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5 BHItr TELEGRAMS.
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Ex-Governor Darcclon of Lowtaton,
Me., although 90 years old, continue
to practice mcdlclno and makes long
journeys, ,
Tho plcasuro yacht Florotlora wat
struck by lightning off tho w;harf nl
rolnf Clear on Mobile bay, killing
throo'inon." r i '
Senor Corca, who has Just arrived
in London, tells tho Associated Presi
that ho will rotu toiSVasltington it
Uio autumn.
At St. Paul, Minn., Archbishop Ire
land received from Cardinal Qlbbom
In Homo thlo jmesBago: 'Th,o pop
is n man of tod."
Lord Harrington, who has just cclo
bratcd his C9th birthday, Is one of the
most fearless riders in England and a
flrst-rato sportsman.
There are moro wrecks In tho Bal
tic sea than in any other place In the
wbrld. Tho averago" is oriV wreck a
day throughout tho year.
Tho proposal to establish a public
park In or near Honolulu as a memo
rial to tho lato President McKlnlcj
will probably bo nbandoncd.
In Nuremberg, Germany, 800 work
men aro employed making lead sol
dlors and lead toys. They turn oul
about 100,000 lead soldiers a day.
A great gathering of royalty Is ex
pected at Darmstadt to attend the
coming wedding of Prlnco Andrew ol
Grccco and Princess Alice of Batten
burg.
Gcronimo and a dozen of his Apache
warriors havo joined tho Methodist
church at Fort Sill, I. T., having beoc
baptized in tho prcsenco of a large
crowd of Indians and writes.
Tho Booth liner BaBll, who arrived
from Para and Barbados, Is detained
at Quarantlno for disinfection. Foui
of tho crow died of yellow fever oc
tho voyago from Para to Barbados.
It is reported that tho sultan oi
Sulu, who has boon on a vlslt.to Sln
a poro for several months, Is bo in
fatuatod with tho now life there thai
ho is contemplating a permanent 8tay
A naval gun when fired sustains a
pressure of 15 to 17 tons to tho square
inch. It has previously stood o
chargo giving a forco of 20 tons tc
tho squaro inch at tho proving
grounds.
Georgo Van Horst, alias Van As
selt, alias Humboldt, nn cx-convict
confessed that ho held up and beat
tho Klondlko millionaire, Thomas S
I.lppy, in his homo at Seattle, Wash.
Sunday night.
Captain W. D. Chltty, who had ask
cd for a transfer to rejoin his regi
ment at Jefferson barracks, has with
drawn his request and will remain at
tho Stato university of Missouri as
commandant of cadets.
1 Tho text of tho telegram sont by
King Charles to President Roosevelt
is as follows: "I had this moment
tho plensuro of drinking your health
and tho prosperity, of tho American
navy on board the Brooklyn."
Acting Secretary Barling has sent
to Captain Hemphill, commander ol
tho Kearsarge, a letter of congratula
tions on tho recent successful run ol
tho Kearsargo from Portsmouth, Eng
land, to Frenchman's Bay, Me.
Tillml Pasha reports that a band ol
150 Bulgarians fired tho Turkish vil
lages of Dolllndjo and Ramna, in the
Monastlr district, destroyed a govern
ment building and tho telegraph of
flco in tho village of Korshovo.
According to reports from Ischl,
wliero Emperor Francis Joseph is
staying, tho election of Cardinal Sar
to will not change Austria's relations
with tho Vatican, nelthor will It ro
llevo tho existing uncomfortablo situ
ation in regard to tho emperor's visit
to Rome.
A new counterfeit $5 bill has been
discovered on tho Fourth National
bank of Boston, check letter A, se
ries of 1882, Tillman, register; Mor
gan, treasurer. This noto Is a pho
tographic production on ordinary bond
paper, bearing a few red Ink lines in
imitation of the silk fiber of tho gen
uine paper.
Tho Union Pacific reports that trav
el to tho coast on tho G. A. R. rate,
which went Into effect August 1,
grows heavier and that all tho trains
nro packed to tho limit. Tho rate
continues in effect until August 14,
when heavy travel will commence on
the oast-bound business.
The famous Lincoln car has finally
been disposed of by tho Union Pa
cific railroad at a private sale to par
ties who will exhibit It at the St.
LouIb exposition. This car was ex
hibited at tho Trans-Mlsslsslppl expo
sition by the Union Pacific.
