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Czax County Journal. tutzmmxtt, Clitcago Markets. Wit f. .T Firm; Cash, Wc; Decem ber." t o: May. 1 '5. CORV--Steady. Cwh. 48j; Ow-to-ber. 4-, Msy,0 OS'a OA:S Msrket easy. Cash, 8; October, 38Mc; May, 41!t?41,3. RYE Easy. No. 2, attiuH BARLEY Quiet; Sa 2, caah, 75c. FLAX-Qnu. No. Lei 5l't 1 51 MUfcE TIMOTHY Steady; 11 27. WHI8KEY-1 Li. FORK Market tirm. Caah, 5), October, 19 95; January, 111 6?tf. LARD Ma' ket stronger. Caah. $6- (7W; October. $6 07 January, 6 47 'i. 'LOUB-Fi BULK MEATS Short ribs. 5 25; clear, Shoulders $5 75 t3 87, abort r 55 '.'0 BUTTER Steady, creamery, dairy, i:rUe. CHEESE Quiet Full cream chad dan, 848Jc; flats, 6io;4c; Young Americas, 9l9Wc. EGG8-Firm: Freak. 1617. TALLOW Steady. No. I, aolid packed, 4 He; No. 2, 3,c; cake,4a HIDES Higher. No. 1 heavy ani 1 light groan aalted, 8c; salted bull. 6o; I arson as1 ted ealf, tW4r.; dry flint, lAlk. ..Ill kiiU, 7 ilrv ilf r.K' decon, each, 30c. WOOL -Slow. tr ASTcrttaM Worth 7 5, BOO Baltimore, Md., Oct 3. The jury io the caae of John Subsrricht against William H Evan for 17.5,000 damegee for alleged allieeation of affectiop of Mia. Wilhelmioa II C. Suberricht, now jdrs Evans, prese nted a Eealed verdict laat eight, which was this morning read io court It gives the plaintiff 810,000 damage. The testimony pre r nted by I be plaintiff was.to the t ftVet that Evana after gaining the affections of Mrr. Su beiricht counaeled the arcuring of a divorce from her husband because of family dissension, while at the same time advising Suberricht to let the caie go by default. Suberricht did not ap preciate the true condition until after I be divorce waa granted, and Evacs i in ane iately married Mrs. Suberricht Evana is a very rich contractor and will probably appeal the case. X Mora Kalfhta el Labor Employed. ' New York, Oct. a The New York Central official" have deciJed that no more Knights of Labor shall be em ployed on the roed, and yesterday Vice 1 resident Webb issued a circular direct ing the heads of the various departments to make thia decision known. The cir cular ia addressed to the geneial man ager, general superintendent, chief en gineer mod superintendent cf mot.ve power and rolling stock and says: "The recent etrike and acta cf lawlessness committed in connection therewith, the published jorrespondenne between leod - n. iufr - - ;t and the fact that many men are seeking employment, saying they quit work from fear of peisansl vio'ence and that they did not dare to offer to re sume wjrk for the i ane reason, compel the management of the company to an nounce that it objects to iia employes L-eing members of the orgrnization known as the Knights of Labor. The management ia a stirfied that member ship in tbir particular organ ixatioo ia inconsistent with faithful and efficient service to the company and liable at any time to prevent its properly discharging its duties to the pub ic. Youjwill take such action as will bring this circular to the attention of the employes in your respective departments. Bergaa'Mlaa ml Kwlnrcs, . New York, Oct 2. The prominent dry goods jobbing house of Johii V. Far well A Co. of Chicago ia considering a plan for the reorganization of ita busi ness by merging it into a stock company, ia a manner similar to that made a few months ago by the New York house of B. H. Claflin & Co. Thi plan upon which Farwell k Co. will pro eed haa not been made public. In fact the greatest secrecy has been maintained by the members of the firm regarding the proposed change, which him to have become public in New York ere it was even hinted at in Chicago. The tnith of the rumor wae, however, con firmed uj the statement of Mr. Burcb. Ha said tVat the firm waa not aa yet pre pared to give them publicity. He felt that a simple confirmation of the rumor would suffloe for the present. The Mipmi laeerrea. Essnmsi, Pal, Oct. 3. The report, of the arrest e Operator Oloaser, who is charged with beiog respoDsibU for the disaster on the Jersey Central road on Eoaday night above