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THE PROINTIER FnblUhml Kv'ry Thursday **T THE FRONTIER FRINTINO I'OMIANT. ONEILLi " - - NEBRASKA I BRIEF TELEGRAMS. | fH4f•»■ »4 Old St Joseph, the largest city in Florida In the eighteenth century, but long since extinct, is to be re-estab lished. The report is current in Chicago so ciety that Mrs. George M. Pullman, widow of the palace car magnate, Is soon to be married to Gerald Barry, a New York e.rtist. A deal he* just been consummated whereby the Standard Oil company ac quires all the Interest of the Pacific Coast Oil company. The purchase price Is said to be $1,000,000. Western railroads have been unable to agree on the interchangeable mile age question, and there is little pros pect that the minimum m'leage to be sold will be raised above 2,000 miles. The state department has rendered an opinion to the effect that the United States government cannot decide in favor of Porto Rico In' the matter of her claim against Cuba for $2,500,000. It Is said at the navy department that in the fire at the Norfolk navy yard Sunday, the money loss is of sec ondary Importance; the fire destroyed valuable records that cannot be re placed. A question put to the governmgpl In the house of commons elicited the statement that there had been 15,626 cases of typhoid fever among the Brit ish troops in South Africa, and that of this number 3,642 proved fatal. The Illinois Staats Zeltung was sold at auction at Chicago to Mrs. Marga rita, widow of Herman Easter, who was editor of the paper from 1867 to 1890. The property was bid in for $50,300, subject toa mortgage for $150, 000. The Salvation Army of New York City will provide on Christmas day a dinner for 25.000 poor people In Madi son Square Garden. In the morning 16,000 uncooked dinners will be dis tributed to poor families in 8,200 bas kets. Twelve hundred men * and boys at Natalie colliery at Shamokin, Pa., op erated by the Shamokin Coal company, have struck because fifteen black smiths and carpenters had not been given the 10 per cent increase in wages. It appears from bulletin. No. 17 of the census that Washington is no cap ital of the cows. It has only six to the 100.000, whereas St. Paul has 723 and Kansas City 100. But St. Paul has only forty-seven goats, whereas New oYrk has seventy-three to the 100.000. La Crosse, Wis.. druglsts will seek to apply a recent decision of the United States supreme court in a case artslng in Massachusetts, to local business. It relates to the prices of proprietary medicines and ho’ds in brief that re tailers cannot cut the prices of a pat ent medicine if the maker will not consent. The nward of contracts for supply ing the United States army with khaki material was made at New York City. The J. Spence Turner company received a contract calling for 500,000 yards on a bid of 20.05 cents a yard, lloessner, Broesel & Co. received two contracts, one calling for 350,000 yards, for which 21.78 was bid. and 150,000 yards, at 21.16 cents a yard. Senator Hanna has hired the Cham ber of Commereo building at Cleve land, O., for New Year’s night for the coming-out party of his pretty daugh ter Ruth. The party will be more na tional In its character than any similar event, for invitations have been sent al lover the country, and the young lady will have one of the largest com ing-out parties ever enjoyed by an American debutante. One hundred citizens and heads of families living In the vicinity of the Weldon farm, the retreat of George Jacob Schweinfurth, near Rockford, 111., have joined in a petition demand ing that the false Messiah be removed from the community. It Is understood that Col. Schweinfurth still holds th* balance of power with certain mem bers of the Weldon family, and that he has settled down in his old retreat for time indefinite. Robert T. Tighe, who established the first telegraph system In South Amer ica, is deafllat New York City. At the outbreak of the civil war he en listed in the Fortieth New York regi ment In 1866 he went to Chill and Peru, where he established telegraphic systems. Citisens of Topeka, Kan., raised $25, 175 by popular subscription at a law and order meeting. The money Is to be ased to suppress Joints and is placed in the hands o? a special com mittee with authority to use .the money in securing evidence and em ploying counsel where necessary to convict Joint keepers. The conversion of the Philippine and Cuban debts of $230,000,000 Into Spanish interior 4 per cents is com pleted. A charter was filed la Recorder Si mons’ offce at Chicago incorporating the John Cudahy company, with a cap