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NEBKASKA NEWS.
A Bad Wreck: at Fremont.
Fremont special: At 2:15 Saturday
morning a disastrous wreck occurred
at the crossing of the Fremont: Elk
horn & Missouri Valley and Union
, Pacific roads six miles .west, of Fre
mom. A ireight train of forty cars
coming easi over the Elkhornroad was
run into by an east-bound freight on
the Union Pacific as the former was
crossing tho track of the latter. Four
teen ears were derailed nine belonging
to the Union Pacific and five to the
Elkhorn. There were two cars of hogs
on the Elkhorn which were wrecked
and about one hundred were killed.
Trhey were shipped from Geneva and
were billed to South: Omaha. Two
men were stealing a ride in an empty
oar on tho Union Pacific train. One
of them, John Shimberger, was killed
almost instantly, and the othen, Ethan
Allen, had his right arm and left leg
broken. They got abroad at Central
City and started east to their home at
Bristol, Ind. Shimberger has a bro
ther living at Central? City. One of
the Elkhorn cars was 'occupied by E.
P. Fuller, of David City, and hia two-year-old
trot.iag stallion, McGregor
Wilkes, valued at $10,000, on their way
to the Omaha fair. The car was
; turned over on its side, the men es
caped unhurt,, and the horse with but
slight bruises. The latter was led out
through a hole cut in the roof of the
car. Trains were passing on both
roads at noon. .
The Union Pacific engine was in
charge of Engineer Charles Sweesy of
Omaha. The wreck occurred on the
open prairie. -
rill Over the State.
Omaha Special: State Senator John
T. Paulson died Tuesday morning at
his residence, 220G Lake street. Early'
in the season Mr. Paulson went to Eu
rope. While abroad he had an attack
of Bright'sdisease 'and grew rapidly
worse. He hastened home, arriving
August 22, and' placed himself under,
the care of two physicians, but in vain.
Mr. Paulsen leaves an estate of $500,
000 and a wife and seven children.
Beatrice Special : Word was received
hero Tuesday rlternosn of a frightful
affair at Blue Springs. A barn caught
fire by some means at present unknown
and two young childieh of James Gay
in the buildiDg at the time were burned
to death. Coroner Boe went down in,.
th evening to hold kn inquest. Etfier
particulars of the sad affuircltmiot be
obtained at this hour.
A circulatinJibrary has been estab
lished jOraig.
-Tho recent floods did damace to
iJOSt $5,000 to repair. entitled-
titled
.earner uuu, oi weeping mhisar
cel
last iwfid liia eiohtietli
"J
e tow
.
Oelegates from h wlr-nships
met
the
- at Jdata 8aturday M. formed
. AdamVoounty FarmeliVAlliance.
The Suneliy, school workers of Kear
: ney county will: hold a convention at
I Minden October. 15 and 16.
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The first annual reunion of the
Grand Army posts of Bort county will
Ojo held Tekamah, September 25 and 27.
The canine popfllation of ,Wahoo
was largely reducd one nigh i last week
by the free distiuution oi poison
the streets
TfTitv nci
impils for the Genoa
lndi- i scuoei
accompanied Sui)erin-
tendaiif- Back!
co tli- Si'jaxd
L3 nome on nis xast inp
iuntry.
G'if-ralUh
, an -imported French
stalli u owut
by - E. ''J. Ask wig, of
OakUn.l, una
Ivalued at $2,0C0. died
last erk ot'
uk-eye.
Jim Uoylel
of Wahoo, is in deep
tou 1 again,
having been held for
trial i the district court for disposing
of a banch ef fat but mortgaged cattle.
The Creighton Courier says hat the
escape of Frank "Guthrie from the jail
at Niobrara had one good effect. . They
are repairing the locks on the "rat
trap" coMcern. .
While Jacob House worth, of Orleans,
was oiling a flour'bolter in a mill, his
right arm was caught in a wheel, tear
in? the Kesh from the elbow to the
middle of his hand."
The members of the One Hundred :
and Second Hlinois infantry, many of
whom now reside in Nebraska, will
hold their next reunion at New Boston,
HI., September 3 ana 4.
Mrs. Hannah " Beal, who died at
Sioux City, la.", recently, was one of
the pioneers of Grand Island, her hus
band having been probate judge aud a
member of the Nebraska legislature for
a number of terms.
Dr. J. A. Gunn, who was nominated
for coroner of Furnas county by there
publicans, has declined to accept in a
card in which he says : "If I might leg
ally dictate during my term in the office
who should furnish tho cold and
clammy corpses over who I should pre
side, than I would rather be coroner
than presidents However, as I am not
allowed, if elected, to dictate the dis
tribution of the patronage, I respect
fully but positively decline the nomina
tion. "
Farmers in the norther part of Saun
ders county are trying the experiment
of innoculationor vaccination as a pre
venting of hog cholera. The worfc is
being done by a Chicago firm and good
results are reported. About 500 head
have been inocculatcd within a short
time.
