The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-12
NEBRASKA A NEWS

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B bloomington the other night The most
serious damage was done to The Ad-
vent Church, which wa blown over and
one end and side crushed. William John.
sons residence had the front blown out
A part OF the north gable Of the new
brick butter and cheese factory was blown
In and part Of the metal roof blown OF. A
number of barns, u ,-houses and wind
mills were destroyed. About twenty-five
wind mills were blown down between
Bloomington and Hildreth.
GERD STKENBEcK, who had been accused
Of completely in the recent murder of the
two Leavitt girls nea Gresham. was
found hanging in his barn about nine
O'Clock the other night. He left q letter
written in German saying that, as he had
. very poor knowledge of English, he
had made some blunder in his ties imony
before the grand jury which might lead
his ~neighbors t" suspicion him Of the
murder, which was more than he could
bear.
JUDGE HOPEwELL. Of Omaha. recently
rendered Q decision to the effect that the
act OF 1881. which provides that every
person who steals property of any value
by taking from the person Of another with.
out putting him in fear sha be deemed
guilty of grand larceny, n upou convic-
ti0n shall be punished by confinement in
the penitenti airy not less than u nor
moro than seven years. is unconstitutional
inasmuch as it is in CONFIRMATION OF that
section of the Constitution which provides
that no law shall be amended unless the
new act contains the section or sections SO
amended.
DAN CoUGHLIN, of Grand Island, road.
master on the second division of the Union
Pacific, 10 believed to be insane. He lad
a quarrel with his landlady. and one Of
he boarders taking her part, Coughlin
tried to brain him with q Ratchet He was
promptly knocked Down and is now in Jail.
AN effort is being made at Kearney to
have the Western Union establish an up
town office.
Contracts have been let for a sewerage
sys EN- at Grand Island to cost $33,2i7.
Two unknown men were Instantly
killed and Frank McElroy fatally injured
at Omaho the other morning by being run
over ty a Missouri Pacific engine.
EMIL SBULTz, a young blacksmith. was
killed at Kenesaw on the Fourth by the
explosion of q keg Of powder in his shop
The shop was wrecked.
CONGRESSMAN DORSEY has issued a cir.
cular notifying candidats for appointment
as cadets at West Point from the Third
Congressional district that q committee
will BE- appointed to conduct an examina.
tion of such candidates as NAV attend,
which committee will meet at Fremont,
July 30, 1883. He will recommend Tor ap.
pointment the candidate Who stands first,
and as alternate he who stands second in
the class The successful candidate and
must report at West Point, N.
Y, on the 25th day of Aus ust, 1893.
WHILE a herd Of 200 steers were recent
" being driven over the bridge at Grand
Rapids. Holt County. the cattle stampeded
and the structure fell. pr~ecipi,ating .
largo number into the river. The cattle
were saved. but the bridge was wrecked,
entailing a heavy loss to the county.
LURING a quarrel at Fremont the other
evening between Benjamin JOsephson and
his wife, Mrs. J~Osephson. after being
bruta!ly beaten about the head by her
husband until she was covered with blood,
q revolver from her pocket and shot
him. Josephson fell to the floor,
where he was found groaning by neigh.
bOrs who. hearing the shot, called in t.
see what the difficulty was and found Mrs.
JosephsOn and the five children also in q
state of great excitement over the tragedy.
The nature of Josephson's wound was not
known. but if he RECEIVERS when he again
to thrash his wife he will zee
no pistol is about the house.
HENRY REED, a prosperous farmer from
the vicinity OF O'Nei /, was recenllv con.
lidenced out of $1CO at Omaha by a Young
r. QooI ~hn toNk him arc,-l - L.
the sights. and who the old farmer said
in relating the story. twas so d lnged polite
that he would have loaned him q thousand
dollars had ne asked for it,"
An extensive programme has been pre-.
pared for the summer meeting of the Ne.
braska Horticultural Society at Fremont
July II and Is. Many prominent horti.
culturists will te present from other
States, and tho meeting promises to DO
the most successful one in the history Of
the society. ,
The total assessed valuation of York
County is IS 1SS. 74l, an increase of $26, O6s
over last year.. .. ,
A PETITION has been filed in the Cass
County dis riot court contesting the laie
bond election, alleging frauds of all kinds.
voting. bribing. and among other
sensational charges, AYERS that the board
Of electors in one of the wards of Piatts.
mouth on election day drank intoxicating
TIE annual reunion Of the soldiers and
sailors Of North Nebraska will be held at
O'Neill from August Is to 9. and prepar-
atoms have been mad to thoroughly en-.
tertain oil Corners. |
NEBRASKA trTY dry goods dealers have
recently been troubled with KEEP omaniacs.
women and children. and some of
them members of well known families.
THE harness store of D. A. Hopkins, at
Bend, has been closed on q chattel
mortgage for ST., 7J2 in favor Of Rome
Miller. of N,r:olk.
A FRIEND man has invented q new stvle
Of baa bed wire and q company has been
formed 10 manufacture the article at that
place.
DIR. G. L. SBINKLE committed suicide al
Sterling the other day by taking NOR.
phine. 1t was said that trouble Of some
Kind led to drink and finally suicide. He
left q wife and two children.
CORPORAL TANNER, Commissioners OF
Pensions, received an ovation at Omaha
and Lincoln during his visit to the State.
WHILE Sperry Runner. Of Plattsmouth,
recently playing with q toy pistol he
Dhot his little sister Ella. Thew were plav.