The Red Cloud chief., 1885-06-26

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there bad bees no rain; the fields except
ing low bottoms, had dried on. and th'
s.Tners wesS In the cornfelds from day
light IN DARK. The corn wss considerahl,
in the weeds hut VA rapidly being ciean~i
On very low bottom the corn 10 hopeIessl,
drowned out, but this Low bottom conssi'
tutes bat Q small per cent. OF the totaI
acreage. The corn crop may be rated .,
. little above the average In condition anc
a average IS 10 stand.
A BLIND tramp named Winters VA
struck and killed by q locomotive on In,
Missouri Pacific, near Weeping Water. re,
Gently The man was being led by = TOY
across = high trestling. when he wal
thrown % the bottom Of the ravine sixty
feet below.
A SPECIAL election viii be held in Celia,
County Ola the 3Dth TO decide whether o,
not the people wish 10 repeal the herd Law
passed at the lass session Of the Legisis.
ture.
DURING a late heavy storm At Cells
lightning struck the house of II. Judson
doing no injury TO any Of the family with
see exception Of the five-year-oid daugh-
ter, who Wis made deaf by the shock.
LIGHTNING struck the city hall in ST.
Helena the other night, demolishing the
chimney and ripping Cd considerable sid
ing.
NIoBRARA has q band called the Dudes.
who gave their first free open air entertain
ment q Few nights ago and are now eau
toned by the authorities not to let i; &C.
cur again. -
FRED REEVES, sixteen wears old, at
tempted to jump from a gravel train at
Burnett the other day, slipped and was run
over by seven cars, being literally cut to
pieces.
CREIGHTON is passing around the hat for
funds 70 build a $4,000 grist mill.
The assessed valuation Of North Platte is
$SlS.JO2.
The Blair end OF the railroad bridge is
assessed at Sl0,00.
BURGLARS recently raided II. j.
Streight's store at North Bend and car
ried away $1,000 worth Of goods.
e.. I. HoKAHsoN and Andrew Sevanson.
living about three miles above Oakland.
were drowned in the Logan River recently.
The former was q wealthy farmer fifty.
seven years of age.
AT Harrington eight buildings were de-
strOyed by a late storm. George Ho6-
mans new store building. the finest in the
place, was badly wrecked. The largest
livery stable in the town was blown down
aud the horses buried in the wreck. The
people saved themselves by fleeiag to the
cellars. Paragon mills and the residence
adjoining, two and one-half miles from
Harrington, lost their roofs and were 9th
erwise badly damaged. II was supposed
the crops were seriously damaged, as hail
fell in great quantities for three-quarters
of an hour.
In noticing Nebraska's exhibit Mt the
Worlds Fair. the New Orleans Times
Democrat recently said: "Nebraska, now
that her grand work is lone at the Expo
sitiOn, Is preparing another exhibit, In
which every southern State should feel an
interest. Governor Furnas Is making an
extensive collection Of Southern products.
70 be show at the State Fair of Nebraska
in September. This is n Of the largesi
eApositions in the Northwest, and the pro-
ducts of cotton, cane, rice, etc, will be OF
great interest to thousands of Northern
people. Nebraska goes to-day to her Old
Nanny Louisiana. and says: Il AIN just
eighteen years old, and some call me
'''young and sassy" but before ! go back
TO my glorious prairie homo I want a set
ting OUT i NAV better my condition. for
visit in the Sunny South has warmed
my heart"
THE State papers almost unanimously
commands tho Omaha sf.cy vorAa anil
slaughter houses. The Importance TO the
beef packing interests of the State at large
is fully appreciated. It means a home
market for Nebraska stock. saving the
farmers and ranchmen large sums in
freight rates.
The other day q Missouri Pacific freight
train was wrecked on the tres.le bridge
near Weeping Water. George Bothrick. |
brakeman, jumped from one of tine
cars to the ground below, and was severely
shaken. Several barrels of whisky were
tapped in the wreck.
A LATE fire at Lincoln gave the people
to test the new water works. The
result was eminently satisfactory.
REPORTS from O'Neill stated that q man
named welch borrowed $50, mort
property belonging to his
ather.in.law. The case was given
to the Sheriff, who went to WEIGH.
tn fix IN matter mp. WEIGH
asked TO be excused a moment and going
to his bedroom blew his brains out.
WHAT was . few years ago one of the
vilest dens in the city of Omaha, where
gathered the lowest classes of the
was recently dedicated 70 new and
better purposes under the auspices Of tn.
.oman's Temperance Christian Union.
This old Varieties Theater had in rasi
years been the scene Of murder and de-
hatchery. but . transformation has taken
place which converts il into q resort OF
Christian influences.
THE Governor has appointed Hon.
Church Howe . member OF the Educational
Of the Normal School at Peru.
THk Fremont. Elkhorn& Missouri Valley
Railroad has filed amended articles Of in
with the Secretary Of state.
STYLUS W. CoNpRoX, who was recently
.aught appropriat;ng goods At Omaha be-
onging to other parties, was evidently
,eeparing to go into the wholesale business.
An officer visited his room and found there
! large trunk filed with stolen goods
They were taken 70 the Inspectors Office
nd laid out. The pile contained silk dres. )
'atterns. gloves. shoes, slippers, trousers.
tests ADD an immense variety Of yarns
fancy articles, etc. |;
The army worm ID proving around I
PARTS Of the State suffered severely hy ]
scent storms. Al Cooleridge. on the 18th. Z
ixteen buildings were destroyed and twc !
hildren killed. Three persona were scri- =
usly injured in the country near the y
,wn. The North Plate depot was hovn ,