The Red Cloud chief., 1900-04-13

James W. Coon Of Ashland. Neb..
charged with shouting at his wife with
/ intent to kill. March 10, had his pre-.
liminary hearing in county court. and
was buunG over to the June term VI
court under S?.OoD bonds.
W. H. Mcwhortcr. of pic<rCll. Nch.
| met with n serious accident, whicl
nearly cost him the loss of an arm
! While feeding a curushellcr his cloth
! ing caught in the machinery, pulling
| his left hand into the cogwhccIs and
before the machinery could br stopped
| his hand was badly torn.
Coroner Kcfrrt of Harrington. Ncb.
received message from Bcldcn stat
| ing that new born infant had been
| found near a section of the railroad
company at that place. II had the APP
pcarance of having been born alive,
fully developed. 1t was wrapped in
bed sheet and covered with dirt
\ fire alarm WAS sent from the resi-.
! dcnce of DR.. J. W. Puclett at Geneva.
A few neighbors had run in with
buckets and had the tire under con
troll before the iremcn arrived. The
origin of the fire Is a mystery. as no
one was at home except Philippine
monkey. which is suspected by many
of being guilty of the mischief The
building was damaged to the amount
of twenty-five or thirty dollars, but
| the monkey did not lose II hair.
At Geneva. Ncb. Tony Miller met
with an accident while operating Il
two hundred and sixty pound rocking
meat cutter in j. Wright's meat mar
ket. While working the machine the
! floor gave way. lctteng one side of the
block down and throwing the cutter
| to- the floor knives mp. upon which
| Tony fell. receiving several deep
! gashcs. The surgeon took thirty-onc
stitches To close the wounds.
! Between twenty-five and thirty head
| of horses were burned To death in "a
| fire that consumed the barn at j2l
South Thirteenth street. Lincoln. Neb..
| known as the Oriental barn. The barn
with its contents was burned, and the
buildings at 1919 and l2?i X street
were badly damaged. The loss will
| probably exceed S. 900. with insurance
| probably reaching u triile more than
| 81 900. The origin of the fire il un-
! known.
Frank q. Simmons, has effected full
settlement of his shortage as post
master of Seward. Some OF his friends
were Interested in squaring the amount
with the federal authorities. They
! say that the bondsmcn were not called
, upon for what they were liable. A
| trial will of course follow. but IL is he
| lievcd by the friends of Mr.. Simmons
that the restitution will go II long way
in inclining the jury To mercy.
The Lancaster county republican
convention held Friday indorsed ID. +.
! Thompson for United States senator
/ by vote of isl to 90 A Legislative
/ ticket was placed in the field. pledged
to support him. there being no opposi-
ton Congressman Il. J. Burkett was
also indorsed.
The convention indorsed Col. j. IL.
McClay for dclegateat- large to the ma
]
delegates to the state convention To use
their influence in securing the election
of Capt. l.. w. Billingsley for district
/ delegate to the national convention.
| The platform reatfirmed the. principles
of the republican platform of 1896 and
commended the administration of Pres
idcnt Mckinley.
There is "A talk of reviving the Meth
odist church at West Point. 1t would
be great benefit to the morals of the
city
G.. 4. Erickson and family left Boone
county during the panic and thought
to improve their condition in Texas
| They returned few days ago and
purchased farm in Shell Creek pre-
cinct.
Clarence l.. Lennon. n job printer,
of Lincoln. Neb., disappeared last FRI
day and until sunday noon his where
abouts was not known. His body was
found in one of the stalls at the state
far grounds. lie had committed sui
eide by use of fchloroform. Dependency
is the cause given.
Willie Stephenson. son of Roland
Stephenson. IA we'll to do pioneer
farmer of Henderson, Nch., narrowly
escaped horrible death. He rode a
horse out TO pasture and in some way
fell. His foot caught in the stirrup
and he was dragged considerable dis
tance until the horse was caught by
his father. His leg was broken and
his body is covered with bruises.
Fred Titus, proprietor of the depot
restaurant at Peru, Ind, was probably
fatally stabbed and his brother, Steve,
seriously cut by two drunken men
The men. who were intoxicated. re-
fused to pay for their lunch and insult
cd Mrs Fred Titus They were driven
away, but later returned, when the
stabbing occurred. Both strangers cS-
capped and have not been captured.
| The large Touring mill of g. ID. Pugh.