SIOUX COUNTY JOURNAL
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STATE NEWS.
HE MAMA MSCEIUNEOUS HATTERS.
Eastern capitalists are buildin; a
large block of bricks ia Broken Bow.
The packing house at Niobrara
commenced killing operations last week.
The Fierce county farmers' alli
ance is to be beld at Plainriew Decem
ber 28.
It ia said that a colony of negroes
about thirty families will locate at
Wymore.
Mrs. Jolia Ward Howe lias been en
gaged for a lecture before the Haydou
art crab of Lincoln.
Douglas county experts to rote a
quarter of a million dollars aa a bridge
subsidy December 3.
Niobrara voted $9,000 in bonds in
aid of the constructiou of the Niobrara
& Sioux Reservation railway.
The great railroad bridge across the
Missouri river at Rulo bos been form
ally turned over to the company.
The depot at Stantou was destroyed
by fire last week. Occupants of the
building barely escaped burning.
There were only seven votes against
the proposition to issue .i;S,000 worth ol
bouds for water works at Wymote.
Charles Thomas, a roofer, fell from
the roof of Swift's packing house at
South Omaha, and fractured three ribs.
Scarcity of v. ater in the Missouri
river has put the Nebraska City water
works to considerable trouble snd ex
pense. The Express says that Boatrice is
big enough and rich enough to afford
metropolitan advantages and proposes
to have them.
T. IC Bradley has been appointed
councilman at Nebraska City to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation ol
. S. Haw ley.
The first trip of the fast mail train
through the state resulted in the death
of three section men and seriously in
juring a fonrth.
Silas Wood, an Omaha Indian, con
victed of adultery by a Thurston coun
ty jury, was sentenced to one day in
jail and fined $1.
A canning factory is being talked
of at Madison and Bnuker Stunrt offers
to take one-fifth of the stock if a com
pany is organized.
I he public reading room at Falls
City has been reorganized for the win
ter by the ladies, who have secured
about 900 volumes.
Fourteen young ladies of York have
organized a Young Women's Christian
Temperance Union at an adjnnot to the
married ladies' organisation.
In the late republican eonrentiou at
Omaha H took 368 ballots to nominate
candidate fnr mirnr Tlia
J . . auw LUU U
tion sjttwelv consecutive hours.
l'be state law taxing insurance com
panies for the support of fir companies
in the cities of the staU has been de
clared unconstitutional by Judge Hope
welL C. F. Boyd and 8. B. Turner, can
didates for the clerkship at the recent
election in A ins worth, which was a tie,
cast lots, which resulted in a victory for
Boyd.
M. W. Hunt, of Grant, is a cham
pion checker-player, he having won the
prize offered by a New Hampshire
checker-player for the solution of a
problem.
A number of students at Lincoln,
who placed obstructions on the street
car tracks, paid the sum of $00 to the
company to settle the matter outside
the courts.
The proposition to bond Thurston
county was defeated. Although the
county has been organized less than n
year it owes over $10,000 with not a cent
in sight to pay it
I The Puwuee couny Snnday school
convention tabled a resolution pledg
ing the Sabbath schools of the county
to work, pray and vote for the pending
prohibitory amendment
The residence of J. Towner Smith,
an old and wealthy citizeu of Fremont,
caught fire last week. The building
and part of the contents were damaged
to the extent of $1,000. No insurance.
A meeting is to be held in Omaha
en the 18th ef December for the par
pose of organizing a central prohibition
league, embracing the states of Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and the two Dakota.
In Omaha the other day, while
witching cars, one of them ran off a
siding and crashed into a shanty, tear'
in; it to pieces. A man named Kirk
land, sleeping therein, was instantly
killed.
At the meeting of the State Horti
cultural society in Jaunary, Acting
Chancellor Beeeey, of the state nui-
-. :f ..ml
vanity, win prepare a paper upon lue
Fertilization, Crossing and Hybridiza
tion of Plants."
