The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

4 4Ff Nss' hsA4tFfsl fNsLsllAt AfE&att - -
siroy on the eve 81 his fight put an 81
tire!y different face upon III. affair. an.
STAMPS % - deliberate murder FOG h.r-. A
o. the parties were English, and al tUi -
murderer. who came 10 AD.lica about q va
ago. had been in tAis country 20. a nutute
o. year.. Ihe letters found are sad :;
have been written Ia the murderer by ~om,
on. ~ England. Prrr.yal. VITO vaS ady-u
tITous and lad plenty Of money, came |,
TIE STAT" Intending - run a lar-r GAIT.
ranch. The letters Indicate that tie mur
drrrrs sole business In ~ : country va, |;
put the IeTCiyals out Of the way. and thu
the EuEli.hman Who cent him cIcN lmu.,
tcni, and repeatedly urged him to mas,
haste and dispatch them. Tie au,ho..o-
OF Name" tyuuty arr believed - b. ia com
Muni,ai'on With English authorities WI.
4 View Il exposing the plO.
II. II. BULGEE was recently arrested a
fremont by Postal Inspector John Stein. q
sending obscene matter through tie mai /,
The Empire State Stock AID Dairy Com
rnuy, OF Fremont cceut.y hl..i IT, article,
OF Incorporation " III IL. Secretary 81 Stale
4 WOMAN by the name of Mr.. Puzh
HElng near Creighton. went insane recently
and While being taken 90 the Insane 49, iuu
al Lincoln, stopped at Pierce. and a. 4 mo-
Meni when LcT attendant was 10, looking
she SKIPPED Dut and has not been heard q.
since. Ii i supposed that she wandered OF!
Oh tie prairie and died III a III Of insanity.
THERE was a destructive fire AT Wet
Point the other morning. Thirteen horses
and a cow were burned Ia death. The FIRE
started in a feed stable, which WAS en-
N..iIr.4l ~ Hama b.f.v. .l,. ap4r,afz YasfI
be- rescued. ihe flames spread quickly and
the warehouses Of Thompson ~ Co., imp.e-
ment dealers. and Lee * ChUbbuck. hard
ware dealers, were burned, with contents.
At tie late meeting Of the Grand En-
campment /. q. o.. f., the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Grand
Patriarch, Isaac Oppcnheimer; Grand High
Priest :. T.. Sui; Grand Scribe, ID. \.
Cline; Grand Treasurer. Samuel McClay:
Grand ;. w. :. Il. Hall; Grand J. W, II.
NJ. Morris; Grand Representative, +. q.
Ryder.
BY an explosion of gasoline in the house
Of Samuel L. nd, al Lincoln, the other
day, Mr.. Leland was quite severely burned.
Her clothes caught fire, and when she ran
into the yard il was only by the opportunt
arrival of 4 ncighbor, who smothcrei the
'"'h'', h''hb Ns4N 'o'dlta atd injuries
TIE necessity Of water supply as a pro-
lection from fire Is being agitated in Plat;s-
mouth.
lT is reported tina. Eli Perkins is about L.
invade the State.
CREIGHTON is now boaSting Of the best
church and school facilities OF anv town of
its size III the State. Ii has five church
organizations. with three fin. church ed.
fees. and before another year the PTc>by-
terIanS will erect a fine place for worship.
Its school facilities are improving. and
when the new building is completed Crci.lI-
ton VIII savr one of the finest structures of
the kihd in Northern Nebraska.
GRAND ISLAND is establishing a free pub
lie library.
DoDCE County farmers are losiny ;!.eir
hogs 10y cholera.
y \ calling himself T. Stephens. went
To ~. Paul the other day and made arrange.
ihciltS with Judge Anderson for Il marriage
license, ordered a large bill of goods. eli
gagged three aides hats, a fiddler, "a child
collin and two kegs of beer. made appl ~,
non 10 prove up on a homestead ami then
disappeared.
RECENTLY as f. W. Wood, Of Lancaster
County. was driving 4 herd of sixty cattle
the Moran bridge, OH Salt Creek. sixty
feet of the structure went down. pieripitat
thirty of the drove TWENTY-FIVE feet int,
ten :cet of wafer. The bridge was smashed
mo k!ndiing wood and the beeycS We're bapr
tiZet III 4 bunch. Singular TO say, only out
animal was killed.
JOB SMITH. father OF c.. W. Smith
of the Geneva Exchange Bank.
committed suicide the other mnrnin. y,
The deceased was siXty-cight
'ea'S OF age and had amaSscd considerable
aroperty, but had been vi unsound mind ior
years past.
j.. l.. VAUDEVILLE was lately arrested Al
Lincoln aud held 10 bail in the sum of $1,000
or selling m"rtgagcd property. Vaudeville
ormerly resided in Kansas City.
TIE other morning Leon Douglas. ~siy,crr
ears "f aye and an cmp!oye of the Lincoln
Telephone Exchange. started out on a bicy.
lie To ride To Naycrly, a distance Of twelve
niles. About half way out one of the
wheels got caught in a rut and the boy haG
me of his legs broken. He laid in the roat
an hour before being found and ,aker
are Of.
). Al. MCNUETRY. Of Lincoln. who own.
large stock farm, recently lost about thrrt
"a w. Nv ~ tl>tt~t RESEMBLING
holera. but which he asserts i, not The
nuIne hog cholera, but by far n more fatu
iSeaSe. n same disease has also ~.
cared upon other farms in Lancaster
SHERIFF COREY. of Valley County. re-
entity received 4 telegram from Sidney r..
uc>ting him 10 arrest Joseph Crane. who
al murdered Edgar Williams in the nm.
y rod sArFi-Arr- - sEa N-,- n
articularS of the killing were given.
TuFEE Is nothing very stran-e in the an.
ounceMent that a gentleman resides in
lincoln whose wife is visiting in Scotland.
Ut when il is stated that the gentleman r.
'ntly visited Omaha and lost a package ot
tiers from a young woman who calls him
NY " darling" why then there are peo-
lie who will assert that matters look 4 little
Ieer.
THIRTEEN years ago Mr.. j. II. Willard. ,
Omaha, was appointed guardian for two ,
IyS. There was an estate lett IL the>s =
Dys amounting 10 $1,000. and this vs. !
ltruS;ed 10 Mr.. Mi.larTs care. The hon, ,
ere well cared for, given a Nod education d,
nj are. now fitted To- make good business ,
en. The expense of their living ami e-iI- ,
has been paid out of the estate. The I,
having become OF age. recently Mr.. ,
illari made q settlement; with the court e,
nj paid over S3l.i00. the amount to which a
e $4,000 hid grown after ray in all The /:
.pen>es of the two boys. 1,
OMAHA is troubled WITH fre-bu-s. c
y REGULAR band of horse thieves have q
late been committing dcpredatons about q
ncoln and The surrounding country. :
ieir late theitS have been so bold that on .
Is of the law have adopted organized !
TO pursue and capture them. !
y CoRoNEE'S jury at Valentine. Cherry :,
recently rendered a verdict char-- =
: The wife of Il. e. Hill. Postmaster at :
with stran-liEg her newborn ;,
be. The woman VAS arrested upon the =,
are of murley. =