The Red Cloud chief., 1914-10-15
sRiee NEWS OF NEBRASKA

York will hold her fall festival o.
tober Is 10 II.
Platte county has made great prep
arations for the fair this week.
The national dog races are beins
pulled OF at Wymore this week.
The exhibits at the Gage county
fair far surpass those Of any previous
year.
The most successful celebration Of
Omaha's Ak-Sar.Ben closed Saturday
night.
e. T. Hartley. a we'll known Nebras
ka educator, Is dead at his home In
Lincoln.
A system Of union delivery has been
put into effect by the merchants Of
Fremont.
The Hastings Chautauqua park has
been secured for the big democratic
barbecue.
During a storm last week hail stones
over an inch In diameter fell at Col.
lege View.
The attendance at Omaha's Ak.Sar.
Ben this year has beat all records OF
previous years.
Homes will be found at Tecumseh
for a number Of waits brought from
New York City.
]. F. Smith has been engaged as
physical director of the Parish gym.
nasium at Ainsworth.
A three days session OF the Men
MONTE church will be held at Beatrice
commencing october 2S.
Many Nebraska farmers are In.
creasing their alfalfa acreage, finding
1t a most valuable crop.
c. F. Shaffer Of Alliance was in.
jured when his auto turned over on
the road lear Scottsbluff.
II. B. Jameson of Weeping Water
shot an owl measuring four and a half
feet from tip to tip Of its wings.
Beatrice Is making arrangements to
properly care for the crowd expected
at the poultry show to be held there
this winter.
Will Schellinger raised 900 bushels
Of tomatoes on a two.acre patch near
Nebraska City. and they netted him
nearly $500.
A floating body found in the river
At Rulo recently has been identified
as that Of Fred Ogg, who was drowned
at Stella in August.
A district meeting of Odd Fellows
will be held at Falls City, october 16.
Nearly 200 delegates r expected
from w the district.
At the home Of William Hinrichsen,
at P~lattsmouth, Is the unusual sight
Of on apple tree in full bloom for the
second time this year.
Miss Sophia Teeters Of Cedar Bluffs
was nearly scalped when her hair got
caught in the gear Of a washing ma
chine she was operating.
Rev. A. ], Hollingsworth, for several
years pastor Of the Christian church
at Peru, has accepted the ~pastorate Of
Temple church at Kansas City.
Charles Selick OF Weeping Water
was severely injured when attacked by
a horse which seized his arm and in
ficted painful wounds by biting.
Eddy Clark, a 15.year-oh Omahs
boy, fell down the elevator shaft al
the Range building at Omaha and re
ceived injuries from which he died
later.
The Meyer jewelry store at Grand
Island was burglarized, $50 worth Of
goods being taken. No clue to the
identity OF the burglars has been Sc
cured.
Although bonds have been voted for
A. ,---,n - nom AlaAfrtr
light plant at North Bend, the town
may purchase current from the Ere
mont plant.
The session Of the Central Nebras.
Ia Poultry association, to be held at
Kenesaw during the week OF Novem.
Der 80, promises to be one Of the most
interesting ever held by that body.
Workmen e%xcavating on the streets
1t Lincoln exhumed a headstone mark
Ing the grave Of a little child, evi
IDENTIFY buried by early settlers when
the present site was a boundless
waste Of barren prairie.
Roy Haggerty was run over by an
auto as he was on his return from
school at Lincoln and seriously In.
jured.
Rev. Charles Burns. pastor OF the
NJ. e. church at Western. has been as.
signed to the pastorate Of the Cedar
Bluffs church.
John j. Ryder Of Omaha was n
elected president Of the league Of
American municipalities at its meet
ing at Milwaukee.
Edith Shofi, a 1~6.year-old Wymore
girl. suicided rather than face threat
ened charges of an alleged exposure
of q financial deal.
William Hartman. an aged resident
Of Beatrice, vas badly beaten up BY
burglars who broke into his home.
Sixty decorated autos were In the
suffrage parade on old soldiers day
Ut the fall festival at Falls City.
D. M. Amsbury. for twenty-five year,
publisher of the Broken Bow Repub
lican. has sold out to c. e. Shea o.