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A Voiy-rfr » Cnuumix Associa
tion lias iiecn orifMflzed at Lyons.
Tni'. Swift packing company has
housed 1*0,000 tons of ice at Ashland.
Tim "tote encampment of the Rons of
Veterans will meet at Fremont on the
liith.
Tm ni'. were sixteen inmates of the
Otoe county poor honse during the past
yen') k ■
iNHiiiecrtoNs have gone forth in
Schuyler to keep the saloons closed on
Sunday.
Many English sparrows are said to
have frozen to death during the recent
blizzard.
Tux recent farmers institute in
Uoono county was the most eucaessful
one ever hcla^
A wii»i.KHAf.K firm has offered to sup
ply the farmers of Custer county, with
free sugar cane seed.
As a result of the temperance revival
at Albion eleven people liavo joined the
Cloud Templars lodge^
Tiik Capital of the Nebraska City
packing company has been increased
from SHOO, 000 to 81,000,000. *
Sknatou Ma^dkhaon, as soon as con
gress adjourns, will return to Nebras
ka, engaging In the law business at
Omaha.
Tiik building owned by Mat Linden,
a tank maker at Shelby, was .totally
destroyed by fire. There was some in
surance
about people nave oeen conven
ed at Milford as the result of revival
meetings conducted by llev. A. li.
Arrington.
In a difficulty on the river bottoms
In Hurt county, J. P, lllann *shot and
killed Bobert Phillips. The murderer
made his eseape.
Kkva Paha county had two carloads
of aid last week, one from the Btate
Relief commission and one from Chor
ea ty. lows.
vn.
If. Haywooo of Chraad Island wee
wij layered by being klekidby a
». One rib was fractured and ale
,»aria wan brakes.
Ena-cattle stealing esses against the
® 'doth walls of Kaos eouaty have bees
ipokplacd ha tease the prosecution did
g- wah hatters it possible to saaers eosvie
Samuxi. Stkpiirns, a veteran of the
war* who formerly lived at McCook,
died st the soldier's home in his seven
ty-Seventh year, lie was a member of
company A, Illinois infantry.
Waits Mrs. Laura C. Simmons of
Arapahoe was preparing some medicine
containing turpentine on a hot stovo
the mass suddenly ignited and was
thrown over one of her hands, fairly
cooking the flesh.
Tan town of Pierce is to have an
opera house. A handsome two-etory
brick ballding Is in anticipation. The
enterprise is being pushed by the busi
nee* men of that town, and will cer
tainly be a success. k .
C. Worlxy of Bassett wi
down an old house near
one day recently when the Wtf1 gave
way, pinning him to the grotfjptiteah
ing his upper jaw and ipMi The
wound ls serious and he wil
die. ^ . , . i
Srnatob Strwart, the on
member of the Colorado legisl
tended an invitation to Dr. __
who .occupies a similar poafjlMi With
the Nebraska lawmakers, tovtellhlm*
in Denver, and the doctok acemstod ttC
invitation, '
Tnd relief ooramitt* of Shermnaeoan* ‘
ty complains that while therO*KMf'«M|
of syrnp on track in Lincoln data# MM
good, many famittanlStflit,
iewwigcfer,;..
. in sdstibe ter kcr»
hleAre Tbatastamr
near ending km ilia ant
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_Ml Aa ftwatf hn'
terribly burned about the
and arms. The immediate
of othfp extinguished the fli
farm house on • the farm
1 to the heirs of I)am^
five miles south
hg Mr. O’CmuNOi
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f, the 10-year-i
i Lovell of that city, \v‘
way to the fire was thrown
hone and sustained a fractu
isl and was severely inju
State banking board
turfe of the Bank of Superb
wt Superior. State Bank _
HfcGrew telegraphed the boards
-that a temporary receiver be
The bank i# owned by
JSrigga, with A. J. Briggs easi
capital Stock, paid up, is giv<
.000.' t‘T■ ■■ ■
■■ Uro Gums, who was nearly frozen'
’ J® two weeks ago by becoming
. loat' between Alliance and Ogalalla,
bad seren toes amputated and will
•survive with no further losa He was
•S lost for fire days in the sandhill
•eonntrX| and when found was uncon
. (Scions. , It was first supposed that if he
lived at all both legs must be amputa
ted, but skilful care has brought him
through as stated.
S. Kurpgewkit, a young man living
■ear Madison, accidentally got his
•R right hand caught in the cog
- wheels of a horse power the other
| evening and injured it to such an ex
- tent that it was found necessary to am
putate the entire thumb and part of
the second finger.
C V. PsciU-^SZhler of tth-TreBlon
bank, arrested last, week by
; *tefels Confel on a warrant issued by
^County Judge Taylor. The complaint
charged keck with forcing balances in
the amonota of three different parties
and making fraudulent entries in the
, . hank book, and was sworn to and filed
-.by County Attorney Blackiedge.
Title governor has appointed John H.
Powers of Ilithcock to be deputy labor
somralaaioner. and the appointment
takes effect March 1&.
