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LOVE AND ADVENTURE
"Pieces of Elghtl" Immedl
ately the Imagination begins tto
magic work. Thoughts fly to the
old pirate days of the West In
dies the days of the buccaneers,
of fighting, adventure and treas
ure. "Pieces of Eight" Spanish
dollars bearing the figure 8
mean to tho Imagination great,
dark, steel-bound chests, with
their puzzle-locks and mysterious
riches of gold and gems. They
mean pirate loot burled and lost
to their pirate owners and still
waiting through tho years a
lucky finder..
They mean, too, troplo climes
where It is always green and
frost Is a thing unthinkable
where fruit Is ready to the hand
and clothing Is an ornament and
tho sun "comes up like thunder,"
and blue skies and crystal waters
run the gamut of all that Is love
ly in color.
Richard Le Gallienne Is a lit
erary craftsman. Poetry and
prose come equally to his pen.
So, In addition to interest of
plot, we have In "Pieces of
Eight" the charm of the written
word.
Love, i adventure, mystery,
burled treasure amid scenes far
from tho ordinary what moro
can the reader aBk In entertain
ment? Book I.
CHAPTER I.
Introduces the Secretary of the Treas
ury of Hia Britannic Majesty's Gov
ernment at Nassau, New Provi
dence, Bahama Islands.
During the summer of 1003 I was
paying whnt must have seemed Hko an
Interminable visit to my old friend
John Saunders, who nt that time filled
with becoming dignity tho high-sounding
ofllco of secretary of tho treasury
of his majesty's government, In tho
quaint little town of Nassnu, In the
Jsland of New Providence, one of
those Bnhamn Islands that lie half
lost to the world to tho southeast of
tho Caribbean sea and form a some
what neglected portion of the British
West Indies.
Time was when they had a sounding
name for themselves In tho world;
when the now sleepy little harbor
gave shelter to rousing freebooters
and tarry pirates, tearing In thcro un
der full sail with their loot from tho
Spanish Main.
But those heroic days arc gone, and
Nassau 's given up to a sleepy trade
In sponges and tortoise shell, and
pence is no name for tho drowsy tenor
of the days under the palm trees and
tho scarlet polnclanns.
Here a handful of Englishmen,
clothed In tho white linen suits of
the tropics, carry on tho government
after tho traditional manner of Brit
ish colonies from tlmo Immemorial,
each of them, like my friend, not with
out an English smile at tho humor of
tho thing, supporting tho dignity of
offices with Impressive names lord
chief Justice, attorney general, speak
er of tho house, lord high admiral,
colonial secretary and so forth.
My friend tho secretary of the
treasury Is a man possessing In an un
common degree that raro and most at
tractive of human qualities, compan
lonnbleness. As we sit together In the
hush of his snuggery of an evening,
surrounded by guns, fishing lines and
old prints, there aro times when wo
scarcely exchange a dozen words be
tween dinner and bedtime, and yet
wo have all the time a keen and sat
isfying sense of companionship. It Is
John Saunders' gift. Companionship
seems quietly to ooze out of him,
without the need of words.
And occasionally wo have as third
In those evening conclaves a big, slow
smlllng, broad-faced young merchant
of tho same kidney. In he drops with
a nod and a smile, and takes his pluco
In the smoke cloud of our meditations,
radiating without the effort of speech
thnt good thing humanity; though
one must not forget the one subject
on which now and again tho good
Charlie Webster achieves eloquence
in spite of himself- tluck shooting.
John Saunders subject Is shark
fishing. Duck shooting and 'shark
fishing. It Is enough. Hero, for sen
sible men, is a sufficient basis for life
long friendship, and unwearying, In
exhaustible companionship.
It was In this peaco of John Saun
ders' snuggery one July evening In
1003, tho three of uS being duly met
and ensconced in our rcspectlvo arm
chairs, that we got onto tho subject
of burled treasure. It wns I who start
ed us 'off by ttsblng John what ho
knew about burled treasure.
