The Red Cloud chief., 1913-10-02
sR,EF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

assume village government.
A brass band Of twenty pieces has
been organized at Silver Creek.
The recent aviation meet at Grand
Island was not . success financially.
The next M. q. conference will be
held at Fremont in September, 1914.
One Of the features Of the Butler
county fair was a better babies" con.
test.
d. II. Weber Of Shubert Ia shipping
peaches from that place by parcel
post.
All former records were broken by
the Brown county fair at Albion last
week.
Petitions for . special election on
waterworks bonds are in circulation at
Bruning.
Contracts have been let for mum.
Der Of residences Of building blocks at
| Aurora.
Theaters and moving picture houses
II Omaha are to be rigidly regulated
| hereafter.
Harrison Claypool, who was killed
by a train at Omaha. was buried at
Beatrice last week.
Rev. John Cope. now at Adams, has
accepted the pastorate OF the Christian
church at Tecumseh.
ROLAND Scott. Of Alliance, suffered q
broken limb in football practice
game at Hastings college.
The seven for a quarter street car
ticket ordinance at Omaha will &c
submitted to popular vote.
David Munsinger, "a years old. was
one Of the liveliest boys on the
grounds at the Albion fair
At the primary election for post.
master at Exeter, d. z. Kochendarfer
was nominated by 242 votes.
Friday. October 10th. 1913, has been
designated by the department of Ne.
braska G. A. r. as Patriotic Day.
Charles Sipple, 60 years old. had his
head severed from his body by a Mis-
souri, Pacific train at Nebraska City.
John Fry Of Foster was thrown from
an automobile. alighting on his head,
and sustained concussion OF the brain.
| Clevc Harber, aged 35, committed
suicide at Belwood by shooting him.
self through the head with a 3S.cal.
iber revolver.
The splendid new St. Libory Catho.
lie church. costing $65,0O0. is nearing
completion and will be dedicated some
time in November.
Mrs. Grant Willoughby. living near
Fairbury, was thrown from a buggy
In runaway and received injuries
that may result fatally.
The Sunset social. an annual event
in York, will be held this year on Octo-
Der 2, next. AS usual the affair will
be held In the Methodist church.
William Hayward, aged 40, one Of
the best known business men Of
| Whitman, is dead from the accider al
discharge Of an automatic shot gun.
Spontaneous combustion in the coal
In the basement OF the Auburn high
school came near resulting in bad
fire before 1t was finally extinguished.
| Work on the historic floats for use
in the German day parade at Lincoln
Is under way. They are to be far
more elaborate than in any former
year.
Many farmers in Hall county are
putting in small irrigation plants of
their own. using large wells supplied
with centrifugal pumps and dyking
the fields.
Members OF the cadet band Of the
Omaha high school are on strike on
account of the efforts OF four colored
boys to become members Of the or.
ganization.
The last Sunday in October was
designated wesleyan University day.
by the NJ. f. conference, and collec.
tions for the support OF the college
will be taken In all Nebraska churches
that day.
A. A. Lasch, who owns a large apple
orchard near Weeping Water, is max
Ing preparations to harvest what will
be one Of the largest and best crops
ever produced in the orchard. His es
innate ON the yield Is 5000 to 10000
bushels.
Mrs. A. J. Doll Of Omaha is investi
eating the circumstances surrounding
the death Of her husband. who com.
mitted suicide at the Salvation Army
headquarters in Beatrice last April.
| A manual training class has been or
ganized at the Weeping Water high
school with practical work in local
carpenter and machine shop as one
Of the features Of the course.
| Bertha Liebke, better known In sew
eral states as Painting Bertha" is
soon again to be allowed to enjoy lib
erty. She is to be liberated from the
hospital for the insane at Hastings,
October %.
| Civil service examinations will be
held November 8 at Hemingford for