oux County Journal.
t. t. OMlOn Proeriota.
NEBRASKA
Chicago Market
WHEAT
September. 1 02; May, $1 0Csi
CORN Market stead. Cisu, J-Sepu-Di
Lr. 47c. May, OO1-.
OATS Market Steady. Cash IC.V c;
fcVptruberUi'i. Mav.3J5'
RVE-EasyNo. 2,0c.
BARLEY-Steadv. No. 2. Cash, 72a.
PRIME TIMOTHY $1 3S1 3.
FLAX-Steady No. J, i S3. m
WHlhKi $1 .3
PORK-Market dull. Ch, $10 70;
Sptmber, tlU0, January, tl30Q
i2 33.
LARD Market DulL Cash 2h
Sent e in uer.tb" 50, January $ C 721 Qj
C 7..
FLOUR Essier; prices off 1 d 15c.
Winter wheat: H 'J"'5 00; Spring.tl 70
& 4 75. ryer275v,3t0.
TALLOW Sieadyj No. I, solid
packed, 4c; No.2,3'$c; cake.4'c.
SHOULDERS to 75 5b7'.
SHORT CLEAR 1 Gm' "0
SHORT RI BS-Cash a yjj3 33.
BU'OER-Quiet. Creamery. 15
22 r. lairv. L'J 18c.
EGGS- Easier. Fresh, lolCc.
CHEESE Firm. Full cream ched
ders 8'v; flats SiisSc; Yiung
American
HIDES Higher. No .1 heavy and light
green salted, 8c; salted bull, (J;;
t?reen salted calf. 8 WJJic; dry flint 8
!j; dry salted hides, ic; dry calf, 3J
Cc; deacons, each, 30c
The Strike of 111 Switchmen.
Chicago, August 20. The Alton
witch men are still out and freight is
mist accumulating io the yar h. At
Brighton there are 30J loaded cars
louod for the city. There is no sign of
concession on the part of the railroa i
tompany. At a joint meeting of the
Alton switchmen, engineers and firemen
'ha action of the switchmen in striking
was condemned. Every employe of the
l ail way switching association in the
st;ek yards is to be discharged. The
general managers held two long con
ferences. It was decided that each
road ehould do its own switching at the
lock yards, and the action of the su
perintendent on August 23 in deciding
to dissolve the switching association
was confirmed.
The L'ik Shore and the Michigan
Central sent engine and crews into th?
yards today and considerable work was
done to relieve the packing houses of
the blockade. The Baltimore & Ohio
Illinois Central and several other en
gineers flatly refuse to do any work in
the yards. It is now uedtrstcod that
the swit hmen will return .to work at
the old wa, provided they are invited
to. "
Strike n'lluH Io.
Buffalo, N. V., Aug. 29. The sirike
situation on the surface appears to be
unchanged. John Devlin of the
Knights of Labor executive board ad
dressed a meeting. A considerable
number of new men who came here to
lake the strikers' places are in the hos
pital suffering from the results of acci
dent. Several have had their ar ns
caught between the bumpers and others
are mic as fingers.
rrnnnylvania Mine flooded.
Greknsiickg, Pa., August 29. Dur
ing a heavy rain the Monmouth coal
company's mine on the Sewickly branch
was flooded. One mm was drowned and
everal are still missing.
ExpreM Train Derailed.
Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. 18. The
Kansas central express was partly de
railed in Sal' Creek valley. No one was
killed outiight, but five or six passengers
were badly bruised.
Chemical Syndicate.
Paris., Aug. 28. The more important
merchants having withdrawn from the
scheme, the projected chemical syndi
cate has about collapsed.
Moat Rare in St. Marjr' Ha?.
Dig by, N. S, Aug. 2ft At daylight an
American seining schooner was seen in
St. Mary's bay fishing within the three
mile limit. About noon a Canadian
c; uiser appeared and gave chase. An
exciting race ensued. In the evening
the cruiser returned without her prize
'I he yankee, by lowering a sail over the
stern hid the name of his craft.
Karon WlnamanV Complaint.
