The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-21
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
JOIN =. ALBION, editor Of the NcCool
Record, was struck BY lightning about
half past ton o'clock the other night while
going homo from an entertainment He
was found an hour later In an unconscious
state. He wa struck on the bach Of the
head. his face badly burned, his breast
burned to . crisp. his arms paraly1ed and
his legs severely burned. His recovery
was extremely doubtful
WILLIAM SIFTON, Q farmer living neal
AhIand, has received . pension to the
amount Of 500 He WAS four years in
service and came out without . bullet
scratch, yet he received internal injuries
THE barn belonging to Phillip Horne, Q
farmer residing four miles north Of Platts.
mouth, was struck by lightning during Q
recent storm and SGT ON fire. 1t wal a
sumed In q few minutes, Ono horse wa
killed. There were 1000 bushels of grain,
q lot Of farm implements and 500 worth
Of timber for q new house and q lot OF
other valuable articles in the barn, which
were all burned. Tn barn cost s., 800; in.
surance. $3.50.
OSCAR. the six-year-old son Of Henry
Gasssr, was drowned in Walnut creek at
Crete the other afternoon.
WHILE playing in q duck pond at Grand
Island tho other day the two-year.old
child of Andrew OFT was drowned.
The otner night while the G. A. r. was
holding a camp fire at Cameron q severe
rain and thunderstorm came up, The
lightning killed one horse and injured
several others. All the persons present
were terribly shocked.
DURING a rainstOrm the other night
lightning struck the barn Of John Martin,
. farmer living sixteen miles above Bur-
nell. burning the barn and killing four
head Of horses and two cows. At Taylor
the barn of A.. l. Daun, q banker, and the
grist mill Of Joseph Hilmkamp were
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground.
II. J. GoLsTEN, Q Fremont merchant,
having a wife and two children, recently
| disappeared. A young woman '.mysteri-
ously disappeared" at the same time.
0o~lsten's effects were attached by credit.
ora.
Mass meetings have recently been held
at kearney to consider q proposition from
New England cotton mill magnates, who
propose putting in a plant with l. 500 spin.
dies which will employ 500 people Tho
subsidy asked is $50, 600. The committee
has raised $50, 600
The Masons and Odd Fellows of Ansley
shipped to Johnstown. for the benefit Of
the respective orders in that city who
were sufferers from the recent flood. a car
load OF Nsbraska's shelled corn. The b
& NJ. Railroad agreed to deliver the car at
its destination free of charge.
WILLIAM WINN was recently tried and
convicted at kearney of q criminal assault
upon his wife's nine-year-old sister.
PAT MCGROvEY, . farmer, went re.
Gently to Bancroft and filed up
with whisky. He became 20 d~isorderly
that whom an officer undertook to arrest
him, McGrovey seized bin by the right
hand and bit him. almost severing the
thumb The wound was subsequently,
pronounced by physicians as fatal. blood
poisoning having set in. and papers were
made out for McGrovey's arrest
A REMARKABLE case is reported from
Madison. A young man was kicked in the
head by q colt on the 9Th inst. his skull
being fractured and a large quantity of
brain substance oozing out, but he has re-
NAMED conscious ever since, and is
rapidly recovering.
IT is claimed hat it will take SIS, 900 tc
pay for the twine necessary to bind the
grain crop Of Sheridan County this wear.
CITIZENS Of Stella think he fire fiend
must have an especial grudge against that
town, $50. 600 worth of property having
gone up in smoke in the past two years.
A BOGUS deputy internal revenue col.
lector recently tried to work the cigar
dealers Of Central City, but failed to o D
in any victims.
A TRAMP stole nine hogs from a Milford
firm and started to drive them to Crete.
but he was discovered on the road by one
of the losers, who emp,ied the contents of
q shotgun into the thief's legs and then
placed him under arrest
CHARLES MOODY, who located in Exeter.
q few months ago, and worked the local
merchants for household goods on credit,
has suddenly disappeared, leaving his
wife and child without funds.
SoME time G . raid dog bit q
number of steers belonging TO q farmer
living near Ulysses, and several of them
rave since died.
The mayor Of Hastings has ordered all
gambling houses closed.
The Union Labor State convention met
at Grand Island on the 18th and NOM
mated John Ames for Supreme Judge.
A cow belonging to Mr.. Signor, living
near Juniata, which was bitten by q mad
dog a few weeks ago, developed the usual
signs of hydrophobia q few days ago and |
was killed by the owner. The little boy |
that was bitten the same day has devel.
oped no signs Of the terrible malady.
WHILE q party of hunters were recently |
digging out wolves about three miles |
northeast Of St Edward, Will Anderson
carelessly picked up his gun by the mug
Gle. 1t was accidentally discharged, kill
ing him instantly.
The reunion committee of the G. A. r.
encampment, which is to be held at Kear.
ney in August is busy making prepare.
for the event A letter OF regret has
been received from General Sherman.
The grand jury at S~pringview has in.
dicted John b. Shaw, a we.l.to-do miller
of Keya Paha County. for incest with his
sixteen .year.old daughter.
OMAHA contributed something over
6, OOO to the sufferers Of the Conemaugh
Valley.
A SPECIAL train of seven cars loaded
with corn, potatoes and Hour was sent
from Chadron to Jamestown, Pa The
was handsomely decorated. and the
Waa valued at & O0 which