Suit has been ordered brought by the
com mififeioners of Polk county, against
ex-county clerks Herald and Kelly to
recover money paid to them and allowed
by former county commirsioners for
making out the tax list. Suit has been
entered against Kelly for $669.50.
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The eleven-year-old son of T. C. Old
aker, a farmer near Deloit, Holt county
attempted suicide last week by hanging
himself to a hay rack on a wagon. His
mother found him soon after and al
though unconscious he was resuscitated..
He thought life was not worth living
without a gnn to hunt with.
Edgar is once more without a
merchant tailor.
Thayer county old t ettlers held a
reunion at Carleton Wednesday,
The five-year-old son of Martin
Kazda, of Tecumseb, met with a
horribls death Tuesday. He was out
riding with his uncle when the team ran
away, throwing him to the ground,
the wagon wheel passing over his neck
and nearly severing-his head from his
body.
Rev. W. S. Branes, of Corning, la.,
has accepted the call to the ; pastorate
of the First Presbyterian church of
Kearney.
A son of M. B. Bunnel, a Custer
county farmer living near Mason City,
had his foot cut off bv a mowinsr
machine Tuesday.
A passenger train on tho Union Paific
collided with a freight at Chapman
.early Tuesday morning, but fortunately
uu uue 7vit injure . .
The Hanngton Democrat has been
sold and consolidated with the Cedar
county Nonpariel.
A Stanton county farm hand, working
near Hilger, was mysteriously poisoned
the other day, and there are several
theories in regard to the matter. One
is that he had eaten melons taken from
"dosed" patch, and another is that the
poison was admistered by a man who
was his rival in the affections o' a
young lady. He will recover but the
case will be investigated
Three barns were burned in one day
at Chadron last week.
A trio were engaged in an animated
conversation regarding the location of
the world's fair outside of the post
office, and as they were quite of one
mind, though very empbatio in their
talk, the editor propounded the follow
ing queries : ,
Where should the world's fair, be
held, Pat?
"In Chicago, of course I for it's a
wurld in itself and has plenty of roo'm
LUX i U.KJ l iiC 1 UUC.
What
your jopiafon, my German
citizen?
dinks mooteh I Neu Yark
underinr, pig
place, so pig dey
lav no room fur dat Gen, Grant, und
I dink Chicago ought to hav him with
Here the irrepressible Anaericar-j
erposed with s- ,,.-j- '"
"Bet you '
r bottom dollar F" for it has
1' mJ liUXXi'OU.OCAJ MCbUC-L iUTttUVgCO
OEV 1111
and qualifications as a typical Ameri
can city, possessing, a superabundant
market to draw upony at a lesBcoat
than an eastern CHV.anaa nmatiess swip-
ply of the best water in the- world giv
ing convincing proof, that the most pro
ductive and most magnificent country
in the universe was tributary to itr and
if all the western men of "pol-itie-al
inflooence" do not use their best endeav
ors to have the world's fair located at
Chiago, the pride of the wsfc.thywill
find themselves relegated - to the dim
past after 1892. --rT'
In Good Luck.
., -'" Mesidian, (itisa,) Newa, July. 31..
The luckiest man in Meridian, for the
past montn at least, is Jfl.r. s. wen, pro
prietor of the Exchange saloon, corneu of
Second street and Twenty-second avenue.
He struck the Louisiana State Lottery at
Its July drawing for the neat sum of 85,000,
his ticket beine one-twentieth of ticket
No. 5d,&j7. which drew the $100,000 capital
m r. wen naa ueen t umtu ui iueimiBu
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for about a vear. oomlue here Iron baioa
City, Tenn. and while he has at times been
interested in "clubs, his purchase for this
month was tne second time that he had in
vested in the Liooifeiana State JUettery in
rtiviriuallv.
The mo th before he was lucky endugh
to draw $10. Then he and Mr. W. M. Hall
iu.ii to New Orleans for 85 worth of tickets.
two for each and one in partnership When
th tickets arrived Mr. Well selected his
fm one of which drew the 85l000i.
H sent his ticket to New Orleans by the
Southern xpres company, and as soon as
the return could be made he received his
i rw t.hrnnarh the same medium.
Mr. Weil takes hi good luck modestly,
but acknowledge that the drawing of the
.MM!G waa an aereeable and a welcome
surprise. - '
' , For Sale.
One-half interest in one of
the best
Pob'tics
weekly papers in the state,
republican. Is the official
paper of
the city and county,
in connection. The
A good job office
owner has other
business, ana wm sen a nan iui,erei
1 Ml 11 - If i. i.
to a practical man, who will devote all
his time to the paper. $500 cash is
tbfl nrice. and unless you -have the
mnnev and mean Dusiness, aoni write.
ITALIC CSPACE,
Care of Newspaper Union,
Lincoln, Neb.
THE MAltlUSTS.