Ltighten is inoor vet. Be visited the scene of the wreck yesterday and was about to bo arrested wheat W diss aiisrsrt sod haa not been sees eiaso. Ee ia a yoosg boy aged be tavaaiSaad H. When told of the vxtavewaa attending the Katie Rooe nttrtxaHaosaadbad the orders for C-stfcl "ra ot tbs trains in hia , Sane aVeae ky nrc. " . . CraaravttiflllrV Get, i Fire btt i' 'JSr " ttatbofcstraMtloaof the r te Athsseomolab . -,-,r 'wt aarja : Wttt tOI kf ke Tlaerarf TrtaL Dcaun, Oct 4. Much axcitemea was occasioned in the court reom s Tipparary by the evidence of one of tbi witmssii, a policeman who testinet that he followed several of the defend enta into the vestry of a Catholic churi and tried to overhear what was aaid br them. This testimony aroused the is dignation of counsel for the defense, ao be demanded to know if the penal day had returned, when the aaneity of tb confessional could be invaded. Th court room became a babel af cries, at the confusion was so great that it wit impossible to goon with the proceeding! When court convened the policerou waa cross examined by Harrington, wh called the witness a shadow. The mag istrate called upon the counsel to with draw the expreiaion. Harrington re fused to do so and waa ordered to )eav the caae. An uproar ensued, O'Briet and Dillon commenting upon the man ner in whizh the case vat conducted Finally a half hour adjournment wci ordered. During the adjournmoM Harrington's clients decided to defeat; .themselves. When the proceeding were resumed Dillon bad juat begun it address the bench when a cheer wli raised for Harrington. Thia so exasper ated the magiatrate thatfhe ordered tu court room cleared and the proceeding were adjourned abruptly amid the great est confusion. A large body of pohc waa maased outside of the court room There waa no rioting. Bailer Exploaloa. Pvrdy, rtM.iOct.4 Yesterday about I o'clock, at Chewaba, McNary county fire men were instantly killed by the ex plosion of a aawmill boiler belonging t Mr. Guriey, who had recently bought the mill. Gurtey'e body was torn intc shred. Wm. Johnson had bis head toix from hia b Aj ad it wm thrown fifty vardafmm the mill. Walter Pit mat and his brother and a son ot Guriey were killed. A negro waa badly injure.! and it ia thought he will die. There w another person injured, but to', serious ly. Contlaaoui Mream of Wagaaa. Kaksas Citt, Mo , Oct 4. For tbt laat two days there haa been r continu ous stream of emigraDt wagons paseing through thia city south and parties com ing in from all along the line report that hundreds of boomers are crossing th line and preparing to eettle in the Cher okee strip. There are severe! regularly organized colonies and tbey are indig nant at President Harrison for not com pelling cattle men to obey bis order tc vacate. The boomers say they are at good as cattle men, but they want hornet and if the attempt ia made to put then: nut they will resist Uithbie,0. T, Oct 4. The excite ment over tie capital location continues After the demonstration again s, Messrs Daniels, Perry and Neabitt had subsid ed, & R. Mitchell, city attorney of Ok'a homa City, who chanced to be in town aent thia telegram to oue ot bis friendi at home: "Your representative were tuobbec on the street yesterday. Send l'O armee men." 1 he armed mep arrived and were among the first to secure seats of van tage in the hall of the lower house Fully aemaoy friends of toe Guthri measure, equally strongly armed, wen also d resent Their presence caused ar. intense feeling and would have taker but the slightest outbreak to hav caused considerable trouble. Speakei Daniels was too ill, svffering from ner vous exhaustion, caused by the excitinj scenes of yesterday to preside. Llaala to Preiratloa. Lokdok, Oct 1 At Lambeth's court the council for the crown said that tb Slavin-McAulffe fight was held by thi court to have been unlawful; thost arranging the preliminaries and abet ting the proceedings would also be pros ecu ted. The Lambeth police court has post poned its decision in toe Slavin-McAul ffe case for