*. ' • ' cent official, directory ; STATE. Governor. Silas Holcomb Lieutenant Governor...... J. *• •£‘rtr.ri? Secretary of State... .:.... Wm. F. Porter State Treasurer.. Joltii B *J^ser'f1“ Slate Auditor ....John!. 0<>rnell Attorney General.... . C. J- Sniythe Com. Lands and Buildings.•••■•J; V. Wolfe Sunt. Public Instruction ...... -W. M Jackson REGENTS STATE UNIVERSITY. dials. H. Gere. Lincoln rJbeavItttBijrulian., Uluuba; J M. Hiatt, Alma; E, P..liotu,e^ fierce i J.T. Mall ale u, Kearney; M. J null, Edgar. ^ ' • Representatives First District, J. B. Strode Second, H. D. Mercer, Third. 8. Maxwell, Fourth, W, L. Stark, Filth, It. O. Sutherland, Sixth, W. L. Green. CONGRESSIONAL. Senators—W. V. Allen, of Madison; John M, Thurston, of Omaha. JUDICIARY. Chief Justlee.....A. M. Post Associates.. .T.O. Harrison and T. L. Norvall FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL pibTHlCT. Judge .. .M. P- Kinkald, of O Neill Heuorter . ..J. J. King of O’Neill JuSgel?....’.W. U. Westovor, ot Kushvllle Reporter ' 'On Maher, of Bushvllle. LAND OFFICES. ■ ' o’axtLL. hhlister . .JohnA. Harmon. Keoe*ver.......... .... . •.-Klmer Wtlllams. COUNTY. Judge . ..... .........GCo McCutcheon Clerk of the District Court ,. .John Sklrvlntf I )p in i tV • LOllIDll Treasurer........... .I. P. Mullen Deputy....... -Mike McCarthy DenStv! .OhttsO’Neill Supt. of Schools...,.•••••■ j' R- Jackson Assistant.... .Mrs. W. B. Jackson Coroner.Dr. Trueblood Attorney.....w Butler (WJrJSit riauMo. T1KBT DISTRICT. Cleveland. Sand Creek, Dustin, Saratoga, Bock Falls and Pleasantvtew: J. A. Robertson SECOND DISTRICT Shields, Paddock, Scott, Steel Creek, Wll owdaie and Iowa—J. II. Hopkins. THIRD DISTRICT. d rattan and O’Neill—Mosses Campbell. FOURTH DISTRICT. Ewing, Verdigris and Delolt—L. C. Combs FIFTH DISTRICT, Chambers, Conlev, Lake, WoClure and Inman—8. L. Conger. SIXTH DISTRICT. Swan. Wyoming, Fairview, Francis. Green Valley, Sheridan and Emmet—O. W. Moss. SEVENTH DISTRICT^ Atkinson and Stuart—W. N. Coats. OUT OF Of NEILL. Supervisor, E. J. Mack; Justices, B. H. Benedict and S. M. Wagers; Constables, Ed. McBride and Perkins Brooks. OOUNCILMRS—FIRST WARD. For two years.—D. Hi Cronin. For one year—C. W. Hagenslck. second waWd, ' For two yeark—Alexander Marlow. For one year—W. T. Evans. fHlKli WARD. For two years—Charles Davis. For one year—E. J. Muok. Ill'll HFflCKHS. j r »yo , 11. I- Murpliy ; oiers, N. ilaiiin; Iriiiuitiivr, John Mi-.ogh; Uuy hii-ii.ev .. 1 i. ... .11 ‘ l . • . '. . 11J *J I 11,1 •>'** . } l K.tu ■ ..'.ll IH I IlhiHItlSVI, ........ .... , T > iiot i,|c«hji Li 'orllci J miuv. tt. kauiiiimi • uf Police, P. .1. iliMiiu; uu.. • fit-.ii ut POUCO, r. uwm, TtiSd; Gallon; Weigh master. D. g:auuard. \ f *. - uuA.ri^\ supervisor, it. J. Hayes; Trcaruroi. Harney A cGreevy: tlerk, J. >ulilvan; Afescwso. lieu •fokriior: Justices, M. Costello ano Chins. Wilcox; Coustauu*s, Johu Horrisky ami Kii McBride; Ltoau overseer dist. Alien iirotvu l ist. No. 4 Johu Enright.. . ULDIERH' RELIEF OOMMSMOA. Regular meeting flrst Monday in Feliru ary of each year, and at such other times as is deemed necessary, llobt. Gallagher, Page, chairman; Wm. Bowen, O’Neill, secretary; U. H. Clark Atkinson. ST.PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH. Services every 8abbath at 10:30 o’olock. v erv Rev. Cassidy, Postor. Sabbath school Immediately following services. Vf ETHODIST CHURCH. Sunday IjJL services—Preaching 10:30 A. M. and 8:00 p. M. Class No. 1 0:30 A. M. Class No. 2 (Ep worth League) 7:00 p.m. Class No. 3 (Child WUIliU UCOguw i .w * ■ . tens) 3:00 p. M. Mind-week services—General prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. AH will be made welcome, especially strangers. E. T. GEORGE, Pastor. < ■* A> R> POST, NO. 88. The Gen. John Ur.tr- - ~ ....