The Red Cloud chief., 1889-11-01
NEBRASKA TAT NEWS.

Ulit0S W0SS OI CIei8uVOo, was iOuuO sytuS
dead in the granary Of Jerome Sharp tho
other morning. shot through the head. 1t
is stated that . good deal of grain and
other property had been stolen recently,
and Sharp was the head If a vigilance
committee which had been orgen zed to
put a stop to il.
JOHN WOLF recently committed suicide
near Wymore by jumping into a well. He
had teen generally regarded a. demented.
and about six weeks previous made an at
tempt on his life by eating a fearful cash
in his throat with a razor. He j, said to
leave a family in comfortable circum.
stances.
switchman, was found under a box car i'm
the Union Pacific yards at naha tbs
other morning. Just how he was killed
was unknown. He was twenty.four years
old.
TIE Grand Lodge !. a. o. F., recently
in session 1t Grand Island. elected the fol-
lowing officers: Grand master. w. H..
Barber, Of Lincoln; deputy grand master.
John Evans. Omaha; grand warden, -
LOOMS, Fremont; grand treasurer, Sam
McLay, Lincoln; grand secretary, u. A.
Cline. Lincoln. The Daughters OF Re-
beka elected the following officers: Presi-
dent State convention, Mrs. Armstrong.
OF Omaha; vice. president. Mrs Heaton,
Lincoln; secretary. Mrs. Whitley. Pawnee
City: treasurer, Mrs. Hoaglaud, North
Platte.
AT Henderson the other afternoon q
German boy named Schroeder. about
seventeen years Of age, was fOOling with
q revolver when the pistol was discharged.
the ball striking and passing through the
head Of an eight-ycar-Old son OF David
Nightengale. Tho Toy lived only thres
hours.
The county attorney has been investi-
eating the killing Of Kibbe. near Creigb-
ton, who was found dead in . farmers
barn. having been shot. There is no clew
as to who did the killing. but there is said
to be no doubt that Kibbe was stealing
grain and vas shOt by parties unknown.
who were on the watch.
OLAF CONNKLI, a well digger, fell among
thieves at Nebraska City the other night,
who took him under the Kearney viaduct
sluggej him, and after rObbing him Of
considerable money left him ly ing uncon.
scious until found by the police.
The Howe Bros. steam elevator and
feed mill, situated on the II. & NJ. Mt YER
don. burned the other night. About 1000
bushels of corn and 500 bushels OF rye
were burned. No insurance. Loss about
8 1000.
ABOUT two O'Clock the other morning q
barn belonging to A. Slsngien. two and
one-half miles southwest Of Waterloo.
was burned. together with five head OF
horses, about three hundred bushels Of
grain and forty tons OF hay. Loss about
81. $40 with no Insurance..
DAVID RECKMEYER, living three miles
south of Silver Greek, has been arrested
for forgery, and jailed in default of 5000
bail. He had passed nearly SO 900 worth
of forged notes on the OsceOla banks and
was trying to sell some at Stromsburg
when arrested. 1t is thought that a gang
was at work and Reckmeyer, who was
considered responsible, was used as q tool
to sell the paper.
J. H SPEAR. a veterinary surgeon OF
Wayne. recently took aconite by mistake
for brandy and died two hours later.
WHILE Thomas Curtain was driving
home from Creighton the other night a
young ruflian named Fawksbury succeed
ed in climbing in behind him unnoticed
and proceeded to lay him out. He had
struck several blows with a heavy
club when the approach OF two horsemen
drove him OIL. His evident intention was
to secure a sum Of money Mr.. Curtain had
with him. Fawksbury was arrested.
HOWARD T.. LITTLE. n travelling nan
representing a New York house. has been
adjudged insane at Seward The maH is
crazy ON the subject Of religion. believing
himself to be a supernatural being.
A LARGE force of mon is a: work at Full
lerton repairing the damage done by the
late flood, %riprapping the river for several
hundred feet above aud below the dam.
and the mill will soon be in running order.
TIE long dispute which arose from the
separation Of Dundy from Hitchcock
County has been settled by the latter pay
ing $500 to the former.
A SPARK from an engine lately caused
the destruction OF sixty tons Of hay and
twenty acres Of corn belonging to farmers
living north of Dakota City.
A GRESHAM farmer has harvested over
two hundred bushels Of onions. for which
he is receiving fifty cents per bushel.
FARMHRs in Nance County brag ON their
potatoes. One farmer recently exhibited
q potato over one foot in length
A YORK business man gave away 1000
tin whistles the other day as an advCrtis-
ing dodge. and was rewarded by a ssren-
AIDE in the evening in which nothing but
the whistles were used.
UNLESS some one will take charge Of the
Adrian and Burton pOst-o6ices. in Keya
Paha County, they will he discontinued,
the present incuiubents having resigned.
THIRTEEN steers Jumped from a train
between Clearwater and Neigh Tn . other
night. and the section men had a job Of
herding on their hands
A CAMP Of Modern Woodmen has been
organized at Crawford with fourteen
charter members.
A. I. NORRIS, we'll known n high ly
respected in the vicinity of North Bond.
was lately found dead by the roadside
near Morse Bluffs, where he had driven to
look after some cattle. The deceased had
suffered many years from heart diseases.
MRS. DR. n. J. GAuAN. Of Grand Island.
was severely injured by a coal gas ex-
plosion the other day. She opened the
door Of q steam heater furnace. in which
slack was being burned. and was buried
across the room and her clothing set on
fire, being severely but not dangerously
bur !
The yield Of potatoes in Nebraska for
1850 Is 1870 Sc bushels. from . total acre. |
age Of 67.s6S, making the State stand