Tine G-yenr-old non of Mr. Campbell
of Harrisburg was lost during the bli/.
zard and all the people In town turned
out to hunt for him. While the search
was In progress the boy reaheed the
steps of his father's house and fell ex
hausted on the porch, lie was badly
frost bitten, but will recover without
sustaining any permanent Injury.
Ki.kvkn carloads of wood, corn hay,
flour, wheat and clothing were shipped
from Adams last week to Keith, bin
coin, Frontier and Gosper counties, do
nated by the people of Adams and sur
rounding country. The llev. James (1.
Ntannard accompanied them to their
destination, where he will personally
oversee the distribution of the goods.
Tub 3-year-old son of Joe Bowers,
who formerly resided in Ashland, but
recently near (ilenwood, fell into a
bucket of boiling water and was scalded
to death. The mother was using the
water in scrubbing the floor, and had
stepped out for a moment, when the
child in its play backed up and sat
down into the bucket and was unable
to help Itself out.
Tuk plat of the survey made by the
United Htates of the north boundary of
Nebraska has been received ut the land
commissioner’s ofllcc. This lino was
ro-estublished by Joseph Jenkins, the
government survoyor, in 18113 and 1801.
The survey went west from where the
north line of the state crossed the Nio
brara river. The entire line is a frac
tion over 081 miles long.
Wai.tkh Tracy, who was convicted
at the October term of the district
court of Thayer county and sentenced
for one year, will make application to
Governor Holcomb, through his attor
ney, M. II. Weiss, for pardou. The pe
tition was signod by more than 1,800
residents of Thayer county. Tracy was
convicted for attempting to do Bodily
harm to E. W. Van Duyaa
Frank Taylor began suit in district
court of Adams county against the
First Nationnl and the German Na
tional banks of Hastings for 813,000
damages. At a chattel mortgage sale
at which the banks sold various chat
tels given by plaintiff to secure certain
loans the defendants disposed of a lot
of things owned by plaintiff that were
hot mortgaged, so the plaintiff alleges.
J uk city coimcil ot Grand Island at
Its meeting last WNk accept a proposi
tion tram tha bondsmen ot <1. W. VV cst,
the defaslting elty tratntK who is
now serving a tarm la tha penitentiary,
to sattla all olaima for eity funds for
tt,00a Tha amount Of the suits pend
t*g In district aoart is ®4,K>o. .Seven
of tha eight oousoUaaea ware present
Hd all v«ied to aacapt tha proposition.
It now appears that a Gage county
citizen was one of the passengers on
the ill-fated Elbe. Ills name was Henry
llunzie, a resident ot the vicinity of
Plymouth, Western Huge county. He
had been on a visit to wealthy rela
tives in Germany and was returning
home with a friend, Gottlieb Bokle
tnann. They took passage on the Elbe.
Uunzie leaves a wife and several chil
dren in Gage eounty.
A 1’KTiTioN is out in Boone county
calling for a special election to take
advantage of the new seed grain bill,
house roll No. 1. Other counties in
that section are making the same start.
The move, unfortunately, is meeting
with indifference, and some opposition.
hi caused by a feeling among the
■tarty farmers that they will be unable
to oomply with the provisions of the
low necessary to secure the grain.
BtftKNK Moork, auditor of public ac
cotntahas completed a statement show
laothc condition of insurance business
! ilrVhe state for the year ending De
ttiither 31, 1894, as follows: Bisks
: written, $105,093,283.09; premiums paid.
; fS,MM^lT7.13; losses incurred, $1,142,
! *7*.40; losses paid, $1,114,378.45. Tho
average loss ratio to premiums paid is
*1.5' per cent. The average loss ratio
to premiums paid on foreign business
ieM.8 per pent,
^Tmi court room at Columbus was
»Wed the other day to see and hear
(toe examination of W. K. Lay, charged
(With Insanity, it was shown that Lay
rflstmh to be a, prophet and that he
Ola!seed to have1 received revelations
direct from the Almighty, once at
Atlantic, la., several years ago, and
'several times more recently in Colum
boa There were fifty-seven witnesses'
for the defense and twenty for the
prosecution. The commission reported
Ley morally insane but not a fit. sub
Jeetlor the insane asylum.
In peveral factories for which Chad
!«■ has been laboring for the past six
non!hi are now a thing of certainty.
The eaterprisdh consist of a beet sugar
taetpey with a capacity of 250 tons of
heels, chicory factory, glucose and
starch factory, the total outlav of
whtah. will be over $1,000,000, thebonuB
of 10,000 acres of land and $50,
- all of which has been
Ttvb, citizens committee depu
A. C. Putnam and J. S. Bomiue,
two of the main promoters pf tha en
to go to Chicago and finish the
_ . . ,last report of the Urand Island
Oowievb' home Dr. J. Janss says: “One
•I/ttp isost, if not the most, perplexing
QMMl^s in the management of the
Wgw home is undoubtedly the
jfWril'g habit' of some of the inmates.