ital stock of $500,000 The servant girls of Minneapolis are being organized into a union by the Trades and Labor Council. Already a large number of the women have agreed to become members and it is believed that nearly all will Join. The object of the association is to correct alleged abuses and secure privileges and bettor wages for the girls. Minneapolis will have one bank less after January 1. for on that date the Nicollet National and the First Na tional, two of the best known and strongest financial institutions in the north west, will be consolidated. Which name will b« retained has not yet been decided upon. The current receipts of hogs at Chl caog are heavy, and buyers are look ing for liberal receipts next month and in February, but with small stocks of provisions and the consumptive de mand all over the world the strongest it has been since people began to eat meat, the situation is one that hog raisers can flew with complacency. L STILL BOPIN Boer Leader Hae Not Abandoned Belief in European Intervention. NO POPULAR DEMONSTRATION YET Bn (I lab Kotkodx of W»rfi*r» Character Ixcd ai Barbarona In tha Katrom*— Claim Bad* That tha Caagaa of Civil* lacd Wnrfaro ara Ignorad. LONDON, Dec. 22.—William T. Stead Uaa Ju«t returned from The Hague, where he had a long confer- ( ence with Mr. Kruger and ascertained at first hand the vlcwa of Mr. Kruger and hie counselors as to the present situation and future prospects. Mr. Stead has written the following for ths Associated Frees: "First of all, nothing Is decided about bis visit to America at present. f President Kruger has not abandoned all hope of securing the support of the governments of the civilized world In his demands for arbitration. Until the last government refuses absolutely to say a word In support of the prin ciples which they solemnly laid down at The Hague conference Mr. Kruger will not partake In popular demonstra tions. It is recognized that if he cared to do so he could shake the continent. The popular enthusiasm for him is un paralleled since Garibaldi's visit to London, but until his diplomatic mis sion is sxhausted an appeal to the people cannot even be taken into con sideration. Mr. Kruger Is emphatic in disclaiming any desire to Involve oth er nations in war in behalf of the Boers. What he asks is that the gov ernments, which at The Hague declared their intention to use their efforts to secure amicable settlement of disputes by means of mediation and arbitration, should make a united effort to bring the verdict of the civilized world to bear on Great Britain. “ 'The English,’ Mr. Kruger said, are waging this war in South Africa like savages. They ore burning homes, de stroying damn, cutting trees, devastat ing fields and creating famine. They are unable to capture Dewet, but they are making prisoners of women and children, who are not treated with or dinary decency. Hundreds of women have been confined in prison Krai), near Port Elizabeth, with only one chair, and several of them are expect ing to become mothers.’ “Mr. Kruger avers that the provi sions of the convention at The Hague and the laws and usages of war are trampled under foot and he wants to know whether the signatories of this convention have anything to say on the subject:. “The man on horseback at this mo ment is not Mr. Kruger, but President Rteyn. He, Delarey and Dcwet are masters of the situation, having a better disciplined and more effective force than that which followed the vierkleur (flag) at the outbreak of the war. They have plenty of ammuni tion and replenish their store continu ally from the British convoys. They have taken enough Lee-Metford rifles to arm all the burghers now in the field. I cannot put their position bet tor than in the words of one of Mr. Kruger’s counselors. ‘England is our accused. England is the sole witness against us. England is the judge. England is the c-xecutioner and Eng land hopes to profit by our death. We appealed for arbitration before the war. We are fighting for arbitration today. We have the right to expect the sympathies of the civilized world.’ Uerninns Defeat Boxers. BERLIN, Dec. 22.—A dispatch from Field Marshal von Waldersee, dated Pekin, December 19. says: Guendell’s column, marching from Shan Hal Kuan, successfully encountered a force of Boxers, December 14, at Yung Ling, near the eastern imperial tombs. Fifteen Boxers were killed. One thousand Chinese regulars, under Fang Do Ling, have been driven out of Lu Tai. They fled to the moun tains northwesterly on Guendell’s ap proach. Thornton*! Son (lotn » l'lacc. