The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-26

STATE E w
II. 9. MAUPEN, q sQuaw man and des.
perado, was recently arrested at SPRING
view and jailed for many crimes commit
ted in that vicinity. The news Of his ar.
rest soon spread, and ut night a mob as
sembled, broke into he Jail and shot
Maupin to death. His body was com.
pletely riddled with bullets.
A STORM on the 18th was unusually So.
we're and destructive in various parts Of
the State At Loup City the rainfall was
very heavy and the wind did considerable
damage. In the vicinity of Palmer con-
siderable damage was lone by hail and
wind. At Greedy Center the rain was very
heavy. Crops were damaged in the vi
cinity of Clarks and the residence Of r
r Douglass struck by lightning. Two
crops were damaged. At Oceola it was
the worst storm Of the season. At Ogal-
lala the wind was very heavy and q young
man and several horses were killed by
lightning. At Ainsworth q number Of
buildings were struck by lightning. At
Nebraska City it was almost . cyclone"
and much injury was done to buildings. and
at Chapman lightning struck the house
Of Oscar May, killing his little daughter,
who was in bed at the time.
OK q farm near Aurora the other day
William Barrett was shot and killed by
Henry Thornhill. q tough character.
Thornhill was evidently q favorite Of Mrs.
Barrett and when the husband returned
home and found his wife and Thornhill
making too free with his house he was
naturally indignant. A quarrel and the
murder was the result 1t was with di fl
Guilty that the people could be kept from
~lynching the murderer.
IT is stated that the Attorney-General
has ordered the prosecution Of John
Calhoun. late deputy collector at Omaha,
upon the charge of criminal embezzlement
The special agents report showed that for
months prior to the turning over OF the
collectors office to Mr.. Peters, the deputy
collector had been systematically pocket.
ing money forwarded for stamps, making
no returns for the same. The amount of
the defalcation so far as footed up amounts
TO between $1,000 and 5000. Collector
Calhoun made good to the Government tn
amount of his sons defalcation. but it was
said this would not save him from prose-
cution.
dropped into an DID water closet vault at
Lincoln the other day m workmen were
employed to dig a pit adjacent in order to
drain it off and secure the watch. The
work nae progressed nearly to completion
when the pick broke into an old unknown
sewer. A volume of sewer gas rushed out
into the face of the workman who was
nearest, and he was overcome almost at
once. A companion sprang to his assist
ance and was quickly overcome by the
fatal gas. Others followed until seven in
all were affected, and four of them died
from the effects of the gas. The victims
were Frank Maloney, A. Kinsley, John
Cleary and James Crawford. The two
latter left families.
THE recent discovery Of several cases Of
smallpox in Dodge County created much
excitement
kid" HAWKINS, the gambler who killed
Frank Fausler at Hastings but was acquit-
ted on a technicality. has been warned by
letter to leave the city.
The roller mills at Fullerton were COM
pletely wrecked bv the recent storm. the
loss being about S15. 900.
DURING q late heavy rain and thunder
storm at Chapman the six-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar May was
struck by lightning while in bed and
killed. A little brother, three years old,
lay in the same bed and was unframed.
While the storm was in progress Mrs. May
vront into Tho oh rnbor -hA.> <ko .h;Il.1-
were, and supposing them asleep did not
discover the little girls death until morn
ing.
The barn of Jared Herrick. a farmer re-
siding lea Harvard. was recently struck
by lightning and destroyed. together with
seven head of horses. Loss. 81, 200. Dur
ing the same storm the farm buildings Of
Robert Patterson, near Crete. were struck
and his house, barn. crib and 1880 bushels
Of corn destroyed.
IMPERIAL suffered from its first ire the
other morning. the store of Thomas Mer-
cor being destroyed. entailing q loss Of
80. 500. Tho records Of the county Judge
and sheriff were in the building and were
lost.
WILLIAM CARSON, colored. recently cor.
victed Of murder in the first degree for
killing Chauncey West white, at a dance
in Beatrice on May 1, was taken into
court the other day and sentenced to be
hanged on November I. His attorneys
filed q motion for . stay OF execution, and
will appeal to the Supreme Court
THE dead body Of an unknown man was
found in the bushes near the railroad
track q mile east OF Grafton about two
O'Clock the other afternoon. There was q
bullet hole in the side Of his head. and the
indications were he had committed sui.
eide. There were n papers on the body
by which he could be identified.
MRS. JOHN E. GORDON, of Grant town
ship, Cunning County, has tried her hand
at silk culture with n large degree Of C
cess. She has 10. 900 cocoons ready for
shipment as the result Of her seasons
work.
ACCORDING to the Atkinson Graphic q
wild animal of some kind, that has been
described as about the size Of a large
wolf, with head and tail like a cat has
lately been worrying the folks down in
Green Valley township, Holt County.
Not long & a boy was attacked and Sc
verely bitten by the animal. while several
person, who were unarmed. have been
chased and had narrow escapes from its
claws and teeth. The monster
been shot at several times, but with
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