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KJLY . NEWS. Wte EMI VOL. XVI '().: NEWS. EntabliBtiwl Not. 5. 1891 ' Consolidated Jen. 1. 1896- NKWS-HEKALD. Eatiibliahod April 18. 1S64 I "n PIiATTSM)UTHf NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 190? For Annual Registration. City Clerk Drat ton and City Attor ney Button, of Hastings, are preparing a measuro for submission to the legis lature providing for registration of voters in Hasting and other cities from 7,000 to 2. 00) population, after the manner of thu now provided for Lincoln and Omaha. Under the pres ent laws applying to Hastings, and other cities hi th cla.s named, only those voters who have moved from one ward to another, lirst voters and new voters are required to register. Once registered a person need pay no further attention to registration un less he moves into another ward. As a result of this inadooime method of registration the boo!:s contain about 2.500 names while the largest vote ever east in Hastings was approxi mately 2.O0O. Tho proponed measure will tj provided for annual reglstra tlon of all voters. Try to Ereafc Into Station. An attempt was marto to break into the Uurlingten station at Heaver City at 11 o'clock Monday night. The agent lives over the depot and was awakened by tho noipo ma le by the burglars who were trying to fore;? an entrance through one of the windows m the ticket office. Mr. Irwin, the agent, telephoned t.. the sheriff, who organized a posr and started for the station, which i: nenrly a half mile from town. Ills approach was no need by the intruders and they made n hasty retreat to ihe ou.-:t and were not captured. There was a consider able sum of money on hand at the time, which is supposed to have been known to them. No clue to their Identity has been discovered. Agriculturalists Meet. An agriculture and good reads meeting of great importaa-e was held at the -,)urt hoi!;e in Tecuiu-eh Tues day afternoon, the attendance being good. These meetings, which are be ing held in each county of the First district, are under the ampices of Congressman Pollard, who has done a great work for the farming interests of bis constituents in the national congress. Boy Was Ki'led Instantly. Monday after:n;oa at about lour o'clock. John Prilchard, a boy about tirt-en ;--- old. M.n of John Pritch ard of Weopiag Water, accidentally shot himself fatally, 'ihree or four loys were out hunting with shotguns, and besides hi.s gun lie had a pistol. A the Ur-ys u.ve resting the Pritca .id boy was examining his pistol and leokinu t''i 'he iiiuzz.e when it was in son! way discharged, the bullet nter'mg ti;e ijgin eye. killing him in-.-.tantly. The boys were ajout three miles rrnr.i town when the accident cccut red rv: fir.l.l LiillU JLiiUlU f'iattsiiiouth, Ncbrask: TRAIN'S G01NO KA.ST No. '.U Pacific Junction 2:65 p. m No. 2 Loral Cxxrt-sii. to Iowa points. Clii- curo nd the nut 6 .03 p. m No. 4 Lincoln to PnciSo Junction, con necting with points north, raat and south (Except Sunday) 9:."4 a. m No. 23 From Omaha 3:65 p. in No. 30 Freight to Tacific Junction 4:15 p. id No. 6 Throuffh vestibule express 8:0S a. m No. 14 From Omaha 9:30 p. ni TKAI S GOIvG WF.ST No. 19 t-cx-al pxpreu. daily. Ornaha. Lin coln. Wray. Co!., and inteniKi'iate ntntiona a. m o. 7 Fast mail. Omaha and LlnxIn (Except SunJay) 12 2C p. a. No. oT Ixcal r xpns. Louisville. Ah!i'rp1 W.ihooardSchuyU-r 3:30p. m No. LK-al frtisrht. Oinr Cr-k Loutvillw and i-cuth IT -nil 7:10 a. r lM:ly. excf pt Sunday. M. P. Time Table TRAIN'S 'JOlNt. .ORVIl No. I0j Omaha Km tc-" No. 103 NVbriuka Mai! Nv lo-J Local Frc'urht trains :oinc; SOtTTH. No. m No. to; Ixca! KroUrht ; '-45a m j !-0;5a.m-i !:0;5 a. m- !'-4" a. m i 25 j Vo DISCC UNTj ; Commencing with Nov. 2 I will give glVi por ce;it oft on 25 all brimmed hats. In E.B. MYERS jnl MONEY FOX SStt LOANS. if m md "-' ! nBfTt4 Fm a I'm f oi 1 ' '-r M i ltd tt rwfcS f laurett. Writs I 208 titi.a .ifffiM Tuit JViii'-i . I si . -J. 1 1 CAPITAL GiH NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST AROUND THE STATE HOUSE. THE WORK OF THE LAW MAKERS Legislative Facts and Gossip News of the State Capital. Conventions Scheduled for January. Lincoln's convention season will be gin early In the year 1909, and from the present outlook this city will en tertain more large gatherings than In any previous annum. The first one to take place will be the Lancaster county good roads convention, on Jan uary 4. This meeting Is to be prac tically a state affair, as many mem bers of the legislature, officials of dif ferent counties, automobile dealers and owners will be present, in addi tion to the farmers of Lancaster coun ty, for whose benefit the meeting was primarily arranged. George I. Cooley, a noted government expert on- good roads, will be present, and Congress man Pollard will speak on -the .need of state legislation in order to take advantage of a federal appropriation. On January 13. 