The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-04
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

Fremont. ElFs1-a a Missouri Nsii-y. carp
ias., St46ri-i. expens >, s'i'-!l'"'
Sioux City 6; Pacific. earnings, Ni&cl-'4,
expenses, $50. 81; Chicago. 81 PaaI,
Minneapolis * Omaha, earning. S.@@-
2bl"., expenses, >,.@..>-i-6'; Union Pa
cihc. earnings. sI..<s sl.+>, expenses. -
Ge,3zi03: omaha. Siobrars & Back Hil4s,
earnings. SOB. -rJ, expenses, '"'{;
Omaha Il Republican Valley. earnings,
J.EF1-s, expense, ~s".&il.b-; SLdHs"ph
"a Western. earnings. >Ji&,aSLl>, expense,
:--6-.J1.I5: Mascara Pacific. earnings, -
Ist,a,3Si. .xpsses. - iiJ.1>l's- lus
E~urliast,n & Missouri Rad is yet = bc
heard FROM
THE Boar! 81 fraIe Of Fremont has un-
der consideration a proposition from
Eastern capitalists - start a PORK pack
ins house III tina; city.
OMAHA wa. thrown into a great state *
exc I'm mt the other morning by the an
nouucemsnt that John W. I.lu~r. general
manager aud superintendent Of ibe oulsta
Nail Works, la shot AMI instantly killed
ms yonus VIE. According - Ai, state
rnent ne was awakened during the night
~ "a noise ia his house, and seeing a figure
near tie too: ot - b-t fred, AMI the pr
son f-ll - the 9I,r. He then Eel. L. his
side nni found tina. his VIE Was uot Iu
hed. Getting NJ, he s-oycrel that he
had mistaken Ais wife for "a burglar. All
had snu, her ia the fac. mar the uo-r. She
never spoke and must have died almost iu-
StSu'lv. HIS s:1Ty l. not believed hv tae
peorIe. as II charge! that be had become
notorious Tor his jealousy and iIi-trea'nsn
Of MS wife, who j. represented - have
been highly cultured AMI refined. The
matter was unIe:So!nS investigation.
\ CoNvICr in the Penitentiary named
John Person. has confessed 10 the murder
OF ". T.. Smith, who was found dead on
ihe night Of November 1, 1851, just outside
OF the door OF his office at Omaha. Smith
Was Clerk OF the United States Circuit
C"ur: Tor the District OF Nebraska, Il very
popular AMI well known man, who stood
hi u IL political circles and was extremely
pronounced in his views on Temperance
mattcrs. For this reason h. Was hated 10y
acrgIa:n element. which led 20 his murder.
Hrsou was a hotel runner AMI "A hard
character. since sent up for robbery. III,
now conf.Ss.s that n saloon man paid E!un
500 20 commit the murder.
Ms HELEN WOLFE. OF David CITY. has
the honor of being the first lady Notary
Publ in the State.
TEE Commissioner OF Holt County have
contr acted fo- the completion of the court
housc for $500. Th,s will make tine total
cost about $4,000. and Civ" the county the
best court house in North Nebraska.
C.. !. Andrews. IA resident Of Keith
County. is said - be- one 81 the heirs Ia the
.awreucc-Townley estate IN Eur'cui.
valued q: >iD.GJn,O '). Andrews share VIII
r,uch thc million notch, and his standing
i, consid"rallv clsva,ci in the community
since tn announcement.
s REV. W. ID. GAGG. the first Methodist
in'ssionn ~ in Nebraska, died recently at
s, racuse aged eighty-Seven.
I.oUIs EAEER. a veteran criminal. Who
was a rrcant hoarder at tie k.arncy
coun,y jill, is wanted in Mndrn very
Soy. tn other night. during the alb
8 e OF her husband. he ~outrarc9usiv rs
SOL ted the wife OF Sir. Knosp. living three
nd $ from the ;owu, aud then brutallv
10 her and l-f, her on the f5Cr unc0n-
sdCJs. III drunken brute promptly left
ti,e country ani all efforts to trace hiu
huse beenfr:ile.
q oEGs EoGE, living in Knarney. dis1p-
peas from his home very mysteriously
Saturday morning. November -. lie go,
w before daylight. prepared hi, own
breakfast, took one Of his horses, and It *
supposed rolc away, and has n, been
heard Il sine.
Two ooys,sonS of Il farmer. and a weak
minded man recently attended nm exhibit
ton o. Bennot Ca their return they
b9ugh , bottl, nf whisky, which one Of
the lpys drnnI freely Of and became in
sensilAt. Soon after reaching home be
died.
LATD post.of!ce changes in Nebrnska:
Establhhed Mcovc, Sherman County. Do
Forest. Van Wick. postmaster. Name
changed. ,iould, Dawson County. to Cozai.
ORpsns hav been given for the erection
OF a depo, aud other terminal facilities at
HowartC ty, tn present terminus Of the
Loup CITY extsas ion Of the Union Pacific.
TIE fiot violsn; death recorded in chad
ron WAS H.. other dav. John Hurd. a bar.
keeper, en- accidentally sho; by the dis
charge cts pistol in the. hands OF n playful
companM.
AT Fort lsiobfara. one dav recently. n
soldier nnan sged - steal about $50 from
one OF tho .rficefs, and also TO secure n
large sum t.lonsing TO the Government,
and then lsft for parts unknown. Relays
of troopers ad ben hunting FOR him for
several dap. but Without success.
THE storv 6 ,mes trom Pla:tsmou.h ,ha,
q Young me sho. o. a farmer. was pos.
sessed Of al u foreene, conceived the idea
Of getting 6ither BIZ cmbarkiug In III.
stock busiueo. He Sound up his business
a shor. time /, some $4,000 or more ..in
the hole"
A NEW houol IS being built a, Emerson.
The public ori oolso Friend were closed
recently on aerount q the prevalence OF
diphtheris.
AT Syracuse the o1Aer day the tenn be-
longing TO Anos wesvtr ran away. throw
ing him under NJ wa0pn and breaking his
leg,
Docs lately 81 damage 20 the extent Of
killing thirty HAL Of Deep belonging q
William Cast, . faruer living near De
Witt.
AT Clearwate6 tire o1Aer day. &c n brake
man named GeoSEs NcsDan was in toe &C;
OF kicking = brat loossAs los; his balance
and fell ~besweeuth car in sach a manner
tina, ii. wheels rs ed essr one Of his legs.
severing Ii just hos to knee
C-HrwrxG-eux o. cheosage e, De VITA.
Tux Supreme o. { - GRANTED a s;ay
of execution Ia ,t4-sea Thosna. Ballard
under sentence II Z n - the murder o.
Henry verpoort~& arsader a. the -
James Hotel. in Or. .lMf srring- When
sentence was passse tpnahim hi. a%;.1rnsy
filed a writ in errc& shiA has jl.s ten
-n - 81. Sunre-e