one week. A Vetera Oaae. Baltimore, Md Oct. 4. Pbilipt Francis Thomas is dead. lie was one ol the best kaow and highly respectec characters in the state. In 1830 b was elected to the Twectv-siity ooagrcsi bate on be was governor of Maryland secretary of the treasury for a ahor period uider President Bu-banan, sac at different times a member of tlx bouse of delegates; was sleeted Unitee States senator in 1806, but was refuseo admittanos because of alleged disloyal ty to the union during tbs war. Ceasaawsssl fargarr. Mabkjum, Oxt., Oct 4. Thomas Wil Uaaason, a local preacher in the Metbo (Ustehuroh has Red, after having com aitlsd forgeries of neatly $WyooO. nnaaaa BUtea. ' Owe nunx, Sep', 80. -The daoia- aaUi jsacass aad Mssmgir trafa of the CaH.-'wro Oh- Boatbwestera road (Oiag ssik ran into tbo rear of eon. stnistioa train mi tio Iiimd waa tt Thesasass-irs nMaid ktiary aTsptoeaaa efOat. CSaiioms, Fa, Oct L By aaexplo- tof cms4 iteCrbts aaRIerr, U- tirarVoa, Mtm trtmOf PfciSap :.X eMi (Kim.' Trsssas Ersaisa lrss aaJtammtrra wmm my anrt- otisly burosd aad tse otoart awio!nl!) Injured by being blown abnst tbs eham bars by the forue nf the tXpioatoa. The mine is badly damaged. Tkrawa t'raM a Waaww. N'EGBAHit Cirr, NtB., Oct 1 James Wrgbt, sed eighty-six, residiag eleven miles south uf thi'' eilr, was thrown from a wagon ner the 11. A M. depot during a runaway and euatained a froc lure l skull and other serious injuries. His Eoo-i3-Uw, C 1L Divi, who wa ' drivinif the toim tscsped uninjure Mr. Wright's ijjurtes will doubtleai prove fatal. Vat ieCeararaaee. Evaxsviiai, Isd, Oct. 5. The coni- Qiltee of operators and station agents ?n the Mckey lines met here festerday i i conference with General Manager Saul. The matUr of the discharge of Mr. Seare, of Princeton was discussed, jut no dehrite conclusion res .bed. The conference adjourned until this rorninj. It is hardly probable that seare will be reinstated. The engineers ind firemen on all Mckey lines south of Terre Haute presented grievances to lieacral Manager Saul yesterday, ask vg foe an increase of wages and for reg ulations for rucning freight trains. The conductors on thecr line are also men :ioned in the grievances. Imp irtaat OmImmi. Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct A de ;ision made io the United States court restt r.lf.y is very important to the en ire couutry. i s it effects the right of ha Weslern Umoa telescrsph company to use the highway for their wires. It is :h opinion of the court that the act of jongro-f permitting the Westen Union iro all government and postal routes o string their wires is permissable only mld)einot gie the company the right to go into the states and use the iiigliways unless by state authority. Tho court further holds that the char ter gives the city authorities can exclude the wires from ary street and can desig nate in which street the company can iet their polss and atring their wires. Will Not Fxcwrd (I.OOO. Cikcdsati, O., Oct 5. Suoerintend eut Weir of the Adams ex pres? company ai ;e n ysroay mcr i n? in r'ira c to the train robbery on the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland road. lie said; The exact amount stolen will not be known until the way bills are all checked up, but I hardly think tb it it will ex ceed 81,000. There may have been tome diamonds and jewelry in the safe, but that will not be known to a certainty until we hear from the offices on the road. Two of the robbers were cap tured this itorniair at Bllefontaine by railroad detectives and ooe of them has made a confession. The third robber implicated in the job is still at large with SOOof thepluuJer in hia po;ei rjion. . Po3TtSD, Ore., Oat. 5. H. H.Mason a keeper of a small candy stand at the I he fair groun-ir, sent a small boy to a drug store for tartaric acid to be used fa making lemonade. He was given tartar e-netic and the mistake was not (Uncovered until E'igah J. Hart aad four rhildren, Morris Erickson, L'llie ChBp--uan and others hao" taken a quantity of Lemonade. Mason drank a small qi