At this John laughed his funny Utile
quiet laugh. "Hurled treasure!" he
said; "well, I havo Httlo doubt that
ie Inlands are full of It If ono only
knew 1 got nt It."
-it. I asked
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"Certainly. Why not? Weren't
these Islands for nearly three centu
rlos tho stamping ground of nil the
pirates of tho Spanish Main? Morgan
wns hero. Blackboard was here. Tho
very governors themselves wcro Httlo
better than pirates. This room wo aro
sitting In wns tho den of one of tho
biggest rogues of them all John Tin
ker tho governor when Bruco wns
here building Fort Montague at tho
cast end yonder; building It against
pirates, nnd Httlo clso but pirates at
tho Government house all the time. A
great old tlmo Tinker gave tho poor
fellow. You can rend all about It In
his 'Memoirs.' Nassau was tho ren
dezvous for nil the cutthroats of tho
Caribbean sen, Hero they enmo In
with their loot, their doubloons and
pieces of eight;" and John's eyes twin
kled with enjoyment of tho rich old
romantic words, as though they were
old port -
"Ilero they squandered much of It,
no doubt, but they couldn't squander It
nil. Some of them were thrifty knaves,
too, and these, looking around for
some place of safety, would naturally
think of tho bush. The niggers keep
their Httlo hoards there to this day."
"It Is their form of stocking," put In
Charlie Webster.
"Precisely. Well, as I wns saying,
those old fellows would bury their
hoards In some cave or other, and then
go off and get hnnged. Their ghosts
perhaps came back. But their money
Is still here, lots of It, you bot your
life."
"Do they ever make any finds?" I
asked.
"Nothing big that I know of. A Jug
full of old coins now and then. I
found ono a yenr or two ago In my
garden here burled down among the
roots of that old fig tree."
"Then," put In Charlie, "thoro was
that mysterious stranger over nt North
Cay. He's supposed to havo got away
with quite a pile."
"Tell me about him," said I.
"Well, there used to bo an old ec
centric chnracter In tho town here a
halfbreed by the name of Andrews.
John will remember him "
John nodded.
"Ho used to go nround all the tlmo
with a big umbrella, nnd muttering to
himself. Wo used to think him half
crazy. Gono so brooding over this
very subject of burled treasure. Bet
ter look out, young mnn I" smiling nt
mo. "He used to bo always grubbing
about In tho bush. Well, several years
ago there camo n visitor from Now
York, nnd he got thick with tho old
"Those
Old Fellows Would
Their Hoards."
fellow. They used to go about a lot
together, and were often off on so
called fishing trips for days on end.
Actunlly, It Is believed, they were
after something on North Cay. At all
events some months afterward, tho
New Yorker disappeared as ho" had
come and has not been hoard from
since. But since then they hnve found
a sort of brick vault over there which
has evidently been oxcavnted. I hnve
seen It myself. A sort of walled cham
ber. There, It's supposed the New
Yorker found something or other.
That's tho story for what It's worth."
As Chnrllo .finished John slapped his
knee.
"Tho very thing for you I" ho said;
"why have I nover thought of It be
fore?" "Whnt do you mean, John?" wo both
nsked.
"Why down nt tho office I've got the
very thing. A pity I hnven't got it
here. You mustcome In nnd see it
tomorrow."
"What on cnrlh Is It? Why do you
keep us guessing?"
"Why, It's nn old manuscript that
came Into my hands a short time ngo.
Charlie, you remember old Wicks old
Billy Wicks 'Wmker Wicks, they
calhvl him"
ohbs
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Being the Authentic Narrative of a
Treasure Discovered in the Bahama
Islands in the Year 1003. Now First
Given to the Public.
fago A Company.
"I should say I do. A wonderful old
vlllnln "
"But tho document, for heaven's
sake," I said. "Tho document first;
the story will keep."
