ML DEMON.
V5
BY CHAIiLES B. LEWIS.
Ob morning in the year 1863'ta the
EnffSeb brig Fair Hope was to the "east
ofwtf island of Ceylon, bound for the
BtniPof Malacca, a man who had been
eenlpfloft hailed the deck With the in
formation that a monster shark -was ly
ing alongside. The craft hadVigh bal
Warife; and the fish might not have been
jseei'bnt for the man going aloft, as he
did; This vaithtf first 'an then tic meet
ingwlth a shark Which afterward took
thejaame of the "Demon of the Sea."
Aboat eight feet back of the head was
a Irfmpthe Eize of a water pail, and this
excrescence was milk white in color.
It was no doubt the result of an injury
and was a markby which'fhe shark was
known for several years after.
It is the custom aboard of a merchant
veseel when- a shark appears alongside
ancrfbe woricVboard is not pressing to
givethe men a chance to destroy their
eneio'y. In this instance, owing to the
nnusnal size of the CeIi, the captain was
anxious to make a capture and carry
tbevtspecimen into Singapore. Hooks
were got out and baited, and for two
hours' they tried all sorts of tricks to in
duce the monster to take hold. He was
very. wary, however, and refused to bite.
There was tki old harpoon a board,. and
when it was seen that the fish could not
be captured alive the carpenter got out
-the irons and tried to harpoon him. In
the effort he fell overboard, and the
shark seized him and disappeared so
quk&ly that tfie dozen men who wit
nessed the' 'affair could scarcely believe
they xaw aright The incident was rc
cordea in the -.log and reference was
made to it in 'liioyd's .Register for the
firsts week in September of the year
named. So far as is known this sailor
frdm the Fair Hope was the first white
manvho fell a victim to the demon,
bu others' were to follow in quick suc
cession. Three days Jateriand 100 miles to the
south of Ceylon the American ship
James F. Bradwell,. tea laden, was
caught in a-calm which lasted for six
hours. Of a- sudden men who were
working in the rigging discovered the
big. shark alongside. He was at first
taken for a small whale, and great was
theramazementwhen it was known that
be belonged to the man eating species.
-As in the other case, it was determined
to capture him alive, and the men put
in three hours' work' seeking to tempt
him.with pork and Ibecf. The big fellow
simply refused to - take the hook, and
bisections were so sluggish that it was
at lasfc believed hojwas-almost dead.- A
boat was lowered in hopes that a noose,
might be slipped over his tail, and it
was while tho man with the rope was
trying to perform this feat that a trag
edy occurred. Ho Avair bending uver the
bows of the boat when he lost his: hold
and plunged into tho water. Withlight
ninglikV swiftness the shark turned and
seized him, dived under the keel of ihe
ship and was seen no more. Five men
were close at baud when tho sliark grab
bed the man, and they were unanimous
in declaring that tho Victim was bolted
dovn as if Jae "hafffUeen a five poand
pieoo of pork. That 'incident was also
recorded in the Jog, '.and; tlius made'
authentic,- but I do not think it was
ever pubiishied.! . I got it personally 15
years later from the captain of the
Bradwell.' .
The third appearance of the demon,
so far as tho record gecs, was about two
weeks later, and in the bay of Bengal",
many hundreds of miles distant An
English whaling ship' liamed the Two
Sisterff was lying off the Andaman is
lands at anchor whilo making some re
pairs aloft. At 10 o'clock in tho fore
noon, without the fin of a shark having
been :seen, the demon suddenly rose
alongside and lay waiting for his prey.
Everybody was astonished at his size,.
bufes the repairs were urgent the men
were not allowed to knock off to effect,
his capture. They did call to three fishermen,-however,
who were in a boat
near ai hand, and the natives responded.
The'febark played his old game and
appeared to be scarcely able to move,
and the idea of the men, was to noose
him and towhim'ashore. Ko sooner had
theyrounded the '.stern of the whaler
and taken-'a rope from one of the sailors
thattthe demon turned and made for
the boat. The native craft- was a frail
affair, used only for fishing on the reefs,
and the shark struck it head on and
stove a great hole in tho side. Ropes
were thrown to the men floundering in
the water, but; only one of them was
safely Bauled aboard the whaler. One
was seized and totted down, and a sec
ond, who4 nung to the ship's rudder,
was picked off a moment later. What
ever came handy was hurled overboard
to frighten the shark away from his sec
ond victim, but he could not be turned
aside. This incident was not logged, as
It did not concern the ship, but was
published at length in tho Bombay pa
pers later on.
