Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
FOR THE BUSY
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NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN 800N
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intclllflence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs,
WASHINGTON.
How to make hens lay moro eggs
was ono of the multitude or Investiga
tions authorized in tho agriculture ap
propriation 1)111 reported.
Homestead Bottlers on unaurvoyed
public lands would get five montliB'
annual leave, such aB enjoyed by en
trymen of record, under a bill passed
by the senate.
Secretary Hryan has directed Ameri
can minister McMillan at Lima to
recognize tho new provisional govern
ment of Peru on behalf of thoUnlted
States.
Dr. Harry Allen Tupper, special
peace commissioner of tho Interna
tional Peace Forum, is going to Mexi
co without any official standing, ac
cording to Secretary Bryan.
Do3truction of the cable ofllco at
J-smeraldes, Ecuador, where heavy
fighting was in between tho revolu
tionists and government forces, loft
the etato department without meanB
of news of the situation.
The bill to create six vlco admirals
ln the navy hns been passed by the
senate and now awaits action by tho
house. Their salaries were fixed
at $11,000 a year and the ago of re
tirement at fllxty-tlvo years.
With the $320,000,000 postofflco ap
propriation bill before it, tho senate
committeo has reported an amend
ment to prevent further changes In
rates or extension of tho parcel post
without congressional authority.
Rear Admiral Vincondon L. Cott
man, recently relieved from command
of tlic Pugot Sound navy yard, has
been placed on the retired list of tho
navy for age, ho now being ills sixty
two years of age. Admiral Cottman,
who was born in Louisiana, was ap
pointed to tho naval academy in 1868
from New York.
General objections to Sonator
Walsh's bill for government control
of all radium bearing lands wore
made before tho sonato mines com
mitteo by J. M. Flaiinery of Pittsburg,'
president of a prlvato corporation pro
ducing radium. He attacked princi
pally tho board powers to bo con
ferred on tho secretary of tho intorlor,
some of which he characterized as
"an outrage."
Senior classmen from tho United
States naval academy took their first
lesson in pedagogy from Dr. P. P.
Olaxton, commissioner of education.
Secretary Daniels is1 dopending upon
the young naval officers to carry out
his plan for tho education of tho on
listed men of tho fleet and has ar
ranged to have- midshipmen about to
graduate- recolvo instruction from au
thorities In tho sclonco or pedagogy.
Congressmen will contlnuo to dis
tribute, free seeds, tho weather bu
roau servico will be extended to tho
Panama canal and insular possesions,
more than $200,000 will bo spent
studying how to ellminato tho wasto
and profits in food BtuffB betweon the
producer and tho consumer and a
general reorganization of tho depart
ment of agriculture along lines of
groat efficiency as laid down by Soc
rotary HoiiBton, wore authorized lu
appropriations aggregating $25,000,
000. DOMESTIC.
The Paterson Bilk strike, which
lasted four 'months, cost tho manufac
turers $20,000,000 and tho workora $5,
000,000. Miss Elizabeth Grant, a cousin of
President U,' S. Grnnt, died at hor
home In St Albans, W. Va. Sho was
81 years old.
Rigid federal restrictions regarding
canned goods and a nation-wide cam
paign for publicity among thoso us
ing them were urged by speakers ut
u meeting of tho seventh annual con
vention of tho National Cumiurs' as
sociation at Baltimore.
Joseph P, Fontrom has been nomi
nated for mayor by tho progreslvo
city convention of Kansas City. Mr.
Fontroa is an attorney. A platform
ravoring commission government was
adopted.
Consolidation of tho western federa
tion of minors and tho united mlno
workers of America, totalling more
than u million mcinbors, with u yearly
revenue in excess of $0,000,000, is
foreshadowed by tho action of the
executive committeo of tho western
federation In semi-annual session.
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President Morris McDonald of the
Boston & Malno railroad at Boston
has tendered his resignation and It
was accepted under tho understand
ing that he would remain with tho
road until his successor Is appointed.