Bzblin, Aug. 28. In a pamphlet, just
issued by Baron Wiseman he complains
that his reoeot attack on Protestant
missionaries in east Africa and reference
principally to the English and Scotch
missionaries and not to German mission
aries. The Scotch be complained of
because they acted as political agents to
forward the British interests at the ex
pens of th e of Germany and Portu-
- -.
('ojabiaaUo of Glaaa Factorial.
PrrrsBtao, Pa, Aug. 30. It is an
flounced ' bis morning that a com bin a
tkm of w'noW glass manufacturers has
icn affected. This company will con
trol th oat-put of all glass factories in
the western sad northern districts im
tntd lately, and ail factories in the Unit
ad States ultimately. A meeting of
manufacturers representing 1,003 points
tmt of a total of 1,387, waa held in this
city ea Wednesday. At this meeting it
wse voted that firs for 1890 1 be started
or. September 19. Tbe object of the or
ganisation if to handle and sell all glass
mow by Um asTsnl factories and to
rotate teswi prion, thus prevent
Ixj est&j of rate. Itiealsopro-f-aj
to ha tW importers of PhUadsl
y.'ZMYt&nd bottom mA at the
. McVICRER" IN ASHES.
The Fin and Oldeat Theatre la (blc&c
Barardta the Ground.
Chicaoo, Aug. 29. McVicker's thea
tre on Madisun street, one of the finest
theatres io the city wad practically de
stroyed by fire yesterday morning. One
fireman was fatally injured by a falling
wall and several are reported as injured.
The west wall of the building, reaching
eight storiea in height, w ent djwn with
a terriffic crash into the narrow alley.
John Duffey, pipeman in engine com
pany No. 7 came down with the debris
and landed fairly on his heaa on the
jaggtdpilsot moitar and brick. He
was fearfully mangled and probably fa
tally injured. Duffey's coruradeson the
roof barely escaped with their lives.
They beard the wall'creaking and ran
to the center of the roof j ust as the great
mass went down. They subsequently
escapea to the street by means of a fire
escape. The fire started in the base
meat or Lithgow s saloon which occu
pies the west half of the building and
smouldered among the piles of straw
and Tq'iors for nearly an btur le'ore it
us discovered. The loss to the theatre
and buildin; will not be less than 123,
000. The entire interior of th? theatre
is practically destroyed. Four or five
firemen who had been stationed near
the main entrance, barely escaped with
tneir lives, lhe brave fellows were
pushing through to the stage w hen they
heard a loud cracking above their heads.
Thty instantly retraced their steps and
had barely got on the outside in the
lobby when the roar of the falling gal
leries and dome told of the destruction
of the theatre. W. Miller, a truckman,
and another fireman were also injured
but net fatally. Fireman Duffey, who
came down with the falling wall, it is
now s' ated will recover. The fire com
municated to several small hotels, but
did no serious damage. The guests
were panic stricken, but all escaped. All
the front flicee of the building received
little damage except by water and the
tenants will continue to do business at
their old stands. Mr. McVicker is now
at Saratoga. Cilia son and managers say
the theatre will be rebuilt and reopened
indde of thirty days.
Not Working.
Albasy, IS, 1, Aug. 27. A tour
through the Deleware & Hudson freight
yaidjand bouses shows that things ic
these yards have been colored soma. In
the freight houses a few men are busy,
but no freight of any kind is being re-
eeivod from Albany merchants. The
only trains being moved in the vicinity
were a few New York Central cars and
Central engines were drawing them out.
One of the train dispatchers said this
afternoon: ."We have not moved any
more today than we did yesterday."
No new mon were to be found, said
Hammond, and the old hands who re
mained at work stated positively that
they had seen no new men at work.
DiMCtigKltiK H In Pari.
PaCIs, Aug. 23. A meeting of the
cabinet was held Saturday, at which
the measures which the Americnn gov
ernment proposes to adopt to insure the
wholesome condition of salted meats at
tho time of export was discussed. Fur
ther debHte was held on the draft of the
new general tariff bill.
To Nave Lire.
