The Red Cloud chief., 1891-09-11
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ANTON JURNKA, n Herman pcduier,
recently committed suicide at Blair by
taking morphine.
F. q. TEST, superintendent, and J.
w. clearinghouse, steward, OF the in
sane asylum at Hastings. have sent
their designations to the governor.
The persons appointed To succeed them
are DIR. Frederick J. Bricker, Of Aurora,
superintendent, and Capt w. L. Raper,
Of Pawnee City, steward.
DURING a severe storm at Grand
Island, while the reunion was being
held, lightning struck one OF the tents
in which were two l~ieutenants and four
s~ergeants Of cavalry troop X and sew
eral guards. demolishing the tent and
p~rostrating nine persons Sergeant
Lubip was knocked senseless aud the
others were severely shocked
THE fve-year-old son Of John Peck,
living fifteen miles west OF Ord, met
with q severe accident the other after
noon. While his father was leading a
colt to water the boy went behind and
slapped the animal which kicked out,
striking him owe the right eye, pro-
ducing q compound fracture Of the
frontal bone and exposing part Of the
frontal lobe Of the brain. lie may re-
cover.
The other evening while the steamer
Rosebud, owned by Sioux City parties,
was towing n United States grader
from down the river bound for Omaha,
q .l A., fovrv cable ~ NohraeEa
City and was wrecked. Both smoke
stacks were torn off am the pilots
cabin was smashed into kindlih. wood.
The pilot saw the stacks coming in
time to avoid being killed but was
somewhat bruised. The damage was
$1,000.
ABOUT three years ago William Flynn,
the son Of n wealthy and well known
farmer living near Douglas. mysteri-
ously disappeared, leaving his wife and
parents absolutely In the dark as To
what had become Of him. No trace Of
any sort was heard Of the young man
until about two weeks ago, when his
father received a letter from some un-
known person giving a detailed de-
scription Of how young Flynn had been
murdered in Nebraska City and telling
where the body had been concealed
The father has recently been digging
in the locality but the body had not
been found
AusUsr SPLINTER, living on his farm
near Stockham. lately attempted to
remove the cap from q loaded she'll.
when the cap exploded the shell, tear
ing of his thumb and severely lacera-
ting his hand II is feared the hand
will have To be a~mputated-
EFFIE EHLER a domestic in the m
ploy Of Peter Remington. living two
miles northwest o: Yutan. recently
made An unsuccessful attempt at
suicide by taking q mixture OF carbolic
acid. chloroform and morphine which
had been prepared for toothache. A
phv sician was called and after four
hours hard labor, 81 ,ceeded in restor.
ing her to consciousness
FRITZ S%CHRIEvER recently suicided II
burlington by jumping into a well
He was twensy-four years of age, and
his mind was not exactly right His
father and mother are on their way q
this country from Germany.
WHILE Mrs Traxter MAS in attend
NICE at the Salvation Army tent ~
Ashland. which had been there about
three weeks some thief took her horse
and drove il towarGs Greenwood where
Il was killed on a railroad crossing
FRANK SCorr. formerly in the grocery
business az Fremont. was lately arrest
ed 1t Blair on the charge OF defraudins
his creditors
Two dogs recently got to fighting
under the buggy OF John Hans . farm
er near Seward. and frightened his
horses so that they . away. Hans
young son had . leg broken and his
daughter sustained y sever sealp
wound
The western Grand Army reunion,
which takes place 1t North Platte Sep
tember Is TO Is il Is thought will b
one of the largest gatherings Of old
soldiers that ever took place in western
Nebraska
SEvERAL farmers of Osoe county have
recently lost . number Of hogS frou
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