A strong movement against the par
ticipation of Chile in the St. Louis ex
position has been Intimated. The
principal papers oppose official repre
sentation at the fair and the com
mission of deputies considering the
matter is also unfavorable to it
Oompl
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Labor Commissioner Buh will Issue a
crop report today Rivlntr. tho total ncro
acos of all crops rained In Nebraska, by
counties, the number of head of live
ntock; thef, acreages' of timber and of
vegetables. -Tho entire roport Is by coun
ties and has been compiled nfter careful
research on the part of Mr. IJush and
his assistant, Chief Clerk Don fcespnln.
Tha two men have personally Inspected
the growing- cropH and lmvo compllod
their acreage from tho reports of tho
preclhct ithti townsHlp'asseesors made to
the county clerics, as provided by Statute.
An' Important t eat uro, of tlfq-report Is tho
perochtaBeflf condition with 10) anpcr
fect. Advnrice sheet of tho report Jhao
been prepared for publication. In a resume
of tho conditions of tho principal cropu
the report nays:
'. ' WHEAT.
"Conditions early 4n the season wcro
such aft to fvnrrant 'thi expectation of
the crratest wheat crop In, tho history of
Nebraska,. Hall and wind havo -Vlslte'd
tho state so frequently ris to destroy these
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W.
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. ,.....,
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8-
Adams ......
Antelope ....
Banner
Btatno
lloono
Uox Duttc...
Boyd
Brown
Buffalo
Burt
Butler
Cass
Cedar
Chase
Cherry
Cheyenne ...
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson .....
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Dundy
Fillmore ....
Franklin ....
Frontier ....
Furnas
Gago ,
Carfleld
Gosper
Grunt ,
areeley
Hall
Hamilton ...
Harlan
Hiyes
Hitchcock ..
Holt
Hooker
Howard ,
Jefferson . .
Johnson
Kearney . . . ,
Keith
Keya Vnlia.,
Kimball
Knox
I-jinenster .
Lincoln .,...
Logan
Loup
Madison ....
McPhcrson .
Merrick
Nance .......
Nemaha
Nuckolls ....
Otoe
I'awneo
Perkins ....
Phelps
Pierce
Platte
Polk
Bed Willow..
Richardson .
llnck
Saline
Sarpy
Baundera ...
Scott's Bluff,
Seward . ....
Sheridan ...
Sherman
Bloux
Stanton .....
Thayer
Thomas .....
Thur3ton ...
Valley ,
Washington
Wayne ,
Webster ....
Wheeler ....
Tork ,
76,128
1,984
161
11
15,721
47
1,067
872
C6.857
1.147
14,665
2,355
63
0,006
1,649
9.536
G.S86
2,966
605
16,716
358
8,889
10,815
6,043
4,087
50,275
15,527
461
995
155
97,261
9,115
666
23,383
14
1.670
69,051
631
145
11,465
464
669
77,000
60,766
47,388
-81.988
628
9,271
83,311
23,812
14,897
4.176
1,422
1,349
16,382
7,727
1,668
2,371
22
3i
1C.Q63
4,317
67,359
110
632
700
43.790
2.594
8,390
34,233
2,380
148
' V.374
2,605
86,956
66,958
1.791
16,092
1,222
7.736
4,537
21.867
6,369
25
15
4,711
1,241
4,921
38.260
25,527
75,139
952
136
213
758
631
13,328
4.458
2P.5F6
0.421
360
1,4501
2.041
2,017
2,342
16.2!
7.484
16,304
26,467
48.584
6
320
4
37
896
34,21
16,036
3,927
1,430
12.588
9,479
' 84164
791
27.768
35,104
53.488
233
13,932
25,813
04
562
C0.600
35
955
662
720
20,915
953
49,594
386
16.218
358
854
13.729
8,218
954
1.415
46.277
10,761
226
11,739
2,706
1,063
46,916
1,444
81,393
10.652
8.718
18.845
19.369
27
1.044
20
Total I 1.939.7661 439.612
Saved by Presence of Mind.
TECUMSEH. Roy Pickering, who
lives in the northern part of this
county, camo very near being killed.
Ho was threshing for N. O. Blner and
was sitting on tho separator with his
feet close to tho fast revolving rod
which operates tho self-feeder. Tho
rod caught his pants legs and began
to pull him Into tho machine With
rare presence of mind Mr. Pickering
rolled over and caught hold of somo
timbers on the machine nnd held with
tenacious grip w.hllo his trousers,
shoes, and stockings wero stripped
from him and hurled through tho
cylinders and into the straw stack.
Prominent Citizen Dead.
