The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-15

THE alarm over the lase cattle disease has
generally subsidized.
The rye crop Of s. r. Moffi o. Saline
Couniy, averaged seventy bassels "a TIC
acre
BAgxEr Dor-Ax. % Washington Coun'y
has seven soxs that hronSht him sxiytWo
pigs IN thirty dAys. al Lively n crssss.
WHEN the Civil Seryire Commission seid m
examination In Lincoln sssne Esoaih. ssnoe-
Miss Grze. Douglass. of Ltrnoin. ard Miss
Nav Allan. Of Omaha successfully issscL
Both have later bss-n appointed ia The
Treasury Department \ private letter
from Treasurer Wyr.an said: III i rather
a singular circumstances tia, on the ISL 81
-four persons ceEt.s.t by the Civil SerYcs
Commission for appointment, tn this ofoe.
I shall hnd the nan,es OF tao Young ladies
from Nebrska-M>s May Allan Of
Omaha. and Mss Grace Eae Douglass. Of
Linco!n."
TIM Republican State Convention vii
NEE; AZ Omaha Ou AngZst -. fOr Tie pUr-
pose Of placing In u~oH!uat.oa candidates fo-
five Presidential Eiecrors- Al. f- Goo
eDor, Northumberland. >ecre'ary ~
State. State Treasurer. Auditor 81 Public
A~cr0unts. Commissioned Of Public LAnu,
and Buildings. Superintendent Public It.
( -kIfffstDa effu aANbi bFs tsrlf.a-
THIRTEEN prisoners were sentenced IN
the J,euiteutiaTy al the late term Of the DIS
trict Court Of Dou-!a> County. amrn- ihria
eX-Mar>hai Guthrie. Of Omaha. Who reviewed
a sentence Of eighteen months FOR rcr.iSins
bribeS from gamblers
A son and daughter 81 Mr.. Thayrr were
severely injured by a recent hard storm ia
the vicinity Of O',onnoT.
Az Omaha dispatch states that the Clo-k
OF Keith County has been e%njoineIi from
certifying a lease Of one hundf.s thousand
acres Of school lands in that county la Do
ran. an Omaha capitalist on the ground Of
fraud. l. j. ALLEGED that Doran and a mum
Der OF officials are members OF a coiubnI-
ton formed for the purpose Of acquiring
control of school lands. When Nebraska
was admitted 10 the Union. Zoo. coo acres
Of the public domain were set apart a an
endowment for the common school system.
4 statue was enacted requiring that every
five years the land >hould be- appraised
and. If not sold, rented Ia the high
est bidder. IL j. stated that a combination
has existed for manipulating these lands 80
as to secure large tracts which would be
sub-iet at a heavy profit. IL is further
stated that one county official cknO"ledged
TO having made $40. 900. and he wasn't
very largely interested either" The story
is denied by the I.and-ofiice Commissioner
Mrs. FEED MILLER, living near Firth. was
bitten on the ankle BY a rattlesnake several
days stree.
AT Friend. the other day, Ferdinand
Arndt was assaulted by Carl Klein and
heated and bruised in a shocking manner.
JUDGE HAMEI. recently sent two thirteen
wear old bows Ia the Reform School from
Dawson County for stealing horses.
THE call has been issued for a meeting
of a State Convention Of the Anti Monopo-
" party of Nebraska at the Academy OF
Music in Lincoln, on Tuesday, September
o, 1884. at two o clock y. m. for the pur.
pose of placing in nomination five candi-
dates for Presidential Electors, and also
candidates for Governor, Lieutenant-GOyer-
nor. Secretary Of State, State Treasurer.
Auditor of Public Accounts, Commissioner
of Public Lands and Buildings. Supcrin-
tendent Of Public Instruction. and Attor-
ney General. Also 10 elect a Chairman Of
the ti-Monopoly State Central Commit
tee, and TO transact such other business as
NAV properly come before The convention.
II n late decision the Supreme Court Of
the State held that an Insurance company
may waive the payment Of the premium at
the time 1t Is due. and il il is afterwards
paid after a loss occurs and is retained and
appropriated by the company and the policy
delivered, it will be n waiver of the terms
of the policy. and the company cannot re-
tain the premium and refuse to pay the
loss.
F. LEIMBrRG was recently instantly
killed by lightning, near Ashland.
4 Young man named Donaldson was
lately arrested at P~iattsmOuth, charged with
ENLIGHTENMENT
AFARMER living about four miles north
west OF Fairfield. had -four horses killed by
lightning.
In Webster County. the other day. the
children of Mr.. w. W. Ellsworth tied their
six-year-old brother to the tail of what they
took Ia be a gentle old horse. No sooner
did the horse discover the obstruction than
he became frightened and began tn run.
dragging the helpless child after him. When
the horse was caught the little fellow was
dead.
DIR. HENRY DURHAM. of Omaha. was re-
Gently arrested upon the charge Of killing a
boy named Houfek. 1t is stated that he
was called to attend the lad. who was suf-
fering from an attack Of pneumonia. and
prescribed aconite for his patient in doses
vi Ut uiol' N"iI ~ IL We
hour until the fever should be reduced. and
stated he could not return before noon the
following day. When he returned the boy
was dead. The doctor was held in bonds
for his appearance.
THE Sheriff of Saline County recently
took 10 Lincoln, for safe keeping from u
mob. a villain named Faber. who had as
saulted a young girl 1T Dorchester.
Dncr(lrryrr ,hanra, IN N.h,,cEo I,,
ing the week ended August =. 1854: F.
tablished-Anderson. Brown County. John
Anderson. postmaster: Lutes, Brown
County, John Lutes. postmaster. Discon-
tinued-Ferrall, Platte County: Putnam.
Gage County. Postmasters appointed
Big Spring. Cheyenne County. George s.
Human. postmaster: GAINESVILLE. Holt
County. Alfred c. Mohr. postmaster.
Ar Bennett the other day. robbers entered
the room OF a travelling man named Long.
at the Price Hotel. robbed him of his ready
cash and a watch and chain and set fire To
his bed. The alarm of fire was given. and
when parties reached his room they found
Long nearly smothered,
THE fouryear-old son Of William An
drew, of Plum Greek, was recently killed by
a runaway team.
THE nineteen-yearold daughter OF Mrs
RutShe left her mother standi..g on the
Burlington & Missouri River platform. at
the depot i'm Omaha. the other day. and de-
liberately walked away with a negro named
Phil Ludlow, Of whom she has become en-
amored.
PLarrsNorTH a the Soldiers Home.
FROM noX County comes the story ;ha;
near Creighton a lightning bolt struck the
house OF Thomas Henderson, killed a dog.
smashed 4 pan in which a beefsteas was
frying and knocked the mea, through he