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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1904)
News from Over the State n .fiihlor ,iriinil InnlriiHor. State Superintendent Fowler hna an nounced lit h corps of instructors lor tho Junior normal hcIiooI and those will meet wllh him Tuesday afternoon to UsioUBn BOhool matters. It In expected Unit the enrollment thin year In thaao KchoolH will roueh 1,500. The term oponH.June l.'t and ends August ID. The Instructor! are us follows: AllianceSuperintendent W. II. Bartz, Alllanee, principal; Mrs. Sarah JJrlndloy, ColutnbiiH, primary Instruct or; Superintendent 0. A. Giugory, Crete; Superintendent C. C. Danlorth, Sldnoy; Prof. C. W. I'hilpolt, Lincoln High sehool. Holdrego Superintendent A. A. Itcod, Superior, principal; MIh Nellie M. Schlee, Lincoln, primary Inalruct or; StipurlnU)ii(ent Joseph SparkH, Au rora; Prof. A. J. Mercer, Lincoln High Hohool Miss Sadie H. Smith, Holdrege. McCook Superintendent Georno II. ThonmH, McCook, principal; Miss Anna Caldwell, Lincoln, primary Instructor, Superintendent S. II. Martin, St. Paul; Prof. C. II. Miller, Lincoln city hcIiooIb; MIhh I5va O'Sullivau, South Omaha. North Platte Superintendent W. II. Gardnor, Auburn, prlncl)al; Miss Graco Groves, Fremont, primary In Hlructor; Superintendent H. 13. Magee, Fairmont; Superintendent .lamoH 13. Dolzoll, Lexington; MIhh Cora O'Con ncll, Fromont. Valentine Superintendent, R. H. Watson, Valonllno, principal; MIhh ISleanor Lally, Lincoln, primary ln Htructor; Superintendent M. H. Snod rasa, Wayno; Superintendent .1. V. Owons, O'Neill; Pror. II. 13. Bradford, Minden. I,liiioi- Ciino Dropped. The caso which was recently insti tuted aKalufit Iko Pollard, a well-known citizen of Humboldt, allcRlnK Homo Ir ivKularity in tho handling of lntoxl vatlng llquorn and Which waH Hlated for trial In Judgo TliompHon'H polico court, Law been dismissed. The parties who were behind tho prosecution found that nothing could be dono with tho defend ant for tho reason that tho offonso charged tho giving away of liquor to (mother porson was not covered by the ordinance. Ilnlr CntclM'N In HclllnpT. MIhh Ollic Ilolbrook was injured in Leibold'B bakory In Nebraska City. Minn Ilolbrook was passing tho ma jhlno used in bread making and in somo manner hor hair caught In the belt rtinnlng to tho machine. In tho twinkling of an oyo Bho waH Jerked for ward against tho machine and her hair and Hcalp torn from hor head. Sho la resting easily at thlH time, but the HorlouHucsa of her lnjurlon cannot be ascertained for a day or two. l.filior Union lClonln onieern. The American Fodoral union at Ne braska City elected tho following olll cers for tho ensuing year: Georgn liell, president; William Coonoy, vice president; Charlcn Haushaw, financial nocrotary; S. C. Elliott, treasurer; John Burlc, recording socrotary; John M. Boll, guide; Dick Roborson, Bcrgeant at arms; S. C. Sanders, guard; Frank Short, William Shoanover, Fred Ro dcuhouso, trustees. Firn Dttfttroy Finn Itfmlilrnco. A destructive flro occurred at Elba, eight mllcH northwest of St. Paul on tho Union Pacific railroad. Tho largo ro3ldenco of M. A. Fugato was com plotely destroyed, but most of tho con tcmlH wero saved. Tho proporty wan worth from $2,500 to $11,000. Tho orl Kin of tho flro Is not known, but is supposed to bo duo to a defective flue, as tho flro started In tho partitions. Nut'H Ilutiii Hoi'oml Time. Peter Phillips has for tho second time sued Louis Hahn for $1,900 in the district court at ColumbuB, alleging that ho deposited money in a bank of which Hahn was director. In a pre vlous suit ho recovered $300 on a simi lar statemont. I'Vrn Ilclnnif to Tronwurern. It in lawful for tho county troas- tirors to soil land, deduct ono per cent. for their commission nnd then remit iho halanco to tho state