WEEPING WATER. Georgo W
Adara.8 dropped dead while sitting In
tho shade here. Ho had been In poor
health for two years.
No Trace of Donncll.
YORK Every effort has been made
to ascertain the whereabouts ot Mr.
J. E. Donnell, a business man who
departed suddenly from York ten days
ngo. Mr. Donnell Is a member of
several societies, who havo appointed
committees to ascertain his where
abouts, but so far no word has been
received from him nor ani clew as
to his present place of residence. The
last tlmo he was seen was on Satur
day evening at Lihwood.
ete Report
On Nebraska Crops
prospects and have made appearances
very deceiving by Injuring the wheat In
such a way, as to prevent perfect nlllnc
of tho heads. Tho south central portion
has received the. greatest damage. In
this particular district Hartan county
seems to have fared worst;" It- having
sixty-six recflons almost totally de
stroyed. Throughout tho south central
portion the average yield has beep dp
creased frdm 10 to 16 bustiels per acre. '
"The north, central portion has excellent
prospects. Custer county especially will
yield an Immense crop of all grains to
gether with atfalfn. and hay.
"Tho standing of the southern part of
the state Is SO, vao central tM and the
.northern 91. Tltp nvernco cstlmatctl yield
of wheat by counties appcar'n In tho 'sum
mary by countlui.' v i
ESTIMATE p-F TOIJ3AT-
"After closov .Inspection nnd observation
by offlejajs of the department, supple
mented by c6nservatlve opinions of ex
perienced producers 'In nlf- Sections of tho
stato, tho department supplemented by
conservative opinions of experienced pro
O
'P
621
2.881
68,929
86,749
3.236
4,827
99,980
6,008
40.708
4,013
64.460
367
869
101
730
696
8.442
1,996
1.376
1,459
KG
48.976
806
826
927
449
771
2,354
365
46
10,626
300
84
1,783
14.845
1,965
14,349
27.836
8,352
119.601
88,924
32.652
1,183
2,473
970
629
1,305
92,658
125.028
63,562,
153,982
108,974
25,71
32,420
67,265
670
29
19,229
3,070
2,159
3.166
99,743
82.765
25,134
3.143
50,693
41,176
9.232
578
2.125
2.220
7,407
897
2,819
2,618
979
8,540
810
504
45
85
67
674
1,208
32
195
162
1,036
108.464
34,170
124
224.762
43,550
4,885
9,6
2,483
28,131
95.68
17,761
462
35.954
42.726
18,696
193
39.4V1
11.798
4.289
2.248
63.790
2.727
3,906
15
20,724
36,335
83,050
6,747
280
4,249
8,606
231
88,191
108.154
75.185
838
611
47
28.431
1.113
122.005
1,671
70,036
87.669
70.948
202.134
9,495
51,292
21,073
11,047
840
607
9,376
14
3,467
7.204
60,250
7S.864
104.616
71.302
39.932
408
487
1,604
0.159
417
7,853
649
1.2D4
8.666
3.115
5.901
23.880
87,183
170
13.187
6
32,407
81
10,835
559
205
1.317
74.747
20.134
531
29
123
162
533
061
45
9,121
44
2,986
2,513
49
2,810
57,805
119.799
18,816
20.058
72,68
79,803
63
i,i3
403
903
320
2,054
699
24.053
610
6,541
94
88.89
49.058
164.979
52,408
44,846
3.047
f.17
2.319
14.807
1,978
10.07
7,68'
r74
3,629
99,023
63,710
7,656
cr.,02
21.192
3,824
89.859
15.996
14.043
487
14
16
' 71
6
186
278
8.605
9,326
453
1,607
199
154
97
62
111
1
183
120
R73
273
2.637
5C
267
M49
718
142
72.671
106.331
14 191
44.986
19.748
155
14.991
143,580
91.208
792
7.601
S.431
7.663
12.9
75,714
79.10
49.536
122.453
72.804
67.782!
29,660
722
22.608
3.692
40.064
17.S27
66.655
2,103
16,701
1,382
958
1.331
65.7
99,938
14,236
119,452
54,394
176,422
3.214
459
S.819
69
1.025
6,648
2.2401
120,383
13.132
43658
721
15.749
941
10.294
67.4
1.003
2.962
1,987
110
109
2.264
80.167
86,700
30,156
114.719
2.506
1
56,167
15.943
2,853
1.057
S38
7.872
42
144
930
6.694
78,99
20.695
1.007
839
17.859
103,166!
