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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1904)
TATTOOED WOMEN. 5 News from Over the State E FaniotiN IMctaren, Crentn, Aulnmo bllen, i'liriiNCn ami lnd Jokes oa Soate Kalr Integument n. Church l.oxcn iii I. munition. The first Christian church congrega tion lost out In Ita lawsuit at Lincoln against the Northwestern Life Insur ance company. It secured a small judgment, for $77,30, where It asked lor $1,995. The Northwestern filed a "iiiuii iui u nun 11 mi, iuvjii nu utui- Jjihlcd. Years ago, when the hoom time "Was on, the congregation built a costly edifice at Fourteenth and K streets In Lincoln. It was compelled to borrow $17,000 from Uie Northwestern com pany, and when the hard times came tho congregation was compelled to al low the church to go under the ham mer. The company had to talco It, and Htlll owns It. Some time ago tho church brought suit against tho com pany, claiming $1,995 damages for con "verelon, it being claimed that tho life insurance people had no right to tho boiler, 25 radiators, C9 church pows, 14 two-light gas fixtures, 9 one-light fixtures, 1 three-light and 1 four-light fixtures, and a 38-lIght combination cliandoller. Tho case turned upon whether these articles were put In ns permanent fixtures and thereby became a part of the realty. Tho congregation insisted that the mortgage covered only tho building, and not theso fix tures, but the court held that where it -was not proven that they were only of a temporary character, and to bo taken away later, he must find them to bo a part of tho realty. By this course of reasoning he figured that the chandelier was a part of the building, while the gas-light fixtures wero not. To this conclusion the company ex cepts. Clowe licet Suur CniiiiKiiiui. The Standard Beet Sugar company's factory at Leavltt has closed down for tho season after a very successful run, though more beots would have been Oladly received. The total amount of sugar refined this year Avas 8.81G.800 pounds. Thlrty-threo thousand, four hundred and forty-flvo tons of beets -wero worked up, about 3,000 tons less than last season. Their percentage of sugar was so much higher that much more wsgar was mndo this year than last, the average being 15 per cent., against 12 per cent, last year. An av erage of 250 men wore employed, work ing In two shifts, night and day, during the season. Getting IJexnornte. So many Nebraska school-teachers are getting married or deserting their country schools for work in Omaha nnd -Lincoln that tho school hoards of tho stato aro taking stops to hold thorn at their rural posts until their contracts have expired. A conferenco was held with the state superintendent, Mr. Fowler, the results of which may bo a mandamus test case brought against tho next teacher who breaks a contract by marrying or going to a larger town. Tho offendera are nearly all women, and so scarce aro teachers In tho out lying districts that many schools have not been able to open this year. To Annul Secret Murrliire. John Bredehoft, of Nebraska City, as father and guardian of Anna Brede hoft Ilorstman, has filed a suit In the district court asking that the marriage of hi3 ward and Henry Ilorstman bo set aside. Ho alleges that the girl and tho defendant wero married secretly, without his knowledge or consent, in Washington, Kan., April 1, 1903, and that tho girl was but 17 years of ago at tho time. -t lllure In Show Window. Tho large show window of tho dry r,oods store of Ileasley & Eller Bros, at Clay Center was tho scene of a small conflagration. A gasolino lamp for illuminating the window went wrong and tho goods displayed for tho holidays wore all destroyed. For tunately tho blaze was extinguished before reaching the other stock. lleiir.st After the Lincoln 1'oxt. "William R. Hearst is reported to bo negotiating for tho Daily Post, an evening paper of tho democratic faith at Lincoln. Reports have been cir culated that he has purchased tho pub lication, but H. F. Hockey, tho pub lisher, denies that tho sale has been mnde. .Money Stolen from Under Ilhil. Lorenzo Schmidt, an aged man of Nebraska City, was robbed of $11 in money nnd an unset diamond. Ho was asloep In the house and had the money in a tin box under tho mattress. Tho inlet took the box and made his escapo -'before tho old man wav fully awake. lMiieeR Vnlne on AfrcctlmtH. John Klaus, who is employed as foreman at the Burlington roundhouse, in Columbus, nsks damages In tho sum of $2,000 from a young woman named Bronlslawa Knaplk for breach of promise. I fay .Market at Fremont. Tho Fremont city council will estab lish a hay market there, tho merchants complaining about loads of hay stand ing in front of their stores. Clrl Courted Under DurenM. When County Judgo Dungan, of Hastings, Issued a writ of habeas cor pus and empowered tho deputy sheriff to return to Hastings 10-ycar-old Lil lian Lee, whom it was alleged was being detained against hor will at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, who live six miles northeast of Hastings, a phase of tho life of Charles E. Rich ards was suddenly revealed. Richards la an unmarried man, a school-teacher and preacher. Miss Leo, who, slnco thu separation of her parents In Michigan ton years ngo, has been a ward of Mrs. Wilcox, of Hastings, was Invited to visit for a time at tho Fuller farm, Where sho met Richards, who boarded there. Though tho teacher-preacher Is 40 years old ho was much enamored of tho comely girl and sho alleges con stantly bothered her with fond atten tolns, though she says sho gavo him no encouragement and promptly re fused his offer of marriage. It was not until sho was ready to return to Has tings, however, sho alleged, that sho learned that she was a captive, Rich ards having succeeded In securing tho connivance of the Fullers In detaining her while ho pressed his suit. After a few days she seized an opportunity to apprise her foster mother of tho stato of affairs, which resulted In hor being brought back to tho city by tho deputy sheriff. Miss Leo wept for joy on re gaining her liberty, verbally berating Richards. Wealthy Miner Dion In lint. Bart Ilarmer, an eccentric bachelor and one of tho wealthiest men in Cass county, was found in a