14 and 13. as the dale have been provisionally fixed, the Nebraska Independent Telephone as sociation will hold its annual session In ' Lincoln. Organized agriculture, with its seventeen auxiliaries, will de scend upon the city during the week of January IS to 23.' and the state poultry show, with its -accompanj'ing association meeting, will be in pro gress at the same time. .. . The Nebraska federation of retail ers is scheduled to hold its state meet ing here on February. 9 and 10, but the dates may be changed to a month later. On February 10 to 1", Inclu sive, the Nebraska cement users' as sociation will have its convention here. Following are the dates and some '.! the program features for the organ ized agriculture meetings: Association of Agriculture Students, i Monday, Jan. IS. Nebraska State Veterinary Medical association. Monday and Tuesday. Jan. IS and 1!. . . NebrasAa Poland-China Breeders' as sociation, Tuesday, Jan. 19 Nebraska Duroc-Jeraey Breeders' asso ciation. Tuesday, Jan. 19. . Evening session only. . "; Nebraska Red Polled Ureedefs asso ciation. Tuesday, Jan. 19. Nebraska Aberdeen-Angus Breeders" association, Tuesday, Jan. 19. Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. Tuesday and Wednesday. Jan. 19 aud 20. ' Nebraska Suite Horticultural society, Tuesday. Weduesday and Thursday, .Tau. 19, 20 ana 21. Nebraska Dairymen's association, Wednesday. Tnursday and Friday, .lau. 20. 21 and. 22. Nebraska. State Poultry 'association. Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 19 and 21. j Nebiaska State Bee-Keepers" associa tion. Wednesday, Jan. 20. Nebraska State Swine Breeders asso- , ciation, Wednesday, Jan. 20. j Nebraska State Home Economics as sociation. Wednesday and Thursday, i Jan. 20 and 21 Nebraska Improved Live Stock Ureea I ers' association, Thursday. Jan. 21. ; Nebraska Corn Improvers association,' Thursday and Friday. Jan. 21 and 22. : Nebraska Farmers' Institute confer- j ence, Friday. Jan.' 22. j Nebraska Shorthorn Breeders' assocla ' . lion. Friday. Jan. 22. ! Evening Meetings. Joint sessions I ol all agricultural-associations. Mon ! day - Evening Annual address before the association or -agricultural stu ; i'phis, .Governor A...C. Shallenbevger. : Tuesday -Evening Dedication of the new Woman's Hmli'ling at the ttniver- slty farm. Dedicatory address by Prpf; i Ellen 11. lllcnarus., institute or recn ; nology. nosron... Music and reception. x7R. m. ' Wednesday .Eveuing At the Univr r-rtCp. ni. sity Temple. Tvk-eltth and R streets. . ..2:02 p. m. i agricultural tusioii. Prof. P. G. Holdeu. .Aineti. Thursday Kveniug Illustrate. lecture. Country Life in Foreign Lands.'G. W'. Wattles, Omaha. iand Grain Moving. lJie statement .siiuwnig tue car con ditiens in Nebraska for the twenty four hour period ending December 22, compared with the same, day ; last year, prepared by Rate Clerk Powell of the state railway commission, shows an Increase in the number of stock and Brain cars loaded. The comparative statement is as follows: ' ' ' 1907 1908 Stock cars loaded 163 210 Empty stock cars on 4iand.2,UlS 2,10: Empty stock cars ordered. 301 Empty box cars on hand..2,G5S Etapty box cars ordered. .1.271 Cars -of grain loaded . 231 Cars other material loaded 690 28(5 S.84S 1.252 47S 1,061 Va renortlU.lii for the Chadron Ai- t viclnn nf'.ttio A'nrtliu'oytpi'n r Tmi it Price .Wants a Recount. W. B. Priced of Lincoln, the unsuc cessful democratic candidate for state i auditor. Is said to be still of the opin ion that he ought to ask the legisla tor" i to give "him a recount of the en- i tlrrf -nte of the state. Ho han an ldei that many Illegal votes were cast ho I being the loser, lie will bare to over ' come' one . of the biggest majorities ! riven any state oQcer ia order to I thow that.he and . not Silas R. Larton j wa elected state auditor A recount . Bhallenberger 'Makes Appointments. "Governor-elect A. "C." -Shallehberger ias announced the following addi tional appointments 'for bis adminis tration: -,-.Dr. Joseph Percival, Omaha, super intendent hospital for insane at Norfolk.