1 IN OF ONE IDEA
By B. WINTHROP JONES.
Copyright, 1009, by American Press Asso
ciation. Ono morning about fifty years ago a
tall man with n black board, his head
lient in thought, uauntorod along the
bnnk of a creek in Pennsylvania. An
idea had got Into his brain, and he
could not get it out.
There have been many men similarly
Infected, but there have been few a
very few who hnvo worked out their
Idea successfully.
The man of onu Idea stopped beside
a trench ami watched people placing
umiiKeis on the water It contained,
then taking them up and wringing
them over tubs. This wns the early
method used In gathering petroleum.
The oil exuded from the soil and when
collected In the trenches, being lighter
than water, rose to the surface, from
which It was either absorbed by the
blankets or skimmed In dippers. The
process hud been borrowed from the
Indians, who used petroleum for lini
ment. The man watching the work had
seen It often before. Whence camo
this oil? A vision of a great oil lake
lying below the stratum of rock cov
ered by the soil from which the petro
Icuin exuded filled his mind. And why
did It come up through the soil? Hc
eause of pressure. There was not
room for the oil lake In Its rock prison,
and It was striving to get out.
Then came the thought, If be could
bore a hole In the rock the oil would
burst forth as water from a hydrant.
One morning iti the spring of 185"
the man of ono idea started from New
Ilaven, Conn., for the banks of Oil
creek, Pennsylvania, with a thousand
dollars In his pocket, furnished by
backers, to be used In drilling tht't
hole. With It he bought an engine
and hired an experienced driller. The
engine was long In coming, and the
driller, convinced that his employer
was a crank, finally refused to stand
by him. The summer wore away, the
money was expended, and the enthu
siast's backers, losing faith In him, de
clined to furnish more funds.
Those who were collecting oil In
blankets and skimming It from the
surface of water went on with their
work regardless of the man of one
Idea. The people living on Oil creek,
passing day after day his uncompleted
preparations, considered him a mono
maniac a man who wished to bore
down Into the earth to find a lake of
oil. What more absurd Idea bad ever
got Into the brain of man? The sto
ries of Munchausen were no more Im
probable The children in the streets
Jeered him. and their parents tapped
their foreheads as he passed.
The winter came on, and the man of
one Idea found himself facing poverty.
Ills funds both for the purposes of
working out his dream and for sup
porting his family were exhausted.
Ills children needed food and clothing,
but shopkeepers declined to give cred
it to one who was looking for a pe
troleum lake in the bowels of the
earth.
A year passed, during which not a
ray of hope came to the man of one
Idea. Then In the spring of 1&19 he
succeeded in Infecting two others
with his deluslou. and they provided
him with new capital with which to
continue his boring. Ho secured tlio
services of n practical salt driller and
his two sons, who possessed a com
plete outfit of tools to be used in the
work.
No sooner had they begun to drill
than through the porous soil water
poured Into their well, filling It with
mud and Interfering with their work.
The drill ceased to bore, but the brain
of the man of one Idea worked on. lie
mtist invent some method of preserv
ing his well. Various experiments ho
tried failed. Then, securing some cast
Iron piping, be drove It Into .the ground
that he might bore within It. That It
was of enst rather than wrought Iron
Indicates the man's pinched resources.
It would not stand the blows neces
sary to drive it into the soil. After
more delay better piping was secured
and a section driven In. It stood the
hammering, and. nnother section hav
ing been welded to It. this wns also
pounded down successfully. Thus some
Klxty feet of piping wns Introduced
and bedrock reached.
The obstacle having been removed,
the drill was set to work. The man
was Hearing the attainment or his
Idea. He drilled but two days when
the bit struck a crevice, and. being
withdrawn, It was found to bo smear
ed with oil. This was on Saturday
night, and operations wore suspended
to bo recommenced the following Mon
day. . , ,
The chief driller, who lived In a
Hhantv near the well, early Sunday
morning went on an errand to the der
rick house. There he saw a sight that
told the story of his employer's sue
ress The oil was bubbling over the
piping, running over the floor of the
derrick and thence Into the ground.
