The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-13
NEBRASKA A NEWS.


supply of preachers and lawyers exceed:
the demand at York.
The ninth annual session of the Ne
braska Eclectic Medical Association met a
Omaha on the 18th of May and was callet
to order by the President, W. ii. Babc0ck,
who, delivered his annual address. j. L.
Hickman, .. NJ. Moore, T.. NJ. Butler, Il. J.
Alexander and J.. i. Folk, were admitted
aS members. An amendment To the con
s~titution WAS offered combining the admis.
sion Ia membership ~ graduates of a regu-
lar medical college. An amendment was
also presented changing the constitution So
that an amendment can lie adopted at the
same meeting at which IL Is presented. The
following officers were elected: President,
l. Van Camp, of Omaha; Nice-IIesidrnt,
l.. +. Polk, of Raymond; Secretary X. :.
Grimes, of Lincoln; Treasurer, II. y.
Yates, of Springfield; Board of Censors, j.
A. Woodward, of Omaha; q. VI. Moore and
T.. NJ. Butler.
BURGLARY and robbery have grown Ia such
a pitch in Lincoln that il has been sng
geSted that the Mayor offer a reward of one
hundred dollars for the head of any one
who may be killed in the act.
Cunning County has appropriated 81, 900
TO fix up the leading roads of the county.
Major ID. III. W~mEELER's barn at llatts-
mouth was reduced to ashes by All incen-
diary the other night. He figured his loss
at $3.50, with 500 insurance.
THE German Lutherans have just Occtr-
pied their new church at Fremont. The
building and grounds cost $4,000, which Is
nearly all paid.
THE next annual meeting of the Ne
braSka Eclectic Medical Association will be
held at Omaha on the third Tuesday in
May. 1856.
THE official call is published for a Re
publican State Convention to be held at
Omaha, August %, for the purpose Of
placing in nomination candidates for five
Presidential Electors. Also, for Governor.
Lieutenant-G Governor. Secretary of State,
State Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts,
Commissioner of Public Lands and Build
ingS. Superintendent Public Instruction,
Acknowledgement. and such other business
as NAV be presented to the convention. 1t
is recommended that no proxies be admitted
10 the convention, except such as are held
by persons residing in the counties from
which proxies are given.
A RESIDENT of South Lincoln left his
cellar door open the other night, and a stray
va, looking for a place to 81 ,ep, spied it
dill CHttlcu- EItHt tilt Cellar ic louilu Ills
way up to the second floor. entered the
spare bedroom and t to bed. He had
performed this feat very quietly and had
not disturbed the inmates. In the morning
the lady of the house went to the foot of
the stairs and called breakfast The
tramp heard it and called back TO cook his
seefsteak rare. The mai of the house was
summoned 10 max an investigation, but
Wien he arrived on the scene the vag had
vacated aS >t,althily rs he had %enteret'.
JACK HANLEY, the convicted prize
fighter, has taken up his quarters in the Pen
itentiary.
AN unknown man was killed by the cars
at GibbOn recently. The body was cut in
two.
ONE of the appropriation bills which re-
Gently passed Congress contained an apprO-
priatiOn for a bridge across the Niobrara
and BAIL Greek i'll Knox County. In con-
sequence there is a real estate boom.
PHILLIPS is the name of a new town laid
out on the 3. Il NJ. Road about twelve miles
west of Aurora.
ALBEIT MITCHELL was recently arrested
at Omaha for the murder of a man named
Thumb at Cedar Rapids. Iowa. last March.
He was taken back to Cedar Rapids for
trial.
SEVERAL. prisoners recently attempted
10 break Jail at Lincoln but were thwarted
by Mrs. Metick. the Sheriff ) wife.
About one thousand persons attended
the recent auction sale of town lots in the
town of Jamestown on the Otoe
Reservation. Lots sold at prices ranging
from $50 to S3l5.
THERE is a good deal of excitement at
Paplllion over the arrest of one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Sarpy County,
on the charge of horse stealing.
ONE of the elevated wire bicycle perform
ers who fell during the circus performance
at Columbus died from the effects of the fall.
HANK PETIT, who has been engaged in
running a ~ferry-bOat across the Platte River
At OreapOlis, has disappeared and it is sup
posed that he has been drowned.
THE South Presbyterian Church at Oma
ha was dedicated the other Sunday.
NICK BRIGHT. a hOrSe-trader, and reported
tn be afflicted with luz icy. killed a man
Williams. near PIattsmouth. and
then shot himself through the heart.
THE little twO-yearo!d son of +. A. Saw
age. of Lincoln. recently fell into a bel Of
n-wlv-made mortar, ana was seriously i'll
jured about the face and eyes.
LINCOLN'S town clock fund is $3.50 Shoa
Of a success.
THE State Board of Equalization ha,
the assessment of the Il. Il VI. line
8, 900 a mile. The returns to the Auditors
).fice show the business of the Is. & NJ. &c
,e largely in excess of the Union Pacific.
WEEPING WATER continues smiling a:
he prospect of another railroad.
THE northern part of the State is boont
ng. ONeil has over one hundred and fifty
going up. (
Hon. c. Ii. VANWYCK will deliver ar
,ratiOn on the second day of the Bur,
county Fair the coming fall. .
ABOUT three thousand head OF y~earliny :
attic were bought by Ogallalla parties re-
emily. They came from Missouri and !
Texas. :
At a recent election at Albion. tine prOpO- :
itiOn To bond the district i'm the sum of So T
'OJ to build a school house was unanimously !
$
IT is stated that about three hundred I
laims have been taken up on the Omaha 7
eServatiOn and at least two hundred and S
fifty farms have been opened. a
A wOMAN named FRAZIER came so near .
crushed by the cars at North Bend tn,
day. that a portion of her dress wa
Orn by the wheels The ShocE of bar mar