The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-02

A blacksmith named Henry Heisshen
committed ssieiae near Me0rewos, sfev days
ego
The glucose works si Davenport ron
sumo en- average ~ so bcshsls u corn w.
DAY.
Merchants At spiri, Lake, up to de-
osmt~f ich, had Iurshased i2oo mussrss
skins.
A man In Ca.s tow ship. Harrison
ooun'y, . fs~ day. since dug nise -o'y.. from
one dsn.
Theirs are now eleven cheese factories
In Rossa,h county. an increase ~ sif in the
Lac, year
The surveyors are engaged IN III.
line fo' . irufoss.i railroad from spebeer 90
Spirit Lske.
A miner named John Hathaway Vas
kii.d ~ the failing ~ slate 10 a coal mine .,
pcs Moiu.s, Dec. 10Th
Charlie. Badger. while intoxicated. on
the night ~ Drc. i0th, at Masratins, drove
over the river hank and Was dnpSu-d.
The fourth annual exhibition u the
Central lows Poultry Association, viii be- beid
., Crunch on The itth. 18Th and is,h ~ Jan.
nary, is'V
~ Cedar Falls. December 18th. o nor.
NAL school s,uden, named X o. Bsa,ou. com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself through
The head, No cause H. given.
III. . ...e .t.t l.l. "a - II fs..s
Tia, ~ Blart Hawk county. "a. .ho, AMI Mn
"a . few days ago by the accidental discharge
~ = gun In the hands ~ u. brother,
The Senate has confirmed the follow.
Ing Iowa po.tmss,.rs r. ~ Clair, Hamburg,
Orland inches. Alton GEORGE Phillips. Btook
lyn Anthony PhiiiiIs, C1srlds. aud james
tiuiin, Lansing.
Hon j. &. Hiatt. 81 Jasper county.
by . unsnimou. vote of the trustee, " TIE
agricultural college o., Ames, has hcecn ten
dered the snperintendsney ~ the college farm,
aud ~ill assume control about the lat ~ March
n1pt.
A young lady named Anna Murdoch.
committed tuicld. a short distance south ~
Ncwtoo, Js'prf county, q few days since. she
Was "a hsv, been married January lat, and u
Ia stated ~ probable that somc Disagreement,
between tho lady aud her s~fIanccd WA the
cause.
Tho Dcs NoIncs, Nodaway Valley Il
~. ioui. " r. Co, have Med articles ~ 10.
corporation In the office 81 the Secretary ~
state, The object Il "a build an extension ~
the wlntersct branch ~ The g., v l. n T. H.
u. fro,n winterset Ia u. G.. n 4 q X u, In
Page 90 Montgomery county.
james Decrwestcr, ~ Carroll town
ship. Tsms county, December itth. Was hunt.
sns rathlS with iwo companions, and while
mona,Ing . stump to obtain q better viow IL
the approaching game, the gun slipped on.
aud The hammer striking the stump, the gun
Vas discharged. Instantly kiili.,g the man, tho
charge entering the breast near the heart.
Dcer~es,er leaves = wife and t~o children.
Al u meeting of tho trustees of tho
Iowa Orphans Home, q, Davenport, Decem.
Tor INDECENT orphans scut by the several coun.
tics In eight and oncthird dollars per capita
also. TO make rcqa,sition for that ,um only, on
the State Auditor, Tor the expenses 81 soldiers
orphans. The Law nses the charges for both
classcs 1T ei0 per month, but economical man.
agcment enables their support ., q lees cc-,.
Tho Railroad Commissioners have
submitted their hrs, annual report to the Gov.
ernor. II gives the aggregate deb's of the
railroads ~ ihis State A. t6t, ,tA, <is ~; the
stock aud debt amount Ia eiNa,doi ,,s%&'; the
entire caraings were e2. IA, tatO', ei6,NS..
s72on hclng for freight; thu total operating
expenses we're eia, saA po. ~, the total mum.
her 81 stecl rails laid on rosds Ia NO NJ miles,
the e., X I a y. having the iargcs, extent,
Ns miles, the total numher Of wooden bridges
h ,alp; ~ iron bridges ~. II ,rcstle AMI pile
br,dgc,, a,SSa. The total number ~ employees
10 is,bis, the total number IL milc. Of fence
built h a,sao, number of locomotives used,
WI, the total number II passengers carried IN
the year Was ',eii, 10 Tons II freight car.
ricj, 6,soa,G RVS, the average rate II Transports.
ton Ia three cents per milo, during the year
eighty passengers AMI others were killed and
two hundred aud ibirty-thrcc injured,