THE JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
PLATTSMOUTH,
NEBRASKA.
OVEE THE STATE.
An A. O. U. W. lodge has been organ
ized at Bancroft.
Staxto.n county's fair will be held
September 24, 25, 26 and 27,
Jeffesox county's fair thla year wai
not quite up tc expectations.
Thk Old Settlers' association of Sarpy
county has a membership of 137.
Ix Ashland potatoes and apples bring
the same price 25 cents a bushel.
DKSTRrcTiVK prairie tires have been
raging- in the vicinity of Thedford.
Thk York college opened the school
year with an encouraging outlook.
Colonel Inokrsoll will give a lec
ture in Fremont some time in Novem
ber.
Ie young ladies of Ainsworth are
ne of orcamzing a
ladies brass
is estimated that 40,000 people
ed the state fair on the secona
Tuesday.
The Atchison Graphic figures that
760,955 acres of land in Nebraska are
under the ditches.
Ox account of heat the schools of Ne
braska City cut down the afternoon
session to forty minutes.
The dog poisoner has begun his
ieadly work at Sterling. A very valu
able mastiff was the first victim.
While viewing the circus parade in
Nebraska City the wife of Capt. Mapes
of company C was touched for her gold
watch.
The Standard Cattle company at
Ames has 1.800 acres of corn and has
hired men to cut and shock the whole
basiness.
The Methodists of Norfolk willshort
ly begin the construction of one of the
largest church edifices in the North
Platte district.
Ex-Sexatok Maxkkrsox has gone to
Chattanooga, where he delivers the
oration at the reunion of the Army of
the Cumberland.
The family of .Mr. Beliel of Scotia is
sorely afflicted. Six children are down
with typhoid fever and the parents get
no rest night or day.
Ym. S. Kkksok, aged 67, formerly of
the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Illi
nois infantry, died at the soldiers
home in (Irand Island last week.
Work on the excavation for the
foundation of the larire addition to the
Grand Island soldiers home progresses
finely and is nearly finished.
Nebraska City has an imported
clairvoyant who advertises herself as
the wonder of the age." She offers a
reward of S1,0K) for information lead
ing to the discovery of her peer in the
profession.
The Baptist association of the Loup
and Elkhorn districts will hold its an
nual convention in Battle Creek, com
mencine Thursday evening, October 3,
and continuing until Saturday evening,
October 6.
Citki Rrr.L. a resident of Millard,
was struck and killed by a freight
train. He had started to run across the
track ahead of the train. He lived but
a few minutes. He was about 35 and
unmarried.
While taking in the sights of Omaha
a Michigan traveling man took a prom
enade through a dark alley with a De
gress, and was by her touched to the
tune of ?100 in cold cash and certifi
cates of deposit to the amount of
$5,000.
The body of the unknown man who
was drowned in the Missouri river near
Plattsmouth was found by two men
near Rock Bluffs. The man's identity
is not yet known, as the only article he
had in his pocket was a set of false
-teeth.
T. E. Day. while getting off a freight
train in the Elkhorn yards at Fremont,
slipped and fell and the wheels passed
over his left foot. He was removed to the
hospital and Drs. Brown and Haslam
amputated the limb between the ankle
and knee.
T. G. Ferguson of Beaver Crossing
has a flowing well from which he irri
gated ten acres of land. Two and a
half acres was planted to sweet pota
toes, from which he harvested 1,000
bushels. He finds a ready sale at 1
per busheL
K. W. Owens, a preacher of the de
nomination of "saints, who has been
traveling about over the state holding
meetings in a tent, was arrested at
Wrair"oury and paid a fine of S20 and
costs in justice court for brutally beat
ing his two daughters.
- The residence of Mrs. Caroline Beste,
about six miles from Elm wood, was
struck by lightning, and the shock to
Mrs. Beste rendered her unconscious
for several hours. One of her shoes
was torn to pieces and both feet were
badly blistered by the electric fluid.
She is recovering.
While Miss Mamie Mallalieu of the
Kearney industrial school was out
riding with Mrs. Frank Spafford, a big
hurley fellow jumped out from beside
the road and made a grab for the
horse's bridle. The horse jumped a
little to one side so the fellow did not
get a good hold and Miss Mallalieu
plied the whip, getting beyond the
reach of the scoundrel.
