The Red Cloud chief., 1891-07-17
MIsceuaneOus.

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TO Homer NJ. Case, of South Bend. Ind
The Winnebago and Omaha Indian
celebrated the Fourth Of July in gran,
style about ten miles north of Bancroft
Their programme consisted of hors
races. foot races, squaw and variou
other Indian dances
RECENTLY q banquet was given at tn,
Omaha club in honor of Gen. Ruther
ford B. Hayes commander-in-chief o
the Loyal Legion of the United States
by the Nebraska commandery. and wa
said to be a delightful affair.
WHILE on his way To Beaver City 3,
participate in the celebration and shoot
ing tournament on the Fourth, FL
Marier, q young farmer. was fatally
q shotgun which he was carrying.
On the Fourth as Alfred Pyzer ant
wife were driving TO the celebration n
Wabash, the horse, which was blind
became unmanageable and ran of
bridge, plunging down about twenty
feet into the creek. Mrs. Pyzer wa.
under the buggy and when taken out
was nearly drowned. 1t was feared
that she received internal injuries.
FRANK SNYDER, a farmer residing
about four miles southeast Of Wayne,
committed suicide on the Fourth by
placing the muzzle of shotgun against
his left breast and pulling the trigger,
the charge entering the heart and kill
ing him instantly. The deed was done
in a bedroom of his house while he wa
supposed 70 be dressing 10 attend the
celebration at Wayne. No cause was
known. He leaves a wife and child.
". II. CHARLTON, of Polk county,
vas the victim of a serious accident the
other day. He was on his way 10 Osce-
ola to attend court as a witness and
driving n horse and cart The spring
on the cart broke and Mr. Charlton was
thrown out, striking on his head and
shoulders. He was picked up in an un-
conscious condition and carried To his
home and a physician sent for. II was
thought his injuries were not fatal.
SEVERAL weeks ago while unhitchiug
a team on a farm near Tekamah q
young man by the name of Johnson be-
came ~entangled In the harness and his
hand caught on one of the snaps on the
neck yoke strap. The heavy iron snap
fastened itself firmly in the cords Of his
hand. by which the team dragged him
fully a mile and a half. Later amputa.
ton of a finger became necessary,
which resulted in commissions and
death He leaves a wife and several
small children.
A NAN by the name of Clark was re.
Gently jailed at Madison on the charge
Of house breaking, but o o picked his
way through the wall Of the prison.
The following day he was arrested
while breaking into a house and taken
to Jail a second time. He told the sher-
if the Jail could not hold him -four days,
il he desired 10 leave, and that night he
escaped again. The sheriff is not only
looking for Clark but also for the man
who furnished him the tools to cut the
bars.
JOHN PUTERBAUGH, a farmer residing
near Ellis, recently killed his wife and
four children and then shot himself.
The children ranged in age from two
to fifteen years. A son II years old un-
doubtedly escaped the same fate by
absence from home. The tragedy was
first discovered by a sister of Puter.
baugh. who had gone from Beatrice 10
visit her brother only Ia find the doors
locked and the family all dead. The
victims were evidently all shot while
asleep. Pu'erbaugh was undoubtedly
insane.
ONE year ago Owen Owens. the head
of a family residing in Gage county.
was tried, convicted and sent to the
p~enitentiary for a term of seven years
for an alleged crime Of incest Recent
ly the supreme court passed on the case
and ruled that the evidence did not sus-
tain the verdict Later. in the dis
trict court Judge Applcget on the ap-
plication Of the county attorney. nolle
prosecuted the case and ordered that
Owens be released from the peniten.
tiary. In the family arc a number Of
grown up children and one or two of
them married. Owens is about IS years
old and il is thought he cannot live
much longer, owing to the shock TO his
mind caused by his incarceration and
the odium of the charge, which. in the
eyes of the public, was not sustained by
the evidence.
A BAD hailstorm recently visited the
vicinity Of Tilden covering an area of
country two miles long and eight miles
wide. Corn and small grain crops were
almost totally destroyed. Some of the
most prosperous farmers crops were 50
badly damaged that they will be q total
failure One farmer lost . wheat field
of 100 acres Jack rabbits and birds
were found dead in large quantities
MRS. DEPPE, the wife of q respected
German and old settler living eight
miles northeast Of Stewart. was killed
in her yard the other afternoon by .
bolt of lightning. Her son standing
near her was badly shocked and two
lear by were killed.
EX-SENATOR INGALLS,, of Kansas de-
his lecture on Problems Of the
Century" at Crete on the Fourth The
was very large
WAYNE is ten years old. the frss
building having been started just . de-
cade ago II is . living example OF the
progress Of the state
RECENTLY the barn Of James r
LATER. 1t verdon. with all its contents.
including . team Of Acrse& was con
sumed BY Are caused by lightning.
WHILE Miss Ida Troyer, Of Grand
WAS lately sitting in . window
the canning factory . baseball struck
her in the face, breaking the bridge Of
her nose
The supreme court of Nebrnska has
decided that when . husband b phys !
ically unable 20 support his family, and
his wife earns the money 70 pay the
bills she IS the legal bead Of the fam
lily. |
RECENTLY George Luschinsky. n
on the new court house q
Piattamouth. met with an sceident
will likely prove fatal One cf
the guy ropes Of the derrick broke. and
was thrown against . block !
Of granite with great force. !
MARY SxvER& aeed u yean wss re
killed by lightning while in h<d
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