The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-26
STATE NEWS

TnE farm house of Chris -Haason at
jamestown, Dodge County, MAS entered
by burglars the other night Sixteen
dollars in cash. three scale tickets for
corn and . ladies' gold watch and chain
were stolen.
A DARING robbery was recently com.
mitted in Busch Brothers store At Ber'
lin BY three men, who were caught in
the act Of slowing away gloves. silk
handkerchieiA shoes and. in fact any
thing they could lay their hands on.
They gave their names IS James c.
Brown, John Thrown and John Hop
k:nA They were each fined SO by a
justice.
ANNIE LuwIa. who so mysteriously
disappeared from Nebraska City some
weeks since, has been found with
friends near Brook, but refuses to make
any explanation
THE other night . young bookkeeper
by the name OF Warrington struck the
painting by ~Bouguereau. entitled tho
Return Of Spring." ON exhibition at
the Art Association rooms in Omaha,
with . chair and tore two rents in the
canvas. each about thirty inches long.
When arrested Warrington said that he
had Bel such pictures in respect
abe houses, and he felt it his duty to
destroy. it in. the interest OF, womsn's
virtue. The canvas is about seven feet
long and four VIDE. was painted in
Paris in 1875. awarded q medal in the
Salon in 1876. and was valued at SIS
OO1.
MAETIN BARKER. tho Lyons barber.
who while drunk shot a man named
Lewis in the arm. was found guilty Of
assault with intent to commit great
bodily injury, end sentenced to five
years in the p%enitent' airy.
An unknown man was recently found
seriously injured lying ear the rail-
road track at Newport. II s NAME, from
letters found on his person. was sup
posed to be Alfred Stock lalc, and his
parents reside at Hay Springs.
AT the recent meeting Of the State
Dairymen's Association, held at Pawnee.
reso ut Ons were reported favor.ng a
liberal appropriation by the Legislature
for an exhibit from Nebraska at the
Worlds Fair, and also favoring the pas
sage Of a Law providing for farmers in
stitutes in the various counties Of the
State.
The State Farmers Alliance, recent
~ in session at Lincoln, reelected
John II. Powers president ii. q. Stew
art was elected v.cc-president j. NJ.
Thompson, secretary. j. burrows was
chosen chairman Of the executive com.
mittec. with Alien Root. X +. Allen.
Mr.. Eealls and Mr.. Connell members of
the committee. There are 2.OIS Ali.
ances in the State. with an estimated
membership Of 81, Goa. The attendance
At the meeting was about I. 500 dele.
gates Most of the proceedings were in
secret session
Mrs. JoHN MILLER. an aged lady who
received several wounds in the Brad.
shaw cyclone on June :, died from their
effects the other day.
BENEDICT & Co, booksellers OF Hast
ings have failed
THE other morning E {, Caller, OF St
Adams, VT, was found dead in his bed
by a chambermaid at the brunswick
Hotel in Kearney. Heart disease the
cause.
TIE wife of Barker. tho Lyons barber
who was recently sentenced to five
years imprisonment by the district
court for shooting and won nding Ed
Lewis while he (Barker) was in q drunk
on ft. will sue the Omaha sa~loonkeeper
who sold her husband LIQUOR. for dam
ages. The amount asked is SO per
week for the term o: Imprisonment it
being alleged that Barker could earn
that much at his trade. Lewis. the
wounded man. will also sue fOrdamages.
THE Alliance members of Kearney,
Phelps, Harlan and franklin Counties,
it is said. are ons dering the question
OF starting an Alliance bank at Wilcox.
The projectors claim that enough have
already signiied their Willingness to
take stock to make it q success.
FRANK PALMER, of DJrp. Logan
County, was some time ago bitten by .
tartantula which had been shipped to
him in q box OF fruit, and for q { me his
recovery was despared OF. Twodoctors
however, saved his life.
GAIL KOl:TI. treasurer of Pierce Coun.
~ usO OOCn aAACSOCW 0b XNOEIOlA Ou tUC
charge OF emtezzlement An investiga-
ton has revealed q shortage in the coun.
ty Of $34, 600. Korth has turned over his |
property to his bondsmen.
The resolutions adopted by the Farm.
ers' Alliance, lately in session at Lin.
coin, although o officially made pub |
lie. 1t is said indorse the Conger larl
bill and oppose the Paddock pure food
bill; favor an amendment to the Consti.
tuition covering all fines and license
moneys into the general school fund in
stead OF the local schoo! fund; favor the
abolition of the two cents bounty on
sugar manufactured in the State, and |
favor the adoption of an interest law |
that would forfeit both principal and
interest If usury had been taken or con-
tracted, and the enactment Of a maxi.
mum freight rate.
THE body of a woman was found the
other day lying beside the track about
a mile and . half east of Wood River.
She had jumped or fallen on the fast
mail train. She was taken to a house
near by and died in . short time. She
and her husband and children were on
their way from Portland, Ore, and az
she had tried tocommit suicide once be-
fore it is supposed hat she jumped of
the train while laboring under tempo.
rary insanity. She Was not missed I'M
til the train reached Grand Island, when
her brother returned with q team in
search of her.
A LATE fire 1T Minden destroyed tho
greater part Of the business portion of
he town. Loss, estimated at ss5, 900;
about onc-third of this
amount
A MAN by the name Of Emor Leighton
a'ed on the east-bound passenger train
between Hyann:s and Whitman the
other night. He had been working on
Merna extension of the b & NJ. His
relatives live at jacksonville, Ill
The new Minden ,waterworks were
tested just . day before the big conas-
there the other night and were
pronounced satisfactory. When the
real fire test came, however. the stand.
pipe was empty.
I. n. BLATcHLY. . student at DOane
Crete. was lately thrown from