Who have thus lost control of
Tires are to be pitied, and are as
If not more, in need of an insti
MttW of this kind as those not so
MWim* I believe that this home
ah—MI follow the example of others,
Ml', offer them the Keeley cure.
Through the influence of General
Averill.I am in possession of the 'for
mulae used in some of the national
homes, where this treatment is most
effectually administered. Whereas it
does not cure, L e., heal the bad effects
which liquor brought upon them, still
it temporarily relieves their craving
for it, and once more gives them a
chance to regain their manhood.”
Andrew Sahcelson, a well-to-do
farmer of Oakland, who has been af
flicted for some time with epilepsey,
was found dead in his bed the other
morning by his two young daughters,
who went to call him to breakfast He
was found with his face buried in his
pillow, and it is thought he suffocated
during an attack of his trouble
\ The Water and Light company of
■ Nebraska City has commenced suit
against the city for 16,000, which, it al
lege^. is past due for hydrant rental.
The C'ty in turn claims that the water I
company has failed to fulfill its eon- '
tract jtd that the amount due ia much 1
leaa tV» that amount
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HELP FOR NEBRASKA
CONNECTICUT OFFERS A $3,000
DONATION.
Got. Holcomb Returns Thanks, Hot De
clines to Accept the Money—Depnty
Labor Commissioner Erlon Makes In
vestigation of Amount of Supplies In
the Hands of the Ktate Relief Commis
sion—Objection Urged to the Seed
Grain Law—A Record of Proceedings
In the Legislature. •
Governor Holcomb Replies to Connecti
cut’s Generous Offer.
The following Is the letter sent by Govern
or Holcomb In reply to the offer of aid from
the stato of Connecticut:
Lincoln, Nob., Feb. P, 1889.—lion. Thomas
L. Parker, House of Representatives, Hart
ford, Conn.—My Dc»ar Sir: Permit mo to ac
knowledge receipt of yours of the Gth Inst.
Informing me of the resolution now before
the committee on appropriations, of which
you are secretary, proposing to appropriate
$5,(.00 front your state treasury for the relief
of the distressed In the drouth-stricken por
tions of western Nebraska. I beg leave to
say that 1 thoroughly appreciate the gener
ous Impulse prompting this proposed dona
tion.
Our reverses are onlv temporary and are
confined to a portion or the state, and while
our people are highly gratified at this evi
dence of your friendly Interest our misfor
tunes have not assumed such proportions as
would render It proper to accept aid impos
ing a burden on tho taxpayers of other
states. It Is true that in portions of Nebras
ka, on account of a most severe and unpre
cedented drouth, a large number of worthy
people, through no fault of their own, have
been reduced t» a state requiring assistance
from others more fortunate until they can
again sow and reap.
voluntary contributions donated by the
generous people from all over the country
are being thankfully received by the state
relief commission. With these contrlbu
t Ions so magnanimously given and the pro
visions made by our state legislature the
relief com miss ion will doubtless be able to
provide the necessaries of life to our own
deserving poor until another crop Is bar- j
vested. Other state* have expressed tbelr |
willingness to render assistance, but those
proposals of stato appropriations have Inva
riably been declined.
The Nebraska state legislature has made
an appropriation to meet tho present neces
sities of the drouth sufferers ami has en
acted a law providing for the bonding of
counties in drouth-Btrlcken sections in or
der to procure seed to sow and feed for
teams used In cultivating the land during
the coming crop season.
Again thanking you for your expression
of tho generous Interest of your committee,
1 am very truly yours,
tbignea.l ml as A. Holcomb.
Governor.
Nebraska Boundary.
Field notes of a survey of the north boun
dary of the stato have been received by the
land commissioner and ure now In posses
sion of the state engineer, Alex Scblegel.
These valuahlo documents comprise a
record of a re-established survey made by
Joseph II. Jenkins in the year 1893 and ap
proved December 1894. Re-establishment
was necessary because the old monuments
were nearly all burnod off, stones had crum
bled away, the pits U4 led up and markings
almost obliterated.
Urand Island Republican; Irrigation
would make bountiful crops absolutely cer
tain In all districts in Nobraska where irri
gation Is practicable, and there are few
localities where irrigation is not practicable
by one method or another.
Mr. 8'chlegel believes the boundary line is
now one of the best marked In the United
States. Half-mile monuments have been
added in the now survey, in addition to the
mile markings. The half-mile posts are of
Sioux Falls granite, six feet long, eight inch
es square, set three feet in the ground. The
mile stones are of the same material, seven
feet long, ten inches square, set three
and one-half feet in the ground. Mile
monuments west of the initial point, at the
Keya Paha river, are marked on the west
face with the number of miles from the Ini
tial point, on the north face "H. 1).,” and the
south face bears the letter “N,” standing
for Nebraska. Those east of the initial
point are the same with the exception that
they bear the nnmber of miles east from
that point.
The survey consists of the re-establish
ment of the forty-third parallel from the
Keya Paha river west to the northwest cor
ner of the state and also the same parallel
from the Keya Paha river east to the Mis
souri river. The line Is281 miles long.
