The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-01
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

lives at ONellL
By a large majority the people of
Beemer recently voted ST, 900 to build
a new schoolhouse.
A CHAPTER of the Eastern Star has
been organized at J~uniata with twenty
five charter members.
THE camp of Sons of Veterans at
Lyons is the largest in the state. 1t
has siXty-six members.
JAMES DEvORE, sixteen years old.
was recently accidentally shot and
killed by a companion while hunting
geese near Aurora.
FIFrY-sEvEN girls who had been in
mates at the industrial school at Kear-
ney, were lately taken to the Industrial
school for girls at Geneva
THE residence of David Condor at
Brayton IA recently entirely de-
stroyed by fire with all is contents, and
Mrs. Condor barely escaped from the
building with her life.
WHILE Ida Jackson, daughter of
Thomas Jackson. was re Gently burning
trash in the yard at Dunbar her clothes
caught fire and burned off to the waist.
She vas terribly burned.
The state convention OF the peoples
independent party will be held at kear-
ney August 3. The convention to select
delegates to the national convention
meets in Lincoln June so.
SNEAK thieves made a wholesale raid
of buggy robes and horse blankets
from carriages and other vehicles in
front of the several churches at Bea-
trice some evenings since.
THE acreage of sweet corn and peas
for the canning factory at Grand ISL
and will be greatly increased this year..
There will be raised $500 acres of
sweet corn and 500 acres of peas. 1t is
expected that it will take 800 hands in
the canning factory to work up the
crop.
WAHoo is figuring on securing the
location of a private insane asylum,
which is to be established by DR..
Knapp, late superintendent of the state
institution at Lincoln. The proposed
asylum will accommodate eighty pa
tients and the building will cost about
500, 900.
A BEET sugar convention was held
in Lincoln the other day, with dele
gates from every precinct of Lancaster
county. An organization in conform
ity with the plans suggested by the
state beet sugar association was eff
fected. and the work of spreading in
formation on the subject will be imme-
diately begun.
RICHARD CHILDS was sent to the pen
itentiary from Gage county nearly a
year and a-half ago on a charge of
stealing a quantity of flax seed. The
case was taken to the supreme court on
appeal and has just cen reversed by
the supreme court and a new trial or
dered. Childs was released. but he
only had two days to serve when the
decision was made.
THE supreme court h other morn
ing called up the case of the state ex
rel. Thayer against James E. Boyd.
and on motion OF Gov. Boyd's counsel
sustained judgment and dismissed the
case at Thayer's costs. This practically
ends the case. The court might allow
it to be reinstated. but no steps have
been taken in the matter of applying
for such n procedure.
SOME night, since three tramps called
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Sutton, and after some %parleying sue
ceeded in getting permission to stay
all night Before leaving in the morn
ing they appropriated some underwear
belonging to the family, to which Mr..
Starr objected. The tramps then drew
| their revolvers on him and demanded
| his money. To avoid the shot he
! lodged behind a door. The tramps
thought he was after his gun and fled.
The young rascals were captured at
Carlyle.
JUDGE JOSEPH Fl. BLAIR, of Omaha,
counsel for Gen. Thayer in the guber-
Material wrangle. has addressed a letter
to Acknowledgement Hastings calling
his attention to the fact that no
| mandate from the United States SUI
preme court has yet been issued revers-
! ing the holdings of the state court that
Gen. Thayer is the legal governor, that
the voluntary withdrawal of Thayer
does not establish BOyd's title to the
seat, and virtually suggesting that the
encouragement bring action against
Boyd to test his right to the seat.
THE records in the Office of the Sec
rotary of state show that fifty-six irri-
eating and canal companies have been
Incorporated within the past three
| years. With but a single exception
these companies are Nebraska enter
prises. The total capitalization is S10,-
900, 900, the larger proportion of which
will be invested in irrigating improve
ments covering an area greater in ex-
tent than most of the eastern states
These companies will draw their sup
plies of water from the Platte, Loup,
Niobrara and numberless smaller rivers
and streams.
RECENTLY there was 4 gigantic at
tempt to capture 20, 900 acres of land in
Holt county. One hundred and twenty
men under the leadership of j. H.
Stewart. emigration commissioner of
the Pacific Short line, arrived 1T ONeill
one night. and next moraing they APP
peared at the United States Ian office
and attempted to file contests on 100
quarter sections of the finest land in
the county. The land is nearly all oc-
cupied by settlers. and there was much