Washington, Aug. 2G. Represents
live Caldwell, from the committee on
railroads and canals, h"3 reported to
the house the bill agreed upon by the
comittee to compel railroad companies
engaged in interetata commerce, within
a reasonable time, to equip their cars
with such safety or automatic safety
xiuplors as will not require trainmen to
go between the ends of the cars to
couple or To uncouple them, and with
automatic brakes so that the speed of a
train can be controlled by the engineer.
The report submitted by the bill points
out the fearful loss of life and limbs
entailed in the use of link and pin coup
ling and hand-brakes on freight cars
and wys from the statistics of railroad
accidents "We have a terrible intimation
that 2,000 young men in the nation mubt
suffer painful or fatal accidents from
these two causes annually."
Won With a ItolleL
Locisvili.r, Kr , Aug. 23. Pete Mc
Crnry, who is the curator of a local cera
tery, shot Annie Stahen; the girl whom
he loved, about six weeks ago. He was
engaged to her, but she was trying to
jilt him. The shooting was quite trag
ic. McCrary called on the girl, and
after a short interview, in which be up
braided her forkeeping company with
another young man, snot her through
tbe head. He then shot himself . twice.
Her death seemed inevitable and Mc
Crary was placed under guard. After
lingering near death for ten days Miss
Stekeo rallied and is now well.
McCrary was taken to Miss Rtaken's
bedside and the two were married. Miss
Staken became i n fat n ated with McCra
ry after be shot her, and was very proud
of the possession of such a violent love
aa his, and the marriage took place at
her request. The marriatre will tirevent
her testifying against McCrary.
Work on Tbe Hmldinc I.lnpped.
Iowa Cm, Ia., Aug. 23. Bishop Cos
grove, of the southern diooese of Iowa,
ia the plaintiff in a petition presented
to Judge Fairwell asking aa injunction
restraining tbe contractors from mint-
on with the work of rsoting the now
university building at City park donat
ed h Iowa City last winter to tbe sUte
for university pu rouses. Th hearing
of tho case was sot for aast Tuesday and
In tb msaotimo work oa the Milding
k stopped.
ASrm KeaedKln of Wage. f
Chk ago. III, Au. 28. Tne commit
tee representing tlw Ulinois C-litrtl
railroad employes in the train terviee
arujli hag iMHa preparing a ua train
s bedule of wanes called on General
juaa.'er tMcxai niiuiux J bey were
courteously receive.1. They presented
thair schedule and requested its adop
tion. "ht the increase is that they ra
quest cannot no vr b ex k: ly leaned,
but it n.nges from a to 3) per cent.
The committee was assured that the
schedule would be carefully oocsidered
a id an answer given them inside of ten
days.
The C'rUMr than fr'raaeiaco.
Sasta Uakbaka, Cal, Aug. 3 . -The
crusierSun Fiaucisco was visited b
crowds of people, while lying at pnehor
here. Her search lights were retesU-d
The vvsw-1 left lir re at G o'clock and wi
arrive at San r ranc'sco early. There
port of lhe naval board cun ui -uls in a
most favorable manner upon the trial
and gives the average fwed of the run
of four hours as 19.." knots, which
about one-tenth of a knot in excels of
the recent record of the Philadelphia
The figures given out yesterd.iv, nine
Ueu and one-hulf knot", were oily a
calculation by the board. The figures
as sent lo Washington are subject to
currt'cion, as the board had still eoaie
altulaticns to make, based on tidul and
currentobseivation?, hich it is txpect
ed will give the San Francisio Mill a
higher rate of speed. The horwj power
develoi ed is estimated at about (vtO.
More Revolutions,
Seattlk, Wash., Aug. 27. Admiral
Brown cf the flagship Charleston, which
arrived here from Honolulu, expressed
the be'iof in an interview this evening
tl.at the next steamer from the Ha
waiian islands will bring news of a revo
lution, and probably of a declaration of
a republic He said: "Hitherto the Ha
waiian government has been managed
'nrgely by Americans, but the educated
natives are Leginning to feel that they
are competent to conduct the Hawaiian
government, and that the part played
by foreigners in the control of affairs
was atf unwarrantable interference with
theii sacred rights. Accordingly their
schooled natives have gathered around
them a band of followers, daily increas
ing in strength, who have raised the
cry "(Hawaii for lliawaiiana." The rev
olutionists want the o dices at the dispo.