Lraooug,
CATT'LL Butchers' steers.. .82 50
CiOWH JO
3 00
cm 25
(23 90
CS 05
3 C5
80
(4 23
31
m 25
HOGS FtA
70
Steckers
3 00
3 00
05
20
SO
19
1 35
25
snEll?....
WHEAT Wo. M eprrag
OATS No. 2
RYE No. 2
OKN No. 2 new
FLAXSEED
POTATOES.
APPLES p?r bbl 3 00
HAY Prairie, bulk 4 50
2 tO
5 00
Omaha,
CATTLE Prime steers' .....83 80 4 15
Cows,. 1 S 3 25
HOG1? I air to heavy w
(34 00
Mixed.
3 85
&i 00
Gkzcago,
OATTLECholco 20
Stockers and feeders 2 20
HOGS Packing
SHjiEP Nativea 3 75
WHEAT
CORN
Cii 25
g3 i'5
m 30
4 80
79
X
, KAr aas City,
CaTTLE Corn ted ....... . . . $3 1?
Poofloro 1 60 fa OJ
nna4 f4ootl to nhn1r. 4 2 ) OMi
Mixed H 5 4
AC.HCULTURE AD IIORTICULTUHE.
Some Useful Information Relating
to Both Branches.
Various Farm Topics.
- CROWS. '
A New Eoirlaod farmer who found
tbat the crows were pullinj? up his corn
carried a bundle of newspapers to the
field, opet el ard enread them over the
ground, putting a stone in the middle of
each, and allowing the wind to sway them,
maklDg at times quite a disturbance In the
field. He found it a perfect protection.
Anoi her farmer eay s that j ears ago he
ncae an agreement with the crows that if
tht j would not pull his corn he would
feed 1 htm. So he scattered a couple of
quarts abcut the field and the crows pick,
td it up, ai:d while doing so pick up many
worm 8. i
ASHES FOB VIXRTABDS.
People haviDg vineyards will be inter
ested in this item: President Phillips, of
the west Michigan Horticultu-al Society,
tiys that for vineyards, all tniugs con-
s.dfred, he regards unleacbed aches as
tie best fertilizer known. A ton of hard
wool ashes contains 320 poucds of potash,
wcith $16, &cdl25 pound cf phosphoric
acH (icsoluablt) worth $5,25. Omitting
all the other ash constituent, which have
some value of themselves, the potash and
phosphoric acid of a ton of such ashes are
worth $21,25, or seveial times as much as
a ton of fresh horse manure. Grape
growers wcu'd do well to note this.
BUFFALO BILL" 05 BUSED ISO.
That noted sccut and bhowmaa, "Bison
William," is also a ranchman, ard has
p.en sible ideas on cattle breeding and tne
pnftratle breeds for beef making.
"Grade up," he is reported to have said
in an interview, "but don't grade up too
fine ,' And he adc?ed that a in'xed blood
that ? cros-bred animal enn
stand tu j hardships of a ranch better
than a pure bloood. 'The Herefords are
good, and so are Polled Angus,, The
latter is i :ip-tOD rustler that is, he i a
s plenc . It .9i to iook after himself." But
Billlik j tuf Hereford best, declaring
that "he beef down to the heels."
WHAT DRAINAGE DOES.
The late John H. Kiiphart, author of a
vcik 'a vke&t cultuie, and for many
3 1 us Stcretsry cf tLe Ohio S ateJBoalrl of
Agiiculiuie, condensed the. advantages of
drainage under thejolfdwlhg twelve nesds :
1. The drainage removes stagnant water
JromjitflrSurface. 2. It removes surplus
.waW"frcm under the surface. 3. It
lergthf ns the seasons. 4 In deepens the
soiL 5. It warms tho soil. .6. It equal
izes the Temperature of the soil during
the season of growth. ' 7. It ca)r:es down
soluble ubstatcts to the roots of plants
8. It prevents heaving out or fret zing oui
9 It nri'verils ir-inrw f mm rfr1
outb.
10. 15 improves the quality acl
or tne ftcp. i 1
. - m j' i i iv ri i ll s
manures. 32. It prevents iun in wheat
and rot in ixtatoes.
BEST 8011. r B FOWLS.
Tbe poorrst ai d hghieft suntiy soil ; la
considered better for fowls than any other.
The rains carry downward all l he impur
ities, and fetich foil is always hard and
free from mud, becoming dry in a short
time. Difctasts are rot to frequent on
light soils, especially roup, and gspes in
young chicks seldom occur. This euabfes
these possessing poor sandy jsoi s to util
ize them lor poultry.-ralsing, and in a
short time thaldud. may be fitted for
gro win (t,iop?. Trees aie benefitted by
j?ouilry, not only from the droppings left
on the ground, but also through the de
struction of infects. Fettitry and fruit
should be tbe object, and there are many
locations that could be made serviceable
in that respect.