Capital invested in film industries
np.roxxlmntcs $750,000,000.
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It Is estimated that thoro are 37,000
electric vehicles In uso In thfB coun
try, of which 25,000 are pleasure cars,
A striko of 28,000 longshoremen,
waB ordered by tho Greater Now York
council of tho International Long
shoremen's union nfter a meeting be
tween officers of that organization and
representatives of tho state board of
mediation and arbitration in Hoboken.
Tho famous armour collection of
William Henry Itlggs, consisting of 2,
500 pieces and Bald to bo the finest
In tho world, ha3 been given outright
to tho Metropolitan Museum of Art,
according to announcement by the
museum director in Now York.
Shippers of Band and sravol pre
sented their evldonco to the Inter
state commerco commission against
tho C per cent increase rates aBked by
the Eastern railroad. They told the
commission the rate Increases would
mean serious loss to tho sand and
gravel men.
Investigation or charges that Chi
cago federal employes profited by tho
disappearance of Jack Johnson, prize
fighter, aftor being sentenced for
violating the whltd slavo law, failed
to substantiate them according to the
United States district attorney's of
llco at Chicago.
Tho Trenton, N. J., grand Jury has
Indictod Morris Rutherford of War
wick, N. Y vico president and gen
eral manager of the Lehigh & Hud
son Itivor Railway company, on n
chargo of receiving concessions from
tho Pennsylvania railroad in shipping
coal in interstate commerce.
The federal grand jury investiga
tion on charges connecting govern
ment ofllclals at Chicago with the
night of Jack Johnson, the pugilist,
to Prance, concluded with the an
nounpement from tho assistant dis
trict attorney in chargo that tho
charges had not boon substantiated.
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Tho champion corn grower of tho
stato of Ohio is a 14-year-old girl,
Mario Colo of Uirichvllle, O., who
raised during tho last year 112 bu
shels to tho acre, twice that secured
by t'io farmers about her. In tho
corn-growing contest sho was one of
those making the special trip to
Washington.
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Now Castle, N. II., claims the re
cord for longevity of its residents.
In its population of not moro than 500
there are four persons 80 years old,
eight betweon 80 and 90, ono 92 and
ono 90. Two of these, Captain John
Hall and John V. White, jointly ob
Borvcd their eight-eighth birthday
Friday, January 1C.
Two more suits under tho Sherman
antl-tniBt law, begun with the last
year, may bo settled out, of court by
Attornoy General McReynolds. Rep
resentatives of both tho American Can
company and tho Corn Products Re
fining company have appeared at tho
Department of Justice and begun
negotiations which may lead to agree
ments without further legal proceed
ings. A. T. Wright of Billings, Mont.,
chairman of tho general committee of
adjustment of tho Order of 'Railway
Conductors, was shot at Chlcagc
whon ho resisted two men who tried
to rob him. Tho thoroughfare Is In
tho downtown district and was bright
ly illuminated whon a man held a ro
volvcr to Wright's side and demanded
his money. Thoy ran after discharg
ing the weapon. Wright was only
slightly Injured.
FOREIGN.
The proylnco of Alberta has a coal
area of 10,218 miles, with an estimat
ed quantity avallablo for consump
tion of 90,000,000,000 tons.
Regarding tho situation In India, it
Is reported that whllo tho standard of
prosperity Is higher than ever before,
hostility to British rule waB novcr
more pronounced.
Valadlmlr N. Kokovsof, regarded as
tho bulwark against reaction, has re
signed as premier or Russia and ox
Premier Goromyklu has been appoint
od In his placo,.
Tho six Americans and forty or fif
ty Mexicans, whoso fnto has been a
tuyBtcry slnco tho destruction of tlm
Cumbro tunnel last Wednesday, were
suffocated. This Information was re
ceived at tho headquarters of tho
Moxlcan Northwestern railway in
Jauroz. Tho tragedy Is laid at tho
door of Maximo Castillo, tho bandit
leador,
Tho oxccbbIvo spo-od of the automo
biles lu which mombcrs of the Im
perial family are driven In Berlin
and Its suburbs and tho great danger
to pedestrians caused thereby wore
tho subjects of complaint during a do
bate on tralllc accidents in the Prus
sian Diet recently.
