The Red Cloud chief., 1875-04-21
STATE NEWS.

The people OF the precinct in Har-
Ian co,nty, which contains the rival
towns of Crlcans snd Melrose. have
voted bridge bonds and the SesfiatI
10 not happy over the result.
J.. +. Zedikcr. Of Bloomington. has
been elected to the con. o.. from the
district composed Of Franklin and
Phelps counties. M. Zedikcr Wa
formerly Probate Judge Of Frsnkliu
county. and was assistant clerk OF the
House during the hss session Of the
lesiAsture.
Geo. W. Luuley. or Orleans has
been appointed . guard ia the Netfss-
b pcnitentiAry.
The Orleans Sentinel gives an &C.
I count Of the death Of A. j. Clark, Of
Harlan county by the accidental dis
charge ofs gun in his own hand.
The same paper also contains two 9th
or accounts of the accidental dischargs
Of firearms, BY careless handling. but
which, fortunately, injured No one.
Alma City. Harlan county, is . town
| site without an inhabitaDt, and yet
contains the graves Of o wan killed
by violence, and two killed accidentally.
The great spelling match Of the sea
son took place at Lincoln. on the 18th.
The word "paradigm" finished the
business, and brought the last speller
to his seat.
Work has been commenced on tho
Midland Pacific Railroad, between
Seward and York.
The Lincoln Sur:
"a Harvard man was riding along.
towing a calf by his saddle bow. He
dismounted from his horse, and when
he saw that horse again he had q calls
head at the end Of forty feet of rope.
Moudy, the great constitutions! ex-
FOUNDER is defeated for the constitc.
tional convention by about q hundred
majority"
Franklin county expects to rec i've
eleven carloads Of barley from Califor-
! MIA, the same for seed.
Joseph Crowly proposes to start .
cigar factory at Bloomington.
Several eases Of scurvy have beea
reported 10 Franklin county, OCCASION
cd by the scarcity Of vegetable food.
Chas. H. Vining. Of Bloomington,
died on the 9Th inst, from the effects
Of . gunshot wound received some
days previous. Mr.. ViniDg was enc
of the earliest settlers of franklin
county, and was much respected BY
all who knew him..
The vote for members of the cor.
con. throughout the State has been
very light. In many precincts, no
voters appeared at the polling places.
Schuyler has been visited by = water
spout. 1t started 10 Butler county,
moving in a northeasterly course,
struck the bridge over the Platte, aud
passed through a portion Of the town,
tearing things fearfully. The bridge
is 60 badly damaged that DO effort viii
be made to repair it.
Rev's. Frost and Tibbles who have
been east on . soliciting tour, have
returned 70 Omaha with about SIG, 900
q the result OF their labors. They are
to take another trip.
The two following items are from
| the Columbus Journal
I'VE give elsewhere the Official can
vass Of the Con. Con. election 10 this
county, for which We are Indebted to
the accommodating spirit Of our Co.
Clerk. j. p. Becker is the successful
candidate. Mr.. Becker has been .
citizen Of the county since 1856. He
vas once . member of the Legi -hture,
but has always taken IN active interes.
in public matters, though seldom con
sen,ipg to be candidate for of6ce.
| He has many warm personal and poli,-
ical frieods, in this part of the State.
The Grand IslAnd Times cautions
the farmers about sowing the Caisor-
nia barley. nox being distributed
! throughout the State for seed. for the
reason that it has been tried in this
/ State and does not thrive and always
proves unsuccessful. W. Know Of q,
expert aneuts hsvinz been made With
this grain in Nebraska, but We believe
tie mention of the fact BY the Times
should be looked to By our farmers,
and If the California barley seed ~ .
failure in Nebraska, it would be veil
to heed the suggestion ofthe Times to
exchange It at Chicago for barley
gre su in this region, which Is kLoWn
u do well in this climate"
One Of the largest aud most lucsa-
tive enterprises in the western part Of
| the State, Is the new steam grist mill
At Juniats. The building ranks among
| the best in the State, while the ma
chiuesy cannot be beaten in the vest.
There il less machioey connected
with the mill. thln any We eser SIC,
and yet everythiog Is % eoopsess. that
any 6rm might be proud Of it. The
.entlemao 1t the bead Of this enter
| prise thoroughly understand their 'bn.'
and they havea scope Of City nils
square to WORT in--Liaoola Journal
ORLEANS Seafisel: The buildinG Of
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