The first Idea that entered the mind
of the discoverer was that a fluid then
worth a dollar a gallon was running
to waste, navlng arranged for catch
ing the flow, he went and announced
hit discovery to the man of one idea.
And what did this oozing of oil
through an Iron pipe In-nrlml beneath
the rock mean? U mount that a new
nourco of wealth had been opened to
the peoplo of the earth destined to
nroduce thousands of millions of do)
ars to give light and heat to myriads
of p'eoplP. to manufactured into un
limited products.
This man of one Idea, who drilled
the first oil well In Pennsylvania, was
Edward T. Drake. A handsome tomb
!n wSdlnwn cemetery, In Tltusvlllc,
marks bla kwt tiMa-j l,lttC0
An Early Georgia Monster,
In the fore part of August, 1S12, a
party of hunters found In n mountain'
ous region now known as Itnbun coun
ty, Ga a being nearly eight feet high
covered with bluish hair nnd having u
human face adorned with Immense
cars resembling those of an ass. Tho
creature was stone deaf nnd on that
iccount scent") wholly unconscious of
tho approach of the men. This mon
ster seems, from all accounts, to have
been seen upon several occasions dur
ing the next four years. In 1S10 a
number of adventurers from Virginia,
most of them surveyors working tip
the unexplored portions of Georgia
and tho Carollnas, formed themselves
Into a party for tho express purpose
of capturing the unennny being If pos
sible. They scoured tho hills and val
leys for several days and at last re
turned unsuccessful to the starting
point.
The many talcs told of this extraor
dinary being seem to have created
iiulto a stir all along the Atlantic coast.
A printed circular Issued by a land
company In 1815 says, "The climate of
Georgia Is exceedingly mild, the soil
productive, and the dnnger of attack
from uncouth bensts which are repre
sented as being half beast and half
man are fairy tales not worthy of con
sideration." Exchange.
Made It Qui.. Clear.
The engineers of a party In the field
were contlnunlly annoyed by the curi
osity of the farmer folk In the country
round. Each and every day their prog
ress was blocked by some Inquiring
soul who would have liked to spend
the forenoon acquiring answers to
questions of why and whither and
how far and what for, relates the Now
York Sun. At last a serious faced
young man took an Interested bucolic
grnybnnrd one side and explained mnt
tcrs. "Now," said he. "I'm telling this to
you. nnd I don't want It to go any fur
ther. We have discovered that the
"urth Is a parabolic hexold. and tin
nlliintos and co-ordinates do not quite
"illy by n foot or perhaps by fourteen
mi lies. The place where the gap comes
Mas been located In that Held Just
iheiiil oi us. We don't want It men
tuned, but we are getting ready to
'lw up tin spot M ml make an Incision
lore beginning I he operation of Join
'i: the two."
The engineer finished their labors In
ponce nnd solitude.
The Shilling Bequest.
The wealthy auctioneer who reduced
the Inheritance of a daughter to an
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 . of 10 1 liivaue she had be-
nit a Socialist reminds one of the
II fashioned "cutting olT with a slill
llnv:." Why a shilling rather than noth
ing': ltlacksloiie explains. The Ito
limits used to set aside wills as de
ficient in mil imil duly 11 they disin
herited or totally passed by any child
of the testator. Itut the smallest leg
acy was incepted as evidence that the
testator had not lost his reason or his
iiieinor,. us the law otherwise as
sumed he had: hence the groundless
liellef In England that a father could
not disinherit his child without a
shilling, although the English law
knows no presumption of Insanity or
forgetfulness In such a case. Of Sheri
dan and his son Tom (and of other fa
thers and sonsi the story Is told: "Kit-thcr-I'll
cut you oil with a shilling.
Sou I'd rather have It now. dad." St.
.lames' Gazette.
Appealed to His Pride.
