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) OTJRI 1UATTS MOUTH. XKUKASKA. THURSDAY. IVsUvltY 10. 18W5. C l nn ii:it V i: a. it. JIalJU I tr IMIII I.N AUVANCC VOL. 14, NO. 3. FLA 'HMO U TH WEEKLY 1 ! r r.s i I i ! v. t V1 ? 7 A BULLET IN HIS ARM. Louis Boedeker Gets a Shot Intended For Another Man. A SaiJAW WHO WANTED BLOOD. While a.Mnc r.r t H Slayer of Her llu ImiiiI, m liiunc Warrior lrfiop Marriage ami Aftti Various Other Note. A Touch t'aea I1U KevoUer. n.e tu ot Louisville, In this iMuntx, the scene of a shotting era p- Ft id.j night ,1 he affairoccurriug in tht saloon owned b Metz Rros. A toiler character named Rtowu became engaged in a raw in the saloon and a . n .ne of the Metzes was engaged in putt in); IJrowu cut the latter pulled out a levolver and tired. The bullet intruded for Metr. but it struck Luii Hoedeker in the right forearm . d inflicted a serious wound. The ip er Mfit then interfered and pave i .u a eeie beat ing, but lie man H.ed to kr i away. He was captured later in the night, but. as Roedeker md ' e two Metzs refused toprose- s e. " fellow was giten hi free i iu A iiiw Watttetl lUrne. Depui United States Marshal Lid !:rd. s ihr Omaha Ree. who le f nth ai rived from the Sioux reserva tion, ir!atts a ris'w chapter in the interesting st ry of the murder of lied II. as, the old S.oux chieftain. lied !Iore, cue of the best known l-vlia:: in the we-t. was beaten to death by Fal Thunder and Tlenty Bird, near Rushville. recently. They claimed religious power to do it. Tht Indim j-!ce captuttd them and they w ere sul5e;uently released on bail. A few days ao Ltddiard was noti:l-d that usi lied Ilor?e, the squaw of t he murdrred chieftain, had Kone on The war path with a bitf knife in one 'baud, a rifle in the other and a Urge crop of vengeance planted in her heart. he I.i-P'jns- rieartr mat ne uuitJv murderers were out on bail. Almost immediately she cut her hair off, the unific a ce of tliis action beiz& a tiaie honored dec!arat:on of war among M e F 'r Hundred on th reservation. Then the irate suw jrave away all h-r property, thus clearly indicatins that she wanted to die, but that before !ie did so she intended to avenge the death of her husband. Susie then started on the trail of F3it Thunder and Plenty liirn, who were kept in biding b? their friends. Susie bad a record. When Fast Thunder and his companion in crime were released on bail they remembered the Cghtinjr qualities of Ud Horse's buxom widow and they kept out of sight. Hut a mutual friend betrayed the fact of their release. As s-mn as Susie, armed to the teeth, started on a search for the hiding as sassins, the Indian police knew full well that if she was not stopped there would te two stranee Indian faces in heaven. The police at once started in p.irsuit of the righting widow. In the meantime the utmost excite ment prevailed on the reservation. Word was dispatched to Deputy Mar -h il ,iddiard but he knew what in fetfenr.ee in a Sioux family quarrel me, tut Although a brave man, be left it to the Indian police to settle. Junt a bit of dramatic tiozu was added t the case, when the determined tifjuaw went f mm place to place, seek i"K to find the hiding place of the men who killed her husbard. She implored the younr braves to betray their ' whereabout. Fast Thunder wasn't m iking (F uch noise in the meantime and Plenty Hird sighed for wings They both knew what it meant to meet a squaw with a bad heart, especially when she was a walking arsenal. Ho they lay low. .Inst as Suie Ite.I Hoi-e struck a clew, and there was hope of facing her husband's murderers, the Indian police overtook her and she was compelled to surrender her weapons. A few days later the police arranged an atonement feast" as an armistice. The friends of Fast Thunder and Plenty Hird gave the widow a number of ponies and reasoned with her to let the law take its course. And rlpht here is where Cupid got the name as a potential factor in peace. The gentle Susie is 41 years old and well seasoned with Sioux ugliness, but a youngbrave, who is suspected of bing a