—* „ . J*Neill Post, No. 86, Department of Ne braska G. A. R„ will meet the flrst and third Saturday evening of each month in Masouio hall Q’NeiU S. J. Bmii h. Com. ELKHOUN valley lodge, I. o. o. F, Meets every Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows' hall, visiting brothers cordially Invited to attend. W. U. Mason, N. G. 0. L. Bright. Sec. , a-eve ixiui/ CHAPTER, It. A. A! JTMeets on first and third Thursday of eaoh month in Masonio hall. .. _ W. J. Uobhb Sec. J. 0. Babnish, H. P KOFP.—HELMET LODGE, U. D. . Convention every Monday at 8 o clock p. m. in Odd Fellows' nalL Visiting brethern oordlally Invited. _ Arthur Coykendall. C. C. - E. J. Mack. K. of It. and S. O’NEILL ENCAMPMENT NO. 30.1. 0.0. F. meets every second and fourth Fridays of each month in Odd Fellows’ Hall. Ohas. Bright, H. P. H. M. Tttley, Scribe Eden lodge no. 41, daughters OF REBEKAH, meets every 1st and 3d Friday of each month in Odd Fellows' Hall. Agnes T. Bentley. N. Q. Dora Davidson, Sec. pABFIELD LODGE, NO.»5,V.a. m. Arrives 11 :58 p.m Freight—leaves 9:0* p. u. Arrives 7:00 p. m. Dally except Sunday. O'NEILL AND CHELSEA. Departs Monday, Wed. and Friday at7:00am Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at..1:00 pm O’NEILL AND PADDOCK. Departs Monday. Wed. and Friday at. .7:00 am Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at. .4:30 p m O’WMT.T, AND NIOBRARA. Departs Monday. Wed. and Frl. at_7:00 am Arrives Tuesday, Thurs. and Sat. at.. .4:00 p m O’NEItX AND CUHMINSVILLB. Arrives Mon.,Wed. and Fridays a ..11:30 p.m Departs Mon., Wed. andFrlday at 1:00 p.m Wf [Copyright, 1804, by J. B. Upplhcott Company.] name were among1 the prisoners who escaped yesterday; Pm-told.”’ “Yes, suh. The same family, suh; Col. Scroggs’ brothers. I can’t discuss them just now, hut if the colonel should < Dims here to see you before Capt. Close gets back, if you’ll take my advice you’ll listen to him. lie wants to speak about that arrest and square things; and—well, I know a gentleman when I sec one, just as I know a rough—like that soldier you were examining. The colonel was conductor of our train night before last.. Noiw I’ve got to ride like hell. Good day, suh.” And, pulling off his hat and sticking spurs to his mud-covered steed. Mr. Pot-ts galloped niway along the Tugaloo road into the gathering darkness. Soon after nightfall the rain ceased • ul the wind died away. For the first time since lie’had turned in the night before Lambert, bethought him of the ) intern he had purposed buying, even i f he had to send to Cohen’.-; on a Sun day. Burns sent some candles over from the company stores and the young German “striker” set two of them alight in his tent, with empty whisky bottles—off which he had deferentially washed the labels—as candlesticks. Gne thought led to another. The pro posed purchase reminded jfambert that nil the money in his possession was now the $20-bill borrowed of Close, and this reminded him that he wanted five dol lars in small currency—“shiuplasters,” The non dripping from bit and boot as the miniature greenbacks were called at the time. Since hearing Mur phy’s story he better understood the straits to which his neighbors were re duced, and he had determined that the aid he had proffered in one way should, despite madame’s high-spirited rejec tion, be rendered in another. At eight o’clock he had secured the amount he needed through the good offices of the first sergeant, and he was wondering how soon he might expect the visit of Col. Scroggs and what could be its purpose, when all of a sudden the. clatter at the other end of the camp told him of the return of the de tachment sent out the previous night; but it was Sergt. McBride, not his com pany commander, who met him at the tent door. “The captain’s compliments, an’ He’ll be back by an’ by, sir. He stopped over to have it but with somebody that fooled him.” “Stopped over where, sergeant? Not alone, I hope?” “No, sir; the sheriff was along, an’ two others. They were talking with Mr. Scroggs—or Col. Scroggs—and a' young fellow they called Potts, who