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dm. 21—The senate today confirmed the following nominations: C. S. Francis of New Hampshire, to bo minister to Switzer land; J. G. A. Leishmann of Pennsyl vania, minister to Turkey; C. L. Thur ston of Nebraska, secretary of the le gation at Buenos Ayres; J. F. Baker of New York, secretary of the Chilean claims commission; J. M. Ferguson of Pennsylvania, secretary of the legation to Japan. Mora Pay fur Militiamen. LONDON, Dec. 22.—The secretary of state for war, St. John Broderick, announces that in view of the pro longation of the war in South Africa members of the Imperial Yeomanry will be paid 5 shillings instead of 1 shilling and 2 pence a day. Militia men are promised priority of return over regulars. Dncr May Be Senator. ST. PAUL. Minn., Dec. 22—A Havre, Mont., special to the D'spatch says: It is deemed more than possi ble that Charles K. Drier of Fort Ben ton may be chosen United States sen ator from Montana for the short term. Duer Is a pioneer of the early 60s. an extensive sheep owner, and head of the famous Stockmen’s National bank. fOR FRAUD IN DIVORCE. Leader of Concern and Co Respondent are 8entenord. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—Recorder Goff today sentenced Henry Zeimer, one of the heads of a fraudulent di vorce bureau, to ten years in state’s prison, and .Tames Holden, alias Frank Wilson, a professional co-respondent, to three years in state prison. Mrs. Byrde Herrick and Mary Thompson, who said they had testified falsely in divorce cases, were allowed to go under syspenslon of sentence. Born NOISES ARE ADJOURNED. National Loglilatlva Ilodloa Ceaao Labor* Until January 3. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—No busi ness was transacted by the senate yes terday. The news of the death of Mrs. William P. Frye, wife of the president pro tem of the senate, was conveyed officially to the body and out of respect to her memory immediate adjournment was taken until January 3, 1901. Sen ator Fairbanks of Indiana called the body to order and Rev. Dr. W. H. Mllburn pronounced a beautiful Invo cation. The secretary then read a letter from Senator Frye appointing Senator Fair banks presiding officer during his ab sence from the senate. Meantime a conference of senators had been held as to the order of business. The read ing of the journal was suspended and at 12:05 p. m., on motion of Mr. Hoar, the senate adjourned until January 3, 1901. When the house met there were less than 100 members on the floor. The majority of the members already had departed for their homes to spend the holiday recess. The chaplain In the morning prayer, referred to the death of Mrs. Frye, wife of Senator Frye, and of Representative Wise of West Virginia. After the approval of the journftl some routine minor business was transacted by unanlmouss consent. Bills were passed to fix the times for sessions of the district and circuit courts for the eastern district of Texas. The death of Representative Wise, of Virginia, having been, announced the house adjourned until Jan. 3. DETAIL STORIES OF MASSACRE. Horrlbl* Atrocities Sat6 to Hav* Boos Perpetrated by Tnrk*. NEW YORK, Dec. 22—A dispatch to Journal and Advertiser from Vienna says: Further report* of the Turkish massacres of Christians show that their instigator is a Mohammedan fanatio named Halduk Islam, who brags of having slain 200 Christians with his own hands. The Turkish authorities have shown utter indifference of the outrages and those being perpetrated on Chritsians are beyond description. At Bituch men were cruc fled on tree8 with stakes driven through their hands and feet. Women were attacked and then mutiliated. Children were murdered by mutilation before their parents’ eyes. Women were mal treated at Grumma before the eyes of their husbands, brothers and fa thers and then carried Into the bondage of harems. Men were tortured to death slowly %by various means, their limbs cut oil successively and children were thrown into the river. The fiends tortured the Christians at Rlharitz by slicing flesh from all parts of their bodies before killing them. A Greek orthodox priest was tied in a sack and pitched into the river at Genovitza. The Servian con sul at Mitrovitza estimates that 1,100 persons have been killed and 400 wo men attacked and placed in harems. CON Of R INSTRIGTED TO SIGN. Agreement Not Exactly to Amtilcan I.lk Irff. but Delay in Dangerous. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22— An in struction will again go out today to Mr. Conger at Pekin to sign the agree ment which, according to I’ekin ad vices, already has been signed by all of the other ministers at the Chinese capital. This Instruction is sent w.th seme reluctance because the agree ment as it now stands does not com pletely represent the view of the Unit ed States government. But it Is be lieved to be the most favorable com promise that could be reached unless negotiation! are to be drawn out to a dangerous length, for all reports indi cate a growing spirit of unrest In Chi na, owing to the absence of any form of native government in Chi di and the adjacent provinces. So the United States accepts the “irrevocable” condi tion imposed upon the Chinese gov ernment, though, after all, this ex pression is rather a matter of form than of substance, for diplomacy knows no such thing as “irrevocable agreement.” CoiitMUnt for CongreMiilniml Seat. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Speaker Henderson received a telegram an nouncing the death of Dr. Richard A. Wise, the member of the Norfolk, Va., district, at his home at WilliamBbug, at 12:40 this morning. No details be yond the simple announcement were received. Dr. Wise was twice seated as a member of the house on a con-, test in the last and the present con gress and had given not'ce he would contest the seat In the next congress. Improvements costing $10,000,000 have been approved for the University Of California. Wi rm Tim* li> Spanl-li Smite. MADRID, Dec. 21.—During the dis cussion In the senate of the royal message announcing the marriage in the near future of the princess of Asturias, heiress presumptive to the throne, with Prince Charles, second son of the Count of Caserta, Senor Or tega, a republican, raised a storm of protest by recalling the conspiracy of the bourbon princes against other roy alists, which he feared this marriage would have a tendency to renew. Fire at Elk Point, S. D., destroyed the entire business portion of the town. A seat in the New York stock ex change was sold for $50,000, the high est price on record. "Major” Taylor, the colored bicyclist of Worchester, has signed an agree ment to race in Europe during July and August of next year, byville. 111., by James G. Middles wortn, resulted in the disposal of fifty head for $5, <35, or an average of $114. 75. Marshall Nelson, the famous scout of the late General Lawton, has been summoned by General Wood to Cuba for service under special instructions. The sale of Hereford cattle at Shel IRRIGATION AND RIPARIAN RIGHTS. Constitutionality of State Act to BsSub* Ject to Legal Test. LINCOLN. Dec. 24—The constitu tionality of the state irrigation act will be subjected to a legal test before the supreme court next month. The court recently handed down a decision which was believed at the same time to be a deathblow to the irrigation Interests of Nebraska, and an effort will be made to secure either a reversal or a modifi cation of that opinion. The decision was in the case of the Crawford com pany against Hathaway and others, appealed from Dawes county. The case will be brought to the at tention of the court for second consid eration by Attorneys J. W. Deweeae and J 8. Kirftpatrick of this city, who will appear as friends of the court in behalf of the irrigation interests of the state, but not as attorneys for either party in the original action. Leave was granted to file the motion and the document prepared by the at torneys was presented. The court is asked to reverse or modify the judg ment; to decide the constitutionality of the irrigation statutes in their re laion to the rreatlon of the State Board of Irrigation; to adjudge and determine to what extent the irrigation laws modify or abrogate riparian rights, and to adjudge and determine whether the right of Leroy Hall, ap pelle in the Crawford company case, to maintain a dam upon and to use the waters of White river for power purposes has been acquired by pro scription or as riparian owner or pro prietor. , The court will listen to argument on these questions at the sitting be ginning January 2. Nebraska vs the B. • W. K. B. LINCOLN, Dec. 24.—The action of the supreme court in overruling the' motion of the attorney general for a rehearing of the case ot the State of Nebraska against the Burlington rail road, has removed all possibility o{ prolonging the existence of the State' Board of Transportation under its pres ent organization. According to the de-1 cree of the court the life of the board came to an end when the motion was overruled and, therefore, the salaries of the three secretaries and other em-| ployes stopped at the same time. Sec retary O. L. Laws said regarding the, matter. “My opinion is that we are! knocked out, but there is still a pos-j sibility of reorganizing the board under the act of 1885, which may have been, revived by the decision of the court. That act provides for a board, consist-! ing of the auditor, attorney general and secretary of state, and allowed! each member to appoint his own see-1 retary on condition that the three be! chosen from the Frst, Second and; Third districts respectively. If thej law of 1885 is still in force there might be a reorganization, but I am not pre pared to say so positively.” Senator Alien Asked to Help. LINCOLN, Dec. 24.