"Well, they wcro pulling down
Wicks' own houso Just lately, and out
of tho rafters thero fell a roll of pa
pernow I'm coming to It n roll of
paper, purporting to bo tho account of
tho burying of a certain treasure, tell
ing tho place where It Is burled, and
giving directions for finding It "
Chnrllo and I exclaimed together;
and John continued, with tantalizing
deliberation:
"It's n statement purporting to bo
mndo by some fellow on his death
bed some fellow dying out In Texas
a quondam pirate, anxious to mnko
his peace at the end and to glvo his
friends tho benefit of his knowledge."
"Oh. John!" said I, "I shan't sleep
a wink tonight."
"I don't tnko much stock In It," said
John. "I'm inclined to think it's n
hoax. Someone trying to fool tho olrt
fellow. . . . But, boys, it's bed
time, anyhow. Como down to the
office In tho morning nnd we'll look
It over."
So our meeting broke up for the
tlmo being, nnd taking my candle I
went upstairs, to dream of caves over
flowing with goldpleccs, und John Tin
ker, fierce and mustachioed, standing
over mc a cutlass between Ids teeth
and a revolver In ench hand.
CHAPTER II.
Tho Narrative of Henry P. Tobias,
ex-Pirate, as Dictated on His Death
bed, In the Year of Our Lord 1859.
Tho good John had scarcely made
his leisurely, distinguished appearance
at his desk on tho morrow when I too
entered by one door nnd Charlie Web
ster by the other.
"Now for tho document," we both
exclaimed In n breath.
"Ilere It Is," he suld, taking up a
rather grimy-looking roll of foolscap
from In front of him, Which, ns he
pointed out, was evidently the worlt
of a person of very llttlo education,
nnd began to rend ,us follows :
County or Travas, State of Texas,
December 1859.
Feeling my end Is near, I mako tho fol
lowing Btntcmont of my own freo will and
without solicitation. In full cxcrclso of all
my faculties, nnd fcol that I am doing my
duty by bo doing.
I was born In tho city of Liverpool, Eng
land (on the Eth day of December 1TS4).
My father was u seaman and when I was
young I followed tho Bama occupation.
And It happened, that when, on a passage
from Spain to tho West Indies, our ship
was attacked by free-traders, as they
called themselves, but they were pirates.
Wo all did our best, but wore over
powered, and tho wholo crow, except
threo, wero killed. I wan ono of tho three
thoy did not kill. Thoy carried ub on
board their ship and kopt us until noxt
day wnon thoy asked us to Join them.
They tried to got us to Join them willing
ly, but wo would not, whon thoy became
enraged and loaded threo cannon ana
lashed each ono of us boforo tho mouttt
of each cannon and told us to talco our
cholco to Join them, as thoy would touch
tho guns and that damn quick. It Is uso
lcss to say wo accepted everything betoro
death, so wo camo one of tho pirates'
crew. Both of my companions wero killed
In less time than six months, but I wnH
with them for more than two years, In
which tlmo wo collected a vast quantity
of money from dlfferont ships wo captured
nnd wo burled a great amount In two
different lots. I helped to bury It with
my own hands. Tho location of which It
la my purposo to point out, so that It can
bo found without trouble in the Bahama
Islands. After I had boon with them for
more than two years, wo wero attacked
by a largo warship and our commander
told us to tight for our lives, as It would
bo death If wo were takon. But tho gunB
of our ship wero too small for tho war
ship, so our ship soon began to Blnlc,
whon tho man-of-war ran nlongMdo of our
vessels and tried to board us, but we.woro
sinking too fast, so slio hail to haul, off
again, when our vessel sank wiyi every
thing on board, and I oscaped by swim
ming under the stern of the ship, as ours
sank, without being seen, und holding on
to tho ship until dark, whon I swam to a
portion of tho wrecked vessel floating not
far away. And on that I floated. Tho
noxt morning tho ship was not seen. I
was picked up by a passing vessel tho
next day as a shipwrecked seaman.
