The Red Cloud chief., 1897-12-17

The state meeting of the Y. NJ. c. A..
workers, held at Hastings was a graft.
flying success in all particulars.
City Editor Peters of the Beatrice
Express broke a tendon in one of his
legs while trying to leap owe u now
drift.
While driving to market with a load
Of wheat Albert johnson of Dawson
county fell off between the wheels and
was run over. His shoulder blade was
broken and hip badly bruised.
Ex-Auditor Eugene Moore has fur
nished bond to the supreme court for
s26, 900. The suretics qualified in the
sum of $50, 900. The bond was accepted
by clerk ID. A. Campbell, and Mr.. Moore
was given his liberty.
Peter Larson of Stanton, while hunt
ing near Pilgcr recently, accidently
shot himself fatally. lie was sounding
the Ice with tho but of his gun when
the hammer caught in some grass,
causing the discharge.
Lara Commissioner Jacob V. Wolfe,
on behalf Of the state, completed the
purchase Of 1i5 acres of land of Mrs.
Mary +. Ncwmcyer. The land was
near the Hastings asylum and will be
added to the asylum farm.
Secretary of War Mikeljohn is trying
to get the Marston company of Phila-
delphia. otherwise known as the
Cornstalk Cellulosc company, organized
To manufacture ~cellulose for warships,
to locate n factory at Fremont.
Some boys, hunting in a cor field
near Milligan the other day, found the
frozen body of Joseph Klima, who has
been missing from his home since
November 20. Murder is suspected, as
deceased was in the habit of carrying
considerable money.
Agent Clapp of Rine Ridge agency
has returned from Washington with
instructions to fence in the agency.
This will keep cattlemen off the reser-
walton and no more trouble is expect
ed. The fence, sixty miles of it, will
be built neXtS spring.
Auditor Cornell reports that he has
collected S11 1904 in fees since he came
into office, and has turned over to the
state treasurer SIC. 900, leaving a bal
ance of St.O0i on hand. The appro-
priation for the expenses o fthe auditors
Office for two years is S2G, 600, and the
collections promise to exceed that
amount.
c. w. Parsons. a young man who
has been employed as order clerk at
the department store of the Bennett
company, Omaha, has just been detected
in the theft of goods from the store to
the value of SIS. which he has been
distributing around among his femi-
nine acquaintance. 1t is supposed
that his populations will reach several
hundred dollars.
The state supreme court over
ruled motion of Bartlcy's attorneys for
a reversal of judgment Of lower court
against BARLEY for the reason that
Attorncy-General Smyth had failed to
file his answering briefs by November
30, as ordered. The court informed
Mr.. Whcdon that the encouragement
had fled his brief soon after the motion
had been made. Oral argument will
probably be heard at next sitting of
court, to begin December IA.
Governor Holcomb has issued rcquisi.
ton for the return of Charles Lundvall
from Morrison county, MINI. Lund-
vail is charged with grand larceny rs
bailec. petit larceny as bailec and for
selling and transferring and disposing
of mortgagcd chattcls in Thurston
county.
The Nebraska building was the first
to hoist a flag on the exposition grounds.
1t is n fine new twclvc-foot specimen
of old glory that was purchased by
subscriptions from the laborers en-
ployed on the building, and it wa
flung to the breeze with becoming en-
thuiasm and ceremony.
DIR. Henry N. Dunning, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church Of Lincoln
laboring under the sting of criticism,
worked himself into a frantic state in
the pulpit On a recent Sunday. Two
ladies in the congregation tainted, and
the services were closed amidst excite
ment. But for this interruption it was
deemed likely that the pastor would
have collapsed before he reached the
end of his discourse. The cause Of this
state of affairs was fault-inding with
some Of the pastors sermons, which
reached his ears. 1t is said the past or
felt deeply aggrieved and brooded
much over the matter.
Shippers and commission men at the
South Omaha live stock exchange are
wondering what turn next the rail
roads will take relative to car rates OF
the cents per hundred system from
Nebraska points to South Omaha. All
of them are still working under the
cents per hundred system, despite the
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