Captain George E. Jenkins, of Fair
btiry, captain of company D, N. N. G.,
has been promoted to the position of
eolonel on the staff at Governor Thayer.
Lien tenant John Heasty will be chosen
captain rn bis stead.
The Ogalolla Milling company have
ever 95, 00 bnshels of grain for future
nee, which amonut. together with thnt
purchased from farmers through the
winter, is expected to supply the mill
for Abe next ten mouths.
K 1 The father of Andrew Richardson,
41m little Crawford boy who was so bad
ly fctnt tear she exploeioa of a dynamite
aartrtdfe wear the B. ft If. tnnne), has
rtaHri ! t-e raMreertees
afty for f,tedsjescs.
By some means a tramp that was
confined iu the county jail at Falls City
awaiting trial under the charge of bur
glary, in breaking iuto Meost's elevator
and tapping the safe, pried the jail door
off the hinges and escaped.
The yoiiuglsdy representing the
First National bank of Superior, in the
trade carnival tit Superior, wore a cos
tome covered with bank notes to the
amount of $8,000 and carried $5,000 iu
a basket, making a total of $13,000.
At Nebraska City, Harry Millei
gave all his money, together with an
endorsed check for $40, in care of Tom
Zimmerman, while the former went on
a spree. Miller is sober now, but Zim
merman is missing and the check has
been cashed.
John F. Ileum, who had been men
tioned for councilman from the Second
ward, of Omaha, declined to run and in
his letter says: "Times are bard nnd
ward bummers are hungry, nnd I can
not afford to spend $1,000 to secure a
$000 office."
Nipht Watchman Fuermsn, who
killed Saloonkeeper Schweuk at West
Point a fen days ago, bos been taken to
Omaha for safe keeping. West Point
people are of the opinion that he would
have been lynched had he remained in
Cnming county.
Mrs. Bush, of Omaha, whose daugh
ter wax some mouths ago run over and
injured by a driver of the Garneau
cracker company, sued tbeconipauy for
SI 0,000. Last neek the cose was tried,
the jury rendering a verdict for 6,500
for the plaintiff.
Perry Thompson, of Palmyra, has
commenced action iu the district court
against Lafayette Meacham for $1,000
damages. - The latter accused the plain
tiff of having stolen some articles and
had a search warrant issued but failed
to substantiate the charge.
-The drug store of Dr. A. D. Root t
Co., Crete, was closed by the sheriff un
der attachment suit of the State bank
of that city. The bank's claim is $6,
005.23. There are numerous smaller
claims of wholesale bouses iu Omaha,
Lincoln, Chicago and St. Louis.
At Lincoln Charles Brown was held
up by two negroes, who went through
him in the most approved fashion. One
of the would-be robbers covered bun
with a revolver while the other searched
his person for the filthy lucre. Find
ing none they skipped out and were
not arrested.
-While William Drew wosleadiug his
horse along the streets of Dorchester
the animal dropped dead. In falling,
the bone struck Mr. Drew, crushing
him beneath its weight and breaking
his right leg. On account of his ad
vanced age the accident is a serious one
to the old gentleman.
-The ferry plying between Santee
agency and Springfield, S. D., bos tied
up for the winter, the water in the
Missouri not being deep enough for
navigation. The stream is so shallow
that it can be forded in many places,
and old river men say this has not hap
pened within the last thirty years.
Isaac Crist, of Elkhorn, met with n
serious Accident while on hit way home
from Fremont He was sitting with
one foot over the edge of the wagon
box when the wagon ran into a rat and
threw him out. His foot canght in the
spokes of the wheel, resulting in the
fracture of the bones ef the leg above
tho ankle.
The answer of the railroad in the
matter of the complaint of the Farmers'
Co-operative Grain and Elevator com
pany of Osceola against the Omaha
Republican Valley company has been
received in the office of the board of
transportation. The road enters a gen
eral denial of the allegations made by
the complainant.