The next survey of importance to Nebras
ka will be the survey of the fractional town
ships in Boyd county adjoining the state
boundary line. These townships instead
of being full six miles wide, will be about
three miles in width.
The Nebraska Assembly.
Senate.—The senate was called to order
on the 14th by the lieutenant governor at 3
o’clock. The journal of last Friday was
read in part by the secretary and then the
further reading was dispensed with on mo
tion. Senator Dale offered a resolution for
adjournment until tomorrow us a testimo
nial of the senate's sympathy with Sneaker
Richards ou the death of his child. The
resolution was adopted and the Senate ad
journed.
House.—The house was called to order on
itjhe 14th by Mr. Munger of Lancaster, who
$y reason of being chairman of the judici
dry committee is speaker pro tem. Harrison
Of Drill moved that a commit.ee of three be
appointed to draft resolutions of sympathy
wiili Speaker and Mrs Richards. The mo
tion prevailed and Harrison of Hall, Davis
of i ass and Howard of Sarpy were named as
committee. Cole of Hitchcock moved that
as a mark of respect to speaker Richards
the house adjourn until tomorrow morning
at 10 o’clock. The motion was seconded by
Chapman of Saline and the .house ad
journed.
cjenate. mo lain was a Held day in the
senate for Senator Watson. Four of his bills
were considered in committee of the whole,
recommended for passage and ordered en
grossed for third reading. The total num
bo of bills thus far introduced is 290. The
first bill taken un was senate tile No. 11, by
Watson, a joint resolution submitting to the
voters of Nebraska a proposition to call a
convention tor the purpose of revising the
constitution. The till was recommended
for passage. Senate file No. 14, by W atson,
was recommended for passage, it repeals
the present law requiring railroad compa
nies in this state to equip their cars with
automatic couplers and substitutes the na
tional law which is not to go into eff ct
until on and after January I. IsiM. When
senate tile No. 11, providing for a constitu
tional convention, was up in committee of
the whole Graham succeeded without any
diillculty in making a radical amendment.
The bill as it was introduced a thorizeu the
governor to designate one weekly newspa
per in each county in which the proclama
tion submitting the proposition for a con
vention should be printed. Graham's
amendment provided that the newspapers
should be designated by the secretary of
state. When the committee reported the
bill back to the senate Sprecher attempted
to knock out Graham’s amendment. The
senate adopted the report of thecommittee
iut luuing Graham’s amendment.
House.—In the house on the 15th the spe
cial seed grain note bill, recommended for
passage in committee of the whole, excited
quite an animated discussion. The bill pro
vides for a negotiable note to be given for
seed grain, which shall become a lien on the
crop. It must also be recorded with the
county clerk, the same as a chattel mort
gage, and. upon payment, mu 11 e released
If the crop fails to satisfy the note the
nia*- r is held for the residue. There was
an attempt made to amend the measure by
making the note cover grain for reedin'
purposes' but It was voted down by a lar~e
majority. The committee's substitute for
house roll No. 210. by Barry, providin ' for
the maintenance of public libraries in
school districts, was reccom mended for pas
•aige. House roll No. 132, by M unger, relat
ing to the assessment of lands and lots by
county commissioners sitting as boards of
equalization, was recommended for passage.
Kaup sent up a resolution, which was
adopted on suspension of the rules, thank
ing the donators of supplies for the needy
from other states. Another resolution was
referred to the committee on finance, ways
and means, providing that the eight or ten
bodies of union veterans now in the potter's
field of the Hospital for the Insane at Lin
com be removed to Wyufca cemetery, at a
cost not to exceed $100. Ch ’pnien bad the
following resolution on the desk, which, on
suspension of the rules, was adopted; That
all claims for supplies furnished the legis
lature previous to February 9, 1*96, he *i»b
mlttedtothe commit tee on accounts and
ex rend I tu res of this house on or before Feb
ruary 20, IMA, oriheBame be compelled to
await action until the assembling of the !
Twenty-fifth session of the Nebraska state
legislature. .
llills Affecting Public Schools.
Lincoln, Feb. J4.—A commtttee appointed ;
by the St ate Teacher’s association, consist
ing of Stale Superintendent of Public In
struction H. R. Corbitt, C. G. Pearse, princi
pal of the Beatrice schools, J. M. GUlan,
secretary of the Omaha Board of Education
.7. H. Baer, superintendent of public Instruc
tion for Lam aster county, and II. K. Wolfe
of Seward, held a meeting In Lincoln for the !
purpose of securing united action upon a
number of the educational b lis now pend
ing In the legislative committees. These
bills were prepared by a committee ap
pointed by the state Teachers* association.
They are ns follows:
House roll No. 74. providing for the equi
table division of license moneys between
t wo or more districts forming parts of a city
or village.
House roll No. 69, providing for the issu
ance and registration of school district war
rants and the payment of Interest on them
at the rate of 6 per cent per annum.
