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! m ImtnraL ? - - , . .. -". :js :S T0LU3LE XXIL-NUMBER 48. WHOLE NUMBER 1,140. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1892, Cflltemlw : -. m rr:i Iv? 4':-V v ---'W fc. - r. r-.:;.v .-T t 5 i -T.VW .! 4I" .. :? f . -. THE 0D RELIABLE Columbus State Bank (Oldest Bank In the Stated r ,;j Pgys Interest onTime Deposits j NO Hates Loans on Real Estate,. ISSUE3 BIGHT DRAFTS ON bamaka, Ckicas9, New York am all. Foreign Cowrtrie. BELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS BUYS GOOD NOTES in 1 Helpr Its Cnstouura when they Need HMp OFFICERS AND DIRECTOIS : LElNDIUt GERTtAKI), Trosldcnt. 1. II. HENRY. Vice-l'resident. JOHN STAUFrEU. Cashier. M. IHlUGGEll G. W. HULST. COMMERCIAL BANK. OP COLUMBUS. NEB. IIAS AN Authorize! Capital of $500,000 Fail is Capita OFFICERS : C. II. BlTELDON. Pres't. II. T. 1L OEHI JUCIT. Yice-Pros't. C. A. NEW WAN. Cnsh'or. DANIEL SCUIHAM. Ass't Cash. STO CKHOLDERS : O. n Sheldon. J. P. Becker, H.'rrnan l. ILOehlrich, Curl Bleuke. Jon is Welnh. W. A Mo Ulieter. J. Ilnnrv Vr'urdrman. IL M. Winslow, Georto W Galley, 8. C. Groy, FiankKoror, Arnold F. H. Oehlrtev Uwiry Loseke, Gerhard Iioscko. rrtnnk of feyaostt ; interest allowed on Mini deposit; liny ana soil exchange n United States and Ktiicpc, anil buy nnd sell available ?csint!ea. We ahajl be vie ised to r.-celre your business. We S3bcit your patronage. I8decs7 PUMPS BE PAIRED ON SHOUT NOTICE. Oltv It. nssrly opposite Pott-ofRee. eJueSS-r Judicious Advertising Creates many a new business, Enlarges many an old business, Revives many a dull business, Rescues many a lost business, Saves many a failing business, Preserves many a large business, Secures success in any business. Bo say a aaan of traalneea, andw add thai Jo Jicloua drertiaing, for tide section ol country. THE JOURNAL As one of the mediums, becanse it la nad fcy the beet people, tbose who know what they want anc pay for what they get. We cha!leag comp&rieoc with any conntry paper ia the world in thia re apect twenty years publishing by the same management, and nerer one dnn to anbscriberi pablisbed in Tux Jocbnal. This, better than anything; else, shows the !asa o! people who read Xnx Jocekal erery week. tf $5 ro$inDW AgenUWtBltal CiacuLias raxa. ISO Innlrt safety mIa (UnawaytstnUs4aotthta. Kvary tent Wit nvat I to . Uara Tr -- aan AmC Rts4 a casta MTVUU-U'miin. RIMaOM av MmwuUt aiai.ta,. s4.iw PATENTS Carsats and Trade Harks obtained, aad all Pat- SKiJcdactta for iititTcran oub orncK ia orpoairK v.b. rATkirr OFF1CK. Ws har no matwcsm, a'l benaea difset.heaceiia can trPrt Mtot W.taass tr bws time exi at LtiiS0i6r lino thi-a remoU traa Vaal i n si 4a. 'foa no. dra-Uc, p! tr., wiw dns.'nj tiqau Wt oic. f .''' l or T',, !' chare, u.tf ! n-t ) i- ; j-i-ut ir .u-J.-A. Uxic "I! lv )b-. V- ."" -r-a rIr acM to kUti-.l cl. nt. . .- ::. nMj taws, aant tro,. aOUra rotXZrZKk sRR3L.!ei THE WORLD'S DOINGS Happenings of a Week in Condensed Form. ANOTHER MINE HORROR HUNDREDS UF MINERS PERISH ! NEAR CHARLEROI. Terrible Kxplovon or Fire Damp in a Belgian Mine Ol the STO Miners Only a Few F scaped Death The Explosion Ke nembled an Earthquake. nrly Three Hundred Miners I'erlsh. Brussels special: An explosion of fire r.amp in a colliery near Cliarlerol occurred while many miners ivera underground. The fate of the men Is not known. The explo sion was at the Andcrluis colliery, in which 353 men were ut work. Only three of these have thus far reached tbo mouth of the pit In safety. Tho other men, if any, who survived the shvk of the explosion, are apt to meet their death from the choke damp, as with the de struction of the ventilator it is Impossible to rid the mine of gases. A lare number of the miners were mar ried, and their familioi and friends arc at the pit mouth frantic with grief. Later particulars regarding the explosion show that it occurred in a gallery 400 feet bVow the surface, where 270 men were working. Of this number forty escaped by means of a second shaft and sixteen others were rescued in a fatally injured condition. It is feared that of the men In tho mine 200 of them have been killed. Tim (ibock from the explosion resembled an earthquake, and had the effect of a small-sized earthquake. Soon crowds of excited men, women and children with blanched faces Hocked to the mouth of the fatal pit. Almost every family in the whole place had a relative or friend in the mine. Itcscuers soon descended, and after a long interval of weary suspense brought to the surface thirty or forty unfortunates, all either dead or seriously injured. A great sheet of flame must have shot through the mines, as the miners eyela-shes and hair were all singed oft". The crowds increased as the day wore on. The rescuers began to come to the surface, :i few at a time, bearing one or two man;lcd forms. The scenes usually incident to such disasters were re-enacted with, if possible, more than usual intensity. Tbe work of the recuirs was greatly retarded by the noxious gase3 still remaining in the mine. There Is hardly a shadow of hope that any of the men who were in the mine at the time of the explo ion arc now alive. TOLICKMEN IN OKLAHOMA. Only One or the Twenty-Eluht Follce liien I-efl to l'atrul the Territory. Washington special: When the territory of Oklahoma was admitted on April 22.188K, twenty-eight men began its patrol as police men. They continued until .May 2, IM'0, and in that time four of their number were killed, two were badly wounded, fifteen were compelled to abandon their work on account of illncrs superinduced by hardship, and altogether there is only one of the twenty-eight now in the service. This man, Kanom I'aine. w:is at the cap1. 