The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-08
NEDKASkA STATE MINIS.

The Buffalo County Agricultural Society
viii hold their 9th annual fair .; the
grounds OF the society 81 Kearney. On the
ith. s.h, 9Th and 10Th Of September.
An Omaha special stated that recently
rear Trenton, in Hitchcock County. in the
western part Of tb. State, a fatal fight oc-
Cured between some cowboys and set;lsrs.
vesultiny in the death of four settlers, three
81 whom were named Joe C!yEe. l. II.
Traxeil and M. dunbar. There had been
considerable ill-feeling between cow
toys and settlers for some :ira.
owing to the fact that settlers
had taken up homes;eads OF cattle
ranches. On the day OF ,~hetragedy adiff-
Guilty arose between a settler and a COWBOY,
which resulted in the former disohar.ins
his ride a, the latter. but without effect.
The cowboy then. with some companions,
returned and sho; 70 death four farmrs-
The Omaha baseball club will have 20
brace up.
W. r. JONES, who keeps = hotel At the
South Omaha stock yards, While recently
drunk. shot his cook, Aleck Wishart, in.the
left groin. ini'ictins . dangerous wound
Jones disappeared.
The lodges OF Lincoln and towns near
celebrated the sixty-eishth anniversary OF
Odd Fellowship in America
The Valentine land office is reported TO
be doing the largest business in the State
Entries are increasing every day.
THE school census OF Dodge County
shows a total Of 3D.. children, q gain o.
80 over last year. North Bend shows .
gain of - and Schuyler ~.
The Cream City Mutual Cattle Company
is a Milwaukee association which put 3)
head OF cattle on q new ranch near Sidney,
70 which will be added so young heifers
this summer. The novel feature OF this
is that each member owns his
cattle individually, paying his proportion
Of the q penses for the humble Of head he
owns.
the other morning Frederick Schrot, a
young man living about six miles north OF
Omaha, shot himself in the left hand and
forearm. completely tearing them 20 pieces.
He had been out hunting. and desiring 10
remove a charge from his shotgun, had
turned the rnmrod in the barrel when the
gun was discharged. l, became necessary
to amputate the hand.
A GERMAN named Gimme and his wife
recently arrived in Omaha direct from the
old country. and on awakening the other
morning the wife found her husband dead
by her side, having died Of heart disease
during the night. Being quite poor tho
woman was left among strangers in .
strange country quite destitute.
The Casino roller rink at Lincoln was
recently destroyed by fire. The loss on the
building and chairs with which IL was
seated was about $500. In addition TO this
there were about 80 pairs of skates burned,
worth perhaps $500, besides about 20
pairs of skates belonging to individuals.
worth from four to $50 per pair. The fire
was thought % be the work of an inc.n-
diary.
the Methodists Of McCook are preparing
to bu Id u church and parsonage.
TIE farmers Of Knox County are sowing
an unusual amount of hax and tame grass
this spring.
X. BRADLEY, OF Orleans. recently lef. an
old musket i'm his barn and his seven-year-
old hoy got hold Of it and shot an arm off.
FINE luscious rolls OF lard, with a thin
coating OF genuine butter. were recently
palmed of on a Weeping Water firm.
1T is said that y Columbus firm is having
for a bill OF $40. Three. trials have been
had and neither is satisfied, though the
costs now foot up $40.
WILLIAM MCCArrERTY. a LEGAL half-wit-
ted character known by the name OF Wild
Bill, was rece ntly arrested at Central City
upon the charge Of attempting tn wreck q
train during the latter part of February.
While attempting 10 deadhead his way
from Clark's to Central City. h. and two
other boys were put oil the train. When
they reached the switch NcCagertv took q
tie and placed it across the track. He was
held for trial.
Two hundred idle. moneyless mon were
recently sent Eas. from Valentine by the
railway company free Of charge.
CHARLrs NUrr, foreman Of the Wilbur
mills, who was caught and injured by the
died suddenly some day since.
A COMMITTEE representing one hundred
families in Vermont were recently looking
a location for their colony in the Elk
horn Valley along the railroad line.
THE burning of the rink ut lincoln is the
in number of these pleasure resorts :
that have been burned in the last few
weeks in the State. and nearly all of them ,
~
MOSES MOUNTAIN, n prominent farmer Z
and stocs-raiser living near Belivue, IN -,
County, dropped dead while en-
gagged In piowins IN MS held IA few day, :
ago.
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