The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-20
NEBRASKA NOTES..

Peter Hanson of st. Paul, was run
over by a hand car and badly bruised.
The Kearney cotton mills were sold
10 the Union Savings Bank and Trust
company for s75, 900.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gambcc, one OF the
pioneer settlers OF Blue Springs, passed
away nj the age of G5.
W. T.. Strobe of st. Edwards. has
been arrested for selling $1,000 worth
of mortgagcd property.
The cold weather Mt Alliance reduced
the temperature one night almost to
the freezing point.
Counsel Max j. Baehr. who has been
visiting at st. Paul has returned TO his
post at Madgcbury, Germany.
A farmer near Arlington claims he
will have fifty bushels of corn to the
acre.
Charles S%wanburg Of Malmo lost a
span of horses by lighting. His barn
was also badly wrecked.
Two fine suits of clothing were
NtOlNN t'Oht oobh hi'Hdbu'f y t"'io
shop at Grand Island.
N. w. Whitney of Omaha had his
foot mashed and IL may have to he am
putated.
Lincoln was bothered by crooks dur
ing the state fair, and the police took
the guests and locked them up before
they secured much of n harvest.
Fremont Is figuring on putting In
glass works. The Platte river sand
has beer declared by experts the best
in the world for that purpose.
ED Arnold. an employee Of the Bur
lington, IL is reported, was killed in
the yards at Lincoln Saturday morn
ing by being struck by an engine.
Because escapes have been numerous
from the pen, Governor Savage has
issued orders that no convict will he
allowed 10 remain outside the cells at
night.
John Pasco and Fred A. komctch
were examined by the Dodge county
hoard of insanity commissioners and
committed to the asylum for the in.
sane at Norfolk.
The State Advcntists Association had
n damp time in tucir camp Mt Lincoln
last week. hut the attendance was
good aud all were well pleased with
the weeks work.
From n freight car standing in the
Union Pacific yards at Omaha was stol-
en- fourtesn pair Of waterproof over
shoes, and seven pairs Of bows duck
boots vhlncd Mt twenty-five dollars,
DR.. John II. Wood of Cofrcyvillc. aged
40 years. is still n practicing physician.
He has been practicing for seventy-four
years. and IL is claimed that he is the
oldest doctor in the service in the Unit.
cd States.
Eb Johns, OF Lincoln. who shot n
police officer on August 20. has beer
bound over to district court In the sum
If 2. 800. This is the second count
against Johns, mud he is short on bonds
men.
An official opinion has bccu given
out in the attorncy-gencral's office that
IL Is unlawful for n person To bring in.
Ia Nebraska during the closed season
game which has been killed in open
season In any other state.
IL is believed that foul play on the
part Of some discharged prisoner was
the cause Of Miss Maude Secord's death
ut CLAY Center recently. II will be ~.
remembered her clothing caught fire
from supposedly. her stepping on n
match. 1t Is now found that some
chcmica. were thrown on the carpet.
which would ignite by stepping on
them.
Reports of the sugar beet crop con.
tinuc 10 be ~unfavorablc. The factory
nj Amcs will start no the latter part
Of this week ar q thereafter. II is
not vet kno wn wi c.her the rains Of
the last three DAVIS will have the Of
feet ~ decreasing the saccharinc per-
ccntagc OF the beets or not.
The Omaha police have located Mrs.
Mollic Mabrav, the woman who threw
carbolic acid into the face Of Miss Maud
Hanson, but declined to disclose her
whereabouts To the press. Chief Dom,
hue says she left the city immcdiatel,
after the assault. but Is still in the
state aud may be arrested AMI brought
back tn Omaha Mt anv time. He is wait
ing only tn ascertain whether Mis-,
Hanson will prosecute.
David Miller, u colored mau. will,
ut work at Nebraska City at the cole
storage plaut. slipped and fell Will,
,yorkiuv on the ice chute and wa,
caught in the back with the Ice tongs
The tongs fastened themselves in tn,
flesh of his back and he was held sus
pended for some time by the muscles %
The back. One of the points of tn,
tongs entered nea the spine md Tn,
man is in n very serious condition.
The new Missouri Pacific Elkhorl
freight depot at Lincoln is nearing
completion. The Office part OF In,
h,;l.li,.. L. la;n,r plastar.I mud mil