Csux County Journal.
NW FITTIMO PebUafcem
HAKRISON,
NEBRASKA
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tU Fbascisoo, Jan. JO. It now
mm probable that the great blockade
am the Sierras will soon be over, ruin
md official thick the blockaded trains
ill anon reach here. The trains have
two weeks' mail on them. The high
baa gone down all over the state
I the washouts and land slides are
illy repaired. The greatest dam
i has been done to roads and bridges.
Thai blockade on the California A Ore
ana railroad still continues, with little
prospect of breaking it for a week yet.
Thar is nocommunication north except
byateatner. The United States revenue
cutter Rush took a large amount of
mail to Portland. Ore., last evening, the
regular line steamer refusing the com
MDMtion offered by the government.
The rotary plow broke down yesterday
afternoon in the final drift remaining
near Cascade. The plow has been work
in for fifteen days continually and it
was thought the big machine would hold
together until the road was cleared. An
army of shovellers has been put to work
Jira. McVean, wife of Surgeon McVean
of Jefferson barracks, died a Truckee
llonday of diptheria while on one of the
delayed trains. Yesterday Lucia karate,
th Mexican niidcet. said to be the
smallest human being in the world,
nmuwr on the same train, died of
r
gastric fever.
Information this afternoon shows that
the great blockade on the Central Pacific
is still unbroken, though according to
the latest reports the only portion of the
track which is obstructed now is between
Tunnel 13 and Truckee, where the snow
alidea this morning covered the track
for a abort distance. It is expected this
will be cleared in a short time, and trains
moving. This morning high winds are
rising and sweeping over the snow-clad
mountains with driving fury and there
is danger that other slides may occur
any time. The situation in the northern
part of the state remains unchanged and
there is no hope of opening the road for
some time to come. It is feared that
many old miners who have lived alone
hi the mountains for years have fallen
-victims of the terrible winter.
Onceola Fire.
Obckola, Neb., Jan. X.-State Jour
mal SneciaLl About 10 o'clock last
nktht fire was discovered in the large
livery barn owned by Durham iStal
r, and the barn, with ten bead of
i and all its content, was totally
destroyed. J. L. Makeever had a valu
Me trotter burned up. The loss on the
barn and contents amounted to 85,000,
on which there was $1,000 insurance in
the Home of Omaha. The three story
hotel owned by Theodore Beebewas
totally destroyed, together with its
contents. Mr. Beebe's loss will be $4,
000 over and above the insurance.
He had $1,000 in the Commercial Union,
500 in the Continental and $500 on the
furniture in the Connecticut of Hartford.
Conn. It is throught that the fire was the
work of an incendiary, as there had been
no fire in or about the barn during the
da or night, and when it was discovered
the whole upper story was in flames.
The residence of the Widow Birchfield
was also destroyed, Our fire department
worked bravely, but owing to a scarcity
of water they could not save much and
had there been a high wind the whole
town would have been destroyed. The
fire department from Stromsbury was
brought up on a special train, but too
late to be of much service. Quite a aura-
bar of persons were injured in battling
with the flames.
Another Wrack
Binohampton, N.Y., Jan. 30. At mid
night to-nigh the Wells-Fargo ex press
on the Erie railroad, east-bound, dashed
into the rear of passenger train No. 12,
which was standing at the station at
Oswego. The rear sleeper of No. 12 was
wrecked. Three persons are reported
killed.
A Great K cltment.
