The Red Cloud chief., 1892-05-13
MiacenAneOua.

miscellaneous.
NELSON'S relief committee has received
about al, 200.
LEXINGTON has voted bonds TO build
water works.
SEVERAL farmers near Cedar Bluffs
will build brick buildings.
SUPERIOR mills have made arrange
ments to ship -four to England.
JAMES MGGRoNEY, a brakeman, was
recently killed by the cars near Ere
mont.
PETER MORAN, Of Grant county,
cleared $500 from an acres yield of
onions.
The people of West Point have sub
scribed $1,000 toward building q German
Lutheran church.
+. w. DUNCAN, of Republican City, a
brakeman on a freight train, was lately
killed by the ears near Norcatur, Kan.
On April 81 Bishop Worthington, of
Nebraska, was married in New York to
Miss Amelia T. Milton, of that city.
BILL CANADY, who tried to kill Sheriff
Cullwell, Of Nemaha county, will spend
the next four years in the retirement of
the Nebraska p~enitentiary.
THE demented boy who was lately
has recovered his reason and says his
name Is Frank Stone and that his home
is in Big Rapids, Mich.
JOHN CoLKIrT, a jockey, was arrested
at Gretna, Sarpy county, to answer a
charge Of defrauding Joseph +. Kyle, of
the WILDER house, ut WILDER, by jump
ing his board bill last January. After
being In jail three days he settled the
matter by securing the hotel keeper the
amount of his bill and costs.
EIGHT years ago the wife Of j.. Over
street, Of Beatrice, eloped, taking with
her their twin boys eight years old. No
trace of them could be found until re-
Gently, when Mr.. Overstrcet heard Of
them in southeastern Kansas. He sent
them tickets and the other day they
were restored to him. They are now
sixteen years old and gave a terrible
account of mistreatment.
MATT SHIELDS was accidentally killed
Mt his home near Gretna the other even
ing by falling from his buggy. He had
returned home from town, and after
driving into his yard attempted to leave
his vehicle when his feet became en-
tangled and he fell to the ground.
breaking his neck. Mr.. Shields was an
old resident Of Sarpy county and was at
m time a member Of the Nebraska
legislature.
NEBRASKA republicans have chosen
fourteen of her sixteen delegates ( O the
, Minneapolis convention. They are:
Delegates at large, John S. Webster, l..
ID. Richards, Amasa Cobb, Z. ID. Web
ster. District dclegates-First district,
c. II. Gere, George ". Holland. Second
district, John c. Thompson, C. N. Stall.
! Third district, Loran Clark, Atlee Hart.
Fourth district, c. A. McCloud. s. f.
Walker. Sixth district, z. T. Funk, z.
B. Warner.
SOME six months ago Arend Arends, a
well-to-do farmer, hung himself because
Mary Van Hove, a neighbours daughter,
did not return his love. Arends left a
will in which he ~bequeAthed his farm
and possessions, valuedv at II 1900, to
Mary. The other day she went into
court Mt Lincoln, in response to n sum.
mons, but positively declined to file the
will for probate, tearing up The docu.
ment before the astonished ewes of the
relatives, and renouncing her claims in
favor OF Arends' mother, who resides in
Reynolds county, Mo.
AT the recent meeting of the grand
conclave Knights Templar, at Kearney,
the following officers were elected: Ed
gar c. Salisbury, Beatrice, grand COM
mander; James A. Tulleys, Red Cloud,
deputy grand commanders; Charles ].
Finch, kearney, grand generalissimo;
Richard =. MILAN, Lincoln, grand cap
tain general; Rev. William Il. Whit
mafse, Omaha, grand prelate; Edwin c.
Webster, Hastings, grand senior ward
en-; Milton X. Williams, York, grand
junior warden; James s. France, Omaha.
grand treasurer; William X. Bowen,
Omaha, grand recorder; Frank II.
Young, Custer, grand standard bearer,
Elias W. Beghtel, Holdredgc, grand
sword bearers; Thomas q. Rees, McCook,
grand warden; Mr.. Greene, Fremont,
grand captain of the guard.
Mrs. JOHN BAUMAN, wife of one OF
the janitors at the post Office in Nebras.
ka City, while temporarily insane wen,
to the Office the other evenig to see he,
husband. She walked up behind with
q revolver drawn, evidently for the pur
pose OF killing him. He turned lust In
time to escape death and grabbed he,
hands. As he did SO the revolver wa,
discharged twice, the bullets entering
the floor.
G. $. WLsEY, a sewing machin,
agent, was recently married at Seward
and soon after arrested for bigamy
another wife at Plattsmouth, whom h,
married ut Maryville, Mo-, in 1859, hay
Ing u prior claim upon him.