1 j1 endeavoring to secure the insertion in th'j deficiency bill of an item appropriating t"i.202 for the payment of the force, for in addition to all the other evils that befell them tbe policemen have never yet received a cent of pay. Committed Suicide on the Trnin. New Albany, Intl., special: Kate Smith, while enroutc to this c.ty frtim Louisville, committed suicide on tho train by taking strychnine. S io died in horrible agony She was at one time considered to lie the handsomest woman, in Southern Indiana. Two years ago she eloped with a Cincin nati traveling man, who deserted her. To Make Their Own Treaties. Ottawa, Ont special: Hon. David Mills, a lSderal leader, has given notice that he will Introduce. a measure in Parliament in favor of Canada negotiating her own treat ies, .subject tD the approval of the Domin ion Parliament. Sighted the Indiana. London special: The American steamer Indiana, which sailed from Philadelphia for Russia with flour and provisions des tined for the famine sufferers of that coun try, was sighted off Hebrides. She signalled "All well." Samoaits Not sntlstied. Samoan advices arc to the effect that vjrieiis meetings hell throughout the islands have declared that an amendment o: the Ilctlin treaty of 1580 is a necessity, and it in further learned that p?titions to that end will be addressed to the govern ments of the United Stato , Great ltritaiiai and Germany. I'oublc Lynching I'rohable. Little Kock, Atk.. special: Intcnss ex citement prevails in Ashley County :;nd a double lynching Is probable. The cau-e of t lie trouble is the poisoning of Mrs. Saltie Hnt.nible, who died recently. Urn and Omer Carpenter, brothers, are accused of the crime. They will, no lynched when caught. Negroes and I'oles Fight, buffalo; X. Y., sperijl: In a light be tween negroes and Poles working ata tun nel near Niagara Tails, the latter were badly beaten. One of the I'o'cj was shot dead and another seriously wounded. Three colored men have been arrested, for the slnoling. i:nld n the Dogs. Springfield. O., special: The city Is all ceit ni"iit :;nd terror over the results of a raid tf rabid dogs. whL-h bit four people and twenty dogs. The citizens arc afraid to leave their houses an 1 the pi I:ce are rap idly killing all the dogs in the place. Three IhuUHantl Tons of Tin I late. Tic new Ilrilhh steamer, Massachusetts, lias rrrlvcl at Swansea, where she will load for Xcw York 3,000 tons of tin plates. This will b? tbe largest shipment of tin plates to tho United States since the McKinley bill went into effect. 1 ngllsh Miners Mrlke. London speciil: The Durham miners decision to stpkc has caused th" iron ma - iPKti nnn.in In shut down their fur- nac;. The iron and steel works will also i clcse, tnrowing out of work 13,000 ni'n. First or tho World'.-. 1 air Exhibits. Tho first entry of goods destined for the World's Fair exhibition .was made at the Xew York custom hous?. These werj ten cases of antique;, which arrived r.n the steamship Cladibcl. from Tort Limon. A t.cim.-tn Steamer Lost. A telegram from 1 o.-t Said state, that the Germen st2am;r Me-sini foundered off the Sicilly Islands during a gale Feb, 19. It is believed that the crew, twenty -six in number, were Io t. inn Fianc.vco Him I acturles Closed. All the sbec factories in S n Fmnclfro .src cl sd. the employers hi ing 1 -.c"cd out their employes leuus of refusal to raise ths boycott on seial .7,5. Itogardi: lira's llexroat. Lin all. II.. fp.'Ci I: apt. Uogarlss defeated Ceor.e W. 1 exro tif Virji-i':. I 1., at a live pig jo i iu.i ch. Willi g 7 Li d . out of 50, and l'uxrost 4 ". The tjr.t 11 :or Ku.. n. New York special: Tins st'.':m;sii:;j MI - o.i i haj tegun iii.iliiii l:ie gr :,i c r,o o. grain given by the Aineiicait ;e pie to tlm ttmiuj Russians. The following is the contribution of each ft ate to tho ffec cargo': Alabama. 400 pounds; Colorado, 5,000; Dis trict of Columbia-. 37,800; Iowa, 31.1G0; In diana, 114.915; Illinois, 124,940; Kansas, 149,f0: Kentucky, 11.7J0; Louisiana. 3C0; Maryland, 9.1 03; Michigan. leC 5; Minne sota. 1,553,504; Missouri. 17 100; Nebraska. 69,240; Xew Mexico, 3.000; New York, 1,021.403; North Dakota, 1 3 2); Ohio, 108,977; Pennsylvania. 143,734; Sauth Da kota, 95,760; Tennessee, 15,021; Texas, 3 8); Virginia. 1,5.0; Wisconsin. 92.145; Canada, 8,000. The total amount of- flour, 4.038,784. Add corn meal, 1.530,00 pounds. Total, 5.538,731. The va'lle, including ex pese donated. Is $130,003. TO rOISOX MR. ARMOUR. A ftottle ol Wine Sent Him In Totter 1'alincr's Name Forewarned. Chicago special: P. D. Armour, the bij packer, received a bottle of wine with the compliments of his friend, Pottsr Palmer, and asking him to try it, as it was of rare quality. Mr. Armour drank none of it. He had Iweii warned by a former employe that he had overheard two men In tho Palmer House plotting to send Mr. Armour a bottle of poisoned wine In Mr. Palmer's name. The two men who occupied the ro3m where tho alleged plot was hatched, wero h man who was not registered, but who claimed to live in Xew York, and a man registering as Thoma? F. Quinn of Denver. The wine has not been analyzed so it is not known whether It contains poijj son. Mr. Armour thinks it is the work of a crank. AFTER TI1K CORDAGE TRUST. Government Inspector About Ready to Co He Tore Grand Jury. Chicago special: Charles M. Itorlon, a repio.ontntive of tho Department of Jus tice, who snoie out warrants for the a nest of President Grccnhut and other whisky trust