Chicago, Jan. 29. The socialist an
anarchist societies of this city are greatly
cited over what they believe to be ad
huge police conspiracy against them. A
short time ago Detective Charles Nor-
drum was arrested and fined for an al
leged unwarranted assault on a man at
socialist meeting. Several socialists
took the matter up and demanded Nor
druaa't dismissal. It is claimed now
that the detective went to one of those
ia teres ted in the prosecution and to pur
shaae leniency proposed to give up in
formation concerning the operations of
the polios and show that a certain sup
posed champion of the anarchist cause
was really in tbe pay of the police for
the purpose of creating by his wild ut
araaum a popular prejudice. It is
alaimed that Nordrum furnished four
teen report from this spy, who ia Henry
T lanjfir, a man who since 1886 has
teas one of the moat aggressive anarch
fee ia thJa oity. At the meetings noDe
Tim more rabid ia utterance than be,
tzl It ia bow alleged that ha would thus
' t oOmtb to echo hie sentiments
C 1 Cai rrert so the potioe. All this
mm laU before the mayor, sad
. ZSrt e lamed resterdar
"T2nci!rwB tfca tevea
Ti t-t U treacaery.
jfrif"3CiifcI risotto
Gloveksvilu, N. Y, Jan. 28. Petro
leum was struck Saturd ay near Johns
town in a well that was being sunk for
gas. The well had only reached the
depth of 900 feet when oil was tapped,
but it rises to a height of 500 feet
through a seven-inch casing. Intense
excitement prevails and thousands are
visiting the welL
Ta Blorkiuie l reiMM.
San Fbamciwxj, Jan. 29. Sujrten
dent Fillmore of the Southern Pacific
says the blockade in the Sierras is prac
tically raised and all west, bound trains
at Truckee, Wadsworth and Reno will
move immediately.
Laborer Imported
Pittsbikg, Pa., Jan. 20. A special to
the Timt from Punxsutawaney, Pa-,
savs: "Ninety-six men and six womer.,
Poles and Swedes, arrived from the An
thracite coal region and were taken to
Walston mine, where they are expected
to go to work to-day. The striken col
lected in large numbers to look at the
new arrivals and probably would have
made trouble but for the pretence of the
Pinkerton guards, who dispersed them
Tliera were five evictions to-day-Many
of the miners, how-ever, voluntari
ly left there houses. Rev. Dill of Clear
field visited the miners and promised to
go to head quarters and endeavor to aff
ect a settlement of difficulties.
A Sleek Forger.
Knoxvillk, less., Jan. JO. A young
man giving the name or c . i aum
operated here and in Meddleborongb re
cently, purchasing real estate on a large
scale. He opened accounts in the banks
of both places. It now turns out that he
was an expert crook. He has victimized
several banks and citizens with forced
checks and the total amount of his gain
is estimated at $20,000. He has disap
peared.
1 be Worot of tho Keaon,
Chicago, Jan. 27. A Herald secial
from Denver, Col., says: Iieport from
Idaho last night are that the worst snow
storm of the season has been raging
since 2 o'clock Friday afternoon all
through the territory. The Utah 4
Northern railroad is soinpletely blocked
again and rolling stock and motive pow
er has been ordered sidetracked until
the storm is over. The Central Pacific
is also in worse condition than ever. It
was reported yesterday morning that
the fast mail, sidetracked at Shady Hun
or the past ten days, on which the How-
aid Athenaeum company is, had been
gotten out and that tbe company were
on their way to Omaha to pick up their
thread of engagements, but later advices
prove this false. The unfortunate train
is still stuck fast, and it is not likely to
get out for several days. Nothing can
be learned as to their health or condi
tion, but.they must be in very unpleas
ant shape.
A Horrible Boiler Kiplonlon.
PiTTbBL'kci, Pa., Jan. 20. A special to
the Tims from Charleston, W. Va., says:
A horrible boiler explosion occurred at
the saw mill of A. B. Leech, on Falling
Rock creek, twenty -five miles from here,
which killed three men. Hie mill had
topped to tighten a loose belt.
Eight men were working in and i.ear
the mill when, a tow minutes before
noon, a terrific explosion occurred,
demolishing the mill and machinery.
Joe Wright, aged twenty-five, was fitting
saw when the explosion occurred.
Tbe saw was broken to pieces. One of
the pieces cut Wright's throat from ear
to ear. He leaves a widow and child at
Welston, O. Morgan Hoover was blown
a hundred yards distant and driven feet
foremost into a hollow log up to his
waist, horribly torn and mangled and
killed instantly. He leaves a widow
and seven children. Bud Mullins, aged
twenty-three, single, had his skull
crushed, was cut in the abdomen, and
had his eyes and face scalded. He lived
only a few hours. Tne cause of the ex
plosion is not known. The engineer says
there was plenty of water in the boilers.