met us across the track on the Quit man road. The captain said you wasn’t to worry about him, but we didn’t get the parties the sheriff was after, and the captain thinks he knows who threw us off the scent.” Manifestly nothing was to be done but await the captain’s return, and nine o’clock came without him. Lam bert had determined to investigate the butter market, however,'and time was not hanging heavily upon his hands by any means. Throwing a light-blue overcoat, such as was worn by the rank and file, over his uniform,- he sallied forth just after nine o’clock, and made his way around the camp until he reached the road, and followed it to the gap among the rose-bushes whence had rolled the tin pail on the previous night. All was dark and still. Set ting the pail just within the hedge, he patiently waited. Presently voices —feminine voices—became faintly audi ble. “Elinor” had evidently been pushed forward en reconnoissance, and, after her recent nerve-racking experiences, didn’t like the detail. “I tell yo’ dey ain’ no one ’bout, Mis’ Katie. I done felt fur de pail, an’ ’tain’t day-h,” was her protest. At this Lam bert saw fit to give a low whistle, at sound of which Elinor, with prodigious rustle of skirts, bolted back towards the house, and her'unseen companion, after emphatic and scornful reference ■. Vv to “buwn cowuds,” came Hurriedly for ward, but paused at discreet- distance. “You’re theh, ah you?” vr’nsthe semi assertive, semi-interrogative remark in disdainful and truculent tone. “Ah hope you’ve got that money at last.” For an answer Lambert reached in and shook the pail. The combination of “shinplasters” and small coin within gave a reassuring rattle. Eagerly the girl bounded to the hedge. He could just discern the slender little form and the tumbled head of hair as she dropped the enfolding shawl and stooped to take the prize—which the unprincipled young man had by this time cautiously with drawn. He could hear hereager breath ing and the patter of her hands among the'ruih-laden branches. “Whuh on earth” (who on earth can spell the word as a real southern girl says it?) “did you hide that pail? Ah’ve no time fo’ nawnsense.’’ Silence a moment. ' “Look hyuli, Mr. Yankee! Ah’mnot accustomed to being made a fool of, ’n Ah want that money. Ah’ve had to wait too long already.” ’■ A sound as of something .Shafting in a tin vessel, but further away, towards a broader gap in the dark hedge. “Ah’m not going up thuh. Ah told you twice befoh. You bring that pail back liyuh” (indignantly). Ah don’t be lieve you’ve gawt the money at all.” (tentatively). “If you had, no gentleman ^vould keep me waiting— when we need it so much.” (Symptoms of vanishing nerve, and again a tempt ing rattle). “Ah can’t go there”(plead ingly now). “Please bring it hy.uh, Mr. Higgs.- Erotliuh Floyd would be fuyious if he knew” (pause)—“an’ we had such I awful trouble las’ night—all on .-•nv- j count of some of your' rascally—Oh! ! wkut’r. that row liculcnant’s name?” ' (Sudden change of theme and tone); I “His r.ipac’a Ike,” was the response J in a h6ar.se whisper across the dripping ; rose bushes. ' -Ah don t believe. a wuncl you any. j WJiut*«%Ts ic a! name?” • “Ask ilr. i'otts if his name isn’t.Ike; j and conic sn:d get your money.” “Ah don’t have n'cbanca to ask Mr. I’otts anything. They don't allow me [ in the palilor when Mr. Bahton Potts comes. Ah’m too much of a child to be trusted with family secrets, it seems: though Ah’m not too young to find out how much we need money.—Whuh’s that pail?”