- - ;Dr..H. L. Wells, West Point, first assistant to Dr. Percival. : Dr. J. F. Steele, Hastings, first as sistant physician at Hastings hospital. . Dr. Crutcher, Mount Clare, second assistant at Hastings hospital. Dr. Halle, Ewing,. reappointed sec ond assistant physician at Lincoln hospital for Insane. Dr. E. L. Roe, Beatrice, superin tendent of Institution for feeble mind ed at Beatrice. Emma C. Johnson, superintendent of Home for Friendless, Lincoln. Sir. Ernest O. Webber, Valparaiso, first assistant physician at Lincoln In sane hospital. Charles Fernland, .South Omaha, deputy food inspector. " E. W. Carson, Edgar, deputy food Inspector. J. E. Bodle, Lincoln, deputy food in spector. . On governor's staff: Quartermaster general, Allen D. Faulkner. Omaha; aide-de-camp. Fred W. Withartz, South Omaha.. Colonels: J. W. Kelly, Goth enburg;. Parris Cooper, Crawford; Robert S. Oberfelder, Sidney; II. J. Hill. Lincoln; J. E. Miller, Millerton; V. F. Webber. Omaha; William Man dedote, Omaha; - Patrick Walsh. Mc Cook; James-E.' Martin. South Omaha; E. J. Shiff, Lincoln. . Union Pacific's $50,000 Fee. The -effort of the secretary of state to require the l;iiion Pacific Railroad "company to pay a fee of $50,000 because.-the .company has increased its capital stock an. l has not yet filed amended articles in Nebraska show ing that' fact.' may not be without re sult.' " The legal department of the company has replied to the request for . fe'e under pain of not being al lowed to exercise the right or emi nent domain iu this state. While the fee has not lnjen paid, the conipan is fitting up and taking notice of the demand "or the state. The suggestion has been made that the company can i extend its lines and condemn prop- ty and evade the law by forming separate corporations. nenever a new line has to be built It can bo buiit by a new company, which the Union Pacific will later control or lease. Corporations File' Answers to the Gillespie Complaint. The Missouri Pacific and the West ern Union Telegraph company have commission replj ing to the complaint of W. F. Gillespie, of Maynard. who is engaged in the grain business there and who felt "himself Injured when Ihe telegraph company and the railroad cut out telegraph service at that point. Tin defense of the companies is that commercial service, h purely In cidental service, Is not compensatory, the revenue from commercial tele grams for six months being only $3.63. The office was maintained and the operator was paid by the Missouri Pacific. This same operator acted for the Western Union when commercial messages were offered. No Judge This Year. Governor Sheldon announced again Thursday morning that he would not rppoint a judge to fill the vacancy created by the. resignation of Judge John J. Sullivan from the supremo bench until after January 7. Wednesday night a delegation called in the interest of former Judge Silas A. Ilolcomb of Broken Bow. In this delegation were C. C. Flansburg of Lincoln, Judge Sullivan of Broken Bow, C. O. Whedon and several others. Tho .delegation put in from 5 until 7 o'clock telling about the good quali ties-of Judge Ilolcomb and of his rit ress for the place. New Insurance Comp-ny. The German Fire Insurauce com pany of Omaha, a new stock company, has been organized and filed a cer tificate of its officers and presented its securities in cash to the state auditor and will receive a certificate of authority to do business in Ne braska. The company has a capital stock of $100,000. John Wall of Ar cadia is vice president aud C. Hicks i. MMTQLary. .Mr.Hifk.s u aU tarv of the tret-man Mutual company ofvOmaha. It is reported that the mutual' company will reinsure its busi ness with the new company and gc out of business. Trouble Over Treasurer's Bond. The fight, between bonding com panies for .the privilege of signing State Treasurer L. G. Brain's one mi', .lion dollar official bond may become .so fierce that the treasurer will be "obliged to make a canvass among his friends for a personal bond. The lat ter- cours will take some time and 'trouble, but It will save the state u premium of $3,000 which Is paid everj two years for a guaranty com pan j bond. Sentence Commuted. Governor Sheldon has