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I- , Rutlek county expects a corii crop
? , . 6f 4,000,000 bushels.
I. ' ' The Fort Randall reservation has
' been opened to settlement.
Tlie Brown county fair was well attended -
, tended and the exhibits highly eredit-
able.
H .Town Getz of Omaha was found dead
H in his store , having suicided by shoot-
Wk ing himself.
H Tiurvks iloclced to Auburn in great
H numbers dtiring the fair and a number
H of arrests were made.
H Thieves entered the store of Gard-
H ner Bros , at Edgar and took about § 200
HR Worth of pocket knives and razors.
H A corpse , partially exposed , was
KJ discovered on a Missouri river sandbar
Hi a few miles above Niobrara by Ed
Bjj Barton and an Indian named Bird.
Bjj . The September mortgage indebted-
R ness of Gage county is as follows :
Farm mortgages filed , 28 , S133,577 ; released -
' leased , 3(5 ( , § 43,549. City mortgages
m filed , 10 , Sll,405 ; released , 11 , § 0,05' ) .
R The creamery at Shicklcy burned to
H the ground. There was no insurance.
H Sparks from a hole in the smoke stack
H near the roof is supposed to have been
Hfj the cause. It will be a great loss
BJ to the farmers.
BJ The business handled by the B. & 51.
Hj at Nebraska City station amounted to
H ' S33,000 during the month of Septem-
H | "ber. A year ago the business footed
Hj | up $11,000. which is certainly , a very
H | Haltering increase.
H * Waure-vIIay lost liis barn/one-half
Hi mile east of Seward , toge'iier with six
Hi hundred and fifty bushels of oats , hay ,
B com , buggy , farm implements , several
B hogs and many other things'usually.
H j found around a barn. He had no in-
H su ranee.
H Henry Gass of Columbus met Avith a
Bj painful accidentUis team became
BJ frightened and ran away. In attempt
s' ' ing to get out of the wagon his clothes
BJ • caugilt and he was thrown violently to
BJ | the ground , sustaining a compound
BJ i fracture of the left leg.
BJ \ Tine United Presbyterian parsonage
BJ \ "was burned at llushville. It is sup-
M | posed a defective flue was the cause.
IH . The building cost about § 1,500 and was
EH insured for § 1,000 , the policies being
Hi held by one of the aid societies of' "the
BJ church that helped erect the building.
BJ ' Friday , October 15. has "been desig
ns Dated as Children ' s building day for
BJ the miblic schools of West Point. In
11 the afternoon of this day special exer-
BJ cises will be rendered in all the depart-
BJ ments of the schools. The object of
IB the day is to arouse interest among the
_ pupils in behalf of the children ' s build-
Bf ing. which is contemplated by the
BJ "h > ard of lad3' managers of the Trans-
BJ Mississippi exposition.
BJ I Luu.ky Sailtxo and Nettie Sprague ,
BJ two young people of Lexington , arres-
Bc | ted at Heaver City , were taken back in
Bf I charge of the girl's father and deputy
Ba i j sheriff. Thev arrived in Beaver City
Bf I a week ago and had been living at
fl : : i local hotel as husband and wife.
fl , Sailing was taken back on a charge of
Bn seduction. Tlie father says his dattgh-
Bh ter is under 10 years of age and that
B8 I j tlie young man is but 20 j'earsold.
Bfl | ' The funeral of Miss Daisy , the young
BJJ daughter of Maj. M. L. Pcmbleton of
KB York , who died of typhoid fever , was
S ' held in the Methodist church , and .was
BH ' largely attended by the friends and
Hfi schoolmates of the young lady. Miss
BJj ; Pcmbleton was an expert drummer ,
BC liaving while quite a small girl exhib-
Bfl ited a wonderful talent for drumming.
fli She was well known in this and other
Bfl suites as the drummer girl of York.
B The governor has issued his proela-
Bfl jnation declaring that on Tuesday , the
Bflj | 2nd day of November , 1S97 , there will
fl * be an election held at the usual places
fl of voting in the state for the purpose
H of electing one judge of the supreme
fl court , two regents of the University of
fl Nebraska , one state seuator for the
fl First senatorial district and one rep-
H rescntative in the Eighteenth repre-
H seutative district. The two legislative
fl offices are to be filled because of the
BB 1 \ resignation of Senator Osborne of
Hfl \ Pawnee county and the death of Rep-
Bfl rescntative Seiiram of Dixon county.
fl John II. Grurex , who went to St.
