The Red Cloud chief., 1889-05-03
NEBRASKA A NEWS.


ing the Prohibitioaists Of the State ie
work Tor the adoption Of the Prohibitory
amendment submitted by the Leg stature;
~pledginS cooperation with all Temperance
organizations working to The sam end;
deprscatng the carrying Of pariisanisr
into the work and unfrienily eriiici,u
upon those working b. different method' Il
accomplish the desired object: ursi1g ID.
labor element of the State, Of Whatever
party AFT ia,ion, to unite in carrying the
State for Prohibition: favorinS The utmost
freed om in attending the proposed nou-
partisan conference at Lincoln June D
and ca ling upon al temperance ofyani-
cations 'io -ach perfect is machinery.
adopt its ow Il methods, strengthen itso~n
organization aud then march :orw Ard n
hearty sympathy with each Others work
for . combined assault on the most for.
midabi- citadel VI I'll. rum po~.r-hsgh
license"
Bon WOODS, . well-kuown colorsi resi-
dent of l. ncolD. Was murdered the other
night He WAS shot n he Law in HE BID
In his cabin. His little bow was sleeping
at his side. bu; Was neither struck by the
flying shot nor awakened BY the report 81
the Hun. No one else WAS In the house.
and nothing was known OF the murder
until Mrs Woods returned home and
raised the alarm.
JAMES Mills q farmer living near Rock
willie. CON mi,ted su eide tho other day ~
taking inudanuul He Was about hf,y-
dve years old and in fair circumstances
but his family relations were not p!casan,
and he had several tines before threat
snsd his own destruc;iou.
1 IAMEa (~sRrGxwnnn ~ho owus n dn~
farm neal Creighton, was declared insane
and sent To the insane asylum over q wear
sso, but several months ago his Ia,her
took him bach hom- where he remained
peaceably. The other morning. however.
he arose from the table and proceeded To
',cl-an ouI" the house. H. chased HI.
father and mother OF the premises with
an axe. then returned and demoiish he'd ihc
furniture. tr-skng the beds. char.
abies and stove into small pieces. after
wards burning up some OF the bed clothes.
aud also hi. good clothes. in tn. pockets
u which was So in ~gr.enback-. Hs Was
afterwards surprised While aslcrp and
manacled.
Mr. BLESSING a MAJ 'between sixty and
seventy years Of sse c. nittei suicide
1t Scribner the other day by shooting
uiHuSe! III ss' mouth Win q revolver. ~
had been dependent for II long time.
FIRE recently destroyed the barn Of Di.
Jau,s. a, Loup CITY. Five horses also per
shed. Loss. $4,000; M insurance.
The supervisors vi Har an County have
called an election on the question Of vot-
ing bond, TO build a 5000 jail and "a - =
100 court house.
ONLY three fires visited Schuyler las,
year and the net loss was s1GJ
A BARN belong. ng to J. n. Bechiel-
heimef, of Juniata. burned the other
morning., containing a span Of mares
valued at 500. TWO other horses. n colt.
calf. buggy. set Of harness. mower, has
rake, seven hundred bushels Of grain aud
nine hogs. The entire !oss was >2.bp; I'M
insured. except the barn. Tn. fire was
supposed tn have been incsni.ary.
OSCAR BHINXMAN. eighteen years Old
son OF Henry Brinkman. residing near
Fremont. was a sailor On board the Van
dalIa when that ship met with disaster In
the recent hurricane at Samoa; young
BrInkman had a narrow escape from
death, but through his heroic efforts \
number Of msn were rescued from what
appeared To- he certain death
ARBoR DAY was duly observed nj Ua-
kota City, the main feature being the high
school exercises, which CONS stcd of APP
| propIiate songs. dec.amatious AMI III.
planting of beautiful trees. one Of which
VAS in honor Of Miss Julia O'Connor. de-
cea>el. formerly principal Of the high
school.
A LARGE barn and its contents b long
ing To Rob RI James, "A prominent farmer
living on. mil. east Of York. wa. de-
siroyed by tire tn. other night Eleven
head of cattle and ten head u horse. per-
ished. 4 .arge amount of grain aud ma.
chinery was destroyed Loss. - 50; nC
insurance.
A o II fifteen and a girl OF eighteen
were recently licensed to marry 1t Da-
kota CITY.
I. n. RfCKARD and George W. Ives. y
brother. in ~ from Burnett. weI. cutting
trees the other morning on the river hank
south Of Norfolk. on land belonging g.
william Boche. when William and Her
man Boche came upon them armed with
an axe and a revolver. 4 fight eusued IN
which Ives had his skull crushed with the
axe in the hands of one OF the Boche<.
MRS FRAHM. wife Of Hans Frahm, a
farmer and truck raiser living in Saunders
County. fiv. miles southeast Of Fremont.
committed suicide by poisoning the other
morning. supposed TO b. the result Of fire.
Quent family quarrels.
NEBRASKA CITY celebrated Ar,or Day
in good style. There WAS a process.ou
over q mile long in which ~er. I 30 school
children. Speeches We're made and sew
erai thousand trees planted.
JoHN O'BsiEx OF Omaha. who recently
had both legs cut OF by q CDion Pacific
-.
juri-s. He left his family pennies.
REcENr rains have mad. fafm.rs in the
western part of the State happy. Crop
prospects ar. f,;tering.
FoUR sons Of Joseph Drvok. living in the
Siobrsra vail y, twelve miles from Mo
TIARA. were buried N a sand cave the
other day. One escaped. bat before h"
could return with aid one OF tne three had
.~ufYocsted.
AnAN giving bis nams a. Bancroft q ~si
recently applied Tor adm -sion 20 til. Nor
folk asy UNI de clsrins tina, he va. insane.
He wake all the way from Bi.seti g
Norfolk, and WAS taken in charge by the
sheriff until his relatives could be heard
from
A WyAoRE man fishing In Indian creek-
the other day. drew out q bundle contain.
ing the body Of . male infant. which bad
evidently Leen ID Immediately
after birth
A DfsAsrKors prairie fire recently swep,
through Valley County. Ord ~ss oniy
saved after . hard fight. One farmer loot
all his buiIdings ani much damage uss
done % groves and orchards
THREE Of the teachers in the college 81
FairfeiI have resigned b>csos~ they do
no, approve Of tie witai.sval Il the IT,