The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-04

Francisco Wednesday.
About 50 Grand Rapids Mystic Shriners
visited Menominee, Mich, to confer de-
grces upon y class Of 60 knights,
One of n battery Of five boilers exploded
In the distillery at Belleville. Ills, damag-
Ing the building to tho extent Ct $4,000.
Robert Slime, of O highly respected fam.
lily, has confessed ut Nashville, Ills, to
stealing shoes from the freight depot. He
implicated four other young men.
The employees of the Cotton Belt pre-
sented to General Manager Doddridgc, Of
the Missouri Pacific, a team and carriage
valued at $4,000.
Superintendent w. II. Cheever. Of tho
schools Of Lansing, Mich. has accepted
the chair Of history and political economy
In the Wisconsin Normal school ut Mil
waukee.
Two prisoners escaped from the Jail at
Paxton, Ills, while tho sheriff wa en-
gagged In s%ubduing another prisoner who
had assaulted him with q bar Of iron.
Attorney General Stone Of Des Moines,
In, rendered the opinion that the warden
Of the Fort Madison p~enitentiary should
be suspended a. o result Of the recent In
v~estigation.
Seven valuable horses, owned by a ten
ant Of Congressman Il. +. Funk. died nj
bloomington, Ills, a few days ago Of q
disease that puzzled the doctors. II has
just been decided that death was due to
sating mouldy oats.
A severe storm struck Sedalia.
Monday, July ~.
The congress Of architects met at Chi
cago.
Walter Hathaway, n barber. was fatally
shot ut Dinuba, Cal, Sunday morning by
frankie Hall, a disreputable woman.
Miss Emma Campbell has brought suit
at Cedar Rapids, H., against William
Herman. Mrs. l.. Herman, Paul RosemAn
and Mrs. Paul Roscman for malicious
prosecution.
Joe weitel, aged 10, confined in Jail .
Adrian, Mich, was given the liberty of
the office. lie stole everything In sight
and fled, but was r%ecapturcd.
Frederick Govenn-ttc, alias Fernando
Govcnnettc, q twenty-one-ycar man, e.
capped from the Indiana prison south
while ut work on q woodpilc on the out
side.
The Oklahoma board Of equalization
has decided to proceed against the Pull
man Car company for two years back
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each and the consideration II consider
able.
Charles A. Higgins has sold The Morn
ing News Of Lincoln, Ills, TO j. n. Han
nelly and Frank Fetch Of Springfield.
Henry Schultz was crushed to death by
a fall Of slate In one Of the mines Of the
Consolidated Coal company at Mount
Olive, Ills.
While telling n tree at Frankfort, Ind,
Christian Wilhelm was instantly killed,
the tree falling on him and crushing his
skull.
Mrs. p. Owens, wife Of q we'll known
street contractor at Columbus, o., was ar
rested on the charge Of forging her hus.
bands name.
+. A. Smith. a mail agent arrested at
Austin, Mimi, has confessed to robbing
the mails Of 1000. lie was taken to Cedar
Rapids, In.
Joseph A. Howell. sentenced to hang In
Missouri. Aug 4, for the murder Of q
widow and her -four children, has been re
fused executive clemency.
Joe Donnelly aud Bill Mckinley, o.
Thompson, Mo-, beat Samuel Turner Il
, death with q rock In order to secure an In
significant sum Of money.
Tuesday. Aug. 1.
: Denver Is caring nobly for the Idle an,
| hungry miners located there.
Lightning fired q church at Princeton
: KY, causing It's destruction.
The Illinois Christian encAmpment Is Il
progress at Eureka, Ills.
John brandt was drowned while tryinI
Z to cross the Fox river at Aurora.
! Daniel Bateman and his wife were chic
reformed at Adrian, Mich, aud robbed O
q small sum.
: George Snyder, who disappeared from
NauvoO, Ills, a week ago Is thought I,
have met with foul play.
Philip Milligan was struck by q Mich
gan Central express train Mt Battle Creek
I Mich. and instantly killed.
= In a fight at Industry. Pa, Saturda,
night, Charles Rethkoskie crushed tn,
skull Of Joseph Hyris with a lump Of coal
Thomas Feeney, q wealthy resident O
Rochester, Mimi. was almost murdered
while driving in . road cart on MaiI
street Saturday night by an unknown
man, who jumped into the cart and drov'
away.
Willie Shultx, aged 10. and Charlie
Bauer, aged II, were drowned near Burl
ingtOn, In.
Sheriff Bud Frazer of Reeves county
Texas, has asked TO have rangers sent h
PecOs at once. No details were given, ant
District Judge Buckler can form no ide
} Of the trouble.
, Large crowds attended the Free MethC
dist camp meeting ut Carthage, Ills.
At Saylor Springs, ILL.,, Jesse Harper. I'D
dressed members Of the Peoples party
who held a big picnic.
While Mrs. /. ]. Walters, aged 70, q
Carlyle. ILL.,, was descending the stairs sh'
fell and was instantly killed.
Christian Spidel and wife awoke a
Hartford City, Ind. to find their S-monthi
old infant lying dead between them.
Wednesday. Aug. ..
Nine horses and a barn were destroye
J by fire at LaPorte, Ind. entailing o loss {
: $40,0 600 to James Bunton.
Anna Gray Orr. who disappeared q
Bridgeport, Conn, cannot be found. Rel
atives are still searching for her.
I Officer James A. Harvey was shot an
killed at Syracuse. N. Y, by George A
Barnes, whom he was trying to arrest.