Hi Louis some three weeks ago with a car
HK toad of dirt from the Muff farm in Sa-
H line county , to have the same smelted
H and assayed , returned last evening
Hflj very much elated over the results of
H the trip. The dirt run between S1G
H | and Slii worth of bullion per ton , ac-
H | cording to the assayists at the St.
H i J ottis refining company. Considerable
H delay was caused in smelting on ac-
H . count of a lack of water and Mr. Gru-
HH ben was compelled to leave before all
H | I was run through , about five tons left
H ' to smelt. Interested parties are anx-
HH i iotisly waiting further developments.
Hh j A Marshalltown ( fowa ) paper says :
HB I A traveling man who has been out in
D Nebraska sa3' .s that potatoes are plenty
h and cheap at llushville , Hay Springs
m and Gordon. One farmer had 400
HH i bushels and Avas offering to sell at 20
Hj j cents a bushel. As these towns are on
Hj I fhe Chicapo fc Northwestern it may be
HJ ii good thing for some of our dealers to
H write to these towns and find out if
H | they cannot be shipped into Iowa.
K Tliis same man says the dry weather
H of September has made the sugar beet
B crop raised there the best ever known ;
K that usttally the beets grade 12 per
B , cent , sugar test , but this year all are
B J testing IS and 20 per cent ; that the
H r factory this season asks no questions
B and takes all that comes.
m The Presbj'terian church' of Fair-
B jnont celebrated its 25th anniversary
H | J on tlie 5th and Gth of October.
B A toukg son of Charles H. Pratt a
B * Hastings was badly bitten by one of ,
BB tlie bloodhounds with an "Uncle Tom's
1 - J Cabin" company that showed there re-
1 { cently.
1 .T. J. Barnes , a prosperous farmer
1 living about six miles northwest of
Hl ' Columbus , sustained a severe loss by
fireHe has been engaged in the
H | manufacture of sorghum for several j
Hj years and bis factory , together with '
B about 200 gallons of sorghum , besides •
B a large number of new barrels and !
E come cane , were destroyed. ]
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
ITEMS OFINTEREST GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
Condensations that Embody a Good Denl
of Information Without Requiring
Much Space Foreign and Domestic
Nc\T y Notes on All Sabjccts.
IMondny , Oct. 4.
All Indications point to a How of gold from
Europe to America.
Town elections In Connecticut do not show
much change since last fall.
Gov. Holcomb of Nebraska has issued the
usual election proclamation.
Edward Langtry , former husband of Lily
Langtry. has become demented.
The pope of Komo Is in excellent health ,
reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
By Hoods in China Of teen or twenty thous
and persons have recently lost their lives.
The London , 0101)0 predicts that Henry
George will bo the next mayor of Now York.
The new Spanish ministry has taken the
oath of oQlce and entered upon their duties.
The town of Austin , Pa. , was swept by fire ,
but live buildings being left * Hundreds arc
homeless.
A protest has been filed at Lincoln against
admitting the national democrats to the offi
cial ballot.
A strong London syndicate I < ? comiug to
this country to endeavor to purchase the
Union Pacific.
Disastrous prairie fires have occurred in
Minnesota and South Dakota. Some loss of
life is reported.
It Is rumored that Grover Cleveland Is pre
paring to re-enter politics , having an eye on
the New Jersey sonatorshlp.
The steamship Christina has arrived at
Havana with 52,000,000 for Gen. Weylcr , to be
applied to military operations.
The condition of the national treasury on
the 1st showed : Avallablo cash balance ,
S2W.437.G7s ; gold reserve. § 148,170.821.
W. It. Finch , of "Wisconsin , has been appoint
ed envoy extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary from the United States to Para
guay and Uruguay.
Tuesday , Oct. 0.
Thirty-five conventions have beeu secured
for Omaha next year.
The railroads are bringing many homc-
scckeers into Nebraska.
In the inter-colleglato tennis contest at
New Haven Harvard won.
A largo hotel collapsed at Charlevoix ,
Mich. , killing two and injuring ten.
Prof. Francis "W. Newman , author and
philosopher , is dead at London , aged 93.
Five political organizations will support
Henry George for mayor of the greater New
York.
The veiled prophet pageant at St. Louis
was said to bo the finest ever presented in
that city.
There is a fight on in Chicago over the
price of beer. The price has been cut and
the end is not yet.
Ex-Governor Boles announces that ho will
make no more speeches in Iowa during the
present campaign.
Contracts have been let for a standard
gauge road from Canon City to Cripple Creek ,
Col. , to cost about $1,000,000.
The land owned by the Northern Pacific
amounts to nearly 34.000,000 acres , of which
almost all Is west of the Missouri river.
