The Red Cloud chief., 1912-09-19
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

The Keith county fair will be held
at Ogallala. September 25-27.
Adams has Just organized an ath.
letic association for the promotion Of
clean sports.
Fairbury is making preparations for
p four days fall festival about the
middle of october.
Coach Thacker Of the Peru football
team Is already at work with q good
strong bunch Of players.
1t is expected that Ravenna will
have its electric light plant in full
operation by October 1st.
The Saint Joseph Catholic congrega.
ton at Geneva have dedicated their
new parochial school building.
Albert Brown OF Cambridge was
killed when hay stacker at which he
was working fell and crushed him.
Catholics at Curtis and vicinity are
TO sell their church building in the
country and erect another in town.
Governor Aldrich has issued proc.
lamation setting aside September 30
to October 5 as seed corn" week.
Since the horse epidemic struck
York county 1t is estimated that 200
horses have succumbed to the disease.
John Plumer, a young man nineteen
years of age, was run over by now
ing machine near Chadron and killed.
Four head of cattle have died on the
farm Of Fred Wheeler, near Beatrice
as a result of eating too much green
corn.
Enrolment in the Beatrice high
School points to the largest roll Of
students in the history of the high
school.
There will be bountiful yield Of
potatoes around Paxton. In the sand
hills they are already drug on the
market.
The Baroness Won Suttner Of Wen
na, authoress and worker for universal
peace. will address Lincoln audi.
ence shortly.
| William Harris OF Shubert has To-
Gated his mother whom he lost track
Of thirty.tive years ago. She is living
! at Hartford, Conn.
Catherine, the two.year-old daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wheeler at
Howe. had one of her hands badly lac.
Grated in sprocket wheel on
power washing machine.
The sight of a large orchard with
more than half of the trees dead is
not an uncommon one in Gage county.
The orchardists disagree as to what Ia
the cause of this condition.
At Tecumseh, a calf fell in q shallow
hole in pasture, but could not ex.
tricate itself. He was found at the
end of sixteen days, and Is now alive
and doing well, although without food
or water all that time.
Paul Stull of Fairbury, II years old,
probably will suffer no serious conse-
quences from the bite of big prairie
rattlesnake, but his faithful dog.
which attacked the reptile when the
boy was Injured. is dead.
Il. NJ. jenkins, of Kenesaw 81 years
old. veteran who saw Abraham Lin.
coin nominated in 1860 for the presi.
dency of the United States, attended
the unveiling exercises Of the new
100000 monument at Lincoln.
A lighted match dropped into pile
Of gunpowder with which they were
amusing themselves, resulted disas-
trously to Frank Burket and Glenn
Peterson. two Seward boys. who were
badly burned about the face when it
exploded.
Several OF the pocketbooks which
were placed in mail boxes after hav-
ing been relieved of their cash by
pickpockets during fair week, have
been returned to the owners by the
postmaster at Lincoln. many Of them
having notes or papers rendering
Identification easy.
When William G. Trail walked out
of an o street feed store at Lincoln.
Friday noon after changing his work
clothes for his street clothes and lock-
ing up his kit of carpenter tools, he
disappeared completely as far as the
police and relatives could discover un.
til he returned in Gazed condition to
his hmoe Sunday.
Cyrus Black, of the Hickman Enter.
prise. was touched" by some light.
fingered artist at Lincoln during the
state fair, and relieved Of his wallet
and other valuables.
A horseshoe pitching tournament Is
scheduled for Peru, September II.
Nebraska City will send several teams
and other surrounding towns will be
represented. Cash prizes are offered.
Harry, the 16-year-old son Of ]. J..
Lohnes. residing near Plattsmouth,
who five weeks ago drew grain Of
corn into his windpipe, which wedged
In his right lung. has finally coughed
the grain up.
The York ball team had benefit
game Tuesday at which substantial
purse was handed the home players.
Yeggmen who blew the safe of the
Farmers Lumber company at Green.
wood are said to have left evidence
that the work was that Of amateurs.