Sioux County Journai.j
SIMMOSI rlTTIUOX FasUafcera
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tti CitmltM ef aWewa-lfcrna I aws.
Sfbivufield, Ilj-, Feb. 27. The atete j
convention of repu) lican league club
net at noon yesterday, with 000 dele
gates present Among the prominent
republicans of the atate preeent are
John McNult of Bloomington, General
Rinsksr of Carlinville, John B. Tainerof
Louisville, Senator C II. Crawford and
Ilia. E. 8trattoa of Chicago, Wardens
Bergen of the Joliet penitentiary and
Murphy of the Cheeter penitentiary.
Senator Matthews of Urban, Clarence
E-Snively of Canton, Canal Commis
sioner J. C. Amea of Streatoraad others.
The convention was called to order by
W. W. Tracy, president of the league, in
a short address, after which Governor
Filer delivered an address of welcome.
Committees on credentials and resolu
tions were appointed and an adjourn
ment was taken to 2 e clock, when
Jadgs Thurston of Nebraska, president
of the national league, delivered a
lengthy address. Forty-two delegates
were selected to the national convention
to be held in Nashville, Tenn-, March 4.
To-night a public reception will be tend
ered the delegates and the public at the
executive mansion by Governor and Mrs.
Fifer, assisted by the state officers and
their wives.
t'nioit l4ibor Conferrnre.
Ksskas City, Feb. 27. A conference
of the union labor party, in which a ma
jority of the members of the national
executive committee and a number of
members of the party at large are taking
part, began here to-day. Resolutions
were adopted congratulating the party
upon its light in the campaign of 1888,
which was characterized by the most
extravagant, corrupt and shameless use
of money by the democratic and repub
lican parties ever witnessed in the
United Staee. Although there has
been no change of policy calculated to
relieve the agricultural and industrial
elssses.
Allegiance to the uniou labor party is
reaffirmed and renewed efforts are urged
upon the reforms advocated in the plat
form of 1868 relating to finance trans
portation, land and the suppression of
trusts, as all evils which now effect the
gricultural and industrial classes have
their origin in these questions. The
Knights of Labor, the wheel, farmers'
alliances, fame: s mutual benefit associ
ation and patrons of husbandry are in
vited to co-operate with the party in
the campaign of 1890.
Uivaa Three Day In WMrfct LcavaTewa
Lika, O., Feb. 25. Several weeks ago
a company of faith cure advocates came
to ITniopelis, this county, and commenced
advocating their religion. Their doc
trine did not meet with the approval of
the community and they were given
three days in which to leave the town.
They paid no attention to the warning
and held their meetings as usual until
Friday night, when a mob visited the
building during the progress of the ser
vice and surrounding the structure com
menced stoning it The assembly was
broken up, several of the converts in
jured and the leaders driven from the
house and ran out of the town, They
were not given time to collect their
wearing apparel. The cause of the
trouble waa the fact that a young boy
whose parents are devout believers in
the faith brake his leg and his parents
refused medical aid, depending upon
their faith to heal the wound. The boy
grew gradually worse and died.
Ktoetre Light Plant Harwell.
Fbcepobt, Iij-, Feb. 25. The electric
light works in this city, both arc and in
candescent, were destroyed by fire at 2
o'clock yesterday morning. The loss is
between 120,000 and 125,000; insurance,
13,000. The streets will be in darkness
until the werks can be rebuilt, which
will take from two to three months
Short and Absent.
Atlanta, Qa Feb. 2a There is a
itioo hers over the disappearance of
Thomas H. MsKinnon, a prominent rent
ing agent, who is abort several thousand
dolarsia his accounts. It is asserted
that MeKi&ftoB left with a woman, with
whom be had been intimate, leaving his
wife and family behind.
Dia4 Frees a Swrra ahach.