COBS JOB HELL"! 2A3I
Corn may do well on hilly land (though
the crop must be uneven), but nearly al
ways tbe land will lose heavily by tho
denuding action of rain often so heavily
as to make grass or mill gram a more
profitable crop. DriMra? produces the
larger yield aud profit, except on verf
foul ground. If you .have purchased
such grounds you will be excused from
planting in hills until1 you ca cleans) the
land. It the 1S3S corn crop- were loaded
on two-horse wagons, thirty- three bush
els to the load, aud the wagons were plac
ed tweaty-six feat apart, or a neirly -s
possible in a stint?, the stria? of wagons
would reach twelve timaos arouBd the
globe 300,000 milett Nothing prouvses
to to revolutionize tho present waste of
corn foodcr in the West as the new but
growing practice of cutting the field corn
close to the ground as toon as the kernels
are well glazed aud p-tting the whole
crop directly into the silo, either whole
or cut Into half-inch lengths, ears and all.
HASOLB COLTS OA&KFCLLY.
The importance cf this conoot be too
often or strongly urged upon all who hav
charge of young colts. One ot our best
authorities, The Horseman, says that after
a colt baa been foaled it is like a plant-
it needs care and cultivation. Thousands
of dollars are lost to liorsa owners and the
country every year by the carelessness
with which colts are handled during the
first six or nine months of their existence.
Like plams, if they are stuuted in the start
it is very hard to get a rapid, healthy
growth out of them afterward, as it will
show on them as long as they live. There
is no danger of handling and feeding the
colt too early. The handling should be
gin a3 soon as it is foaled. Especially
should it be accustomed to the halter.
The interest which i3 being taken by
farmers generally in the matter of , breed
ing horse stock is begining t tell very
mateily, aud all engaged in the business
should study the best method of treating
young colts.
Those Sheep-Killing Dogs.
A farmer who tries to keep 400 or 500
sheep on' rough hlll3 where they are his only
source of profitable income write3 to the
national Stockman of one of his ch it f an
noyances, tho depredatlons'of dogs:
"Dire necessity compels us to kill all the
dogs we can, and it is not from a dssire to
destroy other men's property, but only to
protect cur own. If the dog3 were kept off
ciur premises ire would be safe. D g
owners Ecmet:me3 threaten prkate injury
I !
in return for the death cf a worthless cur.
but it is best to take such risk, as the owner
might as well kill stock a? for the dog to
dj ir. We have no choice, aa tbare is no
law to protect our flecks, and we must pro
tect them ourselves. Sieep are taxei to
protect other property, but have no protec
tion f rem worth! s untaxed dogs. It
raises a terrible howl, and more mourning
amnng tome people, to hare a dog killed
than to hear of a los of a huadrsd s'leep
killed by dogs. Is is a great cruelty to
kill a d?, but there is 'no cruelty in a
dog's tcring and mangling a whole fl:ca
of sheep."
i ne irouoie ana loss from tne ravages
of dogs seem to be increasing, if we may
judge by the complaints which are com
ing from every part of tae country. S:ates
which have no do? laws, or inadequate
ones, should be stirred up to enact them.
It is the he' gat of absurdity to "spare the
dog and spoil the sheep" when the value
cf the two is so vastly different. Exam
iner. Parol Notes.
It is stated that the roadside fences are
beiog rapidly removed- in the vicinity of
BostOD, adding much to the rural beauty
of the suburbs.
Pigs can be reared so as to have seven-ty-fi
ve per cent of lean meat in them by
feeding bran and middlings. Skim-milk
may also be fad..
A Western dairyman thinks that da'ry
farmers as a c'ass do not fully appreciate
Ibe Importance of speedy withdrawal cf
the animal heat frpm fresh milk.
A Maine farmer, vowing death to foxes ;
placed a care ss near his barn and tben
connected it by a wire under the snow
with a bell in his bedroom; Afox could
not do vigorous work on tbit p:ece of
meat without ringing that bell, where tt
the schemer woud awake and go forth ;o
the slaughter. He killed twenty-five
foxes by that device during the winter.
Massacutelt Plowmart., '
The new sucar nroduecd from r.ra.1-
called ssccharine bas been condemnedrtTT1
Paris doctors, because it seriouslym pairs
digestion. They rocornjdrtht its use ss
an at tide of dieirtorbidden by law, and
au oi dmantKrtolhat t fleet is said to have
bee enacted. The good old cane sugar
seems likely to retain its place for a while
yet, in spite of Lew inventions and artifi
cially high prices.
Sseep, according to the Sheep-BrevJer
and Woool-Grower almost invariably pre
fer a southern hillside to a 4 northern, be
cause the gnes is (hotter, tenderer, end
sweeter on the former, i If they have be
come accustomed to lange freely on both,
aud a fence U then run across the too f.
tfce hill, they will linger jpjonf y Tzvy
hoars of the.iiay,-z.ng wi8.j, through
towards Ihtir favorite, funny slope.