treasurer to become a part of tho permanent school fund; so declared Attorney General Frout. I'rri Mlwnry for Wont I'olnt. A inovoment Is on foot looking tc tho establishment of a freo library am: reading room at West Point. A num ber of persons of Influonco nro bacl of tho movement and satisfactory ro suit is aHsured. ClirlHtinnn lit Iiulunt rial School. A programmo of music, literary ex ercises, etc., of oxcoptlonal morit was carried out at tho Industrial school at Koarnoy Christmas day. A spocla Christmas menu was also provided for tho inmates. niertrlu I.ljrht in Iltittn. Tho electric light plant at Butte waa turned on Christmas eve and tho cap Ital of Boyd county is ,iiow. nicely 11 Ruminated. Iny Turned to (Jrlef. II. L. IllghMr returned to his homo in Llnroln with Christmas prosentH for his wife and koii and found tliu former sitting in a chair dead, the result of a doao of Htrychnlno nelf-admlnistered. Itlghter opened tho door, placed the bundles on a table and then went to the Hide of his wife. lie placed his hand on her face and dlscovorod the awful deed. The death wan particular ly put lie tic because the sumo night at Hebron, la., a sinter of Mm, Highter was to have been married. Mrs. Itlghtor was 110 years of age and was Iho mother of a Hlx-year-old son, who, with his father, survlvo her. She had been In 111 health and thin is supposed to havo occasioned her suicide. A t tucked by I'Vroolonn Hull. 13dgar Woods, a farmer living Home threo mllcH west of Tal)lo Hock, vuh terribly lirulsod and disfigured by an Infuriated bull. He war, discovered by one of his children In a dazed condi tion and utterly unable to give an ac count of his Injuries. Later ho was 'iblo to describe how ho was Injured. He wna attacked by tho animal, re ceiving nail di'uihch annul tno Dead and face, but manugod to escape quickly. le la unable to toll Junt how long bo bad been in his condition when dis covered. I'rmnlrie Asylum Sol Venr. "You may arrange for a banquet In October. If tho Nebraska state hos pital for tho insano at Norfolk la not iomple!cd by that time, I will pay for tho feast. If it is, you pay for It." It was In this fashion that Commissioner Folimor, who went with tho others ot the board of public lands and build ings to Norfolk, assured Chairman W. M. KobertB, of tho local committee, that tho rebuilding of tho stale Insti tution at tiiat place would bo finished by next fall. Won't Permit DniieliiK. The management of Osceola's now $10,000 auditorium thought to havo it ready to open tho first of tho year and had agreed with Prof. Dearborn that ' ho could havo full control the opening night, so tho professor waa to have home talent for a muslcalo. Ho had organized a largo chorus class and had , been drilling It tho past month, but tho wliolo muslcalo has been abandoned ' because It la proposed to havo a danco first. Tho professor doesn't approve of dancing. IV unt It SyMomntlc. Sccrctnry Bennett, of tho Ktnte board of equalization, has sent out notices to tho various county assessors re questing them to moot in Lincoln, Jnnuary 20, for tho purpose of dis cussing the work they havo to do with a view to making It systematic and that tho law may bo given tho best possible chanco to mako good. Tho socrotary Is just now wondering what to do about tho taking of credits. Condition of Stntc Hunk. Secretary Royse. of tho Htato bank ing board, has issuod a statement of tho condition of tho 501 stato banks based on tho November statement. Tho total doposlts aggregate $37,073, 882, an incroaso of JV2,58G,2G2 over No vember, 1902. There are 11(1,-184 indi vidual depositors. Tho number of banks havo increased 22. (rntvtli of Tencher' AhmocIu t Ion. Tho membership of tho Stato Teach ers' association this year was tho larg est In tho history of tho association, which fact recalls that Its