The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-16
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

uTiNbUR VIII neT uoUy tuc otueT uuys y
football was kicked under her spirited
horse. A wrecked carriage and serious
injuries ~ herself and child were the
result.
TME barn Of q. W. johnson. near
Grafton. recently took fire from heated
manur piled against the building and
~ destroyed. Three valuable horses
were cremated.
CHARLES CAMPBELL was recently the
victim Of = peculiar accident. lie was
hauling u load Of baled hay 10 Blair,
and Just outside Of town some person
had set frc ~ o manure pile close Ia the
road. The wind WAS blowing very hard
and . spark caught In his load. lie did
not notice II until the fire had got with.
In about . foot from where he was sit
ting. lie jumped on the load Just n
time 10 save himself and team. lie did
not save any part Of the wagon except
the double trees and neck yoke.
TmE Farmers Union. Of Columbus. has
adopted a resolution complaining Of the
c%xorbitant rates Of the Union Pacific On
livestock from Columbus 70 south
Omaha.
CHARLES CLARK. q well.tOdo young
man Of Ashford. recently became infat
uatcd with Miss May Mcintyre, an
hcircss, and when she rejected his ad.
vances drew u revolver and shot her
twice. lie then killed himself. The
young lady was o expected 10 live.
ABoUr midnight the other night tho
livery stable Of George Lang, at
Valentine. was burned. together with
seventeen head Of horses and all his
buggics and harness. During the o
fiagration W. men who were sleeping
In the barn were rescued. badly burned
about their faces and hands.
A MAD dog ut Republican City ran
through the streets the other day and
bit q number Of valuable CANNES, all of
which were killed by the authorities.
TmE patriotic ladies NJ Beatrice 70.
Gently held u meeting to adopt measures
for raising the city's quota toward the
fund for the colossal bronze statue Of
George Washington to be- presented by
the women Of America ~ the Republic
Of France.
TnE Fremont Board Of Education at
its annual meeting tn" other night
elected Mrs. NJ. u. Reynolds president
81 the board for the ensuing year. Mrs.
Reynolds has been y member for three
years and she " In every way qualified
Ia I'LL the position Of president. Free
mont claims To be- the only city In tho
State with = lady In that public ga
pacity.
TmE other night u gentleman and
10dv rnviStcr.I NJ tbn nuu,hy lluuso IN
Grand Island IA Mr.. and Mrs. Hurt. and
when they retired left . call for an early
train gong south. The bell boy called
twice, and failing to get an answer re-
ported the matter Ia the clerk. who
climbed In over tho transom and found
them overcome with gas. A physician
was summoned Immediately and found
Mrs. Burt dead and her husband uncon-
scious. From the appearance Of the gas
Jet the gas had been partially turned on
by being struck by something after be-
ing shut oil. The couple had been mar.
ricd at Silver ClifY, Col. the previous
week and were On their way home to
Fairfield. Mr.. Burt u about twenty.
five years Of age and his wife probably
two years younger. lie IL wcil-to-do
farmer and Is worth between $50, 600 and
$4,000.
DumNG tho month Of April twenty.
four convicts were admitted to the State
pcnitcntiary. seventeen were discharged
aud the sentences Of three were com.
muted. leaving 3st In the institution
May I.
MAN named Hooker. VI Warncrvillc,
II In jail at Madison charged with steal
Ing agricultural ,mplcmcnts.
NW thieves arc growing very bold In
Blaine County, the animals being killed
before they are Nken away.
TUX twUycar-old child Of James SEES
tcllc, Of k"arncy, climbed upon = chair
the other morning and secured from the
cupboard y bottle containing carbolic
A".d, which IL drank. IL WAS discovered
1T oncc what the child had done. but he
fore medical aid could bc secured the
little n had died In great agony.
CHARLES Si.AyrON. . twclvc-ycar-oli
Ainsworth boy, has begun suit against
the Eikhorn Valley road. claiming siO,
ON for the loss IT On eye, the sight q
which was destroyed by y railroad tor
prdo.
Two young men recently started from
Marsland, Dawes County, for Decatur
Burt County. by birchbsrk canoe via The
Niobrsra and Missouri rivers, . distance
Of probably u Thousand miles.
CkUAR COUNTY pays . bounty Of On o,
wolf scalps and ~ q consequence II 1
alleged that many Of the ''varmints' arr
driven across the line from ricrcc
Knox. Wayne and Dixon Counties an,
then killed. The county paid out $t6
for wolf scAlps during April.
Rev. FLOCK, ~ lndianola. observes
what he supposed WAS bunari after hi
chickens and procuring . gun brought l
down the first shot. II turned out tai b
u mountain eagle. measuring six fce
four inches from tip Ia tip.
PArnick kENNEny. OF C~oleridgc, va
recently thrown FROM . wagon by
runaway team and had his leg broker
Tho accident occurred in the counts
about midnight and the unfor,unat
man Was not discovered until the nex
morning.