The Red Cloud chief., 1914-12-03

BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

Hudson Of Weeping Water was smoth-
cred to death in bed.
The Congregational church at Beat
rice will begin the erection Of a
$4,000 brick edifice.
Over 400 students were enrolled at
the district short course in agricul-
ture at Norfolk last week.
There are 12S,450 men over twenty
n years Of age, and 100, 900 women
OF the farms in Nebraska.
Lincoln high school cinched the
state football title by defeating the
York eleven by a score OF 81 to 3.
Judge James Cow, aged 1O2, thought
to be the Oldest inhabitant OF Ne
braska, is dead at his home at Belle
vue.
Clarence Lomax, a Hastings boy,
will go to England to take charge Of
n telephone system to be established
there.
! Detectives are at work in Hastings
gathering evidence to be used in q
suit concerning the sale of cigarettes
to minors.
William Mckay, an Albion black
smith. vas severely injured by the
explosion Of q gasoline tank he was
repairing.
Henry Seymour, secretary Of the
state board of assessment and equali-
cation, died very suddenly at his home
in Lincoln.
Foreman Keesley, OF a railway fenc-
ing crew at Plattsmouth, was knocked
down, gagged and relieved of $50 by
a couple of footpads.
F. Fl. Helm, 90 years old, OF Lincoln.
may die as a result of a mistake in
taking bichloride Of mercury tablets
for headache medicine.
The Elmwood Mill and Elevator
comp, y is installing an electric light
plant and will furnish current to resi-
dents Of that community.
Nebraska apples for Nebraska con-
sumers will be the keynote Of the
apple show to be gi"en at the Lincoln
auditorium, January 1928.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Sherwin Drug company building
at Omaha, together with its contents,
causing a loss Of owe 100000.
Nebraska devotees Of My Lady
Nicotine consume 1875, 900. 900 cigars
annually, of which $4,000, 900 are
manufactured by home labor.
Harry Worthen, a Plattsmouth lad.
lost his right hand by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun in the hands of
a companion while out hunting.
Patrolmen Rock and Hanning, who
were shot during a battle with gun
men at Lincoln a week ago, are out
of danger and improving rapidly.
Gus Gumpert whose department
store was burned out at Fremont with
a loss of $4,000, has leased a new
building and will reopen at once.
The first fire in that place for over
twenty years occurred at Loomis last
week when almost the entire business
section Of the village was destroyed
with a loss Of $55, 900.
Herbert Dana, captain Of the Ere
mont high school basketball team,
suffered a compound fracture Of his
right arm when he slipped and fell
during a practice game.
Little Mildred Isabel Francis, the
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Francis. of Lincoln, enjoys the unique
distinction of having six living grand
mothers. four of whom are great
grandmothers.
Nina Workman, a Lincoln woman
whose husband was electrocuted when
he took hold of a live wire of the Lin
coin Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany was awarded a judgment for
$4,000 against that corporation by q
jury in district court.
An exhibit of fifty paintings from
the Carnegie art institute will be hung
in the state university art gallery the
first of December. 1t will remain in
Lincoln for three weeks and then
commence a round Of some half dozen
other large western cities.
The Charity Organization society at
Lincoln collected $4,000 on tag day.
This is a larger sum than has been
collected on any OF the previous tag
days.
Donations Of -four are being sent to
Belgium from Lincoln. One car con-
tanning 10000 pounds wss sent last
week and it is expected that further
shipments will be made.
A countrywide search Is being
made for 1S.year-old Kamilla Fred
erickson, who mys%teriously disap-
peared from a train between Omaha
and Harrington two or three weeks
ago. Her parents live in Denmark.
A farmers mass meeting was held
at Brady, and a local organization Of
the farmers society of equity was
formed with fifty charter members.
Making two touchdowns in the first
five minutes Of play Wesleyan univer-
sity defeated Morningside at Univer-
sity Place Friday by a score of 10 to /.
Ed Johnson, near Fremont, who dis
covered coal on his farm several years
ago, has given up efforts to mine it,
principally because he has been un-
able to finance the undertaking. Mr..