The Red Cloud chief., 1886-09-03
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

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Sras.n City. has so fax successfully eluiAd
the crirer-. Ttey vcre on q warn trail. hoy
ever. end expected 10 nab HIN bc:ora
nany dIys
THs suit 0: r. T. Convey, ~ Papillion,
against the Union Pacific for damage Tor
being elected from a freight train at Val
ley. has been settled ~ III. company pay
ing go 20 Convey.
4. II. bliss, n brakeman on the Y & y
WAS stabbed Nv a tramp whom h. al
tempted 10 eject from the train a. Bslievu.
the other night The knife was evidently
q small one, and did bat little harm.
FIFTEN thousand peopl. attended the Int
soldiers reunion ct No.fo!k. 4 band con
test was one OF the features ofth- occasion
the prize, being 500 aud 50. The bands
engaging in the contest were those Of IRE
mont. Neigh. WAYNE, Madison and Air,-
worth. The judges chosen by the hands
wer. Il. W. Morris, +. J. Childs and l. j.
Scott. The judges awarded the hrs; prize
To the Madison cowboy band. and second
To A~insworth. Each band was required IL
play two selections.
hill lately visiting Omaha John r
W.rmU;h. a leading hardware mcrcsaI +.
OF Columbus. had the second finger of hs
right hand badly crushed IN a cab door
which was slammed too hastily by the
driver. The finger WAS amputatei.
Err, MULaED. eN-Mayor of Omaha,
died suddcniy ~ his hotel in Saratoga. y.
y. on the 10Th. he was apparently n eN
cell-nt health half an hour before bis
death.
AL,TF fire at Fairmout destroyed Pres
colt q McNeals warehouse; loss, Slb,DH.
and damaged adjacent property more or
less.
Pursuant to call Of the president a mass
convention OF the Nebraska l:oman SUI
frage Association was held III Mad
son August ], AMI -. Mrs.. Col-
", of Beatrice, AMI Mr.. Bond.
Of Lincoln. were reelected president
and secretary: Mrs. a. T.. Chandler, OF Be
atrice. corresponding secretary: Mrs. II J.
Eldredge, of Lincoln, treasurer. and Mr..
q. e. D!nsmore, Of Omaha superintendent
of the social scieIce department.
\ WILBUE tough recently drove h. horse
into II saloon. took a drink and was fined
Sl5 for violating the sidewalk ord nance.
4 LIVELY chase is reported as having tn.
ken place in bugg;es between an ex-huS.
band and his lat. wife Il few evenings since
ON one OF the roads leading into Nebraska
City. The ex-husband. having the fastest
team. managed To escape. The woman had
a pistol, n horsewhip and her tongue.
THERock Island people recently unloadcd
800 car loads of ties AT Beatrice, and will
unload 1900 car loads before they get
through. They propose To build luO miles of
| road saSf mud west from, thar fiacp
KATE C"NwAY, "A young woman, lived
alone on a claim near Nashville for several
months past. Recently she went TO that
town and soon became raying mad. She
was kindly cared for by tine people and
will he sent To her horns in Illinois. Tn"
strain of lonely days and nights on "A will
derness of prairie proved too much for her.
but it is hoped that careful nursing and
HON. influence viii effect a cure.
THE Cass County far. 10 Ice held IN
Plattsmouth, September PA, promises 10
beat the record of previous exhibitions.
In addition 10 the premiums enumerated
in the list published 10y the association a
supplemental list of special premiums ha,
been ISSUED. Among the special premiums
offered is one of five dollars 10 the girl
VIII" gets up early enough aud saves her
mother the cooking Of the most breakfasts
during the year isl" IL i Thought there
Will be considerable rivalry for his pre-
miuun. and the BOYS will watch the result
with much interest.
\ roETY-ACRr field Of wheat in Dawson
County yielded 300 bushels.
THE First National Bank al Superior has
! put Sl2.WU in Srcenbaca~ III circulati ~.
JACK ltoGrK-. n carpenter employed IN
the Monnell residence being erected at
Omaha. lost his life the other afternoon in
"A peculiar manner. He was work ing ON "a
scairold in front If the building. when sud
denly the framework being Jared n chi>cl
which had been resting on one of th.
joists was thrown down and fell directly
upon his shoulder. cutting n horrible cash
and severing one of the large arteries.
Rogers retained presence Of mind enough
to climb down the ladder and ask the rl.n
To- send nj ono" for n doctor. He bied 10
death in a few minutes.
\ >u"T from his own revolver ended the
life of Stewart Smiley, n prominent young
man of Lincoln. the other evening. The
cause seemed to he financial trouble- and
dependency. A few wears ago Mr.. Smiley
>att v I'iA n' an ~
timable lady of a wealthy family. Upon
returning 20 Lincoln he engaged in bus!-
ness at different times. but in the main de-
pended upon his mother for support. He
had no special vices but was rather IA
young man OF good rcpute and gentle
manner. He had been furnished money by
a fond mother. aud thus, not realizing IL,
value. spent il too freely for his own good.
THE town Of Galloway is a vigorous in
FAINT OF six weeks.
The town ef Syracuse is about equally
divided on a question Of pr.~vilege-whethcr
a doctor IL justified in knocking down his
wife in self-defense. IL appears that the
wife Of a pill man made an assault upon
her husband with a pair OF scissors and h.
Knocked her down. and upon this question
party lines are drawn.
THE crop Of new papers in the State is
assuming proportions that threaten the
peace and comfort OF the exchange dis
sector.
ALlSCoLN music dealer named Human
recently left suddenly under a cloud. aud
his place OF business has been closed by
the sheriff. What stock he had has been
covered with attachments for debt. IL il
freely rumored that some Of these debts
were OF n crooked character and that
money was obtained through sales Of
mortgaged property and under false pre-
lenses. and that the sufferers will put OF
GERS on bis track.
PASSENGER trains are now run TO Ord.
OK the adjoining farms o: Mcssrs- Vance.
Bolton and White. eight miles north Of
Crete. thirteen head Of cattle recently died. (
The animals became Wild and attacked
m.n or beast. More were showing the
same symptoms and great excitement, pre-
vailed in the community. Doctors dis