The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1914-03-19
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA

j. ]. COrley mas assumed CnaTse VI
the postofhce at Weeping Water.
The Fairbury ice plant has begun
| operations with a capacity of thirty.
| FIVE tons daily.
+. w. Goehner has donated ten pic.
lures. collected in Europe, to the Sew
ard public library.
A farmers cooperative association
has been organized at Talmage with
capital Of $4,000.
The Portland Cement company al
Superior will begin operations about
the middle Of June.
The liquor license question will be
submitted to the voters OF Superior
at the spring election.
Twelve carloads OF immigrants and
their belongings will settle near Dial
ton. Cheyenne county.
Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick at Fairbury
has developed blood poisoning from
the use Of nose glasses.
The Genoa village council has adop..
ed an ordinance making the village &
city Of the second class.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fl. Ramsey Of
Beatrice celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary last week.
The Nebraska Postmasters' associa.
ton will hold its next annual session
at Lincoln, June 9, 10 and II.
Charles A. Mohrman of the Neigh
schools has been chosen as superin.
tendent Of schools at Seward.
Fire thought to be due to defective
electric wiring caused loss of $4,000
in st. Francis academy at Columbus.
Ten cases Of diphtheria were dscov.
cred in one family during a recent in.
spection trip of Omaha health officials.
Val Kuska. a graduate OF the state
farm at Lincoln. has been appointed
farm demonstration for Madison
county.
The Upland school board has called
special election to vote on bonds
for the construction OF an $4,000
building.
A woman. Mrs. Auguste Behrends
has been drawn as petit juryman
for the next term of the Otoe county
district court.
Because he failed to land a Job he
had seen advertised. s. p. Cook. SO
| years SulClueu ny 6dS dSpus Ma
ton at Omaha.
The city council of North Platte is
Investigating municipal electric light
systems with n view to installing one
to cost $4,000.
The city council at Geneva has
turned down n petition asking for the
submission OF the saloon license ques.
ton at the spring election.
Gage county supervisors have decd.
sioner. The matter has been under
consideration for some time.
Fred Cotton. an Omaha brewery EN-.
ploye. claims to have drank over 1000
pints Of beer in week-a small one"
every five minutes night and day.
The Harrison Theatrical Co.. for the
benefit Of good roads, played "A Black
Heifer" at the opera house to full
house. netting something near SIS.
s. r. Anstine has been named as
postmaster at Tamora to succeed w.
f. Meyers. VINO recently rendered his
resignation to the postal department
AS Orlo Ernst, near Kenesaw. was
; driving an auto he had just purchased
into his garage. oil in the drain pan
caught fire and the car and garage
were both destroyed
Richard Huerdine. aged 80 years
died Tuesday at his home in Lincoln
: Mr.. Heurdine fell off a cherry tree ir
] his yard last July and received 6
broken back and since then has beer
unable to leave his bed.
After lively discussion, the Hast
lngs Ministerial association went OF
record refusing Christian Scientists
permission to be represented with {
!, card in the church directory ut tn,
I Clarke hotel, which was placed in tn,
lobby few days ago.
9 r. o. Allen, editor of the Bradshaw
c Monitor. was held up and relieved O
t his roll" during a recent visit to Fair
;, bury. The hold.up man was later ar
I rested and given ten days.
I During a fit of dependency, result
d ing from continued Ill health W.
= Wallick. retired farmer near Tamora
e suicided by shooting himself with
revolver.
The 2.year-old son OF Bert Newton
}. near Brownville, was probably fatal
s injured when shotgun fell from pc
e on the wall and was discharged tn
i load striking him in the side.
8 A movement to establish q countr
s club Is on foot at Beatrice. The SUI
p porters of the project plan to leas
g extensive grounds and to build So
h 500 club house on the banks OF tn
II Blue.
Art Asher was fatally injured by tn
explosion OF dynamite bomb wit
e which he was doing some blasting nea
@ Pleasanton. Two companions wer
II also badly injured.
s. An asphalt paving company has o
IS fered a priez OF 500 to the membe
10 of the graduating class of the I'm