The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-27
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

:, OrTo IsLER, six years old. fell from
& stair-landing at Lincoln. the other day. anG
SO badly fractured his arm that amputatiCu
: was necessary.
THE first ~ISraelite Church ever built in
!. Nebraska was commenced lately at Omaha
1t is to cost $4,000.
:, THE Mayor and Marshal of Omaha were
recently indicted by the Grand jury of Doug
las County for malfeasance in office.
>. \ LATE storm did considerable damage
i'm Dakota County. Bridges were washed
away and considerable damage was done 10
fences. feed yards. gardens and crops in the
vicinity of Potter's and Clapp's. The val.
ley lying west of William Clapp's was all
covered with water three hours after the
rain, doing considerable damage to the
growing crops in the immediate vicinity.
The beif-y on the Industrial School build
ing at the Winnebago Agency was struck
by lightning, tearing and shattering up one
side OF it 10 quite al extent. Numerous
trees in the vicinity were struck by
lightning.
GEORGE PENIIAM'S sale and stock stables
at Lincoln burned the other night. Nine
horses persisted in the flames with other
blOOded stock. The building was totally
destroyed. y veterinary surgeon OF doubt
full repute was arrested charged with firing
the stables. Loss about 5000.
JOIN DUNDEE, 4 laborer. while recently
eXcayating at Omaha was buried To his
neck BY falling earth, but received no
serious injury.
AT the late meeting of the Board of Re
gents of the State University several new
professors Were added To the faculty.
ROBERT Gown. 4 boy. was drowned while
recently bathing in il small stream at Flor
ence.
Too much whisky caused the sudden
death of David Cougar, at Omaha, lately.
BUFFALO County reports good crop pros
poets of all kinds of products. The fruit
crop never promised as We'll before.
Two prisoners escaped from the Lincola
Jail recently. One of them was Churchill.
the late penitentiary guard, awaiting trial
upOn the charge of cOnSpiring to permit a
convict to escape for a money cOnsidera-
ton.
THE stable of Judge Webber. at WahOO,
was burned recently and several horses were
badly injured. The fire was started by Mr..
Webber's little boy playing with matches.
POST-oFFICE changes in Nebraska during
the week ended June IA: Established
Athens, Cunning County. William Ii.
RANSOM. 7. NJ; Bordeaux, Sioux County, |
Peter b. Nelson, u. NJ: Chappell,
Cheyenne County. John O'Neill, Z. NJ;
Chase. Greeley County, Rebecca A. Lam
bert. r. NJ; Phillips Station. Hamilton
County, James q. Baker. Il. NJ; Poten, Gus
ter County. Jacob Rotten. 7. NJ; Swanton,
Saline County, Joseph L. Cook. Discon-
tlnued-HOOker, Gage County. Names
chanSed-Pilzen. Saunders County. to Plasi.
PostmasterS appOinted-BelmOnt, CaSs
County. Mrs. MelisSinth p. Stone: Saud
Creek, Saunders County. John Gidley.
THE telegraph editor of the Omaha Bee
was the victim of a cowardly. assault tie
other evening. Two tramp printers met
him and asked the chances for work"
He asked them over 10 AXE something"
when they attacked and beat him in a COW
ardiy manner without notice or provo
cation. The tramps lit out and he was
taken home by an officer.
NJ. the hands who nave been working in
the Union Pacific shops at Grand Island,
except six, have been discharged.
The residence of Walter Moore. at KeS
terSon. was burned while the family was
recently attending a circus.
RECENTLY the beautiful residence of Mr..
;. Henckle, three miles northeast of HoE
lenberg. was burned to the ground with
everything thai it contained.
A BRAKEMAN named Milton A. Robin
son, whose parents reside on Elm Island,
was recently run over and killed by the care
on the Laramie Division of the Union Paci
ic Railroad, near GibbOn.
A YOUNG man named Maxwell, of Ham
iltOn County, was recently shot and killed
in Grant County. Wisconsin, where he wac
visiting. The murderer was arrested.
JOSEPH DAMON, wife and two children
were recently arrested in Franklin County
for robbery, and a large amount of stolen
property recovered. Their latest act was (
the house of Byron Dunn, Treasurer I
OF the Sunday School in North Franklin ,
Precinct, while he WAS attending Sunday :
Z
The Nebraska Christian Ministerial As =
held an interesting session at Lin c
coin, recently. a
A CATS head. with teeth we'll preserved. :
has been found in a well in Furnas County, >
at a depth of ninety feet. !
The acreage of corn in Cummings County I
is reported One-fourth greater than last wear. .
and the prospects for a full crop are ilatter. 4
my. :
JESSE HEEFNER, a fOurteen-year-old son r
Of Augustus Heefner, of Grand Island, was |,
terribly mangled in the Goshen G.
Mill by his clothes being caught by the g
machinery. One arm was torn out of is a
socket. n
FIVE additional indictments have he c.
'Ound against Mayor Chase and Marshal G
Guthrie. of Omaha, and at last accounts the n
Irand jury showed no signs of abatement. {
j. NJ. GRESHAM, who slept with and Il
,Obbed Shaw, a painter, at Omaha recently. II
If sixty dollars. was subsequently captured al
Sioux City. The thief not only confessed
lis guilt. but said he was a nephew Of
'oStmaster-General Gresham. a
MILTON VANCE was recently arrested NJ "
lincoln and taken to Otoe County upon the 10
'harge of forgery. or
THE residence of ID. Mills. of Omaha, a "
CONDUCTOR on the Union Pacific road. burned "
\ gasoline stove was the cause. ::
The building cost about 5000 and was q.
'wned by Judge Neville. ..
AT the inquest held upon the body OF n,
taIles COwan. the eiyht-yearOld boy re- m
entity drowned at Florence the jury rendered e..
verdict that the bOy ''came to his death by IN
rOwning while under the influence of beer, =,
old by A.. Robier." Florence people were w.
cry indignant over the affair. Ee
EFFORTS are being made by Lincoln cap IN
IalistS to secure Il barbcd wire manufactory. M
PCEDY TL.ATT, of johnson County. re- II
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