The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-24
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

W. "' oiy Will bpCdh tuc Wtep
lng Water chautauqua on August II.
All heat records were broken al
several points in the state Monday.
The special election at Humboldt
for water bonds carried by q big ma.
jority.
Mrs. Ann McAleer was found dead
In her bed at Waverly. death being
due to heat.
Charles johnson is dead at Lincoln
as the result Of motor cycle accident
near Seward.
The law prohibiting the use of the
public drinking cup became effective
in this state last week.
Charles Larkin, a harvest hand. is
dead at York from heart trouble
brought on by excessive heat.
At a special election held at Wy.
more the Sunday baseball proposition
carried by a vote Of 244 to $50.
The proposition to vote bonds for
the erection Of q new school building
at Republican City was defeated.
Irving Williams, Roca lad. had Q
finger torn OF when 1t got caught in
the cogs Of washing machine.
A large acreage OF Hall county land
has been sown to macaroni wheat,
which has proven a profitable crop.
The Interurban railway at Lincoln
10 now running cars over its new ser.
vice to Bethany via University Place. ,
The Beatrice City Commission has
adopted an estimate Of $iO3,S2O for
financing the city the coming year.
Robert Hanson, Dundy county
ranchman. is dead at Benkelman as
the result Of fall while repairing a
windmill
Jules Fiole Of Fay, Okla, had his
foot cut of at the ankle when he at.
tempted to board moving train at
Falls City.
Big crowds are enjoying the Beth
any chautauqua, the program being
considered one Of the best ever pro.
duced there.
Prospects for bumper corn crop in
Gage county have been blighted by
the hot winds OF the past several days.
Early corn Is suffering.
In the championship shoot at Will.
mington. Del, r. d. Morgan, an ANA.
teur Of Greeley. Neb. made q score OF
90 out Of possible 100.
Nebraska's first heat victim was
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson. an aged ne.
gress of York, who was overcome and
died almost instantly.
Dave Hamilton, q Kearney house.
mover. had the fingers Of both hands
taken of when he got caught in the
rope Of block and tackle.
William Berack was almost instant
ly killed at North Platte when he
caught hold of live wire hanging
from an electric light pole.
The infant child Of w. II. Peterson
at Lincoln ate some fly paper and
was only rescued from death by the
timely work Of a physician.
Wheat harvest near Wahoo Is I'm.
ished and the farmers are now busy
with the oats. Threshing has began
and the yield is very good.
Miss Dorothy Werner Of Beatrice
was knocked down by a sidewalk bi.
| cyclist at that place and suffered a
fracture OF two bones Of her leg.
A force Of men iC now putting in
poles and wires for the municipal
electric lighting plant at Oxford. The
contract calls for the completion Of
the plant by September I.
A special Burlington stock train
left York for Chicago with thirty-six
cars of cattle. Stockmen estimated
the value Of the cattle at $4,000. The
cattle were fed by York county stock.
men.
Gen. J. H. Culver. q well known
resident Of Milford. and former adju.
tant general of Nebraska, is confined
to his bed as the result of paralysis
while on visit to his old home in
Wisconsin.
In attempting to remove revolver
from a hook on the wall at the home
Of w. H. Gillham at Grand Island, II
was discharged. the ball striking Q
two-yearold son in the head. 1t 10
thought he will recover.
A tourist arrested at Lincoln had on
four shirts and three pairs of trousers
and money amounting to over $3.50 hid
den in the various pockets OF his gar
ments.
The Nebraska State Satngerfest will
be held at the auditorium at Lincoln
August 6 and Z. German singing soci
eties from all over the state will be In
attendance.
The farmers elevator at Strausville
Ave miles northwest Of Falls City
burned to the ground Friday. It was
a total loss with 1000 bushels oi
wheat and 800 bushels Of corn in the
bins and 800 bushels OF new wheat.
The Beatrice.Lincoln road has been
graded north from Beatrice to Cort
land, a distance of nineteen miles, and
arrangements made for dragging. thus
insuring a good road.
Despite the fact that Seward county
suffered from a tornado during the
| month of Nav the 1913 valuation fol