The establishing of a branch of the
Noble sewing machine factory at Weep
ing Water, has given the town a new
lease of life. A representative of the
city has gone to Erie, Pa., for the pur
pose of inducing the owners to remove,
to Weeping Water the entire Noble ma-,
chine factory, the machinery alone of
which cost $100,000.
Ex-Mayor Foxworthy, of Lincoln,
was in Baitings lost week with a suit
for damages for injuries received by
falling upon nn icy sidewalk about three
years ago. The case has been tried
three times and taken to the supreme
court, and as many times remanded for
a new trial. Mr. Foxworthy is a good
stayer, to say the least.
William Warren, of Bellwood, had
a mare stolen from him September 2.
.He traced the thief to Howard county.
where he found him. The thief stated
that be had disposed of the animal to
some horse traders in Council Bluffs,
who, iu turn, liad sold it to one John
son. When Warren related the facts to
Johnson the latter gave npthe mare.
Ponca capitalists are taking nn in
terest in the "New South," and are in
vesting heavily in timber land in Mis
souri and Arkansas. John Stongh and
8. K. Bitlenbender will leave iu a few
days for northern Arkansas, where they
own several hundred acres of timber,
and make preparation for eutting and
shipping it
At West Point the other night Offi
cer Fenrman went into Carl Schwenk's
saloon to see some one, and was ordered
out by Schweuk. He refused to go and
stepped bock to the door and said, "yon
can't put me out," at the same time
drawing a revolver. Schweuk grabbed
him by the pistol hand and by the
throat, pushing him against the door
and into the corner of the room. Fenr
man then wrenched his hand loose and
fired1 three shots 'into the body of
Sclureak, two peeving tbrbngh the head,
either one of which wonld have caused
instant death. -Feurman was then as-;
sasjlted bf GeisesB, and fired two shots
a kirn, both Uklng effeet
CONGRESS IS C0M1XG.
AKO XHK hrKdKKKHHIP 1 ATTMJCT
isa MICH ATTKXTIOX.
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Break In Hii Kaatara LlaM-'lMl
Meaeleraaa, tf lii M ark l
S.im-1 itrtart af albra
Mratbara ta IMsruaa Nailers - IVand
OaWre Derlalona.
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WsHHiKfiTOX, Nov. 22. Omaha Bee
special. Mr. Reed has goue to New
York. He will be absent three or four
days. He will try to mend the break
in bis eastern line. Not only has a New
England member dropped out of Reed's
ranks, but it is asserted on good au
thority thatft'orte to apply the nnited
vote in the New York and Pennsylvania
delegations have failed, and at least half
a dozen members from each state stand
out against the Maine candidate and
refuse to be whipped in. Reed stock
thus declines and that of all the west
ern candidates is np to-night. Western
and southern members are using with
telling effect the record of Mr. Reed
on river and harbor bills, and the fact
that he is opposed to silver coinage and
dodged on the question of free wool
when a vote was recently taken upon
it. Cards are being passed around
among the southern and western mem
ber) showing Mr. Reed's record on the
river and harbor hi 11k. During the last
twelve sessions of congress, during
which twelve river and harbor bills were
before the house, Mr. Reed voted for
two of them only. It looks to-night as
thongh a western man w ill be speaker
of the Fifty-first congress.
A HENDERSON BOOM.
Colonel Dave Henderson, of the
Hawkeye state, received a boom to-day
in his speakership campaigu and his
friends are very confident to-nisht.
Senator Allison without unduly inter
fering with the affairs of the other
bouse, is doing all he cau possibly do to
help Colonel Henderson to the speak
ership. The senator was asked to-day
what he thought of the outlook.
"I don't think anyone has won yet,"
ho answered. "The people of Iowa are
for Colonel Henderson and the lon-a
delegation is for him solidly and firmly.
They think no one has auy better
chance than lie has of election. They
expect him to be ieaker."
