THE FRONTIER. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY By Tn Frontier Printing Co. O’KEILL, ^ NEBRASKA OVER THE STATE. A fire in Lincoln destroyed 123,000 ■worth of property. Friday, September 4th, will be "Scandinavian Day.” Tkccmser will have a three days’ racing: meeting the last week in May. A. T. D. Hughes has been appointed postinaster at Howe, Nemaha county. A grocery firm at (!en%va handled #0,000 eggs from January 20 to March 1. The Fourth district republican eon* rention will be held at York on the Oth of April. . The farmers around North llend hnve concluded to raise 200 acres of celery this summsr. Ax effort is being made by Tecura •eh horsemen to hold a racing meeting i.- there early in the spring. 1 John Knigiit, an Omaha iron mould er. was killed at Mt Pleasant, la., by being run over by a train. Wai.krr, the Dawson county mur derer, has reached the penitentiary and entered upon his life sentence. Siiki.hv's only saloon has been closed by the sheriff attaching the furniture of the place on a chattel mortgage ltKowN.county has seventy-four civil and four criminal cases on the docket for the coming term of district court. Milch cows are in greatdemand, and most of the creaineriesovcr the country have found it necessary to advance the price of milk; Buy home made goods and build up home industries, is a good policy. Far rell’s Fire Extinguisher, made by Far rell A co, Omaha. Cows are bringing better prices at the public sales this winter than for sev eral years, and good farm horses arc in much better demand. Water Commissioner Harpnirof Nor folk has been requested to hand in his resignation “forthwith.” He is said to be short in his accounts, but in only a small amount. _ Asa result of the revival at Wayne, sixty members have heen added to the Methodist church, thirty-six to the Baptist church and as many more to the Presbyterian. Kkpkkskntativk Kem has Introduced a bill to transfer Ft Sidney military post reserve to the state of Nebraska for educational purposes for a normal or industrial school. Oeoiigk Rkdfihm of Fairmont went to California to make his ’‘future home." After a stay of two weeks ho pulled up stakes and returned to the land of the big red corn. Thk “Twelve O’clock” club is the name pf a thrifty organization of Te cumseh's young people that has for the past three montliB held regular weekly meetings of a social character. Tiik sentence of Atlee Hart, editor of the Dakota t'ily Kugle, to a year in the Iowa penitentiary has been commuted by Governor Drake to a finoof 8500 und costs, which must bo paid by April 15. A mass meeting of the indignant cit izens of Farnum was held, denouncing the action of Uovernor llolcomb in corarauting.thc death sentence of John B^ Walker to that of imprisonment for Ja;ck Koi.mak of Pierce county, who went to Missouri the 10th of February, where he purchased land, has already become tired of his bargain and will be back in time to raise a crop in Ne braska. 1 Tiik land commissioner's office has served notice on county officers that her eafter bids for lease of school lands will not be received for tbe small sum due during the last days of December r and June. But when bidders putin their claims at these times the whole of the succeeding semi-annual rental ; must be paid. Dkputy Mahsiiai, Tiibasiikk of - Omaha was in Ashland issuing suui • mons to portlet who own Union Pacific railway lands or lands originally bought of that road to appear in chan cery at Omaha April 0. As the parties do not know why they should be sum . moned, some of them fear that the gov ernment is making an effort to take the land awav from them. 'Tmomas Moour, who has beets dig (f>#I at a vein of coal recently located near Rock Bluff, south of Plattsiuonth. has struck an extra vein of coul that promises t6 yield heavily. The vein. When first struck, was not considered ,r worth working, but after digging' a while it was discovered that it was growing larger and now indications are that the affair will make Us owners some money. WashingTOS -dispatch: Senator Thnrston today reported favorably the bill to authorize and encourage tlio , holding of a trans-Mississippi exposi tion at Omaha in 189H. The bill wus reported substantially as presented, with the exception of a few amend ments to make it more nearly corres pond to that which was more recently introduced in the house by Congress man Mercer. District Attorney Sawyer, on be half of the government, has begun suit in federal court against the Burlington railroad company to restore to the pub Jie domain land estimated at voo.ooo acres in north central Nebraska claim ed by the company under the act of congress of 1864. The government bases / its suit on the ground tbst these lands :•? were never ceded, but that the road fW possession through the failure at the government to provide the number f? ofUectious agreed upon along the line in the Mouth Platte country. The rail road company has long since disposed /of much of the disputed property and nearly 1.500 settlers will be affected be the unit. Ch4W.es UfWEN and Ralph Seelev. of Scpodeni'county, will tarry eighteen months eadbin the penitentiary for re 's?