ofllcia's. has been Investigating the methods tif the cordage trust in this city for several days, llorton left for Minneap olis, where he will confer with the United States District Attorney and secure addi tional evidence to prove that a combina tion controls tho cordage market. Hor ton's investigations have been condu-tcd in a secret manner, but partial facts leaked out. The facts which ilortun secures will piobably be laid before the federal grand jury at Boston. Xew York or Philadel phia. HE HIRED THE MURDERER. A Kentucklan Convicted of Procuring His Mire's Death. Cartcrvllle, Ga., special: Kufus Collins, who paid a nef ro S50 to shoat his wife, was convicted of murder. Collins was a well-to-do fanner of Xorth Carolina He bo came enamored of a neighbor's daughter, but hts wife was in the way. He accord ingly moved Into Georgia, buying a farm twenty miles from this place. One day a negro farm hand shot and kil'cd Mrs. Col lins and escaped. Tiie sorrowing husband took her remains to the old home in Xorth Carolina. There suspicion was aroused, and investigations tet on foot by the dead woman's relatives developed the fact that Collius had hired the negro to perpetrate the crime A Hard Feeling- Against Hctherington. A dispatch from Yokohama says that a crious division of feeling has arisen be tween the English and Aiacrican colonists relating to the shooting of George Gower Kobin-on, the English banker, by Lieut. J. E Hctherington of the United States navy. Under the existing treaties with Japan, European countries and the United States have extra territorial jurisdiction over criminals belonging- to their re spective nationalities. This jurisdiction Japan has for some tiiiic tailored to alioIMi, but without success, as foreigners claim that they are not yet suffi ciently convinced that Japan justice is fittrd for dealing with civilized people. The cne of Lieut. Hctherington. of course, comes under American jurisdiction, as he is the person accused, and he will be tried by the American Consular Court, but the Eng lish are watching the case very jealously, and should Hctherington lie acquitted or let off with a light penalty, there will prob ably, judging from existing feelbig, bo re prisals in some form. Itohinstui was very popular among the English colony, and his friends claim that tliero was no god cause or excuse for Hctherington taking the law in his own hands. Hetherington's friends ar.5 making efforts to secure evidence that will place him right in the eyes of the foreign clement and cive reason for his acquittal that both the American and English will regard as satisfactory. Ruined by Politics. Vincennes. Ind., special. The Farmers Mutual llcuefit Association is in a precari ous condition. Some of tbe lodges have suspended. Tiie launching of the organiza tion into pol tic last fall was a d'sastrous move. A few of the leaders of the organi zation are advocating the question of start ing in Vincennes a new sp iper r.s the organ of tiiis and other labor organizations in hopes of reviving the sinking farmers' as sociation. News from Tascott. Chicago. III., special: A letter was re ceived by the Sheriff dated Juneau. Alaska Informing him ttiat W. II. Tascott. the a' Ieged murderer of Millionaire Suell of this city is now in the Yukon River country 8J0 miles northwest of Juneau; that he left Poit Townsend, Wash., in April four ycais ago. passed through Juneau, and that he hassnt word that he will return next August. Ilcpse's Grand Duke Hying. London special: The Grand Duke of Hesc is in a comatose condition. His death is now but a que-tion'of hours. The heir to the thionc is at ids bedside, au.l Queen Victoria, who Is his mother-in-law, is kept informed every few hour-, tf the Grand Duke's condition. Resides being unconscious there is a choking in histhroat and death seems imminent. Fire In a Tenement Hoe.se. Xew York Special: Fire broe out on tiie fourth floor of a tenement house on Twenty-ninth street. Katie Knoloch had charge of two small children. She became stricken. rushed to the window and dropped the children. One was fatally injured; the other was caught by passers-by safely, the then dropped from the window herself and was caught by men below A Doctor Charged Willi Arson. St. Joseph. Mo., special: Dr. Xoah Iloaz. a physician here, was arrested and placed in jail on the charge of arson preferred by Wi.l am Moss, tho doctor's landlord The latter accuses Bo.iz of I avinz set fir t a small building in which he formerly iiad an office and frcm which h; had Leeu or deicd by Moss for non-payment of rent. THE .lIAftK .T.. CHIC.VSl Cattle Common wpniu;.. turns Shipping grades , Wheat Casn..-.- loiin Casn U AT Jtl 1 1 fc I liUTTEU Western da.ry Kcgs Western. .. .03 G in U 4-0 4.So . M ... -U 3 ... V.S! & ... 2.75 vi ... -J.! ' i . .. 4. U i V; .14 j t-Axri.h 'a steers. LAT17.E Feeders i-ocs :..J -7 WliKAT tAls,nevj vn .... .... .... . WA ........ .... ... ...... . .. f. r. . ... t "! 4 N'J ... .IJH& .'J- "(A CAT71.K Coni:aoa lo xr.m "1ilk.s Sn pjrf'c.