The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-04
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
OVER THE STATE.
4 Complete Review of the Past Weeks
Happenings In the Tree Planters state
-succinct summary of the Most I'm
pOrtant News.

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of the Lincoln p~ostoflicc.
Arrangements have been completed
for the building of n Sanitarium at
Long Pine. A number of prominent
physicians being interested in the
enterprise. Work will begin immedi-
ately.
The banks and public schools were
closed, and the p~ostof1icc and county
offices of many Nebraska towns en-
joycd a half holiday in honor of Wash
ington's birthday. A number Of the
business houses were decorated with
flags and bunting.
While driving to the school she was
teaching near Quick. Frontier county,
Miss Wilson, a sister of County Clerk
Wilson of Frontier county. was thrown
from the cart in which she was riding
with a small boy and was dragged for
n mile or more, sustaining such terrible
injuries that death resulted from
them.
The other day as Mrs. Uriah Swigart
of Beatrice, was starting II fire in u
gasoline stove at the Auditorium,
where the Methodist church ladies'
were preparing supper the flames
suddenly rose mp and cnvctopcd her
head, severely burning one ear and
other portions Of her face. She also
inhaled some gas and it was some
minutes before she could breathe with
any degree of comfort.
Wayne is now likely TO realize her
fondcst hopes. a beet sugar factory.
MeSSrs. Common and Gund. of IT. Scott,
Kansas. representing "a syndicate. have
been there the past ten days and have
submitted "A proposition for II $50.
900 plant with Il capacity of 200 tons
of bects daily. 1t has bee accepted
by the citizens. who have had several
enthusiastic meetings the past week.
Postoffice Inspector Sinclair is in
vcstigating the advisability of burning
Il part or all of the old records which
have accumulated in the Omaha post
Office. The old records are said to bc
u great nuisance. rs they represent Il
collection Of twenty-five years service.
and are so volumnious as to render the
selection of anything from them al
most impossible.
Dr. A. T. Peters has returned to
Lincoln from Wood Rive. where he
went to investigate q cattle disease
that had carried of about u score or
more of the herd of Hiram Dodd. lie
found what he expected hat the eat
lie had been eating crgot in hay and
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the disorder. lie says he never saw so
much crgot in a load of hay rs in that
being fed 10 these cattle.
The verdict of TIE jury in the ease of
the state against the bondsmcn of en-
Treasurer BARLEY has received moth
ing but condemnation from those who
know the merits Of the ease. Attor-
ney-tiencral Smyth says he is able To
show that one juror expressed IN opin-
ion before the trial Of the case. The
verdict is generally looked upon as ri
diculous. The juiurs decline to dis
euss by what hocus pocrs of reasoning
they arrived at their conclusion.
A pyramid of corn in the ear made
up OF contributions of one bushcl each
from tho farmers Of Missouri, will be
one of the features of the exhibit from
that state at the Omaha exposition.
The pyramid will he built in courses.
each curse representing the number
Of bushels annually produced in the
state and the highest and lowest mar
kct prices which it sold at during the
same year. The courses will be scpar-
ated by layers of red corn. The pyra-
mid will be constructed on the Egyp-
tian order, and the figures and prices
will cover II period of thirty years.
A mortgage from the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railway to the Cen
trail Trust company OF New York, the
largest ever flied in the county, was
filed at Beatrice the other day. 1t
was for 500, 600. coo and draws 3 per
cent interest. The mortgage contains
$3.50 words and the fee for fling the
same was $50. the largest ever known
to have been paid for a similar service.
For the convenience of county officers
they are provided with extra copies OF
the mortgage papers for FASTING in
the record books.
John NJ. Krcadcr. sheriff OF Dodge
rounty, whom criminals learned "a
fear, puncturcd Charles Smith the
other day in front of the county Jail a,
Fremont. Smith, who is known among
his associates in thugdom as Sloppy
Smith. is a witness for the defense in
the case of the State VS.. George Evans
who is on trial for burglarizing Ed
Percy's residence. lie has been on the
witness stand and was being taken
back to Jail, when he made IA break
for liberty. He was commanded to
stop, but he had other intentions
Sheriff Krcadcr then drew his revolver
and fired two shots high of the mark
to scare the fleeing fugitive, but to ut
avail. lie then took u PUNK at hi
mar and dropped him.
The house OF George Brittcll three
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