The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-03
NEBRASKA A NEWS

EDwAnD HARRINGTON, . waiter IN .
boarding house 1t Omaha committed
suicide the other night BY cutting his
throat He had been On . spree
Ar Brownsville the other day . son
of C ". Kaufman while drunk at
tackled his father and sister with .
butcher knife. infiicting injuries upon
the elder Ksufmaa which msy prove
fatal.
THE Evangelical German society 1t
Syracuse is making preparations for
the erection Of . school building in con-
nection with the church for the purpose
Of teaching the children German during
the vacation Of the public schoolA
MRS q. +. HAHEY and Mn. A. n.
Tabro recently attempted to o the
railroad track at Grafton In front Of
IN approaching train. They were
struck by the engine and both instant
~ killei. the bodies being badly mutt
lated
Ii the case of Charles r. Carpenter.
lately tried in the district court At Be
strice On the charge of m~anslaughter.
the jury returned q verdict Of scquittal.
Carpenter Was on trial for causing the
death Of his wife By failing TO provide
her with the neccssaries of life.
WHILE fishing in the Blue river near
Sutton the other day Capt August
Kleinschmidt, Of company L, Nebraska
national guards was drowned He
was . very popular officer with the
militia and took q prominent part In
defending settlers during the recent
Sioux campaign.
The house Of j. b. Hume at Madison
was recently robbed Of two gold watches
and several diamonds. When Mira
Hume discovered the robbery she mott
fed the officers and soon q piano tuner
Wa arrested. One of the stolen watches
and other stolen articles were found
upon him.
THERE are 1.l07 ~postofices in the
state, . net increase of 81 frum the past
year. There were 2l3. 092 domestic
money orders issued in the state during
the year. the amount involved being
81, 75s, 4l1.5 0. Number Of postal notes
issued s2i9, $50. Of the face value Of
$3.50. 267. 20.
ONE night recently q freight train on
the Burlington road ran into a culvert
which had been washed out by the rain
near York. The engine fell into the
creek and t~wenty-three freight cars
piled on top of it. Engineer Delaney.
of Lincoln, was instantly killed and
Fireman Bean fatally injured. Brake
man Moore had q leg broken
The heavy rains in the past two
weeks practically stopped all work on
the irrigating bitches being constructed
in the section about Culbertson, caus-
ing Q damage Of thousands of dollars
In many places considerable damage
was lone to the dams, waste weirs and
other adjuncts of the bitches that were
only partially completed.
THE body of m unknown man was
found In the river at Nebraska City the
other day. 1t Was that OF . man about
five feet eight inches tall. dressed in
striped shirt, light coat, black pants
and had evidently been in the water
some time. The pockets contained n
cent in money and q card bearing the
name Of John II. McManuA
The other day Morris Alexander,
treasurer of the Burger-Alexander
Hardware Co. of Hastings, in attempt
ing to board q fast freight train on the
Union Pacific railway near Elm Creek,
slipped and fell under the wheels of
the train, which was moving at . rate
of twenty miles an hour, and which
passed over his body. mangling his
limbs in Q terrible manner and causing
death in q few hours.
THE law passed by tho late legisla-
ture decla ring all grain elevators in
Nebraska public warehouses has gone
into effect Alliance organizations
have purchased and built many elevat-
ora Instead Of the enormous crop 70
be harvested shortly being placed on
the market alliance grain men assert
IL will 60 TO the elevators and not be
sold until prices have materially ad-
vanced
DURING o terrific storm at Wahoo the
other night q house occupied by Peter
Guuderson and family Was struck by a
bolt Of lightning and literally torn to
pieces The windows were torn out
and all the glass broken The doors
were torn from their hangings md the
frame Of the house so damaged hat II
will be impossible to repair It The
family were In bed at the time and the
springs of the bed on which they were
sleeping were melted. No one was
seriously hurt
The officials Of the department Of
justice give the following as the ex-
penses of the United States courts in
Nebraska during the last year: Mar
shals, %. &2l. 30; jurors, sls. O0O; wit
nesses, 81, 500; support of pri ,oners, 81
500; balifs, 81. 500; miscellaneous ST.
l54.3S; regular compensation of United
States attorney, $1,000 %; regular
compensation of assistant United States
attorney. $50. 20; special compensation
assistant United States attorney, $50:
clerks 81, TIL. -; commissioner Slsa 20;
total, As, 5s7. IS.
Passions lately granted 70 Nebraska
veterans: Original, John ID. Howe,
Charles II. Gibbons Alexander Hack.
worth, James L. Cline. BENJAMIN
Huber. George Schneider. Samuel
Sadler. Frederick Gipp. Washington
Norton, Frederick Gutschaw. Alonxo h.
Clark, Thomas s. Patterson. Francis L.
Mitchell, Frecland Il Manville. Joseph
). Parsons, HeDekiah Nively, Frederick
Kooxer, Robert w. Davidson. Christian
Blum, John H Lamb Additional.
James Temple. Joseph Myer. Original
widows etc, Catherine H~ennessey,
Laurinda Garner. Agnes Sanford.
A. D. Franz dropped dead in his yard
at Beaver City the other day.
AUeusr PINKLENAN. q young black
smith residing 1t Bow Valley, has had
his sight totally destroyed BY . piece Of
flying steel from . plow share lodging
in his eye
NoRrn Platte has been Selected as
the place for holding the annusl re.
union of the West Nebraska Veterans
association The date has been Axed
at September Is TO 10.
TEE asseAson' books in Custer and
Sargent townships Custer county, each
report the number Of hogs in their re-
spective townships as Gil and the vaiu-