According to a report Just Issued
by tho Department of Agrlqulturo,
tho yield of potatoes in Ireland in
1013 was exceptionally abundant and
of good quality. Tho average was
0.4 long tons, or 239 biiBhols per acre,
Dr. Jose VInconte Concha, the can
didate of tho conservative party, has
boon olocted president of Columbia.
Dr. Concha was minister of war In
1901 and a year later becamo mlnlstor
to Washington. Ho disapproved of
tho proposed Panama treaty and re
tired as minister In 1903.
A NEW BEIL1S CASE
MURDER OF BOY AT FASTOFF
ALLEGED A "RITUAL" ONE.
BLACK HUNDRED VERY ACTIVE
Minister of Justice and Other Judi
cial Officials Are Sifting the
Evidence at Kiev.
Kiev. Tho murder of the boy at
FastolT, which, it Is nllegod, was com
mitted for ritualistic purposes, is as
suming tho dimensions of tho Iicllts
case. As In the earlier tragedy, stor
ies of mysterious characters have
been introduced, such as "a red
headed man" and "a lamp-lighter,"
both of whom have dlsapfieared. Tho
Black Hundred and tho Union of Rus
sian People are Bhowlng their old
time anti-Semitic activity.
Tho minister of Justice, J. Q.
Chtchoglovitoff, and other Judicial of
ficials have arrived at Kiev and are
sifting tho evidence. On their arrival
they were acclaimed by deputations
from the Union of Russian People
and the Two-Headed Eagle organiza
tion. Tho leaders of the Black Hundred,
aftor first aBsertlng that the victim
was a Christian, subsequently paid ho
was a Jew and that he had been mur
dered by Jews In connection with, tho
ISoHIs case for the purpose of dis
proving tho allegation of ritual mur
der by demonstration that a Jewish
boy, as well as a Christian, might be
a victim of crime. They also are
seeking to prove that Pashkoff, the
Jowlsh tailor, who has been arrested
on tho chargo of being Implicated in
tho murder, Is a relative of Bellls.
Another indication that tho case Is
likely to bo a repetition of tho Bcllls
affair 1b found In tho fact that the
two opposing counsels In the Bollls
case, tho Black Hundred barrister, G.
Zamlslovsky, and the defender of Bol
lis, M. Zarudny, havo arrived at Kiev.
Newspaper correspondents are throng
ing to FastolT.
Pashkoff is Etill in prison, as Is
also a t Russian peasant, Goutchatuk,
who is said to havo been seen with
the boy on tho day of tho murder.
Fight Nearlng Close,
Montgomery, Ala. The seven
months' fight between Oscar Under
wood, majority leader of the houso
of representatives, and Congressman
Richard Pearson Hobson, for the Ala
bama vacancy In the United Smtes
senate, is drawing to a" cIomj. The
deciding votes in a campaign that
has attracted nation-wide interest
will bo cast at the democratic pri
maries, April (5.
Mr. Underwood has announced from
'Washington that so far as' personal
participation is concerned his cam
paign already has ended. Represen
tative Hobson Is carrying torward
the personal campaign, however, that
ho hns been waging for sevoral
montliB, during which ho has spokon
In nearly overy town In tho state.
Political adherents . of tho candi
dates dally are mnli'.ng counter
claims of victory.
Goldfield Postmaster Short.
Goldflold, Nov. An estimated
shortage of betweon $5,000 and
$10,000 charged against his accounts,
13. R. Collins, for eight years post
master at Goldllold, Is a fugitive from
justice und a federal warrant charg
ing him with embezzling tho specific
sum of $1,500 has boon Issued for his
arrest.
Tho shortages were discovered by
Po6tofllcov Inspector Donald G. Means.
Collins loft Goldfield for Los Angeles
February 4, and since then nothing
has been heard from him.