dying condition in Iiis m'iscrablo hut near Plattsmouth. Near neighbors who had not seen him about tho premises for several days wont to tho house and, finding It locked, broke open the door. Going up into tho garret they found Mr. Harmer In an unconscious condition. Physicians wore summoned, but it was too lato and he died early in tho evening. Ho was about 70 years of ngo and spent his JIfo and energies in amassing a fortune. He was considered to be worth closo to $100,000 In government bonds nnd farm lands in Cass and Otoe coun ties, but lived in an old hut tho life of a miser and recluse, although urged by those who knew him to live with some one who would care for him in his old age. Liable for Uncollected Koch. Judge Cornish at Lincoln decided that C. O. Boettcher and his bondsmen, tho Fidelity & Deposit company, of Maryland, aro responsible for $2,700 fees, which as district clerk of this county Boettcher failed to collect. The court hold that a clerk of the court Is responsible for tho statutory fees duo for work done in his office nnd must account for them whether col lected or not. State TeaeherH IOIeet OflleerM. Tho state teachers' association at Lincoln elected theso olHccrs: E. J. Bodwell, of Omaha, president; Etta Brown, of Cherry county, vlco presi dent; A. O. Thomas, of Kearney, secre tary; A. L. Caviness, of Lincoln, treas urer; W. H. Gardner, of Auburnmem bor of executivo committee; M. R. Snodgrass, of Wayne, member of read ing circle. Starteil Fire ami Fled. A prairie fire started a few miles southeast of Springview and' destroyed much hay and gavo the settlers a fright and a fight for their lives. Two men driving across country started tho blaze, and then, seeing what Uioy had done, ran away to the Indian reserva tion north. Settlers for miles around had to turn out to stop the blaze. Norfolk People In Chicago Fire. Charles A. Madson, formerly of Nor folk, was among those in the Iroquois theater firo at Chicago. Ho luckily es caped. Florence Oxman, a nieco of J. II. Oxman, mail cleork on the Union Pacific between Norfolk and Colum bus, was suffocated and found dead. Intimate of Lincoln Population. In response to a request of Postmas ter Sizer, who recently received a com munication from the census bureau asking for an estimate of tho popula tion of Lincoln. City Clerk Pratt sent to tho postmaster an estimate, which places tho population at 4G.S17. AHylutu liimntcK Kicn;e. .loo Boucher and Oscar Smalley, in mates of tho asylum at Lincoln, made their escape from tho institution by sawing a steel bar in tho bIioo room and going out through a window. Whether tho men had assistance from tho outside is not known. Hold Teacher to Contract. Tho Beatrice board of education re fused to accept tho resignation or Miss Poyrtlo and Gertrudo Warren when tendered. Tho board will hold all teachers to their yearly contracts. Olrl Drinvim la IMatte Illver. Corinno Jarmon, tho 15-yoar-old daughter of W. G. Jarmon, of Fromont, was drowned in tho Platte river near Hormel's island while skating. Alfred South, of Cockspur street, whe may bo described as tho pioneer of the tattooing art, has during his career op erated on upward of 15,000 persons, In cluding about 900 English women, the designs in a great number of cases being of a most peculiar description, says the London Mall. Perhaps tho most striking of all ar representations of two celebrated paint ings, "Tho Crucifixion" and "Ecei Homo." Ono woman has depicted on her skin a picture representing a lllghl of birds. Portraits of husbands and lovJ era aro popular with women, and thcr aro several instances In which women havo been tattooed with their husbands' regimental crest. Monograms, inltlnls and family quarterings abound. Languages, too, havo their duo share attention. Many women havo written on their arms words belonging to vnrl out tongues Assyrian, Chinese, Arabic Religious subjects nro very popular, es pecially with Roman Catholics. There are some Instances whoro la dles havo had tho Inscriptions on theli wedding rings tattooed on their fingers beneath tho ring. Etchings of bracelets In yellow enclrclo the arms of many Ladles who Hko to keep pace with the times may bo adorned with Illustrations of motor cars. Another device Is that of a figure ol Cupid disappearing Into tho recesses ol a pewter pot, having cast aside his bow and quiver. This picture, which has been tattooed on the nrm of ono woman only, is entitled "Love Gone to Pot." NEGRO DIALECTS. More Than Fifty Varieties Spoken by Colored Folks In Different I'artn of the South. A patron of. cakewalks or an admlrei of cakewalk music might bo justified In not thinking so, but the fact is that there aro moro than 50 separate, dialects among the colored population of the south, says the New York Sun. Auyono who has travelled through tho tidewater counties of Virginia Is awaro that tho speech of tho negro popu lation there differs materially from that used In the cotton fields of Alabama. The singsong speech of the camp meeting negro from tho hilly part of northern Georgia differs essentially from thosol't er and moro melodious speech of the Louisiana negroes from the region of canebrakes and rice fields. The negro race in tho south Is es sentially Imitative, and hi Louisiana, whoro the reminders of French occupa tion are many, tho French accsnt and Intonation are preserved. In South Carolina, which has, relatively, the largest negro population, thero are found in tho tidewater counties the Guinea negroes whose dialect Is has been found difficult for many visitors to un derstand. In southern and southwestern Mis souri tho negro djalect differs entirely from what It is elsewhere In the south, and In tho Indian Territory, where there Is a considerable negro population, many Indian phrases and Indian mtthads of speech have become incorporated in the speech of tho colored population. GurloiiM Philanthropy. James Rellly, ono of New York's lit tlo known millionaires, has a curious fad that of providing for tho decent burial of tho indigent dead. Ho is in constant communication with a num ber of undertakers, who keep him post ed regarding such cases as ho vishoa to look after. THE GENERAL MARKETS. ., Kansas City. 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