The Red Cloud chief., 1892-05-27
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

county, will plant fifty acres of sorghum
cane this season.
THE pastor of the Adventist church
near Palisadc was recently killed by
being thrown out of his vehicle during
. runaway.
DURING the late freshet the flood at
Lincoln was pronounced by 'the oldest
inhabitant'' TO be the greatest that had
been witnessed for twenty-threc years.
THE entertainment committee of the
Nebraska State Pharmaceutical a~ssocia-
ton has completed the programme for
the entertainment of the druggists and
visitors who will attend the annual
meeting 10 be held at Grand Island
June Z, 8 and O..
WALTER HAMILTON was killed some
fifteen miles south of Haynnis the other
day while digging for wolves. Hamil-
ton had dug n trench ten feet under
ground in order to reach the wolves,
when the earth caved In upon him. He
leaves a widowed mothcrat BARLEY.
Bur twice in the history of Lincoln
has the water in the Salt creek bottoms
reached so high a mark as IL did during
the late freshct. In 1875 the water rose
high enough to reach Eighth street,
east of the B. & NJ. tracks. In that
year a boy was drowned in the street.
Gov. BoYD has extended executive
clemency to John N. Campion, who was
convicted of embezzlement at Omaha
and sentenced to the penitcntiary for
three years. Campion owes his good
fortune to his wife's fidelity. She has
spared no effort from the time he was
convicted until his release was secured.
The petition for pardsn was signed by
several federal officers and recommend
ed by other prominent attorneys and
' citizens.
FLORA AUBREY, n notorious Omaha
' woman, shot herself the other day soon
after being arrested and died immedi.
ately. In her time she had done many
daring acts, and in her younger days in
the west was one of the smoothest adj
v%enturers known in criminal circles.
In the early days Of Cheyenne she went
there and in n saloon fight one night
killed n man, for which crime she
served eight years in the ~penitentiary.
After her time vas out she returned to
Omaha and had been a terror to the po-
lice ever since.
AUGUSTUS KoUNTZE, who recently
died in New York, in his will left to his
brother Hermann, rs trustee, the
"Kountze addition to the city Of Omaha,
reserve block" containing thirty lots,
and ESQ, 900 in cash, which is to be given
to the general synod of the Lutheran
church Of the United States for the pur-
pose of founding n theological seminary
on the ground. The synod is required
to have collected and deposited In the
National bank of Omaha by July 1,
1892, $3.50, 900, of which not less than
ga, 600 nor more than $40, 600 shall be
set apart for the erection of a seminary.
THE arrangements for the coming sill
YER celebration at Lincoln Of the twenty
fifth anniversary of Nebraska's admis-
sion into the union are nearly perfected.
One Of the features will be an industrial
parade, which will be tho finest ever
! witnessed in the state. The organiza-
ton and representation of the sons and
daughters Of Nebraska that were born
in the state will be one of the special
features of the celebration. The re-
union of the members of the special SEES
sion of the legislature of 1867 will also
be q feature. The silver anniversary
grafton will be delivered by Hon. G. NJ.
Lambertson ON the morning of the Goth.
MYRON PRATT, engineer at the pos
Office building in Lincoln, a man of 5!
years, shot and instantly killed Mrs
Margaret II. Perry, u comely matron o.
AZ, the other night. The shooting tool
place in the heart of the residence par
Of the city and almost on the DOORSTEP
Of the woman's home. The only known
motive for the affair was found in tn
story Of Pratt, who claimed that TO
two years his victim had been extortins
money from him by a system Of black
| mailing. The two are known to hav
) been very friendly Mt one time and tn
intimacy caused n separation of Pratt
, and his wife. Mrs. Perry leaves tw'
grown daughters and q son Of IA.
: G. ii. TONcRAY was arrested Mt Ere
, mont the other evening. on complain
! OF Ira Nickcrson, charged with obtain
ing money under false p~retenses. Thi
Is the outcome of n series of alleged de
= falcations and crookedness of Toncray
who for several years was n Of FIR.
. mont's most respected business men an
~ shoiS huh sS" oSo ~" "SNo
Of assisting to wreck the Nebrask
y Mortgage & Investment Co., which ha
y n capital of sa5O,0OO, and Of which h
. was manager. The charge in this cas-
was that Toncray had collected none
from Nicierson on n mortgage, given
warrantce deed and failed to pay tn
; money over to the parties holding tn
> claim. He was arrested in Chicago.
= THE peoples party national cxccutiy
committee met at Omaha on the 12t
with the local executive committee I
discuss in detail some of the arrang,
: ments to be made for the convention {
- be held July 4. Ignatius Donnelly,
- Minnesota; ii. T. Taubeneck, of III
- nois; Robert Schilling, of Wisconsin
y and Mr.. Washburn, of Massachusetts
were present. The question of admi
sion to the convention hall was di
cussed, and it was decided to issr
:. tickets. Mr.. Schilling thought tn;
70 would raise a terrible howl against Il
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