Nebraska Newspapers

    : THE FRONTIER.
KlBLIBHEb EVERY THOBIOAT By
Tn Fboutim PBUrriwa Oo.
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA.
Official Tal* for President.
The state canvassing board has com*
pleted the canvass of votes cast in this
state for presidential electors. The
• official vote discloses the fact that the
McKinley electors received an average
of 103,505 votes, and the Bryan electors
115,635, Bryan's plurality being 13,06ft
On governor, Gov. Holcomb received
11,003 votes more than MacColl, but
only 700 more than the Bryan electors.
FoUowingis the vote on electors:
M’KINLEY.
Albert J, Bnrnham, Auburn.lnou
, George A. Derby, Bewsrd...itl.NnS
Solomon Draper, Bloomfield.112,831
AlbertC Foster, Omaha.1O2.M30
Martin L. Fries, Arcadia....102,739
'Jacob E. Houtz. Lincoln...102,813
John L. McPheeley, Mlnden..102,304
Frank J. Sadllek, Wilber.........100,101
Average vote..102,505
BRYAN.
KelsO. Alberts, 8arouvllle..............liV07
Jacob N. Lsmubell, Fullerton.115,7.4
f'lelden J. Bale, Battle Creek.115,933
Michael F. Harrington, O'Neill....11V.UD
Stanley L. Kostoryz, Milligan.115,880
Fred Metz, Omaha.......115,922
Olof W. 1‘alm, Lincoln.115,817
Xavier Plaacekl, fit. Paul.......114,880
Average vote...11',',25
PALMER. .
Joseph Bruenlg, Humphrey... 2.885
A. 8. Godfrey, Lincoln. 2,861
Wm. Griffin, Hebron....... 2,814 1
J. A. Kirk, Culbertson . 2,194
Charles •> icolal, fiargent. 2,758
Fred Kennard, Oakland. 2.738
Alexander rcott, Btromsburg.. 2,781
Charles Turner, Omaha........ 2,700
Average Vote. 2.1W
_ BENTLEY.
E. H. Agee. Friend. 797
James K. Lane, Pleasant Hill. 789
A. Huth, Columbus. 703
Thus. W. Mathews. Omaha.... 753
S. B. Miller, Republican Olty........ 703
D. L. Pound, Inman.. .... ........ 703
A. P. Seymour, Unldlila. 69a
Lem J. emlth, Lincoln .. . 718
Average vote. tub
. LEVERING.
O. R. Beebe, Mlnden. . 1,243
C. L. Carpenter, Creighton. 1,193
8. M. Cosad. Malcolm*. L186
JohnF. Helln, Omaha. 1,219
I), W. C. Huntington, Lincoln..,. 1,185
C. Lowenstein, 'NebraskaCity.......... 1,171
N. 8. Lowrle, O'Neill.. .. 1,179
Mary E. Rockwell, Weeping Water:... 1,174
Average Vote............’.. 1,1*6
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H. 8. A ley, Lincoln. 182
Chaa. E. Baker, Omaha. . lea
August Beerman, Omaha.. 170
Tdomas M. Conway, routh Omaha. 182
John C. Curtis, South Omaha.. 168
Wm. H. Daniels, Omaha... HO
FredTelckmelr, Boclus .... 14>
John W. Unangst, Omaha. 107
Aterage vote
172
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
According to returns as examined by
the state canvassing board, none of the
^constitutional amendments carried.
•The amendment receiving the highest
number of votes was the one providing
for two additional judges of the su
preme court. That amendment re
ceived 84,000 votes At the total vote
In the state was 330,003, an amendment'
to be adopted must have received 115,
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Wolves are becoming very trouble-'
some In Grant county.
Stockmen of Kimball county propose
making war on rustlers
Grain men at Superior bought 0,780
bushels of corn in one day.
It ia probable that Tecnmseh will
got a new opera house in 1807.
i- . , The West Point Republican has be-'
gun its twenty-seventh column
Bloomington is without an unoccu
pied residence or business house. ••
" Mrs Hsttis Higgins, one of the first
settlers of Hastings, died'lsst week.
’ There is war on in the Holdrege
postofflue, There are ten applicants |
Pater Ryan of Hqlt county loaf «hir
*j-uve aieara ironniuf corn Stalks.
Tharo were 280 more vote* east Id
Johnson county this year than In 1800.