House roll No. 162 Is urgently recommend
ed by the association. It provides for a
state hoard of educat ion to consist of the
state superintendent of public instruction,
the chancellor of the state university, the
principal of the state normal school, one
city superintendent and ono county super
intendent, the last i wo to be chosen by the
first three. The members of this proposed
hoard are to receive no compensation but
their actual expenses. The bill direct-the
board to prescribe minimum courses of
study for common and biirh schools, to
licence instructors, prescribe courses of
study for county Institutes, c nduct state
examinations and issue state cer ifientes.
House roll No. iK'O contains several fea
tures recommended by the stale teachers
association, including those making the
school year agree with the fiscal year, em
powering hoards in cities and towns to em
ploy teachers after April L changing the
time of election of members of boards of
education in cities making boards consist of
an odd number of member*.
House roll No. 188 strengthens the com
pulsory attendance law and provides for an
attendance officer
House roll No. 388 provides for free atten
dance at public high schools.
Foreclosure of Mortgages.
One of the most important bills yet pre
sented at this session was Introduced on the
15th. This bill relates to the foreclosure of
trust deeds and mortgages on real property.
The bill proposes some radical changes that
will attract general attention among all
classes of people. The champions of the
measure state that this bill simply gives to
Nebraska the same law that exists in South
Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Kansas and
Missouri.
i his hill provides that in any conveyance
of realestate by mortgage or trust deed it
shall be lawful to provide for the sale of
Huch real estate by the mortgagee, his agent
or attorney, by the trustee named In such
Instrument, or by any sheriff of the county
in which the mortgaged premises are situ
ated, upon default of any condition In such
instrument.
All such sales of realestate are to be made
at the court bouse In the county wherein
such « remises arc situated, at public auc
tion, to the highest bidder for cash, after
giving no less than thirty days’ notice of
such sale; and the purchaser is required to
immediately deposit with the clerk of the
district court the amount of the bid. It is
provided that whenever default shall be
made in any condition in the mortgage deed
the legal holder of the notes secured there
by may tile In the office of the clerk of the
district court a notice stating that default
or breach has been made and containing an
estimate of the probable amount of inter
est, taxes, and costs likely to accrue during
the year of stay, thereby notifying all par
ties then having on record any interest in
such real estate of the default or breach,
and that the same will be sold as provided
in saiu mortgage.
He may also file a precipe in the office of
the clerk aforesaid directing a copy of said
notice to be delivered to the sheriff of said
county, who shall serve the same upon all
parties namod therein so having of record
an Interest in said real estate, which copy
shall be served upon such parties. When
the notice of default shall be filed In the
clerk’s office the clerk shall docket the same,
but no other or further record in the cause
need be made than docketing and filing the
papers.
Preparing for the State Fair.
The board of managers of the state fair,
In session at Omaha, made the following ap
pointments:
General superintendent, Austin Humph
rey of Lincoln.
Assistant general superintendent, I,»ouis
Rheem of Omaha.
Superintendent of gates, William R.
Bowen of Omaha.
j t hief of police, Louis Grebe of Omaha.
Master of transportation, George V. llines
of Omaha.
Superintendent of agricultural hall, W.
II. Harrison of Alda.
Superintendent of art gallery, George W.
Lininger of Omaha.
Superintendent of forage, John H. Butler
of Omaha.
Superintendent of Amphitheater, F. H.
Briggs of Omaha.
Booth manager, Charles A. Dunham of
Omaha. *
Superintendent of manufacturer’s hall,
E. M. Searle of Ogalalla.
Superintendent of mercantile hall, Mr.
Sheldon of Beatrice
Superintendent of speed, W. H. Barstowof
Crete.
Class superintendents: ,
Class A—Horses—E. A. Stewart of Blair.
Class B—Cattlo—B. H. Dunn of harvard,
Class C—Sheep—J. Holcomb of Osceola.
Cla.'-s D—Swine—W. h. Barger of Hebron.
Class E—Poultry—C. M. Lewellyn of West
ern.
Class F—Farm Products—Captain J. W.
Lee of Oxford.
ClassG—Textile Fabrics—Mrs. A. H. Baker
of Grand Island.
Class H—Fine Arts—G. W. Lininger cf
Omaha.
^Class I—Dairy—WI Hi am Sutton of Table
Class J—Educational—Charles Royce of
University Place.
Class K—Bees and Honey—A. 'Whitcomb
of Frifend.
Class L—Mechanical Arts—E. L. Grinnell
; of Fort « alhoun.
l Class M—Agricultural Implements—E. 8.
! Hawley of L ncoln.
i class N—Instruments, etc.—E. L. Grinnell
i of Fort Calhoun.
Class O—* ounty Collective Exhibits—J. D.
Ream of Broken now
Class P—Discretionary—L. A. Beecher of
Neligh.
Class Q—Special Premiums-B. Crowder of
Gordon.
Secretary Furnas was Instructed to Inves
tigate different attractions, correspond
with the managers as to terms and other de
tails and report to the board at a future
1 meetln
Treasurer* May Rave a Seal.