growth has boon Httlo short of marvelous. From a membership of 1G2 in 1SS7 it has grown to an organization enrolling nl- moHt 2,000 members yearly. Keiirney linn h Complaint. Tho people of Kearney and tho stato board of education aro at loggerheads ovor tho requirements for changes in tho buildings, which wore tho consider ation for tho location of tho now nor mal school at Koarnoy. Complaint is made by tho Kearney people that they nro being Imposed upon. .Inncpli II. aillfH Win. District Judge Thompson, at Falls City, decided tho famous Miles will case in favor of Josoph II. Miles, who, under tho first will, waB practically tho solo bonollclary of his fathor, tho lato Stephen B. Miles, who loft a for tuno estimated at $3,000,000. l)eIre. l-Miiv Clothing. Thieves at Silver Creek stole tho wedding suit of Albert Lemp and his wife's wedding bonnet from tliolr home. Later they entered another lioijso near Duncan nnd took two grips filled with clothes, which they later abandoned. 911,000 Ileal Hutute Heal. Tho Schadon hotel and Overland liv ery bam at Niobrara wero sold to S. M. McCartnoy for $11,000. tJlve 920,000 to Y. M. C. A. William A. Wolfo and wifo have given $20,000 . to tho Y. M. C. A. at Boatrico. PROTECTION AGAINST FLOODS. Mr. Clothier, of tun Murium of I'ortrr, Want 1'oople In Hiiinky Hill ami Kitw lllvnr Vullity to I'liilil Trvrn. Junction City, Knn., Dec. 21. Goorgo L, Clothier, field assistant in tho United States bureau of forestry, Is hero to make a study of tho Smoky Hill and Kaw river valleys from Sa llna to Kansas City. Mr. Clothier will hold a public mooting hero In January for tho purpose of getting the people who live In the valleys of the two t rivers Interosted In the matter of plant ing tree3 to take the place of the great number that wero washed out, by tho flood liHt spring, and also for the purpose of inducing the people to plant forost trees on the sandy stretches of land that were made by the over flowed streams. Mr. Clothier argues that the tree planting would be a profitable undertaking, as well as a groat protection In case the valleys arc ovor visited by a flood again. FOR- L0VE0F "aGIRL. Tiro Mvit Iliivii a I'lirlit with ttcvnlvor.1 mid iih a Jtcmilt Itotli Aro Dead. Joplln, Mo., Dee. 2 1. As the result of a duel with revolvers at tho home of Woss Narramoro, sheriff of McDon ald county, at McNutt Mills, Vest Col lins and Coopor Lauderdale aro dead Laudcrdalo and C0IH113 were rivals for tho hand of Miss Bessie Lowe. Both men asked Miss Lowe for her com pany to the danco. Sho favored Lau- j dordalo, who escorted her. Collins was also there. He suggested to tho young j woman that, as Lauderdale had es corted her to tho dance, It was only fair that ho bo allowed to take hor homo. She accepted and Collins and Iho girl started home, when Lauder dale Interfered. A fight ensued and re volvers wero drawn. When the .shoot ing began tho girl fainted. A TARGET FOR ABUSE. UtrlloTH' "I'lrlu-U" la Clilrnco AVould Not I't-rmlt .Mournm-M to Accomn.uir a Corptt to tli Train. Chicago, Dec. 21. While liverymen and undertakers am making prepara tions to resume service to patrons, "pickets or no pickets." Indignities con tinued to fall to tho lot of funeral parties. Tho driver of an ambulance which was taking a body to a train, was mado tho target of abusive epi thets, and In another instance mourn ers wero delayed by pickets until the body which they were accompanying Iiad been placed aboard a train and the train had left tho station. TICKET AGENT ASSAULTED. Ilolihnrs KnUirtMl thn (ira'ud Central Depot at KanmiM Cltv and Scoured Over Tiro Hundred Dollars. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24. 