The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-25

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IL Dakota County the app,s crop h q.
pected 10 be large thio seaaoo- Colonel
Warner viii have . thousand bushels
John Finnerty Two thousand boshel- and
numerous others viii have from i've hun.
dred 10 o thousand bushelA
A WRITER In the Omaha BE calls the
attention Of the Humane Society 70 the case
Of q private soldier confined In the Military
Prison. who was sentenced % seven years
imprisonment for desertion, and wha, the
writer charges, Is ''xiackled with twelve
pound irons, both legs being shackied TO
gefher In such . way that he can hardly
walk. and has been 80 for nearly two years
and Is compelled TO work and sleep with
them on. In fact. they are never on. His
legs are all skinned. and the flies give him
the cruelest torture" The soldier, he says
yet has five years 10 serve and 70 suffer.
THE Valley County fair will be held on
September %, "a and 25.
THE Omaha Street Hallway has again
been sold and the new company has bonded
the road for three hundred thousand dollar.
for the purpose Of extending the line.
MIyDEN claims { o have received and
shipped 1875 car loads Of goods, valued al
s2.364. 035. since January.
A FLoATgR was found In the river Al
Plattsm0uth recently.
A BLACK burglar struck North Platte the
other night and received the contents Of a
revolver i'm the neck. He broke into the
store Of J. c. Hupfer and was helping him
self to the nickels Ia the till, when Hector
Marti. one Of the clerks sleeping IN the
store. blazed away. When the smoke cleared
a dead darkey was stretched upon the floor.
ALA, the three-year-old girl of Mr.. X
l.. Livingston, Of Lincoln, recently strayed
away from her parents residence and when
the alarm was given police and citizens
Joined in the search. When found the little
one was more than a mile from home, hay
ing wandered through the heart Of the CITY.
When asked about her trip she answered
II dis dot out an tum."
BECAUSE Of the accumulation Of new
criminal eases at Omaha. a special Grand
Jury has been ordered by the District Court
DIR. w. II. MEYERS, a well known
physician of Lincoln, was recently attacked
with epilepsy and fell down the stairs OF
his Office, receiving injuries which caused
his death the following day.
NV. DIS r.. ~. IOIItk, IItsiucsit VI
Hobart College, has declined the Bishoprit
of Nebraska, to which he was recently
elected.
In attempting to separate two dogs that
were fighting, Willie Yates. q t~en-year-Oid
boy of Omaha, was badly bitten in the hand
which may require amputatiOn.
BURGLARS have become so bold at
Omaha that they have the ~teinerity to enter
the house of the Deputy Sheriff, just to
show what they can do.
The late torn did an immense amount
of damage in Saline County. The storm
belt was ten miles south of Friend and
passed almost due east from the west, com
ing from the direction of Fairfield. lt was
about three miles wide. the destruction be
ing greatest i'm the center aud lessening to-
ward the edges. The hail stones were al
most the size of hen eggs, and of all shapes
some having edges so sharp as to ept or
corn stalks and limbs as though a knife had
been used. In the center Of the storm corn
was cut down till only stubs six to ten
inches long marked where it stood. Grain
and grass were fairly pounded into the
earth, and a great part of the visited area
suffered a total loss of all growing crops.
ANUMBEE of prominent gentlemen met
in the Senate Chamber at Lincoln the other
day and effected an organization to be
known as the Nebraska Centennial Com
mission. Robert w. Furnas was named
Chairman, and John c. BOnnell Secretary
of the commission. Sub-cOmmissioners
were appointed to take charge of the differ
ent departments or bureaus assigned
them, and prepare for arranging the dis
play to be made by Nebraska at New
Orleans. 1t was decided that each
member of the State Agricultural and Horti-
Societies should be asked by Com
missioner Furnas to aid I'm securing speci-
mems Of grains, grasses. root products, etc.
and To forward them TO him at Omaha when
notified and requested. A special selection
of gentlemen from every locality in the
State was also made to make cOllectiNus in
their districssz and to render such other aid
as may be- worth. in .!a work of giving
the Site NES's showing in the great
Mr. sAsKA crops of all kinds are report
ed ~ .er than ever before. The season has
ben . | that could be desired. Reports from
Moth, m and Eastern Nebraska. embracing
in terx5tOry more thar one hundred miles
west ana south from the northeast corner OF
the State, without a single exception are all
of the most faftering kind. South of the
Platte the reports are equally fiattering.
THE b. Il M.suffered a number of serious
wasf-Outs from the late rains.
AT Omaha, Judge Dundy recently
W. II. Holden, who had pleaded
guilty of stealing registered letters at Aims
worth. to imprisonment until May 5th. 1885,
in the Minnesota Penitentiary at Saltwater.
P~osT-OFFICE changes in Nebraska during
week ended July IL: Established-Car
rie. Brown County. David Beattie, p. NJ:
Rogers. COlfax County, William Young:
Stop, Custer County, Frank FOchtman;
Knox County, Theodore T.. Thor
SET. observation-disclosures COeper County.
Names changed-CantOn, Stanton County.
TO Pilger.
OMAHA, the other morning. had a sensa-
ton in the appearance of a fire-tall. II was
about forty feet from the ground and wa
first noticed near Twenty-third street II
burst near the convent with u deafenine
and a number Of people were stunned
by the shock. For a long time after the
bursting q queer smell was noticeable In
that vicinity. The direction was from north
east to southwest.
LINDSAY, the Lincoln child-beater. after
serving his sentence for that OfenSe. was
Immediately re-arrested and held to answer
charge Of q different nature.
The corner stone of the Nebraska State
pouse was formally laid on the afternoon "a
tie 18th under the direction Of The Masonic
Grand Lodge, other societies assisting. The
Grafton was delivered by ex-Goy-
Robert W.. Furnas of brownsville.
Grand Master John w. Wemple was in
charge. Number Of interesting
State documents were placed in the box pu;
the corner.
Boy burglars trouble Lincoln.
A GANG of car breakers and robbers was
captured by Conductor Cook on the b. & NJ.
week. Two Of the gam broke into .
ar near Louisville. The conductor discoy-
red them. nailed up the door, and took
hem In Lincoln where the uali-e fenders.I