Baltmobb, Feb. 26. A special from
Wheeling, W. says: A peculiar sort
of murder look place st West Wheeling
last night William Lee and Thomas
Thornton, railroad section hands, quar
ssSad in Sstby's boarding house and Lee
hit Thornton twice and throw him on a
Taoratoa lay still, and after the
of tsa minntss parties fa the room
t ts him sad dsjeorcred that be was
It if taaagtit that death remitted j
frsss S
&UKX, lUL, rsb. -A Mil waukss
tXTttxmOitA with a stock
krertCsmfctkaaoraiag. Twelve
44Mavwsw efesolisbsd,
4tn yawai fsteEy
pJtlfajr hurt. The
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l.r ai .j ,as aaaaayaaapr avaaaasaaai
f JS. M3mm,
AT THE FLOOD STAf.E
I Thr Obio llitrr fewa-Uaa to a Tm.ut, aiad
! Mill SUmm-.
DAMAGE AT VAKIOl II. K Lv
Loi isuuje, Feb. The Ohio river
has reached the flood stage. One of the
elevated road stations on the city front
has been cut off. The scare whs started
tonight and nun-ber of families in the
districts submerged in have moved
out, bu. there is little fear of such a i el
ugeastheu. The river is still rising an
inch an hour. C A. Wos'.er, who has
just returned froui Middleborough and
intermediate points, says the Cumber
land is higher than it ever has been and
the runaway water bus created havoc
all along. There have been landslides
where great trees and immense bodies of
earth were tumbled away and in places
big tracts of couutry arj submerged. At
Dillon switch, below Livingston, nothing
but the top of the extensive mill there is
to be seen above the water, and at
Livingston and Rock Castle the water
has encroached upou the two disaster
ously. At Middleboruugh the electric
light plant has been rendered useless, the
streets submerged and the canal was out
of eight. The floods have crippled the
railways to a coLsiderabie extent. News
from the mountain section is that land
slides and washouts are numerous. The
mail trains of that region have been
practically discontinued and telegraph
wires are down in many places.
Slrainer A nivrd
Ntw Vobk, Feb. 23. -The United
States s'eanier Enterprine, with the
body of George II. Pendleton, the late
minister at Berlin, arrived this moraing.
On board are two of her officers, who
were brought home under arret to be
tried by court martini. They are Chief
Engineer Knhoieble and Ensign Kline.
The chief engineer is accused of "iinpu
dence " to the commander and Eueign is
acc lined of sleeping at his post. Her
commander, McCalla, is a very strict dis
ciplinarian. It is said among naval of
ficers that he is overbearing and tyran
nical, and that on very slight provoca
tion his anger is aroused. However this
mav be, it is a fact thst much disorder
and discontent has been manifested in
the vessel's last trip. Over sixty of the
crew deserted at the various ports at
which she touched in the F.nropean
station.
rirkett Kig-lt4.
Chicago. III., Feb.2J.-John T. Pick
ett, of last season's Kansas City team,
to-day signed a three years' contract as
infielder of the Philadelphia Players'
league team.
A Hultet la Hl If part. "
Newmarket, Okt., Feb.5S.- The boby
of Robert A. Smith a merchant of this
place was found this morning in the eel
larof his house with a bullet hole
through his heart. He wns evidently
murdered and then robbed.
An KaafuiiiMlion Made.
J ackj.n, Mws, Feb. 20. A hasty ex
animation was maue yesterday by a
joint cemmittee of the legislature of the
books and accounts of Colonel Heming
way, ex -treasurer of the state. Accord
ing tot he statement made by the com
mittee and the expert accountants em
ployed the state owes Colonel Heming
way a little over 92,000, and thus the
matter stands until a thorough investi
gation of the treasurer's aud auditor's
books can be made by a commission
heretofore appointed for that purpose.
Although the examination made yester
day is not final, yet it is confidently be
lieved Colonel Hemingway will be fully
exonerated when the official examination
is completed.
The legislative committees report
states that the books are so mixed that
nothing can be told from them and rec
ommends a commission of inquiry. The
report of two experts says that there
may be a $100,000 deficit or the state
may owe Hemingway about 1200,
according to how certain items are
interpreted.
Five PerMMM Severely Rnrned.
