The Red Cloud chief., 1913-07-03
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.

Inc army worm has invaded YORK
county and IL playing havoc with some
Of the alfalfa fields.
Fremont will spare no pains to make
the fall festival in September the best
she has yet pulled of.
The Union Pacific has moved its
terminal from Gering twelve miles
farther west, to the little town of
Haig.
Gene Osler was thrown 126 feet at
Hastings when his motorcycle, going
seventy miles an hour, ran into an
obstruction.
The Wymore city council has
passed an ordinance calling for a ref
erendum July 1 on the question of
Sunday baseball.
A contract for decorating the Sew.
ard county court house has been let.
All the rooms throughout the building
will be decorated.
A little son of Richard Mason at
Howe was caught in the gear OF a
gasoline engine and had his hand
crushed and torn.
Mrs Henry Mosher OF Chadron was
barely rescued by her son from being
run over by Northwestern engine
at a street crossing.
Miss Ella Knago, cashier in an ON.
aha hotel is suffering from blood pois-
oning. traceable directly to the handl.
Ing OF unclean currency.
1t seems reasonably certain that the
Wayne normal will get the new ad.
ministration building that was asked
OF the board Of education.
Farm Demonstration Liebers states
that smut has damaged a number of
oat fields in Gage county, decreasing
the yield from to Is per cent.
No trace has yet been found Of
Baron Won Werner. the convict who
escaped from the care of Chaplain
johnson at Tecumseh last week.
The state P. E. o. convention which
has just closed its sessions at Hebron
was one Of the must successful of all
the conventions which this society has
held.
Leona. the 19.months. old daughter
OF B. H. Fuller. died from the effects
OF Injuries received when she fell
from a second story window at Lin.
coin.
Ellert Cramer, the three-year-old
son OF Richard Cramer, living near
Filley. had his right leg cut off by
a moving machine when he fell in
front Of it.
Sutton authorities have decided to
build tabernacle in the park TO be
used for summer religious services
and also for use for any convention
or chautauqua.
Nearly 200 Nebraska veterans of
Gettysburg left Omaha Thursday on q
special Northwestern train which
will be run direct to the famous Penn.
sylvania battlefield.
The Superior city council has au.
thorized special election on the
Sunday baseball question to be sub.
mitted under the initiative and refer.
endum on July 8.
When searched at the police sta.
tion Tom Lynch, an Omaha packing
house laborer, arrested on minor
charge. had in his possession money
and bank paper aggregating $1,000.
The Beatrice Tennis club defeated
the Fairbury club Wednesday after.
noon on the Beatrice courts, winning
five singles out of six, and two doubles
out of three. This was sociable tourn.
ment.
A count kept by the carriers Of the
postoffice Of York for the the week
ending June IA, shows that there were
1891 pieces of mail delivered and an
average Of 1858 places at which mail
was delivered.
Robert Ralston was badly injured
Wednesday evening at the Beatrice
driving park when he ran his motor.
cycle into the rear of a machine ridden
by Roy Hermie. His collar bone was
broken and he was severely bruised
about the body.
Nuckolls county commissioners
have decided not to permit Sunday
ball.
The contract for the new addition
to the Presbyterian church at York
has been let.
II. b. Hinthorn, prominent citizen
and member Of the city council. died
at his home in Hebron OF tetanus,
caused by an accident while shoeing
4 horse.
The Seward city council has passed
an ordinance requiring the operator
or manager Of moving picture show
to secure a license before opening to
the public.
Western ranchmen report cattle
as being more than a month behind
|sowing to the March blizzard.
Jefferson county farmers are har.
vesting one of the largest wheat crops
that has been raised in that county.
The old Tribune building at Ere
mont, the home in the pioneer days
of the Fremont Tribune, Is being de-
molished by order of the state fire
commissioner.
"Vic" Holmes, a we'll known resi-.
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