The Red Cloud chief., 1892-09-09
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

LATs heavy rains have settled the
question OF crops in the vicinity Of
Duncan. III.
WHILE recently returning from a cir
Gus at Syracuse Sneadringham Clay
WIS thrown from his horse and niiled.
RECENTLY the ~i0-ycar-old son Of B. j.
Morris, a farmer living near Western,
while riding a pony was thrown, and
his foot remaining in the stirrup he
was stamped to death.
a WARMER living two miles north OF
inavale thrcshed 1850 bushels Of oats
from twenty-five acres Of ground. At
Graham another farmer thrcshed, out u
piece of fall wheat that yielded fifty-onc
bushels per acre.
OVER two thousand people celebrated
the completion of the railroad tn Impe-
rial. Judge Crounse, Licut.-Gov. Ma
jors, Treasurer Hill, Commissioner
Humphreys, Prof. Andrews, Judge
Cochranc, Secretary Koontz and other
state, officials were present and delivered
addresses to the people.
"A TRAMP giving the name of John III.
Homan. from Tacoma, Wash. was
picked up the other morning from the
Elkhorn right of way at Norfolk with
one foot mashed off. He was riding in
a box ear, and rs the train slowed up
for the Union Pacific crossing jumped
off falling under the train.
FIVE Keith county farmers sought
shelter from a late storm in the parn of
Scott Gastincau, near Grant. The barn
was struck by lightning killing James
McHugh and Levi Gastineau and rem
dering Joe Sexton, Doc Gastineau and
George Ford unconscious. Two horses
and a colt we're also killed. The bodies
of the dead men were terribly burned.
LIBBIE HUNTER, aged 10 years. com
mittcd suicide nj the Grand Pacific
hotel at Galloway the other night
About $ o'clock she was found in the
parlor lying on the sofa i'm Il semi-con-
scious state. Medical aid was imme.
diately called, but all efforts to II
teract the effect Of the laudanum she
had taken were u~navailing and the pa.
tient died at . o'clock. No cause
known.
The first annual meeting of the de-
gree of honor of the Nebraska Ancient
Order of United WorlSmen closed mt
Hastings on the 9th. Geneva will en-
terrain The next grand lodge on the first
Tuesday in October, 1898. Plans have
been made for the foundation of n sepa-
rate beneficiary system resembling that
of the Ancient Order of United Work.
men but restricted to the member of
the degree of Honor, FL 200 being guar
antecd instead of s., 1000.
Mrs. LENA SCHIPP died at Omaha the
other night from an overdose of NOR
phine. Mrs. Schipp had had her share
of worldly troubles. Two years ago
she left her two little children in her
house and went over to a neighbours.
The little ones got hold Of some
matches and when she returned there
was nothing left but their charrcd lit
tie bodies, and her husband is o in
the penitentiary serving out a sentence
for shooting n disreputable woman for
whom he had deserted his wife.
AT the late cncanpment of veterans
Mt Superior a beautiful flag which had
been provided for a gift to the corps
having the largest number of members
present was won by Parson Brownlow
Corps No. 62, Chester, Neb., with thirty
two members present. Mrs. Emma Il.
Manchester, of Lincoln, past national
senior vice-president, also past depart
mcnt president. presented the flag in a
short but eloquent speech. Mrs. Anna
Hunter, of Nebraska City. president OF
the Woman's Relief corps home com
mittec, made an eloquent appeal for
the home. There are 3,22S members OF
the Woman's Relief corps in Nebraska
and there was distributed by the organ
ization last year s3,4s7.G9.
THE republican state central com
mittee met at Lincoln the other day and
elected A. +. Cady chairman, with
Thomas Cook as secretary. I. j. Major.
was named for the place on the ticket
made vacant by the withdrawal of Rev
D.. G. Tate, candidate for lieutenant
governor. Lincoln was chosen for STATE
headquarters by q vote of II to ~ fol
Omaha. Chairman Cady announced tn,
executive committee as follows: FRS
Congressional district, NJ. IL. Christy
Sterling; c. Il. Magoon, Lincoln. Sec
ond district, George A. Bennett, Doug
las; w. q. Whitmore, Valley. Thirt
district, c.. C.. MeNest, Wisner; c. Hos
letter, Clarks. Fourth district. c. l.
McCloud, York; T. C. Callahan, Friend
Fifth district, A. II. Cruzen, Curtis; u
=. Rhea, Holdredge. Sixth district, J
Il. Mallalieu, Kearney; ]. II. Mcdonald
THE complete ticket nominated by
the Prohibitionists at Hastings Ia a.
follows: Governor, Rev. +. G. Bentley
of Lincoln; acknowledgement, Jamet
Stevens, of Merrick; treasurer, j
Denslow, of Dodge; Auditor, j. G
Thomas, of Niobrara; secretary of state
Isaac Boostrom, Of Polk; attorney
general, NJ. l. Brown, of Nance; stat.
superintendent of schools, Miss BIG
Bigelow, OF Lancaster; commissioner o
public lands, G. Il. Smith, of Richard
son; for presidential electors n
large, b. A. Hawley, of Lancaste
county, and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Bantry, o
Douglas county. Artemus Roberts, o
Lincoln, was named by Mr.. Bentley a
his choice for chairman of the centra
committee, ]. j. Fredericks as secretar,