The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-31
NEBRASKA A NEWH


TIM Other day willaru MeRhrianA,
IN Omaha hsek drives. was killed b
the kick II one Of his horses
THEKE are yet over Is. 0oo. 900 scres Of
nnirnproved land In the state, only TO-
seeseo scres being under plow.
The other day Lightning A6f6ck Jay
Merrill's barn near Columbus killing
three hogs and burned 6e sheds
A TRAMP riding in q co Of nmber
was badly sqnsezsd It Weeping Water
the other day, but he vii recover.
The Boone coupty feuniou viii b
held at ST. Edward SEPTEMBER IS 70
and q, and . great time is expected
WEST POISr was completely flooded
by a recent heavy rain Cellars were
filed with water and much damage
done to property.
The entire fire department OF Chad
o turned out the other day and made
a gallant run to extinguih q FIRE which
was discovered 10 be q locomotive on
the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val.
ley road about W. miles away.
WHILE thing was being placed in u
~ lAdl ~ Soh bC otAASA aoy toC
sides cayed in, burying Noah Tate under
ten feet of sand, thirty feet from the sur
face. He was dead when taken out
| He leaves q wife and five small chill
dren.
THE other evening a terrible explo-
sion of a locomotive occurred in the
Burlington g. Missouri railroad round.
house at Plattsmouth. The conclusion
was felt all over tho city. Charles
Hazemeyer. an engineer, aud John
Hardman were killed and several other
men were seriously injured.
GEORGE Z. BALDWIN. a farmer resid-
ing near Liberty, was recently murder
ously assaulted by his hired man, Dave
| Hicks, who struck him over the head
and then cut his throat, almost sever
ing his jugular vein. Hicks then
mounted one of his victims horses and
escaped. 1t was thought Baldwin could
not
IT is reported hat q. Gerber. Of
Omaha, a naturalized citizen of the
United States, who returned to Russia
for his family, has been seized by au-
thority of the car, exiled to Siberia
and his property confiscated. The
charge against him was that he fed to
the United States. He has resided at
Omaha five years.
THE creamery capacity Of the state is
5000 pounds of butter per day. Flour
ing mills have q capacity of AZ, 600 bar
rels per day. The two sugar-beet fac
tories have a capacity Of 40. 600 pounds
nos 1,x, and Hha H,-orSx,f r,,ft an1 ua<rA
table canneries put up yearly 10000
900 cases. The state has Ito, 900 acres
Of cultivated timber, 2,OO). 900 apple
trees, l,sO0, 900 peach trees, 237. 900
cherry trees and 2l5, 900 grape vines
THE business men of Omaha who
have aiken the most active part in eff
forts to secure the National Grand
Army Of the Republic encampment for
1892 have decided to organize as a stock
company. the receipts from the sale Of
stock to be used for the promotion of
the desired object Accordingly they
have Incorporated as the National
Grand Army of the Republic Encamp-
ment association. The authorized cap
ital is So, ZOO, divided into shares of SIS
each. 1t is proposed to raise at least
S25, 600 in this manner.
WHILE recently playing near the
cleaning department of the Lyons roller
mills the clothing of the ~ten-year-Old
son Of William Brink caught on the
line shaft of the cleaner, whirling him
around it with frightful velocity. The
waste box of the cleaner is located
about sixteen inches from the line
shaft and at every revolution of the
shaft the boys head and shoulders
struck against the box with terrible
force. The lad was considered to be
fatally injured.
THE county clerks Of eight counties
failed to send in abstracts of assess
ment to the state auditor within the
prescribed time. This neglect seriously
intcrferes with the auditor in compiling
the grand assessment roll and delays
the work of the state board Of equaliza-
ton in making the state levy. The
counties delinquent were: Banner,
Blaine, Box Butte, Dawes, Garfield, !
Loup and Platte. The law requires that
all these abstracts of assessment should
be in the auditors Office on July IL.
DUKING n recent storm ligh thing
struck the farm residence Of Jerry
Carson, southwest of Harrington, Sc
verely ~injuring Carson and his wife aud
child. All three occupied the same bed
and were so severely stunned that il
was some time before they recovered
consciousness. Carson first regained
his senses and labored for a long time
with his pvifa hofnra cha vros aaHn~1l
The hair was all burned from the right
side of her head and her body was a
mass of blisters and blackened flesh
Her recovery is doubtful.
Hon. JOHN c. WATSON, chairman of
the republican state central commit
tee, it Is stated, is inclined to believe
that the republican party should place
q candidate in the field for governor at
the fall election, Notwithstanding the
decision Of the supreme court that
Thayer virtually holds over for two
put q candidate in the field, and the
opinions Of lawyers are varied rs to
what is the proper course to pursue.
Mr.. Watson is reported as saying that
he will soon call q meeting of the state
committee and then the matter can be
thoroughly discussed as to whether or
not the Office Of governor should be in
serted in the call.
THE other night Is the train with
Van Amburgh show on board was pull
ing into Gordon. George s Newton. one
of the brakemen, lost his balance from
the top of the car and fell between the
freight cars and the passenger coach.
The rear car ran over and killed him.
He left a wife and three children in
Chadron-
ALBERT HoLIISs. Is years old, was
recently drowned while bathing in the
Blue river. neal Crete. while bathing.
THE barn of William Hall. six miles
west of Nelson. was struck by lightning
during a late storm and burned Five
horses three mules baggy. harness and
a wagon were burned /
ARRANGEMENTS Are being made for
holding a big shooting tournament in
Hastings some time during August Oh