The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
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river steamer that was wrecked In
1868 was dug up in a sandbar north OF
Omaha by Charles Noyes. II was In
excellent condition.
A daughter Of John Hellar Of SUIT
ton. aged 10, committed suicide by
shooting herself through the heart,
dying instantly. A parental correction
ia the only known aus for the act.
The Norton Oregon company OF
chicago, which operates the Morton
packing plant at Nebraska City. has
amended its articles Of incorporation,
increasing its capital stock from $780,
600 to 100000.
George williams shot and killed c.
q. BRENNAN near Woodlawn on a
ranch. The coroner val called and
found that BRENNAN. while insane. mad
broken into the house and had been
KILLED by Williams.
Or. A. NJ. Smith died in Chicago.
nged as years. He was the father OF
Baxter Smith. OF Plattsmouth. mi
brother OF A. u. smith. now Of Denver.
The remains were met at the train by
the local lodge Of Masons.
The Occidental Remedy company OF
Gretna, Neb.. has fled articles OF in
corporation with the secretary OF state.
The capital stock IL $50 900 and the
i%ncorporators are II. l.. Weeth. II. N.
Hardin, A. Il. Simonds and p. s. Tag
CART.
The deputy sheriff OF Gage county
found about thirty pair OF shOes near
the railroad track south OF Beatrice.
II IL thought that a car OF freight had
been robbed and that these goods were
not wanted and were thrown out along
the track.
Otto Bookmeyer. n OF Platts-
mouths young business men, died at
Albuquerque, N. NJ. where he went
several months & for his health. The
deceased wal twenty-six years Of age.
The remains were brought to Platts-
mouth for burial.
Edward Brannon. alias Edward Will
san. was arraigned before Police Judge
Cook at Fremont on the charge OF
horse stealing. The evidence against
the prisoner was strong enough to
bind him over to district court. His
bond was fixed at $500.
The state board OF public lands and
buildings has decided to Use Yankee
Hill brick in the improvements now
being made at the Lincoln asylum. The
brick first ordered for the work did
not conform to that now on hand at
the asylum. consequently the change.
Yankee Hill brick is a Lincoln pro-
duct. manufactured at Burnham.
Dick Kortum, OF Geneva, a man who
makes IL a business of storing and put
ting up awnings. had a fall which
proved fatal. He was putting up the
awning In front OF the II. II. Glover
company store. His ladder slipped and
he fell to the cement walk. He was at
once taken to a physician and attend
ed to, but he had received internal in
juries. which proved fatal.
Manuel O'Day. who turned states
evidence against Joseph Greeson,
charged with breaking into a barn near
Hooper In February. pleaded guilty
TO petit larceny In the district court
and was given thirty days in the coun-
~ jail. His partner, ureeson, was
acquitted OF the charge Of burglary
though O'Day testified that the for
mer helped him take the goods.
A class OF sixteen will graduate from
the city schools OF Auburn this year
whose names are ~ follows: Bessie
Curry. Norma Waddle, Estel Wright
Grace l.ounsbury. Olive YoungQuist
Fred Wildish. Bertha Kramer. Ida Pet
trson, Claude Farrow. Minnie Spell
meyer. Emma Feldman. Eva VanBerg
Walter Mowrer, LaVerne Hough. Ions
Hickman and John Talbot.
The Christian church Of Geneva ha
paid on it's mortgage and fully re
paired the building at an expense o
$l,1W. De Forest Austin and Franz
McVey. evangelists. are now holdin;
meetings with twenty-four additions (,
the church roll already. The house I
packed every night and DC Sunda,
nights from 100 to 200 people were un
able to get into the building.
George Keller, s. T. Bulls and Tho.
Murray, alleged craSksmen, were con
yicted In the district our Of Robin
the Bank Of Lyons, Neb. Sentenc
was deferred. The men were capture
last fall at Kansas City after a chas
OF several months. In which officer
from the states of Nebraska. Kanss
and South Dakota participated. The
are accused OF cracking bank safes 1
all three states. The robbery {
Lyons netted the thieves 81, 500.
Davis 4 Mayne. who operate Il
large stone quarrles near Blue Spring
have about completed arrangmen
whereby they will erect a large stol
crushing plant OF 1000 tons daily G.
pacity. The Quarries are located n,
far from the Union Pacific tracks ar
the Oficials OF that road have promis,
to put In a switch 1000 feet long. a pa
Of which will be double track so as
connect the quarries with the railro,
line by rail. which will prove OF gre
benefit In loading stone for shipmer
The supreme court has affirmed q
sentence OF James l. Kennedy. co
yicted in ColfaX county Of robbing
bank Of $4,000, the property OF E.
Folda, at the village OF Rogers. ApI
II. 1908. Kennedy was arrested
Omaha, tried In Colfax county a,
sentenced to seven years.
A. Rainbolt and son Of Norfolk. Ne
have purchased the Security State ba,