There la talk ol organizing a stock
company to build an opera hone* at
JPonca
The Saline agricultural society la
able to pay eighty per cent of itspre
" Minnas.
Young ladles of Plattamouth gave a
leap year $>*11 to their gentlemen
friends.
A farmer living, near Decatur raised
nearly forty thousand bushels of corn
■ this year.
The Grand Island boys are discussing
the project of organizing a military j
'company.
Mr. and Mm A. B. Fuller of Deeatnf
celebrated their golden Wedding the
other day.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathasra of Hyannis
will celebrate their allver wedding on
V.i December 3,
There ia doubt whither tl*,Nehca»
\ ka constitutional amendsseata hard
carried or nob
There is talk of selecting a postmaf- *
terfor Lincoln by ballot, there being
. ao many applicants. . , % | ,
Twenty members were facetted in
the ketbodlst church, at Arcadia on
probation last week; j • i '
Thirty-one ears of Oitgoa! hogs’' were
shipped Into the state last week to be
fed on Nebraska corn. .
The creamery company at Osceola
will at once rebuild on the site of (he
factory recently destroyed.,
W. T. Cody of North Platte owns 50,
000 acres of land in the Bis Bern val
ley, and has nearly all of it under ini
gation. ^ |
The Niobrara'*Fork Packing hOuee
began operations last week, and will
kill 100 hogs a day for the remainder
ad the season.
A curfew ordinance has been intro
duced in the Fremont City council- It
. will be meted upon nt the next meeting.
Ae Mm Bredehoft, wife of a promi
nent farmer, was leaving Berlin her
team reu away, throwing her out upon
the froaan ground. She wan seriously
hurt ( . j ■ t, , ^ r, „
; J. VT. Barney of Stratton was ’’ shot
and killed hy hie eon, a young man SI
jeers of ago. The deed was provoked
by the father, who threatened the life
of the youth. The tragndy occurred at
. the famUy residence and in the pres
«noe of the wife of the unfortunate
wictim. Tbs shooting was dona in mil
John Bell, a Nebraska City negro, fa
In jail for throwing a lighted lamp at
his wife. He will answer before the
district court,;,',' . • v ^ l
The smtihfleld Farm‘News says‘how
is the time for farmers to select seed
corn and pnt it away in the attic where
it will keep dry.
a wayne county termer Harvested
3,400 bushels of corn from a forty-acre
field. An average yield of 85 bushele
per acre, by weight
The creamery at Norfolk, which has
been closed for the past three months,
is in a fair way of beginning opera
tions in tbe near future. • '•*’» * •
Last week the working iinie Ih the
railroad shops at Havelock was extend
ed from five days of eight hours to six
days of eight hours a Week.
The little stations on til the rail
roads that have been abandoned and
boarded up during the three years’
drouth, are being re-opened.
Knox county has gained 4,500 inhab
itants in six years. The result is ar
rived at by comparing the figures of
the last election with those of 1800.
A prize fight occurred near Tecum
seh, one of its participants being a col
ored man. Ten rounds were fOught,
when the referee called the mill off. '
Fred CL Schulte, a well known and
greatly esteemed business man of To
bias, died last week, aged thirty-eight
years He leaves a wife and five
children. -
Leonard Nae of Elmwood, while
husking corn, was kicked in tha stom
ach by a mule and rendered, uncon?
ecioua for thirty-six hours. The doctor
says he will recover.
Officials of the proposed Yankton &
Norfolk railway, have been'in the vi
cinity of Norfolk. They report every
thing in readiness, to begin work With
the opening of spring, .
Phil Armonr of Chicago owned sev
eral corn-cribs in Furnas county but
the county treasurer caused them to be
sold to satisfy personal taxes which Ar
mour had neglected to pay.
The patriotic eitizen who1* has' been
saving the country by talking politics
all summer, says the Pawnee Press,
should now help his wife split wood,
peal the potatoes and milk the cow.
Judge A. N. Ferguson of South Oma
ha last week presented to the state a
portrait of Hon. Henner Ferguson, the
first chief Justice of Nebraska^ who
was appointed by preaident Pierce in
1854, , , , , . _ •
Grandpa Long, says the Wilcox Her-;
aid, butchered a shoet last week', that
weighed only a triflb less 'ihtfw 700
grown. , — f . .. > |
’• The schools of Cambridge have ‘tedn
-closed, atad will remain so until the
diphtheria epidemic has ceased lis rav
ages in fhft locality. Several deaths
have occurred, and new cases are re
ported daily. - vofr
Superintendent O’Brien of the Ne
braska Ffeh commission Was in Sidney
last week with the fish car and distrib
uted black bass, cutfish, croppte and
burp. The waters of the Lodge Pole
are being handsomely stocked.