As A motor car was going south at
Beatrice, Ruby, the little 5-year-old
daughter of Ed Delude, was struck and
almost instantly killed. The little
girl, after crossing, , turned and in at
tempting to get back was struck on the
head and knocked down and one of her
feet catching in a wheel or some part
of the gearing of the car. she was drag
ged some distance. Her neck was
broken. f
Governor Holcomm received a tele
gram from Mayor Fletcher of Sioux
Citv, la., officers of the fair association
and the commercial association, to at
tend the fair on governor's day, Sep
tember 0, when Governor Stone of
Alississinm is to be met by the gover
nors of sereral states adjoining Iowa.
The creamery committee met at
Humboldt the other day and reported
the amount of stock subscr.bed. Work
cn the building will begin at once and
the creamery will be in operation with
in sixty days. Humbold is on the, loom.
Ttiw crrncprv establishment of John
V. Pittinger. 'Beatrice, was closed on a J
talll
ba 1
vis.A
da!
The etnte Fair.
The Nebraska state fair was a de
cided success, both in the matter of ex
hibits and attendance. If anybody had
any doubt about this a visit to the
grounds was sufficient to dispel the
doubt. The weather for most part
was not all that could have been de
sired, and yet the attendance went
considerably beyond the record, and
would undoubtedly have been much
greater had not heat and dust inter
fered. Forty thousand people are
credited with Toeing on the grounds
Wednesday, and at least 10.000 in ad
dition to this number on Thursday.
There was a lack of means of trans
portation, the dust was not properly
laid, and some other things were left
undone that should have been attend
ed to. The managers have gained ex
perience that will enable them another
year to have all matters arranged and
carried out in a satisfactory way.
The agricultural exhibit was the best
ever seen in Nebraska, and this is say
ing a good deal when it is considered
how many splendid exhibitions the
state has held. All the various depart
ments were full to overflowing, and
evidence was present on every hand
that Nebraska is not only a productive
state, but that her citizens take pride
and satisfaction in making it known
to the world. Counties vied with coun
ties in elaborate displays, and all were
so good, so full and complete, that it
was difficult to draw comparisons.
Omaha took care of the large crowd
in a splendid way, making her claim
good to every pretension previously set
forth. The city was brilliantly illum
inated through the entire week and en
tertainment elaborately provided for
the thousands of guests within her
gates. Bands innumerable wrought
enchanting music on all sides, and the
parades arranged for the various even
ings were up to expectations and drew
hundreds of thousands of sightseers.
The Nebraska state fair for 1895 passes
into history as one of the most success
ful ever held, and if there was any
thing lacking the experience that has
been gained will enable the managers
to provide it in lSl"i. The fair has ad
vertised the state's resources in a man
ner that will brin? good fruit in great
abundance in coming years.
Irrigation Content OUcislon.
Following is the opinion of Judge
Neville in the matter of the alfalfa irri
gation district recently organized under
the new law:
In the District Court of Keith County,
Neb., Board of Directors of Alfalfa Ir
rigation District Plaintiffs: And now
on the 31st day of August, 1895, this
cause came on for hearing and trial to
the court upon the petit ion of the plain
tiff, the answer of the defendants
thereto, and the evidence, and the
court having heard all the testimony
and arguments of counsel and being
fully advised in the premises finds:
That the said district has been organ
ized in all respects as provided by law,
and that all things required to be done
by said law, particularly as required by
the act of the legislature which passed
and took effect March 26, 1S95, entitled
"An act to provide for the organization
and government of irrigation districts,
etc," have been done and performed
and that the bonds of said alfalfa irri
gation district in the sum of $22,000
have been in all respects voted by said
board of directors in accordance with
the law, and said bonds are in form,
substance and amount in strict con
formity to law.
The court further fines that the or
ganization of said alfalfa irrigation
district and the voting and issuing of
said bonds in the sura of $22,000, of
which bonds there are forty-four of
$500 each were regular and according
to law. The court further finds that
the notice of the filing of the petition
herein was given, and for the time in
the manner prescribed by law.
