The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-28

In crazy fit John Spilinck, a Bohemian,
shot his wife three times at Omaha the
other day and then killed himself. The
woman could not live. He was fifty-three
years of age and we'll to do but his mind
had become disOrdered and he stood con-
tinually in fear of burglars and Of being
poisoned.
The other day a four-year-old son OF
Frank Petelock. Of Arlington, swallowed
one of the tin whistles SO commonly used
by boys, and was not expected to live.
One of the features of the State fair at
Lincoln was the baby show. There were
thirteen Of the little canlidates for hOnOrs,
all under two years of age. The judges,
Mesdames Drake, Of Columbus; Lang
worth, of Seward, and D~insmore, of SUIT
ton, awarded first prize for girls to Miss
RUN, aged nine months, and q special
prize to Miss Hennessy, aged three months,
as "she was a twin,' and for boys, Master
Rushmere, aged twenly-three months,
too first premium, and Master Baldwin,
aged eleven months, second.
Box BUTTE COUNTY, one of the youngest
counties Of the State, took the second pre-.
MUM at the Lincoln fair on the general
county exhibit. Box Butte was organized
March 10, 1881, and is barely a year and q
half old.
IT is stated that q Minden man traded
of a ~glandered horse the other day, but
the party who took the animal soon dis
covered the disease. He Immediately de-
manded a retrade, and upon its being re-
fused drew a rifle. This had the desired
effect, after which the glandered horse
vas disposed of by the sheriff.
Miss IDA Cox, of Weeping Water, has
decided to go as a missionary to India.
She will first takea special course Of train
ing at Chicago.
A LINCOLN COUNTY farmer is trying the
experiment of raising cotton and has a
large number of thrifty plants in his or
chard which promise to mature.
THE York canning company put up 3d.
900 cans of corn during the season Of
twenty-seven days, and expected to fill
14O, 900 can with tomatoes.
A WILBEH woman named Greer recently
saw a brutal fight between two men and
became insane. She went home. was dis
covered choking one OF her children, n
will be sent to the insane asylum.
THE Catholic convent at O'Connor,
Greeley County, will be completed imme-
diately, the citizens having pledged $3.50
towards the cost of the building.
A SCHUYLER firm recently shipped .
car load of live chickens to New York
$500 in all.
THE caboose and one car Of a Fremont,
ElkhOrn & Missouri Valley stock train,
running twenty miles per hour. left the
track near Crawford the other day, de-
rOlishing the two cars, mangling several
cattle and quite seriously injuring 7. F.
| U.rr,h-ar, a. So.,tI O,,,I, .%c,l,a
ABOUT two O'Clock the other afternoon
the boiler at Hamilton's saw mill on the
| Missouri, about two miles east of Blair,
exploded. Henry Alexander, fireman,
and Henry Morrill,, engineer, were in
stantly killed and several others, who were
in the mill at the time, were slightly
scalded. John Noll was badly hurt about
the head. Morrill, leaves . wife and
several children.
AT York the other day Karl Krispel, q
! hOdcarrier, fell a distance of about eighteen
! feet. with a hod of mortar, striking on his
head and shoulders n sustaining in
juries which it was thought would prove
fatal.
A BARN belonging to D. Quackenbnsh, Of
Hastings. was burned the other afternoon.
Three horses persisted i'm the flames.
Another was injured so badly that he was
| killed. Loss. $4,000; no insurance.
FRANK MCSHA. a section hand on the
Elkhorn at David City, accidentally shot
himself the other day while cleaning an
old revolver. The ball took effect just
above the knee. passing clear through the
fieshy part of the thigh and making q
painful though not dangerous wound.
STEPHEN LEErCH, a noted desperate was
fatally shot wni1n raSiStinU arrQSf tho
other day, by Deputy Sheriff ROby, of Keya
Paha County. Roby had a warrant charg-
ing Leetch with stealing some horses. He
took Everett with him to assist in making
the capture, as Leetch always went well
armed. He IA found driving along the
road in a wagon with his wife. ROby read
the warrant and asked him to law down
his revolver. He refused to do so. and
drawing it, was about to shoot, when ROby
fired three times. Leetch dropped back in
his wagon and ROby started for the
coroner. AS he did so Leetch struggled to
q sitting position and fired at him several
times. but it was growing dark, his arm
was unsteady and none of the shots took
effect. When ROby returned with the
coroner Leetch was out of sight. 1t was
subsequently learned that his wife drove
to the house Of a farmer where he died.
ARAPAHOE farmers nave formed an ele-
vator company with a capital stock OF
g 1000.
FRITZ PIPER. q West Point young man,
hes become insane from injuries received
by being thrown from a colt which he was
riding.
]. H. BURROwEs, a Burwell man, was
struck by lightning recently while riding
across a bridge. He was slightly stunned
and the team of mules he was driving were
knocked senseless.
PENSIONS granted Nebraskans OF the
10Th: Original invalid, Edmund StOney,
Omaha; Samuel Quincy, Ashland: James
A. Palmer. Vesta; Franc H. Forbes, Vim
ton; William X. Shreve. Gibbon; John Es-
kerson, McCook; Grin o. Ackley, Chester.
SUPERINTENDENT JAMES. of the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis s. Omaha Railroad
Company, has written Mr.. Waring, clerk
Ct the Board of Transportation, that the
telegram recently received from the Farm
ers' Union, of Oakland, alleging that stock
shipment facilities at that place had been
denied them and granted to others was q
canard.
Ed. CULVER, a ~well-knOwn horseman,
while driving a fine Dair of ~trOttiug horses