The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-29

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
AZ N. EDvAxps. . Boone county
fsrfer. ~as bitten ty-s mad dog the
TT United State. grand jay at,
'OmSRa Indicted twenty. -four citizeas of
Dawes county for cutting timber On
goverpmeat l6adA
.WiLsox z MASoRs, Of Nemaha coun-
ty, has been appointed smember OF tho
board Of education for che normal
'scAeol - Peru 70 succeed J. ". Love.
~ EHaGnntS who has accepted The
Unjte4 1uGslneuiship at Salvador.
SEsS, The murderer -Of
eo1ea I'D s1sAAey. WAS hanged at
Broken Bow~ on the ed. The execution
was bungfcd, the rope breaking On the
first attempt and the .eoademned MAJ
was carried baskcaPdn the gsllows ard
placeAsnfS chair whiles second rope
lwas prepared He admitted his guilt
and acknowledged that he had feigned
insanity in hope of escaping punish
ment . rEfEra --1
Two deputy United States marshals
recently arrived at Benkelman and hir-
ing q team drove out into the country
a few miles, returning in a few hours
with sROonshiaeF's stiiling OHt6t
which they had unearthed on a farm
north Of town. The And created quite
a sensation, as 1t was thought several
were implicated This stilling business,
it is reported, has been carried on for a
number Of years
OMAHA has had five presidential
visits In 1879 President Hayes visited
the city while on his way to California.
President Arthur paid a visit TO the city
in 1883. When Gen Grant was return
ing from his trip around the world he
paid . visit TO Omaha In October,
1887, President Cleveland was given a
cordial reception; and lately President
Harrison was given an ovation, which
vas also his fourth visit to the city.
The Hammond children hat recently
strayed away from their home les
Thedford and got lost in the sand hills,
were found after a search of several
days by the whole community. The
younger child was nearly dead and was
saved with difficulty. Tillie, the older
girl, was found dead about ten miles
from Cunning. She had travelled fully
seventy-five miles and a part OF the
time carried her little sister, without
food, water or shelter.
THE governor has announced the new
visiting and examining board for the
soldiers home at Grand Island to he
Ezra T. Howard. of Clay county: II. T.
Palmer, Of Cass county; l.. ID. Richards,
Of Dodge county; Mrs. Lena A. Bates,
Of Hamilton county; Mrs Lcttie NJ.
Hedges, of Buffalo county. Mr.. Rich
ards takes the place OF j. W. Livering-
house, who declined reappointment.
and for q similar reason Mrs Hedges
succeeds Mrs. Helen NJ. Cook.
THE governar has pardoncd David
Rogers, Of Pawncc county. who had
been sentenced to the penitentiary for
one year for shooting Ross Moore In the
arm. A petition for the pardon was
signed by nearly nine hundred voters
Of Pawnee county aud another signed
by all the county officers also a letter
begging for mercy signed by all the
jurymen and q letter from Judge Boyd,
who tried the case. The circumstances
surrounding the shooting made 1t a
S strongly appealing for clemcncy.
AT the Sheedy murder trial in Lin
coin on the 18th a sensation was caused
by the testimony of q physician who
produced the skull Of the deceased and
exhibited it before the jury showing
the fractures caused by the cane stroke.
lie testified that death did not result
from the fracture nor from conclusion
Of the brain, nor f59S% rom mornh;n. moi.
IN. This was regarded as very dam
aging TO Mrs. Sheedy. the defendant
and in favor of the negro who assaulted
Sheedy.
FORTY-Two reports of crop conditions
from agents and dealers have been re-
ceived at Omaha, covering the territory
along the line of the Union Pacific
south to the state line, and west to
Stromsburg and North Platte and north
to Grand Island and Columbus These
reports show that ON the nights of the
18th and 10th there were local showers
Mt nearly every station They also in
dictate that there is plenty Of moisture,
nm increase i'm the acreage and that the
condition of the growing crops in that
territory is all hat could be desired.
THE Nebraska state bus mess mems
association, composed of the retail mer-
chants of the state, met in convention
at Omaha recently and held a two days
session. Following are the officers of
the association: g. ii. Webstep. Oma-
ha, general president; o. J. King, Lin
coin, first vice-president; II. J. Lee.
Fremont, second vice-president; E. A.
lambeth, Nebraska City, third vice
president; r. f. Hodgin. Omaha, gen
eral secretary; +. J. Benedict, Hastings,
first assistant secretary; II. n. Dewey,
Plattsmouth, second assistant secrc-
tary; NJ. O. Gentzke, West Point third
assistant secretary.
THE gubernatorial contest middle
has been rendered still more compli-
Gated by the announcement of indie
pendent alliance leaders that a conven-
ton would be called in July
to nominate a candidate for gov
ernor, to be submitted to the
people at the fall election This step
is on the hypothesis that Thayer al
hold the Office not for the term of two
years, Is was generally believed, but
only until the FIRST state election. The
leaders declare that eminent legal
lights take this view of the matter, and
they will elect their candidate, being
the only one In the field. and then bring
quo wsrranto proceedings against
Thayer.
THE formation Of . company to con-
struct and supply irrigation on a gigan-
tic scale has about been completed at
Benkleman The company, it is de-
clared, consists Of influential citizens
and business men. with ample capital
back OF them 70 carry ont their plans,
if the experiment and test TO be made
proves satisfactory and feasible for the