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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1897)
THE FRONTIER. PUBLISH EL. BVFKY THURSDAY By Tbs Fbobtieb Pkiwtiso Co. 'O’NEILL, •> NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA. The fall wheat never looked better In the vicinity of Sterling than It does now. The Springfield schools have closed on account of the prevalence of diph theria. A couple at Decatur by the name of Burk have parted and been reunited five times. They have just parted for the sixth time. Burglars broke into the office of the Hay Springs Mining company and cracked the safe, getting nearly $100 In cash. Two well dressed men were seen around the mill during the day, and suspicion points strongly to them as the'guilty ones. The Platte Valley herd of Poland China hogs was sold last week at North Bend. The herd consisted of eighty-nine head high bred; fifty aver aged $57 a head, one sow brought $511 and sold to parties In the southern part of the state. The sale amounted to *3.500. Commercial men bare been skipp ing Milford for some time, owing to the lack of hotel facilities, but the town has caught the spirit of enter prise and various Improvements are being made. Hereafter It will have two hotels. The Commercial is the new venture. At Auburn the case of the state of Nebraska against Frank McKenney for statutory assault upon the person of Ruth Ellis, the 15-year-old daugh ter of Prof. Ellis of Peru, was given to the jury, which brought in a verdict of not guilty, after about four hours of deliberation. A stranger, who Is employed by Walter Vallery west of Plattsmouth, decamped some time during Tuesday night and took with him $71 In money and a revolver, all belonging to H. T. Flick, a fellow laborer. No trace ha^ thus far been found of the thief, whosq name is Frank Hefft. John Zelozney, a Polish laborer, has brought suit In the district court of Platte county against the receivers of the Union Pacific Railway company for $2,000 for damages alleged to have been sustained while employed by* the defendants last May. While In the discharge of his duties a silver of steel flew Into his eye and destroyed the aight. Charles Snider lived at Oscedla sev eral years ago, but it was too tame there for him and he took Greeley’s advice. After going to the far west he studied law and was admitted to the bar and It is said had large practice at Rock Springs, Wyo. He had Just been trying a lawsuit at hts home hnd went to a saloon to discuss matters, when a man named Klmmte hit him over the head with -a billiard cue, which caused his death. Dr. J. Sidney Goodmanson, who was tried and acquitted on the charge of poisoning his wife, became Involved in a quarrel at<t*onca last week and re ceived a severe beating. It was not thought bis Injuries would prove dangerous until with a few days, when erysipelas set in with great violence. In the fight his nose was broken and bis face badly demoralised. The cause of the trouble Is alleged to have been on account pf derogatory and abusive language on the part of Goodmanson. The government eecret service agent In Omaha has been notified to be on the lookout tor the counterfeit silver coin which recently made Its appear* ance In St. Louts. The peculiarity of this coin Is that It contains the same •mount of silver and of equal fineness as the genuine dollar. It bears the date 1849, and the mark of the New Orleans mint. The lettering Is said to lie too large, -and there are several narks by which the expert can deteet ft, but which would be of little value to the general public. Miss Augusta Myers, aged 18, a daughter of Fred Myers, a prominent termer living ten miles north of Ray Springs, was found dead four miles north of the house In a canyon. There te a great deal of mystery attached to aer death, as she was in a delicate condition and there are signs that a criminal operation was performed. By her side was found a bottle that con tained whisky and a small bottle label ed "Stryehlnne.” Many are of the opinion that these were placed there hy other hands after life was extinct. The unknown man found Injured at the Union Pacific railroad track last e»ys a Kearney dispatch, died last night and an inquest was held today. The affair Is Shrouded In mystery and the general opinion te that a brutal crime has been commit ted. The missing foot has not been found, and there was no blood on the teack near where the body lay. A piece of paper with the address: "G. a. X**®* Ne.T York City.