For the next three months there is no
record of the shark's doings,' though he
might have Eecured many victims from
native craft and the incidents escape
publScnotice. Early in the year 1864
the bsxlcSpeedwell, bound from China
to her home port of Philadelphia, had
just cleariEjd Acbeeh head, at the en
trance to the strait of Malacca, when a
sudden squall carried away her main
and fore topmasts and-'several of her
sails. ThisAyas early in- ihe morning,
and whileHhe crew" were repairing
damages UMsSthe ship-proceeding.on her
voyage life, trig ishtak? came up astern
and tooltip a position on the port side
and wlyaboat 20 feetawayAHis length
was crefulyeasurcd bj-tbe "-officers
and recorded at 8 feet & inches- He
had beenthearar"df through the -papers,
and-the crew were warned to be careful
in theirrwork aloft J In hopes to drive
the monster away Captain Taylor
bOTghrouf atheavy shotgun and fired
charges of buckshot into him at short
'range. The leaden missiles must have
pesetrated to some extent, as the demon
gave a sudden dart and disappeared for
a time, but five minutes later he was
back in his old position. He was thus
fired upon and driven away three suc
cessive - times, but when he came back
the fourth time-he took np his position
'astern of the ship and swam so low in
-watec that the shot failed to reach
him:-
-He'huHg by tli6 ship from 7 o'clock
ia tk jornlBgto, 4 in the afternoon.
At tbXt hoHr the -repairs were about
anInti ffini tho . men wore laughing
md jokiag over the persistency of the
dmagu whn one of tbenvfeli from tie
yartTac they wete making sail Ha fcirn:
struck the water feel" first and was out
of 'sight a long Sninute. When he came
to' the surface, he shot "bis full length
out of water, and the men uttered a
cheer to' encourage him, and the life
preserver was cut away. The man had
just grasped it when the shark seized
him by the legs, and those who were
looking saw both man and the life pre
server disappear in the maw of the mon
ster. Later on fragments of the float
came to the surface, but nothing 'fur
ther was seen of the shark. The incident
wal logged and duly reported in New
York.
Hews of strange things at sea passes
abont in maritime circles with wonder
ful celerity. The various adventures
with the demon were soon known; far
and wide, and every craft sailing for
India or China kept a sharp lookout for
him. If he was seen between January
and April, 1864, there is no record of
it, but on the 15th day of the latter
month, when I left the port of St Luis,
in the island of Mauritius, bound for
Bombay, in the brig Charleston, the
monster appeared alongside before we
were 50 miles out of port. This was the
first time he had been .seen so far to the
south and was a distance of 3,000 miles
from the spot where he had snapped -up
his last man. The demon appeared to
us suddenly, as in all other cases. When
'sharks are around, their dorsal fins can
be seen cutting the water here and there,
and they seldom come near a moving
craft The first thing we knew the mon
ster was running with the ship, and so
close that one' could have touched him
with a ten foot pole. We measured his
length by the rail, and then a tapeline
gave us exactly 38 feet 3 inches. Tho
only weapons aboard were two navy re
volvers, and the captain took one and I
the other, and we fired 12 bullets fair
into the body of the fish. I am telling
you- the plain truth when I Bay that he
did not swerve an inch or seem to feel
the slightest pain. The bullets certainly
went into him, but when an ordinary
shark can have two' or thrde feet cut off
his tail and still continue' to swim about
unconcernedly there isn't , much hope of
pistol bullets ending his life.
Knowing that the presenco of the de
mon meant a horrible death to any man
who fell overboard, the word was passed
for every one to be very careful of him
self while aloft The shark picked us
up of a Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
We had a fair wind for the north, and
up to Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock he
had not secured a victim. No matter
whether the breeze was strong or weak,
whether it was daylight or darkness,
the demon kept his place alongside.
We tried him with 'baited hooks, we
stuffed an old suit of clothes and threw
the figure overboard, we put more" bul
lets into him and worked alL sorts of
schemes to drive him off, but it was not
to be done. If he sheered off at some
demonstration, it was to return aft after
a moment and take up his old position.