—suddenly coming down to business again. Lambert gave it a shake, this time within reach of a little hand that darted in among the bushes and firmly closed upon his own. “You let go that pail!” was the im perious demand from within. “I can’t—till you let go my hand,” from without. “Ah don’t want your hand. Alt want—” “I didn't offer it, but, since you like it so much, here’s the other.” Anil through the darkness another hand, with soft warm palm and long, slender fingers, closed in upon the hot little paw straining and tugging at the original occupant of the handle. Instantly, with indignant force, the enfolded member was snatched away, and the stooping girl sprang to her feet, wild-eyed and alarmed. “Wh’ ah you?” she panted. “That’s not Sergt. Riggs.” A window was sud denly raised back tow'ards the house; the mournful toot of a tin horn began. “Quick! Ah’ve got to go. Roll that pail. through. Why didn’t Mr. Riggs come ?’V “He’s detained—on duty, but it’s alf right. Where’s the buttermilk?” Through the trees behind the girl came Elinor at top speed; one could hear the rustle rods away. ”F’ Gawd’s sake, Mis’ Katie, come quick. Mis’ Walton’s callin’." But Kate was fumbling for something in her pocket and bending forward to the hedge. The next instant, with bril liant flash, the glare of a parlor match leaped out one second on the night and fell full on a laughing, handsome young face peering in from under the visor of an infantry forage cap. One second only, and down went the match, and with stifled cry bounded the youngest daughter of the household of Walton even the precious pail forgotten. Ten minutes later a horseman came galloping up the muddy road and in quiring for the lieutenant. Lambert recognized him as one of the deputies or assistants engaged in Saturday’s af fair at the jail. He handed a folded pa per to the young officer, and, in low, ex cited tones, began some explanatory comments. “Wait,” said Lambert* “Let me read.” , Tearing open the paper, by the dim light of Burns* lantern he made out the following: “Lieut. Lambert; Post guard at once around Walton place, so as to prevent any men from getting In or out. Take half the company If you need it. I’ll be there in half an hour. CLOSE, “B’vt. Capt. Com’d’g.” ^ (To be continued,) Paint your house (not red) but any color you want, and call on Hersbiser .&• Gilligan when in need of paints. 45tf /. . PAINTEBS OP ROMANTICISM* Coret, OhtMWfn, CamUla, lo|IM «a4 Hard hat Jn Tbalr I«tk> No anchorite ever disdained the lux* uries ot life In better faith than the enthusiasts of romanticism, says Tem ple Bar. In the year 1832 a little band of artists—true bohemian's, long-haired, cadaverous—extravagantly dressed in all colors of the rainbow, encamped , themselves in a desolate Quarter of Paris. One comes suddenly froth the roar and turmoil of the streets into an 1 oasis of solitude and silence; the ruins of an old church make the place a sort of sanctuary* the houses on each side, once imposing, are dilapidated and abandoned. In one of these an ample lodging was found for those immoder ate lovers of art to whom the consider ation of personal well-being was quite unimportant—who were more than con tent to breakfast on an ode and to dine on a ballad. One empty room of im mense sise, going rapidly to rack and ruin, seemed especially fitted for their needs and was soon turned into a tem ple of the arts. Could the already tumble-down place have possibly been preserved to the present day, what a mine of wealth, what priceless treas ures it would have been found to con tain, for the Impromptu decorations were undertaken by hands then quite unknown but bound to emerge into the full light of celebrity. Perched upon ladders, a rose behind the ear, cigarette In mouth,' the pelntres romantiques produced masterpieces of genius. On narrow panels high above his head; Corot produced two exquisite views of Italy; below klm Chassereau designed a Diana bathing, where was already in dicated’the almost savage grace and freedom of his later works; Camille Rogler covered the ceiling with oriental fancies; Marilhat, Celeetin Nanteuil, Adolphe Leleux added their daring and picturesque contributions, and, brush in hand, these artists—themselves aspir ing poets—recited verses from Hugo and Alfred de Musset as a fitting ac companiment to