The mill had only started operations
Monday after a shut down for repairs.
The Know Blockade.
Sam Francisco, Jan. 28. The rail
road officials at Sacramento succeeded in
having communication for a short time
Saturday night with the Truckee office,
on tbe eastern slope of the Sierra moun
tains, when it was learned that the snow
was sixteen feet deep on the track be
tween that place and a station five miles
west of there. The late rains, with a
freeze transformed this into ice, which
will have to be chopped out and shovel
ed away by band. The railroad company
has endeavored to secure telegraphic
communication with Reno in order that
a few at least of the west bound trains
that are there can be ordered back to
Ogden and their passengers transferred
to the southern route. From Colusa, in
the western part of the Sacramento val
ley, the report cornea that for twenty-
two miles farms are covered with water
to tbe depth of frcm four to six feet.
The lose throughout the state by flood
cannot be even approximately estimated
but now it is thought the damage will
not be as great as at first stated.
Killed fey a anew (Hide.
Dowxibviixk, Cau, Jan. 28. During
the atom yesterday snow slide at Lo
ganaville, ten miles above here, buried a
houee and killed two of the inmates.
Kasr families at Sierra City, fearing a
aow aiide, have left their homes and
taken refnge ia the lower tuanel ia the
Eatte mine.
ANOTHER FATAL WRECK.
Tke Faunae, or Traia a ike Moaoa Boole
(iocs lata) tkte Crook.- A rnkw
of U t ea Loot aad utaajr t
1 ajaroa
Indianapolis, Jan. J l he pa
ger train on the Mouon route which left
Chicago Sunday night w as wrecked at
7:50 this morning a mile above Carmel
village, sixteen miles north of here. Tbe
train was running at a rapid rate and
was approaching a long trestle across
Wilkeason creek, w hen the tender of the
engine jumped the track. The engineer
reversed his engine, but before the air
brakes could check the speed of the train
the locomotive and baggage car had
cleared the trestle, but four coaclies
went over into the creek. The ladies'
coach immediately caught fire and in a
short time was reduced to ashes. For
tunately for the occupants of this coach
train No. 2, which left this city for Chi
cago at 7:.'J0 had been ordered to ut
eth w recked train at Curmel, and as
soon as the word of the wreck was re
ceived the passengers hurried to the
scene and went to work rescuing the oc
cupants of the burning car- A terrible
scene met their eyes. In plain vier oj
all were two boys and a woman. Tliev
were dead, but their bodies were being
apidly consumed. Tiie arm of one fro-
jected through the side of the car and
could be touched by those on the out
side, but the opening was not large
nough to draw tiie body through. Im
mediately in front of the boy was a lady
who gut on the train at Frankfort and
is as yet unidentified. Her body wag
envelojed in flumes, but there was no
possible way to get her out of the burn
ing coach. Across from this lady was
Mrs Eubanks of Broad Ripple, Ind.
Her head was horribly crushed. A
brakeman and a passenger seized her by
the arms and by desperate efforts pulled
the body through the window. She
lived only a few minutes after being
taken out. Another of tbe rescued who
has since died was Mr. Demingof Sheri
dan. He was pinioned to the floor by
timbers and horribly crushed. Some
men seized him and after a minute's
work cut away the timbers that held
the body, w hich was removed to the
north side of the track. There was no
medical aid present and the man died in
a few minutes. Buckets having been
secured from farm houses near by the
flames were soon subdued and prevented
from communicating to the s'eeper and
other coaches. As soon as it was possi
ble to do so search was niade for the
other dead. The body of a woman iden
tified as Mrs. iape Fitzpatrickjyf this
city was soon found. It v. as burned to
a crisp. The Oldham children were
found side by side, a heavy stove lying
across their bodies.
Important Decision.