Think It Was Lopez.
Salt 1-ako City, Utah. Reports re
ceived hero from Billings, Mont., say
Ralph Lopez, tho Utah murderer,
Is bolloved to bo one or two Mexicans
arrested for theft at Ixiwell, Wyo., a
fow days ago. Tho men escaped by
digging their way out of tho Lovoll
Jail, before It was suBpocted that ono
was 1-flpez. Tho description Is said to
agree with that of Lopez. Officers
of Montana and Wyoming havo boon
advised to watch for tho escapod
men.
Banking Firm Forced to 3uspend.
Now York. Tho suspension has
boon announced of tho Italian bank
ing firm of A. Bolognesl & Co., ono
of tho oldest concerns of Its kind In
tho city. It did a Inrgo buBinoss In
foreign oxchnngo and represented
Italians in such Hues.
Small Coast Steamer Wrecked.
Shoroham, Eng Tho entire crow
of eight seamon of the steamship My
Own wore drowned, when that vessel
was wrecked whllo entering tho har
bor hero.
Big Price for Poland-China Hog.
Stella. Nob. W. H. WcBt of Shu
bort attended a Poland-China hog
salo at Clarinda, la,, and paid $252.50
for a sow. At tho Clarinda salo for
ty-flvo head of Poland-Chinas sold at
an avorago of $168.80, and the top
bow sold for $500.
Thaw Hearing Comes Soon,
Concord, N. II. Final hearings ut
which argumonts will bo mado on
Harry K. Thaw'8 petitions for a writ
of habeas corpus and for admission
to ball will bo held on Fobruary 2.
NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE
Henry Gerdes, assisted by Judge
Kennedy, bought thirteen head of Hoi
steln cattle for the asylum for the. In
sano at Lincoln nt a sale In South
Omaha. All but two of tho lot aro
cows which aro Intended to furnlBh
milk for the Institution. They were
bought In place of cows recently con
demned and destroyed on account of
tuberculosis.
Secretary M. J. Heffercn of tho
Wayno Commercial club has written
to tho state board of control that his
city would like to bo considered as a
location for tho new state reformatory.
There is already a stato normal school
at Wayno, but tho board of control Is
willing to consider its application on
tho same basis as others, notwith
standing the presence of one institu
tion there now.
The number of prisoners at the Ne
braska penitentiary increased in Janu
ary from 33G to 350, according t'o the
monthly report of Warden Fonton, Just
made to the governor. Twenty-seven
were received and ono was recalled
from his parole. A total of thirteen
paroles wore Issued during tho month,
one prisoner was discharged and two
were transferred to the asylum.
None of tho members of the stato
board of control approve the sugges
tion that tho new reformatory should
bo consolidated with the Industrial
school for boys at Kearney. Judge
Holcomb, Judge Kenney and Hoiiry
Gerdes, members of tho board, are of
the opinion that such a consolidation
would not be beneficial either to thoso
who will be Inmates of the reforma
tory or to the boys in the industrial
school.
Labor Commissioner Pool has Issued
a statement showing that $3,000 ap
propriated by the last legislature for
the support of his department Is not
sufficient to enable the department to
do all that is expected of. it by its
critics. He snjrs tho inspectors who
looked after tho enforcement of the
female labor law in Omaha would not
have been discharged had It been pos
sible to find a ay to pay their sal
aries. Purchasing of the Nebraska Military
academy building and surrounding
land for location of the state reforma
tory is asked of the board of control
by T. S. Allen on behalf of Lincoln
men. Among others concerned are
J. E. Miller and J. C. Seacrest, both of
whom Mr. Allen says would "be glad
to dispose of their half section at the
price they paid for It." Various argu
ments are sot up by Mr. Allen hi be
half of tho move.
The various substitutes for meat in
the home may be learned from an up-to-date
free cook book containing
eighty pages, upon application for Ex
tension Bulletin No. 17 of the bulletin
department, University Farm, Lin
coln. Among the substitutes men
tioned are eggs, cheese, nuts, dried
pens and beans. These arc all classed
as having tho same value as meat In
tho building of bodily tissue. The
cost of most of these foods is less than
meat.