It was the most obstinate mule in
the lot and refused to enter the car of
a train held up at a little wayside sta
tion. Threats, cajolery and blows were
alike useless. The mule refused to
budge, and the slant of his ears told
those of the passengers who were fa
miliar with mule ear fall; that where
ho was lie Intended to stay. Then the
aged African who was trying to load
him in said in honeyed tones:
WhutTo' yo' behave dls way befo'
all dese strange people? Why. yo' fool
mule, doan' yo' know dat dese peoplo
will Jos' believe dat yo' neber done
trabeled befo' In all yo' life?"
The long ears lost their aggrcsslvu
slant, nnd the beast went sedately up
the Inclined plank with the air of a
man entering n drawing room car for
the first time and determined not to
betray the fact. Exchange.
To Lady Correspondents.
Our young lady correspondents will
confer a favor If they will write on
only one side of the paper. We mean,
of course, by this correspondence In
tended for the paper. As to the other,
not intended for publication, wo don't
care II' they write on all four sides
mill even across It. Syhauln (Ga.)
Telephone.
Probably on the Team.
"Such Ignorance Is Inexcusable:" ex
claimed Aunt Ilypatla. "My nephew
I'erclval has been going to college
nearly three years, and when 1 asked
him this morning whether he knew
anything nbont Homer he said: -Sure!
A homer Is a hit that's good for four
bases.' "-Chicago Tribune.
Out of Date Now.
"Tommy, you have written this sen
tence. 'The pen Is mightier than the
sword.' and it is Incorrect now
should It be changed?"
"Pen ought to be changed to type
writer. ma'nm."-Chlcago Tribune.
Willing to Try.
Harold-Couldn't you learn to lovo
me? Amelia-No. but I'll try awfully
hard. Papa has promised to send mo
abroad If my health breaks down from
overstudy, you Uiiow.-London Fcraps.
Men are the sport of circumstances
when the circumstance BNnn tins upurt
of mvu. ilJruo.
how
HE
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By EDGAR D. GARDNER.
Copyright, 1909, by American l'rcos Asso
ciation. J
Edward Suelson went from the farm
to college. Ured to an out of door life,
be distinguished himself there rather
Id athletic sports than In his studies.
Though not a large mun, he wns wiry,
and his muscles were like steel. Whnt
lie lacked in weight he made up in
pluck, and, as for quickness, he was
spry as n cat.
Snclson after being graduated stud-
led law and returned to his country
home to practice his profession. But .
his neighbors lived too peacefully to-1
gcthcr to afford him any cases, nnd he
went to a mining district in the llocky
mountains.
The young lawyer hung out his shin
gle and so long as no one required his
services lived lu pence. Ho was not
quarrelsome, nnd no one had any rea
son to quarrel with him. Occasionally
some one In sombrero hat. woolen shirt
and trousers stuffed In his boots would
rally him on his eastern ready made
clothes, but there was nothing In this
to warrant the shedding of blood.
Dut law cases were not plentiful in
the west, when suddenly one dny the
Empire Mining company employed him
In n case against one who had Jumped
a claim It owned.
Trnphagan, the defendant, had no
title whatever to the property. He
proposed to hold It by brute force. He
had killed half a dozen men simply
by shooting first. He would hide a
pistol In a pocket of Ids coat and
shoot without drawing tho weapon.
Ills method was well known and ter
rorized every ono who came In con
tact with him. As soon as Suelson
wns announced ns tho mining compa
ny's counsel Trnphagan staled public
ly In the Alhambra saloon that if tho
tenderfoot appeared In court to argue
the case ho would pay for his assur
ance with his life. Of course he In
tended the statement for the lawyer,
and the message went straight to
Snelson.
It was generally conceded that the
case would never come to trial. No
one thought that the quiet young ten
derfoot would pay the penalty of ar
guing a ease with his life, nor was
there any other lawyer In that region
who would stand in his place. Trap
hagan did not concern himself further
In the matter, not doubtiug that lie.
would be left, for the present at. least,
lu possession of the claim he had
Jumped. When the day and hour for
trial came around lie had forgotten
all about It. Notified that the case
had been called, bo hurried to the
courtroom.