—The Nebraska' dairymen, In annual session in this' city, sent the following telegram to' Senator Allen at Washington: “In the name of seventy thousand* cow owners of Nebraska, we4ask you to report the Grout bill from commit-' tee and to become its especial advo cate on the floor of the senate.’’ The bill referred to is an act to pre vent the fraudulent sale of oleomar garine. Nebraska Butter the Best. LINCOLN, Dec. 24—Director G. L. McKay of the dairy department of the Iowa Agricultural school, the expert engaged to judge the exhibit at the Nebraska Dairymen’s association, said that he never saw a better collection of private butter than he examined here. The average scoring was ex ceptionally high. The prize winners in the dairy class were: J. K. Hony well, Lincoln, 95; J. Hoagb, Boyden,, la., 94; August Sader, Paplllion, 94; L. C. Norton, Fort Crook, 93, and Mrs. J. S. Temple, Cheney, 92. Find Silks In a Queer Place. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Dec. 24.—A sacks of silks and other goods was, found here by one of the section men under a pile of railroad ties a half mile or less east of the depot. During the day a couple of strangers were dis covered tearing down the pile of ties and handling them over. When dis covered they left on a freight train. The goods were near where the freight trains stop. Before the find was re ported to the authorities the strangers had left town. Dandelions Blooming In Nebraska. SUPERIOR, Neb., Dec. 24.—Dande lions are in bloom on the prairies be tween this place and Guide Rock. Some of the farmers south of town are doing their spring plowing. Water left out of doors over night does not freeze. These facts give some idea of the re markable winter that is being experi enced in southern Nebraska. The merchants in the small towns are feel ing the effects of it disastrously and they are braying for a cold wave. Johnson Goes to the Pan. PONCA, Neb., Dec. 19.—Elmer John son, who has been in the county jail for the past six months for c.ubb.ng the marshal at Emerson, who ha? since died, pleaded guilty to the charge of assault with intent to do great bod ily harm, and was sentenced by Judge Graves to eighteen months in the pen itentiary. Frank Poulton also plead-, ed guilty to the charge of horse steal-’ ing and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Duwei Reports Deficiency. LINCOLN, Dec. 24.—Superintendent Dawes of the School for Deaf and Dumb at Omaha has informed the gov ernor that the deficiency in accounts in his institution will amount to $6, 324.59. Of this amount, $1,000 will be due for salaries and wages and nearly as much for fuel. Superintendent Dawes devotes considerable space in his report to an explanation of the 'needs of the institution, and after call ing attention to the big deficiency as serts that it is a scource of gratifica tion to know that its affairs have been I handled so well under his supervision. THE SCHOOL FUND DIVISION. Itate Superintendent Jackson Complete* HI. Apportionment. LINCOLN, Neb., Deo. 22.—State Superintendent Jackson has completed the semi-annual apportionment of the temporary achool fund among the vari ous counties of the state. The total amount apportioned is $307,830.54, and the total number of children of school age 377,791, making a rate per scholar of about 81 Vi cents. Following is the apportionment by counties : Counties. Adams . Antelope ... Banner . Blaine . Boone . Box Butte .. Boyd . Brown . Buffalo . Burt . Butler . Cass . Cedar . Chase . Cherry. Cheyenne .. Clay . Colfax . Cuming .... Custer . Dakota . Dawes . Dawson .... Deuel . Dixon . Dodge . Douglas .... Dundy . Fillmore ... Franklin Frontier .... Furnas . Gage . Garfield .... Gosper . Grant . Greeley . Hall . Hamilton .. Harlan. Hayes .. Hitchcock . Holt . Hooker . Howard _ Jefferson ... Johnson .... Kearney ... <&elth . iveya Paha . Kimball .... Knox . Lancaster .. Lincoln .... Logan . Loup . Madison .... McPherson . Merrick. Nance . Nemaha .... Nuckolls ... Otoe . Pawnee. Perkins . Phelps . Pierce . Platte . Polk . Red Willow Richardson Rock . Saline. Sarpy . Saunders ... Scotts Bluff , Seward . Sheridan ... Sherman .... Sioux . Stanton .... Thayer . Thomas .... Thurston _ Valley . Washington Wayne . Webster ..... Wheeler .... York . Numoer ot scholars. .... 