commuted the ! five-year sentence of J. D. Adkins ol Omaha to three years, six months and eighteen days, which will give th prisoner his liberty December 31 Adkins has been a cook thirty-flv4 years and Is now 61 years of ago He. was convicted of a criminal of fense against a young girl in Omaha, 'whom he took to a room . in a hotel The judge who sentenced him and th '"T'lrilM.'ig gfTT'?X ?'T',Taenfl NEWS OF A WEEK i IN. t t t i t: -3 tt t s x it ITEMIZED FORM Epitome of the Most Important Events Gathered From All Points of the Globe. EARTHQUAKE NOTES. Reports from the earthquake-stricken district of southern Italy and Sicily indicate that about 200,000 persons perished In the appalling disaster. In Messina and Regglo alone the dead number 110,000. Another severe shock completed the destruction of Messina and It was feared killed more persons. The survivors were reported to be suf fering terribly for food, clothing and surgical attendance. The king and queen personally aided the victims. It was feared many Americans perished, as there were 90 in one Messina hotel. The report of the death of Consul Cheney and his wife was confirmed. The American Red Cross society voted $30,000 to the relief fund, J. Pierpont Morgan sent $10,000 and the king of Italy gave $40,000. Good progress was made with relief work in southern Italy and Sicily, many soldiers and sailors being util ized, and hundreds of refugees being taken to Naples and other cities. The report of the destruction of the Li- pari islands was unfounded. Two more earthquake shocks were felt at Messina. The kinw and queen were tireless in the work of aiding the suf ferine. American contributions were . . i " i . .!.!.. T n ;if ndr.a where there were manv Anieii- A violent earthshock. lasting three seconds, and during which the Strom boli volcano began eruption, occurred on Stromboli island. The houses on the island were badly damaged and the populace fled to the streets in panic, but no one was hurt. Iteiiel measures for the quake sufferers progressed well. Ambassador Griscotn i taking a prominent part. The Atlantic battleship fleet arrived at Suez aud began passing through the canal in or der to reach Messina speedily if need ?d. Two vessels were sent ahead with supplies. The king and queen of Italy returued to Koine. Congress unanimously voted $S00, ono for the relief of the Italian earth euake sufferers, iu response to a message from President Roosevelt Ambassador Grisconi at Rome char tered a steamer for the work of aiding the survivors. lie delivered to Count Taverna. head of the Italian Red Cross. $250,000 sent by the American Ued Cross. The king proclaimed mar tial law in the devastated district, and Messina and Regglo were ordered evacuated. PERSONAL. J. Harry McMillan, a millionaire miner, was arrested in Tonopah. Nev.. on charges of passing worthless checks. Former President Castro was op crated on by Dr. Israel in P.orlin and is doing well. Wilbur Wright, the aeroplanist. won the Michelln cup by a flight that cov ered 73 miles and lasted two hours and nine minutes. E. A. S. Blake, the San Francisco contractor convicted of attempting to bribe J. M. Kelly, a prospective juroi In the Ruef bribery trial, to vote for acquittal, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in the penitentiary at San Quentin. The Paris court ruled against Count Hon! de Castellano In his suit for the removal of his three children from the custody of their mother. Princess de Sagan. Wanted In Chicago on a charge oi embezzlement of moneys intrusted tc his care for deposit in a bank three months ago, Herman Paley, a theat rical agent, was arrested in Seattle and admitted his guilt. W. M. Williams, bishop of the Apos tolic African Methodist Episcopal church, was arrested in Omaha. Neb. S "... fraud. GENERAL NEWS. Austria, through its 'minister to Bel grade, demanded an apology from M Milovanovlcs, the Servian foreign rain ister, for anti-Austrian utterances in a speech before the national assembly. " Fire destroyed the large elevator oi the Western Milling Company at Cal j gary. Alberta. Loss. $73,000. j Francis J. Heney of San Francisco j who prosecuted the "graft" cases . it J that Hy. In a speech at the City clut or Philadelphia, declared that M H j Harriman of New York, through his j control of the Southern Pacific rail j road, was responsible for the "graft ; and corruption in 'Frisco. Charles Weatherhead of Peoria, ill., was drowned while skating. With his wife and 12-year-old son as horror-stricken witnesses. Rudolph Wlttc, 39 years old, an electrical work er. was stabbed to death at his home in Chicago by Daniel Rogers, 4f years old. a boarder. Arizona's ontput of finished coppef for 1908 was 274.000.000 pounds. Mich Jgan's 220.000,000 pounds and . Mon tana's 244,000,000. The Park opera house at Erie, Pa., caught fire during a performance and a terrible panic wagVbarely averted V wm aiTii UiTTJ i&JtaSi B WASHINGTON NOTES. The supreme court of the United States refused to review the $29,000. 