as (ity after mixing a drink and ia in bad thnpe. Three ot the victims cannot re rover. Wall for (he fonalrj-. BosTOi. Mass., Ost. 5. Sir Harry Ty ht, M. P., of London, president of the Orcnd Trunk railroad, who with Mr. William Wainwright, of Montreal, gen eral manager of the road, is here on a (usinees visit, was seen by s reporter )wt evening. He said he thought the McKinley bill aonld work to the inter isUofthe Grank Trunk roa for if Canadian products were exoluded from I be states, they would go to Europe. The results ot the bill to the Cana dian producer may be serious for the time, but the country's exports would pon find a new channel. Should it pt ove hat the states need Canadian products, he thought the increased duty would not keep them out Absolute reoiprooU ty, which is practical free trade, he said was not possible, but be thought that reciprocity limited according to Mr. Blaine's ideas- upon certain articles would be well for the country. As for annexation, Sir Harry does not believe that any considerable number of Cana dian people want itor that there i the lightest prospect of their cooeioering it pjriously at present awr falla Taaaal. NuouuFalm, N. Y, Oct. 5. The ceremony of turning the first sod for the Niagara Falls tunnel took place at 10 o'clock thia morning. Tbs officers and rngineers of the Cataract Construction company and Niagara Falls Tunnel aad Power cojapasy not at Tenth street, where shaft No. 1 will bo sunk, aad oaob 000 look out a shore! fall of earth oa a plated ahevei. The ceremony is tbs 00 easioo of s general jubilee. AreoepUoo will follow In the Cataract bouse. . aata.rvMMas . . PsoviDncft, R. L, OH. 5. The ssom tkMal featars of the aottoa osateaaiat oelsbrstioa aotoa tha prograaisM, waa theptwfoMaaos ot Cerriok Devlin, a aFiodoUaad aaaaMa. Umm. mtiomUtmTtk,U4ln& tromUsm Pawtostatbrs. Caatrook Ins toa aaotswMMl fcctjr tost imp, lata wfcfcatUrwt ; l oaTysata aamSts ty Za a Urn sssoaj twvtji sUarsi ky fe aasiksj saji is ia : WASBRCTOS MES. th the senate the homa bill to pro mote the admi&iit ration of justice In the army was reported and passed with a verbis! amendment A resolution continuing the select committee on irrigation end reelama mation of arid binds during tha present congress was reported and agreed to. Also a resolution continuing the psy of sessiou committee clerks and clerks to ml a tors during the recess. A deficiency bill for the compeusa- i 1 1011 01 nienioers nu uwgi wa ia ! ported and passed. A motion to reeon ! aider was mads by Mr. Morgan aud en tered. The conference report on the tariff bill was taken up. The conference report waa agreed to on the signal service bilL The house bill to enable the past mas ter general to test at small towns and villages the practicability of the free delivery system was passed. Mr. Gray spoke briefly on the tariff and Mr. Aldrich then closed the debate. The senate proceeded to vote 011 the conference report, Messrs Paddork, ."ettigrew and Plumb (republican) voted in the negative. The following is tlie vote: Yeas Aldrich, Allison, Allen, ltlair, Cameron, Casey, Chandler, Culloin, Dawes, Dizon, Edmunds, Everetts, Frye, Jlale, Hawley, Hoar, Ingalls, Jones, of Nevada, McMillian Slander son, Mitchell, Moody, Pierce, Tlatt, Powers, Sanders, lawyer, Sherman, Spooner, .Stewart, Stockbridge, "Wilson, of Iowa, W.alcott 33. Xays-llarboor, Hate, Illackbiirn, Bladpett, Hutler, Carlisle, Cockrell. Coke Colquit, Daniel, Gorman, Gray, Ifainp tan. Harris, Pettigrew, Plumb, Push, Ransom, Kegan, Voorliees, Walthall, Wilson, of Maryland 27. The following pairs wera announced: Teller and Berry, Dolph and Brown, Farwt.ll and Panye, Quay aud Faulkner, Morrill aud Yanee, Davis and Gibson, Hiscock and Jones, of Arkansas, Hig (ansand McPhereon, Squire and George Tiirpii aad AVashburn, Vist and Stan ford. In addition Messrs Call and Kns tis were paired with Pettigrew and Paddock, who voted in the negative. The house concurrent resolution to correct the enrollment of the tajirT bill was agreod to. Jiocfti:. In tl'.e house the