Thomas O’Connor was arraigned in
the county court at Greeley for tbe
crime of mayhem. October 1st he and
Peter Gannon had an altercation, in
which O'Connor bit Gannon’s nose off,
but eluded the officers of the law until
recently.
John and Henry (Conk, sons of Jo
seph Cook, a German farmer living five
miles from Leigh, went to, that town
and stayed about until evening, doing
some drinking. They laid down on
tl)e way home and were nearly frozen
to death when found. , ,
At Kimball Emlo Carpenter and Wm.
Shelter, charged with house breaking.
had their preliminary hearing before
Judge Prouty, aud.were bound over to
the diatrlct court. Shelter furnished a
$800 bond, but Carpenter was unable to
furnish bail and will remain iu the
eounty< jail until, the spring term of
court
While shelling corn the clothing of
David BrOWn of Phillips caught oh a
knuckle of the tumbling rod, which
threw him to the' ground, terribly
bruising hia -head and shoulders, but
fortunstely, in throwing him under,
his body caused the rod to leave the
Jack and become uncoupled, otherwise
is might have been killed. •• -
Ed. J. Ball, state oil inspector, died
suddenly in Lincoln a few evenings
ago He complained of a severe head
ache, and in two hours was dead, not
withstanding the attendance of a num
ber of physicians Mr. Hall was an
old newspaper man, having published
papers at Wahoo, Ashland, -Atrand Is
land and elsewhere, and was 'very
highly rapectedL He leaves a wife
running at their fullest espscity, dad
have much work ahesd. They expect
to olesr np all roots thus fsr dug, hy
. thep commence
f o' of roots which
, . toga * They ex
Ipeat it totaled at leesfea umuth $o clear
s ih.'tiJK.'t JtJ&TO? SS5
spring. ( ( . «3
Fred Johnson, his'Wife ahdf two lib
tie, chUdreq. travelsfs.'oa their way
home to Storm Lake, iowa, struck the
river at' Decatur;' Neb. , but were un
able to cross on account of the boat be
for repSnfc^* tbey^Sinne^ Sorrowfully
away .add upo* investigation it waa
found theg were not only badly in need
of clothing, but destitute of clothing
and moupy. .Tie rood P«ople of Deca
tur relieved their distress.
Tha . Avgb Manufacturing company
hss just closed a contract for a new
Cofllasa engine of 306-horss power to be
immediately placed in their March fac
tory at Nebraska City. - f r-|
Gov. kolcomb has eomjmfeaioned the
following delegates to attend toe fifth
national irrigation congress, to be held
at Phoenix, Aria, Deo 15, 16 end 17,
1806: j«L L. Wiley, Omaha; A. O. Wolf
enbnrgnr, Lincoln, E. F. Sesbsrgsr,
North Platte; P.CL Erickson, Brewster;
Edgar Allen, Omaha. J. E. La Master
waa named as another delegate to the
southern coast defense convention, to
be held at Tampa, Florida, In Jnau
l ary.
CONFIDANTES OF IVI’KIN
LEY SPEAK POSITIVELY,'
BEEN FULLY DECIDED OPf.
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Chairman of Ways and Means Commit
tee Dlnfltf to Formally Malta HvcbtX
, aa Announcement at the Proper
Time -Will Convene Shortly n.v.|<!
After March 4—Senator
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Washington, Dec. 7.—Friends and
confidantes of Mr. McKinley who have
come direct from Canton, Ohio, bring
the positive announcement that a call
for a special session of Congress, to be
convened a few days after March 4,
has been decided upon. It is stated
that Mr. Dingley, chairman of the
House committee on ways and means,
will make this intention formally
known at the proper time.
. Senator Thurston said: “1 am con
vinced a session of the next Congress
will be called for about the 1.1th of
March. That ought to be satisfactory.
