The Red Cloud chief., 1912-10-03
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

horace bagley Oh lSlnCOlH CcicuioSSu
his 1O1st birthday anniversary last
week.
The Gage county fair opened Tues
day with q great number Of exhibits
In all lines.
After litigating for hve years. the
city Of Lincoln and the gas company
are still at war on rates.
The Rev. A. o. Hinson has been re.
turned as pastor Of the Methodist
church at Syracuse for another year.
A granite boulder marking the old
Oregon trail was unveiled at Fremont
by the Lewis and Clark chapter OF the
d. A. X.
Principal Austin Emery Of the
Greeley public schools has been com.
PEELED to resign his position owing to
serious Ill health.
Hog cholera has made Its appear.
ance in the vicinity Of Greenwood.
several farmers having lost nearly
their entire herd.
John Eckhoff. who was 80 badly
crushed by being run over by port.
able saw mill near Syracuse last Fri
day. is recovering.
In view Of the coming parcels post
system. the salary Of rural mall car.
riers throughout the state is to be In.
creased 800 year.
Archie McGee. an eighteen. .year.old
Kearney high schbol boy. died from a
fractured skull caused by q fist blow
on the back OF the head.
Herman, the five. .year.old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Adolph Newhouser, living
about a mile and a half northeast OF
Aurora, was killed in q runaway.
While playing at the edge Of a pool
Of water, the 3.year.old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Fessenden Of Broken Bow
accidentally fell in and was drowned.
Rev. T. c. Perry. pastor Of the
Christian church at Beaver City, has
resigned his charge to take up work
at the University Of Oklahoma, Okla
homa City.
Blaine county people are agitating
construction Of line Of road from
Burwell to Brownlee. Brownlee Is In
Cherry county near the north fork OF
the Loup river.
A special election has been called In
the school district Of Cortland for
| Tuesday. October %. for the purpose
Of voting bonds in the sum OF $13,250
for the erection OF new school build.
ing.
A mob OF excited men and boys en-.
gagged Tuesday morning on skunk
hunt on the business streets Of Lin.
coin. 1t was more than ten minutes
before the odoriferous little animal
was killed.
A suitcase stolen during the state
fair from Miss Ruth Critchfleld OF
Omaha has been returned to her by a
!Iincoln business man. who found II
hidden in the rear of his store few
days since.
F. d. Head. former professor at the
university state farm. has been ap
pointed to the position OF pathologist
In the Pennsylvania chestnut tree
blight commission, which is connected
with the University Of Pennsylvania.
The packing Of winter varieties of
apples will begin this week at Peru.
There Is heavy crop Of fine fruit,
well colored. Much OF IL will be
stored in Chicago and St. Louis, 1t ia
thought that forty to fifty cars will be
shipped this fall.
The new pipe organ recently in.
stalled in the Methodist church al
Peru was formally dedicated Tuesday
evening Mr.. Carl Weiss of Chicago
gave a recital. This Is the first pipe
organ in the county and the people
feel proud Of It.
The old Pebble mill, founded in 1869
when the village of Pebble was laid
out, and operated continuously ever
since from the power Of Pebble creek
landmark of Dodge county, Is being
dismantled. Its disappearance will
mark the end of the once promising
town Of Pebble.
The apple crop in Johnson county IL
unusually good this year. There are
several OF the fruit growers who will
have as many as 5000 bushels Of the
fruit.
Of tine four days advertised Tor the
Johnson county annual fair. but one
day was fit for the fair, the weather
being rainy and cold. The attendance
the one day. however. was large.
Tho county commissioners of Casa
county have passed resolution call
ing for bond election for the purpose
Of erecting new Jail. The one in use
at this time is In very dilapidated
condition.
The Box Butte County Fair associa
ton has called of the fair on account
Of the epidemic among horses OF the
state and the unsettled condition OF
the weather.
For the Nebraska teachers conven
ton at Omaha the evening Of Novem
ber 8. the Mendelssohn choir will give