A statement of the condition of the na
tional treasury shows : Avallablo cash bal
ances , $213S02.0S1 ; gold reserve , SI 18,4GS,631.
It is probable that E. W. Winter will bo
elected president of the Union Pacific if the
reorganized company gets control of the
road.
Samuel E. McMillan , United States senator
from 1S70 tolSSS , died at his home in St. Paul
of anamela. He had becu ill for nearly a
year.
The London Times says the Wolcott com
mission intends to request the government
to give an Immediate and final reply to its
financial proposals.
Captain W. A. Dunn lias sold his six-mile
hill copper mine at Houghton , Mich. , to Cam-
.eron , CurrioCo. . of Detroit , brokers for
New York capitalists , for $300,000.
As a result of the revival In trade , the mint
in San Francisco will at once resume the
coinage of silver dollars in accordance with
instructions received from Washington.
Daniel S. Lament has been elected presi
dent of the Northern Pacific Express com
pany , which is an adjunct of the railroad
company of which ho is a director and vice-
president.
Jacob Harlan , republican nominee for cir
cuit clerk of Harlan county , Kentucky , was
killed In a political fight on Straight creek.
Joe Milton , democratic candidate for jailer ,
was mortally wounded.
Commissioner General Sullivan's annual
report to the secretary of war shows the ex
penditures during the year amounted to
$2,1C5,209 of which $1,972,702 were for tlie sub
sistence of the army and the balance to set
tle claims and other purposes.
The supreme court of Iowa hasaffirmed the
decision of the lower court In not holding S.
J. Spaulding , who embezzled S1S.000 from the
secretary of the state pharmacy commission.
The court holds he is not a public officer , but
merely an employe of the commission.
Spaulding appropriated the sum to speculate
la graiu.
"Wednesday , October ( J.
It is so dry In Kentucky a water famine is
threateneJ.
London disyatches report indications of a
Carllst rise.
Prairie fires have done much damage in the
vicinity of Chicago.
The government has received no offer from
the English syndicate for the Union Pacific.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
will build a JSOO.OOO addition to Its plant at
Pueblo.
Ten states were represented In the west
ern waterways convention held In Davenport ,
Iowa , by fifty delegates.
A passenger train on the Boston and
Maine road jumped the track , resulting in
thirty persons being Injured.
Mrs-'Lcna Iilploy Waters , a bride of thrco
months , committed suicide by hang
ing herself at the homo of her sister.
The appointment of Hosca A. Townscnd.
of Colorado , to bo judge of the United States
court for the Indian Territory , is announced.
Mrs. Langtry makes the announcement
that she has retired from the stage aud that
her steam yacht , Whyte Ladye , will bo sold.
Tlie president has appointed Newton C-
Batcs , U. S. N. . surgeon general aud chief of
the bureau of modlcine and surgery of the
navy.
The funeral of NealDow , the veteran tcm-
peaanco worker , at Portland , Me. , was large
ly attended , many distinguished people
being present.
The annual executive session of tno Na
tional Conncll of Women of the United
States will be hold October 25. 20 , 27 and 2d at
Nashville , Tcnn.
From Washington It is reported that Min
ister Woodford has received no additional
Instruction , from Secretary Sherman or an y
other government officer since ho sailed for
Europe.
J. R. Burton says this year is "the best that
Kansas has seen in nineteen years. The people
ple will live this year , not merely exist , and
f1U put away In the neighborhood of
n7o,000.000. : *
The supreme court of Michigan has sus-
/ained the act of'tho state legislature reijulr-
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Ing railroads to lssuo 1,000 milo tickets for !
§ 20 , good for use by any member of the pur
chaser's family.
Wedderburn & Co. . of Washington , D. C ,
were disbarred from practice before the In
terior department as patent attorneys or
agents. The firm Is held to have boon guilty
"of gross fraud und unprofessional conduct. "
Accordliu : to private advices a vessel car
rying supplies of medicine , clothing , arms
and ammunition for the Cuban army loft
Montreal for Cuba lastTucsday. Thc-schcmo
was not authorized by the Cuban Junta lu
Now York.
Attempts to get the Union Pacific to arbi
trate Its differences with the Hues of the
Western Passenger Association have fallen
flat. The Union Pacific takes the stand that
It will not arbitrate until the other roads
hava declared that they will not allow the
Oregon Short Line any better commissions
than they have been granting to the Central
Pacific
, Thursday , Oct. 7.
Three men were crushed to death in the
Homcsteak mine at Lead , S. D.
The business portion of the town or Mo-
dora , 111. , was destroyed by fire.
