The Red Cloud chief., 1890-01-31

At . recent neet1nG OF The 6tate
Board Of Trsnspoststaoo Attoeney-0en.
efsl Leese offered . resolution instruct.
Ing the Secretaries 70 psspsss Q tsri6
sheet within tan days reducing freiehts
70 the Iowa standard. The Secretaries
submitted . report In The cass Of the
Osceois Farmers' Allisnce. which sus.
teiaed their petition and ordered the
Union Pacific 70 give them elevator
room.
THE fourteen.yesr-old son Of james
Combs, living three miles southwest Of
Rulo. wss recently playing With . ~
volver when Il wss discharged, the hall
entering his temple, producing instant
death. 10th Of his parents wers sick II
bed st the time.
SANUEf. r. McCORp, IN old resident Of
IAnc0ln, recently went hunting and wss
not heard Of for several days, when his
MfSless body Wa fouAd n Tie snow nesr
the packing houses. His gun lay neas
him and there Yves NO. On bis peraoa.
He was evidently overcome BY the cold.
% suburban train On the Missouri
Pacific railway WAS wrecked within two
miles Of Omaha the other morning.
William Boyle, stati0a agent Of Druid
Hill, VIC vas . passenger on the train,
was Instantly killed. Eight other pas.
sengers were injured. two of them. A..
bert Mitslsss. . fouStecn.yesr-old boy.
and james q. Harvey. . carpenter. prob.
ably fatally. The wreck was caused by
. rear end collision.
BY the wrecking Of . Burlington sn.
CINE near Seward the other day, Fire.
man Frank Schssfsr. who wss soon %
have been married 70 . young lady Of
Lincoln, Wal killed.
THE other morning while the co6A q
the Hotel Riddle at Plattsm0uth. Val
preparing for breakfast, the reservoir In
connection with the cooking range ex.
ploded. The shock vas tremendous aud
pieces Of the shattered reservoir flew
about, some through the windows, Othors
striking william Woodland. tho cook,
injuring him quito severely.
AROCr twelve O'Clock the other nieht
the large barn Of J. Thompson, . farmer
living about Ave milea north Of 0rand
Island. ~ burned. There wa . large
number Of horses and cattle In the barn
besides . large amount Of hay and grain,
but nothing WAS saved. The loss was
about 1900; insurance, 81, sOO. II was
supposed To be the work Of trsmps.
Ar u recent meeting Of the state
Hoard Of Agriculture On the second bal.
lot for . relocation Of the state fair for
the next five years Lincoln had 50 votes,
Omaha 10. Hastings Is, Grand Island q,
Columbus .. Lincoln, therefore. was
chosen. The following officers Of the
board were reelected: President, X. Il.
Greer. kearncy; frat vice-presidcnt, J.
Il. Mcdowell, FSirbury d; second vice.
president. u. N. Grennell. Fort Calhoun;
treasurer, l.. A. Kent, Minden; secrU-
vary. RObsst w. Furnss, brownvillc.
Mn. BARxAiD dropped dead Ut the
Burlington depot o. Lincoln the other
afternoon. He had been attending tho
meetings Of the State Horticultural So
ciety, whore he had been On active
worker for the last seventeen years. lie
ate = hearty dinner and walked hastily
u the train, and just after he haA takeo
. seat he wa stricken with the fatal
blow. Ne wss sixty years old and ono
| 81 The most prominent hOrti0uiturists Of
che West.
GOVERNOR TMAyKn 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 u bringu. The
needs Of the producer ana the present
high rates Of freight and urged . reduc-
ti0n on grain rateS ~ that this immcnse
product might bc moved " the mar.
kets.
SOME time ago Louis Kaviah, Q RAG
buyer, left his team standing In the
streets OF Schuyler while he stspoed
into . saloon. When he returned his
team was gone and was no found until
twelve days later, when they were dis
covered fast In the timber near town
nearly starved 10 death, One hor~e had
the l0ckjaw and WAS unable ~ take food
and oon died.
WHILE James Fears. On old colorsd
man living alone on = claim about two
milea east u AHsley. va alling . flask
with pOwdcs frOus . can . spark fsom his
pipe iSntted tho powder. esusiu9 an 81.
plOaiOh which wrecked the sod house
and allied him 10 full Of powder that he
was hardly recognizable.
WILLIAM Bi.AcKxoRE. living Eighteen
niles southwest Of Creighton, committed
suicide Tho Other day b sAooune HIM
skh. His wife aaye he hsA hsen sitting
strNngely ever sihce the sleotien N No
vssnbce RlAHhaNrc ws& . defested
candidate at the time. ue waa . we'll.
TODD farmer and very fsvorably known.
Ar the Peru state Normal achool the
frat week Of tho present term somc Ms
students were regularly enrolled In the
course and . lsrgs number In the prss-
ticc school. pu4pG the past rear ths
attendance repres~nteA eight Statea
The s%1 Nebraska students represented
forty.nvc countics Of the State.
HoS. RiCuAm EpwARps, state Saper-
iatcndent Of Public I Instruction Of i'll.
notA, hes been secarrA 10 deliver an "a.
drs bet0fc the State TeAchsrS' AaSs
citation, which msetA At Lincolu NsrA
N, % and ~. His subject will he
"Moral Trimming Il Oar Public Schools"
Ftmn % wahoo. early the other morn.