The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21
Miscellaneous.

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Miscellaneous.
A YOUNG man named Joel T~rowbridgt
vas fatally injured north of Neigh tht
other evening. He was riding one hor>s
M leading another, the one he was riding
having a harness on. The horse he was
leading dragged him oil. and becoming
tangled in the harness he was dragged IN
til he received injuries from which he died
next mOrning.
THE Grand Legion of Select Knights. \.
D. L. W.. of Nebraska, will meet in Hast
ings in October. Hundreds of prominent
knights in Uniform from all over the State
will be present, and a grand competitive
drill will De one OF the features vi the &C.
caSiOn.
4 YOUNG man named Charles Bonner
went into an Omaha barber shop the other
morning and asked how much i: cost t.
shave a dead man. On being told tina,
five dollars was the usual price. ne aid
Then I'll save r.y friends that expense
by getting shaved now." and accordingly
had the operation performed. He went at
once to the hotel where he was boarding
and retired to his room. He failed to r--
spOnd to the call for supper, and at eight
O'Clock one OF the bell boys opened the
door and found his ~lifeless form lying On
the bed. Physicians who We're called said
death lad resulted from quick consuinp-
ton.
JOHN H. BAUER. a wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Louisville. Cass County. was as
s.ulted by a crowd of drunken men the
81 Ia ,;rb% ,,l laatap into -ariIil1tx-
besides receiving several cuts from knives
in the hands of his aSSailants. HIS son,
who was in bed at the time. hearing the
noise, rushed out to his fathers assistance,
and was also badly injured. The crowd
then left. but the rouShs were arrested the
next morning while asleep at a quarry
camp.
THE Buffalo County farmers have formed
n farmers club fer the county, TO meet
every year after harvest.
BY "a recent fire John Medlin. a Butler
County farmer. lost his crop of oats, which
he had just cut and stacked.
RECENTLY T. j. Mcclure and Samuel
Remer, employed in a South Omaha pack
ing house, engaged before 500 people at
the baseball grounds in a beef skinning
contest for so a side and the gate re-
ceipts. Two dead beeves were brought
in and when time was called both men set
to work. Mcclure removed the hide from
his animal first, doing the job in 4:52.
Remer's time was five minutes.
SHOOTING parties from the East are try
ing to clean out game in Garfield County.
BOONE COUNTY hasn' half enough hogs
70 consume the immense corn crop and the
farmers are on the hunt for more ~pOrkers.
A SPARK from an engine recently set
fire to the grass or the farm Of Mr.. TrOw-
bridge, near Hendley, and fifty acres of
fine hay was burned.
PETITIONS ave been circulated in Logan
County asking the Nebraska delegation in
Congress To use their influence toward Sc
curing a railroad fOr that section.
E. MOFFAT, living near Greeley Center,
was shot while hunting with q neighbOr
named 4. c. Rogers, the other day, by the
latter's CUR being accidentally discharged.
He lived only q few hours after the acct
dent.
A LITTLE daughter of William Winter. Of
Norfolk. was laily bitten by arattlesnake
but will O
PENSIONS recently granted Nebraska
veterans: Original invalid. Jesse Grover,
Calbergen; James P. Anderson. Dorsey;
Evans II. Vandegrift, Johnstown; Har-
rison p. McClafin. Nebraska City; Henry
Roca: William d. PerselI.
Bloomington; Jewett Barnes. Upland. In
crease, Aaron B. Mitchell, Woodlawn:
Benjamin F.. Burr, Lincoln: Richard Bal
lard, Kalamazoo: William T. Drake, STRAIT
ton; John limerick, Fairfield: JOsep
Gray, Loup City: Joseph Forsythe, Pierce: !
A. W. Dutton. Stratton; Wilkinson Far |
rer, CISCO: William J. Bab..idge, Nashville: !
Sare, Falls City: Thomas W
Lodge Pole: George Miller
Omaha; Alexander Hogg, williamsburg: |
Cepos Mears. MentorvIlle; Nichola |
Holmes, Ainsworth. Reissue, J.. NJ. Gre
more, Elmwood. Original, widows, etc, |
Della Caroline, st. Martin. former widow |
James Moore, Reynolds; PhGbe G |
Of Howard Allen. Rock Greek |
Mexican survivors. Alonzo Perkins, Blair: |
H. G. w. Spencer, P~lattsmouth. Restora
and increase, David L. Blackburn. |
Jacob ". Mumford, Freeman.
ULYSSES has a brick kiln.
A TEAM Of mules belonging to Owen |
" inslow. of Beaver City, ran away the
other day, throwing Mr.. Winslow from the
wagon, breaking his leg. Mrs. Winslow
attempted to stop the animals and was |
down, receiving injuries which
may prove fatal.
The story is told on a well Known citizen
Platte Center that while recently dig
ying a p~ost-hole he struck a pint bottle Of
whisky tweEty-seven years old, as shown
Dy date of figures blown OIL the bottle. He
,oOk a seat in a shady corner near the
-ence and opened his find. and when mis-
wife came 10 look for him he couldn't tell .
,ost-hole from q hole in the sky. !
Ten head Of ca tie belonging TO g farmer
lear David City recently went mad from
he bite Of q rabid dog and had TO be shot