His presence was such a menace and
peril that all felt uncomfortable and
nervous, and by order of the captain
the men were kept out of the rigging
except when it became positively neces
sary to go aloft. "When Friday" came
and no accident had happened, we be
gan to take heart and hoped to see the
demon leave us. In all those days and
nights he had eaten nothing, and so easy
was it for him to keep pace withus that
one might watch for an hour and not
notice a movement of his tail. While
we were hoping that hunger and the
long swim had about exhausted him the
cook got upon tho rail on the opposite
side from the shark to draw a pail of
water. A sudden lurch of tho ship sent
him overboard. I happened to be watch
ing the shark at the same moment
With the quickness of thought he was
gou from under my eyes, and, passing
under tho brig, be seized the cook be
fore the latter had time to cry out and
before a man had advanced to the rail.
Four or five Eailors got there just in
time to see the victim disappear, and as
there was no tinge of blood on the wa
ter they could well declare that the
shark had swallowed him whole.
A month later, 300 miles to' the east
ward of Mauritius, the dempn arose
alongside the Scotch whaler Albatross
and followed her two days and gut a
man who fell from the bowsprit Three
months later, to the south of Madagas
car, he got a man from a Boston ship
called the White Wava During the
same year, when the English ship Cape
Horn was wrecked off Cape Town and
some of the crew tcok to a raft, the big
shark followed the raft for seven days
and nights and devoured nine different
men who fell or leaped into the sea. In
1865 the demon cruised in the route of
ships between Cape Town and Australia
and was seen a dozen times. In 1866 he
was back in the bay of Bengal. The last
seen of him was off the Lakadive islands
in the Arabian sea. He arose alongside
of an English gunboat 'one afternoon,
and, after taking bis measure, one of
the guns was loaded with shell and
trained to bear cu him. When the smoke
cleared away, the shark could no longer
be seen, and as he was never met with
afterward by any craft which made a
record of the circumstance it may be
safely argued that he was put out of the
way for good and all.
Variable Heights.
"How tall be you, Henry?"
'"Bout six 'foot, I guess, with my
fcoots off. How tall bo you?"
"'Bout six foot when my hair's cut"
Harper's Bazar.
Meanness Personified
"Man Sandy," said a Perthshire
farmer, "Jock Macpherson's an awfu'
mean chap."
"Hoots, toots, manl" said his friend.
"Ye're haverinl Hoo d'ye mak' that
oot?"
"Weel, I'm jist sayin he's mean
beastly mean. It's like this: I was rap
at his hoose the ither nicht, and ha
said, 'Peter, will ye hae a hauf o
whusky? and I saidj 'Aye, of coorsol'
Weel, he got his bottle oot and begaa
to pour me oot a glass, and, thinkia, to
be sort o' polite, ye ken, I said, 'Stop,
stop 1' And he stopped 1M London Tele
graph. A Cennterstroke.
"We're ruined," exclaimed the ed
itor, "utterly ruined 1"
"Why, what's the matternow?"
"We advertised sheet musio as a
premium to subscribers, didn't we?"
"We did"
"Well, our miserable contemporary
over the way is giving away- pianos to
play it on.'JAtlanta Constitution.
The Coliseum at Rome was built by
Vespasian to accommodate 100,000 spec
tators. It covers five and one-half acres
and was 120 feet high.
UPWARD.
Drayr the lines a little tighter,
Spirit-mine 1
Make the life a-little brighter,
Spirit mine I
For the truth's sake be a fighter, -Show
the world life may be whiter,
Parer,' stronger, dearer,' lighter;;
.More, divinel
If one wills, life may be higher,
Spirit mine!
If one. loves, God trill he higher, ,
Spirit mine!
His affection does not tire.
Let us then his truth desire,
Seekinjrit past water, fire, .
Gold hsd v.iuc!
John O. Coit in "Great Thoughts.
ON THE CARDS.
'Can you tell fortunes?" she asked,'
leaning her elbows on the table and
shufHing the cards.
"Some people's; Shall I try" your
mother's?" Her mother was-dozing in
the armchair by the fire. .
"Oh, don't be silly 1 Mum's fortune is
told."
"Poor mammal"
"Well, you know what I mean all
that's worth telling. She Refused the
fair man and married the dark one;
wasn't very rich and wasn't very poor
quite poor enough!" She shrugged
her shoulders and made a dainty gri-mace-alas,
unnamable. "Had two tire
some boys and one very nice girl voila
moi!"
"Who was an incorrigible little flirt
tind tease," I suggested bitterly.
"Fortunes don'' t go into such details
about secondary persons, even if they
happened to be true, which they
'aren't"
"Oh, yes, they do."
"Since you know so much about it,
you can tell mine." She scattered the
cards toward me with a crash. "It's all
right, mum; I'm only throwing thg
cards at Cousin Harry." Her mother
gave a sleepy smile 'and returned to her
slumbers.
