The Red Cloud chief., 1913-04-10
BRIEF News OF NesRAskA.

Inc contract mas Deen let TOT tne
new school building at North Platte.
The new opera house and I. o. o. r.
hall at Bladen has been opened to the
| public.
There are nearly fifty candidates
Tor city commissioner ut this spring
election.
A York produce firm has sent eight
carloads OF eggs to Chicago In tho
past two weeks.
The annual meeting OF the Masonic
srand commandry Of Nebraska Masons
is In session at Omaha.
Efforts are being made by York
business men to land the state tennis
tournament this summer.
The Woman's club district meeting
for the third Nebraska district will
convene in West Point April 0.
George Popejoy. seventeen years
old. residing one-half mile east Of Glib.
bon. dropped dead Monday night from
heart failure.
Church societies of Stella have been
busy collecting clothing and other
donations to ship to the tornado suf.
ferers in Omaha
Seventeen combinations were per.
formed by Bishop Williams at the
Episcopal church Of the Holy Trinity
at Lincoln Sunday.
Business Of the Rock Island railroad
at Deshler for February amounted to
ss.004. a gain Of over $3.50 over the
same month last year
The volunteer fremen Of Grand
Island. one Of the oldest organiza.
tiOns In the state. held their annual
banquet Thursday evening.
Denial is made Of the report that
Manager Shaner is to be released
from the control OF the Hastings base.
ball team for the coming season.
The members of the six locals OF
farmers unions around Nickerson
have purchased the Hclmquist eleva.
tor there and will start operations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam McMullen and
the latter's mother. Mrs. Greenwood,
residents OF Wymore, arrived home
Sunday from trip around the world.
At a meeting of the Fremont base
ball fair committee It was ascertained
that $3.50 was cleared toward the fund
by the entertainment given last week.
Patrick Keogh. formerly an accom-.
plished musician and bandmaster, has
been sent to the poor farm at Beatrice.
Paralysis had rendered him helpless.
A class Of twenty-nine young people
Of both sexes was confirmed by Rev.
l.. ]. Powell. pastor Of Grace Lutheran
church at West Point, Sunday even.
ing.
Fremont's fund for the relief Of the
tornado victims has reached $917 and
It is steadily growing. Fremont Is
distributing its aid. having sent sums
both to Yutan ana Omaha.
Col. John W. Harper. president Of
the First National bank OF Sidney,
has donated a carload of western Ne
braska potatoes>for the Omaha suffer.
ers.
Fire, supposedly Of incendiary or.
igin, partially destroyed the home of
William DettloK in Beatrice Wednes-
day night. and small amount of
money and several pieces Of jewelry
we're reported taken.
With the close Of the month OF
March, w. II. Hogrefe of Stella round
ed ont thirty years continuous bust.
ness in the merchandise trade, carried
on on the same lot. with brick build.
Ing replacing the original frame struc.
ture In 1898. :
Rev. !. w. Corey and family Of Fre-
mont have gone to Kenosha, Wis.,,
where they will make their future
home, Rev. Mr.. Corey having accepted
pastorate there. MIR. Corey has
been pastor OF the First Baptist
church OF Fremont for five years.
George Howe brought to Fremont
from Yutan crushed, mud-bespat-
tered clock that went through the tor
nado. The clock stopped at 6:27, in
dicating the hour Of the storm. which
ls figured out to be Just 20 minutes
ahead OF the Omaha storm. which
struck at $40.
Biologists of the state university
are making an exhaustive survey Of
the swath Of the tornado which
swept through eastern Nebraska last
Sunday.
The new Congregational church at
York was dedicated Sunday with ap.
propriate services. Rev. T. NJ. Ship
herd OF Lincoln preached the dedicat.
ing sermon.
The large storage oil tank that the
Northwestern has erected at Fremont
for the storage Of oil to be used for
fuel purposes on engines has been
completed and is being subjected to
tests.
An effort is being made by citizens
OF York to have the state tennis tour
nament held In that place this year.
The house OF Granville Church. .
farmer residing near Nebraska City.
was burned and he contracted pneu.