The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11

The cash drawer Of the depot al
Harrington vas rob led of about $50 in
cash by parties who waited until the
agent was away from the depot OF
other railroad business.
Five prisoners broke Jail at Grand
Island. each one u hard customer
with a ~pcnitcntiary sentence confront
ing him: They have not yet been
captured.
Acknowledgement =. II. Barry has
selected grounds at Omaha near the
exposition grounds for the next an
nual e~ncampmcnt of the Nebraska Ma
ilona guard. The selection of Omaha
as the place of the ncampme was
made 10y Governor 1lolcomb IA con-
niandcr.in-chief. 1.-THE date of the en-.
cainpnent has not been fixed.
Complying with n recent ruling or
suggestion of Ju lge Munger on the
subject. the attorncy-gcncral has filed
an an 'ldmcnt to his petition in his
SUIT against the receiver of the Capital
National bank to recover the S?s5. 35T. s.,
lost to the state by the failure of tina,
bank. His amendment il to bring sui,
III the name of the state instead Of that
or the present treasurer, Mr.. Mcscrvc.
The man who stole IL horse from
samuel lnhoT at Columbus about -
week ago. was arrested in Madison
county and brought back. He gave
the name of Frank Robinson. lie
waved preliminary examination and
was bound over to district court in the
sum of 81 600, in default Of which hr
Ian%uishes in the county iail. The
horse wfTr~-rrucd to It's owner. Rob
inson ID a3strangcr in Columbus, no
seeming \ know linn.
Hans { christensen. n Lincoln shoe.
maker, 81, chopped TO pieces under
the whcC!- Of the Missouri Pacific yyc.t
bound freight $40 about twelve miles
east OF Lincoln. The deceased wa,
scent three years old. lie had no
Known relatives and made his home
with I. Iackaria>on, ut 1916 North
Fourteenth street. Christensen has not;
been al' right mentally for some time.
ana had wandered away from town
during a temporary tit.
The supreme court before adjourn
ne, did not pass on motions for re
hearings. Motions of that nature mr.,
pending in several criminal and civil
eases, including the case in which
cN'Statr Treasurer BARLEY is dcfeand.
ant, also the ease of Whitney and
Mill, of Harlan comfy and the Barrett
Stntt hnII nnNp M, .-,,.k Al
$1,000 verdict against the Is. Il NJ. IN
the Kellogg ease from Phelps county.
Nhcn Mr.. Kellogg was last heard
from he was not expected to live.
TO injuries received while act
ing rs station agent.
The w. {. T.. l.. OF Ashland held me
mortal services for Frances T.. Willard
last Sunday at the congregational
church. Th" audience was very large
and the exercises very effective and in
tcresting. All of the pastors rave
short addresses on different phases Of
her life and work. Two or three an
propriate r%ccitations were given by
the younger people. The admirers of
Miss Willard have always been very
''l'A '''iN ~ .hNiildilt. lltllIAlIlE SDtnt'
who had known her in childhood and
youth.
Joseph Umbland, living about three
miles southeast of Howe, in Natnaha
county. went to Auburn the other day
called up DR.. Opperman, who has
been coroner of the county for many
and asked him il he was coro.
nor. saying at the same time that Mrs.
Samuel Imbland had been killed.
Word was nt once sent to DR.. j. Is.
Jack, the present coroner, who, has
an investigation. Nothing
definite is yet known. The superstition,
based on street rumors, is that her
husband. Sam midland, went home
from Auburn drunk, and that he NAV
have attacked her. This rumor has
not been verified. Mrs. Umbland ~
about thirty years of age, and formerly
in Auburn. She leaves a three
old baby.
Judge J. II. Broadly and II, A. Bah
cock, attorneys in the suit { O compel.
Cornell to draw warrants on
the state appropriation for the home
for the fricndlcss, have secured leave
OF he supreme cour 10 withdraw
original exhibits and substitute certi-
fled copies. The court decision deny
ing the writ applied for leaves the
attorneys free to appeal the district
court from Auditor Cornell's action on
for salaries and supplies. 1t is
however, hat Judge
believes he can secure n re-
hearing and get the writ prayed for in
the snit just decided. The supreme
court held that mandamus was not
the proper remedy, but that IN appeal
should have been taken to the district
court from the auditors action. The
attorneys believe this to be true where
the auditor rejects a claim, but in this
the auditor is said to have refused
to take any action whatever. His
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