The shops of the Central railway system of
Macon. Ga. , burned. Loss , $75,000.
The president ha9 appointed Augustus O.
Seyfert of Pennsylvania consul at Stratford.
Ont ,
During the fair festivities at Kansas City
thirty persons were injured by a falling plat
form.
On the Cth the sum of 100,000 ( $500,009) ) was
withdrawn from the Bank of England for
shipment to the United States.
The girls'dormitory of the South Dakota
Industrial school was destroyed by fire.
Seven lives were lost In the conflagration.
Yellow fever is gradually Increasing In
Now Orleans and other southern cities. At
Mobile the disease has reached the 100. mark.
The general officers of the national W. C.
T. U. have requested all local unions to hold
memorial services for the late General Neal
Dow.
The Detroit opera house Is a mass or ruins.
The llamcs spread to other buildings and be
fore controlled had done damage to exceed
? 20O.CO0.
Eight bandits held up a Chicago & Alton
express train near Kansas City. They only
succeeded In robbing the conductor aud ex
press agents of personal effects.
Editor Bran of the Inconoclast received a
severe drubbing at Waco. Tex. , at the hands
of thrco trustees of Baylor university , about
which he had published an article.
George H. Robinson , who several months
ago mysteriously disappeared from Omaha , ,
has been found in Michigan. During his en
tire absence ho claims his mind has becu a
blank.
Gautcmalan Insurgents have lost Quczal-
tcuango and sustained a severe defeat at
Tototonlcapan , turning the war strongly In
favor of Director Barrios , says a New York
ncrald dispatch.
Official notice has been given by the Union
Pacific to its connections In Chicago that the
negotiations between that road aud the Oregon
gen Short Line have been brought to a con
clusion without any of the matters In dispute
being sottled.
Harvey Cherry , who had just returned
to Washington from Nebraska , where he had
sold his farm and had $9,000 on his person , .
was waylaid by three footpads , knocked
senseless and robbed of the money and a val
uable gold watch.
Friday , October 8.
Disastrous forest fires have been raging In
Manitoba.
Eugene V. Debs is about to make speeches
in a number of eastern cities. ' jj
Senator Thurston was in Washington on
th'c 7th and Called on the president.
The drouth In Tennessee is unprecedented.
Late crops have been literally burned up.
John E. nart of Nebraska has been rein
stated as a tagger in the agricultural depart
ment.
lion , L. M. Amraermann of Scranton , Pa. ,
capitalist and ex-congressman , died sudden
ly of heart disease.
Jose Silvorio Jorrln , formerly Cuban sena
tor , is dead at his home in New York City of
pneumonia , aged SI years ,
The design of Prof. Keinhold Bcgas , the
celebrated sculptor , has been selected for the
Bismarck monument to bo erected in Berlin.
The comptroller of the currency lias called
for a statement of the condition of the na
tional banks at the close of business , Octo
ber 5.
The lord mayor of London announces that
the Indian famine fund contributed by Great
Britain , the United States and India amounts
to 1,500,000.
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural de
partment Is making arrangements for the
purchase of foreigu seeds for distribution by
the department-
October 8th was "Nebraska Day" at the
Nashville Centennial exposition. Governor
Holcomb , non. W. J. Bryan , Senator Allen
and others were In attendance.
The president has appointed the following
consuls : Bufus Semming of Ohio , at Edin
burgh , Scotland ; Samuel A. McAllister of
Delaware , at Barbadoes , West Indies.
It is understood that the supreme court
will hand down its decision this autumn in
what are known as the Nebraska maximum
freight rate cases and that it will be in favor
of the railroads and against the state.
Dr. Jameson , the leader of the Transvaal
raid , will seek a seat In the Cape's assembly
at the next general election. The chief plank
in his platform will be "Fedoratlon for
South Africa. "
Satnrday , October 0.
Ex-Senator John K. McPherson of New
Jersey Is dead.
The corn crop yield of Nebraska this year
Is 229,907,853 bushels.
Senator Allen made quite a lengthy address
at Nashville on "Nebraska Day. "
The Second Presbyterian church at La
fayette , Ind. , was destroyed by fire.
The report that $50,000,000 has been bid for
the Union Pacific has been confirmed. '
The president has appointed G. II. Bridge-
man of New YorE minister to Bolivia.
Discrepancies amounting to 500,000 have
been discovered in the accounts of the
auditor of Brooklyn.
The government building at the Trans-
Mississippi exposition Is at once to be pushed
forward to completion.
Governor Drake of Iowa , now at Excelsior
Springs , Mo. , is so sick that it is feared he
will never leave there alive.
