Nebraska Newspapers

    BOLD BOREAS BLOWS.
Nebraska Prairies Swept By An In
tensely Cold Gale.
BIDDERS WERE NUMEROUS-
Connlr CuniiulMian r ttrclv Thirteen
rrt!ttion Fur th Mhdscui ui
Of tUm County I'uor lrro
Various Other Note.
Old Koreas and Nebraska had a scrap
yesterday. The result was intensely
disagreeable to at least half a milliou
Xebraskans and caused actual suffer-
ing to many. It was a blizzard with
the exception of the snow, which was
very slight. The dust picked up by a I
mile a-ininute br z provided even J
mors disagreeable features. me
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temperature during the day ranged I
from 4 to G degrees below, according I
to local thermometers. As night came I
on the temperature went steadily
down, and by this morning the column
of mercury in every thermometer was
lingering close to the bulb, Every-
thing combined to make both the day
and night the most unpleasant bit of
weatherfor many winters past.
At seven o'clock this morning the I
thermometer registered as low as 01
brlow in IU4DT places, while at the
home of Phil Harrison in the Second
ward, undoubtedly the coldest spot
this sjde of Manitoba, the mercury
measured the weather at 21 below.
The furious wiud which blew the
snow before it, interfered to a consid
erable extent with the running ot
trains. On the Kurllngton, 2so. 0
from Billings, which is due here at
midnight, was blocked by the drifts
to uch an extent that the train waa I
abandoned before reaching Lincoln.
No. C this morniog from the east was
three hours late, and the fast mail
train and No. 3 were each two hours
behind time.
lue Missouri 1'aciuc was also an
unfortunate. Freight train No. 132
bumped into a monster drift just be
low Nebraska iy at about midnight
and traSic was delayed for several
hoars before the track could be cleared
and the train pulled out of the snow
Train No. 1, the earU north-bound
passenger, due here at 4:5o o'clock, did
not whistle into this station until nice
o'clock. No further trouble has been
encountered and the local agent, Mr,
Stoutenborough. reports that the M
1 . trains are now running as per
schedule.
The absence of a snow fall wa3 only
lacking to make the storm equal to the
famous blizzard of January, 1S3
Th county Poor Farm. I
The county commissioners were in I
session at the court house today for the I
purpose of opening and considering J
bids for the care of the county farm
and its inmates. It was the first year
which the board had advertised for
bids for such a purpose, and the
response waa quite a surprise. No
less than thirteen bids were filed, the
same being submitted by the following
gentlemen: A. C. Carey ,Chas. Maher. I
C. M. Graves, It. Horsley, Eli Samson, I
Joshua Murray, G. W. Carroll, A. J
Koffmann, J as. Grace. T. J. Thomas, I
It. F. Dean. 11. D. McNurlin and J. C I
Kikenbary. I
The proposition of Ja3. Grace, who I
offered to pay $420 rental for the farm-1
ing land and to board inmates of the
farm at $2.00 per week, was found to
be the lowest. The board took the
matter under advisement until tomor
row morning, when a decision will be
reached ami tho contract awarded it
is presumed.
A Severe Arraignment.
The debate in the house on the Pa
ciflc railway refunding bill broughtout
some severe criticisms of the bill, and
none of them were more caustic than
the remarks made by Congressman
Hryan,as reported in the Chicago Hex
aid. It says:
Mr. Hryan (derm. Neb.) also op-
posed the bill. He said the title
should be amended to read: "A bill to
amend the eighth commandment, ho
that it shall read. Thou shalt notsteal
on a small scale and that the sins of 1
the fathers shall be visited upon some-1
one else's children unto the third and
fourth genaration.and for other
poses." Mr. Hryan discu33ed the
equities of the situation as between future strikes of a peculiarly menac
the government and the neonle akmcr MaK character. It will hold the em-
the line of the road, and as between
the stockholders and the people. HedmKe3 the strikers may do in defl-
asserted there could be no such thing
as an innocent purchaser of the stocks I
of these corporations. And he was
Burnrised that tho gentleman frcirakalll"inK whatever of this world's
New York (Mr. Towers), when plead-
ing yesterday for the New England
stockholders, did not admit the exist-
ence of such a degree of illiteracy there
aa required protection by favorable
legislation.
Money to Load
On farming lands. Low rates, long
times. No delay in securing loans.)
Inquire at First National nan
Hny the Improved Singersewing ma-
chine. An"
office lor A
"y, local agent, 1
- ntore.
Had Fire lit Xbrka City.