"His friends are coming right ulong
now," said Repr nentative Couger, of
iowa, who was iu the senator's compa
ny. "We know that the matter is by
no lienns nettled yet, and we expect
him to be elected."
In answer to a question concerning
the Iowa legislature, the senator said it
was safely republican. As to the two
members of the legislators whom some
dispatches have said might join the
democrats to secure the election of a
new senator, be said that he heard no
mote talk of that lately.
Colonel Henderson's headquarters
present quite a lively appearance this
evening. One thing much in his favor
now isHhe fact that having been born
iu a foreign country (Scotland) he is not
eligible to the presidency of the United
States and therefore his elevation at this
time would in nowise interfere with
those having bees buzzing iu their bon
nets. Ex-Governor Gear of Iowa, whose
rather spare figure was rendered con
spicuous by a flannel .shirt and a broad
rimmed slonch hat, entertained a num
ber of bis old friends and acquaintances
at WillurdV to-uight The Iowa states
man is not taking as active a part in pol
itics these days ns he has iu the past,
but is interested euough in the speaker
ship contest to come to Washington to
put in a good word for his friend,
Henderson. He has just arrived and
does not care to venture an opinion on
tli o situation except to say Rome of tho
other candidates were claiming alto
gether too much.
THE SOUTUCRN CONFEBF.SCB.
The expected conference of the south
ern representatives which was said to
have been held was not held, for the
reasou tliat only four of the seventeen
members nre here. There bus been a
great deal of discussion about the pur
poses of this caucus, it being generally
assumed that the members would meet
to discuss the speakership and tiuite as
a body of seventeen votes, so they could
make their demands and name their
price, the general understanding being
Hint Mr. Adams of Maryland, for door
keeper, was to be the consideration for
their support. This, it cm be stated
upon excellent authority, is erroneous.
The meeting of the southern consress
men, whenever it is held, will not seek
to bind the members to any one candi
date, nor will Mr. Adams' canilidncy
figure in the meeting to any great ex
tent. There is a general disposition on
the part of all congressmen, so far as
they have been heard from, to divide the
good offices of the house. There is a
gem nl consent, mid willingness to give
Maryland the doorkeepership, ns that
portion of the patronage ought to go to
tliesonth. It is thought, that on that ao
count Pennsylvania's chances fr tho
clerkship will be somewhat affected.
The real purpose of the southern con
ference will be to disenss the commit
teeships of the next house. The south
ern members feci that there are a num
ber of matters of vital interest to their
section on which there must be legisla
tion this coming session. One of these
is, of course, the Blair bill, another the
internal revenue taxes on tobacco mid
brandies, another the question of sugar
bounties, and the conference's puriwse
is to arrange things among themselves
so that they shall be placed in their
right positions on the committees be
fore which this matter will come iu the
coming session. It is likely thnt in
this connection limy will desire to bear
from every siKsiikership aspirant, but
they will enter into no bargain with
any eaiiilnliile. It can tie readily un
derstnod thnt the candidate who prom
ises them the most liberal representa
tion nn the committees will gain their
votes.
Z.AJTD OFFICII DECISIONS,
Assistant Secretary Chandler, of the
interior department, to-day rendered a
number of decisions in Nebraska land
cases. In the flnse of llenjaiiiiu l1-Williamson
vs. William B. Weiiner, itrvolv
ing the timber culture entry covering
the southeast J of section 18, township
29 north, range 14 west, Niobrara land
district, the assistant secretary affirms
the deeieiou of the commissioner of the
general land office, -JV '"I
try for cancellation. , , "7"
charge, that the entry man sold h in
terest in the entry and the assistant sec
retary in his decision ssjs:
It is immaUrial whether the papers
for the same were l-roperlv exec iiled
and acknowledged. If the claim ant, for
a valuable consideration received, M
the claim and his improvements thereon,
no matter how the were wade
out. his interest in the claim is at an
end.' , , ,i
The sislnt ecietnry nfnrmea Hie
decision of the wimmissiouer rejecting
the application of Arthur 13. Cornish to
make timber culture entry for the went
lof the southwest i and the west J. of
the northwest i of section 29 on1;P
15 north, rau.-e 26 west, North 1 latte
district. . , i ,i,a;
The commissioner s decision holding
for cancellation the timber culture eu
try of John Stranhouse npou the south
west i of section 11, township 2 north,
range 2 west. North Platte district, was
likewise affirmed. .
