THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
JULY 20, 1891
STATE NEWS.
Itrtlaf Ilse lUpardlac Kebraaka aad
ttthrwthm rnpU,
Anrera has roted to put in so elro
trio lighting plant.
Fi-e thousand people celebrated the
Fotrth at Randolph.
. Wilcox claims to have the finest kite
shaped track in the Mate.
Chinch bugs are fattening on some
fields of corn near Superior,
For stealing a twenty dollar watch
Oeorg Hill of O'Neill was fined 1100.
It is currently reported that Omaha
will have a union depot in a few yearx
. SoutL Omaha paring bonds to the
mount of 127,000 were recently floated
at par.
The ninth annual Boone county fair
will be held September 20, 21 and 22 at
Albion.
North Platte did not let hard times
tend is the way of Toting f 10,000 for
alectrie light. ,
On account of the money stringency
Harvard has been unable to dispose of
bar school bonds.
' Charles Snyder of Colon is out a span
of mules and fixtures. They were
stolen in the dead of night
The Wallace Herald report! a large
arop of prairie ehickens ia Lincoln
county, almost ripe enough to pick.
Several localities are planning to
celebrate the birthday of the independ
ent party in Nebraska on the 29th inst.
The financial embarassment of the
Canal company at Gothenburg is a seri
ous blow to that young and thriving
ity.
eitizea of South Auburn, died from
' dropsy. He was a soldier in the union
amy. . t .
If the York , Times speaks truly,
. Colonel Duncan Smith celebrated the
marriage of the DuLe of York by get
ting shaved.
They are holding "grave yard pic
ales" at Minnatare, the proceeds to be
. used in purchasing grounds for ceme
, tery purposes.
Since spring opened the boys of Buf
, falo county have , presented 20,007
Eipher scalps to te clerk and received
72.91 therefor.
Since May 1st the police judge of
South Omaha has dealt out even-hand
equity, according to the law and the
vldenoe, in 343 cases.
Dennis McCarty of Plattsraouth has
i broken arm caused by falling out of
' rig. The front wheel ran off, the
sale dropped, and Dennis did the rest
Chauncey B. Wall of York died last
melt at the rine aire of aeventv-eirht
rears. He was a native of. New York
Where the best years of his life were
passed.
"Two weeks ago," says a western
exchage, "we sent statements to over
fifty delinquent subscribers, and up to
Ste have received nothing. Blessed
nothing!"
The nine-year-old son of Oscar Ben-
oett, a ranenman near JNortn riatte,
was thrown from his pony while herd-
' In M.tt.1. hia innt. nauirht In fh it.tr.
rup and he was dragged to death.
Beaver Crossing has a real, live prise
fighter, who recently entertained a
muscular stranger for thirty-two
rounds, when the mill was declared a
iraw. Neither contestant was hurt
Johnny Stilts of Oering lit the fuse
f a cannon cracker and held to the
cracker three seconds too long. The
result may be guessed at, as the doctor
himself is ia doubt as to how much re
maining of his hand can be saved.
A seven-year-old boy of Shubert had
bunch of fire crackers in his pocket,
and a fiendish playmate thought it
would be a great joke to touch them
PU. 1.19 UIU DU RUU fcliTJ UILIO XOl-
lew was badly injured for his amuse
ment The Gothenburg broom faotory has
been in operation about a week, during
which time fifty dozen of brooms have
been finished. The brooms turned out
are equal to those made at any other
factory in the west and there is no
reason why they will not find a ready
market
Two brothers attended the reunion at
Randolph. One brought a girl, the
other came alone. The first went
broke and besought No. 2 to pay his
livery bilL Only upon promise to allow
the girl to go home with him would the
heartless wretch consent The man
who came alone returned with com
pany. The otlwr fellow had to foot it
home,
i can uiKe sixty uouurs, 6am a
North Platte gentlemen who has re
tently returned from the world's fair,
"buy a round-trip ticket to Chicago,
ipend seven days at the fair, live on
three good meals a day get fair lodg
ing RccommodationB, take . in the
theatre several times during my stay in
Chicago and return home with some of
the sixty dollars in my pocket"
A Plattsmouth citizen, under the in
fluence of wine when it glveth its color
to the cup, went to the store of an un
fiertakcr and bargained : fur an expen
live casket. When the suave dealer
was informed, after much parleying,
that the man wanted the coffin for
himself, he drove him out of the shop
and set the dog on him. It was then
the maudlin idiot began to appreciate
the solemnity of the joke.