It is there:ore considered, adjudged
and decreed that the said proceedings
and each thereof in and about the or
ganization of said alfalfa irrigation
district and the election and voting for
and proceedings to issue and the issue
of said bonds and all things pertaining
thereto be and the same are and each
thereof approved and confirmed, and
the issue of said bonds of said district
and the said bonds and each of them
are declared to be legal and valid and
in the respects binding upon the said
alfalfa irrigation district.
Protects the Cattlemen.
The Northwestern Live Stock asso
ciation of Cherry county, Nebraska,
with headquarters at present at Merri
am, held a special meeting at Valen
tine for the purpose of extending the
hand of welcome to all cattlemen of
the middle and eastern portion of Cher
ry county. On December 13. 1893, this
association was organized and incorpo
rated under the laws of the state of
Nebraska. It is in its infancy as yet,
but it has proved itself worthy of con
sideration in protecting stockgrowers
and shippers from the petty pilfering
that has been carried on in the last few
years. The association's next semi-annual
meeting will be held in Valentine
for the purpose of amending its by
laws and increasing its. membership,
and if possible locating- the associa
tion's main office at Valentine, Neb.,
which is the county seat of Cherry
county.
The Feast of Momlamin.
The great parade on Thursday night
at Omaha was the crowning feature of
the kind in the west Thousands and
thousands of people viewed the great
pageant and expressions of awe and
surprise were many and pronounced.
Never a sight so beautiful in this west
ern land. Inconceivable in beauty
hardly describes the mag nificent floats,
twenty in number. Blending with the
richness of the costumes were the colors
of the king and Uncle Sam red, white
and blue and the rainbow hues of heav
en. Indescribable was its gradeur. It
was fairy land in reality an epoch in
the life of every witnesu. Omaha has
achieved a grand distinction in her ef
forts to please her visitors.
Morrison Not Worrying.
Chadron dispatch: The all-absorbing
topic of conversation on the street
is the verdict in the Morrison mur
der trial. Morrison expresses himself
as believing the verdict returned was
better for him than one of a less de
gree, as it would give him a better
chance for a new trial. Much sympa
thy is expressed for Mrs. Morrison and
her two children. Morrison has lived
at different times at LaSalle, I1L; Hu
ron. S. D. : in Montana, Wyoming and
several other western states. The town
of Crawford, of which he was marshal,
is much, divided on the case, as there
are two strong factions there.
BANKERS PUT UP GOLD.
WILL PLEDGE $30,000,000 TO THE
. TREASURY. IF SEEDED.
WORK OF BOND SYNDICATE
They Desire to Avoid Any Action .Which
Would Have the Effect of Checking
the Steadily Increasing Huslness
Prosperity That I Now In
All Sections of the
Country.
Washington, Sept. 23. The easy as
surance and confidence of the treasury
officials that there will not be a bond
issue and that the treasury gold re
serve will not again be seriously de
pleted is explained by a prominent of
ficial, who says that through the good
offices of the bond syndicate, promises
have been secured from bankers in the
principal cities of the country that in
case of necessity they can be called
upon to place up to Sao, 000,000 of gold
in the treasury in exchange for legal
tender. This important matter has
been quietly negotiated by Messrs.
Belmont and Morgan during the last
fifteen days.
The reasons which have led to the
action are varied, but all tend to the
same nd. On the part of the admin
istration it is recognized as good poli
tics to avoid another bond issue and
throw the responsibility and necessity
for remedial financial legislation upon
the incoming congress. It was deter
mined by the president several months
ago that there would be no bond issue
until after the elections, as an issue
previous thereto would have the effect
of strengthening the hands of the free
silver men and the Populists.
On the other side the syndicate
wishes to avoid any action which
would have the effect of checking the
steadily increasing busines prosperity.
The parties to the present voluntary
combination for the protection of the
treasury gold reserve are almost en
tirely within the list of banks that
were allowed to participate in the
handling of the last bond issue.
LAND FRAUDS CHARGED.