Nebraska City suffered a bid fire
early Tuesday momiug in the very
center of tho business portion of the
town. Tho bl.- bad Its origin iu the
grocery store of C.U. Chapman & S.)n
on Central avenue. Hafore the tire ue
partment could arrive the building
was a mass of names, which quickly
communicated to the Press oQi:e and
the harness shop of A. J. Klepser, the
building adjoining on the west. The
weather was intensely cold and the
firemen were greatly hampered by this
fact. They worked bravely, however
and succeeded in eouflning tho tire to
tho three building, although at one
time it ioolved as if nolhingcould save
the entire block. I ho heat xrotn me
burning buildings wa terrillc. In the
entire block on the opposite side of the
street there is not a atogle pi ite, glass
front not ruined and the buildings are
badly scorched and blistered.
The fire gained such rapid headway
mat notuing was savtu wjoaujwirr
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day morning' ii-sue of the Piers.
which had just been printed. The loss
will aggregate nearly tOt) divided
aa follows: j;. a. urown, proprietor
of the Prtss, on typ- and presses, loss
5,0C; " insurance, ?,3ih 0; C. It. Chap
man & Son, grocers, loss, f'J.'iOO; in
surance, SI. 010; Jacob Klepser, bar
ness dealer, loss ou building, t2,fx)0.ou
stock, $1,100; insurance, $1.5H. At
torney K. F. Warren owned the build-
ing occupied by t ae Press and Chap-
man & Son. His loss is $5,000; insur
ance f 3,0(0.
The damage to surrounding prop
erty will reach $2,500, which is fully
covered by insurance. The otV.ce of
the Western I'nion Telegraph com
pany was badly damaged and the
wires disarranged. All is iu working
order now, however. Mr. Urown.of
the Press, will immediately order a
new outtlt, and until its arrival will
locate temporarily in the News cSice,
the proprietors of that paper having
kindly placed their office and material
at his disposal.
Jabob Klepser, the harness dealer,
whose business went up in the Ilames,
is tho father of Mrs. O. P. Johnson of
this city.
to t:prnttive Cool jr.
"There isn't the decree of courtesy
Aod serenity existing between Itepre-
sentative Cooley and the other ser
vant of Cass county at Lincoln that
for bodes of mutual benelit to the
county at large. What Cooley cham
pions Davies is quick to resent, and so
it goes. H?:t we must say that Cooley
has just a who'e lot of friends in the
legi lature, and while he dots nut t-
uim the glow of the arc lights with his
burning eloquence, yet, he does soni?
mighty good committee work, and gen
erally casts his vote on the right side.
Cooley has plenty cf fronds at borne
who swear by him. L tnwood Lcho.
Yes, Cooley may have plenty of
friends at his home in Tipton precinct.
but in almost every other part of the
county he is known as a confirmed
rattle-head. It isn't at all strange that
Davies and Tefft cannot agree with
him. When the impeachment matter
wad pendingbefoie the legislature two
years ago, Cooley voted agaiust the
institution of Impeachment proceed
ings, while Tefft and Davies, along
with a vast majority of legislators in
a'. I three parties, arrayed themselves
on the side of the people and voted for
an investigation, and the result
proved the correctness of their posi
tlon. In every vote in the legislature
Cooley ij actuated purely by partisan
motives, and it Is no wonder that his
course is not in accord with any free
cainded member who strives to serve
thepecple instead of rendering aid to
the nefarious scheme of turning the
legislature into a polititical laundry
for the washing of dirty linen. Asa
legislator Cooley is a decided failure
A curious lawsuit has been com
menced in South Omaha. A man who
went to work for the Swift Packing
company la the cooper shop while the
strike was on a few months ago, was
set upon by the strikers and beaten
nearly to death. He sues the packing
company for $20,000 damages. He al
leges that the company induced him to
enter its employment well knowing
that he was liable to be caught and
beaten while he was In utter ignorance
ot any "uca danger. He further
"'leges that the company forced the
"trike by its injustice to its employes
anu consequently is morally and finan
cially liable for anything the strikers
,n the way of avenging the afore
par-l81'1 wrongs. If the plaintiff gets his
damages .t will put an aspect on
Ployer of labor responsible for any
anco of law ad order. It will cer
talnly suggest to the employer of
organized labor the advisability by
Roods may be handy when a strike is
ordered and lighting out for Mexico or
China at once to escape the wrath to
come. Lincoln Journal.
Tli Oifilug Execution.