-. eeiving stolen goods. A tin box filled with gold dust, valued at tJOO, was uncovered by Wm. Austin while digging a foundation for bis house oear Plattsmoulh. Roy. the 18-year-old son of James M. Thurman, living two miles northeast of Table Rock; was shot through the neck by his sister tlrace, some two - years older- Mr. Thurman bad cleaned •p the gun' and loaded it, preparatory / going out bunting. The girl got vj.; bold of the cun, which was discharged with the sboye results; ... i-. * v.y•• Wft t «&£. The Nebraska Club. The executive committee of the Ne braska club met in Lincoln and took steps to push forward the work of the organization. Several very important matters were put under way. details of which urc withheld pending comple tion of plans. Secretary Williamson made a compre hensive report of the work up to the present time, lie showed a map, on which he has indicated the growth of the idea. In fifteen counties auxiliary organizations have been formed, and the club has members in sixteen, while workers are busy in thirty. Arrange ments have been made with the rail road companies by which missionaries may reacli the states of Illinois, Iowa, .Michigan, Ohio and others, from which Nebraska lias drawn an excellent class of citizens. Only counties in which auxiliaries have been organized are en titled to this benefit. Another plan that has been perfected is to get into the columns of the state papers matter prepared by an experienced journalist, which will treat especially of the re sources and attractions of the counties organized. I'. 11. Morrill of Lincoln, .7. K. Smith of Beatrice and W. H. Lnnniugof llast tings announced themselves as three of fifty who would take 100 shares each. This will provide for half of the 10,000 shares needed to commence bnsiness on. Governor II olcol mb submitted a-lettcr from the secretary of the Armenian so ciety in Chicago, offering to furnish Armenian immigrants for Nebraska. He writes that these Armenians are of the most desirable class, and make ex cellent citizens, the difficulty at present being for them to get out of Turkey. Nebraska's Chicory Industry. Fremont dispatch: An agent of the German Chicory company of O’Neill has been in town the past few days making contracts with farmers to raise chicory for its factory. It has met with success and has already a.‘»0 acres in sight. The company agrees to furnish seed for .'>0 cents a pound, to be taken from the first shipment or be paid in cash. It will pay SI0.50 a ton for the roots delivered on the cars at O’Neill. The contract also contains a provision similar to that in the contracts of the Norfolk Sugar Beet company, that if the state bounty Is not paid‘then ttiej farmer is to receive $0 per ton at the! factory instead of S10. The roots are not required to meet any test as to quality, but are paid for wholly by weight They urc to be free from earth and well topped. A few acres were raised in this vicinity last season with satisfactory results, ‘ although the cost of digging them was larger than was anticipated.: ..The roots were so long that no machine would work satisfac torily and they had to be spaded up by band. Working Nebraska .—In a desperate battle with regulators.Bow eu Sykes fatally shot four men and wounded six others seriously. Sykes lives in Hillsboro county and had incurred the enmity of his neigh bors. Within the last ten days he had received notices to leave. Wednesday morning Sykes found a rudely drawn coHin on his front door, and under neath a statement that, unless he left immediately, he would be killed. Sykes prepared to defend himself against the expected attack, which came Thursday morning about 1 o’clock. At that hour a mob of fifteen masked men broke down the door and entered the house. Sykes was ready, and as the regulators entered, he opened fire with a Winchester rifle. Soon four of the regulators were down and the others fled. Sykes continued to fire at the fugitives as long as they wero .in range and is confident six’otliers were wounded. Sykes then tore the masks from the four men who had fallen, and found that they were John and Alonzo Karnes, John Gilliland and Dennis Driggers. The Uarno3 brothers were shot through the head and cannot live, Gilliland and Drig gers were shot in the chest and their wounds are fatal. Sykes came here, reported the trag edy and swore put warrants. Officers who went out to make the arrests found the four men named dying, and reported that six others are too badly wounded to be moved. Sykes says he has done nothing to be “regulated” for, and proposes to remain in the neighborhood if he lias to kill every man in it. 11 rock way* p 1 veil Ten Years. Tkknton, N. J., March 9.