"The fakir got iu his work on circus
lay with the usual ftuocesa, says the
Blair Pilot "It is a most remarkable
' thing that men of supposed ordinary
tagavity will expect to buy five or ten
dollar bills at two dollars each. Nu
merous smart men saw the fakirs do
ap the larsrr bills In a vol! and watch
ing it so close that they could not be
autaken, purchased at two dollars a
p and rot nothing. A man who la
ever ready to ret something for noth
ing, rarely learns by eaperienee, but
Instead keeps right on getting hit"
A strange aecldent happened to a
man p ut I lornw, VU faing
U town on the river immI he was at
tacked bv an infuriated llulstela bull.
Voaave hie life the etraagw had to
mp lata the river and .aeru a log
whtvh was lying partly above water la
the stream. Tu MoUtetn wa intent
M fere and followed the man elntr,
Theaatmal ia crowing the log, get It
lor feet om all right, but It could gn
Jm iirinrr, mmm inwrv ii iihhiiii itnvu
I H over eihsuu0 In the water sad
was drowned. Tb mae who ! prt
Ue aalmr fury, nrt hably vjovea the
tragi d'riblfc of the tkloua Wvtuv,
though the hxM miikt havefbeea ot von
tuUrabl suvu.r.tt to the ar,
LAUGH ALWAY.
Air scar with el) tear, tn- lnJv
IUrr.fi for Xlm bo that a.ii-s.
Oirr ue tb bnn lhat all sunshine
E'en lo Ibe Urael cbUoe
(;!t m tM iWr Hill maid th it UurhJ
Whne tears till rwr four, ton hfrt.
For he ! Ibr mvtl tbt to flfr your
W1U tear woiciic tobiKt purt.
So and sway will all tf.nl, my luAs
HLrmh for te tt tbit ntnlie..
Give me the be rt tba! a nil aucablne
en in ibe d rket vbilea.
A GIRL'S RANSOM.
No renowned star about to dash in
splendor upon the boards ot a theater
in a large metropolis could have been
waited for with more breathless Im
patience than was Edith Wayne by
the congregation assembled in the
old village church that bright Sep
tember morning. Her black cloth
eacque fitted her trim little form to
a nicety, and the jaunty hat' curved
up behind, with the tall ribbon loops
and feather sprays, with bits of jet
dancing on their tips, surmounted a
head of lightish, fluffy brown hair,
and a fresh face of only twenty sum
mere and winters. Pagetown had re
ceived a shock; and few things short
of an ear tl quake ceuld have so
shaken up the little community as
the sudden determination of Squire
Page, for whose ancestor the town
had been named, to make a change
In the choir of the Congregational
church.
Matilda Prescott had been the head
soprano in the church for the past
fifteen years, with a salary of $75 a
year, which Hqulre Page paid out of
his own pocket as he did all of the
expenses connected with the sing
ing. Something in the nature of an
electric shock passed through her,
therefore, when he called one morn
ing in the summer, and, asking to
speak with her alone, tried to explain
in as few words as possible his rea
sons for wishing to make a change
in the choir arrangements. It was
awkward business and he made an
awkward job of it
"The fact is, Matilda, the world
moves, you know, and we've all got
to move along with it This young
lady has a big voice, I can tell you."
Who is she?" asked Matilda,
faintly.
"She's a Miss Wayne her folks
live somewhere out West; she's
studying at the conservatory. Her
teacher says her voice is phenom
enal, and I believe he's right It
goes along up the scale, you know,
without any perceptible break, from
low A to E in alt, two octaves and a
half, don't you see?"
, "Why don't they give her a posi
tion in the city if she can do so much?"
"Well, they will, by and by, but
she's young yet and hasn't had ex
perience in church music. I've made
up my mind to engage her for a year,
and 1 suppose at the end of that time
they'll want her where they can pay
her more than we can." He did not
say that he bad promised to give her
$400. That was a secret between the
young singer and himself."
Having delivered his message the
sqnlre left the house as soon as he
could. His departure was not de
layed, as poor Matilda was so taken
aback by the news she had heard
that the had no words at hand with
which to make any fitting reply. She
lost no time; however, in going into
the kitchen, where her sinter was at
the waHh tub giving vigorous rubs to
the week's washing.
Jano Prescott was 20 years the
senior of the two, and thoy had long
kept house together, in a snug,
thrifty way. Jane was the manager
and the master spirit, and at 63
years of age retained the vigor of
body and mind she had possessed at 30.
She had assumed the entire charge
of her sister after the death of their
parents, just thirty-one years ago
this summer; and Matilda seemed to
her now almost as much a child as
when she used to harness up the old
white mare, and take her to the little
red brick schoolhouse, two miles
from their home.
