The Red Cloud chief., 1913-12-18
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

Monday morning.
Fire destroyed the Maharg hotel and
adjoining buildings at Ashland.
The old Union State Bank building
at Beatrice is being converted into an
eighty.room hotel.
The body OF a newly born baby was
found by a watchman on the bank OF
the Missouri river.
Over 1000 birds we're entered for
the annual show OF the Dodge County
Poultry association.
Long Pine will hold special cleo
ton to vote bonds for extending hei
waterworks system.
Beatrice had an everybody 60 to
church" day last Sunday, and the re.
suits were very gratifying.
The city council OF Albion has au
thorized the installation Of a street
number system for that place.
A compressed air tank exploded at
Omaha. killing Frank Kritz and seri.
ously injuring several others.
The Superior Baseball association
closed up its seasons business with
small surplus in its treasury.
Farmers around Tobias have organ.
ICED Society OF Equity. with mem.
bership Of forty on the charter.
a merchant at Newman Grove has
fitted up a rest room in his store for
the convenienc.tpof his customers.
The body Of Otto Guss, a German
farm hand so years old. was found
floating in the Blue river at Seward.
Berg Durinsky, a Russian, was elec
trocuted when he went to turn on an
electricJight at his home at Norfolk.
The Fremont Gun club has reorgan
lied and leased acreage adjoining the
Country club grounds. south Of the
city.
J. r. Dennison, Lyons plumber
was seriously burned by the explosion
OF a gasoline soldering pot which he
was using.
J. w. Bryant. president Of an
Omaha implement company, suicided
by.drowning In a cistern in the rear Of
his home.
Clyde Rolston sold ten acres Of land
adjoining Ainsworth for 5000 per acre.
This is the highest price ever paid 70,
land there.
The Seward tornado relief commit.
tee has rendered report showing that
s9.450 had been collected and dis.
bursed. with the exception OF about
500.
The ladies OF the Altar society OF
the Catholic church at York have Just
closed very successful bazaar for
the benefit OF the Ursuline Sisters
school at that place.
Stephen Kegley. who cut his throat
at Lincoln and who has made several
efforts while in hospital to reopen
the wounds. is still alive, with favora.
bic prospects Of recovery.
Willard Butler. the 3O-year-old son
Of the old soldier. James Butler. whose
body was found buried in the cellar of
his home at Fremont. has been form
ally charged with murder in the first
degree.
The flve-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Merton Croft, at Lincoln,
was SO severely burned by fire started
from matches with which she was
playing that she died at a hospital a
few hours later from her injuries.
Dr. I. w. McEachron OF Geneva was
elected president: DIR. s. I. Afford OF
Lincoln. vice.president, and DR.. Carl
Norden Of Nebraska City, secretary.
treasurer Of the veterinary associa.
tion at its session Just closed at Lin.
coin.
Little Marie Murkadron, seven
years old. and Joie Barnardi. the same
age. were run down by an Omaha
police department automobile. The
boy escaped with few cuts and
bruises. but II is expected the girl will
die.
Seventy.eight boys in convention In
Fremont Saturday and Sunday took
the initial steps looking to the forma.
tion Of a permanent association OF
high school students, to hold annual
conferences. The sessions closed with
a meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday
evening.
An epidemic OF scarlet fever and
u'phtHcIid 10 TdSHlS Ut the Town Ol
Endicott, and Principal Lloyd Meyers
has closed the schools for several
weeks.
The special meetings which have
been In progress the past five weeks
at the NJ. e. church at Chappell have
closed. There were in the neighbor
hood OF sixty converts.
George s, Burtch, one OF the frs,
men to come to Nebraska to live, fol
sixty years resident Of the state
most Of the time at or near Bellevue
is dead at the home Of his daughter
DR.. c. G. Ernest. at st. Paul.
DR.. ]. w. e. X. Davis, aged Ga, died
suddenly on street car while on hil
way home at Omaha. Death wal
caused by heart trouble.
Forty-six years ago Joseph Mino,
came to Saline county and located or
homestead. Today he is living in .
house constructed OF lumber obtained
from walnut trees which he planted
| on his claim