The sight he saw there startled him.
The court was seated on a three leg
ged stool before a board resting on
two barrels, Tho Jury occupied a
dozen cracker boxes. A large number
of spectators were present, not for the
purpose of hearing the evidence, but
to see the fun. The most noticeable
feature of the spectacle was the ten
derfoot attorney standing before a
barrel turned on one end. the other be
ing covered with two long knives nnd
two revolvers of the heaviest caliber.
Snelson looked the defondnu!" In the
eye aud said:
"I have heard that you Intend to
kill me If 1 argue this ease. To kill
mo you must get your hand In your
pocket. The first motion you make In
that direction I'll fill you full of bul
lets nnd then go for your carcass with
these knives."
Snelson then presented undoubted
evidence of the title of the Empire
Mining company to the property In lit
igation. Trnphagan let the case go by
default, and the jury without leaving
their cracker boxes gave a verdict In
favor of the plaintiff.
Hut It was evident from the look on
Traphagan's face that tin case bad not
been settled between him aud the ten
derfoot. As soon as the verdict against
him had been recorded he said to flu
latter:
"I don't want to kill a gal. but I do
want to give you a thrashing. I'll al
low any gent hero to disarm me, and
we'll go out with nothhr but our fists
to find out which Is the best man."
"I have no quarrel with you." replied
Snelson, "but If you Insist upon It I'll
accommodate you."
Traphagan was relieved of his weapons-there
was one In each of his coat
pockets-and Snelson. Ion, tug his lay
out on the barrel head, went outside
with Ills antagonist. Odds ns high in
four to one were laid on Traphagan.
who was big and powerful. Snolson's
muscles, on which there was nothing
but skin, did not show under his loose
shirt sleeve, while Traphagan's frame
was gigantic. The big man could not
restrain his wrath, nnd no sooner vn
the fight on than he strode toward
Suelson for the purpose of annihilating
him. Hut when he struck Snelson wns
not there. Resides, before his iintngo
nlst could recover himself he received
a blow that put one eye out of the
combat. Then Traphngau brought bis
I'oiiderous fist down on the tender
tifs shoulder, but Suelson ducked so
as to escape most of tho weight of the
blow. His fist shot up against the
bad man's nose nnd drew a plentiful
supply of blood. Though only a few
minutes had elapsed, from this point
Traphagan. who was used to drlnklnu
n good deal of whisky, lost wind and
strength, and his finishing wns easy.
Snelson, who by this time seemed pos
eessed of n fury, hammered his tnan
till he lay unconscious Hk' a mass ol
gelatin.
Snelson was engaged as permanent.
counsel for the Empire Mining corn
pan at a salar of 10,000 a yVar.
WON
Household HtntleU.
Do not throw uwny old umbrellas,
lly removing the cloth coter and cut
ting It up lu strips you au make a
number of dainty neckties for your hus
band. The ribs properly twisted aud
woven together make a very good rat
trap, and the stick when carefully pol
llshed will do for a cane to present to
the clergyman at Christmas.
To keep freckles from showing get
a small paint pot, quart size, and fill
with a pink paint carefully matching
tho (one of your complexion and with
a camel's hnlr brush paint each freckle
out.
Young wives cannot be too often re
minded thnt they should always greet
their husbands with a smile. It Is
safe to say that there Is nothing In the
world that will more deeply Irritate
him than this, and It should therefore
not bo forgotten.
If your lamp wicks give out, a very
satisfactory substitute can be made of
Irish point lace or Valenciennes, enro
fully wound round the wick holder. A
knitted necktie will serve the Bntuo
puriwso, but Is apt to burn fitfully nud
give out a pungent odor. Harper's
Weekly.
Judges on Circuit.