"Sister," said Matilda, in a voice
broken by convulsive sobs, "I'm
turnod out of the Binging seats."
"WhatP" snapped out Jane, in a
tone that went stinging through the
room -like a rifle shot
"Yes; that's what Squire Page
came for just now. He says the folks
want young voices In churches, and
he's got a girl about 'JO, who's com
ing In a month or so."
Two fierce, red spots appeared on
Jane Prescott's thin cheeks on hear
ing this concise statement and her
pale, gray eyes looked out with a
menacing glare, as she took o. her
glasses and stood staring at her
sister."
"Don't look like that.Jane.for good
ness' sake; it isn't worth it Of
course I feel badly and shall for some
time; but I suppose it's all right
after utl. You know 1 am getting
old. comparatively speaking."
(Jetting old, Matilda Prescott!
You're a young woman yetH
"No, fnrty-thtve can t be called
young, i .My voice isn't as strong as
it was In-fore the fiver. 1 fairly
tremble when we have a tune with a
hlh U In It I can't be steady. You
know my roU never was cultivated,
and they say that makes all the
difference in the ability to mansj-e it
Well, yen can stanj there and run
jouraelf down if you waat to, but I
say It's a wicked shame, tho whole
thing, lhat girl won't itaylouln
the choir, let n.e tell you, if she
cornea I'll fli It
Why, Jane, what do yon rrearH
slrat let m alone now, ,nd dent
yon say a word to anybody. IW got
to think It all over, 1 shall have
orrethlrg to say attout this thing."
Kdlth ) B. a 1 have said, had
o cvaveptloa of the feeUgg again t
her hh knew nothing of the choir's
history and regarded the waiter of
her earsgement la the light or.! of
tulaes transaction. It had iea
I arrange, i&at in mom cutuo iu
Pagetown each Salurday remaining
at the house of Squire Page until the
Monday following.
She was in splendid voice on this
first Sunday of her appearance in the
choir; her fuU. round tones had a
charmingly sympathetic quality,
and thoee even who could not say a
word on the subject of music felt
that such a voice had never before
been heard in Pagetown.
The following Wednesday was the
day for the monthly meeting of
the sewing circle, which was to meet
on t&is occasion at the house of Dea
con Perkins. There was a much
larger attendance than usual, for all
felt that it would be an opportunity
to get together, and talk over the af
fair which was in the mind of every
one in the parish. There was con
siderable curiosity as to whether the
Prescott sisters would be present It
was soon satisfied Jane entered
alone. She toolc a piece ot work and
seated herself, saying but little to
any one for awhile
When asked why her sister did not
come, she replied that she had gone
away for a few weeks to pay a visit
to a friend. ''he has pretty well
lost her interest in the church work,
and reason enough, too."
Now," said Mrs. Fairchild, plung
ing at once in mediae res, "I don't
think Matilda ought to feel just so,
Jane. I don't like changes, myself,
and I thought we were getting along
well enough with the old choir, but
we can't all view things alike, you
know." '
If they'd only a good, respectable
girl, I wouldn't have said a word."
"Why, you don't know anything
against Miss Wayne, do you? I
thought she seemed a sweet, inno
cent little thing as ever was, myself."
"Well, if you call a shoplifter an
innocent little thing, I've no more to
say."
A what!" shuddered Mrs. Fair
child, in a stifled, husky whisper, her
very amazement deadening her
power to articulate audibly.
"That's what she is," said Jane,
nipping her lips together. "I saw
her in a store in Boston, one day last
spring, as plain as I see you now.
She was standing right by me, at the
ribbon counter, and she deliberately
took up a roll of pink ribbon and put
it under her cape. But the floor
walker happened to be close by, and
saw what she had done, and he took
her by the arm and marched her off."
"Where to?" faltered Mrs. Fair
child, in another frightened whisper.
"I can't tell you that I never saw
her afterwards, until she walked into
church last Sunday. But I wouldn't
have her in my house, that's all."
Can it be as George Eliot asserts,
with her terrible psychological analy
sis, that "there are moments when
our passions speak and decide for us,
and we seem to stand by and wonder?"
Certain it was that to Jane Pres
cott had come an "inspiration of
crime." She had not premeditated
this, but she had given the demon
within her the heartiest welcome,
and had bidden him crush this young
Interloper by any means in his power,
and now she was hurried along to
this definite charge in spite of her
self. She was not cognizant of much
that passed around her the rest ot
that afternoon. She was one of the
first to leave, and reached her home
dizzy and sick, and in a complete
palsy of terror.
The poisoned arroV did its work.'