000 fine case of the Standard Oil Com pany, rejecting the government's peti tion for a writ of certiorari. By a divided court the supreme j court of the United States decided the j rebate case brought by the govern ment against the Chicago & Alton Railway Company and Vice-President Faithorn and Treasurer Wann of that company, in favor of the government Th federal grand jury in Washing ton returned an indictment against Jules M. Waterbury, charging him with false pretenses in the securing of money from United States ; Senator Burrows of Michigan, Representatives Hull of Iowa and Bartholdt of Mis souri, and Assistant Attorney General Ormsby McIIarg. The country's forests now cover ."30,000,000 acres, or one-fourth of the. total area of the United States, ac cording to data compiled by forest service agents. One-fourth the total forest area is owned by the govern ment. Congressman Theodore Burton of Cleveland was given tho Republican joint caucus nomination of the Ohio general assembly for United States senator to succeed Joseph B. Foraker in March next. A million dollars in round numbers was spnt in the United States last year in the campaign against tuber culosis, according to the annual report of the National Association for the Prevention and Study of Tuberculosis. Mary Evelyn Moore Davis, a popu lar southern authoress and wife of Maj. Edward Davis, editor of the New Orleans Picayune, died. More than six thousand persons at tended President Roosevelt's New Year reception. The court of claims has announced its findings in the case of the state j of Oregon against the United States, j and awards $200,000 to the stale for moneys expended by it during the civ'l war in protecting the adjoining i :fr'itnriic . . T U'oalilnatnn 4n.l Irlntin ' In the Ohio senatorial contest C. P. ! r;,ti 'i,hu. ,.. ,h .at. f n9rt ! harmony and his example was fol- J lowed by Foraker and the minor caudl- dates, leaving a clear field for Theo dore E. Burton. The lirst detachment of homeward iound troops of the American army of pacillcation sailed from Cuba for Phi! adelphia. Count von Bernstorff. the new Ger man ambassador, was formally pre sentee! to President Roosevelt. Henry C. Potter, Jr.. vice-president jf the People's State bank of Detroit. Mich., and former secretary and treas urer of the Pere Manjuette railroad, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. l-uuu"""i:" " mer hankers of Pittsburg accused of grafting were indicted by the grand jury. Dr. Edward R. Snader. a prominent physician of Philadelphia, and his negro chauffeur lost their lives whea an automobile in which they were rid ing plunged over a 40-foot embank ment in Fairmont park. The plant of the Puget Sound Mills & Timber Company at Helllngham, Wash., the biggest shingle mill in the world, burned. Loss. $415,000. W. L. Cleveland, a saw filer, was burned to death. In Whan Chang, tho Korean who shot and killed Durham White Stevens in San Francisco last March, was sen tenced to 25 years in the state peni tentiary at San Quentin. The strike of cabmen and chauffeurs in Now York city was officially de clared off. The First National bank of Rugby, N. D.. closed Its doors by order of Its own directors. Rumors from Central America said a Nicaraguan army was marching on Honduras to overthrow President Davila's government. The gunboat Dubuque was sent to Blueflelds. The prohibition by the police, in deference to Hindu feelings, of Moham- medan sacrifices of cows, led to seri-j oils riots at Titteghun. just outside Calcutta. Troops fired upon the riot ers, several of whom were killed and 1 00 seriously injured. William Sorsby, who killed Post i Oflice Inspector Charles Fitzgerald at , Clinton. Miss., September 29 last, was i captured near the scene of th trag ! edy. The funeral of Father John of Cron- stad' wns attended bv thousands of . Chinese in tho Puget Bay region charge that! United State, .soldiers Tne Rafter .MercantUe conipany ot have been making brutal and unpro- j sterling epects to discontinue busl voked attacks on tbem. noss after thc fl Jftnliary. Foreign ministers to China were .... , ,. .. 