The Red Cloud chief., 1913-09-04
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA


Ansley.
The Farmers Elevator company has
been Incorporated at Silver Creek
The new modern brick school build.
Ing at Western was dedicated last
week.
Over zoo teachers we're in attend.
ance at the Gage county institute last
week. ~
Fremont lost out on It's fight for q
share Of the appropriation for agricul
tural shows.
A new opera house for Hastings ID
the aim Of the Chamber Of Commerce
Of that place.
The Better Babies contest Of the
Nebraska state fair has already at.
-tracted 225 entries.
Molesting OF property In the city
park at York is causing officials there
considerable trouble.
Business men Of Arcadia are agitat
Ing the question Of paving the princi.
pal street in that town.
Nearly 100 Otoe county teachers
were registered for institute work At
Nebraska City last week.
Eleven buildings. comprising the
principal business section Of Stamford.
burned Wednesday morning.
All arrangements have been made
for one OF the most successful state
fairs in the history OF Nebraska.
The southwest Nebraska reunion OF
soldiers will be held at Mckinley park
in Cambridge. September Is to 20.
A scourge OF hog cholera has broken
out in Valley county and is raising
havoc among number Of fine herds.
The Arcadia Cooperative Creamery
company Of Arcadia have closed up
their business and will sell at an early
date.
A savage dog attacked fv.year.old
Helen Wurl al Plattsmouth and badly
mangled her arms and limbs before
being beaten of.
Hastings chautauqua was short $2.,
500, but it Is claimed that Barnum 4
Bailey's circus took $4,000 out Of the
town in one day.
Miss Helen Miller. a 20-year-old Op.
aha girl, has started or q hike" for
Denver and expects to reach her des
tination in four weeks.
Mrs. Clara Robinson is dead at Lin
coin from burns received when she at
tempted to replenish the tank Of a
lighted gasoline stove.
Jefferson county farmers are busily
engaged in cutting their corn and max
Ing fodder Of It. Many Of the farmers
will make silo Of their fodder.
Seven.year.old Charles Peters Of
Peters had leg broken by a kick
from horse and dragged himself 100
rods towards home before reaching
aid.
The most disastrous fire in the his.
tory Of Roseland Monday night
burned business property of a total
valuation ranging from $4,000 to $22..
900.
Due to the long drouth,, trees are dy.
ing by hundreds in Fremont. Efforts
Of the park board to save the naples
and lindens in Irving and City parks
have failed.
The fire department at Arcadia has
purchased an auto truck. which will
be used for hose and ladder truck.
It has been paid for with money from
entertainments.
As Henry B. Erisman was driving to
Auburn with load of hogs his team
became frightened, ran away and up
set the wagon. He was found dead a
few moments later.
Over. 1000 representatives OF the
various Sunday schools in Hamilton
county marched in parade one day last
week. forming one Of the most i'm.
pressive pageants ever witnessed In
Aurora.
A large number OF "prairie schoon.
ers' are passing through Fairbury al
most daily. These parties consist
largely of farmers who have been
burnt out" in western Kansas and
Oklahoma and are going east.
Bishop Duffy of Kearney has gone
to st. Joseph's hospital. Denver. for
treatment for appendicitis. and an op-
Grafton has been decided upon. DR..
Watson Of Kearney. his physician. has
zone to Denver to be at the operation.
Fred Appleget. an employee Of
Lincoln ice cream company. lost both
hands when he attempted to dislodge
some ice which had clogged In .
| crusher.
The village Of Bancroft has voted
for the issuance Of bonds to the
amount Of ST 500, to be used In the
construction of a sanitary sewer sys'
tenn for that village.
Mrs. Stella Riordan and Miss Stella
Riordan. who perished in the sinking
OF the steamer State of California.
were the mother and sister Of Mrs. G.
F.. Morey. wife Of prominent attor.
new at Hastings.
The Minden Commercial club Is
pushing the proposed irrigation ditch
10 be put in in that vicinity.
The agricultural, horticultural and
fruit displays at the state fair will be
especially strong this year. Many