running q
traction engine south Of Haigler. In
some manner his foot slipped when
he was attempting to start the engine
and he fell In such manner as to
break both arms between the elbow
and tho wrist.
The Howells' Boosters, consisting
Of over twenty-five automobile loads
visited Dodge, Rogers, Schuyler. Ben
ton, Leigh and Clarkson advertising
an old settlers picnic to be held to be
held August 81. The Howells band
accompanied the boosters.
1t is estimated that 10000 people at
tended the Gala Days" celebration
at Havel0ck last week.
Six tons Of cream was shipped Out
of Alma in one week. When YOU
think Of It, that's lot.
A hole. and very small one at that
in the tooth of Everett e. Eddy oi
Valparaiso, is the only thing that pre-
vented him from enlisting In the
United States navy.
When a dog attacked William Gun
demann, q farmer near Syracuse, who
was on q motorcycle, he was thrown
from his machine and both bones ir
his left leg were broken.
Hartley Walker Of Drumming was
thrown from his wagon when his team
became frightened at passing auto
mobile and ran away. He died from
the effects Of his injuries.
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