** was found and this, together with a photograph of the deceased, has been forwarded to the Authorities there. ntw ml* has been adoptel by the etate board of transportation regain ing the charging of demurrage hy rail eoed companies. This rule, which all railroad companies have been notified of and ordered to Si', ----- --to observe, provide! ♦hot no demurrage Shall be charged or cma held over the regular time foi loading and unloading until the rail road company has given to the ship per written notice forty-eight houn More the charge Is to begin. Thai there shall be a uniform charge of $] roar* for each twenty-four houn • held overtime. Thieves broke In the door of Ba» fsln ft Co.’s saloon' at Shelton. Thej Cook several boxes of cigars and i 0*»ntlty of liquors. About US word te missing. The state boss i of educational landi ■ad funds has made a bid for the par .. ™ase of the 1100,000. of Douglas coun ty exposition bonds for an Investment ef the permanent school fund. Tls M tec *hs face value of the bonds Tl11 ?*mw P« °*nt Interest If the board la outbid there are etll •Mslag In every day etate warrant nhteh are serving the purpose a fthfety ond profitably lavecting thi school tend. . w 1'....■ THE NEWS IN BRIEF. ITEMS OPINTEREST GATHERED HERE AND THERE. Condensation, that Embody a Good Deal of Information Without Requiring Much Space—Foreign and Domcatlo Newsy Notes on All Subjects. Monday. Ho*. 15. There is a plan on foot to divide New York state. The Methodists have established a mission In Alaska. Henry A. Hurlburt, a prominent financier of New York, Is dead. A United States assay office has been located at Deadwood. S. D. Hard coal may go higher, as produc tion in the anthracite region is to be curtailed. Tbe Revernero hotel, at Kankakee. 111., burned, and guests barely escaped with their lives. Senator Platt, of New York, has had an audience with President McKin ley and named his men to be re warded. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, Is said to have his eye on congress and eventually the speakership of the low er house. . Thanday, Nov. IS. Chicago Sunday night had a $100,000 fire. The St. Louis city council will un dertake to suppress football. Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, is said to be in a very critical condition. The republicans of Kansas elected four women to county offices at the recent election. Relations between Bulgaria and Turkey are strained and 100,000 sol diers are on the frontier. William R. Cremer has arrived tn New York from London with his ad dress by British workingmen. At Chicago horseless wagons are be ing built for the American Express company, and a large ice concern. M. Blanc, the new perfect of police, of Paris, has Issued an order forbid ding women to wear high hats in the theaters. The First Scientist church of Chi cago and the largest house of that de nomination in the world, was dedi cated Sunday. Albert Knuland, on trial at St Joseph, Mo., for bigamy, la said to have eleven wives in various sections of the country. It has been agreed that the second trial of Sausagemaker Luetgert for the murder of his wife will begin at Chicago November 22. Thanksgiving day will be celebrated In Berlin on November 25 by a dinner and dance at the Kalserhof as usual, and there will be some Informal speeches. A huge anaconda in captivity in a museum In Philadelphia severely in jured Samuel Masher, the museum watchman, and crushed to death a' valuable dock pony. Customs officers at Port Huron, Mich., have unearthed what promises to be extensive operations in phe nacetlne smuggling. Nearly 500 ounces of the drug were confiscated. ' The mall carrier was held up near Warren, Montana, by a lone highway man and ordered to cut the mail sack open, which he did, and the robber took all the registered mall and let tars. i i - i Wednesday, Nof. l7. ‘ The governor of Arkansas frowns upon football. Secretary Wilson made an address before the Orange, In session In Pltta i burg. John Purcell, the champion heavy weight hammer thrower, died at ; Springfield, Mass. A colored man 101 years old called at the white house and shook hands with the president Private Secretary Porter Is not a senatorial candidate, but would not object to being Connecticut’s gover 1 nor. It IS probable that the president ! will make no recommendation In his message upon the subject of general arbitration. | Ex-Congressman John M. Langston, of Virginia, one of the prominent col ored men of the country, died In Washington. Bob Fitxsimmons has resigned his membership in the Marlon, Ind., lodge of Elks, Into which order he was In itiated recently. Refined beet sugar produced wholly In Denmark will be subject to an ad ditional duty of not less than .135 of 1 cent per pound. Albert Kneeland, the bigamist who has twelve living wives, was sentenc ed at St. Joseph, Mo., to