The Red Cloud chief., 1913-08-07

day Saturday, August 20.
City fathers at Smithfeld have puI
chased new fire engine.
The Gage county fair will be he'll
September 20 to 26, inclusive.
The Fairbury Baseball association
dedicated Its new ball park Tuesday
Beatrice drug stores will close from
to o'clock on Sundays hereafter
Facilities for feeding the crowd a
the state fair will be greatly increase,
this year.
w. j. Bryan is on the program fo
q speech at tho Seward chautauau,
| August II.
Enterprising citizens OF Auburn
have put In a free public ice water
drinking fountain.
The automobile exhibit at the Ne
braska state fair will be the best In
the history OF the state.
The Grand Army OF the Republic
district reunion will be held In Green
wood, August s, 8, Z and 8.
A. c. High had four ribs and his
breast bone broken when his automo
Special athletic training in baseball
football, basketball and other sports
for boys will be one Of the special fea.
lures at the state fair this fall.
The body Of George Engstrom oi
Sioux City, who was drowned there
Sunday, was found near Decatur.
The assessed valuation OF Gage
county for 1913 will fall about 5000. 900
short Of the assessed value OF 1918.
The annual reunion OF the pioneers
and old settlers Of Burt county will be
held at Tekamah Friday, August 22.
A barber shop complete in all de.
tails Will enable state fair visitors to
spruce up" right on the grounds this
year.
A man known to the police as David
B. Hill was run over and instantly
killed by a Burlington train at Hast.
ings.
Little Ralph Brown. one year old
Of Cook was badly scalded when he
pulled the plug from a washing ma.
chine.
Rev. Wilson TAFT has resigned the
pastorate of the Tecumseh Presby
terian church to accept a call at Raa
dolph.
Frank Westcott, while riding a mo
torcycle near Dunbar, was struck BY
a Missouri Pacific train and instantly
killed.
The Shubert I. O. o. F. lodge has
purchased lot and expects to erect
twostory brick building in the near
future.
Dana Mutz, editor Of the Utica Sun,
has sued the Tamora Lyre for $4,000
for alleged libelous articles in the lat.
ter paper.
Farm Demonstration Leibers is busy
teaching Gage county farmers how to
get rid Of the grasshoppers that have
invaded that territory.
There will be model nursery on
the state fair grounds where mothers
may leave the little ones in charge Of
attendants.
A. w. Horner. a bricklayer. died
Tuesday evening at his home in Bea.
trice after an illness OF only q few
days Of ptomaine poisoning.
Mrs. Johanna Caroline Holmes.
mother Of Mrs. p. A. Nelson, is dead
at the home Of the latter in Harvard
at the age of nearly nipety-nine years.
Seventy farmers selected at ran.
dow throughout Saunders county. who
have threshed wheat. have an average
yield OF thirty.four and one.half BUSH !
els per acre.
Ward Gardner, a 14year.old Cort.
land boy, was severely bruised up
when the lumber in car in which he |
was riding was shifted to one end |
during the switching Of train In
the yards. pinning him UP in a mar.
row space.
The Beatrice city commissioners
have passed an ordinance extending
he limits Of the city south-to take
n Chautauqua park. The park be-
ongs to the city and the purpose OF
he ordinance is 10 extend police au.
.horlty anl control over the park.
r. b. Schneider. q wellknown Ere.
mont citizen. dropped dead In his au
omobile while on his way to his doc.
Or's ONCE.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Mullen. long.
ime residents Of Weeping Water,
celebrated their golden wedding ami.
Thursday.
York-Thirteen stacks OF wheat
we're destroyed by fire at the home OF
:. w. Kellums. two miles northeast
Il here. 1t Is estimated that 1000
'ushels Of wheat were burned. Il is
hought the fire was started by the
on OF Mr.. and Mrs. Kellums. who was
'laying with matches at the time.
Floyd Mcdaniel, Plattsmouth
nilkman. was badly cut by broken
lass when he attempted to force a
wooden stopper into bottle.
While the carpenters and painters
we're at dinner the fine new $4,000
ountry residence Of George Powell,
ear Superior. caught FIRE and burned
o the ground, together with the old