The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-10

attempted suicide By cutting his throat
AT Madison the other nlEh; t'eoTg- c.
Stephenson was fatally shoi By Mn Mary
T. WsfreuA SierArnson- dy sg siai~tnFu.
vas that le was si;tin< On = wash tub
sI@asing ia : friendly manner o. Mis- HAf-
fru, Who without warning - VrofocsiAdss
drew a revolver and SHOT him The woman
xas arrested
The Iii;.e daughter o. . NJ ChrisianSen
Fell from n .sroni story window AZ In
so,n the other day and siruck tho Sidewalk
S~gu1reiy upon her head. and strange 20 say
Has bot slightly iBIufsL
4 GEEMSS named Ar=uS; oclman wss
KILLED by the car at AuTo-a the other day.
He was engaged IA pushing = car 81 grain az
lie elevator when a similar engine seD.
another car agaiDs; IL crushing him..
The editor 81 the Ozceola HouTI has a
sJo,O0O libel sui; OH his HAMS aud t. alE-
N of mortgiyins Tire property Of bis
sife'- relations.
II j. reported that a cool dea! al the
.oyn about Frcfnon; VIII Yield about ~.EcE'
y-hy- bushels Ia tie acre.
THK Crete Cite says that Mr.. ". III.
Bermuth. who i visiting that town. - the
a.!est man IA the STAT. he served In tie
German army dunn. the fFaucO-!u,7ian
var AMI was knORn - the ta..est man IN
lac PTu,>.an army. lie was n a Em-
perOr Williams body guard. and measures
Xix feet, niIe inchc, and a half. H. J. a
gentleman OF wealth and proposes 10 pur-
chase q farm and beat ht, swords into plow
snare, ami spears into pruning hooks
IL the Keith County School Land i~njgEr-
ton case, recently before Judge llaucr. Of
pEaiiali, tine Cont decided that \. g.. Ken
Tall. I.nd Commissioners. l. Audrugar;cn,
Treasurer. and ~. {. Blesda!e, County Clerk.
lid not cnnSpire with Dom - secure Keith
County school land, 10y fraudulent leases.
and that the lands were lawfully appraised:
and also that the lands were not appraised
for sale before leasing, and sustained the in
junction, making the same perpetual.
GOVERNOR DAWES has commissioned
Dr. II. i. Mathewson, Superintendent ~
the Asylum, and Rev. i. ". Howe. Chap
lain of the i'emitentiary, a. delegates 10 At
tend the National Conference Of Public
Charities ami EeformatoricS 10 be held IN
-. Louis October 18th.
TIE settlers on the Omaha Reserve, which
was thrown open last April. propose 10 re
titiou Congress tc change the terms Of pay
nIent.
Posr-oFFiCE changes in Nebraska during
the Week ended September -: Established
Atlanta, Phelps County, Abel GODDARD, post
master. Observation-Disclosures ColfaX
County: Silver, Gage County. Postmaster
appOinted-CoOn Praine, Boone County,
Michael lieddy.
Ben +. CoBB, "a prominent young man OF
Lincoln, has disappeared, leaving a young
wife behind him. He is also charged with
$4,000 embczzlement
FX-GoVEEyoR FURNAS. Commissioner for
the State at the New Orleans Exposition,
has invited tire ladies 10 occupy a portion Of
the SPACE devoted To the interests of Ne
braSka, and Mrs. Ebright, on hchalt OF the
Educational Department of Woman Work,
appeals To the ladies 10 contribute photo
craps of school buildings, plans and speci-
l~icatiOnS OF heating and ycnti.ating that are
superior, well-written reports OF any kind
that are the work of pupils, map drawing
or free hand drawings or any kinder
-artcn work. She also requests any mother
or teacher 10 write an article that Will be OF
interest. Such contributions should be sent
To w. W. Jones, at Lincoln, or Mrs. Ebright
At TecumSch.
THE fourth annual fair OF the Buffalo
County Agricultural Society, recently held
at kearnev, Was a great success. The grain
exhibit was especially fine.
THE Methodist Sunday School OF David
City recently made an excursion to Lincoln.
There were nearly six hundred in the party.
SOME of the colored people Of Omaha are
kicking against the appointment of l.. l..
Overall Is = representative of the colOred
people of Nebraska 10 the New Orleans Ex-
position.
RECENTLY the discovery was made of q
quadruplc murder thirteen miles west Of
Fullerton. in Nance County. \ farmer
named Percival. an Englishman by birth.
Was found shot 10 death. together with his
wife and child. Hugh Mare. also an Eng
!ishman, who lived with P~ercival, was also
found dead. having evidently been Smoth-
cred. They were all in Fullerton on the
day previous to the murder. dong some
trading. Two other farmers had dis
appeared from the vicinity, and it WAS
believed that they had also been
killed. Fhc object of this wholesale muir
der was no doubt robbery, as Perceval had
drawn a large sum OF money from bank
while in town, none of which was found on
his 10 ~ or about the house. The bodies OF
the two men were found at the barn. where
il is thought they were murdered and robbed.
after which the villains went To the house
and killed Mrs. Pcrciyal and the child.
Percival was a prosperous farmer, and has
wealthy relatives in England.
AUGUsT WEIGHT recently attempted sui
eide at Lincoln by taking stTychnine.
Cause: Woman and wine.
The Omaha papers lately devoted much
space Ia mysterious talk about a sup
pressed sensation"
J. G.. MILLER. nominee of the Prohibi-
~tioni>tS for Governor, has addressed a letter
10 Governor Dawes. inviting him TO a join:
canvass and discussion of the issues in
yolycd, before the people.
Il. Il. LowrNsTEIS. an insurance agent.
was recently arrested at Omaha charged
with selling q horse and buggy belonging 10
the Nebraska x Iowa Insurance Company,
and taken ~ Cunning County for trial.
'Ir Smells 10 Heaven" The Sinking
Water Land Steal are some of the Siguiii-
cant headings now adorning ONE OF the pa
pers of the State.
THE Il. X VI. Railroad recently came snap
judgment OF the city OF Omaha. which was
trying To prevent the road crossing a certain
street and bad stationed q policeman n: 4
certain point to watch operations. The
other night as the policeman carefully
SddEutn oHc S3'S>Hh- NHc IOtu quietly tut
through az another. and the mex, morning
had a canal cut through 10 the depth OF
eight fee, and the track laid.
LINCOLN is To have the electric light.
y MAN named Fal0w. aged tfty-fye. AMI
his ~on aged thirty. the ether night stopped
N an Omaha hotel. Iron retiring they
blew on; the gas and were found next day
nearly dead from aSphyxia. They were re-
stored with extreme difficulty.
\ wEII-DEEs>Ep man recently succeeiei
I'm getting a forZei draft for two hundred
dollars cs~led ~ the bank If Me,calf n Peg
singer. az Central CITY. He escaped with