martyr in beha'f of his friend. Fast Thunder, paid his addresses to the widow, not withstanding that tier raven hair was not hanging down her back, as it had not jet grown out again. He whis- ; pered the message of love in the ear of ! the listening squaw nnd thus disarmed j vengeance with a big dose of flattery. I In case it becomes a match, it is I rumored around the federal J buildings that Deputy Marshal Li I-' diard will be the best mau at the cere- 1 ruony A lla SIh With Kulfo. Will Feterseu, an employe in the Swift packinghouses at South Omaha, came down from the latter place to visit w ith his patents in this city. On Thursday of last week, while working with a knife, his feet slipped am! the: knife opened n bad gash in his left j forearm The main artery was severed and the two tendons which lead to the thumb and flrst lineer were cut in twain. His injury will tender his left hind partially useless. He will remain here until he recovers sufficiently to return to work. Il rtit Juror. The following petit jurors have been drawn to serve duriug the February terra of district court: Jeise Davis, George Meisingei, Daniel Druru.C. H. Vallery.D. E. Hay. James llobinsun, Wilber Hayes, Dave Lloyd, J. M. Gardner, Frank lloyd, F. M. Wutcott, W.S. Gregg, S. U. Greenslate, A. Bax ter Smith, Silas C. Patterson. W. T. Swan, Milt Wolfe, S. A. Dai, 11. K. Hilton, L li. Brown, P. J. Horn, Phil Nickel. Chas. Mcebner and J. W. Mag uey. A altltlea lloUl. Robert Gammon, who was one of t he foremost business men of Colorado for over twenty years, disappeared JuJy S last, deserting bis wife and eirfht children in Denver. It has just been learned thai his real name was Kotert Flanders, and that when he came to this country in IsTl he deserted a Urge family in England. Ite is sup lsed to have tej tned them. Flanders, alias Gammon, had ?J, ikh) when he came to this country in Ss71. He made money here rapidly and lhre years ago was rated by the commercial exchanges as worth $140 t0. On the stearnrr on which he crossed the eceau he trade the ao who also came to Denver. Gammon married or.e of the daughters, who liied only a year. After her death lie married her sister. Miss Klirat'etb Boots, who bore him nine children, three of whom died. Iu ! there ar rived in Denver a young man whom Mr. Gammon introduced a hl son. Robert, born in England. The young man's mother, be said, was dead. Gammon began to complain that his Investments were tnrning out badly. and disposed of his valuable real es tate in Denver. When he left he was accompanied by his son. He said he was going to C ripple Creek, but be did not do s-. It is believed that his Crst wife is still living and he returned to her. He had eight children in Brig land. Gammon's secret was known to his partner in the dressed beef busi ness. Richard Brown, now dead, whose widow has disclosed the facts. Gam mon was 70 years old, but did not look over SO. Otoe county discards the odious name of "poor farm" and calls her institution for the care of unfortunate people 'the county infirmary." This is a commendable practice, and other counties would do wdl to follow it. The public should carefully guard the weak and the poor from any stigma whatever. It is the mere name more than anything else that makes the county poor farm a h;ror and its in- patea object to revulsion, pity or con tempt. Nebraska City News. Attention, Farmer! The annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Insurance company of Cass county will be held at the Hell school house, in Eight Mile Grove precinct. on Saturday, January 12lh, 18Do, at one o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing oflicera for the ensuing year, ar.d also to transact such business as may lawfully come before the meeting. Jacoii TniTecit, Pres. J. P. Faltkii, Sec'y. Governor Ilolcomb, iu his message, makes a recommendation which, if adopted by the legislature, will play smash with the fat fees which Ne braska sheriffs secure in tranportiug insane parties to the asylums. The governor suggests that skilled attend ants from the hospitals be sent for the patients, instead of leaving thern to be transported by sheriffs or officers, in shackles. The idea has considerable merit, in addition to being cheaper to the state, as the attendants, being on a salary, could not charge a fat fee for mileage, as is done under the present system. 