A Wyoming State Senator Warns Secre
tary Smith to InTestlgate
CiiEYEXJiE, Wyo., Sept. L3. Robert
Foote, state senator of Johnson
county, has written an open letter
to Secretary Smith of the in
terior department, exposing what he
characterizes as "one of the most
gigantic and glaring frauds of the
age" which is about to be com
mitted, .he says, in Wyoming, under
the Carey arid land law. He says
that all the waters of the streams
in the Big Horn basin were parceled
out to members of the "state land
ring" by the state engineer and com
panies have been formed which pro
pose to charge to settlers for water
rights S10 per acre which are not
worth over 310. The lands which the
state authorities have asked to have
set apart under the Carey law are not
desert lands as contemplated in the act
of congress, Mr. Foote asserts. In
conclusion the senator says the design
is to cieate a system of peonage or ten-antry-at-will
in our rich valleys where
honorable and independent manhood
should be found.
MARLBOROUGH SAYS SO
The Young Duke Declares That lie Is
Engaged to Miss Consuelo Yanderhllt.
New Vokk, Sept. 23. The young
duke of Marlborough set at rest last
night conflicting reports concerning
himself and Miss Consuelo Vander
bilt, by requesting that the fol
lowing be made public: "It is
officially announced that a mar
riage has been arranged between
the duke of Marlborough and Miss
Consuelo VanderbilL The engage
ment was arranged by Mrs. Vander
bilt's friends and those of the duke of
Marlborough. The wedding will take
place toward the latter part of this
year in New York."
This marriage will connect the house
of Vanderbilt to the principal ducal
families of the .British empire, particularly-
those of Buccleugh, Roxburgh
and Abercorn. The duke of Abercorn
is an uncle of the duke of M air bor
ough. DONE UP THE JUDGE.
Sol Ilughlett's Crooked Work (.rowing
In Kxtent Mew Victims Found.
Mexico; Mo., Sept. 23. The schedule
of people who were swindled by the
late Sol Hughlett of Wellsville is
growing. Judge E. M. Hughlett, who
is now holding circuit court here, lost
860. Mrs. W. Dickroger and two sons
of Wright City and J. A. Foristell, of
Foristell, Mo., hold forged notes and
fraudulent deeds cf trust executed by
Ilughlett for $4,500 against the farms
of G. A. liurwell, J. C. Mitchell, Mrs.
Bergman, W. C. Bush and J. B. Alder
son. Many farmers about Wellsville
have small clouds on the title to their
farms in the shape of bogus deeds of
trust. It is estimated that the whole
indebtedness will aggregate nearly
$31,000.
.
Missourians After a Brute.
Nevada, Mo., Sept. 23. Miss Ollie
Frame, daughter of a leading farmer
living near Liberal, was on her way to
milk the cows Thursday night when
an unknown wretch seized her, choked
her insensible, dragged her a short
distance and brutally assaulted her.
Scores of people started in pursuit,
with blood hounds. The man will be
lynched if caught.
A Long Kentucky Strike Useless.
Danville, Ky., Sept. 23. The
miners strike in the Laurel dis
trict, pending since May 1, ended
to-day by the acceptance of the old
scale of 70 cents a ton, the operators
refusing to negotiate with the Knights
of Labor, or recognize that organiza
tion in any particular.
QUARREL OVER SPOILS.
Colonel Koss Explanation of Where
' 75,000 of Indian Fundi Went.
Washington, Sept. 2-1. Colonel D.
M. Ross, of Guthrie, Ok., spent five
hours on the witness stand trying to
tell what he did with the 875,000 he
received from the secretary of the
treasury on the well known frl,00u,000
payment to the Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians for their shadow
claim to the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe lauds in Oklahoma. Colonel Ross
stated that he had paid $10,000 to one
Colonel Parsons of Maryland, who has
been a member of the state legislature
and voted for Gorman, and who is gen
erally believed to be the fine financial
manipulator of Senator Gorman in
certain western legislative matters.
This 310.000 he paid Parsons was for
Parsons himself, as Colonol Ross
stated. Then Colonel Ross says he set
apart $10,000 for himself, and then he
gave Sam Donaldson of Kentucky,
who was supposed to have a financial
lobby pull in the treasury, $."i,000, and
the remuining 850,000 he paid to
Colonel Parsons in cash, and it is his
understanding that Parsons paid it out
to certain persons, but not knowing
who they were, he can not exDlain fur
ther. Will llrlng Claims Against Hawaii.