joint resolution for the Tinting of 54,000 copies of the lifth annual report of the commissioner of labor and the joint resolution appropri ating 310,000 to enable tne postmaster general to test at small towns and vil lages the system of free delivery were passed. The bill was passed for the appoint ment of an additional justice of the su preme court of Arizona. On motion of Mr. McKinley 'the con current resolution was agreed to, direc ting the clerk of the house to number consecutively the paragraphs of the en rolled tariff bill Tlie speaker laid before the house the bill to define and regulate the jurisdic tion of the United States courts. Re ferred to the judiciary committee, Tlie request of the senate for a coh erence on the bill to promote the ad ministration of justi e in the United States army was granted. The senate bill passed establishing a custom collection district in North and Dakota. The senate concurrent resolution for negotiations with Great Britain and Mexico for the prevention of entry of Chinese laborers into the United States was agreed to. During the recess nearly all the mem bers left the hall to make preparations for their departure from the city, and the speaker reconvened the house that official looked down upon a vast, row of empty seats. He merely stated, accor ding to the concurrent resolution, that be declared the first session of the Fifty-first congress adjourned without day. Tlie minority of the special house appointed to investigate the charges against Pension Commissioner Raum Messrs Lewis and Goodnight, hare united in tlie preparation of a report setting forth their opinion as to the re sult of tlie Investigation. Tlie report reviews the evidence in the refrigerator case and says: "We lament the con duct of a public official who invokes tlie technicality of a criminal law to screen himself from proper investiga tion and to hide from public view the details of a business which is being conducted from ore of the government bureaus and concerning tlie character of which so many and such damaging charges have been made. As the majority of the committee In tends to pursue the investigation fur ther at the next session of congress, their report will not be made until that Una. Mr. McKinley offered a resolution for tha appointment of a committee of three members to Join a similar commit tee on the part of the senate to wait up on toe president and inform him that congress was ready to adjourn if be had ao further communication to mafca. Mr. Harris offered a resolution tan ferlof the tenats's thanks to Vice Pres. ksat Morton for tbs dignified and eort aoas manner in wbish he has president em tbs dalibsraUeaa of the aetute- 'TOtviiY ai1 ted. ao was also ! r t Jfi by Itr. Ltnaow la soaentl h iMUr,Iac!i h iiastanvt pro SUB SKA. . The new fort near Omaha known aa Ft Crook. to be A business college si d shorthand in stitute has been opened at Seward. The Herald snnounose that there ia a big real estate deal on UpU ia Scotia. An effort ia being mad to organize a daughters of vetraas lodge st Juniatta. W. G. BuMard haa resigned as mayor of McCook and C. E. Boyd aa council man. Surveyors for the new railroad ara working in the northern part of Hayes county. The sisters of mercy have established a school atSpaulding. It will be per manent Fred C. Tuttle, a young man of Kear ney, accidentally shot himself dead while hunting. J. A. Dunlavy, of Holdrege. lost one of his best horses from the effects of a snake bite. At the baby show at Midison county fa:r s pair ot twins from Norfolk took first premium. O. II. Prime, ot Grant, bad aix head of horses stolen firm CD. Miller's pasture a frw nights ago. Twenty-three foreigners at Grand Isl and took out their first naturalization papers laat week. The city council of West Point haa ordered three car loads ot granite for sidewalk crossings. The twelve-year-old daughter of Zibe Jones took the premium for the best pony rider at the Sarpy county fair. An expert boa notified the water con sumers of Beatrice that he has prospec ted and