Ana lot mo say here, I know that no
ono escaped nllvo from our vessel except
myself nnd those, that wore taken by tho
man-of-war. Ajid those wero all oxocutca
as pirates so I know that no other man
knows of this treasuro except mypclf nnd
it must be nnd Is where wo burled It until
today and unless you get It through this
statement It will remain there always and
do no ono nny good.
Thercforo, It Is your duty to traco It up
and got It for your own honcnt, ns well as
nthors, so delay not, but net as soon as
possible.
I will now describe tho places, mentions,
marks, etc., etc., so plainly that It can b
found, without any trouble.
The first Is a sum of ono million and a
half dollars (11,500,000)-
At this point John paused. We all
took n long breath, nnd Chnrllo Web
ster gnve a soft whlstlo nnd smacked
Ms lips.
"A million nnd n half dollars. Whnt
ho!"
Then I, happening to cast my eyo
through the open door, cnught sight
of n face gazing through the Ironwork
of tho outer office with n fixed and
glittering expression, a fnce anything
but prepossessing, the face of u halt
breed, deeply pockmnrked, with n
coarse hook nose nnd evil-looking eyes,
unnnturnlly close together. It wns
evident from his expression (hat ho
had not missed n word of the reudlng.
"There Is someone In tho outer of
fice," I said, und John roso and went
out.
E
"Good morning, Mr. Saunders," snld
nn unpleasantly soft and cringing
voice.
"Good morning," said John, some
whut grumpily, "what Is It you want?"
It wns some detail of account, which,
being dispatched, tho ninn shuttled off,
with evident reluctance, casting u
long, Inquisitive look nt us seated nt
tho desk, and John, taking up the man
uscript once more, resumed:
.... a sum of ono million and ono
half dollars burled nt a cay known as
Doad Mon's Shoos, near Nassau, In tho
Bahama Islands. About fifty feet (CO ft.)
south of this Dead Men's Slrocs Is a rock,
on which wo cut tho form of u compass.
And twonty foot (20 ft.) East from tho cay
Is nnothor rock on which wo cut a cross
(X). Under this rock it Is burled four feut
(4 ft) deep.
Tho other Is a sum of ono million dollars
($1,000,000). It is burlod on what war
known ns Short Shrift Island; on tho
highest point of this Short Shrift Island
is a largo cabbago wood stump and twonty
foot (20 ft.) south of that stump Is tho
treasuro, burled Ave fcot (5 ft.) deep and
can bo found without difficulty. Short
Shrift Island Is a placo whoro passing
vessels stop to got fresh wator. No great
distance from Nassau, so It can bo easily
found.
Tho first pod was taken from a Spanish
morchant and It is In Spanish silver
dollars.
Tho other on Short Shrift Island Is In
different kinds of money, taken from dif
ferent ships of different nations It Is all
good money.
Now frlonds, I havo told you all that Is
necessary for you to know to recover
these treasures and I lonvo It In your
hands and It Is my requost that whon
you read this, you will at once tako stops
to recover It, and when you get It, It Is
my wish that you use It In a way most
good to yoursolt and others. This Is all I
ask.
I am, truly your friend,
HENRY P. TOBTA8.
"Ilcnry P. Tobias?" snld Charllo
Webster. "Never heard of him. Did
you. John?"
"Never '."
And then thcro wns n stir in tho
outer office. Someone was asking for
"Who Is
That Fellow?"
Charlie.
I Asked
the secretary of tho treasury. So John
rose.
"I must get to work now, boys. Wo
can tnlk it over tonight." And then,
handing me tho manuscript: "Tako
it homo with you, if you like, and
look It over nt your leisure."
As Charllo Wbstcr and I pnsscd
out Into tho street I noticed tho fel
low of tho sinister pockmarked vlsago
standing near tho window of tho In
ner office. Tho window was open, nnd
nnyone standing outsldo could easily
hnve heard everything that passed
Inside. As tho fellow caught my eyo
ho smiled unpleasantly and slunk off
down tho street.
