The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-03

HoRer, aged ninety .eixhI
II Is stated that the largest building ever
erected in Sarpy County is nov being built
At the Sarpy County cattle yards The
structure is .o0xs.a. The walls viii be
forty fest high. the first eight OF which Ii
brick, the balance made substantially OF
wood. covered with sheeting and siding
outside. The building is made sabs;an-
TALLY, with . raised 1oor for the purpose
Of feeding cattle, and will be completed by
July Is. II is understood that another ike
it will be put up before fall.
FIRTH has = strange case OF skin color.
ing. that OF Mrs.. J. Y. Bowlin changing
from black to white. ''Tcn years ago."
a y the Times, .she wss ebony black. Al
that time the fore finger Of the right
land began 70 change u n white color.
Gradually this transformation has taken
place until she - now two-thirds white.
Both her hands ase a. fair as any Csucas-
ian. and her face--the last to yield to the
mysterious chapg--is now turning white.
Mrs. Bowiin is now twenty-eight years
old, Is the mother OF our children, and IN
splendid health"
The story il told Of q Niobrara couple
who recently took their sick babe 70 q doc
tor for treatment. The man Of wise looks
and medical lore was found enjoying the
charms Of q waltz in a dance house. The
sick babe was forgotten while its parents
whirled round and round the hall. and on
returning TO their senses the spirit Of the
little ono had bed beyond the reach of
medicine.
WHILE ~excavating upon a brick yard At
Omaha recently. workIreu found IN the
clay, forty feet from the surface. the we'll
developed outlines of a mammoth skeleton,
which had turned 70 q blackish-gray SUBJ
stance, and which fell into powder when
touched. A part Of the jawbone and two
teeth, well preserved, were saved. The out
line showed the animal To have been about
thirty feet long and fifteen feet high. Near
the skeleton were a number of charred
sticks, giving rise to the opinion that u
party Of aborigines had killed and roasted
the mammoth.
/ BORrROYF. the brakeman who sued the
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company
for $1,000 damage for the loss Of two FIN
gers, was awarded $40 by q jury at Free
mont.
MATTHIAS Bette, q man who had been
trying to make life successful for forty
five years, and finally became weary OF
further attempts, recently sought a shady
nook in Omaha where he sat down and de-
liberately killed himself with q pistol.
SENATOR HENDERSON has gone on a tour
of inspection through the Territories. He
goes first to New Mexico, thence to Ari-
roma, from thence to San Francisco, and
will then continue his trip up into Wash
ington Territory. The Senator makes this
tour as a member Of the United States
Senate Committee on Territories.
LIGHTNING killed q dog lying in a door
way at NiObrara. A woman standing
close by escaped, but was badly shocked.
The q. A. X. boys of Grand Island are
giving. every attention 70 Mrs. Draper, the
invalid wife Of a colnrade, who has been in
almost destitute circumstances during a
long sickness with cancer. Recently they
went TO her home, Dol along lumber, put
a new roof on her cottage, and made other
needed improvements about the premises.
CHARLES SEELY, of Wahoo, was re-
Gently stung by a honey bee upon the
left eyelid. So poisonous was the sting
that IL almost instantly narcotized the
brain to such an extent that he became in
! sensible and Law for some time I'm an un-
conscious condition like a person under the
influence of chlorofOrm, and when sensa-
! ton returned he was delirious for several
hours.
AN i~ncendiary recently fired the barn OF
Israel Artz near Dorchester. The barn
| contained four horses, two hundred bush
els of corn and several sets of harness,
from which nothing was saved, rs the
| building was almost ready to fall in when
the fire was discovered. The loss on barn
and horses is estimated at one thousand
dollars. with no insurance.
Ir is stated that Fort Niobrara, which
now accommodates four companies Of cav
airy, will be increased To the size necessary
for the accommodation OF the entire regi-
ment. Thirty thousand dollars will be ex-
pended during the coming fisca! year upon
the post. Fort Robinson will receive :ta
share of the appropriation for the repairs
of military posts.
AT the lat. meeting at Omaha Of General
Passenger Agents of roads in the TRANS
continental pool, motions making the first
class east-bound rate from Pacific coast
points 10 the Missouri River So instead Of
SO, to take efect July ! were adopted.
The second class e~ast-bound rate was re-
duced fran St5 to NJ. and the emigrans
e~ast-bcund rate was abolished.
AT the meeting ~ the Grand Lodge A.
F. and A. NJ, at Omaha, the following off,
GERS were chosen: Judge NJ. r. Reese. of
I n--- ID " q n G nf
Omaha, r. w. d. G.. NJ: W. J. Hull, Of
Edgar. X. w. s. W.: George b. France. OF
York, r W. CD. W.: Charles Hartman,
| of Omaha, Z. W. G. r.: W. K Bowen Of
Omaha, X. W.. G. &. Omaha was selected
rs the place to hold the mex annual meet
Ing.
WILLIAM BAYEs, . boy sixteen year.
old, was recently found hanging from .
tree near Nicola, with his hands and feet
| tied. He had left home on horseback sew.
eral days previous, TO attend confirmation.
and il is supposed he was murdered by -four
escaped prisoners from the Harrison Cou
ty iail. Two of these men had before
| broken Jail. and had been ~recapsared
| through the efforts Of the Sherin's son.
Who followed them and reported their
whereabouts. Young Hayes bore q strik.
| ing resemblance TO Sheriff Garrison's sor,
and is 10 thought that the jail birds sap
posed IL vas the Sherid's son again track
| ing them and that they would hang him to
put: him DOT OF the way.
SIX newspaper In Knox County.
THx returns Of the assessors Of Hal
! Ccrr.v show there are 1918. acres Of inn.
r.o7eA and. and is.D. unimprosed. The
total valuation Of real eetase including
sosn lots is si.e4s.sI:. There = s.ss
hores vaIuei 1t $ilo.lss; Is.css cattle vaI-