40.003
.47.2H
13.301
6,161
41.533
1.871
1.717
81.17
12.693
123,899
6.964.04S
1.729
343.067
1.958.721
113.717
NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD.
Adjutant General Issues Orders for
Reorganization.
LINCOLN Adjutant General Cul
ver has Just Issued orders for reor
ganization of tho Nebraska National
Guard along tho lines laid down by
tho Dick bill and instructions given
in general orders of the regular army.
Tho reorganization will give the guard
sovCral new officers, chief among
them being two majors, one for each
battalion of tho regiment. Hereto
fore each regiment has had but two
majors, ono battalion being command
ed by tho lieutenant colonel. An elec
tion will bo called at once to supply
theso newly created offices.
Besides these tho governor and ad
jutant may appoint a regimental com
missary and quartermaster, each of
whom will rank as captains and re
ceive tho same pay. They will havo
chargo of tho subsistence and ord
nance stores.
Strange Robbery at Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND. While Miss
Emily Blunk and sister wero at church
and tho other members of the family
were away, someone entered their
residence and took from a pocketbook,
lying on a piano, $20 in bills, leaving
tho silver change in tho book. Noth
ing else was disturbed. Tho residence
1b In a well settled portion of the
community. A negro was seen by a
neighbor loitering about the place.
ducers fn nil sections of the state, the de
partment feels able to estimate the aver
ago yield of winter whi-nt In tho stato at
eighteen bushels per ncre and tho total
yield at S5.200.0do tuinhels.
"Tho nvcrage yield of spring wheat Is
estimated at twelve btishcls.pcr aero and
total yield of 5,450,000 bushels.
COItN.
"The general condition of the corn crop
over the Btnte Is far below normal, not
ranking over 78. With a frost at the nor
mal period, about the 16th of September,
thero should be 75 per cent of a corn
crop. This will bo Incrcnscd or dimin
ished according to the data of the frost
nud freeze following. Corn Is now look
ing much butter than a fortnight ago artd
the prospects for a crop are correspond
ingly brighter.
"Tho corn crop has made wonderful'
progress In view of tho handicap caused
by late seeding. rtls will seriously af
fect the yield in splto ot a late frost,
because when the corn begins to car It'
will not have had its growth nnd Instead
of all the vitality going to the ear, a largo
Acreages by Coun
ties of Alfalfa
and Millet if 03
Number of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Horses,
and Mules In Nebraska, July 1, 1903.
s
9
9
3
886
709
2,252
13,330
87.619
17,497
27,660
196
573
23,905
387
10.437
4,144
23,424
34,ti7
2G.843
24,145
29,347
2,741
L269
2,269;
459
981
6.005
7.620
109
342
2,45
1.991
24.428
22.0S4
13,666
472
2,538
358
422
15,126
2,667
2,370
2,719
16,562
32,685
25,195
24.706
1,799
1,329
709
1,240
1,307
311
603
23,781
38.702
18,069
83,736
1,693
2,974
1,696
374
1,880
4,828
1,459
979
16,987
21,893
37.434
78,956
12,824
22,961
34,726
41.027
25.315
20.8S1
24,260
41,915
42,61?
16,209
834
23.074
1,678
24,476
34,632
12,275
0,459
17.611
17.799
16.715
19,303
27.710
2,061
11,902
22
10.575
22,124
31,906
12,102
4.603
2.638
19,150
116
19,523
29,370
20.667
17,311
958
5,692
27
32.681
27.765
7.057
2,004
1.817
29,684
66
16,169
17.139
18,267
22.086
33,106
28,652
1,433
18.954
23,227
38,394
21.906
10,813
88.774
1.856
11 goo
T.716
34,930
1.015
24,914
4,474
12,877
276
19,818
81,967
530
8.566
20,516
29,463
29,652
20,570
6,884
29.107
776
1,135
3.449
10.508
7,339
229
2,640
22.907
2.304
1,939
J.bV
1.27
1.009
S.058
808
803
850
1,066
2.237
2.739
744
30.081
16.358
15,365
18.168
3.453
669
8,458
1,359
771
25,086
24,514
25,197
28,371
5,243
16,712
30,601
14,491
29,355
26,558
19,942
13.498
12.602
68.641
1.970
15.S61
3,094
727
S.146
232
' 096
2
2.073
772
212
233
1,598
574
1.670
12.780
1,227
10,134
1,148
609
7S4
1,184
1.698
1,316
662
2,331
125
8.898
1,734
23.565
2,358
2,209
1,500
24,952
16.643
20.686
1.35
4.740
437
1.051
1,991
25.026
275
2.800
26,013
21,523
963
683
226
S.943
37.200
35,816
40,487
7,872
1.634
30.644
30.000
36,233
23.673
8,629
22.698
30.714
24,466
16,679
24.388
23,427
34.109
1,997
1.446
44
242
972
2.11
1,359
131
140
3,349
4,6381
656
2,643
1,649
:,679
C42
906
' V.435
3,209
499
2,667
1,379
2,386
3,133
699
1,073
3,228
220
371
4.234
1.267
20.449
18.610
30.379
21.613
7,795
3,155
387
1,885
915
79S
7,217
1,350
1,665
2,696
541
733
606
445
1.687
1,171
891
20.435
8.645
33.582
17.635
26.388
60
763
1.911
2,407
221
1,941
36.089
23.040
37.256
27.193
1.799
4,630
1,478
130
1.422
2,699
1.930
3,325
1,585
428
356
24.959
46
2.478
8.524
23.233
10
6.338
2.093
422
2G.C80
30.429
9.38
28.021
971
12.742
27.900
4,29
238.401
137.245 2.161.773 1.482.264
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Deputy Auditor Anthcs placed tho
seal of his disapproval Upon a batch
of claims for wolf bounty.thlrty-threo
In all, and aggregating $300. Several
of the claims dated back for a scoro
of years.