In accordance with the decree of a
jury and two courts, Harry Hill will
pay the penalty of taking the life of
Matt Akeson by being hanged on Fri
day, March 1st, at the Cass county jail
in this city. Sheriff Eikenbary will
conduct the execution, and although it
is an unpleasant duty, hepropoaes that
the affair shall be carried out In a
niAtlher reflecting credit upon himself i
and the law-abiding ieoplo of the
county. Thclawllmitstlie attendance
of invited guests to ten, but as the
prisoner and his counsel have loth
giveu their consent, it is probable that
the execution will bo witnessed by
some two dozen people, the officers in
cluded.
The scaiTold will be constructed next
to the north wall uf the jail, the whole
beiugenclosed in a fence somo eighteen
feet high. The iloor of tho Fcallohl I
will be some ten feet high, and an nl-1
lowanceof six feet will be made for
the drop. Active work on the scaiTold I
and its enclosure will not bo com-J
menced until the Monday pieceedlng J
the execution, when a force of carpen-1
ters will bo summoned and the woik J
nut through with a rush. The pros-1
imity of the jail to the "buildings on J
Main street will not prevent outsiders
from witnessing the execution, as the 1
tops of the buildings will be consid
erably higher than the euelosure
This fact d es not bother the authori
ties In the least, but caro will be taken
that the execution shall not be subject
to interference by the large a nd curious
audienca which is certain to congre
gate in the neighborhood of the jail at
the time of the execution.
.Muiitr I'etriflrAtlaii.
Another pt trilled mun ha been un
earthed over In Iowa. Thin tune it is
a petrification of em rmous size and
measures over twenty feet in length.
The Ceutreviile Citizen, in its issue of
last Thursday, describes the discovery
as fellows: "Just as we go to press
today w learn through reliable sources J
that the petriQed ld of t man fully I
twenty feet long was discovered this I
morning by couple of meu engaged I
in excavating for a cellar on the lUrker
land, just back of the fair grounds,
near the Cooper Creek bridge. It
stems that the men had dug down
about five feet, when one of them, in
driving his pick into the ground.
struck what lie -opposed t j be a rock.
He thought nothing o! It. but went on
alternately using the pick and shovel,
and in a r w minutes, to his surprise,
he discovered what appeared ti be the
features and p.ut of the head of a huge
man. The fac wa a perfect stone
image of a man, with the exception of
he uoje. the eud of which, n piece of
rock fully as lare as one's fist, had
aparently ltM broken !: bv a stroke!
of tho pick or horei. Tint men lth
jt to work to excavate the rest of the
b lv. but aft i tvio hours work they
had only bought to light the head and
shoalJrrs of the gi.mt, fUey cs.me to
town to get assistance. Lite this af
ternoon a mi'iJipr rf our citiensdrovt
and walked tutt to nt U. eurioMtv,
and among tt.rm a reponler for the
Daily Citien, but as they have not re-
turned we can give tn further details.
The meu who made, the discovei
are John linker, the owner of the land,
and his brother-in-law, I'd Conway,
for the latter of whom the house wa&
being built. There is some specula
tion hh to what race such a huge man
could have belonged, but It is generally
supposed that it is another case as that
of the Cardiff giant.'
Hecent advices from Cheyenne.Wj o., j
are to th effect that George T. Beck.i
a son ot the late Senator lteck of Ken
tucky, had discovered an economical
method of transforming bituminous or
lignite coal into anthracite. Mr. Vic-
tor w hile, manager of the Sheridan
coal company's interests at Omaha,
expresses himself as follows in regard
to the scheme: "Mr. Heck's invention
is undoubtedly a cood one, but hardly
new, in view of the fact that when 1
was with the Spanish and Portuguese
Steamship company in 'Tl, they used
on board the vessels a patent fuel with
great success, this fuel being prepared,
I should judge, much on the same
principle as that of Mr. Heck's. While
I believe the fuel would be a succe.-s,
I question very much If Mr. Heck
could secure u freight rate to permit
him to compete with the virgin coal
from other mines. Any soft coal can
be united in eggette shape with the use
of creosote,tar and other products and
be classed as anthracite, but whether
rates could be obtained in order to per-
mit this patent fuel being put on tho
market as a competitor of the virgin
coal Is a matter that requires practical
demonstration." Very little is known
of the method which Mr. Heck employs
In uniting soft coal in cylinder or
eggettc shape. The bituminous coal,
however, is first ground to powder,
after which certain portions of the gas
is extracted. The process Is then re-
versed, so to speak, and the artiilclal
anthracite cornea fort ti In cylinder
shape, which Is easily handled.
The Mortgage Jlecont.
Cass county's mortgage record for
the month of January, as compiled at
the court house, is as follows: Farm
property filed, $30,SJ5.C.5;' released,
$3r,,2tH.20. Town property filed, $8,
111 C2; released, 8I.SS0.8O. Chattel
mortgages filed, $10,901.01; released,
$11,217.15. Tho chattel mortgage
record is the best In any one month
for tho past several years.
