The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-29
miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
THE old settlers of Gibbon held their
twenty-first reunion on the eth.
A CITIZEN of Randolph recently
sampled a bottle of aconite in a drug
store and came neardying. He thought
it vas whisky.
THE Dunkards of the state held a
business meeting at Juniata on the eth,
with representatives present from all
parts of the state.
THE other day Vinton Balinbaugh, a
fireman on the Fremont, Elkhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad, shot and
killed himself in his room at Fremont.
He was twenty-three years of age and
No cause could be given for the deed.
1 EAT a late mass meeting OF the citizens
II Lincoln, Gen. John NJ. Thayer. pre-
eiding. resolutions were adopted pro-
trsting against the passage of the bill
new before congress appropriating $780,
on to defray the expenses of the next
GfAn nd Army encampment, to be held at
w hington. Nebraska members of
confreAs were requested to vote against
the 4 III, and n protest will be made be-
fore he house appropriation committee.
BECAUSE Mrs. Fred Miller and Mrs.
John Eockhard attempted to interfere
in a fat lily quarrel between Fred Herd
lin and his wife at Lincoln the other
day HerHlin ran into the house and be-
fore the women could get out of range
he fred tie contents of a shotgun at
them. BSth women We're hit in the
groin andf dangerous wound inflicted
on a t~wol4ear-old child. Herdlin was
overpowered by several neighbors and
terribly beaten. The women were in a
critical condition.
OVER twenty years ago Elder Jason
G. Miller adooted from a founding
hospital in Chicago a baby girl and took
her to his homAAt Lincoln. He died in
California threeAnonths ago, leaving an
estate valued al $500. 900, largely real
estate in Lincolnx In the meantime the
girl, against the wishes of her foster
parents, married, Incoming Mrs. z. o.
Lewis. Elder MilAr left a will be-
queathing the largSr part of his wealth
to charity and ndEr TO his daughter,
and Mrs. Lewis haIl5rought suit for
half the estate. n -
THE other night u NJ. Wolf. a mer-
chant of University Rtpce, was reused
by a noise at his front 1Oor, and Selling
a gun and light, prod >eded to investi-
gate. The would-be bStylar fled, and
MI. Wolf blew out the li1tt and started
back to his bedroom. In tae meantime
his wife had arisen and wa in the
kitchen pulling down a 61dow blind,
when her husband came the room.
she was an accom- bplice of the
other fellow attempting tdescape Mr..
Wolf fired, the ball going so Var to its
mark that the powder burnt lis wifeis
neck.
DURING the late storm Mrs. Van
cleave, a young bride, accompa1t led by
her husband, were passengers IN the
train on the Cheyenne line.
As the train began to make its wa into
the fierce blizzard that was raging in
the west part of the state the conductor
requested passengers to take the stAok-
ing car, thinking he would drop the
coach in case the o became toodNp.
The newly married couple undertook
pass from one car to the other while
train was in motion. When Mrs VA
cleave stepped upon the platform of tie
car the train was moving at a speed q
twenty-five miles an hour and The Wind
blowing a hurricane. ShD was picked
up by the wind and Carried from the
train. Tbss husband pulled the bell
cord and cried that his wife vas killed.
TLe train vas stopped and backed up
to the place where the lady fell. when
she was discovered standing on the
track signaling the train. She had
miraculously escaped injury.
FRANK MOORE, a deaf mute. has been
jailed at Beaver City upon the charge
of attempting to murder his father.
Moore is about tw~enty-four years old
and Of a morose disposition. His reason
for the crime was to gain possession of
the old ~gentleman's property.
CUYLER SCHULTZ, who was found
at Grand ISLAND of the murder of
7. Farr. has been sentenced to be
The hanging will take place
July l9.
GEORGE JOHNSON, a laborer employed
in the quarries at South Bend, Was seri-
ously injured the other afternoon by a
falling upon him, striking him
in the small Of the back.