Before the evening of the next day
the charge against Edith Wayne was
known all over the village. Squire
Page himself, enthusiastic as he had
been in favor of the young singer be
gan to feel that perhaps he had been
too hasty in selecting a person oi
whom he knew absolutely nothing..
The girl was charmingly modest in
manner, it was true, and seemed hon
est and sincere but it was bo easy
for impostors to assume such ways.
He had known Jane Prescott all his
life so had many others of the
townspeople and the one thing that
never once occurred to any of them
was to doubt this woman's wcrd.
Friday had come, the girl must be
notified; it would never do to have
her come again among them. It was
a cloudy day and Bearing dusk. Jane
had been informed that the squire
intended going up to town in the
early evening, and for what purposo.
He luust pass her houae on the way
to the station. Already had Jane
Prescott returned to her normal conditio.-..
Already was she repenting
what she had done with a bitterness
of misery and remorse she had never
dreamed could exist in the soul ot
mortal.
Squire Tage was hurrying to the
station; for, as usual with him, bo
had given himself larely time to
reach it before the train would ar
rive. So he did not see the white
t 'ace at the parlor window of Jane
: 'rescolt s house, and that tho front
door stood wide open, and he did not
know that a wild-looking figure bad
darted out of the door and was call
ing to him. but with a voice that
could not ralae Itself enough to be
heard, as we try In a dream to shout
and are controlled by a power, arbU
trary and unaccountable. Her limbs
had not failed her, however, and she
spei on after hlro. reaching the sta
tion a the train slowed up As he
was about to step upon the forward
ear she sprang and selied htm tight
ly by the arm. Ho turned to the
moving Hps, with no sound Issuing,
and the fulness of despair la the
withered faN, and at one the story
was told.
Jane I'reaeott had recejted a para
It .a' shovk. whtvh deprived her ot
Uva power of articulate tpeV-but
hr written confeaaloa tlaftd th
little community to full that the
svandat died out at tuice, a&4 the
jountf Ui;(vr never fait PU h r b,-oW
the faintest breath if the afelrlwlad
that had well atrb. swept her away.
American l'vlUUr,
Tobaece Pmtmw4 Hie Nerves and
Stomach and Injured His Health."
Valparaiso, Ind.. Nov. 26. 1892.
Sterling Ktmtdy Company, S'o. 45 Ran
dolph St., Chiraijo:
Gektliuen: I used three boxes of
NO-1 0-B AC, and it destroyed my teste
lor tobacco. Bef r I began Its use i
bad very poor health heart trouble,
and my nerves were all gone; in fact
mr neaim was so baa tua; l soia my
store and spent a year out of doors to
improve my health; I was too nervous
to work. NU-TO UAU cured me, and
my health is better than it has been for
many and many a day, and I am only
too glad to give you the liberty to use
this statement in ordtr that many
others, who are being destroyed by the
use of tobacco, may see It and be saved.
(Signed.) .T. B. Hart.
NO-TO BAC is absolutely guaranteed
to cure any form of the tobacc? habit;
you csn buy It at H. T. Clark Drug Co.
Lincoln. Neb., our agents. Call and
get a copy tf our little book, entitled
Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke lour
Life Away." " 1
Half Rat Summer fxeuralons e
the Black Hills.
Julv 15 to Aueust 15 the B. & M. will
sell round trip tickets to Hot Springs
and Dead wood, S. D , at one fare, good
returning for 30 days.
This affords an excellent opportunity
of making a cheap and enjoyable trip
to these cool resorts and should. b3
taken advantage of by everyone con
templating a summer trip. Tickets
and fall Information at depot or city
office, corner O and Tenth streets.
a. v. ziemer, u. r. ana i. a.
1 1 5-OC-To the World's Fair-t 1 8.00
Special excursions via the "Burling
ton Route" to Chicago, will leave Lin
coln Ju'y 17, 24, 31, and August 7.
Ktuna trip lare only via w. (Joe way,
$9.65 Tickets and full Information at
B & M. depot or city office, corner O
and Tenth streets.
Am going east Professor Ocg of
the Omaha College of Shorthand and
Typewriting is instructed to sell mv
$60.00 life scholarship for $19.00. Set d
aim liaiw and he will itsue a life
scholarship in your name. Show this
to your friend. Write at once. Geo
8. Currie, "Gen. Del.," Omaha, Neb,
The World' Pair.
The seven Wonders of the world
were playthings and dull ones at that
when compared with the Columbian
Exposition of 1893.
