The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-05
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.
TOBIAS h 10 have . new Touring mill,
the capacity Of which will be seventy
ave barrels sday.
SUPERiOR will make IN effort 70 10
cate the interstate reunion 1t that
place for the coming Ave years.
The little son Of q. w. Bede. of Bart
ley. while lately playing on the bank
Of Red Willow creek. was drowned
FoR the first time in the history Of
the town no saloon licenses have been
granted in Tobias thus far this year.
The work Of the state relief commits
sion has closed and no more supplies
will be shiQped except on special re-
quest
MRS HELEN BARGE b in Jail II Kear
ney charged with the murder Of her
child . short time ago BY drowning.
She feigns insanity and the general BE-
lief il that she 10 insane.
WHEN Bishop Bonacum denied Patrick
Egan the privileges Of q COMMUNICATE
in St Theresa cathedral 1t Lincoln,
Egan refused to pay . $500 subscription
he had made 70 the building fund The
bishop sued Mr.. Egan for the amount
and Judge Tibbetts decided that Egan
must pay the subscription.
The wholesale liquor stock. house.
hold furniture and horses of William
Darst of Omaha, have been taken un-
der mortgage by his father, Jacob
Darst of Peoria, ILL.,, for 81, 900. and
by the Merchants National bank Of
Omaha for si3, 900 and . quantity Of
discounted paper. The stock is worth
$50, 600.
SAMUEL f. BROWN, . farmer residing
seven miles southwest Of Friend, while
recently returning from a working
mems lodge at Exeter, was thrown
from his road cart One foot caught in
the bottom and he was dragged TO
death. His family found him fast 70
the cart when they o next morning:
He had been dragged nearly a mile.
Gov. THAYER recently received q let
ter from President Harrison in relation
to the interview concerning the
Thayer-Boyd controversy. The presi.
dent says simply that it is unnecessary
TO make an explanation, as he could not
and would not have INDUCED in a dis
cussion of the gubernatorial muddle
while . guest of the people Of Ne
braska
ALL western Nebraska r~ejoices.
Spring rains have been plentiful and
crops of all kinds are in excellent con-
dition. Rye and winter wheat promise
q bountiful harvest. Spring wheat is
looking we'll, while corn is showing .
good stand. Farmers all declare that
prospects for & large crop of all kinds
we're never better at this time of the
year.
In Keya Paha county the other day
Schuyler Dayton and John Rivers
were shot and killed by George Co
will. The trouble grew out of q quarrel
over stock and the charge that Dayton
had been intimate with Rivers wife.
Covill circulated the story and Dayton
and Rivers started to hunt him up.
They found him, and the result is told
above.
WHILE a party who had just captured
a cattle thief named McAlver near
Dunning, were taking the prisoner to
town the other night they net another
posse. The night was very dark and
each party mistook the other for
thieves. Fire was opened on both
sides and before the mistake was dis.
covered Judge Aikens, treasurer Of the
county. and McAlver. the cattle thief.
who was in his care, were killed.
AUGUSTUS KOUNTZE, a wealthy bank
| er of Omaha, has donated ten acres Of
land with 500, 900 and $50. 900 in cash
to the general synod Of the Lutheran
church, provided the Lutheran church
raises $50, 900 by July 1, 1892, to build
in Omaha and maintain there a theo-
logical seminary of that faith. The
synod. then in session at Lebanon, Pa,
immediately accepted the proposition
and within an hour SIS, 900 "a sub
scribed.
PENSIONS lately granted Nebraska
veterans: Original, James Newton, Will
liam K. Harper, James Burke, Charles
e. Winnen, Joshua =. Burdick, Frank
A. Benolken. John Bellies, Herman
BoOtger. John Zaln, John w. Taylor.
Andrew j. Baldwin, Stephen A. SignOr,
William A. Hunter. Additional. Francis
NJ. Straight Royal A. Jenkins. Joseph
n. Shaw. Increase. Jacob A. Force.
Josiah NJ. Rambaugh. Original widows,
etc, Margaret widow of Collins Rob
ertson; minor of George Tappan.
The tenth annual meeting of the Ne
braska Pharmaceutical association con-
vened at Beatrice on the 18th with rep
resentatives present from all quarters
Of the state. The proceedings were
opened with . brief address by President
C.. J. Dunbasb, of Lincoln, introducing
George A. Murphy, city attorney. who
welcomed the visitors Oh behalf Of the
city in the absence Of Mayor Fogg. E.
Shultz delivered the address of vel
come on behalf Of the local druggists,
and James Reed, Of Nebraska City, re-
sponded.
THE other day little Claude Burcham,
whose mother and stepfather. William
Lewis, reside n mile south of Chap
man. was found wandering about the
streets in Kearney barefooted and with.
out an escort At the station he re-
lated . sad tale, saying that owing TO
his stepfather's constant abuse he ran
away from home about two weeks pre-
vious. A band Of gypsies captured him
and promised fiattering inducements II
he would be content to rove about with
them. They went to Kearney and the
boy was detailed by them TO steal
boards for fuel and on his refusal was
numerically horsewhipped. At the
first opportunity the lad escaped from
his would-be benefactorS
THE other day s Gestwite was killed
near Berwin by being thrown from his
horse. He was so years of age.
The officers of Winside, Wayne coun-