The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-15
NEBKASKA STATE MEMS.

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eoME weeks ago the tvslve-ysar-old sol
II Ma R 8. Williams, at Omaha, IA
bitten on the hand BY . vicioos doc. Th'
other day he vas taken i'll. and when Z
| physician va called he found the little Eel
;ow nvinE With IN sfsacS OF h~ydrophobsa
NoRTH BEND reporssswo sensoesons: l.
b. Measeneer, vice-President of the Banl
Of North Bend. lefs recently for Chieag'
with . car load Of fat cattle belonging q
Morse, Rogers & Co., and has no: b~sr
seen since. Before leaving home, IL Is said
he borrowed large sums of money. and
took with him about <4o,sOo. John q
| Smith, . prominent grain buyer Of thai
place. disappeared . few days previous
with about 5000. and IL 10 said be !e''
debts 70 the amount OF $1,000.
Howard LovEJor. Who had been dodS.
ing Nebraska officers for . number OF
years, Wa recently captured in Chicago
President Hayes appointed Howard
Lovejoy Receiver Of the United States land
Office NJ Niobrara, saving st the time thai
| Lovejoy was an old army friend Of his,
He had been known a. . very dissipas~d
man, but promised 70 do better IL given q
chance. He had much trouble in giving
The required bond but finally succeeded.
After holding the Office two years, Lov.jcy
suddenly disappeared, and on examination
II was discovered that his accounts with
the Government were about $1,000 short
His bondsmen were sued in the United
States District Court and last fall q juds-
ment Was rendered against them for the
full amount. Detectives have . long time
been working on the case n only sue
ceeded in finding him O few days ago.
IT 10 limited that some irate husband or
father, whose wife or daughter would per-
sist in going 10 the Lincoln skating rink
when she should have been at home. knows
more about tho recent burning Of that in
xtitution han he cares to tell.
The musical event Of the season is 20 be
tho Sangerfest at Lincoln the last week in
June. The mammoth xkssing ink had been
secured, but since its destruction IL II
thought IL will be difficult 70 secure . suit
able building for the occasion.
CmADRC. shaving . great boom. Est
mates Of its present population are placed
a. high as three thousand.
The school house at Jackson. Dakota.
County, burned recently, cntailing q loss OF
500 over the insurance.
IT il said that q jefferson County man
while recently boring . we'll. at a depth o:
Us feet struck q vein of water that 10 no;
enough to scald. Tho odor that arises
from the same Is not at all agreeable, as
parties can hardly stand around the well
to draw Il.
TIE Secretary Of the Interior has sub
mitted 70 the President for his approval
the assignments OF lands made TO tho In
dians on the Santee Sioux reservation in
Nebraska. There are about eight hundred
assignments each for eighty acres. The
reservation vas opened to settlement BY
order Of President Arthur, February BLAST
aud the lands could b entered Spon after
May Is. Under the order forty-tvO thou.
sand acres Of fine lands were restored e. the
public domain.
The four.year-old son Of Commissions
johnson of Dodge COUNTY. had . narrow
escape recently. Ho was under q railroad
bridge and stuck his head up through tn.
timbers a. q train passed over Part OF
his scalp was lifted.
OS the night of the 9Th . remarkably
heavy frost prevailed throughout No
braska. In ariou places ice formed a
sixteenth to an eighth of nm inch in thick
ness. Considerable damage was lone TO
fruit blossoms, early plants and vegetables
and flowers, but the small grain was not
injured.
The Nebraska State Medical Association
meets in Grand Island May y, and will
hold q i've days session.
IT il stated that George w. Woolsey, OF
Elk Creek, set out 2.2s5 trees and shrubs
on Arbor Day.
The coming S@ngerfest, at Lincoln.
promises to be one Of b best ever hsid in
the State. The dates are June =, "a, -, 70
add g. Singing societies with a member
ship Of 100 are expected from cities In
Kansas, Iowa. Missouri and Nebraska.
COxeREssNAN DoRsKY notifies the young
men Of the Third District that a compe;i-
tive examination OF candidates desiring 20
enter the Annapolis Naval Academy will
be held at Fremont Jun II. A committee
will examine all candidates. and Mr..
Dorsey will recommend for appointment;
the one best qualified for admission. Can
didates must be over fourteen and under
eighteen years OF age and physically soupd.
GRADING gangs are already at work on
the new b. & ". extention from Holdr-r-
to Ogalalla. The purpose Of the company
evidently is to have this branch completed
in time for the fail stock business.
RrsuvILLE is reported to be laying the
wires 70 capture the county seat Of Sheri-
dan County.
The sensational dispatch giving detail.
Of An alleged row At Trenton and the kill
ing Of four men, turns GU. 20 be . Joe Mal.
haitian story.
A sxcTroS Of the Platte River bridge ri
Fremont. which successfully bufTetei the
spring fre~het, dropped into the river Tia,
other day under the weight Of herd OF
cattle.
FoRr NroBRARA will soon b garrisoned
bv Companies OF the Ninth Cavalry. Th:s is
the colored regiment.
Sur has b-en entered in the United
states Court as Lincoln by the holders o
certain Midland PaciEc boads issued tS
Lancaster County. TO compel the paymet..
of the same. The County Commissioner
have engaged counsel and will r~sis: pay
ment on the gro0nd hat the bonds we;e
without authority Of Lao.
The spring roundup Of chiIiren n
Grand Island shovel fifteen hundred AID
W. E JoxKS, the Omaha hotel keeps-.
has not been heard from since sh oting his
has i Is sapp,sed he has lodged
IN Iowa
POPULATION O: Valentine .noe.
Tnr other day J.. O. Davis eusesed shs
odsce Of Dr.. J. II. Lucss. . Lincoln dentist.
and shot q him. Lacas caught the msa's