11. E. Dillard, night ticket agent at tho Grand Contral dopot at Second and Wyan dotte streets, reported to the police a fow minutes after midnight that he had been assaulted in his ofllce by robbers who forced him, at the point of revolvers, to open the safe In which tho recelptB of the ofllce are kept. Dil lard said tho robbers took a big roll of bills containing more than $200. WAS LINCOLN'S LAW PARTNER Hiram Itrckwltli, Who In I)u:id In Clilca go, Ouo of the Founder r Dan ville In 181 1). Chicago, Dec. 21. Hiram Backwith, a law partner of Abraham Lincoln from 1S5G to 1801, Is dead in a hospital hero at tho ago of 72. Ills father was ono of the pioneers of the state and among tho founders of Danville, In 1819. Hiram Beckwlth became ono of Lin coln's closest personal frientl3. From 1897 to 1902 Mr. Beckwlth was presi dent of tho stato historical society of Illinois. DeMlsiiH for World' I'nlr Htunipd. Washington, Dec. 21. Tho post ofllce department has decided upon designs for tho St. Louis world's fair stamps which will bear portraits as follows: Ono-cont, Robert It. Livingston, min ister to Franco, who conducted nego tiations for tho Loula'ana purchase; two-cent, Thomas Jefferson; threo cent, James Monroe; five-cent, Presi dent McKlnloy; ten-cent, map of tho United States showing tho territory purchased from France. Will Isiuo llotnU to l'uy for Krlnr I.hikIm. Washington, Dec. 24. President Roosevelt and Secretaries Root nnd Shaw had an oxtended conference yes torday regarding tho issue of bonds for tho raising of money with which to pay for tho friar landa in tho Phil ippines. It was determined to author ize thc.issuo of $7,000,000 of four per cent, redeemable aftor ten and within 30 years Philippine bonds. They will bo offered for sale early In January, Hold HoltlierH lit Kntinu Cltv. Kansas City, Mo Dec. 24. II. E. West, a dairyman of Denver, Col., was robbed of ?G0, a gold watch, suitcase and overcoat at Fifth anil Central streets last night by threo negroes. West was loft with only flvo conts. A fow minutes later John Howoll, of Ilolsington, Kan., was "hold up" at Fifth and Wyandotte atraots by tho same negroes and rolloved of ?25. SISTERS Use Pe-vu- Catarrh In every country of the civilized world Sisters of Charity nro known. Kotonly do they minister to tho spiritual and Intellectual needs of the charges com mitted to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to take carcof and to proteetfrom climate and disease, these wise and prudent Sisters have found Peruna a never failing safeguard. Dr. Ilartman receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: Dr. S. D. Hqrtmnn, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Slr:"Tlieyounxfrrl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngi tis, anil loss of voice. The result of the treatment was most satisfactory. She found great relief, and after further use of tho medicine we hope to be able to say she Is entirely cured. " Sisters of Charity. Tho young girl was under the caro of tlio Sietors of Cbnrity and used Peruna for catarrh of the throat with good re sults as the above letter testifies. Send to The Peruna Medicine Co., Co lumbus, Ohio, for a free boolc written by Dr. Ilartman. Ask Your Druggist for a free Gcttlnf? Her Money' Worth, Milly I was weiRhcd this afternoon and tipped the scales at ODJ pounds. Billy I think that it tho man that had weighed you had been real generous, he would have .thrown in three-quarters of a pound, and made it an even hundred. ''So do I. But he was raunninp one of those 'You weigh for a cent' affairs. The next time I'm going to try a 'nickel-in-the-slot' machine, and mavbc I'll get more for my money." Detroit Free Pret6. Tnuxli Proponltlon. nicks Is Tompkyns good pay? Wicks Tomnkynsl You couldn't get any money out of Tompkyns if you should tend a warship. Somerville Journal. Mr. G rover's Ciihc. , Frcderika, la., Dec. 28. Mr. A. S. Groyer is now 74 years of age. For the last 30 years he has Miftercd a