The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-05

STATE NEWS
Ar Fullertoa the other day Ms
Grace Edginton had . narrow escape
from death. While working . steam
washing machine abe poured gasoline
into boiling water. which caused II %
ignite, and burned her arm ond fore
head In . painful manner.
TIE new elevator st Hay SpeinKA
With . capacity Of Is 500 bushels. y com-
pleted and opened for business
THOMAS PArcnEx. who stabbed and
killed Charles Hcaton 1t Long Pine.
July 4 has been arrested for murder
and his case will come up in tho Brown
County district court in September.
THE other day Cornelius Mermann
was found hanging in his granary. In
Douglas County. He ~ quite wealthy
and had resided in the county twenty
years.
A MISPLACED switch caused IN scci-
dent on the b 4 n. road near Null
lens the other day which resulted in tho
death, of. Miss Myrtle WilguA daughter
Of . farmer residing near that place;
John Wymore, section foreman. and an
unknown tramp Six OF the trainmen
were injured
A FREIGHT train went through . cul-
vert about . mile East Of Grand Island
the other day, wrecking the engine and
several loaded box cars The engineer
and fireman jumped, the engineer break
ing his ankle. The wreck was caused
by unknown parties removing pieces
from . rail, and was undoubtedly .
scheme to wreck the east-bOund passen-
ger train. which passed over 1t safely.
A day or two later q rail was displaced
. short distance west Of Grand Island.
with q view OF wrecking the fast mail
train. A tramp. who said he saw . man
displacing q rail, gave the station agent
information which prevented b wreck.
WHILE recently hunting pearls o. II.
Miskimen, OF Oakdale, found . human
skull in the ElkhOrn river, about one
WtIc VI 0tIC0ub bAOll ~ VAS
creek. by the appearance of the skull
it had been in the river about five years
GEORGE GUTENBERG. q brakeman on
tho Fremont, Elkh0rn e. Missouri VAL
ley railroad. vas killed At Scribner the
other morning by being run over by \
freight car. He was literally cut 70
pieces
EzEKIAu RoBY. sixty.fivo years old.
living with his s0n-in-law, Henry COf-
man, 1--WE miles south Of Clay Center.
hanged himself in the barn tho other
evening.
PAT MEARs, tho well-known contract
or, while lately al work on tho Rock
Island grade east of Lincoln. received a
terrible wound that will probably result
in his death. He was passing by n Of
the big scraping machines when tho
handle few back. striking him in the
groin and burying itself in the flesh.
There was little hope OF his recovery.
A YOUNG man by tho name OF JamisOn
recently dived from a bridge near Area
dia and received injuries which resulted
in his death.
In q fit Of rage the other night Henry
Moher, of Lincoln, shot his wife fatally.
because she objected to his squandering
his money for ! quOr and neglecting his
wife and six children. He was jailed.
E. H. SMITHS livery barn at Lexing
ton was destroyed by fire tho other day
and tw~enty-eight horses persisted.
A. J. WEIGH, a ~well-known farme-
living twelve miles west OF Hay Springs,
recently went to town with q load OF
hogs, and on his return home his team
ran away and throw him out He was
found next day under the wagon box
about three miles from home with his
neck broken. lie leaves q large family.
THE wife Of County Attorney O. p.
| Warner. of Grant County, recently died
on the train very suddenly while on he'
way TO Mullen. accompanied by Mr.
| Warner from Whitman. She had beer
| a sufferer from heart disease for many
years
The Madison County teachers have
formed q reading circle in accordance
with the State reading organization.
There are about sixty members in the
county, the best showing any county
has yet made.
THE annual camp meeting and con
ference Of the Seventh Day Adventist.
will be held in York. September . o ID
The PrOhibitiOnists Of the second dis
trict have nominated l. II Palmer. OF
Adams County, for Congress.
REV. e II. CHAPLIN, Of Lincoln, hal
been nominated for Congress by the Pro
hibitionists of the First district
WILLIAM CHAMBERS was found dead
near Arnold. Custer County. the OtheI
day, shot through the head. 1t was evi
IDENTIFY suicide. Dependency. causei
by delicate health and failure Of crops
supposed to he the cause.
SOME time ago J. ]. Brown, vice-presi
dent of the Farmers Bank Of Broker
Bow, went to St Joseph, Mo-, on bust
ness Shortly afterward his family re
ceived word that he had arrived. and
then all correspondence ceased. A weel
passed before his family became alarmed
at not hearing further from him. and
telegram of inquiry was sent, but NJ
trace of him could be found.
SEVEN prisoners in the county Jail .
Auburn made . desperate attempt o es
cape the other day. but the vigilance o
the sheriff frustrated their design.
J. G. ROBERrs, . Il 4 N. enginee'
living at Plattsmouth, is threatened
with serious trouble because he CAV
two first mortgages on tho same lot o
goods to different parties.
AxAN named Haynes fell into . Gel
lar through . trap door in the store o
Mr.. Perkins ut Grant where he va
employed ~ night watch. and receivet
injuries which will cripple him for life
He has brought suit against Perkins TO
SIC. 900.
SIXTY couples OF Indians were married
the other day At the winnebaRo Indis'
reservation, about eighteen miles nortl
Of Bancroft, by County Judge Downs. o
Pender. 1t was necessary that the!
should be married under the civil regu
lations Of the United States to entitl'
them to the annuity from the Govern
ment
STANDING BRAR and his follower
have Just returned to Niobrara from In
dian Territory to take up their sllot
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