The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-13
NEBRASKA A NEWS

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
TEE railroad receipts for freight in Co
lumbus averaged about 500 . day during
the 3l3 days OF the year.
Tue vicinity of North Platte has lately
been suffering from the depredatioas Of
horse thieves. Three animals were taken
In one night recently and the citizens were
up in arms.
A GANG OF youthful burglars . beer
discovered in Grand Island, and the par
ents Of the lads now wish they had taken
enough interest in their Ofsp-in, to find
out where they spent their evenings
TmE cattle at the Nebraska City distillery
have nearly all been shipped preparatory
TO closing the Institution.
LINCOLN COUNTY crops are reported the
best ever seen.
TIE Sarpy County tax levy has been re-
duced from sixteen TO fifteen mills.
| DURING a recen. storm at Culbertson, w
X. Foster, Jean Keller. A. w. Holiday,
K. d. Smith and William Startzman, who
were riding In = wagon, were struck bv
lightning aud all Knocked insensiblc. An
hour after the bolt fell three Of the party
came TO and made the discovery that FOs-
ter and Startzman were dead. 1t was hard
to tell where Starizman had been struck.
but Foster had received the stroke in the
back Of the head. The spring seat was torn
to pieces but otherwise the wagon was Ut
harmed During = second storm tho same
day a house in Culbertson, occupied by the
family of Ed Conklin. a brother-in law to
Foster, was struck by lightning and the
family badly shaken up.
THE total valuation Of property in Web
stcr County. according to the last assess
ment, is 81, 3sS so 81, of which $l,Ol3, 10 is
rea estate, $S,2,OOO is personal property
and the balance railway property.
A. =. NElswANGER and wife, Of Frontier
County, had = narrow escape recently. He
had placed some s~trychnine and corn in q
can to soak for the purpose Of poisoning
squirrels; and to keep it out Of the reach
OF the children he put II on the roof of their
sod house and banked sod up around It and
placed u board over 1t. The can leaked and
the poisoned water went through the roof
on to some packages of coffee. Some Of
effect on Mrs. n. making her quite sick,
and soon after Mr.. n. began to feel tho
same effect, and on looking around they
concluded that it must be the coffee, as that
was the only article that the children had
" ""i%S u. NV tNO "CtS NCty ~
for a short lime, but recovered after TAX
ing emetics.
FOR some time past horse thieves have
been very troublesome in the section Of
country around Benkelman, and it is esti-
mated that one hundred horses have been
taken in Dundy and Cheyenne Counties
during the past year. The other day
Sheriff Buck came upon two of the most no
fOrirppS MON horS IF tho 0anD Inbn RAINFALL
and Mike Laugh.in. Both were armed
with Winchesters. The only weapon the
sheriff had was his revolver, but he got
the drop on Laughlin and ordered him to
throw up his hands. Laughlin showed
fight and the sheriff shot hun dead. Ban
field then surrendered and was Jailed at
Benkelman.
The President has approved the act
authorizing the sale of O portion OF the
WinnebagO Reservation.
PATENTS were lately issued to the follow
ing Nebraska inventors Robert Brotherton.
Jr., Albion, device for converting motion;
Ira +. jacques, Lincoln. moving machine;
Samuel Workman, Beatrice, safety ex-
press car.
General on behalf of the State OF Nebraska
u OUtdiU u sOtACItutC Va SuCu vi tuo
franchises now exercised by the Atchison
& Nebraska Railway Company as were
formerly granted by the State to the Atch-
ison. Lincoln & Columbus Railroad Com
pauy. involving something over four mill
ion dollars Of property, the defendants !
have made due answer and the case is now |
joined IN the Supreme Court. The suit
was brought because of the lease and sale |
snado IN nroyout comnotYfiou and in rnrtr..
Of the constitution and statutes.
GEORGE FAIRCHILD. u Columbus book
was recently. Frustrated by the
heat.
GEORGE LonN, a switchman about TWEEN
ty five years Of age, while recently coup
ling cars at Columbus, was caught be-
tween the bumpers and horribly mangled,
the effects OF which he diet in two
hours.
john RYAN was shot by F. Ofner in
South Omaha the other night, and
d ed next day. Ryan and a companion
into q stable to get out of the rain
Onner who had charge of the stable
them cut. aud when they refused
to 90 he fired. Onner is in jail.
JoaN WEsTBERG, q restaurant man Of
Fremont, recently took several drinks OF
complained OF q pain in his side
then dropped dead. A %coroner's jury
concluded that the liquor. heat and heart
disease %conspired to cause hrs death.
UNDER the late adjustment of pOstmas.
.ers' salaries the Nebraska City postmas
Ter gets s.. 30 instead of 5000, Platts-
mouth E3,OOO insteai OF 81. SID and Lincoln
g, 3O Instead of So 100.
TIE oldest win in the country reside at
Blaine County. They are James
B. Ritchey and his sister, born in 1872.
RECENTLY u fOurteen-mOnths-o old clild OF
Cyrus Sutton. of Fremont. drank a guam
ity of gasoline. and when a doctor arrived
apparently dead. But a stomach pump
vas put to work, the child revived and
here was a fair prospect for its recovery.
A FARMER at Vesta has discovered q rem
for apple trees afflicted with blight.
As soon as the top Of n tree shows that
has struck it he bores a small hole
n the body Of the tree and fills il with sui
thur, after which the hole is securely
ealed or plugged up.
A CHILD of Frank Mccormick. Of Nor
drank some concentrated I've some
ime g and after terrible suffering died.
The lye was in a can On the floor near
where the mother was ~scrubbing.
The mayor Of Nebraska City broke up .