The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-05
EBkASK A NEWS

A. ". CLARKE's large elevator at Popi1'
Ion and several box cars were destSoyo<
BY 6rs recently. Loss, $1,000
TaH other morning . Missouri Pacific
freight train, north.bound, was tagged
and stopped on the Platte river bridge
near Springfield BY an insane man. VIII
climbed into tue cab and taking the sngi.
neer BY the threat ordered him to run hi.
train back to Louisville. Seeing the maj
was insane the engineer Knocked hin
down. where the fireman and brakeman
held him until the train arrived az Sprir &.
deld, when he was turned over to thu
marshal and locked up.
WHILE returning from An Alliance
meeting at Cambridge the other nigh,
Joseph B. Plummer. . highly respected
farmer and stool raiser. was wayiaid and
assassinatsd. The body was found mex,
morning. Two arrests had been made.
WHILE . gang Of men were ut worl
grading the street through the cut nea.
the Jail At Plartsmouth the other dav two
men were buried BY the falling OF . heavy
bank Il earth. One was taken out unhurt
but the other, Argas Green. . married
man. had one shoulder d.slocated and
three ribs broken ani was also injured
internally. There was but little hope Of
his recovery.
JOHN FITZGERALD, president Of the Irish
National League. has brought suit in the
Unitsd States Circuit Court at Omaha
against the Fitzgerald aloney Con-truc-
ton Company and the Missouri Pacific
road, the amount involved being $500, O00.
Fitzgerald was general manager Of the
construction company, and conducted The
building Of something like 100 miles OF
new o in Wise onsin, for which he
claims he never received any compensa-
ton. One Of the points il that, while rep
resenting itself as being financially
embarrassed and compelled to borrow
money in order to complete the construc-
ton, the directors Of the company held q
meeting and voted to declare themselves
. dividend.
COLONEL PETERS has taken charge Of
b Office Of internal revenue collec' or for
the district Of Nebra,ka with John b
Dennis as chief deputy. By ron Brenhoit
has been appointed deputy collector and
cashier.
A TRAIN Of the Union Stock Yards Com.
pany struck one OF the temporary sup
ports Of the main pan of the iron viaduct
over Q street in kouth Omaha the other
morning md knocked the whole structure
TO the ground with . tremendous crash.
Fourteen men were OF top of the structure
and fell with the ruin. Eight were hurt.
and one Of them. Frsd Annacer, of Des
Moines, was probably fatally injured.
NORFOLK has voted $4,000 in bonds for
the purpose of erecting new school build.
ings.
s. c. MORGAN, cashier of q bank at Sid
ney and the son-in-law Of President
Yates, of the Nebraska National Bank Of
Omaha, was found dead in bed the other
morning with the top Of his head blown
of. He had committed suicide. The
cause was not given.
TIE board of arbitration agreed upon
between the Union Pacific engineers and
fremen and the road. recently rendered q
decision at Omaha in favor of b engi.
neers. They held that the taking of the
Kansas Central out Of the management Of
the Union Pacific did not abrogaie the
agreement under which tho engineers and
fremen were being paid at that, time.
Wages will consequently be restored and
date bask to May Is. when the reduction
was announced.
In the case Of John fitzgerald vs.. the
Fitzgerald Mallory C~onstruction Com.
pany and the Union Pacific railroad, re-
Gently tried at Omaha. the jury returned
q verdict for S47,9 37 81 debt and 50 4I4E 6
interest, making q total Of 5l,4l2.6 :. the
judgment to bear interest at seven per
cent until paid. As Mr.. Fitzgerald sued
for 1884, 0O. this va. regard as q very
compete victory. The case will probably
BE- appealed.
PRIVATE LEWIS was recently convicted
at Fort Niobrara Of forging General Bris-
bins name and sentenced to ten years in
the p~enitentiary.
STATE OIL INSPECTOR CALDWELL has
appointed the following deputies: Colonel
Hoover. Of Blue Hill; Joe Corns, of Sew
ard; J. w. Mcdonald. of Omaha, and g.
w. Fairbrother, Of Nemaha City.
An unknown who was insane
the effects OF taking q dose Of cor.
lye with suicidal intent, was
left At the county jail at Nebraska City |
the other day. She was in search Of her
husband, who preceded her from Germany
years ago and came to Nebraska,
but she failed TO find him and became
She will probably be sent
back to Germany.
CHARLES A. WHHHLER. his wife. child
and . hired girl. of Loup City, were re-
Gently poisoned by eating canned straw
But for the timely arrival Of
assistance the result in each case
would have been fatal. !
The following shows the acreage of
grain in s. anton County: Wheat $3.50;
corn. 3 .S66; oats, 6.1C0: barley. 1911;
meadow, 59S; fax, 159; millet. 232; rye.
l04; number Of fruit trees. 9 1886; forest
trees, 96S. $50; grape vines, s,39.
TIE undertakers of the State met In
solemn conclave at Lincoln the other day
md elected the following officers: Presi.
dent. George Brown. OF Superior; first
vice.president. F. J. Switz of Kearney;
second vice-president. Henry Boeck. OF
third vice-president H. NJ.
Hinman, of Fremont; secretary and treas.
arer, James Heaion, of Lincoln. Grand
Island was selected as the place of the
meeting.
CHARLES N. OGo. thirty-seven years Of
age, committed suicide by hanging at
Ponca The other morning. Before hang
ng the suicide had taken poison and at.
to drown himself in . creek. He
married . woman who had an undi.
vorced husband living. and hs got the bet
Of . bad job by killing himself
A 1ARMER named Gerhardt Johnson,