I cannot quote anyone,• hut I do not
consider tnat there is any doubt on the
point. The complexion of the Senate
will not be allowed to influence the
decision at all. The Republican ad
ministration has been elected under
a pledge to the people to reform the
tariff and its duty to this country Is to
proceed about that business at the
earliest possible moment and either to
keep its pledge or make it manifest
that it is impossible to do so. I think
we ought to secure a tariff which
could be put into effect by the begin
ning of the next fiscal year.”
“DYNAMITE DICK'S’* DEATH
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The Outlaw Surprised m He Wui Pre
paring W Held • Bank—His Past. >
Wichita, Kan., Dee. 7.—The real
name of .“DynamiteDick,” the leader
of Oklahoma outlaws, who was killed
two miles east of Blackwell yesterday
by a liveryman named Lang, and of a
sheriff’s posse, was Richard Clifton
and he belonged to a respectable fam
ily of Newton, Kan. j. ,
The outlaws, had; planned to rob, the
bank of Blackwell, but the sheriff was.
advised of it two weeks ago and had a
posse of seven men engaged to’ meet
them. Learning that the outlaws
were at the home of Farmer Hostler,
the sheriff summoned his men and went
there. At daylight the outlaws ap
peared and shooting began at once.
The bullet that killed '“Dick,” after
passing through his body killed a
heifer.
Ben Cravens, another of the band
who was wounded and captured, can
not live, and has made a rambling
statemant to the effect that he killed
the man found murdered near Elgin a
Week ago. The body of “Dick” and
his wounded comrade have been taken
to Newkirk, the county seat, , Cravens
recently broke jail in Guthrie to es
cape the penalty of bank robbery;
Ujf/’.' .i,. , fell' >■ i, i,-'—T-T77, ;■;* 1
A WomanKflltor Cowhides a Competitor
Attalta, Ala., Dec. 7. —The Beacon,
of which Miss Emma Monroe, who!
is not yet out of her teens, is as*
soci&te editor, published an ' ar
ticle yesterday that juvenile criminals
should be t, sent to a reformatory,'
and the Herald, edited by H. Catner,
replied tuai some grown persons
should also be in a reformatory, the
allusion being to Miss Monroe's father,
who, while treasurer of DeKalb;
county, was accused of embezzlement.)
Yesterday Miss Monroe attacked
Cather with a cowhide and he wad
forced to run up a flight of stairs, , *
Two New Onnboats launched. '
Bath, Me., Dec. 7.—The new fun
ooats, Vicksburg1 and Newport, were
launched from the yards of the Bath
Iron works this afternoon, before a
great crowd. - Both are of composite
construction, , all of the . framing
being of steel, with planks of Qeors
gia pine worked On the frames beloW
the water line, secured by composition)
bolts. Another feature will be, the
use of full sail power in addition to
steam, for they will be rigged as barkt
entities. They are sister ships, of 1,004
tons displacement, drawing twelve feet
of water, 108 feet long by thirty-six
feet beam, and will cost 9323,400 ea?hj
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* General Merritt*! Bell
Chtcaoo, Dea 7.—The ball given by
Major General Wesley Merritt St the
Auditorium hotel was one of the most
distinct - social ■ successes of yearsi
Fully SOO of the leading society people
were present, as were all the military
officers from Fort Sheridan, and those
attached t° the headquarters of the
department of the Missouri. General
Merritt was assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Potter Palmer and other
leaders."
, John K. Fallows Vary Sink. ,tf j
Nrw York, Dec. 7.—District Attori
aey John S. Fellows lies at the pokj
of death from an attack of gastritis at
his home in this city. His family havi
given up hope. He is very weak. At
one time during the night bis friends
thought that the end was very near.
John R. Fellows, jr., who is in the
South traveling for his health, hat
been summoned home. > > r"> I
The Bayard Gift Project. *»• j
Loxdqn, Dee. 7.—The Daily Tele*
graph this morning devotes three cot*
umns to its project for a subscription
for a farewell Christmas gift to United
States Ambassador Bayard. The list
of subscribers for the day Includes Sir
Henry Irving and Dean Hole. The
total amount subscribed, including the
9500 with which the Telegraph open
the list, is 9840.
Odd Victory la
Moxtoomery, Ala., Dec. 7.—In the
senate the ' bill which ■ prohibits the
making of any contract -payable
specifically in gold was defeated, the
nine Populists alone voting for it. i
MINT DIRECTOR’S REPORT,
f'
Operation* of the Lut Fiscal feat«
Coinage •71,1*8.4%^
Washington, Dec. 7.—The report of
R. E. Preston, the director of the mint:
shows the operations of the "taints and
assay office* during the fiscal year
1896, together with statistics of foreign
countries relative to the production,
coinage , amt monetary ^ condition of
each.
