The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-20

was thrown ont and quite badly
bruised.
Wal excitement or other causes has
made Il decrease in the correspondence,
that reaches the state house. Cover
nor HolcOmb is working almost night
and day on the organization of troops,
but outside of his office there is u lull
in state house business.
The home of William Patterson at
NincS was entered recently and SlT in
cash taken. The womcn of the house
had been ont for the evening and upon
returning ruu onto the burglar. hut
were 80 frightened that he got away
before they realized what Chad hap
pened.
Two men held up Thomas ilealy. "a
burlington cmployc. at the corner uf
Ninth and = s~trcctS. Lincoln. aud rob
bed him of SIS in cold cash. his month
~ earnings. Tuesday was pay dav
and Mr.. llcalcy had received his check,
which he turned into money at the
earliest opportunity.
Captain culver of troop *. Thiru
volunteer cavalry. has received wore,
that he Will he expected shortly to
leave for thickamauga. The captains
troop forms part of the rcgi mcnt com
mandcd by Colonel Grigsbv. In easy
lac moves Tuuth Ic will meet the bal
ancr of the regiment at Chicago 81
some nearer point. Captain Culver
has full troop but j. short abuut
fifty horses.
e. t. Nicodcmas' book store at Ere.
mont was looted the other night hv
professional burglars. who entered
TIL" st"r" 10y the rear door. They came
prepared to blow open the safe hu:
found it unlocked. Thcy relieved IL
and the money drawers of change,
about - in all. Nothing else seems Ia
he missing. and ~ the tools were left
behind it j. thought the thieves were
frightened away. The tools were
stolen from foonc's blacksmith shop
Governor Ilolcomb said last Satur-
day that he was considering the qucs-
'ion of rco~rganizing the national
guards for tWo reasons: First. in orr
der To have" troop ready in event e
another cali; second. for purpose uf
filling plnrcn nf guards just sworn into
the national service. A. for equip
ncnt. the governor said the govern
ment took IN Inventory Of equipment
that went with the guards and w"uld
rcplac" the anne Is q aS possible.
In the mCantim" the new guardSmru
could he given the old style Spring
field rifles. nf which there are Il large
number in the state arsenal. The"
would br good enough 10 Use for drill,
purposes.
The stores Of n. \. Mccall and f..
Nudmat y CO.. at thapprl. and the
po>tolicc at Oshkosh. were held M hv
highwnymcn Thursday night about "
o'clock. Two men. one mnSkcd. the
other unma>kcd. entered the drug
store of Mccall and made him throw
up his hands. They got got $40 and "a
gold watch. They then marched Me
Call over To the \. Sudman a Co.'s
store and held their guns on \. Sud-
man and las S~iInmondS. At this place
they secured atuut $50 from the store.
a gold watch from Simmonds and $50
FROM the ~pustotiicc. which was located
in the store. The postmaster warned
them about taking Inclc Sarn's money.
but they said they didn't care: money
was what they wanted.
The state board of public lands u
buildings has practically agreed upon
Il plan which il, j. believed will supply
water for the institution for feeble
minded youth at Beatrice. The board
proposes to dig a large we'll near the
Blue river. \ test shows that water
from the river will filter into a well
near the banks. II is the intention To-
convey the water through u tunnel Ia
II point above high water mark. Atthat
point pumps will be- placed to force it,
into an cycvatcd reservoir near the in
stitution. The water will have to he
conveyed 200 feet and elevated 100 feet.
An appropriation of $1,000 was mao,
by the last Legislature for Il water
supply. The bill contains this proviso:
Provided the board OF public lands
and buildings find it absolutely neces-
sary to eNpend said amount or any
part thereof. To secure good water"
Members Of the board believe the sys.
TEN III \PW 'uu " put III Tor ., .oOD,
State Treasurer MeServc announced
Monday that he had $3.50, 695. 9s st,
aside for the %semi-annual school sp-
preparation Tor May. The account was
closed Monday and the treasurer will
notify state Superintendent Jackson
that he has hat moun on hand.
superintendent Jackson will apportion
the money among the various counties
in the state according to school populn-
ton. The counties in turn must ap-
portion the funds among school dis
tricts. Treasurer Meserve was moi.
able To show how much Of the fund
was derived from each of the several
sources. Tie Thought that the greatest
increase was in the amount derived
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