The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-12
A NEWS.

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TIE new passenger rate nxed by the
late Lsgisiaturs vent into ene-t June l.
20 three cents per mile. Rsilrosd men say
that Of course there will be . p~erceptible
falling Cd In the receipts, and they arc
taking steps to overcome this IS much ~
possible. Fewer passes viii BE issued, AID
the travelling men. who have heretofore
paid special rates, must now pay three
cents, just ~ other passengers do.
DECORATION Day was more generally
observed in the State this year than il has
bssn any preceding year. The graves OF
our hosorsd dsad were everywhere GOV.
cred over with beautiful flowers.
Sxcx the 6rst day Of January the
County Clerk of Sarpy County has re-
ceived fifty-four wolf scalps- II the bust.
ness continues at this rate the county vii
pay over two hundred dollars bounty ON
wolves durisg the present year..
The Rimrock Borediis is the latest news
paper venture in Northwest Nebraska IL
il published in Rimrock, Keys Paha
County.
An Omaha man named Shay recently
Jumped from a second story window OF u
Council Bluffs hotel while either asleep or
laboring under some mental delusion. and
sustained q broken leg. His escape from
death was miraculous.
DR.. u. v. HARRIs, q former practicing
physician OF Fremont, has receatly been
engaged in a shooting ARRAY At Valentine.
RAINS in the White River region are said
to be ample thus far this season for all ag-
ricultural needs and purposes.
THE assessed valuation Of Ainsworth Is
$3.50. iss, an increase Of nearly four hun
dred thousand dollars over last year.
'THERE Is no denying the fact" says the
Shelton Clipper, 'that the abolition of
saloons here does not diminish the
quantity or quality OF drunkenness on the
streets"
J. F. Cullen, the Plattsmouth insurance
masher, was convicted OF bigamy at
Wahoo, and sent up. His Wahoo wife was
Of the fact that he had . wife in
Plattsmouth. q
q. N. PATE, Of Red Willow, convinced
the local bank that he had cattle collateral
and secured . oan Of 500. Investigation
showed that his stock was in his mind, and
he is now in Jail awaiting trial.
THE State Medical Association met re-
Gently at Grand Island and had " very
interesting sessions. The attendance at
both day and evening meetings was good.
A banquet vas given at the hall in honor
Of the occasion.
MANY of the more choice claims on the
Santee Reservation are said To have
brought good prices. As under the old
ruling, where there are two claimants the
lane is bid for, some quarter sections sold
as high as six and eight dollars per acre.
THE other night Louis Joettlennc, an ex-
pert druggist, suffering from hemorrhage
OF the lungs, disappeared from Central
Hospital, Omaha, and the next day his
body was found floating in the Missouri
River, he having committed suicide.
some time since the section boss at
Oreapolis discovered q man lying beside
the railroad track about a mile west Of the
telegraph office at OreapOlis. lnvestiga-
ton showed that he had received u severe
fracture of the skull at the upper part Of
the right forehead that was likely to prove
. dangerous wound. lie had evidently
been in a very filthy condition before be-
ing hurt. When sufficiently restored SO "a
to talk he said his name was John Baker.
was from Chicago, and that he had beec
thrown from q moving train by trainmeh.
THE circus suspended census operations
at Omaha.
THE Methodists Of Beaver City have
raised one thousand dollars as a starter for
a new church.
ARTHUR II. LOvELoY, n son of the de-
faulting Land-ofiice Register, writes from
his home in Wilmington, y. &C, to the Nor
folk Neus, that since his father's troubles.
some two years ago. himself and mother
nave offered the father q home, sent him
money ut different times, but all to no pur-
pose. Whisky had the upper hand and
kept it. The man is a complete wreck.
The Lincoln Democrat has been studying
the journal of the last Legislature and has
discovered that the bill providing for the
erection of the office OF Register of Deeds,
is shown by the journals Of the two Houses
to have passed the Senate in one form and
the House in another-the Senate Till pro-
viding that it should apply TO counties
having more b 5000 inhabitants and
the House record shows that il should APP
ply to counties having more than 100 ia
habitants. There is no record Of amend
ments In either house. 1t was signed by
the Governor with the record Of the two
Houses in this form, and IL 50 it is said the
Law is nc law mt all.
The supposed existence Of coal fields in
Knox County 10 again attracting consid-
cradle attention, not only from residents
of that county, but a large company of
Iowa miners arrived at Niobrara recently
for the express purpose OF prospecting for
coal. After looking over the county they
found hat near the inout OF Soldier Creek
tho indications were very favorable, and
they took their machinery and have al
ready commenced work.
AMONG the losses from hog cholera ~
pears the name OF Senator Van Wyck,
whose loss 10 put ct two hundred head Of
nne hogs.
II II stated that at Dry Greek, whore
food recently, fourteen soldiers were
drowned BY . water spout in ISL and were
MT afterwards heard from.
Prank McCoY. ticket agent Of the Dime
Museum at Lincola, was drowned while
bathing IN Oak Greek the other Afternoon
The body ~ not been recovered.
C~oxGREssAAS DoRsKY, OF the Third Con.
gressionAl District, has selected Profs. W. |
p. Jones, A. E Clarendon and DR.. Ii
Abbott and Aanley Rogers. Of Fremont.
and Prof. q. H. Woodward, Of North Bend.
q . committee - examine candidates luz
the West Point c~adstship. !
NEBRASKA II booming.
THE Fremont City Council hes passed -
oedinance requiring ~ days' labor fross
every male resident between the ages 81