The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-14
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS


RECENTLY . w~aterspout deluecd the
people Of Tslmage.
THE trouble 1t the Omaha smelter on
the sth seemed TO larger pro-
portions. There was also some excite
ment among other lsboring men. The
situation was decidedly feverish-
WHILE recently ont hunting. .
Beaver City Emery Greenwood, eight
years old, WAS killed by the accidental
discharge OF q shotgun which was care
lessly handled by . comrade. He was
shot through the heart death resulting
instantly.
VARIOUS corporations in the state
met the eight-hour law, which went in
to effect on August 1. by adopting q
scale Of wages payable by the hour. A
number Of Omaha manufacturers, 1t
was said. had banded tagether TO test
| the law In the courts
A Young man, perhaps eighteen years
Of age, and unknown WAS instantly
other morning. He vas stealing a ride
on the Missouri Pacific and was riding
on the trucks beneath the sleeper. He
| got on at Omaha and was making his
way TO Kansas City.
RECENTLY ira Ames' little daughter
Agile, while sitting on q fence watch
ing Benjamin McCleary, who was
moving the yard with q cythe. At Fair
mont lost her balance and fell in the
way Of the blade which struck her
limb below the knee, severing tn cords
ALLEN HIsxEY. of Lincoln, aged fifty.
eloped the other night with Ida, the
fourteen-year-old daughter OF Peter
Kilmer, q railway conductor. The
father and police searched for them all
night, and next day ran across Hiskey.
who was on his way 10 where the girl
was hidden. Hiskey showed fight but
a club and revolver compelled him to
surrender.
MRS ANNIE ALLISON, formerly OF
Cass county, died May 8 at Meskelf.
England. She left q will, in which,
among other gifts, she bequeathcd to
Attorney j. ii. Haldeinan. OF Weeping
Water, $500 in cash, and made him sole
executor Of her estate, amounting TO
somethirg like $40. 900. consisting OF
realty and personal property In that
county.
THE other morning. during a tempo.
rary alteration of the mind, Mrs q. w.
Cass, wife Of a prominent merchant OF
Aurorn, saturated her dress with kero-
| sene and then set fire to it She ran
out onto the lawn and was almost in
stantly envcloped in flames. The
neighbors Immediately ran to her as.
sistancc. but before they could render
any service her clothing was entirely
consumed and her skin burned to q
crisp. She died soon after.
THE prohibition state convention at
Lincoln on the 9th nominated T. w.
Richardson, of Omaha, for Judge OF the
supreme court and Rev. William Garst,
Of Neigh, and Mrs. Caroline w. Wood
ward, of Seward, for regents Of the state
university. The platform indorses the
national prohibition party; demands
government control Of telegraph and
railroad companies; favOrs q more un.
restricted coinage Of the metals, and
places the party OF record as favoring
the total humiliation Of the liquor
traffic.
The state board Of equalization has
completed the tax levy for 1891. The
total assessed valuation for the state is
1888, I59, 200. 4s as against sls4. 30, 3o4. 81
last year. The levy this year is 81, 2o7,-
Os2. Al as against sl,17l, 5a4.4s in 1890.
The levy is apportioned as follows:
General fund, s9O7, 24s IS; sinking fund.
S44. 9sa 10; school fund, Sal, 4Oa. 81; uni
versity fund, S6s. GAG 30; feeble minded
institute fund, sa2. 6s2. 10; state relief
fund, Saa, 6s2. 10. The appropriations Of
the legislature aggregate 81, $50, 575.63
or an average of 81, AS. 2s7. 50 per year.
which is more than the tax levy. The
deficiency is chiefly made up from the
sale and lease of the school lands.
MORE than fifteen years ago Jack
Marion and John Cameron set out to-
gethcr in a wagon on a trip, and were
last seen a. the Blue river near Bea-
tricc. A few days later the supposed
body Of Cameron was found in the Blue
river, and when it was discovered that
Marion had been seen with Cameron's
team and goods in his possession, he
was suspected of numbering his COM
companion. lie vas not apprehcnded
until ten years afterward, and was
tried several times and finally executed
in March, 1857. Now comes the story
that Cameron is alive, having returned
from Alaska about a year ago, and did
not know he vas supposed to have been
murdered until he learned of the hang
ing of Marion. lie then concealed his
identity. through fear, but was recent
ly discovered by the uncle of Marion,
who never believed in his nephew's
guilt
The state board of transportation
met lately at Lincoln to take the neces-
sary steps to give the warehouse act
effect The yearly license fee for ware
houses was fixed at $50 for class A. SO
for class Is, S. for class c. The fee for
inspecting grain will be as cents per
car. The charge for storage Is limited
by the following rate: The maximum
charge for storage and handling grain,
including the cost Of receiving and de-
liveriug, shall be for the first ten days
or part tOcIcOI, Ouc CCut per uuSuci 8uu
for each ten days, or part thereof after
the first ten days, three-eighths Of one
cent per bushel; provided, however,
that grain damp or liable to early dam
age. Is indicated by its inspection when
received, may be subject to two cents
per bushel storage for the first ten days
and for each additional five days or
part thereof. not exceeding onc-hslf Of
one per ZEN per bushel.
The statement made that the en-
crossed copy Of the eight-hour law
reads ten hours is pronounced not true.
An examination of the bill signed by
the governor and now in the secretary
Of states vault shows that the number
Of hours Is mentioned only once, and
the word eight is Is plain rs print
WILLIAM BERpINE, q r. & N. brake
man. vas recently killed by the cars ut
Crete
PARAMOUNT wa recently visited BY .
heavy rain and electric storm Aboat
two inches Of water fell in . very short
time. The basn of L H. Steiger Wa
eHru~k hv l;OhtninO killing fnup muleR