kbmobbwsn """ - y i - THE NEBRASKA JJERTI8E11 W. W. SANDERS. Publisher. NEMAHA CITY, NEBRASKA. THE WOULD AT LARGE. Summary of tho Dally Nows. WASHINGTON NOTKS. Rkp!:bi:ntativi: Stackiiousk, of (smith Ciirolinn, died vary suddenly at Washington. His romultm wore taken to Little lloclt, S. C, for interment 'I'licy wero accompanied by committees from the senate and house. UitiMti'.fli'.NTATiVK I'l'.Ki,, of Arkansas, clutlrmiui of tho committed on Indian nll'alrs, speaking of his bill for opening tho Cherokee strip, said: "So far as one ran seo now thcru will bo llttlo opposi tion to tho bill in either senate or house. It is on tho calendar but will not bo brought up this session. Next t-csslon I expect it to go through and as a result the lands ought to bo opon by March lfi, next year." Mji. V). V. Lacisv, comptroller of tho currency, has resigned. It is reported that General Lund Com missioner Carter will be made chairman of the republican national committee. Hkimikhkntativh JFoi.max, of Indiana, and Mrs. Ilolmun celebrated in an in formal way the other evening tho fifti eth anniversary of their marriage. Tliero was a largo number of callers who warmly congratulated tho couple. The members of the house of represen tatives sent u largo silver punch lowl suitably inscribed, and the widow of lion. Sunset Cox a gold-headed cane. TIipni ."- 1mo a largo number of con gratulatory letters i.i,i Tun department of stato has berni mi- vised by cable from tho United States legation at Caracas of tho resignation of tho president of Venezuela. TTIK KAST. i On St. Anthony's day, and as usual on this occasion, early morning found thousands of pilgrims en routo to tho lihrino of that saint on Mouit Troy, Al legheny, I'a. Every year many persons alllicted with diseases of all kinds find from all over tho United States present themselves to Father Molliiiffor, rector of tho church of St. Anthony, for tho euro of their infirmities. Ono wiw thoro from Australia. Nur.soM W. Ar.mucu was re-elected United States senator from llhoda Isl and. Tho vote was: Aldrlch, (54; David S. 1 Jaker, Jr., 30. Tin: town of Chlcorn, Pa., was swept by lire. Ono hundred buildings between Slippery Hock and Main street wore burned. AxioNn other business at tho conven tion of the International Typographical Union t I'liiimiotpinu was an invita tion from Col. Elliott V. Slicpard, of tho Now York Mall and Express, to at tend tho opening of his new publication building. Instead of accepting, the delegates decided that a committee of ilvo should wait on him and ask him to employ only union pressmen and storco typcrs. If ho acceded to their demand they would attend the opening. Tin: Doylcstown, Ti., express collided with a shifting engine on tho North lJcMinsylvania atOreland. Willinm Den ton, engineer of tho express, was killed and others injured. Wu.mam Uaii.ni:h, Jr., republican stato committeeman from New York, denies tho report published during tho Minne apolis convention in eastern papers which quoted him as saying that it had cost 51,000,000 to carry New York for Harrison in 188S, and that it would cost twice that sum to carry tho stato for Harrison in 180:). Tin: New York Academy of Music was Vistcfully decorated tho other night with tho green Hag of Ireland and tho Mars and stripes, tho occasion being the reception tendered by a number of Irish men to John E. Redmond, jr. P., tho I'aiiicllHo luiulur. Ohiiunccy M. Dopow Was present, seated in ono of thu boxes. There was a tempest of cheers when Jlr. Redmond stopped forward. Jlr. Redmond paid a glowing tributo to Parnell. At the reunion of tho Society or tho Army of tho Potomac at Sernnton, Pa., (Jen. Horace Porter was elected presi dent. Other otlicers elected were: Vieo president, ltrovob Muj. Hon. 13. J. Molineaux, of tho Ninth army corps; hecretary, Gen. Horatio C. King, of lh-ooklyn; corresponding secretary, (Jen. Georgo H. Sharpe, of Kingston; treasurer, Col. Truesdell. John Siutoi.sic stabbed his boarding house kcoperand was afterwards beaten to death by a mob in llnzelton. li. Tine 145th annual