A dispatch from Tokio says it is reported
there that the king of Corea has proclaimed
himself emperor of Corea.
Failures for the week ending Oct. 9 were
212 in the United States , as against 293 last
year , and 29 in Canada against 4(5 ( last year.
Charles S. Davis of Sisseton , S. D. , has de
clined an appolntmont as superintendent of
the Clontarf and Morris Indian schools , Min
nesota.
George Morgan , who was hung at Omaha ,
Is said by ono of the local papers to have
made a confession and by another that he
did not.
The first Chicago ball player to sign a con
tract for next year was Shortstop Dahlen ,
who affixed his signature to au agreement to
play in Chicago.
Special Master Cornish will conduct the
.sale of the entire property embraced by the
Kansas Pacific railway consolidated mort
gage at Topeka , Kan. , Nov. 3 at 11 a. m.
Among the diplomatic changes reported at
Madrid as being Imminent is that the Duke
of Almordova. or Senor Murugua , will re
place Senor Dupuy do Lome as Spanish min
ister to the United States.
WAS-NEVER ; SO DRY.
A GREAT SCARCITY OF WATER
IN THE WEST.
An Unprecedented Drought that Extends
All Over tlio Country Mlmourl mid
Illinois the Greatest Sufferers The
MisKistlppt and .Missouri Itlvers Un
usually Low.
Wide Kxtended Drought.
St. Louis , Mo. , Oct. 7. United
States Observer Frankenfield said to
day that the present unprecedented
drought extends all over the country.
Ho added : "Speaking from this sta
tion , the states of Illinois , Missouri ,
Indiana , Kansas , Nebraska and Ar-
kanss arc all in the need of wet
weather. Iowa has had more rain
than some of the surrounding states ,
but is now in almost as bad a condi
tion as the rest.
"Missouri and Illinois are suffering
the most , particularly the southern
portion of Illinois and Central Mis
souri. There is yet no indication of
ram. "
Reports from these states say the
ground is too dry for fall plowing and
all the country roads are from four to
six inches deep in dust A white film
covers all the land. The ripening
corn hangs dull and apparently life
less in the heat of a summer sun , and
everything is parched. In many sec
tions of Missouri cisterns have gone
dry and the danger of fire in the small
cities and towns is imminent.
The Mississippi and Missouri rivers
have not been so low in ten years. ,
LIKE MR. POTTER OF TEXAS
Man From Missouri Creates a Scoria In
a Chicago' Hotel.
Chicago , Oct. 7. F. R. Reed , a
stockman from Culbertson , Mo.awoke
from a troubled dream this morning
at the Ross hotel , Root and Halsteud
streets , possessed with the idea that
someone had entered his room and
taken from under his pillow $300
which he had received from a sale of
stock the day before.
Without looking to see if his fears
were eorrect , 'Rced bounded from his
bed , dashed out of the door and down
the hallway with a revolver in his
hand , yelling at the top of his voice.
When lie reached the elevator shaft
the car was at the top floor and Reed ,
thinking he saw at the bottom of the
shaft the man who had stolen his
money , fired three shots into the base
ment
No one was on the floor at the time
except the porter and clerk , and they
hurried above and overpowered the
imaginative cattleman before he tried
to shoot again. He was held until po
licemen from the stock yards station
arrived , and his revolver was taken
from him and he was sent to the sta
tion
His pocketbook , containing S300 , was
found under his pillow. He was not
locked up , but was warned by the offi
cers at the station to go home at once.
HE HAD ELEVEN WIVES.
13v. William Six Sentenced to the. lllinoU
Penitentiary for iitmy.
Srr.i.vcriBM ) , 111. . Oct 7. Dr. Will
iam Six pleaded guilty in the Sanga
mon circuit court to the charge of
bigamy , and was given an indefinite
sentence , under the new law , to Ches
ter penitentiary. The complaint was
made by James Hornung , brother of
Miss Katie Hornung of U. rry , 111. , his
latest victim , whom he married last
spring , when he had ten other undi-
vorced wives living in various cities in
Indiana , Missouri , Kansas , Oklahoma
and Texas. Miss Hornung , with an
unaccountable infatuation , stuck to
Six to the last , ne is a veterinary
surgeon , about 40 years old , and fairly
good-looking.
Chicago to Have a Beer "War.
Chicago , Oct. 7. Chicago is des
tined to have cheap beer for a time ,
and a beer fight thrown into the bar
gain. A war of extermination was
threatened by the beer trust to-day on
the rebellious brewers who remain
outside the breastworks. It is re
ported unofficially that an immediate
cut in the price from § 4.50 to S4 will
be made , and that the prices will be
scaled down to S2 even , if need be , be
fore the fight is finished.
tils Copper Mining1 Denl.