three years and six months In the penitentiary. Thomas W. Evans, the famous American dentist who facilitated the flight of the ex-Bmpress Eugenie from Paris In 1870, died suddenly in Paris. O. S Ludwick, who has been pros pecting for Denver parties In the Bat tle Lake district, has discovered a four-foot vein of quarts which assays $30 per ton In gold. George A. Brandreth, president of the ’Brandreth Pill and Porus Plaster company, and son of Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, the original pill compound er, died at Sing Sing, N. Y. The monthly statement of the im parts and exports Issued by the bu reau of statistics shows the exports of domestic merchandise during Oc tober last, to have amounted to 1109. 583,842. Secretary Gage has requested the sec retary of the interior to Instruct the Alaskan officials to gather about 600 head of reindeer from the government herd for use of the expedition for the relief of the ice-bound whalers in the Arctic. 7 Thunder, Hot. 18. Girard college authorities have pro hibited the playing of football. Society Is not failing over Itself this year to get to New York’s horse show. Count Frans Thun has been elected president of the Austrian delegations. A few new cases of yellow fever de velop in New Orleans from day to day. It is reported that Qneen Victoria is suffering from hernia—strangula tion of which killed the Duchess of Teck. The Associated Charities of Omaha expects to have to contend the coming winter with more disease than desti tution. The University of Wisconsin foot ball team has declined to play'a' sec ond game with the University of Chi cago for $5,000 guarantee. Julian Ouinen of Carson, Nevada, the boy who shot and killed District Attorney Charles Jones recently, was exonerated by the grand jury. Mrs. Terrill and her newphew, Ed ward, Mason, were burned to death on a farm a few miles from Peru, N. Y., by the explosion of an oil lamp. Secretary Alger has issued an order for the retirement of Lieutenant Col onel W. E. Waters, deputy surgeon general, under the thirty years serv ice act The insurgents have dynamited and derailed a train running between Nuevitas, the port of Puerto Principe, and the city of Puerto Principe, capi tal of the province of that name. William Carr was sentenced at Lib erty, Mo., to hang on December 17. Carr drowned his 3-year-old daughter in the Missouri river. He received the sentence with a smile of satisfaction. James F. Early of Washington City has been awarded the contract for the plaster caBts of ornamental work on the government building at the Trans Mississippi exposition at his bid of *3100. There is every probability that l.ho Canadian government will be repre sented at the Trans-Mississippi expo sition by a government exhibit In a' building to be erected by the Canadian authorities for that purpose. Argentina’s coming wheat crop is estimated at 1,600,000 tons. Deducting home consumption, there will remain at least 1,000,000 tons for export. The flax crop is estimated at 400,000 tons. The maize crop will not be abundant unless there comes a good fall of rain in December. Friday, Nor. 19. Representative Mercer, of Nebraska, has arrived in Washington. Cloakmakers to the number of 1,500 are on a strike in New York. * The rise of the river Neva in Rus sta has made 1,800 families homeless. Paper manufacturers at Appleton, Wls., have advanced the price of paper. Wage reductions have been inaugu rated in the shoe factories of Lowell, Mass. Japan has demanded $200,000 from Hawaii as pay for loss to emigrants denied admission. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson made an addresB before the Grange, at Harrisburg, Pa. A mob raided the toll gates in the vicinity of Nicholasville, Ky„ and de stroyed eight of them. Indian Agent John N. Peebles has been commissioned postmaster at the Omaha agency in Nebraska. Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, wife of the head of the great New York Jewelry firm, is dead, aged 81 years. The president began Wednesday to sit before a sculptor from 9 to 10 each morning in order to have a bronze bust of himself made. An increase of 10 per cent In wages has been announced in the Jesse Ed dy woolen mill, at Fall River, Mass., to take effect December 1. Henry Sherry, one or the greatest lumber operators and manufacturers Wisconsin has ever seen, has assigned for the benefit of his creditors. A quarterly dividend of 1 per cent was declared by the Chicago, Burling ton & Quincy railroad directors. It is payable December 15 to stockholders on record November 20. In consequence of the failure of the Hooley-Jameson syndicate to put through the Chinese loan, it