All the leaning towers and ruined
pyramids and gigantic bridges and
other so-called marvels of the old world,
together wouldn't form such a specta
cle as there is now to be seen, not a
thousand miles away.
words cannot describe It But if
you take the Burlington route to Chi
cago you can see it for yourself. Bon
nell at the depot or Zlemer at 10th and
O Sto. will give you information abou'
trains and help make your jouroe
pleasant and profitable. Excursio
everyday.
Use Northwestern line to Chicsgo.
Low rates. Fast trains. Office 1133
OSt
Missouri Pacific Railway.
Ticket Office at Depot and corner Twelfth and
U b tree ia.
Leaves. Arrives.
Auburn and Neb Citv Exp....
St. Loaia day Kxpreaa
Auburn and Neb. City Exp..
St. Louia night Expreaa.. .
Aecomocation
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5:30 pm
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6:45 am
8:15a m
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Union Pacific Railway
DEPOT, CORNER OF A AND FOURTH 8TREITB
TICKET OFFICE, I04I 8TMEET.
Leave.
Arrive.
Omaha, Council Biuffa j
Chicago, Valley, east
and west !
Beatrice, Dlue Springs. 1
Manhattan east and 1
west, Topcka, Kansas i
City, east and south. J
David City, Stromsburg.
Sioux City, David Citv,
l olun bug, Denver, I
Salt Lake, Helena.
San Francisco and
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Beatrice and Cortland. . .
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For Catalogue and Prices address.
Western Mnnagor,
OMAHA, NEB.
HAWTHORNE
WESTERN NORMAL CO
, 266 Feet Front.
Second Lard Normal
rrHIS SCHOOL Is now in full tieailou !u a'l lti 1frsrtn!(-nt-betwefn 70S sod CC0 MucVnta In
actual attendance. There baa been at U sat f2lti IW) treat j,, buildings in 188?, and we need
sn equal amount in 1893. We need new 50 to 78 botrnei to accommedate the itudenti. We are
selling lota from J.'jO 00 to WOO on eaty (erti'a and it It s first rlasa bance to double year money
wltbio the next 12 monibt, Buy a lot, build a house; It will , ay for itwlf -.itt.ii, five years.
the
THE WESTERN NORMAL,
Is situated on blgh rolling ground overlooking it, ''j!tol city-a rltv of fifi.OOO people-and Is
connected with the city ey electriv rare. Hawiht n 1-1 kj i-m i tl e frn property around the
city of Lincoln and la the place to educate your cblidrea. Ton have city advantages with country
tax. If you are thinking of sending your children to school bny a lot. build a bouae and rent a sart
of It it will pay all expenses, and will pa) for itself iu a abort time. We also have some
email tracts of land near the college frem one to thirty acres lust the thing for gardening and
near the W stern Normal will sell cheap and on easy terms. For any information in regard to
lots and lands at or near Western Normal call on or write,
BARBER & FOWLER,
ROOM 10-1041-0 St ,
CHAS. TRAPPER & CO.,
m WHOLESALE
Feed & Hay Dealers.
Corn in car lots for feeders a at
turns. Refer to Missouri National Bank.
J 2th Hickory Sts lansat City, Mo,
HOT SPRINGS. SOUTH DAKOTA.
The Invalid's Mecca The Tourist'
Dellgnt.
Every individual afflicted with rheu
matism, kidney affectlor, nervousr ess,
dyspepsia, debility from any caue,
would do well to visit Hot Springs, and
with strong assurance of cures or grent
relief being effected.
, There too, and in other portions of
the Black Hills, will be found unusual
delight for the sightseer, student and
artist.
The Elkhorn Railway, "North
WeBtern Line" i now running a
through sleeper dally to Hot Springs.
Low round trip rates given. Call or
write for full information.
A. S. Fielding, City Ticket Agent.
1133 O street, Lincoln, Neb.
W. M. Shipman, Gen'l Agent.
& Taylor Machinery Company.
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10" flsSa,','""
ON THE HILL
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Cote in America.
seat of
Lincoln, Neb.
Consignments solicited. Good sales. Prempt rt
J. E. JOHNSON, Manager.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW.
The other day. ia speaking of the im
proved facilities for luxurious tnel m
this country saya:
"We are abandoning the old rystero.
of lighting the cars with kurosene
lamps, and more thai half the coaches
have already been equipped with the
most improved and the safest system of
lighting known In this country or
Europe. With the nt-w Pintech lamp
there can be no possibility of danger
from explosion or otherwise, as the
apparatus U all out side and under the
car, and in the event of mishap, the
fixtures become detached and the gas
escapes into the air."
Th brilliant Plntsch light, the finest
car illuminant in existence, now in use
on the Union Pacific System fulfills all
the requisite conditions so happily
noted by Mr. Depew.
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