The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-06
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
FRED DAwHowER. . prosperous farmer
residing near Ord, has been adjudged In.
sane and the Commissioners Of Insanity
have directed his confinement in the State
asylum.
MRS. DENxIsox, the wife Of . photoSrar
pher, fell dead on the sldewalk At Grand
Island the other day. Her death Was due
to paralysis Of the heart.
BURGLARS entered the residence OF DR..
HOchan at Columbus the other night, and
TOOK q valuable watch. ~ in money and y
number of small articles.
ORDERS by telegraph were recently sent
out from Nebraska City for the arrest OF
Major A. s. Cole, supposed to be ON his
way to Washington Territory. He lett
after settling up the first case of embezzle-
ment made against him, but subsequent
Developments showed him to have d.
frauded Mrs. Philip Melchers. q widow. Of
81, lOO and to have male collections for
Eastern parties OF local firms, reporting
the same not raid. Every thing he left
was attached.
The following Nebraska post offices have
been ordered discontinued: Clifton, Holt
County; Warrington, Wheeler County;
Middleport, Wheeler County, and SaratO-
q, Holt County.
TnE village board Of Exeter has been
served with Q writ Of mandamus from
Judge Morris, Of Crete, to show Cause why
they should not revoke the saloon licenses.
NORFOLK expects to be brought out OF
darkness within the next w months,
when electricity will be substituted Tor
coal oil lamps.
TnE assessed valuation of Dodg, County
his year is 8, 9s5. 0R against $3,4 600 for
1851.
GEORGE LOCKWOOD, who some time ago
robbed the residence Of Mrs. Garneau, at
Omaha, Of e 500 worth Of diamonds, was
captured at Kansas City the other day.
Although but nineteen years Of age he has
for some time been q system tic robber and
thief. He had sold the diamonds in o
Gil Bluffs for SIS, not knowing their value.
THERE are several new questions to come
before the State Board Of Transportation in
addition to the rate question. They arise
over complaints filed by a citizen OF Lin
coin, which opens up the question OF wheth'
er Q railroad company can run trains upon
which they can exact extra fare over thu
regular rate. His complaint is against the
OUIOu 1dCIuCs 8uu NC CuotS Co euoU hS
bought a frs,-cIass ticket but the company
refused to let him ride on q certain train
called the flyer. without first purchasing
in addition a ~three-dOllar Pullman ticket.
This he refused to do and in consequence
was delayed several hours in making his
trip.
GEORoE s. ARNOLD shot a instantly
killed George Burton, at Minatare, the
other night. The difficulty arose over q
settlement of sig 50
One night recently burg ars entered
about forty residences at COvington and
| carried OF many valuables. The next day
| the ind grant citizens ran ten suspicious
characters out Of town.
THERE Is q proposition to divide Shert-
dan County east and west along the Mo
brara river.
one OF the largest and pleasantest
gatherings to be held in Nebraska this
! rear promises TO be the District g. A. r
| reunion for Northwestern Kansas and
Southwestern Nebraska, which will be
| held At Holdregc. August IA, Is, 16 and II.
The other night while Robert Foster and
Mr.. Swartzman were on their way home
from Culbertson, Hitchcock County. dur
ing u terrific storm, they were both killed
, by lightning.
ABOUT one o'clock the other night the
| Metropolitan Hotel At ElwOod was burned.
! A number Of guests narrowly escaped SUI
| oca,iou by attempting to descend by the
| stairways and were finally rescued through
! the windows. Annie Mistreke, q dining
! room girl, was quite severely burned.
A CONVENTION of Democratic clubs OF
| the State was recently held at Omaha A
State organization was perfected and dele
| gates elected to the National convention at
| Baltimore.
The Attorney General AS decided that
] Cinnamon are not white and can not be-
come naturalized citizens.
! WILLIAM @. BIssELL, special agen. Of the
. Hartford FIRE Insurance Company for
Nebraska, died at Sidney the other nigh,
Of heart and brain trouble. He was there
attending to insurance business when he
was suddenly taken sick. He was thirty.
SIX years old.
AYouNG lady of Ord = few nights since,
noticed u burglar under h.r I'D; instead
I following the old method Of screaming
out, she qui .;ly undresseda and went to bed,
At the sane time reaching FOR u pistol un-
der the pillow, and in q stern voice ordered
the culprit 10 depart. He departed.
TnE board OF supervisors IL Fullerton
L 00v0 0VRuVVu AoNOA SAs~OV W. SnO uANAoC
Of Q new prison, which tic county is badly
in need OF.
ONx Of the leading enterprises Of Oak
land is Q creamery which turns out nearly
i've hundred pounds of bu ter daily.
The strawberry crop in Ainsworth was
one OF the largest that town has known Of
In years.
/ will be held at Bloomington from Angus,
IA TO Is inclusive.
TaRs. laborers were recently impris.
oued for twelve hours in n Of the Gals
sons sunk for building the new bridge a,
Omaha. The work is done in two-LOur
shifts. it being considered an impossibillty
for u human being 10 sustain life for q
longer period than that in the cylinders in
which they work, eighty feet below the
water line OF the Missouri. The three men
went down at seven in the morning. A,
nine they did not emerye, but signaled
that they could not CONS up. One Of tho
doors Of tho air lock through which the
men assed had become clog2ed up with
concrete, and when they ATTEMPTED to re
turn the door could not be opened. An ex-
tra door had to be built to cover the shaft,
and after twelve hours the three men were