The original gold bullion deposited
at the mints end assay offices during
the , year wap valued at 568,769.383.
The original, silver bullion, deposited
represented coinage value of 511,072,
077. ■ ,i u,.a.M ■
' The coinage executed at the mints
during the fiscal year wear as follows:
Gold, 958.8*8,496; -silver dollars, 97,503,
882; subsidiary silver, 83,930,$19; minor
coins, 9869,337; total, $71,188,4$$.
... There was a iptal coinage under the
act of July 14, 189Q, up to November 1,
1896, of 956,306, 876, with a signiorsge
of 913,304,034; leaving on hand at the
mints a balance :of 125,061,202 flnef
ounces, costing 9112,865,625.
The average London price of silver
bullion during the fiscal year was
equivalent to 90.68007; the New York
price was 90 69491, and the average
price at the par of exchange was
90.67588. The highest quotation dur
ing* the year was equivalent to 90.70204;
the lowest quotation, 90.66081. The
commercial ratio of srold to silver was
1 to 30.58, and the bullion value of a
United States silver dollar, at the
yearly average price, was 90.52262.
The net gold exports for the fiscal
year were 978,904,612 as against 930,
117,376 for the previous year. The net
sliver exports were 933,262,258. as
against 937,631,789 for the previous
year.
The employment of precious metals
in the industrial arts in the United
States during the calendar year 1895
was: Gold, 913,429,085; silver. 912,277,
024. ■ -
The metailio stock in the United
States on July 1, 1896, was: Gold, 9599,
597,954; silver, 9628,728,071, a total of
91,228,326,035.
The estimated production of the
precious metals, in the United States
juring the calendar year, 1895, was:
. Pine. Commercial ' Coining
Metals ounces. value. value
gold.■,,.. 2.254.760 *46,610,000 *46.610,000
3ilver.... 65,727,000 36,445,000 72,051,000
The estimated ; production of gold
and silver in the world for the calen
dar year, 1895, was as follows:
„ . . Pine , Commercial Coining
Metals ounces. vain*. value;
Hold... 9,694,640 *200,406.000 *200,406,000
Silver. 168,308,358 110,073,700 217,510,800
" The total Coinage of gold and silver
by the Various countries of the world
was as follows:
, Gold, 9231,087,438; . silver, 9121,610,
219; total, 9352.697,657.
The total metallic stock and uncov
ered paper in the world was estimated
on January 1. 1896, as follows: Gold.
.94,143,7Q0,000; full .legal tender silver,
93,616,700,000; limited tender silver,
9620,200,000;' total metallic stock,
98,380,600,000; uncovered paper, 92,558,
000,000; grand total, 910,938,600,000.
The director in his report Btates
there is no doubt that the silver coins
of the United States are now being
counterfeited, .exactly similar to the
genuine in size, weight and devices.
Some of these Coins cannot be distin
guished from the genuine, even by ex
perts. A very dangerous counterfeit
.silver half dollar has made its appear
ance in the East and West, the weight
'of which is 192 grains, with a fineness
of .867K, while, the weight of the gen
uine i« 192.9, of the fineness of .900.
The profit to the counterfeiter is now
about 100 per cetit. So far, the best
known protection against the counter
feiting of coins has been found to be
, the lettering placed on,,the.edges sim
ilar to that on the first coinages of the
United States, or of the 5-franc piece of
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Jefferson Bern du. May be .Abandoned.
St. Louis, Mo. , Dec. 7. —The prob
ability that Jefferson Barracks will be
abandoned by the government as
a military post is not . remote.
This prediction is1 Based on known
(acts supplemented by official com
plaints as to the bad. sanitary condition
of .the post by the various commanding
officers in charge. An order has been
received from General Wesley Merritt
directing a board of officers to meet at
Jefferson barracks December 10 to. in
quire into the .sanitary condition of
the post.' 1 ' * •' ‘ ’,,s; • 1
A t»* to Llcenae Murder.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 7.—Repre
sentative Pitts, one of the foremost
lawyers U the assembly, has introduced
a bill which in effectWU1 license a man
to kill the despoiler of his female rela
tive. It is urged that the law making
such homicide murder is a dead letter
on the statute books and that the pro
posed law would enable the juries of
Alabama to cease ignoring the written
law in order to m^t the ends of
lustice.