- t w ..t WriEvr. t.oitx... Oats.... 3 BEHRING SUA AFFAIRS. Conference or the Chiefs oa the Sub ject. Gen. Foster of the State Department at Washington, who is assisting tho President in the Behriug Sea negotiations, had a long conference at the Xavy Department with Secretary Tracy and Commodore Ramsey, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The conference, it is thought, related to the consideration of the coitrso to lie pursued by tho navy in liiforclilg the cdiUeiitlori of the govlirnirlent that pelagic Scaling in tho Behring Sea should be wholly suspended pending a settlement of the controversy by arbitration. In the event-that Great Brit ain declines the proposition for a renewal tif the modus Vivendi, the government will no doubt send all available vessels to tho Behring Sea soon enough, if possible, to control Its approaches and to prevent tho entrance of all sealing vessels. American as well as others. The vessels available for this service aro the Charleston, Haltlmoro and Hanger at Snn Francisco; tho Mohican, now on her way to Fort Richard, Wash. with tho Xip sic in tow. and the Yorktown ilnd Boston, now enroutc to San Francisco and Callad. The leveniie Cutters Bear, Bush and Cor wiu, now fitting out at San Francisco for their annual cruise to the seal islands, will also assist. TRAIN WRECKERS CAPTURED. A Premature Denial Furnishes Conclu sive Evidence of Guilt. Memphis, Tenn., special: Two of the train wreckers who have been operating in Northwestern Mississippi for the last six months arc lodged behind the bars at Greenville, Miss, At tho last of tho wrecks the engineer had to jump for his life and the negro fireman was killed. Clues pointed to Bob Mooro and Sam Spiith, colored, as tho wreckers. Smith was first secured. The evidence against both tho prisoners is conclusive. VOUNG DLAINK "WOULD MARRY. This Time He Is Courting One of the Rich ratten Orphans, James. G. Blaine, Jr., tssaid to be anxious lo marry one of tho Misses Patten, wealthy orphans, who arc well known In Washington and Xew York. Otfie of the girls married John M. Glover, at that time a Representa tive in Congress from a St. Louis district. The Patten girls drive a stylish cart about Washington. Their father mado a fortuno in mining. A LEPER FOR COOK. Philadelphia Officers Make a Ghastly Dis covery. Philadelphia special: The health officers informed the health oflics that a leper, Charles Wing, was now at the hospital. He has been employed as cook at the Peabody Hotel. Several witnesses to-tlfied that Wing's feet and legs at times had been so sore that he had been compelled to sit upon a table while mixing llonr. Oppression Is Necessary. St. Petersburg special: Gen. Gourkcs, Governor of Poland, has had several audi ences with th-i Ministers of War and tho Interior with the object of obtaining per mission to make examples by measures of severity not allowed under the ordinary code to suppress the growing disaffection among Poles. He has submitted numerous secret edicts that had been circulated in Poland proving that the recent movement among Poles was controlled by a secret well organized cummittce located in Aus tria and receiving financial assistance from Polish bunkers in Germany, Austria and Russia. Gen. Gourkcs does not fear an armed rising in time of peace, but consid ers the situation of sufficient gravity to de mand exceptional treatment. The minister empowered him to proclaim a state of siege in Warsaw and in tho whole of Bus. Ian Poland if necessary. Many People Missing Near St. Paul. St. Paul special: After raging with ter rific fury for thirty hours, the blizzard has passed to the northeast. Icaing in its wake intense cold. As fuller details of thv storm are received its magnitude and intensity arc shown. Fears arc entertained that there may be great loss of life. Many peo ple who were out in the storm have not re turned, and friends are anxiously awaiting news from them. If they were lost the in tense cold would prove fatal On account of the condition of the wires and the drift covered country roads, full details of tho loss of life vfill be slow coming in. Death Rather tliiin Chicago. Richmond. Va., special: Mrs. Jennie Mc Cracken committed suicide here in a novel manner. After taking an uiricc of cyanide of potnsdum, she went to her room and hurrldly prapared-herself for death. The poison threw her into convulsions that "at tracted the otlur occupants of the lfouse, who, bursting into her room, found her dy ing. She was the wife of Edgar McCracken, a prominent business man of Chicago, that his refusal to leave Chicago and come here to reside among her relatives caused her t-y suicide. Minnpspta White Caps. Intelligence from Elgin, Minn., has been received that n band of white caps visited the faun house f John Bold, dragged Sid ney Green, a farm hand, from his bed and gave him a ctat of tar nnd feathers. ?otl'j him on a rail, an I ordered him to leave the cu'intry. II? returned to Beid's hou?. but was ordered away. Refusing to go, a war rant was sworn out for his arrest, and he is now in jail. Th. whit -c:inpinz grew out of an elopement in which Gic u and Farmer Crawford's wife we:e the priucipils. Thank doodiicsx, Winter's Over. Pittsburg, Pa., specla': ThOhlo Coal Traffic Association met here toariaugea schedule of rates for the ensuing year, but adjourned to Marcn 15. In the meantime the coil men will meet for an increase in prices. Then a joint meet in; w.ll lu held on the date agr eJ 10011 and th scales can h? ad u,ted. W. B. Kc.itl. Hi well known o.:er..tor. and oJier-, expressed the be.ief that coal men can oon agicc and the mat ter of ratL's will soon come up. I'utldcr or the Monitor Dead. Pouglikeepsie, X. Y.. special: John F. Winslow. one of the le::dinz ironmakrrs of the State, wh j, with Erastus C riiinj and John GtiswoU". introduced the manufact ure of Bessemer steel hit tills count y and nude the Crst steel rails in thi, country, is dead. His 1110, t import n. public woik was the bui ding of the Monitor, which successfully defeated the r. bel irou-clad Merrimac. To liny Cmijii 1 rco state. Antwerp sjcciil: The II uul-Ubla-1 says that the United States government recently made an offer to the King of Belgium to purchase the Congo free State and defray all expenses incurred by Belgium i 1 con nection with that country; al-o to pay in demnity to Belgium. Ths paper adds that fiat the King rejected th proposal. The -t.itement lecelws no cic.leuci: in official chiles. A ter I levcu Years. New Ytrlc sjc.ial: Wi'iiam A. Lo-ey, ol r:3 Monroe street. Brooklyn, for eleven years confidential liockkeeper forMalIl,o:i Hr.is. & Co.. paper warchou-e. v.