San Fkancisco. Sept. 23. A number
of men who were imprisoned by the
Dole government during the rebellion
in Hawaii have organized for the pur
pose of gaining the assistance of their
respective governments in an effort to
obtain damages from the Hawaiian
government. George Lycergius, who
was iinprisoneJ several months on a
charge of treason and afterward set at
liberty without a trial, passed through
this city on .the way to Washington,
where he will lay the matter before
the state department. From Washing
ton he will go to London, then to Paris
and thence to Athens. At these points
he will act as agent of members of
members of each nationality now re
siding in Hawaii who have claims
Against the Hawaiian government.
Death of Mrs. Lizzie Ficklin.
Charleston, III., Sept. 23. Mrs.
Lizzie Ficklin died at her home in this
city last night, aged 06 years. She
was a daughter of Seuator W. T. Col
quitt, and several years ago was a
contributor to Harper's and Frank
Leslie's weeklies. Her husband was
Hon. Orlando B. Ficklin of Illinois,
and she was a sister of ex-Governor
and Senator Alfred Colquitt, who died
at Washington last winter. During
President Cleveland's first term Mrs.
Ficklin w as postmaster in this city.
Ansoni Kosenfleld Dead.
New Vokk, Sept 23. Ansoin Rosen
field is dead of Bright's disease at his
home in this city. His death will re
call old California days to many news
paper men and women who knew Mr.
Rosen field through his connection
with the "Alta California," of which
he was a part owner for many years.
Mr. Rosen field was a forty-niner, and,
in common with the enterprising men
who invaded the Western coast during
that lucky year, rapidly accumulated
a fortune. He was born in Germanv
and came to this country in 1642.
Noble and Shields Law Partners.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept 2d. General
John W. Noble and General George II.
Shields have formed a partner
ship for the practice of law. Gen
eral Noble was Secretary of the
interior and General Shields was as
sistant attorney general under Presi
dent Harrison. The two have been
intimate friends personally for years,
and fheir copartner v;p makes one of
the strongest firms in the west.
Turkey Preparing for Trouble.
London, Sept. 23. Some time ago a
firm of cartographers received an or
der from a house in Constantinople for
the British admiraltv charts of the
Dardanelles. The order was filled.
The chronicle's correspondent at Con
stantinople declares that these charts
were produced for the Turkish minis
try of war, for the use of engineers in
laying torpedoes in the straights.
An Actress Seeks Divorce.
New Vokk, Sept. 23. Mrs. Paul L.
Wilkes, known in theatrical circles as
Virginia Paul, has brought suit against
Paul T. Wilkes in the 'citv court of
Brooklyn for absolute divorce.
Fall River Weavers Will Not Strike.
Fall Rivkr, Mass., Sept. 23. The
Weavers' association, at a meeting last
night, voted almost unanimously not
to strike.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
1 am a Democrat," said ex-Con
gressman Bland in a speech at Clinton,
Mo. '-
Washington Italians celebrated
Italy's national day with various fes
tivities.
It is said that the tight on Judge
Scott of Oklahoma will be taken into
congress.
The old receiving ship, Minnesota, is
to be given to Massachusetts for its
naval militia.
The cotton crop of Louisiana, Ar
kansas and East Texas is estimated to
be forty per cent short.
General Milton Moore was appoint
ed election commissioner of Kansas
City by Governor Stone.
Ambassador Eustis is said to be lay
ing the wires to succeed Blanchard . in
the senate from Louisiana.
Emperor William has yielded to
Hohenlohe and will not urge repres
sive measures against Socialists.
Kentuckians in Washington are hot
over the alleged interference in their
politics by ex-secretary Whitney.
In answer to many queries Mexico
states that she doesn't give Irish more
privilege than other immigrants
Chicago banks are busy examining
employes' accounts since the big Van
liakkelen-Jones-Wilson shortage.