An txchang suggests v miching sruaU
patches of quack grass or Cnad thistle
heavily, as a better mode of suppression
than cultivation. If tho top already grown
is well covert d it beeins to rot, t and the
decay rapidly extends to the root, and new
growth appearing above tbe surf ice should
pe treated in the same way. Oaesicsdn
of this treatment, it is asserteit, 'will de
stroy the weeds and enrich the soil.
An Ohio4airymah' tells the Dairy
World how he nakes his cocs omfort
jlbletn hot weather. He keeps them in
stables, slightly darkened, though the
middle of the day. During this time they
eat, he says, but little. From ten to three
o'ekek a little fodder corn or green focd
of tome bird is kept in their mar gerp.
His exptr ence )s that under this treat
ment tbe flow cf milk is more unifoim,
and the coivs ate certainly much mere
comforts Die.
It is often found that cows per fer to
drink stagnant water, even almost fi'thy,
from poils rather than to take that fresh
drawn fiom the well, it is sot the clean
ness of the well water that the cows ob
ject to, but its coldness. L save the wtll
water in tubs or troughs exposed to the
air a lew hours m bummer, me cows
will drink more freely, give more milk
and do better every way for it. Fdlby
water they should not be allowed to drink,
at least while giving milk.
When chicks of different ages are run
ning together and older birds are about,
the focd lor the littl ones should be
thiown under slatted coops into which
only such can enter. This will save the
youngest and the delicate from, being
trans pled upon aud eroded out, .and vjill
give them chance to eat their till at . their
leisure. They will soon nod out what it
means, and more often than not will be
found waiting in the pens for the food to
be thrown to them. Fancier's Journal.
Ventilation of Milk Sooiaa,
The provision lor a strong current or
draught of air, says a correspondent of
27 national Stockman is as uncalled
for, and even in juriou?, in the. milk room
as it is independable in the stable. It
seems tu.be forgotten tlati currents of air
only reduce the temperature ia proportion
as they cause evaporation, andhat is just
what the dairyman does nut , want. It
dries the curd of the milk into flakes
which adhere to the cream, producing
what, axe known as "Alecks," those very
undesiiabie white specas in the butter.
We repeat tuat the air in the milk room,
i unlike that in a living room,, does not rc-
: quae to be cunetantiy or even frtqusntly
' chanetd. and it exerts a far better in flu-
ence if left uudi lurbed. ceneciallv in
warm weather. Milk ro )ms, tbereiore,
should be ventilated from above,, and one
opening is suf&aent for ail practical pur
poses. Were th? creva'ent notija tru3
(which it is- no') that the air la such a
room is likely to become pernicious in
some of its it rl lences, the opening of the
doors several times a day would dispel all
such influences. That it is desirable so to
ventilate the room as to evaporate the
mo'sture in and around it, is another fun
damental error. A quantity of water or
ice upon the fl xr exerts a cooling influ
ence just in proportion to the evaporation
produced, as we have already said, of the
current of air; but it is not desirable to
cool one portion of air and at once drive
it off. to be replaced by another drier and
warmer portion. Such an operation might
well be called an attempt to cool "all out
doors," instead of the milk room alone.
The moisture of the air in the milk room
ia rxrt id any respect nofavorablo to the
production of cream and butter. ,
DZG RACED HIS NAME.
A Decendent of Alexander Hamilton
ff tf
Sensational Scrape.
Atlantic City, (N. J.) special: The
story of the stabbing here yesterday,
and of the people connected with it, is
a sensational one. Robert Bay Ham
ilton was for eight "years a member of
the New Yprk legulatore from the
Murray Hill district of Now York city,
is a son of General Schuyler Hamilton
one of the leaders in New York's "four
hundred," and a great-grandson of
Alexander Hamilton. He im a .promi
nent of the New York bar and has a
large income, which he spends- lavishly
upon himself ana inenas.
The story of his couitship and mar
riage is as remarkable as the story of
the tragedy is thrilling. Hamilton
was for many years a lion in New York
soeiety circles, but like many of his as
sociates, soon became a frequenter of
houses of questionable character in the-
metropolis. In one of these he met
and became infatuated with a woman
whom he afterwards married. Mrs.
Hamilton was for years the most con
spicuous adventuress in New Yok
city, and it is said many young bloods
squandered fortunes on her before she
captured Hamilton, whom she married,
it is thought, for his fortune. About
two years ago they were clandestinely
married in New York. When this be
came known, he was ostracised by the
lour hundred as well as by hu own
parents.
Although an outcast, he had an im
mense fortune bohind him, and after
standing it as long as possible in NewJ
York, six months ago he too It-hris wife
and child and Mary ponnelly, the
nurse- to southern JLJalffomia. with the
intention of Leating in the west. He
returned-iliSKusted and temoorarilv
tookfttp- his residence in Atlantic City
1G1eka aS- Joshua Mann, who is
an old lover of Mrs. Hamilton, followed
the cot pl& to Cal'Jornia and back. The
husband discovered him at Atlantic
Oity- the other day md learned that
his wife was having clandestine meet
ings with hini. Yesterday Hamilton
upbraided hia wife, when she picked
up a dagger and made a lunge at her
husband. He grappled with her and
pushedvher over a ehair.