A bill la now before the judiciary commit
tee of the house which la intended to correct
a curious condition of affairs. This is house
roll <49, Introduced by Representative Bech
er, and It provides that county treasurers
i may have a seal of office and authorizing
them to affix it to certain Instruments. The
O' casion for such a bill being necessary is
this:
When lands are sold for taxes the pur
chaser Is given a certificate by the coun y
treasurer which shows what amount was
fetid, the date of the sale, description of the
and and other particulars of the transac
: tion. If the original owner does not redeem
i in a cc tain time the holder of the tax sale
: certificate is entitled to a deed totheprop
| erty. The law says this deed shall be ex
ecuted on demand by the county treasurer,
who shall affix his seal to the document.
Now as the law makers have never pro
vided that the county treasurer shall have
a seal, and the supreme court has held that
these tax deeds are not good unless his seal
which he has not, is attached, there are a
lot of tax deeds of dou tful validity afioat
In the eta c The present act will remedy
this by supplying the seal which has herc
fore been left out of the equipment of the
county.
To Kill Off Superfluous Attorneys.
Sutton of Douglas has a bill printed, house
loll No. 448, which is very stringent in its
provision* regarding the practice of law.
The very first section provides that from
and after!August 1, loSS. all licenses to prac
tice law Ip this state be revoked, with the
exception of the judges of the supreme
jourt, district and county court*, judge* of
the police court* of cftlesOf tfte metropoH
t«n or first class, the attorney general of thO
itate and county attorneys. It Is then pro
rided that, In the way of reinstatement, the
•upreme court may from time to time place
upon the rolls as attorneys and counsellors
if paid court such persons as have thereto
fore practiced therein as In the judgment of
lhe court are thoroughly qualified to prac
tice therein. Thereafter no person shall be
Admitted to practice law in any of the courts
>f this state unless he shall have been duly
Admitted to practice in the supreme court,
fhe supreme court shall appoint committees
for the examinat Ion of applicants for license
to practice law as may be necessary, and
the meetings of these committees shall al
ways be held at the capital of the state. The
utlier provisions of the bill are similar to
the law now In force. Including the two
years’preliminary reading in the office of
i regular practicing attorney, or on produc
tion of a diploma from some reputable law
jchcol In the state.
Irrigation Notes.
North Bend Argus: In irrigation and the
iugar beet lies a future for Nebraska that
mnnot be looked forward to by any othar
itato in the Union. Give us irrigation an!
iugar beets. \
Dundy county will be In It next season if
Irrigation has any virtues. In this immedl*
Ate vicinity five private ditches are com
pleted, each ranging from six to ten miles
in length. The next tangible question
to solve is how the people are to pro
cure seed.
('hadron Signal: Alfred Johnson, one of
the energetic young farmers of East i raig
precinct, called at this office Tuesday. He
4ays the irrigation company at Mirage has
ii surveyor at work on the line of the pro
jected Irrigation ditch. It will cross Pepper
creek and the deep Sand canyon by means
of flumes.
West Union Gazette (Custercounty): The
prospect of Irrigation has caused quite a
stir among our people, who have not hith
erto availed themselves of the benefits of
t» e homestead law. Several have taken
claims under the ditch Among others our
justice of the peace, Ira Sturdevant and
I had Loop have taken some valuable land.
At a meeting of the board of trustees of
the Mliago Irrigation company recently,
they concluded to change the point of di
version of the water in the river to be used
for irrigation purposes, by lapping the river
just above the mill dam at Dunlap, Sheridan
county, which would thereby lift the main
ditch ton or twelve feet higher, and save a
great deal of very hard ditch work. The
hoard went to Dunlap Monday 10 see what
could bo done. They succeeded in making
an arrangement for the Irrigation company
to have full control of all the water for
seven months in each year, commencing
April 1 and ending November 1. The con
stdera ion to be paid for this water privi
lege for fifty years is $1,000, to be paid in cash
when the ditch is completed ana the water
turned on.
Transfer Switch Case Appealed.
The State Board of Transportation has
filed Its appeal in error from the O’Neill dis
trict court in the supreme court. The case
In point Involves the constitutionality of
the law requiring Intersecting railways to
put In connecting switches. The case was
negun at O’Neill at the October term of the
district court. An alternative writ of man
damus was prayed for by ti.e Board of
Transportation to compel the Sioux City,
O’Neill & Western railroad and tbe Fre
mont, Kluhorn & Missouri Valley railroad
to put In a connecting switch at O’Neill and
to establish and put in force a joint sched
ule of rates for freght in car lots from every
point on one lino to every point on the other.
The case, by stipulation, was heard by Judge
Chapman of Cass county, instead of by
Judge Kinkead. To the application defend
ants demurred, alleging in addition, to the
usual points of a general demurrer that the
pretended act of the legislature under
which the action was brought was unconsti
tutional and void, for the reason that it de
§ rived defendants of their property without
ue process of law and denied defendants
equal protection of law. The demurrer was
sustained by Judge chapman and the case
dismissed. To deetde the constitutionality
of the law the State Board of Transporta
tion now comes to the supreme court.
