The Red Cloud chief., 1888-10-19

morning with Q q Of tOtatOes. Ne Wae
found about two miles from town In nm un.
conscious condition, and died soon aftes.
Apoplcxy was the cause.
A FAMILY named Richter, living be.
tween Geneva and Ohiowa, consisting Of
the husband and wife aud five children,
were eli burned " death the other night
with the exception u tho husband, ~ho
wss 90 seriously burned that h. will prob.
ably die. A tramp who VAS spending the
night with them was also burned tai death.
The origin ~ the fire IL unknown, hut the
tramp had been around the ncighborhood
Tor some time and was drunk and Richt"s
had also been drink ng and II IL supposed
that they went To sleep while smoking and
the fire thus originated.
r. Il. ATKINSON, n drayman Of Daykin.
seven miles south ~ Tobias, was ahot sud
killed by Patrick She'll, . saloon.kceper 1t
that place, the other afternoon. Shell vas
drinking and shooting OF his revolver
when Atkinson told him Ia be careful Or
he would shoot some one. Shell. replied,
with an oath, ~ will shoot you," and
fired, the hall entering Atkinson's left
breast, causing instant death. She'll gave
himself up. Tn. deceased leaves . wife
u several children.
BEATRICE has had seventeen cases ~
typhoid fever recently. The physicians
attributed the prevalence Of ths disease 20
the removal VI earth In many pArts Ut the
city d account Of grading aud sewSrinx.
KECGSrLy Frontier County was can.
sasscd Ivy n man who had . large amount u
counterfeit money TO sell. lie would visit
men At their houses or AT work. EXHIBIT
rolls Of spurious money, telling at what
price he would sell II, snyiDg IL Was mad
from plates stolen from this Government.
IL Is thought hc sold . large amount Of ten
and twenty dollar bills. On~ man has
run away. leaving n very sick wife, and
from his having exhibited u large roll Of
the stuff, Is supposed to have gone into the
business.
TmE other day while two mon wer.
burning weeds on u farm near Stuart, the
lire got beyond their control and run over
q part Of III. country where thousands u
tons Of hay was In rick-. The tit. spread
over n space two miles wide by four miles
In length before II could be controlled and
fully two thousand tons OF hay burned.
JOHN IIESty. n youn, man, twenty four
years of ago, employed as n switchmnn on
III" Union Pacific at Omaha, was crushed
to death the other day by the ears.
THE judgment In the case Of Henry
Bcers, the young n who murdered Jo-
hanna Augusta Sclfert near Lincoln sbou,
year ago, and who was sentenced 10 hing
on tho 18th Ut last April, has been reversed
by the Supreme Court aud u now trial or.
dcred.
A MAN was married at Norden the other
day after twenty years Of courtship con.
Quoted through the mails. should the let.
ters ever bc published In book form they
will mnke many interesting volumes for
future generations.
HARRY u. BACON was convicted of for.
gerry mt Madison the other day and sem
lcncssl TO one year in the %,nitentiary.
ing and reunion was held at Fairmont 10.
Gently. There was n largo attendance
nOtw ithstanding tn. threatening appear
sncc Of the weather. Addrcss,, w,r.
made by Governor Thaycr. Hon. James
Laird, Hon. J. Il. ballard, James II. Little
and others.
Miss GERTRUDE FnoMMmoLz, an old res.
ident of Humphrey, now on n tour through
Europe, has been presented with "A medal
by tho Emperor ot G.rmsny for rescuiny
u young laiy from drowning In the baltic
sea.
1'uE citizens OF Campbell had n severe
struggle with a prairie fire the other day
and managed 10 stop It's progress lust in
time 10 nave tho town.
JOuN CASEY, n Butler County farmer.
sold 1850 worth of hogs the other day and
put the money In u lArcnu drawer. His
hired man, named Kelly, discovered the
money aud disappeared with the DOODLE i'm
his possession.
SAMUEL j. JOHNSON, u wealthy farmer
residing near Oakland. has been convicted
by u jury Of indecent assault upon the Dor.
son Of his own daughter.
TuE other morning Thomas Fox. Jr..
twenty three years DID, who lived with
his family Oh the old homestead seven
miles southeast Of David City, was found
dead In his bed by his brother, who siept
with him. On awakening Young Fox was
shocked 10 md his brothers. hand cold.
and on further examination his BODY was
found iuanimate.
The tiax crop In Cheyenne County will
realize from 81 to Si2 an acre.
Til. farmers of Cedar Bluff n~eiyhbor.
hood, Dodge County have organized nm oil.
eyntor company and ar. erecting Tho noe.
sssnry buildings.
of powder and lighted nine com.
binntiou knocked N laborer in Gr.cn,s
quarry, near Springfield, into n cooked
hat the other day.
AcAMr of Modern Woodsmen has bc,n
insti,uted nt Chndron with twenty ON
chnrtcr mcmb,rs.
GronuE Drp,yy. Of NorfolI. r,c,n,iv
nlny.l tho good Samaritan oc, FOR n nan,
nilcss strange and NOW mourn. IN, loss M
N ,ouplo Of Watches.
A IArr fir. mt Vn,eutin, d..tr,vca .
business block ynlu,I nj SD mO
Wui.x n youn, mnn WAS r,.,,nt,v n..s.