great deal of sickness, and, although he is a temperate man and never used spirits of any kind, his kidneys bad troubled him very much. He said: "I was told I had Diabetes, and my symp toms corresponded exactly to those of a young man who died of Diabetes in this neighborhood. My feet and limbs were bloated quite a little. "I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at last determined to try them. I took in all ten boxes before I was well, and now I can truthfully say that I am all right. The bloating is gone from my feet and legs. I have gained eight pounds in weight, and nan sleep well at night, and every symptom of my trouble is gone. "It is some time now since I was cured, and I have not had the slightest return o any symptom of the old trouble." Return. "What do you get in return for your verses?" "Reverses. Detroit Free Press. For ..0e mid Thin Notice the John A. Salzor Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., will send free 1 pkg. May 1st Carrot 10c. 1 pkg. Earliest Green Fating Onion... 10c. 1 pkg. Peep Ol Day lomato JUc. 1 pkg. Salzer's Flash Light Radish. . .10c. 1 pkg. Salzcr'fl Long Quick, Quick Rad ish 10c. 1 pkg. Salzcr's Queen of All Radish... 10c. Above aix rare novelties, tho choicest and finest of their kind, have a retail I value of 70c, but they nre mailed to you 1 r i it. ' Li ... i.. ..i..T well wortli $100.00 to every wide-awake gardener, all upon receipt of but 30c in postage and this notice. K. L. The love of gold will not produce the golden age. Ram's Horn. IlheunintiMin'n Killing Pnln left in quiek order after taking 10 doses of Dr. Slcirvin'B Rheumatic Cure, in tab let form. 25 doses for 25c, postpaid. DR. SK1RV1N CO., La Crosse, Wis. k. l.J What women sigh for is long life without old age. Chicago Daily News. Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed With Putnam FaddeBa Dyes. r. --- . m --' -------- OF CHARITY for Coughs, Colds, Grip and A Congressman's Letter. The following letter is from Congress man Mookison, of Napoleon, Ohio : Tho Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen: UI have used several bottles of Peruna and feel greatly benefited there toy from my ca tarrh of the head, and feel encour aged 1o believe tn a t its con tinned use will fully eradicate a disease of thirty years' standing." David Mcokison. Dr. Ilartman, one of the best known physicians and surgeons in tho United States, was tho first man to formulate Poruna. Jt wnsthroughhisgeniusand perseverance that it was introduced to the medical profession of this country. If you do notderivc prompt antlsatis faetory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Ilartman, giving-a-full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. BTartman, President of The Ilartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Peruna Almanac for 1904. Mrs. Newlywed "Let me see, what els do 1 want to order? Oh, yes. you might send me a peck of those nice big cranber ries." Grocer's Clerk (gently) "Those am not cranberries, madam; they are apples." Cincinnati Times-Star. Stop the Conjfh and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents The wastes of wealth lead to the wail oft want. Ram's Horn. Do not believe Piso'a Cure for Consump tion has an equal for cougha and colds. J F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Iud., Feb. 15, 1900 Men often make up in wrath what thej want in reason. Alger. ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Muot Boar Signature of See Fac-Slmllo Wrapper Delovr. Very small and os cosy to talte as cngar. CARTERS FOR HEADACHE, FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION ITTLE IVER PILLS. 23 cVnts I rarely Vcctallo.,w??5w jujiU ju ami mit CURE SICK HEADACHE. CUKtS WHHlfc ALL ELSE FAILS. Ucst (;uuU Byrup. Tastes Good. in iiino. foia or nrnifCMin. David Mccklson. j