found a body of water seven teen feet deep. A meteor of an unusual character was seen at Jaunit the other night It t lowly passed across southwest, drop-j ping off bright lights ot vsrious colors. It is now certain that at least one- third of the burnt district of Arapahoe will be rebuilt before enow flies. On Monday work was commenced for at o story brick. Frank McCartney, living near Fair mont fell from a step ladder while gathering spples and ia believed to be fatally injured . by the rupture ot a blood vessel. J. O. Breech, who recently sued the GeDoa Leader for criminal libel and failed to raceive damages, at last haa revenge. Ha haa -bought the paper and will run it himself. Remus Ostdrhoudt, a thirteen-yoir-old boy who was thrown from s hors at Fairmont on the 13th mat., died since of his injuries. He remained uncon scious from the time of the accident While the young ladies of Ohiowa are cootmtto masticate gum there is a wo man living near that place, the mother of three children, who ia a habitual and accomplished chewer ot plug tobacco. While playing with matches a Nebras ka City boy named Herbert Loar was fatally burnad. Hia clothing waa ignit ed and in trying to extinguish the flames his mother was badly burned about the hands. William Wright, the farmer who was fo terribly mangled io a barb wire fence died from the effects of his wounds at his home, eleven miles northwest ot Beatrice. He leaves a wife and three children. Nearly all the railroad contractors have finished their work 02 the tiock. Island near Papillion end departed Track laying is now in progress, and it will be only a short time until trains will be running. - Charles Harding haa completed aflenl with the Norfolk butter and cheese as sociati ?n by which he becomes lessee ot their creamery. Mr. Harding Is a prac tical creamery man, having creameries at several other points. At the Cummtng county r publican convention held at Beemer, John D. Neiigh was nominated for representa tive for the Fifteenth district; Uriah Bruner was nominated county si'orney; Christ Rupp was elected chairman of the central committee. Two sturgeons about aix inches long are on exhibition at North Piatie. They were caught in the North Platte river by Wild Cat Sam, and are the first ever taken from the river at that point Years ago eturgeon were plentiful in the Platte river near its confluence with the Missouri. Otto Stocks, of Red Cloud has a ben which lays double shelled eggs, or a per fect egg inside ot en egg. The outer shell of one of the egge measured 8J inches long end 1 inehee iu circumfer ence, the inoar t 'g was about tha site of a common egg that a hen wjuld nat urally feel oroud of. The Star says there are a few shlldren tunning wild about Seward who refuse to go school, sod are growing up igno raat aal vietoua. No one appesre to leHethe slightest interest in their edu eatioo, not even the parents. Ooe as ptci .lly to a candidate for the reform school and la surs of election. The deputy sheriff of Hamilton coon ty arrived st Fremont and arrested 8. H. OUipbant, eetedsat et that place oa charge of eeduotioa under prosaiee of saairiage preferred by a young lady of tha' v totally of Aurora. Ha sxersesed a s crest eurprise whoa tha saaweoaotthe sssrs wse snaae fcaowa to bias, aad it ia too bed that ea laaoeeat be eneated tat the wroagipf others. kavsaj nr zziiz. Parsons is reostriag over tew thstsas bushels of sppUs daily. It is thirty-six yeare smooths first town Iota were sold ia Atchieoa. Armistice ssssae t) bars boon declared between Sol Miller aad Luther Challia. Et Governor Olick rent aroaad at the Atchison fair ia bis shirt sleeves. An Emporia ataa exhibits a perfect sppie which was formed from e July bud. Wellington is threatened with the loss of iteslectrie lights at the close of the month. Jos Ady and Lac-ian Baker look very much alike, but not enough to eneursge anyone to alap Joe on the ehouloer. Every connty ia Kansas had a teach er's institute thia year. This never oc curred before in the history of the state, Hiawatha