—The Brockway counterfeiting gang v.»as sentenced by Judge Green in the United States district court to-day. Brockway, the leader, was given ten years in the state penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine of $3,000. Mrs. Alibie Smith, the landlady of the Ho boken house in which the gang oper ated, was given four years in the pen itentiary and fined $f,00; William W’ag ner, who was recommended to the mercy of the court, by the jury, gets one year in the Snake Hill peniten tiary and $100 fine. York** Itlryele Police. Xew Yohk, March 9.—The bicycle squad has proved satisfactory beyond expectation. When spring comes all of New York’s asphalt and macadam cf imnfe ltiill ....« . i i ri: . . J wu wheels. i his was decided upon at a meeting of the police board last night. There was also formally ordered the establishment of the liertillon method of identifying criminals as a regular adjunct of New York's police system. A Gulf Schooner Lost. Fort Worth, Texas, March 0 —The schooner Willie Ann, which has been plying in the Texas coast trade, was lost in the gulf on the 2d or 3d inst. All on board went down with her. The schooner was seen about 125 miles southeast from Point Isabel. The Willie Ann carried Tour men and a passenger, a Mr. Moquan of Roekport. Toothache Dispelled by “X** Rays. ' Lonnox, March 9.—“Le Soir” ol Paris announces that the toothache is a thing of the past, on the word of Dr. Levett, an American dentist, in Paris, who declines to make public the par ticulars of his discovery, extent that he dissipates the toothache by the use of ltoeutgen rays. Wages Advanced. Anderson, lad., March 9 —Unso licited the American Wire Nail Com pany, of this city, operating the largest plant in the Central States and employing over 709 men, posted notice to their employes of an advance in wages of 10 and 15 per cent. Father and Sons Indicted for Murder. mu., in till'll u.— l ne grand jury brought in an indictment against Millard James and liis two sods, John and Alvis, for murder in the tirst degree for killing James Evans. Monk a* a Fust master. DmuiiLK, Iowa, March 9.—A post oBoe has been established at the con vent of Mellary, in this county, and one of the monks, Father David, ap pointed postmaster. NEWS IN BRIEF. Senator C'ullom has openly an nounced his candidacy for the Repub lican Presidential nomination. Professor U. L. Durr of Cornell, has been appointed special assistant to the Venezuela commission. It is said that the House and Senate leaders are trying to bring about an adjournment of Congress early in May. The Senate Public Lands Committee will recommend the passage of the Arizona leasing bill over the Presi dent's veto. _ Senator Vest has unearthed a sec tion of the constitution which makes it incumbent on Congress to present all concurrent resolutions to the President for approval. The Iowa senate laid the woman’s aufTragc joint.resolution on the table. Mauderson says that the Republi cans will nomiuate him or Allison or Davis. _ Some New York Democrats still be lieve that Whitney will yet be a can didate for president. Will Purvis, under sentence ol death, who escaped last December, surrendered to the sheriff at Purvis, Miss. Ex-Governor John Young Brown will be a candidate for United States senator if the present Kentucky leg islature fails to elect August Nogel was arrested at St Joseph, Mo., charged with having caused the death of Miss Laura Boone by a criminal operation. Monmouth college students partici pated in a rousiug demonstration, de nouncing the action of Spanish mob. and favoring Cuban independence. ( NO CUBAN RECOGNITION. Prealileot Cleveland and Cabinet Strongly Opposed to It, Washington, March 5.—The Presi dent and his Cabinet are undoubtedly opposed to the present recognition of belligerency of the Cuban insurgents and to any declaration concerning their independence ns embodied in re cent Congressional resolutions. The following is not an oflicinl statement, but it is known from careful inquiry thnt it accurately represents the ad ministration's views in the matter. \\ lule the President and members of the Cabinet personally feel the sym pathy common to all Americans' with these Cubans who are contending for self-government, they feel that in their official action they should not de part from the well-settled principles which were followed'by former Presi dents and Secretaries of State during prior insurrections in Cuba. These were clearly set fortli by General Grant in his message of ISIS, in which lie dealt with the question of the rec ognition of Cuban independence aDd also with that of the recognition of belligerency. both independence and belligerency are facts, and their recognition by other powers, as the terra implies, is merely formal acknowledgment of a state of things which, rightly or wrongly, has come about. M lien a people, united under some known and defined form of govern ment, which administers its functions by the usual methods, come to occupy and control a known territory over which it is competent to administer justice and within which it affords protection to citizens and strangers, a new state exists. Refusal of recogni tion would not change the fact, any more than premature “recognition” could create it. The