sal of the government. The malcon
tents have in a meeting with the me
chanics' union passed resolutions asking
that tL is patronage to be given the na
tives and members of their own party
This request has been ignored by the
government
Committed Soicide. ,
WorUMIerakl. . ;
Aug. ''O. The body of Cornelius Mer-
menn, a well known farmer who lives in
McArdle precinct, eight miles. west of
Omalin, was found banging in the barn
this morning. It was undoubtedly a
case of suicde and the body was held to
await tho action of tbe coroner.
Mermen n was a married man and his
wife and seven children are living.IIeis
considered wealthy, and has two fine
farms in McArdle precinct. He had a
severe attack of grippe last winter and
bas never been well since, being de-
ir.'EKed in ep.rita and having no inter-
. in anything. '
-nly a day or two ago be went to the
nouseof James Walsh, a neighbor, and
had Walsh and another neighbor wit
ness his will. The document gave all
bis property to his wife. Walsh asked
him at the time if he was in his right
aiind and received an affirmative
answer.
Mermen n was evidently as well as us
ual yesterday and nothing was thought
of bis sudden desire to draw un bis
will. .
Mermen n was not in tbe bouse during
tbe night and early this morning one of
hie sons went out to tbe barn to see if
he was there. He opened tbe door of
the granary and was horrified to see
b's fathers body dangling in the air.
Mermann bad apparectly been dead
several hours, and t-e rope that pressed
tightly upon his neck told bow he had
met his end. He whs about GO years old
and was highly esteemed.
Slim John.
Mawmxo, Ia., Aug. 27. One John
Slim, a tramp, came to the city and waa
arrested for attempting to pass a forged
check and note to the amount of 11113, to
which be pleaded guilty before Justice
Ferguson. He was sent to Carroll
county jtil to await tbe action of the
grand jury.
Broka her Heart.
Loiisvillf.,Ky.. Aug. 2i. On seeing
her two children in the city court dock,
Sarah Lyons, a colored woman dronnod
dead. 8he had been summoned to ap
pear in court, but did not know what
the matter was. The two boys. Geors-a
and Moses Lyons, with five o,heri had
beeu arrested for roboing a grocery store.
Old Mrs. Lyons entered the court room
and peered anxiously io the direction of
the prisoners, and then pressing her
hand to her side, she staggered out into
the corridor in front ef the clerk's office
and fell heavily to the floor. Dr.
Pussrwaa seal for immediately, but
she died juat as he reached her side.
Heart disease brought on by excitement
was the result of the autopsy.
Mill AaahMM loGa.
Milwaukee, Aug, 2C. An Evening
Witeonti peeial from Marquette,
Mich., says: Holaehor, tbe bandit,
held fur murder, last nhrht mad. aa.
other uneoeoesiful attempt to commit
suicide Dy severing trie arteries it tbe
wrist and battering his head against
th wall.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
a male.
In the serate Mr. Aldrich asked unan
imojs consent that the general debate
on tha tariff bill shall close September
3; that debate on the amendment con
tinue under the five minute rule until
Sep. 8, and that final voting shall then
begin. He also proposed that thi last
six hours be given to deba'e.
In the house joint resolntion in rem
tion to oatl;s in pension cases was report
ed and passed, cuthorizing them to be
administered b; any oareon empevered
to administer oaUiS.
Tbe bouse resolut for the appoint
ment of a commitl e seven represen
tativt s and three fcr a : rs for superin
tending the funer-1 jl -.'le late Itepre-
wntat.ve Watson vk !. id before the
ter n'e.
Mr. Quay offered a resolution which
was agreed to, expressing the deep sen
sibility w ith which the senate heard of
Watson's death and concurring in the
appointment cf a committee. As an ad
ttional mark of respeot the senate ad
journed. The senate, by unanimous consent,
has agreed to the proposition of Mr. Al
dncb in regard to closing the debate on
tho tariff bill. '
The substitute f t house banK
ruptcy bill waa reoortoJ from the judici
ary committee and placed on the calen
dar. The resolut on directi-g the commit
tee on rules to prohiVt the sale of spirit
uoup, vino'is or ma!! l'quors in the sen
ate wing of tho cap. ll was taken up
and went over.
