Omaha daily bee., 1885-08-24
Wednesday, was jerked under the cars and
hie arm had1v crnahad

Wednesday, was jerked under the cars and
his arm badly crushed,
Groome, the missing member Of "Tim Fo.
gerty's freaks - at Plattsmouth, was over
hauled at Missouri Valley by the officers and
taken back to Creston. It is reported that he
settled up with the girl by marrying her.
? Milo Whitney, n verdant from LaSalle, Ill,
was robbed of $500 by four confdencs oper-
ators at Valentine, one day last week. The
thieves were arrested, but through the con
~nivauce Of certain Of the officials were allowed
to escape.
D. r. Sumbardo, the party who bought the
gaming privileges at the grounds Of the Grand
Island tournament, is branded by the Fremont
Tribune as a plug hot swindler," and gives
him due notise that they have advertised in
that manner.
John Kobatz, a North Bender, was %assault,d
and terribly beaten by a tramp near the
depot. The tramp insisted that Kobatz
should feel him, and impressed the demand
on Kobatz' skull with a coupling pin. The
tramp escaped.
Two horses we're stolen at Scribner on
Monday night, August IL. One of them, be-.
longing TO Rev. MIR. Estep. Of the NJ, L
church, was taken from q lariat, and the sad
die and bride were stolen from q stable near
by.
Lars Peterson, a Dane, residing near Ben
nett, was arrested Monday charged with the
crime of incest. Christine Peterson, the
daughter, gave birth to o stillborn child some
time ago, which raised the ire OF one James
0leson, the girls prospective husband, which
resulted In the arrest.
Thieves burglarized e. postofice ut Slater
Wednesday night, robbing the drawer of 81
Ia cash. The safe, containing SON $500,
failed to open up with the charge Of powder
given it, and the report alarming the neigh
borhood the thieves vanished.
Isasc LIE Divyh, late local editor OF the Hav-
tings Gazette j Journal, attempted to shoot Il
Il. Brown, of Harvard, his wifels paramount
on Wednesday night. Ls Divyh found Brown
In his wife's sleeping apartments, and would
have killed him but his pistol missed fire. Ell
swears he will kill him on sight.
Mrs. G. lightfoot, the light headed wife o
o Cheyenne contractor, and daughter of
prominent citizen of Columbus, eloped from
last week. In q farewell letter to her husband
she requested him to give her decent burial
in case of death, and very kindly informed
/ bin that che was crazy, q fact fully eetab
lished by her action.
. The b. & M. extension from Republica,
3 City, Neb., to Oberiin, Kansas, q distance o
ninety miles, Is rapidly approaching compile
tion. The linz Is being worked for forty mile
already, and by the LIST of September tn
=, whole road will!be graded. A large part of thi
5 line is over q rolling country, with many cut
/. and fills. The construction of the roadbed
let 10 mile contracts, which materially hast
, ened the completion OF the work.
A scalawag doctor of Scribner who consort
f ed with q girl Of bad repute, putting up at
6 hotel with her, ordering the house like a mil
l ~lionaire, when his wife and children were a
home not three blocks away, starving fo
bread, came suddenly to grief. Seeing tina
preparations by rope and tar weoa being mad
for him he struck for the river, since whic
, time he has not been seen, Good ~citizens,
4 would seem, would be glad to hear that b
had ended his life by the water route, -[Co
lumbus Journal.
The Allen.L Dioyt factions of Hastings ar
l about ready to graduate ss public nuisance!
They are foul birds who fl ok in a quarter {
the town several degrees below the zero of re
spectability. The last row narrowly escape
a funeral. Old lie Dioyt went to Zada J.
Aliens house on Lexington avenue and force
, his way In. He there found L. E.. Brown On
t u. P. Edwards. A fight ensued, in which
+, revolver and q knife were drawn. lie boy
1 was elected and his assailants followed him t
the street and gave him a severe beating. o
complaint of the Allen woman he was ar
rested.
Gus Martenson, living eight miles north
west of Holdrege, was robbed of about eight
dollars in cash by three masked men last sur
= Gay nlgnt, between i anu z o CLOCK, IleaIlu
a noise at the we'll, he went out in his nigh
clothing to see what was the matter. SseinI
three men. he asked, cant you get q drink
boys?" One Immediately covered him with
Revolver, ordering him to call off his dog
The other two men went into the house, or
dered Mrs. Martenson to get her husband
pockeGbook, but she escaped. Thu roboer
Q then proceeded to go through everything ,onl
ge tting the amount as stated from Marten
r sons trowsers, which were on the bed. 4
short time ago Gus received $500, and it
= supposed his visitors were after that.
The Crete Vidette says: "Tom Mcneil
= has been postmaster over at Loyal Hill sine
1871, It pays him about IS per year. Whel
= the order to give a new bond was received
y Tom cent back word that he positively re
, fused to give a bond and would hail the ap
pointment of his successor with gladness
The department replied that he must Motif.
D all patrons of the Office of the state of affair
and requested the mama of some applican
, sent in. It is said that Tom wrote back 81
follows: L am anxious to do everything ii
my power to assist the postofice department
> in facilitating the carrying of the mails, blu
as to appointments, L have mono to suggest
as l would have to go outside of my precinc
to find o democrat who can read and write.
Tom still does up the mail pouch at Loya
Hill."
CUSTER COUNTY.