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Show Trnsely on Hie I'uioit Pacific A terrible tragedy occurred on the 23d ult,,; at Bronson Station, twelve miles from Sidney on the Union Pacific Paci-fic Railroad. liominick O'Donnell, section master, was at work on the road, when two men, one a discharged discharg-ed brakesman and the other a colore I man who bad been working at the Kaihoad Hotel in Sidney, entered the station bouse, where his wife was all alone. 1 O'Donnell had a large amount of money concealed in his private room, and the men perceiving perceiv-ing that she was unprotected proceeded pro-ceeded to the work of robbery. A trunk was broken open. ..Mrs. O'Donnell O'-Donnell resisted tho robbors, and -"ave an alarm, but- assistance was too far off. One of the ruffians drew a pistol and shot her in the neck and arms. She ran out of the house and met the section hands comingon a hand carbut when they had reached the house the thieves had disappeared. A messenger was sent to other Kbit ions for aid; which -vaaj at tmco rendered: The. wretches, ,"who bail, gone by a circuitous route to Sidney, were captured, and in endeavoring endeavor-ing to escape were fired upon. The colored man was instantly killed, and his companion ! mpiUliyj wounded. Mrs. O'Donnell at last accounts was not expected to survive. 0jdcn Jv.ii'-fioii. |