The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-14
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

HI agricultural implement cstab
lishmcnt of George Raymond at Beat
rice has failed.
a BOYD county farmer has advertised
for a good wife and offers 100 acres o.
land to clinch the bargain.
PERRY PLuMB, of Danbury, who was
kicked in the stomach by n colt, died
after -four days of suffering.
FIRE at Harrison damaged a number
OF business houses To a total amount OF
about $4,000. Partially insured.
1T has developed that c. ID. Miller,
mayor Of South Omaha. who was re.
Gently found dead, committed suicide.
The beet sugar factory at Norfolk re-
Gently turned out 100, 600 pounds of
sugar In five days. One day la tons of
bects were cut in ten hours.
A MAN, supposed to be named Fox,
deliberately sat down on the track in
front ola switsh engine at South Omaha
the other day and was killed.
DARWIN c. LovELAND, formerly a resi-
dent of Columbus and at one time a
member of the state Legislature, died
recently at San Bernardino, Cal.
A STALLION valued at $500, belong.
ing to James McMullcn, of Thedford,
caught n of its feet over the halter
strap and strained itself 80 badly that
IL had to be shot.
DALE HARRIS, residing at Talmage,
borrowed q pistol Of n friend, went to
the cemetery and shot himself dead.
lie was subject to fits of melancholy.
lie was only 20 years of age.
Mrs. .JFuRy Roarua d;ad NJ noat-;,,
the other night from too much faith in
Christian science. She was being
treated for c%ongestive chills. She leaves
a husband and eight children.
JOSEPH FARRAN, a farmer living
three miles west Of Winside, attempted
suicide the other forenoon by taking
an ounce and a half of laudanum. The
size of thedose was all that saved him.
lie says he will try again.
CLARA Brock, from Valparaiso, a stu
dent mt the state university will lose the
sight of II IL not both eyes owing to
an explosion Of chemicals In the labora-
tory the other forenoon. She was hold
ing the test tube close To her face and
received the full force of the compound
when the explosion occurred.
Miss SARAH Il. FoaD, the teacher of
the school ut Brickton, near Hastings,
chastised a scholar named Poore the
other day. The boy went home and
told his mother. Mrs. Poorc armed
herself with Il pitchfork handle aad
going to the schoolhouse she attacked
the teacher. beating and abusing her in
Il frightful manner. Later she and her
gnn warm a r,.aStnl u,,I hall =. -..l r.
trial.
SEVERAL freight cars ran off the
mt Grand Island the other day,
and, while the railroad employees were
getting them on, n crowd gathered
around. John Immel was among the
onlookers, and when the engine pulled
the cars by n long iron rope the link
slipped, flew through the air like a shot
and struck Immel in the cheek, literal
ly tearing it open from the cheek bone
down. He may recover. His home is
in Indiana.
RECEIVER MILLER. of the defunct
State Bank of Nebraska at Crete, has
filed his first formal report with the
clerk OF the supreme court, and for the
first time the people of the state have
opportunity to learn the exact con-
dition of the affairs Of that institution.
The report shows the total assets of the
bank to be 500, 977. 40. and the liabilities
800, 134.S7.. The cash on hand is So
G35. 80. The bills receivable are classi.
fled as follows: Good, $50 GIG. 81; doubt
full, 50, 7s2. 10: bad, SCI. 1i3. %.
The district court at WILDER was oc-
cupied nearly n week with damage
against saloonkcepers. Jennie
Spence got a verdict OF 800 against the
bondsmen of 7. II. Kelley, of Friend,
for selling liquor to her husband.
Chivia Plucknett got a verdict of 81, 500
against William Tippy, of DE- Witt, in
whose saloon her husband was killed,
and e., 800 against George w. Schramm,
another saloonkeeper OF that town.
Jane Wright, wife of Charlie Wright,
got n verdict of $500 against George
Grant and William Tippy, of De Witt.
In response to and inquiry as to the
probable acreage and yield Of wheat in
Nebraska this year, Commissioners
Andres, of the bureau of industrial
statistics, made the following reply:
1.-The acreage of wheat in 1891 was $780,
S67, the yield Is, 01S, 900. based upon the
report of the United States agricultural
The acreage Of wheat in
1892 Is l,229, 065 and the crop will prob
ably reach So per cent. of last years.
The estimated increase in acreage In
1899 will be s per cent, based upon re-
ports received up to date. 1t is certain
ly too early in the season TO give any
figures"
The county seat war in Hitchcock
county ended very suddenly. Adj
Gen. Vifquain, in response to a tele-
gram received by him at Exeter, in two
hours time had -four companies of mill
tia ready to move and trains steamed
up to carry them to the seat of war. |
He then boarded the flyer, and arriving |
at Culbertson ut 2 o'clock in the morn
ing went directly to Sheriff Dennis
house, routed him out Of bed and to-
gether they went to the court house,
where but six men were on guard. The
general informed the officer that he
must exhaust all his source before
the mower Of the Stata cOull be cnllad |