0K IMINv. AM ANOTIIMt . V Kit Its WITH A MOlt.M.. Two ell li lived In town. Who hstel one another; They tried to l.rek eeh other down Hy writing ii tw it Mht-r. Their column no h week contained Stunt frightful rrtiiU and wi-oo.. t'lilll the people all attained From taklr.jc out their pr.j cr. Add when tho-w hateful editor Were left to f.jtht alone. They turned and leat their creditor. Then Middenlj lift town. CMeac'i New .paper I'liJoti. If the two covernors, sd s the Liu coin Journal, did not have auagret-i ment on the matter of the tailtoad j . . f rate question they weie movtil uy common impulse in discussing it. Their reference to Judge IJrewer's de- i j i II a . a....- .-aft.. iillfjal lull .. . . ... , I.v...t ...1.1. . ......... t . l . .1 I Afil T ) Thaddeus Stevens. He was trying a lawsuit on one occasion leforea judge whose decisions greatly displeased him At length be could no longer contain his rage and, gathering his books anil papers together, prepared to tave thecttitt to tu. "Mr. Stevens,?drmatided the jude. aru I to understand that you are try ing to show your contempt for this court? ' "No sir! No sir!" thundered Ste- m vens. i am ir mg iocnr.n m con tempt for this court." Hath messages criticise the failure of the court to say whether or not fic titious capitalization should tMude a hasis of "reasonable" dividends lluth recommend the prosecution of the state s case thtoutfh the court of Itsi ie?ort, ant toth recommend a constitutional amendment providing for an elective railr ad commission. Voting man, w nut :tjr iu your youth that religion i ge d enough for old women and girl-t. but when your spin of lire is nearly measured cfl jou will Hnd that it is u umcli easier couch than atheism ..r inJi lrlity. The relig ion that smooths thr p tthway to the a a . a t t S grave lor your om utotner win uo me same for son. and the time will come when you will wih jou had your -"-r fi:h. The Mlv god time you are having today will be the heart ache of tomorrow. Will Maurdn in Fremont Herald. . ... H ..- ..... - Just at present Jus. Kichey, mana ger of the boal electric light company, is the target for a he hp of guying. O. II. Snyder, the jewHlrr, basa series of mirrors arranged iu one of the show windows at bis store In such a man ner that one object appears four times to the vision, three of which are caused tiy reflection from the different mirrors. A single Incandescent lamp furnishes the light lor tl-.e show win dow, but when the light company's msnager passed Mr. Snyder's store the other evening the mirrors made him te!ieve that theife were four lights burning in one window. The idea of Mr Snyder burning four lights in one window doubtless impressed the electric bght man with being unduly extravagant, but this lights were there ad it was consequently his bounden duty to charge them up. He did so, but when he presented the bill to Mr. Snyder the latter gentleman naturally interposed an in terrogation as to the three extra lights charged ajalnst him. Mr. Ilichey responded that they were for his show window. The explanation, of course, was easy, but it is understood that Mr. Ilichey will now apply to the city council ami have the latter body pass an order preventing the use of mirrors in show windows on the ground that they constitute a public nuisance. The Nebraska City Independent rather upitefully remarks that "V. II. Tool, n brother-in-law of S. W. Orton, the float representative for Cass and Otoe counties and formerly defaulting recorder of Cass county to tho tune of several $$$$$thathe had to make good, was appointed enrolling clerk of the house Thursday. They started nut in reform in good shape didn't they?" Governor Ilolcomb has announced it as his intention In appoint Jno. V. Wilson as commander of the