The Red Cloud chief., 1912-09-26
sRIeF NEWS OF NesRAskA


This years johnson county fair Il
said to have been the best In IL his-
tory.
Hog cholera has broken out east
Of Fremont and great loss has been
suffered.
The town Of Talmage 10 to have Q
new bank to be known a. the Farm.
ers' State Bank.
The annual missionfest at st. Paul's
German Lutheran church at West
Point was held Sunday.
Grand Island was selected az the
1913 meeting place OF the Nebraska
Osteopathic association.
Matzen Bros, of Hooper won the
contract for cleaning the central cut.
of ditch west Of Fremont.
The Union Pacific railroad is max.
Ing preparations to commence work
at once on it's new round house at
North Platte.
Spinal meningitis among horses is
now apparent In all parts Of Antelope
county with the exception Of the south.
west portion.
Postmaster Shelley has purchased
the interest of M. CPeters In the
Fairbury News and will conduct the
paper In the future.
On account of the ravages of the
horse disease the anniversary cele.
bration planned by Benedict has been
indefinitely postponed.
A light frost visited Jefferson coun.
ty Monday morning and It Is estimated
considerable damage resulted to grain
crops and small vegetation.
The cases Of typhoid fever in Mel.
son are due entirely to outside causes.
says the Nelson Gazette. and not from
bad water furnished by the city.
The malady among the horses has
arrived at Brewster, where several
horses died, mostly belonging to farm.
ers. 1t Is causing very much alarm.
While driving home from q funeral.
William Hemluth, St., resident of
Oconto. was stricken with paralysis,
the entire left side being affected.
The village OF Germantown will hold
a special election to vote on the prop.
osition Of issuing $500 bonds for the
establishing OF a municipal electric
light plant.
The business men Of Wymore are
selling stock for their new home tele.
phone company to compete with the
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
company.
A two days bazaar will be given
the latter part Of October with min.
strel show in the winter by the women
Of Hebron to raise money to improve
the city park.
Federal employees at the Omaha
postofilce have been empowered with
police authority and will arrest loaf.
ers. and other undesirable loiterers
about the building.
w. H. Taylor and l. L. Jones have
been busy shipping peaches from Shu-
bert the past week. The crop has
been unusually heavy and the prices
as low az rs cents.
Willie Mettin Of Dannebrog, while
cleaning rubbish from the sickle bar
Of moving machine. stepped in front
OF the sickle and the team started,
nearly severing his left foot
Official notice is being given by
county officials that the carcasses of
animals dying Of the disease now
more or less epidemic in the state
must either be burned or buried.
Omaha clergymen may shortly re-
fuse to sanction the marriage OF all
persons who do not present certifi.
Gates, signed by a reputable physician,
testifying to their fitness to wed.
Fred Knocke OF Beatrice was at.
tackled by vicious bull dog and So
verely bitten on the calf of the leg.
In trying to get away from the animal
he ran into tree, cutting his head
quite badly.
The German Lutheran mission fest
was held in the German Lutheran
church at Lorton. and regardless Of
the inclement weather was largely at.
tended. The exercises were very In.
teresting and the voluntary offering
amounted to $1539S.
Mrs. Royal J. Dyke, returned mis-.
sionary from Africa, delivered an in.
teresting lecture to fair crowd at the
Christian church at Shubert.
Walter p. Biddle, chief Of the wy
more fire department, has resigned
his position and will move to Fair
bury. Harry l.. Anderson was elected
chief for the remainder Of the year.
That the fifty or more Fremonters
who formed a company for the pur-
pose of developing the Buster mining
property at Jarbidge. New, have struck
1t rich Is the substance of report
brought to Fremont by parties who
bave returned from this field.
The American Express company
will replace its horses and teams used
for delivery purposes In Fremont with
two large electric trucks.
Miss Leta Smart, q Fairbury teach.
er. has resigned and accepted a posi-
tion in the schools OF Spokane. Wash.
Miss Smart has taught in Fairbury's