The Red Cloud chief., 1914-07-23
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA


A band Of Indians from the vicinity
Of Chadron, will be a state fair attrac,
ton.
Fairbury is making efforts to take
over the franchise Of Superior in the
state baseball league.
Rev. G. B. Hawkes., for Ave years
pastor Of the Congregational church at
Sutton, has resigned.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
by incendiories to set fire to the post
once building at Ord.
Anna Vodvorski died at Dodge from
lockjaw as the result of stepping on O
rusty nail q few weeks ago.
Fairbury has a "hoboville" with q
varying population Of a score normally
up to 600 one day recently.
Ralph Sherwood was instantly killed
by a stroke Of lightning while at work
in a harvest field near Beatrice.
Fifteen students at Peru normal
suffered ptomaine poisoning from an
over indulgence in raspberry pie.
The annual meeting Of Tel.Jed.
Sokol will convene at Omaha July %.
s.0 III bCcSiOu lOI u Weth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schissler OF
Hastings will leave shortly for a visit
to their old home at Baden, Germany.
Charles Zeitka OF P~lattsmouth was
instantly killed when he fell under the
wheels OF a train as he vas getting off.
Secretary Written Of the Lincoln
Commercial club is making efforts to
conttro voI,tnAl roslr1nl roA-. A. A.
state fair.
Theodore Kline, a Waterman on the
Rock Island at Lincoln, was found
dead along side the track, a victim OF
heart disease.
Chris Koerner Of Lincoln, had his
right wrist nearly severed by the ex
plosion Of a pop bottle he was takins
from a refrigerator.
Miss Mary F~airbrother, a former
Nebraskan, has been made manager OF
the new democratic woman's news.
paper at San Francisco.
While the Burlington agent al Nal.
:olm was at dinner omeone broke into
he depot room where the cash drawer
was located and extracted S4S.
Robert Gordon Of Galloway is dead
from injuries received when a binding
machine nearly severed his right limb,
making amputation necessary.
Pete Albraredo. a laborer, was
caught in a cavein OF a sewer ditch
at Omaha and was dead before fellow
workmen could remove the dirt.
j. w. Snyder, an ironworker, fell
from the tenth story Of an Omaha,
building, and escaped with a slight
scalp wound and a general shaking up
William Birkholz. near Hebron, had
q yield Of seventy-one bushels Of pats
to the acre, which he claims is q
record-breaker for the South Platte
country.
John Plantz, a farmer heal Fremont,
suffered the fracture Of three ribs and
other injuries in a runaway when he
was caught under q binder he was
operating.
Mrs. Louise Corner of Lincoln was
struck by an auto occupied by a party
OF 5oyriders, who never even slack.
ened speed to see II she was able to
regain her footing unassisted.
William Petit OF Guide Rock Lodge
No. 1913, Is the Oldest Nebraska.made
Mason in the state, having been raised
In Bellevue Lodge No. 1. in 1870. He
will be "a years old in September.
F. e. Wilbert Of Harrisburg, Pa,
walking on a pair Of five-foot stills, in
which unique manner he expects to
reach the Panama-Pacifc exposition,
passed through Lincoln one day last
week.
Misses Bessie, May and Nina Hull,
Fremont girls. have started a ranch
On their claims near Newell, s. D.
They we're former school teachers and
stocked their ranch with the money
sarned by teaching.
Loretta Burch. a 3 year old Tecum.
sch child, was bitten three times by q
rattlesnake which she picked up in the
lawn at her home. The usual rene
lies were administered and she sui
Tered no serious results.
The plant Of the Ansley Argosy was
entirely destroyed when the Masonic
hall at that place, in which 1t was 10
Gated, was burned to the ground.
Viola, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H
8. Whitney Of Winslow, fell on an
electric light wire at Hooper, tearing
the flesh from the finger SO badly that
amputation was necessary.
Harold Heighmeister, a diaryman OF
Erickson. does his milking to the soul
tul strains Of an orchestral accompa
niment. His family, ten In number
are musicians. and regale the bovinei
at dawn and eve with high class selec
tons.
The suns rays focusing on a bottle
lying In a wheat field near Minden
started q fire which burned seven OF
eight acres.
Central City boasts of one Of the
cleanest and fastest baseball organize
tons outside Of the state league. TIC
date nine games have been played
seven Of which have bsen chalked to
their credit.
The nine-months'-old son OF Mr.. and