The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-21
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

A LIVELY hail storm recently left IL
FOOTPRINTS ia portions OF Hall. Greeley and
Valley Counties. Bet ST. Paul and
Scotia the hail. the largcs, ever seen, de-
stroy.d everything in its path At Ord.
the county seat Of Valley County, the .le-
men:s seemed 20 hav- spent their fury.
Many buildings were unroofet. Others
shattered by the hail. ~ind-miiis blown
down, crops wholly destroyed. and ths
window glass in the south aud west fronts
OF the city destroyed. Cattle unfortunately
provided FOR went believing over the
prairies; some were terribly Gu, and mutt
lated by the larg. glass-like pieces OF ice
which fell Tx. canister shot from the
clouds, while quite a number Of animal.
are reported 70 have been killed outright.
No personal injury is reported, either by
lightning or otherwise.
TIE other morning Perry ShOtwell. .
convict az the Pen.t.ntiary, was found IN
his cell dead, with his throat cut so that
the w~indpipe and carotid artery were com.
pletelv severed.
CHARLIE CAMPBELL, a twelve-year-old
lad, vas drowned near Crete recently
IHERy are fields II wheat near Browns
VILE that il is claimed VIII yield as high Is
thirty-eisht bushels per acre.
4 R~.ILgoAD grader named Regain, who
was struck on the head with a monkey
wrench by another grader named Black
some weeks ago at Gordon, has died from
the effects OF the injuries.
The letting OF contracts for making the
big ditch that IS 20 drain the Dakota County
slough is postponed until the 9Th inst.
The ditch IS four and one-quarter miles
long. is estimated 10 contain 1852 cubic
yards of excavation, is to be ten feet wide
on the bottom and fifteen feet wide on top,
and from two and one-half 70 seven AMI
one-half feet deep. with eight feet burn.
Bids will be received for the entire job, or
for any one of the seventv-foar sections
into which the work is divided.
s. NEvE, a jeweler al Blair, went out
cunning recently, and came back minus
his right forearm. Neve took hold OF the
weapon by the wrong end, with the usua.
result.
A HEAVY wind and rain storm struck
McCook on the night Of the 81. Three
houses were blown of their foundations
another leveled to the ground, still another
badly shattered by a partially finished
brick wall being blown over on il, and the
residence of John c. Russell was struck by
lightning and burned with most of the con-
tents. Mr.. Russell was severely shocked
by the electric bolt.
The Mayor OF Omaha has ordered all sa-
looms TO be closed at midnight.
"CARDs are OUT Offering a reward Of SO
for the arrest of Alvin Crutchfeld. n forger.
who recently broke Jail in Mitchell County.
Kan, and is supposed to be tramping
through Nebraska. He is forty years old,
very near-sighted, talks rapidly and grins
while talking.
AT B~assett. the other day. lightning
struck a telegraph pole and Knocked a man
down who was standing close by. -Four
men saw him fall and ran u his assistance,
when a second stroke of lightning struck
the pole and all four Of the men. breaking
the leg of one and forcing a bunch of keys
in the pocket of another clear to the bone
of his leg. Two iron bands around the
pole were torn of and could not he found.
At last account all the parties were lying
in a critical condition.
RECENTLY Frederick Breeie, who vas
employed As a labOrer upon a farm twelve
miles north of West Point. was found dead
in the harvest field. He had eaten a heavy
dinner and returned to the field. and only a
half hour afterward was found dead under
n tree. The verdict Of the Coroner's Jury
was that he came t. his death from the
effects of the heat and drinking too freely
of cold water. Deceased leaves n young
wife, who is left a stranc"r IN n strange
land. they having just arrived from Ger
many sOmesix months ago.
THE Secretary of the State Board OF Ag-
riculture announces that the Chicago. Bur.
lington & Quincy will make a rate of fare
one and one-third from Creston, Iowa, and
stations west for the round trip TO Pacific
Junction for those desiring tn attend the
State Fair at Lincoln. The st. Joseph q
Western will give the same rates from sta
lions on their line TO either Marysville OF
Hastings, as the case may be. for those at
tending the State Fair.
Posr-oFFICE changes in Nebraska for
the week endea August $: Appointed
Belvidere, Thayer County, David Ross:
Burr Oak. O:oe County. Mrs. A II. Plymp
ton: Nelson. Nuckolls. County, Jacob
Galley; Sacramento. Phelps County, II
Theo. Wilson: Scotia. Greeley County,
l.. J.. Trayner; Vickory. Antelope County.
William +. Vickory. Discontinued. Hughes,
Dawes County.
For the month Of July the deaths ir
Oraaha exactly doubled the births, Their.
were y, deaths and ~ births. OF the death.
- were children under five years Of age
Only two deaths were those Of colored per.
sons.
A PATIENT named Booker Pickerell es.
capped from the Insane Asylum at Lincoln
the other night and ia attempting to board
a freight train fell under the wheels and
was killed. He had a wife and three chill
dren.
LIGHTNING recently struck the residence
OF John Hannhan. nine miles from Column.
bus, fatally ~injuring . hoy named Boien-
ski. Lightning also killed q span OF horses
belonging 20 Mr.. Dunlap, eight miles from
town.
A NIoBRARA family recently narrowly
escaped poisoning. Six Of the family of
Rev. Campbell ate some meat purchased
at the meat market. as did also five other
parties. all of whom were taken violently
i'll early in IN. day. All vomited blood
and for a tine il was thought that every
one of the eleven would die. What VA. :
wrong with the meat the doctors could
not determine.
The Russell residence at McCoOk was
recently struck by ightning and destroyed
Loss, $3.50.
FOOTBALL is popular At Valentine.
A REPUBLICAN State Convention has
been called To meet az Lincoln Wedne.iav
October IA. I>Si. at seven O'Clock p. IN. foI
the purpose OF placing in nomination can
dida,.$ for one Associate Justice of n.