Houghton , Mich. , Oct 7. Captain
W. A. Dunn has sold his Six Mile Hill
property to Cameron , Currie & Co. , of
Detroit , brokers for New York cap
italists , for 5500,000. The property
has the richest showing of copper of
any mine opened since the discovery
of the Calumet and the Heclsi , and
mining men are unanimous in predict
ing a prosperous future.
Heavy I.1 macros for Injuries.
Leaykn'Wokth , Kan. , Oct 7. A jury
in Judge Myers' court yesterday
awarded a verdict for $3SjO to Mrs.
Bridget A. Cusick against the Electric
Street railway for injuries alleged to
have been .received in 1894 while
alighting off a car.
Virginia .Republicans .Nomlnato-
Lynchbukg , Ya. , Oct 7. The state
Republican convention met in the
opera house here at noon yesterday.
Captain P. II. McCall of Culpepper was
nominated for governor ;
Christian Clmrchmau Convene.
Emporia , Kan. , Oct G. The annual
convention of .the Christian churches
of the state of Kansas convened here
to-day and will hold sessions until
Friday evening next The attendance
is very large , every section of the
state being represented.
Bank Teller Charged With Robbery.
Napanee , Ont , Oct 6. W. II. Pon-
ter , teller of the Dominion bank
branch here , which was robbed of $30 , -
000 a few weeks ago , was arrested to
day on charge of committing the rob
bery.
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THE " 'STOCK YARDS LAW.
Judge Manger In the Federal Court
Gratlin u Temporary Injunction.
In the federal courtatLincoln.Judge
Mungcr granted the temporary injunc
tion in the ease of the South Omaha
stock yards company against the statu
of Nebraska.
The stock yards company applied
for an injunction to prevent the state
otliccrs from putting into force the
law enacted by the last legislature ,
regulating and fixing charges for
handling live Rtock at the yards.
Tlie order in the case , after citing
the title , Oreenleaf VV. Simpson against
the Union stock yards company at
South Omaha ( limited ) , directs that the
temporary order be issued to bo in
force until the hearing of the cause ,
upon the filing of a bond by the plain
tiff , the stockyards company in realty ,
but the stockholder Simpson in form ,
in tlie sum of $25,000. The order also
provides that proof be taken as in
dicated in the memorandum filed by
the judge and in which the ruling of
the court is given.
This memorandum is in this lan
guage :
First The bill charges , and is sup
ported by affidavit , that the company
does business with the railroads and
not with tlie public generally. If this
is established by the proofs my present
opinion is that the stock yards com
pany is a private concern , and for that
reason is not subject to regulation by
the state. This may be illustrated by
the case of an inn-keeper .whose
charges may be fixed by the legisla
ture. Hut if the inn-keeper docs not
hold himself out as furnishing enter
tainment to the public , but does so
only for a particular class , he is not a
public inn-kecper with whose business
the state can interfere. Tlie case of an
inn-keeper is one of those mentioned
in Munn's case , for which reason I
mention it. I am not bound to follow
that case , but the distinction is
obvious.
Second The bill shows that there
are several classes of business done at
these yards. First : There is stock
shipped from points in the state to the
yards. This class of business is sub
ject to state regulation. Second : There
is stock shipped from outside the state
to the yards , and third : There is stock
shipped from points either in or outside
the state to Chicago and other eastern
points , and which lies over in the
yards for rest and feed. These last
two elasses of business , if interstate ,
cannot be interfered with bv the state.
*
Third The bill charges that tlie
statutory rate does not yield compen
sation for the services rendered by the
company. If this is shown in the
proofs the act is invalid.
Fourth Our constitution provides
that property shall not be damaged as
well as shall not be taken for public
use without compensation. If a street
in front of a lot is graded and tlie con
sequence is that the rental of the prop
erty is decreased , it is a case for com
pensation. I am unable to see any
difference between that case and where
the legislature by its direct act redu
ces the earning capacity of the prop
erty.
I IJefore rendering a final decree I
wish proofs to be taken on these points.
I wish to know whether the company
holds itself out to the public as a pub
lic market , what part of its business
originates in this state destined to the
yards , and what part originates in or
is destined ont of the state , and what
is the value of the physical property ,
and what is the value of the stock to
the company.
An injunction will issue according
to the prayer of the bill , to remain in
force until the hearing , upon the plain
tiff giving a bond with sureties to be
approved by the clerk , in the penal
sum of $25,000.
