The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-26
A NEWS.

" "'' was ItCeHLiy Wn1le D3tn-
ing in the Blue at Beatrice.
The drought Ia the western part OF
the state was broken on the 9th by good
rains. Rain also fell in many other
parts of the state.
THE democratic state central commit
tee has decided to call the state demo
cratic convention ut Lincoln August 80
at 10 o'clock a. IN.
BERT ALrMEN, a conpositor in the
office OF the South Omaha Daily Stock.
man, was drowned while bathing in
Cut or lake the other evening. He
was 20 years old.
Ar Louisville the other day Mrs.
Thomas Irwin, her infant and Mrs.
Drake were thrown from "a buggy by n
runaway horse. The baby was almost
instantly killed and the other two re-
ccived dangerous bruises.
THE discovery has been made that
Rev. j. q. Tate, candidate for lieuten-
ant-governor on the republican ticket,
Is not a citizen, his second naturaliza-
ton papers not having been taken out.
His name will be taken off.
LoUIs ~SrELTNER, an old German her
init living In the northwestern part OF
Knox county. was found dead in his bed
the other day. lie was IS years old.
About 300 acres of choice land had been
accumulated by him and n lot OF stock.
THERE are practically no new devel-
opmcnts i'm the investigation of the
murder OF ID. 5. Cole at Hastings. The
report thai more than one woman
would possibly be implicated Is con-
frmed but still it is doubtful IL enough
evidence "A be obtained to warrant
arrests.
THE mortgage Indebtedness returns
for the month of July are coming tothe
office OF the bureau Of industrial sta
tistics In large numbers. When the re-
turns are all in it will I've seen that in
fully Onc-hnlf of the counties of the
state thu "'mbcr and amount of farm
mor'gag ar leased will largely exceed
the numb. and amount of those flied.
FREpARATloSS Tor the fourteenth an.
nual rcun on of the Grand Army of the
Republic. department OF Nebraska. ~
be held ut Grand Island. August 20 to
September ., inclusive. are going q u
idly forward. Speakers " state and
national reputation have already been
secured to address the soldiers and en-.
liven the camp fires. All railroads will
give reduced rates.
LATER developments /, the death Of
Misses Bertha and Lizzie S.hultz. who
recently fell dead at Tairmouni. went
to show that the girls had committed
suicide instead of death being the ~.
suit Of accident caused by falling from
a buggy. Investigation showed that
Bertha had purchased ~strychninc ut u
drug store and the bottle was found in
the Shultz yard. No cause could be
given for the strange act.
THE state oil inspector has filed his
monthly report for July. During the
month the number of barrels of oil in
spectcd by himself and his deputies
were 10, i0S, divided among the several
districts of the state as follows: First
district, accepted. COZ, rejected, 04O;
Second district, accepted, 2,1l9, reject
cd, 1859; Third district, accepted, 554,
rel .cted. 1895; Fourth district, accept
cd, 1, rejected, 400; Fifth district, ac-
cepted, 1914, rejected, $50; total accepted,
$40; total rejected, 6,03S.
LAST year the principal crops in Val.
ley coun y were corn, wheat and oats,
corn taking the lead. They are n little
more diversified this year and n larger
acreage. The prospects OF corn are not
very iattering. The greater part %!
The oat and wheat crop has been har.
vested and is very good. Oats were
rather short. Flax, millet and wild
hay are very poor. Several pieces OF
flax will not pay for harvesting and
the crop is losing favor with the major.
ity of farmers. Winter wheat and rye
are gaining in favor and good yields
are reported. a large number of farm
crs held their last years corn crop and
sold 1t upon the advance in prices.
CHANCELLOR CREIGHroN, Of the Wes.
lcyan Methodist university of Lincoln,
has commenced suit in the district court
against Revs George A. Smith and Hi
ram Burch. asking for SO, 900 damages
from each for defamation of character.
The suits grow out of the recent action
Of the two gentlemen in making dam.
aging charges against the character o.
the chancellor. The petition sets fort
that on July -, 1892, the defendant
circulated and caused to be circulated
an article which was false, s%candalous
and defamatory in its character. The
article referred to was prepared by Rev.
Asa Slecth and accused the chancellor
of various misdcmeanors, most Of them
being attractions Of the church disci
pline rather than of the civil statutes.
The other morning Lizzie and BERTHA
Shultz, aged 90 and Is years respective.
ly, were driving in Fairmont In cross
ing the railroad track the horse took
fright and ran away, throwing them tc
the ground and apparently not hurting
them severely. They then hired Q
team and drove to their home, five
miles distant After reaching home,
Bertha went to the barn TO see the
horse and dropped dead by the stable
door. A little sister neal by ran to the
house and said. There is something
the matter with Bertha" Mrs. Shultz
and Lizzie ran to the barn and Lizzie,
too, dropped dead by the side of her sis
ter. The mother o o after swooned