is .gen erally reported that th9 Hong Kong and Shanghai banks will raise the necesary money. A decision was handed down by. the United States court of appeals at St. Louis to the effect that a white per son adopted into one of the civilized tribes of Indians cannot he restored to Aflierican citizenship by the United states courts. Saturday. Mot. BO. Germany will make an elaborate ex hibit at the Paris exposition. New York gas companies are ar ranging for a gigantic combine. Uncle Sam will soon commence work on the South Omaha public building. New York cloakmakers have quit striking and returned to work. Colorado proposes making a fine dis play at the Trans-Mississippi Exposi tion. Some of the business men of Omaha have organized to fight department stores. There has been a light frost at New Orleans, though as yet yellow fevef has not been checked. The report of the monetary com mission is not likely to be made pub lic before December 1. By dynamite explosion in Des Moines, la., one man was killed and another fatally injured. Morrow Bros, of Clarssville, Tenn., have secured the contract for Tobacco tor the Italian government. The next annual'convention of the National Grange will be held in Con cord, N. H., in November, 1898. Rev. George H. Hickcock, for twen ty-five years chaplain of the Michigan state prison, is dead at the age ctf 75. London financial circles are agitated over statements that either |2,500,000 or $3,000,000 in gold coin has been pur chased in the open market for Chili. Secretary of State W. F. Porter was arrested in Lincoln, Neb., charged with violating the city health ordinance by butchering hogs within the city lim its. The grand lodge of Illinois Odd Fel lows adopted the report of the spe cial committee in favor of locating the Odd Fellows' old folks’ home at Mat toon. The officials have arrested a man supposed to be a German spy at Pag ny-sur-MoseUe, a village about twelvs miles from Mets, on the Paris & 8tra» burr railroad. ENGLAND FAVORS IT. AS TQ SETTLEMENT OF INTER NATIONAL QUESTIONS. Great Britain Is Kot Jealoaa of the United ate tee—TrneU To Caaadlan Loyalty to Protect Her Interacts— Many Subjects at Issne In Which It Is Rot Concerned. Kndorned By England. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—There is good reason to believe that the British government will view with favor the formation of a commission to clear up vexatious questions between the United States and Canada. The atti tude will be important in the consum mation of the commission plan, for the best efforts of the United States and Canada toward a general settle ment could come to naught unless the imperial government approved the ef forts and stood ready to give them of ficial execution in the form of a treaty. At first the sharp differences aroused by the recent Bering sea meeting led to the belief that Great Britain might stand in the way of a commission which would discuss, among other questions, such imperial subjects as the tariff. England has been tenacious in holding the advantage secured by Canada’s preferential British tariff, and it is thought the colonial office at London would not view with favor any movement by a commission which vould disturb this peaceful preferen tial tariff. It appears, however, that the Brit ish authorities are sincerely anxious to close up the various irritating ques tions which have long existed be tween Canada and the United States through the medium of a commission or otherwise, and that no idea is en tertained that when the commission dealt with the imperial subject of the tariff it would involve any disturbances of the British-Canadian tariff rela tions. There are said to be many arti cles, such as coal and fish, which are not exchanged between Great Britain and Canada. On such articles, there fore, any reciprocal arrangement be tween the United States and Canada would have no influence in British trade in Canada. The home government is said to be fully conscious of the advantages which Canada may secure in the ex tensive American market lying along Its borders and there is understood to be every desire to aid Canada in the enjoyment of reciprocal trade with this country. Already the British ambassador has been authorized from London to begin negotiations for reciprocity treaties between the United States and the British West Indian colonies. This is cited to show the favor which the London authorities exhibit toward se curing the best reciprocal advantages for British colonies. It is said the same view would prevail as to Canadian rec iprocity. In any event, the work of a commission would be preliminary only and it woulld remain for the British government