The Red Cloud chief., 1891-01-09

NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
LAsr NaeeA Wf11ian Eewtno hgoas
into soosu q OnaAa for IL pVlpose
a rOAbesy and ~ pru4gistss q IL
seoee dot ~ Wouude6 . policeman
who wsaEso arssss ~ robber, nfsenk-
~ Mn Ioe Ne thief. Newtoa. hOw-
svss. escaped and went 70 South ADer.
h. The oEAss day he returned snd
| eooheaneA lie ert0e, - - said hk oOo-
! scSence troubled him and Re wanted %
20 70 he p~esiteatiary. He WAS locked
up.
Mn. SAaAn z. CLAnE. . middle-aged
lsdy residing nine miles from Hay
SpeingA recently committed suicide By
shooting hesself. She had been III and
despoadent for some time.
ATTEMPTS were made the other moen-
ing BY the Milwaukee and Rock Island
railroads 70 run tTainS aeross the bridge
1t Omaha but NE bridge was locked sad
the trains were obliged 70 return 20
Council Bluffs. The bridge b owned
BY the Missouri Pacific.
n. J. TULLY committed suicide 1t
Ru&hville The other day By shooting
himself through the head with . sevolv-
er. He was just recovering from . pro-
tracted spsees.. The. deed occurred IN
his bMtheris saloon, where he was bar.
tender.
WHILE Riley Byrnes and his sweet
heart accompanied by another young
couple were recently skating in the
moonlight on Salt creek. at Lincoln.
Riley and his partner suddenly came
upon . thin strip Of ice. Byrnes. for
getful of his W danger, gave the lady
. sudden turn that SEM her speeding
ont Of danger. But the young man went
into the opening and was drowned.
The body was not recovered until the
next day.
WARREN CLOUGm. who had been un-
justly confined in the pcnitentiary for
fifteen years on the charge Of murder
ing his brother Stewart. was pardoned
by Governor Thayer on New Years
day. II appears from recent develop
ments that the murder Of Stewart
Clough was committed by Jack Trett
and Charles Wilcox. Both Of the real
murderers were afterwards sen To the
penitentiary for other crimes and died
behind the bars. Trett declared to q
high official that Clough was an innO-
cent man and, II il came TO the worst,
he would tell who VAS the murderer.
Before Trett could tell his story he died
Of heart disease. Clough Is now 90 years
Of age and upon leaving the prison was
greeted by many friends. His wife pro-
cured q divorce and married again years
ago.
THE Governor has instructed Captain
Hunneth, of Company Z. Second regi-
ment lat Chadron) to order his COM
pany on duty forthe protection Of the city
and surrounding country from the dep
relations of any rowing bands Of hostile
Indians. Chadron was reported to be
full of women and children from the c
posed frontier. who had taken refuge
in the city. Several other companies
have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to take the field.
The funds and supplies for the suffer-
ers from a failure Of crops in the West
ern counties having become exhausted.
Governor Thayer has issued nm appeal
to the people of the State to make con-
tributions of supplies for their relief
and urges the necessity Of prompt ac-
ton. The Governor declares that the
State is abundantly able to take care of
its W. needy people and Graves no out
side help, and he urges q prompt re-
Spouse to the call for assistance. All
general correspondence should be di-
rected to DIR. u. w. Martin. Lincoln.
superintendent Of relief. All parties
having supplies Of any kind to ship will
address Rev. L. p. Ludden. snperintend-
ent of distribution, Lincoln. Neb. Par
ties furnishing funds will remit to G.. w.
Mosher, president of the Capital Nation
al Bank, Lincoln, Neb.
DOREN BAKER was recently found "
ing on q pile of rags with his throat cut
In q howell that he occupied ut Beatrice.
He died without giving any solution Of
the matter. No weapon was found with
which he could have committed suicide
and rs he was supposed to have money
about his place, it was supposed that he
had been murdered. No money could
be found.
EIGHT business houses at Fremont
were recently burned. The losses were
generally covered by insurance.
The State Bee Keepers Association
will meet in annual convention at Lin.
coin January IL. IL and Is at the same
time that the State Horticultural So
ciety. does.
WHILE recently escorting two young
ladies home from q dance, Charles
Brady. of Chadron, attempted to shoot
. barking dog. but while pulling his n.
volver from his pocket the weapon was
discharged. The ball struck him in the
thigh and passed through his leg. near
" hitting one Of the young ladies.
FRANK SHUTTLE, . farmer living on
Elm Island. Buffalo County. has been
arrested on the charge Of sending IN in
fernal machine to l.. A. Disco, Of Glib
bon. which exploded while being
opened.
A NUMBER of farmers in the vicinity
Of Harrison are preparing to 60 into the
sheep business.
q. W. ROB!xsOS. . Rock County farm
er. in lately attempting to rescue his
team from . burning stable was himself
80 badly burned that he died next day.
A LITTLE hoy in SCOTS Bluff County
was taken n see q Christmas tree 1t
Gering by his father and mother. and
when the pensonator of Santa Claus
came in to assist In distributing the
presents the child was frightened 50
badly that it resulted in commissions and
finally in death the following day.
The magnificent home Of A. c. Chand-
Ter, At Lincoln. was burned to the
ground the other day. and Mabel, the
six-year-old daughter, VAS rescued from
one Of the upstairs rooms after her
clothes and hair had caught on Gre.
The child ~ 50 badly frightened that
after being rescued She was seized with
couvulsions and died inside Of IN hour.
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