A rehearing was ordered in the uome
stesd appeal case of Ruhf U. Van Brunt
vs. Andrew J. llammon involving the
east I of the northwest J of the north
west i of the northwest i of section 2,
and the northwest of the northwest J
of the northeast i of section 11, town
ship 15 north, range 22 west, North
Platte district. The commissioner re
fused the application to grant a bearing,
and appeal was taken to the secreUry of
the interior.
Kw York's (haaiku f 'owiaarce
man Wlib 'lvlane.
New Yobk, Nov. 21. -The 121st an
nual dinner of the chamber of com
merce at Delmouico's was attended by
200 members. Ex-Prcsidenl Cleveland,
Secretary Noble, J notice Miller of the
supreme court, General Sherman, Con
gressman MeKinley, C. M. Depew, Carl
Sehurz, General O. O. Howard, Senator
Hiscock, Horace White. K. P. Flower.
O. U. Potter, Erastus Wim.in, Henry
Villsrd. E. F. Shepard, ex-Miuister L.
J. Phelps, William Steinwsy, V. N.
Bliss, (Jlmtor B. I'isk and many other
prominent citizens were guests.
Mr. Cleveland, who arrived late, was
greeted by a storm of applause. He
was recently elected an honorary mem
ber of the chamber of commerce, and
his toast was to the honorary members.
Upon being introduced in a speech by
President Smith, Mr. Clevelaud liegun
by thanking the body for the honor
conferred upon him. He considered
himself fortnnnte in thns being con
nected with the business included in the
organization. Knowledge of the busi
ness interests of the country should aid
in the duties ef citizenship. It would
be a great benefit to the country if more
business men were in the national legis
lature. Some dangers that beset our
political life could then be more safely
met. Mr. Cleveland humorously refer
red to what had sometimes leen said as
to the positions of ei-pre$idciits. Some
one suggested that they be token out
nud shot He demurred to that idea,
and his own suggestion would be that
they simply bs left to earn their owu
living the same as other people. Mr.
Cleveland's remarks wero cordially re
ceived. Aw Invanlar Wbo Never Hrralrrd Ik
Atartl af Hla M .rK.
Moldf.w, Mass., Nov. 21. A mm who
claims to have been the original iuveu
tor of the Monitor was sent to the West
boro insane hospital yesterday. His
nemo is Joseph W. Norcross. His
insanity was caused directly by the re
fusal of Secretary of the Navy Whitney
to adopt a model' for a life boat winch
he designed. His wife substantiates
his statement that he was tho original
designer of the Monitor and says that
be submitted bis designs to Gideon
Wells, then secretary of the navy, to
gether with a model for a gnn turret.
He claims that these models it pre turned
over to Ericcson, who built the Moni
tor. He says he watched the construc
tion of the beat nnd told Ericcson that
it would sink, ns it was not being built
according to his model and the truth of
his prediction was verified, though not
until he had smile the Merrimno. Nor
cross also claims to have first invented
the screw propeller and tnistiug block,
and that he was the origins! inventor ef
the barbed wire fence, models of which j
he had on exhibition for a long time j
previous to its being adopted, but he
has made very little money out of his
inventions, localise they were stolen by
capitalists. He superintended the build
ing of the Rochester viaduct and was
offered thesnperiiitendency of construc
tion of the Erie canal, lie is reported
to have been wealthy once, hut he is a
poor man now. He is almost 80 years
oiu.
