The Red Cloud chief., 1913-01-16
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

The Catholic church at Rulo was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin
with loss Of $4,000.
The Rev. H. a. Russell and wife eel.
ebrated their ffty.hith wedding ami.
versary at Ord Friday.
Ice harvest has commenced In Desh.
ler The product is nine inches thick
and of excellent quality.
Seven children have died OF diph
theria In the last few weeks in the
vicinity OF Weeping Water.
Athletes in the Fairbury high
school have organized basketball
team which practices daily.
More than S3l ,0O0, 900 worth of gold
silver and copper was refined in the
Omaha rcfneries during 1912.
Johnny Gondng. formerly with the
Omaha team, will manage the Beat.
rice state league club next season.
According to an Investigation by
the board of agriculture. Nebraska
heads the list. per capita. in cattle
The golden wedding anniversary Of
Rev. and Mrs. John A. Peterson oi
West Point was celebrated Thursday.
The lfeless body of Anton Iauschel
who had succumbcd to heart failure
was found in the school yard at Fair.
bury.
The city council and electric lieht
company have come to an agreement
and streets are again lighted at koar.
ney.
Forage poison. which caused the
| death of so many horses last fall. has
aGain put in its appearance in Gage
| county.
The New Years ball given by the
| Elks' lodge was the largest and most
successful affair Of its kind held in
| Alliance.
The Nebraska League Of Municipali
ties Will meet at Lincoln, January Is,
III and II, to discuss public service
problems.
There is not n pound of hard coal
at the coal yards in Brainard. the deal
ers claiming they are unable TO pur-
chase any.
Ralph Moseley OF Lincoln has been
appointed special examiner for the
Sioux Indians at Santec agency In
Knox county.
Practically all tho corn in the vi.
cinity of oxford has been gathered.
The yield varied from ten to sixty
bushels per acre.
Having secured electric light. a
water plant, paving, good roads and a
s3G, 900 opera house. the people Of Dill.
! 1pr have Orran niZp1 hand
Jacob Peck of Shubert has just com
which yielded over 5000 bushels. al
most sixty bushels per acre.
Fire destroyed the school house nj
Glencoe while the mercury was hover
ing about 10 degrees below zero. The
building was totally consumed.
The directors of the Beatrice Com
mercial club are making Arrangements
for an active campaign to increase the
membership of the organization.
Howard Gather on u motorcycle col
lided with Lincoln street car ant
sustained a fractured skull and othe
painful contusions, but will recover
The cornstalk disease has made II.
appearance in York county and th'
veterinarians are kept pretty busy
answering calls to attend the sicl
horses.
Wahoo and Fremont commercial
clubs want legislative aid in bringing
the proposed government highway
across the county line bridge south o.
Fremont.
Harry Villars of Tecumseh has beer
chosen as secretary Of .the johnson
County Fair association. The associa
tion will hold a county fair some time
in September.
Two highwaymen. masked ant
armed. held up an Omaha street cal
and relieved the conductor OF be
tween s. and Sc, all the money he hat
In his possession.
Approximately thirty.five tons o
coal were consumed by the heatint
plant at the state university one day
last week In an effort to raise the tenn
perature OF the class rooms to sum
mer mildness.
The state association OF county ant
district fairs will hold its annua
meeting at Lincoln, January Fl. II
connection with the meeting OF or
ganized agriculture.
Wynn Wallace. an employe at
Lincoln hotel, found pearl almost
halfinch in diameter In a can o
oysters. The pearl Is believed to b.
of considerable value.
Rev. w. c. Wssser OF Sheldon, la.
has accepted call from the Yorl
Methodist congregation to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation o
Rev. A. G.. Bennett several months
ago.
John Cavanaugh, a member OF thu
soldiers home at Milford wal
drowned Tuesday night in the BLU
river, which runs near the home.
Applications for space reservation
In the various display departments O
the 1913 state fair have alread.