The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-20
Miscellaneous.

J. II. CL.RINE, one Of the pioneers a!
Furnas County. was found dead on the
river bank near oxford the other morning.
IL is supposed that he was murls r,i, n b.
was huyin- cattle and had considerable
money with him.
LATE post Offices established in Nelras-
ka: Gram. Loup County, MORAN Craae.
Postmaster; InE"mar, Sheridan County,
Darwin j.. Clark. Postmaster.
SEvEXTY-FIvF houses have been erected
IN lndianola this year. in which 5000
brick aud $500 worth o, lumber were
used.
4 FELLOW named Bohannon was recent
" arrested near Valentine for appropriate
ing TO his own use eleven head Of stock tee
longing To the Wyoming Cattle Associa-
ton. The officer was about To place ;Ee
bracelets on his wrists when the prisoner
begged permission 10 put on his oyercoat.
Consent was given, and the next moment
the muzzle Of a revolver was thrust into
the officers face and Bohannon retreatei
into Dakota.
DAVENPORT, the late Republican candi-
date for Governor OF New York. is the
owner OF a large amount ofiand in Wayne
County.
THE Helena artesian well spOutsd at a
depth of so feet. The water rose in the
pipe fourteen feet abov. the surface. The
cost of the well was Il 900.
AL. MORRIS. n local ~pugilist from the
South Omaha Stock Yards, while drunk AZ
Omaha the other evening, attempted q
shoot a MAJ for rejecting on has pugilistic
ability. but he shot himself in his lef,
hand, nearly taking off the middle finger,
which had to be amputated. He resisted
the operation and il required seven men To
hold hin down while the doctor performed
the job.
y FARMER named Spitsztine, living near
iloldrege, recently bargaincd 10 sell his
child To n ~neiChbor for $1,000 and two
steers, but the mother AMI n Constable
broke up the sale. Spi'sztine is also said
10 be- doing his best 10 start Il Mormon Col.
onv in that vicinity.
\ MURDER by colorel soldiers is reported
from Valentine. Sergeant Sam KIrklev,
who was discharged from the army last
September, had been running n saloon AMI
d~isroputable house for some time past at
Valentine, and the other evening h. was
called ont of his saloon ard shot down by
a party OF co!ored soldiers OF the Ninth
Cavalry, one OF whom afterward cut tho
wounded mans throat. All OF the soldiers
but one escaped in the darkness.
THE Superintendent of the census has
just completed his figures ON corn during
the past five years. The average has been
nearly doubled. The increase in acreage
in lsSi. over 1881. is five per cent. and the
increase in yield is ten per cent. The total
yield in Nebraska this year viii be no.
100000 bushels.
JENNIE MARTIN, a member of BARLEY
~-ampbelI's "White Slave" Company.
While walking from the depot to the ho-
-l, at Omaha the other morning. fell I'M
conscious upon the sidewalk. She was
conveyed in a cab To the hotel, where she
died AZ hour afterwards.
WHILE cleaning clothing with gasoline
at Omaha the other dav Mrs. Sincere mad
vertentlv st the can near the stove. and
without warning the fluid exploded, en-
veloping the lady and her six;een-year-old
daughter in flames. They ran from the
house. N~eighbors quickly RESPONDED with
assistance and smothered the flames, but
both were horribly burned. Mrs. Sincere
died next day.
THE West Point broom factory was re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
A LADY near Exeter recently took n dose
of what she supposed was cough elixir. but
which proved TO be aconite. She died in n
few minutes.
C~HADRoS's schools opened with sixty pu-
pills.
The voters OF Dawes County refused
their consent 70 the proposition to divide
the county.
THE Dawes County Journal has this to
say: "One veal ago to-day Chadron was
The name given 10 a small aud widely scat
erred settlement of not more than ffty
,ouls, a newspaper and a pos;ofiice of the
srong name. To-day it is the name given
20 q beautiful city OF Loo inhabitants,
having nearly :0 solid wholesale and re-
,nil business houses, doing business in large
and handsome brick and frame blocks. and
probably eo neat and well-built mansion
And cottage dwelling houses"
A. l. PoUSD, the detective who sho. one
Griffin. who refused TO surrender when es-
Gaping from the State House last, W winter.
after q daring attempt TO rob the treas
Try. was recently tried at Lincoln AMI
found guilty of manslaughter. The theory
upon which the conviction was had Vas
that the detective worked Up the whole
scheme and e., the robbers 10 20 into IL
A motion for a new trial will likely be
granted
PLsTNoCTH's school enrc lmeut ia 90.
THE claim Of the State of Nebraska
against the General Government on ac-
count Of the State census taken las; Snn-
ner. amounting TO s34,.5ale, was pad into
,he State Treasury r-centiy1 Nebraska 10
The only State thAt secured the full claim.
in cash.
- N. WEIGH. brakeman on the Fullerton
branch. had n narrow escape recently
while making a coupling 4: Genoa. tt.
cars were loaded wifi lumber. some o.
which projected from the .a4s- In iciS-
ing 20 escape the col! >ion his bead was
caush; between two boaris and tie bones
OF the upper ia~ Ia !ly CRASHED
J. r HARTMAN. Of Crete. harvested sax
teen bushels Of peanuts this wear.
A HEAVY snow storm fell recently r-s:
OF North Platte. along the line Of the Cn-
ion Pacific Between Cheyenn- and North
Platte 10 fell fo . depth Of from eigh, 20
fourteen inches. and drifts accumulated 20
the depth of from two To foo feet, md
were moved with difficulty. /:
TIE proposition lately submitted 60 tae
Of Lincoln donating 5000 20 the
Chicago & Northwestern for tcildiaS .
tranch from Fremont % Lincoln vas car
ried by IN overwhelming majority. ouly
eiSa, votes teins cas-; against, and I,S:
for L.
BROOKS packing house .. Bafilc Mills.
Knox County. WAS destroyed BY fire the