"Senate File 10 ! ) . "
The officials of a number of counties
in the state , says a Lincoln correspond
ent of the Omaha l.ee , have written to
the attorney general to find out wheth
er the new law which appears in the
new copy of the session laws and which
is labeled -'senate file 101) " ' is valid and
can be put into practice at tlie com
ing election : The attorney general
has answered all these inquiries by
setting forth the record on this partic
ular bill , but has rendered no decision
as to its validity. The bill , as introduced
"
duced in the senate , was calculated to
allow counties having a population of
8,000 , or a voting population of 1,000 ,
to elect clerks of the district court at
other times than the regular time for
electing such officials. Tlie bill was
introduced for the special benefit of
Valley county , but if valid could be
taken advantage of by about ten coun
ties in the state this year. The record
shows that the bill passed the senate ,
but that on the last day of the session
it came to a vote in the house and fail
ed to pass , the vote being forty-eight
in favor and nineteen against. Jn
spite of this failure to pass the bill ,
however , was certified to the governor ,
received his signature and is printed
in the session laws.
. Cody Docs the Proper Thing.
Some time ago Adjutant General
Barry sent to each member of the gov
ernor's staff and the officers of the Ne
braska national guard an invitation
to accompany Governor Holcomb to
Nashville and participate in the exer
cises on Nebraska day , October 8. An
answer has been received from Colonel
W. F. Cody , " .Buffalo Hill , " in which
he saysI am pleased to say that I
will be in Nashville with Nebraska ' s
wild west exhibition on October 7 and
8 , and that if the governor wants any
horses for himself and staff , a band ,
regular army soldiers as escorts , or if
he wishes the entire wild west show to
turn out on Nebraska day , that I and
my entire company are at his command.
I also wish to extend to him and his
officers , and ladies , an invitation to
visit.the wild west exhibition during ,
our stay in Nashville. "
Mr.Adam Kleinkanf , an old resi
dent of Grand Island , has received a
letter from his son William , who is at
present making his way to Klondike
with a party of eighty men. The let
ter states that the party has yet two
months to travel before they reach
Dawson. It has been very rainy , says
the writer , for eight days , and supplies
were becoming mouldy and worthless
in the dampness of the atmosphere.
The letter was sent away on August
31. Tlie tone of the letter showed that
the writer felt considerably discour
aged. Some of the most beautiful
scenery imaginable was seen , but there
were also districts that were terrible.
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lam mmWWBJIJjM'll'HMlM'IWM ' ' ' Wl11 r. 'VTT ' " lT"iWMB ilK 1
Kauim Tiurglnr Shot. 1
Cottonwoon Falls , Kan. , Oct 5. M
Last night about II o'clock an unsuc- k
ccBsfttl attempt was innde by two rob- . H
bcrstoloot the general merchandise * C * H
store of C T. Mntilc at Strong City. H
One of tlie robbers was shot by Mr. 4 < H |
Maule's sop , Alex , who was sleeping H
in the f.toro at the time. The wounded H
robber , gives his name as George R. H
Bishop of llloomtleld , .Iowl There is H
little liopo of his recovery. Ho said H
his partner was a barber from New- f H
ton , Kan. , whoso name lie refused to ' H
flntvatlou Army Colony IMrmi. Hi # l
Denvku , Col. , Oct. 9. Thomas IIol- Jfl l
land , national social secretary for the 7 |
Salvation army , will leave for New T J
York 4c4day. Commander Booth- H
Tuckcc will hold a conference with H
capitalists in New York October is , H
when the last details of the proposed H
colony will bo arranged. It is now |
definitely settled that 1.000 families H
will be placed in the Arkuusas valley. /d H
r • M
Weyler May Muke Trouble. H
Madrid , Oct. 0. General Weyler , it H
is believed , will tijjht tooth aud nail M
against being removed from Cuba. He M
.is trying to terrorize tlie Liberal min * H
istry into retaining him in eVnmand I H
in Cuba until next June , and , if recalled - H
called now , he will use his influence H
to create disturbances in the puniu * H
sula or deliver himself to the Carlists. H
A Nephew or Cleveland. H
Emi'oisia , Kan. , Oct. 9. A warrant j H
was issued yesterday for the arrest of • H
C. E. Hastings , a nephew of Grover H
Cleveland. Hastings is charged with H
embezzlement by G. W. Yates , state H
agent of the Union Central Lifelnsur- ( H
H
uncc company.
