The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-22
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

borhood during the past winter amounted
70 less than one per e-nt
IT has only been . few years sircc rows
were being shipped into Coi!aK County,
bo; not 50 now. Il Is stated tina; within
the past year fully fifty cars Of native cat
tie have been shipped from The County aud
the business is rapidly increasing.
SEvEhAL towns In the State have adopted
IN Ingenious method for diverting a portion
Of the liquor licsns. from tue school 20 the
town treasury. A plain. unvsrnisasd
license costs $50, la: the trimmings in the
form of . town tax cost $50.
DrEISo a recent heavy rain and wind
storm at Kearney a heavy door, blo~L
from . livery stable, smashed IN its figh; q
buggy, a cart and q farmers wagon.
In Dakota County the other day a farmer
named futile removed the caps from his
gun and started for town. jill. thirteen
year-o!d son shouldered the gun, borrowed
caps of n neighbor and commenced expert
ncn;icg. He soon succeeded in killing his
little sister.
The other night Jim Silk was attacked
on the streets Of Omaha, knocked down
and robbed. He was. found In an insensi.
bic condition where he fell with All ugly
wound on the head.
The Offer TO build a $4,000 opera house
at West Point, conditional on the dona-
ton OF a sl,ao site. has no as yet been ac-
cepted by the public spirited citizens Of
that Town.
AT Lincoln the other night Lew Johnson
and Ed Long, who had been employees on
the Burlington & Missouri River Railway.
had n shooting matinee which resulted in
tho death OF both. Long boarded a, John.
sons and when he went home found hi.
wife and Long in his tJohnson's) bed
room. Long and the woman at once fed %
Longs room up stairs. Johnson followed,
and bursting open the door each man
opened fire on the other. Nine shots were
exchanged, and both fell MORALLY
wounded. Johnson died in abou; an hour,
and Long the following day. l; is stated
that The woman who was the cause or this
deadly duel, has a somewha unpleasant
record and that these two Elen are not the
first whom her attractions and faithiess-
ness have brought TO grief. Mrs. johnson
was subsequently arrested upon the charge
of having shot aud killed her husband. Ii
was developed that the ball which caused
Johnson's death was fired from a pistol
kept by Mrs. Johnson and one that was
found in her possession Immediately after
the shooting.
Ez4A EBRIGur and Cora Bowman made
their appearance before Judge McCulloch
at Omaha the other morning and were
married. Soon after the ceremony was
over and they had gone n woman who
| clain,aI fn La Etriuhtsa n,l;,,l ,.;f.
also appeared on the scene, but tie birds
had flown.
DIXON County farmers are going into
buck wheat raising on n large scale.
ONE hundred and seventy-fve pupils are
enrolled in the Creighton public schools.
THE new Government bridge connecting
Niobrara with the old Ponca Reservation is
9O fee; long and contains sixteen spans.
THE first lady Notary Public in the
State is Miss Ann NJ. Saunders. who has
been commissioned in Custer County.
WORK on an artesian well near Creighton
has been temporarily suspended. \ depth
OF nearly seven hundred feet has been
reached, and il is thought a few more feet
will bring water.
AT a shooting ARRAY near Barnard. a few
u.s. wv p.o.ifis uHiHsi iuTH~
way, one had the bosom OF his pants filed
with salt, and another had his hat shot
from OF his head.
THE stretching Of a wire across any road
in common use, whether public or private,
was mud- an O.feEse by the last Legisla-
ture, punishable by n fine OF -. unless
such wire was properly guarded to prevent
accident.
BERNARD CAvANAUGH, residing near
Ponca, r~ecentla buried his old war horse Mt
the age Of twenty-seven. The old charger
had carried him through three years of
service during the war OF the rebellion,
and long since had earned his ease and
freedom.
IT is stated hat John Markley. OF Cedar
County. has in his possession the Psalms Of
David by Martin Luther. dated I6s4-two
hundred years ago. and a prayer book
dated l':'. Both are printed in German.
and have descended down from one gener-
alton of the family to the other.
4 REMARKABLE case is reported in which
Joseph L. Gof, a brakeman. wa thrown
under an engine at Ashland last January.
The 70 onward trucks passed over the ankle,
severing the foot and the ankle almost en-
tirely. The attending physician. finding
that there was communication enough be.
tween the two parts so that sensation was
preserved, decided To try TO save the foot.
He took GU: several pieces Of bone and
dressed the wound and has watched IL very
closely ever since. and has had the salts.
faction Of seeing the bones gradually knit
together again and the wound heal.
1
boudsmen Of two s~aloonkeepers for q. 200
damages for the death Of her husband.
who was killed while under the influence OF
liquor purchased Of them.
DoRsuEIMKR. Q Central City schooi
teacher. who discarded text books in teach.
ing morals TO the young girls Of his school.
was recently bound over to the District
Court in the sum Of $1,000. |,
Nh. BArGHx, rcsidin: near Tobias, has
lost seven head Of horses within the last
six months from what he imposes 20 Be
CHAMBERS. I,
The squa.sers on the Sansce reservation
are reported TO 10 organizing for pro,~c.
ton against . possible raid from stamped. ,
erA.
Nm. CAxP. Q Essrney business man, was
knocked down by . frightened +,
team in Shelton, and three dangerous I,
eashes cut across his scalp. Z
0RAxp ISLAND has . base bah club !
IT is stated hat Quinn Bohanan. the
spelling professor, has I'm
proved his drsary hours before death BY
i~nvsn:ins . corn shelter, which be has pat
ented. !
THE wheat and oats In Valley County ,
never hooked better when NAY came than .