The Red Cloud chief., 1904-06-17
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theft OF a horse from the barn O!
James Coligan, near North Bend. was
bound over to district court by Justice
Dame under bond OF $500. which be
has up to date failed to produce.
The Plattsmouth Independent Tele-
phone company has completed connec-
tions with the Lincoln Telephone COM
pany, which has an automatic system
and the citizens Of Cass county can
nov talk with the people Of the capital
city.
Charles Seaman OF Seward was Sc
verely injured by the heavy wheels Of
an ice wagon running over one Of his
thighs. He was attempting to stop
the runaway team. The young man is
in the employ Of c. ID Knox, the liv-
eryman.
All OF the red cedar trees In Seward
county are dying from some parasite
disease. Numberless hedges are dead
The nurserymen report the loss OF NJ
least 1000 red cedars. The botanists Of
the state university have offered no
remedy as yet.
l.. s. Ferguson, OF Bellville. Kan.
and G. +. Ferguson Of Tecumseh. have
bought the grocery stock Of John l..
Sherman, and are nov invoicing pre-
paratory to taking charge, Mr.. Sher-
man had been in business In Tecumseh
for a great many years.
The 3-year-old son OF Henry Muhle
was drowned in Omaha creek ear
their place. about ten miles northeast
of Bancroft. Some Of the older child
rnu ,rnro cant ~ tha .tnra pauvhy and
the little fellow followed them and
fell into the creek. The body was re-
covered.
For having In his possession. con-
3,ary to the state game law, ninety
cne catfish, John Hopkins of Dewitt
was held in the sum Of 500 bail to ap-
pear for trial at the next term OF dis
trict court by Justice Il. ID. Fay OF
Crete. In default of giving bond he
was committed to the county jail. The
complaint was made by Deputy Game
Warden r.. S. C%ritchfeld.
Mrs. Andrew Kluse, OF Stanton. aged
~ years. committed suicide by hanging
herself to q rafter In a corn crib. The
woman was missed by her husband
early in the morning. On searching for
her he found her ~lifeless body in the
crib. She had twisted a sheet into a
rope. climbed onto a box. and after
adjusting 1t about her neck. jumped of.
III health Is assigned as the cause for
her act.
Joseph Greeson. OF Fremont. who
was acquitted on the charge OF bur-
glary at the last term OF the district
court. was arrested at Valley by Sheriff
Bauman on the charge OF larceny of
some harness and a saddle from Il. l..
Whitcomb OF Elkhorn, valued at $55.
The property was found concealed in
Pete Miller's cellar. and Miller made
the claim that he bought the outfit of
Greeson for 400.
Louis Housman. a young man resid-
ing about fifteen miles below Beatrice,
shot himself with a 22-calibre revolver,
II is supposed that Housman commit
ted suicide, although M reason is given
for the act. Houseman was a soldier
in the Philippines and was discharged
from the service only about six months
ago. He was employed as a section
hand at Barnston, a short distance be-
low Beatrice. He was twenty-seven
years of age.
Edward Sharp and II. G. Lewis, both
farmers living near Kimball, fought q
duel. during which Sharp received
three wounds which will prove fatal
lewis met Sharp in company with the
formers wife, and shooting began a
once, Sharp received one bullet through
the arm and another through the lung
from the effects OF which he can not re
cover. Lewis received q flesh wounl
and his horse was killed. He came I,
Kimball with his wife and Sharp. tn
latter in a dying condition and sur
rendered to the sheriff.
Fred Zeplin, OF West Point, an un
married man OF Al years. was arreste'
and taken by the sheriff before tn
board Of insanity for examination. II
was pronounced insane by the boar,
and will be taken to the hospital a
Lincoln by Sheriff Kloke. His insani
ty In OF a very mild form. e%videncin
itself in Authorizations, without an
violent tendencies. Zeplin Is a mem
Der OF one Of the prominent West Poiu
families and was raised at that place.
John c. McCauley, son-in-law of I
p. Church. of Mahoo, met with a Sc
rious accident in Omaha. McCauley
a street car conductor, and as he pulle
the bell cord II broke. lie lost h
balance. falling to the pavement, stril
ing on his head. producing c~oncussio
of the brain. McCauley was taken I
the Wise Memorial hospital and was
an unconscious condition for some tin
but at last accounts he was much be
ter. with good prospects Of his ult
mate
r. s. Molony, of Humboldt. has b
gun the work of harvesting his stray
berry crop and is more tnan please
with the quantity of the fruit. NJ
Molony has out a ten-acre field OF tn
fruit. The rains have made the be
ries slow in ripening, but the FIR
picked, when put on the market, We
Of good size and excellent flavor.
contract has been closed ny this far
for furnishing berries for the Nebra
ka exhibit at the st. Louis expositio
and shipments will be made daily.
Shelton township in Buffalo coun
shows a most extraordinary advan
in wealth. Last year the assess
found only $3.50 cash In that townshi