7,340 .... 4.185 .... 337 149 .... 4,234 .... 1.619 .... 2,631 .... 1,246 .... 7,984 .... 4.592 .... 5,894 .... 7.760 .... 4,550 926 .... 1,555 .... 1.472 .... 6,060 .... 4,400 .... 5,583 .... 7.566 2.379 .... 1,973 .... 4,535 .... 747 .... 3.803 .... 8,082 .... 41,474 820 .... 5,580 .... 3,529 .... 3,320 .... 4,681 .... 10,598 .... 698 .... 1,946 213 .... 2,311 .... 6,060 .... 5,044 .... 3,541 972 .... 1,726 .... 4,361 55 .... 4,283 .... 5 566 .... 4,055 .... 3,929 .... 700 .... 1,071 .... 238 .... 6,491 .... 21-990 .... 4,152 369 .... 465 .... 6,325 100 .... 3.166 .... 2,684 .... 5,286 .... 4.655 .... 7,313 .... 4,263 585 .... 3,896 .... 3,244 .... 6.628 .... 4,030 _ 3,526 .... 7,034 .... 1,059 .... 7,098 .... 3.006 .... 8,353 886 .... 5,627 .... 2,268 .... 2,650 631 .... 2,650 .... 5,233 170 .... 2.040 .... 2.834 .... 4.706 .... 3,734 ... 4,273 460 .... 6,151 /unuunt due. t 5.9S0.7G 3,410.01 272.15 121.40 3.449.94 1.319.19 2.143.78 1.015 26 6,505.50 3,741.64 4.802.53 6,322.98 3.707.42 754.52 1.267.04 1.199.41 4.937.79 3.585.19 4.549.12 6.409.35 1.938.45 1.607.63 3.695.20 608.67 3,180.23 6.585.35 33.793.72 668.15 4,546.68 2.875.19 2.705.19 3.814.16 8.635.43 568.74 1.585.63 173.56 1.883.04 4.929.64 4.109.94 2.885.27 792.90 1,406.37 3.553.42 44.81 3,489.86 4.535.27 3,304.08 3.201.42 570.37 872.67 193.93 4.474.16 17,917.33 3.383.12 300.27 378.89 5,153.72 81.48 2.579.70 2.186.97 4.307.12 3.792.97 5,958.76 3.473.56 476.6/ 3.174.53 2.643.27 5,400.61 3.283.71 2.873.04 5.731.42 862.89 5.783.57 2.449.54 6.806.17 721.83 4.584.98 1,848.00 2.159.27 514.15 2,159.27 4 263.94 138.52 1,662.& 2,309.10 3.834.53 3.042.53 3.481.71 374.82 5.011.94 377,791 3307,830.54 Totals as Census of Mebriska Towns. WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 22.—The population of Incorporated places in Nebraska having a population of more than 2,000 but less than 25,000, is follows: City. 1900. Alliance . 2,535 Auburn . 2 634 Beatrice _r. 7,375 Blair . 2,970 Columbus . 3,322 Fairbury . 3.140 Crete . 2 199 Falls City . 3,022 Fremont . 7.241 Grand Island . 7.554 Hastings . 7,188 Holdrege . 3.007 Kearney . 5.634 McCook . 2.443 Nebraska City . 7,3S0 Norfolk . 3.883 North Platte . 3.640 Plattsmouth . 4,964 Schuyler . 2,157 Tecumseh .. 2,005 Wahoo . 2,100 Wayne . 2,119 Wymore . 2,626 York . 5,132 1899. 829 1.531 13. S3! 2.069 3.131 2.639 2.310 2,102 6,747 13 584 2,501 8,074 2.346 11.494 3,038 3,055 S.392 2,160 1.654 2,003 1,178 2,420 3,405 Batter Produc t of the State. LINCOLN, Dec. 22.—“Returns from the creameries of the state show that 9,093,706 pounds of creamery butter were manufactured in Nebraska in the year 1900, the greater per cent of which found a market outside the borders of our state,” said Secretary Bassett. “It is estimated that 6,000, 000 pounds of dairy butter or farm butter produced in this state has, under the commercial term of ladle butter, been shipped to markets out side the state, making the exported butter product of the state for the year approximately 15,000,000 pounds. This amount is but a small percentage of the butter which might be produced for export from the state or that would be produced if fraudulent imitation products were compelled to be sold on their merits and honest butter had only fair and legitimate competition in the open market.” Will Shorten It* Line. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Dec. 22.— The Burlington Railway company has presented a proposition to the com missioners of Cass county for the sale of their bridge over the Platte river, between Oreapolis and La Platte. The fact was presented in this connection that the railway company intends to begin work at once of straightening its line from a point near Swallow hill to a point where the road crosses the Papillion creek, a mile or more north of La Platte, which work will involve the erection of a new bridge over the Platte river some two miles east of the present structure. Bis Day for Business. GREELEY, Neb., Dec. 22.—Last Saturday was one of the biggest days for business ever sejn in the town. The bank received deposits to the amount of >11,000 and paid out in this regular run >14,000. On that day John Fitzpatrick whose crop was noticed last week, finished delivering 11,223 bushels of corn of his own raising and received >2,918 in a lump. 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