The Red Cloud chief., 1891-03-06
Misccnannenrs.

RECENTLY the home of VI. L. Wheeler,
on the Omaha reservation, was burned.
The family narrowly escaped crcmar
ton. Nothing was saved.
:. Il. CowLEs, the banker Of Clarks
who was recently arrested q N the charge
of numbering his wife and then charg-
ing her death upon burglars, has been
acquitted. This leaves the strangling
Of his wife where the coroner first
placed 1.-THE work Of an unknown
burglar.
Ar the Nebraska conference of the
Swedish Lutheran church held at Mead
recently. the following officers were
elected: President, Rev. i. j. Brodcne.
Of Holdrcgc; vice-prcsident, Rev. j. T..
%Swanborn, Of S~hicklcy: treasurer, o.
Peterson, Mindcn: secretary, Rev. r..
y. Swanbcrg, of Mead.
THE publication of notice by state re-
lief committee for bids To furnish $780,
600 worth of seed grain for the drought
stricken districts has developed the fact
that a great many Nebraska farmers
have wheat to sell and that a much
larger amount il still in country clcyat-
ors than was heretofore estimated.
DURING the recent blizzard. Amos
Buttcrfield and his son Ed, OF Lamar,
Chase county, went Ia the barn to see to
their stock. In trying To return To the
house they lost their way. and late at
night, after wandering around. they ran
against n wire fence. They followed Il
until morning, when they discovered
they were six miles from home. Both
Of them had their ears and hands frozen.
The other morning William McCub-
bin. a wealthy stockman, Of Leigh.
Colfax county, shot and killed Frank
Yob. n hired man. also killed his wife
and then completed the tragedy BY
poisoning himself. Criminal relations
between Yob and the woman caused
the killing. The dead couple leave
five young children. Yob was only
about 20 years of age and Mrs McCub-
bin 50.
c. III. MARTIN, at one time q merchant
but later a loan and collection agent
at Odcll. has skipped to Canada, after
swindling a number OF persons by forg-
ing mortgages and other obligations
and pocketing the cash himself. Mrs
NJ. A. Campbell, of Beatrice. is n of
his victims to the amount Of several
thousand dollars Martin left his fam
ily at Odell in destitute circumstances
II was thought his stealings would
reach the sum of $40, 900. and ever more
THE stock Of Heyman & DcicheS
dealers in ladies suits at Omaha, was
taken possession of the other morning
by holders Of mortgages amounting TO
$40, 600. The stock Is valued at $4,000.
The convent recently completed at
O'Neill BY the Dominican order OF sis
,ers was lately destroyed by fire. Loss
$40, 600: insurance. $4,000
The coal groupings recently found IN
the vicinity of Chinook will be opened
UP this season The product even from
the surface workings is said 20 burn
well. and the quality improves with
depth
ArArE FIRE at Beaver Crossing de-
e.royed the pos. Office, town hall and
four business houses Loss. $4,000
TIE eth annual session Of the North
Nebraska teachers association viii be
held April . Ind ; .: Norfolk
THK Buffalo county committee on re
lief Of destitute farmers has not quite
finished the spportiOumeni Of about
$50 applications 10 have been rejected
IS DC: in need o. help
& W. HoipRxsE- Of Chatron- WHO lefs
homo February IL. was found . week
| later buried under a snow-iriit over
two raileS sun;h Of that town He wHs
20 years old and married
ms. r. p. cAFrKEy. n labu-rrs wife.
Of Omaha. has he~n nostSesict the drath
! of Millionaire oNel- Of Bradford En-
gland nv whom she was LEFT hcir 20
S.S.mt. She was an cnly daughter, do
own-d on accouns Is her Marriage