Hk.lf.ka, Most., Jan. 20. The su
preme court decided the iiioinpsoo
mandamus case by granting a pre-
emptory writ ordering the state auditor
to allow the Thompson bill for mileage
and per diem. Thompson is a republi
can member ot tne legislature, rrom
Silver Bow county, being one of the five
elected by the throwing out of Tunnel
precinct. The court goes into the ques
tion of certificates and sustains the posi
tion of the republicans that the certifi
cates from the state canvassing board
are only prima facie evidence of member
ship in the legislature. This decision
makes the republican body the legal
legislature.
AttemptM Made to Wreek the Train.
A von, Mass., Jan. 30. Attempts were
made to wreck two trains near here. In
both cases the obstructions placed up
on the track were discovered in time to
prevent damage. This is the fourth at
tempt made to wreck trains near here
with in a short time.
A Family Polaoned
Point Pleasant, W. Va., J an. 30.
News has been received of the poisoning
of a family of eight persons named Har
greave, living south of here, by a negro
woman. Four of the family are re
ported dead.
Puddlers HI r Ike.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 2'. Satur
day night about one hundred puddlers
of tbe Birmingham roller mill organized
lodge of the amalgamated association
of iron and steel workers. Yesterday the
men who joined the lodge were dis
charged, whereupon the other employes
in the puddling department quit, work.
The position taken by the company is
that it will not allow tiie mill to be
brought under the association or union,
The employes altogether number 1,000
men, but the trouble is so far confined
to the pudd dipirt men t.
;reat Oumae; by Fire.
Portsmouth, N. if., Jan. 28. At 9
o'clock this morning a serious fire was
reported at Kittery navy yard. Assist
ance has been sent from here. The fire
broke out in tbe boiler room of the
building occupied as a machine and iron
plate shops, and quickly extended along
to the futlock mill, where the workmen
were obliged to jump through the win
dows to escape. Despite the efforts of
the firemen and marine guard, the fire
extended into the machine shops and
help waa then called for from this city.
The reinforcement aeot confined the
Are to two building, which together are
100 feet ia length and aixty-nv feet
wide. The lorn will probably reach
1100,000; no insurance.
Hearjr Ceorao. Bbj
St. Lot is, Jan. 27. Henry George ar
rived here yesterday morning from the
east on his way to Australia and spent
tbe day in the city. He was received by
a delegation of prominent citizens, and
last night was the guest of the single
tax league at a banquet at the mercan
tile club rooms. One hundred and
twenty-five guests were present, repre
senting in the main the legal, medical
and journalistic professions, in addition
to quite an array of ministers and mer
chants. The supper was an elaborate
affair and at its conclusion Mr. George
spoke for three-quarters of an hour,
when he was compelled to leave for the
depot to catch his train.
Will taue More M.x W
St. Yokk, Jan. 20. The directors of
the Louisville & Nashville raihoad an
nounce that they have decided to issue
the $13,000,0110 of stock authorized at
the last annual meeting for the purjiose
of redeeming 0 per cent collateral trust
bonds and other interest bearing obli
gations and to otTtr the new slock to
shareholders at 85. The success of tiie
plan has been guaranteed by n syndicate
of bankers of this city, London and
Amsterdam.
National fckallug ltM-e.
Nkwhuw;h, N. Y., Jan. 28. The
speed committee of the national anieteur
skating association has decided to call
the scheduled races tomorrow, it is
considered tonight that the ice is not in
condition and will not be unless it freezes
hard during the nigbt. The committee
says that should they fail to secure ice
tomorrow, they will postpone from day
to day until such time as there is good
ice and auk all those entered to Ije ready
aat m oment's notice.
fcllOt IIIS III, Hi.
Sax Asto.ma, Tex., Jan. 20. Nienes
Quintero snd Manuel Ortega, who are
cousins and employed on the Norris
ranch, wooed a dark-eyed senorita. Un
able to decide between them she sug
gested that they fight a duel with stilet
toes. This they agreed to, but while
Quintero was walking across the yard
last night Ortega concealed himself be
hind a bush and shot and killed Quin
tero. The murderer escaped.