The nurse, Mary Donnelly, hearing
the noise and having had to separate
the couplo several times loreg.-
veut uiuouaiieu,. ruue(j.,iat0 the room.
you 'are the cause of thia. You'll never
be about? mo again," plungea the wea
pon into the woman's- abdomen. The
poor woman, sank to tho floor. The ex
citement in Atlantic City over the af-u
fair is intense- Hamilton rsfasesto
talk V ,'-;
i - Mrs. Hamilton was .giverk a hearing
to-day on the chargf having stabbed
her nurse,, j&ii'y Donnelly. ; After the
examination- on several witnesses; the
jndge remanded the prisoner to jail to
await the result of the in juries of the
nurse. Ebbert Bay Hamilton was held
in $600 bail as-a witness v
; ' .
' Must it be ratipieix
Stattu.of:'tha;Slonx.Xawricatia Opening.
Washington special It is now
rumored that the real basis for the
position, taken by those who claim that
the next; congress- must first ratify the
action of i the Sioux commission is this,
that tho commission ignored the Sioux
reservation, act in- its- proceeding, in so
far as -any official recognition of it was
concerned,, taking itr however, as a
basis, for making, what they will pre
sent to the president,, as a treaty, or
"agreement"" and in this-way seek to
ignore congress- and all the work of
that body, and thus-el aim all the credit
of. the success- o having made a treaty
with the Indians. Of course if such is
the intention jii the commissioners sat
down and dice w up an "agreement" and
the Indians have accepted it, their act
or agreement n&nsi then be ratified by
congress, albeit it contains the precise
or substantial provisions of the Sioux
bill. Itiie- alleged that if the commis
sion, proceeded in thia way that it was
done iDi order.
First To draw $10 a day as pro
vided. ztL tho Indian appropriation bill,,
since to tho secretary of the interior
was delegated the discretionary power
of alio win iff them what he might think
proper, had they gone forward i undfiir
the Sioux bill.
Second By ignoring the SvauXibtU
ofigfcially and throwing themselvesvbaek
on. the "'agreement" and ratification
clause ilk the Indian appropriation, bill
the commission can claim all the-credit
and the record will then show, that the
commissioners made a treaty, ooagree
ment."' If this view of the matten- explains
the confidence felt here in certain cir
cles that congress mustificst ratify, it
suggests a line of criticism on the part
of settlers, residents on, tha- border and
even the Indians themselves, which
shoud be met. In tho fbsst place there
was no apparent reason why the com
mission did net follow and act upon
and under the Sioux, bill. There is
reason why they should have done so
in order to secure th earliest possible
action in behalf of the best interests of
Dakota and Nebraska, since all that is
necessary under section 28 of the Sioiax
act is evidence to the president that
three-fourths of the adult male Indians
had signed, whereupon a proclamation
could issue aad the lands would be
open. If the commissioners have ig
nored the Sioux act in order to obtain
cheap notoriety and a certain salary,
it will have been purchased dearly,
since there will be no possible chance
to obtain a ratification for weeks, if not
months, even after congresa convenes,
and for this reason : The first ques
tion after the election of a speaker will
be an amendment oer the rules which
there will be much protracted debate
and then will come a fierce contest,
probably, over contested seats, and the
alleged Sioux "agreement" may not be
reached for months. If such has been
the tactics, therefore, of the commis
sion, it has been a grave mistake, no
necessity existing therefor.
Bancroft is all stirred up over a row
between the drug store and saloon.
AHOU8EUF
.i,;rfnn dispatch: Vr. George
O Glavis at attorney of this city, who
- ien to liiurope, cam-e
baek on the Fal3. Among the pas
sengers were Mr. J. B. Farwell of Chi
cago, Mr. McGregor of tho treasury
department and Clau Spreckels. Dr;
Glavis says'-that during the voyage the
gentlemen named above were frequently
together, and that Mr. Spreckels in
tends to ran down the sugar trust
yet, although he expects that the fight
will be a loner and difficult on.. Hut it
was not so much the intention of the
Hawaiian sugar king toward the sugar
trust that interested ' the gentleman
of th,o party as the scheme he divulged
for building an addition to the Whito
House. Mr. Spreckels told the coterie
that while experimenting to discover
a process for hardening the sugar beet
for export he recently hit upon a devise
which does the work so thoroughly as
to practically petrify the saccharine.
So hard does it become, according to
Mr. Spreckels' statement, that it is
absolutely insoluable in water and can
not be injured by winds or rains.
Mr. Spreckels proposes to build an
addition to the executive mansion to
be constructed entirely of this hard
ened sgar. He claims that it will be
whiter than the whitest marble, that
he will furnish it at just on-e-half 4tcu
cost of marble, and that af tejrKiua
completed the work itakall be ' care
fully examined bycommittee of ex
perts audi hwti' the committee raises
a sioglfeasonable objection to the
material he will remove tho whole of it
and restore the grounds to tileir orig
inal shape without the cost of one cent
to the government.
