The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-02
NEBRASKA 4 NEWS.

in Lincoln County recently
r. W. FRITZ. the Madison County Treas
urer. no was short ia Ls account, has
confessed Judgment Cor $1,000. II" Grim
inai action against him will tie dismissed.
TIE town Of Ord was considerably dam
aged by a recent cyclone. In" BAPTIST
church and skating rink were completely
demolished. Tn solid brick walls u II"
new court house were torn down, and
smaller tu.liings sent whIrliag.
IL August. I>>p. W. &. Smith, an en-
ploye Of the Sioux City & Pacific Rail
road, was thrown from "A haui-car an IN
falling injIEei his head, which, i; -
claimef subsequently resulted in blind
ness. He brought 81. against the COM
pany for $500 damages, and on trial %
the case at Madison recently was awarded
500.
TIE Chalron stock yards covers a Sec
ton OF land.
BLAIR has contracted for si.,sO worth
OF water works.
NORTH BEND holds out !nducementt for a
Touring mill.
II is said that the doctors OF Crete COM
plain Of dulluess in business and the c me
terry road Is choked with weeis.
THE Saline County fair felt the effects Of
the wet weather, but the managers went
down into their pockets and paid all pre-
miums in full.
a RESPECTABLE citizen OF st. Paul named
Powers, an old man of eighty years. was
hrutally assaulted tv SONS drunken rail-
readers the other dav.
NORFOLK claims to have $1,000 worth Of
Improvements under way, besides a >l,o"
libel suit.
W.. 5. ANDERSON, OF Wakefield. has n
colt four months a.i twenty days old that
weighs CO pounds. II IA ned twenty-five
pounds from June , u September T.
The Young man whose body was found
near the Deloit settlement, III Antelope
County, left "a note stating that h. was
tired of life and had decided TO shoot him
self.
THE Commissioners of Sarpv County
disallowed the bills, amounting TO Si9l, for
the care and burial OF Henry Rhodes, the
tramp shot by the Sheriff. The latter will
he called upo to pay them.
K~IMBEoUGH, the man who made the
deadly assault on l;aper. near North
Bend, is said tn be crazy and threatens 10
kill any one who attempts TO come near
HIM.
A DCDIsH piano tuner. who claimed to
bee the son Of "a lord, is reported to have re-
Gently run away with a Stanton County
lady of refinement, md hitherto of high
standing. The woman was married and
was supposed to be a happy and contented
wife.
TIE Black Hills stage was overloaded
by road agents n short distance from Chad
ron the other day. Finding the treasure
box empty the highwaymen went thrOn;h
the pockets of two Cinnamon, the only pas
sengers, relieving them o. two watches
and n few dollars.
Miss LAMBERT, OF North Platte, was re-
Gently knocked down and her shoulder dis
located by Il horseman riding recklessly
through the streets.
EIGHT thousand pounds of wool We're
marketed at Harrington one day recently.
BURGLARS raided the depot AZ Bellevu"
the other night and got away with the
agents stock of cigars.
Fremont is SAID 10 lie the Mecca of rum
away women. There are a number of faS-
c~inating bachelors in the town.
WHILE sitting at the breakfast tahlr o:
her son, DIR. Paul, in Omaha III" other
morning in apparently good health. Mrs.
Emiline Paul suilenlv fell from her char
and when takes up was dead. She was
sixty-nine years old.
Two months ago Elwood. GoSper County,
Was without an iuhab.taHt. IL now has a
population ~ 300.
DAVID CITY was severely scOrChcd the
other night. The fire started in the RS
taurant OF Spetz * Hom"way and COM
muuicated To the store of VaTuc'l < Man
ming, the meat market of Frank SudIck, the
carpenter shop of J. VI. Wells and ih" i'm
plement house of Geor--, McCollom. All
were totally destroyed with n large rOr-
ton OF the stocks. Also the sample rooms
OF the Commercial Hotel. Loss on build
ings md stock, $4,000 TO $1,000. Insur-
anca small.
WILLS CRANDALL engineer for Oberne,
Hasick q Co. OF South Omaha. was found
dead on the Union Pacific track the other
morning. his body being GU clean in two.
IL is supposed he had been run over by a
freight train.
AN unknown man recently attempted 70
hoard n moving passenger train at PapIl-
lion and fell under the cars and was killed.
THREE is said to be a COOL demand for
feeders at the Omaha stock yards AMI
prices are above the Chicago market
This is urged as quite an object for stock
men to ship = Omaha. as they save the
extra freight and s~hrinkage, and get better
prices.
The settlers on The reservation in Wnyne
County have formed n protective assoc;a-
ton, and deal sumuarily with laui jump
ers. A young man from the East having
jumped the claim Of a member OF the ass1-
citation the settlers turned out in force,
tore down the iuterloper's house and drove
him away.
JAMES LOUDoN.a young man living with
his brother q few miles west of CLAW Gem
ter, shot himself fatally the other dav.
On the day Of the tragedy M packed his
wrote a letter To his brother. bad.
70 his sis:er-in-iaw, AMI SAID "a"
was going away. short time afterwards
he was found in the hay loft with a tuli-r
hole through his heal. The Letter 10 h
brother stated that BE was in love and was
tired Of lie.
Fremont istwentv-nine wears old
{. II. ALLEN. OF North Benl. Il is stated.
lost the sign; Of one eve In Il remarkable
manner. While gardening last Jun. he
felt something in his eye. which caused
exCruciatinE pain. a p~Ou!:icr q: flax
loos-ned The object. which proved u h.
an insect half an inch long. The insect
fastened itself to ;ae pupil anil killed tn
sight.
EEARNEY. ArsPahpe, CamtTil-e AM
other tow,s arr making n sfTp-t - s~cure
the location az the .-;hols - C,i..@