soldier's home at Grand Island. Mr. Wilson was the candidate for auditor of stalo on the populist ticket at last Novem ber's election. David McCaigof Wa bash, this county, waa an aspirant for the same tfllce. Lx-Gov. Furnas of llrownville, has gone heavily into persimmon growing, and has planted an orchard of 1JMK) trees. He thinks the persimmon is the coming f ruit. Nebraska City News. (estimate compiled. i County Commissioners Figure On the Expenses For 1895. SHRYOCK INSURANCE SUIT. Ulilow Of lh l.t. W. It. M,rjr-k MaV Aw Arr lite tit Insurance Company the Defendant Iu t Knit Various Oilier Note. Ktliiil t i:xeiiaea. The members of the county board. a let ul red by statute, met at the j court house Tuesday and made the an j nual estimate of the funds required to manipulate the business machinery In t'..i c-Minty during the year 1S03. Ifnie Mre the iiixures: tuftenc... C-Mstity rot:v.rii';ionerii ,etnt; ; , . . .. Urir coytstf iuj rlntetadent.... Tjx Ut for ls.i I'rtntiitc and UUcn-ry ..llo 0X) no .. 3.WJO to SOS CO 2.UO.0U Mertlou eKii.e l.SiO t Knel fur court boue. coutiiy bopltal and jail Jail fJ-ci! - KtpfT:e county l.oplLa!. n iMJ poor an.l ph jalclana .... ... AjSilcu.tc.ral oltty.. jlarr cu'i'ity clerk t.ti'o.ua I.a. 00 6.OO0 00 TO 00 4W.00 ln 1 dental ClJ-ei . 4.1) 00 sa.ary ro inty attof r.ey ... . l,Ai 00 l-ridlr.( It. WO. CO i;..!a lS.u:OC0 S-jiile.-a leiief f;::iJ . I.J (O t:? I hoMMf- Inda. ... 09 Tout rrajjoo The estimate for '11 was t '5,500 In excess of the one for 't'r. reductions btng made all along the line. Mr., tthryoek'e ttl. The widow and little dajghter of the late Will R Hiryock of Louisville, tins county, in federal court at Omaha Monday sued the National Masonic Accident Insurance company for lo. 0 for the death of their husband and father. Mr. Shryock, who was a mealier of the legislature, died at the Murray ho tel In Omaha In July, lStrJ. after sus taining n fall on the street and bruises m, one htn and kiue. His death, it is . " .... c.jtmr-i t.y Lta family and friends, was the result of thee injuries. The in surers contend that death was occa sioned by heart failure alone and not from accident. A similar Mill for 3 0x is prnd.ng In Lancaster county against the Modern Woodmen Acci dent society in behalf of Shryock's heirs. Life Insurance, not accident, to the amouut of iS.OHO has already been paid and the widow has turned it over to the estate voluntarily, to pay her husband's debts. The money now sought to be recovered is what she de sires for herself and children. She waived her right to that previously paid. The testimony so far goes to show that Mr. Shryock died in a faint frt?ni the effects of the fall. Six bars of White Russian soap for a quarter at McCourt's grocery. A ttlrthtlay (tnrprlae. Saturday last was the eighteenth birthday of Miss Minnie White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. White A few of her young friends found It out and arranged a neat little surprise for her on Saturday evening, invading the While mansion without ceremony, and passing a very pleasant evening, hlch-Gve being the chief amusement. Among those present were Misses Tillie Vallery, Mamie Sullivan, Tonle Kessler, Nell Leonard. Mollie Hallance, Rosa Hyers. Resale Guyger, of Om aha, Grace Walker, Grace Rrltt. Men ota Kikenbary, Vemle Leonard and Dora Fricke, also Messrs. Tom Chap man. Frank Rallance, Henry Snyder, Gus Hyers, Dick Waugh, Lee Atwood, Jimmie Newell, Wendel Foster, Chas. Sullivan, II ally Johnson, John Cole man, W. W. Coats and Frank White, jr. Ten Years In III I'enltentitry. A dispatch In Tuesday's papers from Auburn says: 44 Judge Rabcock today sentenced J. W. Argabright to ten years In the penltentury at hard labor, for the murder of his father Inlaw. This Is the limit for manslaughter. A" motion vvns made for a new trial and overruled by the judge. Wheu asked if he had any thing to say why sen tence should not be passed upon him, he replied: 44 What I did was to protect myself." The prisoner was visibly affected its were many of the specta tors, and alo the judge