commencement of tho Princeton college occurred recently. Six men wero badly burned by a lire that followed an explosion of natural gas at the Nathan Cook well, situated two and u half miles south of McDon ald, Pa. The men wero at work plac ing six inch casing, when an explosion of gas occurred, Betting tiro to their clothes. All will recover except Adam Carlisle. Tho loss wasa,000. TIIK W1WT. A petition has been received ut Chi cago from a number of Unitarian churches requesting that the exposition buildings bo kept opon on Sunday. Tho isigners of tho putltion which represents tho north Massachusetts conference and ntlier Christian churches situated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire re quest that the fair bo open on Sunday but that it bo "a silent exhibit" with jio machinery running. ; Tim executive commit Ve of the silver clubs of Nevada has hsued a cull for u statu convention to b" hold ill Reno, , June '2 J, for the purpose of nominating , three presidential electors pledged to vote for a free coinage fan did a to. , It litis lccn definitely announced by Marshall Campbell, chairman of the Jlinnesota democratic central commit- I tee, that thero would bo no fusion bo- I tween the democrats and alliance men either oif electors or stato ofllccn. Ho j said the democrats hud made, u poll of i tho state recently and wore mo confident i of getting it plurality this fall that they ' did not euro to make any alliances. Tin: Mexican Northern railroad, through W. II. Davis, its general so licitor, has taken ofllcos in Chicago and will shortly open an otllee in New York. Messrs. Hush and Townsond, the con tractors of Hits company, have gone to Doming, N. JI., where they will begin active worlc on the road and push It rapidly forwurd until tho lino is com pleted to a connection with the Mexi can Central ut Chihuahua, a distance of fr0 miles. Tine Grant monument at Chicago was struck by lightning. Three perMms were, killed and two injured. Tin, southern central portion of Jlin nesota suitored from it tornado, lack son, Jlartln, Faribault, Freeborn and Illuc Eartli counties appear to have lwen the scene. Between forty and fifty people are known to have perished. Am attempt was made to lynch Thomas M. Holland, represented as a colored land shark, at Kingllsher, Ok., by colored men from Tennessee, but tho attempt was foiled. Tin. governor of Jlontnnii has estab lished a quarantine against shoop from neighboring states and territories. Ri'.roitTS from half of South Dakota say that grain is looking bottor than for years. i,- a . ...., .Norwegian hardware merchant of Northflold, Jlinn., for twenty years, died witli phi-fashioned leprosy. The corpse was a most horri ble sight, the flesh dropping oil' his body. The Alfsons havo all died in tho month of June. Tun Western Passenger association lias decided upon it chairman, 1). It. Caldwell, assistant general passenger agent (if tho Jlissouri Pacific, having been elected. I'iiinck JliatAKUi, tho notorious lead er of the "Flying Roll" community in Detroit who has been on trial in tho circuit court at Ann Arbor, Jlich., charged with assaulting Ilernico llcehol, it daughter of one of his dupes, has been convicted. Ho was sentenced to llvo years' imprisonment. Fivi: children, ranging from 12 to in years of age, were drowned in the Ohio river at Neville island, twelve miles be low Pittsburgh the othor day. Their names were Paul, Rudolph, Edith and Maggie Pittoce and Edna Richardson. It appears that tho children drove a u"tffry Into tho river to wash. In some manner tho buggy was overturned and tho children thrown into tho river. Tho two boys made heroic efforts to save their companions, but they were unequal to tho task. run south. A I'uioiiTi'Ui. wreck occurred at the trestle spanning Lonesome Hollow, near Jliddleborough, Ivy. Freight en gine No. 10, with sixteen loaded box cars, went through, one on top of the other. The distance from the top of the trestle to the ground below is UfiO feet. Tho engineer, Frank Sargent,' I'lromiiu Henry blater and Conductor Duckworth were killed outright. The north bound passenger train with 100 passengers was only saved by being one-half hour late. A. Hi:kii:i.ku, young man who claims to bo it son of tho German consul-general to Canada, was arrested nt San Elizario, El l'aso county, Tex., for swindling. Ho had a number of checks cashed at El l'aso and they wore dis honored. 