Chicago, Feb. 25. Fire in the cabin
of the canal boat A. C Chandler, lying
at the toot of west Sixty first street, late
last night, severely burned five persons,
one of whom died this morning. The
fire was caused by the explosion of a
lamp and the family of Captain Daily,
sleeping in the cabin, were not aroused
until the firs had gained considerable
headway. Mrs Daily made heroic efforts
to save her children aud received severe
burns. The youngest child, Denis, was
the last to be removed, and he was so
badly burned that his life could not be
saved. The damage to the boat is about
200.
f nXrajht 1 awe.
Chicago. Feb. 25. The . western
branch of the American copyright
I sagos was organiasd hero to-night
Among the officers and council of the
now league are A. C McLury, president;
FraaUia VcVeigh, Joseph Kirklandand
Professor Dsvid Swing, vioe-prasj dents:
llarahaU PWd, Charles L. Hutchison,
Oeorgs A. Armour, Mrs. Potter Palmer,
lira. Wirt Dexter, Captain Charts King,
1 &arkM and Kjb. Hay Eartwell
A faawallai sas ailniitail
lap f" las rias sail T ja aufi
tt:U t!3 al afrj tM mnmm too
T i?s ts Utrafe Maataa ef
Krgkeel Mb Omty.
I'fttsoOT, Am-, Feb. 28. Tw pe
pectora, Moaea and Robert Moure, arriv-1
ing from the upper Walnut Goe dam
tstethston Friday SiWasonthe super,
intendent, seeing the dam, must inevi
tably go, sent a messenger to the lower
dam to notify them of the danger, but
be stopped st a saloon on the road and
becoming intoxicated, failed to deliver
the message. The next morning another
messenger was sent, but owing to the
fury of the storm was overtaken and
drowned just as he Geared the lower
camp.
ftharifT rVail tin raaliiriia.! i tt.j.'iiiv
IllUl '
disaster with an additional list of the
victims. The list of the dead will rob-!
ably reach sixty-five or seventy.
A t ake.
Chicago, Feb. 28. A morning paiwr
printed a lengthy story to-day t the ef
feet that the representative of an Eng
lish syndicate has made an agreement
with Jacob and Sam Woolner of Peoria
for the sale of the controlling interest in
the whiskey trust, etc. This afternoon
Sam Woolner says the story is entirely
untrue, having no foundatiau whatever.
Mr. Depeyer, the alleged representa
tive of the syndicate, also denied the
story. It is true the whiskey trust has
received some proposition, but Mr. Ja
cob Woolner declares the present nego
tiations do not even remotely concern
that operation.
tlruppeS Hmriiuu.
Chicago, Feb. Si Patrick Muelhearn
on trial for the murder of Michael lireen
had a narrow escape to-day. The dead
man's mollier was in court acting very
nervously, and while moving about a
large revolver fell from her dress pocket,
A policeman seized it before she could
recover it Mrs. Breen became hysterical
and declared she would kill her boy's
murderer if it was the last act of her life.
She was taken away by friendo.
Hlnrk'i mi
Ntw YoiiK, Feb. 20. Judge Patterson
of the supreme court to-day denied the
application of Colonel Dudley to vacate
the ordei for his examination before the
trial in thesuit brought by him against
the Press Publishing company to recover
SoO.OuO for alleged libel in the publica
tion of the "Blocks of Five" lettei.
Dudley's counsel claimed that he has
been in the state since the order was
granted, but the judge held that Dudley
has avoided service of the order and
cannot expect consideration from the
court when he refuses to utibmit Jiim
eelf to its jurisdiction. T
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A Watrrfcawl.
Misskai'ogis, Minx., Feb Ji A
7Vi7m special from Butte, Moai,lays
the Pipestone Springs stags coaMt waa
held up yesterday afternoon by two
masked men. There was no one on the
coach but the driver and he had no
money or valuables. The roblwrs evi
dently intended to intercept a shipment
of money going out to pay off the grad
ers on the Northern Pacific home stake
route. They were disappointed in this
and got not ii ing, a small package con
taining about 100 being overlooked.
The roboery occurred eiuhtean miles
south of Kutte,
Shot If is flirt.
