The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-12
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

store OF F.. j. Hoerger. in Sutton. and car
ried of cutlery and shooting irons valued
At $40.
THE Eikhorn Valley railroad lately paid
SsaD Z o Ms. Oxfoby. Of North Bend. in
fol! settlement for injuries sustained by
her in n railroad accident September last.
JAMES voEA6o. an old Italian, recently
lost his xife at Omaha, and after her death
he found about 500 sewed up in her cloth
ing. in sums ranging from $40 10 s1. he
determined 10 give her a decent burial, and
accordingly ordered a handsome coffin. and
secured the services of q priest. who disco>-
cred that vorago had never beeu married
70 the woman, although he had lived with
her for nearly thirty years, both in Amer
lea and Italy. He therefore psiemptorily
refused to celebrate mass for the dead.
Vors2o got mad and was with difficulty
prevs nted from dumping the coffin and
corpse in the river. He then went on q
spree, spent all tho money and landed IN
Jail.
A PETKIFIED human body was recently
on exhibition In Chadron. IL was discov.
cred in the bad lands Of Dakota. between
Rapid City and Chamberlain. by william
Allen, n cowboy. The destination was the
Smithsonian Institute a; Washington.
a FI-HY story comes from Ponca to the
effect that a butcher in that place recently
killed n cow and in her stomach found a
pound OF nail. and a Il inch screw. all he.
ing worn a. bright as If polished on al
emery wheel.
/ IT is stated that work will be resumed
this spring on the great kearney canal.
which. when completed. VIII furnish tbs
best water power in the State.
P~osT-orGiCEs lately established in Ne
brGska: Adaton, Sheridan County. Mrs.
Ada Foster, postmaster; Lydia, Custer
County. Mrs. Lydia T. keyes, postmaster;
Thurman. Brown County. Albert VI. Jacox.
postmaster: Wrigh:Sville. Buffalo County,
Samuel VI. Wright, postmaster.
\ YovNG man named Prentice commit
ted suicide at Fairfield the other day by
taking poison. Ill health caused mental
alteration.
I 4 FIRE at Kearney the other morning
burned the American House and SIX frame
buildings in the same row. The loss ag-
gregated $1,000, half covered by insur-
ance. The heaviest loser was {. j Alex
ander. landlord OF the hotel, who lost all
the furniture in the house.
CONDUCTOR HALL. in charge OF n freight
train on the Eikhorn Valley road. was
killed while coupling cars at Rock Creek
station the other day.
GOVERNOR DAWES has appointed ". l..
Haywood, of Nebraska CITY. as judSe Of
the Second district. 10 ill the vacancy
caused by Judge Nitchcll's death.
Rrr,rn rn,,,,- - Ill .x,;S so
the reported golifind in the bluffs four
miles north of David City. MassrS. Apple
dick and Risedorf. the men who own the
land. have been working the bluffs COR over
three months, and it is said that som Of
the .'ore" has been sent to Omaha Tor as-
say.
CavsoN HILDFErH. tr~easurrrof Franklin
COTnty. was taken tn Lincoln recently in
charge Of an officer of the United Stats.
who had arrested him on g warrant issued
out Of the United States Court. charging
him with contemyt. His contempt con
sisted in trying To collect tn veS from "A firm
that had been placed in the hands o. n re-
cnivcr.
RHv. j. l.. JrDsoN. n colorcd preacher OF
Lincoln. will soon leave for Africa where
III VIA WV - 'AF 49, - 49,
missionary work. He will be one a. band
OF twenty to join Bishop William T~aylor'S
self supporting mission work i'm TIE Congo
VALLEY. Mr.. Judson is the frs colo-ed
missionary from America to join The hand.
CH,rTsrorA and Shakespeare clubs are
trumuS in Exeter.
W,Ks~rELD boasts that in the matter Of
chess players il can down any town in the
Ftatr.
IT * stated that Nashville " ilimen re-
Gently got into a row and cut d prices nm
I'll they got down 10 two cents per quart.
Their milk kept getting hinner as they
went down.
NEBRASKA postmas'"rs lately commits
stoned: James l.. Difcnderfer, Cummins-
VILE: Peter Settler. Shell Crenf; George r.
Bragg. Waverly: William T.. BENJAMIN,
Banksville: Joshua Il. jacobs. Jacobs;
John C.. Ough. Ourh.
WALLACE CHrHCu The voIng man r.
Gently sentenced 10 the penitentiary for n
term of six years for hous' stealing. o.
.aped from the county Jail a {; Chadron the
y.her iay.
\ COLONY of forty families. who expect
70 settle about cich. miles forth Of Lodge
fptS. are "Nit'fl"i w " 80 VI -
4 LOCOMOTIVE ccIlidpd with n team Of
horses near ST. Edward. Bo M County. r.
Gently. killing both animals
THE Young town of Norma, custer Count.
narrowly escaped n neckt'e festival ono
night r~e-~ntlv. Adrunkcn rufiian mad" an
assault on n lady end wa I'D hay. been
lvnched had not the sheriff hid HIM in n
prairie du-oIt.
$. NJ. YorvG was recently arrested n Lin
coin .or rohbinC the American Express
Ccmrarv of $1,000 at Glcnv God. Iowa. on
the 18th Of February.
CONTRACTORS for the grading along tho
extension from Tobias cy0oci 70 nave the
work completed by the middl. of April or
the first Of Nav.
4 CHAPTER of Royal Arch siasons will
soon he established nj Geneva
A PORK packing establishment is among
the possibilities for Norfolk.
A. W. LAIRD. bro.he- Of Congressman
Laird. was recently killed near slbu-
auerare, y. NJ. by a train, He ha' been
visiting an Indian village and or returning
a. about eight O'Clock in the evening in AZ
tempting tn board a freight train while in
motion. missed his footing and was thrown
under the wheels.
ABorr six years 9 = souatter in Madi-
son County becoming Disguised Sid his
farm for a team Of horses valued = $Sn
The other day the purchaser sold the farm
for s2.on.
Crp.R County is ont OF debt
LoSr child caused some excitenen: ~
Greenwood the other dsv. br. tn. little
one was found in a few hours. having sim
plv gone . mile or two on an exploring
tour.