Minister Denbv has cabled the state
department that China has withdrawn
opposition to the investigation of the
Cheng Tu riots
Four hundred men stopped a train
at Danceville, Ark., seized a negro ac
cused of a brutal assault and took him
to the woods and hanged him.
NO CUBAN RECOGNITION.
The United Btate Unlikely to Take Any
Positive Action at Present.
Washington, Sept. 18. Save vague
newspaper reports, nothing is known
at the state department of the inten
tion of any of the governments of the
American republics to recognize the
belligerency of the Cuban revolution
ists, and it is quite certain that no
formal application for such recogni
tion by the United States has been
made. It is not perceived here how
the insurgents can reap any substan
tial advantages at this time for such
recognition. The only comfort that
they would derive would be from the
moral effect of an assent by an inde
pendent power to the proposition that
they had assumed statehood.
As far as the United States is con
cerned, it took such a pronounced stand
in the case of the late Brazilian insur
rection that it could scarcely recog
nize the insurgents in the case of
Cuba at present without a complete
reversal of its positiou. It has held
that, to entitle them to reeognition, in
surgents must setup a seat of govern
ment and maintain it; that they must
issue money, and must possess u navy
to make effectual any blockade they
wish to establish in short, that they
must have an actual defacto govern-
ment. The state department is not in
formed that any of these requirements
have been met by the Cubans.
POLITICS AND CRIME.
Professor Warner of California Attacks
. the Present Police Systems.
Denver, Col., Sept. 18. At this
morning's session of the national pris
on congress a paper on "Politics and
Crime," written by Amos G. Warner,
professor of economics and social sci
ence in the Leland Stanford university
of California, and read by John N.
Dryden of Kearney, Neb., created a
sensation. "If the state itself is under
the influence of criminals," wrote Mr.
Warner, "how can it hope to reform
criminals? Setting a thief to
catch a thief was an old-time
doctrine, but the plan of setting a
thief to reform a thief has never yet
been defended. The representatives
of the state with which criminals are
most frequently brought into contact
are policemen, polipe justices, sheriffs,
sheriffs' deputies and others only a
shade if at all better than the crim
inals themselves. The hope for the
cure of criminals largely lies in cura
tive treatment in the early stages.
Petty offenders and those on the verge
of criminality in the large cities sel
dom or never get beyond this line of
guards, and live more or less in their
presence. The. police to them repre
sent the state." "
FATAL WEDDING FEAST.
John and Simon Hancock Mortally
Wounded at a llrldal Keceptlon,
Columbia, Ky., Sept. 18. John and
Simon Hancock, brothers, both of
whom have been desperate men, were
shot and mortally wounded last night
ac the residence of Lane Hatfield, in
Green county. Jacob Hatfield, who is
a brother of Lane, had just been mar
ried and was giving a reception. After
the table was set the two Hancock
bovs entered the house and got on the
table and kicked the refreshments all
over the room, whereupon the Hat-
fields, both of whom were armed.
drew their pistols and fired. Simon
was shot four times and John was both
shot and stabbed. They are not ex
pec ted to live.
The Mora Case Not Ended.
Washington. Sept. 18. Nathaniel
Paige, one of the attorneys for An
tonio Mora in the claim which has
just been settled, has protested to the
state department against the non-al
lowance of interest, but it is believed
at the department that the protest
will not amount to anything.
L1K STOCK AND l'KODl'CE MAKKKTS
Quotations from New York. Chlcaeo, St
Louis, Omaha and Klsewhere.
