The Red Cloud chief., 1892-06-03

""S ei'Su 10 u purt VI tnc purcHdSc
money. The use of the money for i'm
provements and to buy and feed farm
comc next In Importance. The
indebtedness which represents money
borrowed to make up losses sustained in
operation Of farms, for maintenance of
families, etc, forms but a small proper
ton Of the entire amount.
Miscellaneous.
A CAMP Of Sons Of Veterans has been
organized at Chadron with thirty-cight
members.
A TORNADO passed near Elmwood the
other night. o. c. Cooks residence was
torn to pieces and four persons hurt. 1t
was feared hat lives were lost in the
country districts.
RECENT cold rains played havoc with
the herds in Cedar, Knox and Holt
counties. II is said that hundreds of
dead cattle strewed the ranges and the
number lost was placed Mt twelve to
fifteen hundred.
JUNIATA is said to be having q roar
ing time over her proposed saloon.
Though a license board was elected, cx-
cept one member, every effort to secure
a license Is promptly contested by the
temperance people, and flaws are al
ways found TO sustain their contests.
HARRINGTON was not neglected by the
angry waters. A waterspout struck 1t
and flooded the lower part of the town.
Families were compelled to leave their
homes and seek the higher places.
Creeks rose from fifteen to twenty feet
during n night. Many county bridges
were swept away. q,
THOMAS II. MUTT has entered into q
contract to build and operate a Touring
mill and elevator Mt Nashville. The
mill Is to be n three-story structure
above q twelve-foot basement, TO have
the latest improved machinery, and u
capacity of 100 barrels per day. The
elevator is to be Of the latest pattern
and have a capacity of 10000 bushels.
A POSTAL card was recently mailed to
Secretary Rusk, Mt Washington, from
some Of the citizens Of York, petition
ing the secretary OF agriculture &c
modify the superabundnnce Of wet
ness with which the people Of Nebraska
have been afflicted" and pledging q
support of his administration in return
for one month of dry weather-and that
right away.
EDWARD WILHELM, residing near
Valley, became insane, and one night
after singing and preaching to an mag
mary congregation he concluded that
his right hand had offended him and
Selling a butcher knife hacked II off.
When discovered he was attempting to
| dig out his right eye. He was bound
and will be guarded until sufficiently
| recovered to be sent to an asylum. 4,
OK the nth Representative Bryan, OF
Nebraska, introduced n bill in congress
: placing rough lumber on the free list
and imposing duties as follows OF part
ly or entirely finished lumber: Lum-
Der, each side planed " finished, 80
cents per 1000 feet; planned on one side
and tongucd and grooved, sl.00 per 1000
feet; and planed ON two sides and
tongucd and grooved, $3.50 per 1000
feet.
A DYNAMITE bomb was exploded un.
der the house Of J. Il. johnson ut Steele
City the other night and the building
and contents partially destroyed. The
only member Of the family injured
was n t~en-year-old girl. Until recently
the house was occupied by a notorious
family, and it Is believed that the per-
son responsible for the explosion was
unaware that the disreputable people
had moved out.
TIE first Of the new wings to b.
added To the state asylum for the incur
able insane Mt Hastings is practically
completed. All that remains to be don'
Is TO furnish 1t and will be ready Tor o
cupancy. 1t Is estimated that there arr
nearly 400 insane in the state uupro
vided with quarters in the state asylumI
and the completion of the new buildin,
mt Hastings will enable the state Il
take proper care of those unfortunates
WILLIAM BIENHorr, Nelson Packard
and Joseph Woodland, all men OF fam
lilies, were drowned In the Blue river a
Crete the other morning. Bicnhof wa
q fisherman and attempted to cross tn
river in his boat, near the mill dam
The river being high and the curren
strong, he was carried over the dam
Packard and Woodland, standing on tn
river bank, saw Bienhoff's danger an
Jumped into u boat To assist the drown
ing man. When they reached h mid
die OF the stream, below the dam, TN
! suction upset their boat and both disaI
peared In the flood.
i. THE national executive committee
, the peoples party have promulgate
the following official orders and PR
; gramme for the national convention
that party to be held in Omaha July
, sowing to the desire to make nomin'
|, tions on July 4, all delegates will me,
l for temporary organization at the Col
|. scum building, Omaha, Neb., on July
at 10 o'clock a. m"
THE late snow and rain have kills
!. hundreds of cattle in Keya Paha cou'
: Nv. n man losing one hundred heg
!. and numerous others from ten to ff'
!, each. Every bridge has been swe1
= f,um Pine river and the Keya Paha WI
~ as htyl. befOre.