7 . . greatly disturbed and vexed bv the Tbe ""l!f'3 throughout the state dismissal from office of Yuan Shi Kai i Rrand councillor and commander-in- J chief of the forces. It was asserted, the action endangered peace and was I an affront to the powers. i Three persons in Denver, CoL. were j almost killed by poisoned candy sent through tho mails. 1 Samuel T. Warfleld was convicted In j Chicago of defrauding Mrs. J. A. Pat- ' ten in a "de luxe" book deal. Great aniiety : being felt by the inhabitants of Greenbank, a small town In West Virginia, over the stead ily increasing appearance of a burning crater of seemingly volcanic nature, on the side of a neighboring moun tain. Capt. Harvey C. Daly of the schoon er Freddie W. Alton, and Philip M. Springer, a Boston florist. Were found guilty in the United States district court at Boston of conspiracy to smug gle Chinese into the country. Fire in the wool warehouse district of Philadelphia caused - a - Iocs of OF ITEMS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE OVER THE STATE. THE PRESS, PULPIT AND PUBLIC What Is Going On Here and There That Is of Interest to the Read ers Throughout Ne braska. Central City After It. Central City Is preparing to make a strong bid for the proposed Odd Fel lows' home which Is to be located Eomewhere In tho state soon after the first of February. The officers of the order having the location of the home in charge, insist upon a site which is all in one tract, and which is located in a part of the rtate adapted V'the raising of fruit, t mall fruit and vege tables., and where general farming will be profitable. Central City Odd Fel lows are setting about in a business like manner to secure it. They have reveral tracts in view, one or two of them being splendidly suited for the purpose, and they have already se cured an option on them. Already there is money enough in sight to pur chase, and when the offer for Central City goes in it is probable that it will carry with it th donation of a sire. Terms of District Court. Judges Pemberton and Raper have agreed upon the following terms of district court for the various counties comprising the First judicial district, the first and third dates to terms: Gage county Februarv 1: be jury June I; t , : -ffe'-on county February -'i : May Ju ue 7; a i 21: September 21 Johnson eounfv -.March S; j November S. Nemaha county .March i: June June j H ; November 20. : Pawnee county February 2:1; j 7: September 27. j Richardson county Februarv May 17; On oner IS. . Gotnenburg Banker Injured. S. L. Bursen. president of the Goth enburg National tank, started to drive to Farnam Monday. When about half way over on the J. G. Piersol place his team ran away and threw him out or the buggy over the dashboard find as he had the lines over his j f.houlder the team pulled him about : one Hundred yards, badlv bruisiug h:s ta. ,,hc.u,arr. ; . . ... , . , I " - '' i'i " ijn y i i iiuil- ing him internally. NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS. State W: ws and Notes Form. In CondensrO Laurel has organized a commercial club. K. C. Burkett will start a newspa per at Norfolk. Fire destroyed the home of T. M. Lawler at Alliance. Plans have been comnleted for a new bank at Arlington. ;; Arapahoe will have a farmers' in-i stltute Janary 4 and 3. i Trenton had a $3,000 fire during the ; week with $3,300 Insurance. The Falls City chautauqua will opeif July 24 and close August 1. ! The Cedar County News has raised Its subscription price to $1.30 ir year. ( There is much complaint of the; grippe from every portion of ihej state. j A movement will be madi? to take the kinks out of Waboo creek near j Ithaca. ! F. C. Holbert will erect a new busi-j ness building at Plain view. It will he ' 23x90. ' Citizens of L'ehling want a ditch to drain the Logan valley in the vicinit of that town. C. W. McCabe lost his home near Hartington by lire. He es-tininte his loss at $700. Five burglars were sent during the pat week from Jefferson county to the penitentiary. - Articles of incorporation of tun HftSSSK Emm-tag! ', Holdree hav- ' preparations