The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-06
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

generally report GOTH plaiitiHs
almost completed, and most of it Up. The
plant looks well. Wheat-bOth spring and
winter-lOOks well. The acreage is about
what it has been in recent years, and with
favorable weather for the next five weeks
farmers of Nebraska will raise all abun
dance for themselves, with some to market
Oats have been sOwn in increased acreage
this spring, and old farmers say that they
never at this season of the year saw better
prospects for an abundant Weld Of thi:
grain. Altogether the crop outlook is good
THE Italian, Gazolo, who murdered q
man III Omaha -four years ago was recently
captured in st. Paul, Mimi, and taken
back for trial.
THE late District Democratic Convention
for the First district chose c. L. Edee, OF
Pawnee County, alternate to Chicago in.
stead of {. W. Pool, as at first published.
THE body of a well-dressed man was
found floating in the Missouri River. near
Bellevue. Sarpy County, the other day. An
inquest was held. and it was found that the
body had All ugly cash over the left eye and
a bullet-lIOle under TIE left armpit The
bullet had passed entirely through the body.
The Eeck was circled by a blue mark, as if
made by a rope tn produce strangulatiOn. 1t
was thought he mad been murdered at Oma-
ha and the body thrown in the river.
AN excursion party of about five hundred
persons from Marysyille. Has, recently
visited Lincoln, under the auspices of the
Presbyterian Church, of NIarysyille.
The permanent school fund now amounts
to about S2SO. 900.
SOME of the farmers of Saunders County
have discovered that an insect of some sort,
or perhaps worm, is destroying corn to q
considerable extent.
SOME weeks since a stranger with a shat
tered arm arrived at Omaha from the West
and was sent to the hospital. He received
the best of medical aid, and the arm, which
at first was in a very bad condition. was
gradually recovering. Recently he received
about seventeen hundred dollars, when he
mysteriOuSly disappeared, leaving a balance
due at the hospital for board as well as a
doctors bill unpaid. His name was Mont
gOmery, and whether he Intentionally left or
whether there is a mystery connected with
his disappearance nobody knows.
NORTH PLATTE has organized Il base ball
club.
PO%sT-OFFICE changes in Nebraska: Es-
Observation-Disclosures, Antelope County, Miss
[tIiiid bViN. Ht>lllILNllt>S, NIltltiUtiS. llOll
County, Rufus &. WY, postmaster; Co
burgh, Custer County. John B~rumbaugll,
postmaster; Noel, Custer County, Arthur
y. Berger, postmaster. Discontinued
Cloudy, Cunning County. POstmaSters Ap-
pOinted-LewiSburgh. Harlan County,
Lewis R~ifcn5ergh: Red Willow, Red Viii
low County, Mrs. Elizabeth Helen; Silver,
Gage County, William Davis; Stuart, Holt
County. john Shelton.
An EEglshman named Roberts attempted
10 Kill himself at the house of some rela-
tiveS near Willard the other day. but sue
ceeded III only making a flesh wound in his
side. He WAS subsequently, locked up on
the charge of being insane.
IN a late saloon row at Jackson a num-
her of persons were seriously stabbed. ID.
G. HeffernOn. Justice of the Peace, was
stabbed i'll the pit of tine stomach. The
wound was believed to be fatal.
SEVENTEEN ear loads of fat cattle We're
shipped FROM Crete To Chicago one day re-
Gently.
THE stove and general merchandise stock
of f. IL. CaIoon, at Cherry Creek. burned
recently. The loss was $500: insured for
S1,S00. All the property belonging To the
POSt-Ofiice Department and all mail. except
three registered letters, Were totally de-
stroyed.
THE WaShburn & Moen Manufacturing
Company, of Chicago. recently instituted
five suits In the United States Circuit Court
AT Omaha against Rollin l.. Downing. of
kearney: Albert G. Lederman, of Grand
Island; John W.. Cole and Thomas y. Beach,
of Lincoln; John W. Ditts and Augustus
FetterS, of Wymore, and John 5. Price. of
Fairbury. The object of these suits is TO
prevent the manufacturing of certain kinds
OF barbed wire. of which the plaintiffs
ailege themselves to he the patentees. No
We're allowed, but the defend
ants We're cited to appear.
Az individual in male attire, but of
doubtful sex, was recently arrested at Lin
coin and upon general principles sentenced
to sixty days at hard labor in the County
Jail and To pay a fine of ten dollars and
costs. the specific charge being vagrancy.
IN the case of Levi vs.. Latham. appeal
from Lancaster County. the Supreme Court
in a late decision at Lincoln reversing the
Judgment of the court below. held that zone
i'll a nOn-trading partnership cannot
bind his cO-partner by a prolniSSOry note
made by him i'm the finn name unless he had
express authority therefor. or the giving of
such q note is necessary to the carrying on |
of the business or is usual in similar part
nerslips."
A GERMAN named KOebeck recently went
to his home at Kearney, drunk. He had a
wife and eight children. He struck one of the
a blow on the head which brought |
the mother to the rescue. when Koebeck
shot her with a pistol. The ball passed
her head in front of the lower part
tine ear, going out on the opposite side.
then cut his own throat, but failed to
kill himself. He was arrested. The woman
was not expected to live. The man and
wife had not lived happily together for a
Ong time.
A L man was recently found dead in
I cellar at Omaha. He proved to be Will
liam Natheny, of GlenwOOd. In.
AUGUST SEIDEL was arrested at Omaha
a telegram from San Francisco officers.
He explained the matter to the effect that
re had been living with a woman at San
Francisco who placed sixteen hundred dol
arS in bank in his name. She skipped with
man and he skipped with the
money. The telegram for his arrest was
upon complaint of the woman.
Mrs. EMILY WILLIAMS was found dead
lpon the floor Of her kitchen at her resi-
i'm Omaha. the other morning. Mr..
Williams retired at night and about three
o'clock in the morning was awakened by the
'rying of one the children. and not finding