The Red Cloud chief., 1889-09-27
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

Col, where Texas fever is said to exist
CHARLES WHEELER. a PlattsmOuth
teamster, was recently hauling . 'oad OF
sand and when near the trestle work on
the electric motor line some part of the
harness broke. He saw q piece OF wire
hanging from one Of the poles and took
hold of it to break OF q piece to repair the
harness. The wire was the end Of . guy
wire which happened to be touching the
main wire aground. A leak Of about go
volts caused a very serious shock to
Wheeler. He could not let go Of the wire
and cried frantically for help. He finally
foil across . timber. which broke the cur
rent and allowed bis grasp to be released.
His hands were badly burned and the
, muscular contraction was 50 strong that
the muscles of his forsarms were torn
loose from the bone
ABOUT dark the other night IS Mrs.
William Caldwell, the wife Of . respect.
able farmer living two miles east OF To-
bias, was returning home from q neigh
boris she was set upon by an
man, who sprang from the weeds beside
the road. knocked her insensible with q
sandbag, dragged her some distance from
the road, tore of her clothes and attempt
ed to assault her. She recovered sufici-
emily to get home, but was in . critical
condition. Armed parties went in search
of the Villain with the avowed determines
ton Of lynching him.
DURING q ate storm at Harrison. Charles
Cine and Moran Hester, standing beside
. stable door. were stricken n killed BY
lightning. Moran was the youngest son
of George A. Hester. Charles Glide, the
other victim. had just driven to the barn
to be sheltered from the storm and . mo-
| ment later was killed. He leaves . wife
and Q small child. The barn was wholly
destroyed.
JOHN DOxxEKY, q farm hand, Of Howard
County, while recently feeding q thresh.
| ing machine had his arm SO badly mutt.
| lated by the cylinder that amputation was
| necessary. This was the third case Of the
kind in that vicinity.
| ROBERT WILBERT, q farmer residing near
Johnstown in Brown County raised this
| season Dol bushels OF wheat on twenty.six
acres Of ground.
A fRAcrIoN engine broke through q
bridge about one mile north of Sbubert
! the other afternoon. The engineer, Frank
Lohenor. was caught by the arm and held
! fast while the steam and hot water from q
broken pipe rushed into his face and
breast causing death before assistance
could be rendered. The deceased leaves .
, wife and child.
/ H. p. SUTTON. an employee Of the Omaha
gas work. recently left work and went on
q spree, during which he attempted suicide
by poisoning. He was pumped out
The Supreme Court has rendered a deci-
! sion fOrfei,ing the franchise Of the Mo
| brara g. Atkinson line of the Chicago, st.
! Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, the
| charter for which wa granted some eight
! years ago hut on which nothing had been
done except surveys an q small portion OF
the grading.
| A BOZ car on the Union Pacific con.
tanning an imported horse in charge OF
its owner, MI. Mackay, Of st Louis. re-
Gently caught fire near Genoa and was
entirely consumed. Mr.. Mackay was
badly burned before he could break q Of
! the car.
AS A. J. Snowden, q prominent stock
dealer Of Kearney, was passing through
Seward the other night on the B. & n
! Railroad, he stopped of to 70 after
| some stock which he had in charge, and
while 50 engaged he train started. In
| an effort to board the train he fell and
! had his left hand cut of.
A FARMER named Conffal. living east Of
| David City, committed suicide recently
by cutting open the arteries Of both arms
| with a razor. His body was found by the
roadside twenty -four hours after the deed
wal done.
THE steam syrup works at Fairfield are
turning out one hundred gallons of syrup
! per hour, twenty five men being employed
7 T. All - g. 81 --H h~s--
kept busy hauling cane.
g. c. PEAVEY. city marshal ef Waterloo.
Douglas County, AND Mrs. John Bell, wife
OF q well-to-do farmer, recently eloped.
Peaney leaves q wife and several small
children in somewhat s:raitened pecuni.
ary circum ,tances, Inc Mrs. Bell leaves .
very comfortable home, q husband and
two children, the youngest about eight
! years old.
The annual meeting Of the Topeka
branch Of the W0man's Foreign Mission.
ary Society Of the II. E Church will be
held in Fremont. October 10 to II This
branch includes Kansas, Nebraska, Colo.
RADIO, Wyoming and Texas, and there will
| probably be in attendance one hundred or
moro delegates.
FAY MINER, Of Rock Greek, recently had
1 u IOOTs yo0IsO u1Ol0 tuUb W0S ou10Iluk
from q collar-sore. He applied Fraxer's
axle grease, and in forty EIGHT hours the
mule died from blood poisoning.
WILL KINNEY, Of Elgin. was accident
ally shot one day recently while hunting,
the charge tearing the flesh from the ribs
and carrying away q portion Of the shoul.
der blade. He will recover.
A BURGLAR relieved Mr.. G~alantine, Of
Chenille, Clay County. Of S135 the other
night and made good his escape.
! CAPrAIN ExocH, one of the oldest and
most respected citizens Of Humboldt, has
become insane. He had been down in
| Kansas on q visit, and on coming home
did not recognize the place or his most in.
innate friends. He served in the army
and for years has been troubled with an
old bullet wound
DR.. w. L. ARMSTRONG. Of the Park Hill,
Platte County. children's home. has his
wear with sever boys aged from eight to
fifteen years. cultivated l6l acres Of land.
raising about 5000 bushels Of corn, 600
! bushels of oats, ninety bushels Of y snd
500 bushels Of wheat, besides millet sor.
! ghum and potatoes.
WELL-BoRERs working on the Hastings
gas well recently struck . deposit Of yel.
low ochre at . depth Of 232 feet. The de.
posft whatever it may be- 10 from thirty.
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