Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-08
For Nebraska Keahers.

Norfolk wants a new Board of Trade
organized.
Bee thieves have invaded the apiaries
in the LeighbOrhood Of Stanton
1t is es estimated that fifty families will
remove from Seward County to Sioux
county within the next few months.
A horse fell and rolled over Louis
Deets, an 11-year-oid Kearney boy, but.
the lad still lives though badly injured
Coal and chicken thieves are rampant
at Candy, and there promises to be
bloodshed if the guilty ones are dis
covered.
c. B. Hosic has been appointed clerk
of the District Court of Johnson County,
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of w. r. Gore.
When Ponca went to test its water
works it was found that the mains
leaked badly, and the contractor will
have to patch them up.
Custer County school lands are in
great demand and at the re.etting of
leases the bids ran as high as : per cent
premium above the legal interest.
Pros Armell, well known Winnie
bago Indian, accompanied by his
squaw, papOoSe and ten other redmen,
left the reservation for North Carolina.
where they will travel with u show.
Marshal Job. of Tekamah. while on
hunting trip, was peppered with load
of bird shot by a companion. His face
was considerably dlsfgured. several
teeth were knocked out and Il mum Der
of shot lodged in his breast
The 4-year-old son of LOria Crawford.
a farmer living two miles south of LOup
City, was kicked in the head by horse
fracturing the skull Two physicians
were called and all that could be was
done to relieve the little sufferer, but
he died the next morning
NJ. NJ. Parkhurst. of Broken Bow,
made curious find in quarter Of beef
which he purchased. En- bedded in the
ham was large pocket knife with a
small portion of the big blade broken
off and open, the small blade being
closed and all right. The knife was
surrounded with fat the brass and
blades of the knife being aS bright as
if it had been in constant use. A sin
gular feature in connection with it is
the fact that the flesh surrounding it
was IN perfect state OF health and no
indications of soreness or disease being
manifest.
Says the Gothen burg Star. There is
a steady increase in the production of
broom corn in the territory tributary
to Gothenburg. This is due largely to
the fact that broom corn has proven to
be profitable crop. The price during
the present season has been about $50
per ton. A number who have not tried
to raise broom corn in years past have
spoken for seed for next year. There
is reason to believe that flax. grown for
seed only, would be paving crop in
part of the state, and a few farmers
might still further diversity farming
and make good profit by trying their
luck at raising fax seed.
Miss May Bushee Of Guide Rock,
suffered most terrible death one day
last week. As her brother was going
upstairs to bed he fell from the stair
way, breaking the lamp ne carried and
setting fire TO the carpet in the hallway.
Neither OF the parents were in the
house at the time and Miss May went
bravely TO her brothers rescue and at
tempted to eXtinguiSh the flames In
doing this her clothing caught fire, and
becoming panic stricken. she ran
screaming into the street. Her screams
brought number of people to their
doors. among them W. A Seeley, who
stopped her at his house and who with
the greatest difficulty succeeded in
putting out the flames, burning his
own hands so severely as to be unable
to do any work since. By this time a
number OF others had arrived and she
was carried to her home. but so severely
injured was she that recovery was i'm.
possible.
DURING the coming year France will
spend 81, 100000 for arms and ammuni.
tion for the cavalry alone