The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-09

Sc SuStc Nccucr iuuO
which has since been followed by mum.
Der Of severe sinking spells.
TME Omahs lee recently received n.
ports from correspondents In twenty-five
towns Ut the State answering an inquiry
- to the price Ut which corn was being
sold Ut various points In the state be.
fore the ten per cent. reduction In rail.
road rates; the price . month sgO; the
present price; the proportion III the crop
shipped, and he comparison Of the price
with that Of . year sgo The reports
show that most Of the corn was sold be-.
fore the reduction was made by tho
railroads, and that, with few exceptions,
the quantity Of corn on hand Is no greater
than II required for feeding purposes.
The only advantage farmers derived was
from the advance In the price Of pork
and bocf.
PREPARATIONS are being made on Q
large scale for . grand old soldiers re.
union at Plainview July I 10 3.
JAMES Cook. while Smelling corn Ut
Julian the other day got his arm caught
In the teeth OF the machinery and IL was
completely torn from the body and
ground to pieces before the shelter could
IN stopped. His injuries were thought
TO be fatal.
THE threc-year-old child Of Jacob
CARRIER. o farmer near Duncan. while
lately playing about the house fell from
the second story into Q boiler Of hot
water on the cook stove and was 40 ter.
ribly scalded that death ensued In q few
hours.
&. w. WALLIN6rOKD. who resides near
North Bend, recently discovered . rab-
bit about three weeks old enjoying the
compsniOnshtp Of . nest Of kittens. The
little fellow WAS made welcome and took
nourishment from the mother cat the
same ~ the rest Of the family.
GEORGE RII6i.Ey, y prosperous farmer
living near beatrice, WAS killed BY light
ming In . Hold during recent storm.
N. y. DRACE's tailor shop at Omaha
WAS badly damaged by fire the other
morning, and Drace lost his life In the
flames. lie attempted TO pour gasoline
into q lighted stove, when the can ex.
ploied.
e. II. McCuNE, night editor OF the
Columbus Daily Telegram. WAS waylaid
and almost beaten u death the other
night by four young toughs. who had u
wcll-laid scheme 70 seek revenge for an
article which appeared In the paper o
few days previous. Two OF them were
arrested.
WILLIAM BROvuiiI- . young farmer
near DakOta City, WAS cutting corn.
stalks the other day when his team got
frightened and attempted tO run away,
throwing Broyhill down. one Of tho
knives catching his foot against the
wOOd work and almost scvcrinv Il.
Two attempts werc made the other
day to burn the Atlantic Hotel ut
Neigh.
WmEN the family OF Albert Haupt.
u living eight miles south ~ Ne
brsskS City, Aw0ke tho other morning
they found that some time during the
night the stable had burned 70 the
ground, consuming three fine horses.
two mules, harness and u lot Of grain.
The origin of the fire wa unknown, hut
was believed to have been caused by
tramps.
TmE house OF J. w. ingalls,. near
Long Pine, wAs struck by lightning dur
ing u recent storm and n end Of tho
structure torn out. The family were
In bed but were not injured.
Mr.. HAwIEy. Of Pierce. has returned
from Oregon with II 1000 sheep. which
he will feed In Knox County. and X. A.
Tswncy, Of the same place, will feed ..
600 head.
THE farmers Of Marietta, Union and
PohOccO precincts, In Saunders County.
have organized . mutual insurance com.
pany.
A MIA jack rabbit hunt Is beine organ
iaed Ut Shickley in which many ladies'
will take part
TmE McPhcrssn military reservation
In Lincoln County, which WAS trans.
ferrcd to the public domain thrcc or four
years agO, will no surveyed the coming
summer and opened up No IL can bc set.
tied upon. The reservation contains In
the neiRhborhOOd Of ten thousand screA
but ~ the Platte r,ver runs through Il
and part Of itS extremity rough. the
available land IL about ak thousand
acres.
AvARMER ncar Eilley. wishing to n.
move . large quantity Of potatoes which
- oSu UusAsS sO~s $3.50 Wv ~ w WV
straw covering the vegetables and WAS
left with twO ton Of baked potatoes ON
his hands.
Tar acreage VI wheat own In Cherry
County this year II three or four times
greater than that Of any previous yeAr.
The good quality and the abundant re-
turns from the crop last year indicates
that that portion Of Nebraska will rink
with any VI the wheat producing dts
tricta In the United States.
TmEonORx FWEHMAN. . prosperous
farmer living near Clcarwstcr. has been
n,issine for several weeks and his friends
fear that he has committed suicide. a. Il
10 thought domestlc trouble unbalanced
his mind.
TME YORk County SUNDAY school A..
accistion will hold its annual meeting a.
York. May ~. ~ end ~
JOAN RvsrwoN, Who was accidentally
shot In the knec, died at his home
In SsrOMsburv tsn days after the scci.
dent. lie was . native Of sweden aad