The Red Cloud chief., 1912-04-18
sRIeF NEWS OF NEBRASKA


A Ravenna company has secured a
franchise to put in lighting plant at
that place.
J. L. Marsh Of Fremont has been
elected superintendent of the schools
at Hooper.
Mrs Nancy Rakestraw. aged thirty.
two. Of Strang. committed suicide be-
cause of iii health.
The state convention Of the Fedora.
tion of Women's Clubs will be held al
Sterling. May and @
The annual ball OF the Wymore
Knights of Columbus was a success,
socially and financially.
Preston Martin formerly OF Table
Rock. was found dead in field at
his home near Leady, Okla.
Fire at Homer destroyed half
dozen stores and caused loss of
$4,000. with $4,000 insurance.
William Daprick is dead at Geneva
while burning trash In the yard
Theodore Roosevelt has been invited
to address the Lincoln Commercial
club at a noon hour luncheon
The annual meeting of the Nebras.
ka state Association of County Judges
was held at Grand Island April IL.
Workmen are repairing the old
sugar factory buildings and grounds
at Norfolk. preparatory to installing
canning factory.
While attempting to play with n
litter of puppies. Carl Scott Of Lin
coin. Ave years of age. was severely
bitten in the face by the mother dog.
John. the nine.year-old son OF ]. II.
Schuhloff of Plattsmouth. while vault
ing a tight wire with pole, slipped
and fell heavily, breaking one Of his
arms.
Alfred Schultz. a young man OF
Grand Island. was shot I'm the face by
the accidental discharge Of gun
while on the Platte river hunting
ducks.
Principal r. L. Meyer of the ALI.
ance high school was reelected for
the ensuing year. but declined, as he
has decided to enter the law college
at the state university next fall.
Or. T.. J.. Meyer Of Humboldt was
severely burned when he dumped a
can OF what he supposed TO be coal
oil on the flames as he was starting q
fire. The can contained gasoliue.
The Hooper Commercial club has
voted to extend financial aid to the
town board in repairing the damage
done to bridges and the roads In and
near Hooper by the Elkhorn's over.
flow.
The women Of the Congregational
church at Franklin gave bazaar and
chicken pie supper. the proceeds OF
which applied on the pledge made by
the women toward the new $4,000
church.
The three-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Shelley Snyder. living near Far
nam. while playing in the yard picked
up a bottle which contained carbolit
acid and drank the contents. Death
followed soon.
Mrs. Mary Schwartz. for nearly
forty years resident OF Nebraska
time with her family at Stewart. is
dead, aged 90 years. Four genera.
tions survive her.
George c. Cockrell, aged 76 years
long a resident Of Omaha, and the old.
est active justice Of the peace in this
state. died at his apartments in the
/ Merriam hotel in that place as the
result OF an apoplectic stroke.
Train crews report fish, buffalo and
carp. plentiful on the line between
Nebraska City and Falls City. The
water Is up to the tracks in many
places and the fish come to the banks
to feed and can be plainly seen from
the car.
Kearney has added a new modern
dairy and ice cream mandatory to
it's new industries as q result of the
campaign being waged by the com.
mercial club to insure the establish
ing Of more manufactures in that
city.
At a meeting of the Ravenna school
board all positions for which con-
tracts have not been signed were de-
clared vacant. also the principalship
and two other positions In the high
school vacant. and three grade posi-.
tions. The board expects to fill these
positions In the near future.
A ten-ton rock fell upon the Burling-
ton tracks on the Falls City line and
blocked traffic for some time. Dyna.
mite was used to remove the obstruc-
tion. Down on this blum line the train
crews always keep their eyes open
for landslides and large rocks at this
season OF the year and have to blast
them of when they como down.
Mombcrs of the state rural life com.
mission will hold a meeting at Broken
Bow, April 16 and II, at which time
they will start their spring and sum.
mer campaign in the gathering OF
data and statistics about rural condi.
tions In Nebraska.
The city council came to the relief