"Farmers should not neglect the
strawberry," hays Secretary S. It. Dun
can of the stato horticultural society.
"Every family should have a straw
berry patch large enough to supply
the household with fresh fruit
throughout tho berry season and
enough surplus to can and preserve
for winter use. Strawberries are the
easiest fruit grown and bring quickest
returns for the labor and money ex
pended. Three hundred plants set out
and well cared for ought, during an
average season, supply a family of
ordinary slzo with all the fruit they
can use."
At tho Stato Junior Contest for the
year 1913, held In connection with the
State Corn and Horticultural Shows
at Lincoln, one hundred and thirty-six
boys and girls entered exhibits, and a
total of 300 entries was made. Miss
Myrtle Darby of Havelock, who had
the best general sewing exhibit, won
tho D. A. R. trophy; Miss Darby won
tho swoepstakes in thiB class last year
also. .Tho St. Ledger Cowley chapter
of the, Daughtors of the American
Rovolutlon presented this trophy to
tho Nebraska Girls club in January,
1912. Dorothy Scltz of DeSoto won
the sweepstakes on corn in the Junior
department. Sho holds the Commer
cial Club trophy for 1914.
Because the Nebraska Power com
pany, ownor of water power rights on
tho Loup river, did not obtain permis
sion of tho Btate railway commission
for issuance of securities to float Its
Initial development, Railway Commis
sioner T. L. Ha.ll is endeavoring to ns
somblo enough data to dolormlne tho
commission's power in the mnttcr.
Miss Louise Allen, a graduate of tho
stato university, and n government ex
pert, has been appointed by tho gov
ernor as tho first uted Inspector for
Nebraska.
Deborah Avery chapter of the D. A.
R. will glvo a reception to their
patriotic friends at the governor's
mansion on tho evening of February
20. Tho affair will be in observance
of Washington's birthday, but as this
anniversary comes on Snndny, tho re
ception Is to bo given on the 20th.
Many of the stato officers, Including
tho stato rcgont, Mrs. Warren Perry
of Falrbury and Mrs Gault of Omaha,
will bo present. A musical program
will bo glvon. All of the members of
tho S. A. R. organization wlo have
perfected tholr applications will be in
vited to the reception.
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BASIS OF GRADING WORK AND
REGULATIONS GOVERNING
CONTESTANTS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Item, of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Reader.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Tho conditions for tho 1914 Ne
braska boys' corn contest, tho first
prlzo of which is a trip to Washington,
D. C, has been announced by tho ex
tension department of the slate farm.
In tho state contest, $50, $25 and $10
are the first, second and third prizes
offered, besides which there aro fivo
fourth prizes of $5 each and ten fifth
prizes of $2 each. The state Is di
vided Into an eastern and western di
vision, and the complete list of prizes
will be awarded to the winners in
each division, $200 In all going to win
ners In tho state contest. In each
county whero a contest Is held under
the direction of a county superintend
ent, prizes of $10, $5 and $3 are of
fered. The Union Stock Ynrds com
pany of Omaha contributes all the
prizes.
Tho contest rules are as follows:
Contestant must bo a club member.
Age. 10 to 18 years. Inclusive.
Knelt- contestant shall agree to make a
special study of scoring, selecting, plant
ing, cultivating and harvesting corn.
Plot must bo one acre, iceUinRUl.tr In
ehape. This acre may ho part of a larger
Held which club member Is caring for.
Tho acre must bo meamiicd, ' corn
husked and then weighed In tho presence
of two disinterested freeholders. Affi
davit must be sent to county superinten
dent and state university agiicultural ex
tension department.
i Corn must be weighed as per Instruc
tions sent out by tho United States de
partment of agriculture and tho state de
partment of agricultural extension.
Ten ears of the corn must be exhibited
at the county contest, and at the state
contest.