New r'rom llraxIL
NkwYokk, Jan. 20. The steamship
Ld Place, which left Uio Janeiro Janu
ary 30, arrived this morning. The first
mate said: "There is no (lug which is
recognized throughout the country.
The people of each province have a flag
of their 3wn. In December last forty
sailors employed on a Brazil man of-war
went ashore and shouted vive-la-emieror
and subsequently had their throats cut
for their enthusiasm." -s
The Koad Will be Com pleled.
Di-Li-TH, Minn., Jan. 20. The Duluth
& Winnipeg railroad has just filed in the
ollice of the register of deeds a mortgage
for $7,000,000 to the G-.'arantee Loan and
Trust company of Philadelphia, and
with the loan thus acquired will com
plete the road to Winnipeg immediate!).
lerminals are at once to be secured in
Duluth and the great simps and ware
house of the company will be located
here.
A Terrible lolon.
Si'MiriiR, Pa., Jan. 21). A gang of
Italians, Pole and Hungarians, who
were employed in widening the railroad
bed of the Shatnokin, Sunbury it Lewis
bury raiiroad, today set three blasts, and
then retired to await the explosion. For
some unexplained reason only two of the
blasts exploded. The men did not know
this, however, and had returned to their
work when the third blast exploded, and
they were hurled in all directions. One
of the men was instantly killed, four
fatally injured, and a dozen others more
or less injured, the recovery of two of
them being doubtful. Three Italians are
said to be missing, and are thought to bo
under the debris, although it has been
almost cleared away without revealing
their bodies. Two dead bodies were
taken from the debris this evening.
lleftult of a tjuarrel.
Chicago, Jan. 29. fiolwrt Gibbons,
one of the witnesses for the defence in
the Cronin case, was shot and badly
wounded tonight by Police Captain
Schuttler as the resnlt of nn altercation
in a saloon. Gibbons was accompanied
by several friends, including Alderman
McCormick. According to Schuttler's
friends McCormick made some uncom
plimentary remark and threw a lighted
cigar into Schuttler's face. The latter
was about to resent the act when Gib
benB, who is a powerful man, gave the
captain a terrific thump on the jaw. Ibr
waa about to repeat it when Schuttie"
pulled a revolver and tired. McCormick
denies his reputed connection with the
cane, saying that lie had gone out when
the shooting occurred. Schuttler was
not in u ii i form nt the time of the ulTair
An Important Cae to lie Tr!ed Again. -Chicago,
Jan. 21). Judge Hnwef mani
fested his dinpleasurethismorning when
a jury in his court brought in a verdict
of 1 cent damages in the suit of Mo
Derrned, Uuss t Co., bonrd of trade men,
against C. S. Piatt. McDurmed, Huss
A Co sued Piatt to recover damages in
the aum of $0,000 Piatt was their agent
in Iowa and he sent the firm orders for
transactions in grain, which they claim
were worthless and that they lost con
siderable money thereby. The firm as
serU that Piatt's defense waa that be
made no guarantee and waa merely an
agent of the board of trade firm. The
will be tried again.
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS'
Chicken pox has invaded Brow nsville.
The Beemer canning factory is offered
for sale.
Twenty counties in the state ha e lady
school superintendents.
Beatrice real estate transfers of Mon
day amounted to r2o,10C
Passesger cars on the Union Pacific
are now heated by steam.
A Georgia firm is shipping mules by
the carload from Hastings.
Beatrice gets the next annual meeting
of the state press association.
A' tin and sheet iron manufactory is
the latest venture at Chadron.
William Lloyd, a farmer near Liberty,
is mourning the loss of a hired man and
rro.
Custer county editors have an editorial
assooiation w hich meets three times a
) ear.
An effort is being made to establish
lodge of Suns of Tempcrence at Fre
mont. One whole week without a case in po
lice court is the record made by Grand
Island.
A new improved hook and ladder truck
for the Chadron fire department arrived
last week.