It was the genius and foresight of
Henry I. that saw the necessity of cre
ating a close connection between the
central king's court nnd the local
courts up nnd down the land. It wns
Norman nnd wandering, going where
tho king went. They were Saxon nnd
stationary: hence to link them togeth
er In ll'JI a special deputation of
judges was for the first time sent on
circuit In the country, of whom It Is
recorded that they "hanged so many
thieves as never was before, being in
that little while altogether forty-four
men."
This vigorous administration of Jus
tice by royal authority gained for Hen
ry the title of "the lion of Justice" nnd
paved the way for the permanent Insti
tution In his grandson's reign. These
traveling Judges were culled Justices-In-cyre
I. o., In It lucre, on "Journey.
Their bend, the Justiciar. Is still seen
In our title the lord chief Justice.
Henry II. In 1173 fixed these circuits
at six the home, midland, eastern,
western, northeastern nnd northern,
which correspond roughly with those
that still exist. London Standard.
None of That For Them.
They had been married only n month,
nnd It was their first experience In
seeking country board. After riding
ten long tulles In n rattling farm cart
they arrived at the door of the farm
house. "And now, strangers," said the old
farmer after he had asked about a
score of questions. "I want to tell yeou
right now that down here with us yeou
be supposed to go to bed with the
chickens." The young man whispered
to his young wife, nnd then both climb
ed back on the farm cart.
"Hoy." said tho young mall. Ills lips
compressed with determination, "drive
us back to the station."
The freckled lad grinned and whip
ped up the horse.
"You tins didn't seem to like the
place?" he chuckled.
"No," said the young man. I'We have
often rend about crowded farmhouses,
but when It conies to shoving us off to
the henhouse that Is going a little too
strong. I guess we'll stuy in tho city."
Chicago News.
What He Could Do.
During the South African war thcro
was a young officer Just from Stand
hurst who was attached to General
French's staff The young fellow has
himself achieved some distinction slnco
then nnd shall be nnmeless. At that
time he was fresh and fidgety and was
always Imagining u constant menace
or attack by the Hoers, whom lie In
variably pronounced "Hores." This
pronunciation General French had In
vain tried to correct, and It gradually
got on his nerves. One day the young of
tlcercame to the general to report that
he believed he could make out through
his fleldglass quite as ninny as twenty
"Hores" bid In the rocks above bis
camp. "Hores. you say?" Inquired the
general. "Yes. sir. Hores. Can I do
anything, sir? "Yes. Don't add to
them." -
A Serious Question. '
"My dear Mr. Fallows.' said tliedoc
tor. "I will admit that I am not quite
decided as to whether or not yours Is
a constitutional disease."
"Hum! That so?" said the patient,
with u heavy sigh. "And have I got to
go to the expense of appealing to the
United Stales supreme court to find
out?" Philadelphia Ledger.
She Rather Liked It.
"I don't mind Jack's slang." said ono
of the girls. "He Is so clever In tho
use of It."
"How so?"
"Why. he sent uie three dozen pho
tos of famous beauties, with a card
on which the only words were. 'You're
another.' "
A Changed Girl.
"How Is It that Julia Is so jealous
nnd quarrelsome? She used to hnve
such n sweet disposition!"
"I know, but the past year bIio has
been singing in a church cholr."-Bnl-tlmoro
Americno.
He Filled the Bill.
Mr. SVoody-Musle Is n most fasci
nating study. Do you know I'd like to
sing awfully. Miss Blunt (who had
heard hlnil Oh. you do!-London Tit
Hits. Wise Man.
"I made a big hit with that woman,
all right." "What did you say to hr?"
"Nothing. I Just kept Mil uim1 Us-
tuni'd,"-CliIctrt;o Kewu.
NO ONE TO LOVE,
By FLORENCE ETHEL CROSBY.