to give it effect by formal trpnfv The subjects other than the tariff, such as border Immigration, fishing in the lakes, etc., are not of an imperial character and concern only the United States and Canada. In these it is said that Great Britain has no in terest whatever, except to see them settled on terms satisfactory to Can ada. The lake fisheries have been a prolific source of trouble. It is claim ed that the fish of the lakes, particu larly the white fish, are being exter minated by the lax laws of some of the states bordereing on the lakes. The destruction of the fish is said to be an alogous to the destruction of the seals In Bering sea, and one of the subjects which Canada would urge before the commission would be the protection of the fisheries of the lakes. The Dead Come* to Life Again. CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Nov. 82.—A special to the Republican from Seattle, Wash., says: Charles Wood, who re cently came here from Vinton, la., walked into the police station and stated that he had met and talked with Edward Murray, for whose murder Frank Novak is now being tried in Iowa. Wood said there could be no mistake about it; that he not only saw Murray but met and shook hands and talked with him in a saloon. They had talked but a few minutes together when Murray stepped to the door, as if to call a friend, and went out and failed to return. Though Wood searched all over town he could find no trace of the man again. He at once reported the matter to a man whom he believed to be a police of ficer, but he was not, and did not give It to the police until tonight. The po lice are looking for Murray. Chief of Police Read wired the sheriff of Ben ton county for full particulars of the,, case and got several telegrams in re turn. Every effort will be made to dis cover Murray. Wood says he has known Murray for years and he was there at the time of the burning of Novak’s store and knows all the par ticulars. Wood is apparently a man of standing and his word is believed. God* Lawi for Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 22.— A bill has been drafted for introduc tion into congress at the next ses sion providing for the appointment of a board of code commissioners for the district of Alaska to draft a code of criminal and civil laws and to revise the act creating the civil government for the district. The measure is draft ed in accordance with the ideas of the five principal commercial com panies doing business In the territory. Dnable to Lonats Prof. Andre*. TROMSOE, Tromsoe Island, Nor way, Nov. 22.—The steamer Victoria, which was fitted out by the governor of Tromsoe, under instructions from King Oscar, to search for Prof. An dree, the missing aeronaut, and which left here November 6, has returned from Spitsbergen. It brings no news as to the whereabouts or movements of Prof. Andree, although exploring parties landed ten times at various points in Donmands islands. The Vic toria was provisioned for eight months and carried a crew of fifteen men. Bjoevlg, the explorer, was one of the company. __ THOUSANDS STARVING. Pitiable Condition of the Caban* la the Town* on the bland. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—A special to the World from Havana says: In every town in Cuba where there are American citizens, groups of starv ing islanders gather every day in front of the houses of those Americans and beg for the crumbs. That Ameri cans have anything on their tables from which crumbs could fall is due to the relief fund of $50,000 voted last spring by congress. Consul General Lee has drawn so far about $25,000 of the total amount. There are 1,400 Americans on the re lief list. Of these about 250 are Amer ican born. The others are naturalized citizens, and their families, who hav ing had their citizenship papers prop erly registered at the different United States consulates, are entitled, if in distress, to the same relief as Ameri nan nltlrr rm a According to a statement made by Consul Baker, who is stationed at Sa gua, about 10,000 people are being kept alive in Cuba by these rations, dis tributed for the support of 1,400. Neighbors gather around the front door of the houses of American cit izens and beg a share of the food that comes from the consulates. Where suffering is general, these appeals are not in vain, and the scant eupply of rice, jerked beef and bread is made to do service for five instead of one. There are no markets in any but the bigger cities, because nothing is produced to supply them, and no one has money. Misery is universal, and suffering is everywhere, and the death rate goes up higher and higher each day. In the town of Sagua, where