The Red Cloud chief., 1912-03-07
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

for his health.
Rev G. w. Arnold. pastor OF tho
United Brethren church. died at his
home at York. Tuesday morning.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Cobbey of Omaha. as
sistel by Mrs. Louise Kelly of Beth
any. are conducting evangelistic meet
inrs at tnadila.
a Nebraska alumni association will
bc established in Box Butte county
SATURDAY making the tfty.third to be
started in this state.
fumors are III circulation that sew
oral capitalists have under considera
ton Il plan 10 establish q large whole.
sale house at Hastings.
Tho city Federation OF Young Peo.
pies Societies of aurora Ia planning
to take charge Of the lecture course
there the coming season.
Snow drifts In some places eight
feet in height got tho best Of rural
mail carriers in many sections Of the
state after the storm Sunday.
Returns from seed corn tests being
made In all the rural schools Of the
county indicate that Dodge county
seed is in very good condition.
There was n big circle wolf hunt at
Dreshler in which three wolves were
rounded up. but escaped. A large
number of jack rabbits were killed.
The annual fircmens ball held at
the auditorium at Ainsworth was a
grand success and the firemen will
have a neat sum to aid in their work.
The dates of the Nebraska student
conference TO be held under the
auspices of Doane college at Crete
have been changed to April IA. Is
and 16.
The junior class of the York high
school presented the play, The
Rivals" to a large and apprcciative
audience in the opera house Friday
evening.
! Dr. r. l.. Smith. one Of the best
known physicians Of central Nebras.
ka, died last week in Kansas City
sanitarium where he had gone for
treatment.
Fremont's automobile fire wagon.
the first one in the state. has Just been
equipped with powerful searchlight
IN addition to its regular equipment
Of electric lights.
A s2500O fire swept through the
business section of Geneva. Monday
afternoon. It was confined to four
buildings. but was not extinguished
until after hard fight.
The business Of the Neigh Marble
and Granite Works has made it ad
visable TO organize as a corporation
This was done under the title of the
| Elkhoin Monument company.
The pupils OF the public schools at
Deshler gave Washington entertain
ment in the opera house. The pro.
ceeds. amounting to $50, will 20 to
make a payment on the school piano.
! The ninth semi.annual meeting of
! the Southwestern Nebraska Dental
! society will be held at Alma Thurs.
day. March II. Clinics will be given
by prominent dentists from all parts
of the state.
Various tests OF seed corn made by
farmers around Bancroft show a re.
turn Of very good per cent; in fact,
! sufficient quantities of very high
grade seed can be selected from the
corn grown there.
| Word has been received by the Sut.
ton Epworth league that the annual
The leagues of the district are sup
porting foreign missionary at a cos
of $1,000 per year.
Rev. Ezikiel Evans, for many years
in charge of a church at Waco, celc.
brated his eighty-third anniversary by
inviting number of friends to a
party at his home. where they were
royalty entertained.
Acting Chief Of Detectives Deveer.
eese of Omaha, aged forty.eight years,
celebrated his eleventh birth anniver.
sary Thursday by taking a lay Off
He always lays of on his birthday
as 1t comes only once in four years.
Richard Whitehead is the Oldest
mail carrier In Lincoln in point o.
service. He entered the employ OF
the postofllce October Is, 1884, and II
he remains till that date in 1912 he
will have worked twenty.eight years
The Beatrice high school has been
conducting number of free tests OF
seed corn for the farmers in that
vicinity. or fifteen completed tests
only II very few showed sufficient
terminating power to warrant plant
ing the seed.
Thirty members OF the boy scout
companies of Fremont are planning tC
take a gypsy" hike of $50 miles on
foot during the month Of July, They
will start out from Fremont and trave
by easy stages to Lincoln. thence tC
Omaha and from there to Fremont.
The York G. 4. r. held memorial
services in honor of the members o
the post who have answered the last
roll call during the past year Thurs
day evening There were eight mem
bers OF Robert Anderson post who
died during that time.