Montgomery, Mis.., Ft?b. IS.
Thomas Sandra in a fit of jealousy, in
stantly killed Christina, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Frantc Wusha, by
shooting her about 1 o'clock this morn
ing at her home, about, five miles south
of this village. He also tired one shot at
John Mack, which passed through his
right lung, but did not fatally wound
him. He then, after trying to kill others
but falling, tired two bullets through
his own heart whilo lying down beside
the dead girl.
Keturerd to Mvhool.
OnnKOftif, Wis, Feb. 25. This evening
the Misses Carney, two of thiee young
lady students of the normal school who
have been missing for the past week, ar
d hererive accompanied by their father,
fbey, with Mias Byron, the third missing
young lady, walked across the lake a dis
tance of fourteen miles, to their homes
in Calumet Misi Byron is at home
still, ill from the effects of the tramp.
The Misses Carney say they did not
duKloss their purpose because they
feared that they would not lie permitted
to carry it, out
AaJFlaa
Ci.kvkijid. Feb. 25. A new in
dustry has b sen started here resultant
upon the discovery of immense veins of
rock salt underlying the city. Two
pumping stations snd a plant have been
built here and a well sunk at New Port
age, O., a few miles south of the city.
All gentlemen interested are Cleveland
parties. A capital of 11,000,000 is sub
scribed to the concern and the capacity
of the plant calls for 3, 000 barrels of
salt daily. '
Umiak, Feb. 25. Ro jbsrs stopped the
mail coach between Boidoburg and Fleas-
burg, Prussia, overpowered and
stunaed the officials and decamped
with the mails and asaay valuables.
Aster's WIU.
Jf jew Yoaa, Feb. 28. -The admission
toankalaof the will of the late John
Jsoob Aotor fmmmaim
avtflcltettewvtU Ktoaststs
llalu al Ike Urrwerte.
, ('ufi'M", Feb. 2H.-Neaiti!ii"n' r
said to I in progress here
hich ill
un.l.mhtedlv result in the purchase of
the three breweries in Peoria by an Eng-
lish syndicate. The breweri" are at
present owned by the Gipps Brewing j
com pauy, the Union Brewing company j
and Gun Leiey A Co. As compared with
many preceding aeaie me i eoria ir....c. ,
will be a small ffair, although about
jl(nVi will change hautla.
AUM4-hel by AIk11'
CuicArf, Feb. "J8.-The aseiguee for
C J. Ix Meyer A Sons' compauy, w hose
short time
iiroiw i-c-n. w .......
i ago. to-day looK oui auac.'nieni h.ui
J.ilius.nyer,au1e,u.roIu1eeo..ii.0,.;
for 2TW, alleging that Julius' personal !
account had been overdrawn this amount j
in casn aim materials. nio.i oi n-u
went into the elegant apartment of the
house built bv Mever in this city.
virion Iteiura. i
Uhk Feb. 28.-Mayor Crier and
a large number of other members of the j
worlds fair delegation arrived home
from Washington this morning. The
party inarched in procession to the city
hail through street lined with cheering
jieople. At the city hull an informal
reception was held, at which much en
thnmutiiii whs manifested.
Kraped DsmI h.
Khamokix, Pa., Feb. '2-i. -Two
meu j
who were imprisoned in the Cameron
colliery last night made their escape
through an old chamber. The tire was
not in the stable as was lit I i rut supposed.
Twenty-three mules were smothered.
It is impossible to ascertain as yet the
extent of the damage done by the lire,
which is- still burning.
A Kub'hlr.
N'l.tt HaVkn, Co.., Feb. "Jli.-lieV.
Frank Kahler of Houthington, Conn,
who com milled suicide near Allentnwn,
Pa., Sunday, was educated nt the univer
sity of Pennsylvania and Vale. While
at Y ale he lost by death his father and
mot her and the young lady to w hom he
wasengaged to be married. He Buffered
from melancholy and was advised by his
physician to take a long real. He van
about returning from a visit to Pennsyl
vania at the time of the suicide.
