The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-12

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
HKnNAN ZkFIIN ~ recently
drowned while bathing IL . Aah pod
near West Point
ELMKR You've. . farmer aged =
years who lives with his mother Deas
Lincoln. died recently from gianderA
which disease was contracted from
some hosses that he wa treating.
ORscsyTLY John Beekmsn. . German
living twelve miles north Of 0olumbuk
eommitted suicide BY hanging. He Wa
u years old. The only reason that
coald Be assigned for the oct vas pow
sFty and poor health
TIE large dwelling house Of Frank
Jolipek. . farmer living thres miles
south Of Crete. burned 70 the groand
the other afternoon. Loaa heavy. The
building was insured In tho Nebrasks
4 lows Co, lately defuBct
The total aaseased valuation OF rail-
roads In Nebraska - determined By
the state board Of equalization, = Seo.-
265. OF. 30; total assessment Of palace
cam, el5S, 534. ~, and total assessment
Of telegraph companies. Ssio. is4o4
HExRY BALDoRv, . dairyman living
northwest Of IrvinRton, was fatally in
jured tho other evening while unhiteh-
ing his team 1t home. The horses be-
came frightened and RAJ. dragging him
over the rough ground. Death resulted
one hour after the accident
Two safes were cracked at Lincoln
the other night BY burglars. The ono
belonging TO the Consolidated Tank
line Wa drilled and blown open and
three city warrants worth o, 400 taken
The safe of Therod 4 Chandler Wa
treated In . similar manner and $40
taken.
The house Of Valentine Beck. .
farmer residing near Beaver City. took
fire during the recent temporary alb
sence of Mr.. and Mrs. Beck and their
two children. . girl of six and boy Of
two years, persisted in the flames The
parents were within sight Of the fire,
but were unable to reach home before
IL was too late.
DURING . late storm near Merna the
residence of II. b. Anderson was total
~ demolished by lightning. and a.
though at the time il was struck there
were eight persons sleeping in the
house, no one was injured The light
ming tore every bedstead but one to
pieces and bolts of lightning went
through every room.
The nIne-yesr-old son of Patrick
Guinane was picked up from the side
walk ut Columbus the other evening in
IN unconscious condition and died the
next morning. It vas found out later
that he, in company with other boys
had found q number Of bottles Of medi-
cine that had been thrown In the alley
back Of q store. He drank from ono of
the bottles with the result mentioned.
ACCORDING to reports from every sec
ton of the STATE the outlook for farm
ers has not been better since the first
sod was broken In Nebraska There is
q large acreage of small grain In nearly
every section from which reports are
received, and corn will also be largely
increased. although planting had just
fairly begun In many parts when the
reports were made.
Now that Mrs Sheedy has been &C.
Quilted ut Lincoln of the charge of hir-
ing the negro, Monday Mcfarland, TO
murder her husband, 1t Is stated that
she refuses TO pay the q, 500 expenses
incurred by her uncle In her behalf
during the trial. and in addition left
him responsible for 8, 900 for an sttor-
ney's fee, and also shows . disposition
to repudiate the fee Of Sl2, 900 promised
Mr.. Strobe.
In the United states court ut Omaha
the other day James Mooresa pension
attorney Of Valley, vas found guilty Of
defrauding Mrs. Mary Qugin, . decrepit
old woman, Of a large sum Of pension
money. When the verdict was an
nounced the judge administered . Sc
we're rebukc to the convicted attorney
and remanded him for sentence, warn
ing him that he would get the full ex-
tent of the law.
A FEUD Of long standing between two
farmers living eight miles north Of
Harrington eliminated the other after
noon in a shooting ARRAY In which
Joseph Drees fred five shots at Bernard
Koch. None of the shots took effect
One bullet pierced Koch's hat while
another cut away q portion OF his
whiskerx Drees was arrested and
waived examination. He was placed
in Jail in default Of 81. 900 bonds
CHARLEY SHEPHERD and Christian
Fuerst who murdered Carl Pulaifer
December 10, 1859. and then robbed the
body Of SO, were hanged at Fremont
on the 5th. Shepherd nearly tainted
on the gallows but Fuerst acted en-.
tirely unconcerned. When the men
were asked II they had anything TO
say. Fuerst replied nothing" but
Shepherd said: 1--WE are the men who
did the deed, and therefore no q else
can be accused Of Il"
WHILE the family Of Louis Cedar. re-
siding near Genoa, was 1t supper the
other evening Mrs Cedar Jaw . man
lurking about the premises with . gun.
She Informed her husband, who started
for his gun and his wife again stepped
70 the door when she received . charge
OF shot N the face and breast When
Mr.. Cedar reached the scene he saw .
man. who proved TO be his own father.
Peter Conrad, running across the
prairie. The next morning old man
Conrad was found dead 1t his residence
from the effects of q dose of poison He
had been q hard drinker and when un-
der the influence of liquor WAS very
abusive 70 his family. which caused his
wife TO take refuge with the young
man. and the father had threstened 70
kill the whole family.
TRACEY CASTER was bitten by . rat
tlesnake while recently on her way 70
school near West Point She displayed
great presence Of mind by tying .
string above the place where she Wa
bitten. With the aid Of . physician she
has recovered.
JACOB A. NARROW, one of the cap.
tains of the FIRE department Of Lincoln.
has been arrested on q charge Of arson.