The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-16
NEBRASKA A NEWS.

Tmkvks recently broke into Blod.
gets hardware store 81 Ashland. but
were frightened away while trying 10
open the safe.
The worst snow storm since the big
blizzard of January, 1888, swooped
down upon Nebraska City on the night
OF the 9th. The fall Of snow amounted
to fully fifteen inches on n level and
drifted badly.
CAPT. y. A. HURON, Eighth infantry,
stationed ut Fort Robinson, has been
sentenced 10 four months Suspension
for striking Ben Paddock, who is post
trader, and refusing to obey the orders
of officers who attempted to quell the
quarrel. H4lN5,
DICK BERLIN and Charles Hays, who
were arrested upon the charge of kill
ing Mayor Miller, of South Omaha,
were released at their preliminary hear
ing, the evidence against them being OF
a very flimsy nature. Clara Allen, the
woman Of the town who swore she saw
Hays shoot Mayor Miller On Tuesday,
October 4, was arrested and sent to Jail
or the charge of perjury.
The jury in the Roberts poisoning
case ut David City, after twelve hours
elaboration, returned n verdict of not
guilty. This ended one of the greatest
sensational murder trials of the coun-
try. Mrs. Roberts, the handsome wife
of one of the most prominent farmers
Of Nebraska, was accused of poisoning
her husband, the alleged motive being
her love for another man. .
THE other night two men entered the
house Of Mr.. Miller. four miles north of
Lincoln, and took all the money there
was in the house. Mrs. Miller en-
deavorcd to flee from the house, but
was shot and fatally wounded. From
Millcr's house they went to the post
Office, where they secured $500 in
jcwclry and stamps and shot Postmaster
Lee in the leg. A posse wa after the
robbers with the determination to
lynch them. u M
w. 4. SMITH, about 25 years old, who
has borne Il very questionable rcputa-
ton in the vicinity of Arcadia, the
other night stole his fathers team,
buggy, harness and watch. The old
gentleman, who is one of the best citi-
zcns in that locality. summoned some
of his neighbors and pursued his thiev-
ing son about twenty miles and over
hauled him. They returned with the
property and left the young scapcgrace
to 20 his way.
NEAR Grand Island the other night
Mrs. r. L. Hudson, of Snohomish,
Wash, took an ounce of arsenic with
fered and saved her. Afamily row was
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she had beer visiting, ordered her out OF
the house on count of her alleged in.
suit to n guest, and she drank the
arsenic which she had for the purpose
of using for her complexion. Aztec
taking the poison she walked half a
mile TO II hotel.
THE sudden snow storm of the 9th
caused several casualties at Omaha.
Michael Donahue, one Of a gang shov'
cling snow in the Union Pacific yards,
was run down and killed by Il passenge,
engine. The burlington cast-bou:d
flyer collided with an engine four mile.
west Of South Omaha and both engines
were badly wrecked. The engine
men escaped uninjured, but William
L. Booth, Of Troy, n. Y, who
was stealing n ride on the mail car, had
both legs 80 badly managled us to ncces
state amputation.
JAMES COOPEH was shot and instantly
killed ut Bassett the other evening
while resisting arrest. Cooper and Cor
many, both of Bassett, got into a dis
pute over the riding of a horse, Cooper
was going TO slash Germany with "a III
zor. when Joe May caught Cooper ant
took the razor away from him. Goopc,
then pulled a revolver on May aud fred
the ball striking MayisSleS, shatterin,
the bone very badly. The sheriff at
tempted 10 ssrest Cooper who turne,
his revolver On the sheriff, when til,
latter shot him dead. Cooper was
tough OF the worse kind.
|. JACOB GERBER is once more in Ona
hn, having escaped from the Siberian
exile to which he was doomed q yea
, and a half ago. He arrived In Omaha
after an absence of twenty-one months
After being u resident of Omaha sil
years. Mr.. Gerber returned to Russia u
dispose of what property he had Their
and bring his family 10 this country
He had taken out his first papers an'
supposed that he was to all intents ant
purposes a citizen of tile United States
!, but subsequent events proved that III
. had relied too much on the privilege
: of u half completed citizenship, for IN
was seized as o 70 as his identity wa
. discovered and sent to Siberia for fl
> teen years, from which place he es
capped. He gives Il narrowing accoun
of his treatment.
THE call for the annual meeting o
the State Farmers alliance has been is
sued from alliance headquarters at Lin
: coin. The meeting will be held n
: Grand Island On Tuesday, December 2s
The call reads that each subordinate
alliance in the state whose dues ar
paid in full for the quarter ended Sep
tcmber 30, 1892, will be entitled to
representative who shall cast the vot'
! of his alliance IN the basis Of one vot
for every twenty members or 'majo
! faction thereof, as per their report Il
! the secretary OF the state alliance, an,