"You mustn't blame me if the cards
are unfavorable."
"I shall know you've made it up if
they are."
"I wouldn't dream of jesting upon
such a subject, " I assured her. "For
tune telling follows certain essential
principles, which are immutable and"
"Should be practiced, not preached.
Goon."
"To start with, then, you are the
queen of hearta"
"Why?"
"Because the queen of hearts repre
cents feminine beauty and obarm."
"Oh!" She leaned back and laughed.
"If you are only going to flatter me, It
won't listen."
"I merely state a fact You are the
queen of hearts."
"No, I'm not I'm spades or clubs,
because I'm dark. "
"Excuse me, it is not a matter mere
ly of complexion, but of general appear
ance. Spades represent plain people,
diamonds passable people, olubs nice
looking people and hearts very nice
looking people. Therefore you are the
queen of hearts."
1 "Lots of people wouldn't consider me
good looking at all." Her tone invited
contradiction.
"Very likely not" She flashed an
indignant glance at me. "But the for
tune teller is the sole judge on these oc
casions." "I'm glad tho fortune teller is so ap
preciative. Of course I know you're
only pretending. " She looked at me for
denial, but I busied myself with the
cards. "Go on!' she cried.
"First I shuffle the cards so. Then
I cut them so. Nov? I place my hand
on them so. You place your hand on
top of mine. " She did. "Now I place
my other hand on top of yours so
and you put your other hand on top of
mine."
"I never heard of this before," said
she doubtfully. Neither did I, but it
had occurred to me as an improvement.
"Now you must sit quite still and
silent for a full minute."
"I know I shall laugh."
"Then the fortune will be spoiled.'
"I don't believe it's necessary."
"Yes, it is to place tho teller and
tho tellee en rapport.
"But we aren't, you know. We al
ways quarrel at least you do."
"Couldn't we be just for a minute,
Milly?" I didn't mean to speak serious
ly, but I did.
She nodded gravely, and I sat'looking
at and watching tho pink color steal
over her pretty face. I think it must
have been two minutes that we sat like
that, during which I forgave all her lit
tle wickednesses.
"There!" said I reluctantly. "Now
for the fortune. Cut the cards, Milly.
The f ortuno must be your own making. ' '
"You have made me feel quite seri-,
ous," said she, with a nervous little
laugh.
"It is going to be a serious fortune."
I meant it to be.
"Then then won't you cut, too,
Harry? To represent other people? I
don't like all the responsibility. Please!"
Bo I cut too. It didn't matter, you see,
because I looked at the cards before I
put them down in the shape of an
opened fan round the queen of hearts.
Of course I don't know anything about
fortune telling really.
"The disposition of the cards," I said
gravely, "indicates many possibilities
of happiness and good fortune, if you
tako your opportunities, but much is
left to your pwn decision."
"What a nuisance! Don't they say
how I shall decide?" I shook my head.
"The hearta near the queen show that
you are and will be much liked and ad
mired' "I believe you're making it pp."
"The three kings next to her indicate
three admirers perhaps lovers."
"Whoever can they be?"
' "The king of clubs, with the other
clubs close by, I take to be a soldier
good looking, dashing, and, from the
diamonds in the same line, not badly
off. The hearts at tile end of the line
denote that you have given him some
encouragement"
"I'm sure I haven't," said she with
Koe warmths Of course she knew I
meant Captain Richards. "The cards
are wrong."
"Perhaps they mean, thatyom will do
bo, "I suggested inquiringly, but she
twisted up her handkerchief and made
mo answer.
"The, king of diamonds, with spades
following, means an elderly suitor who
has prospered in trade. He is shown by
ihe diamonds, ending with the knave,
to have made a fortune and retired,
handing over the business to his son.,?
I meant old Parsley. 1
' I call it y ery-unkind of you, Harry. ' ?
Her lip dropped a little.tand I hastened
to apologize.
"It isn't my doing. It's thu cards'."
"Well, you 4no.w it isn't true. It's
only" she looked over her shonlder to
see that her mother" was stiH asleep
"mamma's silliness. Why, he's as old
as dad, and I wouldn't You know I
wouldn't."
"The cards leave it to you, Milly."
"Don't you believe me?". She looked
quite hurt .
''Of course if you say so." I patted
her hand, which waslying on the table,
bul she drew it Eharply. away and rub
bed the touch off with her handkerchief.