1ji:k En.mh, a young colored woman who witnessed the hanging of Alf White at lluntsville, Tex.', fainted when the drop fell and died late that night from tho effects of the shock. Co.vnutK.vci: committees of the two wings of tho Louisiana democrats have come- to an understanding. Whim: forVy-tlvu men wero at work on the bridge in course of construction over the Licking river between Coving ton and Newport, Ky., the structure fell. Only two or three escaped unhurt. Tho contractors with twenty-five work men lost their lives. Tin: National Association of Freight Agents concluded Its work at Louis ville, Ky., and elected otlicers as fol lows: James 'Preveling, president, St, Louis; Fred Hudson, Louisville, vieo president; U. W. Howard, secretary. Executive committee: J. R. Sample, Evansville; T. J. Kern, Cincinnati; E. 11. Wray, St, .Joseph; F.J. Hill, Detroit; J. P. Lounsberry, Toledo; f N. New ton, Fort Wayne, treasurer. The asso ciation will meet next ye-ar at Milwau kee. Coi.ohkd people at Danville, Ky., havo threatened a boycott against those mer chants who signed a petition for the separate coach bill. Fiuj: destroyed over $100,000 worth of property ut Elizabeth, W. Vn., the other day. A. G. Uvi.au, sheriff of Raster county, Ark., was instantly hilled the other day by a desperado named Jessie Roper, ltylar was attempting to arrest Roper for carrying weapons when he was killed. After killing the sheriff, Rorrr succeeded in escaping and is still at large. In his Uight ho shot one of thu sheriff's posse, but not fatally, and killed one horue unil wounded another OKNKKAr- An unusual ceremony took place at West Jlroinptoti, England, tho other day. It was tho burying of Long Wolf, mi Ogalhda. chief who died at tho wild west oueutnpmeut from tho effects of wounds received in various campaigtm during his career ivs it Sioux warrior. His body contained twenty-five bullet wounds, all of which had become more or less painful with increasing age. Tin: village of Sto. Rose, a fashion able summer resort near Jlontreal, wits visited by a cyclone tho other day, which killud two persons and damaged property. At tho annual election of ofllccrs of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific held in Chicago, R. R. Cable, Georgo W. Cable and II. II. Sudlow were elected directors mid II. R. Cablo president, A. Kimball vice president and H. Sudlow secretary and treasurer. Tlio annual report showed tho net earnings to havo been $207,803. The regular Hoinl-nnnuul dividend of 2f per cent, was declared payable July 1. Jilt. Thomas n. Shkuman, United States consul at Liverpool, has tendered his resignation to tho president. Latest reports from Uganda say that tho English did not persecute the Cath olics during tho recent trouble there. Sin Wim.iam Gonno.v Cummino, tho central figure of the Londo" inicearat scandal, will stand for a beat in the house of common. Tin: financial situation at Jlontovideo is calamitous, and a commercial panic prevails. A tkiat, for criminal libel in Paris caused several riots in tho court room and a duel afterwards. At Jlagdeburg, (Icrmmiy, soldiers be longing to the garrison there were un loading a wagon containing ammuni tion when a shell exploded, killing four nt iu mmi. 