The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
OVER THE STATE.
a Complete Review of the Fast weeks
Happenings In the Tree Planters state
-s%ucclnct summary OF the Most I'm.
portsnt News.

II. VI. Bushnell has assumed charge
Of the Lincoln postoifi,c.
A building boom is on in Fremont.
ana every carpenter H. busy.
Efforts are being made to operate
the Grand Island canning factory this
season.
A two-year-old son of Hans Range.
near Cairo, was burned frightfully in
II prairie fire.
Unknown parties robbed the store
of w. T.. l~iassctt at Sidney of about $50
worth merchandise.
Rather than stand Impeachment. FIX
ciseman Vail of Lincoln has resigned.
The proceedings against him have
been dropped.
VIII q. Srclcy. n Ecarncy young
man. and well known. committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the head.
The motive is II mystery.
Conrad c. Sinner, agcl sixteen
years, while attempting To board Il
train at Harvard, fell beneath the ears
and was instantly killed. Iii, body
was lrlghtfulIE mlnglcd.
Miss iIowarton. u cook in the Koch
Ter hotel at Grand Island. was caupht
in the cl,vJtor and sustained injuries
of Il severe nat"rc. Unless iniauma.
ton should st III no serious consu-
q%ucncos are feared.
W. II. Miles OF Bufra,o Bill's Wild
west show recently tclcgraphcd from
Curtis II tender OF his services with 100
cavalrymcn. through the governor. to
the United States government. all the
men to b. boy, from ,iIc range.
some time . Il wuyrarer died in
Dakota city and " = buried in the
r"ttcr'S field. The other day hi,
brother came To sc, the remains but
found the grave empty. II is believed
the remains were stolen aui taken to
a Sioux City medical college.
Secretary Mason Of the Nebraska
Cuban relief commission ha, requested
the other mcmbcrs to meet at Omaha
to dispose OF the supplies already re-.
ceivcd, including four cars, OF corn
and one Of -four. lie il now arranging
transportation. The corn will prob
ably be sold and the proceeds invested
in meats.
The exposition authorities have been
notified that Governor Black of New
ork has appointed II state exposition
connisson comprising Chuuncy Dcpew.
John Jacob Astor, ". Seward Webb
Henry i. Hobar, and Abel L.. Black
man nf \nt.. AA,l- .,t,. a,,ut. "
Stow OF Deposit, Jacob .Amcs of Syra-
cusc and John &. Graves of buffalo.
II has been suggested by n member
of the state press association. and one
high in authority, that inasmuch as
press headquarters are TO he furnished
in the Nebraska building. the associa-
tion ought TO arrange to have Il man in
charge of the headquarters 10 eNtcnda
welcome to all comcr in the name md
ON behalf Of the state press association.
Considerable complaint is made by
parents Of pupils in the primary grades
of the Beatrice schools because of the
advanced studies which are given the
scholars, which, they say, are far in
advance Of their years. Teachers ia
these grades To whom the matter has
been mentioned admit the fact. but re-
ply by saying that they have no right
To change the schedule Of studies. 1t
is believed the grades will be changed.
The verdict Of the jury in the case of
the state against the bondsmcn Of cx-
Treasurer BARLEY has received moth |
ing but condemnation from those who
know the merits of the case. Attor-
n~ey-General Smyth says he is able to
show that II juror expressed an opin-
ion before the trial of tho case. The
verdict is generally looked upon as ri
diculOus. The jurors decline to dis |
cuss by what hocus pocus of reasoning
they arrived at their conclusion.
A woman with four small starving |
children drove into shelton on their
way to kcarney in an open Wagon
which was loaded with bedding and
other household goods. Their desti-
tute condition was noticed by some
kind hearted people who took them To
a hotel and warmed and fed them,
and sent them, on the following day,
to their destination, by train. The
woman's husband is in jail at Kcarney
awaiting trial for stealing some wheat
which he wished to make into bread.
A pyramid of corn in the car made
up of contributions OF one bushel each
from the farmers of Missouri, will be
oRe OF the features of the exhibit from
that state at the Omaha exposition.
III pyramid will be built in courses.
each course representing the number
of bushels annually produced in the
state and the highest and lowest mar
ket prices which it sold at during the
same year. The courses will be separ-
ated by layers Of red corn. The , 49,
mid will be- constructed on the / b.
tian order, and the figures and pr. Is
will cover u period of thirty years.
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