"Well, sthe kingbf hearts what
does he mean I17- 4
I considered a moment. "The king of
hearts," I pronounced slowly, rmeahs a
handsome, young fellow who paid you a
great deal of attention Syhen you were
staying with' the queen of clubs, a dark
relative probably your aunt."
"I won't listen to another word!" she
cried indignantly. "It's a nasty, horrid
fortune, and quite untrue. There?"
"Very V7ell. " I made as it I would
sweep the cards together.
"Don't be disagreeable." She looked
at me reproachfully, with one of her
kaleidoscopio changes. "I want to hear
it my proper fortune not nonsense,"
"Well, isn't this true?"- . '
"No, it isn't"
"Didn't he pay you a lot of atten
tion?" "Young Jephson?"
"Yes." He was tho rival I really
feared.
"Nothing special."
"So many pay you attention that you
think nothing of it."
"You silly fellow !" said she,1 scorn
fully. "Why, he's almost engaged to
Cousin Annie." I felt as though a
weight was taken off me.
"Why," I said,-"how stupid of me!
She must be the dark lady, I suppose. I
ought to have connected him with her
instead of with you."
"I don't believe you understand the
fortune business a "bit."
"It's very difficult," I apologized.
"But you see tho cards are all right,
when you read them properly."
"What else do they say?"
"Tho next point is money. The seven
of diamonds, next to the knavo of clubs
probably your uncle indicates a leg
acy, and"
"No; no!" she interrupted. " "Tdon'fc
want to know about money."
"Well, the dnraiion of life is shown,
by"
"That doesn't matter," said she
quickly, shrugging her shoulders.
"Then I hardly know what else there
is to tell." I looked at her doubtfully.
There was one thing only'that I wanted
to tell her; "What do you want to
know, Milly?"
"She pnt her elbow on the table and
rested her head on her hand. Then she
laughed uneasily, and I held my breath
for a moment
"Isn't there I mean did you finish
with the the admirers, as you call
them?"
"There is another," I told her, "but
he is hardly worth mentioning."
" Why not?- Because ho doesn't care
for doesn't admire o? whatever you
call it much?"-
"Oh, no! But he's poor, you see. Be
ing only the king of spades, he has to
work for his living, so he admires at a
distance. There are' two cards between
him and her, you see."
"But," said aho very gently, "they
are hearts."
"Yes," said I, "they aro hearts.- Be
ing two, they show that he is distantly
related." We aro second cousins really.
"They indicate that ho is very fond of
her, but leave it doubtful if she is more'
than slightly attached to him." Hooked
appealingly to her, but her eyes wero
cast down.
"How do you mako that out?" she
asked at length. .
"The card next to her is the two, but
that by him is tho ten, which means
great affection."
"What does tho rest of the lino
mean?"
"Tho nino of spades, on the other
side of the king, shows that he has a
great. deal more work to do. before he
can be ill a position to ask the knave of
hearts' her father for her baud.
Meanwhile the eight of spades and the
nee of clubs show that he must toil at
some risk in a land across the sea."
She clasped her hands suddenly and
looked up.
"Oh, no, no!" she cried.
"Yes," I said quietly and sadly.
"Where?" Her dainty mouth was
quivering.
"The cards do not say. But it is tho
Cape, I believe, where a rolp.tive has
D5ered him a good berth."
We looked at the cards in dismal si
Ienctf for awhile. Then sho emiled at
me ever so brightly..
"There is tho ace of hearts at tho end
of tho line, Harry," sho whispered.
"What does that mean?"
I t ik the hand near me gently in
tuino. 'I think, Milly," I said earnest
ly, "it must be iny heart becanse it is
over by you. Will you have it, dear?"
She looked dojwnior a moment, then
pushed it gently toward me. "I think,"
die said, "it must be my heart which
is going over the sea with you "Black
and White.
Paralyzed the Geese.
During the war we were not permit
ted to carry guns, but the boys used to
hide their weapons and slip out unob
served and indulge in a few hours'
hunting. I saw a young fellow start out
one day and'when he returned, not more
than two hours later, he had 21 wild
geese. I -recollect one instance during
thatjperiod when we were not allowed
to carry guns when tho geese became so
numerous and bold as to make it al
most impossible for us to raise a crop. I
had a field of , wheat, which they were
picking up before the grains had time
to germinate I tookan ounce of strych
nine, dissolved it in acidulated water,
soaked corn in it and scattered the corn
over the wheatfield. The next morning
I gathered up a wagon load of dead and
paralyzed wild geese, some 40 or 50 of
them, in tho wheatfield. Eight or ten
of them recovered and became domesti
cated. Kansas City Times.