Bill Nye, one of the first settlers to lo
cate at Chadron, died one day hitt week
of influenza.
The business men of Stockville have
organized a building and loan
association.
Willer is considering propositions for
building a woolen mill, a paper mill and
a linseed oil mill.
The farmers near Cozad have formed
a company and will erect a mill and ele
vutot at that place.
Diphtheria still lingers in Fremont and
has heu the cause of several deathsdur
ing the past few days.
.The Voting Men'sChnstian association
of Beatrice lias been compelled to give
up its winter course.
Drs. V. L Boal, William Duiley and
II. L Matthews will constitute the new
pension board at Auborn.
Farmers in tne vicinity of North Bend
have recently lost a goed many cattle
from some unknown disease.
Two additional land districts have
been made in Nebraska with headquar
ters at Alliance and Broken Bow.
There is a dearth of wheat in Sioux
county for seeding purpose., owing to
the small acreage raised last year.
Alma has raised a guarantee fund and
will endeavor to have the county fair h
cated at that place instead of Orleans.
Three sacks of mail fell under the
wheels of the fast mail train at Fremont
he other day and weregroundto shreds
George Percival of Talmage, who last
week received a stray shot in his right
eye, has had the woundedj orb removed.
A 000 pound bell has arrived and will
be placed in position on the new work
shop at the Kearney industrial school.
La grippe has reached Fort Robinson,
and the hospital is full of victims, and
I several additional cots have been put in
The St. Paul It Omaha railroad iB en
larging its yard system at Covington,
giving employment to 1K) additional
men.
Thomas Mapler, an old gentleman of
Kearney, died Saturday from injuries re
ceived from a fall on an ice sidewalk last
week.
Mont Lloyd's residence near Union
burned to the ground Friday night. The
oudding cost 1,2)0 and was insured for
81,000.
The government school at Omaha
agency, with L. Watson as superinten
dent is giving good satisfaction. Nearly
fifty Indians.
South Sioux City will bid for the ma
chine shops and round house of tne Paci
fic short line. A suitable site h
dy been donated.
There is a movement on foot among
business men of Hastings to send sever
al car loads of supplies to the South Da
kota sufferers.
H. C. McMaken of Plattsmouth has a
contract to ship 200,000 tons of ice to
Memphis, Tenn with tho privilege of
making it 100,000.
James Cunningham, who was acquit
ted Tuesday of highway robbery in the
district court at Nebraska City, will
j bring suit for heuvy damages.
it, w . rj, trainer was injured near
j )rd on Monday while out riding in a
1 1 I,- .
ouggy. jusieam ran away, threw him
out and dislocated his shoulder.
Ihe union Pacific railroad offers to
haul corn free of freight charges for
actual farmers in southern Cheyenne
county.
M. Mo Guire of Albright, who was ar
rested for selling liquor without a li
cense, had a heariug Tuesday and was
acquitted.
A reward of $75 is offered for the ar
rest of Thomas E. Hall, who is wanted
at Wilcox for obtaining money under
false pretenses.
At a recent meeting of the board o
supervisors of Buffalo county the county
judge waa allowed an assistant at a salary
of $50 per month.
A petition is being circulated at Fair
bury for the purpose of calling an elec
tion to vote bonds for the erection of two
new school houses.
The aouth bound Union Pacifte
ger train was wrecked Monday at War-
nervUk, a few mile aouth of Norfolk,
but no one was hurt.
Burglars entered the post-office at Au
rora last week and blew the outer door
of the bafe from its hinges, but failed to
get to the money drawer.
A well known citizen of Nebraska City
who does not read the newspapers, was
recently arrested and fined for leaving
his horse unhitched in the street.
Charles B. Baldwin, a widower and an
old resident or David City, was found
dead in bed Monday morning. It is sup
posed that asthma caused his death.
J. C. Lee, of Fremont, has been ap
pointed quartermaster with the rank of
captain for the regiment of the division
of the Pl-itte Patriarchs Militant.
