The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-24
Hebraska Hofes

finished will be one OF the handsomest
buildings in that part of Nebraska.
"A company has been formed In Cam
bridge for the manufacture OF n.y.
draulic stone. Rankin Bros, local
grain merchants, have purchased the
county right.
the Blue river ear Seward was one
that was observed to have a peculiar
pouch beneath It's mouth. On opening
this four ten-penny nails and a 1-cent
piece. coined In 1850. were discovered
Some York vandals have oeen de-
tectcd in sowing dandelion seed In the
lawns in one section OF the city. Re-
Gently some beautiful fewer beds. that
we're not only the delight OF their
owners. but of all passersby, were to-
tally destroyed.
Two runaway boys from Iowa, who
were arrested at Omaha. are being held
at the police station. One OF them Is
Alfred Yenbock. a lad OF fifteen years.
whose home is in Lake City. The
other Is Wade Miller, q hoy Of sixteen
years, whose parents live ut Ottumwa.
Ernest shurlcff, a young mar living
near Humboldt. was kicked In the face
by a horse. One foot OF the animal
struck him squarely In the face, smash
Ing the nose and reducing the flesh
TO a pulp, the other hoof striking a
glancing blow on the chin and doing
little damage.
Farnam is to have another bank.
The corporation Is organized and the
charter applied for. The cash capital
will be 5000. NJ. J. Tuft, G. d. Faul-
kas, s. +. Parker and others are the
incorporators. A brick building will
be begun as soon as workmen car be
secured and everything will be pushed
toward an early opening for business.
A levy OF 10 mills was made for city
taxes at the council meeting at Far
nam. The assessed valuation this year
on city property. both real and per-
sonal. is $685., 251. Last year q 30-mill
levy was made on an assessed valua-
ton Of $214,425. On a 19-mill levy
this year $500 more will be raised than
was raised on the 30-mill levy last
year.
According to the as~sessOr3' books.
the total estimated assessed valuation
Of personal property in Beatrice for
1904 is about $3.50 600, as against $780,
600 for 1903. The total assessed valua-
ton of the county for the year 1904
Is SIS. 400. 900. as against IS. 300, 900 for
1909. The average value of Gage coun-
~ lands varies from $36 to $64 per
acre.
A muIatto named Walker was taken
by some farmers from near Bee tc
Seward. They stated the mar had at
tempted suicide by drowning. At
meeting of the insanity board he was
adjudged insane and ordered TO b.
taken by Sheriff Smiley to the insane
asylum at Lincoln. He recently cam,
to Seward from Lincoln, the police o.
that city having ordered him to leave
Joseph Bila. an eleven-year-old bo!
Of Plattsmouth. IA arrested on thu
charge of stealing the sum OF 1885,
from an aged woman named Mrs. Mar!
Ptak. being her savings for man!
years. The money was stolen from
the cellar Of the Ptak home, where 1
had been secreted. The boy denie
having committed the theft. but vii
be held pending a hearing OF the cas-
In Justice court.
While ffteen-year-old Fred Brum
engstein OF Hastings. was driven u
Hastings e his horse. which wa
hitched to q light buggy. becam
frightened. and lunged sideways, brok
the singletree and tore wildly dow
the street. ~Brumengstein vas throw
violently to the brick paving and sus
tanned q broken leg and q di~slocate
ankle. The horse ran bit a shor
distance before a splinter of the broke
shaft entered his ankle aid brough
him down helpless upoa the street.
: At North Bend, In Dodge county
Joseph Reel had his right shoulde
sprained in q peculiar accident. Fl
was holding his horse out on gras
when the animal suddenly took a no
ton to run. The rope by which h
was holding the horse was a sma'
one, such that Mr.. Reel was unable I
grip tightly upon II and 1t slippe
through his hands until the loop tight
cned and he was then hurled to tn
ground. The horse ran for a distanc
of over 200 feet dragging Mr.. Reel the
distance through a muddy ditch.
Mr.. Rose, a farmer living betwee
VtOluIN6S ahu Euhh, piouS"s w ~
drege a colored man named Joe Brown
whom he discovered on his place b
the railroad track in a crippled cond
ton. Brown tells quite q thrillin
story, He tramped from Tennessee
and becoming tired. he sat down O
the railroad track and fell asleep. +
did not know anything until he four
himself down the embankment, h
back and left leg paining. He crawle
up the bank and was standing up. b.
was unable to walk when Mr.. Ros
discovered him and cared for hir
1t Is supposed that while he was aslet
a train came along and threw hi
down tho bank. He Is injured In h
back and left leg and the doctor thinl
II will be several weeks before he
able to 60 to work.
Garnett Murray. a well known your
man Of Humboldt. met with a painf
accident. He. In company with a nun
Der Of other young men, were at II
lumber yard OF M. Il. Linn & Son, ar