The Red Cloud chief., 1904-08-19
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Mrs. Gasp, aged so, dri .ing to church,
was suddenly thrown out OF the buggy
upon her head. broke her neck and is
dead. She lived six miles south OF
P~lainview. Neb., and was the wife OF o
German farmer.
factory with a capacity OF twenty-five
tons a day. This Is expected to in
crease the local demand for alfalfa to
such an extent as to raise the value OF
alfalfa land in the vicinity.
Frank Harmon bought a three and
one-nfth acre strip Of land three and a
half miles southeast of Fremont from
l.. M. Keene for $642, or 5000 an acre.
according to a deed Just filed in the
Cfice Of the county register.
Reuben Dickinson. near Howells. in
Colfax county, has just finished har-
vesting a crop OF about seventy-five
tons of red clover. The Howells Jour
nal says: ."Such cuttings Of tame hay
are becoming quite common in this
section of Nebraska, where but a few
years ago We could never raise tame
hay with success. The truth is, there
are but few things that canno be
raised in Nebraska"
The little ~two-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. l.. f. Avis, OF J%uniata. died
suddenly from the effects Of eating
strychnine pills which had been left
where the little fellow could get hold
of them. The pills had been prescribed
for Mr.. Avis, who had been in poor
health for some time. When the child
was found with the box 1t had already
eaten enough to cause terrible agony,
from which II died within a few min
utes.
A weasel or some other small ami
NAL secured entrance to the chicken
coop back OF John Hauser's home on
Military avenue at Fremont and killed
twenty-eight young fowls. Mr.. Hau-
ser heard the disturbance and got up
to see what was causing It. He found
the floor OF the small hen house al
most covered with the bodies of the
young chickens, some OF which were
of rare breed and highly valued by
their owner.
Two little runaway girls are creating
a sensation in northern Nebraska.
Alva Davis and Eva Jones. aged IL and
Is. stole away to the stable, saddled
two ponies, mounted the animals and
rode away over the hills from their
home near Foster. Neb. officers are
searching for them without avail. They
left home because they we're provoked
at the marriage OF a parent OF each
TO the parent of the other. Mr.. Davis
married Mrs. Jones, and the girls rode
away.
John Betner and Bert Payette. two
former railroad employees, recently OF
Omaha. were arrested at Hastings by
Chief Of Police Wanser on the charge
of theft. Betner and Payette had been
in company all day with G.. Church. @
travelling man. who had $40 in bills
about his person. Shortly after sep
arated himself from his supposed
friends he missed his wallet of wealth
The police were notified and Retnel
and Payette were placed under arrest
When searched only $3.50 was found
ten Of which was concealed beneath {
hat band.
There has been no little excitement
over an elopement and marriage OF
young man by the name OF Carpentel
and the 1~3-year-old granddaughter o
Chris Brunswick, a respected citizen o
Arapahoe. The Carpenters, father
son and relatives, have been old resi-
dents OF Frontier county. CarpenteN
was arrested by Marshal Brigner a
Oxford and. together with his girl wife
taken back for trial. charged will
.hl,,xt,u anI Narl,ry Altar obtain
ing the possession of his grand
daughter, MI. Brunswick was disposed
to let the matter drop, but the fathe
of the boy swore out q complaint ant
alleged that the whole Carpenter fam
lily was In danger OF assault from
Brunswick, but wisely withdrew tn
complaint and surrendered the girl L
the custody Of her grandparents.
Burglars ransacked the Cincinnati
hotel at Nebraska City. securing con
siderable booty. A occupied b,
Samuel Woods was entered and a gol
watch valued Mt $50 was taken. FIJI
robbers secured 500 in cash from an
other room and articles Of minor valu
were secured from several other room
visited. The matter was reported {
VIC pollNV, u nv luz W tuC thicNN
has developed.
Mrs. Louis Wischmeyer of Nebrask
City started down town and her hus
band suggested that she take ne
pocketbook along. for 1t might not b
safe in the house. She took the pocket
book with her and when she arrive
down town she missed the same. Their
was some tall rustling for a little tim
and the route she had gone over wa
carefully retraced and every one alon
the route asked about the missin
pocketbook. When about to give
up as lost. Mr.. Wischmeyer went HON
and on entering the yard found tn
pocketbook laying on top Of the gate
post where the wife had placed
while she closed and fastened the gat
after coming out, but went away an
forgot IL. The pocketbook containe
$l25 and would have been a seriou
loss.
Fire was discovered In the impl,
ment house of Fred f. Brown, Al
burn, and before the department a.