The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-02
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

A NEW pension examining board has
been appointed for Nebraska City, com
posed OK Drs. Hershey. Wilson and Daily.
The new board are all Republicans and
each an old soldier. They succeed Drs.
Written, Ross and Watson.
FULLERTON was the scene of an acct.
dent the other morning which resulted in
the death Of W. H. Patton and came neal
costing Lieutenant.G Governor Meikleiohn
his life MeiklejOhn aud Patton had spent
q night at Paton's ranch, q short distance
from Fullerton. Next morning they
walked to the Cedar river. and Patton
stepped in to measure the stream for the
purpose Of finding out il there was q sufl-
Gent depth of water to float q small
yacht which they talked Of putting on the
river. Patton got beyond his depth and
commenced calling for help Meikleiohn
at once threw OF his clothing and plunged
into the water. The water was deep and
the moment Meiklejohn reached his friend
the latter grasped him. rendering help i'm
possible. The Governor sue
ceeded in reaching the shore in an ex-
hausted condition, but his friend was lost.
The coroner's jury which investigated
the death Of Maupin. the squaw man, at
oHA VSVwS OAOO8nt ~ WV UCIuiCS1
against the Gist boys Of the vigilance
committee. Ono member was Tracked to
his own door and . revolver Of the ssme
size Of the balls found in the cell Aas i,
his possession With Eve dents on the tol
OF the barrel.
A SRIGHTFuL and probably fatal acci-
dent occurred recently on the farm Of
William Pulse, near Plattsmouth. Mr..
Pulse was harvesting his grain with .
lf.hinder. to which was attached five
horses. His nine-year.old son was riding
a Of the leaders, when the horses be.
came frightened and q away. The
boy fell OF and was trampIed by tho
horses and mutilated by the machine.
WHILE ]. v. Lsmmore was recently
blowing In his field near Grand Island
with his twelve-year.old son leading the
team the horses ran away and the point
Of the pillow struck the boy. completely
d~isemboweling him, causing almost in
slant death.
WILLIAM MURPHY, n Of the most pop
ular young men Of David City, was re.
Gently drowned while bathing in the Big
Blue river.
The people in the northern part Of An
derson township, Phelps County, were
lately greatly excited at the discovery Of
q case Of smallpox in their ~neighbor.
hood.
A R BY the name of Shinfield
went to Wilber the other day with a load
Of hogs, which he sold for 500 On his re.
turn home he permitted two confidence
men to get away with his cash while he
drove home with an empty pocket book.
WILLIAM Brown. a section foreman, re-
Gently took shelter from the ram in a
covered bridge neal Humboldt, fell asleep
and was killed by a passenger train ON
the Burlington & Missouri road.
GOVERNOR THAYER has issued an order
forbidding all railroads to ship any cattle
from Kansas City into Nebraska under
the penalty inflict ed for violation of the
quarantine laws.
BELTHAzER JENNI, q young man living
with q brother twelve miles north Of CO.
lumbus. went away from home about July
3 with a borrowed gun, leaving a note an
%nouncing his intention to commit suicide.
Search was made for him at the time but
he could not be found. Two weeks later
he wa found dead q half mile from his
brothers house, with the gun clasped
tightly in his hand and q bullet hole
through his head. The body was badly
decomposed. No cause could be given for
the act
W. W. HARVEY, late landlord Of the
Barnum House at Nebraska City, has
skipped out leaving many creditors, in
Guiding his washwoman. to mourn.
A wRfCK occurred on the Fremont, Elk.
horn & Missouri Valley railroad four
miles west of Norfolk the other day. As
freight train No. 90 was going around q
curve at the rate Of thirty miles an hour a
broken f1ange on q car wheel caused the
train to jump the track. Eleven cars and
the cabOOse were derailed and the track
badly torn up for nearly half q mile.
Thomas Lahy, . brakeman, was badly
hurt
MARRIAGE is somewhat of q failure in
Grand Island. Three cases of wife beat
ing were reported in one week.
UNDRR the present law notaries are not |
entitled to copies Of the session laws The
last Legislature ordered only G. 900 copies
to be published and there are over 10, 900 |
notaries in the State.
LIGHTNING recently killed Lars New.
man and his horse near Allianc.
JOHN BoRA, . prominent citizen of Viii. !
Der, vas recently overcome by the heat !
and died q few days later.
THE fourth annual reunion Of the Re.
publican Valley Association Of Soldiers
and Sailors will be held at Camp Sher.
man, between Hardy, Neb., and War
wick. Kan, August 20. q. g and %
Great preparations have been made for
the event. and many prominent Grand
Army speakers will be present from
abroad.
MRS. A. II. GAUNf, . Culbertson lady, !
struck by . flying board during q re-
cont wind storm M had her arm broken
and wa otherwise badly injured. Her
life was despaired Of for several days.
THE fourth annual fair of the Dawson
County Agricultural Association will be
at Lexington, September a. Is, %
and q.
THE sub-alliances Of Sherman County
have form I'd o county Farmers Alliance.
A IARNgR named Roer, residing near
Dustin, had his team OF horses killed by
lightning while holding them BY the bits
during . recent storm, but was only
shocked himself
II is stated that the superintendent of
he Kearney reform school has refused
IN offer Of s. 0 for the products of the
'chool farm. which he thinks will be worth
$4,000
CROPS in the northwestern part OF Holt
County have been badly damaged BY
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