Barry Gilbert, a prominent young at
torney of Cedar Rapids, has been ap
pointed by the board of regents of
phone, two lines having been com
pleted by tho Bell Telephone company,
which run northeast of Beatrice.
After ten years receivership tho af
fairs of tho Capital National bank
havo been brought to a close, and tho
final dividend will be paid. National
Bank Examiner Griffith, John D. Mac
Farland, Kent K. Hayden and J. W.
McDonald have in turn been success
ively receivers of tho wrecked bank.
Years of litigation have followed the
failure of the bank.
During an electrical sKrm at Oak
land the barn of R Sulir was struck
by lightning. The oolt set Are to the
structure, which was destroyed, to
gether with hay, oats, corn and a 40
set of harness. The horses wero re
moved.
Regent Forrell and Prof. Bur
nett of the Stato university, accom
panied by Land Commissioner McAl
lister of tho Union Pacific, were at
Sidney interviewing the citizens rela
tive to the establishment of a state
experimental farm near that city.
part will enter the stalk to complete Its
growth, which will Cause smaller-sized
corn than if conditions had been normal.
Tho condition cf tho southern counties Is
75, central couutlcB 84, northern counties
80.
OAT3.
"The oat crop Is an enigma so far ai
estimating Is concerned, because of tho
irregularity of tho stand and prospects.
Thero Is no uniformity of appearances.
Nevertheless there will be a normal yield
ot oats and the condition found by obser
vation over tho stato is 92. Tho central
and northern portions of tho stato will
yield better in oats than tlio southern.
The condition In the central portion Is 94,
In tho northern 92,"
A summary of tho acreages not given
In the county tabulation is as follows:
Sugar beets, 11,100 acres; timothy, 2SS,
C41 acres; sorghum cauo, 128,093 acres;
Irish potatoes, 69,102 acres; broom corn,
2,373 acres; clover, C4.C35 acres; bluo
grass,- 172, 8S1 acres; other tamo grass,
298,61Gvacres; timber, 311,216 acres.
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88
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88
91
92
90
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6,404
3.431
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4.825
3,620
10,979
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440
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76
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80
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9.679
9,466
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3,010
10,723
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2.691
8.653
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76
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88
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90
92
94
90
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93
91
93
90
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92
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94
92
88
88
87
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6.531
19
19
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1,379
470
6,709
19,679
3,432
4.164
25
12,918
21
24
24
79
74
769
J.472
9.891
8
4,955
58
446
1,257
7,121
20
7,900
10.895
19
22
22
20
611
234
964
31
2,851
8.787
6.552
8,522
9,670
12,838
1,110
21
20
285
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20
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4,610
1,968
3,942
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7.474
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82
86
7,312
10,148
6,195
3.755
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172
52
2.313
5.822
77
78
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4,129
10,037
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1,703
110
27.365
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7,496
6.20
7.602
2.523
4,688
2,269
7,849
2.041
4.265
7.773
2.772
1.269
92
92
88
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6,190
7,370
2.304
1.211
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144
6,390
6.457
6,195
7,544
11,633
7,138
2.321
7.69S
5.J00
8,678
6,695
6,667
9.726
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20
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90
90
89
90
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92
89
92
92
94
91
89
91
91
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276
886
20,317
18
75
20,276
335
1.484
2,335
19
75
78
79
80
78
76
78
20
22
23
26
20
17
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97
973
3,812
11.424
4.487
9,860
1,814
6,450
6.302
4.832
8.814
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80
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12.650
1,680
180
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1,617
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82
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6.636
7.642
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Spalding has voted bonds for a sys
tem of water works.