'Their bodies wore fearful ly mangled and their heads, arms anil legs were blown off. Fuhtiikii intelligence of the great cy clone in Canada shows that the destruc tion of life was not confined to Ste Rose, Quebec, but spread to many places in that vicinity. Advioes f rom St. Ephricm state that that district woa devastated by the terrible storm. Fua.ncih Ai.tamoiiaxo, the noted bandit of the border and tho murderer of half a dozen or more men and women, was shot and killed in Imuris, Sonora, bj' another Jlexican. Tin: swift improvement in the crop outlook has had a marked effect on tho condition of trado throughout tho eoun try. A niOTOUH demonstration was made the othor day ut a bull fight at Linares in the province of Jaon, Spain. One of the bulls charged Into the mob and ono man was killed. Tho mayor tried to preserve order and was turned upon by tho crowd. Jacoii Sciinitzkk, otherwise Emin Pasha, according to reports received at lierlin is not dead as reported recently. Tin: entire property of the Richmond fc Danville road and its leased and con trolled lines havo been turned over to the receivers. Ilili lttlTUST. Tin? new levee on the bayou protect ing the town of liiiyou Sara, La., broke and the town totally submerged to u depth varying from 4 to 11 feet. Emmoxr Hi.aixk, second son of the ex secretary, died suddonly at Chicago of blood poisoning. .Hum:: J. 1!. Jlono.vx, an ex-congressman, was shot and killed on an Illinois Central train near Jlemphis, Tenn., by Henry R. C. Faster, a lawyer of Her nando, Jiiss. ' Tin: most deplorable state of affairs exists in tho San Antonio section of Texas, as scarcely any rain has fallen there for three years. Cai't. G. V. Rox.NT.n, n wealthy horso raiser of Cleburne, Tex., is under arrest for poisoning Dick Teuipleton. Tiikui: was no session of the senate on the 18th. In the house tho senate reso lution authorizing the president to issue a proclamation recommending tho ob servance of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America Was passed. In committee of the whole thu tin plato question was discussed. I'.Y it C R. ,fc Q. wreck, near Gales burg, 111., four men were killed. Emi.v Pasha has arrived at Rukolay, having recovered from his attack of small-pox. Tub e.ar will remain at Copenhagen for some time boforo returning to Rus sia. Six of the Rnrcelona strikers havo been sentenced to three years' imprison ment each for rioting. Tin: sentence of Capt. Raker, of the Dutch steamer Obdam, lias been re duced from ono year to three months' imprisonment. Raker was convicted of causing the death of a sailor by brutal treatment. Titoops wero called out to suppress the strikes at Tower, Jlinn. Tine associated trades of New York adopted resolutions demanding that the world's fair be open Sundays. Dicta rou Pai.auio has left Venezuela. His destination is said to bo tho island of Trinidad. Doi.n Huo., of Roston, dealers in hops, havo suspended. Tin: indictments against tho Jlaverick bank dircoUH's of Roston wero quashed in the United States district court Tiik freight handlers of every road entering Indianapolis, except the Penn sylvania, have joined in n demand for an increase of wages. At .Marble Head, III., the three-year-old daughter of Jionroo Rerbridge got hold of a loaded shotgun, when the weapon was accidentally discharged, causing the child's instant death. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. Well !'i III Corrals. From the bulletin received by Com missioner Andres recently it Is noted that Nebraska stands well up to the top in tho list of western cereal produc ing states. In the state the total num ber of acres devoted to the cultivation of cereals wan 7,001,0(10, an increase in ten years of more than 1,000,000 acres. The increase in the are of corn lands alone amounted to !),8 10,010 acres. Every coiinly in tiie state increased its acreage during the decade. The aver age yield of ojrn per acre is :0. 10; bar ley, 22.00; buckwheat, 7.81; oats, 20.10; rye, l.'l.!!3; wheat, 1H.2H. In the produc tion of corn Gage county leads, with 188,370 acres, while Saunders county comes next with 187, ISO acres. The other big counties having it corn acreage of over 100,000: Lancaster, I71,07ii; Saline, 1H4.881; Filmore, 1!11,020; Clay, IWlOO; Cass, 1S.87U; Hamilton, l21,r7S; Otoe, 12.1,080; York, 12n,47. The estimated area of Nebra'ika, availab() for cultivation is, according to the hist report of Secretary Furnas, of the state board of agricult ure, 21,2:11,007. The area actually cultivated last year was only about one third of this