Sirs. IvOvelHirerh-y l4l,
Ci.kvku.m), Feb. 2t!. Mrs. Lovell
Greeley, sister of the late Horace Gree
ley, died last night at Spring Creek, Pa
Clipped H oraes.
The Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Journal say the individual
tViUsId attempt to keep a fanhion
aols turnolft in'rrerttnetou now. and
drive horses in. it iXSare not shared
wewtfl be bootee! ottVof WtWfy'
horse that makes any pretension to he-
loos; to -faaaionsble circle rout be
closely clipped or shaved when Winter
seta in. Ibis ts usually done during
the month of December and four-tiftlis
of the hordes which vou see in the fash
ionable quarter of the city now, or at
tached to the elegant carriages which
throng Pe.nnsvlvaui.-i avenue aud circle
about the capitol during the clay, are
of a mouse color. The hair i clipped
go cloe that the brown kin shows
through the short stubble, giving Die
horse the peculiar color of llie mouse.
Curiosly enough, the horses seem not
onlv to stand it well, hut to actually
thrive under it The theory is that the
horse w ith long hair, such as nature
gives him for Winter, gets very wet
with sweat when be is being driven,
and when taken into the uhle, no
matter bow thoroughly he U rubbed,
remains damp and chilly for hours,
and is liable to lake cold. If the hair
is cut off be can be blanketed when lie.
in standing out upon the street, and
when in exercise does not get wet w ith
sweat, or even if he does can he quickly
rubbed dry when he gets into the
table. Of course, ho in blanketed
while standing in the stable, so that he
does not suffer from the los which
nature gives him. This theory seems
to work well in practise, for it is ob
served that the horws which are
clipped or shaved, if it is doue at a
udicious time and they are carefully
ilsnketed, not only do not take cold o
readily during the Winter, but seem to
feel better for the change in their con
dition. But it is a curious sight to the
observer who is not accustomed to this
sort of thing to see au avenue filled
with carriage which are drawn by ani
mals which appear to look Jike bob
tailed mice.
Popwlstlon of Berlin.
Berlin now has 1,530,000 population,
to which should be added the suburban
population of 175,000. The mas of the
Inhabitants are persons of very modest
incomes, and living is very cheap.
reed put the most BoaIi on young
ouue.
An Orange Wrapper.
Some genius has Invented a ma
chine for wrapping oranges that does
the work of three men. lie ays it osn
wrap 2.500 orange in one hour,
Bernhardt a Clairvoyant.
lime. Sarah Bernhardt I a firm !e
Merer la the supernatural. She hi
related that when at New York, on her
nret American trip, she woks up one
night after a terrible dream. In which
he bad seen her son Maurice bitten by
two mad dogs. The vision made such
ta impression on her mind that early
next morning she telegraphed to
Maurice, and received the reply that
be had been bitten by two dogs, that
the wound ia his arm were not serious
Moreover, the dogs were not rabid, but
had boen Immediately killed. Mms.
Bern hard t could, (he affirms, mention
anmsToa other clmunsUncei in her
Ufa which it would be Impossible to
nut down to mere chance or .oolasi-
STATU XRWS.
;
Fremont is to hate another hose ruin- J
P"n.v
Davrtipott
ii. Tested h il !t sneak j
thiete. -
Grand Inland's other name is now the
'-King City."
Tlw) Dlll is.iermau sal..
ifj ti Um,B of (e Wiff
at liiir is
The Hebron Knights of Fy thins lBV
taken Kin of their elegant new
hall.
Mixl diys kre reported at Norfolk and
iii,n a wni Male iimi Willi ii,m'-
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J(M, JolUHtm B!l8 ,, tttMU llW
WS(,OD nwr nlair (r.,u,,,ly fi,tally
jjrllej
Both elemtora at VrWn r full of Iti
cent corn and no cars can lie had t
move it.
The main building of the Grand IsUnd
MU(!ir factory in rapidly approaching
ooiuuletion.
Over two hundred ladies attended the
j Woman's Relief corpa convention at
i Grand j wlnnd.
