The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-31

other morning and dragged to death, his
loot catching in the stirrup. His sister
was returning home from her wedding 1T
church wken the horse ran up to the stable
dragging the boys ~lifeless body beside
him.
On the night Of the 18th, at a dance at
0uids Rock. Billy Cole, . young tough.
feeling insulted because some ladies would
not dance with him, a. he was drunk, drew
. revolver and fired INTO the crowd
severely woundiug William Montgomery
n Charles Grant, well known and
popular young men. Cole and his COM
panion who had handed him the revolver,
were n once arrested, and would have
been lynched by the crowd. had not the
oneer irt-rfered. A few nights later.
however. a party Of masked men took Cole
from jail and hanged him.
The fourteen-year-old son Of Emory
Whaley. a farmer Of Galloway, was killed
the other day by being thrown from q
horse.
AT noon the other dnv Lyman Clark. an
old resident OF Merrick County. went to
his work in a field. Two hours later his
wife carried him some water and found
him lying on his face dead. A physician
WAS called ana pronounced the cause OF
death TO be heart disease.
THE recent reunion Of Nebraska veter-
ans At Broken Bow was we'll attended.
The handsome silk dag offered As . prize
for the largest delegation attending the
reunion was carried on BY the Galloway
delegation. The Tag wa presented to the
commander OF his delegation by Comnan-
der Atkinson, Of the Broken Bow post.
and responses were made by Commander
Morgan and James Whitehead. OF the Cali
iaway post. j. n. Hodge. Of Orte!lo, was
elected president: l.. ". F. Cole. Of Sar-
gent. vice-president: K. ". Barton, OF
Bsrwyn, secretary; y. W. Morgan. Of
Galloway. treasurer. 4 constitution and
bylaws We're adopted and organization
by States was effected.
SEVERAL Washington County farmers
have been badly bitten by sharpers re-
Gently. One of the victims Of the scheme
tells how it was worked. The men had
some brass watches worth about SO a
dozen. and they placed $40 in one box and
took two more boxes and after shutting
them UP told their victim IL he could guess
the boz that had the money in he could
have il and q watch for $50, telling him
that they were sent out to advertise q
jewelrv house. He guessed two or three
times lust in fun TO see whether he could"
and guessed she right box every time.
Then he went to the house and got $50 TO
paw the men for q guess ain earnest" and
after paving them the so he selected his
box and got q watch not worth q dollar.
WEST PoISr wants telephone connection
with Omaha. and the matter is being
strongly sgitat-d.
The Commercial Hotel 1T Benklemar
narrowly escaped burning the other morn
ing. Eerosine oil was spilled on the 6oor.
and the clerk. t. dispose Of il, applied a
match. and in an instant the room Wal
ablaae. Prompt response by the drs de-
partmsnt saved the building.
Mas. H. e.. METCALy. wife Of q promi-
nsnt and wealthy citizen. left Central City
via the B. & N. for Hampton the other
morning. Arriving there she neglected to
leave the train till il had started and in
aliHhting she was thrown to the ground
and fatally injured.
The explosion Of a gasoline stove in the
house Of Mrs. Newcomb was the cause Of
. drs at Columbus the other day. She
narrowly escaped instant death.
M,s. BARNES, the wife Of Hon. J. W.
Barnes. WAS thrown from her carriage by
horse at York the other even
ing and seriously. if not fatally, injured.
HoH. JOHN MosIER died at Harrison re-
Gently OF asthma and old age. He had 40
relatives there. He was found Head on
his knee. in his room. He was destitute
and was cared for bv several old acQuaint-
ance.. He lad been Eve years county
Judge in Valley County and earlier held
the same Office in Saunders County. 1t is
said that he was Al eminent lawyer n
=
Wisconsin.
SEvEx telephone poles were struck BY
lightning and split into a thousand pieces
by the recent storm az Niobrara-
CHARITABLE people Of Scribner were
lately duped ont Of so 10y Olaf Nelson, who
collected thai: amount ostensibly for the
relief Of a Fremont widow, and then
skipped to Wyoming on the proceeds.
JoRN LIsKA. a Bohemian, living near
Hemingford. recently attempted to take
the life Of his ~neighbor. Adam Naidl. I'M
der verv peculiar circumstances. He went
10 Naidl's house late in the evening and
found him in bed. Liska said he had just
come over to make a neighborly call and
could talk TO him as well in bed as il he
was up. The men were soon engaged in
discussing the crops, weather and other
local matters. which lasted for about an
hour, when Liska rose up to &c home, and.
by request Of Naidl. blew out the light.
No sooner was the room Garkened than tho
report of q revolver. followed by four
other shots. proved that the visitor had
not come for the purpose Of only making
a ~neishboriy call. None Of the shots took
effect and the would-be assassin escaped.
Box BUTTE CoUNTY will have an enor-
nous crop OF oats. wheat and potatoes.
TIE other evening an unknown man,
while intoxicated. lay down IN the B. d
NJ. track Just west of the Yards at Supe-
rior, and the 1910 passenger east struck
him while running n & high rate of speed,
throwing hin from the track and severely
injuring him.
PINE CREEK. in Sheridan County, is said
TO be filed with thousands of brook trout.
The stream was stocked with five hundred
OF the fish two wears age.
THE crop Of oats in Sarpy County is dis
appointing 10 the farmers. but the album
can't yield of other cereals more than
makes up FOR the disappointment in oats.
WILLIAM kCCE has just arrived in
Grand Island from Germany, and will re-
main several months analysing the heets
raised in different sections OF Hall County
on the vario,e A Of soil. For expeYi.