Agalnat Hi Liquor Traffic.
CniCAOo, Nov. 22. The national con
vention of "Churches of God in Christ
Jesus closed in session yenterdny by
the adoption of radical resolutions de
claring against the liquor traffic and the
sale of narcotics and endorsing tho
eflorta of the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union and the society of Good
lemplars. 1 he committee on ways and
means reported in favor of voluntary
contribution! by the church meiuliers,
uni mmsKii viuii mecnii relies contribute
one fourth of the total n mount to tho
stale evangelistic work. The committee
further recommended thatllio members
give one-tcuth of their unmml incomes
to the suport of the church. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected dur
ing the afternoon as follows: President,
R. H. Dwiggers of Renssaia r, lud.';
vice president, Samuel WiUon, New
York; secretary, A. J. Eychaner, Belle
Plaine, la. ; corresponding secretary, j.
W. Wilson, Chicago; treasurer. George
SETTLING CONTESTS.
rum mtr f w mk
vorK, riniaiieipiiin Executive board
L. Chase, Adrian, Mich.;Gerj:o Elton'
Cleveland; J. H. Wiley, Rensselaer!
liiu.. ana me omcers. Two
trtii-..l
evangelists were nominated H, V.
Rhode of Cbicngn. fur the. n m.,A V
II. Wiloy of Reussuloer, lud.,' iu the
weai.
"Ira. rarnall ttlliiioa.
Nbw York, Nov. 20. -Since thesb.rv
oi Airs, i amen s distress was scut out
money bus been pouring iu upon her
irom nil sides, it looks now u though
she not only would be free from f,. !!..
wont, but the sum of the entire tnort-
un mo piacnn ui lie quickly raised
" ..., wii.. iicis as overseer at
ina pi'Kw, wuu lo-rniy tnat naif ,r ,iei.
titiitiiiu hajl not ItftAn t..M
to the statement thnt ha al.,.i.i ' i""?
to keep the himsn, Slevin ssvs that tha
fact is lie boa bad to sell all th, u" .
miy low au.i luMi cut sad anld wood to
pay for the winter' food. oiT .
etorekeeiier in Bordentow,,, 8l.,in
would trust Mrs. Pamell for a
worth of goods. "l
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Wa.hinotos, Nov. 23.- Some of the
leading republican members of the
home have perfected a plan which tbey
believe will result in the immediate set
tlement of the four contested election
coses.
When the house is called together for
the first sersiou of the Fifty-first con
gress General Clark, the present clork,
will preside and will administer the oath
to the members. It is not designed to
interfere with the administration of the
oath to any of the members, but as soon
as all those wbosecertilicntes of election
are iu the bands of the clerk are sworn
iu some republican will move thnt the
credentials held by Mcsam. Smith, Mo
Ginnis nnd Atkiuton of West Virginia
and Mudd of Maryland, be received and
that they be given the seats for which
Messrs. JoeksoD, Alderson. Pendleton
and Compton, reflectively, hold certifi
cates. It is argued on the republican sidn
that these men were clearly elected and
that they nre deprived of their certifi
cates by frond. Jt is expected thnt
General Clark will lefuse to submit the
motion to the honie, whereupon the
member who makes the motion will sub
mit it himself, nnd as there will be a
majority of republicans present it is
believed thnt the motion will prevail
and that the four gentlemen will be
able to bold their seats until the ques
tion cnu be judiciously, determined by
the proir committee as to the right of
the resjiectiva claimants of the seats in
question, in other word the scheme
is to make coubvitees out of the f )ur
contestants, and vice versa.
