The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-14

Number Of pensions paid in NebrasS
FOR same period last year, 6,7.O; a.ere
gate amount, $feS.46
Miscellaneous.
THE annual report of the COMMISSIONS
of the General Land-OfYice shows the tot:
number of entries during the year i'm Ne
braska to he 12,262. acgregating l.It..,2
upon which the total money received az
aregated Sl4S.a99.
THE great reunion at Norfolk closed a!
ter a continuation of successes from ia
to day.. fully 300 people being in attend
ance each day. The weather was fine an,
the old veterans gathered around thei
camp fires II talked over the marcIe
and battles of a quarter of a century aco
At the annual meeting Of the Illinois As
ISOLATION of Soldiers and Sailors in Ne
braska, the following officers were elected!
David McCaiy, of Wabash. Neb. com.
mander; Henry Rice, of Wilsonvil.e. vice.
commander: q. f. Whitman, of Oxford
adjutant and treasurer: j. X. johnson. ~
Dorchester, color bearer, and j. \. Ehr
hart. W. j. Tabor, j. Mallory. j. s. Fair.
ch;lds. W. $. Berger. J. NJ. Belknap and
j. HOweilS. executive committee.
NJ. II. CHASE & SON, of Haigler. close
their doors on the Sd. They had an extern.
sive general merchandise stock. Ii is lee.
lieved that they will no: be able to pay
over p cents on the dollar. Their l.abili-
ties are S!0, 900.
MRS. T.. II. DAVIS was seriously injured
by being thrown from her buggy at CO.
lulnbus the other day.
PATENTS were recently granted the fol
lowing Nebraska inventors: w. v. Cecil,
Omaha, brick setting: John a. Hooten and
g.. l.. Wizard. Clifton, wi:e fence building
apparatus: H. l.. Pharis. Superior. corn
c%ultivatOr; Charles Roseiins. Nebraska
City, door catch.
PENSIONS recently granted Ns6raskaus:
Original invalid. Benjamin F. Lambert.
Rock Bluffs. Increase, h. Francis LuIn,
Guide Rock: Silas Cation, Junia:a: John
N. White, Cedar Rapids. Mexican sur
vivOrs, Thomas A. Reynolds. Nehawka.
Original invalid, Henry Wright. Cairo.
Increase, Hiram Douglas, Hardy: Gabe G.
Bunnell, Kearney: John Mccoy. Superior:
Ira Ames. FairmOnt: Arthur VI. Wilson.
Belvidere: William g.. Grant, franklin:
$. Adambax. Lincoln. Original widows.
etc. Especial act), Elizabeth Smith. mother
of George Harbaugh. Sidney: minors of
Henry a. Bruno. Chapman: Sarah. moth
err of John Sheldon. Jr.. Odell. Mexican
survivors, reissue, William KnOwltOn.
Lincoln.
MRS. WICKHORSE, Of North Bend. was
recently bitten by a mad dog, the anima!
tearing her shoulder and arm and one Of
her lower limbs in a horrible manner.
THE special car of the United States Fish
arrived at Omaha recently
and was at nee sent out over the Free
mont, ElkhOrn & Missouri Valley to stock
the streams in that section. 1t was III
of Agent DOnnegan, who reported
his tinney charges as being in excellent
shape after the trip overland.
TIE ChadrOn school board has been sued
$1,000 by Prof. Foster, who was en-
gagged to teach the school the coming year
and was afterwards notified that the CON-
tract had been cancelled.
\ LETTER has been received at BenSle-
man from the parents of Jacob Luther
who was thrown from a train by two
and killed, saying that they
will send a representative to this country
10 fully investigate the murder Of their
son. They reside in Switzerland and arr
prominent people.
A BROKEN Bow man named Waters, who
lad been an inmate OF the insane asylum
md returned home cured, went TO a am
meeting recently and again became a raw
ng maniac On religion. He has been re-
to the asylum at Lincoln.
LAST winter Dick Roach had charge of a
farm belonging to Andrew Lowe, lear
Long Pine, on which there were some
attic, and during the great blizzard Of
January l. several OF them persisted. Lowe
compensation, and when Roach
eft retained . mower belonging to him.
Roach went to loves farm the other night
took h machine to the farm Of q man
FAMED Philbrick, where he was working.
next morning Lowe went to Phil
farm with his son and attempted tn
axe the mower back. Roach protested
nd drew his revolver on young Lowe,
rho was rushing at him with an axe, |
vhen the elder Lowe. stepping. up behind
lis son with a pistol, fired. Roach re- !
urned the fire without effect. and fell
wounded. Both the loves wero
emit to Jail. %" |
TIE Bank of Haigler has closed. |
Mss MARY Book, aged sixteen years, ,
atsly nlysteriously disappeared from tho
arm Of Charles C~hristianson, On Prairie
reek, Hall County, since which time no
race Of her has been obtained. Mr.. and
Irs. Christianson went 10 Grand Island
left their daughter ut the farm, and
pom their return they were surprised to
that she had gone. wearing her best
nit of clothes. They feared suicide.
IT il. stated that every saloon keeper in
.urorA has been sued for damages by Mrs.
ouis Eckerson. II she wins it is said that
alf q dozen other women with husbands
sometimes indulge in the flowing
owl. will go and do likewise. a.
The valuation Of the Missouri Paciff; in
ass County is $223l ,993, on which the tax
" 1S8 was $40, 81 &s7a