himself, dur ing tho time occupied in reviewing the errorsof the prisoners past life." Theae are good times for the farm ers to sit by the fire and read, and post himself on affairs of the government and state. AHOIJNIITIIK COIIUT KtfM. CCwNTY L'OL'IIT. Mr. I'M ward I. 1'earce and Mrs. Dora Keuu were granted a licence to wed in county court Monday and Jus tice Archer tied the knot. The groom lives iu (ilenwood, Iowa, while the bride has been a resident of Lancaster county. .IL'rfTICE COL'KT. Carpenter Taper Co. vs. lilanchaid ,t I'otter is the title of a suit liled iu Justice Archer's court Monday. The plaintiff asks judgment for $.'8. Is. It. C. Kerr has commenced mit in Justice Aicher's court against Ulanch ard Sc I'otter, late publishers of the Herald, to collect a labor claim of 12:o0, due his son. COUUT K(Kt NOTES. The trial of the Shryock Insurance nult before Judge Dundy In the U.S. federal court at Omaha, is being hotly contested. This was the third day of the proceedings. Clerk of Court Hearing has prepared the copy for the court docket for the February term of district court. It contains iX'3 cases. The Jouunal will attend to the printing. The county commissioners will com mence tomorrow at checking up the county tflicers, as nquired by law. Register of Deeds Hay will be the first visited. The entire job will occupy the board's time for over a month. Judge Laton has issued a mar riage license and performed the cere mony which made David Albert Ea ton and Rertha Klleu Gist man and wife. The young people live in Cass county, near I'nion. Nebraska City News. The murder case of state vs. Arga bright, on trial at Auburn for the past two weeks, resulted Sunday in the jury finding the prisonor guilty of manslaughter. The defense will move for a new trial. The people of Ne maha county are said to be dissatisfied with the verdict. Thursday's Nebraska City News says: John Schmidt, the murderer. was arraigned this afternoon before Judge White and, as he waived exam inalion. he was held to the district court without bail. When arraigned he showed no signs of lotanity, but seemed indifferent to the proceed Ings." The case of Charles C. Carleton, the Dodge counly murderer, was passed upon by the supreme court Friday and the lodgment of the lower court. which called for the prisoner's execu tion, was afTrmed. Carletcn married another man' wife, and when the husband put iu an appearance, he brutally killed him. The hanging was fixed to occur at Fremont on April 28. The county commissioners art get ting after people who owe personal taxes with the proverbial sharp stick Durioff the past two or three months before passing on claims a visit Is made to the office of the county treas urr. and If the books disclose that the claimant is behind on personal taxes. the bill is allowed, but the warrant is withheld for taxes. During that time taxes have been collected in the man ner stated to an amount of several hundred dollars. There was some talk on the streets yesterday about filling the slough in front of tho depot with water from the water mains for skating purposes, but on mature refiectiou the plan was not deemed feasible. The ground is very uneven, and the surface contains many large cracks which extend down to the unfrozen ground, so that it is estimated that it would take a million or more gallons of water to cover an acre effectively, and this would cost too much for the benefit to be secured. If such an arrangement could be made it would be very pleasant for the la dies and gentlemen who skate. As it is, they are obliged to resort to the bayou, north of the pump house, or to the river, where the wind Is very frisky these days. Thos. E, Reynolds, who formerly rt sided in Rock Bluffs and afterward was a clerk for Clothier Wescott In this city, has lately made his home in Watertown, S. 1)., and Is prospering. In sending a check for his subscription to Tiik Weekly Jouknal he writes "I wish you a Happy New Year. There Is no paper I pick up or look for with so much interest as Tiir Jouu nal. I could not do without it.1' Citizens