former would be merely a slight to the new govern ment, just as the latter is merely an affront to the old one, The question necessarily is always what govern* ment is actually in control of the country. Recognition of belligerency depends upon tlie same facts, and is only a modified form of recognizing inde pendence. though the latter implies more perfect accomplishments. The pretension of recognizing what dors not exist “is always, and justly, regarded us an unfriendly aet, and a gratuitous demonstration of moral support to the rebellion.” it is understood that, judged by these tests, the a dm ini,strut iou does not think the present state of affairs in Cuba justifies any change in the at titude of the Government. Its func tion is to act and not to express feel ing. Ix-t OIT With a 85 Fine. Wichita, Kan., March G.—Glass Pierce, the Liverpool, Kan., postmas ter who was brought here and lodged in jail for sending obscene matter through the mails to the assistant postmaster general in order to get rid of his postoffice, pleaded guilty in the United States court and. to the grt-at astonishment of everybody, was lined only $5. Dragging Its Blow Length Along. Peakeronx, Ky., Merch 5.—As soon as the House assembled to-day a reso lution was offered for adjournment to March It, one week earlier than the constitution limitation. This is re garded as conceding that the present legislature cannot elect a successor to Senator Blackburn. To Make Bold Contracts Illegal. Jackson, Miss., March 5.—Governor McLaurin sent to the Legislature a special message recommending the passage of a law prohibiting the mak ing of contracts payable in gold alone and providing that all contracts shall be paid in both gold and silver. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE .MARKETS Quotations From New York, Chicago, St. Lottie, Omaha am! elsewhere. OMAHA. Butler—Creamery separator.. IS lSj$ Butter—Fair to good country. 12 @ 13 Eggs—Fresh. 8 @ 8^4 Chickens—Dressed, per #>. 8 JurKcys-icr in. ig iyi r* Lvmons-< 'lioice MesSinas. 3 0() @i 4 25 Oranges-P. i- box .‘.2 25 & 2 25 Honey—Fancy white, per lb... 14 15 Apples—l’er bbl . 2 50 @ 3 50 Sweet potatoes -Good, per bbl 2 50 ® 2 75 Potatoes—Per bn . 30 On stf Beans—Navy, hand-pic ed.bn 1 40 On \ 50 t’ranherrlcs—i tipe Cod, pr.bbl 8 5) («, 8 75 liny—Upland, per ton. 5 tK> @5.0 Unions -Per bu . 35 «<- 40 Broom Corn—Green, per lb. 2 @ 2t< Hosts—Mixed parkins. 3 73 or, 3 so Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 SO @ 3 S5 Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 50 @ 3 75 Beef Steers. 3 00 @ 4 05 Bolls. 2 15 (® 2 00 Milkers. 2 50 Sheep—l.ambs . 4 00 f® 4 10 Sheep—Westerns. 2i50 (<» 3 61 Sheep-Natives. 3 50 @ 4 53 NEW YOKli. Wlieat -No. ’, red winter. 83 1® 83!< orn No. 2,. 3." (® ;>7V, Oats—No. 2,. . 26 'rt, gju PrfFk—.10 2 i @1150 Lard—.. 3 64 45 S 70 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No 2 red, ca-li. 72 St 72'4 Corn—Per bu. 28‘4f® : 7>, Oats—Per bu. 19 SO 2'> Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 >0 @ 3 90 Cattle—Natlveteives... 3 25 @ 4 0 Sheep—Natives . 3 00 @ 3 7.5 Lamas——. 3 50 Si 4 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 hard. ?0 SO 53 Corn—No. 2. 22 @ 22H Outs—No. 2. 16!4@ 18'4 Cattl —Stockers and feeders.. 2 50 On 3 75 Ilogs— Mixed Packers. 3 61 @3 85 Sheep—Lambs. . 3 ?i & 4 40 NEWS IN BRIEF. The Central Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago has madean assignment. I Nicaraguan troops are advancing upon Leon, the stronghold of the rebels.' ' The United States warship Alert is at Corinto to guard this country's in terests there. i Bills have been introduced in Con gress for the protection of squaw men’s children. The secretary of war has recom mended the purchase of a rifle range for Jefferson Barracks. For Country’s Sake. AN INDIAN FIGHTER SUFFERS AGONIES. FROM DISEASE. U« Wm In the Rutile Willi tlie Apache* Wlirn tierontmo IVti Captured. From the Press, New York City. Worn with the exposure of army IIfo nr» thr frontier, arid poisoned by the ooniltuutl drinking of alkali water. Joseph Phgtiuf returned to Philadel phia eljtht years ago, broken down In. health and tumble to do any work. Me had served five years with the Ninth United Slates Infantry In many a desperate fight with the Indians In Arizona and other frontier States and had won an enviable record. In the llcree conflict when Geronlmo, the famous chief of the Apaches, was cap tured. Mr. Fleugauf was among; the brave soldiers who, forgetful of every thing but duty, charged upon the hos tile Indians. ; e Life on the plains serit to an untimely death many soldiers who were never touched by a redskin's bullet or arrow, and Sir. Flegauf came near such a fate, as that. A long time before his time was out he was taken seriously ill, but he stuck to his post until an honorable discharge was finally given to him. When he reached Philadelphia, the Indian fighter was scarcely more than skin and bones, and for three weeks he lay desperately ill in a hospital. He felt dizzy, and his stomach