The Red Cloud chief., 1891-05-01

NAE named Stofer wa badly
gored BY m enraged boar recently on
Hoppe brotherS' ranch In Wheeler
~, and blood poisoning followed, re-
sultin9 In death three days later.
The state board Of transportation re
Gently elected the three secretaries a
follows: J. VI. johnson. formerly Of the
Sutton Advertiser, w. A. Olworth,
Of Hastings, and Senator Kountx. OF
Hays City.
Ben YoUNs and Frank Russell, farm
ers living near Olax, Custer county. be-
came involved In . dispute over . Trade
| and the latter came out Of the difficulty
with two bad cuts and afrsctured skull
He may die
TIE governor has made the following
stan appointments in the militia: w.
"A. Paxton, quartermaster-general;
| Frank p Ireland, commissary-general;
John E SUMMER surgeon-gencral; II.
b. Milford, inspector-genersl, and John
C. Watson, Judge advocate
NELLIE Hill, . young woman o.
eighteen. employed At . Lincoln hotel
attempted suicide the other afternoon
by swallowing rough on rata" II h
said she had conferred her affections
on . youthful cook at the establishment
who failed to reciprocate her affections
A NUMBER of school children OF h
families of William Ka.sabum. Joseph
Kral and Joseph Slidek, living six miles
northeast of Tobias, were poisoned the
other day by eating wild turnips- One
of the Kassabum children died before
medical aid could be summoned and the
others were in a critical condition
PETER RASMUSSEN was found dead In
his cell in the Hastings Jail the other
morning; he had strangled himself with
his neck-tie. He was . young farmer.
who was found Q day OF two before
wandering upon the prairie In an aPpar-
emily demented condition, and was put
in Jail TO be cared for.
The governor has signed the death
warrant of Hauenstein, the Broken
Bow murderer, whom he recently re-
spited and Hauenstein will be hanged
Nav 22, unless the fact should appear
positive that the man is insane. Hauen-
stein is the man that a mob attempted
to lynch recently when the governor
respited him.
ARBoR day was appropriately cele.
brated in all the public schools at
Nebraska City. A programme Of reci-
tations and song was rendered In the
buildings and then the children wen
out to the school grounds and each
planted q tree or rose bush Hon. j.
Sterling Morton, the father of arbOr
day, planted several trees himself
A. L. BUTTON, a young merchant Of
Steele City, was recently arrested on q
warrant sworn out by one +. ID. Ayers,
of Ponca, charging Button with embez-
cling goods and money TO the amount
of $50. Button was clerking for
Ayers in Ponca until last September.
Button Ways the who'd matter Is spite
and he will mike things as interesting
as possible for Ayers.
The chemist ut Ann Arbor, Mich, to
whom was submitted an analysis Of the
contents of the stomach of John Sheedy,
the murdered man Of Lincoln, has
finally completed his work and report
ed. The result is one hat will prob
ably save Mrs. Sheedy from a felon's
punishment, as the chemist declares
that there is no trace whatever Of
poison in the stomach Of the murdered
man.
THE s~ix-year-old son of A. Straw
hacker, residing neal Diller, recent
ly tied n rope around his shoulder
and threw the other end over q
cows horns. The COW ran away
and dragged him about forty rods,
and over a pile of machinery, until the
rope became entangled and stopped her.
The rope had slipped Sound the child's
neck and when he was released his neck
was broken. lie died in a few minutes
In a recent alteration at Sutton be.
tween William Wieden and Johnny Nc.
Keague over the settlement Of an &C.
count the latter struck Wieden with o
crutch and fractured his skull Mr..
Wieden is an old and respected citizen
and has been for a long time in the res.
taurant and grocery trade. He was
not expected to live. McKeague is q
cripple from the effects of ricketts,, but
has heretofore been considered an inof-
fensive person.
Gov. BOYD has made the following
appointments: Prof. C. ID. Rakestraw.
of Nebraska City, superintendent Of the
institute for the blind; DIR. George w.
johnson, TO be superintendent of the
asylum for the incurable insane at
Hastings; DIR. Henry S. Summers, to be
superintendent OF the Norfolk insane
hospital; James v. Mallon, OF Dodge
county. To be warden of the peniten-
tiary; Miles Warren, of Butler county, |
to be superintendent Of the soldiers
and sailors home at Grand Island; Phil.
lip Andres Of Omaha, labor commits
sioner.
ABOUT 5 o'clock the other evening q
girl Q years Of age and q boy Of 6, chill
dren Of N. j. Carleson, q farmer who |
lives ten miles southeast Of Loup City, |
started out from home to drive in their
cattle from the range, their father be-
ing absent Soon after they left the
house q heavy rainfall began and dark.
ness set in. The children got lost and
wandered about in the hills all night
Next morning the entire neighborhood
joined in q search and found the girl In
q very exhausted condition four miles
from home. Two hours later the boy
was found dead on q hill The girl
stated that she and the boy were to
gcther all night, but could not explain
how they became separated
KEARSEY's new opers house will be
formally opened May I. with the play
'Mr. Barnes of New York"
An Ancient Order of United Work.
men lodge has been organized at Wahoo
with twenty charter members
Col - ID. MARTIN, Of Dakota City,
fell dead in the streets of South Sioux
City the other day as the result OF apo
plexy.
A NEGRO by the name Of Williams
while recently cleaning . window in the
third story of q building at Lincoln fell
TO the pavement beneath and Wa ter
ribly hurt His right arm was broken,
his jaw split open and his knee mashed.
He also received internal injuries
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