reports a case of genuine leprosy. Kansas ia bound to have a whack at everything that comes along. Hsrvey county has been setld twen ty years and ths first iuu to take a claim there is livicg upon it yet and ia well fixed. The newspapers of Kansas are never ao stupid and uninteresting as when that state ia ehort on crops ead long oa politic. Richard Swichr, a wealthy Harper farmer, fell dead while driving through the streets of the city. Heart disease waa the cause. Kansas has increased its population 68 per csnt in ten years. New England knows where a large proportion of this increase has come from. Osage has a larger representation ia in Baker university than any other oounty in Kanaaa. It haa twenty-nine students at Baldwin City. W. II. Campbell, the big slock grower of Burton county, says the hog ia the best friend the farmer can have. That is a sort of a mean sluron the politicians- Tne canning fsctory is now running day and night and employing eighty Lands. In one day 00,000 oans of peach es were put up, saya the Norwich AVun A barn belonging to Z. S. Spore of Hal etead took fire from a lantern and burned to the ground. F.mr horses and a large amount of grain burned with the barn." A. J. llarwi came to Atchison a few years ago, a poor "Pennnylvania Dutch man," and now the Atchison newspa pers can't get out an edition without re ferring to him in some wsy. The Fuwler family held a reunion at Emporia the other day ond 10G persona were present, and deacendents of -Jof-n Fowler, who occupied the seat of rio' The Fowlers have a scool district - there own and alwaye give the teacher plenty to do. ' A Kanaaa exchange says that this to the time of yeir w ben the Kanaaa pni losopbore quit talking about their plans for keeping the hot winds out of tbs State and begin agurikg on opacification for keeping the northern blizzards out ot the kitchens. ' The first prize for bent county exhib it at the Kansas City fair was awarded to Wyandotte county, Kansas, over the Pettis county Missouri, because of the decorative features of the former. Pet tis county atood first in number snd quality ot products exhibited. Ooe of Dickenson county's farmers went into 1 be bank the other day an!" drew out ti, 00 for wheat he had deliv ered to the mills He had previously drawn another check for 11,500 end will', soon draw another for 11,8 0, and will have considerable wheat left There is a colored man living at Ar--kanns City who ia the father of thirty six children. He has been married! twice and each wife bore twins six times.. A man who has done as tnnoh as that for his country deserves a pension whether he is disabled or not. According to the Globe this is why there is so much "beefing" going on in Atchison: "About four hundred beeves srs inspected and killed a month for tha Ate ison market In addition to (hie we ent fifty of Deret & Ligeman's hogs a day and two cars of Kansas City bast week." A. P. Riddle ssys the bill ohanging the name of Davie oounty to Qearv wee oon stitutionnlly passed. The only discovery made in reference to the bill is that the bouse did not coocur in ths smendatent to the title made by the senate, but that do?a not allset the legality of tbe meaaure. The ground ia dryer throughout Rook oounty now then it has been known in ths memory of the oldest settlers. Yet most of tbs farmers sre banging oa, aad putting ia tha ground all tha wheat they can. Tbst whiohisupUgensrally kwx-' leg green end hsslthy, audit the rain will be ell right Vernon Miliar, a former well-to-do-citizen of Wellington, now rsssdlag in Coldwater, is selling some of hia farm in a novel manner. He has a aumber of floe quarters of land, which ha oOsrs to partles having enough mono to buy seed wheat and who ara willlag to 'work: ao cash being required la pay si eat ma til tbs sixth year, tha idea being to Ut tbe purchaser make tha lead pay for it- The dai7 mileage usedo ia eftta) af tha United Mates br sen mr-'l. wish oieetrie BMtors ia bow Ron I ja one aunrea tumu i a! 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