ICopyrlKht, I'.iJ'J, by American Press Asso
ciation, We never know when we nre on tho
brink of u change for belter or for
worse. At forty I was llred of life. I
had built up a good practice In my
profession,' the law. and tho novelty
had worn off legal questions. I loved
no one. and no one loved me. I wns a
member of several clubs, but Ihey had
grown to be very dull places to me. As
for society, the old were too old nnd
the young too young for mo. In short,
I had exhausted the pleasures of youth
nnd had laid no foundation for those
of dgJ.
One night I wns traveling on n sleep
er. Lying In my brlh. I mused: To
morrow morning I shall arrive, go to
my rooms, bathe and then to the club
for breakfast. At 10 I shall reach the
office, to be pestered all day by clients
who are dissatisfied with Hie Inw's de
lay or the Injustice of Justice: on the
way to my rooms stop at the club for
the regular R o'clock cocktail; at 7
hunt for some one with whom to get
turnuch n dinner: evening forced In
order to pass the time to make a per
functory call; at 11 bring up at my
desolate quarters, And Ibis will be my
program dny In nnd day out. Oh, for n
new sensation!
"Here, darllnir. drink this."
The new sensation had come the mo
ment I asked for It. The voice was a
woman's, soft nnd sweet. In the dim
light I saw something extended to me.
It wns a cup. I took It. and In doing
so my flncors grazed a soft hand.
There was n spasmodic effort on the
part of the giver to withdraw the cup,
but I had got my grasp on It nnd re
fused to nnrt with It. When I had
quaffed the cnntetitH 1 extended It, but
there was no hand to take It. I put It
undnr my pillow and went to stoop to
the sound of an ungePs voice saying:
"Here, dnrllng. drink this."
In the morning I fished out the cup.
It was of silver, and on It were thu
letters "Hennle." After dressing I
looked about me for Its owuer and was
not long In finding both Hennle nnd
her mother. They occupied the next
section to mine. The mother's features
were as refined ns her voice. She was
about thirty and dressed In half
mourning.
Ilenveti forgive me for hoping that
her boy wns fatherless!
I tried to catch her eye. but never
did a woman before absolutely Ignore!
me. She appeared to be absorbed In
her boy and had no eyes for nny one
else, certainly not for me. As we
were entering the terminal stntlon 1.
stepped up to her. doffed my hat, ex'
tended the cup nnd said:
"Pardon me. madam. I think this
must be yours."
"Not at nil." was the decided reply.
One would hnve supposed from the
sharpness of her lone not at nil like
the endearing words of the night be-'
fore-thnt I had Insulted her. This
Irritation and the fact that she would
not look nt me convinced me thnt II
she was not the owner of the cup bet
bov was. A woman on meeting a
stranger to whom she linn said loving'
ly. "Here, darling, drink this." would
lint tint lly be rulllcd.
As I said
I In tin heelnnlnir we don't ,r'i. nruyiiur una urn regular aiiiniiuii
l in tut oi ginning. vi uou i lU0 ()f UHUl ,,, ,h.nMl.,j wuii as
know wha
t is in store ror us. ine
night before 1 had gone over whnt I
would do on the day of my nrrlvnl
I did nothing, ns I had supposed 1
would. 1 followed at a distance the
lady and her boy, saw them enter a
carriage, look another myself and told
the driver not to let the first out of his
sight. Half an hour Inter I made a
note of the street nnd number uf which
they alighted. Instead of going to the
ofllce that day I sat In the library of
the club reading. What I read was
"Here, darling, drink this." lu every
line on every page. One other tnattei
alone occupied my I noughts I win
planning how to Hud out all about
the lady and perhaps make her ac
quaintance. The "perhaps" refers tc
whether some one was living or dead.
When I learned that he wns dead I
said. "Thank"- nnd checked myself.
I wns not long lu making the widow's
acquaintance through the good olllces
of n mutual friend What luck that
she had refused to look at tne on the
cnr'. She met me with nn unembar
rassed smile. My smile broke out nil
over me at once, like measles If Nhe
only knew! Thank henven she doesn't
......