Judge Marshall has filed his opinion with
Attorney General Churchill In the Schuyler
transfer switch case. This one embodies all
the points covered by Judge Chapman, to
gether with a great many others. Judge
Marshall covers, in his opinion, the whole
ground, constitutionally and statutory.
ubstantlally it agrees with the ruling of
Judge Chapman. Both judges hold that sec
tion r.62 of the constitution merely gives one
new railway the right to cross another, and
is not mandatory In the way of forcing an
old road to build transfer -witches. Secre
tary Dllworth of the Board of Transporta
tion says that an effort will be made to ad
vanoe the O’Neill case on the supreme court
docket.
Caldwell's Seed B11L
Senator Caldwell’s bill to enable town
ships to vote bonds for the purpose of sup
plying seed grain for planting contains some
new reatures that other relief measures do
not. It differs in detail very much from the
Lamborn law, which permits counties to
vote bonds. The Caldwell bill, it is claimed,
will be adaptable to localities where bonds
would not be voted by an entire county,
because the larger portion of the county is
not in need of aid to purchase seed. Very
often it is the case that one or two town
ships in a county have been hit by the
drouth and successive crop failures and are
in need of aid.
Under this bill these townships can vote
bonds to the amount of 1»per cent of their
valuation and use the proceeds of their
sale to purchase seed. The farmer to whom
this seed is distributed is required to give
his nole for the amount of the value of seed
furnished and file with proper authorities a
description of the land on which it is to be
Hlanted. The amount of seed furnished is
mited to $i worth to each acre cultivated
by the applicant. There is a provision that
the county shall hold a first lien on the crop
raised on the land for the payment of the
seed note. It is also provided that notes
shall be payable in four years with the
option of paying in two. The money from
the notes is to be put in a sinking fund,
which is provided to pas the bonds when
due.
Landlord's Lien BUI.
The "landlor’s lien bill” having passed the
senate will come up in the house in a few
days. This bill is by Senator Bressler, and
is as follow:
“Sec. 1. A landlord shall have a lien for
his rent upon all crops grown upon the
premises, and upon any other personal prop
erty of the tenant and not exempt from ex
ecution, which has been used upon the prem
ises during the term, for the period of six
months after a year’s rent, or a shorter pe
riod claimed, falls due. but such lien shall
not in any case continue more than six
months after the expiration of the term.
"Section 2. The lien maybe effected by
the commencement of an action within the
period above prescri cd for the rent alone,
In which action the landlord will be entitled
to a writ of attachment, upon filing with
the proper clerk, or the justice, an affidavit
that action is commenced to recover rent
accrued within one year previous thereto
upon premises described in the aftidafit.”
\Y itliout questioning in the least the mo
tives of the gentlemanly author of this
measure, it may bo said that this bill is not
constructed in the interests of the people.
It will tend to give every advantage to the
landlord without permitting the tenant to
enjoy anything but the privilege of breath
ing and hearing the burden that the ele
ments and his landlord may see fit to heap
upon him. *
Bate Is Impracticable.
Railroad men say that the bill Introduced
by Senator Caldwell requiring all railroads
to charge a uniform rate per mile for all
freight is Impracticable. They, the rail
road men, say that as an example of where
this will rail to work is on the lines oper
ated between Omaha and Lincoln. The Bur
lington line between these points is several
miles shorter than that of any other roadl,
and if all are required to charge the sanrie
ri^?iPer mil<? the rate over the Burlington
will be less than any other and it will get/all
the freight. Senator Caldwell insists tfhat
h>s bill is practical and equitable and,6ays
that he will push it to Its passage beca/lise it
is a just and fair measure. /
Oklahoma Divorces to Bo Msdo Easy*
Guthiue, Ok., Feb. 13.—A pill was
railroaded through the lowep house
of the legislature to-day granting to
prohate judges the right ho try di
vorce cases and grant divorces for
fourteen different canaes so any per
son living in the territory [ for ninety
days. J
■•'?A BRIGHT STAB,
A SKETCH OF THE MAN »
LED MARY ANDERSON
TO FAME.
AIM Played Leading Kale* with
Barrett and Thorne.
[From the St. Louie Chronic,
s&aTiarsarrs
of his youth were Thomas w rL "*
Frank Chanfrau. We find Keene™
the age of 25 and Norton in the
early manhood, the leading maSf„
Booth at the famous Winter Uaffil?
ter. He was starred with Lawreni
rett early in the 70s, andTltSfJ*
leading roles with Charles Thorne*^
Variety theater in New Orleans & J
the Centennial year, in Louisville
met our Mary Anderson, then a fair
girl who aspired for stage fame, to*
under his guidance and, as evmi
knows, led her to fame. Mr. Norton L
the proprietor of the Grand Opera Hon?