TbTe Reaaoa.
Ethel Isn't it strange that Flossie'
attracts such intellectual men?
Maud Ob, no! -She told me she air
ways planned her owns when they talk
to her, and tbaVgives her face that in
terested exprefsioa. Harper's Bazar.
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Land Office nt North Platte, Neb., )
January 22d, 1898. J
Notice Is hereby Riven that the following-named
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Lock, of North Platte, Neb., and Thomas M. Lee,
and Joseph M. Dnrbln, of Wellfleet, Neb.
J25-9 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
Docket 251. No,Q.
MASTER'S SALE.
In the Circuit Court of the United Statesfor the
District of Nebraska.
Kxene JFtve Cents Pavings Bank"
Complainant, j
vs. yln Chancery
John C. Hupfe , et al, j
Defendants, j
FOBECLOSCBE OF MOBTOAGE.
Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance
and by virtue of a decree entered in the above
cause on the 23d day of May, 1893, E, S. E. Duuily,
Jr., Master In Chancery of the Circuit Court of
the United States for the Distriet of Nebraska, will
on the 14th day of March, 1S93, at the hour of 5
o'clock in the afternoon of said day at tho front
door of the Lincoln County Court Ilouje building
in the City of North Platte, Lincoln County, State
and District nf Nebraska, sell at auction for, cash
the following described property, situated in the
County of Lincoln, and State of Nebraska, to-witr
The south half (s !i) of section thirty-three (33).
in township fifteen (15) north, and the north half
(a V) of section five, (5), township fourteen (14)
north, all in range thirty-one (31) except twenty
five acres in a square form in the onth-east cor
ner thereof), west of the Sixth Principal Meridian
containing 615 acres, more or less, according to
Government Survey.
E. S. DUNDY, Jb.
D, M. "Vinsonhaleb, Master In Chancery.
Solicitor for Complainant.
ORDER OF HEARING ON ORIGINAL PROBATE
OF WILL,
State ofNebbasea.
8S.
Lincoln County
At a County Court,' held at the County Court
Room, in and for said County, February 14, A.
D. 1898.
Present, A. S. Baldwin, County Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of Nelson F, Donald
son, Deceased
On reading and filing an instrument in Said
Court, purporting to be the last Will and Testi
ment of Nelson F. Donaldson, deceased, in which
Lizzie L. Donaldson Is. named as Executrix "it is
ORDERED, That March 12th, A. D.1893, at one
o'clock P. M., is assigned for hearing said peti
tion, when all persons interested in said matter
may appear at a County Court to be held in and
for said County, and show cause why said instru
ment should not be admitted lo probate and the
said Lizzie L. Donaldson be granted Letters testa
mentary therein and that notice of the pendency
of said matters and the hearing thereof, be given
to all persons interested therein by publishing s
copy of this order in The Thibune a Semi-Weekly
newspaper printed in said County, for three suc
cessive weeks, prior to said day of hearing.
A true copy. A . S. Baijjwin,
f 18:3 County Judge.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at North Platte, Neb., ?
February 19th, 1898. J
Notice is hereby given that the following-named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Register and Receiver'
at North Platte, Neb., on 'March 23th, 1898, viz:
LORENZO D. GEORGE,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16094, for the
lots 1 and 2, section 2, township 14 north, range 31
west, 6th P. M.
He names ihe following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz , Loren Sturgee, Hans J.Hansen, William
8iebo!d and Louis Peterson, all of North Platte,
Nebraska.
f21-6 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
In the matter of the Estate of George W. Diliard,
Deceased.
It appearing by the petition of James M. Ray.
Administrator of said Estate, filed this 21st day of
February, 1868, that there is not sufficient per
sonal property in the hands of said Administrator
to pay the claims and charges allowed against
said Estate, and that It is necessary to sell the
realty of said Estate, to-wlt: Lot 5, la block 158.
and lot 5, in block 149, all in North Platte, Lincoln
county, Nebraska, it is ordered that all persons In-
leresiea in saia tsiato appear oeioro me at my of
fice in North Platte. Nebraska on the 7th dav nf
April, 1893. at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said
day, to show cause why a licence should Snot
be granted said Administrator to sell so jaaefa of
said realty as shall be necessary to pay the efearge
against said Estate. Notice thereof will be given
by publication for fonr successive weeks prior to
said day of hearing in the Tribtjnx, a legal news-,
paper published In our said county. .
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