pictorial inspiration. It was one of those scenes which mer ited Carlyle’s fanciful description of the Stirling club, "A little flowery island of poetic intellect.” i ; WOMEN OF THE WORLD. Four Honored and Thn* Gifted With Loefc Lift. Mist Margaret Cresswell receive! $3,500 a year for acting aa poatmlatreaa In Gibraltar. The Gibraltar mall can not be. very heavy, for Miaa Cresswell at thesame time acta aa superintend ent of all the postofflees on the North African-coast’ The first Woman who reclel^ed the permission of the min- , later of public Instruction to attend lectures Ip, the University of Munich Is Miss Ethel Gertrude Slceat, daughter of Professor Skeat, the eminent philolo gist? Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, for- < rner president of Wellesley,college, la how in Venice. She has accepted the invitation of the American Missionary association, to be one of the fpeajcers sit', tfie jubilee of the association In Boston next October. Her subject will be “Educational Equipment for Mission ary Service.” Three active spiritualists In San Francisco recently held an In teresting celebration on their common birthday. Each one has a great-great grandmother, one being 82 years old, another 85, and another 89. None haa lost a whit of her intellectual ability and all three drank gayly out of tea cups 250 years old aa they discussed free thought and spiritualism with all their old-time keenness. Major Ara bella Macomber Reynolds Is the only woman who was ever commissioned regularly in the United States army. She distinguished herself conspicuous ly In the late war, but now lives In a quiet little town on the Paclflo epaat, where she Is known as Major Belle Reynolds. Things fw D«lu( lo Tan. In front of a Dakota sod cabin sat a ntan - about 60 years old who was ragged and forlorn and hungry-look lng. A few rods away lay the dead body of a mule and beyond that was a wagon with a broken wheel. There was no smoke coming out of the cabin chimney, no fowls or livestock about and no other human beings to be seen. “Well,” queried the man as I looked about, "things look sorter lonesome, eh?” "Indeed, they do, sir. What's been the master with you?” “Blllyus fever.” “Where Is the wife?” "Inside the house with the same thing. "And the children?” “Out thar behind the haystack shak ln’ with the ager. “I see you’ve lost your mule.” “Died two days ago, sir. Can’t rightly say what ailed him, but he’s gone.” "I suppose you are dead broke on top of all?” I queried. “Haven’t got a red cent, sir, and nuthln’ but cornmeal In the house,” be replied. “Well, I don’t blame you for feeling blue over the situation.” "Who’s a feelln’ bluer* “Why, I expect you are.” “Then you make a big mistake, stranger. Things did look & little blue last week, but three days ago I had this ’ere farm out up . Into 2,000 town lots and arranged with a critter to boom It. and I’m feelln’ like a steer in a cornfield. Two thousand .’tots at $100 apiece, six railroads to cr ess yeare, three big car-works a-comln’, schools! churches, factories, parks, h ntels—why durn my hide, but I Jlst a »t yere cal kerlatin’ on startin’ five banks and foundin’ two or three orph an asylums with my money!” “Then I can’t aid you?” “Jlst a pipe o’ terbacker and a nip of whisky, stranger, and yon tell every body down the road that o le Bill John son has founded the toam o’ Golden City and Is goln’ to plant gold watches for mile posts all over the i stalt. Feel ln’ blue? Waal, I should raytber gur gle to obsarve that he has. to keep hold of the grass to prevent h JS fljdn’ awax tur Jay and exultashunl" 7J , that the Ideal farming comprehends not only the growing of the tallest tosthesacre of hayi the heat farming—the fanning th something more than thisi far there u a harvest ana* crop is saved, successfully, speedily and economically, la naewured the season's profit or loss. 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