Three good
street to rent,
wood block.
.store rooms on Main
T. II. Pollock, Sher-
The best Iowa sorghum at 60 cents a
gallon at McCoi'ut'h.
ITml; Itommitlo.
Every day life teems with stranger
romances than the pages of a Dumas
novel. A litt e over a vcar c James
T. Willis was keeping a saloon in Da
kota City. Ono night Amberxy Hates.
a recognized desperado, who was in the
habit of terrorizing evervone with
whom he camo in contact, entered
Willis' saloon and Insulted him
grossly. Willis looked the "bad man"
straight in the eye, reaching mean-
while under the bar for his gun. He-
fore Bates realized Ids intention, Wil
lis had put a ball straight through the
bully 'a heart.
Ills trial drew one of the largest
crowds ever in attendance at a crimi-
nal trial in Dakota county, and the
populace sympathized with the man
u ho had the nerve to give Hates his
quietus. Among the regular attend.
ants at Uie trial was a young woman
of good family named Nellie Hrewer.
She conceived the usual hero worship
and a romantic attachment grew up
between the murderer and the girl.
who looked upon his trial as a perse
cution. Her friends were furious, but
Mifs Nellie continued to cam llowers
to her hero in tho jail. At length he
wit convicted of murdtrin the pec
ond degtee and sentenced to the pen
for tdx year. Willis was removed to
the penitentiary at Lincoln, but re
cently returned to Dakota City, whete
a motion for a new trial was heard
and denied. Nellie Hrewer then took
matters into her own hands. Procur
ing a clergyman, she visited the jail
and was married to Willis in spite of
all protests. Willis is now on his way
back to the pen, and, it is said, is ac
compauied by his bride, who will en
jeavor to support herself in Lincoln
during his imprisonment, which he
hones to shorten br good behavior.!
The whole affair hs created quite a
seusation In Datoka countv.
Word in th Haluun utlon.
The W. C. T. U. of this city hare
directed much of their attention to
what they esteem the evils of the
I saloons in the city, and it is probably
I to some extent due to their ettortsthat
I card-plalng was rdered stopped by
I the council. They do not, however.
aeem to lealize that to the eidinary
man of leisure cr to the man who Is
out of regular emplo) ment the saloon
!as peculiar attractions. It is there
that idle men find aft opbn door and a
welcoa.e; thete they find a gc-od fire
burning on lhee cold dat. ar.d it is
aluavs comfortable to tit at.d chat
with congenial pirit.to talk runny
topic r.f liitt n ft ; it is there, tno, men
can a:uiu. t -ither a life r acinar if
tl.ey like and it is very natural for
them to nhl.e away an hour plajmgi
a fecial game at cards, di minoes i;r
checkers. Such piaets arj -:id strong. y
to turn's social instincts, and no doubt
some men are lured to their injury and
sou.etiuitts to their ruin.
Then is no doubt but the Christian
women ar actuated by the brst and
most hnmaue of u:otives in warrine!
upon saloons and their evils, but The
Juur.NAl. ventures to suggest that if
j then good w nun would be ptactic!
and benevolent, as well as humane.
they might go much further than they
do to mitigate these evils or offset
them. If men will go to such places.
why not establish saloons whete all
the drinks furnished are free from
alcoholic ttlimulant. and make men
j jst as comfortable there as the) would
I at a Honor faloon. with musical in
struments, cards, 'dominoes, checkrrs.
billiards or pool tables, sothat men who
have an idle hour can go there and
be welcome, meet genial company and
not be lured into the vices of gambling
or drinking intoxicants.
If there are wrongs come out of the
9aioon habit, and It is admitted, with
out argument), Thk Jouknal i3 pre-
pared to prove that hristain women
are not guiltless as contributors as
ttie lawyers say, "by contributory
negligence." It Is all light, as far as
it goes, for the good women to hold up
their hands in horror at evils tht are
around them and to pray that they
may ta overcome, but that won't save
anybody. We are commanded to"lift
p the fallen,' to "heal the broken-
hearted," but it were better to lead
Ilien into innocent paths, and prevent
them from getting into bud habits or
j.u places than to stp at the preven
tjon 0f card-playing In siloons. To
Uave men you must meet them half
way, show them that you have an in-
terest in their welfare, gain their good
will, and then the way la easy. Try it.
i-nor con.iUon for neneii
Davies ot uass nas introauceu u
measure to repeal the law giving the
governor power to pardon, on the 4th
of July of each year, two convicts in
the penitentiary who have been con
fined therein for ten yearn or more. It
Is said that the measure is born of the
apprehension that IJenwell, the Cass
county murdeier, may receive the
benetltof it. He has been sentenced
for life for complicity in the murder of
old man Akeson near Weeping Water,
Hill, his accomplice, being now under
sentence of death. Lincoln News.