of 'Louisville and vicinity are sending away their second car load of donations to the drouth-suffer ers. This car goes to Royd county What Is this town doing V DUAL INSTALLATION. Officers For the O. A. R. and W. R. C Take Their Seats. AN ENGINEER'S FATAL INJURY. A Knlstit Of the Throttle- On the Ilur- liuiflofi Make u Mlle aol Loaea Ilia Life arlotta Other Iu f r-f tu C Jotlin-k A Iou!le lntallt ion. tJrand Army hall was the scne of a pleasant entertainment Saturday even ing, the occasion -being the public in stallation of the r.ew ollkers of 31c Conihe Tost. No. 4, and those of Relief Corps, No. ,"ti. The oHicers of the post were first installed, Tast Com mander J. W. Johnson oiliciating as installing oflicer. Commander 11. W. Hyers giving way to Sam R. Carrlgan. The list of ofliceia-elect was printed some weeks ago. lhe Relief Corp then took charge of matters, and the following officers were duly inducted into office, Mrs. K. McElwain officiating: Pres. Mrs. F.llen I lick son. Sr. V. T. Mrs. Laura Thrasher. Ji. V. T. Mrs. Kmma McMaken. Treas. Mrs. Lydia Todl. Sec y Mrs. Kate K. McMaken. Chap. Mrs. Minnie Worden. Con. Mrs. Caddie Rates. GuardMrs. Lmily Lake. Ass't Con. Mrs. A. J. Grave.. Ass't Guard Mrs. Mary Kurt. The installation over, Mrs. McEl- wain was made the recipient of a very handsome corps badge, as a token c esteem for her successful career as re tiring president, Mrs. Kate McMaken making a very neat and impressive presentation speech. Ceremonies over, the tablo were spread by the good ladies and the com pany sat down to a most bountiful re past. and the best of feeling prevailed. l atal Injury to a It. A M. engineer. W. J. Rowlew. an engineer for the R. i M. running between Wj more and Falls City, lost Lis life at the latter place Saturday night. The train was slowly pulled past the eating house when be jumped from his engine to get some lunch. Striking the icy pave ment his feet slipped. lie was preci pitated under the engine, which sev ered both legs from his body. One leg was cut off below the knee and again above and was fearfully twisted and mangled. The other was severed close to the body. The unfortunate nian expired after suffering untold agony for some five or six hours. Tlia Junction's Depot. The people of Tacific Junction, our neighboricg town just across the river, are evidently pretty well pleased w ith the new depot which the Burlington is just completing in their town, as the following correspondence to the Coun cil Rluffs Nonpareil will testify: 44The uew union depot being erected at this point Is rapidly nearing com pletion. The middle of next month, in all probability, will witness the final touch of carpenter and painter, when the large oihce force will gludly move into its handsome and commodious new quarters. The building is seventy seven feet long by twenty-eight feet wide, two stories high. On the ground floor are two comfortably fitted up waiting rooms, a lunch-counter and Ticket Agent Gass' office, while at the ea3t end is located a roomy baggage room. The ticket office has a large bay-window which commands a view of the whole length of the platform. On the upper floor, in the west end of the building, is situated the telegraph office with bay windows both front and back, giving a clear, unobstructed view of the whole yards. Adjoining are the general offices for the clerks, with a cozy room for General Agent Dykes and an office for Yardmaster Young. The structure is of modern architecture nnd built in the most substantial style nnd manner. It is a handsome edifice, of which the whole town is proud." Was All a Myth. The gold scare at llrownville has proven a myth. A box full of the stuff was sent to an Omaha assayer with in structions for the assayer to keep the product in payment for his Itbor. The assayer sent word that he would assay the box for $25 but that he wasn't buying sulphates. Nebraska City Tress. Inflamed itching, burning, cru ty and scaly i.kin and scalp of infants soothed and cured by Johnson's Ori ental Soap. Sold by Fricke SQa T ? . 4 s y si y j'T . y
