The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-22


Tor water works IN 4. l. Strange & To-. a.
Omaha. for ss5 .0pa
THE Platte River bridge nj Schuyler h
eomrletet
THE Supreme Gear. has granted a new
trial to Dr. iaehmnn.i. who wss spnyefsS
In P.aiismOuth 81 an as.asit on a little girl
Az explosion 81 gasoline literally errn1sia
q Mrs. Sco:t. living on T.svmoud's r3ach IL
Custer County. the ether evening. IN,
gasoline ran vas k.tt IN a clo~ezf ecilar. "A
froIn which rad hil.si tie nom. NJ Scoi
went into the cellar with q lighted lamp IN
her hand, and when the lamp came IN con
tat With tie gas IL ezpl0iei. setting bet
garments On Ire. which were literally
bsrnsi OF. She ran up stairs and wrSIf~
ber-eif in the hs-i clothing sBd told her ~,
little children Q, run oIi % ih. iou~-
Failing 20 smother oHi the aT.. sls- gDi OB;
Of bed, tore 81 her clothing. carried OF ~,
gasoline and coal oil eAIis and ran IA tLy
barn. wLe:. s5- wt> !olEd b. her husband
aiinos, burned 81 death.
fiuiI:Ef1s Claims Nv lille ot the magic
city 81 Southwest NEBRASKA Though les
than q year ed she claims ! population oi
ole thousand
4 SAD acciI.ut o~rcurr.i in Nance
County. near Fullerton. recently. The iNo
spitS of g.. ii. tstA~. fu.l1weTi then fatiri
into tiI. harvest h-ld. Returning home the
younger one wandered into tail grass. lad
down and fe.i asleep. The father, returning
with a load of grain. drove over the pro-
iratr form %. his sleeping 10y, crushing oa'
his life.
\ BLAIR PAPER j. more >cyerc on Mother
Hubbard gowns than the Omaha police, and
declares that a certain livery stable man aBd
his employees persist IN auayiug themselves
ia baggy and ~iniluftou. garments OF the
same description. -randalizing the town.
Tightening mules. horses aud men and Nc
men OF weak nerves" Good gracious,
1nK Omaha policemen and saloon keepers
recently PLAYED a game of Ea>e ball. The
police Won.
4 PoNCA attorney was recently fined
seventy five dollars for c~Sacting ala unlawful
fee for procuring a pension claim.
IT i, estimated that NebTa>ka's corn crop
for this year will exceed l2U, nO0. 900 bJ-h-
els, an amount incoinprehensib!e Ia the
human mind. Allowing 800 bushels the
ordinary quantity for a car. IL viii take
240. 600 cars Ia move Nebraska's crop from
her borders. This number 90 ears viii make
a continuous lin. 81 1853 miles. and would
reach from Council Bluffs to New YORK
City, and extend siNty-thTee miles hey ond.
TIE number of cattle that have died in
the vicinity OF Brady Island from Texas
fever j. reported al seven hundred ont of
twenty-five hundred that were exposed on
the RANGE which had been covered by an in
faeted herd of Texans. Cattle men grner-
ally are not much alarmed al The situation,
and believe that the fever %ill disappear
shortly. So far il has not spread over any
great extent of country.
CREIGHTON i Ia have an opera house and
skating rink Ia cost four thousand do!lar>.
Ir i reported from Holt County that oil
has been struck OH a claim eight miles from
Stuart.
\ CASE las been filed in the Douglas
County Court under the Mechanics Lien
law. the final decision o. which will be of
general interest. \ Wholesale house sold
an invoice Of glass 10 Steele. johnson N
Co., OF Omaha. The firm moTtgaged il To-
the Firs: National Bank of that city. The
firm afterward becoming bankrupt. the
mortgage vas forecloSed, and the glass
bought under the foreclosure by Mr.. Paxton
and put into his hotel building. The whole
sale firm now demands payment a SECOND
time for the glass and claims under the Me
chanic,' Lien law. IL viii be curious Ia
iftfA Wv " AZ" ibftA1 w INV thbta
of material! a builder is responsible.
MAN GHMMs. an Omaha tailor. paid his
addresses To a young lady of that city.
They were betrOtlied and the day set for
| their marriage. The day came around. the
guests assembled and the lady was dressed
ready for the ceremony. but the bridegroom
came not. Friends started out to look for
him but he could not he found. Only a few
evenings previous he had visited the lady
and left m the best Of spirits, having several
hundred dollars with him. IL was feared
he had been murdered and robbed. Friends
were excited and the lady in tears. 4 day or
two afterwards She received q letter from him
dated from Lincoln. in which he expressed
great sorrow at leaving the way he did. but
he could support her and still loved her.
The lady. it is said. remarked if lie could do
such a thing as this he might do worse, and
She would not marry him.
AT one o'clock the other morning a fire
broke out in Ogallala and destroyed a con
siderable portion of the business part Of
the town. The fire originated in a saloon
where a lamp exploded. The wind was
blowing quite strongly at the time and no
water was obtainable. The following bust
ness places and buildings We're completely
destroyed: Swick's store. Ogaballa Hoase,
Cowboys saloon. fuckers saloon, Wind.
SIR restaurant, P~ost-ofice, barber shor.
railroad depot. The loss was Si4, 600.
PosT-oFFICE changes in Nebraska for the
week ended August o.: Estabished-Enier-
prise, Brown County. John Whitney. post:
master: Moore, Scott County. Frederick
Moore; Eeda. Saunders County. Levi W.
Butler. observation-disclosures. Gage County.
Names changed-Beemer. Antelope County
TO Nickory; Carrie, Brown County, 10 Nor
den. PoStInasters appointed-Lockwood,
Merrick County. Daniel ). Dye: Norden,
Brown County. Dietrich I. GerdeS.
TIE District Attorney at Omaha recently
received a letter in regard To the late
City Marshal. convicted of receiving bTihes.
The letter Was dated Taunton. Mass .Au-
gust - and signed Mrs. X. e. Guthrie"
The writer declared: Il have read all the
papers. | see Mrs. Guthrie is beside him.
Now, how can there he another when | have
never been divorced from him or he from
me? Five years ago he was here. He said
everybody there knew he had a family
here She also says: Once in the long
ago Mr.. Guthrie was very much respected
here, but gambling proved his ruin. His
wife and son and two grandchildren are
here 10 feel the disgrace he has brought
upon us" She is anxious to know If he
can be prosecuted for bigamy. and "wishe.
the Judge had given hin a life sentence" Is
she would just like la see him suffer-"
THE six-year-old daughter of Henry Cole
was recently thought Ia BE- fatally iniurri
BY falling from a swing ~ Omaha.
FINE season. splendid crops.
ONE of the girls in the laundry Of the Pa
ciiic Hotel. at Paramount. recently spilled
soTle gasoline on 4 hot stove. which in
s;antly fred the building. By promptly
tearing down the laundry hnnse a d.Srrn..