The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-24
HE enumeration Of the following cite,
is complete and the figures given are about
Miseeuaucnus.

A SoLDIER belonging 20 the battalion en-
campInent Near kearney was arrested 4
few days ago for a burglary six mile.
north Of that town.
WESTERN Nebraska. the center OF IN.
ancient American Sahara. experienced
fifteen days Of rain during June.
GRANT CITY is the name of a new town
laid out by the Lincoln Land Company on
the new railroad southwest, of Alma about
ten miles.
CoLUMBUS elevator, weighing thirty
three tons, was moved a quarter Of n mil,
on fiat cars the other day. The building is
forty-two feet in height.
n MONSTER steam trip hammer. for mod,
cling locomotive. frames. has been added 70
the equipment in the Burlington * Missouri
shops at Plattsmouth.
THE Plattsmoutn .YourHQ! is responsible
for the story that a dog belonging To G.. ".
Holmes, which that gentleman carried IL
Eearney and turned loos. there in the hop.
Of getting rid of him. trnmpcd horncward,
a distance of lb miles.
DAVID KEYS. of Wecpin. Water. f.ll
among strangers at Avoca on IN" Fourth
and was so badly pounded that his injuries
resulted fatally.
i WOMAN said Ia he one hundred wears
old died nj the Santee Indian Agency re-
Gently. AT the time tn" Americans ani
British fought in Tn. war of 1872 she was "A
woman grown and had children who were
also nearly grown. She lived To see her
grcat-great grandchildren-Ave genera
tionS N one time.
Er.n.- n,-, 4, MI. -.a-I-... Z.
under bonds for arson, his store havin.
been fired on the night of the It'll.
THE eight-vcar-OlI son OF j. r. Furgr-
son, a farmer living neat Syracuse. had
his foot cut off 10y n mower the other dav.
WORK on the new Touring mill al Crei.h-
ton is being pushed. The hull ling is 10 b."
ioX4o, four stories high, with Twenty-Five
sets of rollers. and IA capacity of eighty
barrels per lay.
LYDIA BRIEFLY recently took an over
dose Of laudanum at Columbus and her
body was found in hen bed next dav.
Nothing was found 10 show whether i:
was accidental or premeditated.
THE other morning a s...lv-looking
tramp, apparently of the age IF ahout
forty years. stepped into tn" Gcrmania
House at Omaha and asked for breakfast.
His dilapidatesi appearance excited pity
and he was told 10 sit down and help him
self Ia a good square meal. After eating
ne asked for n pen and commenced writing
in a nervous manner but before Complct-
ing his writing he suddenly drew a pistol
and shot himself dead. II was learned
from what he had written that his name
YVES Frank Lawrence. and that he had
served during the war in the Second kaI-
sas regiment.
NELSON PATTERSON. Of Missouri. was
recently sun-struck at Omaha while look
iny for work. He was taken to the hos.
pital in "A dangerous condition.
REPORTS from fiftv-four COUNTIES in Che
State present a fiattering outlook for n
bountiful harvest in Nebraska. The re-
ports invariably show increase in acreage,
especially OF corn. ranging from ten &.
forty per cent. There are a few com
plants of late planting and r"pl1ntInG,
but the prospect. on tn. whole. J. reported
considerably in advance OF the correspond
ing time last year.
THERE are "3,e1 acres Of land under cul-
t~iva;ion in Fillmore County.
bAkOrA tIrS IL assessed AZ >lt.FN.
Two nIen recently put in their appear
ance AZ Omaha who proved 20 lie liberal
patrons Of her merchants. hut y soon trans
pirei tina; the money they CAV. vas not as
curren, as the goods delivered in exchange.
One of the men go, AWAY. hut the other.
who gave che name Of Crawford. wss ar
rested. Their abode was searched and =
lot Of spurious coJn and materials for couu-
t.rfeiting found.
INQUIRY at Weeping Water failed 20 dis
cover the family Of Charles Il. Fi.chner.
the man who was drowned IN ChicaE 20 on
the .;h. The note found on his body stated
his wife lived there
The residents o. IVES: Point. I..S) IN
number. ar. guarded by one policeman
TIE Ogallaia Land and Cattle Company.
headquarters a. Omaha, has purchased
a5.G9 head OF cattle from Dennis Sheedv.
OF Kansas City. whose ranch joins tina. OF
the company IN Western Nebraska The
price paid was ssI.c1 Thesetwo rancho.
together Will make one Of ;be ~larses,
ranches in this country, with i total OF
over SEQ cattle
THE coutrac, for the sIabo school b1Ili-
inS a; Central CITY has b-en let
The coal prosp.c, hole :; =. Helena has
. depth Of 80 feet with plenty VI yellow
clay in sight
ONO SKATER. 4 Schuyler bog. recently
eli between the cars an was crushed q
death |