Tho young people of tho llohemian
Catholic society will give a dancing
party at the Sokol hall, west end, on
Saturday evening, Feb. Dth. A gen
eral Invitation is extended, and good
music and order are guaranteed. '
Cash
What
To our Friends and Patrons :
After due consideration we have
decided to adopt the
Cash
and on and after JAN. 1, 1895,
we will do no more crediting, ex
cept to those whose names are
now on our books and are very
prompt in meeting accounts.
We have tried the credit business
for nearly fifteen years and have
profitted but little thereby, the
most of our earnings being on
our books or lost by uncollected
accounts.
By selling for CASH we CAN and
WILL give our patrons the ben
efit of our gains and the advant
ages derived from getting spot
cash by selling them goods
At Redueed Prices.
Of course we shall continue to
exchange goods for country pro
duce. Come in, get our prices
and see how far a dollar will go
these hard times.
BENNETT &TUTT
No. 406, Main Street.
Thai Trut! I u li tlul.
Tim McCarthy, one ol the uoiortu
nates whose hou?e was b-mied doii
on the inland the other nuht. wan iu
town Saturda) and turned the uu tr
over to the authorities fr an niveau
ca'.lon. He w.i tent fnm horn at
the time of the tir- ml i uUerly in
the dark as to the exact idfUtityot the
parties who set the tiuu-e aflre, x-ep
that he is convinced iImj s n.e ! he
members of thedir--puttble tranr hi
lives iu that neighb rhod d d
the dred. He i tiunly cnvnc-tl
that the incendiaries fiist
broke Into the hou and cam d
ofl some woolrn bUnkets and to
mattresses before kindling thf blaze,
as there would have been somf trace
of the woolen articles in the embers.
The authorities will mke an earnest
effort to run the villains down and the
missingblanketsaud matretse, which
McCarthy can minutely describe, may
aid them in the search.
Nolle.
To those of my friends and patrons in
the city of i'lattsmouth and vicinity
whom it may concern:
Owing to the requirements of other
duties I Ond, very much to my regret ,
that I am unable to pay farther atten
Jon to the general practice of medi
cine. Therefore I respectfully an
nounce that, beginning March 1, 1S05,
I will limit my practice to the treat
ment or surgical diseases, to general
surgery and the treatment of the dis
eases of women. T. 1 Livingston.
February 4, 1S95.
In its notes on the fire at the Ne
braska City Tress office, the News of
that city says: ."Morris Crissman,one
of the Tress employes, had his foot
badly cut while trying to get into the
front part of the oQlce to save the
books, while William Curtis, the fore
man, was overcome by smoke and had
to be carried out ot the building." Mr.
Crissman was formerly an employe of
the Herald iu this city.
I'romlnrnt tlruiceUtnor ltlir, Neb. ,WrIt :
Magnet Chemical Co.
Dear Sirs: The goods which we t
bought through vour salesman ar
sellers; tho Maoxkt Tilic Lillki: es-
pecially sells good and givesexcellent
satisfaction. We have re-ordered
through our jobbers several times
Hespectfully yours,
PALMEll&TAYLOlt.
For sale by Gerinn & Co.
Leave your orders fr job work with
Tim Journal, an artistic job guaranteed.
i
It will Do.
Mr. fti Cannot be C'urnl
lij ioki itiicalioud as iovy cauu l
recu Hie Ula aaeJ portion ot Oic e.
Tlj-ie is uui) oue vvuj io cure deai-m--.3,
an.l iti.ti is by coii5iiuUMi.il
relu-o:irs. uess !s Cau.nd uj u.
luI-.tUirU 1'iMiiliiioa ot the Uii.cous li:.
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lhl-- tube 1 liiti.iLued i.u liAr
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tutH lesi-'led i.i I S ll TDlil CoiidUHX.y
csejiu! t tt-ii iiecuei t citaril
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dit'f ot tie mtie-us -urf ees
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for nn chsh .f deafnes (coed ly
ct4rrh) t h.4 r i-.n-t t cured b II tls
Catarrh Cnr Sed f.r eirrular?:
fre.
F .I C.IKSKY ,t CO.. Toledo, (
Sold b dni7?it', 73c.
H bpi tr'er-4 fir
bach's grocery.
heese at V"-ck-
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