Mrs. Boydston, wlfo of W. T. Boyds
ton, a mall clerk running between Ord
and Grand Island, made an unsuccess
ful attempt at committing suicide at
their homo In Ord. After taking
strychnine she informed her husband
of the fact nnd medical asslstanco
was summoned immediately and after
several hours of treatment she was
considered out ef danger.
Tho contractors who aro to put
down tho now artesian well at Lynch
arrived the first of last week. All
the machinery has been put In place
and the drilling will be commenced at
once.
During an electrical storm at Oak
land tho barn of R. Suhr was struck
by lightning. The bolt set flro to the
structure, which" was destroyed, to
gether with hay, oats, corn and a $40
set of harness. The horses wero re
moved. Stato Engineer Dobson has received
a notice of the call for the National
Irrigation congress to bo held from
September 15 to 18 In Ogden, Utah.
Tho governor is asked to appoint
twenty state delegates to tho con
gress and will probably do so within
a few days.
A number of farmers residing in
Midland and Logan townships, Gage
county, can now be reached by tele
phone, two lines having been com
pleted by the Bell Telephone company,
which run northeast of Beatrice-
Competition is tho life of tradoanfc
the death of the non-advertlsor.
do votm CLtrrnES toon nnxowr
Ifso.usoRodCrossBallBluo. ItwtUmakf
them white as snow. 2 oz. pockago 0 cents.
Seeing isn't believing when a mao
can't believe his own eyes.
To tho housowifo who has not yet"
txretHB acquainted with tho new
things of everyday uao in tho market
and who is reasonably satisfied with
tho old, wo would suggest that a trial'
of Doflanco Cold Water Starch be
made at once. Not alotlto bocauso it
is guaranteed by tho manufacturers
to bo superior to any other brand,
but because each 10c package con
tains 1G ozs., whllo all tho 'other' kinds
contain but 12 ozs. It Is safe to say
that tho lady who onco uses Defiance
Starch will uso no other. Quality
6ud quantity must win.
Opposition Inflames the enthusiast,,
never converts him. Schiller.
The Astors at Court.
Wllllnm Waldorf Astor has never
recovered his Boclalfootlng in Lon
don sinco ho snubbed ono of King Ed
ward's friends by turning him out of
doors when ho camo to the Astor, res
idence without invitation, having
been brought there by ono of the
guests, with whom he had been din
ing. But tho royal cold shoulder does
not extend to tho expatriated Ameri
can's son, for young Waldorf Is quite
popular at court. He was even in
cluded among tho smnll number of
"personal friends of their majesties""
who wero invited to celebrate the for
tieth anniversary of the king's wed
ding. Eight Tall Brothers.
At a recent meeting of Benjamin;
Hamrlck's family in Webster Springs,
W. Va it developed that the aggregate
stature of Mr. Hamrlck and his eight
sons was sixty-two and one-half feet.
Tho father stands six feet five and'
one-halMnches and tho "sawed-off" oC
the family, a son named William, is
six feet one inch. The members of this:
remnrkablo family rango in weight
from 155 to 200 pounds.
She Dldnt Care.
Maplehlll, la., Aug. 10th. "I felt as
though I didn't caro whether I lived
or died, I was so mlserablo all tho
time." In theso words does MlssNelllo Bar
foot of this place describe her condi
tion. Every woman who is, or has
been sick and suffering will under
stand and appreciate just how Miss
Barfoot felt, and thero aro no doubt1
many thousands of similar cases.
It is truly an awful thing when ta.
woman gets bo low that sho can say
"I don't caro whether I live or die.""
But Miss Barfoot tells a different
story to-day, and her words should"
guide every suffering woman to the
path of health and happiness.
"I used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and E
am cured. I feel like a new person,,
and I would say to every woman suf
fering as I did, give Dodd's Kldney
Pllls a trial and you will not be disap
pointed. They aro worthy of the high
est praise."
Wise is the man who can recall a
previous engngorant when he re
ceives a disagreeable invitation.
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