Dr. Galvis, at the instanoo of Mr.
Spreckels, is preparing specifications
to submit to the patent office in order
that he ' may protect tho hardening
process,- 'which he has discovered. The
scheme seems to be absurd upon its
face and the idea of using' sugar as
building material will doubtless bring
down lots of ridicule upon the heads
of the projectors, but yet that it ia
feasible ia-quite in the bounds of prob
ability. The attention ot your corre
spondent was directed today to an
article in the Encyclopedia Britbaruca
m which a prolog's 'for 1 hardening
gelatine vas? scribed.; This article
eplJm'i'hdw gelatine is hardened to
such a degree that it can he ami is
used as a matrix for engraved : plates.
So hard does the substance become
under the process that the rai6edwsur
face is forced into soft steel" and the
design is thereby duplicated aa- often
as desired. It .would tteein quite pos
sible, therefore, if gelatine can be so
hardened that there would be no diffi
culty in treating ttugar iu tho same
manner.
Just how -Mr. Spreckels can produce
the hardened sugar so as to sell the
blocks at half tho price of marble has
not jet been explained. Beet sugar-is-to
be usedthe idea being to make the
addition a- peculiarly national struc
ture. WON TEX THOUSAND AN"D I)lllt.
Hit Heirs At Haw Lawing to Oat tkadSLony.
Chicago special : A peculiar suit
against the- "Wells-Fargo Exprese com
pany and two private individuals ha
been begun in the superior court.
Judge Jamieson issued a writ of in
junction, in .the case last evening.
Some months ago Eagene Rawlson,
who lived at Grand Haven,, Mich.,
bought a ticket in a Mexican lottery.
Augut 11 the drawing took plac at
the Citv of t Mexico, and IUwlson&
ticket drew a prize of $10,,0(D(0i. A
noticewas mailed to hiniiby the- lottery
company on . the day of the drawing,
but before the letter-reached Grand
Havcuillawison died.:. It appears from
the allegations in the -bill .filed in the
case in which the.--complainants are
How ana Rawlson, the widow of Eu
gene and Frank V Rawlson, his only
surviving child,, that when the winner
died the ticket was in the possession
of JTacob Baar, ott Grand Haven, along
with a lot of pn?ate papers. The
complainants say that Baar secretly
made an attempt to collect the money
which the ticket drew,, intending to
appropriate it. to has-own use. Baar
came to Chicago . anil shipped the
ticket . to Mexico . through the Wells
Fargo express, at the- same time au
thorizing that company to collect the
money and4bxing.it to. him. The com
plainants say they Sound out what
Baar had, done on the 26th and tele
graphed to .the lotfceiry company notify
ing them, that Baa-? had no authority,
to receive the money and telling them,
not to gjwe it to him. The answer, aa
once came back that the company
could exercise e discretion in the
matter? and that, when the ticket. wa
presented it would have to be paid.
The only remedy left for the RawJbona
was to secure an injunction against the
company, to paevent Baar f roi ccllect
ing; the money when it arrives, here.
The $1.0,000) jjs now on the way,,, and its
appearance in Chicago is anxiously
awaited by all the parties to. the suit.
The injunction, is against the express
company, Baar and Egbert Kollistelle,
of Grand Haven, the last named olaim-
png that ho owned an intereai in the
C A 1 A.
iiCB.et.
Fairfield special: While J. T.
Dumke, living eight miles north of this
place, was cutting sowed corn with a
mowing machine in a field near the
house. Mrs. Dumke laaissed their
three-year-old bady from tho house and
sent the older child to see if it was
with its father. The father not having
seen the child a search was made for
it among the corn. It was soon found
on the opposite side of the field with
both feet completely cut off. The
sickle baTs showed evidence that it
had done the horrible work. It is
supposed that the little OBe had wan
dered into the standing corn, and that
the noise of the machine preveated the
father from hearing the child's cries or
becoming aware of the dreadful work
he had done. The child lived only a
few hours.
The Pavenport creamery made 59,-
C02 pounds of butter in June and July,
and paid out for cream $8,180.
Harnessing ttp Xlijartf
The scheme to put Xiagnra FcTf ia
iiarnesw to do tlie hart) work of muix
is being pushed seriously. The pro
ject at flrH contemplated to the em
ployment of the water 'power to send
pom pressed' air through points whore
it wast to be used to generate power.
The plan has beeit changed to con
veying tlieenergy by electric currcn ts.