The conference rep-" on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was presented
Bud read.
Mr. Allen, in a somewhat lengthy ad
dress, defended tbe action of the sen
ate conferees and explained the ex
treme difficulty which thoy had encoun
tered in dealing with the r.ubject.
After some debate in which Mr. Rea
gan defended the pnst action of congress
and a direct irrigation r-urvey in the
matter of resurvr-ylr.f reservo.r sites
from settlement, the conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill
was agreed lo and ti. tat iff bill was
then taken up.
The question v.ns on the lead para
graph, to which Mr. G-Le hnd offered an
amendment to muke load extracted from
silver ores free of duty, and Mr. Plumb
had offered one reducing the duty on
lead ore and lead d.owi from ljj to
of a cent.
Before proceeding with the paragraph
Mr. Plumb gave notice to amend the
amendment to the bill, which he would
offer at the proper time. It is, with
some amendments, a bill for reciprocity
with Canada introduced by Mr. Butter
worth in the house.
Mr. Plumo proposes to restrict the
operation of the reciprocal arrange
ment to manufactured articles and min
erals.
HOl'K.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, submitted the
conference report on the sundry jivil ap
propriation bill.
The conferenco report was agreed to.
By unanimuua consent the amend
ments which were not acted upon to the
river and harbor bill were con concurred
in and a conference ordered.
Saturday, September 13, was set apart
for the delivery of eulogies to tbe late
Senator Beck.
Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, then an
nounced the death of his cOrleague,
Watson, and offered resolutions expres
sive of regret, which were unanimously
adopted.
Mr. Morgau moved un adjournment,
saying he believed that some agreement
on the lard questior. could be reached.
Motion lost.
Mr. Sergeant then offered a resolution
directing the sergeant-au-rms to notify
absent members to return to Washing
ton without delay and revoking all
leaves of absence except hose grant d
on account of illness. The resolution
recites that twice legislative proceedings
were interrupted by want of a quorum'
and that certain members, men'ioning
their names, responded to tbeir names
under calls, but did not answer to reg
ular r II calls.
Messrs. Blout, Cain, Hatch and
others protected against the resolution,
saying it was an un;ust arraignment
of every person mentioned in it, and
its adoption would be a censure to those
members.
There was great confusion in the
bouse and fully a dozen me nbers were
on their feat demanding recognition on
the queition o' personal p ivilege, end
tbeir efforts to secure such recognition
were heartily seconded -by thoir friends.
Finally Mr. Crsin was recognited and
aid: "This is nothing but a potty spe
cies of bull-doziDg, the object being to
threaten us and compel us to vote. I
am responsible to my cousli taunts only.
I went out of the chiaiher I alontion.il ly
to avoid being couuteJ prese'.t aud Lot
voting."
Mr. Tomer, of Nw Vo-k, referred to
Um cases of Messrs. Accfortbn and lUya,
who had been present iU i'y, prctesUng
the honorable pairs that wore named in
the resolution, lie did not know how
saacy other gentlemen were in like posi
tion, yet this "wiady brri from the
prartes with hie corkeerew gestures'' at
tempted to hold over e embers of the
house to pnbiio 1 sad Indignation.
JIFHRA9K4.
Osmond has new hotel,
Murray Las s new lumber yard.
Colfax county crops are all ri'tt.
Kearney it to have a new daily paper.
Craw ford is to have a new paper, the
Alliance Boomerang.
The i'arpy county lair will be beld
September 17, IS and 10.
I Cherry county will send a display of
i her products to the sUle fair.
Browo county's eighth annual fair
will be he Id Sept. 17. to 20.
The census of Nebraska City jumped
from i,8S7 in 18S0 to 11,400 in ltf-K).
The German citizens of F-omont have
organized s personal rights league.
Hannah Moredick, a nineteen-year-old
girl of Fairburv, disappeared and
was found insane in Kansas.