OMAHA
Gutter Creamery separator.. 17 & 18
liutter I air to good country. 14 16
t- i ... r .. i i
r.fijrs r resn jj jo-i
Money California, ner 8 14 C 15
Ileus Live, per lb 6 6'4
rpruip cmcKcns. per iu o -t
Lemons Choice Mess In as 6 y 7 oO
Apples-per bbl 2 00 fiVS 25
oranges-Floridas, per box 3 25 (& 3 35
I otutoes per bu 25 hi- mJ0
Watermelons per dozen 1 75 to 2 00
l eans Navy, band-picked, bu 2 00 t 2 25
Hay Upland, per ton 6 50 ti 7 00
Unions lerbu... 2 ifr 50
i heese Neb. & la., full cream 10 U U
Tomatoes - per bushel 75 (tb H
hogs Mixed packing 1 vt 4 25
Hors Heavy weietts 4 20 ks, 4 50
i.eeves- Mocker and feeders. 2 25 d 3 50
beef Meers 5(0 b 5 15
Lulls. 1 25 U 2 50
tta:s 2 25 (ft 2 50
c aives 2 15 W 5 0
. ows 1 75 ff. 2 60
lieilers 2 00 O 4 00
Westerns 1 75 wj 3 00
theeu Lambs 3 00 u 4 2
ieep Choice natives 2 75 3 n0
ClllCAGu
W heat No. 2. spring 56l'6 .V4"
Corn Per bu 31 31
t ats i er bu is ls-,
1 ork 8 12 4(. 8 25
Lard 5 77& 5 M)
l.cjis l'nekers and mixed 4 20 -s 4 3
i attle-Western range steers.. 3 00 i 4 40
J beep Lambs, 3(KI 4 50
: beep Natives.... 3 00 iC 3 35
NEW VOKK
W heat. No. 2, red winter fl til'
Corn No. 2 37 (A 37 -H
Outs No. 2 24 U 24'.
1 ork lfi 50 li 50
lara ti 17- i C 20
sT. LOUIS.
W heat No 2 red, cash 5 t 58 'i
Corn Per bu 30 SO1.
Oats Per bu 1 ft
hogs Mixed packing 3 75 u, 4 10
tattle Export steers 5 40 j. 5 7
Hiceu Mixed natives 2 50 " :i TO
Lambs 00 4 50
KANSAS Oin
Wheat No. Shard. ....... ' 5S ; 57i
torn No. 2 2 3i :b
Oats No. 2 17'i-J. isj
Cattle Stockers and feeders.. 2 55 & 4 05
hogs Mixed ackers 4 10 m. 4 ;
Hieep Muttons.. 2 50 frr- 3 25
Traffic In Mexican Cattle.
San Ajjtonio, Texas, Sept. 18. An
immense traffic in Mexican cattle is
being built up under the present
favorable conditions for their importa
tion'into this country. Twelve thous
and head of stock cattle were purchased
in the state of Coahuila, Mexico, last
week and brought into Texas, and the
Dolores ranch, in Kinney county, was
stocked with them. Arrangements are
being made with English capitalists to
purchase several hundred thousand
head of Mexican cattle and bring
them to Texas, where they will be
fattened on cottonseed meal and
shipped alive to England.
cmTcuhe ASTHMA.
the Remedy.
ABrthemaIand,itiyndre0df S. SK?
Su?aavan.rhave come to , tj e lu-lon
that there Is no cur?Lse sTme per
tussins disease, and these ne J "
sons will be the more in doubt and skep
tical whexi they learn through the col
umn of the press that Dr. Rudo ph
Schiffmann, the recoil zed authority
who has treated more cases of these dis
eases than any living Doctor, has
achieved success by Perfecting- a rem
edy whih not only gives relief in the.
worst "cases, but has positively cured
thousands of sufferers who were con
sidered Incurable. These were just as
skeptical as some of our readers now
are. Dr. Schiffmann's remedy no doubt
possesses the merit which is claimed for
It or he would not authorize this paper
to announce that he is not only willing
to give free to each person suffering
from Asthma, Hay Fever. Phthisic, or
Bronchitis one free liberal trial package
of his cure, but urgently requests all
sufferers to send him their name and
address and receive a package, abso
lutely free of charge, knowing that In
making the claim he does for his cure
a strong doubt may arise In the minds
of many and that a personal test, as he
offers to all. will be more convincing
and prove Its merits than the publish
ing of thousands of testimonials from
others who have been permanently
cured by the use of his Asthma cure.
"Dr. Schiffmann's Asthma Cure," as it
Is called, has been sold by all drup
gists ever since it was first introduced,
although many persons may never have
heard of it, and it is with a view to
reaching these that he makes this offer.