Wm." Dickinson, of Washington, pres
ident of tho hydra-da: electric eoni
pnrjr teller a Washington Tost re
Dorter about undertaking as follows:
"Several business iwn of Iluflalo
" l oronto nro interested
in the
project,, and they liavo accural the
necessary grant3 or eoneeseionsfron
the Canadian -anthoritiew to ue thf
water power at ' point above flic
Horseshoe Fall.-Prominent and well
known capitalists have thoroughly
examined theplons, .nd will actively
interest themselves in the work. We
have elaborate reports frorn experi
enced engineers and electricians as to
the feasibility and practicatresults of
the undertaking, and it will in no
way interfere with or mar the beauty
of the scenery at this magnitkent
work of nature."
"How do you intend to utilize tho
waterpower of tho falls?"
"By tunneling under tho bed of tho
Niagara riverat a distance of 500
feet above the falls. At that; point
there is a noeket in the bed of tho
'rj&r where the depth is thirty feet,
wneas tno ueptn eisewnere is oniy
abofi nine feet. Wo expect, . by bor
ing the faiouth of the tunnel atr this,
depth, io escape danger or accident
to mnctyiiery that might be caused,
by floa tlto ice or debris which at vav
rious peo8tns of the-yen r pass - over
the catnrui. ,
VA horsepower of f,000 is already
obtained by private parties from the
canal running.through tho town ot
Niagara FalisVlY., Irom above the"
rapids. The 116."fi Shoe Fall ' is- es
timated to hnvey.' thickness in the.
center of the sheet of not less than
twenty feet, it is 1;8 feet in height
and 2,37G feet wide, "Wtilly
000,000 of cubic feot of water are
eaid to pass over tlmtviull every min
ute. "Of course, wo und48tnnd that,
there nrsejnan.v Ciiirrt.-inrti-
Vies' to overcorre, but ,&lelieve it
can be done. If , we, 3cceed we pro
pose to furnish,rmver to electric rail
way orgjtaitions,-. manufacturing
establishments and -.. contract' lor
lighting at all points within a radi
us of thirty-livo or forty miles. Tlir
transmission of electric currents for '
long distances for then? purposes U
no longer an experiment and is in
puccessiul ojierntion in Kuropo and
in this country."
Warm Weather Work,
Crawling rugs are the latest for
baby's comfort. . Since they are - de
sighed to bespread outon the lloor
for protection from , draughts they
must be thick and Bolt Tho rug
are from one and a half to two and
half 3'ards square and they are made
of heavy llannel blankets, or. two.
thicknesses of ordinary twilled llan
nel inteilined, or two of eider-dowm
flannel without lining. . The decora
tion varies from a broad ribbon
binding to an elabornne embrokler
ed or uppliquvd design
The "crazy patchwork'" craze- is
fortunately abating j rot his country,
but it is said to be gaining at foot
hold in England to theintense aston
ishment of a esthetes. A novel sofa
cushion carried out in silk patches
has the regulation! kaleidoscopic
background, with Japanese Inns done
in satin and velvet scattered over its.
surface. The fans were mado on sep
arate linings and applied after, tho
background was completed.; .
The fancy bazaars have on exhibi
tion new head-rests consisting of two.
small oblong cushionsr. not mor:
than o inches, ny Jliinchcn in eize
tied together with , bows of ribbon..
They are made of printed .silk and
stuffed with down. Ono hangs iu
front of the chairback1, .ono behind it..
These headrests are much, liked at
present in spite of the absurdity of
putting a cushion behinda cliairbuck.
where no head could possibly resfc.
Drawn work being so durablo and
so easily done is as popular, for-sum
naer fancy work as it was a year ago..
Ilaiving ornamented every, piece of
tabfe linen in her poasesHioiii the en
thusiast is now devoting hen-time to
tihe pillow slips and sheets. Time ko.
usetl may not be lost. Love of dainty
and beautiful surroundings shuuhl
be gratified. It is a question, how
ever, whether-sueh time-might not lie
more advantageously, spent iathe
library or the-music room.
A collar andi cuff bag of brown lin
en with a graceful foliage -brnncUoaiN
lined in brown and a band of plush
across the-bottom makes an exceed
ingly pretty and useful ndjunt-t ol
the toilettable; one, moreover which.
is easily made.
A. Woman as a riewlf oe.
The people of tW section are ac
customed to seeing plows pulled by
horses and mules, and very often by
an ox, but until recently thoy had
never seen a woman pulling the plow
while her husband bold the plow,
shares. But such a scene can Ih wit
nessed within a mile ot Mcltno al
snost any day now. Tho parties nro
white, and the husband a preacher
(?) from Ohio. The wife informed the
Enterprise man some time ago that
it was voluntary on her part that
she did the pulling of the plow, hence
the editor has withheld his editorial
respectsin t he premises. McRae (Ga.)
Enterprise.
Fremont special: Superintendent
McCluskey, in the absence of J. W,
Love, is conducting an examination of
applicants for. state professional and
first grade teachers certificates at the
high school building in this city. The
examination began Wednesday and
will be continued until to-morrow
night. A number of educators from
various parts of the state are taking
the examination.
Perkins county old soldiers will hold
a reunion at Madrid, September G.