A Baxter Springs Bank Closed. ’
Baxter Spumes,-Kan., Dec. 7.—The
Baxter Springs bank was closed, this
morning and is now in the hands of
the bank commissioner. It will proba
bly not reopen, as It is reported to be
in very baa shape. Colonel Alexander
Warner is president. ■
Clinton, Mo., Bank Closet,
Cub-row, Mo., Dec. ' 7.—The Henry
bounty bank assigned at 10 o’clock last
night to Calvird A Lewis, attorneys.
The deposits are about $125,000, and
bills payable about $20,000. It is
heavy holders of commercial paper in
business institutions that have been
suffering from the hard times. The
assignees have been the bank’s counsel
in hagai matters, Mr. Lewis being the
late Republican candidate for governor.
Child Murder and Salcido.
Newark, Ohio, Dee. 7.—Mrs. A. F.
Gleisner, wife of a glassblower, shot
her infant child in the head this morn
ing, killing _ it instantly. She then
shot herself in the mouth and is now
lying in a precarious condition, i -
Nevada’s Total Tata. * ; ?
Carson, Nev., ■ Dee. 7. — Complete
election returns of Nevada were re
ceived by the secretary of state this
morning. The total vote of the state
was 10,315. Bryan Sewall received
7,803; Bryan and Watson. 575; Mo
Kinley and Hobart, l,wf
£ RESOURCES OF ALABAMA.
■^(1Ted jjiji the Iooagnral Addraas of
fc _,poTernor Johnjton.
-•Governor Joseph.Jr. Johnston was In*
angu rated governor of Alabama Dec. 1.
Before taking the oath of office he de
livered a long address, Bounding the
keynote of his administration, which
Is to promote the development of Ala
bama’s resources and Improve the con
dition of her people. Speaking of the
resources of the state he said:
"With an area of but little more than
fifty thousand square miles, there is no
territory of like else in. the known
world so prolific in the variety of its
resources; were a wall erected around
our state, cutting off all access, we
could produce within our borders
everything necessary for the comfort
or convenience of man. Great veins
of iron ore and seams of coal put at.
our command almost boundless re
sources in fuel, iron, and steel. Splen
did forests of yellow pine here stand
ready to build homes for millions of
people. Building stone and marble,
fire clay, kaolin and lime exist in great
abundance; walnut, maple, oak, cherry,
‘ash and other hard woods await the
'hand of man for manufacture or the
adornment of our homes. In the pro
duction of pig iron we take rank as
the fourth state in the union; in iron
ore, third; in coal we stand fifth; In
the production of cotton, fourth, and
in its manufacture, fourth. In lumber
we fire near the head of the list. It
would be unjust should I fall to In
clude in our minerals copper, lead,
graphite, marl and gold; indeed, the
only mineral that we seem to be with
out and to want most is silver. Leav
ing forest and mine and coming to onr
; fields we find that they produce gen
erously cotton, corn, wheat, rye, oats,
tobacco, rice and the grasses and here
is the home of the pear, the peach, the
grape and all small fruits. Vegetables
are grown with great success, and this
industry, is steadily developing. Our
splendid rivers, the Alabama, Coosa,
Tallapoosa, Warrior, Cahaba, Bigbee
and the Tennessee, are the liquid ar
teries of the commonwealth, fed by in
numerable creeks, all fruitful in power
to convert our raw products into arti
cles of merchandise. Over 3,000 miles
of railroads traverse our state from
north to south, and east to west, fur
nishing quick transportation to market
for our products. When we come to
our climate we find that the Giver of
all good things has not stayed His
hand, and that He has blessed us with
opportunity to labor twelve months in
the year without detriment to health or
comfort. Indeed, we can scarcely ap
preciate the blessings we enjoy in this
respect when compared with less fa
vored regions, for even now we are
seemingly unconscious that roBes are
blooming in our gardens, and the fra
grant air Is sweet with their perfume.
• • • With a profound gratitude to
the God of our fathers, that our lota
have, been cast in this sunny land, let
us beseech Him to send warmth and
vitality and enduring growth Into
every field of endeavor, that will make
us strong to accomplish the things that
make' a state loved at home and re
vered abroad.”
v fn --» fitnlm mom la Court.
