The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-10
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
Tn other day Iktts Newgoes. q O0sr
ha. and several othee pastiss veat Sal
70 The vicinity Of WsteEloo - . hunt
Ing expeditioa Aftse H. nsenlnG
sport they sst down 70 luneh asA wsss
hardly we'll seated before . 1sek 81
ducks went By. Neweose reached oat
and caught his gun b. - muule and
was pulling IL toward him whsn The
trigger caught In some weeds causing
IN accidental DISCHARGE, which carried
away the index finger Of his left had
sad lacersted the osoonA % badly that
IL he'd 70 b amputsted.
By . collision between two sections
Of . stock train near Cody the other
day Charles Share. Of Rapid City. was
crushed IN the debeiA The Hre from
the stove iGnited the wood work. burn
ing three cars and . locomotive ana
charrin9 Shares body beyond reeogni-
ton. John Rlchfcrd VA badly Injured.
Fourteen head Of cattle wore killed.
: WILLIAM ]. MEAD, . well known con-
tractor. attempted suicide ct Lincoin
the other afternoon. He had been con-
fined to his bed for seventeen weeks
with rheumatism, and becoming de-
spondeut severed IN artery in his wrist
He bled IN immense quantity and when
bis wife went into the room she found
him unconscious and tho bed saturated
with blood. A physicisn WAS summoned
and although he was nearly dead, hopes
wore entertained Of saving him.
PHFRR Gross and Peter Krolm wore
recently put under bond 1T Lincoln for
trial on the charge Of buying diseased
cattle and selling the meat They paid
one farmer $40 for . steer. dying from
lump Jaw. and sold the meat, realizing
. largo profit
CAL HUFFMAN, Of Sioux City. was bad
~ hurt while trying to get ON . moving
train 1t Wayne the other night Tho
train wal going too rapidly for him and
he was dragged for several rodA and
found lying beside the track some time
after in an unconscious condition.
THOMAS COoNEY, living threo miles
from Overton, recently hired . stranger.
calling himself Jess Murphy, to work
o. his farm. The other day Mr.. and
MrA Cooney went to spend the evening
1t . neighbOr'A, leaving the hired man
and children at home In the morning
the hired man was missing. and also SIS
In cash, which had been left in a
bureau drawer.
While James Smith, OF Tobias, was
lately leading . horse along . road .
drunken man drove his team against the
animal with such force that tho pole Of
the wagon was driven into the side OF
Smiths horse. killing it instantly.
An irate baker Of Neigh vented his
rage on q theatrical advance agent by
him with stale eggs
A COWBOY named James McFee, en-
pioyed ON . ranch about twenty miles
west of Gering. had paid gallant alton.
ton to . young maiden who lived on an
adjacent ranch. She did not however.
his affection, and tho other day
he became aware that his suit was hope
less After writing . short letter to
her declaring his intention. he rode his
horse to . clump Of cotton woods on tho
bank and tying his lariat rope to
IN ~Overhanging branch on the one end
and around his neck on the other. drove
his horse from under him. His body
hung for fifteen hours before it was dis
covered.
w II NanvU ~na ncHnA. ~-n- 80
Kearney, has disappeared, and 1t is al
legged that he left q number Of his
and associates in the lurch for q
AMOUNT
THE other evening Isaac Traver. ono
Of the first settlers of Merrick County.
from q hay NOW and vas inn
paled ON the handle OF a pitchfork. 1t
was feared his injuries would prove
fatal. He is upward Of sixty years Of
age.
DR. DOAN's team ran away with him
1T North Bend the other day and threw
the doctor from the buggy. breaking
Dne arm and his nose. 1t was feared
that he was also internally injured.
On the s0th pensions were granted tho
following Nebraska veterans: Original,
William 7. F. Dodge. Clarka Increase.
II. Carter, Grant; James H. De-
|anO, Wellsville; James MOwry. Craw-
Horace Greene, Raglan: David
Sloan, York; James Gaskell, Hubbell; |
John McCauley. Beaver Crossing; Dem
mis- Lyons, O'Neill; Abraham Greener, |
Table Rock; Lewis A. Colburn, Manila;
John Hare, Albion; Robert Marvel. FIX
ster; Dow Steadman. PrOsser.
A METEOR which dropped on bright
lights Of various colOrs was seen at
Juniata the other night
Iva HOWARD. an Edgar lad. was show
ng of 1T school the other day, and
while turning . handspring broke his
Irm. Without shedding tear or utter
ng q grosn he marched to the sur
Office, had him set tho arm and
vas back ut school again studying his
essen within ono hour.
The Baptist college 1T Grand Island
nearing completion.
THREE youngsters, aged about thir-
cen OF fourteen years each. recently
IN away from home At Beatrice with
he avowed purpose of going to Tacoma
The boys were all Of respectable parent
.ge, and had about SO between them.
The general merchandise establish
nent Of Sands 4 AndrewA Of Ponder.
vas closed the other morning under At
aggregsting over 81, 900.
Ar . colored festival in Lincoln the
,ther night . fight took place. during
which George Wilson received several
,evere stabA
Gross and Krohn, the two Lincoln
arrested for buying diseased
attic and selling the meat were each
lined SIS and costs
PENSIONS lately granted Nebraskans:
invalid. John SteverA Ere
mont; Jo6ANhXance. Chester; Horace
~ Sutton; EtSAyery, Herman;
z Straight Omaha; James
na>Augustus w. PowerA