felt as ir it had dried up. These symptoms were accom panied by bloody dysentery, which no medicine seemed to relieve. After two years of suffering, Mr. Flegauf came to New York and was treated bv several physicians. These did not agree, some calling his disease catarrh of the stomach, and others chronic diarrhoea. u In speaking to a reporter about his illness Mr. Flegauf said the doctors helped him. but, with all the money he spent for advice and medicine, lie was able to work only a small part of the. time. Since moving to his present home, No. 617 West Forty-second street, in New York, about a year ago, Mr. Flegauf has been so ill that his voice and hearing almost left him. Then all medicines failed, and the sick man had little hope of recovery. At this critical time Dr. Williams- Pink' Pills for Pale Peopff were recommended to Mr. Flegauf. and, almost as a last hope, he began taking them. “The beneficial effect of the medicine was felt at once,” Mr. Flegauf told the reporter, "and before I had taken a box 1 began to eat witli relish. Three boxes made me so much better that I began work and have been able to keep at it since, for five months.” Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the elements necessary to give new life arid richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are for sale by by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., for 60c per box, or six boxes for $2.60. Tlie Coniine Fashionable Bonnet. That plaited straw, yellowish in tint, will form the fashionable bonnet there can be no doubt. But the shape se lected will depend this season, more than ever before, on that fancied by the wearer. Since the Directoire. First Empire and Louis Sixteenth styles are all in vogue with a suggestion of the large bonnets fancied during the early part of this century, and the small bon nets such us were in vogue among the beauties of i he Second Empire, it would seem as if every face should be suited. The fact that the stock and the jabot are growing nearer and nearer to the ears means, so say the milliners, the coming in of ribbon ties, and broad ones at that. Importers announce that the enormous straw hats will be tied by inch-wide ribbons under the chin, while the small bonnets will be put on securely with three-inch-wide ties. Men, Stir Your Mentality. If only men would realize 1 that the material side is what we girls care the least for. Bray don't think, just be cause you have built us colonial houses and have our clothes made for us, and never allow butchers’ bills to annoy us, that you have done your whole duty by us. It never occurs to most of us, who have these dear American men for lov ers and husbands, that we ever really could get cold or hungry. You would have a fit if you thought anybody be longing to you didn't have all the clothes they wanted and the best the market affords. But you think it a. huge joke when we say that we are mentally cold and hungry a good deal of the time, and that you are a store house with all that we need, right within your hearts and brains, only you won't give it to us.—Ladies' liome me Aiare 11 nitmter ot the Jsorth American Review opens with an im portant paper ou "America's Interest in Eastern Asia.” by the Hon. John Barrett, United States Minister to Spain. The conditions which have served to retard the development of Ameriean-Asiatie trade in the past, are ably set forth by Mr. Barrett,together "with some timely and valuable sugges tions as to how American interests may best avail themselves of the •“Asiatic Opportunity.” Mrs. Cleveland Weighs lac I’nunda. 1’eoplo who knew Frances Folsom as a slight young- school girl and have not enjoyed the privilege of seeing her since are not altogether prepared for the development which has* taken place since her marriage. Mrs. Cleveland has acquired additional weight almost im perceptibly, bat none the less surelv. Itr-does not detract in the slightest de gree from her charming presence. (Some of her most intimate friends have been particularly curious of late to know how much she actually weighed, but they were not altogether prepared for the statement Mrs. Cleveland made the other day to one of her friends that she now tipped the scales at exactly 1!n; pounds.—Chicago Times-Hcrald. Time's ctasel deepens the mark everv time there is a frown upon the late Mandate iased on flirtation iogicallv ends in sej arutiun. divorce or—tragedv. " News papers Have Public Duties. The Des Moines Register has 170.000 worth of libel suits on its hands, insti tuted by Brake university students, who were arrested in connection with ihe recent lies Moines grave robberies The Register would be slightly crip ! pled, financially, we should judge, if their bank account should suffer a withdrawal of 37U.OO0, but there is no | danger from the present libel, at least. | It was tne only of ihe Register to print 1 the particulars of the grave rouberv ! which it did. and while libel suits are ; expensive luxuries. The Register will come out victorious. v-Crestc a Adver tiser. 1 t