-s aircsteJ ehaiged with embezzlement. Hi., pecula tions have extended over a period of two yta:s -ni in that, time h3 hi; taken SiJI.-, 732. Tii 3 juji he t.tveted in different roliey shop. Nine .Ytmlhs at Haul l.:i!:ur. London ip-ci:!: Mrs. O. bjir, against v.h.im tnc grand Jury a fe dajs ago le t 1 rued an itidi.-tnitM.t for larceny :;:ul p -r-nry. r.as arru-igcri fo-t.i.tl. She pLv.reJ Tiiiay to :!u c'i:ites again t her, and w..? sj.iteiicid to ill .e niontoj impri;:.:uen a , hard lalur. PLATTE RIVER ISLANDS OVERLOOKED BY THE SUR VEYORS. trainable but Liable to Wash Away How Some or the Property Kas Increasi it in Area at the Expense of Other Land in the Vicinity. Overlooked liy the Snrveyori!; Thk hill introduced ,in Congress by Senator Manderoon for a government survey of the islands of tho Platte Kiyer is of considerable interest to set tlers along that stream. In the govern mental survey, taken about the year 1SG4, all the islands In the IMatto were left iiuaurveyed. On tho plats in the office of Franklin Sweet, register of tho United States land ofl'ce at llrand Island only the technical variations of the islands are BiVcn. Never liavo they been otticiatly' surveyed and their" meas urements reriordcU Olio survGyitig party began1 with the Kansas lino and Worked iiOrth tti the southern bank, of the river. Tho other party began at the northern bank of the river and worked north. Thus tho islands were simply thrown In as water. In Hall County there aro possibly fivo hundred acres of laud in such islands, but probably only three hundred. Even an approximate figure will not be ven tured excepting by tho older settlors, who arc welt inforratil about the coun try and tho river. And this laud is chiefly in islands of three and four acres. The Soil of these islands is gen erally good, and much of it is being used for stock and grazing purposes. In tho driest of seasons tho growth of grass is luxuriant. Many quarrels as to the right of pos session or use arise in regard to these islands and consequently many appeals have been made to the courts, and the passage of the bill would forever settle many of them. The right to uso thcic lands is fixed by the declson of the Supreme Court of the United Statbs in the case Of the Railroad vs. Shiirmicr (7 Wallace 272) which says that tho "proprietors bordering on streams not navigable, unless restricted by the terms of their grant, hold to the center of the stream.' The people owning piopcrty on tho banks are generally desirous of securing adjacent islands, and there would be a good demand for them. But while the land is good and could no doubt be advantageously disposed of it is questioned whether serious difficul ties might not arise in future years. The islands aro in a certain sense per ishable property, at least, those not wooded. A farmer in Merrick County took pos session of an island about ten years ago which at that time was claimed to have an area of thirty-two acres. At present the same island is claimed to have been worn down to but seven acres. 'J he water wears it away from one and do posits it at another point. Another gentleman i:i Buffalo County declares an island he possesses, under the ripar-. iau law, to have increased thirty acres since his possession. So that if the gov ernment should convey it to an indi vidual, nature might step in and con vey it to some one else's heirs in the very next generation. PENCIL MARKED BALLOTS CO. A Decision from the Nebraska Supremo Court on tlie"tueston. Thk Supremo Court of Nebraska has passed upon the legality of ballots marked in lead pencil cast at the last election under the Australian ballot law. The case in which the question was raised is the State ex rel. Waggoner vs. Kussell. The relator and one Cassell were opposing candidates for the office of Supervisor of Mtillally township, Harlan County, and upon a count each was credited with thirty-two votes. Cue ballot marked-with a lead pencil instead of ink was cast in addi tion thereto for the relator. The re spondents who were the judges and lerks of election rejected tho ballot md the relator sought a peremptory order from the Sitpiemo Court icquir ing them to meet and count the vote in his favor and declare the result The court decides that the mark is not a violation of the ballot laws, but because the count has been made and the ballot turned over to the clerk the mandamus is refused. In reference to the legality of the mark the court said: "It is not every mark by moans of which a ballot might subsequently be identiliid which is a violation of the statute. The mark prohibited by law is such a one, whether letters, figures or characters, as shows an intention on the part of the voter to distinguish his particular ballot from others of its class, and not one that is common to and not distinguishable from others of a designated class. The fact that a number of ballots are, without any evi dence of a fraudulent intention on the part of the voters, d.stingnishable from others cast at the same polling p'n.e, as for instance marked with a pencil or with ink of a different color, does not