The Red Cloud chief., 1890-09-26
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.


NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
A D1A1ncB teaDstse. Known - Deae;
= aeeaoea a haying tied . rope - hid
t~sa-yesreld boys fsst snd sssding hin
down . boeed veil heaaSoesnost - betna
Up . backet the boy haA a~eci1satally
dropped n The we'll The backet waa
recovered b. this neaaA The $50 ~
being Investigated and II - r~epresentsd
the unnatural father viii b prosecuted
Kos8fz' brewery st WILDER va lstsly
Destroyed By Are. supposed TO have been
q inoenAiary origin Tho los amount
ID TO 90. ooQ with - go Insurance.
RECENTLY . travelling Bag belonging
TO . Mr.. Glow, traveller for . Ohicago
manufacturing company. was stolen
| from tho b 4 n. train Q Oxford It
contained over q. 900 In notes belong
! ing 70 the company, besides other valid
| able papers Tho thief retired 20 .
| rsvino near the river with his booty.
bat falling 70 lind any cash. left tho
grip BY the roadside. where It was found
KITE VERJAAL. the sixteen-yesr-0Id
daughter Of John Verjsal . stone ma
son Of Lincoln. was fatally burned the
other morning. The family had been
accustomed to make quick fires In tho
kitchen stove Of mornings BY using -
kindling dry chunks OF clay soaked over
night in kerosene. In applying the
match 70 these Kittie vas too close to
the stove. and when the combustible
mass blaxed up It set fire to her hair
and clothes In her fright the girl ran
into the yard and the wind famed the
flames into . perfect blaze that burned
almost every stitch OF clothing on be-
fore assistance arrived.
MARY RUssEL.I. . young woman from
Geneva, was recently caught rObbing
the cash drawer in = grocery store at
Lincoln. She arrived in town with
only five cents and attempted 70 better
her condition by stealing. but succeeded
only in getting in Jail.
A BILL for the erection Of . mint at
Omaha has been introduced in the
House by Representative Connell.
A LAD living near Genoa got > sand
bur in his throat while recently chasing
cattle, and the efforts Of the local ply
sicisns to remove the troublesome thing
proved un~availing. The boy was sent
to Columbus whore tho doctors sue
ceeded in extracting the bur. affording
relief after thirty hours Of agony.
A 70 ten years cd was recently
taken Ia the reform school from Ne
braska City for stealing and pawning
clothing, as he claimed, for money to
buy school books
G. w. E DORSEY has been nominated
for Congress by the Republicans Of tho
Third d strict
JOE GRAHAM. an Omaha policeman,
was recently arrested for shooting with
intent to kill May Smith, q sporting
woman. in q wine The woman
was severely but not fatally wounded.
WILLIAM BOyEE, a member Of the
Gibbon band attending the soldiers re-
union At North Platte, was arrested
during tho reunion for . criminal as
sault on q young girl from Logan COun-
ty. A mob started to lynch him, but he
was placed in Jail and strongly guarded
before they could catch him.
w. w. DAVIS, a farmer. while making
hay near Weeping Water. the other
morning. a bitten by a rattlesnake.
Tho snake was cut in two by the ma
chine and Mr.. Davis was down ON his
knees cleaning put the sickle. when tho
head end Of the snake bit him on the
arm near the elbow. He delayed going
to town for treatment and it vas feared
the result might be serioua
ENTRANCE was effected by burglars
into the saloon Of Gertler & Waltmath
1t Blue Springs the other night their
safe opened by drilling and over Zoo
taken therefrom.
The Winnebago Indians arc initiating
the whites in the matter of marriages.
One week lately Judge Downs, Of Thurs
ton County, issued two licenses to Win
nebagos, the first since the organisation
Of the County.
FIRE recently destroyed the barn Of
Pat Mcclure. even miles northeast Of
Palmyra. together with . horse, twenty
five hogs and . lot of farm Implements
The loss amounted to $1,000, with but
little insurance.
As the result of . parachute craze 1t
Madison. n boy Is suffering with .
broken leg and another is bruised al
rel In both cases the parachute failed
to work.
BEN MUNDELL. the nine-year-old son
Of Jake Mundell, living 1t Aurora,
while recently playing with . gun cart
ridge brought it down upon the table
with sufficient fOrcc to explode it.
wounding him in the hand and on the
nose.
SHERIFF WILSON has returned to
Kearney from Warren Station. N. IL,
bringing A. c. Nash. charged with
fraudulently obtaining g. 600 from Jo-
seph black. Black agreed to ret Nash
have $500 to purchase stock, and as the
exact sun could not be named gave
Nash three blank checks The latter
filled out the checks in sums of 81. 900
each, bought the cattle and skipped.
He has been in the penitentiary for .
similar of5ense before.
THERE are about . million acres Of
Government land st II open to entry ct
the Chadron land-ofiice-SsS, $50 in Sher.
idau County. q. e4O in BOX Butte, ia.
$50 in Dawes and $50. O4o in Sioux.
NEWTON WILLIAMS ten-year-old
Fairmont boy, recently had his 10 sl.
most torn from his face BY . kick from
horse.
THERE are a,00) head Of cattle being
fed near Overton preparatory to being
shipped East
JOHN DONNELLY. the seventeen.year-
old Strombuf1 boy who was hurt BY .
team at Merrill several weeks ago has
died Of his injuries
e w. SINS. Of Madison. has lost I've
head Of cattle recently from hydropho-
biA They were bitten several weeks
ago by . mad dog. Mr.. Sims son
Walter, aged about fourteen yearA vas
also bitten 1t the same time ON the arm.