In counlrs -where- no countv contest Is
held, contestants are eligible to stato
prizes, but not to county prizes.
No contestant shall be eligible to regu
lar county or state prizes whose reports
are not complete and who does not sub
mit a written acoount entitled, "How I
Made My Crop of Corn."
In estimating Drolits. $5.00 an aero shall
be charged as rent of land. Tho work of
each "boy shall be estimated nt 10 cents an
hour, and the work of each horse at !
cents an hour. Mnnure will be charged
at the late of $2.00 for each two horse
wagon load.
Knrolltnent closes June 1.
Prizes will be n warded on the following
basis:
1. Greatest yield per acre A "0
2. Pest showing of prollt on Invest
ment 30
3. Quality and ten bar exhibit 20
4. Pest written crop report and history
entitled "How I Mado My Crop
of Corn" 20
Total scoro 100
New Military Storehouse. v
Tho state board of educational lands
and funds has completed a military
storehouse on the state fairgrounds
and will soon removo all national
guard stores from the basement of the
state house to the new building. The
board will also fit up two new rooms
and two vaults in the basement of tho
state house for the use of the railway
commission. After these rooms aro
fitted up tho physical valuation depart
ment of tho commission will bo re
moved from the ofilces of the secre
tary of tho senate on tho second floor
to tho basement rooms. It was the
original intention to move' the physical
valuation department to the fourth
floor of the state house. The legisla
ture appropriated $1,500 for fitting up
basement rooms. If the work costs
more tho excess will bo paid out of
funds of the railway commission.
May Draw $5,000 Salary.
Warm arguments havo been in
dulged In at the state house by asser
tions of some ofllclals that the next
governor would not be entitled to tho
$5,000 salary provided for In the con
stitutional amendment, to be voted on
this fall that Is, if that is adopted by
the people. A review of the enact
ment, as it passed the legislature,
however, shows that there Is nothing
therein to indicate that the next gov
ernor cannot got It. In fact, the
measure Is so worded that it appears
that tho successor to Governor More
head will get the boost in salary.
Constitutional amendments become
effective, unless , specifically cited
therehi, at the time their adoption Is
certified to by tho governor.
The city council of Plattsmouth has
decided to replaco the gas lights on
the streets of the business district
with electric light clusters.
Stato Game Warden Christ Ruten
beck believes many people in Ne
braska aro violating the government
regulations which prohibit winter and
spring shooting of water fowl, and
while ho Is in sympathy with tho rules
laid down by the department of agri
culture, under an act of congress for
tho protection of migratory birds, he
Is powerless to aid In protection be
cause of tho fact that ho has not re
colved authority from tho government
to act as a federal deputy gamo war
den. Blanks for tho compilation of agri
cultural statistics have been outlined
by Secretnry Mellor of tho state board
of agriculture nnd tho copy has been
Bent to tho printer. A number of de
partures from tho old form havo been
made to keep a record of the progress
of Nebraska farmers. The statistics
will be more detailed than ever be
fore Tho growth of tobacco Is offici
ally recognized along with many other
crops. In horticulture much space Is
given to tho apple industry, while tho
growing of grapes Is recognized as
probably second In Importance
BOYS
GQRN GONTE
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Stella will have a five-days' chautau
qua In August.
II. G. Schwlnd has been appointed
postmaster at Mnnley.
Weeping Water business men have
organized a concert band.
McCool Junction will put In electric
lights, securing power from York.
Dr. George P. Shidlcr.clty physician
of York, has tendered his resignation."
Albion Is making efforts to secure
tho next high school readers' confer
ence Agitation for the organization of .a
baseball team Is being mado at Te
cumseh. Nearly 5,000 guests attended the
opening of the new Clarko hotel at
Hastings.
Tho Gage county board of super
visors Is considering employing a
highway commissioner.
The village board of Ohlowa Is plan
ning to put 200 loads of sand and
gravel on tho main street.
The question of "wet" or "dry" will
come before the people of Wymore at
the coming spring election.
