The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-14
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

- oS0OO1sSV ~ ~ SS0sOy 49,
Nebraska City for wholesale stealing. Il
innocent md that be 10 serving tor
guilty brother. rather than let his parents
know h had been arrested He had just
arrived In the city on . visit the night BE-
fore his arrest and had never been there
before.
ABOUT i've O'Clock the other morning
Hecht's packing house 1t Kearney VA
destroyed BY 6rA II had been completed
less thaa six months. The building and
machinery cost about SIS. 900; insured fos
$4,000 There was also so, 900 Insurance.
on the contents, which more than covered
the amoun consumed.
A coMMITIIE Of v~i4ilantes from Knox
County arrested six men twelve miles
east Of O,Neiil the other morning and tool
them to Knox County on . charge Of
horse.stealing. Tho parties arrested are
well known in O'Neill.
]. D. SMITH, . farmer living three miles
north OF Springfield. went into his barn
with . lighted coal oil lantern the other
night, which exploded, setting the barn
on fire. and while he was attempting to
get his horses out he was overcome with
smoke and heat fell and persisted
within . foot of tho door. right before the
l OyOo Va uA0 whAO III "uV
unable to render him any aid. The barn.
four horses, harness and q small amount
Of grain were totally destroyed
The elevator owned by Gaylord & Jones
at Blair burned recently. There were
three thousand bushels of small grain in
the elevator and some chopped feed. Total
loss, 5000; insurance $4,000.
PRESLEY BISHOP. q well .tO-do farmer
living neal Yutan, was recently taken be.
fore the board Of insanity at Wahoo. de-
clared insane and taken to the asvlum.
His mania was for buying horses. He
risd to buy every team he saw, and bar.
gained for nearly a hundred horses the
day he was arrested. A few days pre-
vious he wen to Omaha and bought a car
load Of horses and paid 5000 on them to
bind the bargain. This is the third Time
he has been sent to the asylum.
THE semi-annual apportionment of the
school fund has been made bv Superin-
tendent Lane. There are in the State 3l6. 4.
sos school children and the total amount
Of the fund apportioned is $317 GIG. &c. or q
fraction over one dollar to each child.
CHRIST II. HALsTRUM. Appointment young
Swede and influential citizen of York,
committed suicide the other morning with
a revolver. He was considerably in debt
and had appropriated money belonging to
insurance and loan companies. In q lot
ter written to his brother-in-iaw he said
he preferred death to the penitentiary.
He leaves . young wife and two small
children.
The Bank Of Omaha closed its doors and
announced that it was insolvent on the
afternoon Of the 9Th. The immediate
cause Of the failure was the presentation
Of . check for $50 by Sloan & johnson, Q
wholesale grocery firm, who had extensive
deposits there. The concern had been
known to be on the eve of bankruptcy for
some time.
DIR n. w. STONE. of Wahoo, has been
appointed superintendent of the insane
asylum at Hastings.
A PECULIAR accident happened to the
ten-year-old son Of Thomas Jones, living
at Spring Ranch, the other day. He and
q playmate were paying humble. peg,
when the knife hit him in the eve, pulling
it out
Ed GARDINER, about twenty .one years
Of age. brakeman on the b & NJ. NJ. raj.
road. was instantly killed the other morn
ing at SMYRNA. q small station six miles
~ % 0uCOuPt0u gu0
engine from the train while the train was
jump on the tender and fell under he
brake beam.
FRANK ABBOTT, who was arrested for
stealing COWS at ST. Paul a few weeks
ago. was sentenced by Judge Harrison to
two years in the p~enitentiary. The pris-
oner is but nineteen arc was married only
q fnvny ~,AuAA uL--
was pronounced the grief Of the young
wife was uncomfortable. She passed from
the court room and through the streets
crying aloud As this was not the young
mans first o6ense little sympathy was
felt for him.
ARTICLES Of incorporation were recent.
" filed Of the Beatrice Paper Company, to
purchase machinery, erect buildings,
operate plants and manufac ure all
Glasses Of paper and paper goods Cap
ital. $4,000.
A MAN named McShane, living near
Ponca, was attacked and badly hurt by q
savage stallion the other morning. He
was leading the horse when he was
knocked down and nearly trampsd to
death. His son went L the rescue and
the maddened animal seized his hand be-.
tween its teeth and mangled it terribly.
He dragged the boy several yards and lit.
orally tore n finger from the hand.
FIVE Blair girls, aged from ten to fifteen
years. recently made up their minds to
follow q circus on. They were to start
one night on the Lincoln passenger.
Only two, Stella Hill and Aga Turner. |
got on. as the other girls for some reason
did not reach the depot. The " rum |
aways were caught at Fremont and taken
back next morning.
The farm house Of E Shoemaker. two
niles east Of Loup City, recently took fire
from a defective flue and was burned to
the ground. The fire was under such
Roadway when discovered that nothing
was saved.
ROGAN's elevator. at Arcadia, was
burned the other morning. together with |
the contents Loss about 50. 200; insur.
ance 1880. 1t was clearly the work of |
an incendiary.
ARTHUR EDWARDS, Of Hastings. has
passed the examination, and has been ~.
pointed to the West Point cadetship from
Second Congressional district
II is said that hay 10 20 plentiful in Gar.
field County that . Burwell man has
fenced in his large garden with bales Of
hay, placed side by side.
THE new MAYOR and counc;1w>u ~