Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-08
A CYCLONE AT FAIRFIELD.
The Town Badly Shaken UP by
.. Severe Storm.
OTHER srATeS.Po'Nrs VISITED.
Four Hundreh sThousand Dollars
Raised for a Railroad From Kear-
ney to Galloway Broken
Bows Nfdrder Trial
The widespread storm.

| INC WtUeSpreau StOF".
FAIRFIELD, Neb., May 7.-lSpecial to THE
BEE. About p. M, yesterday severe
windstorm, accompanied by rain and light
ming, swept over this place, doing considera-
BILE damage. The storm had threatened for
several hours, and many people had taken
refuge in cellars and caves. At O'Clock 1t
burst upon the town in all its fury and in fif-
teen minutes had done its work and gone.
| When the inhabitants crawled out OF their
| holes and looked around they found that the
| damage done was not as great as was eX-
| pected. One small dwelling house was COM
| pletely demolished and scattered over a
| quarter section of territory. Many small
barns and outbuildings were overturned and
| torn to pieces. One-haf the roof of the st.
Joseph & Grand Island freight depot was
taken Off and several freight cars on the side
| track were overturned. 1t is not improbable
that the loss in the country is considerable.
MADISON, Nee., May T-[speoial to TnE
| BEE. The wind which had been blowing
| very hard yesterday, filling the air with sand
and dust, terminated in u storm last night
that was little short Of a cyclone. The storm
struck here about $3.50 p m, overturning
outhouses, unrooting and moving barns and
| obstructing the sidewalks with fallen trees.
More fences were laid low than the ''cow
with the crumpled horn" could have done in
twice that time. The two west chimneys on
| the court house were blown off.
! PALMER, Neb., May 7.-ISpecial to THE
BEE. "A terrific wind and rain storm visited
| this place last night, doing considerable dam
| age. travelling photograph car was picked
| up bodily and completely wrecked an ele
vator partly unroofed and other damage
| done.
WILDER, Neb., May 7.--[Special to THE
| BEE. IA terrific wind and rain storm passed
| through the center of the county last night.
| Considerable damage was done. Windmills
and OuthouSes were blown over, haystacks
and corncribs were scattered and residences
| were unroofed. No definite estimate of the
| destruction can be given as yet.
Hating Railroad Enterprise.
NIoBRARA, Neb., May 7.-[Special to THE
| BEE. lin 1880 the Chicago, Milwaukee &
| st. Paul railway graded from Niobrara to q
| point about fourteen miles on Verdigris
| creek, securing besides a cheap right-0f-way,
very desirable and valuable river front
I and depot franchise. Since that time the
company has kept its taxes paid on the grade,
| but has done no other work. Niobrara has,
| year after year, waited for the milwaukee,
company to push out from here, only to be
| annually disappointed, Last fall the FIRE.
mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad
company extended its NioDrara line to within
onehalf mile Of the Milwaukee company's
| grade and for the present rests.
The citizens Of this place, now that the
| Sioux reservation is ABOUT to be opened to
| settlement feel that 1t is high time that some
| thing should be done either to induce the
| Elkhorn Valley road to extend its line, in ac-
cordance with itsf iartisles of Incorporation.
"to the Missouri river at or near the mouth
| of the Niobrara river )" or force the Milwau-
| kee road to make use of the grade Com
plant has been made to Attorney General
Of the Republican, Valley s. Wyoming rail
road, and it is hoped that something will
come Of it.
Lightning IN a. Telephone Exchange.
| WAHoo, Neb., May % Especial Telegram
to THE BEE. while q severe storm was IN
progress at II o'clock last night, lightning
struck telephone pole and carried the cleo
| triclty into the telephone exchange building,
| setting it on fire. In q moment it was all
ablaze, and before the fire companies could
reach the scene. the building was enveloped
in flames. 1t seemed impossible to prevent
| vast confagration, as the telephone ex-
change building was situated IN the midst
of frame row Of buildings; but vigorous
work on the part of the citlzens aud the fire
companies subdued the flames without much
damage to any other buildings. The ex-
change building belonged to the First
National bank. The loss will not exceed
1000; insurance, unknown.
Ankeny's Murderer on Trial.
BROKEN Bow, Neb. May 7.-lSpecial Tel
egram to THE BEE. Judge Hamer arrived
last night and convened court this morning.
The trial of Fred Pierce, for the murder of
Samuel Ankeney, on February 10 last is the
| most important case on the docket. At the time
of the killing Samuel Ankeny and his brother
were disputing the ownership of a cow and
ended the same with knock-down, and,
while thus engeged, Fred Pierce procured a
revolver and shot Samuel Ankeny through
no h1nI IL lt,Nrr inn tnat tnnf1V ftnr nntr
Harlan, of York, is in attendance, also Sheriff
Shrecl, of that place. j. d. Huddleston will
also be tried this term on the charge of rape.
Crime in Nebraska City.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., May Especial
Telegram to The BEE. ii. r. Beatty, liv-
ing on the farm of A. T. MCGUIRE WAS ar
rested to-day, for burning down his house.
Mcclure claims that Beatty set fire to the
house, which was destroyed yesterday morn
ing, and then stood by and watched 1t burn.
He will have hearing on Thursday.
| To-day, Bohemian woman named Kest-
| ner complained to the sheriff that a woman
who left for Colorado, this morning, kid
naped one of her little boys and took him
along. The officers have taken steps to re-
cover the child. =
Thurston County Election.
PESDER, Neb. May 7.-TSpecial Telegram
to The BEE. AT the election held IN Thurs
ton county, yesterday, the following officers
were elected: Sheriff, William Myers, re-
publican; treasurer, Herman Freese, demo-
crat; clerk, A. G. Abbott, republican; county
attorney, Guy Graves, democrat; county
Judge, u. G. DownsN democrat; surveyor, S.
| ii. Campbell, republican,; coroner, G. Thomp-
son, republican county commissioners, j. H.
Mullen, democrat, John Atkins, democrat,
and j. S. Lennon, republican. For the of
| flee of county cleritla tie is claimed, and it is
likely to end in o contest before the courts
Kearney;s New Road.
gram to TIE Brr./ 44The chamber of com
merce called special meeting this evening
to consider formal proposition of local
company to build railroad from here TO Cal
| lowaY, using the grade OF the Omaha & Re