The Red Cloud chief., 1890-12-05


. NEBRASKA A NEWS
u w. J. Ecxxr. prooipsns bssines'
man Of Osoat. 'eomnttted suicide sh<
other NY b. shooting hinscls u TN
head. No eanss assigaeds
fnEls 0AMBEn Is years old. was hunt
! ing some distsnee belo1 Kebrasks City
the other afternoon wken hss gun uai
accidentally DISCHARGED. tearing on his
right hand ct tho wrist Tho load
; passed through the hat Of . compan On,
, bat fortunately missed the head.
Oxx Of the peculiar freaks OF the late
: election took place in sherman County.
Emmerson Smith. county attorney
elect OF Sherman County. studied Law
Tor . lev months under Attorney Scott
Of Loup City. He was then admitted
TO tho bar and . few days later received
the nomination for county attorney ON
the Alliance ticket His instructor.
Scott was nominated for the same POI
sition On the Republican ticket but was
badly beaten in the race by his pupil
The Custer County Jail now contains
but one inmate and he IL . prisoner
from BOX Butte County, held for safe
keeping.
THE annual winter meeting Of the
State BOARD Of Agriculture will be held
at Lincoln beginning January 20 at the
same time with the winter corn exhibit
A GANG Of Osceo,a boys raided the
mills At that place the other night and
broke thirty-six panes OF glass. The
proprietor learned thcir names and
taxed them S3I.GO for their fun. The
boys afterwari had interesting wood
shed interv cws" with the parents who
pa d the bills
w. Il WEEKS, ~ex-treasurcr OF Greeley
County. has been arressed charged with
embezzlement The shortage. it is al
lerel. will amount to several thousand
dollars Mr.. Weeks was one Of the O
popular men in the county, and the re-
suit OF the investigation OF his accounts
has astonished tho community.
TIE handsome new residence of Mrs
Anna E Miller. at beatrice. was com.
pletely destroyed by fire the other
night The structure was one Of the
bsndsomest in the city AMI cost 81, 600
Mrs Miller Is at present a resident Of
Omaha. but expected to take possession
OF the house within q few days The
OFF n OF tho fre is supposed 10 be in
cendiary. The insurance was g.. 600.
LATE fire atArcadia destroyed prop
erty to the value of s.5. COO. About half
the buildings burned were insured. The
Commercial Hotel. p~ost-oHice. a hard |
ware store. general store. saloon, barber !
were burned.
II. II. Bliss, ono Of the most popular |
citizens OF Steele City. was accidentally
shot the other morning by John BARLOW. |
lie about half an hour. lie leaves |
. wife and Oncchild. Barlow was almost
crazed with grief at tho sad affair.
SAMUEL CARTER, a soldier OF the reg.
ular army who had been stationed at
Fort Meade and who was recently re.
tired from the serv &c. was found dead
in his bed at the Jennings Hotel at
Omaha the other morning lie had
blown out the gas upon retir n.y.. lie
was 20 years OF age. was q private in
troop c. Eighth cavalry. and went to
Fort Meade with his regiment abOnt
two years ago from Fort Brown. Tex.
lie was on b s way to the San Antonio
soldiers home.
Hon. EDWARD BATES, Of York, late
Democratic candidate for Judge in the
Sixth d strict has applied to the SUI
preme Court for a peremptory writ of
mandamus to compel the State Board of
Canvassers to canvass the returns from
that district and to certify to his cleo.
ton as judge. The board notified Judge
Bates that the returns would not be
the alleged reason being the
neglect of Governor Thaycr to include
in he proclamation for the general
. call for tho election of q
judge in that district, and the Supreme
Court will be called upon to decide
whether this neglect invalidates the
4,
THE cattlemen of Southern Cherry
County have formed an association for ,
the protection OF stock and the exter.
minatiOn of wolves. I,
PATENTS have been issued to George ,
and }. T. Culver. Of Blue Springs. !.
a dust collector, and Barton w. /,
Harmer. Of Avoca. for horse hay rake. !
Six deer were killed in Grant County Z
the recent snow fall +,
E. ". ORMsBY and 100 other tax-pay. :
BIS OF MERCK County. have petitiOned q
tho board OF supervisors to put q bounty
IN wolves 1t Is assorted that a thou +!
and or moro dollars damage is done :
~ these animals on hogs sheep. tur- d
EeyS. calves. etc. and something must {
'e done to protect the Taxpayers on q
whom the loss falls. :
JAMES VIVIAN, clerk Of the Arlington /
At Hastings committed suicide B
ecently by taking morphine. y
THE foundation for the new Congre- Il
church at Crawford has been /.
aid. q
GODFREY GAILEEN has disappeared G
York. leaving several creditors in 4
he lurch. Q
FIRE at Riverton recently destroyed Il
he livery barn of George Enos, contain. e
NC eleven horses. q number Of buggies e.
nd harness and . large quantity OF /
eed. The barn OF Isaac Shepardson. .
nth two horses and two cows was also !!
urned. The IRE is supposed to have y
cen OF lncenolary origin !.
LEWIS BUTLER Of ST. Paul will spend =
be next year Of his life in the penlten.
larry As . penalty for disposing OF . .
,ortgaged property. He is IS years p
{ age. but he made . great run =
his liberty after committing the b
rime and was not captured until he n
I'd reached Corpus Christ, Texas =
FRANK. the twelve-year-old son of J. H.
'amh. living -four miles north Of Grand
sland. Was thrown from . horse and
ragged to death tho other day. He
rs herding cattle and the horse be- =.
ame frightened and throw him. One :.
,ot caught In the stirrup and he was
nable TO extricate himself. The horse
IN 70 the house. . half mile away, :"
the dead body Of the boy with ~
i'm. NJ
Dr. l. W. FCxcK Of Bestrice. has
srved notice on George w. CollinA q