bring them within cither the letter or spii.t of the statute.' FREAKS OUT OF A SIT. Tho Kdcn SI usee at Omaha Destroyed by 1-ire. Wmi.K a performance was in progress on the upper stage at the Eden Museo at Omaha one of the stage hands shoved a ' fly" too close to a gas jet and in a moment the entire stage was in a blaze. There was a stampede, and the audi ence 1 st no time in gaining the street. Fortunately the entrance to the build fug was roomy, and no jam occurred. Everybody got ititsafely, but the three story building was entirely gutted. The lircmen were hampered by the condition of the streets, which contaluoJ several inches of slushy snow and water, and pressure was light. NO EXTRA SESSION. Nebraska's Governor Sas the Legislature AVill Not Convene. Gov. IIoyp, iii a lengthy letter, gives official notice that he will not call an extra session of the Legislature. A majority of th'.1 Legislative members, he says, appear to be opposed to an extra session and from the tone of the letters received 111 answer to a query sent out onie time ago. the Oovernor is con vinced that it would be a menace to the business interests of the State to call to-other the present body of law make is. HIS SKULL CRUSHriD. A Nebraska Rrakeman I ouml Dead on Top of Ills Car. Harry Kixsey. alias George Emery, a Burlington brakeman. was fcuud on tbe top of his train at Sutton. His skull was crushed in by some blunt in strument. He reside! at Lincoln. The last seen of him was at Crete. When the train reached Sutton he was missed v.o'1 a search was instituted, whn ho was found as above described. Super intendent 1 ignell will investigate the mystery surrounding his death. Tho trails so far lcceive.l arc mciger. There is only one overhead bridge be tween I.inco n and Sutton, and that is at t reto. It is not likely, however, that !u;d he been strit I: at . reto he c uid ha e lain Ii!ty miles on a car r,o'iig at j the Speed of his train. It is mote than j probable that he had been attacked by tramps and beaten with a" cflilpling pin. Kiifsey is a young man of 28 or cti years and was married but two mouths ago. Ho leaves a wife and mother. No rea son has been assigned for his action in enlisting with tho company under an assumed name. No ray 'or County CoiumUaloHerf Amoko the cases tried bofore Judge Barton At the session of tho District Court at Kushville, was Otto entitled "Ball v. ShcrldanCflurity." The ques tion of the right ofCWunty Cdmniissioii crs to draw pay for services is invdlved. When II. F. Wasmund, tho letirlng Commissioner, stepped down and out at the close of his term of service on Jan. 7, he supposed Sheridan County owed him S10.10, as tho board had duly al lowed his bill for that sunt. B. M. Bali appealed from tho action of the board, alleging that under section 3, chapter 21, of the session laws, which repeals section 22. chapter 2S, of tho "tutute, tho Commissioner Was not entitled to compensation. The court found for the appellant, a fid irt giving his decis Idn tdok.bccasldri id remark that the section of the act referred tti "'practi cally abolished the office of County Coiri missioner. Cood for U'Xeill. G. C. Hazlelt.ex-County Clerk of Holt County Nebraska, is interested In put ting in a 535,000 chicory plant at O'Neill. The company proposes to pay S3, 8.1 and S10 per ton for chicoryrwhich is a root growing in tho same manner as a carrot, and to dure It and to placo it on the market: 'Ir'ere is an immense demand for chicory as ari adulterant for cotfeo, and it is estimated that only about 5 per cent, of that u ed in the United States is home grown. By care ful cultivation, farmers can raise from eight to twelve tons per aero, and can raiso from six to seven tons with no trouble. Tho company in which Mr. Hazlett is interested will employ about thirty men tho year around. Tho com pany will plant fifty acres of its own laud and Control liOOO acres more. Kesult or a l'eal in Dank Stock. Thk jury in the case of M. A. Harti gan against II. L'ostwick, President of the defunct City National Bank at Hast ings, after being out one-half hour, re turned a verdict awarding the plaintiff $1,505 damages. Some time ago Harti gan bought stock of the City National Bank of Bostwich, on the representa tion that the bank was in a highly prosperous condition. Not long after the bank failed. Tho receiver appointed by the government levied an assess ment of 100 per cent, on all stock. Hartigau sued Bostwick individually the value of the stock and the inter est. The caso was tried in the last term of court and tho jury brought in a compromise verdict. A new trial was granted and this term full damages wero awarded. Alter Forty Years. There is a slight toueh of romance in tltc history of Isaac Bakestraw and Geneva Catherine Raines of Silver Creek, Co!o., who were married at Lincoln by Judge Lansing. They are both 68 years of ago. Forty years ago they were lovers in their native village in Ohio. Their paths diverged, and until a few months ago they had not seen each other since early youth. In tho meantime Mrs. Kaincs had made three matrimonial ventures and Kakestraw had had four wives, but when they were thrown to gether again it so happened that neith er had a marital incumbrance and tho old spark was quickly fanned into a lively flame. Itoyd County School Land Settlemet... Hon. A. Sciilkoai., on tho part of Hon. A. 15. Humphrcv.jCommissioner of Public Lands and Buildings, met San ford Parker, attornoy for certain set tlers of Boyd County, at the United States Land Office at O'Neill pursuant to appointment, and voluntarily can celled all