The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-12

bsgf II - now thOs1EGt stfSt inc tf~&htBa
Branch viii ~ pD>srd 'o TIE boTthse-t-
ward ard the ~ Tanl sou,hwCsiSA"L
II. Vanderbilt ia:-crs; wfll pes A. is8-
mens. amoun: of nancy into r~aiirUAdFnE Il
S.hraska during the neNi several ycaFA 4hd
Norfolk has t--n -lccted A. the osniF@i
p.int for all noythw e=teIn oF-ga;ioas Nc:
Of the Missouri River.
Tnr fortna! declinatsoa By Eey. r. y.
Po ter. Of the Sehsasks EPtscoT@.e. 20
which be Wa escts-i lAsi June, ha> u-.a
received A special council has b-en ealA~l
By the Standing Committee 20 NET AZ
Omaha on "Wednesday. N~oScsnh-E Sth.
when another el.c:iou viii - held 10 al
the vacancy caused 10y Bishop tizrksoa
death.
GENERAL THOMAS J. HESpfg-oS, al
Illinois Congressman, was oas 81 TIE sI-aS-
srs a; a r-ceni Republican meeting al Crete
TIN sixth annual reunion % the Grand
Army OF tie Eepu5lsc opened al fr-noui
on the lst. under favorable circumstances
The city Was gzily decorated
FRIEND has had 4 ba-- ball tournament
Of the various clab> OF tire State The fol
lowing named clubs entered: Columbus,
Platt4noHth, Alexandria, Capital City, 90
Lincoln, Blaine and ls,san, % S-ward, AMI
Hastings Reds, OF Hastings. They were
matched and PLAYED In the order with ~
sul;ing Srores as follows: seward II,
Hastings IL: Columbus -, Hastings 25,
Alexandra 20. Columbus 10; Seward 10,
Lincoln -: Hastings :, Lincoln 4; Alex
andria :. Pla,,smouth :; Lincoln 3, Piai,s-
mouth IL; Seward ., Alexandria :; Flats
mouth -. Columbus &. There were many
visitors to the ball ground. and some Of the
games were quite exciting
THEEE Sarpy County prisoners In a letter
to a friend thus write about the DoGslIs
County Jail: We are getting along very
badly, and we would like 10 have you cone
up Ia Omaha. We do not get enough to
eat-not half enough. The Jail = full OF
yermin. We would like ~ have clea-I
shirts. We want you 10 come up ana sc
the Sheriff. so We can get something Ia eat
We spoke Ia him. but IL done no good. We
get about five cents worth OF bread a daY,
a little meat. a few potatoes and that Is all.
We Will no, be able 10 stand trial II you
don't come up. We have been Try ing ID
send you a letter all the time. This j. the
first chance we got. We don't know
whether YOU will get this letter. II you do,
come
MASON named Richard Lee, NJ work on
a culyert IN Omaha. was sunstruck recently
and seriously, If not fatally injured.
The two printers named liynes and
Watson, arrested for setting fire Ia the Bee
Office at Omaha. were discharged on the
preliminary examination.
\ sECoSD telephone wire has been strung
between Omaha and Lincoln.
Two reverend gentlemen named Tibbi,ts
and Langston. belonging 10 the Methodist
and Christian per,uasionS, hal an al,rrca-
finn IN N tp.a .narLef at tnFpFn the other
day. Tibbitts was arrested aud hled. and a
warrant was issued for the arrest of Lang
btOn.
FIGGE. a corn doctor Of Omaha, was ar
rested the other day for Stealing twenty
seven dollars from Henry Ostoff.
ALFRED JOHNSON. a farmer residing
about four miles from A~rapahrn. recently
had his right foot completely severed from
the ankle while repairing a moving ma
chine, the horses starting up and catching
him in the machine.
AT kearney a few days ago, Casper Cor
nelius. proprietor OF the City Hotel. die
from the effects OF poison The cause OF
the suicide was supposed Ia have been bust
hess troubles. He was a Prussian 10y birth,
sixty-two years Of age, and left a large
family.
THE drug store Of J. A.. 81. Hill, al
Omaha, has been closed up by the Sheriff.
PosT-oFFIcE changes in Nebraska during
the week ended August 30, 1884: Es'al-
li>hed-BarkaZ. Gage County. X. g.. Gil
more. Postmaster: tIsS, Wheeler County,
William c. Beatty. Postmaster. Tostmas-
:ers appointed-Varna, Saline County.
Isaac Smalley.
TIE United States National Bank. of
Omaha, has been specially designated by
the Secretary Of the Treasury, at Washing
ton. as a depository for public money and
funds al, anced by the Government for the
use of the ~Paymaster Of the army.
NELLIE BOYD, the actress. invests her
surplus earnings in Nebraska farms.
THE residence of Mr.. Andrews. at Omaha,
was broken into by burglars the other night.
The cIatrer of silver spoons and knives AMI
forks, which the thieves were carrying of,
alarmed the people of the house and the
thieves decanped.
The Wet Nebraska Mission Conference
commenced AT kearney OH the Sd, Bishop
William Fisk Mallalieu. of Boston, pre-
siding. All parts of the conference terri
tory were represented. Among the promi
nent men in attendance were Dr. FRYE, edi-
tor of the Central Christian AdrNsric. II
ders Thomas b. Lemar. of keamey. Gala
CHER. OF Hastings. Miller, of York. and
President Thompson. Of York College.
UNITED STATES SENATOR VAN WICK
delivered a speech at the Burt County fair.
on the 81. i'm which he boldly attacked Ger
tain nominees on the Republican State
ticket for having by their negligence per
mitted gigantic school land frauds 10 be
penetrated. By which over one million
acres of school lands had been leased for
nn,,;.oI l,pn- for N long yati.I - ,.ara IN
variou syndicates. Van Wyck especially
singled out Governor Dawes for attack.
His address created considerable talk.
4 FIRE a. Ponca recently caused a loss of
/ fifteen hundred dollars. MacDorsey's gro-
Ecery store was burned.
. Mn. JOHNSON. of Saunders County. re-
Dorts cattle dying along the Platte from
Gack-leg. G.. Dimmitt lost three. Georg.
PETERSON one. Johnson one, and a good
my were still sick. Everything that
enid be was being done Ia check the dis
eMe.
LIFE insurance swindler was reported
woeking the Nebraska rural districts. He
olU6es Ia insure his victim in a COMPANY
WIKI pays six hundred dollars a year. or
ffty&lollars per month until death. Tor the
sman sum of fifteen dollars. 10 be paid In
.udvsnee each year. IL i almost incredible
that nersons can be viciimized by such an
a hsur9 iiy of insurance
PE1pIFIED walnuts found in Cas- County.
& FHA0z SArL recently instituted suit in
Ixe U18ted States Circuit Court at Omaha
inst she Union Pacific Railway. To re-
Nv y tn thousand dollars damages alleged
n .ave been sustained by the loss Of a leg
"a ne Ouegon ShOr Line ia October. lssa.
s>rEDN Nebraska has been blessed
N suahhc rains this fall. South Platte
RI, valks, also Lodge Pole Creek Valley
ara ord0K more and choicer hay than ever
Sn of efnre. and stock viii herraf:er