amount. Hlutu school Apportionment. State Superintendent Goudy has is sued the annual state apportionment of school moneys. From thu report It is noted that the entire afnount to be ap portioned among the several eountle.i is 5310,28:5.07. Of this amount $111,320 SO is derived from interest on county bonds, 105,247.30 from interest on un paid principal school lands, $31,8S0.30 from school land leases, SAT, 4 00.40 from state taxes, Sl.'i.O.'O.OO from interest on state bonds. The total amount is appor tioned among the several counties ot the state in proportion to the numbei of school children in each. There arc in the state 3:53,1 15 children of school age, and the apportionment gives a fraction over 05 cents to each scholar. Douglass county receives 31,721.82 and Lancaster $17,0."0. XrbniHkit (irainl Lodgr. The grand lodge of Nebraska masons mot in Omaha on the Kith. A member of the order asked to be reinstated, hav ing previously been expelled for selling intoxicating liquors. The committee on crievances recommended that the ' petition be not granted, on the ground that the brother had been notified that if he engaged in the sale of liquors his masonic relationship would be endan gered, lie persisted in tho traffic, and it was tho committee's unanimous find ' ing that masons could not engage in the sale of liquors and retain their masonic standing. Tho report was received with applause and adopted without a dissenting vote. A Howry C'olli'ctiMl Uy f.mv. A curious case came up in the district courtat Lincoln. Two years ago Rachel JIadowiuk, it well-to-do P.ohemiun, had a wayward daughter whom she desired married. Among her acquaintances was Jiax Coonsky, to whom she offered $2,r00 if ho would marry Freda. Jinx was willing, so was the pretty Freda, and a contract was entered into for tho payment of the money. The wedding t took place, but the dowry was not paid. Jinx thereupon entered suit. Tlio mother claimed that it was contingent upon the sale of certain property, but the court found for plaintiff. .MUcHlituroiis. SnioMsitrito was much damaged re cently by a hailstorm. Tin: Sous of Veterans havo been in encampment at David City. Tin: canning fnctory and new depot at Grand Island are much talked about. Tin: grand chapter of the Eastern Star has been in session at Grand Island. V. llAitnv had both legs and an arm broken falling down it well fifteen miles north of Columbus. Ot.d Jilt. Rr.riii:, aged 78, came near killing himself at Tecumseh by drink ing carbolic acid in mistake for brandy. Tin: Jletropolitun hotel at Sidney has been destroyed by fire. Oberfelder's clothing house, next door, was also much damaged. Tin: state board of equalization has assessed the fifty-nine Pullman curs in use on Nebraska roads at $3,000 each, making a total of $177,000. HiCNintis' circus, while giving an ex hibition at Dunbar, was closed and taken possession of by the sheriff of Lancaster county on a chattel mortgage of .:,ooo. Dtuttxo a thunder storm at "Warsaw lightning struck a barn belonging to Qscar Larson, killing three head of horses, two mules and one cow and damaging a lot of machineiy. S. I. Mi:si:itAiTi,i.v editor of the Alli ance Roomerang, at Crawford, was as saulted l)3r two masked men as lie was returning from the Jlaple school house, whore he had attended a meeting. F. A. Rah ion, who was recently ap pointed superintendent of the educa tional department of Nebraska's world's fair exhibit, has left for Chicago on business connected with the exhibit Omaha voted by an overwhelming majority fS.'iO.OOO in bonds to aid the ! Nebraska Central road build a bridge across tho Jlissouri river, a union depot in Omaha and 100 miles of railroad northeast from Council Rluffs. Tin: great sham battle at the camp of the National Competitive Drill associa tion at Omaha proved almost u complete failure, owing to lack of organization. Twenty thousand people witnessed tho maneuvers, which lusted for only twen ty minutes. 