Vernon Baldwin was found dead In
a barn at the home of his sister near
York, the result of heart trouble.
In a big wolf hunt near Falrbury
over 500 rabbits were bagged, but
every wolf sighted made its getaway.
A three hundred pound hog and a
devn chickens were stolen from the
barnard of Mrs. Gerecke, east of Fre
mont. A number of cases of diphtheria
havo developed at Wymore and every
efTort Is being made to prevent ita
spread.
Robert McMurray of Brady suffered
the loss of a foot by the accidental
discharge of his gun while on a hunt
ing trip.
February 22 will be observed as "Go
to Church" Sunday at Seward, tho
ministerial association encouraging
the plan.
Two hundred and fifty men and
boys attended the "father and son"
banquet at the Methodist church at
Tecumseh.
S. C. Bassett of Gibbon, who was
Injured by falling from an apple treo
last fall, is just beginning to recover
from Its effects.
Auburn proposos to have a Fourth
of July celebration the coming sum
mer that will be, according to those in
charge, a humdinger.
Miss Frances Wyckoff of Hastings
has just recovered from an attack of
hiccoughs which lasted continuously
for six days and nights.
February 22 has been set apart as
"go-to-church Sunday" in Fremont and
anv advertising campaign has been
launched by the ministerial union.
The voters of Kearney will decide
on March 10 whether or not bonds will
be Issued for the erection of a public
athletic field in the heart of the city.
In their eagerness to get at tho
bread and coffee served in Volunteers
hall at Omaha, the crowd of hungry
men broke through the glass of the
door.
In scuffling with a boy friend, Har
old Fleming of Wymore ran a pencil
Into Ills right eye, inflicting a very
dangerous wound which may destroy
the sight.
Fred Appleget of Tecumseh, who
had both of his hands cut off In an Ico
crushing machine In Lincoln last sum
mer, has secured a position with an
artlficiaj limb company in Kansas City.
The two-year-old daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. E. L. Feese of Wymore is In
a serious condition as the result of
swallowing a pin. Tho pin lodged In
her throat and could not bo removed
for some time.
A daughter weighing fifteen pounds,
was born last week to Mr. and Mrs.
Enoch Hanline, residing near Brock.
Tho child is strong and well, notwith
standing its enormous weight, and is
the ninth child born to Mr. and Mrs.
Hanline.
Tho ministers of Auburn have
formed an organization, known as the
Auburn Ministerial association. Tho
purpose of the association is to meet
at regular intervals to discuss plans
and map out campaigns for the better
ment of church Work in the city.
Henry Hatch will lose several
fingers as the result of getting in two
close touch with a buzzsaw being used
in cutting wood on a farm near Te
cumseh. Forty-six head of hogs from ono
herd were sold at Central City last
week. The average price was $90.25.
Tho lowest price was $42 and tho
highest $327.50.
Thenj aro twenty-three applicants
for tho position of manager of tho mu
nicipal light and water plant at Wy
more. Many of these are disqualified
because they are not residents of the
city.
A physical training department has
been added to the curriculum of the
Kearney military academy.
A. A. Challburg was caught In a
shafting at the Central Granaries at
Lincoln and hurled around it a half
dozen times before tho machinery
could bo stopped, but escaped with a
fow more or less painful bruises.
Former Seward county students and
graduates of tho state university aro
mnklng tontativo 'plans for their
twenty-second annual banquet to bo
held In Seward some tlmo in February.
Chancellor Avery has Indicated that
ho will attend.
Andy Lorentzcn of Hastings ban
queted his brother Eagles with tho
money received from tho lodge as sick
boneflts, and which he declined to ac
cept as such.
John Conley. aged 78 years, and for
forty-two years a resident of Adams,
county, died ns the result of a shock
from a broken leg sustained in his
home near Hastings.
Tho body of Harry Rohm, a young
minor from debo, Wyo.. was found in
a sealed refrigerator car In tho Bur
lington ynrds at Lincoln. The man
had evidently frozen to death during
the passage of the car from Alliance.
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