The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-17

MAGGIE FoLsY, twenty years old, ~
Gently ook poison and died 1t Omaha, be-
causes young man she expected 10 marry
dsssrssd her.
TIM nine-yearold son of c. c. Goodman,
Of lincoln, Was horribly burned by IRE
crackers on the 9Th.
By the premature discharge Of his gun.
William Wentel, . farmer residing near
Denton, recently lost q good portion Of his
right hand.
The Valentine post -ofice has been made
. Presidential Office Of the third class with
. salary Of 5000 per annum-
A Young son Of . farmer named Knox,
living near Palmyra, was run over . few
days ago by q harrow and injured In .
horrible manner.
The managers Of the Omaha Exposition
will Offer $4,000 in premiums, besides a
large number Of specials offered by the
business men,
The corn crop in Dodge County is re-
ported 20 be in good condition, with the
exception OF a few pieces on the low lands
where il has been too wet most Of the time
for cultivation. II is farther advanced
than for the corresponding period last
year, and under the usual favorable con-
dition from this time on, it Will make q
splendid crop.
AT the late election in Blair. on b prop
for the issuance OF bonds fo8 the
construction of . water works system, the
question was carried by a large majority.
SIX Of the Colby gang arrested at Cen
trail City some time ago, have bceen sent
to the Penitentiary. This gang has been n
terror to Central City for years.
A a accident marred the festivities at
Roca on the Fourth. Mr.. Smith, q school
teacher from Bennett, was drowned while
swimming in the mill pond near town.
DURING the month of June there were
nearly 5000 acres OF public lands entered
at the Neigh Land office under the home
stead and timber culture acts, and 5000
acres under the presumption laws.
The Governor has appointed DIR. Julius
Girth State Veterinary Surgeon. He has
up to the time of his appointment been in
the employ Of the GeneraliGovernment at
Washington.
A TRAMP was recently killed by the cars
at Omaha. He was n Bohemian named
James Blazeck.
SEVERAL days ago Joe Su~sternec, aged
nine years, went swimming in a creek at
Omaha. His brother Albert, aged eleven,
that he was in trouble and jumped in
help him. Both We're drowned, going
clasped in each others arms.
THOMAS BALLARD was recently convicted
at Omaha of murder in the first degree
for shooting II. Serpenter, a bartender,
last March. His counsel filed a motion for
a new trial. The killing of Nerren,er was
said to be the most cold-blooded murder
ever committed in that section.
Ar Omaha the other morning Gustave
Boehmke, a well known retail grocer, was
dead in an alley near Peter Coos
He had only his shirt and pants on.
is thought tina during the night he got
up and sat on the window sill to get fresh
air, and, losing his balance, fell out of the
Of his room, in the fourth story Of
hotel.
MARSHAL DECKER, of Papillion recently
shot one of five tramps suspected
Of theft, who would not halt Mt his COM
mand. The mans name is Blake, and he
recently from Pittsburgh, Pa. II was
proven that the tramps were
not guilty of the theft charged against
them.
CROP reports show that corn is still king
both in acreage and condition, ranging
while the stock i'm all cases equals
and in many places exceeds last year.
Wheat acreage has decreased in older set
tied counties, but new ones make up for
the deficiency. The outlook is generally
good for m eighty per cent. crop. Oats
md fax have IN increased acreage, and
condition of both is excellent. Very
complaints of damage by storms are
received, but a superabundance of rain is
reported, which in some localities will de-
lay the harvest.
PRISONERS in tho Penitentiary had a
holiday, big dinner and jolly time on the
In the county seat election i'm Brown
County about a year ago Long Pine was
The snccess!ul city, but Ainsworth con-
the election and proved in the courts
there was fraud in the precinct, in
Long Pine is situated, thereby
throwing out the count in that precinct.
giving the county seat 10 Ainsworth.
election TO settle the matter for good is
loon to he had.
Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
II freight were received Mt Chadron within
.wo weeks lately.
THE revised assessed valuation Of Dodge
County is Sa.1.7,45o.
The First Rational Bank Of West Point
q capital OF 5000 has been organ-
zed.
The Gordon Press draws this picture Of
hat locality: "Horses are being stolen.
.rops are being destroyed by trespassing
animals, and in return some horses ave
,eeu shot and killed. Fighting and pound
people over the head with revolvers
IRE If daily occurrence. Robberies have
,een committed on our streets, and we
ave no means OF redress under the Law,
IN account OF no county organization"
EDWARD BOYLE, Of Crete, was RECENTLY
while bathing in the Blue.
Hos. q. W.. F. DORSEY, of the Third
Congressional District, has issued q cir.
.ular to candidates for appointment To the
United States Military Academy At West
POINT, inviting them 70 appear for exani.
,asion before . committee that will meet
n Fremont on Wednesday, August II.
ST. Candidates must be over seventeen
md under twenty-five years Of age and
,hy sically sound in every respect Only
hose who have been actual bona fde
esidents Of ths Third Congressional Dis
riot Of Nebraska for over one year are
ligible for appointment
SCOTIA has . building association.
AT Omaha the other morning an IN
,nown man went bathing in the Missouri
River and two tramps stole his clothing.
lie remained in the river all day and late