Saw Francisco, Dec. 5.—Bob Fitz
simmons, through his attorney, com
menced suit in the Superior court to
restrain the Anglo-California bank
from paying Sharkey the 310,000 purse
awarded the sailor by Referee Earp.
Fitzsimmons charges conspiracy be
tween Sharkey, the National Athletic
club and others, whose names are not
given, to award Sharkey the purse
under any circumstances. Fitzsimmons
alleges that before Earp was selected
as referee this ■ agreement was made
and that had he known of it he would
have refused to enter the ring. Judge
Sanderson granted the injunction
prayed for and the case will soon be
tried in court.
-< Another Postmaster to Go.
' Washington, Dec. 5.—Charges have ,
been filed in the postoffice department
against Jacob D. Allen, postmaster at
Butler, Bates county, Mo., and editor
of the Butler Times, and they are now
being considered by the department.
The impression is general that there is
enough in the charges to effect Allen’s
prompt removal. In connection with
the charges of pernicious activity in
politics, it is claimed that Mr. Allen,
as editor of his paper, has allowed no
opportunity to pass for roasting Presi
dent Cleveland and all of his friends.
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A Nebraskan at Nate Loses His Home.
Nebraska Citt, Neb.. Dec. 5.—The
home of John C. Watson, ex-speaker
of the house of representatives of Ne
braska, was entirely destroyed by fire
early this, morning. It is not known
how the fire originated, as Watson and
his family were away from home. The
loss on the house, furniture and' li
brary is estimated at 315,000, which is
fully covered by insurance.
Geld .Contracts In Georgia.
' Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 5.—The state
Senate, by a vote of SI to 15, rejected a
bill introduced by Senator Culver to
declare null and void all obligations
and contracts which may be made pay
able in any specific character of money.
So far as the general assembly is con
cerned therefore, gold contracts may
still be made in Georgia
r On Nov.' 30th the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wit, the largest
seed potato growers in the world re
ceived an order for three thousand
bushels of seed potatoes from one firm
in Texas.
Inaugural Ball.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. S.—Chairman
M. A. Hanna said yesterday: “I think
the inaugural ball will he held- as
usual. It has become a time-honored
custom in connection with the inau
gural ceremonies, and there is no rea
son why it should be omitted now.”
two Killed In a Snowellde.
* Logan, Utah, Dec. 5.—Hiram Jeppe
son, James Christianson, Sr., and' his
son, James, were buried in a snowslide
Jester day afternoon in Logan canon.
eppeson finally extricated himself,
but the father and son were both
killed.
6t< Joseph Recruits tor Cub*. - .
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 3.—It has da
veloped that there has been an enlist
ment of 150 men for the Cuban arm;
and that others are expected to join
them when means of transportation
hare been properly arranged for by
the Cuban junta in New York. The
man who has been active in securing
this number for the cause of Cuba is
David Berensberg, at one time a lieu*
tenant in the regular United States
army, and prior to that a soldier in
the German army during the Franco
Prusaian war. At the present time he
holds a commission as captain of a •
company of State militia here. He is
a member of the police force of this
city and the drill master of the force.
A number of his old associates in the
regular army are down on the list, and
all of them expect soon to be serving
under the Cuban flag.
M to Act of Charity by the President.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 3.-—A few weeks
ago fire destroyed the cabin of “Daddy”
Bran, a hermit fisherman in the Gray
Gables neighborhood. His lease ex*
pired with the destruction of the
dwelling, and though friends raised
money for him to rebuild he could not
find a site, so he wrote to President
Cleveland and was given leave to erect
a cabin on the Gray Gables- estate, -all
rights to revert at bis death.
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The Wire Kell Trust Dissolved.
New York, Dee. 3.—At a meeting ot
the Wire Nail Manufacturers’ associa
tion it was Voted to dissolve the organ* '•'>
ization. John H. Parks, treasurer oJ
the association, said its affairs would
be wound up at once. A new card oi
“extras” was adopted by the manufac
turers in older to conform, so far at
possible, to the desires of the retail
trade.
Mrs. Beecher Suffering Tram a FSU.
New York, Dec. 3.—Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher went to her daughter’s
home at Stamford, Conn., for a Thanks
giving visit, and a few days ago fell,
on rising from bed, her head violently
striking the floor. She is improving,
but some time must elapse before- she
can return to her home in Brooklyn.