The new stat ion eslubliahed ltween
TecuniBeh and Johnson promises to le
! come a good trading point.
The additional punijis for the Fre
mont city aster works made a sutis-
factory test and w us accepted.
A convention of farmers meets at Dor
chester for the purpose of organising a
mutual tire insusance advocation.
The Turners of Fremont have engaged
the services of a professional gymnast to
give instructions toclassee of both sexes.
A branch of the Catholics of America,
an insurance association; waa organized
yesterday at St. Patriot' church in
Fremont
George Cooley, an old and reected
citizen of Albion and one of the pioneers
of Ikione county, died Wednesday, aged
sixty-four yenr.
A special government laud detective is
in Custer county looking after fraudulent
land entries and has secured Nineteen
claims to report on.
A Beatrice teaniHtei named Foster
j fell from hi wagon while intoxicated
and was badly frozen, and is now in a
dangerous condition.
Weepiug Water's old fair Mseoointion
has been disbanded and a new organiza
tion will be formed for the HirHe of
hulding a fair next fall.
At Dorchester the two year old child
of Elmer Williams swallowed several
poisonous pills and died lx-fore a physi
cian could be summoned.
. u
Blair's councilmen have passed an or
nate caCtiag doirnlteif aslarti and
those of other ohVials, whereby s saving
of ?1,T0 r year ia effected.
H. H. Martin of Geneva, who waa re
cently released from the soldiers' ru in
at Grand Island, has been adjudged in
sane and sent to the asylum.
The society young men of HastuigH
are making arrangements for a grand re
ception to the traveling men to take
place immediately after Lent.
There will be a meeting of the citizens
of Aurora to-day for the purpose of tak
ing some organized stejis for furnishing
relief to the North Dakota suffers.
Another company of boys from the
children's aid society of New York vrill
arrive at Hebron, March 28, for the pur
pose of finding homes with farmers and
others.
Dr. Mackoy of Madison has received
information that his mother had lately
come into possession of an etat in
Caithness, Scotland, appraised at
3100,01X1.
The jommissioners of Hayes county
refused to grant a lioenae for a saloon at
Hayes Center on the ground that a ma
jority of the people, of the county op
posed it.
Mrs. Campbell of Dakota City, a great
granddaughter of Daniel Boone, recent
ly received a legacy bequeathed by
Nathan'Jloone, a son of the famous
pioneer.
A Wahoo man was fined So and cost
for maliciously slapping bis wife in the
face. The judge let him down easy be-
' cause the blow was provoked by a spite
ful remark.
Jan Melmsand Frank Prochsska were
thrown from a wagon by a runaway
team at Marshall. The former had his
arm broken and one of the Utter s ribs
was fractured.
The old soldiers at their 'encampment
just held at Grand Island unanimously
passed a resolution favoring unfurling
the stars and stripes from the top ef
every school bouse in the state.
The Republican valley editorial asso
ciation will bold its .annual meeting in
March. The date has not yet been set
but to accommodate a majority of ths
members it will lie held on Tuesday
aome time during the month.
Prohibitionist went on the war path
at Wayne and arrested one saloonkeeper
and two druggists, besides capturing ten
barrels and six casks of liquor. The al
leged law breakers wore bound over in
the sum of MOO each to await trial.
Ed Ksller escaped from too Kearney
reform school last wsek and made his
way to Grand Island. Whoa found the
boy waa alasoat f rosea, having been
wandering arouad all Bight, its waa
1 H. F. NeMe, editor of the fkasJati Plt
of Omaha lias had IVUv KMwreun,
editor of the Isannebrog Slur, a lluati
arrested for it-aliciotis libel for
publishing matter derogatory to lbs
ohartai'ter of Mr. Neble.
A large number of people ia Grant
county claim that thorough surref of
ry Las never been made. To
settle the dispute a petition has bos
drawn up requesting the rommissioasr
of the general land office to investigate
the matter.
Throe caaes of wurlet fever are report
ed at Stanley.
Firth bud a ftMt tire Sunday in the
business portion of the town.
