The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-18
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
OVER THE STATE.
A Complete Review of the Past Weeks
Happenings In the Tree Planters state
-succinct summary of the Most Inn
portant News.

'bEuk'H III 'pihl'ui lik NV WV ~
Of Iowa and Nebraska with "a view of
making an equitable reimbursement of
Nebraska rates.
The investigation committee of the
Lincoln city council Is engaged in
drawing up the charges OF impeach-
mcnt to be prefc. red against Mayor
Graham aud Exciscman Vail.
The general store of w. =. Smell Of
Ashland, was broken into and a large
amount of goods taken. The thieves
nut q ladder To u window in the second
story and entered. going down from
above. They %rummngcd the store COM
plctcly.
Adolph Gale, the clcven-ycar-old son
of Joseph Gale, u farmer living near
P~lattsmouth. was accidentally shot and
killed by his older brother while on "a
rabbit hunt. The boys were endcavor-
ing TO free the locks on their guns
from snow, and young Adolph uncon-
~sciously stepped directly in 'front.' of
the mu2zlc Just rs the lock became free
and the full charge entered his nbdo-
men. He lived sis hours after sustain
ing the injury.
An invitation issued by President
and Mrs. Mckinley to the governor of
Nebraska and the members of his fam
lily to u reception to be given in the
executive mansion Wednesday evening,
February 10, has been received by Gov
crnor IIolcomb. The invitation was
printed on plain white cardboard.
Above the Autographed lettering is u
small emblem in gold in the form of
the eagle, after the type shown on the
government coin.
Ex-State Treasurer j. s. BARLEY has
filed n motion for "a rehcaring in the
supreme court, and in support of the
motion filed n brief. Only three days
remained of the forty days allowed for
fling this motion. Particular nttcn-
ton is called in the brief to the vol
luminous record and the same time
that elapsed between the submission
of the cas- and the handing down of n
decision.
A motion for n rchcaring in the Mills
case has been filed in the supreme
court by Judge :. j. futile. Thomas
Darnall and Attorney McNccny of Red
Cloud. A similar motion will probably
be filed in the Ease of cx-Trcasurer
Whitney Of Harlan county. There
cases involve cmbezzlcment of Harlan
county funds, though they are scpn-
rate and are being prosecuted by diff
crcnt attorneys.
The people of Blair were startled by
reports that Alfred I%Iousner, a carpcn-
ter living rear town. had been danger.
ously cut in the hip and abdomen by
Frank Virginia. When found. his in
testines were %protruding. Three OF
the doctors were called who placed the
intcstines in place and scwed up the
wound. At present he is improving
and the first report that he was bleed.
ing considerably internally is not
verified. Nignia was landed in Jail. lie
is charged with being a man of quarrel.
some disposition.
The fate OF one scheme of Francis q.
Cradle. the noted boomer OF western
interests, is before the sta t. irrigation
board awaiting the decision of Sccre-
tary Wilson. II is II contest case in.
v~olving the priority of water rights
and on the result depends the fate of
the Crawford Irrigation company
which owns the Citizens canal which
supplies the thriving town of Craw.
ford, Neb.. with water and Is intended
To irrigate a great deal of land ada
e. to the White River. The cas-,
was brought before the state irrigation
board because il was thrown out of tn,
district court of Dawes county. Many
residents of Dawes and Sioux counties
have watched the d~cvelopemcnt of the
Citizens canal enterprise with interest
1t was a project said to have been con
ceived by Francis q. Cradle, through
the name of his nephew, G. j. Cradle
has more often been connected with it
II is reported that ut least $4,000 wa,
invested in the canal.
Sheriff Tinker of Falls City. Richard
son county, met with un unwelcom,
surprise the other day when h,
opened the Jail door to Feed his onl,
prisoner, for there, hanging by tn,
neck, dead. was Joseph Ilolechck. VIII,
was awaiting trial for the murder o
his wife near Humboldt Il short tim,
ago. liolechek was iifty-two years q
age and and the crime hat he Ia,
committed was of such an ~atrociou
character thai he could not hope t.
escape the sevcrest penalty of the law
and he seized the first opportunity tina
presented itself To take his own life
Around his neck he had tied u re,
bandnna handkerchief, to one of tn,
bars near the top his cell he tied
white handkerchief and connected tn
two with II short towel and by thi
means defeated the desire of the peopl
TO see a judicial hanging, none havin
ever taken place in this county. liol,
chck killed his wife by shooting h,
with a revolver on December ., 1880
ut their home five miles southwest {
Humboldt, "a full account Il which al
peared at the time.
The board of directors of the Oman