The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-10
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

0kCk1 MAhIlS, COiotco- aScu ASS -
recently arrested at Nebraska City Tor
deserving her babe, two weeks old.
which she left on the door step OF .
citizen Of Weeping Water.
THE other day Frank Clark, who had
charge Of the coal chutes at North
Platte, was caught while handling an
empty car and had one leg crushed
A~mputation would be necessary.
BURGLARS broke into two stores ut
Ashland the other night At one they
were rewarded BY securing four dol
lars. In the other q drug store) they
got twenty-five pennies and . nickle.
The post trader At Fort Niobrara has
received notice from the department
that his license has been revoked 70
take effect April I, 1897, and the town
Of Valentine r~ejoices At the removal OF
that business from the reservation. a
it gives parties living of the reserva-
ton equal chances in supplying con-
tractA
The othe morning about the time the
train arrived At Weeping Water from
the south a girl baby, about two days
old, was left at the door Of Tim Bulls
residence. 1t was thought the mother
came on the train and left on the same
train for Omaha The baby looked
like an Italian. and Mr.. Bull named il
Minnie Boohoo
A YOUNG Johnstown flood recently
fell upon the people Of West Point 1t
was a cloudburst that destroyed every
vestige Of public improvements carried
on for the past three years at a heavy
expense. Every business man had his
cellar full of water. and the damage
amounted TO nearly SIS. 900. Hundreds
of residences had their cellars filed
with water and mud.
GRACIA, the ten-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Crozier. who live q
few miles from Osceola, met with q Sc
we're accident while returning from
church the other Sunday. The little
girl was driving the horse and in some
way fell out of the cart Her left leg
vas caught in the wheel and wound
around the axle-tree, breaking and
bruising it in a terrible manner.
HERMAN DYURssEN, a farmer living
about three miles north of Madison,
committed suicide the other day by
shooting himself in the head with a re-
volver. He was found in bed by a
neighbor. The deceased was a bachelor
and no cause could be assigned for the
act as he was in good circumstances.
owning a good farm, a large amount Of
personal property and had a comfort
able sum in bank.
A FEW months ago Gottlieb Winnin-
ger was allowed 81, AL damages in the
district court at Lincoln for damages
received in a runaway caused by the al
legged blowing off of steam be a Mis-
souri, Pacific engine. Since that time
Winninger's employer has laid claim to
half the Judgment and the attorneys to
the other half. The quarrel led to de-
velopments that made the court set
aside the judgment and order q new
trial.
A LATE storm at York did a great
amount of damage. Many houses
were partly submerged and some
were filled to almost the second
story. Cellars in all parts of the city
were full. Numerous barns and sheds
were dislodged and ven drifting down
the torrent The iron bridge on Lin
coin avenu was swept away like chat.
Itther's brick yard was almost entirely
destroyed with two full kilns of brick.
Feed yards were swept away and nu-
merous cattle and hogs lost
Rev. A. T. HULL pastor Of the
Methodist church at Weeping Water,
was arrested the other day on the
charge of criminal libel by Allan Col
man, a member Of the city council.
This was the outgrowth of a letter
written by Hull and published over his
own signature June IL. relative TO the
council granting saloon licenses
Justice Barr bound the minister over in
the sum of $500 for his appearance at
the October term of court Rev. Hull
says he can substantiate ali he has ever
said or written. The people were con-
siderably worked up over the matter.
Two cases of drowning were lately
reported in the neighborhood of Will
Der, both occurring on the same day.
A fourteen-year-old son of Chris Miller
went fishing and failed to return. The
next day his clothes were found near q
pond. and after q short search the body
was found. The other case was the
t~wo-year-old Vol of Henry Esman. The
little fellow had been left ut home With
other children while the parents went
g.. nI,,.,h IL ,.l,.4A .rN l~-- 81
was drowned in a pond near the resi-
dence.
THE state board Of pardons recon-
mended to the governor that he cxer-
else his customary prerogative of par
doning two convicts on the Fourth Of
July by restoring to the privileges Of
citizenship Francis Frank and Edward
McGrand Both of these convicts were
sentenced TO the penitentiary for life on
the charge Of murder. Francis Frank
is the oldest convict, both in years and
service, in the penitentiary. He was
convicted at Omaha in 1871 of murder
ing a travelling man known as Prince
days, and it was said that the murdered
man was too free with his slayer's
wife. Three years ago old Frank WAS
offered a pardon, but astonished every
body by refusing to accept it. He pre-.
ferred to be a convict rather than .
pauper. McGrsnd was sentenced for
killing a fellow cowboy near Sidney
over fifteen years ago.
The Omaha 4 Hastings passenger
train was partially ditched at Platte
river, near Fremont the other night
Engineer Morton was hurt ON his hip.
back and hand. but not seriously. and
Fireman Strickland was severely, but
not fatally, scalded.
The staid citizens Of Elmwood we're
recently 'all broke up" over q sensa-
tional divorce case.
The trio of toughs, John Fitzgerald,
F. Thomas and w. +. willard, who
raided Townsend's clothing store 1t
Beatrice. were given thirty DAYS in
Jail. when they will have TO go 70
Grand Island to face the charge Of
burglary.
THE independent state committee APP
pointed 20 select . point for holding the
next independent peoples state couven-
ton Of that party has decided on Hast