indemnity to school land sec tions in coniiict with the prior rights of settlers, thus securing to such settlers their homesteads without the ordeal and great expense of contests. Schlcgal has authorized Mr. Parker to notify all par ties in interest of such action on tho part of the State. Ilcsult or a Family Feud. For some months past there ha ex isted a family feud between tho Podds and Samuel Pickering, living several miles south of Fullcrton. The quarrel was renewed, which endc 1 in Pickering fatally shooting John Podd. Pickering claims he is carrying some shot in his neck received from a gun in the hands of D-d 1 some months ago and that when the quarrel was stirred up he felt the time come for him to demur, which he proceeded to do by shooting Podd. To Meet at I awnee City. The Senior Vice Commander N. W. Van Osdol of the Grand Army of the Republic district, consisting of Gage, Pawnee, Johnson. Jefferson and Rich ardson Counties, and known as the Southeastern District of Nebraska, has called tho. fourth annual reunion to meet at Pawnee City. Each post in the district is entitled to three delegates. It is the intention to make the reunion one of the most interesting ever held in the district. Xcw Hotel at Norf.ilk. Norfolk is to have a new ?50,000 ho tel, articles of agreement and stipula tions having been sig.net I be tween the guarantee committee ol Norfolk and Kyncr tfc McPonald of Omaha. The structure is to bo a four story one with pressed brick and stone front with all modern (ouveuienccs and is to be located at the corner of Sec ond street agd Norfolk avenue, di rectly opposite the Norfolk National Tank. Fremont's .Murder Trial. The trial of Charles Bchrcndt for the murder of his brother, which was to have commenced in District Court, ha been postponed until the May term 0. court. The defense was ready to go into court, but one of the State's wit nesses, Mrs. John Behrendt, wife of a brother of the prisoner, is sick. It was because of her being unable to appear that an adjournment was taken. More and FostorHce Burn. The general store and postpfficc. to gether with the dwelling house of Char lie Sellz, at De Soto, six miles south of Blair, were burned. A fire had been kindled in the store and by seme means it set fire to the upper part of the store. The mail matter and household effects were saved, but the building and stock were totally destroyed. Invest de in Cheyrnne County Laud. Inquiry at the land office jt Sidney reveals the fa-t that more homstead. en tries are being made than at any time since the spring of 1S90. Adjudged Insane. William Westox, .Tf., residing near Toniplian, was adjudged insane, and will be sent to the asylum for tho insane at Lincoln. Ti is is why "attar"' is -so pi efoir: Two o .uccs of attar of rosej lepre icitt tiio relinci 1 roauc: -of a ton of rosebuds. TEE WORK OF CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE. 0111s Introduced and the Important Do ings o' a Week In the House and Sea-ate-A Variety of Topics a: Interest from Washington S& The SolotM at Wark. representative Piekler Introduced a bill bh the 1th to expedite tbo prosecution of pensions- and other claims arising out of military anu naval service' for tho United States. Mr. Butlcfftlso favorably reported from tho same committee the bill intro duced by Mr. Seerlcy granting n pension to Cecilia White. Mr. Butler to-day introduced a bill for the relief of Mrs. Anna Davis, tbo mother Of a deceased soldier. Ho has in course of preparation a bill for the free de livery of mail in the rural districts. Mr. Butler's bill Is different from those Intro duced by some of his colleagues, Inasmuch as his provides that threo States only shall be provided with this delivery each year. Mr. MaudcrsoM Introduced a bill to prevent and to punish corporations, association Snd IHdltiduals for making or using private scrip or ifcetai tokens of denominations of less than St hi p.'tyrt'ent for labor or their debts. 3Ir. Piekler presented the petitions of riesbyterlnn. Baptist and Evangelical churches from Miller. Odessa. Highniore and Silex. Hand County, South Pakota, against the opening of the World's Pair or any other exposition orexhlbltlon for which money Is appropriated by Congress on Sun day In the Fenntc on the 5th a letter from the Acting Peeretnry of the Treasury was re ceived and tiled stating that $50,000 would he required during tho fiscal year ending June IO, 189& for the purpose of collecting and preparing a government exhibit for the World's Columbian Exposition. A resolu tion was adopted directing the Committee on Private Land Claims to make Inquiry into the Maxwell land grant In New Mex ico. A Joint resolution was reported from the committee, changing the dates of the beginning and ending of the term of Con gressmen; changing the time on which the sessions of Congress" shall begin and the date of commencement of the term of Pres ident and Vice-President After the bill was disposed of the Iltniso went Into Committee of the Whole on the invalid pension" bill and a discussion of a political nature followed. When the pass age of the bill was in order a dlsputn arose over a minor amendment and Bailey made a point of no quorum, lie did this, ho said, to call the attention of tho country to the fact that the members didn't attend sessions in sufficient number to transact business. Among the bills Introduced In the Senate on the 7th and referred, was one by Senator Sawyer to authorize the establishment of a postal telegraph service. Senator Morgan moved to reconsider the vote, whereby Sen ator Dubois was declared entitled