Howird Mullhollanil while out bunt
ing near Douglas, rece'ved two severe
cuts about the face, inflicted by the re
coil and breaking of his gun sHek.
The citizens of Arnold recently peti
tioned the poet-oHioe department fr a
daily mail between that point and Bro
ken Bow, but the request was refused.
The latet sensation at Kesrny is the
story of a woman twenty-live yearn of
age who never roaJ on a railroad trsin
and a five eur o!d boy who smoke
cigars.
Winter wheat is to receive a fair tet
in northwiKtern Nebraska, many Cherry
county farmers have put in a large acre.
Bgo from which they confidently expect
a heavy yeald.
Covington people are agitated over the
question as to whether or not they have
a board of trimtetw or any village officers,
two memlxTS of the board having lately
resigned and moied awny.
Since the report great silver find in
the Keya Paha count v the land office of
ficials at Valentine are kept busy an
swering letters in regard to the proper
way to file on mineral claims.
John Blackninre, a farmer living near
Neligh, commit let suicide Monday in
the presence of his family bv shooting
himself through the heart with a revol
ver. No cause for the act is as yet
known.
Horace Sibley, ho has Ijeen acting as
secretary for the Young Men's Christian
association at Nebraska City, has ac
cepted a call to go to Beatrice to act as
general secretary for the Y. M. 0. A. in
that city.
The fourteen-year-old son of James
Combs, living near Uulo, while playing
with a revolver accidentally shot him
self through the head, causing instant
death. Both parents were sick in bed
at the time.
While feeding a eornsheller at the
farm of William Beck, near Blue
Springs, Frank Rico met with a painful
accident. His hand caught in the wheels
and his arm was drawn in until it
stopped the machinery.
During the year there were 170 pieces
of land proved up on in Sioux county.
This with the increase in personal and
railroad property in the county will
make quite an addition to the taxnelrt
property to be listed nozt spring.
Commissioner of Labor and Statistics
Jenkins has agreed to furnish the farm
ers of Dodge county with sugar beet wed,
aud after they hrsve harvested a crop will
have the beets analyzed to ascertain
what per cent of sugar thev contain.
The continued severity of the weather
in western Wyoming has caused a num
bor of prominent owners of isnge cattle
iu Uinta county to form a pool for the
purpose of rounding up thoir cattle and
sheep and shipping them to Nebraska,
where feed is plenty.
A Custer county farmer says: I broke
out eighty acres of my claim the II mt sea
son, sowed it to tlax aud cleared (00 on
it. The next year I broke out twenty
acres more and sowed the whole 100
acres and cleared 8CO0 on it. I then quit
forming for I had money to loan.
The roller mill at Juniata, which came
into the possession of Adams county by
reason of the failure of the former coun
ty treasure some years ago, have been
bought by I. R, Palmer of that place
who will put in new machinery, making
it one of the best mills in the state.
After being out seven hot-re the jury
in the cone of Maurice Fuerman, the
West Point policeman who shot and kil
led Carl Schwenk in the hitter's saloou
some time ago, decided that Fuerman
killed Schwenk in the discharge of his
duty, and brought in a verdict of uquittal
The citizens of O'Neill, failing to get
a government bridge across the Niobrara
river nurlti nt that ..,. .
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Tuesday and dcw:ided to erect a bridge
themsalvei, in order to accommodate the
anticipated rush of settlers in thntdiree
tion upen the owning of tho Sioux res
ervation.
A peculiar cute is Wing tried at Nor
folk. The Slute National bank of that
place, in casliing a check for Professor
Hovy of Fremont, claims to have given
him $5 too much and has brought suit to
recover that amount. This is t.robablv
the first instance on record where bank
officials would acknowledge a mistake.
Miss Alice Harper of Broken Bow ia
under arrest charged with infantinbU.
Upon being questioned she broke
down and con f eased tbe crime. 8ha la
an English girl about eighteen veara of
age and has been in this oountrv ahmt
two years. She formerly lived ia Analey,
but went to Broken Bow afewmoatha
ago to And work.
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