St. Louis, the Du Quesne Theater Pn
burg, and one of the stockholders
American Extravaganza Company
One afternoon early in June he h«u
'into his New Yorkofflce on Broadtm
encountered his business manager (L,
McManus, who had also been a rheunu
sufferer for two years. Norton was
Wised that McManus had discarded
dine. “Whocured you?” he asked "I,™
dyself,” replied McManus, “with Dr
Sms’ Pink Pills.” "
M was encouraged by Mr. McMre
cure, and as a last resort tried th» p,
Pills myself,” said Mr. Norton to a Cl*
iefe reporter. “You have known me fori
years, and know how I have suffered 11
during the summer of 1893 I was®
back at the Mullanphy hospital, in
city , four weeks. I was put on the old
tempf dieting, with a view to clearingth
acidulous properties in my blood that an
cal theorists say is the cause of mv rh
matin m. I left the hospital feeling stream
but the first damp weather brought vi
those! excruciating pains in the tecs
back. It was the same old trouble, i,,
sitting down for a stretch of fivo minou
the pdins screwed my legs into a knotwh
I uro.it. and I hobbled as painfully as m
After! had taken my first box of PiskPii
it stnYk me that the pains were less tit
bleson V. I tried another box, and I
almost Imoonsclously to have faith ii
Pink lolls. I Improved so rapidly u,
could } fee after sitting at my desk for
hour ai I the twinges of rheumatism f
accompanied my rising were so mild tha
scarcely!noticed them. During the
two weeks we have had much ..
weather in St. Louis. But the damp
has not Rid the slightest effect in briny
back then rheumatism, which i consul
sufficient and reliable test of the ethese
Pink Pills. I may also say that the I
Pills have acted as a tonic on my stom
which I thought was well nigh desire
by the thousand and one alleged reme
I consumed in the past five years "
Watches In the Haase.
Tom Reed has the finest watch inti
house. It ^tever varies more than is
or three seconds in a week. It is w
especially costly, but it is a wonder It
accuracy, and the ex-speaker never In
the slightest trouble with it There!
a chronometer in the house lobby whie
is connected |with the meteorologia
apparatus, and the members who hi)
pen to have fairly good time pieces s>
their watches by it every day. Kerf
is easy at the head of the list, but Dinf
ley, Turner of Georgia and Russell t
Connecticut come close behind.-'led
ington Letter^
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars revert
for any case' of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Hail'd Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY SCO., Toledo. 0
We, the undersigned, have known F,.
Cheney for the,last 15 years, and belier
Mm perfectly [ honorable in all bosmee
transactions and financially able to cart
out any obligations made by their firm
West Sc Tbcax, Wholesale Druggets.»
ledo, O. Warpwo, Kisnsn & Minva
Wholesale DrugWists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken interna*
acting directly tipon the blood ami mow
surfaces of the system. Testimonials *•
free. Price 7BeT per bottle. Sold oj *
Druggists. \
Hall’s Family Pills, 35c. _
Nobody contenjts himself with rourjt.
monds, or wears) them so. When
and Bet, then thoy give a lnster.
Chicago Tribune: “When I "f •
your line of business, my friend.
Mr. Fellaire, giving the greasy W
half-dollar an(d kicking him off »
front steps of bis mansion, “I •
had sense ^noygh *° £° roun“
back door."
neuLi.v r- ,
vidence of expene°
department. 11
“Vu^as," whose r
iliar to newspaperje
t the country ,here
W. L Dojufflas as a Publishu
The Times it the name of a late *
rival in the (field of journos® »
Brockton, Maps It is an eiga- PJv
seven column/daily, with a twelv P .
Saturday issu/e. It is neatly P
and shows
hands in e
owned by W.
trait is so fal
ers thronghoj
ing very few
which his S3 shoe is not
Col. J. Armiry Knox is manager, ^
a personal Representative of ■ i;.
laa The Times is independent
tics, prefenring’to advocate P ,onl
rather than parties. It is Prl it
Hoe press/which is evidence m®',.,,,']
started oiRt with a good sized
tion.
Who wins the s300? ^
Anovfel way to obtain “
dailies or weeklies
fthne is not advertise
Cl*
name ff>r their great, yes, tbe
new oats, has been adopter • off#
u“Vt w, hsh* * rrkpr
John A- Salzer Seed Co.
$300 f<br a name for their
their/catalogue tells allabou
ers ire enthusiastic over
oa&
acre/ right along. You win ^
Farmers report six tons of v usjjeli
Sa/lzer’s Meadow Mixtures; f “ , j id
corn per acre in a dry season,
bjh$hels potatoes from two ac
Diifiiwa -- . It
Jlf Ton WU1 Out This Out *°d ,
the JoW
to
with lOe postage
iBalzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
f get free their mammoth cata s
a package of above *300 prite
tvis.y0?
and
HU Names.
A pair of twins was born m the Bjjjj
ay district A bright b°j'_«* ..ffill
> try and name them- I|e Skater'
ley be called Peter and MP lis«i
ut na His mother would n ..[A
, the name Peter. Then he s*;
;he name reier. - »
m be called Max and
“No,” she said. ‘‘They a™ l
i girls, ~so we cannot name I.
em Max.” _tho0^
Then he said after much
,et them be called Kate
nem ne caneu ..
te.” After this his head w»» W'
ed and he was sent out to v
lion Signal.