to retain his seat. Tho motion was laid aside tem porarily, as also was one to reconsider the vote by which Clagget's claim was rejected The resolutions In respect to the railroad companies of Florida lutluenclng the sena torial election of 1891 and for opening to settlement of the railroad land reservations in that State wero taken up. and Senator Call addressed the Senate upon them. At the close of Call's remarks the resolution as to railroad lands In Florida was referred to the Committee on Public Lands and the other resolution allowed to remain on the table. The pure-food bill was then taken up and Berry addressed tne Senate. Among the bills Introduced in the Senate on the 9th, and referred, was the following by Senator Cnllom (by request): To test and try the science of spelling, provide for establishing 200 schools for that purpose and establish a spelling school in the World's Columbian Exposition. Morgan introduced a bill declaring all laws and parts of laws Inoperative which exempt from the payment of duties articles of commerce not on the free list entered in the custom houses of tho United States to or from any British possession. A Senate bill appropriating 187,019 to compensate tho Indians, of Hie Crow Creek Itcservation for the Ios sustained In receiving less land per capita than was received by other In dians was passed. In the Senate on the 10th. the agricul tural meat Inspection deficiency appropria tion bill was passed. A bill establishing a port of delivery at Des Moines, Io., was re ported from the committee and placed on the calendar. A resolution Instructing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to Inquire into and report upon the manner of electing United States Senatjrs, heretofore offered by Morgan, was agreed to. A reso lution was also agreed to calling on the President for the correspondence regarding the Venezuela awards since June, 9). A resolution by Teller was aNo agreed t calling on tbe Secretary of tin Treasury for information as to the amount of sliver In the treasury not issued under the pro visions of the act of July, USO. the amount of silver dollars coined under that act. the amount of silver bullion now In the treas ury purchased under that act. and for var ious other Information, notably, whether silver dollars or certificates hive been re deemed or exchanged for gold, and If so. tt what amount. The following bills were passed: To stirvi y and mark the boundary between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota 011 Pine Bidge and Bo-ebud ludl.iu Reservations, making Laredo. Tex., a sub post of entry A Seuate bill providing foi tho erection of public buildings in towns ana cities where the poitoiHce receipts ex ceed Sl.OCO annually, was tak'Mi up. but be fore action was taken the Senato weut iutc executive session. MISSING LINKS. Ex-Gov. J. Maihso.v Wki.ls, the fa mous carpet bagger of Louisiana, is now S.i pears old, and almost blind. Thkkk aro cheats in nearly every thing these days. Sewing silk is soakec" in acetate of lead to make, it weigt heavier. A Philadelphia's has made an um brella stand two and one-half feet high, which is composed of 1.C00 sepcratt pieces and fifteen kinds of wood. Blce hirds, popularly supposed tc be harbingers of spring, have lump around Quakcrtown all winter. A nkw diamond is being cut in Ant wcrp, said to be the largest ever found in Africa. It weighs 400 carets, and when it is finished it will bo reduced one-half. With a jack-knife James Ingram ol East Bradford, has carved on a dog wood cane a fox hunt, with a dozen hounds and a mounted hunter or twe in the chafe. If all the babies born in one ycat were laid in a line, head to foot, they would stretch from New York to Kong Kong. Ifthey could walk past a cor ner at the rate of twenty 'a minute il would take them six years to pass. George WKSTiXGiiousEissaid to have invented an electric street car motor which will pull 28,000 pounds. With Edison already confident of success .in the same direction tho surface transit problem ought to be solved in the imme diate future. The remarkable instinct which cause? the mudfish to roll himself in a ball of mud when the dry season Approaches is a wonderful provision of nature, in tended solely, it would seem, to prevent the extinction of the species. The most interesting fact about this fish is that it breathes by means of gills when in its" native element and by means of lungs during its voluntary imprisonment in the mud cocoon. Important discoveries of prehistoric remains have been made near Brunn, the capital of Moravia, which are likelj to attract the attention of palaeontolo gists all over the globe. As a canal was being dug four and a half skulls were brought to light of dollchocephalous (long headed) character, and of an ex ceedingly low stage of development Tho same place contained bones and teeth of mammoth rhinoceroses and reindeer. Close to the skulls lay more than f00 fossil snails, several calciuous stones with I olcs in the middle, a rude figure cut out of a mammoth's toot! with a hnli rminini? thrnrjffl tho tnid. die. . I TjTn-Ecrt-diMli jrS.bAJjLKY,VieePiea,t. O.T.BOMf.OJUtt oM O. ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON. JACOB OREIBEN, HENBf BAQAXZ, JOILN J. BULUVAN. First National Bank geport or Coninlon lar 17, 1891 RESOURCE Leans and Dttconata tMJ79.M U.S. Bonds 15.220.00 Real estate, rarslture aad fixtures 17,985.38 , Dae from otmar banks fa.TnJH Dne from U. S. Treasury.. 675.00 Path oa band ,.- 15,478.45 tt.92a.67. $37f,990.4 , LiAiiLrras. 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