The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-09
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

JOHN FITZGERALD, n young farmer,
was recently killed near Crookston by
his team running away.
GEORGE WISKELMAN, a clerk in the
First National bank at Omaha, was
horsewhippcd the other day by Miss
Lottie Shields, who charged him with
jilting her for another girl, after keep
ing her waiting for him six years under
a promise OF marriage.
THE mortgage indebtedness record
for the month of October has been com.
plcted at the Office of the commissioner
of labor. The record shows that farm
mortgages tn the amount of e., 1874, lis
were filed during the month and ST.
G73, 272 released for the SANE period.
RECENTLY while Mrs. j.. Stanton. wife
of "a prominent business man of Val.
paraiso, was at work about a gasoline
stove, her dress caught fire and before
help arrived every thread of her cloth
ing had burned off, leaving her horribly
burned from head TO foot. She died in
a few hours.
The other night Conductor A. G..
Bentley, of freight train No. 90, fell
under his train at shelton and was in
stantly killed. The body was crushed
and inanglcd In "a horrible manner.
The suppoSition is that he climbed be-
tween the ears to set the air brakes and
as IL was slccting and everything GOV.
cred with ice he slipped and fell under
the wheels.
The census bureau has issued a bull
letin giving statistics for 1890 Of the
manufacturing industries OF Lincoln.
Following are the essential features OF
the bulletin: Number of establish
mcnts reported, III: number of indus
tries reported, IS: capital invested, ST.
0l4,s $50: hands employed, l.5ls; wages
paid. S936,6I5; cost of material used, ST.
21s, 1913; value of products. S3.0ls.S37.
THE new additions to the asylum for
h incurable insane ut Hastings will
cost the state about S9j, 900, including
furniture. Already the bailding with
its wings is well filled, and it is only "a
question of time until further additions
will liz necessary. An idea as to the
size Of the institution may be gained
when il is stated that the electric ligh:
plant has "a capacity of 500 incandcs-
cent lamps
The other morning James L. Barring
ton, Il drayman, committed suicide at
Grand Island by drinking four ounces
of laudanum aud one ounce of carbolic
acid mixed in whisky. After drinking
the dose he walked two blocks home
and told his wife what he had done.
Physicians were instantly called. but
no relief could be had. He leaves a
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cumstanccS
A CAR of cattle on the way to South
Omaha was burned In the train be-
tween Newport and Bassett, about
seven miles west of Newport the other
day. Conductor Hutchinson cut the
car loose from the rest Of the train and
u to Newport with the burning ear,
but was too late to save the stock. All
that was left was the body of the car
and the burnt of twcnty-four
head of cattle.
DICK BERLIN and Charles Hays. two
South Omaha gamblers, were recently
arrested upon the charge of having
murdered Mayor Miller, of that city.
1t will be remembered that the mayor
was found dead some weeks since in
the outskirts OF the town AMI it was
thought to be a ease of suicide. De-
tectives were put 20 work upon the
case and the result has been the ar
rests. The motive is thought to be the
mayors fight on the gambling houses
THE missing Indian boy, who was
thought to have been murdered near
Columbus a few weeks since and whose
name was supposed TO be Tommy
Worldmover. has been heard from.
Superintendent Backus, of the Geno,
Indian school, received u telegram from
j. NJ. Coe, mayor Of Sloan, Ia, stating
that Tommy had been there and left on
the 18th of November. The boys name,
it seems, is Thomas Blue, instead of
Worldmover, rs formerly reported, and
Superintendent Backus thinks there is
no doubt as to his being the missing lad.
Az aged couple named Burgon, both
over 50 years a. age and who mad been
married for siXty-onc years, without
children or other relations, whose home
was between WILDER and Crete, recent
ly went to the graveyard to look at
the place they had selected for n last
resting place, Within an hour of their
return from the cemetery the old lady
died, and was aftcrward buried in the |
place they had been looking at The
shock proved so great 10 the old gentle
man hat he soon died and was buried
by the side of his life companion on
Thanksgiving day.
TUE incubating and brooding rooms
of the Beatrice Poultry 81 Kennel Co.,
half a mile east of Beatrice, were de-
stroyed by fire the other day. The en-
tire pet and show stock of the company
burned, including 800 of the finest
bred and show poultry in the state,
which had been housed in an upper
story of the building for the winter.
These had received first premiums at
the Kansas and Nebraska fairs for two
or three years past The loss also in
cluded a large number OF pet rabbits,
guinea pigs and sixteen valuable dogs
Of the terrier and hunting breeds that
were penncd in the building. A large
barn adjoining the poultry pens was
also destroyed, with it its contents, hay,
grain, vegetables, etc, About 1000
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