there is a population of about 20,000, the death list for five years before the war was 500 a year. In the month of August of this year 648 persons died of starvation alone. Consul Brice, stationed at Matan zas, reports that since July 1, 27,000 persons have died in his district. Gen eral Blanco’s order’s to allow the pa ciflco’s to cultivate land outside the military lines would diminish suffer ing, if the people had the strength and the implements with which to work, but they have neither, and Wey ler’s scheme to exterminate the people is rapidly proving successful. It is generally believed in Havana that Blanco has received orders from Madrid to do everything possible to prevent starvation reports from go ing to the United States, and Minister Dupuy de Lome has urged him to is sue proclamations and orderB that will convey the idea that the 'new regime will take care of the non-combatants, and stop the present appallng death rate. Cannot Come to Agreement, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—There is no Immediate prospect of the conclu sion of reciprocity negotiations be tween the United States and France. Both governments have presented elaborate statistics to show their re spective positions in any reciprocity arrangement, but the matter has not progressed to the point where an agreement can be foreseen. Having presented the French side of the case from every standpoint. M. Pa tenotre, the French ambassador, has now referred the question back to his government and is awaiting instruc tions. He had hoped to conclude the negotiations before departing to his new post at Madrid, but this seems hardly likely, owing to the many de lays which are occurring. He had expected to leave the lat ter part of this month, but may defer his' trip until the latter part of De cember. Mme. Patenotre will not go until spring, owing to the severity of an ocean trip in midwinter. The new French ambassador, M. Cambon, will leave Paris December 15, arriving here about the first of t.he new year. Mme. Cambon will not come to this country during the first year of the ambassador’s service. As the reciprocity question is now before the authorities at Paris it is likely that Mr. Cambon will receive personal Instructions and come here fully conversant with the question. In the course of the negotiations an intimation has been made by the United States officials that a relaxation of the French restrictions on Ameri can meat products would be helpful in forwarding the reciprocity agree ment. Government Exhibit nt Omaha. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The gov ernment board having charge of the government exhibit at Omaha next year held a meeting at the office of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Brigham, the full membership being present. W. V. Cov was elected sec retary and S. L. Lupton disbursing clerk, both having like positions at the Nashville exposition. Space was allotted to several department as fol lows: Agriculture, 3,823 square feet; Treasury, 3,380; State, 945; Post office, 2,175.87; Fish Commission, 5, 027.75; Navy, 3,303.63; National mu seum and Smithsonian institutes, 8, 406.37; Interior, 4,006.37; War, 3, 303.63; for working postoffice, -315 square feet. The following money appropriations were made: State, $4,500; Treasury, $17,000; War, $11,000; Navy, $13,000; Postoffice, $8,000; Interior, $18,000; Agriculture, $15,000; Justice, $3,000; Smithsonian institute, $20,500; Fish, commission, $20,000; Common fund, $20,000. The center circular space is reserved by the Treasury department for a large revolving lens. The executive committee selected is: De Ravenel, Michael, Kemper and Clark. Kemper, representative of the Treasury depart ment, reported by-laws and suggested additional legislation. Tammany Raise* 840,000. NEW YORK, Nov.’ 22.—The excu tive committee of Tammany hall met and arranged for the annual organi sation next month. After the trans action of this business, Richard Cro ker made a speech in which he asked the committee to subscribe $20,000 for the starving people of Cuba, and a like sum for the poor of this city. The sug gestion was acted upon. The Cuba check was handed to Senor Tomas Estrada Palma and other members of the junta who had called to seek the aid of Tammany in behalf of their starving countrymen. YOBBIGN NOTES BY CABLE • The steamer Empress of China brings these advices that Mrs. Carew, who was convicted about a year ago of the murder of her husband in Yo kohoma and whose sentence of deatj was commuted to imprisonment life, has been sent to England on Thn steamer Sumatra She will be con-' fined In Woking prison. It Is said to be the present