"Who Is that fellow?" I asked Char
He. "He's a queer-looking specimen."
"Yes! he's no good. Yet ho's moro
hnlf-wlttcd than bad, perhaps. Ills
face Is against him, poor devil."
And wo went our ways till tho eve
ning, I to post homo to tho further
study of the nurrntlve. There, seated
on tho plcosunt vernndn, I went ovor
It carefully, sentenco by sentence.
While I wns reading, someone called
me Indoors. I put down the manu
script on tho Httlo bamboo table ut
my bhlo and went in. When I re
turned n few moments afterward tho
manuscript was gono I
A million and a half dol
lars buried on Dead Man's
Shoes and a million on Short
Shrift island what ho!
(TO JUS CONTINUED.)
Wanted Masculine Touch.
Bobby was n Hinnll boy, but ho ob
jected vigorously to n llttlo waist that
hud n big collar and cuffs with a nar
row rufllo around tho edge. When
nsked tho reason ho said ho didn't
illku tho "girl" on It.
NEBRASKA
KAPPEfilMGS CONDENSED
TO A FEW LINES
Unmistakable evidence of the work
ing of nn Incendiary, whoso purposo
was to burn the wheat crop on the
W. II. Grnssmoyer farm, near ltlver
dalo, and destroy the threshing outfit
working there, was discovered by
Sheriff Funk. Boxes of matches wero
hidden In the bundles of grain which
wore to be threshed nnd matches wero
widely scattered over various parts
of the Held. Pieces of steel, old bars,
etc., were also hidden In the grain
bundles, evidently with the deliberate
intention of crippling the threshing
mnchlnery. Grnssmoyer gave tho prin
cipal ovldenco which resulted In tho
Interning of the German pastor, Krau
dells. O. W. Langlcy, Cortland farmer,
shot and killed justlco of tho Peace
Pfelffer, following n fight In which ho
wounded two deputy sheriffs. After
overpowering the officers Lnngley en
tered u sloro nnd shot tho unde
fended police olllclnl through tho
heart. Lnngley was recently arrested
by'stuto agents with 10T gallons of
home-made whisky In his possession.
He was taken to tho Beatrice Jail Tor
safe keeping.
A terrible tragedy occurred at a
railroad crossing, seven miles north
west of Beatrice, Sunday, August 17,
when an nutomobllu containing Mr.
nnd Mrs. Dan Ksch and tliolr seven
children, was struck by a fast passen
ger train. Four of tho children, Nora,
12pDnn, 5; Esther, 2; nnd George, ,1,
wcro killed, and tho other three, to
gether with tho father and mother,
wero Injured.
Promoters of tho referendum on tho
governor's code bill havo nppcnled to
tho supremo court from the decision
of thu Lancaster district court, which
ruled thnt n full nnd correct copy of
tho 4(KJ-pnge code bill should be nt
tnched to each sheet for petitioners'
signatures.
Word has reached Lincoln thnt Mar
shal Foch of Franco and Gen. John
J. Pershing, commander of tho Ameri
can forces In Europe during tho war,
will be present nt t,ho organization
nnd first convention of tho American
Legion to bo held In Minneapolis No
vember 10-12.
Letters circulated by stock salesman
In Nebraska, purporting to bo recom
mendations of tho stale bureau of se
curities urging the public to make
certain stock Investments nave been
branded 'us "fakes," In n statement
Issued by tho burcnu.
An epidemic of anthrax exists
among cattle In northern Cedar coun
ty, somo raisers having lost us high
ns twenty-live bend. A campnlgn lo
combat tho plngue has already been
started.
Itnllrotul crop officials placo Ne
braska's 1010 wheat crop at 131,000,000
bushels. This Is an Increase of
5,000,000 bushels nbovo government
nnd slnte figures.