It is argued in support of this plan
that the house is, under the constitution,
the sole judge of the rights of its own
members to the seats wiihin the body
ai.d thnt the membois present at the
opening of the ceiniug congress csn
start iu next month exactly as (lid
the first honse of representatives 100
years ago. The move will not be with
out precedent, ns nt the oeiiing session
of the Twenty-fifth congress three
members from New Jersey claimed that
they bad beeu defrauded nut of the
seats to which they were entitled. The
three men holding tiie certificate were
sworn iu, whereupon John Quincy
Adams moved that the contestants be
declared entitled to the seats winch
had been given to the contestees. The
clerk refused to submit the motion to
the bouse and Mr. Adams himself as
sumed the responsibility of doing so.
The motion was put and carried and
three gentlemen were sworn in and
they sat through the entire congress.
If the plan is successful iu the present
caso it will result in increasing the re
publican membership to 173 and the re
duction of the democratic number to
157. It is not known yet who will be
selected to t ike the initiative, but there
is certainly a movement of the kind on
foot
WKSTKRKERS WtX A POINT.
Western-candidates -for the speaker
ship consider that they have won n good
point in having the caucus which is to
make the nomination meet nt noon in
stead of at night on Snturday of next
week. This will give time in' the evcut
there is a deadlock or long continued
balloting to make combinations, as the
caucus, if prolonged, will nniurally ad
journ about 5 o'clock iu tho afternoon
until 8 o clock iu the evening.
The call for the caucus wns taken
around to tho candidates first for their
signatures by Mr. McComns of Mary
land, who in inclined to support a west
ern candidate. Colonel Henderson of
Iowa wanted the caucus held on Friday
night, which would in the event of de
lay in making a choice imvb the western
candidates more time to make combina
tions. 1 ho Situation to-nli-lit is nrni-ti-
eally unchanged from . that of tweuty-
iour uours since.
IOWA AND 1MKOTA CHOPS.
The monthly crol) renoi t marln nnli.
lia to-day by tho secretary of agricul
ture contains me lotion nig in reference
to the condition of crops iu Iowa:
"Tho drouth beginning in August
and extending through tlio remainder
ofthesenson has diminished the yield
of corn to some extent by causing a
shrinkage and a pccnlinr ripening, nud
has impaired thequnlity by producing
a looseness on tho cobs, or whot is
termed 'loose corn." This remark,
however, only applies to n part of tho
crop, which was backward or where tho
drouth was most severe. The remain
der is sound aud excellent iu every re
spect The hay, although a good crop, is a
little short of lost year's yield, owing
to insufficient rain early in the season.
Ihe quality of tho crop as a whole is
good.
The following appears for Dakola as
a whole:
"in the dronth-slricken portions or
the state the corn crop is almost it total
I'm ".re'0,,t in southeastern and
Jthick Hills portion the yield is fair.
1 ohitoes are excellent iu finally, but
fur below an average yield. Hut littlo
tame hay is raised. The wild prairie or
upland hay is very light, vet the hike
beds and marshes afford a very fair crop.
DismssEn thk Ai'PKAr..
smiUnt Secretary of the Interior
('handler to-day dismissed the appeal of
Joseph E. iiim.el involving the south,
east quarter of section 22, township 13
north, range 43 west. It appears that
Jinxzel filed a pre-emption declaratory
statement April 23, IWS.aud in order to
obtoin money mth which to improvethe
u r 1,18 n"", w,'cn "6 William
i M!;roer.,"l'posing the bind bad leeii
abandoned tiled n homestead entry upon
It. Bnzzel mudo application at the
local laud office to be allowed to
make final proof of bis pre emp
tion filing au.l to pay for the land.
Mercer expressed a nillincnesa to ro-
............ in. riguia io me unci and so
stated in an affidavit riled with Buzel's
application. The assistant secreUry
eys in his decision:
"Mercer's homestead entry being ot
record, his rights la th hind AAnniit lia
considered by this depnrlmeut without
BoWee to him. Rule ninety-three of
the rnles of practice requires the service
o'e notice of appeal on the opposite
iu his auseuco ol voluntary np
PAATAIieA."