A tire at the Windsor hotel at Fremont
caused damage ainountiug to nearly
The coinuiiawionent .rf Nance county
have decided to bridge the Loup at Ful
lerton. There is a lataver dam within a mile of
Madison and a lver was trapped there
recently.
Florence is indu'ging in the luxury of
a law suit in regard to the oiening of
new streets.
Hastings has a chewing guiu factory
and is now Irving to secure a plant for
making soap.
Itev. N. I. Hoopingarner, the evange
list, has commenced a serie of religious
meetings st Geneva.
The explosion of a lamp cans. I the
destruction of a II. k M. chair car at
Holdredge. No one w as injured.
Diphtheria has lieen very bad at Due
tin, three children by the name of Camp
bell having died in one family.
The custom of allow ing teachers to
visit other schools at least one day dur
ing each term ia Ix-CMiiing general
throughout the state.
The second term of the I'nited States
coprt held in Hastings will convene in
ttiat city March 10, with a largo number
of cases on the docket.
The safe of theNye-Wdaou Morehouse
company at I a ;y was successfully blown
open but the burglars found nothing of
value.
There is a small sized mad dog scare st
Palmer. Several hogs have diet and il
was found neasary to kill a cow- w hich
had been bitten a few days ago.
A. F. Glolfman, a switchman in tin
Lyna-ood yards of the Northwestern rail
road and a new man at tlie business, haw
a foot while making a coupling.
Krneet Hamilton and James Moran
were cwptured at Fremout wbils trying
to rob a German named Mathews and
w ill probably go "over the road".
The Curtis Harvester and Binder com
pany has been organised at Fremont with
a capital ef f2OU0 forUsrfaaf
manufacturing a new Kind of harvester.
Twenty young men of Central City
hnve formed an organization for the pur
pose of tilting up club rooms and a gym
nasium for the use and enjoyment of
its nieniWs.
Having over l,tx t population the town
of Ord has been divided into wards as a
city of the second class and an election
ordered called for the purjxwe of electing
city officer.
Kearney has outgrown her school fa
cilities and a eiition is being circulated
to bond the district in theum of $50,000
fur the purpose of building two new
school houses.
David Beckmeyer who has been con
lined for the past four months in the
Polk county jail on the charge of for
gery, was unanimously acquitted by a
jury of his peers.
The fact that the railroad company
ha recognized Thurston county and
paid in Xi.O)0 as taxes should remove all
doubts, i' any ever existed, as to the
legality of the county organization.
' Two precincts in Custer county and
one in Dawson county last wsek voted
bonds in aid of ths Kearney k Black
Hills railway. The only elections yst to
be held are the three in Huffatlo county,
which takes place March 1.1
Much enthusiasm has been worked up
in the Kearney schools in memorising
national songs. In the intermediate
grades there are 17 pupils in attendance
and 580 have memorized and pointed
correctly the notes of "America.'
An Ashland man has invented a tri
cycle for a legless cripple which ia very
ingenious. The seat rests on a pivot, to
which ia attached the steering apparatus,
enabling him to guide it with his body,
whilst his arms furnish the motor power.
A human skull with the usual bullet
hole through it waa found Monday under
the Union Pacific depot at Fremont The
peculiar thing about the ghastly tind ia
that it does not recall any foul murder,
mysterious disappearance or instance of
foul play.
It is reported that two lodges of the
Knights of Lalior at Bed Cloud, number
ing 180 memhera, and three farmers al
liances near Kiverton, have united aad
purchased a building worth 11100 aad
that their intentioti is to ssubttab a so
operative store which will Iw pktdffed to
patronage.
An imbecile named Wsoks, who has
been prowling around the vicinity of
Hebron, burned a quaxtity of hay lot J.
ISTchsok. Mr. LovercfHtck iasori!
using a crutch. Ha took bis ohaC
mounted a sores and hvwted as Cttt
and autrehed him lato Pabioa,
ha waa tocksd up bf ths afcon? U a,
..''...'-
la vslssd at aUt CZttX ,
rry thinly clad sod waa glad to jrstnrn.