Assessors' reports on grain nnd
grain valuation reaching the stuto
board nt Lincoln show Valley county
with 1)37,720 bushels of popcorn, val
ued ut $0,300,000.
J, L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency ox
pert, Is ut tho stuto houso at Lincoln,
helping tho now departments under
the code law got sturtod In nn effic
ient manner.
John Krause, for tho last fifty yonrs
known as tho potash king of Nebraska,
died at Alliance, following Injuries re
ceived from an explosion of gasoline.
Tho school board of Sidney has let
n contract for tho construction of n
new grade school. Tho building will
cost ?:$2,000.
Contract hns been awarded for tho
construction of tho McCook-Bnrtley
Federal Aid highway. The contract
calls for the expenditure of $05,000.
Buildings of tho Fremont Normal
school have been turned ovor to tho
Midland college, which was moved
from Atchison, Knn., to Fremont.
A movement Is on foot to build n
new short-cut hlghwny between Sid
ney und Bayard, Scottsbluff und Gor
ing via Ueddlugton.
A seat on the Omaha Grain Kx
chnngu sold tjio other day for $8,100,
tho highest price on record for a mem
bership on tho exchange.
A $15,000 water extension bond
proposition curried at n special elec
tion at Ord by n margin of barely ten
votes.
A number of Ord business men huvo
bought u Corliss Hying mnchlno that
carries a pilot and ono passenger.
Tho Yankee Girls at Glbhoii( havo
erected a largo arrow pointing' to a
beautiful park and Inviting automobile
tourists on tho Lincoln highway to
stop thero and camp.
In an effort to reduce tho cost of
living to Its members, the Lincoln
Central Labor Union lias decided to
establish u cooperative storo in tho
city.
Crop oxperts of tho Burlington es
timate that Nebraska corn production
will total 175,000,000 bushels. This is
virtually tho same as estimated by tho
State Board of Agriculture.
Firo of unknown origin destroyed
tho Klectrlc theater nt Plymouth. Thu
loss Is placed ut $7,000,
Tho goddess of liberty, molded llfo
size In puro butter, und preserved for
exhibit In a double glass-wullud rofrlg-
orator, will featuro tho dulry exhibit
ut tho Nebraska stuto fair, August 31
September 5, at Lincoln.
T. S. Allen, United States district
attorney for Nebraska, at Lincoln, bus
announced ho will call n federal
grand Jurv to Indict tboso guilty of
Nlolallug provisions of tho Hoover
food control act.
News thnt both hotisejt of congress
passed tho repeal 'hf tho daylight sav
ing lnw over tho president's second
veto was received with n grent deal
of satisfaction In virtually all sec
tions of Nebraska, When the clocks
go back to normal tlmo, the last Sun
day In October, the practice will be ft
thing of the past. Tho fight for tho
repeal of the measure hns been cen
tered In the tnlddlo west and to tho
churches nnd women's organizations
goes much credit for its dlscortlln
nnce. Judge Morning of the Lancaster
county district court hns Issued n writ
of mandamus to compel Secrctnry of
Stato Amsberry to accept and file tha
petitions calling for n referendum vota
on prohibition In the state. The secre
tary of state bnd refused to accept
and file tho petitions, claiming tha
question was a federal Issue. -According
to tho secretary of stnto tha
case will bo appealed to tho Nebraska
supremo court.
The selection of candidates for tho
constitutional convention to bo voted
upon at the November ! election wns
completed without tho necessity of a
prlmnry In all but twenty-soven dis
tricts. This means that In fifty dis
tricts thero will be no prlmnry and
tho candidates filed will be tho uiou
from whom the voters will chooso
their delegates ut tho regular electlou.
Tho state government hns launched
Its Investigation of profiteering, hoard
ing, wnsto and other Illegal causes of
tho high cost of living. Tho probo
started In Omnhii last week with Lvo
Stuhr, socrotary of tho state depart
ment of agriculture, nnd Attorney
General O. A. Davis In chnrge. Sim-
liar hearings will be held nt Lincoln
nnd other Nebraska cities.