During my cnll she mentioned her lit
tlo boy. Rly fox thnt I wns. I pretend
cd to be surprised thnt she had n boy
I asked how old he was, his name
whether he had begun 'o go to school
Sho loved to tall: about him, so I kept
It up.
There was a courtship, of course
What else could be expected on my
part concerning one who hnd said iti
the nighttime of my loneliness. "Herd
darling, drink fills?" All the while 1
dreaded Hint she should discover thnt
1 was the man to whom she had said
It. Rut this was sheer senseless ter
ror, for I had confided In no one. 1
longed to restore Ronnie's onp. Indeed
I thought of giving him n gold one
but dared not lest the net might bo
tray me. I waited and hoped.
When I snw that the plum was ripe
1 plucked It. Itut not till the dny bo
fori, nnr ui'ililliif did I dure hrlnc
tnnit itr.Mi.ir..! ...... 'ciinii i m-mi iinr.il
forth llciniles cup I Hen I piodlicctl
It. looKTng soiiiewlini anxiously rot.
what was to accompany Its reception,
She threw her nruis n round my neck
laughing.
"Htupld. I know you thu mutmnit 1
j laid acy cyinf un jwil"
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Above All Others.
Our cigars do not sail up with tho
clouds, but in quality and purity of
tobacco nnd cleanliness they nre nbovo
all others of similar price. We hnvo
been making cigars for North Plntte
smokers for a quarter of a century,
incl men who smoked our cigars tho
first year wo made them in this city
are still our patrons. It strikes us
that this is a pretty good recommenda
tion for our cigars.
A R SCHMALZRIEn,
P. M. SORENSON
FOR
Furniture Repairing
AND CABINET WORK.
Also Woodturning.
WINDOW SCREENS
.... A Specialty.
Shop 107 East Fifth.
General Election Notice 1909.
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, the 2nd day of November, 1909, nt
tho voting places in the vnrious pro
ducts of Lincoln county. Nebraska,
there will bo held general election for
the purpose of electing tho following
incurs, to-wit:
STATU OFFICERS.
Threo Judges of the Supreme Court,
Two regents of the University,
COUNTY OFFICEUS.
Ono Coui ty Judgo,
Ono County Shuriff,
Ono County Coronor,
Ono County Treasurer,
Ono County Clerk.
Ono County Surveyor,
r.... r o T... i l n..l.ll-
,,c,,
0lu Commissioner, First
District,
PltECINCT OFFICElts.
Two Justices of tho Pence,
Two Constables.
One Precinct Assessor,
One Overseer for each Road District.
Which election will bo open at eight
o'clock in thcmornlng'nnd will continuo
open until six o'clock in thu afternoon
.if the sumo dav.
Dated North Piatt', Nebr., Scptem
itr 27, '09.
' r . K. ELI,
iott, County Cork.
1 1 1 It Oh' II KA HI NO ON PETITION DIS
PENHINO WITH IlKOULAU ADMINIS
TRATION. Statu of Nclirnskn, l
Lincoln Count,, fS!
In llio County Court. Oetober 4tli. 100(1.
McLuuWXwLXl 1,10 ,,sla,u of 5UryT
I un ruudli'n: unit mini: thu puiltlon uf Albert
ivldcd hy mcciIui.n iwoj. to Ka
tttuo of Cobbuva
ui inn ror tlin uar nm,
Oidureil. Tlmt Octolmr 211, 100(1, at 0
clock n. in., In nhsluiit'il for hearing said
cillliiii. when all ii'!MiiN Inlcri'HHil In said
niiilur may amxiur ul u county court to lo
. Id In and lor rulil county, und nIiow cauto
.liyiliu prnji-r ol ilui iniiltliiiivr sliould not
' Knuilrd, 'I'll let older to Ou imhlltdit'd tor
x siicci'sslvti Ihiui'H in thu North
i.u lu Tillmiiu iirlur lo Ooiolicr -."(I, ll'Wi.
-.1 W O. Ki.iimi. i oiu-.lv .ludtrn.