7nlcnrnM "Is Jlario, Imppy with her new hus band?" "Nq "k thought ho wns perfect." x'Hc is. That's tho trouble." Judge. Tho Only One Kvf r Printed Can You rind the Word? Thero is n 3 inch display advertisement in this paper, this weak, which has no two words alllto except one word. Tho same la truo of each new ono appearing oach week, from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This. hotiBO pluces a "Crescont" on everything they malto and publish. Look for it, send thorn tho namo of tho word and they will) return you hook, boautTful lithographs or siimplos free. Tub valuo of afnnn product Is not always declining wuou it is on tho wain. JJostou. Courier. AKoiilxlnf- TwMs riclow tho 'Waistband . Aro produced by a drenching catlmrtlc. Why use such nn Irrational moixns of rcm ndying costlvcnesst That, puro, botanic, piiiiiloss, philosophic remedy, IIORtettor's. Stomach fritters, produces tlio desired ro Btdt decititvcly, but without ineonvenlciicO' or griping. Dyppepsia imd inaction of the liver and kfdneyn rn likewise- rectified by tills lxjnign rcstorntlvo of health. There is no finer tonic for tho dohllltatcd and ner vous. Cur as malaria aud rheumatism. Tun bad habit. Is ono thing thnt grows IiiiKr imil larger tho more it la commoted. Dallas iiew i . Tlio True T.atiUIto I'rlnclplo Of tho plnnts ued in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has it per manently bonciicil olTeot on tho human Hystetn, whilo thn cheap vegetable extract, iind mineral solutions, usually sold as medi cines, are pcrnmnmitly injurious, lic'mg well-informed, oh will uso tlio truo rnmody only. Manufuutarud by the California Fig Syrup Co. Tiik gfrls cannot resist tho Impression that tliero is Boinothlng engaging about tlio uinrruigc proposal. isingiiuinton reader. IIam.'s CATAiiun Cunr. is a liquid nnd 1b. taken internally, and acts directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Send for testimonials, froo. Sold by IJrug glstH, 7fia F. J. CiiKNur & Co., l'roprs., Toledo, O. "IlAXnn rrt" exclaimed Old Tfmo, ntorn l.v. And tho frightoned clock tremblingly struck twelve. Rt. Loris Beer is tho best, and tho "A, "B. C. Rohemlan Bottled Beer," Tho American Browing Co.'e, is tho best in St. Louis. Tun exercising of horscti ust boforo ni raco is the prauuiblo. Nmtvous, bilious, disorders, sick hend- , neho, indigestion, loss of nppollta and cons tipation icmoved by Beecham's Pills. CoMri.iMRKTS usuallv go out searching for mutes. Detroit Free Press. nAi.r-connn eruptions will roturn. Erad icate them with Glonn's Sulphur Soap. UIU'b Hair and Whisker Dyo, f0 couts. Tun man who strikes nn nttltudo fuiag lueu that ho is making a great lilt. Tin: Ram's Horn is published at Indian--iipolis, Indiana, ut$l.50 per year. lr you can't lick a man bo lenient with his faults. Texas Siftings. Ai.wats buy umbrcllns in lair weather. Tlioy are biuo to go up whan it rains. - A xnuvors allectlc A man's on the evo of proposal. Puck. -3(ou; jfo- 2- aov I had a malignant breaking out on my leg below the knee, and traa cured sound and well with two and a nan iwiurau w; ni..i.i-.nri t-inrliriiicn had failed & in dn ma miv rrood. WILL C. IJeaty, YuiLvUlc, S. C. a! SS?- TRADE jPMAHfc I was troubled from childhood with nn as- avntiMrjiso of Tttr, nnd thrcn potties oi curou uq imrnmiioiitiy. ryl WALiacn mann, MiunvUle.l.T. Our boolc on r.lood nnd Skin PIsrascs mailed ' t rco. Bn'in.' Srtciwo Co., Atlanta, CJa. My niece, Emcline Hawlcy, was?,, taken with spitting blood, and she became very much alarmed, fearing that dreaded disease, Consumption. She tried nearly all kinds of medi cine but nothing did her any good. Finally she took German Syrup and. she told me it did her more good than anything she ever tried. It. stopped the blood, gave her strength and ease, and a good appetite. I had it from her own lips. Mrs.. Mary A. Staccy, Trumbull, Conn. Honor to German Syrup. ; MjWTMg When you buy Flags voir want the best. Government Standard is the best; the' largest flag dealers in the U. S. are G. YV. SIMMONS & CO., Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. Dealers in AWitary Uniforms. Write, for a Flag Catalogue. FLAGS. 4 BvooA "German Syrup" ' ft. it