Tho Tecumscb homo guard company
has bought nbronzo memorial tahtqt
for tho soldle'rs, sailors nnd marines
of Johnson county, ltatsod letters
will give tho names of nil the men of
tho county In tho world war, with
those who made the supremo sacri
fice duly prominent.
A complaint charging O. W. Lnng
ley of Cortland vicinity with first
degree murder hns been filed. Tho
complaint charges Langley with In
flicting two mortal wounds on tho per
son of Chris Pfelffer, whom ho shot
nnd instantly killed at Cortland.
Tho University of Nebraska with
drew from the Missouri Valley con
ference when tho governing board of
the conference, in session nt I0uii3
City, refused Nebraska permission to
piny n football gumo ut Omaha tills
fall.
Applications coming Into G. A. H. v
stnto headquarters at Lincoln ludlcnto
that moro than 1,200 persons will
Journey from Nebraska to the na
tional encampment ut Columbus, O.,
September 7 to 14.
. A "better babies" day Is to lo ono
of the now features at tho Nebraska
fair at Lincoln this fall, In which freo
modlnil advlco will bo given for all
children who enter tho bettor babies
contest.
After making all preparations for
voting on n $10,000 sower bond propo
sition tho city authorities of Ord dis
covered thoy wcro working under n
law vetoed by tho governor. Tho elec
tion wus called off.
Lutherans of Nebraska aro planning
a enmpnlgn to rnlso $500,000 to mako
further Improvements for Midland col
lege, which has recently moved from
Atchison, Kus., to Fremont.
An aero club has been organized at
Fremont, capitalized nt $10,000. Its
purposo Is to glvo tho city publicity
through tho medium of nlrplanes.
Mrs. W. T. Judy of Kcurney was
killed nnd her husbnnd badly hur
when a passenger train hit their auto
mobile nt n crossing near Kearney,
A total of 70,000 head of live stock
wero received at tho South Omaha
ninrkot, August 18, shattering all past
records for u single day's receipts.
Work Is expected to commencu soon
on (ho reconstruction of Seward's
brick works, which was nearly de
stroyed by lire n fow duys ugo.
General Pershing will visit members
of his family at Lincoln early In Oc
tober, according to word reaching tha
Nebraska capital;
Preparations aro to bo mado. nt""
Olbl)on before tho snow files for thu
laying of twenty-one blocks of paving
early next spring.
Tho school board of Ashlnnd has ad
vertised for bids on u new $123,(0
school house, which It plans to com
plete next year.
General Pershing hns been nsked to
attend tho Ak-Snr-Bcu festivities at
Omaha, September 21 to October 4.
Kearney lOlks nro to huvo u now
homo. Plans hnvo alreudy been
drawn for a building to cost $10,000.
Hog prices nro sliding' downward at
tho South Omalui market. Tho past
week saw a drop of more thnn $1 per
hundred.
Despite the fact that u great short
age of school teachers exists In Ne
braska, every ono of tho seventy-seven
schools in Flllmoro county hns a full
crow of Instructors for tho opening
next mouth.
Dr. II, F. Williams, chairman of tha
Stnto Board of Control, hns tendered
his resignation to Governor McKcl
vie to tnko effect us soon as his plnca
can bo filled.
Nebraska's potato crop for 101b Is
estimated ut 8,500,000 btishols, com
pared with 10,000,000 bushels last
year.
Tho government has sent word to
Federal District Attornoy Allen at
Lincoln to prosecute anyone found
making liquor containing moro than
one-lialf of ono per cent nlcoltol.
Therefore, those who have assembled
tho well-known malt, hops nnd yeast
to concoct basement beer of unau
thorized test, aro running tho chnnca
of Immediate urrest by government
oUlcluls.
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