This is certainly a most generous and
fair offer.and all who are suffering from
any of the above complaints should
write to him at once and avail them
selves of the same, as positively no free
samples can be obtained after Oct. 10. Ad
dress Dr. R. Schiffman, 325 Rosabel street,
Bt. Pan, Minn.
A Wise Choice.
A young lady in charge of the cap
tain of a 1'. & O. boat had t-vo suitors
on board and a pug dog-. The latter
fell overboard and one of her swains
instantly jumped after it into the sea.
The other confined himself to leaning"
over the side and cryinjr, "Poor dog
gie!" When the rescuer came on board,
dripping, the young lady turned to the
captain and asked him which of her
two lovers, after such an incident, he
would recommend her to take. He was
a practical man and replied. "Take the
dry one," which she accordingly did,
RAM'S HORNS.
Selfishness is a hard 6nake to kill.
The cross of Christ is the key to
heaven.
Everything God gives us to do needs
to be done.
Christians get along faster when
they travel in pairs.
God's Are in the heart soon melts all
the lead in the feet.
Whoever takes Christ for a topic will
Eoon have him for a guest.
The better we know the Bible, the
plainer God can talk to us.
If we talk about Christ we will never
run out of something to say.
It takes the man who carries God's
message a long while to get tired.
Many hear the voice of Christ before
they know who it is that speaks.
Whatever Christ has given the church
to do, every Christian should gladly
try to do.
Police Justice What's the charge
against this man? Policeman Im
personating an officer. "What did he
do?" "He walked up to a street ven
der's stand and took a handful of pea
nuts." Chicago Record.
DAMAGES FOR LIBEL.
A Virginia Paper Brought to Terms by
the American Hook Company.
A dispatch from Norfolk. Vs., says:
The American Book company of New
York has just gained a signal victory in the
courts of Virginia and ha received an ab
solute and complete vindication after a long
and exhaustive trial by s.poial jury in the
Circuit court of this city. The filot news
paper of this city, upon the awarding of
the contract for school books to the Amer
ican Book company, printed a long artioie
written and prepared by It. 11 liyrd.au
agent and attorney forGmn & Co.. of New
York, in whk-h it was charged that tl.e
utate superintendent had leea bribed by
the American Book company. The Pilot
vi as immediately sued for libel, and, after
a five weeks' trial, which created an im
mense amount of interest throughout the
ftate, a verdict for punitive damages was
recently awarded, and the jury found thnt
the statements made were false and a
deliberate libel. Not onK so, but the
company, upon unimf eachable evidence,
was proved to have dealt bouorably and up
rightly in every particular in iheir negotia
tions with the state officials. It was furth
er prove i at the trial that no better terms
had been made with any other state for
school boot s. In fact, the attorney-general
of Virginia stated that the American Book
company 'seemed to throw ofen their whole
business to us,' an& after full and complete
examination of all the original contracts
made with the various states be expressed
himself as absolutely satisfied that the
prices were the same in all caes and that
no discrimination whatever had been made
against the state of Virgin iu. Furthermore
tie mentioned that none of the statements
of the American Book company ha1 been
accented until everv one of them had been
absolutely verified by direct reference to
the governors of some fifteen states, with
whom contracts had been made. This
proved conclusively that the representations
of the American Book company were cor
rect in toto. This celebrate! case has thus
ended In a complete triumph in every re
spect for the American Book company, and
cas shown in clear contrast the clean and
business-like methods in which thev carrv
on their great industry as compared with
the attempted use of political nulls and
misstatements by their opponents." Chi
cago Tribune.
Indiscriminate breeding is one of the
causes of lessened profits i1h sheep.
Nearly all the London r.ewsnar i.n
their print paper in Germany.
Gave Himself Away.
Miss Psalter (at divine serviri w)ii.
pering) It's so cood of Mr. Vi,.faiu
to go to the assistance of that old gen
tleman who fainted; and do you notice
how deftly he makes his way in and
out of pews without incommoding any
body? Mrs. Psalter He is entirely too
graceful about it He must have had
a good deal of practice going out be
tween the acts at theaters. N. Y.
Weekly.
The man who snores Is a sound sleeper.
The smile that helps others has to tesriw
In the heart. .
chattel mortgage.
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