The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-28
Miscellaneous.

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the independent press
Miscellaneous.
A LATE cyclone damaged the Kear-
ney cotton mills to the amount of S3, 600.
THE Beatrice canning factory is now
in full operation with a big force of
hands.
THE residence of Wesley Collett, at
Beatrice, was badly damaged by light
ming during a late storm.
THE shooting of a negro prostitute by
a drunken soldier recently threw Craw-
ford into great excitement"
THE Omaha plumbers strike has been
settled on a basis of proportionate pay
for the hours of service given
S. =. HENRY, an old and respected
resident, was instantly killed by the
cars at Ashland the other day.
DURING a recent storm at Nebraska
City Miss Kate Hedner was struck by
lightning and severely injured.
NORFOLK celebrated the opening Of
her sugar factory, said to be the largest
in the world, with a big banquet and
blowout on the 18th.
THREE sons of f. o. Merritt and two
other boys, all Of Long Pine. were late
ly poisoned by eating corned beef, but
recovered under skillful treatment
FRITZ BoHS, a farmer living eight
miles northeast of Dodge. committed
suicide the other night by hanging.
Liquor is supposed to have been the
cause.
DURING a recent storm lightning
struck the corral Of George Stennett, a
farmer living three miles OF east Hol-
dredge, and killed several head of valu-
able stock.
Two burglars, Clark and Parras,
broke Jail at Madison the other night
and are still at liberty. Parras had
just been sentenced to eighteen months
in the penitentiary.
WHILE recently carelessly handling q
revolver at Weeping Water. l. ii. Ham
mon accidentally shot Oliver H. Dough-
erty, a boy fifteen years old, in the eye.
The boy lived but fifteen minutes.
OLIVER =. MASON. one of the fore
most members of the Lincoln bar and
ex-judge of the supreme court. died ut
tiiStth ttft LII uloIh iIR, h&cu SiNtS-
two years. He was leading counsel for
Gov. Thayer in the recent proceedings
in ousting James E. Boyd.
CLARK WOODMAN, one of the wealth
lest citizens of Omaha, was recently
found dead in his room at the Pacific
house in Chicago. The surroundings
indicated suicide. but this his friends re-
fused to believe, as no known cause ex-
listed for such an act. Their theory was
that he died Of heart disease.
THE would.be wreckers of the Bur
lington Il Missouri passenger train at
Grafton station. east Of Beatrice, have
been arrested. They proved to be two
boys not over fifteen years old They
piled tones on the track three times
for the purpose of wrecking the train,
but each time failed They are the
sons of well to do farmers and said
they had read Of such things and only
did it TO enjoy some fun.
ABRAHAM WILLIAMS. Of York, met
with quite an accident day recently.
He had occasion to go up on the wind
mill and when about fifteen feet from
the ground the board on which he was
leaning broke, letting him fall. striking
his head on the platform. breaking his
nose ond otherwise bruising his face.
WHILE drunk John Earhart, a labor
ing man fifty years old. was recently
knocked down by the cars at Lincoln
and his right foot cut of.
A WAITER named Burt, who is a NOR
phine and chloroform fiend, too an
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other evening and narrowly escaped
death
FRANK HAZE was cleaning his re-
volver in the kitchen of the family resi-
dcnce at Nebraska City the other day
when il was accidentally discharged
and the ball passed through the calves
of both of his mothers legs. seriously
injuring her.
The strike at the Omaha smelter is
over and the men have resumed work.
The men finally waved all demands for
an eight-hour day. while the company
withdrew its prescription of James Ba-
con, an employee
The other night lightning struck the
barn Of C t. Webster, e Reynolds.
| and killed a valuable horse
Mrs MARY HILL committed suicide
at McCook the other morning by lying
down on the railroad track and per-
hitting u train 10 run over her body.
She was mangled almost beyond recoe-
milton About . year z she lost two
children by ~diphtheria, and the next
day her husband. James Hill. was
taken with typhoid fever and died
since then she has made repeated At
tempts 10 Kill herself. She was in good
circumstances. having q good farm and
about fifty head Of horses and cattle
and = good crop this ear. She leaves
| seven children. the Oldest only sixteen
and the youngest a baby not yet a year
old