ror observins thw!ekJf J':"a-vekr next week' ' Dowl,uS has gone Into part- nersnin wltb-W. V. Allen in the law buslns t Madison, and the firm will be known as A11n Dowling. Tne annual institute of the farmers m the vicinity of Wisner will be held at that P,aee on January 13 and 16. Leigh's handsome new school build NEWS NEBRASKA ing is about completed and will be ready for occupancy -the . first of the year. Guy Spurrier has purchased the M. Byall farm in Dawes county for $1S, 000, $10,000 cash, the balance on two years time. C. A. Snyder killed a large gray wolf in Johnson county one day dur Ing the week. They are very plentiful in that section. The store of M. II Alderman at Newman Grove suffered & loss by Are during the .week- Axel Johnson's home was also damaged by fire. A sheriX sale of lumber at Ft. I $4 ir There were 30.C0 fet of it lland $t was soid"for freight." The material for the new steel ' brid to be built oxer the Cedar went of Primrose, has arrived. Its construe Hon ill be commenced at once. 1 u.n Daggett of Salem, got his foot so seriouslv mixed up in the tnachin erv cf an electric light plant that he had to have the member amputated. ' Tho countv judge of York county I has appointed K. R. Kos.-iter guardian or his rather. George Rossiter. who has been rendered incompetent by iM j health. ! John Wineri of RicharJon county i sold two or three days ago forty fat ' steers to a Kansas stock dealer for $7 per hundred. The cattle averaged j about eleven hundred. Mr. Christ!, the O'Neill fruit man ; and J. B. Menuey. both agree that tht sandy uplands of northwest Nebraska will become known as the home of the apple tree in time. Jefferson county will receive $2S3.26 inheritance tax from the cs tae of John Warren, who llvel at reatr!ce but who owned considerable land around Fairbury. The high diving dog owned by P. E. Kryger. at Nellgh. was accidentally poisoned two or throe days ago and farce very near dying. Prompt, reme dies, however, saved him. ; Edwin Andrews has sold to C. L France a quarter section of land in Otoe county for Sli.n.io. .jr. Andrew.-, also sold to Warren Andrews another quarter section for $10,300. The Genoa Times i -i I about a man who is being sue-d for divorce. The grounds are that he set a steel tra in his trousers pocket. hnriR the gar ment on the bedpost and went to bed. He caught his wife before midnight It is reported that eighty a-rs of land on the bluffs north of Fremont have been sold by E. . T. Ierby tc Rasmus Johnson at about $113 per acre. the. price including taxes. Nothing has been heard from the notorious "automobile" bank robler wbo so sucessfully robbed the bankt at GIblon and Keene last Friday morning and at. Orcseo Saturdav morning. All sorts of stories regarding the affair have been published but tii clew which throws any light on th matter has been brought to light. : Fred Henriehs and H. F. Iilythe. o! l)iller are shipping cattle from Colo rado to feed on their farms near tht plaee. One hundred and lifty new mem bers were taken into the Woolme-. camp at Holdrege Tuesday night. Tu attendance upon thi occasion from 'surrounding towns was very large there Iwing something like 3'i visit ing Woodmen. A banquet was sej-veo The creamery industry of this state has made a remarkable growth durin; the past rive years, and has adde: many thousands of doilars to th ircalth of the farmers. The Beatrice Creamery Co. has built up a wonder fill business in this line and ships Ne hraska butter into the principal mar k-ts of the worb. Homeseekers' Low Round Trip Rates -To- TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday OVER Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Liberal Stop-ovrs Ruti Limit 25 Day1 Whe-t tie whent is gathered, tako a trip to tiie cixirtry of Icw-pricvd lamln. ami s e what is offered to you thoie. Ask for particulars and l.t . : ..;i:'v. ttuh Norton, fluent M. P. Kailwav. .15 Z' ' - IT'S VERY UNUSUAt to see such handsome turnout? - goes from Manspeaker'a Uve-y stable. Our rigs are up-to-jrfsite. our carriages are swell in tjty!" and comfortable to ride inJ a:d our horses are always v'll groomed, well dressed and W-'ll fed. When you want a !jri'e come to Manspeaker's for toJr turnout. . i Jonc-s' Old Livery Earn Serenth 4 Main SU. Plattnoth. ?N' b. . j v ri T i iw- -Iha hud to Kj K i icrate some exorasa for th atst commantlon of sentence. ttiiCIWi it ii i wi.il ,