Louie Biles, of Fremont rode his pony
into a pusthole and tho ai. imal turned a
somersault, breaking its nec':.
The officer of the Btate fair announce
that most of the counties in the state
have applied for space for evhibits.
About 2,000 in premiums are offered
at the Nemaha ouunty agricultural
fair and driving p;rk association.
The merchant tailoring establish
ment of Wanen & Hoover, at Fairbury
was entered by burglars and ?130 worth
of goods carried away.
The pontoon brid ;e at Nebranka City
has been attached h? tbe sheriff lo satis
fy a claim for 1.7)0 he'd by the Nebras
ka City National bank.
.Sheriff Town of Thayer county killed
four glandered horses belonging to a
farmer named Woods, living near Stod
dard, but it is feared the disease will
spread.
Frank Dundos cf Auburn i nursing a
wousdml log. He hud the misfortune
while working on the bridge at Louis
ville to cut nis leg with .in adz, making
an ugly wound.
A petition is in circulation in Perkins
county Bating the conimisfeioiiers to the
voters of Perkins county at tin next
general election the question of town
ship organization.
Miss Hannah Moredick, a young lady
living near Fairbury, is among the
missing. Some think she has gone to
meet a former lover, while others aro of
the opinion that shu is the victim of
foul play.
The man Thomas Patchen, who
stabbed aud killed Charles Hen ton, at
Long Pine, July i, 1RW, has been arrest
ed for murder and his case will come up
in the Brown county district court in
September.
The Madison county teachers have
formed a reading circle in accordance
with the state reading organiz itiou-
There are about sixty members in the
county, the beet showing any county
has yet made.
Willie Krouse, a young son cf John
Krouse, living near Gladstone, while
carrying a gun or a mowing machine
accidentally shot himself through the
chest. He lived until Wednesday
when he died from the effects of the
wound.
A Kearney laborer employed in clear
ing the ruins of the Midway hotel which
burned some time ago, found a charred
roll of bank notei. He sent the roll to
the treasury department at Washington,
and a few days ago received in return a
draft for 830.
A young man named Joseph Gillilin
was driving a team of horses attached
to a wagon down quite a ateep hill near
Peru when he slipped and fell in front
of the '.vagon, the wheels passing over
his leg, inflicting painful and somewhat
serious injuries.
A horse belonging to John Miester.
living on White Clay creek, south of
Crawford, was struck by lightning and
killed. The horse was tied to a wavon.
the bolt striking the tongue of the ve
hicle .and shivering it and jumping
from tbat to the horse.
The postofflee at Armada was moved
over to Miller one night. The old town
people were in the mood to lynch Post
master Cherry when they nwoke next
morning and found what had been done
As the removal was made with the sanc
tion of the department they had no a),
ternative but to submit The name will
be changed to "Miller" Oetober L
Mr. Frank Haven, a young man liv
ing five miles southwest of Geneva, died
from the effects of an injury he received
four weeks ago. While trying to cap
ture a vicious horse which was running
loose in the stable the animal rushed
against him and pressed hiu over tbe
manger with sufficient force to crush
his ribs and otherwise injure him inter
nally.
The Fremont Flail contains this item:
Last night about ten oclock when Joe
Hammond, who resides near the Elk.
horn ri er bridge, returned borne, and
before he bad time to liaht the linn, a
knock earns at the front door. His fourteen-year-old
son went to tbe door and
found a man with a shotgun, who told
him that there were three masked men
at tha bridge waiting for hia father's re-
tun from the city. It was a strange In-
otdeot, bat notbing more came of tha
news thus brotucbt by a man at that
ti.mrojnifbt,.
KAKSAfl lir BBir.r .
Paw paws are ripe along tbe .jttoms
of eastern Kansas.
Tbe new residence of Senator Ingai's
built in tbe middle of a big corn firlX
There is a girl at Conway Springs, so
t is claimed, who baa been asleep two
weeks.
The most plentiful and popular things
in Kansas now are political conventions
and watermelons,
Tbe corn crop in Kansas this year ia
going to surprise the people who have
declared all the time that it ia a failure.