An Iowa Sheriff's Fatal Fall,
Lemars, Iowa, Dec. 3.—W. E.Her
ron, sheriff of Plymouth county, was
found dead by the side of the railroad
track between Merrill and Lemars to
day. Marks in the snow show that he
fell or was knocked from a train. The
body was cut and braised by sliding
on the ground and was frozen.
• ' Iowa Patent Office Report.
S. P. Leland of Iowa asks: “Is there
any law or decision to prevent any per
son from making and using a patented
article for himself only, although he
have not got permission of the owner?”
Yes. A patent gives the owner the
exclusive right to make, vend and use
the invention for seventeen years. No
person has a right to make and use a
patented invention for his own nse
without a license. If one person could
do so every other person would have
the same privilege, and a patent for an
invention that can be easily madd>
would go into general use without
profit to the patentee. j
A patent has been allowed to P. C./
Stevens of Sac City, Iowa, for a hose
nozzle adapted for throwing a straight
solid stream, a radiating spray or sheet
all around, a spray and solid stream at
the same time, or a Spray only half'way
around, at the pleasure of the operator.
Valuable information about obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents Bent
free to any address.
Printed copies of the . drawings -and
specifications of any U. S. Patent sent
upon receipt of 25 cents.
Our practice is not confined to Iowa.
Inventors in other states can have our
services Upon the same terms as Hawk
eyes. Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig,
Solicitors of Patents.
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 1, 1890.
LIVE STOCK AMO PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations From New Torlc, Chicago,
Louie, Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA.
Butter—Creamery separator.. 20 @
Butter—Choice fancy country la @
Eggs—Fresh. 21 @
Prairie chickens, per doz. 5 f.O 8
Suall, per doz . 1 50 <& 1
ed head and Mallard Ducks. 3 50 @3
St.
during Chickens—dressed....,
Turke
keys. 9
Geese and Ducks. 7
Lemons—Choice Messlnas.4 59
Honey—Fancy White. 11
Unions, per bu. 35
Potatoes. 30
Sweet Potatoes per bbL. 2 00
Oranges—Per box ...4 00
Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 50
Apples—Per bbl. 1 50
SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET.
Hogs—Light Mixed.....___ 3 20 _
Hogs—Heavy Weights.3 15 ft
Beef—Steers. 3 25 4
Bulls. 2 40 4
Milkers and springers.25 00 4
Stags.. 3 00 4
Calves...... 3 50 4
Stags. 2 25 4
Cows . 1 00 4
Heifers. 2 35 4
Stockers and Feeders. 2 75 4
Sheep—Native....J. 2 25 4
Sheep—Lambs...*.1. 3 25 4
CHICAGO.
Wheat—No. 3 Spring. 80 4
Corn—Per bu_,. 21 ft
Oats—Per bu... 18 <3
Pork. 6 80 4
Lard. 3 65 4
Cattle—Prime steers. 4 50 4
Calves. 4 25 ft
Hogs—Medium mixed..,1.. 3 30 4
Sbeep—Lambs. 3 00 4
Sheep—Yearlings. 3 63 4
NEW YOBK.
Wheat-No. 1, hard.,. 93 <&
Corn No. 2. S9 4
Oats—No. 2,... 23 4
Pork-. : . 8 25 4
Lard—. 4 15 4
8T. LOUIS.
Wheat—No. 2 red, cash. 91 4
Corn—Per bu. 21 4
Oats—Per bu. 19 4
Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 10 4
Cattle—Native Shlp’ng Steers. 4 75 4
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat—No. 2 hard. 82 4
Corn—No. 1.18K4
Oats—No. 2. 21 4
Cattle—Stockers and feeders.. 2 75 4
Hogs—Mixed. 3 15 4
tjlieep—Lambs . 3 00 4
Sheep—Muttons. 1 75 4
73
Fell Into Boilnf Grease.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 3.—John Abel,
a workmen at the Nelson Morris
dressed beef works, was horribly
burned while at work yesterday. The
flesh on the right leg was par-boiled./'
Abel tripped on the greasy floor in th^L
rendering room and fell into a rat oi v
boiling grease. y
The Beaks of Keases.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 3.—The biennial
reported the state bank commissioner '
will be delivered to Governor Morrill
to-day. ■ According to it, the banks ol
Kansas are in better condition to-day
Shan at any time before since the boons.