The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-26

10Icc C0llOIcu WcEc u1OW uC0 oOOo,
fifteen miles southwest Of the town,
and 1t Orleans trains were all stopped,
crops badly damaged and . number OF
bridges washed out. At Palmer the
wife and grandmother OF Vaclar Lsnton
were struck by lightning and killed
Mlscellsneoua
Asa v. HINKLE was lately arrested q
Big Springs on the charge of stealing
twelve tons of coal from the Union Pa
cifc cars at that place.
A HEAVY storm recently did much
damage TO crops in the vicinity Of Elm
Creek The hail was very destructive
TO the growing crops
Ed fExS ind Billy Ewing. aged
about II years, were arrested at Broken
Bow recently on the charge of burglar
izing Wilson Hewitt's hardware store.
GEORGE COLES, living near Bingham,
was recently called from his house BY
. party of seven or eight men and nott
fed that he and J. W. Anderson must
leave tho country on penalty Of death.
The two men, II seems, had been active
in assisting q hi TO ecove a pair Of
stolen horses and consequently OBJ
noxious to certain parties.
In the criminal court at Omaha the
other day John Campion pleaded guilty
TO q charge Of embezzling S., 400 from
the Consolidated Tank Line Co, and
was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment In the penitentiary. Campion,
who IA employed by the company a
bookkeeper, was prominent In religious
circles previous to the discovery Of hi,
crime.
The Central Nebraska national bank
at Broken Bow has been closed by
United States. Bank Examiner Nc
Hughes of Iowa, who acted under in.
structions from the comptroller Of the
currency at Washington The banks
financial embarrassment had its origin
in the failure of w. II. Cline q few
months ago, in which the bank was q
heavy loser.
IT was recently reported that the
towns of Bennett and Douglas were
quarantined because of a number OF
cases Of smallpox in each place. There
were six persons down with the disease
at Bennett two at Douglas and four ri
Palmyra There was a general scare in
that section of tho country, as hundreds
Of persons had been exposed. The
public schools were closed.
A MOST brutal case of cruelty to ami.
mails was unearthed at Beatrice a few
days ago. where one Wayham was
charged with cutting out . portion OF
his cows tongue in q fit Of anger.
Wsyham claimed that the act was no,
done under the impulse Of anger, bu,
he performed the operation to prevent
the cow from milking herself. 1t /.
probable that the case will yet get in
to court
THE coroner's jury which held an in.
quest on the body of Russell Newton.
whose suicide recently occurred near
Grant, found that he came to his death
from q pistol shot fred by his own
hand. Newton and another boy took a
hand car from the station house al
Madrid and left it on the track. The
car was struck by a passenger train.
doing some damage. This is supposed
to have been the cause Of the suicide.
The school at West limerick. Madi-
son county. is situated at the intersec-
ton Of two small creeks During q re.
cent storm the water rose to such q
height that It was pouring into the win.
dows when the teacher and scholars
attempted their escape. Three chill.
dren, however, were drowned, THAR
names being Miles Hamlin and Cox,
aged from eight to eleven years. Young
Miles saved the life of his teacher and
several of the scholars before he was
drowned Another son Of Mr.. Miles
drifted about eighty rods and finally
saved his lie by clinging to a mudmill
tower until the water subsidized.
Ar the recent meeting of the regents
Of the state university, the rcsignations
Of ProfA Edgren. Howard and Warner
were accepted 1t was decided to open
the law school with the next fall term.
Prof. Horton was relieved from the
Office Of professor Of chemistry and re.
quested to turn yer all the property OF
that department to the professor of
chemistry. Steps were taken TO create
. course of instruction in agriculture.
A course Of study in electrical engi-
neering was adopted and IN instructor
will be chosen in that branch. A CON-
mittee was appointed 20 report . plan
for the reorganization of the expert
mental station. Il was also decided 70
proceed with plans for improving the
grounds and laying sidewalkA
The charter of the Nebraska City
Starch Co. has been fled with the coun.
ty clerk. The object Is to manufacture
starch and feed stock. The capital
stock is 500. O0Q. The shareholders rep
resent 81. 500. 600. Work will be con-
menced on the building IS soon - the
site il selected.
O. r. RuNNELLs lately sustained .
badly mashed leg by . vicious dehorned
bull near Beatrice while undertaking
TO remove some CATTLE from . pasture
southwest of The city limitA His in
juries were so sever as TO ~necessitate
the a~mputatiop OF his leg below the
knee. His condition was considered
precariouA
BERT OLpRorD, of Omaha. an express
messenger, was killed by the rcsat
wreck ON the Milwaukee express st
Coon RspidA Ia Clarence Cradle, q
Omaha. was badly hurt
the total receipts Of al the pcst Of
ices in Nebraska for the past year wer
sU9S go ". and the total expenditures
81, s10,olS.Os, the expenditures exeeed-
ing the receipts. BY ssl6osAlo
The wife Of Peter LAaghlin. Of Co
lumbuS recently eloped with NJ ".
Corwin. . sewing machine agent
ONE night recently Lars Petersoe
started TO visit . young lady e Blair
and has not been heard Of since
Joux FLook. aged IS years recently
committed suicide s4 South Omaha by
shooting himself. He leaves . wife
and pn- Temporary insanity Wa the
cause. :
TIE other night Frank Trunb.ll eot
into . dispute with Hattie Perry 1t her
house In Columbus. aad - he was lesv.
ing The woman shot him in the back. IN
Aietng Q painful bat not fatas wos.d
THK asse.sed valuation Of Cedar