The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-31


Ar recent nsstiag os tAs stats
Board Of Tssnapoststioa AttosAey-(3
eral lecss offered resolution instruct.
Ing the socrctasjss 70 peepass Q tarin
sheet within ten days redusing freiehts
70 tho Iowa standard. The Secretaries
eubmitted . report In the cass of the
Osceols Farmefs' Alliance, which sua.
teined their petition and ordered the
Union Pacific 70 give them elevator
room.
THE fourteen year-old sOn Of James
Combs, living three miles southwcs Of
Ruio. vas recently playing With . re-
volver when II wss discharged, the ball
entering his temple. producing instant
death. Both Of his parents were sick In
bed st the time.
SAMUEL r. MCCORD, On old resident Of
Lincoln, recently went hunting und vas
not heard Of for seversl days, when his
lifeless b0dy vas fouAd n the snow nesP
the packing housss. His gun lay ness
him and there was e80o % bis peracA.
He was evidently overcome BY the cold
TmE suburban train On the Missouri
Pacific railway Was wrecked within two
miles Of Omaha the other morning
William Boyle. station agent at Druid
Hill. who Vas pssseneef ON the train,
wss instantly killed. Eight other pes
sengers wcre injured. two of them, Al.
bert Mitslsss, . fouvtecn.year-old boy,
and James q. Harvey. csrpsntsr. prob.
ably fatally. The wreck wss CAUSED by
. rear end collision.
BY the wrecking Of Q Burlington On.
Gine near Seward the other day, Fire.
man Frank Schssfsr, who wss soon 70
have been married 10 . young lady of
Lincoln. was killed.
TmE other morning while tho co6A st
the Hotel Riddle at Plsttsm0uth, vas
preparing for breakfast, the reservoir In
connection with the cooking range OK.
plOded. The shock was tremendous snd
pieces Of tho shattered reservoir few
about, some through the windows, Othors
striking William WoodArd. the cook,
injurins him quite severely.
ABOUT twelve O'Clock the other night
the large barn Of J. Thompson, Q farmer
living about Ave miles north Of Orand
Island, WAS burned. There was large
number Of horses and cattle In the barn
besides large amount Of hay and grain.
but nothing WAS saved. The loss was
about $1,000; insurance. $500. II Was
supposed To be the work Of tramps.
Ar recent meeting Of the state
Hoard Of Agriculture ON the second bal.
lot for relocation Of the state fair for
the next Ave years Lincoln had 10 votes,
Omaha 10. Hastings Is, Grand Island 8,
Columbus 2. Lincoln, therefore, was
chosen. The following officers Of the
board were reelected: President, X. II.
Greer. kearncy; frat vice-prcsident, J.
H. Mcdowell, Fsirbury; sscond vice.
president, +. N. Grennell, Fort Calhoun;
treasurer, L. A. Kent. Minden; SecsU.
tary, Robsst w. Furnss, brown VILE.
Mn. BARNARD dropped dead sst the
Burlington depot at tincoln the other
afternoon. He had been attending the
meetings Of the state Horticultural 80
ciety. whore he had been an active
worker for the last seventeen years. lie
ate hearty dinner and walked hastily
tO the train. and just after hs hsA taken
. seat he was stricken with the fatal
blow. Nc WAS sixty year~ old and ono
of the most prominent horticulturists of
ths West.
GOvERNOR THAyER recently addressed
. letter ~ the general managers Of all
the lines Of railroad In the state In
which he spoke Of the vast amount Of
corn stored ON the farms along the
tracks. the low price which Il briags. The
needs Of the producer ana the present
high rstcs Of freight and urged rsduc-
tiOu on grain rSteS ~ that this immcnAe
sNes~SN,srA 1xs. l..
kcts.
SOME time ago Louis Kavish, . ras
buyer. loft his team standing In the
streets Of Schuyler while he stepped
into . saloon. When he returned his
team wss gone and waa not found until
twelve days later, when they were dis
cOvercd fast In the timber near town
nearly starved 70 death. One horxe had
the lockjaw and was unable " take sood
and anon died.
WHILE James Fears. an old colored
man living alone on . claim about two
miles east of Aasley, wss alling flask
with pOwdcP frOus caA spark trom his
pipe isnited tho powder. csusiae an ~.
ploaiOh which wrecked the sod house
and Allied him 10 full Of powder that hs
WAS hardly recognizable.
WILLIAM RlACkNoRE, living eighteen
Wiles southwest Of Creighton, committed
sutcidc the otncr day tV aAooNne him
eli. hia wife Nays he hal bsen artinR
senDgcly ever sihce the slectten IN No.
vsmbee ! Rlaek1eee wuA deseasssl
candidate At the time. Hs Was we'll.
to-lo farmer and very favorably known.
Ar the Peru state Normal school the
frat week Of tho present term some seS
students were regularly enrolled In tho
coarsc and large number In the peac.
tice school. DuripR the past rear H.
attendance rprcs~nted eight StaHA
The Sa7 Nebraska students represented
forty.nvc counties Of the state, ....
HoN. RiCuARD EpwARps, Stste Supcr-
intendent 81 Public Instruction OF Illi-
noiA has becn seourcA 10 deliver IN "a.
drcss bet0sc the state TcaShsrs' An.
citation, which meets 1T lincolu MArh
~, s6 and ~. His subject will be
"Moeal Training 10 oar Public Schools."
flwR q Wahoo. early the other mora.