Constant Amain, nephew of ex Mayor
Amain, of Hiawatha, Kan, fell from a
scaffold there, and was fatally injured.
Baker university is going to open its
fall term in a short tioe now, and tbe
hardware merchants are getting in large
supplies of gate hinges.
A good many towns in Kansas that
had been, squalling about ice factories
haven't been heard from since the ther
mometer went down to 04 the oilier day.
Corn is not very big in Kansas this
ear, but so far no step ladders bavo
'leen advertised for sale. Tho farmers
know they will have use for Iheui next
year.
A Vr. Gadabout, living near Axtel1,
has 100 acres of corn which he says wi'.
tunko 4,0(10 buishels. The gentleman
does not teem to be the kind of a man
hi name indicates.
There is a great diversi'y of opinion
in the matter of the Kansas potato civp
this year, bit there is no room whatever
for arKunient s to the extraordinary
size of the crop of candidates.
A Tupeka councilman has been acquit
tod of thecharge of stealing corn. In
its way this i 4 a refutation of the oft re
peated assertion that a Topeksi man will
take anything that is in sight.
Topi k a has two Ananias clubs Wichi
ta is behind in this mutter, and has
none, although the ne d of ha'f a dozen,
or more is apparent if the lending mtu
down there want to make a record.
The Topeka chuutauqua assembly
came out JiK) in debt this year. The
current impression i that the munagors
forgot he tTopeka habit df taking up s
collection before the visitors got away.
Tha Emporia canning factory is run
ning with a force of 100 hands niglil
and day, w hile the Hutchinson slaughter
horses are not allowing a day to go by
without killing and packing 530 hogs.
Kansas has not seen such a crusade
of newspapers against beer drinking
since last winter as there U going on
now that the weather is getting cool
enough to justify an occasional nipc!
rye.
The city council, of Lawrence, has
'iually made up its mind to stand to
gether and put in ! system of sewerage,
that is, if the members of the council
are notlynched before the work is com
pleted. A man who has been dead a year and
a halt has been drann on the United
Stales grand jury. Some Startling de
velopments may result from this. A
Kuusos man has lo be very dead if ho
refuses to get up when he has a elm no
lo sit on a grand jury.
Down in tho southwes'-ern part of the
state thieve1) have been getting away
with tho farmers wheat. No great trou
ble lias yet resulted by reason of the
thefts, but whejn one of the thieves ac
cidentally gets a few ears of corn h
gdla the extent of the luw.
New York men are acouring Doniphan
county buying nil the apples the far
mer will contract to deliver. A large
percentage of the crop will be "holed up"
however, while apple butter and har
cider will be as plentiful in Sol Miller
town as ever this winter.
The heaviest downpour of rain that
has fallen for a year deluged Saline,
Hooding the sewers and floating th
sidewalks. The recent copious rains in
central Kansas have revive the cor
and filled the streams, and a large acr
age of wheat will be sown this fall.
It costs only n bushel of corn to got
into a circus this year, when a year ago
it took five limes that amount, but the
fact that several shows have gone to
pieces on the edge of Kansas in the past
Rionth indicates that the farmer need j
that bushel of corn to fatten his hog'i.
A Kansai man will learn things by ex
perience that he will not find out any
other way in the world.
Atadaoceat Powhattan there was a
serious row in which twenty-five c
thirty men were engaged. Tbe figr
started between two men from Ssbethi.
and two from Powhattan, and ti e
others were gradually drawn ioto !a
George Jonea was tramped nearly to
death, and Bill Hicks waa cut with h
knife. Damaged heads, eyes and coses
were numerous. All were drunk.
Mrs. Kate Becksll sued a well knowr.
woman of Wichita, Dixie Lee for 1100..
000 damages tor abducting bar daughter
of 14 years and keeping her a prisoner
for several months, during which time
she alleges she was forced to undergo ali
kinds of indignities and to lead a life o!
sin, from which she managed to escape
only a couple of days ago. This Dixie
Lee oame here from Kenans City several
years ago, and about two years ago
adopted a female infant there, whose
mother oa discovering the woman's
calling, recovered her babe through U
humane society. . . (
