The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01

committed suicide Ovto,sr sth, Wy SEVERN,
q vein In her neck With a razor.
The hardware store Il j. Fletcher
smith. % Cbsrton, ~As hurglArih.i a. VI.
amour, Of tire. hundred dollars, on the nigh
~ October oh.
Mrs. Mary A. Perry, for ,veIiy.,hro'
year, a residen, 81 clinton, ~ss found dead n
her room a few evening. ago, - her am. sh'
va aged 20 years
Mrs. Kate Larimcr james, II Couu.
81 Biurs, made her 'ehL, a. pr!mA donns, ~
Ne~ York. September sl,h, a, sicInvay Hall
In The great Wilh.lmy.
A little daughter II Mr.. Stuart, in
Audubon county, was accidentally Killed, q
few dave since, by being caught IN The ma
chinery 81 q cane mil.
John Meyers. of Washington county,
~as mortslly wounded by q hull, Oc,st-r iith.
he formerly resided IN Polk county, but re-
moved 10 Washington county some t~sn,,
years ago..
Nicholas Hobbs. brother of Hon. W.
T.. Hobbs, late Greenhack candidate for Con.
grcss In the First district, fell dead IN . store
In New London, . few evenings ago, caused
by heart disease.
Augustus Jarvis, Of Brooklyn. ". Y.
while Waiting relatives near Blsirs,o~n, re.
csntiy, wa thrown from q wagon, the wheels
of which passed over hi. neck, dislocs,ing II.
lie died instantly.
Harry Watt. salesman for a Da,en-
port tobacco house, accidentally shot himself
while putting his revolver In order, = few day,
since. The result, viii probably prove fatal, As
the hall could no, be found.
The ladies' Of Des Moines held an cleo
ton on the SAINT day Of thc state election,
and voted on the question 81 Prohibition. AZ
one voting place on the East aide, they cast
&le votes for Prohibition, and , against.
Charlie Thitherington. n brakeman
OF the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific Rail
roaa, while uncoupling q car at Washington, a
few nights since, fell under the train. and WAS
~ badly injured that his recovery IL doubtful.
Two men were buried alive at COun-
ell Bluffs, October 9th, by the sudden caving
Of an embsnkment. One, Kelley Oldaker, aus
tained serious injuries, but will probably re.
cover. The other, Joel Do~llarhyde, was taken
out dead.
Valentine Hauerty, near Le Mars. a
few evenings ago, left home on horseback un.
der the influence Of liquor. Next day he wa,
found dead by the roadside, his horse having
returned home riderle~. No marks were found
on hi body.
Harmon Rciser. aged fifteen, near
Blairstown, committed suicide by hanging.
October sth. lie did the rs.h deed because
his father refused To let him accompany him
to town, requiring him 10 stay At home and AZ
tend TO some work.
Reuben Raston, Of Hazel Dell town
ship, Potta~attamie county, as a Seeding ap-
pie tree, planted about the year tss', that pro-
duced this year thirty.6ve measured bushels
Of apples. Two years ago the same tree pro
duced :hirty-one bushels.
John 3. Long. near Muscatine, has
confessed 10 a srics Of forgcries amounting to
esOO. His crime had not yet been discovered,
but finding himself unable 10 meet the notes
he anticipated the consequences AMI instead
Of running away gave himself up.
Fish Commissioner Shaw on q trip
over The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail.
road, has Just distributed eighty thousand In
streams between Council Bluffs and Daven.
port. The tsh are black, yellow and striped
hsss, pike, suullsb, croppies and channel cat
fish.
On the evening Of October 18th u fire
broke out In Harris Broe,' paper and rag store,
Dubuque, and extended to the building of &.
Kuntz, carriage manufacturer, and To that Of
Pritchard Broe., manufacturers OF carriage
tops. Both buildings were destroyed. L.,ss,
&1s,So; insurance, $500.
Jno. Young, whose parents reside near
Mitchellville, Polk county, while riding In a
wagon, In Decatur county, Kansas, In comps-
ny with q yonng man named Charles Leonard,
also from near Mitchrllville, was ared upon by
\ party Of hostile Indians, October III, ami IA.
ta'.y wounded. Young died the next day. lie
WAS tSenty.iour years old.
The total expenditures on the lev
capitol, at Dee Moines, Tor the month Of eep-
tember werc &l',SS7, Of which amount ~, iM
~@ the payroll Of the vorkmen. The roof
IN the east wing, oue-half the roof on the
north wing, and oae quarter Of ths roof on the
west wing are completed, and the entire s,ruc.
turc will he enclosed this fall.
About $50 p. M, Of October 9Th, a
terrible tornado struck the town Of Monticello,
Joncs county, totally demolish,ng the Catho-
lie church, and about . dozen other buildings,
and inturing about thirty other buildings.
Several persons were injured, Tie German
church n Richland township, In the came Co,
wss destroyed, with other buildings In the sur.
rounding country.
II tree has not blo.somed in the