The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-22
MiscellaneOus.

injuries.
miscellaneous.
GEORGE BUM, an Iowa burglar, was
recently captured at Arlington.
BURGLARS blew open the safe in the
post Office at Fairmont the other night,
but only got s12.
THE people of Elsie were treated to a
regular blizzard on the LIST. Snow drift
ed to the depth of six feet.
The other day Jessie Dudek, Of
Wauneta was severely burned by fall
ing into a vat of Stacking lime.
FLORENCE Dole, who sued for SIS, 900,
got a verdict for So, 600 against Thomas
Stratton at Lincoln, for breach Of
promise.
THE Nebraska Independent and the
Farmers Alliance, the two leading third
party papers of the state, published at
Lincoln, are to be consolidated.
The Platte river bridge at Fremont.
three spans of which were taken out by
the ice some time ago, has been COM
pleted for the crossing of teams.
THE explosion of a shell which he
was attempting to load cost Jessie
Luke, son of a farmer near Oxford, a
terribly mangled hand the other day.
Amputation of several fingers was neces-
sary.
THE state supreme court on the 9th
refused to grant eX-Gov. Thayer's petit
ton for a ~rehearing of the celebrated
gubernatorial case of Boyd VS.. Thayer.
This settles the matter for all time and
Gov. Boyd's official position is now fully
established.
The jury in the case of Nash against
the City of Ord returned a verdict
against the city for $500. At a former
city secured a new trial. A new trial
will be asked for and if refused an ap-
peal will be taken.
ACCORDING to the Gering Courier,
SCOTS Bluff county holds out better I'M
ducements to settlers-who have a litl
tie money, especially-than any region
west of the Missouri. 1t declares tina
land bought this spring for $40 or s15 a
acre will be in a few years, likely onl
one, worth $50 to s75.
PATRICK MCGANAN, of York, was a
rested in Lincoln the other day for a
sault. While en- route with the sher
he sprang through the car window a
escaped. The train was stopped b
the fugitive could not be found. VIII
the sheriff reached York he happen
to glance toward the engine and disc
cred McGanan calmly sitting on t
pilot.
NEBRASKA cattle men who are en-
grating from the drifts of the late bl(
zard report tremendous losses. I'll
largest loss on any one range was Leo
head that drifted into the North Platf
river and were drowned. They b
longed to various owners 1t was n
ported that along the Union Pacif
tracks were scores of carcasses of cattl
that drifted away and persisted for wan
of food.
IT is said that the Handley bequest
$50. 900 to the home of the friendless
Lincoln is not to be secured withouta
hotley contested legal battle. It'll is
stated that she has a number of relatives
who are not in well to do circumstances,
and the contest will be instituted by
these parties. Mrs. Handley was for
several years a member of the board Of
mage and ever was a warm sup
porter of the home.
Mrs. ANNIE WILLIAMS, of Omaha,
aged twenty-one years is heiress to a
large estate in England and her uncle,
Llewellyn Williams, aged forty-ive,
frequently urged her to assign it to
him. telling her that she had enough
without it. She refused but told him
he could make his home with her. He
grew moody. and in a paroXyism of
frenzy the other day beat her over the
head with a small sledge hammer,
f~racturing her skull.
COMMISSIONER ANDRES lately received
the following letter from a farmer. in
response to an inquiry as to the cost OF
raising corr in his county: Il pay seven
per cent. on $500. 1 had my OWL seed
and don't know its value. l tended my
own corn. 1 kept no account OF my
time. / cut my OWL corn up. can
see what business it is to any of you
white-shirt sharps what l raise or how
much / raise. as long as l support my
self and pay my debts. l have no money
for any of you money sharps. l hope 1
will never hear from any of you sharps
again"
THE Wyoming hotel at York was
destruyca by fire the other morning.
Several guests escaped death by leap
ing from the second story windows.
Landlord Ashton was compelled to leave
the hotel in this tanner He was Sc
riously injured by alighting on a fence.
Gov. BOYD received a telegram from
the citizens of Nelson requesting him to
Issue a proclamation asking the people
of the state to come to their assistance,
as they are sorely in need of it since the
terrible storm. The governor was alb
sent at the time. out upon his return he
issued a proclamation calling on the
people Of the STATE to send aid to the
sufferers.