inten tion of President McKinley to Incor porate the recent Spanish correspon dence in his annual message to con gress. He does not deem It compatible with tbe public interest to publish the full text of the notes, pending fur ther correspondence and the carrying out of the promises made by the Spanish government. A Havana dispatch says that Mar shal Blanco has received, cabled di rections to release the prisoners cap tured on the American schooner Com petitor in April, 1896, and that they will sail for the United States. It is reported that the instructions to the governor general directs the return of the captured arms and of the vessel to the owners. The new secretary general of Cuba, Dr. Jose Congosto, formerly Spanish consul at Philadelphia, continues to make himself unpopular. He has had p. dispute with a prominent conserva tive, Senor Francisco de Las Santos Guzman, a former president of the congress, and has also had a misun derstanding with Senor Cuetro , a prominent autonomist, with the result, it is understood, that letters have been written to Madrid calling attention to the alleged eccentricities of the sec retary general and also dwelling upon his peculiar political KntimentB. New Inv Amongst the noticeable Inventions Is* sued last week to Inventors of the United States, Is one for a pnuematic bicycle tire, in which the tire is cast in sections, which can be removed when one of them is injured, an auto matic fire alarm; an abdominal douche bath; a ballot box; a metallic fabric for fences; a snow locomotive, adapted to glide on sled runners, and a simple motion converter for windmills. Four copyrighted cuts of mechanical move ments are further shown relating to a balance for clocks and watches, a balancing counterpoise, a simple feed mechanism for rotary saws, and a con verting motion. Invertors for rotary verting motion. Inventors and others desiring free information in relation to patents may obtain the same in ad dressing Sues & Co., registered patent lawyers, Bee Building, Omaha, Ne braska. / Patents have been allowed by the commissioner at Washington, but not yet issued as follows: To A. E. . Stev ens, J. Brown and L. Petit of Dallas Center, la., for a trade mark for “the Standard Stock Food Company,” con sisting of the words “Famous Stock Food” and a cross in a circle. To D. Fortney of Otho, la., for a device adapted to be abjustably fastened to the body of a person and extended down to support a broken leg or to straighten a deformed leg or foot. To S. Dewhirst, of Des Moines, for a fur nace specially adapted for cooking and utilizing slack or Ine coal for burn ing brick in a kiln advantageously or building a plant to heat a collection of buildings economically and without the annoyances and loss incident to the escape of soot and black smoke. To F. L. Johnson of Albia for a ma chine relapted to be placed over the mouth of a well to serve as a means for holding and hoisting pipes as re quired in coupling and uncoupling and in putting in and taking out well tubes. Valuable information about obtaining, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. Thomas G. & J. Ralph Orwig, Des Moines, November 16, 1897! Solicitors of Patents.’ LITE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS Quotations From Now York, Chicago, St, Louis, Omaha and Elsewhere. OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator... 22 Butter—Choice fancy country.. 14 Errs—Fresh. la Spring Chickens—Per lb. B Turkeys,per lb,. V Ducks, per lb. 6 Pigeons—hive. 7fl Lemons—Choice Messlnas....... 3 00 Honey—Choice, per lb. 12 Onions—per bu. 80 Cranberries. Cape Cod, per bbl a 80 Beans—Handpicked Navy...... 1 40 Potatoes—per bu. 40 Sweet potatoreB—Per bbl. 2 25 Oranges—Per box. 3 25 Apples—Western stock, per bbl 2 85 Hay—Upland, per ton. 4 00 SOUTH OMAHA STOCK MARKET. 3 45 3 30 4 00 3 00 3 00 0 CO 4 00 3 00 3 80 4 00 5 SO 3 23 Hogs—Choice light. 3 35 Hogs—Heavy weights. 3 25 Beef steers. 3 85 Bulls...2 86 Stags. 2 90 Calves. 4 00 Western Feeders. 3 30 Cows. 2 30 Heifers. 3 35 Stockers and Feeders.. 3 30 Sheep—Western Lambs. 6 00 Sheep—Native wethers. 3 00 CHICAGO. Wheat—No. 2 spring. 88 @ 88 Corn—per bu. 26 W 27’ Oats—per bu. 20 @ 20’ Timothy seed—Prime per bu.. 2 60 Pork . 7 45 Lard—per 100 lbs.4 40 Cattle—Choice beef steers....'.. 4 74 Cattle—Western rangers.. 3 80 Hogs—Prime light.3 40 gheep—Native Lambs.5 00 NEW YORK MARKET. Wheat—No. 2, red, Winter. 98H@ 1 00 Corn—No. 2. 84 0 Oats—No. 2. 24 ' Pork. .8 50 Lard. 4 75 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2, spring. 85 Corn—No. 2.„..... 23 Oats—No 2. 20H Hogs—Mixed. 3 00 Sheep—Muttons. 3 26 Cattle—Stockers and feeders... 2 26 i.P 2 4 86 f