NnutAsxA Cm, Neb., MJ
intereetintT ease from tkia
being investigated by the Unitf
grand jry, has to do with I
the mails for the purpose ef
one Isaac Henry, ot this cii
time ago Henry ranted a t
poetoffice, to which be order
ters delivered addressed to Noi
men be advertised mama
paper that the ssid Mora was a
imasubly good looking, nail ,
correspondence with an honor
tleman with a view te asatriJ
soon uie answers esaae in hy
dreds. It is asserted thst B
leeme quite well acqim,,)
her correspondents aha (
for some present, not for
but so a guarantee of good f,
the eontribntiona nn
erons and often valuable, aaioJ
m kuhi nsivsn, aaouev, ri
jeweiry in aounaeooa. And
where Uncle Sua otqeetml
Nora's dupes lives in lmol,
west so far as to become en;
the mythical young miss, but
came to Nebraska City to
lenaen unae, sue liaa poi,e tJ
ville, Hy. lie gave bis name
and was out a gold watch. A
from Iowa was also hern and f
self in the ssme fix. Henry,
claims that Nora is his cousin,
cone to Lonisvilla lmt il.. t.,'
will be ascertained by the grs
nenry is a aay. laborer aad
before given credit for be
bright.
Harriot Heaehar Slat. ,
Habtfobd Conn., Nov.
friends of Mrs. Harriet Beech
the famous authoress ef "U
i i ,i
vuuiu, ue ah lengiu ueen cd
to admit that she has fiiinlh-
hopelessly insane and her end
ter of but a short time. She
now in this condition for several
but though thousands saw heni
really knew her real condition,
to say, while her mind becomi
tier pnyscai condition stn.i.i
proven, and now, attended hi
who never leaves her for a moui
aimer aronna spending mol
time iu pleasant weather od
open air in the park. Her rd
moflensive save that she is c
haunted by shadows of her dead
nnd is constantly whispering
visions, believing Uinm real.
ghastly conduct is anything In
ant to her attendants. When n
engaged she is suigiag unmn o
popular fifty years ago, "lWko
being her favorite. Her plivti
sho is beyond all aid and will -
lose an ner inciillies. (lying, inn
ably, some time while asleei.
Klrl s.air Irani lk
IS ism a urn, N. D., Nor. 21.-
nigbt's republican eniinu Gi
Pierce was selected United titut
tor, his name being voted on se
He was placed in nomiostion 1
Williams, of Bismarck, and bis
crime from all parts of the tUI
the first vote be received C3 ayesj
nays and his uomiuntiou wm
unanimous without delay. A t
was announced the euthusissm
the delegates cheering and
handkerchiefs and shouting or
He was escorted to the ball ami id
the nomination in the followio:
"My gratitude for this mark ol
dence knows no bounds I con
exiese my feelings on this l
even if 1 were inclined to weary
promise, however, in the fntunj
the past, when called upon to 4
people or North iJokoU to (lo w
fully and to the best ot my sim
Two ballots for the second
were then taken without an tl
Then vote on the lost ballot nni.
lows: M. N. Johnson 2T. P. J.
her 14. N. . Ordwnv W, G-ol
Walsh 11. W. C. Plummer 7,
Muir 8. George Wimeiip 2,
Sneueer 1. Number of vote n4
tn a choice of the CAUCUS 41. I
cus adjourned without ditt, "H
nrobnbilitv tlio balloting win
sumed within the noxt two dajs
't'l, rannrt nf Ihn rvwlu(i(tn 1
.:i f..ll.,na.l iw tha rnnart of n
t v" v - " j - - 1
. .. V.viw.l i ennsnrl a vast tmm
excitement among iiioroiisnv' om
;.. ti. A Unn t smnriaaji iriuic.
Ill HIU "-
reports caused a great croiiU t
in the conoe sxcnaiige u n
i.irm tovk am' rttvituc
0,Mralo front tin Far,
ami Klanafur.
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