The Iliidmti Klver Tunnel Involved. H
New Yoiik , Oct. 0. The Farmers' H
Loan and Trust company has brought B
suit against the Hudson River Tunnel H
company to foreclose a first inortgn < | H
deed of trust amounting to $2,750,000. JH
, OWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT. [
Des Moines , Sept. 20. During the
inrrent week applications for United m
States letters paten t have been allowed
: o Iowa inventors as follows : To
Peter .1. Quirk , of Des Moines , for an
ipnaratus for weighing and dumping H
; oal. This machine is constructed to
receive a quantity of coal as it is ,
lumped from the niim' elevator , to
automatically wrigh the coal thu.n
received and held , to indicate tin ;
weight upon a suitable dial , and to H
provide simple , convenient and easily H
jperated means whereby tlie coal thus H
held and weighed may be discharged H
into a car or a wagon. To Matthew H
Kehoe , of Cusliing , for a two-horse H
ivener , the object of which as described - H
cribed in his specification is "to H
relieve the single trees pivotnliy connected - H
nected with the ends of the double H
tree from tortional strain , and to H
avoid the dangers and accidents H
incident to the ordinary manner of /H
connecting and using louble trees and M
single trees on a two-horse evener. " M
To Burton A. Walrath , of Lehigh , on H
a mechanical movement. This iuven- M
tion is designed for use in governing | H
the motion of an engine as it is imparted -
parted to other machinery , and is .so 1J
constructed that the motion of the
driven shaft may be reversed or held H
stationary while the driving shaft of H
the engine is continually rotated in H
the f.ame direction. ' ' B
Valuable information about obtain- B
ing. valuing and selling patents sent M
free to any address. * fl
Thomas G. ami .1. Hai.I'H Onwio , M
Solicitors oi I'atent3. fl
Odd Inventions. H
Above are shown three odd contri- fl
vances taken from Sues' Machine fl
Movements , copyrighted 1807. The fl
first shows a bread cutter , while the jM
other two show mechanical contri van"M
ces * by means of which the wheels , D fl
and B maj'be rotated. Inventors and -fl
others desiring free information as to fl
the best method of securing their inventions - v
ventions should address Sues it Co. ,
attorneys at law and patent experts , fl
Bee Building , Omaha , Neb. fl
I.IVU STOCK AXI ) IMIODUCK MARKET. H
flotations From Xnr York , Chicago , st. JH
Louis Omaha and Klsou-here. M
OMAHA. fl
Butter Creamery separator. . . 20 ft 21 M
Butter Choice fancy country. . 13 < i it M
E Kh Fresh 12 fe 12J4
Jprlii ? Chickens Per lb. fiJi © 7 m
"l urkeys. perlb o f/j 8 , '
Pijrooiis Live To ( $ fo ' m
Lemons-Choice Messinas 4 2 > ( jy 4 50 M
Honey Choice , peril ) j2 * Kt JU
Unionsperbu aa Git si '
Cranberries. Cape Cod. per bbl. C CO @ 50 J
Beans ! imdptiked Navy l so fr 1 CO m
i'otat' .es per bu 20 9 so
Oranges per box 4 25 < 4 58 M
Apples Per bbl 2 CO te > 2 25
Hay Fpland. per ton < W § 5M m
SOI.TH OMAHA STOCK 1IARKBT. 1
Hess Choice li ht 3 CO @ S 63 J
lhiKHeavy weights 3 K ! © 3 60 1
Beef steers 4 25 ( r * 4 M J
Bmis 2 CO ft 2 fS J
Majrs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 75 va 4 M S
Calves 450 < $ 5 50
, \\estcrri reedcrs 3 75 fcj 4 00 M
Cows 2 co ( & 3 eo m
Heirers ; j 20 C * 3 50
Stockers : in < l Feeders 2 73 { 4 # 0 1
Sheep Wotern Lambs 4 CO t $ 4 15 j
Sheep Native wethers. 3 0 & 3 75 J
CHICAGO. J
Wheat No. 2 spring 55 ft &J
Corn perbu 2P275 < ? " M
Oats-perbu la @ J0
Bailey-No. 2 28 & 40
W6Y'V ' ! 4H& 46 '
Timothy teed Prime per mi. . 20) ft" 6214
Pork a H7 d s stQ.
bard per 100 lbs 4 50 i 4 5"
Cattle-Choice beef steers 4 C5 < & 5 00
Cattle-Western feeders. 3 CO 4 4 M
Hoss-Prinic light. . . 4 00 61 4 10
sheep Native Lambs 3 co a 5 50
NEW YORK.
Wheat-No. 2 , red. Winter ca < fc osi
Corn No.2 w V : r2
Oats No 2 % k J5 " "S
Port * oS0 20& . i
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