Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1881-08-18

N'NP'lh'ilNg = o'BB' 'Nh 'h'o''
+. l.. Randall, a letter carrier of In
diauapOlis has been caught. It ia es-
timated that he has gone through" at
least 1000 letters.
Spotted Tail, the chief, was killed II
few days ago by an Indian called Crow
Dog. The chief WAS on his way to
Washington, i'm an ambulance going to
the railroad station, when the assassin
rode up to the vihicle put his pistol to
the chiefs breast and shot him dead,
and then rode away to Fl Niobrara.
spotted Tail was j3 years old. He had
privileges amongst the whites and
government officers not accorded to
other Indians and the sole cause of his
murder was jealousy. Officers Will
arrest Crow Dog and punish him as he
deserves.
General Grant has bought a $4,000
house on East ~iNty-siXth street. New
York. lie will he in Bloomington at
the soldiers reunion early next month.
Dallas Texas had an eX-rebcl reunion
last week.
switzerland is suffering from
drought, very little rain having fallen
for two months. In most parts of the
country there is a scarcity Of water,
though the mountain districts are the
greatest sufferers. whole herds having
died in two cautons from the drought.
1t is feared that the losses from this
cause will offset the excellent vintage
and harvest.
a salmon, supposed to he the largest
ever caught in the Columbia River.
had Il weight, when dressed, of eighty
four pounds.
\ Frcnchman in bHSincss~hCre adj
yertiSrs that he has "chasm' for an
apprentice He had looked up the
word "oPdning' in the Dictionary
Iiia CuIiIorHi0,
Some time last March, Peter Dahl,
of Chicago, was bitten slightly ON the
hand by dog. On the 10th inst. he
died of hydrophobia.
At Wheeling, w. Va. James Gately.
his wife to death The wall
and ceiling Of the room were bespat-
tered with blood, while the victim.
with her head smashed. lay in Il pc i
which had soaked through the bed
ding To the llOor.
Sheriff Tocl, who hung the Talbot
boys at Maryvillc. Mo-. has since had
his barn burned by which he lost n
fine span of horses. 4 few more OF
them seems to need hanging.
Duluth, Mimi, is huiIlng i'm
elevator Of 100000 bushels capacity.
The president performed his first oili-
cial act on The 10th inst. 10y signing his
meme to il document for the eXtradi-
ton Of forger wanted in Canada.
Hot winds are not confined to Ne
braska and Kansas. At. Nation. H..
the simoomS of last week iaiscG The
in the wind, to 100, while
where the wind could not strike il the
mercury rose to only 100. All yegeta-
tipn withered, even The leaves on the
trees.
MIS-. Hannah Pegg, of Warsaw, Ind,
aged %, was killed 10y train of cars,
recently.
"We'er in a pickle. now" said IA man
in Il crowd. a regular JAM said
another. "lleavrn preserve usw muir
INJURED IN old lady.
when mans money is gone" says
the Boston GloGe, his friends drop off
like buttons from II pair of ready-madc
trousers"
One Of the most distinguished young
students in shiloh Theological Semin-
AIRY was expelled for writing an ESSAY
on the efficacy OF Baptism in an Oil
cloth Suit"
At Elliotville, y. V. Il lawyer named
Edward NOrthrup, being attacked VIC.
lently 10y one O'Donnell. onaccourt of
some legal matter, shot and killed him.
The Iibaralists and Spiritual are
holding Il ten days camp meeting at
Gognac Lake, near Battle Greek, Mich,
The Albany Jo,yHdI defines Il salary
as something which the Democratic
party has not been drawing Since 1860
Little Buck, an Osage Chief. Was re-
Gently shot and killed at Powhaskai
l. r., by a [. :. Marshal, while resist
ing arrest.
Kansas "crop reports" report crop,
with "aume exceptions" us cheering
The truth is that western KanSa,
crops are again a terrible failure
being as usual, burned mp with drouth
Oryille $ Grant, brother of th
General, died at y. j., 18th inst.
John Dillon, the Irish agitator Ia
been released from the English prison