CONTEST NOTICE.
Hurlul No. 021)77
II. E. tl&m
Ilcimritm-niot Hid Interior.
Unllt'il hi utt's I. und Otllce
Noilli I'liiltc, MtiliruHUa,
Oetolwr i. UOO.
A Ntilllclcnt contcht allltluvli liuvliiu Iwen
mil in no-, oilli u hy UliidliiuN li .1. Iliur-
iwiT conii hiiiiit, uiiiiIiini, lioiiicHii-ad Kniry.
, .. -l.iiii, niiiili' Novi tnliiT lli, iHE). lor all of
-!on I, Tutwihli.li In, ItullKl'HO . ot till) Hill
r McMillan, hy AHoiixu Hiuiit Conlcbti-c, In
i.it!h It li ulli'Ki'il iliui Mini Alluiit.ii Stan r
lift III Vl'l I'hlllllllbllt'll lllh H'hlllL'IICU Oil Mill
mil; . Inil lin Inin ulmiHliiu.il t tit- hututi for
noiu iIiiiii mx iiioii'Iin Ium iiuHt. Thut lit lias
.oh il ui iniiiiovo hulil irnci In uny manner
un liHts liillnl iiiL-iililvutu aiiA iia't thereof,
.ild im riles urn licmliy noilllid lo upiu-ar,
-nt-tittil ami (iller nvldi ncc ioir'IiIiiu Mild al
uuilnii mm oVlocit u. in, on Noviuibur 15.
"ix. bi tiiio llni Uck'Nicr und Iti cclvur at 11 o
I'nluil MuluS Land otlluu In North I'latlu,
I'tiruHku.
Tliu Mild ciMiti'.Htunt liKvlnif, In a proper afll
iluvli, tlliil OcioIht 2 IliOti, hut tonli Inula
vlilcli hliiiw lliut. after duo Ulllk'i ncii persona
set vice of tills no! leu cannot hu niiule, It Is
i.eleny oiileleil anil (liru'lcd
Hiul Midi not
. ico bo Blvun Ui duo and proyer iiuullctttlon.
I .11 li tlMfl
.1 K. Evans,
Uiiilstur.
1)8-11
Burial No. (J1KW.
NOTICE I OU PUULHJATION.
Department ol tbu Interior,
U. S. Land Otllcu at North I'lattc. Nob.
t-Viit sc., iun
Notice In hereby itlven that William
llauslieirv. of (Jurlluld. Nub., who on Auirust
tilh, ll"J.i, made Homestead Entry No. 1H71I,
Serial
I No, IIIKW. for east half southeast
'nnnier "' lUloii 17, and iat Imlf iuirtliuat
,.i wir.i of tim hlxi ' nrlnclual muridlan, ban
did notlciiof liituiition iu iiiako iinal Hvo
uIkjvo (lescillH'd, Imfum tbu Itenlsttir and
Iteeelvur al North I'lattu, Nubranka, on tlio
tab day of November, 10W.
Claimant names as witnesses; .Ion an N.
Raster und Frank Hoy, of Oarllold, Nub. Uort
Kilmer and .lolin Hayes ot Kllruur. Nob.
h7-H
J F, K.V4M., Kcirlntor.
NOTICE TO DELINQUENTS.
No) leu Is hereby tilvtin that tint rental upon
i be lease coinruiMH to the lollowlnir described
holm I lands In Lincoln county, .Nebraska, as
set iipposlle Hu names of the holders thereof
Is dellnipienl mid If tbu amount which Ik
dun In not paid within sixty days from tho
lain of Mils nonce sain com rum w u nil uu-
(''ai'i'il forfeited by tbu lliiiird of Educational
im.iK and EuikN und t,uld forfelmru will bo
iiutciI of record in tno manner nroviuuu uy
law:
Deherlinlon Lessee
HK 8WU Sec. 3J T HI It 211 S, It, Cullender
NM hue. WIT II It 31 s. II. Cullundor
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