The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-15
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS.

THE farm house of Alexander Sulli-
van. lear Schuyler, was recently en-
tirely destroyed by fire,
| The proposition to vote bonds for
; building two new school houses at Ord
was voted down Sy the people.
A FARMER near Norden, Keya Pasha
county, lately killed a bald eagle which
measured nine feet from tip to tip.
The five-story building occupied by
the Omaha Hardware Co., asdestroyed
by fire the other day. Loss, about $780,
r<0O.
c. NJ. Coz. who was wanted in Scots
Bluffs county for selling mortgaged
pEoperty, was arrested at Hastings the
other day and taken back to answer the
charge.
TM depot of the Elkhorn Valley
road 1T Chadron was almost complete
ly destroyed by fire the other night.
The Gre originated in the oil room from
Spontaneous combustion.
SERIOUS prairie fires lately did much
damage in the southwest part of the
state. Many farmers lost everything
they had, and there were many narrow
escape from death by Others
WHILE assisting the d%ehorning OF a
vicious bull. at his residence near Bay
ard, CIV. Munshall, had his left leg
broken and ankle dislOcated. The
vicious quite pinned him to the earth
and he e$aped with difficulty.
THE ot1 er night +. W. Schnur 4 Co.'S
clothing ftore at WymOre IA broken
into am about S2a5 worth of
clothing, hats. shoes and valises stolen.
The thieves gained an entranceby re-
moving the glass from a back window.
A PETITION was being n~umerously
signed at Hastings asking Gov. Boyd to
pardon Capt A. d. Yocum, who was
convicted OF manslaughter. Capt. YO-
cum had ndk been sentenced, but this
course was tn ZEN to save for him his
citizenship.
PETER TRU& son, one OF the oldest
settlers of Shel ban county, was fatally
injured by a Runaway team the other
day between LoEp and Ashton. He died
but a few hourss fter he vas picked up.
Joe Press, wh6 was with him, was
seriously injured at the same time.
WILLIAM BARpETT. aged nineteen
years, son of 7. G. Bartlett. of Archer,
while out hunting the other day re-
ceived a shot in The leg which COM
pletely shattered It from the thigh
down. He was ~notpound for four hours
afterwards, and cofld not undergo an
amputation.
THE eighteen-mos ths-old child of
John w. Maybe met With a serious acct
dent at Blair the other evening which
may prove fatal. Wlile Mrs. Maybe
was busy the little fes ow got hold of
some concentrated lM and drank it.
The victims mouth ati stomach were
badly burned.
The examination in The case of the
state against DIR. j. ". Beghtol, presi-
dent of the board of secretaries of the
state board Of healtR charged with
libeling DIR. Conaway, of Omaha, came
to a close at Clay Center tae other after
noon, after a three d~ays'ssession. The
Judge stated that Beght4l was acting
within the scope of his OF cial duty in
writing the letter sent to Ir. Butler.
IT is stated that Adult. Gn- Vifquain
is contemplating Reorganization of the
Nebraska National Guards to,conform
to the new regulations receSely adopted
for the regular army. Undfr the new
plan each regiment will consists of three
battaliors of three companies each,
making nine companies to asegiment.
This will give Nebraska two4egiments
with an Independent battaliol OF three
companies.
The other day Mrs. Mary S. ftiner. of
Wayne, this state, dropped or g e union
depot platform at Kansas City AID died
in a few minutes. A post mof1 I'm ex-
animation developed a clot of hood in
the heart and the left lung was3tlmost
entirely filled from the effects Of pneu-
monia of a few days standing3 Mrs.
Miner had been visiting friends atCedar-
vale, Kan, and was on her wayl lone.
She was about fifty years of age.
A CYCLONE struck Nelson on tia last
day of March and did damage I'd the
extent Of 500, 900. The First natipoal
bank, the Union block, the Arlington
hotel and many other buildings were
unroofed. The new schOOlhGNse &c,
hat cost $lo,OUU, was ueinolAS,
and the Presbyterian church I'D
many residences were wrecked.
persons were reported killed but the1e
were many narrow escapes. Miss MatT
Brayman, assistant principal of II
Nelson high school, was seriously hurt
The recent case of supposed murdeS
and suicide in a house of ill-fame at
Omaha in which James Gafford,i
an Iowa commission merchant. and
a disreputable m were found
dead, and which was regarded
as the work of Gafford, has as
sumed a different light. At the coro-
ner's inquest the jury came to the con-
clusion that a double murder had been
committed, either for the purpose of
robbery or as a result of jealousy by
some party or parties unknown, and
rendered a verdict accordingly.
A NUMBER of fine horses belongings.
s. NJ. Smith, of KiWl>u recently
and spsniassa or poisoning was enter
Timed. The county commissioners had
the stomach of one of the animals an
aiyzed, which brought out the fact that
the animal had been poisoned by strych-
nine. On further investigation it was
a~scertained that the poison had been
mixed with some salt in a trough in